14 Castlegar News 1988 Review, March 30, 1988

FINISHING TOUCHES . . .
Fred Vigue of Colourmix
puts finishing touches on
Castlegar Chami of
Commerce sign, one of
many projects he's
undertaken in the area,

firm
grows

One of the fastest growing
small businesses in the area
is the sign business, and after
just one year in business,
Colourmix of Castlegar is
now swamped with orders.

Fred Vigue, owner of Co-
lourmix, has lived in Castle-
gar for 28 years and attrib.
utes some of the business
success to his logo design
service and special “pub-
licity” work he’s done for
some of the local service
clubs.

Some notable signs which
were partly donated are the
Castlegar Chamber of Com.
merce sign and “The Castle
gar log” at the Highway 3
intersection.

One of the newest logo's
Colourmix designed was
“Kootenay Fir” for Westar
Timber. They've also made
signs for the movies Roxanne
and Housekeeping.

Busi awnings, ban-

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ners, truck lettering, custom
screen printing of hats and
shirts, posters, decals and
much more keep them busy
throughout the year.

So whatever your sign and
silk screening requirements
might be, just drop in to the
6th Avenue location and Fred
will “sign you up.”

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KEENLEYSIDE DAM... . Castlegar council has

the $982 million g

1g project for K:

placed Dam at the top of its priorities list tor 1988.
epee

B.C. Hydro in news

B.C. Hydro was in the
news in 1987.

Hydro is scheduled to
complete its $5.5 million pro-
ject to increase the generat-
ing capacity at the Seven
Mile dam this fall and could
start work on the Keenley-
side generation project with-
in a year or two.

The work on the Seven
Mile dam east of Trail
includes modification to the
five spillway gates on the
dam along with clearing some
stabilization of the existing
reservoir banks.

Changes to the dam will
allow Hydro to raise the
Seven Mile reservoir on the
Pend D’Oreille River by 4.6
metres, bringing it to its
maximum operating level.

The changes will increase
the 607-megawatt Seven Mile

powerplant generation capa-
city by 43 megawatts.

The dam was completed in
1980, but the water level
behind the dam was held
down because there was no
agreement to extend the res-
ervoir back into the United
States.

The Skagit River Treaty
signed by Canada and the
U.S. in April 1984 provided
for increasing the operatii
level of the Seven Mile dam
reservoir as part of an agree-
ment not to raise Seattle City
Light's Rose Dam, a Project
that would have flooded some
of the Canadian portion of the
Skagit Valley.

Meanwhile, Castlegar
council has placed the Keen-
leyside project at the top of
its priority list for 1988.
Council has written to Pre-

mier Bill Vander Zalm and
Energy Minister Jack Davis
encouraging an immediate
start on the project.

Mayor Audrey Moore says
the project would “in addi-
tion to providing relatively
low-cost electrical power,
provide much-needed regu-
lation of water levels on the
Lower Arrow Lake.”

Energy Minister Davis re-
sponded positively to the
Keenleyside project at the
annual Union of B.C., Muni-
cipalities convention in Van-
couver.

“He's very aware of the
project and the Columbia
River and the treaty,” Ald.
Len Embree says.

Under the terms of the
Columbia River Treaty,
Keenleyside dam was con-
structed to provide storage

for downstream flood control
and to increase power gen-
eration in the U.S. turbine
installation was investigated
during the design of the dam,
but it was decided not to
include the generation capa-
city in the initial construe-
tion. The dam was completed
in 1968.

Embree said Davis is talk-
ing about proceeding with
the project in one to two
years, instead of three years.

He also said load growths
of the three per cent or more
@ year could mean an early
start to the project. As well
he said Victoria is consid-
ering the Keenleyside pro-
ject as a source of domestic
electricity ahead of Site C.

The $982 million project is
expected to employ 540
people at peak construction.

Highway Graphics year old

The graphic designers at
Highway Graphies in Thrums
are looking forward to cele-
brating their first anniver.
sary in business this June.

The company deals in all
aspects of graphic design
including artwork and pro-
duction for brochures, cards
and displays and also offers
some desktop publishing ser-
vice.

Over the last year the firm

has provided Selkirk College
with numerous promotional
efforts and information ser-
vices, as well as producing a
first set of cards taken from
a fairy tales book.

Owner Bonnie Nilsen has a
diverse background in fine
arts and publishing that in-
cludes completion of a two-
year course at Selkirk Col-
lege in graphic design and
electronic publishing, as well

as completion of a small bus-
iness immersion program.

Nilsen's attention to detail
and individual service makes
her firm a must for people
looking for quick, accurate
work.

Future plans include an
Apple MacIntosh computer
and printer for full desktop
publishing capabilities and a
darkroom for processing and

developing black and white
film.

Highway Graphics is cur-
rently producing a second
set of Harry Clarke cards in
full color and is working on a
childbirth and pregnancy
diary.

For all your graphics needs
with attentative personal
service see Bonnie Nilsen at
Highway Graphics.

Two things we're proud to believe in:

OMMITMENT

ECONOMY
LOOKING UP

the West
ing to

The d urn that has b
Kootenay has b out and resid are
see some light at the end of the tunnel, says one of the
region's leading financial analysts.

“We've cured out hangover,” says Doug Stanley,
general manager of Kootenay Savings Credit Union. “Our
rate of decline has stopped.”

Stanley adds that though the region's economy hasn't
started growing yet, there are “positive” signs.

He points to Cominco’s reduced debt load. The lead and
zine mining giant's debt load has dropped from $1 billion to
about $350 million,

At the same time, mining prices have started to
improve, allowing Cominco to become more competitiveon
world markets.

He also points to the pulp sector where mills are at full
production and prices are at record levels.

Stanley is more cautious about the forestry industry,
which is currently enjoying huge profits and high-level
production.

He says U.S. housing starts are expected to drop, and
since most of the West Kootenay lumber is shipped to the
U.S., it could have an effect on the local mills.

hat could have an impact, probably not in °88, but in
"89-'90,” Stanley suggests.

‘There are tremendous
opportunities in the
retail sector'

“Locally, we have such an overabundance of housing . . .
we're not going to see anything around here for a long time.”

Stanley says local communities have to provide more
warehousing space if they expect to attract secondary
industry. He noted that Trail has “really nothing to attract
outside business”.

Businesses won't spend $1 million to construct a facility
only to test the local market, he said.

Still, Stanley says there are “tremendous opportuni-
ties” in the retail sector, which has grown seven per cent in
the last year — businesses like home repairs and wholesale
and retail food services.

“In our marketplace the greatest opportunity is for the
small businessman,” he says, noting that 17 per cent of B.C.'s
workforce is made up of entrepreneurs, compared to the
Canadian average of 13 per cent.

“That means there are guys out there willing to take a
chance,” Stanley says.

He sees 1988 as a year of stablization for the Trail area
with both business and labor having a “sense of security”
from last year's contract between Cominco and its workers.

The contract — which runs until 1990 — will instill

fi he says, but ding won't increase
ifi ly because the i debt load has climbed in
the last few years.

Turning to the financial sector, Stanley says he doesn’t

March 25, 1987

Celgar Pulp
Company

DOUG STANLEY
- +» ‘positive medication’

see any growth for local i because the Li
isn't growing. He points to Kootenay Savings as an example.
The population in KSCU’s centres dropped nearly 10 per
cent between 1982 and 1987. However Kootenay Savings has
weathered the drop. Its membership level has remained
constant and its assets have jumped 44 per cent.

Stanley said Kootenay Savings has managed to retain
its membership level because it has developed a relationship
with its members where they now buy not just one financial
product, but two or three.

Stanley said financial institutions have to develop a
“good client base” and offer a “personal touch”.

He said the white paper on credit unions expected to be
brought down in the near future will “certainly allow us to
become more diversified” and compete with banks and trust
companies.

And the best opportunity for growth is in providing
financial information.

“You've got to have good products,” he says, but if you
have the service and provide the information, then the
products will be easy to sell.

Castlegar News 1988 jew, March 30, 1988

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