~ ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT « e Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, June 9. 1993 BUSINESS June 9, 1993 3B Ss From housewife to rising star in less than a year Lori.Reimann heading to Nashville after tape earns a video audition Less than a year ago, Lor Reimann was a typical hou wife and mother living in Fruit vale with husband carpenter at Cominco, and son Kyle, 7, and Daine, 4 Besides being a wife and mother, Reimann also worked part-time for the L.C.B in Castlegar, Fruitvale and Trail. Although she has alway loved music and singing fram school and church activi ties she had never performed Publicly When the Karaoke cra came to the Kootenays, Lori Submitted Len A Consulting Financial Counselling and Qoal Setting Brenda 365-3487 apart ATTENTION PENSIONERS! Your are invited to attend the annual PENSIONERS PICNIC Thursday, June 10th 3:30 p.m. Birchbank Picnic Grounds BRING YOUR OWN UTENSILS Free tickets may be picked up at Local 480 Hall SPONSORED BY: Local 480 UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA : A FREE MOVIE FOR THE KIDS! FRI | |SAT||SUN| |MON| [TUE] (WED [THU! sue | 11)/12//13)/14)/15)/16||17 2 COMPLETE SHOWINGS [EACH EVENING 7:00 & 3 1 ENTER TO WIN AFREEMOVIEPASS | | TO THE CASTLE THEATRE | Name ye ' : Phone 5 sant 1 | Weekty draws! No photo copies pidase. 1 oe ee like many others for fur But after only geouple she was SPproac hed by Glenn Starr (The Great Rock & Roll Trivia Show) who suggested she make a recording sang along in hts local studio and enter it Born Jo Be A Star con test on the TNN Network the Music Television Sta in the Country tion Reimann taped two popular country favorites, submitted them with photos of herself and, within a short time was notified that she had won a video audition to take place in Nashville, Tennessee, “The Music Capital of the on June 15 Country World If her audition is successful, Reimann return to Nashville in September to ountry music video ind compete towards the ulti mate grand prize of $50,000 that time Neimann—a soft-spoken, diminutive blond gawatt personality reminiscent of the Cline, has been time to will make a Since with a m and a vor great Patsy Jevoting her spare learning new songs and devel oping her ows special sound and delivery She has, she says, been tremendously lucky to be fea- tured singing with the local Renegade (Mike Belanger, Tony Rego, Terry Mandoli, and Todd Ferguson) singing in various clubs and band bars in the area The guys have taught me so much,” she says gratefully of the band. “They really helped and encouraged me. I terrified the first few times I stood on stage was absolutely before a live audience.” Lori competed in the British Columbia Country Music Asso THIS IS ONE TEST YOU WON'T WANT TO BLOW A roadside screening device could be in the hands of any police officer, any time, anywhere in the province PEOHHGE wim For Reereat SUNFEST DUATHLON SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1993 AT THE CASTLEGAR COMMUNITY COMPLEX REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE AT: RECREATION OFFICE ¢ GERICK CYCLE CASTLEGAR BIKE SHOP * MALLARDS 5.8 KM RUN ¢ 35 KM BIKE ¢ 5.8 KM RUN BRONZE MEDALLION (MIN. 13 YRS) JUNE 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 FEE: $70.00 MANUAL: $20.00 ciation’s talent search for 1993, held at Rosarios, in Trail, in April. During four consecutive weeks of tough competition, Lori went all the way to the finals along the way winning the Peoples Choice Award each tim —a first for the area, and indicative of the strong support of her friends and fans who loyally attend all her perfor- mances. In a typically generous ges- ture, Lori and her husband, Len used the prizes (fous $50 din- ner gift certificates for the Pep- percorn) to treat her two biggest fans—her aunts, the members of Renegade and their wives, to a fabulous dinner! Although Reimann (nee Peterman) was born and raised in Novato and Penngrove Cali- fornia, her roots are firmly entrenched in the Kootenays Granddaughter of early Castle- gar settlers Ivy & Barrie Hill, Lori is the daughter of well- known Castlegar native Sherrel (Karl) Koreen, past president of the Castlegar & District Her- itage Society. Lori graduated from S.H.S.S. in 1980, attend- ed Selkirk College and has worked in ‘various jobs includ- ing the Trail Branch of the Bank of Commerce until her sons were born Friends and fans are staging a benefit dance, dubbed Lori's Nashville Boogie to help offset the costs of travel to Nashville This sure-to-be-a-blast event will take place at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall June 12. Doors open at 8 p.m Refreshments will be avail able and a midnight supper will be served. Renegade are donat ing their musical expertise for dancing, and Lori will Tickets are available Rail Stauior um, by calling 365 3 oF 365-8118 and locally at outlets throughout the sing at the Castlegar Mus various Koote nays. They're goinyw fast as Lori’s enthusiastic are all eager to join in the fun Whatever the outcome of her trip to Nashville. we'r supporters sure you will see and hear a lot more about this dynamite lady in the future! She's a born whom the Koote laim as entertainer Nays can be proud to their own! & Ss CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COMPLEX 2101 - 6 Ave., Castlegar 365-3386 SWIM, SKATE OR FITNESS ! TO THE CASTLEGAR REC CENTRE complements oft Name Weekly drawal No photo copies please PASS me...) | The Castidgar Sun Submitted NEC to show contemporary Canadian quilters works Canadian quilters. You will see and boldly patterned fabric: er. The first workshop, called ° 25; from 9:30-4:30. After con: designs, Barbara has translated make a start on a larger quilt and fabric for one picture tration is gallery at 365-3337 There is a $20 workshop fee June 10, 1993. For further information please call the From June 11-July 11 the National Exhibition Centre in Castle gar will be hosting an exhibit featuring the contemporary work of playful geometrics, vibrant colours hat provide intrigue and mystery. In conjunction with this exhibition the gallery will be offering two quilting workshops taught by Vancouver quilter Barbara Fras “Tesselations™ will be held on June derable research into old Japanese jome into pieced designs that inter- lock. These tesselations are suitable for contemporary, scrap or charm effects. Students can produce an interesting wall hanging, or The second workshop, called “West Coast Indian Art’, will be held on June 27, from 9:30-4:30. West Coast Indian Ant is a unique combination of motifs from mythology and wildlife, to create bold graphic designs. Here is a chance to be exposed to this style, and other ethnic techniques of decoration. In this class you will produce an interpretation of a west coast design consi or loon, in a technique somewhat like mola. Very Canadian. Bar- bara provides a kit, at $8 each. The kit consists of the two patterns, ing of either a whale for each class. Deadline for regis: Canada's greatest Stars to appear at the Capitol Theatre Submitted The Capitol Theatre has put together a stellar and very musi- cally-oriented 1993-94 season and even before it begins will be presenting an operatic double-bill featuring one of Canada’s great- est international stars. On September 19th, Maureen Forrester, the world’s leading con tralto, will headline two short operas composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gian Carlo Menotti twentieth century music The first will be Riders To The Sea (libretto by J.M. Singe based on his famous play), a powerful two major forces in tragedy considered to be William's best. The second, The Old Maid And The Thief comedy of love and crime “brim. ming with bright tunes, com- pelling rhythms and Puccini-like is a Anas.” Menotti, of course, is best know for his Christmas opera, Ahmal And The Night Visitors The four part season itself kicks off in mid-October with the Arts Club’s /8 Wheels, the hard driving truckers country and west- ern musical by John Grey. His first big hit, written 16 years ago, 18 Wheels has been produced over 50 times since and features five performers who sing and accompany themselves on banjo, mandolin, piano, guitar and har- monica. Pure, powerful music returns to the stage a couple of weeks later with Juba/, an acappella group made up of five Canadian and three African singers, all of whom also perform on a variety of familiar and exotic percussion instruments. Their songs are a blend of American gospel and the traditional music of Zimbab we and South Africa Early in the new year, sopra no Mary Lou Fallis, aka Mrs Bach, returns to Nelson, this time in the guise of Ms. (Nan nerl) Mozart, Wolfgang's older sister. This:stylish musical paro- dy tells the “true” story of Mozart's life with a combination of humour and Fallis accomplished singing A visit from the Danny Grossman Dance Company one of North America’s fore most modern troupes, will complete the season in late February. Grossman, who choreographs all the work is himself an amazingly durable performer who still appears reg ularly with his company over own thirty years after first dancing with the Paul Taylor Company in New York. His work is known for its trenuous athleti cism and erotic good humour A second non-series show, also in February, will feature Gerald Laroche, a 1991 Juno award winner and harmonica genius. His performances present “jazz fusion, blues, folk, cajun, ragtime, and Zydeco played on Chromatic Harp, Jaw Harp, Indian Mouth Bow, penny whistle, echo harp plus 45 others up to 25 per show, sometimes three at once.” Who could ask for any thing more? ROYAL CANADIAN ia Castlegar/Robson Branch #170 Anniversary PROGRAMME OF EVENTS GION / 50th June 1, Friday: June 12, Saturday: June 13, Sunday: , Dress June 16, Wednesday: 7 pm June 17, Thursday: 7 pm June 18, Friday: = 8pm June 19, Saturday: June 19, Saturday: June 1, Tuesday: Reading of Proclamation at City Hall Flag Raising at City Hall 2pm Seniors Strawberry Tea - Legion Hall 1 pm Church Service at St. David's 10 am -9 pm Parade - Meet at Courthouse. Time Banquet - Fireside Place Tickets available $20/person Uniforms and Medals In the Lounge dance to Zimmerman 9 pm midnight 10:15 am | | “ ) Tickets now available to the public - $20/person New faces, new places Bruce Wescott and Bruce But lin have joined the staff of the eside Dining Room as the The Fiteside cent occupancy at the hotel for the month of May and a brisk business for their Friday night Prime Rib buffet Awards Congratulations to the Editori- al department of the Castlegar Sun for their recent photo awards. At the recent Sterling Publishers Conference the underwater photo of Cindy Talarico rolling her kayak at the Aquatic Centre won Best Editorial Photo, and the B1 Photo feature on the Robson Volunteer Fire Department's Hose Competition won Best Photo Feature. Congratula- tions to photographet, John Van Putten and editor, Shar- lene Imhoff! Where will it go? If you have gibble and other assorted treasures that you don't know where to store, Bill Berg, of Wm. Berg Con- struction is planning to open Brilliant Mini-Storage August 1. There will be 36 units in more than 4,000 square feet of space. Storage units range: in size from 6’ x 7° to 17’ x 32° Bill promises competitive rates and easy access. On the move Twin Rivers Controls will be moving in the middle of June to their new location in the Oglow building . Their offie®s will be on the second floor beside Lewis Bridgeman. Not only will it be more conve- nient for customers (there‘s still free parking) but the new premises have a reception area and more office space for the staff Quiz time Selkirk College Information Services is on its annual quest for information to comptete their Occupational Data Sur- vey. If your business received a post card with the survey on it, please fill it out and return it to Selkirk College. They need the info to make sure their training programs meet the needs of the community. AGM The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society will be holding its annual general meeting on Monday, June 28, at Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre. Call the Centre for more informa. tion. New in town The City of Castlegar issued 12 new business licenses in May. Welcome: Summit Installations, a drywall/ paint- ing contractor, Greg Gritchin, operating Inland Expeditions Co. Ltd. a tour company; Paulette Thiel, operating Par- adise Enterprises, a hobby sales co.; Paul R. Kutt, operat- ing Renew, a home repair con- tractor; and Gerry Kling, operating Superior Gutters a landscaping contractor. Also joining the list of new busi- nesses are: Metropolitan Stores operating Met Mart and Tim Hortons; Cantex Engi- neering & Construction of Penticton, road pavets; Fir Valley Developments of Ver- non, home builders; Herb Besler, of Penticton, operating Vacuum Warehouse and Kel- don Electric, of Kelowna, an electrical contractor. Wel- come! Looking spiffy The rock garden in front of the Bank of Montreal in down town Castlegar is undergoing rejuvenation courtesy of Grassroots Gardening. As well, West's facade improve meat has started as part of the revitalization of the downtown core Business? Phone 365-5579 Glance Information and tips for Gastl “Continuous improvement means never having to say you're satisfied. It's the contact search, for ways of improving things; the constant querying back and forth between the people on the line and the managers as to how it can be done better."—David Clark. President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Camp- bell Soup Company Ltd. With tourism season starting with a bang this year, now is the time to take a hard look at your business. Are you satisfied: with how your employees are serving your customers? Are you serious- ly listening to customers concerns or complaints? Are your cus- tomers returning to your place of business? R If your customer happens to be a tourist, or someone that lives in Castlegar or the surrounding area, and you are not providing good quality customer service, chances are that your customers will not return. And if those customers do not return due to poor service, Statistics reveal that they will tell 12 or more other people who in turn will also tell 12 or more peo- ple, and so on. In the end, costs to advertise to try and get these peo- ple to retum, or to get new cus- tomers will cost your business up to five times more than your usual advertising cost. Be a cus- tomer in your own store! Are YOU happy with the service? Globe ‘94 is the third in a series of biennial GLOBE Con- ferences on Business and Envi- ronment. GLOBE ‘92, drawing more than 12,000 participants from 70 nations, including 450 exhibitors, demonstrated the powerful appeal of the GLOBE series. Under the management of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, GLOBE ‘94 will be held in Vancouver, March 21-25 1994 Environmental protection cre ates Opportunities for everyone in the business of the enyironment GLOBE °94 will provide access to the people and the products needed to compete effectively for these opportunities, such as envi. ronmental regulators, the environ ment industry environmental technologies and services, the corporate sector, and the financial community A unique element of the GLOBE conference series is the Business Contacts Centre, located with the trade fair section. The Business Contacts Centre pro- vides many services for the par- ticipants, including a Computerized Matching System to assist in identifying” exhibitors who can meet particular buyers’ needs, presentations by buyers explaining their needs to exhibitors and product demon- Strations seminars to assist exhibitors in launching new prod. ucts. For more information con- tact GLOBE 94, #504-999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1, or phone 775-1994, FAX: 666-8123. Registration is Prior to November 1, 1993 Partnering for the Future - Strategic Alliances. If you want to gain access to new markets, share technology development, or acquire management skills, you should consider entering into a strategic alliance. An equity or non-equity relationship, a strate- gic alliance involves a high level of trust and cooperation and can the end users of I Valley Video Castleaird Plaza 365-3777 range from hiring an agent to franchising to joint ventures Barry Oakley, Director of Indus try and Technology Services with Industry, Science and Technology Canada in Vancouver says “Com panies have numerdus reasons for wanting to enter into such a rela- tionship. The achievement of quick and flexible responses, the CHAMBE SS creation of economies of scale and typing of the competition are a few. A strategic alliance allows companies to share risks in order to bring about an objective that neither could accomplish alone.” He also states that part of their role is to help businesses explore the possibilities of strategic alliances through the Strategic Technologies Program. This pro: gram provides financial assis tance to allow companies to form alliances so that they may devel op the technology base required for a range of new products and processes. The program § supports research and development alliances, technology application alliances, and feasibility studies to investigate potential strategic alliances in information technolo. gies, advanced industrial mater als. and biotechnology. If you would like more information please contact Industry, Science and Technology Canada office in Vancouver. You can now hold a mecting throughout the world without as much as setting foot outside your city. Now you can see the faces of your customers, competitors, sup- pliers, and representatives. You can open you markets and show your product samples without taking them off the premises How can you do all this? By availing yourself with a new video-conference service avail- able from the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The days of June 6-12 have been proclaimed as the B.C. and Yukon regions’ HIRE-A-STU- DENT WEEK. The purpose of this is to place as many students as possible in summer employ- ment positions in the private and public sectors, and to assist employers in obtaining the spe- cialized services of temporary summer help. Students are capa- ble, reliable, energetic, and are available for work for an hour, a day, or much longer. We encour- age employers in the greater Castlegar area to take a close look at their employment require ments, and to try to include stu- dents in their plans. Or, if. you have any casual jobs such as lawn mowing, gardening, house clean ing, Or painting, please phone the Canada Employment Centre for Students at 368-5566 Help support the Castlegar and area students in their search for / . SK ORGE STRAIT ESLEY ANN WARREN Isapet GLASSER 10:30 am - 10:00 pm 7 DAYS A WEEK | summer employment an inv and make tment in the future. The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce is assisting the Canada Employment ‘Centre for Student again this year with job information for students If students are interested in job Opportunities, the listings are posted on the bulletin board at the Cs (adil once CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE I would like to welcome Les- ley Price back to the Chamber Lesley, returning this year as one of our summer students, has been working in the office for about three weeks now. Kirstin Mason, also returning as one of our sum- mer students, will begin in June Before you plan your holidays, drop by our office and have a chat with one of them. They will be more than happy to help you make your holiday an enjoyable one The Rossland Chamber of Commerce advises that Rossland holds a public market the last Sunday of every month, May to September in their cool, green, tree-lined, Esling Park (just one lock off Main Street). They are looking for artisans and garden- ers, woodworkers, potters, farm- ers and crafts people, everyone and anyone to display and sell their wares. You\ may direct any Proc c es --- I If you really want it clean. | includes FREE Tefion stain & soll protection | i] 1 $5.00 DISCOUNT _; | COUPON WITH THIS AD \ ! Fast Drying | « clean hot water rinse | . tree estimates * ceiling cleaning Ute Poor Boys x ! i] 1 1 UJ ! CARPET & UPHOLSTERY ! 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