BUSINESS The Castlegar S July 1 Hard hat has soft get her home to the bank and the other stores because of all the construction. When she mentioned this to WKP employee, Benton Hadley, who was outside her home, he said, “No problem.” He offered to drive her to the bank and her other errands, wait for her and drive her home. ple of how helpful and c WE CAN HELP YOU THROUGH THE RED TAPE! CIVIC CONSULTANTS LTD. + Land Development Engineering » Municipal Engineering * Project Construction Management « Land Planning + Environmental Engineering « Transportation and Highways Civic Consuttants Lid. take pleasure in announcing the new location of our West Kootenay office: 2702 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. Phone: (604) 365-0085 Fax: (604) 365-1188 Contact: Kenn Hample, P.Eng, Manager Chiltwack, B.C. (604) 792-1600 Salmon Arm, B.C. (604) 832-7735 Abbotsford, B.C Mow Westminster, B.C. (604) 852-4252 (604) 525-2615 }, B.C. Powell River, B.C, (604) 334-2213 (604) 485-0818 Maple Ridg (604) 467-81 © Uegar, B.C. (604) 365-0085 With the closing of schools for the summer, the Student Employ- ment Centre has been busy regis- tering more and more students seeking summer employment. In order to assist students in their quest for jobs, all Student Employment Centres across the Province will be holding their Odd Job promotion from July 10 - July 21. The purpose of the promotion is to focus on students who have been unsuccessful in finding full- time employment and who are able to fill casual vacancies dur- ing that period; casual jobs are jobs that last five days or less. This year, the Student's Centres __IFYOUMISS THIS ___DATE, THERE COULD BE NO ACCOUNTING FOR - __YOUR CHOICE OF CAREER. _ A ugust | is the next deadline for admission to the CGA program Which means you've got very little time left to make one of the biggest decisions ever: to become a CGA And if you think its strictly a job for number crunchers, you've badly miscalculated: CGAs are the top executives and financial CGA advisors business relies on in all sectors of the economy. CGA's comprehensive, university- calibre program incorporates an opportunity to “earn while you learn” and places CGAs on the honour roll Isn't it time you started being accountable to yourself? To learn more about CGA, please call TOLL FREE 1-800-565-1211. Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia 1555 West 8th Avenue Vancouver Bit +h Columbia Vo} 1T5 Telephone.7 32-1211 Fax 732-1252 Looking for just the right person to complete that job? Student employment officers (I-r) Jeromy Schmidt, Krista Wilson and Jerry Der know that student employment is serious business. Although they camped it up for the cam- era, they are serious about helping find summer jobs for students. from Trail/Castlegar, Nelson, and Grand Forks will be holding an informal ‘competition’ to see whose community will support the most students by giving them casual The Student Centre in the community of Grand Forks has done a great job in the past as it has won this competition the last two years. “I hope the Trail/Castlegar area Can support the most stu- dents this year,” says summer employment officer for the Trail/Castlegar area, Jeromy Schmidt “Even though the student office is located in Trail, I handle the Castlegar area as well’ In fact. almost as many students from Castlegar have signed up as from Trail.” At present, many students in the Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, and Fruitvale areas are looking for summer jobs. These talented and energetic students are willing to work on short notice for as long as they are needed. Students have a wide variety of skills, from scientific and technical, to clerical and labour. The hiring of students is not limited to busi- nesses; households can also par-' ticipate by hiring students for any type of job, big or small. And how much will all this cost? Well, the referral and pré-" screening service from the Stu- dents’ Centre is absolutely FREE, while the going rate for odd jobs range from the provin- cial minimum of $6.50 per hour to $10.00 or more per hour. Please show your support of local youths and Hire-A-Student today. To hire a sfudent for an hour, day, or week simply call Jeromy at 368-5566 ext. 119 or drop in at the Student Centre locat- ed at 835 Spokane Street in Trail. HERE TO HELP For more than a decade we've been helping people get what they deserve: Sound financial advice and a better retum on their money Our philosophy is quite simple: We don’t just provide you with financial products. We design a complete financial plan that takes into account your future as well as you present @ plan that reflects your individual needs and goals. Giving clients this something extra is the way we've always worked, And we'd be pleased to work as hard for you Phone for our free booklet, ~The Canadian Guide to Financial Freedom. “a tradition of trust” Curt Campbell 365-4980 * 368. City Centre S. CONCEPTS The Money Management People 166 * 442-2280 Castlegar Glance Thought of the week Nothing happens unless first, a dream New at the Gallery The Gallery at the NEC is hosting two shows from July 14 to August 27. Barbara Spohr: Apparent Reasons, from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; and Dual Natures Graeme Allemeersch’s majolica-glazed pottery. Check it out! Travelling north? If, you're headed into northern B.C, (Dease Lake and further on) you might want to buy a copy of the 1995 Northern Connector Travel Guide, The guide, published by former Castlegar resident Deborah Ursulak, highlights activities and events along Highway 37A to the Alaska highway including such thriving ies as Stewart, Hyder, Tatogga Lake, Iskut, Dease Lake, Good Hope Lake and Wat- son Lake, Deborah's mom, Florence owns Tasty Delites in down- town Castlegar and can tell you how to get your hands on the guide, Hi-test If you like espreso first thing in the morning, you'll be interested to know that Gardeli's in the Columbia Plaza is open at 8 a.m. for espresso, cinnamon buns, pastries or even toast. Eat in or take out available. Free tunes on the jukebox until noon too! Hard hats and high heels Cc ion on the i i It’s safe to wear high heels in the 100, 200 and 300 blocks of Columbia Ave. as the sidewalks have been poured, and some of the trees and lights have been placed on the east (odd number) side. There are no side- walks between 4th and 6th Ave. along Columbia on both sides of the street, hi the has promised the Sun staff they'll pour the concrete for our sidewalk soon so we can get back to wearing our high heels! Campground full? BC Parks has a new system d to help camp ine the availability of camping spaces at the high level Drinnon and Gwillam Lakes camping sites at Kokanee Glacier Park. The sign, with full colour graphics, allows visitors to use water soluble markers and ‘sign in’ and ‘sign out’. Developed by Street Front Graphics, the signs help campers determine if there is a camp site available before making the long trek up. Bigger and better Columbia Excavating recently traded in their Hitachi EX60 excava- tor for a bigger and better John Deere 109E excavator from Capitol Tractors in the Industrial Park. New products Mohawk Oil Co. Ltd. has introduced a new biodegradable ethanol summer windshield washer fluid. The product is made with alcohol produced through Mohawk’'s ethanol process using renewable agricul- tural resources. It will be available exclusively at Mohawk stations. New faces Aaron: Jones has joined Kaman Industrial Technologies Ltd. as an outside sales representative. Aaron, a Castlegar resident, comes to Kaman from Acklands in Nelson where he was the senior counter- man for the last eight years. Don’t miss the floods! What has photos from early Castlegar and Robson, important holidays, Phases of the moon and Aunt Effie’s 90th Birthday? The 1996 Castlegar Heritage C i C will be on sale at the Castle- gar Railway Museum starting mid July (they will NOT be included with your Castlegar Sun paper) and the Heritage Society is taking reser- vations. Only 2,500 are being printed so reserve yours early! Shopping survey Starting the week of July 17 and continuing for several weeks, staff from the Castlegar Development Board will start their random sam- ple phone calls for the Castlegar shopping patterns survey. Calls will be made during the day and in the evening. There is no solicitation involved; all they want is your opinions about shopping in Castlegar. Please help them out. Supatimber If you are looking for do-it-yourself projects, 's Supply in downtown Castlegar has pamphlets for projects to build with Supa- timber, a special pressure-treated lumber. And you thought all the home projects were completed! Mitchell’ Summer hours Carl and Jan Linki of Spri k Up ry will be closed Saturdays in July and August. this gives them time to relax and enjoy the summer without having to close for a holiday. More new faces Bill Wenman, of Fruitvale, formerly with Canada Life, has joined Burt Campbell and Money Concepts, working out of the Castlegar office. Same faces new places Burt Campbell will be moving his Money Concepts office to a new, larger space in the City Centre Square in| downtown Castlegar. He anticipates that by mid-July all the renoyations will be complete. In the meantime it is business as usual at his current office. Red wings No, not the blackbird, the workboot brand, Red Wings. They're now available in Castlegar exclusively from Bonnett's in downtown Castlegar. Safe insecticide Insecolo, produced by Hedley Pacific Ventures Ltd. of Vancouver, is a non-toxic environmentally safe home and garden insecticide. It is a form of diatomaceous earth which has proven to be effective at killing common hovsehold garden insects pests. The product absorbs the waxy protective layer of the insects shell and the insects dies quickly of ion. Should be ilable at lawn and garden sup- pliers or from the company. Drinking and debit cards mix Debit card transactions are now being accepted at 50 B.C Liquor Stores throughout the Lower Mainland, the north and the Okanagan, on a trial basis. The service is expected to be extended to almost all 220 B.C. Liquor stores by the end of the year. Credit cards remain prohibited by the Liquor Distribution Act. Phone 365-5579 with your business brief : Castlegar, ‘ ley, of the | Office of the Wednesday, July 12, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 3B Tourists have finally found Castlegar As some of you have already heard, we have a new manager. She's Marlene Krueck! and she's been on the job now for a couple of weeks. Some of you may know her already, she was a familiar face at our MP's office until recently, You'll be hearing from her soon, she’s just geting her feet wet. Welcome, Marlene! Chamber luncheons Our last luncheon was held on June 29, and thanks to Con- stable Ness for his informative talk On Block Watch. He gave us some great tips on home and business security. Also thank you to BC TEL for your introduction. Thanks to all those who BC Summer Games The BC Summer Games are being held this year in Penticton, July 27-30. For more information call 387-1375. Congratulations! Congratulations to Mike's RV Park on their 25 year anniver- sary! Many more to you! Do you have something the government needs? Don Broadfoot of Merritt had a product he knew the BC govern- ment could use. For the past 25 years, the government had been buying cattle guards from an Albertan supplier. Broadfoot had developed a made in B.C. solution to the age- old chall of ‘attended our lun- [ cheons this year, we do need your support. If you have an idea of a speaker you would like to hear, please con- tact our office, § we'll see what we can do. Summer} hours Our summer hours are now in effect and will be as follows until Labour Day. stopping cattle from crossing the road, but was having difficulty getting his prod- uct on the gov- ernment shopping list. He talked about his predicament with the B.C. Purchas- ing Commission supplier develop- ment officer in Kamloops. ; “The supplier ” development ¥ officer was indis- Monday to Friday: 9a.m, - Sp.m. Saturday: 10a.m. - 6p.m. They've found us! The Canada Day weekend proved to be very busy at our office. On July 3 we saw 159 vis- itors! A lot of them were Ameri- can. We are starting to sce some of our provinces tourists starting to get out as well Fire Safety Marlene Krueck! pensable in help- ing us break into the government market,” said Broadfoot, owner of D.R. Fabricating and Welding Co. “He worked with us and the ministries, keeping us pointed in the right direction.” Staff from the Ministry of Forests and the Ministry of Transportation and Highways worked closely on the project, Conference held SUN STAFF threatened many homes throughout the Nelson Fire region in 1994. Fire Chiefs and Fire P Officers from the Central Koote- nays received the keys to a new way of edu- Ken B . Nelson Fire Centre Manager with the Wild- land Fire Service, talked about the potential for cating the public about fire prevention during a pre- sentation in June 21. Bill Walk- Fire Commis- sioner in Cranbrook, presented the first of a new ‘There is an ever- increasing danger of #7 2" interface fires and it’s important that the public is educated about fire prevention.’ — KEN BRAITHWAITE Nelson Fire Centre Manager disaster whet wildfire runs into where homes and proper- ty coexist with nat- ural vegetation. “There is an ever-increasing danger of interface fires and its impor- tant that the public is educated about fire prevention.” The Fire Safe Inside and Out Fire Safe Inside and Out ion pack- package, which ion for local fire age to fire chiefs and fire preven- tion officers from departments in Tarrys, Riondel, Montrose, Blue- berry Creek, Nelson, Slocan, Castlegar, North Shore, Bal- four/Harrop, Blewett, Beasley and Robson during an open house meeting of the Kootenay Interface Steering Team. The public was invited to join members of local fire depart- ments in the inaugural showing of a video that will be made available to individuals and com- munity groups. More than 45 people attended to listen to speakers from the Office of the Fire Commissioner and the Wildland Fire Service speak about the wildfires that departments and a video for pub- lic presentation, will soon be available through fire depart- ments, the B.C. Forest Service, or local libraries. lending technical assistance and field evaluations, D.R. Fabricating now supplies over 95 per cent of the govern- ment market. They also have many private sector clients in BC and are exploring opportunities in Alberta and other markets. selected + if the supplier has never done business,with the government before, the company establishes a reference accoum within the gov- ernment of B.C. For more information about how to do business with the BC Gov- ernment, Contact us at our office. CHAMBER CHAT CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Purchasing C sion and how it works Through the use of supply planning techniques, ministries work closely with the Purchasing Cc ission to replace imp goods and services with quality local ones. Supplies forums are frequently held in B.C. communities (we held one in Castlegar a couple of years ago, it was well worth it), where government requirements are discussed and local firms are encouraged to compete on future business. The process is as follows: + the end user defines a need. + the Ministry and Purchasing Commission work together to define specifications which will not exclude B.C. suppliers. + capable B.C. suppliers are iden- Castle Treasures New and Used, located at 902 Columbia Avenue, 365-0272. Owners are Barb and Gord Ihlen. They've a store full of great bargains for you! Castlegar Golf Club 365-5006. Great to have you back on board! Quiz Question Call our office with the correct answer to the following question and win a years suscription to Equity Magazine. Question: Where did Naikoon Provincial Park get its name? Call us with the answer at 365-6313. Our famous B.C. stats The number of same-day car trips from B.C. to the US tified and a bid dk is sent. 8.1 per cent in April to * bids are evaluated according to stated criteria and a winner is 899,000. B.C. accounted for almost a Go green! Recycle the Sun third of the 3 million same-day trips made by Canadians to the US in that month. Movie theatre admissions in BC increased 13.3 per cent in 1993/94 to 12 million, the highest level during the last five years. British Columbians and Alber- tans were the most avid theatre- goers in the country, attending the movies an average of three times during the year. Revenues from ticket sales in this province totalled $60 million, with concessions adding another $24 million to total theatre receipts. Across the country, paid admissions increased 6.7 per cent to 76.5 million, the highest level in four years. Americans made 177,000 same-day car trips to B.C. in April, an increase of !2.8 per cent over the same month of 1994. The niimber of same-day car trips by Americans to Canada has been rising since early 1994, and in April was at its highest level (1.7 million) since June 1981. The lower value of the Canadi- an dollar is likely one of the fac- tors behind the trend. Fay our specialty O Pry | our now location p> Just Ev's Cnoco.ate & Girt Suop 185 Columbia Avenue We're out to meet you! at Castlegar on July 19, 1995 Alf Janes of the Federal Business Development Bank, will be paying your community a visit in the next few days. Call today and arrange an appointment to discuss financing and management services (counselling, planning and training). Telephone: 1-800-667-7579 Committed to your Success! 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