32. Castlegar News 1988 Review, March 30, 1988 OWNER-OPERATED Dairyland serves area Dairlyland Foods, a divi sion of Fraser Valley Milk Producers Cooperative As sociation, originally was born June 18, 1913. The farmer. producer, owner-operated organization had an objective to produce and manufacture cheese, butter, milk, cream and other agricultural and horticultural products for the patrons of its Association. Since that time many things have changed. Today Dairyland Foods has pro ducers spread throughout the entire province of British Columbia with 18 of their finest producers located in the Creston Valley They, along with their families and the eight em. ployees located at the Dairy land Foods distribution ware- house in Castlegar, are an integral part of the West Kootenay community. For many years Dairyland Foods has served the Koot enay area, but perhaps was first better known under the NOCA label. This label still exists today. The Fraser Valley Milk Producers Cooperative As- sociation producers in the Creston Valley ship their raw product to their processing plant for packaging in Ver- non, as well as supplying the requirements of the Palm plant in Nelson. As proud producers of Dairyland Foods’ quality products, it should also be You and Kirsch The latest trend in window fashions The freshest colors and designs stylish! Micro Duette’ Pleated Shades Buy with confidence from “your home decorating centre” Orne & WALLCOVERINGS Mini-blinds 613 Columbia Ave. -blinds 365-6214 noted that Dairyland is also the producer of Armstrong cheddar cheese, Shape milk, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, Dairymaid juice, Pacific milk, Danish Havarti and Armstrong Cream Cheese, Dairyland is proud of its producers, its quality pro- ducts and employees, and especially proud'to be a part of, and serving the West Kootenay Eventful year for Byers Byers Transport had a very eventful year in 1987. On July 31, 1987 Byers’ head office, terminal and shop facilities were totally des- troyed by the tornado that hit Edmonton. We were very fortunate in that none of the 67 employees who were in our buildings were killed. The following day we took over the operations of Yukon Freight Lines. This purchase takes Byers into Grande Prairie, Alta., Whitehorse and Inuvik. We also serve the Yukon and N.W.T. from Vancouver. Byers has also enjoyed a very good year in the Koot- enays. We have sensed more optimism in the Kootenays over the last year and this has reflected in increased freight volumes for us. Byers introduced the op- tion of overnight service from Edmonton this year, while assisting local busines. ses in securing business otherwise unavailable. At Byers our customers come first and Dayna Bell our Castlegar agent has used this philosophy to make his term- inal grow. If you need freight service from Alberta into your business give us a call today RiVerviCwW chevrolet oldsmobile itd. 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After extensive renovations and modernization the new and used car dealership, Riverview Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd., opened its doors basing its sales on customer loyalty and service. LaBossiere says, “Your salesman sells the first car but it’s your service department and customer service that sells them their second and third-vehick Today approximately 80 per cent of Riverview vehicle sales is from repeat buyers and sales have been increasing by about 15 per cent every year. Being associated with General Motors has also helped to keep sales volume high. People want a beautiful car that will last and G.M. products certainly “fit the bill.” For a company that has progressed so rapidly, one would think the next logical step is expansion, however, LaBossiere disagrees. “We've enlarged the dealership to a size we're happy with, which includes a completely stocked parts department, a 12-bay service garage equipped to do all types of hanical repairs from ali; s to motor ilding, and an autobody shop as well. The dealership's aim is to simply keep increasing sales by doing what they've always done — provide a top quality product and give efficient service to match,” he says. FBDB promotes area business The Federal Business De- velopment Bank is widely known as a major supple- mental lender and Canada's foremost public sector source of management counselling, information, training and planning services for small and medium sized busi- nesses. The Cranbrook bran- ch, which services the West and East Kootenays, is just one of FBDB's 77 branches across Canada. Through its Loans and Venture Capital Divisions, FBDB provides flexible fin- ancing to small- and medium sized businesses to help them start or expand. Term loans and guarantees are offered through the Loans Division to businesses that cannot obtain financing on reasonable terms and conditions from other finan cial institutions. The Venture Capital Divi- sion offers equity financing to businesses, often njune- tion with priyghe solr in- stitutions. Mike Wilson, branch man- ager of the Cranbrook office says, FBDB in its role to pro- mote and assist in the estab- lishment and expansion of Canadian businesses, has supported job creation in a significant way. FBDB loans have helped small businesses create 10,500 jobs — more than 2.5 times the number they had FBDB's Financial Planning Program includes: Financial matchmaking, a nation-wide computer operated introdu- tion service matching up pri- vate investors with firms seeking investment and management support; stra- tegic business planning, a business-planning process which assists business own- ers in identifying key oppor- tunities, strengths, weak- nesses and area of vulner- ability, and provides them with the tools and skills to best exploit their opportun- ities and strengths, compen- sate for weaknesses and pro- tect the vulnerable areas; and do-it-yourself kits. Wilson says these low-cost planning kits are making life a little easier for many small business operators. The kits cost a nominal $10 each and include a narrative section to explain the theory and a series of work documents to show how to put the theory into practice. Wilson points out the bank's varied counselling, training and information ser- vices help entrepreneurs cope with the growing com plexity of the environment in which they work. At a modest cost to the client the CASE (Counselling Assistance to Small Enter- prises) program puts the experience and expertise of FBDB prepares workshops and seminars on topics of local interest not covered in its established seminar pro- gram. Wilson stated the bank's Small Business Information Service has been expanding rapidly as studies indicate that accurate, accessible, pertinent information is a major business need. The bank's Automated In- formation for Management (AIM) program, officially launched all across Canada in the autumn of 1986, has greatly enhanced FBDB's capacity to satisfy clients’ : information needs. MIKE WILSON AIM is a computerized ~ «Cranbrook : abank that provi in formation on ‘federal, pro- vincial and municipal bus- who wish to establish a solid Castlegar News 1988 Review, March 30,1968 33 SUMMER FUN... dsurters take to the waters near Nelson. Japanese A former university campus in Nelson will be the site of what Mayor Gerald Rotering says will become “the major Western Canadian Pacific Rim institution.” The campus, former site of the David Thompson University Centre until it was closed by the provincial government in 1984, will become a post-secondary institution for Japanese business students. “It’s going to have a major economic impact, not only in Nelson but in B.C.,” Rotering said. “The provincial in Nelson the Cherry English Institute, which has about 30,000 students in Japan, to create the Canadian International College. The college, which will open next month, will initially have 250 Japanese post-secondary students. Courses will be taught in English. It will offer a Canadian degree in business administration, starting with a two-year program and later expanding to four years. “The idea calls for the first year or two in Nelson and inuing for a year or two, depending where you are in government has been working on blishi: Pacific Rim trade. “Pretty soon we're going to realize that Nelson has established a major Pacific Rim institution here.” The annual tuition fee will be about $20,000, including room and board, but Rotering said the figure compares favorably with what Japanese universities charge. The city of Nelson bought the 7.3-hectare campus from the provincial government for $1 and has spent about $300,000 on improvements, Rotering said. A group of Winnipeg investors had wanted to lease the facility from the city to operate it as a private high school for Alberta students. “But with the oil market being bad it fell through,” Rotering said. “Nelson had been pursuing Japanese connections in tourism and education. We were working on a Japanese summer school for English-language training so the people at the college who leased it from us pursued the Japanese connection.” Rotering said the Winnipeg group formed a partner. ship with an English-language institute in Japan called the program in Vancouver. “So you're in a small, safe community, you ean get the feel of Western culture, and learn your English before jumping into Vancouver.” The city is leasing the campus to the college, meaning it retains ownership of any improvements to the facility, and also shares in any profits, Rotering said. He said $3 million is being spent to set up the program, and $1.5 million is going to promotional work in Tokyo. ‘The campus has residential space for several hundred students, Rotering said, adding that the facility might be expanded. “We're taling in long-terms here about 500 to 1,000 residential students per year. “We expect the Nelson campus will develop into a two-way campus where the Japanese who want to become the forerunners of their industrial expansion in the West will be trained here. We expect Nelson will become a centre for people hoping to invest in Japan to get their first immersion courses in Japanese and under- stand Japanese culture before heading overseas.” HISTORIC NELSON . .. Nelson city hall is the cor- nerstone of the city’s heritage restoration project. at city outside of Victoria. Nelson has more heritage buildings than any other groundwork before starting their business also may call upon the skills of CASE counsellors, Wilson stressed. FBDB's training services are varied and constantly evolving to reflect develop- ments in business manage- ment and changing needs of today’s entrepreneurs. They include full and half- day seminars as well as 30-hour business manage- ment courses offered through community © colleges. They also consist of management video clinics that are in- dividual, self-teaching pro- grams on video-cassette ac- retired bi by workbooks and iness assistance programs, business opportunities, reg- ulations, trade association services, publications and other information sources. It continues to grow in size and at year-end contained 7,400 separate items of information compared to 3,000 the prev- ious year. Wilson says there is now a federal/provincial volume of the ABC Handbook (Assis- tance to Business in Canada) available. If you're interested in government assistance programs, the ABC Book is an indispensable reference tool. 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