Saturday, December 5, 1992 @

CREDITS
UP

The Canada
Mortgage and
Housing
Corporation
reports a 1.9 per
cent increase in
residential
mortgage credits
for this year’s
third quarter.
That growth, “in
nominal terms,”
during the third
quarter was to
$269 billion. The
second quarter
increase was two
per cent, and 1.6
per cent for the
first quarter.

LACK OF
CHARITY

The Conference
Board of Canada
states corporate
donations to
charitable
organizations in
1993 will drop by
$5 million. The
survey indicates
budgets for
donations for the
new year are
down 5.5 per
cent from
$107,634,727 in
1992. The
biggest cuts are
expected to
come to areas
like the arts,
sports and civic
causes.

SALES IN

SEASON

Debt is forcing
Four Seasons
Hotels Inc. to sell
$56 million in
shares. A report
states three
million
“subordinate
voting shares”
are being sold to
a group of
brokerages in
Toronto. The
company
reported
revenues of $2.4
million for the
third quarter of
1991 but a loss
of $400,000 for
the same quarter
this year.

WorkRPLACE

“les the Seacou

Neil Rachynski
NEWS REPORTER

The Christmas season is already
bringing tidings of comfort and joy tg local

retailers.

While some pundits may have thought
summer’s pulp strike at Celgar or the huge
layoffs at Cominco would curtail Christmas

spending, it appears that’s not
the case.

“Business is up over last
year. It’s the best year ever,”
Mallard’s Source for Sports
owner Dale Donaldson said.

A local clothing store
operator said, “business is
excellent, everything’s up, it’s
better than last year.”

The owner, who asked not to
be identified, said there’s no
need to dwell on past labor
issues,

“It’s right now and it’s
happening. If someone’s giving
you negative feedback that’s
their problem,” the store
owner said.

Castlegar and District
Chamber of Commerce
manager Renee Read said she
hasn’t heard one way or the
other how sales have been so

The success, it appears, may be due in
part to the expansion project at Celgar.

“I get guys in here everyday from the
expansion project,” Donaldson said.

“In fact I have two here right now,” he
said, before ending the telephone interview
to attend to the customers.

According to H.A. Simons’ expansion
project manager Rod Meares, there was

program.

free.

far for local businesses. She said it is a little

to early to say just how well things are this

year compared to last year.

Even the hospitality industry is doing
well. Bookings at the Fireside Inn are

holding steady.

Assistant manager Garrett Turta said
the hotel is booked up solid from Nov. 28 to
Dec. 20 for Christmas banquets.

He said the inn has maintained its
repeat businesses from last year, and added

new customers on top of that.

workers are
accommodations.

Meares said.

some 1,450 construction workers on the site
at the end of November. He said about 940
using the

Meares said it may be that some of the
workers at the site who live in the area are
doing their Christmas shopping here.

“Everyone’s gearing up for Christmas
and there’s a little overtime coming in,”

But the retail success seems to be

camp

widespread.
The Trail Chamber of Commerce reports
a high interest in its ‘Interest Free’

Now in its third year, the program allows
bank customers in Trail, on approved
credit, to apply for loans from $300 to
$1,000 for Christmas spending — interest

The catch is that the money
can only be spent at stores in
Trail.

“It’s going great,” Trail
Chamber of Commerce manager
Michelle Cherot said.

According to Cherot, last year
over $300,000 in loans were
approved by Trail’s financial
institutions. She said this year
$150,000 in loans: have already
gone out — and she expects that
number rise significantly.

Even outside of the Interest
Free program, she_ said
merchants in Trail appear to be
doing a brisk business.

“I’ve heard comments that it
seems busier and there’s more
people on the street and there’s
more buying.”

She said merchants have not
been met with low sales as a
result of Cominco’s layoffs.

“What people were expecting to happen
is not happening,” Cherot said.
Howard Dirks, manager of the Nelson

and District Chamber of Commerce, said he

hasn’t received a great deal of feedback
from retailers in his area. At least not yet.

“The streets are very busy and there
seems to be a hum downtown and in the
malls,” Dirks said.

“But whether that’s turning into money

at the cash registers its hard to say.”

should be interesting.

of the year and the only one for
December.

This is the one where Mayor
Audrey Moore assigns each
councillor their standing
committee they represent.

I guess it’s always kind of a
crap throw because know one
knows what they’re going to be
given.

At present, Jim Chapman
looks after Protective Services,
Lawrence Chernoff oversees
Health and Welfare/Recreation,
Kirk Duff is in charge of
Administration, Bob Pakula
looks after Planning and
Development, and Doreen
Smecher is the city
representative on the Regional
District of Central Kootenay.

The whole point is for
councillors to each attend their

Tuesday’s council session

It’s the last regular meeting

Bottom
Line

Nei/RACHYNSKI

various meetings and report
back to council what is going
on and just generally keep
everyone else up to speed.

At the very least it gives
them a chance to look like they
are doing their job.

The Works and
Services/Parks portfolio is sort
of in limbo. It was under the

Council changes for change sake don’t make sense

care of Marilyn Mathieson. But
since she departed company
with Castlegar in favor of the
coast, her alternate, Lawrence
Chernoff, has taken over.

Doug Green has not been
assigned to pick up where
Mathieson left off supposedly
because the portfolios are going
to be reassigned in just a few
days anyway.

That means Chernoff gets
saddled with Works and
Services/Parks, and Health and
Welfare/Recreation.

True, it is only two months
between the time Green was
elected and when the portfolios
are to be reassigned. But that’s
two months Green would have
had to get a running start on
handling a position on a
standing committee. No sense
in coddling someone.

The real excitement, though
is yet to come.

The councillors’ find out
what committee they will have
to sit on for the next year.
There were some mortified
looks around council chambers
last year when they were
assigned.

Changing the portfolios is
part of the same mentality of
provincial governments. The
idea is not to appoint a
minister to a position he is
familiar with, such as having a
doctor in charge of health care.
Impartial is the operative word
here.

But ministry: positions don’t
change nearly as much as the
municipal portfolios do. As
soon as a councillor gets the
ball rolling on a special project,
he or she is yanked out and
must because familiar all over
again with a_ different
committee. I think efficiency is
lost by changing annually.

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Help Wanted 99

The family of the late Mary Makaroff
wish to express our heartfelt thank-you
to all the people who came to share our
sorrow in the passing of our dear Moth-
er, Mother-in-law, Grandmother and
Great Grandmother. A special thank-
ye to all the singers, to Philip Plotnikoff
lor his help, Mike O'Connor of the Cas-
tlegar funeral home and to Mount St
Francis hospital for the wonderful care
she recieved during her stay there. God
Bless you All. Makaroff and Moojelsky
Families

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In Memoriam 27

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My thoughts wander as daylight fades to
the land of long ago,

And memory paints the scenes of old, in
the gold of twilight glow.

| seem to see, in the soft dim light a face
| loved the best,

And | think of her when the sun's last
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From Pete Lavoie and family

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ALCOHOLICS Anonymous and Al-
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Ph. 365-5167.

CASTLEGAR GRIEF SUPPORT
Meetings Home Support Office, 7 P. M.
on 3rd Monday, monthly. 365-6883 or
365-2148. Allin grief Welcome

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Four easy to prepare Christmas des-
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Cherries Jubilee, Creamy Cherry
Tarts, Chocolate Raspberry Fluff. Send
$2.00 and a self addressed stamped en-
velope to: DINAH’S KITCHEN, Box
3007D, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3H4

LOSE WEIGHT like crazy. New pro-

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Help Wanted 99

OPPORTUNITIES IN HAWAII. Re-
building from Hurricane Iniki, now in
progress. Call 516-929-0341 C146

work p vt

No academic pre-requisites. Also
available to U.1.C. recipients

Interviews begin December 9, 1992.

CareConcepts

is seeking an experienced

REGISTERED NURSE

for a part-time supervisory
position in Castlegar, beginning
in January 1993.

For further information please
call 1-862-5770 between the
hours of 0830 and 1630,
Monday through Friday.

THE FAR SIDE

By GARY LARSON

The living hell of Maurice, Jacques Cousteau’s cat

Work Wanted 126

15 YEAR OLD looking for snow re-
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Ask for Chad. 365-2152

ARE HOME PROJECTS getting on
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2342
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Pets 351

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365-2554

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Tree Service 292

BRANCHING OUT TREE SERVICE
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Pets 351

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