38 - Sunday, October 16, 1988 - Nocth Shore News HASTINGS TRAVEL YOUR TRAVEL CENTRE WITH “SWISS EFFICIENCY” TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS - WORLDWIDE FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE — Personalized — Multilingual Service 744 w. HASTINGS OM! — Personal 9 Fri just one small area of Nevada. Can Clearly a longer look should be ‘om pags 36 you imagine the sums that are taken at our nonsensical gaming VANCOUVER, B.C. 689-0461 VERENA FURRER dealer's two. Mine never did. spent in places like Las Vegas? rules. V6C 15 : CALL: . Brian played a bit of this nasty game as well and although he didn't admit it, { think he did about as well as I did. ete The talk of the town in Reno is the Peppermill Hotel and Casino. Reno has traditionally had its casinos side by side in the downtown core. Unlike Las Vegas where the giant hotels are stretched out along a nine-mile Strip, sepa- rated by big parking lots, Reno was a place where you parked your car and walked. Then the M.G.M. Grand was built out by the airport (now Bal- ly’s) and the move out of town Started. The Peppermill! opened in 1971 as a coffee shop and now has ex- panded to a 15-floor hotel and a huge casino. They must have some secret formula because their ten- tative expansion program is ongo- ing until 1991, Is Reno slowly turning into Las Vegas? Go and have a look at ‘the Peppermill and you'll certainly think so. Unlike some states where Cana- dians are called nasty names, we are very popular in Reno. And we have them a little worried. In 1986, 685,000 Canadians, mostly from British Columbia and Alberta came to visit. But, proba- bly because of our dollar pro- blems, only 408,480 of us arrived in 1987. In those two years it is estimated that Canadians left over $300 mil- lion behind for both services and gaming. 1 wonder if our brilliant planners in Super Natural British Columbia : , ' have taken a look at those figures. : cae I know that if 1 were given the job, OCTOBER 19th, 1988 I'd make a big effort to keep a lot ‘ of that money right here, even if it meant building a Strip right down the Squamish Highway. Those figures are a matter of public record and were given to me by Washoe County. They apply to * OFF THE LOWEST PRICE ON ALL APPAREL 2 | AND FOOTWEAR eee SAFARI FROM OUR CURRENT SEARS CATALOGUES Escorted by former Kenyan resident a an CALL OR VISIT YOUR NEAREST 748388" CATALOGUE ORDER DESK sbech in TELEPHONE 437-2211 December 17, ‘88 January 31, ‘89 °3995” " TELESHOP HOURS OCT. 19th 7 A.M. til 9 PM. Call Barbara Sutherland now at: Leisure yeas Tours 4-7843 SEARS your moneys worth...and more