he Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, September 13, 1995 B2 Sun Wire Consumer Services Min- ister Joan Smallwood has challenged the Automotive Retailers Association to work with government to put the brakes on unregis- tered car dealers, also known as curbers. “Curbers are offering deals that come with unwar- ranted risks for car buyers and cost taxpayers through revenue,” Smallwood told a meeting of the ARA used car | division in Surrey Thursday Smaliwood released a list of both unregistered and reg- istered dealers who have been convicted of offences under the Motor Dealer Act over the past 12 months. The list will be available to the public through consumer operations branches. Prospective buyers can check to determine if the sell er has been recently convict- ed of curbing or some other offence,” Smallwood said. The minister urged regis- tered dealers to curtail prac- tices which assist curbers Some dealers use curbers as | a source of used vehicles or | sell lower quality vehicles to See DEALERS BS Welcome to the club: (!-r) Powerex's Todd Torgerson, PEO manager, interutility mar- keting; and Peter Brown, power marketing, present WKP president Don Bacon and energy trading manager Peter Bartsch Proto submated WKP admitted to Power Exchange Operation nay Power has tapped into a new ‘With the ¢ ent adimussion to the Power Exchange Ope ‘O), an organization operated by the B.C. Power Exchange Corporanon (Powerex), WKP ts now able es from the Alberta and BC energy markets. Transactions between T producers and industry sale, purchase WKP’s apphca 4 4 by direction of the \. Mines. and Petroleum ars of negotianions with Powerex and its parent company, B.C. Hydro. “Before, if we wanted to buy and sell, we were forced to go to the United States,” explained Robin Siddall, Director Resource Planning and System Operations. “PEO membership has broadened our opportunities to shop around for power arrange- ments and save our customers money.” In July and August, WKP did $170,000 worth of business through the PEO in a combination of ener- gy purchases, power exchanges and other energy services resulting in savings for West Kootenay Power customers. WKP serves 125.004 em Intenor customers in B.C.’s South- Your satisfaction is our main concern _—¥ VAI A medium tomatoes boneless = 968 roast re | F slicer cucumbers procuct of Camacz Cornet x bil pork back 48 ribs = . Ib. buach he whiz cheez 5° A f*,. PRICES EFFECTIVE: tres u Saturday Sept. 13 to Sept. 16, 1995 Glance Thought for the week To be a winner ... all you need to give is all you have Women in business : The Business Development Bank of Canada is sponsoring & series of evening workshops for women in business, To be held in Trail this fall, the first workshop, to be held Oct, 4, tackles Non- Profit Management & Leadership. The second is entitled Smart Marketing: How to Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, which will be held Oct. 24. The third, Cash: It’s a Financial Thing, will be held Nov. 8; and the last of the series, The Moment of Truth: Total Quality Cus- tomer Service will be held Nov. 22. The Castlegar Chamber of Cc has more jon on dates and costs. On the Net The National Real Estate Service (NRS) is now connected to the Internet World Wide Web (WWW). Its real estate listings are now available in more than 145 countries. Rhonda in the social ry, in the English as a second and Ted Ewanchyna, in the computer infor- program. (ESL) progr Pizza Card Panagopoulos Pizza is now offering the Pizza Card. With any pick-up purchase of small, medium or large pizza, your card is recorded and after 10 pizzas you'll enjoy one medium pizza, free! Programs for fun The Castlegar Recreation Program was distributed with your Sept. 3 West Kootenay Advertiser and your Sept. 6 Castlegar Sun. With 40 fun-filled pages of programs, services and sports for the coming fall and winter, there's no excuse to be bored! Sign o’ the times The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society has had a new sign installed outside its parking lot on 11th Ave. The sign lists the pro- grams and services offered by the society New hours Plaza IDA in the Castleaird Plaza has changed its hours. The drug store is now open from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sundays. #1 in Canada Congratulations to Ram's Head Inn in Rossland. The inn has been named the #1 small ski lodge in Canada by Fedor's Canadian Skiing Guide. Fedor’s is a well known international travel publication. International visitors For those who noticed the Hesselgrave International tour bus parked in front of city hall un downtown Castlegar last Tuesday afternoon, you'll be pleased to know the 40 visitors from the Netherlands were impressed with us! Theo Hettema of Nun- speet. Netherlands spoke eloquently of the mountains, the river, the beautiful town and the wonderful places to have lunch “There’s too little time to see.” he said. The group, affiliated with a Dutch Chnstian organization, left the Netherlands Aug. 31 and is spending three weeks touring from Seattle and Vancouver to Jasper, as well as many places in between. Bus driver Roger Nelson hadnt been in Castlegar in years and commented, “It sure has changed.” From Castlegar they were on their way to the Wildlife Centre in Creston Local music business Looking for tapes or CDs by local artists? Pete's TV carries a good selection. Kootenay recording artists including Denis Guna, eddie b., and Al Dollar are only a few of the selections available New hours Artistic Aromas has new fall hours. They will be open from 9 am to9p.m Monday to Saturday More signs o' the times MacFashions, Hobby Tec. Work World and Flower Affairs all have now had their signs stalled on the big Columbia Plaza road- side ign Think fun If exploring the digital. graphuc. photo and audio arts appeals to you, or if you're looking for a career in bartending or just want to sprace up your coaching certification, you'll find these courses and others listed m the Sellark College Continuing Education calendar. Check # out! Yet more signs o° the times Now that the downtown revitalization project is almost com- plete, t's tame for Castlegar drivers to start paying attention to the new signs stalled m the city centre. For instance, did you know the south exit of Castlegar Foods is now a right-hand tum only? And drivers — remember, pull your car completely into the two- way turn lane to make your left turns. This will help avoid nasty | rear-end colhsions. “ | Ombudsman appointed The Business Development Bank of Canada has appointed Jean-Pierre Houle as ts first ombedsman. The appointment is ome m a series of ammouncements the bank is making as it begins as mew and expanded national mandate. The announcement falls under the umbrella of the BDBC's Total CARE (Customer Assis- tance. Resolution, and Efficsemcy) program Also included is a charter of claeme rights, a complaunt handling process, and an inde- pendent mediation process Thanksgiving roses The Castlegar Rotary Club will again te delivering roses to basunesses um time for Thamkserning Be sure to get vour homes Selkirk appointment kk College has made a namber appormiments over the ssrMive and organizational in Castlegar. Kathleen Pimckaey has teen appointed pro- oc for emrversay programs. human snvices programs. < amd professsonal masac Pumckmey has resigned her seat on the College Board as the faculty 2ssocummoe representanve Wednesday, September 13, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page B3 Dress up that window and win a prize It's hard to believe that it's September already, kids are back fo school and for most of us the major part of our holidays are over for this year. Go by fast, don't they? That means that our summer students are finished and going on with their education. Thanks Thanks to Rose Arabia and a special thanks to Valerie Pelton for her help this year. Our Castle- gar Welcomes Babe Ruth cele- bration was quite successful with quite a number of people coming gut to support us. | Thanks to all who helped with the entertai and food. Bven the weather held out that day! And a special thanks to those tusinesses who donated prizes for the kids. They loved them! | Want to be a director? We are in process of nominat- ing directors for 95/96.The ’pcoming year promises to be an teresting and challenging one with the BC Summer Games hap- pening, and the continuing influx of new businesses and families to the area. | These are exciting times for Castlegar and District. We need tach and every one of you to get involved. Anyone interested in becoming a director please give our office a call at 365-6313. Annual General Meeting This year the chamber will be holding our Annual General Meet- ing on Sept. 28 at the Fireside Inn. There will be a no-host bar at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Guest speakers will be from the BC Summer Games Commit- tee discussing “How the business community can get ready for the summer games”. Following the meeting the no- host bar will re-open for a social gathering. Hope to see you alll there! Screen Savers Tourism British Columbia has Tips on how Submitted In the relatively few years since Canadians were first intro- duced to cellular phone technolo- gy, the number of cellular phones in use has surpassed 1.8 million across Canada. This number is expected to hit over 10 million by the year 2000. While worldwide there are approximately 52 million cellular subscribers, Canada holds the distinction of having the longest continuous cellular corridor in the world—from Windsor, Ontario to the tip of New Brunswick. With this dramatic explosion released a free computer screen saver showcasing the natural beauty of B.C. We have disk copies of this program available at our office if you are interested in installing it into your computer. To be able to instal) this pro- CHAT gram you will need at least a 386 hard drive, with 4 megs and a 256 video color driver. The screen flashes 20 BC travel scenes and is very appealing. Please call us if you want to borrow a copy free of charge. United Way Kick-Off As a sponsor for the Castlegar and District United Way we would like to ask you to allow and encourage all business to par- ticipate in their Old West Day, Friday, Sept. 22, 1995. All you have to do is purchase a Special United Way Button for $5 each and dress in Old West style attire. The button says “I dress this way for the United Way”. The buttons will be deliv- ered right to your door. You can call Nona at the United Way office for more details at 365- 7331. Their Kick-Off Day fol- lows on Sept. 23 at the Community Complex. Events include the pancake breakfast, flea market and bingo. Training Courses BC TEL is offering the follow- ing courses: Enhanced Telephone Tech- niques on Oct. 19 and April 23/96. Cost is $175/person. Winning the Customer with Service is on Oct. 20 and April 22/96. Cost is $89.95/person Both courses are being held in CHAMBER CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Nelson and for more information please call Dusty Miller, Training Consultant, BC TEL Education at (604) 538-9325. Start a business We are hosting this workshop along with the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture. It is to be held Oct. 16-17 at the Sandman Inn and will run from 7-10 p.m. It’s a level-one work- shop entitled “Starting Your Home Based Business” and will cover the i i Bank) is offering the Women in Business Speakers Tour this fall Stan date is Oct. 2 It will be held in Trail this year and again is an affordable $49 plus GST. Call our office or the Trail Chamber of €ommerce for more information. The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce along with the Business Development Bank of Canada is offering two workshops during Small Busi- ness Week. The first one is “How Much is Your Business Worth? And How Do You Sell Your Company?” to be held on Oct, 24 and the other is “Intro to Business on the Internet” and will be held on Oct. 26. More information to follow with advertising as soon as details are finalized. Both workshops will be held from 7-10 p.m. Call our office for more information or to register. Our Famous BC Stats + Shipments of goods manufac- tured in BC totalled $3.1 billion in June, an increase of 111/2 per cent relative to the same month in 1994. The value of shipments of pulp has almost doubled from the previous June to $413 million, a 75.6 per cent increase. Non- durable products, about half the total manufactured shipments, ig Suby How to identify and assess HBB opportunities. How to asses an individual's readiness to start a HBB. The process of business plan development. Defining your HBB market Financing your HBB. Fundamentals of HBB opera- tion and management. Cost for this valuable course is an affordable $40 for pre-regis- tration and $50 at the door. Call > our office for more information or to register at 365-6313. The Business Development Bank of Canada (formerly called Federal Business Development to be cell phone smart operating it on the road. + Most phones will store up to 99 numbers which will leave you free to concentrate on driving instead of dialing. A cellular phone can re-call any number by touch- ing only two or three buttons. * Use a hands-free unit, which allows you to keep both hands on the wheel while you talk on the phone. Install the microphone on the visor just above your line of vision so you can keep your eyes on the road. You can then drive and speak as if you were talking to a passenger in the car, + Learn how to operate your phone without looking at it. By memorizing the location of all the controls, you'll be able to press the buttons “by touch” without ever taking your eyes off the road; + Dial only when stopped. Wait for a traffic light, or a stop sign, or safely pull off the road. Better yet, have a passenger dial for you. + Never take notes while driv- ing. Carefully pull off the road if you must take notes. Use a tape recorder or (if you have one) the electronic scratch pad on your phone, which you can use to record numbers while you're talking; + Driving takes concentration and sometimes you get so involved in a conversation you drift into the other lane. Pull into See TIPS SB in cellular growth lhular ser- vice is available to more than 90 per cent of the Canadian popula- tion) has also come an increase in the theft of cellular phones. “If your unit is portable, always take it with you! Don’t leave it in your briefcase unat- tended or somewhere in your car where it can be easily seen,” says Karen Lock. Along with the increase in theft claims, there is also the issue of increasing accidents due to cellular phone use. Drivers with a cellular phone in the car stand a one-third greater risk of having an accident than other motorists, according to the Wall Street Journal. If you use a cellular phone in your vehicle, remember to: + Become knowledgeable about the operation of your phone—practice using your phone while your vehicle is sta- tionary so you'll feel comfortable 2327 - 6th Avenue Castlegar, BC painting contacts for industrial, ial & resident ge Phone us for a quote. 365-7692 A 4-3 We’ re out to meet you! at Castlegar on September 20, 1995 Patrick LeRoy of the Business Development Bank of Canada (Cranbrook Branch) will be paying your community a visit in the next few days. C. appointment to discuss financing and services | ‘all today and arrange an and training) Telephone: 1-800-667-7579 Committe: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA BANQUE DE DEVELOPPEMENT DU CANADA d to your Success! d 29.7 per cent. « International travel to BC con- tinues to be a popular activity. Trav- elers to BC increased by 6.8 per cent from the previous June. Of all The practical designers for practically anything... the international visitors to arrive in BC, 80 per cent come from the US The total number of visitors this month was 730,000, 585,000 of those came from the US. + The average weekly television viewing time of Canadians has dropped about 30 minutes since 1990, and about 90 minutes over the last decade. More Canadians were watching domestic news programs, while Judging of the displays will be held on Sept. 23. Hope to see some great displays. Call our office at 365-6313 to enter the contest There are some equally inter- esting prizes to be won. so start planning your display today. far fewer were sports (this is likely due, at least in part, to the labour disputes that wiped out half the National Hockey League and Major League Base- ball seasons). New chamber members Rebel Auto Electric Ltd. located at 601 23rd St. or call Richard Orlaw at 365-0188 for your rebuilt alternators and starters. Civic Consultants Ltd. located at 2702 Columbia Ave. or call Kenn Hample at 365-0085. Kenn is an Engineering Consultant Window display competition This is the second year that the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC has invited communities ,throughout BC to celebrate our waterways. As part of BC Rivers Day the Chamber of Commerce is sponsor- ing a Window Display Competition. It can be anything to do with water activities, eg. kayaking, boating, fishing, power genera- tion, be original. Business Graphics Signs * Brochures pesetting * Posters Exhibit & Display Decals + Flyers Graphic Design Newsletters sqREET RON 601 Front St, Nelson (604) 352-9144 Fax: (604) 352-9168 1-800-420-9144 CENTRE Thursday, September 14 At 2pm and Tpm INVESTING IN YOUR CHILD'S FUTURE Education may be the best investment you can make in your child's future But who's going to pay for that educa- tion? Chances are, you will, Undeniably, the costs of an education are high — and getting higher. Scholarships and financial aid can help, but the reality is that many parents finance the bulk of their children’s edu- cations, The good news is that by starting tiow the high costs can be met with a little planning Learn what options are available to you Basic Savings Plans. Registered Education Savings Plans “In Trust” investment accounts. + Life Insurance. * Scholarship Trusts. * Your Child's Contribution. Grandparents as well as parents are welcome at this free educational seminar. av--- Disability Insurance is designed to pro- tect your most important asset — your ability to earn income. A family’s financial security could be devastated by your loss of income. ( 48% of mortgage foreclosures“are caused by disability ). At age 25, for example, the probability of a disability is 60%. And once a disability reaches 90 days, it could last two or more years. This educational seminar will provide facts you need to know. While Workers’ Compensation provides coverage only on the job, private disabil- ity insurance provides coverage 24 hours ‘a day, all year. Benefits are available for both accident and sickness and are based ‘on earned income. Learn the facts at this free seminar. Your questions will be most welcome. Burt Campbell’s ' ' ' MON ' CON 4. ‘The Money Management People : 1 Wayne Miller « Bill Wenman + Burt Campbell 1 365-4980 » 1-800-897-0807 | 6 Contre Square, Castlegar 5 Castlegar District UNITED WAY “People Helping People” Deb Chmara, President * John Loo, Campaign Manager Saturday, September 23 KICK OFF Castlegar @ 5 Community Complex GIANT FLEA MARKET 9 am - 1 pm PANCAKE BREAKFAST 8 am - 11 pm Sponsored by: Castlegar Savings Credit Union and Kootenay Savings Credit Union Adults - $3.00 » Students & Seniors - $2.00 * under six - FREE Model Airplanes, Bingo and more Canvas Blitz Sept. Local agencies the Castlegar District United Way supports: * Castlegar Community Services * West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre * Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society » Light & Power Theatre Co. * Red Cross *C.N.1.B. * Arthritis Society * B.C. Childrens Hospital « Camp Koolaree * Trail Family & Individual Resource Centre ONE KNOCK, ONE DONATION “Thanks To You It's Working” Castlegar District United Way For Information call 365-7331 or by mail — 1995 - 6th Ave., Castlegar, B.C. The Castlegar United Way is sponsored by the Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce GOAL $50,000 $25,500 CURRENT LEVEL $19,600 “People Helping People”