The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, March 15, 199 4B School career day a success SUN STAFF _ Hundreds of students had a chance to investigate more than 80 different occupations at the annual Mini-Careers Fair last week at Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School. . “It's gone over very well,” said * teacher Verna Chernoff, who coordinated the four-fay event Chernoff. said it was good to see so many businesses repre- sented at the fair. “Our business community is always so supportive,” she said. Businesses set up during lunch hour each day and students could ask questions and talk about the various careers. Occupations ranged from the traditional such as baker and hair- dresser, to the more exotic, like. the dogsled runner from Salstio. Concerned About Travel (especially in the U.S.)? We have the answer for you! This travel insurance is only available through financial planning offices. Call today for further information. “a tradition of trust” Curt (Campbell 365-4980 + 368-3366 * 442-2280 City Centre Square, Castlegar Trail Ecocentre aims to make a dent on recyclables. The recent EFILE your return and get your refund fast! Find out how at HéR BLOCK You Can Trust HAR Block 1458 Columbia Ave. 365-5244 Open Mon. - Fri.: 9-6 * Sat.: 9-5 purchase of a used scrap baler for the Trail depot means that white goods, such as fridges, stoves and a wide variety of ferrous scrap metal no longer need to be buried at a landfill site. Owner Mickey Pazurik declined to specifically comment on how much money the unit costs, but did say he had to pay over $1 a pound for the 33,000- pound machine. Ecocentres have been accept- ing white goods from Castlegar and Trail for almost a year now and have a backlog of over 800 tons which would have otherwise ended up at a landfill Pazurik has hired two people to operate the machine who will receive on-the-job training. The workers will also be trucking the finished bales to the Burlington Northern railroad for export to the U.S It’s estimated that over 20 tons of scrap metal are currently being -dumped in landfills in Castlegar, Esthetician Zella Ozeroff's booth was one of the most popular with students at the Stanley Humphries Secondary School mini-careers fair Friday. SCRAP BALER PURCHASED Recycling big business SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman Nelson and Trail totalling a whopping 3,000 tons per year. In 1994. Trail Ecocentre shipped some 2.4 million pounds of recyclables to be recycled, the bulk of which was paper fibre items such as newspapers, maga- zines, office paper and cardboard. A recycling expansion is planned for the Castlegar area, part of which has already begun to take place. Ace Disposals has been placing cardboard-only bins at the rear of many retail stores in Castlegar, Trail and Nelson. The cardboard, which is col- lected three times a week, will be hauled to a new baler for process- ing. It’s expected that over 35 tons a week will be diverted from landfill sites. The program is paid for by local merchants under a user-pay formula adopted by the two regional districts. As well, Castlegar-area office paper collection will be expanded to include all offices not ‘served sd the collection program offered ¥ R.Davies & Associates Ltd. professionals,” he said. The firm invests a great deal of time working with clients. Assisting them to determine their financial goals and objectives Ron provides the expertise fo meet them Understanding that sharing information on one’s personal finances is personal, Ron designed a process by which he and a prospective client can get to know each other — a process that gives the client time to decide whether they wish, or need, td enter into a financial planning arrangement with R Davies & Associates. Over a serles of three meetings, Ron and the client(s) explore all aspects of the client's financial picture. After determining that person's goals and objectives, they discuss their present financial circumstances, and at the third meeting, look at possible array of investment options, or a heavily taxed pay cheque, sadly depleted of possible savings. Or it could just be the result of good interitions gone astray. There may be a number of reasons why people's financial affairs are not quite in the order they intended them to be Ron Davies, of R. Davies and Associates, can assist people with financial problems pointing them in the right direction. Ron specializes in comprehensive personal financial planning: and offers a full range of products: mutual funds, GICs, life, accident and disability insurance, RRSP’s Registered Retirement Income Funds and annuities. We work with people from every walk of life, from those with modest incomes up to and including high income I may be the bewildering This is the corrected version. Castlegar Sun The article in the Kootenay Contacts contained an error. options or directions that persons might take. The meetings are at no cost or obligation to the individual If the client wishes to continue the relationship with R Davies & Associates after the closure of the last meeting then a fee structure is discussed. Ron considers his fees fair and equitable, and are based on the financial context of the individual(s) concerned. The whole premise of our business is to assist our clients in accumulating wealth, which will ultimately put them ina position to retire with financial dignity,” he said Ron is a_ registered representative licensed through FPC Investment. Located at 1418 Columbia Avenue, Ron Davies can be reached at 365 0040. poe Free drums will be wie with free weekly pickup. Castlegar SuperValu welcomes merchants to use its baler for small amounts of cardboard gen- erated in the community. Castlegar NRS office not sold “SUN STAFF A March | article in The Castlegar Sun which reported that NRS Block Bros. has changed hands has some Castlegar-area residents confused. “A number of Castlegar resi- dents have interpreted this report to mean the Castlegar NRS office has been sold,” Peter Blackwell, co-owner of NRS Mountainview Agencies, said in a prepared release “The Castlegar NRS office has not been sold and is not for sale.” The Castlegar office is owned and operated by NRS Mountain- view Agencies Ltd., a private company owned by Glen Wilson, Barry Brown and Blackwell “The only connection between Mountainview Agencies Ltd. and NRS Block Bros. is the right of Mountainview Agencies Ltd. to operate under the NRS franchise ” Blackwell said in logt for any cs the release ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT e Castlegar Sun Glance Refill not landfill This catchy slogan belongs to Samson's Soap Shop in downtown Castlegar. If you are concemed about the volume of garbage that is going to the landfill, and the additional cost you're paying on your taxes for the landfill site, then the folks at Samson's have some great ideas. Not only do they sell bulk cleaning products they also sell the containers to help you start your recycling endeavours. In charge David Daniel and the staff of Countrywide Southcentre Realty are Pleased to be the exclusive ets for the new $13-million residential and P Castlegar. David was one of the key people invob “pee iati of the of the property and has many of the details of the development for both commercial and residential units. Sslosperson of the month to Bary Marshall, K poe annem of the month for February! Pontiac Buick GMC's New faces Capital Tractors is pleased to announce that Scott Benesh and Armand Plouffe will be the new parts managers for Capital Tractors in Castlegar. Armand will be arriving from Prince George and Scott is already here. Awarded Jim Laktin has recently received a very special honor from | ( Investors Group. Not only did he win a Master Millionaire award for the fifth year in a row he attained the Sales Leader Award (for the second consecutive year). The Sales Leader Award is the highest award that Investors bestows its agents. Jim was in the top 62 of 35,000 agents across Canada who achieved this monumental level. Congratulations! Spitting up With the facade imp to P 's in down- town Castlegar (including an awning along Columbia Avenue) near- ing completion, many people are looking forward to seeing the facade improvements which will be made the Rilkoff block (Sears to Kootenay Klothes Kloset and around the comer to the old Vogue location), to Ely’s Boutique and t¢’the buildings between Pete’s TV and Bonnett's. Welcome back After taking a leave of absence, Brian Bebelman is pleased to be back at work at Kalawsky Pontiac. Brian looks forward to seeing all his friends and customers! Stop in and say, “Welcome back!” Top seller Mike Garvin was Castlegar Mazda's salesperson of the month for February. Congratulations! Models wanted If you would like a free perm, cut or color, Zazoo Beauty Centre is looking for hair models for an upcoming hair show. Details at Zazoo. Forestry handbook pi Abseuag nian working in the forest sector will find it easier to apply for project funding from Forest Renewal B.C. with the release of the corporations’s 1995 handbook. This hand- book is a guide to Pp prop for funding under the Enh: d Forestry and W: i Distinguished Service to Families Award The B.C. Council for the Family invites nominations for the Distin- guished Service to Families Award. They are looking for exceptional volunteer and professional efforts of individuals and groups who have given, on an individual or group basis, time, commitment, effort and the creativity to the enhancement of family living. Contact the B.C. Council for the Family for more information. Awarded Former city illor Jim Ch: was h d at last Tuesday's council meeting for his work last year as the city’s representative to the library board. New business The City of Castlegar reports that Grand Touring Accessories, a phone order for automotive accessories, has opened, as as Crystals Unlimited, a hobby-sales business. There are also five new contrac- tors who will be foundin next week's column. Building The City of Castlegar reports that building permits for the month of February totalled $425,580 for 18 permits, up from last year. The largest category of is for tions (six permits worth $275,200) followed closely by new single- family residential (one permit worth $100,000), residential alter- ations (seven worth $46,700) and one institutional/government reno~ vation at $3680. Dr. Gorman’s new office, Twin Rivers school, the reconstruction of the Rilkoff building damaged by fire and a new dry kiln at Pope and Talbot top the commercial list. Beer on tap Gabriel's Restaurant is reporting a busy lunch hour and good reception to their new lunch menu. And the beer on tap is becoming a big seller. Organically fresh Mother Natures’ Pantry reports that they are now stocking organic fresh vegetables and fruits. The renovations and reorganization to their store are nearly complete. Storm Damage Last Thursday's torrential downpour resulted in almost $2,000 dam- age to clothing and shoes at Madeleine's in the Castleaird Plaza. Film festival Kootenay movie-goers can help themselves to heaping doses of romance, comedy and wild west legends at this year's Moving Pictures, The Travel- ling Canadian Film Festival, March 24 and 25 at the Civic Theatre in Nelson. Don’t be mislead into think- ing lighter fare means light on talent, intelligent plotlines or On the contrary, the selection of Canadian films being screened this year are both award winners and audien¢e pleasers. A guaranteed funnybone tick- ler is the Quebec comedy, Louis XIX: King of the Airwaves. This hilarious award-winning movie chronicles the experience of Louis Jobin, an ordinary young man who wins a quirky contest - to have his life broadcast on television 24 hours a day for three months. The film won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Televi- sion’s Golden Reel Award for highest-grossing domestic film in Canada for 1993-94; received three Genie nominations for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor and Best Film Editing, and eamed director Michel Poulette the 1994 Claude Jutra Award for © Offices rentals © Conferehce rooms ‘© Office support services © Telephone answering it © Word processing © Laminating © Mail box rentals ¢ Resumes “© Mail outs © Spiral birding CASTLEGAR BUSINESS SERVICES 1402 Columbia Avenue « 365-4909 inf f in Nelson x Tokyo oukey stars Hiromoto Ida (right) and Alec Willows who play "No Ogawa” respectively, in the hit comedy about a Tokyo man who comes to Canada's “wild west”. The film is one of many at the festival March 24 and 25. and "Bill", Best New Director. Louis XIX also split the award for Most Popular Canadi- an Film at the 1994 Vancouver International Film Festival with the gender-bending Tokyo Cow- boy, another film featured at this year’s festival Tokyo Cowboy is a funny, charming film about a young ‘Tokyo man who comes to Cana- da’s “wild west” to become a cowboy and seek out a child- hood pen_pal. Another brilliant take on wild west mythology is The Grey Fox, a Canadian classic by the late Vancouver director Phillip Borsos, who died of leukemia in February at the age of 41. The Grey Fox, which was filmed in Cranbrook, won the 1982 Best Canadian Film Award for its fab- ulous portrayal of the much- loved gentleman train robber Bill Miner. Miner holed up in Kamloops while on the lam from Mounties and U:S. lawmen, and is believed to have coined the phrase “Hands !” during his famous stage- coach and train robberies. If you have Zero Patience for the mainstream, you won't want to miss Nelson-born director John Greyson’s film by the same name. This campy, over-the-top musical tackles a modern-day myth about how AIDS came to North America via a gay French Canadian flight attendant, known as Patient Zero The midnight matinee screening of Zero Patience is for big kids with a passion for good caustic satire and a great soundtrack THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Castlegar - Robson Branch 170 “ A NIGHT OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY FUN Friday, March 17, 1995 6 p.m. - Leprechan Contest Irish Stew: $2.00 7:30 - 11:30 p.m. Dance to Don Hollis Members & Guests Welcome Family duo to read at library, college Writers Yuri Kupchenko (Jim Chapman) and Vernon Frolick Submitted The Castlegar and District Public Library is hosting a joint reading by a family duo. Yuri Kupchenko (alias Jim Chapman) author of the acclaimed Horse- man of Shandro Crossing and his nephew, Vernon Frolick, author His strength and skills were put to the test by the untamed land and the intolerance of his fellow man, yet his bisest con- flict came from wit! Vernon Frolick, a ’ Penticton Crown prosecutor, held a similar position in Terrace in the 1980s when some bizarre events were ig. A young draft dodger of the widely p d Descent into Madness, read at the library on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Horseman of Shandro’s Crossing received rave reviews, including one in the national Globe and Mail, when it came out in 1989. ‘Whenever Chapman has read in the library setting he has concen- trated on his short stories, so this is the first time the public will called Michael Oros, who sought his own private paradise near Atlin, had lived alone in the bush for 13 years. The extreme isolation and paranoia about the poisons of civ- ilization and “those out to get him” drove him into the madness which resulted in his murdering two men. Frolick had access to the diaries Oros kept; those and the hundreds of interviews he hear pts from the story of John Konopale, champion of downtrodden immigrants to Canada in the early 1900s. conducted into the case, gave him an understanding and some sym- pathy for the hermits quest. CONVENIENCE Sunday hours are as follow: MITCHELL SUPPLY LTD. - 13 Avenue 10% a. m. - 3 p.m. PHARMASAVE 1128 - 3rd Street 11 a.m. - p.m. PLAZA I.D.A. PHARMACY 646 18th St., Gastsaird Plaza -4p.m. PANAGOPOULOS PIZZA PLACE 2305 Columbia Avenue 3 p.m. - Midnight MACHADO'S GROCERY LTD. BOTTLE DEPOT - 1108 - 4th Street 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. PEOPLES DRUG MART 1502R Columbia Ave 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. aes Chapman’s family boasts of several talented writers: his late sister, Gloria Kupchenko Frolick, mother of Vernon, also wrote. Her books, Green Tomato Years and Anna Veryha, are available at the library. The library board will provide a reception following the read- ing andthere will be a chance to buy autographed copies of both books. The reading is free and co-sponsored by the library and Selkirk College. Frolick will also read from his first book at the Castlegar campus at 12:10 p.m. Thursday in the Sen- tinel Lecture Theatre. Frolick's reading is sponsored by the college’s Department of Languages and Literature and is open to the public at no charge. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch 170 Sundays Mon. - Fri. - Sat. 2 pm-8 pm 2 pm-10pm 11 am:11 pm Thurs. x Bwys Guests with members welcomel Jim Chapman . . feads Thursday Frolick will be introduced by Chapman, who will also read cahle » SHAW CABLE SCHEDULE MARCH 13 - 19, 1995 ™ briefly. 6:00 am to 4 pm (Monday to Friday) CRTC PUBLIC HEARING ON CONVERGENCE 6:30 pm (Wed.) 9 am (Thurs.) 12:00 pm (Sun.) 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