July 13, 1988 Castlegar News 87 ANOLA, MAN. (CP) — Perched The two-bucket days were four she realized it cost more to pay fora _ Virginia is quick to point out that KN) ALL NEW BACTERIOSTATIC FILTER & , Hy wsteg WOEOS Henge 7geses | Sapeoeepty i f Rpt? TH a Het ae ‘ If! ‘fe ir i I i; ba i ty r ihe Aff all He lui! a ir ny IH Soa Pp ma k e rs sta r t sm a i I en ede confidently on barstool-high chairs in years ago, booth at the craft shows where she their modern home, tucked away cos cause baa, cals mone we ti MAX MITSCHELE (604) 689-9830 g Be ears e @ - 5 ? @o @ i i te aT i oy it rune We wit int Ta Ti i nt AE ity: el Ses scieh wars ier vegas Se SttpearN Aine’ Sectngs.. Wan ceisied tar gated of Weipeg, ond an eafeaing ror (vouttchee Csttaccioned anor cP a) Fr i i! £ (tid iit ia li ae Aly! seapmaking business. Soap — some with exotic names like en, to quit an unsatisfactory job at tangular swimming pool, are not the Suite 702-1165 Burnaby St., Vancouver, B.C. V6E 1P3 oO ai $3 2 i My Unique Marketing Plan Can Make You Very Wealthy! “We started out making soap in Cleopatra's Bath — to 400 ive the M Film Cl result of their current i but 0, A aay ti i il 'b b lit j : ii i two buckets,” Virginia said with a gift shops and small stores across the Board to begin work at home fash- from Jochen's life-before-soap as a ie Hf F285 I Hin i fei ; shake of her head. “We were just country. ioning ornamental, Shaker-style civil servant. eC ee ecstatic that we could make 45 bars Their cottage industry, which em- boxes and building weaving equip- “It's their soap venture that has Join us for eur in one day. We were just so im- ploys a full-time staff of five, ment. taken over their lives and home. pressed with ourselves. including themselves, will ‘near the “We were notable tomake a gotof Venturing down to the well-lit, SENSATIONAL SUMMER CELEBRATION!!! “Then we went to four buckets and $200,000 sales mark this year. it,” the Massachusetts-born Virginia, well-aired basement, two large metal = . we were afraid because we thought: Virginia's first foray into business 39, said in a recent interview. bowls filled with egg yolk sit ready to LOUVE wh DRAPE ‘How are we going to handle four ended in disaster and tears. “We sold our car to eat one winter be mixed with hot lye en route to buckets?’ Now, we're up to 1,500 bars She sat relentlessly at a Swedish- and we ate potatoes — those huge becoming bars of soap. a day and Jochen will have that to made loom weaving rugs in a corner bags of potatoes — that's what we First, Virginia explains, the mix 3,000 soon.” of their 1%4-storey pinehome until ate.” ture is poured into wooden frames the size of crates. Once firmly on the way of solidifying, they're sliced into e slabs with razor-sharp cutting wires — similar to the kind used to slit City cat-control bylaw =| .2ss2": hand-powered invention of Jochen’s. mraker as a snes Hs HH Bat Hi] 2 aie i tt We | iy rapt ieetiell iti Hil i it Hil’ i hil Ri 22 aa id race 3 fit AT rt 88 rts soo i i ie A iii ii a in! | u jini nil Ea 1 ur we “ ZL-S9E SUOHD YAU) Buyppe”y Burky we & 10 1S8u ou ISO SBIQUTIS 4000 ny 99TL- IN — 9972-S9¢ Suyursg josewwo> Crammed inside cardboard boxes challenged by cat Owners) .::Spce fon tinia’s creations — shaving soap. The ivory-colored soap fills round tubes, the better to slice it into the circular shapes needed to fit into shaving mugs. Virginia, manager of the thriving business, and Jochen, 44, the techni- OK uous yeeq sey yey wedies ON QTE By SYLVIA STROJEC supporters say they are sick and tired of the critters. HT ooeant gegce Canadian Press Their complaints? Howling and screeching aan ae ez et nies ry 8 resets mi Pl le si Tide ia al ‘ig i iui Hai! il al ie iis a Te i ipa Hi i z hal 2 Be! HL EDMONTON — Kipling’s cat that walked by outside bedroom windows at night. Dug-up gardens. himself has had a lot of company lately. Cat turds in the kids’ sandbox. Fluffy may deny it as he nestles contentedly in The man who started the caterwauling is Ald. dad's favorite armchair or sits proudly on the front Julian Kinisky. He asked council early last year to ' siiteaty sili: that whil step, surveying his domain. consider a cat bylaw to deal with what he calls c pea ampladia a wey way, busivens. But there's no use putting on that wide-eyed | Edmonton's growing cat problem. ey Ve_CON =i ae = Pr innocent look. Fluffy and his feline friends are in the “T've received more complaints about cats than — W'S¢. ot methods aren't exactly 4 SECOND PRIZES-$1,000 ea middle of a catfight at Edmonton's city hall as anything else,” he said. “More than about tax | State-of-the-art. an 40 THIRD PRIZES. “31006 wort of now decor supporters and opponents of a proposed cat-control _ increases... far more than about any other issue. In “We're serra iienstve oo8 bylaw battle it out. the spring and summer it's not unusual to get from very primitive,” said Virginia. “The VISIT US. ASK ABOUT OUR . . ‘re dealing with soapmakin; The bylaw would force owners to license all cats seven to 10 complaints a week. way were Sah pene IZZLIN' TUUMMER 1] and keep them from disturbing neighbors. Cat MANDATE SHOTS bs (he same way they're dealing with S GS SPECIALS! owners would face fines of $40 to $150. The first draft of the bylaw came out in jit in Third World countries. S Some city councils across Canada are also February. It recommended all cats be licensed at $5 “Actually,” smiled Jochen, “Third grappling with their cat populations and are each and be forced to have a rabies shot at another World countries have it better. O7" eam PAINT & ee set-a29 a9aaN0 z 38¥n0d alum D (ig) Psouwe jo eseo 2 Sey seis § LopUEg ont S31uas YaWNNS “30UVD NYIGYNYD # MORNIVE Zi “anvD aausauvD D giae: 0z Ang ‘Anpseupeny 04 yBnosys p1 Aine ‘Aopssnyy considering similar legislation. Cat-control laws even _ $12. A licence for unneutered cats would cost more — ‘We got book on how they make exist in Ontario's twin cities’ of Kitchener and $30. soap in Africa and they have more Waterloo. A cat running at large would be trapped and equipment than we have.” But nowhere does the issue seem to have stirred impounded for four days. Owners would have to dole up as much emotion as in Edmonton. out $40 to get their pet back; $70 for ed But then the bylaw is not the first time the city's | animals. Unclaimed cats would be destroyed. ailurophiles and phobes have tangled. Last year, a Let your cat howl at night? Forty dollars. sniper took shots at cats with a pellet gun. One man Damage property? Another $40. Fail to clean up has vowed that any cats wandering into his yard will after kitty’s toilet? Add $70. be summarily shot. Oh, and an additional $150 if caught at all three. Public bearings last spring on the proposed That's when the public hearings saw hundreds bylaw brought out both cat lovers and haters. cram into a city hall boardroom over two evenings, HISS INSULTS and council's executive committee knew it was The fight continued in the newspapers with barking up the wrong tree. Back to the drawing vitriolic letters to the editor. Callers on radio talk — board. shows hisscd insults at each other. The outstretched A second draft was introduced in April. Not claws were almost visible on the airwaves. much had changed. But two weeks later the ra HE : ste fete the al It doesn’t help when Mayor Laurence Decore is executive committee decided to scrap the city's ) 7 forme in eur stove, Comtent choos Auguet EET Bhi sore gsyes ms ae a inbe 2 Hig} teh Hin i Ti cat Hit ® ynoge 118M DVOM Bumes-1s0q S.N@104 Vey UO peseg MOS preg ‘uosueqoy WHO (2 10 | wed) (esu0d soBeyeny 'so0ses Wr (Z11 JONVUASNI JOHOD SOISSVIO ‘aNITSLMOdS HD AGaWOO 8.NOSHVD @ ol : : i ie He fal ie on record as saying he hates cats. power to seize wayward kitties or prohibit them One particularly angry resident suggested the from running free. : whole brouhaha was caused by people with “nothing Those who argue against the bylaw say it would i P better to do than worry about some kitty poop in be unenforceable. Cats slip away in tricky situations. aa their flowerbed.” A final vote on the bylaw is yet to be taken, so, corneas} paral ate i? 8 stil jl The other side is just as adamant. Bylaw for now, Fluffy may continue his midnight prowls. 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