4 The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, May 10, 1995 BUSINESS Clearing the way for the new Cana- dian Tire store in south Castlegar is Andy Evin in a D6 caterpiller. Jim Head (left) and Jim Ewen keep an eye on the work, which is proceed- ing at a rapid pace. Already the homes on the site have been lev- elled and removed, and the trees cut and hauled. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Marityn Strong SUN STAFF The new Canadian Tire store on south Columbia Avenue will create about 90 jobs with an rs a i Canadian Tire million, the company says. The 28,000 square-foot store will cost some $8 million, to be shared by owner/operator Gord McMillan and Canadian Tire McMillan also owns and annual payroll of more than $1 r We’re out to meet you! at Castlegar on May 17, 1995 A Representative of the Federal Business Development Bank, will be paying your community a visit in the next few days. Call today and arrange an to discuss fi and services ( itt pl and training) Telephone: 1-800-667-7579 Committed to your Success! Federal Business Development Bank Banque téderaie de développement operates the Canadian Tire store in Cranbrook. The Castlegar store, which will include a 10-bay auto service centre, is one of Canadian tire’s new “concept stores”, with increased size designed to feature a full line of automotive, sports, leisure and home products. Richard Maddocks, executive director of the Castlegar and Dis- trict Economic Development Board, says the store is a wel- come addition to the community. “We're very pleased Canadian Fire is making this kind of investment in the West Kootenay economy.” McMillan has 21 years’ expe- rience as a Canadian Tire associ- ate dealer and purchased the to employ 90 Cranbrook store in 1993. During those two years his store has been involved in numerous com- munity activities, including a “Show & Shine” car show, and a bicycle rodeo and safety-ctinic held in conjunction with the Cranbrook RCMP. Canadian Tire has more than 420 locally-owned and operated stores across the country, in addi- tion to some 200 gasoline outlets. The West Kootenay store is part of the company’s expan- sion plans. “Canadian Tire research indi- cates a potential for 240 expand- ed or replaced Canadi#n Tire associate stores across thé coun- try during the next three years,” the company says. $1.3 million project for Cominco plant SUN STAFF An additional stage of gas new Granulated Ammonium Sul- phate Plant at Cominco’s Warfield Fertilizer Operation. “This $1.3 million project is is being on the Castlegar Savings Insurance Agencies Itd. Cohoe, who has over 23 years experience in the industry. difference Castlegar Insurance Agencies Ltd. 100 - 630 17th St Castlegar Tel: 365-3368 Fax: 365-2913 Castlegas Insurance Agencies Ltd. 3014 Highway 6 Slocan Park Te: 226-7216 Fax: 226-7633 C5 Now Under One Umbrella Cohoe Insurance Agency Ltd. Castlegar Savings recently added to its insurance family by purchasing Cohoe Insurance Agency Ltd., one of the leading insurance brokers in Castlegar. With all offices offering a full line of insurance products including auto, travel and medical, life, homeowners/tenants and commercial, the agencies will now be managed by Charlie Charlie and his friendly, knowledgeable staff look forward to serving you at the three convenient locations listed below. Drop by and experience the service that makes the Cohoe Insurance Agency Ltd. 1127 - 4th St. Castlegar Tel: 365-3301 Fax: 365-2313 CASTLEGAR SAVINGS ded to clean up the heavy white particulate plume that has been a source of annoyance since the process started up last year,” the company said in a prepared release. The project is a little behind schedule due to procurement delays. However, the foundations have been completed and steet erection is underway. The main scrubber vessel is being fabricated in Grand Forks and will be on site next week. The controls are being delivered from California and the large fan is scheduled to arrive later this month. “The Cominco projects group Glance Phone 365-5579 with your business brief Castlegar's youngest investor is 31-day-old Brett Lian Cassidy. Brett was born on April 6 to Dwayne and Lynn Cassidy, who are clients of Burt Campbell's Money Concepts office. To mark the official opening of the financial planning centre on May 1, Mackenzie Mutual Funds presented Brett with a $100 certificate to get a head start on his education fund. Photo submitted Thought of the week The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. Giveaway During the month of May Fabricland will be ginving away four Janome Jem sewi ines (one-each-week)— Att Fabrictand Club members are eligible to enter. Same faces new places Wayne Miller, formerly of Sunlife has joined Burt Campbell at Money Concepts. Annual report Castlegar Savings Credit Union has produced its annual report for 1994. Operating highlights include asset increases to over $53 mil- lion, a jump in deposits, an increase in retained earnings to nearly $L6 million, and a 10 per cent divident'on equity'shares. Way to go! Same faces, new places Serge Plotnikoff has left the sales department of CKQR radio and joined BCTV . On the move Cohoe Insurance has moved back to its location on 4th Avenue now that the building has been re-built after the October, 1994 fire. Sharpshooters needed Snap-happy photographers are shooting their favorite outdoor sub- jects on film for the B.C. Lung Assocations’s 11th annual Fresh Air photo contest. The contest runs until June 30 and is expected to attract more than 5,000 entries from B.C. and Alberta. Interested in winning thousands of dollars worth of prizes? Entry forms are avail- able from the B.C. Lung Association in Vancouver. Too much music? Shaw Cable is marketing Digital Music Express through Louis Melo of Melomagic Communications. DME is 4 Satellite service with more than 30 types of continuous music at CD quality. Perfect for restuar- ants, hotels, etc. who want background music and no commercials. Types of music range from South African original to jazz to Cajun to classical and rock 'n roll. Contract awarded William Berg Consttruction was awarded the contract for the renova- tions to Thompson Funeral Home. Sign of the times Investors Goup has a new illuminated sign on their building at the top of Sherbiko hill. Top 50 The recent issue of the Kootenay Business Journal lists the top 50 is i lling the equip and is committed to complete the pro- ject as quickly as deliveries will permit, the company said The new scrubber system is now scheduled to start up‘in June. ® . Giants * Antique Sale € @&*X% & Food Specials Mother's Day @ Weekend & & DONT MISS OUT! Located just past the junction on the Slocan Valley Highway P in the East and West Kootenays, ranked by sales. Not every business on the list last year responded this year and several ies are ious by their ab: te ions to the ing Castlegar Celgar Pulp Co. #5; Martech Electri- cal Systems at #18, Kalesnikoff Lumber #21; Arrow Building Supply at #25, Wm. Berg Construction at #37; and Mallard’s Source for Sports at #50. . Biggest jump In the Kootenay Business Journal's Top 50 list, Martech Electrical of Castlegar took the biggest revenue gains from 1989 to 1995. Its revenue jumped a whopping 450 per cent and it made the biggest move up the list from p 35 to 18. C ions to Mario and staff! New faces Bruce Cassidy is the construction manager for Marwest Industries Ltd. in Castlegar. Winter Wishes Summer Dreams Watch for the May 31st issue of The Castlegar Sun for the feature page showing your friends and families on their winter wishes/sum- mer dreams adventures. This past winter folks took The Sun with them to Europe, Japan, Mexicao, Arizona, California and Hawaii! Flags a’flying Thanks to the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce and the Castlegar retirees coffee club, which meets each morning at the Rail- way Museum, Castlegar now has two new flags flying at the inter- section of highways 22 and 3. The intersection with the log sign is a popular place for tourist photographs. wey or Wednesday, May 10, 1995 Oe SRE AAS P Mm Sant gh The Castlegar Sun Page 3B CHAMBER | CHAT By Marcia Jackson Our Fourth Annual Golf Tour- nament is gearing up. This year we are pleased that our golf tour- nament is being held at The Castlegar and District Golf Course on Saturday, June 10. Details of the event will be adver- tised soon. We will be approaching our members for sponsorship and CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE commercial spectator sports earned an estimated $96 million in revenues during 1992. + B.C. continues to have the fastest growing population in the country. The province’s popula- tion increased by 2.6 per cent last year and was estimated at 3,719,400 as of Jan. 1, 1995. For the first time since 1986, i i i ion was the prizes. If you are i in helping out in this way, please contact our office at 365-6313. So dust off your golf clubs and get practicing! May luncheon Our May luncheon will have a representative from the Doukho- bor Centenary of the Destruction of Weapons that is being held July 7, 8, and 9. ‘We will have many people vis- iting our area for this weekend and as business people and com- munity we should be aware of all of the events happening. _. | The lynch will be at 12 noon on May 17 and is being held at the Fireside Motor Inn. Cost is $10 per person. Call our office if you will be attending. Did you know.... * Of the five million Ameri- ¢ans visiting British Columbia in 1994, the preferred method of travel was the most important source of popula- tion growth, accounting for 52 per cent of the population increase in 1994. Despite a significant decline in total immigration at the national level, the number of international immigrants to B.C. grew by 6.4 per cent between 1993 and 1994, Net migration Ontario and Alberta accounted for 16 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, of total population growth last year. However, the province's net gain due to interprovincial migra- tion was‘slightly lower (-0.6 per cent) than in 1993. « Almeost-a-quarter of the 14.2 million person-visits to national parks in Canada during 1993/94 were made to parks located in B.C. Kootenay National Park, just west of Banff had the largest num- ber of person-visits (1.3 million), Seventy-four per cent of American residents entered B.C. with their, cars, 11 per cent . prrived by air, followed by‘ six per ¢ent marine entries. Same-day car trips to B.C. by Americans increased 11 per cent from the previous year. + The average work experience for a full-time equivalent adult (ages 15-69) was 13.6 years. In 1993, 20-24 year olds had an average of 1.8 years experience, while people approaching retire- ment age (60-64) had 27.0 years. Paid work experience by gen- der, differs slightly in the youngest age groups, but for each older cohort the experience gap increased. Men aged 60-64, had on aver- age 22 years more experience than women. As participati fol d by Pacific Rim National Park, with 950,000 visitors. Banff was the most frequently visited national park in the country, With 4.3 million per- son-visit, almost a third of the national total. Calendar of Events May 17 Chamber luncheon June 2 Miss Castlegar Pageant, call 365-3883 June 2-4 Sunfest, call 365- 6313 June 10 Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce Fourth Annual Golf Tournament, call 365-6313 June 11 1995 Law Enforce- ment Torch Run, call 365-7721 June 24/25 3rd Annual Koote- nay Cruise, call 365-7616. New bers this month tates for women increase and par- ticipation rates for men decrease, the work experience gap between the genders will eventually be reduced. * Sports and recreation clubs in B.C. earned an estimated $413.2 million in total revenues in 1992, making up a fifth of total Canadi- an revenues of $1.9 billion in this industry. Sports and recreation clubs in B.C. account for the largest share (24.6 per cent) of total revenues in the leisure and personal ser- vices sector, considerably more than the industry's 14.9 per cent share nationally. Revenues in the province's motion picture exhibition indus- try totalled $75.5 million, while West Arm Truck Lines Ltd. For your trucking needs call them See us for all your natural gas or. Propane fireplaces; appliances; furnace: i TATION VISIT OUR SHOWROOM TODAY Castlegar 1008 at 365-2127 or fax 365-5658. Cowan Office Supplies Ltd. They sell retail stationery, busi- ness machines, furniture, and are a-copy_centre._You-can call them at 1-800-332-4474, The Castlegar Golf Club Enjoy their fine golf course, and don't forget they have dining facilities, too. Call the Pro Shop at 365-5006. Way to go John Perry Congratulations goes to the Castlegar Airport, the recipients of an Energy Conservation Award recently. I spoke to Airport man- ager John Perry who told me that they have made a number of changes, including changing to more energy efficient lighting fix- tures and installing timer light Switches in rooms not used very often. They also found that some rooms were overlit and really too bright, so some lamps were removed. An example he gave me was in his office. He went from 24 fluorescent tubes to eight, about one third of what had been there before. Another change was made in a few buildings where the power and gas were shut completely off during the summer when they were not being used. John said Uniforms & Jackets Chamber gearing up for eda that they made a lot of small changes but the amount saved is in the neighborhood of $10,000.- $15,000! Way to go! Finally The board of directors and I golf tourney are saddened that our manager, Renee Read, will be leaving the chamber soon. She’s done a wonderful job and has been an asset in all respects. She's been a great boss and Working together Nona Paulson (left) of the Castlegar and Dis- trict United Way and Marcia Jackson of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce will be working closer together thanks to the chamber's new sponsorship of the United Way. The spon- sorship will take the form of formal recogni- tion and mutual promo- tion designed to raise the profiles of both agencies. The agree- ment is for one year, at which time it will be reviewed SUN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhoff I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to work with her. Sincerely, all of the best to you Renee, from Marcia and the board of directors. That’s Chamber Chat for this month, have a great one! c at St. David's Anglican Church 6 p.m. ¢ May 13th All friends welcomel! ‘MAY CHAMBER LUNCHEON. Wednesday, May 17 « 12 noon $10/person ¢ Fireside Motor Inn Speaker will-be rep, from Doukhobor Centenary of the Destruction of Weapons 365-6313 CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT Chamber of Commerce iReveeg ine Cay of Conteger, Areos Hone 1 OER) S OUR REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR US. CLEAN-SCENE CARPET CLEANERS THE CARPET CLEANERS MOST PEOPLE RELY ON FOR AFREE ESTIMATE CALL 365-6969 * PROFESSIONAL CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING With Complete Rinsing For Superior Results * FLOOD CLEANUP SPECIALISTS « TRAINED PROFESSIONALS With Over 26 Years of Combined Experience 2327 - 6th Avenue painting contacts for industrial, a Phone us for a quote. Ph: 365-7672 § 09 Castlegar, BC 365-7692 Zz 4.3 When severe weather caus downed power lines, our crews go to work immediately to restore your power. But, for safety’s sake, we need your help. Assume any fallen line is “live” and dangerous. Don't touch it. Warn others to stay away and contact “[5 West Kootenay Power immediately. Avoid areas where lines may have fallen. If a line falls on your car, Stay inside it and wait for help. Naturally, we can't control the weather. But with a little extra attention to safety, we'll all survive the storm WEST KOOTENAY POWER For more information on Electrical Safety, call or drop iato your local West Kootenay Power Customer Service Office. Castlegar 365-8212 - Crawford Bay 227-9231 - Creston 425-5357 - Grand Forks 442-3142 Greenwood 445-6455 + Kaslo 353-2446 - Kelowna 860-2126 - Keremeos 499-5844 - Oliver 498-2474 Osoyoos 495-2474 - Penticton 493-3818 + Salmo 357-9711 - South Slocan 359-7613 - Trail 368-0500