B6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982 WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS “OUR BACKGROUND IS QUALITY" ees iy Mp Ae WE CAN OFFER YOU A SUPER SELECTION OF 14’ WIDE HOMES OR DOUBLE WIDE HOMES built by GENERAL HOME SYSTEMS — “Home builders in Canada for over 25 years.” MIKE’S MOBILE HOMES Castlegar Ph, 365-5741 Dealer 5012 Brian Lioyd of Arrow : Creek has constructed 20 log ing his own :log homes, -maintaining a standard that meets ‘con- home, in the six years he has been operating Highland Log Builders; Through East Koot The h home’ in- Advertisement - ‘Log housing. gaining pop ‘turned for more advanced courses in log building. Now he would like'to see’ his own course become dustry. is growing, explains + ‘Lloyd, but: there ‘exists a” h of la. Community College, he is now offering interested” craftsmen; an _ introductory course’ in’ log, construction, which’ he hopes ‘will . even- tually become a-feature of Creston, a drawing card for the valley. He-is especially interested’ in teaching the owner-build- er. There is & demand for bor. Log builders are in great demand throughout B.C. and- Alberta. Although Manpow- er is beginning to process placements through the non- apprenticeable training‘ pro- gram, most placements’ are made through the B.A. Mac- ‘kio School of Log Building in Prince George. Mackie besa teaching Jog labor rather than capital | {atensive house “This eight years ago; his school is the only seasonal fa especially true-for the "a home,” Lloyd points: out. By establishing a log con- -struction course he can teach people skills that will allow them to build good quality cility. - training programs are held on'a sporadic basis through: out B.C. . Lloyd himself teiracd ini- tially from Mackie in Prince George ‘and has ‘since re- LOG HOMES | A DISCRIMINATING CHOICE Highland Log Builders offer an 1 introductory course in LOG CONSTRUCTION © FOR OWNER BUILDERS @ FOR INTERESTED CRAFTSMEN © AS A PREREQUISITE FOR MORE EXTENSIVE PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSES LATER . A five weekend, 85 hour course, beginning March 26 _ Fee: $85 (Enrollment limited) * planning ® log selection ¢ practical chain saw experience ¢ log not- ching © wiring * evening classroom: study ¢ ‘windows -© roof structure © cottage built by students © daytime practical experience. For registration and information call 428: 5332 - Creston Centre, 722 Pine St. HIGHLAND Lost BUILDERS SAVE TIME & MONEY ~ With Weekly or Bi-Weekly Mortgage Repayment Plan at Kootenay Savings Credit Union Call us — we'll tell you how to effectively pay off your mortgage YEARS AHEAD OF TIME anv SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST 100. 4 24 $ Call any branch office of . bia KE Kootenay SavingS= Credit Union TRAIL SALMO FRUITVALE . CASTLEGAR at least anannual occurrence, but preferably a larger pro- ject such os a pre-apprentice- eers shops. Toples to be covered include log selection,’ chain saw experience, log notching (all types), ‘wiring, : windows and roof structure. “Corners are what interest, people, but. precision: in‘ the P type program. Cost of the 85-hour course is $85, well under half the cost of any other log building class. Enrolment is limited to 20 persons. Because the course-covers five weekends — March 26, April 2, April 16, April 23 and April 30 — Lloyd says ‘it will have to be scheduled into peoples’ lives.’ He hopes to teach intensively (so out-of-town participants, ‘are not making long trips for” nothing. Learning builders will do hands-on work at the con- struction site, actually erect-. ing a log.cottage, later to be , donated to the community. As an example, Lloyd ‘sug- gested the building could be established as the Creston Chamber of Commerce Tour- ists and Business Information Booth. - Foreman of Highland Log ‘Builders, David Gardner, will assist in construction work- I a! Handcrafted home indust porta aspect,” says. Lloyd. Evenings ,will be devoted to classroonf study. Planning a log house, safety on ‘the - site, equipment:maintenance ‘and tog house ‘ero! wil be-: hose enthusiasts ey debit with, Highland ‘Log Builders have built or participated in the construction of log build-' ings in West Creston, Arrow. Creek, Destiny: Bay, Nelson, Moyie and; Salmo. A local project wills soon be started in Erickson, Off-site is choose out-of-the-way’ build- Ing sites:which hamper.ease © of construction. As well, val- uable time is wasted driving to and from the actual house site. Off-site a house canbe built quickly, dismantled and delivered, to-be reconstruc- >. ted:on the chosen spot. ;For, further course and con- ferred by the builders, as og but faces sh tact EKCC at 428-5392. F of mnoking - ecennary precision joins. "tes smaller ences ie ‘Valid housing alternative Inthe 1920's, trailers were used by transient workers as a means of low cost housing and later, sonnel and defence plant and construction workers. .How- ever, it wasn’t until the: post- : as emergency - dwellings. for military per- tional’ housiig market, that they emerged as a valid housing alternative. In the 1950's, your average trailer unit'(or mobile home, as it was then known): was 8 “feet by. 30 feet, cost about sa ,.. and was - probably ri war which disrupted the conven- oF a SOUTH SLOCAN | NAKUSP NEW DENVER WANETA.PLAZA made. Four manu- facturing plants had been es- tablished in Canada by this time, but ‘their total annual = outputof some 2,000 ‘units hardly stemmed the rising ide of consumer demand. When consumer souptalnia’? against American units began to in- crease in the late ‘60s, the * Canadian industry began to ‘press for CSA standards to cover all aspects of mobile \Jhome -construction. Hence, the birth of the CSA mobile home construction method in the" only. slightly’ less stringent than those of the Nafional Building Code. In 1978 mobile home sales also peaked in Canada. In British Columbia alone, the number of dealerships grew to, 181 and over 7,500 units were sold both in that year and in 1974. From its cottage industry: origins, , mobile homes . had. evolved. ‘into a‘ $300 million manufacturing’ ‘concern, In re’ponsé to con- sumer demand, the indus! istry had been building’: double % wides since 1970, And ‘many units, in the'best sae a luxury. condominiéim, their ‘conventional pang counterparts. Industry spokesmen point out that the latest CSA 240-2-1 manufactured home specifications have finally been accepted (as of Jan, 1, 1979) by both federal and municipal authorities.” In- | stead of being “slightly. less stringent” than the National Building Code, standards for manufactured homes are now equal’ to those; required of © ‘yeonventional housing. And ‘consumers can: purchase. aunits with an eye to placing garbage disposals and even ‘fireplaces. What's more, through the use of gables and shutters, built-up “rooflines and wooden siding, the units : is recent establishment of the * Mobile Home Registry in ac- cordance with the “Mobile” Home Act, administered by = ‘the provincial Ministry. of eeanine. 1978, representing standards even began to look more like. will show ne A 15 ways to enjoy. comfort and Yes! r'm eee in 'a new home designed to keep my payments fowl; Street talk BOB ZANON, senlor account, manager. at the Montreal here for the past three years, took up his’ new duties‘ Monday at Kimberley as managerof the B of M branch there, * Bob; who was’ born and: raised in Nelson, attended , Selkirk College here in the late 1060's, Stay! home of Ken‘and Irene ‘Bob's ‘former responsibilities. as senior “manager are being assumed by, Fred Basson,'a’ popular golfer, curler and member of the besoin Chamber of Commerce. | AND SPEAKING OF BANKING * s }» Winlaw resident Peter Stoopnikeff, has been ‘elected a - director of Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Along \ with’ a: service eariiey preparatory program, , Gerry | Ehinan, eet a marae tn he i month while taking in’ ‘tournament were Pat and aad “restraint, Municlj CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982 B7 Should be grateful ' says Vander Zalm RICHMOND (CP) — B.C.'s government’ employees should be grateful they have jobs an not expect huge wage increases during this time of 1 Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm said Tuesday. Vander .Zalm was com- \ menting on a statement by the B.C. Government Em- ployees Union, which stated it will ignore the eight-to- 14-per-cent wage increase limits imposed on public sec- , toremployees last week. 9. and ~* built. their own bivouac and a aor 9 night. in: the mountainous area west of Castlegar. —John Hall Photo : VicleHee ca i hc rease ‘| SAN SALVADOR (REUT- “at ‘all. satisfied’. with “Gen. \ Garcia's ° responses, to her. isolation in the governing military-civilian junta...‘ :MacDonald, ‘External Af. fairs Minister in the short- Premier Bill Bennett re- fused comment, saying, “I'm hot getting into any contro- versy with them.” ' “They're going to ‘negoti- ate,” Bennett, said following a caucus meeting in this Van- couver suburb. ~ The union — whose three- year contract expires July 31 — said it will press for cat- chup increases for its 35,000 members. The union's contract’ pro- vides wage increases of eight per cent in each year, and of- ficials say they. have fallen Symbolic action against Poland | OTTAWA (CP) — Ex ternal Affairs Minister Mark our views (on martial law in Poland),” the minister told of 1979-80, “at.” the ° THINKING’ OF huyiog a.smoke alarm ‘Then’ make sure you buy one that has been tested, because there are: some on the market that just aren’ t. ‘what th Fe. : Some battery operated photoslectric-type since.1979 are now being recalled because of a potentially defective ‘electronic microchip: that may: prevent. the alarm from sounding in the presence of smok Rom _Lomis, a Product safety « inspe inspector "the: ative munitey, says the brand names of the alarms in question include Radio E:) tector and inti} 1 Western Canada Concept party has now taken to writing: preas releases — albeit‘ not ‘quite like the releases from: the long ‘standing tical Take for example; ‘the: following ‘passage from ‘the release — complete with ‘spelling errors: “Western Canada Concept is the only Political Party in, Canada today that stands for free interprise (sic) and is a grass roots movement. Western Canada Concept is.the only Political Party that offers the’ voters a’ true: alternative to the socialism that is erroding (sic). and destroying this country.’ _ Interested? You too can join by contacting président: Don Munro at Box 128, White Rock, or’phone 594-3785. THE WEST KOOTENAYS has made the bigtime — though the occasion is not something we'd really want to brag about. The Toronto Globe and Mail —‘ Canada’s National newspaper (or. s0 we're told) — had a front-page. story on the West Kootenays earlier this month. The article outlined ‘the: litany. of economic, problems ' facing workers and businessmen in.this area, The picture painted in the story does: Nothing to enhance: the local if ti reaching 20 per cent; the: two. major fodiateles: ‘announcing cutbacks and layoffs. NS ae ‘We will,reprint the article in Sunday's edition. WILL BE CLOSED Sun., Feb. 28 FOR INVENTORY “Sorry for the - inconvenience’ : meeting by three other'mem- bers ‘of the Commons’ Latin: . Experts attempting to ‘analyze the. female em- ployment phenomenon sane- tions Tuesday against War- saw and Moscow, acknow- “Iedging they are mainly sym: ete sanctions include sus- - pension of exchange pro- grams, restrictions on Polish diplomats, limits’ ‘on Soviet “and Polish airline flights and talks on whether for good or ill, the: working woman is here to-. ° Polish debts. “This isa further and more hatic way of expressing The meagures “won't have a large commercial impact because we don't havea large’ ‘trade with Poland aside from foodstuffs” and will. not “bring Poland to its knees.” He left the door open to further, action later if there are new. But 12.8 per cent behind the cost of living during that period. “They have no choice but to abide by the guidelines,” Vander Zalm said in an inter- view following the caucus meeting, “and certainly they are well off when you com- pare them to what's happen- ing in.the private sector.” VERY FORTUNATE “They. are extremely for- tunate to be employed in government, to have the sec- urity of employment and to be getting any pay increases at all when other people are taking reductions.” ICBC blames ‘backlog for bank errors VANCOUVER (CP) — Insurance Corporation of B.C has inadvertently pulled money. from the bank ac- counts of between 1,500 and 2,000+B.C.. vehicle owners, ‘orperation spokesman Bev said Tuesday. fea ey are among the esti- mated 90,000 people who opted to pay their 1981 auto- , Motible insurance through the. Crown corporation's - . three-times-a-year instal- ment plan. Penhall said the insurance corporation withdrew an av- erage of $250 from the motorists’ accounts around Feb. 9, 1982, despite having received cheque payments from them in late 1981. The money is now being returned to the motorists. Penhall says confusion and he again rejected ‘any propo- sal that would limit food aid an backlog resulting from last year’s five-month strike-lockout contributed to the errors. OPEN THE DOOR AHOME OF YOUR OWN. pice of sod ewe s, th has first ‘British-Columbia' Ministry of ereabed a sand morte 810 This ' will not'only provide. mich. terest ra "Li could alo be the hey to cial opportuni lower threshold on down of you-who | mortgage; "the door is then ize. They'se atk payment three 7 But then there's you's is mortgage : packag oo" going toput A handle on your own land. and bfiiltito a level of wo ‘There are, of course, a ber of styles ‘to choose from and the e chart below gives you les of size and cost: your bea so energy efficients: eas the question ‘of where il new manufac- “All first tine home Buyers in 1982 have a - ¢ Monthly t ‘Size Number of angtime within the your nearest address below. -Their door is always open. chance.to buy residential Crown land‘on a lease-to-pure sis. ‘These first time home buyers will be able tolease their land at 12% of the current market value. . And they'll pavgie Tight to purchase i it five years at a pre- Ifyou Fould like’ to know the exact loca- tions of this land, or any further details about buying a manufactured home, please contact home dealer at the : a to $461.47. . 7) 924 sq.ft.. “2or3! ‘upto 857 | szeqst. upto. 1440sq.ft. . 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