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Home Hardware 25 years old

Home Hardware, Canada's largest hardware chain, is 25 years old. The first store opened in 1963 in St. Jacobs, Onl. Now, Hoe Hardware, a billion dollar business, has 1,000’stores across the country, inchiding Castlegar, Trail and Nelson.

On Jan, 1, hardware dealers joined together un der the name Home Hardware. By forniing.a large buying group, they were able to purchase their products for less. The savings were passed on to their customers and the dealers were

able to remain competitive with larger

1964, 120 independent

discounters, franchise operations and department stores

It all started with Walter Hachborn,

owner of a hardware store in St Jacobs. He saw a trend developing The competition, larger and more powerful, waS starting to threaten the e\istenee of the-smatler, independent dealer

1n-1963,-he proposed a relationship to 122 Ontario hardware store ow ners: 1 dealer-owned Company that would

in small independents into a large buying group so they could purchase their products for less, The day Home Hardware was formed, Hachborn was elected president

The operation of Home Hardware’s T000 stores is controfled front Home's

head office and huge distribution cen

tre in St, Jacobs, Although its business

has expanded, Home's philosophy has ined the same.

‘Our’ business is designed around the home. We began as a business for the family consumer, with anything the corisumer needs for the home,” company officials say

Home Hardware sells a wide range of merchandise, general hardware and appliances, building materials, fur niture and its own line of paints and products are marketed under a specialized division which are all a part of Home Hardware but have separate marketing identities.

In 1970, Home Hardware formed two new divisions; HomeAll Building Centres and Homeland Furniture These dealers enjoy the benefits of Home Hardware’s buying power and corporate services such as ad ministrative staff, | computers, distribution and communications net works to minimize overhead

There are more than 150 HomeAll Building Centres and 85 Homeland Furnutre stores across Canada. HomeAll stores sell building materials and, renovation products. Homeland carries a complete range of furniture and accessories for the home, ,at reasonable prices

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Some Canadian achievements in science and technology are com mon knowledge around the world

Alexander Graham Bell's inven tion of the telephone and Sir Frederick Banting’s lead role in the discovery of insulin are among our Bési-Known and most significant triumphs.

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THE TIES THAT BIND . crossing in Brilliant wh

peeders ‘time bomb’ for Tarrys

By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer

Slow down before someone gets killed

That's the message the principal and parents” group of Tarrys elementary school have been trying to get across to motorists who travel past the school on Highway 3A

And the Castelgar school board reinforced that sen. timent Monday night ypassing a recommendation stating the board supports the school in its request of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to force drivers to slow down in that area

The recommendation supports calls to reduce the sp- ced limit to 60 kilometres per hour, paint two solid lines down the centre of the highway through the school zone, install flashing lights at either end of the zone and remove

The biggest danger is from cars swerving around vehicles stopped at.the crosswalk, Keddy said.

Hesaid he would recommend flashing crosswalk lights be installed.

Superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said there are two major problems — children crossing the highway to get to and from school and school buses swinging slowly on and off the highway into the school yard

Rilcof said he sees the speeding tfaffic increasing as enrollment at Selkirk College goes up.

The school has been asking for Highways Ministry help since 1982, Rilvof said.

In 1983, the ministry promised a double solid line, which prevenis passing, would be painted infront of the school. But the ministry painted only a single solid line; he

C.P. Rail work crews replaced a section of track Tuesday at a road the tracks had been damaged by frost heaves and heavy rail

traffic. The crossing was.closed for about four hours. The roadway over the track will be

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Cape Horn road work gets green light

By CHERYL CALDERBANK

Work on the Cape Horn Bluffs sec tion of Highway 6 is set to begin in Sep tember

Howard Dirks, Minister of State for Kootenay, project, expected to cost about $16 njillion, has been included in the 1989-90

has announced that the

provincial government’s budget

Tenders for the project will be called during the'first (wo weeks of May with the closing date set for the last week of May, said Wally_Penner, tiaison of ficer for Dirks

The contractor for the project is ex pected to be on site in the middle of June to do site preparation, including drainage work

Peniner said the bluffs area will be closed shortly after Labor Day weekend for a three-month period for the major work

He added that during the closure-a 10-person passenger ferry will be put into operation. The ferry will be equipped with emergency supplies and

will operate between Silverton and Slocan

Highway 31A between Kaslo and New Denver will be used as an alter native road during the closure. The highway, which has broken up in cer

n sections, will be repaired before the work on the bluffs begins.

Beginning the third week of May, crews will spend two weeks fixing the problem sections. In mid-June the en: tire’ piece of highway: will be" chip sealed

Fhe —btutts periodically closed next summer with completion date set for the fall of 1990."

The Cape Horn Bluffs project was identified as the top priority for the Kootenay region for the 1989-90 budget by the Kootenay Region Tran sportation Task Forces at a meeting lastjfall. The task forces asked that a $.5-kilometre piece of road be iden:

section—witt—be

tified. However, the project will ac tually include 5.9 kilometres of the road

The road will be expanded to two lanes, each measuring 3.6 metres wide

Chinaware touted for college

By Cas NewsStaff

Scikirk ‘College is in the process of putting together a task force to con sider the feasibility of a Suggestion to use china dishes and real silverware in the college cafeteria instead of styrofoam and plastic

The college board hag received let

ters from non-teaching staff, members of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 26 and the’ Selkirk College Faculty Association asking it to consider the suggestion

Gases given off by certain types of styrofoam have been blamed fof con tributing to the depletion of the ozone layer and plastic which is not biodegradable contributes tothe filling of community waste disposal sites

The board Wiscussed the issite at some length during am in-camera session of a recent meeting. College

board chairman Elizabeth Fleet ex plained in a letter to Local 26 president Rod Retzlaff that * what might be considered an accep table rise in cafeteria prices for the

concern arose that

more environmentally conscfous might be sufficient to put off other customers, thus worsening the deficit of the cafeteria,

The bgard has to be concerned about the financial implications of any action taken," Fleet said

She added that the board did not want to dismiss the suggestion because many board members are also concer ned about environmental issues.

The board has asked president Leo Perra to- establish;—within-the—im mediate future, a task foree to consider the suggestion and also to consider and offer practical suggestions concerning

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A concrete guard will be insial the new outside shoulder and a 3.6 metre wide ditch will be installed on the inside shoulder to catch falling rocks. A 90-metre concrete retaining wall will also be constructed.

The contractor: for the project will have to move moré than 400,000 cubic

TTeeSaTOMTE THE HEIs The situation is a “time bomb principal Russell Rilcof told Castlegar News Two children were alinost hit Tuesday morning when they ran.up to the intersection, Rilcof said. A car made a ‘panic stop’’ and tetran 18-metre skid mark, he said The car literally missed the kids by a couple of feet Rilcot, who has been principal since the fall, said ‘it’s only a matter of time” before a child is injured or killed * ” The Tuesday incident occurred on a bright sunny day, he pointed out, and the situation is much worse in foggy or

waiting to go off,

icy conditions The RCMP have “‘an appreciation for the problem

>and the parents have a**valid concern,"’ Castlegar RCMP

Staff Sgt. Jack Keddy said.

Last October, the school and parents’ group prepared a video on the situation and sent it to the ministry, Bel Maintenance and Minister of State for Kootenay Howard Dirks, Rilcof said Dirks told the shoot to “hold off** on-the problem,

Rilcof said. Rilcof added that the ministry is examining the problem and doing a feasibility study

A spokesman for the ministry said the school’s correspondence is being responded to and Highways Minister Neil Vant does not want to comment on the situation right now

The parents’ group is currently organizing a meeting with ministry officials, a representative of Bel Maintenance and the RCMP,parents’ group spokesman Jim Posnikoff said

Camozzi quits as

Rossland mayor

By SIMON BIRCH Editor Don Camozzi has quit as mayor of Rossland saying he is frustrated with the city's bureatieracy-and his inability tocontrol the city’s rising expenses. Ald. Joe Zanussi, who ran ona slate with Camozzi in the November 1987 civic election, has also resigned citing similar concerns as well as “‘per sonality conflicts’’ at Rossland city hall A byelection will be held June 10, Andre Carrel said. Nominations close May 24. In an interview Tuesday with th isaianial

Rossland city administrator

Camozzi also cited expenses for of fice equipment which in 1989 so far, he said, have cost the city $45,500. As an example of what he said is wasted money-tor-office equipment, Camozzi noted that Rossland city hall has 13 telephones, one of which, he said, is in a ‘‘closet’’ in council chambers. He said he has seen the telephone used just once

“I couldn't change it because 1 don't have a majority behind me,”* Camozzi said of the situation at city hall. *‘Some people thought | was too picayune. Maybe I wasn't tough enough

In a news release announcing his esignation delivered to the Castlegar

Camozzi writes, “il have failed

metres of rock Approximately 130,000 tons of grayel will be required for road building and paving

Preliminary work for the- recon struction of the bluffs road got under way last fall when about $1 million was spent rebuilding some poor areas of

and benefits paid to Rossland’s five senior city employees as one of his con cerns. He said the salaries and benetits will cost the city $266,000 this fiscal year, which he said is (oo much “ina little town like Rossland.’* Camozzi said $67,544 of that total will be paid to

to give city hall back to the people as promised, but honestly, | tied. 1 wasn't successful becau autocratic system that is deeply entren Ched-and has-been ptacetor-quite some time

In spite of this type of government

more has to be done so that people can feel comfortable with city tiatt. Perhaps a ratepayers’ association is the answer, or a weekly newspaper which-could- accurately report on what takes place in our city continued on page A2

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happening cround us in the West Kootenay.

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By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer

A local man who is the speaker for the B.C. Green Party was arrested in Vancouver Friday while protesting the use of foam containers in McDonald's restaurants

David Lewis of Crescent Valley told the Castlegar News he was protesting -with about 10 others outside a McDonald's in East Vancouver and was arrested after going inside the restaurant to distribute leaflets to the restaurant's customers

Fhe police arrested him for tréspassing and breach of the peace, Lewis said, and drove him around to “cool off." He was released about 10 blocks from the restaurant, he said.

Lewis and the protesters, calling themselves Green Party and Friends, are angry because they say Me Donald's has not lived up to its promise to switch to con tainers made from safer hydrocarbons from foam con: tainers made from environmentally hazardous chlorofluorocarbons (CF€s).

On Aug. 6, 1987, a Globe and Mail report quotes a U.S. spokesman for the company, Lana Ehrsam, as saying McDonald's products would continue to be sold in_foam packages, but the containers would be manufactured with hydrocarbon-based agents which are considered safe by U.S. government officials.

The Canadian division of the company” said it would foltow-suit, the article said, with the old con- iainers being phased out over the following 18 nionths (by January 1989)

Instead, the company has only switched to a less

Local Green nabbed at McDonald's protest

numbers

The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 15, 26, 27,31, 33, 41, 43, and 44. damaging form of CFC trom CK Lewis said. Although CFC twentieth as damaging to the earth's protective ozone

22 is thought only one

layer as CEC-I1, if the rate of release of CFC-22 con

tinues at present rates, it will destroy as much ozone as,

the two most common CFCs, 11 and 12, by the year

Back to Russia?

2000, according to a report in the September 1988 issue of New Scientist magazine

However, McDonald's of Canad: president Ron Mareoux said the company

hydrocarbon-based product last fall. The substance is

hed toa alled formacel-S and is manufactured by Dupont of Canada, he said

Marcous said Lewis is misinformed page A2 We said we were going away from CFCs and we

have gone away trom CFCs, "* he said

Lewis said the industry must restructure its

manufacturing to accommodate the use of less en sironmentally damaging products

The planet is in peril," he said, and ‘They (in dustry) may have already killed it

Lewis said he plarsvo enlist the help of Mt. Sentinel

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junior-senior high school Conscious Party students in his fight against McDonald’s

The students participate in projects to protect the earth and stop nuclear armament

Lewis-said-he will ask the students to join him ina protest against the McDonald's in Trail. page B1 “It's a way forthe kids to influence the company’s

global policy,"* Lewis said