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WEDNESDAY, May 17, 199

Lunch
for
literacy

The generous
folks at Superior
Propane teamed

up With Project

Literacy West

Kootenay for a
charity barbeque

last Saturday.
There were good
deals to be had
on propane,
good burgers as
well as some
stroytelling for
the kids

SUN STAFF PHOTO
Jet Gabert

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

When Leni Normington
opened the doors of her Nelson
business, Street Front Graphics,
five years ago she had no idea
that she would receive the ulti-
mate compliment.

The 43-year-old Pass Creek
resident has been nominated for
the prestigious Entrepreneur of
the Year award.

Nominated by her staff, who
reSponded to an invitation for
nominations in the Kootenay
Business Journal, Normington
received notification of her nomi-
nation May 2.

“That's pretty damn good
news. It’s a real honor to be
nominated with others who are
working hard to make their busi-

nesses survive.”
The notification was quickly
__followed by a lengthy phone
interview by sponsors Ernst &
Young.

If successful, Normington will
become a regional award recipi-
ent and will go on to compete for
the National Entrepreneur of the
Year award in October. The win-
ner is featured on the cover story
of the December issue of Cana-
dian Business. 4

In-a letter of nominatiga to
Emst & Young, employee ice
Bell wrote about Normington’s
integrity, talant and work ethics
which have resulted ina benefit to
community and “vigorous sales”.

It’s projected that in 1996
Street Front Graphics will attain
$275,000 in net annual sales.

“We're more than surviv-

” said Normington, “We're

These_are the very attributes |
required when awarding the
Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

This is the second year that
Emst & Young have sponsored the
Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Other sponsors include Air
Canada, Canadian Business maga-
zine. Bank of Montreal, McCarthy
Tetrault and Nesbitt Burns, and
regionally, B.C. Business. Maga-
zine, CKNW, Four Seasons. Hotel,
Ladner Downs, Ministry of Small
Business, Tourism and Culture,
Rogers Community 4, Swinton
and Company, The Barkley-Gaze-j

ley Group, Vintage Consultants
Ltd. and The Working Opportuni-
ty Fund.

Normington said that although
it would be a coup to be awarded

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Leni Normington
. . entrepreneur
the title of Entrepreneur of the
Year, she’s honored just to have
been nominated.
“Just to mix and mingle and be
nominated.is just a thrill.”

‘| Same faces, new places

511 Front Street, Nelson

Glance

Phone 365-5579 with your business brief

Crystal Cooper presents mom Vivian with gift certifi-
cates from Samson Soap Shop, Zazoo Beauty Cen-
tre, Boulevard Headquarters and Picture Place.
Crystal won the prizes in The Castlegar Sun's Moth-
er's Day contest. Her letter was randomly selected
from more than 200 entries. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman

Thought of the week :
Leaders are like eagles, they don’t flock; you find them one at a time.

Tenders

The City of Castlegar is calling for tenders for two projects. It is
looking for outside painting contractors to paint the outside of its
building and it is looking for new sidewalks between the hospital and
the health unit on 10th Street. Closing date for both is May 30.

Dennis Gerrein, long time general manager of KBS radio in Trail, has
a new job in Kelowna as the manager of The Bullet, the new FM sta-
tion there. Returning to Trail to fill Dennis's shoes is Karl Johnston.

Painting the town

Kootenay Powder Coatings now has Castlegar revitalization green in

stock for any business which is looking at having any metal ‘items

coated to match the revite color scheme. It can also flamecoat card-
een jon

board, paper and fiberglass. | i 2

Hot head? 4

Bonnett’s has just received a shipment of the hottest (or is it coolest?)
head gear on the market.

Ribbon of Hope

ig the Child Find Canada
and pr ting child abduction. Miss-

ing Children’s Day is May 25 and Canadian Regional is giving green

ribbons in exchange for a donation to Child Find Canada. “=

New business

Sun-Lite products has a new dealer in the West Kootenays. Dan
Bosse is selling these products, which look sort of like a metal chim-
ny on the outside and have a globe light on the inside. They brighten
up rooms, and dark corners by taking advantage of natural sunlight.

Free demo
Fabricland is hosting a kitchen ing course this fea-
turing easy to make cafe curtains and jabots, chair cushions, table-
cloths, placemats and more.

Trade Fair wow

This year it seemed that 18-inch digital satellite TVs were the ‘in
thing” at the Selkirk Lion's Trade Fair. Several dealers and displays
were on site during the show.

Feeding hundreds
Dennis LaHue has started Peppy LaPue’s Greenery in Robson
b Johnny’s and Lion’s Head Pub. He carries bedding plants,

RETIREMENT OPTIONS

A Registered Retirement Income Fund

(RIF) is essentially a continuation of

your RSP with the primary differences

being:

* Contributions cannot be made to a RIF

* RIF’s require a minimum amount be
withdrawn each year.

RIF’s are the favored way of accessing
the tax-sheltered funds you have saved
in your RSP and can be established at
any age. (Example, at age 55 to supple-
ment early retirement pension income.)
Government regulations, however, do
require you to collapse your RSP’s in
favor of a RIF or some other retirement
income option no later than December
31 in the: year in which you turn 71

Other retirement income options include
Life Annuities, Term Certain Annuities
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(LIF's). We work with you . .. at any age

to develop an income and investment
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perennials and vegetable plants. .

Appointed
City councillor Brenda Binnie has been appointed Castlegar’s liai-
son to the 1996 B.C. Summer Games committee.

New hours
Johnny's Gas and Grocery in Robson is now on summer hours. They
are open from 7 a.m.- 9 p.m. seven days a week.

Interesting stats
According to the Kootenay Business Journal's Top 50 list of East and
West Kootenay businesses, the Top 50 industry breakdown is: finan-
cial services 10 per cent; mining 12 per cent; forest industry 26 per
cent; other 52 per cent. .

Operating in the ’90s
Castlegar Savings Credit Union is looking to increase and improve
services to its members. In the works are home banking and bill pay-
ment services and a VisionWest state-of-the-art system which will be
introduced in 1996 to enhance service delivery by linking individual
credit unions with each other.

Women Entrpreneurs
Nominations for the fourth annual Canadian Women Entrepreneur of
the Year Awards are now being accepted by the Ministry of Small
Business, Tourism, and Culture. The six Categories are: start-up; life-
time achievement; quality plus; impact on the local economy, interna-
tional apetiti Ss; and tur d. Nomi are due June 5.

Looking for loonies
Actually, the Canadian Lakes Loon survey is looking for volunteers
to survey lakes across Canada and collect vital information on the
effects of pollution, development and other human disturbances on

Port Rowan, Ont. is coordinating the project.

survival of loon adults and chicks. Long Point Bird Observatory of

Wednesday, May 17, 1995

The Castlegar Sun Page 3B

PROVINCIAL COMPETITION

College business
team runner-up

ty of vice-president of human

The Selkirk College team
emerged second overall and cap-
tured “best industry” in their
division for the second consecu-
tive year at the B.C. Colleges
Business Competition held
recently in Richmond.

Additional prizes were awarded
to the Selkirk team for “best strate-
gic plan”, the third time they’ve

Ron Babcock of Trail won an.

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award for “best use of accounting
data”. In addition, the team
brought home a $750 Business
Administration ip from
the Society of Management
Accountants.

Selkirk’s team c d of

Scott Gray of Castlegar was
the designated alternate in case
any of the team members was
forced to withdraw.

Team coaches George Mclvor
and Don Buskas were not disap-
pointed with their team's perfor-
manice this year.

“At the end of the contest, we
led by a substantial margin in
every financial’ category,”
observed Buskas.

“We amassed more than 700
performance points over our near-
est competitor, and our industry
was worth $17 million more than
our closest competitor.”

This year's business simula-
tion was a computer

Terri Lindsey of Nelson, who
acted as chief executive officer;
Babcock who was chief financial
officer, Gordon Tod of Trail who
served as vice-president of mar-
keting; and Marty Blatchford of
Trail who operated in the capaci-

Here's ho

soft
company.”

Student teams developed
strategic business plans that
would result in the acquisition of
assets, the largest market share
possible, high stock value and
the ability to declare dividends,

w you can

get on the Internet

Can anyone access the Inter-
net?

ti 1 There are a few
simple steps to follow.

First, you need a personal
computer-with a
modem.

The modem is
a device that
connects you to
a telephone jack
which in turn
gives you access
to people every-
where.

Then phone
Kootenay Network Systems for
your application to connect you
to Internet.

Software and instructions are
included in the installation so
that you can learn how to use the
Intemet effectively.

It’s as easy as learning your
ABCs.

It’s fun and easy to use.

Yes, the world is at your fin-
gertips.

A wonderful way to find out
what's happening anywhere: and
no long distance charges.

A great idea!

How much does it cost to
access Internet?

Individuals can pre-register for

a three-month special of $19.95 a
month, which includes 12 hours a
day, two hours on and two hours

—off. There is a flat fee of $2 after

the two hours.

A one-time set-up fee of
$29.95 which
comes with
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domain soft-
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dc, Hytelnet
or Netscope).

Qur segu;
lar price for
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hours is $19.95, giving you inter-
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globe.

For a consultation to put the
world at your fingertips, call us at
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BYTES

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Selkirk College's
team that placed
second in the B.C.
Colleges Business
Competition
included: (from
left) Scott Gray
(alternate), Gordon
Tod, Terri Lindsey
and Marty Blatch-
ford. Missing is
Ron Babcock.

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