‘ aw. Castlegar News septémber 11, 1985 Next to Wizard's Palace Castlegar . ’ First Year FLEA Anniversary MARKET ||- S#¢. * Every BRE CONICSHOP,, Saturday - & Sunday 9a.m. to3 p.m. Sale Times FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. SAT., SEPT..14 Mm. Sp.m. 1003 - 2nd Street. badeteter hie © Comics * Games © Sci-Fi © Posters 1525 Bay Ave., Trail -3120 For information concerning space‘or tables Ph, 365-3237 - issue is a union shop provision and not wages. TO ALL SHAW — CABLE CUSTOMERS Shaw Cable employees, who are members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local _1003_are_on strike for job security. The COMMUNITY NEWS Margaret Truman's new mystery Murder at the FBI was among the latest batch of fiction to arrive at week. Truman's fans know how she penetrates, the world of Washington, D.C. with her powerfully authentic novels of sus- pense, and now J. Edgar Hoover's FBI will never be the same again, : An FBI agent is shot on an FBI firing range as 200 tourists gape in’ stunned disbelief. the Castlegar Library this > Two special agents, Ross and Chris, who break FBI rules by becoming lovers, are assigned to the case and CBEW TF that “alc their payments until the strike is over. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR STRIKE! 1.B.E.W. Local 1003, DAILY AIR SERVICE TO CRANBROOK Depart Castlegar 8 a.m. their search takes them from Arizona, where the dead man has been investigating some grisly serial murders, to New York's deluxe hotels and ‘then to Fire Island's gay community. --+Chris's—former-| 4 & .d..helps..her..put “tea with the false information. The pieces of the game include imaginary armies, signals experts, double and * triple agents, and, at the centre of it all, a beautiful, sophisticated young woman whois called upon to perform one of the most heroic acts of the war. Read how the fate of the Western Allies rested in the hands of one beautiful,- passionate young woman! 4 - . . ° ‘The Troubadour’s Romance by Robyn Carr is set in Eleanor of Aquitaine’s’ brilliant court at Poiteirs: and moves to the background of feudalism and chivalry of Medieval England. In 12th century Europe, a rich woman's property could be wrested from her by her husband, who often married only to gain control of her estate. The beautiful Felise Scelfton, who is endowed with lands in France and England, is pursued by many but she's forced by command of Henry II to marry Sir Royce Leighton, a gloomy recluse. Refusing to become a victim of a feudal struggle she determinedly sets about to— save her husband's estate and the neighboring towns- people from total ruin at the hands of a powerful and corrupt clergy man. She’s also determined to win her husband's love, though he, loving her but fearing her * ion, withdraws more and more. So apparently d and at cross purposes, they face betrayal from an FBI setting for new novel By JUDY WEARMOUTH «Libra bestseller list for four months. Its author, Ian Moffitt, has been compared favorably with John Le Carre and Graham Greene, and his novel of revenge has been likened to Casablanca. : J Quinn, a young Australian newspaper man, wit- nessed a massacre outside a Chinese village in, 1948 and the memory burned in him for 30 years. Then he Started writing letters and the game of ‘violente began. His dangerous-road into the bloody past takes him back to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan as he tracks down the aging villains and heroes of that time. He finally meets up with the manic general responsible for the massacre in his bizarre mountaintop amusement park. Cae ae aes Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart is a: powerful novel about two strikingly different women and the friendship - that binds them together through 30 years of drama, joy _and tragedy. Cee Cee and Bertie meet as children on holiday and continue their friendship as pen pals, fiding the p1 of their i d to each other. As they meet through the years, they strengthen the ties between them. Hollywood claims Cee Cee, while Bertie marries a man who disapproves of Cee Cee's lifestyle. Jealousies, f{ drugs, the shock of divorce the glare of celebrity. } EEN EA OPT ae Re : september 11, 1985 Castlegar News __57 WEST EDMONTON Mall expands again BRAD : By ZIEMER natn . EDMONTON (CP) — It has been’called “the mall that ate Edmonton,” and it's growing again. ~~ West,Edmonton Mall, the, Alberta capital's retail and amusement palace, is opening another addition today that will nearly double the total number of stores and services to * a staggering 828. si And that’s not:the half of it. Included in Phase 3 will be a glass-enclosed water park large enough to water-ski on and a de beach for Ghermezian's English isn't the best, and Eldredge acts” as a’ kind of prompter-when he's at a loss for words. , NOTAMALL But as the conversation continues, Ghermezian has little trouble finding the words to describe the mall he and his brothers_have created. : “It is no longer a mall,” he said: “It should have had a name like Disneyland or EPCOT Centre. Today in Edmonton what we have is the world’s largest, most year-round sun-tanning. Another indoor lake will be patrolled by four 28-seat, ines from which can view sharks, octopuses and an area of coral constructed to, look like Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. r There will also be 34 movie theatres, a Parisian mall with stores such as Gucci and Cartier, a recreation of New Orlean's Bourbon Street with 13 ni a 12-st P: pnd most tourist It isa combination of all the major tourist attractions in the world.” For more than three years before the mall opened in 1981, the four brothers visited exotic locations around the | wortd:The idea was to study major tourist attractions and combine them under one roof. The world famous San Diego Zoo, for example, is roller coaster and a miniature version of California's Pebble Beach golf course... Perhaps a better indication of just how big West Edmonton Mall will be is that it will have three McDonald's restaurants. Still not impressed? : GROWTH SURPRISES together -some important pieces of the puzzle. The worst enemies could hope for. Boe, A novel which rivals such classics of espionage as The Day of the Jackal and The Eye of the Needle, Larry Collin's new novel Fall From Grace is the story of the most daring gamble of the war, sweeping the reader deep into the secret world of espionage, treachery and deception that paved the way to D-Day. The gamble was to convince the Nazis that the Normandy landings were only a feint, that the real landing would take place later solution reveals an FBI more ominously flawed than its. quarter: : = . * Rosamunde Pilcher is a novelist often compared to Mary Stewart, and her books have been delighting readers for years. Now her best.short stories have been gathered into one volume called The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories. The 13 stories depict human experience from birth to death and vividly evoke the English locales in which they're set. A new career, a sister's marriage, a’ child's first knowledge of death, the injustice of racial prejudice, are-the vehicles of Miss Pilcher's loving exploration of the hopes and fears, pleasures and sorrows the. toll and death; through all these People who enjoy the PBS series The Heart of the their friendship survives. near Calais. "A team of British and American deception planners see that Germany's best intelligence sources are subtly of our daily lives. ‘The Retreat of Radiance was on the Australian Dragon will be pleased to read Alasdair Clayre’s companion volume of the same name, to reinforce the impressions left by the television programme. The book combines careful research and clear, elegant prose and stunning photographs (some of which have never been seen outside China) and takes the reader into the private lives of individuals and into the closed world of the country's courts, hospitals and prisons. It examines the ancient religions and philosophies which mingle easily with Marxism and Maoism.and explores the world of Program wants students By CasNews Staff To connect with PWA Eastbound Flights CALL TOLL FREE 112-800-663-7047 ASSE International ‘stu- dent exchange program is looking for local high school students to participate in ex- change programs in Europe. Helen West of Vernon, area representative for ASSE. (formerly American Scandinavian Student Ex- change) says the program is also seeking local families to serve as hosts for Scandin- avian, Spanish, German, Swiss, British and Dutch high school students who are part of the ASSE exchange program. their high A_non-profit_organi: “ASSE is affiliated with the Swedish and Finnish Minis- tries of €ducation. The students, 16 and 17 years old, are fluent in Eng- lish and are carefully selected for the program based on school _ perfor- ition their parents. : The host family furnishes meals and housing. ASSE is also seeking local high school students inter- six weeks during. the ‘latter. part of June, the month of July and early August with host families in Scandinavia or Germany. ested in par in the must be 16 to 18 Chinese science, art and cooking. cripts of the student's last, three years in school and a certificate of health from a ! doctor. : West says that ASSE is also looking for a represen- starts 6th Awana Clubs for boys and ASSE European Program for an academic year or a six- week summer holiday in inavia, G . Swit- mance, “good ch ” and interest in living with a Canadian host family, West says. All students are covered by comprehensive medical and liability insurance and have adequate money for personal needs supplied by zerland or Great Britain. ASSE-was originally estab- lished as the American Scan- dinanvian Student Exchange to provide student exchange opportunities between Swe- den and the U.S. Since its inception, ASSE has expand- ed to include exchanges be- tween the U.S., Canada and the countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Germany, - Great Britain, Spain and Switzer- land. School attendance is com- pulsory while on the ASSE program. Students do not have to have any knowledge of German or a Scandinavian language to apply to the program. Students will have an introduction to the lan- guage upon arrival in the host country. HELEN WEST Europe. Summer years old upon departure for : students In addition to the one-year must be 15 to 18 years. old. tative in the West Kootenay. She says the job involves re- ‘ eruiting students and host families. West says there is no max- imum number of students who can participate in the program at one time, provid- ing host families for the stu- dents are found. But she said that there is usually no shortage of people willing to share their homes with stu- dents. “There is a wealth of knowledge and personal growth a student or host family receives for being in- volved in the- program that money can't buy,” says West. The program officially started in B.C. last January, although the program itself is 40 years old. West said there are currently three students in the Vernon area staying with host families — two from Sweden and one from Iceland. Those interested in the girls started their sixth year this fall. | “Sparks” which are kinder- garten to Grade 2 meet each Tuesday afternoon from 3 - Guards” which rep- © resent Grades 3-6 meet every Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. “Junior Varsity,” Gradef 7 and 8 have a new time/“and night, Friday evening from 7-9 p.m. Cake Walks, Grand Prix, Shoe Scrambles and Mystery Boxes are just some of the activities planned this year. Awana is a world-wide or- ganization. with clubs in 17 countries. The clubs are Bible-based in their. teach- ings, and while Awana has many things to interest boys and girls, such as games and special activities, the em- phasis is always on the Bible. Awana is held at and spon- sored by the Calvary Baptist Church. program, ASSE also’ spon- ASSE requires four letters program can contact West by The mall's total area will be nearly five millio: quare” feet (465,000 square metres) — that's roughly 80 football fields. It already has parking for 25,000 vehicles, and on weekends security staff are out directing traffic. The rapid growth of West Edmonton Mall is a city of just 600,000 has baffled many. Even Nader Ghermezian, the ‘It's no longer a mall. It should have a name like Disneyland or EPCOT Centre’ P d by the aviaries stocked with exotic birds and the glass enclosures containing tigers and, until recently, monkeys. The monkeys had to go because they multiplied too fast. s The mall's amusement park is called Fantasyland, which is also the name used for one of the exhibits at Disneyland. isneyland officials expressed concern over the choice of je but stopped short of taking legal action- : ‘: ‘i “For” i are stocked with tropical fish from around the world. Trained dolphins | are to entertain shoppers in a huge display tank located next to the artificial lake, on which floats a full-sized copy ofa Spanish galleon. : eee Ostrich rides will be offered when Fantasyland’s addition is completed in November. DRAWS TOURISTS s “Sometimes, I don't believe myself what we have done,” said Ghermezian, clearly excited. “We have changed the highway pattern from the East. For example, people spokesman for the publicity-shy family that owns Triple _Five Corp., developer of the mall, expresses surprise. “We always ®anted to build something bi Ghermezian says of himself and his three brothers. “But we never thought it would end up to be like this.” ‘An interview with a. Ghermezian is. rare, and no personal questions about the family are permitted. This much is known, however: Jacob, patriarch of the clan, brought the family to Canada from Iran in the late 1950s. They settled in Montreal_ —and started selling Persian rugs, later expanding into the United States. ‘They sold their booming carpet business in the late 1960s and moved to Ei ‘app: ly b: Alberta's expanding oil industry and the wealth it promised. BUY LAND They began buying land and today are among Alberta's largest landowners, with holdings of more than 6,000 hectares within Edmonton's city limits. The Ghermezians — all in their 40s — opened West Edmonton Mall in September 1981. It had 225 stores. Work on Phase 2 began the following summer and it opened — complete with a skating rink, European carousel, miniature _.train and several other children’s rides — in. 1983. The kids loved it and so did the tourists. It may be the only mall in the world with a full-time tourism director. The mall's stores do an-average business of $520 a year per square foot — double the national average, says Deanne Eldredge, Triple Five's director of public affairs and the person who does most of the talking for the Ghermezians. “Some stores are doing more than $1,000 a square foot.” Eldredge sat in on the interview with Ghermezian, whose posh ninth-floor office overlooks the Alberta legislature. someones ing from Montreal to Vancouver-used to go through Calgary. These people now go to Edmonton. “Anybody who is driving within three or four hours of Edmonton makes a point of coming to see West Edmonton Mall.” Luring tourists tothe mall was the plan from the beginning for the Ghermezians, called “the boys” by their employees. “The boys .never planned for the population of Edmonton to support the mall,” said Eldredge. “They always knew that what they would create would be the first, the biggest, the most unique and-would therefore beco tourist attraction.” Mall officials estimate more than four mtillion people visited the mall from June 1, 1984, to the end of May 1985. Eldredge says about 25 per cent of those who come to the mall are from outside the metropolitan Edmonton area. Triple Five would like to boost that level to 60 per cent. Construction of a 350-room luxury hotel has started and it will open next Jyly.to.help house some of those visitors. In true Ghermezian fashion, it won't be a typical hotel. “When you check in, they won't ask you what kind of room you want,” said Ghermezian. “They will ask you what country you would like to sleep in.” Ghermezian explains that all the rooms are being decorated to represent the cultures of different countries. Want to spend a night in Japan without flying half way around the world? They'll have a room for you. LOOK FOR SITE Phase 4 is a possibility, said Ghermezian, but in the meantime he and his brothers have turned their attention to building a similar facility in Minnesota and another in either the northeast United States or Central Canada. Niagara Falls, Ont., Toronto and Boston are three possible areas: mentioned. Canada's trade surplus drops OTTAWA (CP) — Ex- ports, especially to the United States, plunged in July, leaving Canada with its smallest trade surplus in more than five years. when the surplus slipped to $102 billion. 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