* Se Castlegar News october 30. 1985 \ BUSINESS Se > October 30, 1985 Castlégat News — w 87 OTTAWA (CP) — The Michael fey ‘Farrell, director of News service accused of ‘tied selling’ equipment or make some federal watch, dog has accused Broadcast “News Ltd. of “tied selling” and asked for an order to bar the news -agency from the anti-competitive practice. G.M. Payette, secretary of the Restrictive Trade Prac- tices Commission, confirmed Tuesday an for an NEW IN TOWN? “LET US PUT OUT THE MAT an at the federal C and for delivery even if Corporate Affairs Depart- ment. The department's request for anti i action BN's i and network is not used. O'Farrell wants an order from. the trade practices against BN. came- after in- vestigation of a complaint filed in July by a group of with a order had been d from The Company 1 Represent Insures About One ‘Out of Five Persons in Co tou Gata Sense of Security When You Business With AL KEN F. BABAKAIFF (Soles Representative) CALL 359-7495 Metropoliton Really Stonds By You! Joyce 365-3091 Connie 365-7601 BN News Group Inc. of Toronto. BN provides news wire, audio and auxiliary services to many of Canada’s radio and television stations over a leased network of satellite channels and land-based tele- graph circuits. The company is controlled by The Canadian Press, the national news wire service, which in turn is co- operatively owned by Can- ada’s: daily newspapers. to untie the news package from its delivery system and any other requirement the com- mission deems “necessary to restore.or stimulate compe- tition in the market.” Under a shareholder offer- ing plan approved last year, EN's subscribers also own equity units in the company, formed in 1983 after CP fired eight broadcast directors from BN'’s board. John Rea, a CP -vice-pres- ident and BN general man- ager, said today “we're sur- prised and we're also dis- appointed” at the request for ANNOUNCEMENT Daniel B. 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We will reply to this and -we will have a chance to outline our case.” By ROBERT McLEOD The Canadian Press Homes are being: snapped upat near record numbers in most parts of the country this year, so if you're in the market to sell yours, chances are it shouldn't be too much of a problem to find a buyer. However, even in good times, getting the right ‘real estate agent can mean the difference between’ a quick sale or a protracted affair, experts say. And since agents receive up to six-per cent of the ‘house's price as commission, it makes sense to do your best to get your money's worth. “The biggest single complaint in the real: estate business from people is that once their property was listed, the sales rep, who was so eager, hasn't been heard from since,” says Roy St. John, vice-president and national training director for Royal LePage, one of the biggest real estate companies in Canada. He says people wishing to sell their house should ask the agent what his or her marketing plan for the property will be: “What combination of advertising, inspections and prospecting methods will they ‘employ? How will the sellers find out the results of the agent's actions? “No one is more anxious than somebody who has just RIGHT AGENT MEANS QUICK SALE Although a proponent of selling a house privately, Farkas says that if you do use an agent it is good to select a multiple listing agreement, ‘in which all real estate offices in your area or city will get information on your property. y The commission. will be a little higher but the, property-will get much wider exposure than if listed with just. one office. Because of the way the multiple listing system works, an agent can, if he chooses, list your house and then wait for other agents to find: buyers. So Farkas says it is important for several things to be written into the listing agreement. “ENDS AGREEME First, he recommends sellers insist that the listing _agents hold two ‘open houses a month and place an announcement in the classified section of the newspaper each time. Sellers should make sure they can terminate the agreement at the end of any month in which there have not been two open houses. Second, the seller should make sure the. agreement states the listing agent will have a new photo taken of the house every one to two months for inclusion in the multiple listing. booklet. “Nothing makes a house look worse than to see snow listed a home and wants to know if he is ig.” says St. John. “If they don’t set dback, the whole g it in its picture in a July issue of the process breaks down.” TOLD OF EFFECT The owner should be told what effect the newspaper ads have had and how potential buyers reacted when they saw the house, he adds. Edward Farkas, a Toronto chemical engineer who moved several times in quick succession because of job changes, has written a short book on selling a home, outlining several tips for the homeowner. book,” he says. Timing is also important, Farkas says. Don't lock yourself into a-long listing agreement. Two months ‘is adequate. If at the end of two months, the house has not sold you can try selling the house privately, sign up a new agent or stick with the one you have. “A short listing agreement, in that it provides you some options and some room to manoeuvre, will build a fire under the listing agent.” Mall offers sharks and subs Ga pie Go Se GS =P - AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY | ES vie Sho So> e wee 4 0 BOD & REPA WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA Complete Car and Truck Repairs © BODY & PAINTING Bear Creek Road, Trail- 364-2588 OMOTIVE SUPPLIES (§=2) BUMPER TO BUMPER. 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There are more than 200 varieties of fish, including a section with 30 sharks and another area in which four playful dolphins and scuba divers peek at customers through the submarine's small portholes. For the easily frightened, there is mock adventure. At one point, the submarine glides through giant les which move ically toward, then away from the vessel. Later, as passengers are urged to look at tiny blue fish on the port side, a mechanical shark sneaks up on the starboard side, twisting and turning its head as its blood-soaked teeth glisten in the artificial - Hehe: Other areas are less impressive. At the trip's outset there is an i Also, the computer system which was to control the submarine ride was not yet in place so the course was being having its eye ripped out by a snake. a Toward the end the ine enters a recréati Atlantis which ends up looking more like a.scene from a Busby Berkeley underwater musical, with bubbles rising in streams from Greek statues of. scantily clad women. The entire lake area (which includes full-scale replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria) and kilometre-long submarine course cost more than $40 million, said project manager Isaac Berkhoven. and a staff of engi from Internati Submarine Engineering Ltd. of Port Moody, B.C., were hired by Triple Five Corp., owners of the mall, to construct the ride. Each submarine cost $660,000 to design and build. At its, lowest, the lake is just over four metres deep. Two weeks after opening to the public, there were still problems being worked out. One submarine's engine made a disconcerting grinding. noise, which unintentionally sounded like the theme music to Jaws. : That suited Berkhoven, a 26-year-old veteran with the Canadian navy, who would have preferred to see his machines always under the control of human hands. “They (mall management) didn’t need the computer, but they're going to put it in anyway,” grumbled the bearded former seaman. Nevertheless, Berkhoven made sure those who would eventually act as the submarines’ captains were trained for emergencies. The 10-metre-long vessels actually ride along a single-rail track and are brought to the surface of the lake by ~ hydraulic lifts. But there is a manual override which would allow the submarine to Surface if, for instance, it fell off the track. “The operators are also trained for evacuation,” Berkhoven said. “Just underneath the bridge is a place to take people off, like somebody who is claustrophobic and doesn't. know it until they get on.” TYPE | Gulf fala Can ada imeraae earnings mere NEWS fa | | - = TORONTO (CP) — Opera- ting earnings for Gulf Canada Ltd. in the first nine months of 1985 fell to $165 million from $179 million in the same period last year, the company has announced. However, net profit after extraordinary items rose to * $245 million or $1.08 a share from $229 million or $1.01 a share a year earlier. Gulf, taken over by the Reichmann family of. Toronto earlier this year, said the res- ults include a $93-million gain from the Gulf Canada Re- sources partnership with Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. 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He is the first real-estate practitioner from Atlantic Canada to head the 60,000- member association. Hawkins, president of Dave Hawkins Real’ Estate Ltd. of Fredericton, has been active in the industry for more than 25 years. He is a past president of both the New Brunswick Real Estate Association. Boke ‘use The Ideal Monthly Payment gy tor your home will cost ond be able to budget excordingty just how ideal is The Pion? YOUR ANNUAL PREMIUMS. $480 | shez, POPOWICH : ~ RE-ELECTED _ — PRESIDENT By CasNews Staff Vowing to continue devel- oping strong local liaisons _ with concern over the University of B.C.’s intention- to- dis- continue’ offering industrial teachers throughout B.C., Dennis Popowich was re- elected president of the B.C. Industrial Education Asso- ciation at the organization's DENNIS POPOWICH . re-elected president annual general meeting Sat- urday in Castlegar. Popowich, who teaches at Fort Langley Junior Secon- dary school in Langley, fought off a challenge from last year's first vice-presi- dent Gordon Fleming for the presidency. In his report to the meet- ing, Popowich also expressed 1 content courses. During the meeting, a a res- olution that a CCIEA mem- bership category be included for unemployed or partially employed teachers at $5 per year aroused some controv- ersy and was tabled for fur- ther clarification. The membership also pass- ed‘a revised constitution at the meeting. The aim of the new con- stitution is to clarify some ambiguities in the old. con- stitution and to create the new executive position of member-at-large, Popowich said. Elected to the new position was Art Benzer of J. Lloyd. Crowe Secondary school in Trail. Also elected to the BCIEA executive, all by acclamation, were: e First vice-president — Doug Podetz, Frank Hurt Secondary, Kelowna; e Second vice-president — John Vigrass, Alberni Dis- itFict’ Secondary, Alberni; _ e Secretary — Don Askew, L.A. Matheson Junior Sec- ondary, Surrey; e Treasurer — Larry Davidson, KLO ys ATTENTIVE LISTENERS . industrial Hearing set for officers COWNASVILLE, QUE. (CP) — A preliminary hear- ing was set for Jan. 29 for three former ‘Lac-Brome po- lice officers accused of as- saulting a British Columbia man suspected of burglary in 1982. Former police chief Alyre Thireau and'-former police. constable Mario Beaumont are charged with ant ment while former constable Paul Roy is charged with ag- gravated assault. All three men have since resigned from the municipal police force. ‘They ‘appeared briefly in sessions: court Tuesday. be- fore Judge Claude Leveille. The charges stem from a Quebec Police Commission i ii into assault and forcible confine- by David Gauthier. -PUBLIC snepsction st Your, ‘Greyhound terminal of tions may be filed with the Any object ‘Superintendent of Mot 4240 Manor Street, Burnaby, jovernber 15, ‘conor before teachers from across B.C. pay close attention to repor- ts from the executive committee of the B.C. Indus’ Guidelines not accepted REGINA (CP) — Federal financing of “universities is “gravely imperilled” because provinces won't accept stric- ter guidelines for- spending money intended — for - post- Kelowna; e Newsletter editor — Bill McCormick, Robron Second- ary, Campbell River. Syria urged to extradite Brunner BONN (AP) — West Ger- many has urged Syria to ex- tradite Alois Brunner, one of the world’s most hunted Nazi war criminals, following pub- lication of an interview with him in Damascus, a Justice Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. _ Nazi hunter Beate Klar- sfeld has alleged that Brun- ner one of Adolf Eichmann’s closest associates, was res- ponsible for the deaths of at least 100,000 Jews. Bunte magazine published the interview Monday ani quoted Brunner as saying he. is willing to surrender after years in a Syrian hideout and face an international court of justice. Ministry spokesman Hans Juergen Schmid called the purported offer “nonsense.” “If he wants to go before a court, he can come back here France. He also supervised deportation of Austrian, Greek, French and Czechos- lovak Jews to concentration camps. Schmid said that bringing up trial by an international court was just a ploy by Brunner. “There is no such interna- tional court, and he knows that perfectly well,” Schmid said. “He is just trying to as- sert his innocence.’ Bunte quoted Brunner as saying he wouJd surrender as long as he. was not handed over to Israel. “I am ready to go and res- pond before an international court,” it quoted Brunner as saying. “It’s just that Israel will never get me. I won't be- come a second Eichmann.” The Israelis captured Eich- mann in Argentina and hang- and go before a court. If bowed him in 1962 for crimes comes back here he wi arrested immediately,” Schmid said. Brunner, who would now be 73, commanded a con- centration camp at Drancy. against the Jews. As head of the Nazi Gestapo's Jewish section, Eichmann oversaw the deportation and murder of millions of Jews during the Second World War. says a University of Toronto P aaa tical science professor. Al Johnson, author of a report on federal financing of post-secondary education, said the present system means some provinces — Newfoundland and British Columbia, for example — give less to. universities and colleges than what they re- ceive in federal transfer pay- ments for that purpose. His report, commissioned by the previous Liberal gov- ernment and released last February, recommends cre- ating incentives for provinces to spend more on post-sec- ondary education. But he said all provinces have rejected proposals res- tricting their use of federal grants earmarked for uni- versities and colleges. Such grants totalled $4.5 billion last year. “The provinces have effec- tively denied the propriety of Parliament reaffirming a na- tional interest in higher edu- cation,” said Johnson. As a-result, transfer pay- ments for post-secondary ed- ucation are vulnerable to cuts at a time when Ottawa is trying to reduce its billion deficit, he said. In his report, Johnson said the federal government should continue to increase post-secondary transfer pay- ments to provinces, prefer- ably at the same rate as growth in the Gross National Product. 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