Sunday, December 29, 1991-8 Home buyers get needed relief from tiny surprises The British Columbia Real Estate Association has intro- duced an important new form into the real estate industry province-wide. The new Property. Condi- tion Disclosure Statement will protect home buyers from un- welcome surprises, while giv- ing sellers advantages in mar- keting their property. Rob Fraser, president of the association, is promoting the voluntary disclosure state- ment as a beneficial tool to all parties involved in the real es- tate transaction. “More and more buyers want to know what they're getting when they buy a prop- erty,” stated Fraser. “We be- lieve that sellers should be re- quired to provide buyers with as much information as they can about the property they are selling.” With this form, he’said, re- altors would be better able to communicate information be- tween the parties involved in the transaction, and avoid con- fusion that has sometimes led to misrepresentation of a prop- erty. He added, “B.C. is the first province in Canada to intro- duce the disclosure statement Its introduction into the mar- ketplace at this time is a vol- untary measure for the pro- tection of all parties in real property transactions.” A Chriittonas Seal in A Hug om Every Card THE 7 LUNG ASSOCIATION AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY BD. axiitn Kin Seo Winter Tires on Sale Now! en tl 2952S ce He noted that already the South Okanagan Real Estate Board has s elected to make the disclosure statement mandatory for listings on their MLS system. FA The property condition dis- closure statement is an easy to use form that poses a series of questions on general improve- ments, structural information and strata considerations. The questions asked are based on information reflecting the enthusiastic about the docu- oh Pensioners get slight increase on cheques Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse’s Allowance benefits will go up in January, Benoit ment and are r ing its use in all residential real estate transactions.” The property condition dis- closure statement has been endorsed by the British, Columbia Real Estate Associ- d, Minister of National Health and Welfare an- nounced recently. Effective January 1992, the maximum Old Age Security pension will be,increased to $374.07 monthly from the pre- sent $373.32. The maximum monthly suppigment (GIS) for single, low- income pensioners will go up 96 $444.54 from $443.65. The i for low-i married people will rise to $289.55 ation and its thirteen bi boards. Forms are available through any realtor. The British Columbia Real Estate Association is a non- profit organization represent- ing 13 ber boards and most c areas of disput between buyers and sellers. Vendors are responsible for filling out the form and decid- ing if they wish to make it part of the standard Contract of Purchase and Sale. Fraser stated, “We are very over 16,000 licensed realtors who live and work in the province of B.C. Its mandate is to speak for its members about issues affecting the real estate industry and real property ownership in the province. from $288.97 for each spouse. The maximum Spouse's Allowance — paid to needy people between 60 and 64 who are married to GIS recipients — will increase to $663.62 from $662.29. REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 1992 at 7:00 p.m., Ootischenia Community Hall, to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to make Answers to today’s Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquip I DISAGREE WITH MY BROTHER ON HOW TO . STOP THE PUPPY FROM CHEWING IT’S A BONE OF CONTENTION WITH US The New Man In Town y) mEReeLee HEATING + Gas, oil & electric water heater repairs + All Heating & plumbing + Gas & oil furnace servicing installations { School District #9 (Castlegar) 2 AN INVITATION Your School Board is at-large serve on the Schoo! District's Planning Committee. This committee wi! meet several times a year to study the in having a District's Mission and Goals, i n issues and be involved in annual planning workshops with pI ig O group rep' Terry Wayling, Superintendent of Schools at 365-7731, & January 17, 1992 if you are interested in such a challenge, please call 9 ‘a PROPOSED AMENDMENT to Zoning Bylaw No. 422, 1984, Electoral Areas "J" Bylaw No. 888, 1991 The intent of Bylaw No. 688, 1991 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 422, 1984, by 1 adding a new zone COMMERCIAL SPECIAL - D Zone, C4-D, which permits the following uses: (a) sale of farm equipment and supplies; (b) sale of seeds, feeds, fertilizers, and pesticides; (c) sale of hardware and electrical appliances: (d) sale of groceries; (e) sale of local produce; (1) sale of building materials; (g) gasoline service station; (h) residential dwelling unit; (i) public -utility buildings and structures; (j) buildings and y to the uses @ prop new zone would allow for a minimum one hectare lot size with a community water system rezoning Lot 43, District Lot 4598, Kootenay District, Plan 4882 from COMMERCIAL SPECIAL - C (C4-C) to COMMERCIAL SPECIAL - D (C4-D) to permit the uses and lot size as stated above. The subject property is owned by Kootenay Columbia Cooperative Society and is located at the East end of Ootischenia, weigh scales adjacent to Highway 3. (see location map below) 2 yvomus Copies of the aformentioned proposed bylaw may be inspected from December 21, 1991 to January 8, 1992, inclusive, at Planning Department Office, Regional District of Central Kootenay 601 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. Between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m daily except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays and Castlegar City Hall 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. DATED at Nelson, B.C., this 21st day of December, 1991 B. BALDIGARA Secretary/Assistamt Administrator "W Sunday, Dédember 29, 1991 278 Containers recalled The Product Safety Branch of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Canada recently warned consumers about pos- sible hazards associated with a clear glass container for mix- ing salad dressing. The container, imported by Italglass Corporation, has been sold in Canada for sever- al years. —_ JACK PARKIN * Bus: 365-6664 “Let me help you with your financial needs.” + Financial Planning + Life Insurance + Disability Income + Annuities and RRIFs + RRSPs * GICs and Savings Plans + Investment Funds* + RESPs* + Employee Benefit Ri i] The Mutual Group Facing Tomorrow Together Ucensed with Mutual Lie of Canada/Mutual lvesico inc. + Two of The Mutual Group. The container is approxi- mately 18 cm high and 6 cm in diameter, narrows at the neck, and holds a wooden stoper that is rubber-lined. The rub- ber lining is intended to fit snugly into a widening of the container’s neck. printed on the glass are five dressing recipes. When the container is shaken to mix the dressing, the bottle stopper can allow dressing to leak out. When this happens, the user at- tempts, usually with a twist- ing motion, to push the stop- per farther into the neck of the container. The glass in the neck area can break as a result. The us- er’s open hand, which is push- ing against the stopper, is then thrust against the sharp, bir¢- ken glass of the container’s base. The hand is slashed, with the possibility of cut Kg- aments. Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada has received lai from 8 who have suffered serious hand injury as a result of the breaking container. Con- sumers who own the salad dressing mixer are urged to stop using it. For more infor- mation, contact the nearest of- fice af Consumer and Corpo- rate Affairs Canada. co ON at > Congratulations € Peter Minchuck for winning a complimentary ‘“ Kevin Avram CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION My good friend Jack Milligan and I talked to a guy this past week who insisted the na- tional debt really wasn’t a problem, because, Hal Asan it to ourselves”. atda ya mean we owe it to ourselves?” I asked in reply. sites Instead of answering my question, he again repeated what he had already said ,“It’s not a problem because we owe it to ourselves”. Because this guy wasn't the first person I had heard mumble such nonsense, I tried to get him to explain what he meant, and why he thought such things. His reasoning was mumbled and vague, and when it got right down to it, he didn’t make much sense. This foolish notion on the part of some pe- pole, that the debt can be bypassed, down- played, and overlooked, because we somehow “owe it to ourselves” is really confusing. More years ago than I care to remember, I went to school with a guy named Willie. Willie was kind of a scoundrel who could put the bite on just about anybody for money; uncles, aunts, cousins; neighbours. Nobody was im- mune from Willie’s ongoing quest for cash. In high school, we used to call him “Buck-for- Gas”. (A buck in those days would buy the same amount of gas that eight or nine dollars would today). Whenever we'd see Willie comin’ down the hall in school, everybody would start to imitate a parrot, going, “Brawk, brawk, got a buck for gas, got a buck for gas.” That’s because you couldn't talk to Willie with- out having him ask for a buck for gas. “Hi Kevin,” he’d say, “Can you lend me a buck for gas”? There was never a how are you, I am fine, just the same old, “Can you gimme a buck for gas?” In addition to being my classmate, Willie ‘Got a buck for gas?’ | ~ lived across the street from me, and we knew his family and relatives quite well. Willie owed money to just about everybody. His grandma, most of his cousins, aunts, friends, and even his old Uncle Bernard had contributed to what our other neighbour Vel- ma referred to as “Willie’s Benevolent Fund”. We were all surprised when we heard Willie had been able to get money from Bernard, be- cause Old Bernard was probably the cheapest guy most of us knew. As Willie got older, he became more and more of an embarrassment to his family. Over the years his mother had sacrificed new dresses and nice things for her- self in order to finance Willie’s wants, and a whole lot of other people I knew at the time just wouldn't go near him. They called him a mooch. ; My old neighbour and schoolmate, Willie is the guy who pops into my mind when I hear people say Canada’s debt isn’t a problem be- cause “we owe it to ourselves”. I can just pic- ture Willie leaning over and patting Aunt Sal- ly on the back, as he soothingly croons, “Don’t worry Aunt Sally, the debts I have are all in the family. They're not really.a problem.” Willie never did pay back most of his lenders. In fact, to the best of my knowledge he never paid any of them. Somewhere in his early twenties, he moved off to the big city down in central Canada, where he got hooked up with a bunch of people who claim to be rights advocates. I occasionally wonder about Willie and what he might be up to. My friend Milligan, who was one of our classmates back then thinks Willie’s the guy who started the “we pick it to ourselves” line about the national lebt. “After all,” said Milligan, “Nobody but a like Willie could dream up a line like that” Province-Wide Blanket B.C. Ads HEDLEY BLAST. Just for $7.50. intime | COLOURFUL BUSINESS. | CAN BIZARRE ACHES AND | o you have a flair for colour | PAINS BE CAUSED BY THE MIND? 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