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Saturday, April 25, 1992

Nine to FIVE

i 2 Your business is our business Jonathan Green 365-7266

OFF TOA BAD START

Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. lost $24.3 million in the first three months of 1992, the second-worst after tax quarterly loss in its history. The New Zealand- owned company blamed the loss on some of the poorest market conditions ever encountered and predicted a “difficult, : although improving” year ahead.

NOT EVEN CLOSE

B.C. pulp workers have voted 91 per cent in favor of striking in the face of industry demands for concessions. Strike action by pulp workers would potentially shut down the

forest industry, putting woodworkers out of work.

A YEN TO __SPEND _

Millions of Chinese have money to burn according to evidence of a massive spending ‘spree ina a country where the people have always been short of cash. The Chinese bought more than 19 million television sets in 1990, more than 12 million tape recorders, almost 17 million radios and about four watches.

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WorkPLACE

Three members of one of Castlegar’s more recognizable families are ready to answer all your decorating questions

Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER

Tom Oglow has an inquisitive mind. If he didn’t, a lot of customers might walk out of his store empty-handed.

“Without all those questions, we can’t tell then, the products to use,” he said. “We want people to feel when they come in here they’re going to be able to get their questions answered.”

‘We’ are Tom, his brother David and sister Carol, the trio of Oglows behind Oglow’s Paint & Wallcoverings Ltd.

The three work in a business started up as a building supply and contracting company by the family 40 years ago.

Since 1977, Tom and David and, more recently, Carol have been supplying the people of Castlegar and Grand Forks with a flair for design, plus the | ones who just want to change

up one year won’t need constant annual attention and that blinds are now being seen as an alternative to drapes and shears.

Tom said comparing today’s wallpaper to that of a decade ago is like night and day.

“The quality has improved so much in the last 10 years,” he said.

Since their first day of. business, Tom says that roughly 90 per ¢ent of the customers who come in for wallpaper want to do it themselves, but can’t put a finger on why.

“Whether it’s economics or what, I don’t know,” he said, adding that it could the simplicity.

“They start and realize just how easy it is.”

Like a lot of smaller centres, Castlegar is usually a little behind the big cities when it comes to keeping on top of current design trends.

Tom says the people of the

area tend to be.a little more conservative than their counterparts in Vancouver, who have eyes for the dramatic and ultra-contemporary looks.

Because of that, he said some big decisions have to be made when it comes time to stock the shelves. ;

“We know it’s not going to sell right away, so we have to be careful what we buy,” he said.

With more and more people looking to stretch a dollar these days, cross-border shopping is affecting local business, and Oglow’s is not immune.

Tom admits that, even after figuring in exchange and duty, the American price is better, but the quality isn’t.

“You can’t compare a cheap product to a good product and justify that’s the reason why you’re going down there,” he said. “I just don’t buy that.”

The paint industry is one that has been fairly consistent over the years, with what seems

Designing Oglows

to bé very little change.

Tom says one noticeable change is the gradual shift from oil-based paints to ones with a latex-base. :

He added both have advantages, yet it’s really all up to the customer.

“It basically comes down to what the customer wants to use in the long term,” he said.

And what the customer wants can sometimes be a little confusing, especially when the customer doesn’t know what the customer wants.

Enter one of the Oglows.

Tom realizes that changing a house, whether inside or outside, is a big step.

“A lot of people are afraid to try something because they can’t visualize what it will look like,” he said. .

And visualizing is all ina day’s work for the Oglow three.

“Our customers are our business, so we treat them right.”

@ Saturday, Apri! 25, 1992

BIRTHS

HALL sale Sherry and Tom Hall of Castlegar a girl, born April 1.

LEE/FROST — To Kelly Lee and Tom Frost of Castlegar, a girl, born April 7.

LOWTHER — To Lisa and Ron Lowther of Nelson, a girl, born April 8

MAIDA — To Dana and Frank Maida of Nelson, a girl, born April 12.

MAZAROFF — To Donna Lynn and Bill Mazaroff of Castlegar; a boy, born April 19.

PLOTNIKOFF — To Leana Plotnikoff, a girl, born April 18.

ROY/JMAYOFF — To Sandra Roy and Allan Jmayoff of Castlegar, a girl, born April 2.

RUGG — To Jacquie'and Dave Rugg of Castlegar, a girl, born April 16.

WEIS/MIEDREICH — To Katie Weis and Monty Miedreich of Nelson, a boy, born April 15.

WHISSELL — To Shanon and James Whissell of Castlegar, a. boy, born April 20.

WHITTLETON — To Cheryl and Steve Whittleton of Castlegar, a boy, born April 12.

WONG — To Diane and Patrick Wong of New Denver, agirl, born April 14.

the look of a room, with all their decorating needs.

Through school, Tom realized a knack for drawing, primarily drafting, which he says is an asset when it comes to visualizing the look a customer wants.

“I_guess I have a logical, artsy side,” he said. “Whether it’s because I grew up in the business, I don’t know.”

Putting his “artsy side” and a desire to get into retail together, Tom and his brother took over the family business 15 years ago, though they weren’t coming in cold turkey.

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Since then, the world of design for both the interior and exterior of homes has changed, some would even day drastically. ~ Gone are the toud, sharp colors of the 70s, the poor quality wallpaper and the idea that blinds only belong in the office.

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