Saturday, July 25, 1992 @ WEES Car care tips that you can tackle from your own garage NEWS STAFF There's an old saying that goes “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and it’s a saying that can be easily applied to the family Car. With summer now in full swing, it’s vacation time once again and more and more families are shun- ning airports and the world of air travel for a chance to see things on the open road. But before doing so, it’s a good idea to have the car given a once over, and there are three very basic things that auto experts say car owners can maintain themselves: 1) The tires 2) The oil 3) The fuel Often overlooked are probably the most important things that get you from point A to point B: the tires. Poorly inflated tires greatly re- duce a car’s gas mileage, as well as the life of those tires, and it’s not just the tire pressure you should worry about. A tire with a lot of wear not only reduces gas mileage and handling, but increases the chance for an ac- cident. . And with more cars on the road in the summer, safety is not some- thing to be taken lightly. Away from the tires, the thought of lifting the hood to do some work might seem a little intimidating to the unknowledgeable. And with cars becoming more sophisticated through computers every year, the amount of work the average Car owner can do is be- coming less and less. But one thing that is still easy enough is looking after the oil. The right engine oil for current temper- atures will ease starting loads on the battery and reduces fuel con- sumption. Checking the level every so of- ten can tell you whether it's just right, needs a litre or so or maybe needs changing. And changing itis not something that is as challeng- ing as it may seem. Last, but certainly not least, is the fuel. Though it is something that most of us probably take for granted, pulling in to the gas station and fill- ing up at the first available pump is not always a great idea. Using fuel with too low.an octane level or use of the wrong grade for a particular engine could lead to problems down the road. Although keeping an eye. on these three areas of the automobile may seem insignificant to the en- tire car, ignoring all three will more than likely become a factor to the entire car a lot sooner than you’d DOWNTOWN SHELL REPAIR & SERVICE BCAA APPROVED 365-6133 975 Columbia Ave. TILDEN "P ¢ Rental Car Sales -T Vey 4] Members, Support Your Association Castlegar, B.C. « Lease to Own ¢ Short Term Leasing * Daily Rentals + Financing OAC Avenue Castlegar, IGLASS & TRIMLTD. 365-6505 p= ar | GORRAZ om | 1761 CO 36 Pian your Autoplan with BCAA! 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And luckily, for their parents sanity, these kids know where the action is. @ WORK PLACE Many people consider women who make their living as exotic dancers as ‘sleazy.’ Workplace talked with one of the woman outside of regular ‘office’ hours. page 12 @ LOCAL SPORTS Familiar faces from the B.C. sports scene, dropped into town Thursday for the annual Jim Young tourney, and helped raise a record number of dol- lars for the local Red Cross. page 13 2 6 7 Our People 8 Crossword 10 Horoscope 10 Work Place 12 Local Sports 13 Action Ads 16 bis» Wastin Cokes ho tg & ‘ News photo by Jonathan Green Ex-B.C. Lion great Jim Young tees one up in the tournament that bears his name Thursday. The fifth annual celebrity tourney had a record number of golfers raise a record number of dollars for the local Red Cross. Flux flees OCP over water tiff Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Walter Flux has had enough. The chair of the Official Community Plan Update Committee is stepping down. And to top it off, Flux is taking Castlegar to court . “The city and I have a situation that’s gone on for a year ago February. I had sewer and water put into one of my buildings downtown,” Flux explained. “The city gave me an estimate of $1,680 to install the sewer and water and want- ed to be paid up-front before they did it. “They installed it the very beginning of March, I gave them a cheque. on the 21st of February and I never heard any- thing on‘it. “I sold the building in March of that year of 1990,” he said. According to Flux, at a time he was helping to organize the Coalition Unac- cepting*Rash Bureaucracy, he noticed his name listed in the city’s 1992 provi- sional budget. The list claimed he owed the city a total of about $1,768 in unpaid installation costs. When he questioned the item, Flux says he was told not to worry about it and that the numbers were just for bookkeeping. Flux says shortly after, he was called into city hall and asked to cough up an additional $1,700 in installation costs. “Their estimate was less than half of what they actually wanted,” Flux said. “I told them I didn’t even own the building anymore and they said they were going to put it on my own person- altaxes.” . Flux says he has received some sup- port from the provincial government. “I had words with the ombudsman in Victoria and he explained to me that as far as he was concerned (I shouldn’t) pay the bill,” Flux said. He says since he will be taking the city to court, his position as chair for the OCP update committee could be seen as a conflict of interest, Neither a spokesperson from the of- - fice of the ombudsman or city council could be reached for comment. : CASTLEGAR CITY COUNCIL DEFENDS DECISION TO HUSH DOCUMENT, PAGE 4