—

. array of contraband.
‘Smply”

The easiest way to ruin a
marvellous holiday out of
the country is to tangle with
Canada Customs at the
border on your return.

If there’s one thing for
sure ‘in this life, YOU ARE
GOING TO LOSE in any
battle with the government
at a border crossing! Lose
your goods, lose your
money, lose your self-
control and maybe lose your
-F-spent_a ‘Saturday ‘mor-
ning at Douglas Crossing

Wow! Shelves ‘and boxes
are ’ bursting with, the wildest
_it

movies lined: IPs. in the
‘wakehouse © Tor ©

orthwest to receive this
_ distinction at the recent
award ceremonies held in

‘Virginia

‘The Five-Star Award, the
most respected in the food
and lodging industry, means
that the Guide considers the
Salishan ‘Lodge “one of the
best in the country”. It was
chosen from the more than
21,000 establishments _in-
spected and rated in 4,000
cities and towns’ in the
United States and Canada.
‘This is the 14th consecutive
year Salishan Lodge has
been a winner.

_McCreadie

“burning —

would send your maiden
-aunt to an early grave. What
happens to it? A committee

by Barbara |

_ ghecks it over to make sure
“at is truly “deemed” and then

itis destroyed. ‘Since Blaine,
, Washington »

tertainment‘centre for. black

“scat movie* enthusiasts: ‘there .
are a lot of shops: ‘selling:

be

flicks for
tertainment”.

home

“Salishan Lodg
elite. group,"
: Fury, :
programs,

manager, <tr
Mobil- ‘On Cor-

"poration. “It is one of es
32 - establishments ‘ in ‘the-

country, to receive. ‘this
distinction,
congratulate the entire staff
for their excellence and
dedication to outstanding
service.”

“Once in a great while a
happy. combination of
location, facilities: and
people join together to form
something really Special”,
Russ Cleveland, General

Manager, said today. “From —
ownets John and Betty Gray |
on through all levels. of our“
dedicated staff, the care and ~:

concern of our people for
guest comfort has been the

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There is even —

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‘ and we:

a semi-rental scheme
whereby you can return-a
film. after you've slavered
over it and get half your
money back towards pur-
chase of your next. The only.
hitch is that the ‘stuff is
illegal in Canada.

Ever heard of Spanish Fly?
The warehouse even has a
bottle of that! It’s a nasty-
smelling dark brown liquid

“guaranteed to — ” well,
never mind.

MACE is a chemical sold
in atomizer bottles in the
States. It is used to repel
attackers, human or aniinal.
The trouble is that the at-
tacker often outsmarts the
attackee and reverses the
spray can. It is illegal in
Canada so
Canadians attempt to
smuggle it home. The
warehouse has hundreds of
caniisters waiting to be
destroyed.

You can import guns from

-- the United States by getting
_a permit, ‘declating the item

and. paying — duty. ~ ‘You
cannot, however, import the
gun loaded, «in your glove

compartment and on the —

Q.T, American truckers are

the’ most frequent culprits. I

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and seizure. And some _ border smuggling. It doesn't Next column: What
collection they have, too! bring much Christmas cheer happens to People caught
My favorite was a hunk of to the officials, either, when smuggling? ;

junk labelled ‘Snake

Charmer” — a Texas toy

.the majority of the Third

they’ve never been used.
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furniture, television sets and — ¢
stereo components.
Christmas is the worst
_ time of the year for highway

on up. They consider gun_
controls’ to be . downright
unhospitable so Customs has

the unplesant duty of search brains in a suitcase.”

designed to be carried in-
your car and used for
dispatching rattle snakes.
Another killer was a .44 big
enough to blow away the
front of a truck. Self
defence? You could take on

Army with that.
Pot pipes can be legally
imported — as long. as

The culprit is the residue in’
the bowl after the smoke has
cleared. ,

The highway crossings get

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