SS ~ Castieiay News October 16, 1985 & “Ses rmet feast your acivertising dollars do better in... honors great - French chef NEW YORK (AP) — Just before a legion of waiters arrived with a soup course, the 100 diners in tuxedos and evening dresses. tucked pressed white line napkins under their chins in’ anticipation. : But the soup, a delicate borscht like no peasant ever tasted, and the four courses and four wines that followed were not merely for eating. This was dinner with the Les Amis d'Escoffier Society of New York, dedicated to the memory of Auguste Escoffier, one of France's greatest chefs. - . There are rules, including the placement of the napkins, for such a feast: — People “under the influence of liquor” are not permitted at the table (No one was refused seating); — There is no smoking until dessert is served; — No one may discuss business;religion, polities or social status, since the society is committed “to the art of good living only.” | “Fine dining is the point of civilization,” said member Herbert Ernest, whose Iate-father, Semy, helped found the society 49 years ago. The recent dinner, at the Regency Hotel.in Manhattan, was served by tuxedoed waiters wearing white gloves. Allowing for a welcome pause between courses, they filed silently into the dining room to distribute the food and wine. DELIVERS COMMENTARY Under the rules, the wines must be consumed during the course for which they were intended; glasses, even if full, were removed before the next wine is poured. And just in case anyone missed the point, attention is focused with commentary after each course and each wine. \ Culinary consultant Eugene Scanlan, a_ retired executive chef and vice-president at the Waldorf Astoria, where he once met Escoffier, provided the food critique. ~ “It kind of adds to the romance of the dinner, making people conscious of what they are eating and drinking and the marriage of the food And wine,” he said during, the reception that included pates of venison, duck, chicken, rabbit and salmon with goat cheese, served with champagne: Scanlan found little that disappointed him. Of the pates, he said: “They really talked to me.” Ofared mullet stuffed with a pike mousse: “Beautifully presented.” But of the filet of beef, stuffed with oysters and served with whisky sauce and a “symphony” of young vegetables, he said: “This beef was outstanding, but I didn't feel there were enough oysters to complement it.” Wilma Dull, an assistant wine manager for an import company, told ‘of such qualities as “body, elegance, crispness” and each wine's relationship to the food. There was also a pear-and-brandy ice to clear the palate between the fish and beef courses; salad and cheeses; a dessert crepe filled with raspberries, kiwi and fresh figs; Brian L. | Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT f 1241 - 3rdSt., Castlegar 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE -& JOHN ‘CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. 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Liquor Distribution Branch plans to intro- duce a program next month that will allow. consumer tasting tables at selected liquor stores. But it's unlikely Castlegar will be one of the stores._ Tables will be set up in high- volume stores where bartenders will serve. samples — with a limit’ of one 50 millimetre serving per day the branch says in a store. stores are “high” three. per circular to producers and distri- butors. “We haven't heard a’ thing about at the Castl Haigh said that a tasting table had been set up in the Orchard Park Mall liquor store in Kelowna. However, he said: high-volume likely rated four or higher. Castlegar is rated two, while Trail is a “low” three and Nelson a For the first six months of table tasting, the emphasis will be on British Columbia red wines. The federal and provincial governments announced last month they are spending $6.8 million to purchase r_liquor = gr can shift to the more popular white varieties. A second taste program provides for more expensive wines to be ‘sampled — for a fee — in the wine- rooms of five specialty liquor stores. © ‘The official title of the scheme is “Consumer TASTE (Trial'and Sam- ple to Educate) Program.” The circular says the motive for the program is to improve the image of stores in the minds of the con- suming public and liquor store sup- pliers. UP TO 41 PER CENT omeowners face jor tax hike city’s contribution to the regional district will drop by more than $66,000 a year. At the same time, the homeowner's share would increase. The owner of a home assessed at $65,000 would pay The city paid $534,074 this year to $28 more a year — from $86 to $114. the regional district. If the machinery | “The load is going to fall very heavy and i tax was elimi the on (Area J) residentjal people,” said city would only pay $467,809. Mayor Audrey, Moore. , the “s share Moore added that homeowners won't would increase. 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Worker watches every step while helping set up Mobile Pavilion for Expo at the Castleaird Plaza. The Pavilion has been running con- tinuous shows since Friday and ends today. See story. page A CosMews Photo by Chery! Caldertiink SUNDAY SHOPPING SURVIVES By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer To shop on Sunday or not to shop on Sunday. That's the issue that Castlegar voters will be asked to decide in a referendum included on the ballot in the Nov. 16 civic election. Specifically, the question on the ballot will read, “Are you in favor of City of Castlegar Holiday Shopping Bylaw 444, 1985?" ‘Bylaw 444, in summary, would permit all retail businesses to carry on business on Sundays and all ‘statutory holidays. FEATURE REPORT Trail, is ern holding a referendum on Sunday shopping Nov. 1 Public rinted on Sunday shopping — as it has in other communities — is bound to be split, with one side favoring an opportunity for a Sunday shopping spree and the other side — chiefly for religious reasons — favoring a traditional day of rest and the keeping of the Sabbath. _This week, the Castlegar News interviewed some of the survivors of bylaw battles in other municipalities. Doh Bell, public affairs manager for Canada Safeway, said his company:has come through the Sunday shopping wars with flying colors and a change of heart. “Our policy basically*has changed,” Bell said. “At one point we were opposed to Sunday shopping wherever it might occur. “We resisted it in Vancouver (but) we found we suffered volume-wise in a competitive sense.” Sundays, they lost business to other grocery stores that stayed open. Bell said that when Safeway stores stayed closed on' He said that when Safeway began opening its stores on Sundays, the company recovered its lost sales. Safeway's policy of closing on Sundays was based on a number of things, mainly the religious-significance of Sunday to a large number of people, Bell said. “The fact of the matter is, the customer didn't support that (policy) in the same way. The customers voted with their dollars.” Asa result, he said, almost-alt Safeway stores on the Lower Mainland are now open on Sundays. “Sunday is a very busy day. Obviously people like Bell said. However, Bell pointed out that Castlegar is in a different situation that- Vancouver because it is not surrounded by municipalities that allow Sunday shopping. On the other hand, he said, passes and Castlegar’s doesn't, business to Castlegar merchants.” a Ed Wild, B.C. regional sales promotion manager for The: Bay, and also the manager of the company’s downtown Vancouver. store, was not as enthusiastic about Sunday shopping. Wild said that when all the store's overhead costs — lighting, wages, heating and so on — are taken into account, Sundays are not profitable days for the =] =] company. : if the Trail referendum could mean a loss of “It seems to be that some months are pretty good. But if you charge in all the costs it’s not profitable,” Wild said. But he said The Bay .was forced into opening Sundays because the competition was open. “You have to protect your sales,” Wild said. Like the busi th different reactions to the Synday shopping issue. Richmond is perhaps an unusual case, never having been caught up in the controversy. s Rod Drennen, Richmond's deputy city clerk, said ine had Sunday sh prior to the provi! Holiday ,Shopping Regulation Act. “Richmond has always been an_open community," | +Drennen said. “We never did declare that section of the Lord's Day Act.” (The Lord's Day Act was the forerunner to the Holiday Sh Act and prohibi certain b have :_ by surprise. in.the first year and the other two-thirds eliminated in the second year. But last month Curtis asked regional districts around the province to de- termine the impact of the tax change. In a report to the finance ministry released to the regional board Satur- day, administrator Reid Henderson indicated that homeowners will pay from six to 41 per cent more in regional taxes because of the change. Castlegar s will be hit hardest. They face a 41.2 per cent hike in regional taxes, even though the about $28. Castlegar. machinery Chamber gets grant for new:building By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce will finally be going ahead with its new office. The chamber building was one of nine Canada Works projects in the Central Koot plied Moore If the machinery and equipment tax dous shifting that is taking place.” is eliminated, that homeowner. would $88.01 — an increase of about month's Union of B.C. Municipalities convention ‘Area I and J homeowners will also be which face large tax shifts will be given hit hard. by the tax change. Area I's régional taxes would drop slightly from $282,672 to $278,137, but said Curtis told last that ‘regional © districts special consideration. Meanwhile; Area E director Wally Penner suggested he is in favor of “s share would jump 32. eliminating the machinery and equip: The removal of the machinery and equipment tax would see a shift in taxes to Area J from Area I and Area J's taxes would jump $42,000 from $132,583 to $174,602. Area J would have to pay more to the regional district because both and Area I have substantial equipment Henderson explains in the report. and Asked if the grant will finally get the chamber building going, O'Connor re- “Oh yeah.” e've got all the plans,” he said. O'Connor said he will have to contact suppliers to confirm everything. Friday by Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco. The nine projects total $188,000 and create 44 jobs in-activities ranging from construction, to recreation and farming, with an emphasis on estab- lishing projects that will provide con- tinued long-term employment, Brisco said in a prepared release. -The chamber will receive $29,349 to contret a-new building near the Com- munity Complex to house the. chamber office, a tri-city regional tourism centre and a small business centre- | The project will create five jobs for —it-weeks. . e grant caught chamber officials ment. lease. “Have we?""askéd“building project chairman Mike O'Connor Friday after- noon when informed that the chamber from being .open on Sundays.) continued on Poge A2 had i the grant. “It would be nice of him (Brisco) to tell me first,” he added. “I don't know T've got a grant.” : region The ber plans a one-starey 1,200 square foot building with a base- The nine Canada Works projects are the final round of grants approved in this fiscal year under the $1.16 million Modified industry and. Labor justment Program. “This round of MILAP funding, rep- resents a wide cross-section of busi- nesses and (community i Kootenay West,” said Brisco in the re- ment tax. Penner said-that perhaps Again, the owner of a home assessed some services paid for by the regional at $65,000 in Area I paid $85:this year. Without the machinery and equipment tax, he would pay $113—an increase of district shouldn't be included in the re- gional tax base. “Maybe we're supplying too much, maybe we're doing too much,” he said. Penner suggested communities should be doing more for themselves. Rezoning application rejected values, By CasNews Staff The Central Kootenay Regional Dis trict Saturday rejected an application to rezone 33 acres just west of Castlegar from minimum five-acre lots to minimum one-acre lots. “It is defi ly not to my liking that I have to turn these people down,” said Area J director Martin Vanderpol. Vanderpol cited a report from Mike ‘~Harnadek, chief health inspector for the Central Kootenay Health Unit. Harnadek said that to allow the rezoning “would be contrary to the in _terests of this area," Vanderpol told the board. , Harnadek also reported about an inadequate water supply. for the property, Vanderpol added. Vanderpol said it would be “too tricky” to proceed with the rezoning at this time. Althought Mayor Audrey Moore didn’t speak on the issue at the board Ad- interests in “Iam pleased with the ingenuity and meeting, she appeared at the Oct. 1 determination of all of | this year's MILAP applicants.” Brisco added he expects “a similaf-or Castlegar opposes the rezoning on its higher level of funding. next year= The nine grants included: 6 $5,882 for a museum restoration” project in New Denver. It will create three jobs for six weeks. Workers will restore and preserve | the historic building constructed in’ 1898 which Tonight we are hearing what the city presently houses the village museum =a concerned about, that five’ acres continued on Poge A2 _public hearing. Moore told the-hearing-the City- ‘of border. “We were involved in the original Fringe Area Settlement Plan which allowed 20-acre holdings lots in« the subject area,” Moore said. “This was reduced to five acres. continued on mn Page AZ concerns -