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Committee doesn't think big.

The committee is in‘the
process of applying for one of
the largest federal grants
ever in a bid to get Castle
gar's unemployed back to
work.

The grant is for $3.8
million and to be used as an
incentive for B.C. Hydro to
start work immediately on its
Keenleyside dam generating
project.

The dam, which lies seven
kilometres upstream from
Castlegar on the Columbia
River, was completed in 1968
as part of the U.S.-Canada
Columbia River Treaty.

It was designed only to
provide storage for down.
stream flood control and to
increase power generation in
the U.S.

Generating capacity was
never included in the dam.
And now B.C. Hydro plans to
install generators.

However, Hydro has indi-
cated that construction on
the generating project will
begin in late 1986 at the
earliest, with all likelihood
that the start-up date will be
delayed because of the drop
in demand for electricity.

That's where the Castlegar
Economic Development Com-
mittee has stepped in.

The committee has pre-
pared an application for a
$3.8 million federal grant
which will help offset the
wages of the 540 workers
who would be employed on
the generating project.

In return, Hydro must
promise to begin the dam two
years earlier than planned
and finish it according to
schedule. That would mean
the generating project would
take eight years to complete
instead of the planned six.

The committee is anxious
to see the project start be-
cause of the 23 per cent
unemployment level in the
West Kootenay fegion. Hy-

$3.8 million grant is to real
locate money being spent on
unemployment insurance
benefits and spend it instead
on wages for dam workers,

“We're not saying that,
Hydro is getting the money
at all,” explains Maloney. |

He said it's simply a ques- |
tion of either paying unem-
ployed residents unemploy-
ment insurance benefits or
giving them the equivalent
amount in wages and getting
the generating project off the
ground. two years earlier
than planned.

“We're going after $3.8
million in benefits for work-
ers,” says Maloney.

Maloney adds that the |

work on the dam will be “a
helluva lot more meaningful”
than some other federal
grant projects.
Committee secretary
Rithard Maddocks also de-

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fended the grant

“We are throwing all our
eggs in one basket,” he ad-
mitted, but he quickly adds,
“It was a basket that was
there.”

The grant application will
be submitted to Hydro, the
provincial and federal gov-
ernments. Credit Union chief
economist Richard McAlary
also helped with the appli
cation.

Maloney has been at the
helm of the Economic De-
velopment Committee since
its inception in January 1982.
The committee was formed
following a public forum on
Castlegar’s economy.

Following the forum, the
six-member panel opted to
continue working as an econ-

WORKING HARD . . . Castlegar Economic Develop-
ment Committee secretary Richard Maddocks and
chairman Gary Maloney. Committee is applying to

to the committee, but
through it all Maloney and
Maddocks have remained as
chairman and secretary, res-
pectively.

Maloney says the commit-
tee’s focus hasn't changed in
two years. He says the com-
mittee’s mandate is to act as
a liaison with government
and business, and to improve
the community's indentity.

The committee “is still
steadfast in our original phil-
isophical structure,” he says.

The committee has met
with all levels of government

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to help bolster Castlegar’s
sagging economy.

Since then, there have

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As an example, he points
to a meeting with BC Timber
president John Montgomery.
He said the meeting helped
clarify a number of local is-
sues.

One issue that was a par.
ticular concern was the Cel-
gar pulp and sawmill oper-
ations in Castlegar. Maloney
said Montgomery made it
clear the local operations
“would certainly be the last
one they would ever get rid
of.”

Maloney says that perhaps
the single most important
role the committee has ful-
filled is that it became “the
blueprint” for many commun-
ity self-help izati

federal government for a $3.8 million grant to spur the
early start-up of the Keenleyside generating project.

mittee's non-partisan struc-
ture allows anyone to have
some recourse, where they
may not with other bodies.

As for the future, Maloney
says the days of the mega-
project are over. The work-
force and small business “are

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going to be the guys who are
going to be successful in
the 80s,” he says.

And along those lines, the
committee's focus in the
future will be to encourage
investment in the community
on a smaller scale, he says.

it all

under one roof

In an effort to provide his
customers with a well-round-
ed service, Carvil Moorey,
owner of And: Insurance

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seolnal cefonslultties of
operating the motor vehicle
branch here in Castlegar in
February of 1983.

Customers can get insur-
ance, drivers licence renew-
als and even specialty licence
plates all under one roof.

The insurance side of An-
derson Insurance, can pro-
vide general insurance in-
cluding personal insurance
for dwelling, contents of the
home, boat, travel, sickness,
accident and also car insur-
ance.

And on the motor vehicle
side, the company offers ser-
vices for:

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sized vehicles

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Anderson Insurance has
been operating in Castlegar
under various names and
owners since the 1940s.
Moorey purchased the com-
pany from Hugh Nicol in
1975.

Says Moorey: “We've been
very successful, every year
we have had a reasonably
good growth in the general
(insurance) as well as the
auto.”

The staff of Anderson In-
surance Agencies Ltd., in-
cluding Rae Penman, Louise
Wishlow, Louise Fisher,
Kerry Wood, Anne Zibin, and
Kathy Osachoff, and Moorey
himself are glad to be able to
provide the community with
a worthwhile service.

JORGEN MUNCK .

West Kootenay

marketing representative.

When you're talking pre-
manufactured homes —
whether you're in the West
Kootenays or the farthest
reaches of northwestern
B.C. — you're talking Pac-
ifie Homes. That's because
the longtime B.C.-based
firm has built its business
on dependability, quality
and service.

Pacific Homes is in fact a
member of a larger family
of housing manufacturing
firms that includes Pacific
Truss Ltd. and Pacific
Builders Supplies Ltd.
with its head office in
Cobble Hill, just south of
Duncan on Vancouver Is-
land.

With Ken McKinnon as
president, the Pacific
group boasts three manu-
facturing centres in the
province — one at Cobble
Hill, another at Langley
and a third at Cranbrook.
As well, the company has a
network of marketing rep-
resentatives stretching
from the kootenays to
Prince Rupert.

In business for more
than a quarter-centurv.
Pacific Homes offers the
kind of stability and sound
financial base that home
buyers need.

“In this type of economic
climate that’s important to
a person,” explains Pacific
Homes’ West Kootenay.
marketing Pp i

Attention to detail and
home buyers’ needs makes
Pacific Homes a leader in
the industry.

Pacific Homes takes
great care in reviewing
with each customer their
needs and desires in plan-
ning their home. Almost all
of the homes sold through-
out British Columbia have
been customized to the
buyers’ specifications.

And that’s where the
Pacific Homes slogan “your
plans or our plans” really
means something.

“We feel a person should
be able to get the home
they want whether it is one
of our plans or not,” Munck
said.

“When talking with
prospective buyers, we try
and ensure the’ person
gains knowledge. That is
the role of the represen-
tative,” Munek explained.

“The really important
challenge is to understand
what people want, need
and can afford.”

Wherever possible, Paci-
fic Homes uses materials
produced and manufactur-
ed in the Kootenays, and
encourages the use of
tradesmen who live close
to the customer's location.

That means Pacific
Homes salesmen work on
the “full price philosophy.”
“We don't give a price until

Jorgen Munck. Home buy-
ers today want to be as-
sured their project will be
seen through to the final
detail.

the cus-
Munck

And the price includes a
full package price plus an
estimate of the balance of

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the on-site costs such as
sewer, water, site prepar-
ation, permits, etc.

“The buyer must be
aware that the package we
sell is part of his total
cost,” Munck emphasizes,
“and helping the buyer as-
sess that total cost is part
of the work of our sales
professionals.”

Those sales profession-
als each have a minimum
12 years in the housing in-
dustry.

Munck joined Pacific
Homes after moving to
Nelson from Saskatche-
wan. He lived in*Salmo
peentil he graduated from
the University of B.C. in
1958. His parents contin-
ued to live in Salmo until
1978.

Munck received a Mas-
ters of Business Adminis-
tration in 1964 from the
University of Washington.
He has been involved in
the housing industry since
1971 when he was manager
of a manufactured housing
operation in Saskatchew-
an.

As a final note, Munck
points out that the fact
Pacific Homes has a plant
in Cranbrook makes it the
nearest manufacturer of
housing units ta the West
Kootenays. That means
Pacific Homes is better
able to fit the delivery to
the home buyer's needs
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280 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C.
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15 Years of Service

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Castlegar
365-3522

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15 Years of Service

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272 Cohene Ave.,
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36 Years of Service

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Phone 365-5386

42 Years of Service

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HAIRSTYLING

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Phone 365-5677

Glen Carew, Owner/Operator
1129-3rd Street

10 Years of Service

EMCO

ENGINEERING LTD.

186 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

RON ROSS

6% Years of Service

DR. MARVIN
LeROY

OPTOMETRIST

1012-4th Street
Castlegar
Phone 365-3361

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Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 noon

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Unionized Contractor

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FRANK AND DICK McLEOD
Box 3486, Castlegar

55 Years of Service

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1224 3rd Street

5 Years of Service

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2593 Broadwater
Robson
365-7941

MARTIN PENNER

13 Years of Service

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1038 Columbia Ave.

Castlegar
365-6534

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19 Years of Service

Woodland
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Commercial and
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MIKE & LILLIAN SEMENOFF
2433-9th Avenue

31 Years of Service

Sears

343 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C.
Ph. 365-3331

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81 Years of Service

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