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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, March 4, 1992

Cross border shopping

Chamber draws a comparison—and a conclusion

The following article and
ing

vices is one case in point. Anoth-
er is an ded waiting period

4 is been sub
to The Castlegar Sun by Dale
Nielsen on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce
i, ©8088 Border Shopping Who is
‘feally yetting hurt?
« , You are. Every time you spend
# dollar outside of the country
n¥Ou are paying taxes to another
mment.
That government is not provid-
“ips you with the social programs
you have come to view as a right

_—All levels of government are

, looking for programs to cut or cut
back. User fees for medical ser-

75 wlonate

inctudes G.S.T

and shorter pay out period for
unemployment insurance. The
Canada Pension Plan may not be
solvent enough to pay all you
baby boomers what you may be
counting.on. University fees are
continuing to rise. Your tax dol-
lars are necessary (to maintain
these programs.

Your expenditures in the US
are also exporting jobs. Your chil-
dren cannot expect jobs locally if
you do not support local econo-
my. Now you_are passing along
the hurt to a new generation.

Very often what you see as
bargains in the US could have
been purchased locally for very
close to the same price if you

had spent as much time checking
prices locally as you did in the
US, A recent survey on selected
items conducted by the Castlegar
& District Chamber of Com-
merce revealed the following:

Some items are a little less

pe in the US. If i
you add in your cost of driving
down to pick them up, it is doubt-
ful if you are saving anywhere
near what you think. Your vehicle
costs you in the neighbourhood of
25 cents per km to operate.

You pride yourself on not
being American. If you continue
to support the US economy at the
expense of your own, you many
very well lose your beloved
social services and more
American that you would like.

Percentage increases vary

When ICBC announced 1992
Autoplan premiums in Decem-
ber, the number that hit the head-
lines was a 19 per cent increase.
A few motorists have since
received renewals and have
notices differing percentage
increases for their policies.

ICBC's December 13
announcement made the point
that the Corporation would need
to collect 19 per cent more in

premium income this year in

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(Turn in at Emcon)

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364-0222

Servicing the area for 4 years

order to pay for claims it expects
motorists to make. While 19 per
cent is an average, there's a wide
span between the high and low
ends.

On the high end are motorists
who caused accidents in 1991
The loss of Claim-Rated Scale
discounts from one “at-fault”
claim last year, combined with
higher 1992 premiums, means
they"ll face 60 to 70 per cent
increases this year.

At the lower end, percentage-
wise but not in dollar terms, are
motorists who have earned anoth-
er discount step up the Claim-
Rated Scale. Claim-free motorists
who qualify for one of the new
“commuter” classes and who pur-
chase collision coverage will pay
about 12 per cent more. Other
percentage increases for claim-
free motorists vary according to
the coverage they purchase.

A typical Autoplan policy
from ICBC is actually a number
of individual policies rolled into
one. The mandatory portion
includes Third Party Legal Lia-
bility, No-Fault Accident Bene-
fits and Underinsured Motorists
Protection. Most people add extra
Third Party Liability, Compre-
hensive and Collision coverages.

Premiums for each of these
coverages are set according to
their individual “claim experi-
ence”. For instance, ICBC aims
to collect enough in Comprehen-
sive premiums to pay for Com-
prehensive claims reported.

Worsening claims experiences
have driven up the price of all
coverages except for Collision,
which has actually dropped by
about five per cent this year. As a
result, motorist who buy Colli-
sion will have that decrease to
partially off-set the increase in
the other coverages.

Item Price

Bathroom faucet:

Castlegar
West's
Mitchell's

Spokane
Ace Hardware
Eagle Hardware

Latex Paint/Gallon:

Castlegar
Mitchell's
West's

Spokane
Pay & Pac
Ace Hardware

Bath Towels:

Castlegar
West's
Field's

Spokane
Target
Shopko

Milk Jug 2%:

Castlegar
Safeway
Central

Spokane
Albertson’s
Yoke’s

Fresh Chicken/b:

Castlegar
Safeway
Central

Spokane
Albertson's
Yoke's

Laundry Soap:

Castlegar
Central
Safeway

Spokane
Albertson's,
Yoke's

Exchange Duty GST

PST Total

= Review

Continued from 7B
ing; and

+ financial control.

The auditors’ report shows
that tax rates in British Columbia
are below levels of other jurisdic-
tions and will have to be
increased to reduce the structural
deficit

The reports also included rec-
ommendations for improving
revenue collection systems,
ensuring government fees reflect
the cost of services and ensuring
the province collects an appropri-
ate return from publicly-owned
natural resources. Other recom-
mendations range from introduc-

ing a new strategic financial
framework to guide budget and
spending decision, to revising
fi i i and

ing policies.

Additional reports will follow
next week with the remaining
summary reports the week after.

“Our first budget will begin to

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dd the most immediate
problems — controlling the
deficit, cutting waste, protecting
essential services like health and

ion, and setting sp
Priorities. It will be a fair budget
and an honest one. And, under
this government, the ongoing
financial process will remain
open | for all to see and scruti-
nize.”

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The Castlegar Sun

Page 9B

Clothes To Get That Zip Back in Your Life

Here I am, back by popular.
; demand, Just the other day, an

informed reader said, “Lynn, you
dress so classy. Can youhelp me
update my look?” (Thankyou,
sis.) She's concerned because her
husband's been seen around town
with a store-front manikin.

It's not widely known that I'm
somewhat of a fashion expert, but
lately, I've received numerous let-
ters of admiration. Well, OK
maybe not numerous. OK,OK,
one letter. Thanks, Mom.

H Ladies, I'm often horrified by
the clothes you wear in broad day
light and in broad night light, too.

| If you are a size nine, please

Phone me and, I'll arrange to help
you clean out your closets so you

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current compilation of
the most

people do, edited by Chuck

Shepherd.

Proof that true stories are
weirder than made-up
stories.

Dear Ann Landers: You recently
printed a letter from a woman
whose life sounded truly tragic
Two of her children had dicd in a
car accident, her husband had
deserted her and she had attempted
suicide twice, Through profession
al counseling and determination,
she managed to turn her life
around. Her letter provided hope
for other women in similar situa-
tions

I'm sure you felt that printing
her letter would be helpful to oth-
ers who are struggling to recover
from tragedies, but unfortunately,
by identifying the writer so specifi-
cally, you also identified me. I am
that woman's ex-husband.

The “facts~ as presented in my
former wife's letter are not totally
accurate.

I did not desert her. We di

can buy d@whole new wardrobe
Ladies, it’s time for action. Time
after time, our men go on to
greener pastures, are put out to
pasture, or run off with store
front dummies. One begins to
wonder why, if one notices. Let's
see that wardrobe

First of all, if you must send
off your husband in a ratty
bathrobe and curlers, please
make sure his robe and curlers
are colour coordinated. You don't
want him to be the laughing
stock of the lumber yard, do you?
And when he comes home, how
about a little something special?
Greet him at the door wearing
aoe but a pizza crust and

New of the Weird e

The district attorney's office in
Ventura County,Calif., investigat-
ing lawyer Douglas Andrew
Palaschak, 42,on drug charges,
disclosed in August that he asks
each of his female secretaries to
sign an employment contract
informing her that she has been
hired “primarily on the basis of
sexual appeal.” The contract
reads, “Mentor and protegee
hereby mutually consent to all
words, acts, sex innuendo, sexual
acts, touching, lewd behavior,
etc.”’Palaschak told a Los Angeles
Times reporter, “Most of the girls
who worked for me were-not
exploited,” and that the contract
was designed primarily to protect
him from blackmail. He said his
contract was part of the “men's
movement.” “‘Men are vulnerable
The sex laws are biased against
men. To overcome the bias, you
have to do something like this.”

you tell your side of the story
Thanks for writing.

Ann
Landers

Syndicated
Columnist

Dear Ann Landers: Based on
experience, I have some friendly
advice for would-be parents.

Please DON’T have children for
the following reasons:

T. To please your parents.

2. To get a second chance to live
your life through your child.

3. To find unconditional love.

4. To have financial support in
your old age.

because of her inability to control
her hostile, physically abusive
treatment of me. The more I tried
to help her, the more she turned
against me. After our children
died, our relationship became
hopeless. In addition to our other
problems, she felt an enormous
amount of guilt since she was driv-
ing at the time of the accident and
was found to be partially at fault. I
shall not elaborate on the details of
our divorce because I don’t want to
cause my ex-wife additional pain,
but your column had a devastating
effect on the already difficult strug-
gle to rebuild my life and I felt I
needed to write to you and set the
record straight. — D.L., Festus,

lo.
Dear D.L.: Here’s your letter. I
appreciate the opportunity to let

5. To igthen a shaky mar-
nage

Postpone having children if you
grew up in a home where there
wasaddiction or physical or emo-
tional abuse. Get professional help
before you start a family, or these
problems will undermine your par-
enting and create a new generation
of addicts and abusers.

If you're not ready for kids and
are sexually active, use contracep-

TREASURE SHOP

Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop

Of course, you men need com-
plete fashion over-hauls, too. A
hot new look at this year's office

it works. Codpieces are big this
year, worn by men and ladies
alike. But not alone, no, no, no.

Barker's
Scratches
&
Selections

Lynn Barker

parties is silk boxer shorts with a
silk tie and gum boots. Trust me,

News of the Weird e

SEEDS OF OUR
DESTRUCTION

+ In March, the new superin-
tendent of the Statue of Liberty
banned gum-chewing by visitors,
reporting that about! 000 chewed
pieces a day get left behind,
requiring five full-time cleanup
people.

+ An environmental advocacy
group, the National Toxic Cam-
paign Fund, revealed in March
that its study of Pentagon docu-
ments indicates that U.S. military

These tidbits are best worn with
red longjohns and Mickey Mouse

fast food stores

and kiosks because they
believe it could lead to improper
contact between the sexes. They
reasoned that boys and girls
might have to wait in line at
stores for their pizzas to heat
“They might look at each other
(which is) an offense against
modesty,” said one rabbi's aide,
“or, God forbid,even touch each
other.” It is not forbidden to sell
cold

+ Models working for a British
tabloid newspaper protested out-

oven mitts. Or how about wating
a set ol window blinds? Vertical
or horizontal depending on your
outlook in life. One of the most
noteworthy hints of fashion acu-
men is the back-to-nature he-man
look: wear a stunning collection
of fake plants.

Fore those of you who wonder
about my fashion background,
here it is. For many years, I had
an uplifting career at the New
England Corset and Brazier Co
where I received gentle support. I
also worked in men's underwear
for year where I found the atmo-
sphere chilly and the underwear
fit poorly. I also invented and
patented the world’s first Body
Iron to take the wrinkles out of

News of

+ In August, the government o

Finland proposed, in a referen-
dum for next year on the age at

which children would star

school, that kids as young as 5 be
allowed to vote on the measure.
“Preliterate” voters would be pre-

sented three drawings, with 5-, 6.

and 7-candle birthday cakes, and

would be asked to mark one o
them.

+ Time magazine reported in
June a growing trend in Third
World countries of people selling
their organs to brokers in order to

inst $s are ible for
more than 14,000 toxic dumps in
the country and that 100 installa-
tions are among “the most pollute
pieces of real estate in American

+ Rabbinical authorities in the
religious township of B'nei
B'rak, Israel, banned hot pizza in

Five reasons not

tives. Condoms and foam can be
purchased in most pharmacies and,
when used together, are 98 percent
effective

Please DO have children if you
enjoy them, can offer an emotion-
ally and financially stable home,
and have the maturity and self-
esteem to nurture a young life. The
world needs more parents like you

Parenthood has been an enrich-
ing experience for my husband and
me, but I’m glad we waited several
years before starting our family. —
L.M., Littleton, Colo.

Dear Colorado: You've written
a letter that deserves to be taken
seriously. And, may I add, parent-
ing is the most demanding job in
the world for which there can be
no real preparation. It’s all ~on-
the-job training.”

The best advice was offered by
humorist Josh Billings. He said,
“Raise up your child in the way he
should go — and walk there once
in a while yourself.”

Dear Ann Landers: My sympa-

side Europ Cc ity head-
quarters in Brussels this summer
because they objected to the pro-
posed EC code on sexual harass-
ment in employment. The models
believe that the code, which bans
nude pinup photos in work
Places, would cost them jobs.

thy to the daughter who found it so
difficult to agree with her sisters
about using a feeding tube for their
90-vear-old father.

The feeding tube is fine if the
patient is going to recover [rom
Surgery or an ulcer, bul it ciin be an
instrument of tonure for un elderly
person whose quality of life is
minimal

We were horrified to see that
because our 89-year-old mother
had pulled out her naso-gastric
tube, it had been replaced and her
hands were put in “boxing mitts”

Silver
Rattle
Antiques

their dard. of living.

In ‘high demand are kidneys (typi
cal price, $2,000), cornea

($4,000) and skin ($50 a patch).

One tailor was interviewed afte

having sold a kidney to pay for

his daughter's wedding.

old baggy skin.

For those of you who can't
afford to dress well, you can buy
my handy book titled, “I Made
$20.00 in the Fashion Industry
Working Full Time”, soon to be
out in paperback. Or, if you need
a job, I would like to hire an
assistant. I offer a competitive
celery, a dental floss plan and a

per

ng Pp ee
Applicants must posses their own
ventricles and be bondageable
Send all applicants along with a
letter from your mother and two
pieces of 1.D. (1 take Master Card
and American Express, if you
have lots left on your limit).
Send to Pardon U.S. Writer's
Guild, in care of this newspaper.

the Weird

f urban Detroit home found}an
intoxicated 5-year-old boy, smok-
ing a cigarette and demonstrating
ta sex act. He said he had just
been given gin
by his father.
* Robert L. Barber, a biok

- for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in the federal office
f building in downtown Atlagta,
collects bullet shells during his
lunch-hour walks.He claimed
recently to have acquired more
than 10 pounds of lead and brass
casings in the last four years just
within a five-block radius of his
Office.
s + The Texas Department of

Human Services rushed radio
1 public service announcements out
in July to combat a“crisis” in
teen-age pregnancy after learning
of a 24-year-old grandmother.

+ In July police entering a sub-

to have children

and tied to the bed rails. She coulc
not turn in bed or even wipe he

nose. Her own doctor was not on
call, so an associate had ordered

the tube replaced

Tell “Heartbroken Daughter~ to

find a doctor who will not lay
guilt trip on her for letting he
father go as naturally as possible.

Castlegar Arts Council presents the Vancenver

Children’s Choir in

1 Also, this points up the impor-
tr tance of all adults (young people
forget they can have tragic acci-
dents) filling out a living will or
power of attomey which expresses
their wishes for life suppSrt, tube
a feeding. etc. This can help both the
T family and the doctor to thake
penta decisions.

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Cultural Centre on Saturday, March 7, 1992

at 7:00 p.m. Advance

tickets from Carl's Drugs

and Pharmasave in Castlegar, L&J Books in Trail, §

or at the door. Children

(under 12) $3, Seniors & Bi

§ Youths (12 - 18) $8 and Adults $10.

301-11 Ave. Castleg,
(in Tulips Building)

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