Good times to anes in C astlegar Drag boats, a banner Country international parade, and just plain good fun is Music concert, Columbia. A Salute to Musi coming to Castlegar, British ic, the Fourth Annual Sunfest celebrations, will set the West Kootenay community of Castlegar humming on the d of May 31, June 1 and 2, 4 s Bt gTiscHENiA Peaches caitt. Grown, #1 grade wnsssssssennes Com on the Cob cait. Grown, #1 grade ... Pork Plenic Shoulder tresh-whote-shank on. 16 THis WEEK'S SPECIAL 1.74 kg. .79 Ib. 4 for .99° kg. 98° Ib. cinnamon and rei 1/2 cup margarine 2.cups flour 1/4 tsp. baking powder V2 tsp. salt Cut butter Info flour, boking powder and 2 fp. sugar Ike coarse meal. Prass Into pan. Arrangs: patil on top. Sprinkle frult with remadiring . Pour egg yolks beaten with sour ctoam ever top, Bake 40minutes ! Peach Kucuen 1 cup sourcream 12 peach halves Mate suger, Bake 16 minutes ot ot 376, gar i and 1 tsp. cinnamon th pastry cutter untl It looks Prices effective Sun. May 26 - Sat. June 1 2717 Columbia Ave., Castlegar SS CASTLEGAR ARTS COUNCIL * Musical Puppet Show - Saturday, June 1 at 1:30 pm at the Castelgar Library. “Fun forall ages. Sing-a-long to follow. Seon » W.K.N.E.C - until June 9- STUDENT STROKES - at from the high school students of West Kootenay.. Information - 365-3337 i + Arts Council has on file 1991 Directory of Freelance Editors in B.C. and infoon In tune with this year's theme based on the p? cial music ‘91 promotion, Country Music star Crystal Gale will top off Sunfest 1991 with a headline concert on Sunday evening. Tickets for this event, priced at $22.50, are avail- able at Mohawk Service Stations in Castlegar, Trail, and Nelson, or by phoning 1-8—~665-2199, On Saturday, the Fraser Valley, Drag Boat Association will attempt to set a new Canadian record for the quarter-mile on the Columbia River, a race facility deemed to be the best available by the racers There is no charge for this premier event. The West Kootenay Model Airplane Club will put on an exciting half- time show, and rumor has it that drag boats will not be the only craft on the water as a handful of locals plan to cross the Columbia River on — wait for it — their snowmo- biles! but first of all, the weekend will kick-off with the crowing of the 1991 Castlegar Royalty, when Miss Castlegar 1990 Tracy Carr and her princess Treena Baker pass on their crowns to two of the six lovely candidates entered in this year’s competition. Miss Castlegar is eli- gible to go on to the miss BC Inte- rior Pageant, a stepping stone to the Miss Canada Pageant. This year’s pageant will be co-hosted by Miss BC Interior 1989 Judi Closkey, a former miss Castlegar. Following the pageant, the Qecen’s Ball will get underway at the Sandman Inn Banquet Room. Music will be pro- vided by the CKQR Music Machine. Over at the Fireside Inn, the Worshipful Company of Selkirk Vintners will host their annual evening of wine tasting on Friday, presenting vintages from the ac Ridge Estate Winery in_ inierland. Included in the gala* the Biathlon getting underway at 10 am, Also on Sunday, with regis- trations at 9 am and beginning at 10 am is the Legion Dart Tourmna- ment for those not quite so gung-ho its cathuriast, Staying with the athletic-side of Sunfest, the 19th Annual Canadian Frog Jumping Championships get hopping at Kinnaird Part at 2 pm on Sunday aftemoon. Then Sunfest goes to the dogs with the KBS Canine Frisbee Contest beginning at 3 pm. Other Family Day events will also take place in Kinnaird Park, beginning at 1 pm on Sunday. Anewcomer to Sunfest this year is the West. Kootenay Camera Club's photo salon. Picture your- , self coming out to the Rec Center to view the work of local shutter- bug antsts on any of the three days of Sunfest, Another West Kootenay Club, the West Kootenay Sailing Club, will provide free sailboat rides at Scottie’s Marina on the Arrow Lakes located 10 km. north of Castlegar from 1 pm to 3 pm on Sunday. Just follow the road bead- ed north on the east side of the Keenleyside Dam. » Get Saturday and Sunday off to a good start by filling up at the R Pancake ning at.7 am and running until iW am each day. 7 | { Most importantly, don't forget to buy your Sunfest Lottery button for a chance to win a trip, with accommodation, to see the Phan- tom of the Opera in Vancouver. Second prize is a side of beef, cut and syrapped, and ee atrip to the The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce Window Display competition will ensure that the community put’s its best face forward for this busy fun- filled weckend. Make plans now to attend Sun- fest 1991 A salute to Music, May 31, June 1 and 2. It will definitely be a notable event! “Twin Rivers. School... v.,,. Kathleen Terry shows her support for Sunfest and the Twin Rivers students at the Same time, by purchasing a button, {fem Grade, six, student Dons; PU a doe SUN STAFF PHOTO / Masion Anderson Cardoso at the « int subsides Sunfest takes to the streets first thing Saturday moming when the annual City of Castlegar Sunfest Parade, featuring honorary parade hall Jim Waldie, Castlegar and festivals throughout B.C. For Insertion call Cathy at 365-8074 (eve.) 365-5266 (day) pS The Dion’ 5 's Head Pub B.C. Style Karaoke - Wed. & Sat. phe for Lunch & Dinner ° Happy 60th Mom Love Dave, Joy & Jason ¢ Shane Loukianoff from Mom, Dad & Ryan ¢ Rheanna White from Dad, Susan & Lindsay 365-5811 > - Ryan Jack from Carrie, Steven, Auntie Pearl & Uncle Randy / THIS WEEKS WINNER IS INDICATED BY LOGO SS Phone In Your Bithday Wish & We Will Print it Froe of Charge. All Birthday Greetings Must be Phoned (365-5266) In By Noon Thursday Of The Week Before Tho Paper Comes Out. Pick Up Your. ROYAL TREAT ” Citizen of the Year, winds it's way through the area begin- Everything from rap to rock to be found at Slo-pitch dance ning at the bottom of Sberbiko Hill at 10 am and disbanding at Kins- man Park. Directly across from the park, the Castlegar and District Library will be presenting a Musi- cal puppet Show and sing-a-long beginning at 1:30 pm. The show is geared to three- to eight-year-olds, parents are welcome, and there is no charge. The first annual Sunfest Fire- works display will light the skies above Castlegar at dark on Satur- day evening. Originating from the Selkirk College Campus, a good view of the aerial display will be possible from many locations Sun Staff Everybody enjoys a ballgame, and a good slopitch tournament is no different. That is why the annual Sunfest Slopitch Tournament has become a yearly favorite for both Players and spectators. And this i is year is expected to be no different with upwards of 30 teams slated to take part in a three day modified double knockout event. Ann Ady is coordinating this year’s tournament and the annual, slopitch dance and is around the Other Sunfest weekend ing events include the Participation ‘Week Biathlon sponsored by the and District i Comin on Sunday. late regis- trations will be taken at 9 am with a strong tamout for both i “We haven’t had that many teams sign up for the tournament yet,” said baey prior to this past weekend. “B: ut the teams are noto- rious for signing up late. It looks like we are going to have anywhere from 30 to 35 teams again this year.” There will be three events in this year’s toumament,-with a great selection of prizes available to the’ winner's in each event. Windbreakers, t-shirts and caps will be handed out to the top finish- ers. Action gets underway on Friday at Kinnaird Park, beginning at 6:30 pm, and likely won't wrap up until early Sunday evening. In between, there are a few spe- cial events including the annual slopitch dance. As well, there will competition and a peda competition at Kinnaird Park on Saturday. The exact time for those events had not been set by pes time but will be posted at the As for the slopitch dance, there will be two bands at the Castlegar ca The Castlegar Sun Complex this year. KZZU-FM will be playing on the dry floor, providing a wide array of music including every- thing from rap to For those who enjoy something a little less modem, ‘Who's Driv- ing’ will be rockin’ the night away in the complex hall. The nice thing about the slop- itch dance is that one $8 ticket will get you into both dances. If one doesn’t suit your tastes, the other surely will. Tickets for the dance are ovail- able only in advance, and are avail- able at Petes’ TV and Mallards in Castlegar. There are only about 1,500 tick- ets available and they are going fairly quickly. Proceeds from the dance will go towards the continual improvement of the community’s ballfields. The dance gets underway at 9 pm on Saturday, June 1, and will wrap up at 1 pm. The Castlegar Lions Club will be handling the bar and door prizes will be handed out throughout the night courtesy of KZZU-FM and the slopitch touma- ment. THE BLAST iS BACK... ae i Gz Summer Time oS Party Time »\ Chicken Time ~The 2nd Annual Hedley = Country Music Festival uly,13.& 14, 1991: BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, Ma 29, Uninsured debts can prove costly i im the long rum A woman came up to me the other day and said: “I’ve been get- ting more involved in the family’s finances — and was shocked to find our debts are uninsured.” Her husband had borrowed some moncy “but I thought the bank manager would have auto- matically pointed out the need for insurance on the loan, In fact, be hadn’t even discussed what would happen if my husband died.” This woman's comments prompt me to ask you: If you (or the principal wage-earner) died today, what would happen to your debts? I don't suggest you rush out to buy life insurance to cover all your debts. You might already have enough personal and group cover- age, Perhaps there are other liquid assets which could be cashed. Tf you have a mortgage on rev- enue property, perhaps the rental and deferred. The rent continue to pay the mortgage. But then.then wife dics. This time, the deemed disposition could result in a hefty income tax bill. have to income covers the p the debt will cause no financial problem. When you are dealing with investments, remember also to look at possible incomie tax liabilities. Let’s say a husband dies. He had mortgaged rental property which can pass without income tax consequences to his widow. A dee: disposition of the property takes place at his death, but because of the special spousal rollover rule, income tax can be With a mortgage already on the the use other assets to pay the tax, Oth- erwise, the property might have to be sold. You never want to be forced to sell an investment to pay taxes or to repay a loan. Instead of property, let’s say the husband had a portfolio of growth (rather than income) stocks he had bought with an investment loan. ‘When be dies, his widow might not want or be able to make the loan payments (there would be no Annual SCOPE awards announced by Selkirk faculty association The Standing Committee on Professional Excellence (SCOPE) of the Selkirk College Faculty Association has announced the winner of the SCOPE awards for 1990/91. Dr. Gordon Gray, chair- man of SCOPE, said the committee received nine nominations for the peer recognition award, Rob Johnson, Sally Willis, John Rowell and Ron Welwood were selected by the committee to receive the $1,000 award. Johnson, who joined the college in 1987, to rebuild the athletics and physical education programs, was selected by the committee with the acknowledgement that, “Rob is recognized by his students as an Dr, John Rowell joined the fac- ulty in 1989 as an English instruc- tor, however his contributions in another discipline won him the tion for Selkirk College with his introduction of Philosophy as a course of study in the University These new courses have been enthusiastically accepted and John's excellence as a teacher of Philosophy and English is recog- nized by his students and his Sally Willis also joined Selkirk College faculty in 1989, as an who p his program materials in well- designed courses. He has worked hard at rebuild- ing the physical Education program tre in 1984, and currently works as the assistant librarian in the col- lege’s library in Castlegar. The committee cited his i in staff di in naming him as a SCOPE award winner by saying, “... in addition to e ffici , income form the stocks to make the payments.) But if the market were down, she might be forced to sell the stocks at a loss, If other funds were available to repay the loan, then she could hang on to the stocks until a better time to sell. To have more control over your debts in case of death: (1) Write down every debt of more than $500 you (and your ‘Spouse/partner) have, (2) Next to each debt, write what would happen after death - “keep” or “pay off.” (3) Next to each “keep,” write down the source of the required monthly payments — or a question mark if you don’t know how you {the survivor) would make the pay- ments, And next to each “pay off,” write down where the money would come from to pay off the debt — and again, a question mark if no money would be available. (4) Circle or highlight any ques- tion marks, (5) Nest to each question mark, write down what you will do to correct the situation — whom you will contact and by when. May lenders actively promote life insurance on their loans though we do not offer insur- and with which Ron carries out his duties as librarian, he has actively . ance on investment mortgages,” said Barbara Reynolds, a Royal Bank centre Pp the quest for p by all SCFA1 His effectiveness as a Small Group Tnstructional Feedback and Skills Worksh facilitator is recognized by many on the faculty. He actively promotes profes- sional development as chair of the SCEA Ec the physical aad Atk and as a member of the Her mea acknowledges, “... consistently high student ratings for her Staff Development Committee, and because of his commitment to pro- Ron has for the and establishing the credibility of its athletic teams on provi and national levels. He has taken an active role on several college committees and in the development of numerous stu- dent and community activities.” Unfortunately for Selkirk Col- lege, Johnson's recognition comes on the eve of his departure. He has accepted the Epositions of director of College and aes Selkirk College at the end of May. recognition of ber extensive course and p PE. ‘department and her involve- ment in providing the college and the community with a wide range of creative activities make Sally a high profile instructor on campus and the deserving recipient of a SCOPE award.” Ron Welwood came to Nelson in 1969; bas survived the dissolu- tion of Nelson’s Notre Dame Uni- versity in 1976, the closure of David Thompson University Cen- PUBLIC FORUM Protecting the Can we The British Columbia Round Table on the and the Developing the economy... environment... do both? 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