RATRAAARERAeReenrRgerereaess iso cscs eee eee eee ee Page 8A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, August 3, 1994 Kootenay Backyard Visitor Castlegar/Playmor Junction/Crescent Valley/Winlaw/Slocan/ Silverton/New Denver/Nakusp This is the fourth of a series of tat the Chamber of Commerce for more information. All the tour descriptions start in Jf you are new to the area or if Castlegar and will, eventually, you are looking for activities to return you here! Enjoy! Before you start this-tour you may want to make some phone calls ahead and reserve a night's’ accom- modation at one of the many bed and breakfasts, resorts or camp- grounds in the area. Cedarhaven in Nakusp can be hed at 265-4439; Valhalla and Tipi Retreat on Slo- feed- back from people who have taken the tours so if you've missed one, or Lodge can Lake at Slocan City can be hed at a local number 365- 3226, Outfi (where be reached at 358-7787, Burmeis- Fauquier, in Nakusp can be reached at 265- 4212 and Blue Sky Resort in Sil- verton can be reached at 358- and do everything in one day, so plan to stay overnight if you possi- bly can. You'll find the friendly folks that have advertised on this page are anxious to please you. ‘To start the tour, once again, find your way onto Columbia Avenue in Castlegar and at the junction of you can also go horsebsick riding and backpacking in Silverton can LA Ry" Xo Ry jon & TIP] RETREAT Stocan Lane, Banrsis Conurnna 22 and Higtr 3, turn lege on your left. Selkirk College was the first community college built in B.C.. Opened in 1967, Selkirk’s programs draw students from around the region, the province and the coun- try. Programs such as Aviation, ing, Forestry Technology and 200 METERS ABOVE SLOCAN LAKE 8021 GALENA FARM ROAD, SILVERTON PHONE: 358-2362 FAX: 358-7270 fill up quickly and growing in ity are the co-op programs in business and computers. Down to the bottom of the air- port hill and you'll cross the Koote- nay River on the Brilliant Bridge. On your right you'll see an old con- crete suspension bridge with a wooden deck. The Doukhobor Suspension Bridge is in the process of undergoing a facelift and restoration and will soon be one of the key play- ers in the tourism i in Following the Kootenay River and CH.H.A.K.K. Offering a wide variety of fine local arts and crafts Hwy. 6 (follow signs from Carson's Corner) au ums 265-4332 FEATURING books about Japanese-Canadian History & Culture PLUS Check out the Kootenay Motherlode Section - Books from and about the West Kootenay Area OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! 358-7274 317-6th Ave., New Denver >" 4 9% ao DOCKER’S PUB Ist ANNUAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAM August 19 - 20 - 21, 1994 3 people per team - Must be Co-ed €}) Beginners/Intermediate/Open Price - $35 per person =" includes: Beef barbeque - Saturday night ~~ Pancake breakfast - Saturday & Sunday morning Dance - Friday & Saturday night/live band Registration Gifts Age 19 and over encouraged To register teams, team captains call Docker's Pub in Balfour at 229-4244 or Deanna Laktin at 825-9401 Please register early Located just next to the ferry on beautiful Kootenay Lake in Balfour, B.C. MISTAYA COUNTRY INN Bed & Breakfast eTrail Rides Day Rides to the Alpine ePack Trips Summer Riding Camps Box 28, Silverton, BC VOG 2B0 Phone/Fax 358-7787 B.C. HYDRO SUMMER TOURS BChydro & Hugh Keenleyside Dam is located 8 km upstream from Castlegar. Guided drop- in tours are available at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. seven days a week. Please call 365-5299 to beok large tours. KOOTENAY CANAL GENERATING STATION is located 21 km west of Nelson just off highway 6/3A. Guided tours are available Monday to Friday, 9:00 am. to 3:00 p.m. Please call 359-7287 to book your tour. TOURS ARE FREE OF CHARGE WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU Near each dam is a pull out and sig- nage indicating the name of the dam and its purpose. Tours of some of the dams are available- check out the informa- tion in the BC hydro ad found on this page. It will take you about 15 minutes or so, travelling the speed limit, to reach the junction of Highway 6 north and Highway 3A. The area there is called Playmor Junction and for this tour we'll be turning left onto Highway 6. Just three minutes away is the community of Crescent Valley, with a gas station, store, natural food store and post office. On your left is the Slocan River and we'll be following it all the way Make sure to watch for people in inner tubes floating down the river (@) CASTLESAR the Slocan Valley. Not stocked with Rainbow and Cut- throat tout. The Slocan Valley Visitor Guide says that the park was established in 1983 as a “Class ‘A’ ational values outweigh forestry and mining values.” If you're saying at one of the many places in Silverton, be sure to check in as carly as you can. It's on to New Denver, a three minute drive and home of the are looking for wonderful and dif- ferent gift ideas and books, herlode Bookstore is open heavily pop but growing, the area, in the 1960's became home to seven days a week with a great stock of kites, cards and interest- ing gift ideas. Between New Denver and Nakusp, your final destination, you'll be driving through rolling hills and lush farms at Hills and ranges of the Selkirk The area is rich in history and we you'll take the water taxi to Valhal- la Lodge and Tipi Retreat, nes- tled at he base of the spectacular Valhalla mountain range. And yes, you'll sleep in an Indian tipi! Feel free to explore this old min- ing town that now relies on the lumber industry for its prosperity. At Slocan City the river becomes Slocan Lake and stretches up to Silverton. To get to Silverton, you'll be travelling through the Cape Horn Bluffs. Today it's a paved high- way, dug out from the bluffs about 500 or so feet above Slocan Lake. it wasn't that many years ago that the bluffs were a one-lane road with narrow pulloffs to let oncom- ing traffic pass by. It's all downhill from here into Silverton, located on the east shore of Slocan Lake. The Slocan Valley Visitor's Guide states that mineral claims were staked on the north side of Silverton at 4-mile creek in 1891 and the town was founded in 1892. The area is rich in mining history and a tour through the Min- ing Museum is a must. Cedarhaven Bed & Breakfast 1344 Highway 6, East is also where Mis- taya Outfitters, a backpacking and horseback riding company, is based. From Silverton you can see Val- halla Provincial Park, 122,600 acres that includes most of the Val- halla Range of the Selkirk Moun- tains. Access to the park can be made by boat, canoe or by car and then by hiking up logging roads and bush trails from cither the north or south ends of the lake. Many of the lakes in the park are things to do around Nakusp includes: five hiking trails (Kuskanax Hot Springs Trail, Sad- out); a heritage walking tour of Nakusp; as well as golfing, boating and fishing on the Arrow Lakes. Naturally, though, one of your stops will be the Nakusp Hot Springs, located about 20 minutes north of Nakusp. But before you go there, follow the signs to Fauquier and Edge- wood along Highway 6. At Fauquier, where the ferry takes you across to Edgewood, and eventually Vernon in the Okana- gan, you'll want to stop af a most unusual gift shop called Chhakk. Their wide variety of fine local arts is a bit smaller as are the change rooms.The admission charge is reasonable and the hot water will soak away all your cares and the time to relax. If you have to drive back to Castlegar, make sure you stop in Nakusp for a quick bite to eat. Fortunately, you'll be driving back the same way you came so any store, museum, interesting pulloff or activity you didn't finish on your way up, you'll have time to enjoy on the way back. The scenery looking south is spectacular so please be careful and pay attention to the road. Highway 6 does not have wide be sharing the With straight driving, and travel- ling the 80 km speed limit, plan on a 2.5 hour drive home. Follow Highway 6 to Playmor Junction, turn west (right) on High- way 3A and in 20 minutes you'll be home in Castlegar. Another Kootenay Backyard Visitor tour completed! BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 1994 STOP IN AND ENJOY ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS AND L / E PRINTS eles \weisorich att ” GALLERY 1 km NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF NEW DENVER. 6440 HIGHWAY 6 GALLERY HOURS 9 AM TILL EARLY EVENING, 7 DAYS A WEEK» PHONE 358-2385 Glance And the winner is... Fipke of Thrums/Tarrys area was the winner in the Samson Soap Shop grand opening draw earlier in July. Congratulations Paving paradise? Not really, but Pineridge Paving has been kept busy as the downtown revite continues, Paving is complete on 11th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets and the library parking lot has also been resurfaced. Sunday openings If you've ever wondered who, in Castlegar, was open on Sunday, wonder no more. Each week The Castlegar Sun will publish an “Open on Sundays” ad. If you want your business name to be includ- ed, please call Nicole at The Sun office 365-5266. Marbelizing concrete Well, not quite, but Perry Hyson at Kootenayview Concrete has something almost as good. The Increte System is a method of finish- ing freshly poured adding color then & pattern to give a two color slab a textured finish. Hyson's current project is creating a notched ashlar slate with pewter and dark gray relief to look like slate instead of concrete for a home in Kinberry Heights. Fresh ground The Monte Carlo Motor Inn restaurant grinds its beans fresh for every pot of coffee. If the aroma doesn’t get to you the flavor will! New menu f The Sandman Inn has new menus for its Heartland Restaurant. Still great food at great prices! Circle tours If you're wondering what to do with your friends and relatives who are descending on you this summer, then each week, for the next five weeks, save the Backyard Visitor pages in The Castlegar Sun. Each week we'll direct you on a circle tour that starts and ends in Castle- gas. Whether its a tour of the historic Slocan Valley, or the SS Moyie jours, ere fun; one day-tours ig;take (or send!) your friends and rela- ‘| tives on! (there are a total of 8 different tours!) Sign of the times Colourmix Advertising Systems Inc. of Castlegar has been busy mak- ing signs for: Castlegar RV Park, Cartech Collision; Performance Fit- ness (Trail); West Kootenay Powder Coat; Monte Carlo, and new signage for both Blueberry Creek and Robson Volunteer Fire Depart- ments. Clearout The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce is clearing out their selection of sweatshirts at up to 60 per cent off. Check it out! New faces, new places Janice an experienced and journeyed printer and sign maker has joined the staff of Streetfront Graphics. Welcome Janice! Kitchen cupboard company arrives Camac Cabinets are a very well known Canadian brand of kitchen and Steve and Eva Henry of Robson have opened Canac of Castlegar. They specialize in sales of kitchen and bathroom cabi- nets and wall units. Their show room is on Waldie Avenue in Rob- son. More new faces Congratulations to Roger, Audrey, Carmen and Bob, the new owners of Cari’s Plaza Drugs. Stop by and say hello. Doreen and Carl Knut- sen extend a special thank you to their customers for their loyalty over the last 34 years and wish the new owners best of luck and suc- cess. Under construction Construction and removal of the rock bluff at the intersection of Rob- son Access Road and Highway 3A continues each day. Already the contours of the area has changed. Be prepared for delays and waits up to 30 minutes long. Environmental restrictions pave way for new Castlegar business Sun Editor Someone once said that when one door closes, another is sure toopen. Such is the case when, a few years ago in California, new strict emmision standards were set as a result of ozone depletion., Paint mapanies and other ers using solvents were forced to rethink their options. They turned to Europe where a new process called Powder Coating had already been in practice for more than 40 years. The process, which is basically another method to cover and protect anything that is metal, was studied and adopted. Soon, it was advanced. Now Cali- fornia leads the world not only in its strict emmission standrds, but in the science of powder coating as well—-which virtually elimi- nates the emittance of Volatile Organic Compounds. The process is relatively new to Canada, but as emission stan- dards tighten, the demand for Powder Coating is increasing dra- matically. While there are a few Powder Coating locations in the Okanagan, it has taken two cou- ples from Calgary who relocated to Castlegar this year to bring this i ive and envi ly correct process to Castlegar, The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce has started a petition to have BC Tel provide cellular ser- vice to the Kootenays. The target for these petitions? The commercial travellers to the Kooteriays from other parts of the \province.and Canada who have cellular service and want to use it here. These are the same folks whom BC Tel wants. Their phones are activated in such exotic places as Medicine Hat, Comox, Spokane, Burnaby, Toronto and Edmonton. And they are worth a big pile of money. Thaven’t yet decided whether to support the petitions. In the beginning, all the empha- sis for cellular service was on the business community. Now, with new phones, we, the members of the general public, can have the safety and comfort of a cellular phone for less than $20. per month plus usage. The benefits are tremendous. Imagine being able to call for help on the Blueberry Paulsen after you've hit a deer and rolled your car in a blinding snowstorm. No more hoping and praying that someone will come along and assist you. Help can be there quickly. Now imagine the downside. ‘You and your significant other are having a romantic dinner at one of the fine dining places in the area. Candlelight, flowers, tablecloth, scrumptious food, excellent ser- vice. You clink your champagne glasses together for a toast to another marvellous year. Your toast, which includes a poem you wrote for this special occasion, is about to be eloquently delivered. As you open your mouth to deliver the immortal words, your voice is later in August. Sidewalk sale Cc ions to all sidewalk sale on July 23. The event coincided with the Robson bridge opening and brought thousands of shoppers anxious for good deals, into the downtown core. Well done downtown merchants! Back to school It’s August and elementary school, secondary school and college stu- dents will be headed back to school in September. The Castlegar Sun and Trail Times are producing a Back-to-school supplement contain- ing information about what's hot and what's not in fashion as well as local information about schools and colleges. Watch your August 24 issue for this special section. Grand opening "s Drag mart in the Ci ia Plaza opens day August 4). Check out their new store. Forel Stay tuned for more information about the Chamber of Commerce's Annual Golf Tournament, dinner and auction August 27 at the Castlegar Golf Club. Plan now to attend. (Thars- Pp d by the nauseating high pitched ring-g-g-2 "ng-2-8-8 of a cellular phone. No, it’s not your phone, it belongs to the peo- ple at the table next you. Suddenly the remainder of your intimate moment is consumed by the sound of a booming voice talk- ing excitedly on the phone. Your intimate moment is gone. Spoiled forever by someone else But what about all that money that each irritating ring-g-¢ brings in? Here's how the long distance charges work. If my cellular phone is activated in Kelowna and I use my phone in Castlegar to call Nel- son, I will be billed for a long dis- tance call from Castlegar to Kelowna and Kelowna to Nelson. Plus, of course, the time usage charge which starts after | have entered all the phone digits and whether or not the other party answers or the line is busy. So, if I were a commercial trav- eller from Toronto in Castlegar for Cliff and Joy Harper are coowners of Kootenay Pow- der Coatings, the West Kootenays first ever powder coating company, located in Castlegar. where it is considered a first for the West Kootenay. Cliff and Joy Harper, and coowners Mike and Yvonne Aquin, have invested time and money into one of Castlegar’s newest business ventures called Kootenay Powder Coatings. After spending a small fortune on market research, the Harpers decided Casteglar was the best location in which to begin this business venture. It’s decent infrastructure, central location and economic growth potential a business trip and wanted to reconfirm my appointments in Trail, my long distance charges ly want cellular phones or should we grab the bull by the homs ‘and use our cellular-free status as a mar- were all big factors in their deci- sion to relocate, as were other aspects, such as its slower lifestyle, recreational facilities about it. This place is really growing. I think we're just secing the beginning,” said Cliff Harper, who retired from the CEOposi- tion of a public corporation in Upon arriving in Castlegar, the Harpers haven't done a lot of sightsecing. After building their home in Ootishcenia, the two have recently completed con- about their new business, and what it can do for “Liquid paint is definitely going the way of the dii ig said Harper. “Powder Coating is See POWDER COATING aaa show a golfer on a Vancouver course, lining up for a 27-foot putt that would win a toumament. Just as the putter stokes the ball, the high pitched sound of a cellular phone breaks the silence and the ball misses the hole. Switch to another golf course. This time in ———[S———S5S55— - Winter Wishes Where does your~ ‘Pinas come to our area. We have a 24- hour border cfossing at Paterson * * Summer DREAMS shine? Take the Castlegar Sun on your next vacation and send us a photo of you (or a member of your travelling group) holding up the Castlegar Sun, so we can see you and your surroundings. BE UNIQUE! BE ORIGINAL! BE HUMOROUS! Your photo could win you one of many exciting prizes such as: AND MORE! Contest runs: bef eS cl March 31 JUNE 1, 1994 — AUG. 31, Prizes to be awarded | 1994 ENTRIES DUE SEPT. 30 4 & Oct. 3, 1994 All entrants eligible for the grana prize (drawn Oct. 3, 1994) of: Trip for two anywhere Canadian Regional flies! Rules: Entrants must be 19 yrs or over. Prizes must be accepted as awarded — no substitutions or cash. All photos become the property of the Castlegar Si ‘un and cannot be returned. Castlegar Sun retains the right to publish any photos in subsequent promotional material. Employees of the Castlegar Sun and their i igible to win. Mail or bring your photo to: The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, VIM 1G8 along with a brief explanation of where and when the photo was taken. Enter often! 1m dir MAZDA — Shi Sang Canadian Regional 7IN