ENTERTAINMENT DNESDAY, January 8, 1992 2B Upcoming SUBMITTED Biotechnology. it is a leading- edge word, one to which a certain amount of controversy has already attached itself. It is actu- ally a very broad term covering countless applications of biologi- cal science to agriculture, food processing, forestry, and health. The West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre's upcoming BOOKS READ BETWEEN THE LINES BOOKS ABOOK IS BOOKS AGIFT THAT CAN BE BOOKS OPENED AGAIN & AGAIN 362-5333 Open 7 days a week in downtown Rossland exhibit. “The Living F will explore the subject in rela- tion to each of these areas, as well as those of bi fety and gi i rjunior secondary schools heduled to explore the exhibif under her biotechnology marketing Housed in the NEC's main gallery from January 7 through February 25, the walk-through exhibit is intended to provide’ both children and adults with insight into what is going on in fields of biological research and applied science that will play ever greater roles in the next century. The extibit originated with the Semaine des Sciences du Quebec and Ottawa's National Museum of Science and Technology. According to the NEC’s edu- cation coordinator, Maureen Stel ck, some 1,400 students from Selling something? Phone 365-5266 Your Dining Guide Cen Help Us Celebrate the Start of ‘1992’ 20 Pieces of Golden Delicious Chicken ¥ 2 y ee) Celgar & Cominco meal tickets accepted Call us today! 365-5304 2816 Columbia Ave. Don’t forget the Salads and Fries with a 1992 Barrel Sale Reg. $24.99 Now Only $19.92 Save $5.07 All the month of January MOVIES ive supervision “Biotechnology is a very current topic,” says Stelck. “It's some thing the kids need to learn about these days.” The exhibit will be of no less interest to adults. Ste! ck feels the uses of biotechnology for the reduction df pollution will be of interest to environmentalist Starting with an illustrated explanation of the structure and function of the cell, the building block of living things, the exhibit ranges through the use of fermen- tation and other processes in food manufacture, the use of anti-bod- ies in the treatment of diseases, the utilization of bactéria and genetic engineering in agriculture and forestry, and the employment of bacteria in the task of reducing exhibit at the NEC explores Biotechnology ing Factories.” The National Exhibition Centre is located across from the Castlegar Airport on Highway 3A. The NEC's hours are 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m Tuesday through Friday, and 12:00 p.m/ - 4:30 p.m. Saturday Area residents are invited to visit the NEC and see “The Liv- and Sunday. wee Local clubs faced quiet New Year's celebrations Owners report a decrease in SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Recession tightened up tradi tion in Castlegar, as 1991 went out with a whimper rather than a bang in local and surrounding area clubs. Evan Shaw, co-owner of the hard rocking club Brewskies, located in the Hi Arrow Motor Inn, says attendance reached only half of what was expected for the big night “I guess people were con- cerned about the cost. For a lot of people there's very little cash available after Christmas,” Shaw said. The club owner believes many locals maintained a quict uneventful evening, and a return to the less expensive house party. Brewskies even had the popu lar band No Excuse hired to rock in the new year, but with a $10 cover-charge and another $5 for meals—the crowd just didn't show. “We did all right. But we're going to change our thinking for alcohol consumption as well ing and driving. Everyone knew the RCMP were out with road- checks,” she said. There was no cover-charge at Banjo's and no meal was served. 41 guess people were concerned about the cost. For a lot of people there's very little cash avail- able after Christmas.' — EVAN SHAW Brewskies co-owner next year,” Shaw finished Although a full house pre- vailed at Banjo's, a country club located in the Fireside Inn, Val Bann, a co-owner, says alcohol consumption was down com- pared to last New Year's Eve “I don't think people had the money to drink a lot this year. As well, I believe they are more * careful when it comes to drink- There were however, party favours and snacks, while the house band, San Jose West, pro- vided the tunes. “(New Year's) wasn't as wonderful this year as it has been in the past, but it wasn't a bomb either,” Bann finished. Dexter's, a club in the Sand. man Inn, recorded a full house as well, and hired the band Crossroads to help ring in the New Year. ‘ Once again, the club owner noticed patrons were more con- scious about their alcohol con- sumption. “We didn't have a decrease in the number of people turning out, but we did notice more people were controlling their alcohol consumption and a few people were spending the night in the hotel rather than driving home,” said Lee Boyer, Dex- ter’s owner. Some clubs in Nelson and Trail also reported a lower than average response to New Year's parties The Dam fan, a pub located in South Slocan, also reported a “very quiet evening”. According to one bartender on duty during New Year's Eve, “People were concerned about their VISA's earlier this year, than they have been in the past.” ‘Fear of Flying’ opens at Nelson Museum SUBMITTED An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Peter Velisek of Slo- can Park opens at the Nelson Museum January 6 and will con- tinue until January 31 The exhibition is entitled “Fear of Flying” and includes black and white pen and ink drawings done during a visit 10 Czechosloyakia in 1990, and recent oil paintings on paper and board, as well as a series of life drawings done in charcoal. Peter Velisek was born in Pisek, Southern Bohemia, Czechosloyakia, in 1948, and received his schooling there, tak- ing private tessons in drawing while studying at the Institute of Technology. He came to Canada 18 years ago, and after some time in Vancouver, moved to the Slo- can Valley, where he purchased land and built a log house for his family. In 1971 he attended the Koote nay School of Art, taking the commercial art program there. A one-man show of Sculpture at the Kitimat Museum was held in 1972. In 1991 he was introduced to colour in workshops with David Alexander and John Cooper, and has been painting continuously since that time. As well as his exhibition at the + Nelson Museum, Peter Veliskek will be showing his work at the 6816 or 365-7450. show. Castlegar J Arts Council Q ¢ Kootenay Art Club meets every Wed. night from 7 - 10 pm at the Senior's Citizen Hall. All levels welcome. Info: 365- © WKNEC - Opening January 7 BIOTECHNOLOGY - a science © Did you get a camera for Christmas? West Kootenay Camera Club meets January 14, 7 pm at K.J.8.S. Grand Forks Art Gallery in February of 1992. His work is in private art collections in Europe, the USA, Australia as well as Canada. A reception to meet the artist will be held on Friday, January 10 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m Exhibition hours are from 1 p.m to 4 p.fl. daily except Sunday. Exhibitions at the Nelson Museum are financially assisted by the City of Nelson and. thé Province of BC. A small admis- sion fee is charged to those who are not members of the Museum. valling all poets Twelve thousand dollars in prizes will be awarded this year to over 250 poets in the North American Open Poetry Contest sponsored by the National Library of Poetry. The deadline for the contest is January 31, 1992. The contest is open to everyone and entry is FREE. Any poet, whether previously published or not, can be a win- ner. Every poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. To enter, send ONE original poem, any subject and any style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box 704-PB, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and the poet's name and address should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 1992. A new contest opens February 1, 1992. re U nn ¥ oy ine eal Business news? 365-5579 WEDNESDAY, J y 8, 1992 3B How to pay less tax and have more money How to pay less tax - and sim- ply how to have more money; that's what most readers want to know. From reader J.C., ‘I don't haye a pension from a former employer. I'd like to take advan- tage of the $1,000 pension income amount but don't under- stand how to do this.”” You must be 65 or older. Then you have three choices; <1) Convert RRSP funds to a RRIF or annuity. All the income will qualify and you can claim the pension income amount - which will save you about $270 tax a year. (2) Use non-RRSP funds to buy a guaranteed income annuity, which only life insurance compa- nies sell. Although it’s like a term deposit, GIA income quali- fies as either interest or pension income. (3) Buy a prescribed annuity is added to income and taxed. Do the mortgage paydown benefits more than outweigh the tax you pay plus the loss of the future tax-sheltered growth? Fi I ly, the answer is usually no, espe- cially if you are in one of the two higher tax brackets. However, if for personal and (again, sold only by a life insur- ance company). The income part of the payments also qualifies as cither interest or pension income. From P.H., “Is there any pain- less way to withdraw our RRSP money to pay down the mort- °” The RRSP money you take out possibly ial reasons you do go ahead, remember to take out the money in $5,000 chunks so only 10 per cent income tax will be withheld. But also remember to plan for the extra tax you will have to pay next April 30. From P.S.: “‘My husband had RRSPs but no registered pension which means he now loses out on the special $5,000 spousal RRSP contribution. Is that fair?” If you are in a pension plan, you end up drawing all the pen- sion in your name. If your spouse is in a lower tax bracket, you pay more tax than if you had con- tributed to a spousal RRSP, with the income eventually taxed in that spouse's hands Ottawa allows pensioners to put up to $6,000 a year into a spousal plan through 1994 to try to rectify that imbalance and make up for the new rule that says people with only pensions can no longer make RRSP contri- butions. From E.W.: ‘‘Is there any point switching Canada Savings Bonds to T-Bill accounts to get more interest? That will only increase my tax bill, won't it?” And from N.O.: “I'm a single parent with taxable income Castlegar merchants give shoppers two thumbs up SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The 1991 Christmas shopping season was a prosperous one for Castlegar merchants with most reporting an increase in sales over last year. From ski equipment to jew-* ellery to clothing and hardware stores, merchants say their sales surpassed what experts across the province and the media had predicted would occur this holi- were very busy. So too were the days between Christmas and New Year's,” said Raymond Bosse of Bosse's Jewellery. \ Heather Bonnet of Bonnett’s “We had an increase in sales over last year at this time—that's a bonus,” she said. Bonnett also expressed her thanks to local resi- dents who kept their shopping ‘I think It's important to thank everyone who supported us—we're pretty pleased with the results.’ — HEATHER BONNETT Bonnett's Men's Wear day slow sh season. “I believe we are up in sales over last year. Although we start- ed out slow, the last few days pping Men's Wear says her sales were up as well, and is confident going into 1992. dollars in the community. “T think it's important to thank everyone who supported us— uy Be: The most recent graduates of Selkir| gy program finished final exams engaged in co-operative education Smithers, department head Wayne k College's Electronics Engineering Technolo- December 12. The seven graduates were whicht combines periods of classroom instruc- tion with periods of paid employment in their career field.(L-R) Instructor Ron Chernoff, Bill Taylor, Theo de Kruyf, David Prcevich, Wayne Whitmore, Richard Aitzetmueller, Bill English and Doug Krivsky. Instructional assistant Phillip Carpendale and instructor Bill Susut. Photo submitted WOOD SUPPLY INC. we're pretty pleased with the results.” Echoing these remarks is Rose Koch, owner of Rose's ‘iq’ of$29,000 which is enough for our needs. I'm now in a higher tax bracket. Should I rent out my basement suite?” Yes all the way: the higher your income, the more money you will have: left - even if you do pay more tax. With the rental, you should be able to deduct a portion of your heating, hydro and similar bills - otherwise not deductible - to reduce the extra tax. From G.E.: **What do they mean by the ‘non-taxable’ part of capital gains? Is that the same as. the capital gains exemption?” When you have a capital gain (profit on the sale of stocks, rev- enue property, a business and so on), three-quarters of the gain is considered a taxable capital gain. The remaining one-quarter is the nontaxable capital gain. You must declare the taxable capital gain but may then claim an exemption. The capital gains exemption is a lifetime i of $100,000 - in Castlegar, who also stated sales were up this holiday season as compared to previous. “We hear and read so many negative comments about our economic situation—I'd like to thank the local shoppers who spent their dollars at home which enabled merchants to have a prosperous Christmas,” Koch said. Economic conditions did not point in a positive direction in Castlegar due to a number of factors, including the Closing of the Westar sawmill and an earlier strike at Celgar. Mer- chants agree that shoppers were waiting until the last minute before buying Christ- mas gifts, and say they appreci- ate the fact that many residents had to dig deep “I wouldn't want to guess at what the economic situation will be like throughout the next few months, but I'm sure everyone will remain hopeful and do their best to ensure a healthy 1992,” finished Koch. or $500,000 for the shares of cer- tain small businesses and farms. So if you have a $100,000 capital gain, you claim the $100,000 capital gains exemp- tion and probably pay no tax (Actually, you declare the $75,000 taxable ((PLS SET tax- able ITALIX)) capital gain and claim an offsetting $75,000 deduction. We Want to Make Your Business Look Good. GOLDRUSH Breakfast or Lunch Special 1004 Columbia Avenue - Phone 365-8155 INFO ‘92 The representatives of UBC, UVic, SFU, BCIT, University College of the Cariboo, Okanagan University College, Open Learning Agency, West Kootenay Teacher Education Program and Selkirk College will be available to the general public in the Main Lounge, Selkirk College, Castlegar Campus, to iscuss programs, admission requirements and procedures: Thursday, January 16, 1992 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, January 17, 1992 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Business glance Birthday Bucks - Janice Kelley at Kel Print, on Columbia Ave near the new Castlegar Foods store has a novel marketing idea ~ Birthday Bucks. For every $10 (excluding taxes) spent on stationery gupplies in her store, she will give you a Birthday Buck. Keep the birthday bucks and then on her birthday, Tuesday February 25th, each birthday buck will be worth $1 on the purchase of any item in her store except labour on custom orders, telephone charges for fax, and taxes. Details are written on the birthday bucks. TheLion’sdteadPub Robson, B.C 365-5811 FREE Pool on Mondays. Only .50¢ pool in town. Lunch Menu Friendly Atmosphere cable 10 Schedule for Jan. 8 & 9, 1992 Wed. 6:30pm, Thurs. 9:00 am + West Kootenay Today — A look at the upcoming programs. Wed. 7:00 pm, Thurs. 9:30 am * Between Friends - An interview with Canada’s fastest skier. Wed. 7:30 pm, Thurs. 10:00 am Karaoke ednesday BIG PRIZES!!! EVENING 8:0 ONE SHOWING — | 0 Radio Career on the move — Castlegar business people who remember Ross Hawse wher he was Program Director at CKQR 760 in Castlegar and heavily involved in the Castlegar Festivals Society, “will be pleased to note that he has received another promotion at $ILK FM in Kelowna. Ross had becn the FM Music Director at SILK and has now been promoted to Program Director. His promo- tional press release and picture appeared’ in the Kelowna Capital News December 18. Sorry to See you Go ~ Dave McCullough, the publisher of the Castlegar News has resigned as a Director for the Castlegar Cham- ber of Commerce. You'll be missed, Dave. * Disney Christmas-for Kids — Trail Skating Club's Christmas New Faces, New Places ~ Steve Lougheed is the new Manag- Pageant on ice. / er at Canada Safeway in Castlegar. Steve takes over from Ken Whid- aes = —amneity Wed. 9:15 pm, Thurs. 11:45 am dington who was transferred fo Campbell River. Welcome Steve! ' ENTER TO WIN A FREE A FREE MOVIE PASS * The New Breed — A humorous look at Shaw's volunteer New manufacturer - Welcome Spring back Upholstery and program for those who want to leam TV production. Manufacturing, a leather product manufactarer and uj shop. ? to ; | Carl Lin- Y, Iesiiiees Sunday, Jan. 12, 1992 ‘san wanting ker oom * 6:30 pm - West Kootenay Today — repeat from above. + 7:00 pm - Kitchen Culture - e’pasta dish. + 7:30 pm - Between Friends - same as above. * 8:00 pm - Disney Christmas for Kids - same as above. + 9:45 pm - The New Breed - same as above. N STEERING YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Trying to find the right car at the right price? Well look no further. The Sun Classifieds is bumper to bumper with quality new and used cars. Sporty or traditional. Large or small. You'll find the model you want. At your / TO THE CASTLE THEATRE E x price! Also - don't pass up our trucks for sale - you never know! 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