Page 8A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, November 18, 1992 ‘@ Letter Continued from 7A Mrs. Makareth who had suffered a stroke. I took Alice Fowler with me because I knew she would require more nursing skill than doctoring. One of the boys picked us up at S in an out- board and I stayed overnight, coming back next morning on the Minto, the only trip I ever had on her. Until someone disputes my claim I will continue to boast I was the last doctor in B.C. to make a house call by sternwheel- er. Not quite accurate but a good cocktail anecdote. The wonderful aerial photo of the bridge reminds me of having rg CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN (@04) eS 7016 Res 365-3253 was unable to support herself because she was unwell and enti- tled to a W.C.B widow's pension. The next week she came in with a life insurance form asking me to certify that she was healthy enough for life insurance. The Robson ferry landing reminds me of the time a Mrs. Turik near the packing house, a maternity patient of Dr. Harry Christie's, went into labour. I sent Harry Haines up for her and he was smart enough to hold the ferry, barely getting her back to the office. I sent for Barss Dimock who was home eating lunch and by the time he arrived I had delivered a big baby boy feet first. We sent her on into Trail for her well earned few days rest in hospital. It was a rough and tumble two and a half years, but curiously the best experience in retrospect was the fact that Castlegar and area was a living laboratory of medial sociology. Victor Goresky stopped me outside Horsweill’s grocery and while son Gerry, aged 3, peed against the building, Victor told me “Never cure a Doukhobour woman. Always tell her one week come back, or two weeks come back. She works on the farm seven days a week dawn to dusk and father does all the shopping on the weekends en route home from the logging ROBSON MECHANICAL camps or construction jobs. The only time the lady gets a chance to get off the farm to see the bright lights of Trail or Nelson or Castlegar is to plead sickness and husband has to take her to see the doctor”. HEAVY DUTY AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ° This summer I did a locum at Bella Coola and met Ora Gresky's son, Dr. Harvey Thom- masen who is resident physician there. I had heard he had done a definitive treatise on grizzly bears and when I asked him he showed me his paper. As if ‘that were not enough he brought along four other articles he had published: (1) a little study he had done to try to prove or dis- prove the native use of devil's club root for diabetes (no effect) (2) Identification of 26 Haacpagd of (at least in appearance). I was laid up for a few months a couple of years ago with a disc, and for the first time got. into War and Peace followed immediately by Anna Karenina. Marvellous stuff. When I saw a 2 week tour to Russia advertised a couple of weeks later we signed up and took another couple, September 1990. Moscow, Yalta, Kiev and St. Petersberg. While it was not a music tour, we had four laid on concerts and picked up two more on our own, an acapella choir in Owikeeno and Bella Coola dh leys. (3) Use of DNA fingerprint- ing as a tool in forensic wildlife management and (4) a highly technical article he had published in the British Lancet on some predicting factors in the onset of adult respiratory failure. As if all that was not enough he b M and Eugene Oncigen a the Korov. I thank you again for your excellent article and I trust that John Hall can relieve your arthri- tis without giving you a G.I. hemorrhage like I had a month ago. I'm going in tomorrow Obituaries Marianna DaCosta On Thursday, November 12, 1992, Marianna DaCosta of Castlegar passed away at the age of 83 years. Wake Service and Mass of Christian Buriel was celebrated at St. Rita’s Catholic Church on Sunday and Monday with Fr. Herman Eng- berink officiating. Burial was at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. DaCosta was born November 9, 1909 in Azores, Portugal. She grew up and married Manuel DaCosta there and came to be with her family in Castlegar in 1970. She was a member of St. Rita's Catholic Church, She is survived by two sons, Manuel and Antonio of Castlegar. Fifteen grandchildren and 20 Great G She is also by one brother, Antonio Cabral of Toronto, one sister, Albertina Cabral of Mon- treal, two sisters and one brother in Portugal and one brother in Rhode Island. She was predeceased by her husband and one son, Joc. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Ernest Frederick Blackwell Emest Fredrick Blackwell of Castlegar passed away November 9, 1992 at the age of 87 years. ME Blackwell was born February 27, 1905 at Marthaville, Lampton Petrolia, Ontario. ng for a repeat gi along two-3-ring binders full o of single-spaced typescript: one was the iption he had done of about ten hours of taped memoirs of Clyton Mack, the famous griz- zly bear hunter, now in his eight- ies, and the second a similar volume of what amounted to footnotes to the memoirs, cover- ing the geology, geography, his- tory, demography, ethnology and anthropology of the Bella Coola valley! I wish I had been a little more sensitive to the uniqueness of Alexander » but I had a lot on my plate at the time. We still have a kitchen table that he made for us by hand, 43 years ago. Fortunately I did recognize him as being a clone of Tolstoy me of a definiti of ageing I picked up at a geriatric meeting in England a few years ago: ‘progressive loss of adapt- ability’. Kindest personal regards. Please remember me to any of the people you mentioned in your article if you see them. Adam Waldie. He writes a good letter and raises warm memories. I'll write to him from the Abbey. Don't forget, Autographed copies of the Beautiful B.C. mag- Mr. Blackwell worked as a Pump House Operator for Cominco for many years. At Mr. Blackwell's request, cremation has taken place. His ashes will be shipped to Petrolia, Ontario for burial in the family plot. He is survived by one sister, Frieda Tinkham of Petrolia and close friends, the Hugh Wilson family of Castlegar. Cremation arrangements were made under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Mary Makaroff On Wednesday, November 11, Makaroff was born 1992, Mary Makaroff of Castlegar passed away at Mount St. Francis Hospital at the age of 88 years. Funeral service was held at the azine with and mailing envelope can be bought at the C.P. Rail Station Museum. Thanks again, John A. Charters Casth Funeral Chapelon Fri- day, November 13, 1992 at 7 p.m., and continued until Satur- day, November 14 at 10 a.m.. Buriel was at Park Memorial Cemetery at noon. PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE from Price for the same job). The f isp ft has come to my attention that some other home improvement firms are using unfair and Prices. In one recent case the customer paid over three times the going rate for the job they were pressured into agreeing to and also paid an up-front deposit of 1/2 of the purchase price (50% more than Dream Distributors list to help bad and the ripoffs in the home improvement business. on home i Don’t pay large its to they sell into their office. Make the earn their the good, the if you are dealing with an established reliable firm you should be able to have most jobs done with littie or NOTHING down with the bulk of your payment due upon satisfactory COMPLETION of work. Established reliable firms have credit with their suppliers and should not need to be paid anything until after work has started. The largest deposit you should have to pay when ordering custom-made (items that are pre-built to the exact size to fit your home: example custom fit windows) should be 30% (1/3 of entire installed cost). The reason that salesmen require large deposits is so they can get paid immediately upon turning the jobs by You may have been solicited by a door-to-door salesperson about home r _ or some other goods o or services. The through to completion before getting paid. Most firms (those who are charging fair prices) have material costs in the order of 1/3 to 1/2 of your purchase price with labour, commissions, office expenses and profits accounting for the balance of your purchase price. The commissions of salesmen who charge excessive prices can be 1/2 or more of the pricé they charge. Most ripoff salesmen charge very high prices. The harder a salesman tries to get the order immediately upon giving you his price the more wary you should be. Don't be taken in by salesmen offering with time li ging your job customers? large discounts. They usually offer di now before the discounts end .. . some fast talking salesman get the best of you. to rush your decision (Act ). It's hard to say NO to some salespeople. Don't let Be very wary of the stranger who knocks on your door. Ask for a card (to identify this : person later). Ask them to call back if you are interested so you can check them out. ‘Consul with someone else who has had similar work done (relatives, friends or other contractor. Call the local building supply yard for an approximate material price. Get as much information as you can before hand (fore-armed - is forewarned). Personal recommendations are usually your best help in choosing a neighbours) or talk to : >:contractor. Ask for references and then check them very carefully. > When getting prices for home improvements from salesmen in your home get as much detail as possible. Get it in writing. Verbal pi are no * at a later date for your decision. Protect yourself from ripoff salesman: * Don’t sign anything right away * Don't pay large amounts up front (or on delivery) * Don't pay too much until you are satisfied that the work will be completed as promised. + Always hold back at least 10% of the purchase price to ensure the contractor pays his bills. A contractors suppliers can legally lien your property if his bill remains unpaid by the > contractor. You have the legal right under consumer laws to hold back 10% of your contract = price for 41 cays so you can check with land registry to ensure your home is free of liens. > FOR YOUR INFORMATION — Contracting Home Repai ¢ When inesoing @ contractor to carry out home rey ¢ and >The following guidelines will be helpful in avoiding pitfalls. * The contractor should have a permanent residence in are ares. that said p +_will be fulfilled. If possible have a third party attend appointments with salesmen t to assist : zyou if the salesman resorts to high pressure sales tactics (this point is very important for : sseniors). A good salesman should be willing to leave you details in writing and come back irs, you should make sure the improvements. | am offering for s. seven pie in which to change your mind and cancel contracts you have signed The cancellation or “cooling-off’ period a $50.00 or more — magazin This protection also applies in some circumstances outside your home and outside the seller's usual place of business, such as at parties held in the home of a friend for the purpose of selling merchandise, or at a fair or home show. The “cooling-off period does not apply to real estate of insurance. Neither does this seven-day option exist when you contract to buy goods at the seller's place of business. If you sign an offer to purchase a car on a car lot, you have no right under law to cancel that contract. Follow these guidelines when making a door-to-door purchase: * Never sign a sales agreement until you have had time to think the purchase through. « Know the seller. Does he or she have a business licence? Check the company’s record with the Better Business Bureau. Can the company supply references from satisfied Dream Distributors What You Should Know About Door-to-Door Sales at Langham in December of 1921. After their marriage they moved to Blaine Lake where they farmed. In the 1930s they moved to Alber- ta and in 1945 to Shoreacres, B.C.. In 1962 they moved to Castlegar where they lived until moving to Raspberry in 1987. Mrs. Makaroff enjoyed both vegetable and flower gardening. She was also active in the ladies cooking groups when she was able. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Emma and George Moojelsky of Ft. St. John, daughter-in-law, Vera Makaroff, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, four sisters and one brother. She was d by her husband in Act you with a seven day cancellation period — at home. rvices valued at few examples. nor to the p * Know the product. What are the warranties? ‘What about servicing? Delivery time? If possible, avoid paying for goods or services in full until they have been delivered. Dream Distributors 3660 PASSMORE OLD ROAD, VALLICAN PHON E 354-1101 NELSON 364-2473 TRAIL Between now and March 1993 | am offering great savings on installations of home all stock on hand (at my Passmore office) at tremendous savings off our regular prices. | have never been able to sell materials at a lower price than | can offer right now. Call for an appointment to meet me at the Passmore quality products were pi 1990 | looked after all sales myself. From Jeniiary a 1990 until May 9, 1992 | relied on a sales team that | hired to help my business grow. The salesmen were to manage their jobs iM THE OWNER office or | can come to your héme. No obligation estimates. Watch for the announcement of the Open House at our new office in Passmore. MESSAG! OF DREAM DISTRIBUTORS | have been selling home improvements to the people of the Kootenays since 1976. | started Dream Distributors in 1983 so | could pasate oversee my own jobs to ensure homes. Until January of through to completion and resolve difficulties as they arose. The first year the salesmen appeared to believe my philosophy of “It’s not a fair deal unless it's fair to all involved — and that the ° Beware of quick and high p tactics. = time to prepare a detailed estimate nel ort prees you for an | immediate decis + Beware of a contractor who won't give you the names of at least two satisfied clients. Check with them. * Beware of companies that insist on advance payment of 40 per cent of more; tori wuffictent. percent should be si * Call the Better Business Bureau to check the company’s reputation. *Be of : at a cut-rate price. : Says your roof looks hazardous and needs immediate repairs — get a second or third = opinion. Offers you a commission for everyone who sees your home and agrees to have the ; Same remodeling done. : Tells you that he or she is a factory representative of a company that wants to offer you +8 “good deal” on home repginke : Fealy you ages mama core withhold ten per cent of the =contract price from the Si patied of 90 days alter We cumrect hae been completed. This is to cover the possibility of having to pay workers, subcontractors and who were not paid for their services by the contractor you hired. For more details, ‘800 the Builders Lien Act, or consult your lawyer. any who you at your home if the contractor: Tells you there is enough leftover material from the last job to do the same job for you needs ly the is number one.” Things went well the first year. Sales costs in 1990 (as listed in my income tax return) averaged just under 13.5 percent of the retail price and most customers were well served with minor problems. During 1991 sales costs jumped to 20.5 per cent of the retail price an obvious ig from the done to indication of problems in the way the jobs were being sold. Installation costs also rose during 1991 because of salesmen errors. Most of the problems were traced to poor made verbally by the salesmen, short measuring (understating the size of the job) and extras promised or given by the salesman that were When di with the when to date with salesmen failed to correct the problems | decided to terminate my salesmen one by one hoping some would change. No such luck. | ended up terminating them all by May 9/92 and now do my own sales. During 1993 | will be taking on a trainee salesperson and work with hinVher one on one to teach the business and my philosophy. My i in the home improvement field is that they are » out after number one (themselves). | capped and controlled the Prices that my salesmen were allowed to quote (we work off price lists) so that we quoted fair pric DREAM DISTRIBUTORS 1S OWNED BY VICTOR BEEKMAN, 3062 Passmore Old Road, Ph. 226-7969. P.S. If you have any p by Dream Distributors or it’s agents please contact me for assistance. not y y 1989 and one son in 1991. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel. : With thanks The family of Lil Woodrow would like to express our thanks to all our friends and relatives for their comfort and support in the loss of our wife, mother and . Qur gratitude also goes to those who sent food, flowers, and cards to the house, and dona- tions to the Cancer fund. Special thanks to Doctors: Scotland, Neil and Dalla Lana and to all the nurses and staff on the second floor of the Trail Regional Hospital for making her last stay as comfortable as possible. An extra special thanks to Elaine, Mary, Faye and Auntie Anne for all their help and com- fort when needed. Many many thanks to Ann Pollock for her support, phone calls, visits and beautiful service. To Mike and staff at the Castlegar Funeral Home, many thanks for your help and unde: A special thanks. to June Samulak for-the music at the ser- vice. To Arlee and all the Christ- mas Club ladies, a very warm thank you. There are no words to express our heartfelt gratitude to Bill and Jerry. Thank you again, from Frank, Tina, Woody and families. Consulting Financial Counselling and Qoal Setti: ‘ The only saving grace for the Castle- Si ORTS Sports Dept. John Van Putten 365-5579 Pdhiely November 18, 1992 9A | Rebels get two points JOHN VAN PUTTEN _ Sun Sports Over-confidence almost cost the Rebels both games this past weekend. The team came off of a win and a tie against tough teams two week- ends ago, but this weekend, the Rebels lost 3-1 to Columbia Valley on Friday and just barely managed a 7-6 win over Golden on Saturday. Rebels co-coach Gord Walker said that past wins have resulted in the players developing a false sense of security and over-confidence. “They were over confident. Now after this weekend they are under- confident.” After playing the stronger teams in the past couple of weeks and coming up with wins, the prospect of playing two weaker teams left the Players a little on the cocky side. Being confident is good but when they ease up in their enthusiasm al.practice and during the game it usually backfires, and it almost cost them four points. “They forgot everything they learned in the first one and a half months. They looked disappointing at practice during the week and they did not have their mind on the games this weekend,” Walker said. In Friday night's game, Columbia Valley added one goal each period to mount a three goal lead to Castlegar’s zip. The Rebels finally found the scoreboard at the 16:25 mark of the third period, when Mark Graff put one past Columbia Valley netminder Richie Kohorst to finally chalk one up. If this was going to be the start of a come-back it was a case of starting to little, to late. Goal judges were far from busy in Friday’s game, but the two penal- ty boxes were the more popular places in the Community Complex. Rebels rang the penalty till to the ring of 45 minutes, while Columbia Valley tallied up 35 minutes of resting time for the players who eared a trip to the bad boy box. Each team also received a one game misconduct penalty. One of the most crowd pleasing boxii it on ice so far this season had Rebels Derek Lalonde square 1 up with Columbia Valley's Bill Parks. Although Lalonde seemed to come out the winner of the fight, neither won when it came to the penalties since, both received a five minute major and a game misconduct. In goal for the Rebels was J.C. Moore who played a very good game. If it was not for his goaltending, the score would have been much higher in favor of Columbia Valley, Walker said. Friday loss seemed to spark some life into the Rebels for the game on Saturday against the Golden Rockets. Jumping to a three goal lead midway into the first period the Rebels looked strong, the game was going their way. At the end of one chap- ter, the Rebels went into the dressing room with a 3-1 lead. During Chapter two they added three more goals to their lead before the midway point. Then something ignited the fuel of the Rockets, who took off.scoring the next three goals to bring them within two. Derek Lalonde added a bit of insurance at the 9:26 point of the third, only to have Columbia Valley put two more in and bring them to with- in one, with 15 seconds left. It must have been the longest 15 seconds of the year for the Rebels. They had over weekend, but barely Castlegar Rebels coaches Gary Sauer (Left) and Gord Walker question the players performance during Friday's KIJJHL game. Walker's gesture pretty much sums up the Rebels performance over the weekend. weekend with two points. “If it was: not for the goaltending we would be out two games,” Walker said. This was the weekend to trim down the goaltending staff on the Rebels. The team has been holding onto three goalies and putting off the decision of which two to keep “It was the hardest decision been up 6-1 at the halfway point of the second period, from that time on they were out scored by their oppo- nents 5-1 The momentum had switched sides and the Rebels were being steam-rolled by Columbia Valley ‘Only three or four guys came out to play, the rest of the guys were out to lunch’ to make, all three goalies worked hard and deserve to be on the team,” Walker said The coaches used a point system for each goalie to decide which two to keep. It was a tough call, and even though he played a great game — GORD-WALKER Rebels co-coach gar team was that the clock was tick- ing away. If there had been a few more seconds left in the game it could have ended differently. “We lost the second half of the game, only three or four guys came out to play, the rest of the guys were out to lunch,” Walker said. Good goaltending is the only reason the Rebels came out of the on Friday, the bad news was handed to J.C. Moore “It was close, only one point separated the three goalies. J.-C. Moore played real well, he worked hard, it was a tough decision,” Walker said. Castlegar’s two men between the posts will now be John Ray and Vaughan Welychko. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten With the Rebels adding on two points this weekend they bring their total for the season up to 21. The Rebels are in fourth place overall, but it really doesn’t mean too much considering it’s a four team race at this point in the season. The closest teams to the heels of the: Rebels are Beaver Valley with 14 points and Golden with Ten. Columbia Valley and Elk Valley are walking well behind the pack with eight points each, Rossland is pulling up the rear with six points. The five teams are not totally out of the race for the top, but it would take a considerable turnaround for them to work their way into the group at the front With Castlegar at the back of the lead pack, there is a fear that the leaders will begin to pull away. “We played the two weakest teams this weekend and only come out with two points,” Walker said. : Castlegar has a game in Nelson on Friday and at home on Saturday against Spokane. The Rebels Coaches will be working hard during the week to try and fix what went wrong last weekend. “If we play Nelson like this, we will get killed. It won't even be a game,” Walker said. CASTLEGAR REBELS’ HOCKEY GAME RESULTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 COLUMBIA VALLEY 3 @ CASTLEGAR 1 FIRST PERIOD 1. Columbia Valley, Kinnig (McNeil, Baubernia) 10:25 SECOND PERIOD 2. Columbia Valley, Farrarelli (Baubernie, Sperle) 6:46 THIRD PERIOD 3. Columbia Valley, Steinstra (Wilson, Farrarelli) 8:44 4. Castlegar, Graft 15 (DaCosta) 16:25 (31-30) SATURDAY, NOV. 14 CASTLEGAR REBELS7 @ GOLDEN6 FIRST PERIOD 1. Castlegar, Gropp 4 (Doyle, Oldham) 7:35 2. Castlegar, Pottle 2 (Brewer, Hunter) 10:12 3. Castlegar, Babakaiff 1 (Leiman) 13:18 4. Golden, Dhami (Bose, Sanford) 18:03 SECOND PERIOD 5. Casta Gropp 5 (Leiman) 4:05 6. Castlegar, Ross 1 (Lalonde) 8:01 7. Castlegar, Graff 16 (Schuller) 9:18 8. Golden, Pont (Chicoine) 11:16 9. Golden, Dhami 18:16 THIRD PERIOD 10. Gokien, Pont (Paetsch,Dhami) 6:48 11. Castlegar, Lalonde 1 (Rilcoff) 9:26 12. Gokden, Hurbizna (Treale, Owlijoot) 15.45 13. Gokien, Pont (Bose, Dhami) 19:45 The Sun Standings File ........, @eal (shots-saves) ‘son (35-28) Castlegar: Welychko (37-31); Golden: Sigvolda- @eal (shots-saves)-Castiegar: Moore (27-24); Columbia Valley: Kohorst ny KOOTENAY INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE WEST DIVISION STANDINGS TEAM al QF Nelson Maple Leafs 14 2 130 Grand Forks 13 Z Oo 118 Spokane Braves 6 12 c 127 CASTLEGAR REBELS 10 ~ 1 83 Beaver Valley N. Hawks 7 10 O 105 Rossland Warriors 3 14 (e} 78 EAST DIVISION STANDINGS TEAM a w L T Golden Rockets 12 fo) Elk Valley Raiders 13 (e) Columbia Valley an oO LEAGUE GAME RESULTS ¢ FRIDAY NOV 13 Elk Valley 4 @ Beaver Valley 6 Golden 1 @ Nelson 13 Columbia Valley 3 @ Castlegar 1 Spokane 12 @ Rossland 7 SATURDAY NOV 14 Elk Valley 2 @ Spokane 15 Golden 6 @ Castlegar 7 Columbia Valley 1 @ Nelson 10 Rossland 5 @ Beaver Valley 4 SUNDAY NOV 15 Elk Valley 5 @ Spokane 15 Columbia Valley 6 @ Rossland 11 Golden 3 @ Grand Forks 8 WEST KOOTENAY MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ATOM jHOUSE) SOUTH DIVISION STAN! TEAM @pP w Lt Trail #1 3 3 ° 8 Rossland #2 Rossland #1 Trail #2 Trail #3 Beaver Valley #1 Grand Forks #2 Grand Forks #1 Beaver Valley #2 Beaver Valley #3 NORTH Drvisions pelea satcerl TEAM Castlegar #4 Nelson #2 Kasio Nelson #4 Castlegar #2 Nelson #1 Nelson #3 Castlegar #1 Castlegar #3 Nakusp swavsounao® COa+444nNH008 WNWNO++0-0PF +~32000+--000M AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE TLANTIC er STANDINGS TEAM iP T Breton bl Fredericton St. John's Moncton Halifax ar 9 wooe NORTHERN DivVIsi: TEAM @Pp Springfield Adirondack Caphtol District Providence New Haven NOBNOOE 25 aour SOUTHERN DIVISION TEAM ep Ww Binghamton 3 Rochester 8 Baltimore 6 Hershey 5 Utica 4 Hamitton 2 SUNDAY Fredericton 9 @ Halifax 3 Capitol District 2 @ St. John’s 2 (OT) Cape Breton 7 @ Rochester 5 Binghamton 4 @ Hamilton 1 Providence 5 @ New Haven 2 SATURDAY Halifax 7 @ Cape Breton 6 Moncton 2 @ Adirondack 2 & Binghamton 6 @ Baltimore 4 Hershey 6 @ Springfield 0 Providence 7 @ Utica 7