CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, November 12, 1976 Look and Sea What Your Time Buys Things are Really Looking Up for a Change Price vs. wage increases in B.C. "HOW YOU STAND TODAY » Comparing the tne it takes to eam the things you want — 1949 to 1978 1949 1969 1974 1975 1976 Average weekly wege Net after taxes, CPP, UIC $120.35 $113.02 9197.78 $166.05 $231.41 $186.56 $263.37 $219.50 One galion requir gas "9.2 mins. $46 8.1 mins, 1S 65 8.5 mins. $75 8.0 mins $ 20 Man’s halrcut 60 mins. $s 43.8 mins. $3.50 45.3 mins. $4.00 50 mins. $5.00 ‘Stern {first-class met) 1.2 mine. $06 iTmin. $ .08 2 min. $ 08 ton. $ 10 5 Telephone (monthly rent) 1.6 hrs. $4.90 1.3 hrs, $6.40 1.4 hrs, $7.65 1.3 he. . $8.05 Electricity (monthly bill) 3.1 hes. $9.60 2.8 hrs, $13.40 2.8 hrs, $15.01 2.8 ha, $16.90 Newspaper. (Sun delivery/mo.) 50-mins. ‘$2.50 43.8 mina. $83.50 45.3 mins, $4.00 40 mins. $4.00 Cgaetios (pack of 20) 7.4 mins. 7.4 mins. $ 65 6.9 mins. $ 69 Milk (ole quart); 6.8 mins. $ 54 7 mins. $ 62 6.6 mins S$ 66 Butior (one pound) 11.9 mins. $95 - 13.1 mins. $1.16 12,1 mins, $1.24 Eags (one cdazen, large) 11.1 mins. 10.5 mins. $93 9.8 mins. ° $ 98 Sirloin steak (one pound) 31.1 mins. $2.49 30.5 mins. “$2.69 24.9 mins. $249 Chicken (one pound) 9.4 mins. $175 11.9 mins. $1.05 10.5 pete $1.05 seas pounds) 13.1 mins, $1.05 14.6 mins. $1.29 8.9 mins. | $89 “Cp o cafes 3.1 mins. $ 25 2.8 mins, $25 2.5 mins. $25 Hamburger deluxe, 11.9 mins. $95 14.2 mins. - $1.25 15 mins. $1.50 Boer (a dozen), 41.9 mins. $3.35 43.1 mins. $3.81 38.4 mins. $3.84 Rant (two-bdrm. apt.) 1.8 wks. $300 1.7 wks. $325. 1.6 wks. ° $360 House ‘7.7 ie. ‘$67,000 6.9 yrs. $67,000 _ 6 yrs. $68,850 Lot 2.6 yrs. $23,000 2.3 yrs. $22,500 2.9 yrs. $33,300 Chevrolet (basic 4-door) 26.9 wks. $4,489 33 wks. $5,577. 26 wks, $5,696 — wie | “Owe. Sw Plane fare (one-way, Toronto) . jane $143" $165 $166 * Income tax E ' 8.1 wks. $1,603 7.2 wks. $1,677.07 7.5 Wks. $1,974.80 WB. See story for qualifying notes on By Mike Grenby Vancouver Sun If you like steak and pola: ‘toes, you're In luck. But if you're looking for a shatr-cut ora building lot, you're worse off today then you were a year ago, Our annual Personal Fie nance survey of 22 typical items most people spend their money ‘on shows that in general, you're better off today than last year—even though you now ' work a little longer for your money, In ,fact, in many cases you're also better off than you were two years ago, Inflation fs still with us, of course. But wage increases are once again. tending to keep ahead of price increases. In other words, even though your rent or property taxes might have gone up 10 per cent over the past year, your income went up perhaps 13 per cent. So you're obviously ahead, even though you are paying higher prices for many things” lay. ‘This is why I use, asa basis for comparison, the time it takes you to earn something, rather than simply the price ” change. But back to the meat of this story. Today, it takes the average worker here in B.C. 249 minutes to earn a pound of steak. Ayear ago, it took him 80.5 minutes That's a decrease of 18 per cent, In fact, in 1949, it took the average B.C; worker 47.5 minutes to earn that st even though sirloin was then selling for only 95 cents a pound compared with today’s $2.49 a pound. Toearn 10 pounds of pota- ‘toes today takes 8.9 minutes, a 39 per cent drop from Jast year’s 14.6 minutes. Another bargain today is the cheapest Chevrolet. You have to work only 26 weeks for one now, down from 33 weeks a year ago. | Only five of the 22 items increased In “time cost”, and moat of the increases were less than 10 per cent. But there was one major | exception: the cost of a building lot, : If you could save all your earnings, it would take you 2.9 years to buy a lot today. A year ago, the total was only 2.9 years, That's an Increase of 26 per cent, A atamp (first-class post- age) jumped 11 per cent to one minute and a man's haircut was up 10 per cent to 50 minutes. Statistics Canada’s latest figures show the ‘average weekly wage in B.C. is $263.87. That means a man with a non-working wife and two children under 16 takes home $219.60 each week. Interestingly, the work week has increased to 36 hours from 86.2 hours a year ago. To make the price com- parisons realistic, there have been somo adjustments. Electricity consumption risen, from hours a month in 1949 to 600 in 1974 and 1976 te 625 today. _ Houses are bigger today than in 1949, and telephone rental now is for a private residential line rather than the two-party line of 1949 and 1969.. The lal retail retail sales tax has not been included in any of the prices, ‘The pice of a gallon of gas is unrealistically low, to one oil company “because we're in a price war situation. The © price ‘should be closer to 90 cents.” ‘With most of the 22 items, we're far better off today than ‘we were in 1949. Then, you had:to work almost two hours for a dozen beer; today, you work just over half an hour. A. gallon of gas has dropped-to eight minutes from 18, the Toronto plane fare to one) week from; 9-1/2, the monthly phone rental to 1.3 hours from 2.8 and a pack of cigarettes to seven minutes | eae YAMAHA ORGANS “Quality” Merriman Music 365-2511 Eves. 365-3077 STOP. BALDNESS FREE SCALP CLINIC IN aes Saturday, November’ 13° 0 MEN WOMEN DON'T RESIGN YOURSELF — GET THE FACTS Today with National's treatment available to you, there iano no reason to accept LESS hair... and eventual baldness. See Mr, Birch on Saturday, Nov. 13, for a free examination and consultation. 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Millions of people on earth today are literally starving to'death, They will be dead, stone dead, in days, months, year, Millions More are just. abovethe starving line. They eke out a barren, blunted, hopeless existence, just one step away from the enim: ‘These hordes are. subject toallthe other things that go with a: minimal existence, besides hunger: cold, disease, ignorance, fear, and- perhaps worat of all, help- lessness, And we complain endless- ly, we Canadians, about such horrors as inflation, postal strikes, taxes, and all the other relatively piddling burdens we bear. 22 We howl with outrage when butter jumps 15 centsa pound.’ Some’ of us, nearly have astroke when the price . Of beer and liquor is raised. ‘Boy Goes Through Compactor. A 12-year-old Surrey boy nearly got packed away with the garbage recently after he ” ran away from home. The boy, whose name was not released, now is home safe after. being run through a compactor on a garbage'truck . at Scottsdale Mall in Delta, B.C. Delta police said the boy ran away from home because of trouble at school. He found a bed for the night in a large garbage bin at the shopping mall. The next. morning, una- ~ ware the boy was inside, the , driver of a Haul-Away Disposal “Ltd. truck hooked on to the:biq’ Bill Smiley ‘: . The. very wealthy feel a deep, inner pain because they car retain only 55 per cent of thelr income. But what does it all amount to? The consumption of butter will go down for a few weeks, then rise to new highs. The consumption of alcoholic beverages will not even tremor, but go steadily upward, And the rich will become richer. Taik about fat cats, or buxon beavers, and we're it. The, Lucky Canadians, The envy of the world. Oh, yes, we have poor pene. quite a few of them. Truth is, the vast majority of Canadians eat too much, suffer from ovor- heating rather than cold and are much more likely to die from too much medicine than they are from disease. And even the. poorest. of our poor, with all the buffers that welfare provides, are materially millionaires com- pared with the poor of many other countries. You,’ Mister, wheeling your Buick down the high- way and beefing about the cost of gas, might just as easily be pulling a rickshaw in Calcutta, wondering. whether you could last until you were 30, so you couldsee * your first grandson. And you, Ms.,_ whining about the mess the hair- dresser made, or complain- ing about the cost of: leaning women, could be. selling yourself in the back streets of Nairobi to keep body and soul. together, if ‘you'll pardon the expression, But you aren't, and I'm not, and we shouldn't forget it, mates. We were lucky. and dumped it aboard his trick? —~ jg cae aoe ‘The boy and garbage were then run’ through a complete eycle >of the compacting ma- chinery. “It wasn't until the: driver started“to’ drive: away that he heard from Yeyes. One of these thmes was . onarecent holiday weekend. We were spending. a weekend with Grandad, in the country. I spent one of the back of the truck. able times when there is nothing to do and nothing to worry about; eating and drinking, playing cards, enjoying the fireplace, read- , ing, watching television. The only fly in’ the ointment was the constant decisions to be made. At breakfast, for example. Banana or frult juice? Coffee or tea? Bacon’ and eggs or ham and eggs? Toast and jam or fresh breed end honev? Evenings were even worse, An hour after dinner, Thad to decide whether it was to be-coffee and with ice cream or tea with butter tarts. Then there was snack and more SELI But it was watching tele- vision that blew up the puffed-up dream that life was, after all, good and gracious, cosy and comfor- table, warm and wonderful, ‘There on the “news,” with nothing to hide it, was the non-Canadian world, Child- ren with the bloated bellies and stick-thin limbs of the starving. Other children, torn and bleeding and screaming with pain, Mothers howling their anguish because they had lost their children and couldn't find them. = = And everywhere, on that naked screen, people, suffer- ing, terrified, running like rats, from nowhere ‘to nowhere, ‘Netmuch youendT can do, except feel horrified. It’s all too far away. -But at least we can stop bitching in our own’ back- yard, and face the facts that we're not smarter, or harder- working or better-looking. $5,000 Canada Council Grant Awarded to Winlaw Ensemble ‘The Theatre Energy Per- forming Ensemble of Winlaw was recently awarded a $5,000 grant by the Canada Council under {ts Explorations pro- gram. A total of 94 grants, worth $448,930 were awarded, and tecipients were chosen from 484 applications submitted be- fore the June 1 deadline, The next competition closes Dec. 1. The Explorations program is designed to encourage Cana- dians to investigate new forms Like the others. which preceded it, this competition has produced biographical and ' rhistorical studies, as well as projects ‘that seek to preserve social or artistic traditions, In the performing arts, projects include theatre re- search and group-written plays jbased on ‘regional — themes, ‘theatre and puppetry for young people, pop opera, multi-media concerts, research into elec- tronic music, dance workshops and performances. Included in the visual arts are exhibitions and other events in art centres, the cs- tablishment of a slide library, studies on architecture and traditional arts, and technical research (for example, the creation of electronic images for television, and the per- fection of a practical and eco- nomic method of video editing}. Other projects are based on the history of cinema, photography, painting or theatre. of expression and participation in the arts; to inquire into the past to discover the influences that have shaped the cultural development of Canada; to introduce a different prespec- tive in the understanding of Canadian society; and to de- velop new means of fostering public enjoyment of cultural activities and an appreciation of Canada's heritage, ‘Give _ your family rh ese. ve PALM DAIHIES UMN ink VY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SECOND QUARTER — COURSES BEGINNING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 29 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR ‘ADMISSION ON A FULL-TIME BASIS TO THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM IN THE. SECOND QUARTER WHICH BEGINS NOVEMBER 29. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT BRUCE KETCHUM AT SELKIRK COLLEGE. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PART-TIME STUDY, ih FOLLOWING COURSES WILL'BE AVAILABLE: EVENING COURSES * BUSINESS 151 — INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING — PART I accounts and general ledger, the general journal, posting, adjustments, ' matching. revenues and expenses, the work sheet, accounting for merchandise, specialized journals, the voucher, register, cash and accounts receivable, i interest, it of goods sold.. This is the fit Pat of Introductory. Accounting. “The second part will be offered in the Third MONDAYS & RRREDAYS FIRST SESSION: November 29, 197 INSTRUCTOR: Ger. van Beynum BUSINESS 278 — VENTURE INITIATION ‘ : Entrepréneuiral activities will be planned, including written and oral and “FEE: $36.00 ; LOCATION: B-14, Castlegar * BUSINESS 1722 — CONTRACT LAW FOR BUSINESS ‘This course focuses on the meaning and sources of law, with emphasis on the evolution of common law and the law of contracts as it applies to business. The study of contracts includes their formation, grounds for impeachment, the requirement of writing, interpretation, priority, discharge and breach. WEDNESDAYS 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. FIRST SESSION: December 1, 1976 =e INSTRUCTOR: Harvey Gunn” This course is also offered Wednesdays - — 12:80 - 3:30 P. * BUSINESS 271 — QUANTITATIVE ‘TECHNIQUES ‘This course is focused on the theory and application underlying probabilistic and to executed to the extent fesatbles This activity will provide the theoretical and practical basis for venture analysis and initiation planning. This course will be of interest to those models, The student will have the FEE: $18.00 able Parti- O Commercial or Home Call Us: Winatch. Contractors 30 yrs. “Experience - 365-2614 $ z LOCATION: B-14,- Castlegar ipply these a] techniques to realistic operating system problems using the College Computer facilities. THURSDAYS 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. FIRST SESSION: December 2, 1876 FEE: $1 who have an idea and want to avelon it whether it is a new business venture, expansion, 18.00 INSTRUCTOR: Jack Cooper LOCATION: B12, Costlegar or new product or project within Major emphasis will be placed on projects initiated by the student. MONDAYS 7:00 — 10:00 P.M. FIRST SESSION: November 29, 1976 INSTRUCTOR: Jack Cooper Chamber's Future In - Exec. Hands Provincial Court News $25 each and Carl Johnson i of Robson was fined ‘Mrs. H. Johnson Named Senior Citizens’ President * BUSINESS 254 — PART I count over 08 were heard. A continuation of the study of current accounting theory and techniques aimed at o FEE: $18.00 Three separate cases of LOCATION: B-17, Castlegar being minors in possession of liquor.were heard in provincial court Tuesday. John Steward of Castlegar. and Fredrick Fominoff of Winlaw were fined three pleaded guilty. oom es Six separate cases of driving with a blood alcohol Arthur. Halloway and Donna Popoff, both of Castlegar, were each fined $250 or in default one month in jail; William Knox of Kelowna was fined $150 or in default three weeks in jail;’ Murray Park of Edmonton, Steven Wasacase of Broadview, ~ Sask. and James Johnson of West Bank were each fined ~ $300 or in default one month in jail. Only Johnson entered a plea of not guilty but was found guilty. The fate of the Castle- gar and District Chamber of Commerce will be deter- mined Monday when the executive members meet. . Ab the last regular general meeting lack of at- tendance resulted in the stipulation that the next regular general meeting will be held at the dis- ‘eretion of the executive. ‘here has been no meeting since May. Serge Popoff of Castlegar pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of mari- + Juana. He was fined $100 or in default one week in jail. Pea eee Proposed Road Not « New Super Ac black matrix picture tube Look to... : = P&G Builders Supply Ld. For All Your Build=+9 Material Requirements 365-8151. Edward Roblin of Castle- gar pleaded guilty to a charge of theft under $200, He was fined $300 or in default one month in jail, eo Robert Johnson of Castle- gar pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while his licence was under suspension. He was fined ey or, in default two weeks in Fair treatment {am a concerned parent interested in better communication and co-operation between the school system and us, the people it was meant to serve. Feasible ‘A proposal for a road ‘which would allow traffic to bypass the downtown area and travel through South Woodland Drive is just that—a proposal. This is acting mayor, Ald. ‘Andy Shutek's reply Tuesday night to petitioners who asked . that council state if there was -any truth to the rumor of channelling traffic through South Woodland Drive. Ald. Mike Livingstone said basis of the rumor could be a sketch drawn up some 18 , months ago by Strong, Lamb and Nelson that indicated a road much like what residents are voicing their concern-over. It has since been studied but the cost to develop such a road OUR SERVICE “HOT-LINE” 365-3611 For maintenance to any type of Mrs. H. Johnson was elected president of the Castle- gar and. District Senior. Citizens’ Association for’ the 1977 season at the last regular meeting ‘of the ‘members held last Thursday'in their Centre. ‘S Other executive members for the coming term include first vice-president, Mrs. F. Fuller, second: vice-president . A: Brady, secretary Mra. R. C. Donnan, treasurer’ Mrs. A. McNeil “and ‘directors R. Cormier,” Rei (Hunter, and |W. Nixon. Various committee reports were presented at the meeting, as well’as ‘correspondence ex- tending invitations to the mem- bers to “attend” the official opening: of the new extension to the Nelson ‘Senior.’ Citizens’ Centre, and-from the McMixers, Advertising: helps you find fi exactly what you need. to attend their square dancing session on Nov. 12. in the Woodland Park School. A letter of thanks will be sent by the seniors to M. Hingley for his generous dona- tion of a chesterfield suite to the Centre and to J. Barr for delivering the suite.” It was | decided that pictures of the Royal Family ~ which had been donated to the seniors by the disbanded IODE ‘tare to’ be taken to’ Pettitt Photos for framing and then * placed on the’ walls’ ia the Centre. -+Plans for the; Christmas were di: with the iy s ie of Dec. 18 being set aside for this event.» Other business included 8 decision to appoint a caretaker for the Centre. Mrs.’ G. Reith‘ is to be asked to audit the books again this year for, the association. The serving of refresh- ments and a social hour fol- towed the adjournment of the meeting. iy x f e 5 vee ‘Experience. I have been ‘the Building Chairman: for ‘our - Schoo! Board for the past eigh- teen years and | want: to continue working for our. 182-2 APPL The development ofa : marketing mix — product, place promotion and | price — is examined in detail.\: Included are:’ product planning, packaging and branding, consumer goods, improved financial statements and reports. MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. FIRST SESSION: November 29, 1976 INSTRUCTOR: Jack Yolland FEE: $36.00 LOCATION: Library, Trail Jr. High channel systems, retailing, wholesaling, promotion, personal selling, pricing practices. ‘ TUESDAYS 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. afi FIRST SESSION: November 30, 1976 FEE: $18.00 ‘ INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Ketchum LOCATION: B-14, Castlegar This course is also offered on Thursdays 2:30'- 5:30:'P.M. intend to take. You may register in advance for any course through the office of the Registrar, - Selkirk College, Castlegar Campus or at the first session of the course or courses you LATE AFTERNOON COURSES *MATH 172 — BUSINESS. STATISTICS * A course-in elementary statistics offered to students of Business Administration. Basic descriptive statistics, probability, sampling theory and practice, statistical inference, statistical forecasting, index numbers, and regression and correlation analysis, MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 8:30 - 5:30 P.M. FIRST SESSION: November 29, 1976 BUSINESS 281 — ADVERTISING A study of the its various its role in the marketing mix; creative; media; * WEDNESDAYS 2:30 - 6:80 P.M. FIRST SESSION: December 1, 1976 FEE: $18.00 FEE: $24.00 INSTRUCTOR: Jack Cooper LOCATION: B-14, Castlegar _ BUSINESS 182-1 — MARKETING Examines the role of marketing in gociety and in the firm, the marketing concept, identifying. markets, strategy. planning, estimating market potential and consumer behaviour. THURSDAYS 2:90 - 5:30 P.M. 5 FIRST SESSION: December 2, 1976 FEE: $18.00 INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Ketchum LOCATION: Bid, Castlegar COURSE. INSTRUCTOR Ger van Beynum Larry Brown Dennis Johnston 168 —DATA = ECONOMICS * ENGLISH 162. — ORAL COMMUNICATIONS * BUSINESS 172-1 — CONTRACT LAW FOR BUSINESS «BUSINESS 188 | — PERSONNEL FOR MANAGERS © BUSINESS 254.1 ~ ate peepee ACCOUNTING, TO MACRO- Jack Yolland INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Ketchum LOCATION: B-12, Castlegar The Department Chairman, Bruce Ketchum, and the instructors as listed are anxious to help you to learn more about our courses. To do this please dial 365-7292 from Castlegar. If you are calling from Nelson dial 852-3010 — Toll Free, and from Trail dial 368-6333 ll Free. DAYTIME COURSES TIME Monday 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Monday 1:30 P.M. - Tuesday 3:30 P. + Tuesday 12:30 P.M. - Wednesday 12:30 P.] M. Thursday 9:30 A.M. --12: 0 F ate Monda; Wedn FIRST CLASS November 29,1976 November 30, 1976 December 1, 1976 December 2, 1976 12:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M; and iy 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. November 29, 1976 November 29, 1976. LOCATION: B14, Castlegar B-14, Castlegar B-14, Castlegar B-14, Castlegar. B14, Castlegar B-12, Castlegar B-12, Castlegar B-12, Castlegar B-12, Castlegar community. Being 2 retir- ed Building Contractor, | not only have the time to devote to working for you, Hectronic Equipment, Domestic, Commercial & Industrial. Gov't. Certified’ Technicians. Warranty Service for mest manufacturers, through that area is much too, high to.be feasible. Ger van Beynum Harvey Gunn Ger van Beynum “BUSINESS 262 : — SYSTEMS ANALYS! BUSINESS 287. — PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ‘BUSINESS 265 — COMPUTER LANGUAGES :. Tuesday 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Tuesday 1:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Thursday 9:30 A.M. - 12:30.P.M, November 30,1976 November 30, 1976 December 2, 1976 For School Ganada Gavings Bonds Trustee... 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