The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April 22, 1992 aniline. and.sports College responds to request from Canada SUBMITTED Responding to a requey from Canada Employment, Selkirk Col- WONEY TOURS 1355 Bay Ave., Trail - 368-6666 Portland Rose Festival June 3-14 Celebrate Canada - sug. 29-Sept. 30 CONTACT YOUR LOC AVEL AGENT ’ Simply good value Clean, quiet rooms. Free movies & morning coffee. Most with pools, saunas & restaurants...starting at $39.95 a night, plus tax* Slumber Lodge Inns and Motels 14 Locations across B.C. Call 1-800-663-2831 * Offer good until May 1, 1992. Bed & Breakfast not included Not valid in Terrace or Kamloops. Some locations may sell for less lege d anew Bi Ser- vice Worker training course March 2 at the Nelson According to instructor Ben Nowak, himself a journeyman carpenter with vocational instruct- ing experience at Vancouver Community College and Fraser Valley University College, the program was requested to assist t a group of individuals with vary- ing skill levels and differing degrees of experience in the con- struction trade. “This program is designed to give these people a strong theoret- ical background as well as the practical skills to find work in the residential construction field,” id Zaytsoff tial Construction Worker Program, initia requested directly by Canada Employment. Nowak said. The six-month course is com- prised of 15 per cent theory and 85 per cent practical training and includes an eight-week work The 19 students in the program, 18 men and one female, spend the first few weeks learning work- place safety, first aide and appro- priate tool use. Once into the with local c portion of the p ited by Selkirk College, was since 95 per cent of jobs that exist in residential construction go unadvertised, according the Nowak. During the course of the pro” will ‘Nowak pointed out that this training is not meant to replace students learn-by-doing ‘standard forming, framing, drywall, interior Pp pro- gram, but rather teaches skills that are applicable to residential con- is available for appo at the HAIR ANNEX 365-3744 She has 12 yrs. of experience and ts am award winner in mens and ladies haircutting SENIORS APPRECIATION DAY April 29 &30 See you there! Shaw Cable to SUBMITTED | Woodcraft Stains oil or latex solid colour sugg. retail $30.98 Semi-transparent Stains all colours - $1 9.99 std. colours - $19.99 custom colours -$24.99 3.78 litres ORDERED WALLCOVERINGS 25% Off book price INSTOCK WALLCOVERINGS Up to 50% off retail price BREEZE LATEX FINISHES INTERIOR EGGSHELL or SEMI-GLOSS $38. ‘Soeas / $242° WHITE accent base colours extra EXTERIOR FLAT or SEMI-GLOSS ‘oan / $262". 3.78 litres accent base colours extra NEW! - LOW ODOR MANY MORE IN DRYWALL SEALER - $10 3.78 titres BRUSHES CEILING LATEX - $16” NSTORE SPECIALS ROLLERS / MAS 78 litres EXT. P. JUST ASK! ; $49” 18.9 litres NG TAPE MORE 3.78 litres CUSTOM WINDOW BLINDS 1” - 3/4" 1/2" horizontal - 31/2” vertical blinds - pleated shades / roller shades - NEWI! SILHOUETTE SHEER SHADES - 30% off list price 40% off list price 35% off list price 25% off list price In the upcoming months, Shaw Cable will be consolidating it’s interior Customer service opera- ng, window and door instal- lation, stair and rafter construction. Job search techniques will be covered at length in the program gram stud houses in order to experience ‘a the different aspects of residential construction. The program is sponsored by Canada Employ- om under toon Canada Job Strate- close payment facility j in August interior systems and through this commitment to customer service. ment to community programming will not be affected by this consoli- dation. Technicians based out of Castle- gar, Nelson and Trail will still be tions. Sub ly the p: facility in Castlegar ‘will close as of August | According to a news release from Shaw Cable, more and more customers prefer to deal directly over the telephone or through a financial institution and over the Pre ing dep and technical crews will continue to be based out of Shaw Cable's existing facilities in Castlegar. “This year our West Kootenay operation was very pleased to be Presented with the Canadian Cable Television Association's B.C. Pro- counter transactions are ly declining. “By consolidating our customer service operations we'll be able to provide extended hours and improve telephone response times,” said Steven Lake, Shaw Cable personnel. “Having a central pool of Customer Service Repre- sentatives will allow us greater scheduling flexibility so we can be More responsive at peak periods and more efficient at slower times.” Monthly cable rates in the West Kootenay region have traditionally been quite low compared to other award in the p category. This show is now in the running for the prestigious national awards,” Lake said. “Our commit- to assist with new connections, service prob- lems, he said. And our fibre-optic upgrades will continue. Customers will still be able to drop off their Payments at the will be maintained to allow sub- scribers toll free access to cus- tomer service offices. Trowelex owners attend national conference SUBMITTED Nick and Vera Chernoff, of Trowelex Equipment Rentals in Castlegar, recently attended the American Rental Association's (A.R.A.) four-day National Con- vention and Rental Trade Show = Keep your business on track! Let The Sun help keep you rolling 565-2278 Sun Advertising Sa Mh in New Orleans. The show offered a variety of educational seminars and exhibits, attracting rental dealers and equipment suppliers from throughout the United States and Canada. Seminars featured aspects of rental industry management, including equipment safety, store image and design, employee ben- efits, display merchandising tech- niques and customer service. In ddition, this c for the first time a 49,000-square- foot Tents Today display and a two-day educational seminar dealing with the growing tent industry. See TROWELEX 58 $25 SILK TOPS weet 13% OFF STOREWII me 445 Baker Street, Nelson 352-7337 On Baker Street across from Sonja’s China Cabinet 2 PIECE RAYON SHORT SETS $65 Wed., April 22 - Thurs, May 2 candals .. to suit her Wednesday, April 22, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Page 5B Spring sprongs for the Koots in Wow! The signs of spring are everywhere! Beer cans sprouting in ditches, (this bud’s for you); of Two-lips are blossom- ing, (hope it’s no one we onal and raging hormones are ing on the back streets. All cals Spring-time activity is contagious: it made me want to take my car out on the highway and push it some- where. On my last trip out of town, I discovered that I can save wear and tear on the car by driving to Glance Distribution growing Twin Rivers Distributing now has eight distributors throughout the province for their Kootenay Select pepper- oni and cheese packs. As well, their subs are being sold in two other areas outside the Kootenays and the lines of Brach’s candy and Grimm's meats are keeping them busy. The subs are packed by a spe- cial technique that allows them to stay fresh for longer periods of time. and Packaging 500 subs a day is to be added. Tight « now they are well on their way to $1 million dollars in sales this year . Truly a Kootenay suc- cess story. Congratulations Gerald and Jo-anne! New faces, new places The City of Castlegar reports that 14 new businesses opened up in Castlegar in March. Of these, only two are related to the Celgar Modern- ization. Castlegar now has a new janitorial services com- Pany, a roadline painting and marking company, several home based business in retail and mail order sales, a new family daycare, a hairdresser, an equipment and business consulting business, a retail auto part$ store and a manu- facturer of sash and doors. Welcome! Athletic banquet The Selkirk Lions Club 16th Annual Trade Fair will be held at the Castlegar Com- munity Complex this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 24, 25 and 26. Opening doors Tri City Sash and Door has opened their new premises beside Premier Propane on 6th Ave. Paul Lindon, origi- nally from Coventry, England, is the cabinet maker. With a total of eight staff making doors, windows, and custom cabinetry, Tri City is keeping busy and anticipates steady work throughout the summer. = Trowelex __ Continued from 4B Other exhibits, sp d by Edmonton and back on only one gear, thereby saving the other three for later, It's interesting how Dat- Picking thanks to a creative burst of engine-uity from Sugarlips, of year, although my ——_ bour, Morilla ng: save a lot of trouble: no seeding, fertilizing or pesticiding, and the birds won't try pollinating them. Nope. Not a one. Those darn birds Barker's [\':. Scratches Selections Lynn Barker we time his house almost burned down. He said it was an accident. After lighting 14 boxes of matches four cans of gas, and six sticks of dynamite, he noticed that house still Standing. It was stand- ing by acci- & the heart to try lighting it again. He says he feels it. Well, she doesn't cant Every spring i see her out in her yard, busy painting all the trees and bushed hot pink. Her flowerbeds have abundant blos- soms all year round, too. Of course, they're plastic, but they Television Dear Ann Landers: Our 1 7- are all over at my house, splat- 8 M bil my : A lot of new homes are being built this spring by those of us who have successfully burned down our old homes. I was talking to Joe Needabreak this week about the a little beat- en by the house. I suggested that he might like it a lot more if he just gave it a little face lift. He's considering marble mactac. Now that the weather is wann, it’s a good time to start those home Trenovations you've been procrasti- shows seem to say shows they find offensive. What can be seen on daytime TV is of her girlfriends spent the night with three boys at a motel. I was disappointed but not sur- these days, and the stuff on at night is shocking. Your best bet is Public Broadcasting. It’s clean, educational and con- structive. It has to do with tradition, not greed. If the guests want to do this, I see no reason to object. Dear Ann Landers: Last evening my husband and I visited with a couple we've known for a long time. When we arrived, their two children, ages 5 and 9, were portray their teen-age role models as having sex when they turn 18. One show fea- tured a high school girl losing her virginity on prom night. No wonder one of my daughter’s friends said, “What do you think prom night is for, any- Ann Landers ‘the most widely read syndicated columnist’ A running around playing. The father, “Chuck,” sat down and we started to talk. After a few minutes, the 9- year-old daughter came into the room, sat on her father’s lap and smacked him in the face. He calmly said, “Please don’t do that,” and resumed talking. She struck him a second time and his was to use his hands as way?” The message our kids get from TV is that teens feel there is some- thing wrong with them if they haven't had sex by the time they're 18. What if the producers decide next year that sex at 16 is OK? Maybe the next year it will be. I'm tired of television being a co-conspirator in lowering the code of ethics in this country. When my kids were little, I didn’t like the violence on car- toons so I made sure they had more worthwhile things to do on Saturday momings. Most kids did watch that stuff, and I’m sure it is no coincidence that drive-by shootings are nothing unusual these days. The only suggestion I’ve ever seen for infh TV Dear Ann Landers: Recently we went to our granddaughter’s wedding. After the dinner, the guests took turns dancing with the bride and groom. While they danced, each guest slipped money into the groom's coat pocket or shoved some bills down the front of the bride’s dress. My husband and I watched with astonishment but we said nothing, as good grandparents should. I hadn't thought much more about this vulgar spectacle until I saw one of those reality-based courtroom TV shows. A pair of newlyweds sued a caterer for ruining their reception by removing the food too soon, which caused the guests to ming is to write the shows’ spon- sors. But few parents have the time to monitor all the shows on TV, even if they could stand the steady diet of garbage. Is there any way to get a list of offending shows and their sponsors, so parents who care can make their feelings known? — Fighting Mad in lowa Dear lowa: Action for Children’s Television and the National Coali- tion Against TV Violence used to have ~ a list, but it no longer exists. The suggestion you mention is still the best: Parents who wish register complaints about the TV fare that is offered should write to the producers and sponsors of the leave p The couple filed the suit because the early departure of the guests, they said, deprived them of some serious The newlyweds on TV attempt- ed to justify their disappointment by bemoaning the loss of a “tradi- tion.” What tradition? Whose tra- dition? In a pig’s eye! Does a mountain of beautiful gifts no longer suffice? Is this yet another ion of the a shield. When she hit him a third time, he pushed her off his lap. There was no rebuke, no punish- ment. Nothing. When I asked Chuck how he could let her do this, he said, “She's probably over-tired. Whenever the kids have a good day, they get keyed up.” I said, “You think that’s an excuse for such behavior?” He replied, “She's just excited.” During the next 20 minutes, the children ignored their father when he asked them to be quiet so we could talk. His wife sat there like a bump on a log, making no effort whatsoever to control them. Final- ly Chuck said with a tone of resig- nation, “The nicer you are to these kids, the worse they behave.” Now I wonder if my husband or I should have removed the girl from her father’s lap, taken her into another room and said, “We don’t like to be around children who are so disrespectful.” We'd like your views on this. — Dismayed in L.A. Dear Dismayed: What you should have done is taken the par- ents into another room and told them they are abdicating their shameless greed that seems endemic with the current genera- tion? Or am I — Really Out of It in Little Rock Dear Little Rock: There are a variety of (ethnic customs involv- ing colk di 'y by allowing their children to behave like brats. Chil- dren need limits set and they WANT discipline. It makes them feel secure and valued. Classes in Parenting are offered through local school districts, community col- ng money at fg leges, churches and Your the Kootenays nating on all year, or procrastinate on those renovations you've been starting all year, or better yet, kick the nasty habit of needing that roof over your head and go live in your Car. Actually, I knew someone who lived in his car year-round. Sammy Snivley furnished his 1969 Ford with all the comforts of home: he had a TV and microwave in the back seat, kept extra underwear in the cubby hole and his pajamas and good clothes in the hubcaps. His dog, a German Schnitzel named Deficit (in honour of the government), claimed the front seat because he was the principle diver of the vehicle. I asked Sammy how he man- aged to stay clean, so he showed my his wonderful invention. He managed to rig up a remote control button on the windshield washer. All he had to do was lay across the windshield and hit the button. It it’s O.K. their children are hopelessly out of control. Sell it faster in the classifieds worked very well except for thi time he hit the wiper button by mistake and the wipers slapped him silly. Winter poses anothe: problem. Sammy often freezes t the windshield and has to wait until some passer-by set him fre or wait until spring thaw. Once, he was arrested for inde cent exposure; they just towed him over to the police station and scraped him off the windshield. Sure enough, Sammy Sniviey had his day in the mighty courts of justice. The prosecutor presented Judge Irma Squeeze with 8x10) glossies and a photo album of he choice. She judged them over exposed, underrated and in need of artistic merit. Then she dismissed the case. Not enough evidence. Lately, Sammy and the Judge had been frozen to the windshield. | guess that's what they call a doubk exposure. MECHANICAL . HEAVY DUTY AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ° GENE WADDINGTON 3 6 “7 @ April 22 @ April 25 @ April 25 @ April 24 @ April @ April 25 @ April ® THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS INDICATED BY L paper is published. For a special Take hom HAPPY BIRTHDAY Phone in your birthday wish & we will print it free of charge. 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