A 4 Visitors opt for foreign made trinkets. WINNIPEG (CP) — Given the choice between a souvenir that is Canadian-made and one that isn't, most visitors choose the latter. The reason, say those'who work in the multi-million- dollar trinket trade, is simple. Foreign made Mounties and beavers are cheaper to buy. For example, among the articles on display at a shop are Cana. dian flags made inJ Japan at 29 cents a piece, RCMP mugs from France for $2.98 and ROMP jack-knives forged in in England for $6.98. “If they got all that stuff made in Canada, it would be too expensive,” said Catherine Fehr, who has been in the business for three decades. “They wouldn't buy it.” It is estimated that about 70 per cent of the Canadian souvenir market is made up of products produced in foreign countries. Yet industry insiders say the situation has improved. “When I first started off it was pathetic,” said Fehr, who noted that for some time Canadian-produced articles were not readily available. CAN'T COMPETE Canadian have started turning out quality souvenirs, but the prices are not competitive with the imports. Henry Kalen, a Winnipeg post card and souvenir distributor, said price is a major consideration. : “Every time I buy something Canadian, I’m taking a chance on not being able to sell the stuff,” Kalen said. Souvenir spoons made in Japan or Taiwan can be bought at one-third the price of the Canadian product, and may even be of better quality, he added. “I'm a great nationalist,” Kalen says. “It irks me to have to buy foreign-made souveniors.” Adele DeSantis, of the Souvenir Co. of Canada of Toronto, said in an interview she doesn't like buying products out of the country either. But she said she can't get the same service and price offered by overseas companies. And a Canadian spoon produced by the company doesn't sell as well as the THE WIZARD OF ID others because it’s more expensive. Some retailers, such as Eaton's, seem to do well with their souvenirs, despite a Canada-only policy. But sometimes it is difficult to be sure they have 100-per-cent Canadian content. CAN'T BE SURE Robert Herriot, Eaton's group manager for souvenir sales, said: “We like to think we've got 100 per cent Canadian content, but we can never be absolutely sure.” Other retailers aren't as concerned about Canadian content. Lawrence Werier; of Goldin and Co. Ltd., whose company imports and manufactures souvenirs, said he isn’t worried by foreign domination of the industry in Canada. “I see it as being an international thing,” Werier made said. “Very few in that country.” fa country are When it comes to favorite souvenirs, tourists seem to prefer the spoons. “Once they start collecting them they just carry on,” Fehr says. The red-coated Mountie is also a leading money- maker in the a $1.19 Taiwan-made yo-yo bearing a crude Mountie likeness. 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In a game where all Jim Smiths are fair and none are foul, about 100 folks with the common moniker will take to the softball field and other amusements this weekend for a gathering of the inter- national Jim Smith Society. “We never introduce our- selves to each other . . . it's useless,” said Jim Smith of Dayton, who is known as Dayton Jim Smith to his like- named cohorts. “Most of the year we have difficulty telling people ‘No, that’s not me,’ or ‘Yes, I'm the one,’ — once a year it's nice, we become sort of im- portant,” Dayton Smith said. “It’s hard to order.a pizza and then go down to pick it up and find they didn't make it because they thought you were lying about your name. That's the hard, every-day part of being a Jim Smith.” Dayton Smith is one of 1,200 members of the society, which was formed 14 years ago by James Smith of Camp Hill, Pa. “He decided he'd had enough hassles with people over the years and decided to turn it around and have some fun with it,” Dayton Smith said. The members, who range Most Jim Smiths in the club are American men, but some members live in China and Pakistan and five women named Jimmie Smith also belong. One family attending the festival this year has complete membership — James Smith Sr., his wife Jimmie Smith and their son, James Smith, Jr. Jim Smiths pay $5 for life membership, which is re- served for “pure” Smiths — those who spell their sur- name 8-M-I-T-H. No Smythes allowed, Dayton Smith said. Founder and president Camp Hill Smith, remains the club's only officer and pub- lishes its quarterly newslet- ter. Dayton Smith said he's a little worried about Jim Smiths identifying them- selves at this year's festival because many may come from the same cities. “I'm Dayton Jim and the founding Smith is Camp Hill — pretty much we use cities and towns,” he said. “Now, because of the metropolitan location of this year’s fes- tival, I suppose we'll go to middle names or nicknames, or whatever occurs to us.” Editor’s Note: Castlegar has two Jim Smiths that we know of. 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VOL. 36, No. 59 . <> 2 Sections (A & B) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1983 School board to cut $525,000 By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar school board will have to chop $525,000 from its budget over the next three years under the new provincial funding formula, the Castlegar News learned this week. Secretary- treasurer John Dascher said the province has instructed the board to trim $125,000 in 1984, followed by a $200,000 cut in 1985 and a'further $200,000 reduction in 1986. Dascher would not comment on whether the cuts — which total 6.64 per cent over the three years — would mean layoffs for teachers and support staff. . He said the board hasn't yet had a chance to meet to discuss the cuts and wouldn't’ probably meet until mid-August. “15,000 protest: budget VANCOUVER (CP) — Their numbers swelling as they. marched, more than 16,000 people trudged across Dascher added that board h George A ona model that sets out in detail what each school kin was in Vancouver Wednesday and Thursday at a oar B.C. School Trustees Association meeting called to deal with district should be able to work with. . “It's quite an extensive formula that they're using,” the funding formula and the p: 's new legislati affecting school districts. rie -A isn't this week. “There'sa gradual decrease in the total budget over the next three years,” Dascher seid. He noted that the cuts atexit as severe as those suffered by the Trail schoo! district. “But -it’s still bad,” he pointed out.) |. ‘Trail school district must trim $1.43 million over "the next three years — 10.3 'per cent. Under the new formula, the government bases funding d back in C: until early Dascher He added that the province is also seeking to increase the pupil-teacher ratio to 19.14 across the province — the same level it was in 1976. Castlegar’s 1982 pupil-teacher ratio was 16, “We're quite low,” Dascher noted. He added that enrolment may also play a major role in the local district's budget over the next few years. C: Fond things are not that great,” Dascher said. has 2,660 students in its school aes Under Bill 6, the Education (Interim) Finance Amend- . ment Act, 1988, the Education Minister is given the power to set the budget for each school district, including the portion for special education programs. The BCSTA met with the Social Credit caucus Thursday to lobby against the bill, saying it will increase costs rather than reduce them. has a declining enrolment, Dascher said. Enrolment is expected to decline until 1992 and that could mean a bigger drop in funding. Elsewh the Castl and. District Teachers Association has called a meeting for Wednesday afternoon to discuss the ramifications of the new budget and restraint ~ PPWC votes to strike the Georgia Street viaduct Saturday to attend a Social Credit-bashing rally outside B.C. Place Stadium. Representatives from vir- tually every organized group in the province, including a broad spectrum of trade handicapped groups, doctors and political parties, gathered to protest se} recent provincial budget * ersial . h crowd, possibly charged by the sunny skies and warm temperatures, was” Socreds’ spilled over from an missile demon- anti-cruise stration held earlier in the The demonstrators are protesting legislation that has met with wide-spread criticism across the country. Among other things, it al- lows the government to arbi- trarily fire servants with no right of appeal, elimi LAID BACK... Seven-month-old Andrew Angrianon stretches out, and relaxes to the jazzy tunes emanating from Ki Park at Th weekly | CosNewsPhoto concert in the park. VANCOUVER (CP) — A 74.5 per cent vote in favor of a strike: by members of the Pulp, Paper and Woodwork- ers Union is not an over- whelming endorsement con- sidering the stage current negotiations are at, says the top negotiator for the forest companies. Don Saunders, chairman and chief executive officer of the Pulp and Paper Indus- otiations is. extremely unust- increase on a current base 86-hour week, down from the current 40-hour week, im- proved health and welfare benefits and longer vaca- tions. Saunders said that should . the union decide to strike it would have to give 10 days notice of cancellation to the current contract and also 72 hours strike notice, which could come within those 10 © “Te certainly isn't an n over-. “whelming strike vote,” Saun- ders said Friday. “With no money on the table, we would have thought the vote would have been much higher. , “Traditionally they don't take a strike vote this early,: it’s. usually the International Woodworkers of America.” Saunders said the union probably took the vote “to contact their membership.” He said the vote would be used as a bargaining tool when negotiations resume. identical pay increase on the same base rate as the pulp- workers. The. bureau, representing the 14 primary largest com- panies in the province, has not put money on the nego- tiating table, but has offered the paperworkers a three- year contract. AT FRAMEWORK STAGE Meantime, Saunders said rent control and the rentals- man’s office, eliminates ‘con- sumer protection agencies ;and introduces a new human rights approach. Mayor Mike Harcourt told the crowd his city had worked hard to’ protect hu- man rights and it, was frus- trating to see it damaged by the provincial government. The protestors picked two All's fair in love and yacht racing NEWPORT, RL (CP) — They’re calling it Keelgate, a spinoff of the Watergate investigations that led to the resignation of former presi- dent Richard Nixon, but international yachtsman Paul boat driver for the Canada I yachting syndicate, was ar- rested and charged with trespassing early Saturday with camera equipment a skirt Police said another man, like Johnston clad in a wet- suit, was seen swimming away but was not appre- hended. that shields the secret keel of A lia I. high-profile Iti-million- dollar government projects as a target for the march — continued on page A2 dits uni- queness. A-man identified as Jim Johnston, 89, of Victoria, a Johnston ‘was later re- leased on his own recogni- zance. was seen emerg- ing from beneath the security screen surrounding Australia 0,” Australian ‘ syndicate” The keel has been sur- rounded in secrecy since the yacht arrived here for the America’s Cup to de- termine a challenger for the U.S. defender of yachting’s most prestige prize. NOT UNIQUE Henderson, an Olympic- class sailor and vice-presi- dent of the I governing body, said in Tor- onto that filching of a rival's equipment goes on all the time. He recalled a similar in- cident during a recent Cup challenge when American skipper Dennis Connor took a dislike to members of the English taking Yacht Union, the sport's a2 Union officials were not u for The forest companies are currently bargaining with the three unions which rep- resent about 50,000 forestry workers in B.C. Saunders, also head nego- tiator for the Forest Indus- trial Relations Bureau, which represents the lumber and logging side of the industry, said negotiations with the Pulp, Paper and Woodwork- ers Union broke off two weeks ago. A meeting has been set for sometime next week. with the Se Record rainfall floods daycare By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Wednesday's torrential rainfall left its mark on the Hobbit Hill Daycare Centre. Terri Bailey, the centre's summer director, said the rains — which started to fall about 10:80 a.m. — flooded ed by insurance. furniture. added. vent flooding. . July 20, 1968. the basement, saturating the “We are trying to dry it out,” Bailey said. She esti- mated the damage to be at least $500, which is not cover- She said staff worked quickly to move the basement “Fortunately it happened when we were here,” she Bailey said flooding of the building was common be- fore the property was landscaped two years ago to pre- “But on Wednesday the rain was so heavy, the water just wasn't draining fast enough,” she said. Castlegar weather office reported that the 20.8 mm which fell was only a record for July 20. The previous record was a mere 3.3 mm which fell on So far this month, Castlegar has received 86.8 mm of rain, and is fast approaching the record of 88.6 mm. The only other monthly record set so far is in total number of days with rainfall. So far, Castlegar has had 14 days with rain. The previous record was 12 days. aad isueenanananuuvancventscsnant Hobbit Hill Daycare Centre worker soaks up water that flooded centre’s basement following torrential rain. TWA and the Canadian Pa- between forest com and the - forest union giant, the International Woodworkers of America, are at the framework stage. “We've just given them a list of items we think we should bargain for and now we're waiting for them to give us their list,” said Saun- ders. Saunders said the IWA has also been offered a three- year contract. “We think a three-year contract would be better for everybody. We (forest companies) have been getting a bad reputation as because of it perworkers Union SEEKS WAGE INCREASE 5,600 workers at nine pulp mills in the province, is seek- ing a 12-per-cent increase in a one-year agreement. That would give workers a $1.80 disruptions. Stability is what is needed, and we think stab- ility is what the . people want.” Jack Munro, president of the IWA in Western said the industry's latest of- fer is unacceptable. inside © THE SIX regular winning numbers in Saturday night's Lotto-649 draw were 22, 23, 25, 26, 35 and 41. The bonus number was 39. © Robson's Lenora Nutter, a “craft hobbyist,” is the subject of Linda Hall's regular Sunday feature Getting to Know Your Neighbor, page 83 © Water rates in Castlegar will be going up by three per cent next year. For details and more Castlegar council news, turn to page AS © CasNews Sportswriter Cheryl Calderbank in- terviews Gordie Walker, who was drafted in the NHL's spring draft, page BT