Every new car, truck, or van and every used vehicle in stock will be put on sale. Everything will be clearly marked so you can see your immediate savings. In addition — we will be offering & s”* Financing we O.A.C o« FREE Air Conditioning* mazpa Special lease rates” Rick Kellen has 20 years e: fo Invite you fo come in and meet him and his staff of sales promises fo carry on the Castlegar Mazda tradition of... in the automotive industry. He would like professionals. Rick on location Friday, May 27 on location Saturday, May 28 MX-3 PRECIDIA RS MX-6 MYSTERE RS It JUST FEELS RIGHT Rick Kelteros CASTLEGAR MAZDA 713 - 17th Street, Castlegar ¢ 365- 7241 CALL NOW — CALL COLLECT BUSINESS The Castlegar Su Glance Sign of the times ‘The Sandman Inn has its new outdoor installed. The green and gold dolce are part of thas nov cospertttbngs. New in town Marie Orr of the Castlegar Welcome Wagon reports that from mid- April to mid-May she visited 15 new residents to Castlegar. People from such exotic places as Penticton, Abbotsford, Calgary, Nelson, Warfield, Williams Lake, Grand Forks, Alberta and Rossland are now calling Castlegar home. Welcome! Carry all Looking for a carry all trailer to pull behind your bicycle? Castlegar Bicycle and Sport Shop has one left that will hold groceries, camp- ing equipment or even newspapers! They also handle the pull behind trailers that will accommodate children. Special celebration The Castlegar A&W restaurant recently had two special celebra- tions. First, owner manager Bob Cartier and his wife, Brenda had a daughter, Hailey Wynne, on Saturday May 7. Then one week later, they officially opened the first Castlegar A&W. Congratulations! Keeping up! Keeping up to MLA Ed Conroy is no small feat. Lately Conroy has met with the Transportation Financing Authority for continuing dis- cussions on securing funding to study possibilities of the Okanagan insure the goose, or the golden eggs? If you had the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs, would you insure the Goose or the Golden Eggs? Well believe it, or not, we Canadians do exactly the opposite of reason and insure all our Gold- en Eggs, like our homes, cars and accident or sickness, benefits you ecole ma’ be CASH CORNER Most Canadians have short indexed fa x ad term disability protection compli- ments of UIC. The waiting peri- od (the time you have to wait until benefits begin) is two weeks COMMUNITY BC 21 Community boats. What I am ing to is disability insurance. Over half of all working Cana- dians do not have disability insur- ance and of thosé who do over 95% know little about the cover- age they do have. »This is particu int bopinkin considering the odds of becoming disabled for a period of six months or longer before the age of 65 are high. What would happen to your financial well being if you were not able to earn a pay cheque for six months or longer? Would you be able to pay the mortgage, make the car payments or send the kids to college etc? Disability insurance is by far the most important insurance you will evér buy. After all you are Connector, met with other MLA’s to plan the first ever confe on value-added manufacturing in the forest industry scheduled for October in Creston; spoke in the legislature on the benefits of forest renewal; reappointed as vice-chair of the all-party select standing committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and F lob- pr ing your most asset, your ability to earn income, ie the Goose. That is why it is imperative that you review the bied Premier Harcourt and Glen Clark, Minister Responsible for BC hydro re: I on lower Ci River, secured funding ted the Brilliant M interchange: delivered funding to local Economic and Bi ion Centres; tasonded the por peony waved in the parade, dunked in the dunk tank and stomped grapes at Trail Silver City Days; attended the official opening of Trail's new water treatment plant; and continues dey with individual constituents on a variety of local issues. Ww! Transferred 5 Fernando DaCosta of OK Welders in Castlegar has been promoted to Sales and Marketing and transferred to the Penticton office of OK Welders. Congratulations! New faces, new places Castlegar resident Lisa Trickey is the new full time Cosmetician at Costlogar Pharemenve on Gowstown Comiog. Lisa is there with a big smile and a lot of k dge about all ic lines. People’s choice Dwayne Mills of Avenues Hair Design in Castlegar won the People’s Choice Award atthe recent Crusaders Car Club show, held at Silver a total of 58 dntrants. Congratulations There are no weight restrictions on parcels arriving or leaving via Ace Courier? If it fits in their delivery vehicle they will take it. Cgngratulations Local portrait photographer, Ken Ferch has one of his prints hanging in a provincial salon which is travelling around the province this year. The salon is now being shdwn at the Bank of Montrea! in downtown Castlegar for the reminder of this week before it moves on to the Okanagan. The photo is of the Shlakoff family sitting in front of Tulip Falls, on the Arrow Lakes. open Tae off ialropening of Rick Kellen's Castlegar Mazda is scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 26, 27 and 28. Come down and meet Rick Kellen, the new owner. Certified Rod Westfall of Kootenay Mobile RV Service, a journeyman RV technician, is one of the few technicians in the East and West Koote- nays now certified to do prop ions and issue decals for the RV inspection and decalling program. Window decorating The Salvation Army is the first business to join in the Chamber's window decorating contest for Sunfest 94. The theme is the Blast from the Past and the window display features the Fabulous Fifties. House calls Polar Pantry has a freezer truck which now delivers their complete line of frozen entrees, desserts and vegetables. The truck makes house calls to Castlegar, the Slocan Valley, Trail, Rossland, Salmo and Nelson area. Simply call their 1-800 number and order your entrees, vegetables and desserts for delivery to your door New faces ‘ Mike Keough of OK Welders in the Castlegar industrial park has been transferred to the Vernon branch. Dan Spanos of Kamloops will be coming in to be the branch leader in Castlegar. Sign of the times The minimum fine for littering has been raised from $500 to $2,000 and the highway sign at the Kinnaird Bridge has been changed to Teflect the increase. New faces, new places Jim Kolesnikoff is now the branch manager of Ace Courier Services based in Castle gar. Lunch Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe is now offering a truck food catering service to your door. If your business wants to book a time contact the Homestead, otherwise be at The Castlegar Sun office between 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Hot meals, soup and sandwiches are only part of their menu. Check them out! Color coordinated Ogiow’s Paints, Wallcoverings and Binds have a selection of coordinat- ing valances, borders, borders, wallpaper and fabrics to give your home the pro- fessional look at the do-it-yourself price. c age you do have and pur- and the benefit period (the length Projects make communi visions realities. Never organizations, local government bodies and community organizations can apply for small or large of time benefits will be paid) is only seventeen weeks. This is known as short term disability. Another common form of disabil- ity protection is Worker's Com- pensation, however, this will only pay in the event of a work related accident. Believe it or not most accidents actually occur around the house and not at work, mak- capital grants, up to $1 million covering up to 1/3 of project costs. The next deadline is July 1, 1994 For applications and information contact BC 21 Community Projects Community Grants Branch Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture 239 Menzies Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 Phone: 356-1187 Fax: 356-9358 ing the likelihood of a worker's or contact your local MLA Constituency office. compensation claim quite small. Another form of disability insurance is an employer spon- sored Long Term Disability bene- fit or LTD. This type of insurance may be taxable or may be tax free chase the yp ion to insure your financial well being in the event of an unforeseen Local photographer scores big Ken Ferch enters award winning portrait of local family SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Things are really coming into focus for a local portrait photographer. Ken Ferch, a resident of Robson and an employee at Vogue Studio in Castlegar, recently entered four of his best portraits in a salon competition, held in Nanaimo. Out of 350 total entries, few prints could stand up to the tough judging. Ferch's however, did just that, and he arrived home with exceptional scores: marks of 74, 78, 79 and an 80. “I was really pleased. To be judged under such conditions and come away with those marks is exceptional.” The highest mark Ferch received was for a print called Special Place, Special Time. Taken at Tulip Creek Falls, the photograph is a fami am pecan of . hak Ken and Marianne off and their children, posed directly in front of the falls. “J just about broke my leg trying to get that shot,” laughed Ferch. “But the family members were excellent to work with and they were great subjects. If you don't have good subject matter, you don’t have a good photograph.” Because of the mark he obtained at the provincial show, Ferch’s photograph of the Shlakoff family is now touring the province, along with the other “best of the best.” The travelling exhibit, which tours the province for approxi- mately one year, is now in Castle- gar for about a week. The photographs, now hanging in the Bank of Montreal, will then be sent to the Okanagan. 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