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New crafts shop
will satisfy needs

Vivid colors to gladden the
eye, spicy smeils from scented
candles, and.a refreshing rest
from the heat.

This is Toco Crafts, the bright -

new (air-conditioned) -shop
operated by Dave and Alie' Toop
in the recently completed
business complex on Lakelse
Avenue,

About six months ago, Dave
(a former logger) and Alie (ex-
grocery checker) conceived the
idead for Toco which they felt
would satisfy the desire that
people have for a creative
outlet.

“Things are so mechanized
these days that people are
turning to crafts as a way of
expressing themselves’, says
Alle,

Though they plan to increase
their stock as the need arises,
the store is already capable of
supplying materiais for the
serious craftsman as well as
those just looking for belts, bags

BY MARY OLSON

and clothing; cord and
instructions for. macrame; a
fine collection of wooden and
glass beads; wax, dyes scents
and molds for candle making;
and materials for batiking.

’ Dave and Alie designed and
decorated the shop themselves.
Dave, obviously a competent
woodworker, built the inkle
looms that are for sale, They
hope to use Terry Kolterman’s
skill in weaving to instruct

‘interested persons in using the

inkle looms and the Salish
looms that Dave plans to have
constructed soon.

A computerized knitting
machine is whal fascinated me.
You choose your pattern then
insert the corresponding plastic
program card into the machine,
It practically runsitself! There
are se several purses for sale
that Dave, Alie and Edna
Cooper (Dave’s sister and’
helper) made while

experimenting with the

‘

machine, The colors are
beautiful and the patterns
amazingly versatile.

In addition -to the . craft
supplies there is an interesting
selection of childrens toys,
including models ‘little motor
boats and kits for kid's crafts.

Plans for the “future are
unlimited and will depend on
the local response and interest.

The fit displays, the colors
and thesmells remind me of the
little shops that make up
Ghiardhelli Square in San
Francisco,

It's a good addition to Terrace
downtown and definitely a place
you should see.

CENTENNIAL MEMO

At Clinton in 1866 a resident
counted the passage of 409
whites and 517 Chinese miners
headed into the Cariboo prior to
May 20.

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE BC.

Insects
can cause
accidents

If a large flying insect enters
the car in which you're
traveling, try to “keep your
‘cool.’’

That's the advice of the B.C.
Automoblle Association, which
notes that thousands of
- motorists have followed natural
impulses and panicked under
similar circumstances.
Consequently, many of them

wound up in traffic accidents. °

Insects -- especially of the
stinging varieties -- are known
to frighten most people,
children in particular, This
fright can turn into mindless
hysteria should a person find
himself suddenly entrapped
with a flitting bug in such close
quarters as an automobile’s
interior. -

Rather than attempting to
swat the interloper, which
might succeed only in making
the bug aggressive, BCAA
Tecommends that the driver of
the “bugged” car take the first
safe opportunity to — pull
completely off the road ind
stop. ~~

| Class “A” Electrical contractors

Commercial & Indusirial

Allen De Jong
Ph. 635-7689

4617 Hamer

St. Terrace, B.C,

RACE |

department and minister of the
environment ordinary citizens
have someone lo write to about
pollution, _

One of the citizens: who is
worried about pollution of any
type but particularly. industrial

Howard.

He senta a new kind of ietter to
Environment Minister Davis
recently.

It was in the form of a poem
written by Howard following a
visit to Fort St. James. ©

The Hon. Jack Davis,
Minister of the Environment,
Sir. Charles Tupper Building,
Riverside Drive,

Room A209, .

Ottawa, Ontario, .

Dear Mr. Davis:
YESTERDAY

Not very long ago, Fack ‘
Though our Land to us was dear

We were indifferent. to our

plight
For our air and water’ was
clear,

We could mine and log and

make a buck
-There was nothing for us to
fear.

Pollution - And sewage and all
that muck

Was absorbed
disappear,

TODAY

Land, Sea and Air took all that
we gave

It soaked wp the poisons and
chemical waste

‘T’Aint harmful - of no
consequence it was said.
Breathe deeply of soot - have a
sip - take a taste. *

' We've been short on the giving
And awfully long on the take
To show what has happened
Here's a gift from Stuart Lake,

It’s a bag fult of slivers and

sawdust and bark

It comes fom the Lakeshore at

Old Fort St} James.

Its a bag of pollution - of

Industrial junk

It proves there is basis and
» truth: to our.claims,: eon ata Be

from

—& HBUI

pollution is- ‘Skeena MP Frank:

or, would |

F rank Howard
on pollution

With the advent of a federal -

‘TO-MORROW

We talked in the House, we gave, '

you the power, —

The jaws are all there, we know.
for a fact

You're the Minister of our
Environment

to act.

Jack Davis, old friend, won't.

you please clean it up.

Reove this debris, help us out of
our sorrow

lt’s urgent ~- it’s crucial -

: want you to move

Hefore we -discover there

mightn't be a to-morrow!
The . bag of pollution

mentioned in the poem was

_ picked up from the beach on’.
Fort St. James doorstep by Mr.
Howard and sent to Mr. Davisin .

a plastic bag.

The beach referred to — is
hundreds of feet in length and
covered up to 6 inches deep with
accumulated sawdust, fine

_ slivers of wood, and bark from a

nearby sawmill, In addition
water-logged debris has sunk to

the bottom of the lakeshore’

forming a soggy mess 4 to 6
inches deep and stretching
some distance out into the lake.
The problem is further
compounded by the fact that the

- beach is also strewn from end to

end with logs and driftwood.

The Lions Club at the Fort.

developed the beach for

recreation and swimming
made -

which has . been
impossible unless a clean up -
program is engaged in.

Howard at
Moricetown

Frank Howard, M.P.. for
Skeena told a meeting in
Moricetown that Indians should
be employed on all capital
works projects on reserves,

Mr, Howard said: “At the
moment many such projects see
an outside contractor move in

' with all his equipment and

employees and unemployed
Indians sit on the sidelines
watching outsiders work on
their reserves”.

The talking is past it’s: now time ;

i ar

MONDAY, AUGUST 2

Beware the gian
industrial pyram: |

“Earn * money. in‘ \ your’. Spare’ e”, “Own : F you
franchise"’...“‘Put your money. to. vor for you,” ‘
If these phrases sound familair, you. have probably ee
- Kind of advertising which'invites peaple: to attend 9 art
meetings held by companies vho: :
* franchises echemes.,

“If ‘opportunity ‘seldom Aniocks: twice;
once al the door of the average householder,-in mos
” Schemes” said Attorney-General Leslie: Peterso
British Columbia consumers have been tempted toi
hard hearned Money and have sometim “lost_a
savings.”

Pyramid multi-level techniques | take a worthwhile:b
proposition, normally linked to the privilege of obtain!
at a discount, and apply it to a pyrainid type ‘of Fran
which is designed tosell the franchise rather Chan the pr i
service concerned.

The pyramid may have two, three or or + Fo
are asked to invest more money the high
they join.

Ina normal example, the promoters create: a ‘top level ‘pa it
known as ‘Director’ and for this may” require an’ invesim
$5,000.00. The director will be given sale rights or discouti
the goods or services retailed to the public, directly or indir
through other levels in the chain, but he is plaiily told:that'h
required to recruit personnel for the next level of the: cha We
are usually called ‘Managers’ and who in fur ia
$2,000.00.

The Director will then receive $1,000.00 for every director a
$500.00 for every manager recruited, and consequently. +
ten managers | before he recovers his investment and mov

into a p

The Director will then receive $1,0 000.00 for every dir
$500.00 for every manager recruited, and consequently.
ten managers before he recovers his investment and m

’ people’, rather than goods or services, and nearly always
difficully in locating others with the necessary ]
director's investment.

Simple mathematics will: show that 100 directors “will .
striving to recruit a “minimum of 1,000 managers.
more “
Similar incentives are-applied for managers to recruil th
next level of the. pyramid, and the figures soon. i
astronomical,

“Tt is fairly simple to calculate the large amounts. of me ne
which pass into the hands of ‘the promoters, particularly in th
early stages, where clever sales presentations at opportunit
meetings create an almost hysterical fervour”, said Attoi ey
General Peterson:

The whole promotion quickly runs out of steam as
become scarce, and those recruited are’ back on the sale.of-th
commodity which quite often is unsaleable, particularly in vie
of the large number of people trying tosell it. Me

Contrary to the usually accepted business practice of
priecting a franchise holder's selling rights-in a particular 3
region, the whole area is saturated by would-be sales people
desperately trying to recover their money. 7

The original promoters are seldom around when the going #
gets tough, having already left for greener pastures with a &
sizeable amount of money, Those first recruited may have g
made a profiton their investment, but the great ma Jorit usuall
lose all or part of their money,

“We are looking carefully at this whole area”, said the J : |
Attorney-General. “Our Securities Branch have intervened in ‘@
more than one promotion. If you aspire to become a part-time @
businessman, do, what any professional businessman would do.
Seek advice and do not invest indny pyramid schemes,”