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HAROLD'S
HURTING

Discount chain
Bargain Harold's
rocked the retail
industry late
Wednesday by
announcing it is
seeking court
protection from
its creditors. The

WorkPLACE

TOronto-Dasec
chain with 160
stores and 4,000°
full- and part-time
employees
across the
country said it
has been given
interim refuge
while the court
makes a final
decision on the
application.

EMPLOYEE |
RECALL

Two days after
announcing the
layoff of 2,300
employees in St.
Catharines, Ont.,
General Motors
of Canada drove
out a little good
news for Quebec
Wednesday. It
plans to recall as

many as 2,700
workers in the
next year at its
car bly

Semenoff has
come a long
way from Lego

Jonathan Green|
NEWS REPORTER

To call Paul Semenoff a
young entrepreneur would be
like saying Cominco is having
some financial difficulties.

Semenoff has been a face on
the local construction scene for
over 20 years, and he’s only just
turned 29.

“I can remember back when I
was seven or eight years old,
working for my dad in the
summer, helping clean up,” he
said.

Semenoff is the head of Nu-
Tech Construction Ltd., and has
been since the company’s

plant just north of |

Montreal, the car
company said
during a news
conference at the
Mirabel Airport
Hotel.

HIGH OFF
THE HOG

Okanagan hog
farmers hope a
sudden rise in
pork prices in
recent weeks
may mean the
start of a
turnaround for
their industry.
Prices have risen
12 per cent in the
past three weeks
across Canada,
starting in
Ontario and
spreading west.
Spokesmen say
the sudden rise
in prices packing
houses pay is

demand for
Canadian pork
and possibilities
of increased
sales to Russia.

inception in 1985.
While growing up, Semenoff
was surrounded by con-
struction, as his father ran the
family business from the house.

“I was the world’s biggest
Lego builder,” he said. _

After graduating from Lego,
he worked in the family
construction business to a point
where it became a career choice.

To become certified as a
journeyman carpenter, he would
have to go through four years of
apprenticeship, and then write
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“I started banking hours
toward my apprenticeship in
Grade 11,” he said.

While in’Grade 12, Semenoff -

attended school three days a
week and worked an additional
three in the family business.

He said that as long as his
grades stayed up, school
officials left him alone.

“No one really bothered me
about it,” he said. “I was driven
to accomplish this and nobody
tried to-stop me.” :

“Nobody” even included his
parents.

“They knew how much
having an apprenticeship meant
to me,” he said.

So, while combining school
and work, Semenoff
accumulated enough hours on
the job to write the first-year
apprenticeship exam. :

He passed, a ey Bile
getting his high school diploma.

“I had just graduated from
high school and I was already in

my second year apprenticeship,”

News photo by Jonathan Green

i ction. He has gone from building with Lego
0 years, Paul Semenoff has been in and around constru ;
pookang ae a commercial and residential scale as head of Nu-Tech Construction.

he said.

Over the next three years, he
worked construction, and wrote
the respective apprenticeship
tests, which took him up to the
final exam in May of 1984.

If passed, Semenoff said the
exam would certify him to work
as a journeyman carpenter
anywhere in the country.

“Each province puts in a_

certain portion of the exam in
terms of questions,” he said.
“It’s a universal exam that is
given all across Canada.”

Though he passed the test
and received certification,
Semenoff decided he hadn’t
learned enough.

“I just felt that I needed to
know more about construction,
he said. :

To know more, he applied to
Building Technology, a two-year
course at the B.C. Institute of
Technology in Burnaby.

But, before heading west, he
had to go back to school first.

“I needed a couple of sciences
(to be accepted),” he said,
adding that summer school was
the route to go.

“It was such a beautiful
summer and I was stuck inside
doing these courses.” .

But Semenoff’s persistence

paid off, as he started at BCIT
that fall.

After first year, he returned
to Castlegar, where the seeds
for Nu-Tech were planted.

“Growing up, I had no
intention of starting my own
company,” he said.

But his intentions changed
after seeing the work his father
was putting in with his own
company.

“It got to a point where he
couldn’t handle it.”

With that in mind, the
younger Semenoff put some
resources together, and a
company was born.

“I decided to give ita shot,”
he said. “Basically, Nu-Tech was
incorporated on a song and a
prayer.”

With the company up and

ing, Semenoff headed back
to BCIT for year two, running
the show with his father
through long distance.

Upon graduation, Semenoff
returned to a Nu-Tech that was
doing just fine.

“By the time I got back, Nu-
Tech was well on its way,” he
said.

Since then, the company has
done about 85 per cent of their
work in the area between

Nelson and Trail, with the other
15 per cent in the East
Kootenay.

Semenoff said he is happy
with the way things have gone
for Nu-Tech, pointing to a time
early in the company’s
existence.

In 1987, the company
received an award from the B.C.
Chamber of Commerce for being
one of the top five new ventures
in its category in the province.

“It gave me a good feeling
knowing we were on the right
track,” he said.

And now, with the population
in and around Vancouver
increasing every day, people are
starting to look to other parts of
the province for places to live,
he said.

“We’re seeing a general
migration from the Lower
Mainland,” Semenoff said.
“Those people are looking for
places to move to.”

And it’s through moving to
places like-Castlegar that has
kept Nu-Tech busy.

As for the future, well...

“It’s almost scary to consider
the possibility of where I could
be in 30 years,” he said.

“I don’t know. Anything is
possible.”

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22

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36 Found

CASTLEGAR GRIEF SUPPORT

BOY'S gold ID bracelet, engraved
with name “Chris” found near
Pioneer Arena (downto\

Feb. TS. Owner may call 365-
6743. (3/16)

YELLOW and green parakeet
found at Selkirk Avenue on Mon.,
Feb. 24. 365-6446. (3/16)

leetings — Home Support office,
7 p.m. on the 3rd Monday,
monthly. 365-6883, 365-2452 or

(104/4)

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous and Al-
Anon. Phone 365-3663. (104/91)

21 Engagements

IDENTIFICATION bracelet with
name, approx. 2-3 weeks ago,
Broadwater Road. Owner may
claim by identifying at Castlegar
News. (3/15)

42 Personal

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B.C. V1N 3H6, 365-5167. (104/2)

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BARTLE & GIBSON Co. Ltd.

Plumbing/Electrical have an

opening for shipper/receiver and

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WANTED: 80 overweight people
to lose 10-29 Ibs. per month.
100% natural, doctor
recommended. Serious callers
only, 1-533-5576. (4/14)

126 Work Wanted

in fact they are giddy
with. happiness
to be unloading one of their.
daughters
Ellen Falkmann
on some poor sucker.
The poor guy is
James Makortoff
son of Peter and Ann Makortoff
and all he wanted to do
was make her happy
and pass the salt
and before he knew it
150 people were making
him propose.
Against those odds
the poor guy had
no choice
but to submit.
The day poor Jim enters the
instituition of marriage
is April 25, 1992.
Please join in mourning
for the demise of
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73 Childcare Available

MATURE woman available to
babysit in her home. Reasonable
rates, references provided. Phone
365-6646. (tfn/93)

MATURE- woman available to
babysit in your home, have own
dependable transportation.
Interview /references available.
Ph. 365-6462. (3/17)

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90 Business Opportunities

BUSINESS for Sale, Nelson, B.C.
— Maternity wear and cotton
fabrics, 352-6462 daytime or 229-
5694 after hours. (6/11)

99 Help Wanted

CARPENTER/HANDYMAN) —
Doors, decks, drywall, roofing,
repairs, clean-up. Free estimate,
guaranteed work. John, 365-5428.
(8/16)

WANTED: Odd jobs. 17-year-old
willing to do any job, nothing too
small. 365-3974. (3/15) :
MAGGIES CLEANING SERVICES
— Bonded and insured, 357-2169.
(4/14)

WILL DO OFFICE CLEANING.
359-7187. (9/17)

WILL do spring clean-up with truck
or small jobs on part-time
basis.Ph. 359-7187. (9/17)

EARL'S CARPENTRY -— Houses,
renovations, concrete, painting,
swimming pools, liners, chemicals,
spas — reasonable — work
guaranteed. 365-8355. (tfn/98)

‘V_ SERVICE GUIDE
217 Excavating & Drainage

EQUIPMENT
FOR RENT!

With Operators.

¢ Hitachi Excavator
¢ D6 Cat Dozer
° 966 Loader
Hourly or Contract
Free Estimates
PH. 365-2743 or
359-7777

MATURE person required as a
caregiver for a four-year-old girl in
my home for 12-hour night shifts.
Work is sporadic. References
required. Call Susan at 365-2542
after 8:30 p.m. (3/15)

PART-TIME KARAOKE MC —
contact Elaine at Dexters Pub,
Tuesdays between 8-11 p.m.
(3/15)

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Tree Services

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| _301-11TH AVE., CASTLEGAR + LOCATED IN TULIPS.
373 : Appliances
RE-CONDITIONED _ fridges,
stoves, washers, dryers,
dishwashers. Call collect — le
City Furniture, Kelowna, 862-5103.
Free weekly delivery to the
Kootenays. (tfn.59)

376 Auctions
BUY or SELL sy AUCTION

BANKRUPTCIES, ESTATES, CONSIGN,
OUTRIGHT PURCHASES,

USSELL Open Mon.-Sat. 9-5"
2067 Highway 3A
UCTION Ae vil

400 Furniture

LOVESEAT and couch and
recliner, rust color, excellent
condition. Paid $1,700. Will sell for
$800. Ph. 365-3837. (tfn/79)

FORMAL dining room set, console
color TV, double bedroom suite,
queen box spring and mattress, -
chrome table and chairs, all in
excellent condition, 365-6892 after
5 p.m. (6/11)

406 Equipment

RENTAL PURCHASE 966 and
950 loaders, grapple or bucket.
Call Vic 493-6791. (12/6) .

BRANCHING

OUT

TREE

SERVICE. 362-5076. (tfn/80)

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351

Pets

TWO-YEAR-OLD Husky/Shepherd

cross, one puppy to giveaway.
365-6684. (3/16)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER cross to
giveaway. 8 months old, gentle
and friendly. Excellent with
children. Phone 359-7490 after
4:30. (3/16)

year old. 365-5368. (3/16)

BEAUTIFUL neutered male Collie
cross to giveaway, approx. one

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412 Misc for Sale

2 HORSE drawn cultivators, 1-4x4
skylight with frame, 1 Russian
loom, 5 wooden beams 2"x6"x16"
deep x 30 ft. long, 1 2x6x16x20 ft.
long, 1-2x6x14"x21 ft. long approx.
20 4'x4' wood panels. 365-3567
leave message for Cecil between
8 a.m.-4 p.m. (4/17)

Johnny's Grocery Best Buys

: “ea. 89¢
COTTAGE CHEESE roenos. s00 ga. $1.49

NOW SELLING HOURS: 365-7941
DIESEL ~~ 8am.-8p.m. Robson

S-SPEED used Vagabond bike
$65. Glasstop kitchen table, 4
chairs $75. All good condition 365-
7768. (1/17)

WASHER & Dryer in good

condition. $375. Phone 365-8077.
(2/17)

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