Castlegar News 1989 Review, April 16, 1989 “Service” is more than a word with us It could well be our middle name! © Office Supplies * Fax Service © Cards and Gifts © Office Furniture Free Delivery to Castlegar — Toll-Free Ordering The familiar in the heart of wntown Castlegar revitalization ba od “WHERE YOU WILL FIND IT ALL” -STATIONERY.© GIFTS 1265 BAY AVE., TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA VIR 4A5 of Columbia Avenue and 3rd Street was renovated in February 1988 with plans drawn up by an architect for M&B Holding Co. The interior has uniquely finished shops on the main floor, all crafted witha wooden finish and indirect lighting. A stairway to the lower level was also added to create access to 3,000 square feet of floor space. 1-800-332-0286 7 FAX “Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-5:30; Friday 9-9; Saturda {604} 368-8785 y 9:30-5:30 It’s quicker as the Crow flies... PLEASE CALL 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ALL DEPARTURE TIMES LISTED BELO} atthe corner The M&B Block on the corner of 3rd Street and 11th Avenue in downtown Castlegar was built for Bob Maddocks and Leo Bos: in 1958 and housed Maddocks Shoes and Bosse's Jewellery. T. Eaton Co. was looking for a location and asked M&B to add onto which was thi to th . In spring 1987 Bosse, president of M&B, added anew canopy and lighting tothe exterior of the building which is now home to Dr. Don Ellis, Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe and Bosse’s Jewellery 1979 Ltd. oe pater wri 2 7 WTO ENSURE PICKUP SAME DAY SERVICE FOR WEST KOOTENAY Day Deliveries within 2 hours) Tel 352-6331 1800-332 vo _uyson an —__osuane soir From Castlegar One of Trail’s longest established s.0caN businesses had a major change in its . business emphasis last September when it sold its commercial priming operations and retained and expanded its stationery and gift lines. Hall Stationery and Gifts on Bay TO: CASTLEGAR 8 Tait 730.3 From Nelson Avenue, however, still retains its basic business philosophy: ‘‘The customer comes first Terry Campeau and Mel Simister TO CASTLEGAR L NELSON _AOSSLAND_ FRUITVALE B SALMO _SLOCAN PAB From 10:15am 700m ~ 1200 10.15am Trail FRUITVALE & SALMO TO _NELSOM, CASTLEGAR & TRAIL From — 900am Rossland 2.00 pm From Fruitvale 10 ELSON, CASTLEGAR, TRAIL & ROSSLAND and Salmo 12 Courier Systems Inc. 622 Front Street, Nelson. BC Vit 487 PHONE 1-800-332-4471 for Same Day Service West Kootenay 1-800-663-5540 for Overnight 8 C. & Out of Province 352.6331 for Nelson Customers 352.6788 - Fax The RADIUS M100/M206/M214 mobile radios put the crisp, clean sound of Motorola technology to work for you at a price that will put you in touch with the people working for you No matter where you use th streets or mountain roads Authorized Motorola Dealer Agent for the Kootenays KOOTENAY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 717 industrial Robd No. 2, Cranbrook, B.C. VIC 4C9 Phone 426-8251 Auto Tel 489-7012 Fax 426-5523 Out-of-Town Sales Inquiries call 1-800-663-6302 your compact and derfenceble Recive Mobite will get your message through day after day, year after yé purchased Hall Printing in 1973 from the descendents of the Hail family. A A. Hall-and his partner_and_ brother Elmer took over the business in the early 1940s. Elmer Hall, the original owner, had been a commercial printer and his Trail Ad News, operated in competition to what is now the Trail Daily Times. The Trail Ad newspaper, the News was not functioning when the brothers took over At Hall Stationery and Gifts customer needs always come first, and that has never changed Campeau, general manager, and his partner, Rosemarie Catalano, stationery manager, and the staff con tinue to put the customer first Ifa customer isn’t happy, we want to know why,’* Campeau_ says “We've had many changes this last year. A major one occurred Sept. 1 when Dave Charires took over the Printing Shop and along with about six employees. Our customers are used to dealing -with—both—print-shop and stationery, and we're glad they haven't had any problems—adapting- tothe change, businesses complemented each other aone stop shopping spot.”” When Campeau bought the store in 1973, a print shop and small retail store went with it — 2, 100 square feet in all Overcrowded conditions forced the because in the past these two Curriers gives good service By ‘*good service,”’ Walter Siemens prides himself on his tradition of good service to the com munity of Trail and the regional community of Kootenay greater West He is the owner of Curriers Insuran ce on Bay Avenue in Trail and of Rossland Insurance in Rossland, managed by his son Byron em. on construction sites, farms, city © Synthesized multi-channel opera tion, up to.16 channels (M214) with scan, Multiple tone or digital squelch codes. © Choose either high or low power models © Field programmable to let you add or change trequencies/squeich © High impact housing with optional extra stability mount meets MIL-STD 810 C and D. Build a communications system round your mobiles by adding sew We specialize in solving your communication prob. lems. We offer mobile direct dial telephone ser vice in_12 major centres in the East and West Kootenays with free local calls. Siemens means that he and his staff offer personal at- tention to the needs of clients. The of fice offers a full range of insurance un- der one roof: automotive, life, home, business, boats and travel Siemens also offers a notary. public service which includes property tran. sfers, wills, mortgages and leases. Included in the day-to-day operation of the business are six em- ployees. Irene Renz is office manager She has been with the company for 17 years. Another long-serving employee is sales agent Peter Majesgy, a Castlegar resident who has 25 years of insurance sales experience. Majesgy is responsible for developing business, throughout the Kootenays as far as Salmo and Nelson, and points in between As well as his sincere belief in catering fully to the needs of clients, Siemens believes in service to his com- munity and te the insurance industry He has been a Trail alderman, is a board member of the Trail Alliance Church, and is politically active. He currently serves as chairman of the in surance industry’s regulatory body, the Insurance Council of B.C., and is a director of the B-C Assessment Authority mobile home, bonding, Looking to the future, doesn’t expect a boom in Trail, but on the other hand he is pleased to note new developments such as the new Dairy Queen in downtown Trail and the Home Hardware store across from ‘Waneta Plaza Siemens “Trail will continue to grow,” he id Curriers Insurance will grow asthe community grows.”” Hall’s puts customer first owners to expand and in 1978 they moved the print shop across the street beneath the Field’s building. With its floor space tripled, Hall Printing could diversify into more stationery products and carry a few gifts on the store’s attractive decor, the The next major move came ii 1986 merchandise carried and the good ser when the ownets bought the building vice. This customer support makes it next door to their Bay Avenue location easy to maintain excellent customer to give them 4,300 square feet. They — business relationships. expanded the stationery line, had room to display gifts and keep aline of office proved the business had customer in- terests always in mind Successfully market, ahead. offsetting a soft the business moved steadily They had many compliments Campeau sees the area’s declining g Castlegar to the world is one of the major man- dates of the Castlegar and District Development Board. In 1988, the board sent out more than 400 kit folers containing business development information to potential investors in Canada, the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Executive directors Harry Stan and Richard Maddocks also attended conferences in the Pacific North. west, Vancouver and Victoria. “Phere are investors looking for a place to start oF ex- pand their business," Stan said, ‘Our job is to present Castlegar as the best of the alternatives, that Castlegar is where it's happening.”” In addition, board staff, including. secretary/recep- tionist Diana Warner, provided information to an average of 40 inquiries per week from local residents wishing to start new businesses. Other assistance for businesses in Castlegar and Areas: land J of the acne _ ict of Central Kootenay include: ° p ation and g clients; * = liaison with eity prceren © pertinent data and current information requested by potential clients on the industrial park; * assistance to entrepreneurs interested in developing destination attractions in Castlegar and the surrounding area; © continuing promotion of Castlegar and area as a location for potential entrepreneurs; © exploring and securing grants arid programs for ex. ternal funding; * promoting industry and business development; and © access to on-line data banks. “*in 1988, we got on-line access to the Federal Business Development Bank’s AIM (Automated. scr inneonond for ),"” said officer for the board. ‘AIM provides business information for new and existing businesses. It’s a very powerful and comprehensive program that is available to any business fora nominal fee (to cover line charges).”” A second. on-line business network that the board provides access to is the B.C. Business Net (BCBN). The BCBN has the latest statistics provided through Statistics Canada. Another of its many functions is Supply Net, procurement. Accor- _ listing of products for government ding to Maddocks, any business can be listed: “We have application forms here,” he said. It also includes Venture Net. Venture Net is a ‘network that takes new businesses that have been defined in the area and lists them on a regularly updated data system throughout the world,” Maddocks said. In the program, new business ideas are taken from the conceptual stage by economic development officers the province, hed and ped. Once they are deemed economically feasible, they are added to Venture Net. The seven members of the board give a diverse professional community perspective to all board functions, These members are: chairman Henry John, vice-chairman Diane Piket, treasurer Gordon Brady, and directors Mike Bonderoff, Francis Tait, Russell Leamy and Castlegar Ald. Albert Calderbank. Maddocks and Stan network with” the” following groups: © Community Futures Committee of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Maddocks is chairman and Stan treasurer of this federal committee. * Canadian Association of Single Industry Towns. © Economic Development Association of B.C. * Pacific Northwest Industrial Development Coun- cil © Wesi Kootenay Economic Co-ordinating Group of which they were founding members * The Provincial Regionalization program for the West Kootenay Region * Kootenay Development Region Economic Diver sification Group. Stan sits on various task forces. Last year was another year of intense activity for the development board. The board|assisted with the sale of two lots in the industrial park, set up the data networking with the BCBN, set up the Federal Business Development Bank AIM network, presented a brief opposing the way the Castlegar-Robson ferry closure was handled and assisted in the commitment for a hydrographic survey As part of the Kootenay Development Regional Economic Diversification Group, the board introduced the minister of state, Rita Johnston, at a supper where the minister explained how decentralization was going to Tun- ction in the Kootenay region. The board had input into the process of setting priorities for this region. The board applied for and received a grant to hire-six people. This allowed the following work to be completed: uail upgrading and underbrush clearning on Zuckerberg Island, contruction of a platform around the CPR Station " up of neighborhood beach, complete path restoration at Syringa Creek Park, upgrading and con- struction of cross-country paths at Selkirk College, and upgrading ol the Brilliant, Storeacres;Farrys-andPass. Creek community halls and the Thrums Fire Hall The board participated in the Castlegar feature in the Kootenay Business Magazine (fall 1988 edition) and ac- tively promoted the reconstruction of the Robson wharf This facitity wilt becompleted in the spring of 1989: The board hired Jeanne Case and Kathy Armstrong on the Employment Plus program to conduct a telephone shopping survey, do a traffic survey on Columbia Avenue, Clinic provides traditional medicine Tucked behind a lilac hedge, two maple trees, a wild choke-cherry tree anda towering Douglas” fir is Castlegar’s Naturopathic Clinic at 1100 Fourth Street testing, Nature’s Path Clinic include colonic therapy (new to the stitutional hydrotherapy, food allergy iridology manipulation, herbal medicines, food open house in This will be just in time to begin the outdoor tan dscaping 10 cfeate a big display herb garden on the grounds. ly May Kootenay), con- analysis, V anzhov’s future plans involve con _Cameron. And the library is looking equipment and furniture The economic downturn that produced a soft market was another reason the business took an aggressive position: the Fax machine, whieh sen- ds and receives hard copy through the telephone system, met with over whelming success and showed the need to keep on top of technological change in their industry Toll-free lines gave customers better service and free out-of-town deliveries population as the biggest competitor in their business. He feels they may have fewer customers,-but they -must stock more. products. Equally they must continue to ‘do better.”” business; —which—selts everything from computer supplies to pens and pencils, he, Catalano and the staff are prepared to take that extra step to prove to their customers that one-stop shopping still exists, only now it's under a new Stationery and Gifts important, In the name: Hall Inland Natural Gas, Serving The West Kootenay for Over 30 Years INLAND'S CASTLEGAR STAFF: Nadine Larsh, clerk/typist, Alan Gorcak, serviceman, Jim Pilla, Branch Manager INLAND NATURAL GAS CO. LTD. Originally Zdorovia Family clinic, the name was just recently changed to Nature’s Path Clinic “Few people could pronounce Zdorovia which means good health or wellness in Russian™ Dr. Filip Van- zhov says. What sets this clinic apart) from others is Vanzhov naturopathic physician, practises traditional medicine which is different in philosophy and treatment (although similar in diagnostics) to conventional medicine as practised by medical doc- tors. The length of education is with three years of pre-med and four years at a specialized college The naturopathic doctor studies all areas in the standard medical sciences: physiology, histology, biochemistry, micro-biology, im munology, pathology, and clinical, physical, laboratory and x-ray diagnois. Further specialization in herbology and botanical medicine, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, homeopathic medicine, hydrotherapy, bodywork, massage, spinal and joint manipulation, natural childbirth, nutrition, gynecology and psychology is required. Naturopathic medicine involves the most natural treatment for all levels of health — physical, mental, emotional and spiritual A naturopathic physician is a gover- nment-licensed doctor and is regulated by the Association of Naturopathic Physicians Board of British Columbia The services of naturopathic physicians are paid for under the Medical Services Plan of B.C. for eight to 15 visits depending on the patient’s age and-type of service provided. No referral from any other doctor is necessary as naturopathic physicians are primary-care doctors treating all who, tas a similar, anatomy, supplements, nutritional and lifestyle consultation. In the near future, ex pansion of services will include acupuncture, physiotherapy, massage, and expanded laboratory testing of blood and urine as wellas hair analysis Vanzhov has been satisiied with his first year in practise and thanks the people of the Kootenay Lor their suy during the tong renovation of the building. The tinal work should be done by the end of this month, and will bg celebrated with an port, especially Linuing to Wael to Nelson weekly, and Creston, Grand Forks and-Kasto mon Unly. Hicis most excited about plans for ihe formation and development oF wo projects that will significantly improve the health and wellness of people Willing to take responsibility tor their lifestyle and are These nuturopathic hospitat in B.C involve the creation of a and the finding of an appropriate location tor @ health ranch in the local interior legion of the Kootenay» Rea Your Basement Locally Owned & Operated No job is too large, or too small -—MIXED CONCRETE——-*=2=- * Get the Concrete Advantage for * Cash Discount Available! * Drain Rock * Sand * Road Gravel * Mortar Sand © Top Soil Delivery to your site or you pick types of acute and chronic condition: Extended health coverage provide for additional treatment and medication. The Workers’ Compensation Board pays for job-related injuries as does ICBC for automobile-accident juries. Treatment of certain chronic problems have been very successful by using alternative medicir Vanzhov was originally inspired by Dr. Bernard Jensen, a chiropractic and naturopathic doctor from California who did nutritional research among the Doukhobor community in the Kootenays. He num crous acelainy for pionecring work in. iridology and nutrition which Vanzhov has studied in depth from him The services currently available at has received * Ask about special discounts on forms and form ties. ¢ Fibremesh — concrete surface cracking reducer which eliminates the use of wire mesh. Ask about it! 411-9th Ave Castlegar 4 Office 365-2430 u Call Bob, Lorne, Mike, Don or Ritchie for quality concrete at competitive prices! Radio Equipped Trucks CONCRETE Genelle 693-2430 and compile directories of home-based businesses, manufacturers and businesses and services in Castlegar and Areas I and J. These surveys and directories will help new and existing businesses plan more efficiently for future in. vestment or expansions. Marilyn Gauthier was hired on a part-time basis as a research assistant to conduct development opportunity research, daa research and provide client assistance for business development. The board is actively participating in providing acom- munications link throughout the West Kootenay region and is preparing and distributing kit ‘folers featuring Castlegar as the future of the Kootenays. The board is also participating in a promotional video of the West Kooenay area and distributing trading area maps which indicate population and occupied dwellings to promote the market area. Castlegar News 1989 Review, April 16, 1989 -CDDB sells Castlegar to worl in addition, the board is encouraging expansion of the pulp mill to reduce pollution and increase efficient usage of local wood supplies and as part of the transportation task force, the extension of Highway 23 south from Fauquier to Castlegar was addressed. This extension would provide @ link to Highways | (Trans Canada) and 6 (Okanagan), with connections to the Coquihalla Highway system. This would open the Arrow Lakes area for investment, tourism and would compiéte circle tours. As part of the Regional Ecgnomie Diversificat Group, the board has set priorities which include the reduc- tion of draw-down on the Arrow Lakes, expanding the campground at Syringa Creek to include either more cam- psites or a group camping area, and the installation of generators at the Hugh Keenleyside dam. The board will also assist the City of Castlegar in the development of an alternate traffic route Library wins award The Castlegar library is doing so well the staff have been ‘victimized by our own success,’’ head librarian Judy Wearmouth says. The staff is so busy keeping up with the almost 4,000 library members and their needs that thereis little time to put together new programs or expand-the ones already in place, she says. Still, the staff takes time to runa pre- Sctiool reading hour each week, set up the summer_reading program and arrange visits and readings by authors like Ellen Schwartz and Anne for someone to run a toddler story hours Wearmouth says. s looking into 4 plan to share a video collections with other West Kootenay libraries and establish a West Kootenay library loan network for books among the tOtibraries in the area: Circulation went up 21 per cenit last year to 94,301. With a grant from the city, the library purchased nearly 2,000 new books to boost the collection to almost 38,000. Last year was the first full year for the library in its new building, com- pleted in June‘of 1987. The library won the B.C. Library Association award for the most improved library in 1987 The staff had to adjust to some big changes in personnel in 1988. Librarian Pat Livingstone retired after 12 years of service and secretary Elaine Blydo stepped down after five years Last, year, the summer reading program had its highest enrollment yet inter- The Castlegar & District Development Board Cordially Invites YOU To explore business “FUTURE OF THE KOOTENAYS!”’ Box 3056 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4 (604) 365-3959 with more than 200 children par- ticipating. This year the program will continue if the library receives a Challenge 89 grant, Wearmouth says. PLAZA BAKERY “We Use No Preservatives’ Castleaird Plaza Ph. 365-5944 FRITZ & MARGIT FURTNER 9 Years of Service TERRY DALTON BARRISTER & SOLICITOR 805-21st Street, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 2H4 Telephone 365-2841 CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL 411-9th Ave., Castlegar, B.C. 365-3222 MICHAEL & THERESE O'CONNOR 1¥2 Years of Service DR. FILIP VANZHOV NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN General Family Practice in Preventative Medicine Colonic Therapy Nutritional Therapy Food Allergy Testing Herbal Medicine Hydrotherapy “NATURE HAS A REMEDY Appointments 365-2477 Nature's Path Family Clinic 1400-4th St. Castlegar, VIN 2A9 ‘Mon., Tues., Wed. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Other times by Appointment)