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Library celebrates Children’ Ss Book Week

On Tuesday, November 3, the
Castlegar Library is celebrating
Children's Book Week with two
special events; reading by Sarah
Ellis during the day and a Family
Story Hour at 7 p.m. with
Melanie Ray.

The award. winning children's
author, Sarah Ellis, will give

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Melanie Ray has entertained children at the Castlegar
Library in the past. She will be back November 3.

three readings in the library to
invited students from KJSS. Ellis
won the’ Governor General's
Award for her 1987 novel “Pick
up sticks”, and her first children’s
book “The baby project” won the
Sheila A. Agoff Children’s Book
Prize. A writing addict, she first
discovered the fun of words and
metaphors while writing an essay
in her Grade Seven glass. Now
she panics if there's no blank
Paper around!

The readings will be held at
8:45 am., 9:50 a.m. and 12:45
p.m. and any interested members
of the public are welcome to
attend. Funding for this event
comes from a generous grant
from the B.C. Government Writ-
ers in Libraries Program.

Everyone loves a story and
who better to tell it than Melanie
Ray, the Vancouver story pedlar

Poetry in the raw

Aimeda Glenn Miller

who has enchanted Castlegar
audiences on two previous occa-
sions.

Melanie first tasted the joys of
storytelling while doing a two-
minute theatrical audition and
ever since she’s been entertaining
children in schools and libraries
and pleasing adults in house con-
certs, CBC Radio, the Vancouver
Folk Festival and Expo. ‘86
Recently she’s been busy with
Vancouver's brand new Story-
telling Festival

The Family Story Hour, spon-
sored by the Library, will be a
cosy, candle-lit affair and we'll
be serving hot chocolate and
cookies as well as coffee. The
stories will appeal to everyone
from elementary school students
to grandparents, so bring your
family to hear some tall tales and
fantastic folk lore

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Best selling novelist Thomas Fleming has created a cast of
unforgettable characters in his latest book “Over there”. They play
out their private dramas in World War I, which still haunts us with
its carnage and political blundering. Red-haired ex-pacifist: Polly
Warden is determined to prove that women can face violence and
death as courageously as men. In a French hospital, she discovers
war's awful reality at first hand and finds comfort in Dr. Paul
Lebrun who reaches out to her as a refuge from his surgical ward.
N ile LeBrun’s father Polly in a political
intrigue. Wealthy ex-patriate Louise Wolott, Queen of the American
quarter in Paris, is determined to bed General ing and she also
helps Natalie Barney, the sultry Sappho of the French capital, to lure
Polly's innocent friend Eleanor into her private no-man’s land.

Ben Wick’s recollections of World War II seem unending. Fast on
the heels of “When the boys come marching home", he has pro-
duced ‘Promise you'll take care of my daughter”, stories about the
remarkable war brides who made their way to Canada at the end of
the war. 48,000 women fell in love with the Canadian men stationed
near their homes, hooked, in the heigt of
war, by the magic of ‘romance and the glamour of these tall, tough
soldiers but romance gave way to Teality, as these brides made their
way by ship and by train on ly endless, jour-
Neys to a strange new world. Some leamed that their dashing soldier
boys were alcoholics or wife abusers or bigamists. Many were wel-
comed with open arms by the families they'd come to join and the
romance continued. But all faced periods of radical adjustment; city
girls found themselves on remote prairie farms, country girls wound
up in large cities.

“Stalin’s nose” by Rory MacLean is a glorious romp across
Europe. It's the vivid story of a journey from the Baltic to the Black
Sea, between Berlin and Moscow, through an eastern Europe newly
apened to the traveller, written in witty and beautifully elegant
prose. Winston the pig fell into Aunt Zita's life when he dropped
onto her husband's head and killed him dead, making a distressing
end to a distinguished life of spying. After the funeral , Aunt Zita, a
vivacious Austrian aristocrat, refused to stay at home. Instead,
together with Winston, she hi-jacked her nephew Rory and set out
to rediscover her extended family, which extended a long way! Her
remarkable East European relatives included the Angel of Praguek,
the Hynfarian gravedigger who'd buried Stalin's nose and a dying
Romanian propagandist.

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Geoff Goodfellow, perfor
mance poet and author of Trig
gers, No Collars No Cuffs, Bow
Tie and Tails, No Ticket No Start,
read from his work at Selkirk
College, Tuesday.

Goodfellow's performance at
Selkirk College was an angry
hardhitting rhapsody of rhythmic
poetry. It is the language of men
and the rhythm of a nation. Geoff
Goodfellow's images are frank,
no dotted i's, no flowery punctua-
tion thanks, just an Aussi mono-
logue of social conflict. His
poetry isn't peppered with new

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As a performer, his gestures are
incomplete, his vocals are repeti-
tive and his poetry is sometimes
an addendum to the derivative or
the impulse of the poem. Yet, it's
exciting because it's raw and vis-
ceral. You can see the arteries in
his throat and face reddening with
the intensity. He doesn't perform
his poetry—he lives it

This particular poem has the
repetitive quality of Rap and a
language and imagery that appeal
to out young rebels.

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but I'm keeping it cool

four's not a plantation

I'm not such a fool

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It's refreshing to
hear such raw lan
guage and imagery
We need to wake up
His words are like
tattoos that pierce
our thoughts and
find subcutaneous
permanence. We can
no longer remain
numb

Goodfellow deals
with sexual abuse

She's been placed

in a community

home

‘cos her mum's

boyfriend

loves her

too. much

Goodfellow also
writes about domes-
tic violence

But they never

married

She just lived with

GEOFF GOODFELLOW

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SEALED TENDERS for the above mentioned project for Castlegar
Savings Credit Union will be received by the Owner at 601 - 18th
Street, Castlegar, B.C.'up to 1:00 p.m. local time Friday, November 6,
1992. Tenders shall be clearly marked with the name of the Project

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and sub on Form of Tender provided in duplicate

General Contractors may obtain TWO sets of Tender Documents at
the office of the Prime Consultant, or from the Owner in Castlegar,
Phone 365-7232 on deposit of $200 for two sets. Documents must be
returned to receive any portion of the tender deposit. One hundred
percent (100%) of the tender deposit shall be returned to bonafide
bidders and fifty percent (50%) will be returned to contractors not
submitting bids, providing the documents are returned to Cadan,
LaRoche and Associates or the Owner in their entirety and in good
condition no later than ten (10) days after receipt of tenders.

Each tender shall be accompanied by a BID BOND executed with the
name of the Project and Owner, in the amount of 10% of the tender
sum. In lieu of bonding a CERTIFIED CHEQUE of 10% of the tender
sum will be accepted as BID BOND.

Plans and specifications may be viewed at (SICA) Souther Interior
Construction Association Offices in Vernon, Kelowna, Castlegar and
Cranbrook

The successful bidder shall provide within ten (10) days of tender
closing a performance bond in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of
the tender amount. In lieu of bonding a LETTER OF
IRREVOCABLE CREDIT in the amount of 50% of the Contract

him

Till he jammed a glass

into her face

smashed two teeth

& slashed her lower lip.

Barroom brawls, drug addic-
tion, and the criminal element. He
is a bit too kind the chauvinism
and when writing about women
tends to rely heavily on metaphor.

He need not apologize nor
soften his text for his reference to
women. His poetry is very real
and draws from personal experi-

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colloquial. His poetry and his
workshops find audiences in pris-
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schools and colleges all around
the world. There is a very good
reason for this. His imagery has
application for all of us, from
steelworker to lawyer, none of us
are exempt. Goodfellow is a peo-
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Valley Video will be moving
to the Castleaird Plaza in mid-
November.

New faces

Welcome to Greg Stewart who
is the new manager at the
Kootenay Savings Credit
Union in downtown Castlegar.

Making a mark

Congratulations to Robert
(Bob) E. Davidson of Trail for
providing 40 years of service
to Cominco. Bob joined Com-
inco in September of 1952 and
was honored a a | gold metal
for

Little publicized rule doesn't provide all the tax breaks

Many people are still finding
themselves trapped by a little-
publicized rule in Ottawa's Home
Buyers’ Plan.

This plan allows you to take up
to $20,000 out of your registered
retirement savings plan to buy a
Principal residence without any
immediate tax consequences.
Otherwise, when you withdraw
RRSP funds, they are taxed.

You then have 15 years to
repay this “loan” from your
RRSP. If you fail to make any of
the required annual payments,
that amount will be added to your
income for the year and taxed.

“The greatest concern is that

success

The Business Success for
Women Conference that was
held at the Fireside Motor Inn
on October 19th was a huge
success. Approximately 90
women participated in a full
day of workshops and net-
working that was sponsored
by the Federal Business
Development Bank. Many
thanks to all of the businesses
who helped sponsor the coffee
break and luncheon.

Name changes

As a result of continued
growth, Strong & Associates
of Castlegar have now
changed their name to The

who withdraw money
from the plan and also make
RRSP contributions after Feb. 25,
1992, and before March 02, 1993
- other than contributions deduct-
ed on 1991 tax returns - will find
they don’t get the tax break they
expected,” tax consultant Mike
Mallin told me.

(Mallin and his co-author R.D.
Hogg appear to have won the
race for the first book out in the
upcoming RRSP season. Under-
standing Your RRSP, 1992-93

Edition, has just come out; at
$8.95, it's available from publish-
ers CCH Canadian Limited, 1-
800-268-4522, and might be
distributed through bookstores.)
Almost one-fifth of the 100-
page book is devoted to the

Home Buyers’ Plan, introduced
in the last February's budget.

Mallin notes the restriction on
claiming an RRSP deduction for
the 1992 tax year doesn't include
rollover contributions like the
special $6,000 spousal rollover,
the transfer of a retiring

Hh ¢ (severance pay
and the rollover of a lump sum
pension amount.

“But the restriction does affect
all regular contributions based on
eamed income,” he said.

“People can easily run afout of
this rule without realizing it. One

example: they made a contribu-
tion to the RRSP last April and
then make a withdrawal from the
plan next January to buy a
home.”

“Worse still is the case where
an employer has been making
monthly RRSP contributions
directly on behalf of the employ-
ee

Mallin said the only solution is
to withdraw all contributions
made for the 1992 tax year (after
last Feb. 25) by Dec. 31, 1993;
use form T3012A

“You can then re-contribute the
money after March 01, 1993, and
claim a deduction in 1993 - or
even a future year - based on car-
rying forward your 1992 ‘contri-
bution room’. That's the amount
you would otherwise have been
allowed to contribute for the 1992
tax year based on your earned
income in 1991,”

“But you must take out the
money and then put it back in,
you can’t just leave the money in
your RRSP and claim the deduc-
tion.”

Mallin also pointed out some
tax planning opportunities under

the Home Buyers’ plan although
he warned if Ottawa feels abuses
are taking place, it has until 1994
to adjust the repayment rules.

“For example, let's say a hus-
band takes money out of his
RRSP and the wife takes money
out.of her spousal RRSP - to
which the husband has made all
the contributions - to buy a
home.”

“When the money must be
repaid, if the wife fails to make
the required payment it will be
taxed in her name. That will be
an advantage if she is in a lower
tax bracket than her husband -
and this avoids the ‘three-year
attribution rule’ even if he contin-
ues to contribute to her plan.”

Under the rule, Ottawa taxes
the contributor (not the withdraw-
ing spouse) if money is taken out
of a spousal plan: up to the
amount of contributions made to
any spousal plan that year or in
the preceding two years.

“In other words,” said Mallin,
“routing the spousal RRSP
money through the Home Buy-
ers’ Plan gets around the three-
year rule.” Mallin'’s book

Castlegar conference focuses on the
rising rate of women entrepreneurs

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Sun staff

tion Group will provide the
same quality service that their
clients are accustomed to and
will still be at the same loca-
tion with the same phone’ and
fax numbers.

Now open

The Work Mart, Castlegar's
first workwear store, is now
open in the City Centre Mall
in downtown Castlegar.
Owner Heather Bonnett has
renovated the store to give it a
rustic look and-has a good
selection of work wear on dis-~
play.

Licence report
Ten new Castlegar

Women are the fastest grow-
ing segment of the small busi-
ness population, and this was
Proven by the 96 women who
attended the Women in Business
Conference held in Castlegar on
October 19.

Information from the Min-
istry of Economic Development
State 32.62 per cent, or over
77,000 women are business
owners in BC.

“This seminar is to encourage
women to continue on. We also
give them support, generate new
ideas and help them learn how
to do it better,” said Barb
Peabody, Manager of training
and counselling for Federal

Devel Bank.

licences were issued in
September. Seven licences
were issued for contracting
businesses, one for a restau-
rant, and two for home occu-
pations. Total licences issued
in 1992 to date are 474.

Sunday brunch

The Hi Arrow Motor Inn at
the Castleaird Plaza is now
offering Sunday Brunch every
Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm.

Sprucing up

The Doukobor Historical Soci-
ety is busy creating a park-like
setting near the National Exhi-
bition Centre. The society is
pruning and planting trees,
making new flower beds, cut-
ting the grass, and repairing

Parking preparations
Footings are being poured for
the parking lot at the Midtown
Plaza beside Safeway in
Castlegar.

Calling ci

Creative British Columbians
are invited to submit applica-
tions for the B.C. Creative
Arts Show which will be held
in Vancouver in the Spring of
1993. Applicants are asked to
submit one to three pieces of
their best work with their
applications to be judged for
participant consideration. For
more information contact Barb
Mowatt or Cathy Heppner at
Impact Communications Ltd.
at (604) 520 - 5720.

People's choice

This was the seventh year
that this seminar has been
offered in Castlegar.

“Originally the conference

Local business
receives national

ranking

Congratulations to Hall Print-
ing for being listed in the Cana-
dian Printer as one of
the top five hundred Printers in
Canada.

Hall printing has been on this
list for the last three years even
when up against larger com-
petion.

Paul Bowles of Hall Printing
credits the award to the dedicat-
ed team of staff and

was directed towards women
who owned their own business,
but has now progressed to
encompassing all women.”

“Now they come for the net-
working,” she added.

Peabody was very happy with
the attendance. “This was very
successful, Castlegar is a won-
derful place to do this.”

The conference included
guest speakers and workshops
relating to the unique and some-
times difficult aspects of women
in the work force

Many women have found that
creating their own business
allows them flexibility in man-
aging their homes and family,
while satisfying their need for

ed by the fledgling entrepreneur.

However, it is a fact that most
women who consider starting a
business are faced with many
unique problems.

Often a woman will find it
difficult to establish credibility
with lending institutions, suppli-
ers and clients. The support net-
work, which men have enjoyed
for many years can leave a
woman feeling isolated, as there
is no established “old girl net-
work’

A government survey showed
that approximately 90 per cent
of women in business have chil
dren.

One of the topics discussed at
the seminar concerned the lack

and ac! it.
The added allure is that the
income potential is only limited
by the energy and skill expend-

of adeq day care, and the
government's refusal to view,
day care as a serious issue for
women who are employed out-

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side the home

It is suggested by the Busi-
nesswomen’s Advocate that
women who are deciding to
enter the work force place child
care at the top of their priority
list when formulating a business
plan.

The Women in Business sem-
inar was directed towards deal-
ing with these specific problems
while offering sound advice to
women in the business world.

provides more details about this
strategy.

If you haven't used the Home
Buyers’ Plan and regularly make
spousal contributions, you should
do so before Dec. 31. Then, if
you make no further spousal con-
tributions, your spouse could take
out the money and be taxed on
the withdrawal as early as Jan.
01, 1994. If you wait until Jan-
uary or February to make the
spousal contribution, your spouse
will have to wait an extra year.

“But,” said Malin, “if you live
common-law, you will have to
wait until Jan. 01, 1993, to make
a spousal contribution for 1992.
That's when the new law goes
into effect treating common-law
relationships the same as married
relationships for tax purposes.”
So you aren't allowed to make a
spousal RRSP contribution for a
common-law spouse during the
1992 calendar year but my do so
in the first 60 days of 1993 and
deduct your contribution for the
1992 tax year.

Mike Grenby is an independent
financial adviser who works with
individuals; he will answer your
questions as space allows - write
to him clo The Castlegar Sun.

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1992 People’s Choice Awards.
On October 30th a nominated
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will be presented the award for
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