leg b ond Parade Marshal, Bob MacBain would like to thank the general public for coming out and taking part in the SunFest events. We would also like to thank those who participated in the Parade and those who sponsored a Sun- Fest event A SPECIAL THANKS TO City of Castlegar * RCMP © Provincial Emergency Program Members © Cadets * Kiwanis Club for supplying complimentary breakfast to Parade officials ¢ Maloney Pon- tiac Buick * B.C. Telephone Co. * Shaw Cable © Those who drove and loaned Parade Cars © Downtown Chevron COMMUNITY Bulictin Board CASTLEGAR GENTLEMEN'S HOCKEY Summer Schedule begins August 13 — New Areno. Registration forms may be picked up at Downtown Dixie Lee, Columbia Auto or Henne’s Marina. Deadline tor registration is August 1. Only 42 players are required so don't delay in registering 0 is turning into a multi-million business IB WE! pomp $180 mllhon inp an provteahicuoeeny this year, 4 Conservative estimates from a film industry union and from: government civil servant responsible for getting movie-makers to B.C. are that $40 million of that will come directly from budgets of productions show here: The other $80 million is the ripple effect. ‘The $10-million Runaway, starring Tom Selleck, is One Of the six productions currently filming in Vancouver. Others include; the $15-million (U.S.) Clan of the Cave Bear: A Certain Fury; two television movies, My American — and Billy Grier; and, a television series, Natty Gann, a feature film, starts filming here in a month, while Michael Cimino's The Year of the Dragon, about the opium trade in the Far East, will film some scenes in Victoria's Chinatown early next year. Feature film producers say the falling Canadian dollar was not a major factor in coming here. “A slight fluctuation in the Canadian dollar, five cents, is not going to have any bearing on The Clan of the “Cave Bear,” says producer Jerry Eisenberg. He says the expert crews and locations are bigger factors. But it can be aedetermining factor for the shooting promotion director, says have the right attitude about ATTITUDE IS KEY os “One of the reasons we're in preferential ni the location market is piper pri ye sionals hired in the community to work on a films, but the other people — people who own houses, people whe own. airstrips, whatever (productions) might need, trained moose even.” ¥ ‘The ptoduction company fér Clan of the Cave Bear, which started shooting in Cathedral Park near the Apex ski resort this week, is expected to spend $4 million to $5 million in the area. t “The spinoff is just fantastic,” says the Penticton Chamber of Commerce. “Everybody's benefitting.” The city of Vi has made to speed up approvals for blocking off streets and using city facilities. Runaway, for example, has used about 20 Van- couver locations, for whieh the producer posted $19,000 to cover expenses for such services as blocking off streets, detouring traffic and policing. About $75,000 of the film. office's $173,000 budget goes toward promoting B.C. The latest ad touts B.C. as a * “Hit Property” and quotes film-makers happy with B.C., imeluding the director of Never Cry Wolf, Carroll Ballard. Netfeld estimates that one out of 10 films she pursues'ends up being shot in B.C. Those odds are the same as a proposed film has to become a reality in Hollywood. Even if only a portion of a film is shot in B.C., the province benefits. For example, only 30 seconds of Quest for Fire's B.C. scenes showed up on the screen when the film was released in 1982, but director Jean-Jacques Annaud will shoot his next film here in 1985. While promoting Quest for Fire in Los Angeles two years ago, Annaud said: “I had the privilege to work with some of the best technicians around To be good is one thing; to be good and devoted is another.” On a feature film production, the average sized crew is 100 with 80 to 90 per cent of them Canadian. That's not ineluding the cast, usually about 40 more people, 60 per cent of whom are Canadian. A spokesman for the International Alliance of Motion Picture Production Technicians says Local 891's couple of hundred members all have steady work. But that doesn’t mean they can't handle more. The spokesman adds: “We mustn't do anything to pinhole this balloon.” Gas producers LOW DOLLAR earnings reason for the improvement, said Ken ‘Benson, president and chief executive officer of B.C. Forest Products. “The company's pulp mill and newsprint mill at Crofton and the pulp mill at Mac- kenzie resumed production April 10 following a lengthy labor dispute and despite some start-up problems, both operations achieved excellent results,” Benson said in a news release Tuesday. exploit new policy VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia natural gas VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL A Vocation Bible Schoo! will be held at Resker Hall in Robson, August 13 to 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Ages 4 Disadvantages significant tage than it would be advan FIRST GRADUATES . . . First graduates of Transitional Access millwright and fh P award is R inist prog . Pr at introduced by the federal machinist programs at Rosemont campus recently received awards from Selkirk department head. At right is Ed Strelaeft of Winlaw rutchtey; Millwright/Machinist : < F receiving award 7 top student government gives us a better VERNON (CP) — A weak side Forest Products Ltd., mow trying to decide if it is ole welcome. Come enjoy games, cratts, Bible stories College. From left are, James Santord of Robson receiving Selkirk College award as Sponsored by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. 6/ “KIAMA LALAT" Music ond songs from Guatemala on tour trom the Van couver Folk Music Festival in Castlegar on Tuesda August 7 at 8:00 p.m. at the Community Complex. Advan ce tickets at local outlets 6/58 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-protit organizations may be listed here. The first 10 words ore $3 and additional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words There is no extra charge for a second consecutive inser tion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price Minimum charge is $3 (whether od is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sunday's poper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesday's paper Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbio Ave. COMMUNITY Bulictin Board first graduate of Millwright program from instructor Marry Kidd. At centre is Dave DeGuglielmo of Nelson receiving Selkirk College award as first graduate in to graduate in Machinist program. Pri enting award is Crutchley. Both TRAC Programs will begin their second year on Rosemont Campus this fall. English course offered B.C. Open Learning Insti- tute )OLI) has developed a beginner's level course in English as asecond language for students unable to attend classes or preferring to learn independently. It will benefit adults familiar with the Roman alphabet and literate in Chinese, Polilsh, Portu- gese, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Spanish, Italian or French but unable to speak, read or write English. The new course, ESL 001, first in a series of four, teaches Canadian speech and basic survival skills needed by residents rather than travellers. In 50 or more hours students will learn English for common life situ THAT'S WHY YOUR CAR NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED BY THE AMAZING CHEMICAL KNOWN AS: RUST CHECK HAS TREATED CARS FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND HAS NEVER HAD A WARRANTY CLAIM. WHY? . — { BECAUSE UNLIKE OTHER METHODS, RUST CHECK REALLY WORKS! RUST CHECK CHEMICALLY DISPLACES MOISTURE THEREBY KEEPING YOUR INNER PANELS DRY. » RUST CHECK PENETRATES THE TIGHTEST SEAMS WHERE RUST STARTS. 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The telephone tutoring concept was pilot-tested by OLI early in 1984 with stu. dents working in Cantonese and Punjabi. Results were very positive, easing con cerns that face-to-face in. struction was essential to student success. ESL 001 will also be used in multi-level classroom situ: ations where varied student backgrounds mean widely differing progress rates. Sep- arate course components are available to ESL instructors as a teaching supplment through OLI’s Marketing De- partment. The new course will be available Sept. 1, 1964 from thé Open Learning Institute and through selected com. munity colleges in B.C. Information on ESL 001 may be obtained at the OLI Advising Centres, Nelson or by dialing toll-free 112-800 663-9711. Ship to take journey NEW YORK (REUTER) — A 2,500-tonne cruise ship will attempt to become the first passenger vessel ever to navigate the Northwest Pas. sage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it was an nounced today. The 7,600-nautical-mile journey, from St. John's, Nfid., to Yokohama, Japan, is expected to take 41 days to complete, but could take up to 56 days if the ship, the Lindblad Explorer, gets trap- ped in pack ice. Lars Wikander, president of Slaen Lindbland, the Da nish owner of the vessel, said there is a chance that the voyage might not be other exercise facilities. Great nightlife For even more fun on your visit, when you check in we offer your choice of @A gate pass to Calaway Park, with rides and four choice of one gate admission to Calaway Park or three tickets for rides at Heritage Park. Just present this ad when checking in. Calgary's more fun when you stay at the Hospitality Inn or Village Park Inn. Friendly staff, relaxing at Good restaurants, pools, saunas hotels feat sauna ture: * Poolside restaurants * Fun Parks Report By NANCIE DOHAN This weekend promises to be very special for the whole family at Champion Lakes provincial park. Saturday at 9 p.m. on the beach the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium will be presenting their popular star show, “Wonders of the Universe.” Imagine gazing up at the stars through high-powered telescopes, seeing galaxies, nebulae, black holes and more! Star-gazing is a real thrill and at one time was a necessary survival tactic for trappers, hunters and sea-faring captains before the invention of the compass. This show will only be in the Kootenay area this Saturday, so plan to attend. In case of rain, their slide show on galazies and planets will still be shown at the picnic shelter on the beach. Sunday kicks off at 2 p.m. with the theatre group, “Loose Change” performing three children's plays on the beach. The titles of the plays, sure to enthrall and entertain kids of all ages are, “How the Coyote Got this Howl,” “Where Have all the Kutenais Gone?” and “Magic Mouse.” Then at 8:30 p.m. in the amphitheatre a slideshow about forests and forest life will be presented by the park interpreter. Friday evening at 8 p.m. in the amphitheatre, a short show on the owl's natural history will be followed at 8:30 p-m. by the excellent movie, “Ladis and the Owl.” This 80-minute film is about a family that care for injured owls. To get a closer look at owls, everyone is invited to join the park interpreter on an owl prow! Thursday evening leaving from the amphitheatre at 8 p.m. There are families of Great Horned Owls and Barred Owls living in the park. ‘A “wild tea party” will be held in the picnic shelter at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Come try some wild mint, straw berry leaf, clover or fireweed tea. These and many other wildflowers are available to anyone who takes the time to identify the plant and dry the leaves or needles for tea. Besides just tasting good, they have the added benefit of nutritional value. Finally, on Monday morning at 9 a.m. an early bird walk will take people to gaze up at the huge active osprey nest behind third lake. At 7:30 p.m. the park interpreter will lead a hike up the Lookout Trail to witness the beautiful sunset. A full five days is scheduled at Champion Lakes, so drive over the Castlegar-Salmo summit and join in on one or more of the activities. They are all free of charge. Champion Lakes is an easy 40-minute drive from Castlegar along the Crowsnest Highway No. 3, then west along Highway 3B. The parks staff would like to remind everyone that liquor and dogs are not allowed on the beach enetit from Canada Treasury Bills. 4 you hove your money in- guoronteed by the Gover nment of Canoda Convenience — They ore ing in available in amounts as low os of Canade Treasury Bills trom $5,000. Wood Gundy. These ore the For more information about Advont how your can benefit from in. High — 90-day Canedo vesting in Canado Treosury Treasury Bills yield up to Bills, coll your Wood Gundy 12.40% on 0 minimum of account executive or return the couy Treasury Bills ore * As of July 20, 1984 __ you tly hove @ Wood Gundy account, please indicate nome your eccount executive producers have begun to ex ploit a new federal gas pricing policy designed to boost flagging gas sales to the United States. One company, Czar Re sources Ltd., has announced sales at a reduced price since the federal government ef. fectively lated natural chance,” Lamond said. “It is encouraging us to sell blocks of shut-in B.C. gas.” Shut-in gas is gas that is left in the ground because of the lack of a market. Last week, Sulpetro Ltd. of Calgary said it had reached a pew three-part export Canadian dollar, which hit a tage.” cheaper to close down com. low of 74.8 cents (U.8.) re cently, is proving to be a mixed bag of liabilities and benefits for businesses in the Okanagan Valley. The disadvantages of a low Canadian currency compared to its American counterpart gas prices. Industry execu- tives say that other gas pro- ducers will be attempting to sell incremental amounts of gas to the U.S. under the new rules. Don Rawlyk, director of B.C. Petroleum Corp., the in- dustry intermediary for gas sales from B.C., said all the « with T ental Gas Pipe Line Corp. involving a short-term sale, a renegotiated price for cur rently flowing gas and an in. creased long-term sale. Sulpetro ‘chairman Gus Van Wielingen said the agreement, which is subject to U.S. and Canadian regu- will just one gas stream replacing another at a lower price.” The Calgary-based Czar said it re-filed July 16 with the National Energy Board to export 10 million cubic feet of gas a day for one year at $3.15 (U.S.) per thousand cubic feet to a customer in the U.S. Czar president Bob Lam ond said from Calgary that the sale is worth $10 million (U.8) Czar filed with the energy board to sell the gas to Reichhold Chemicals Ine., White Plains, N.Y., earlier this year after the B.C. gov ernment introduced its new gas marketing rules and roy alty system that allowed producers to negotiate dir ectly with customers. FLEXIBLE POLICY But that agreement with Reichhold — which called for a price of $3.35 (U.S.) per thousand cubic feet — was still subject to energy board approval “The more flexible policy latory approvals, will result i d . in bh Last week, federal Energy Minister Gerald Regan an- It now will allow buyers ané sellers to negotiate con. tract prices as long as they do not fall below the Toronto “Citygate” price, the price for gas delivered to the city, currently about $3.15 (U.S.), the price of Czar's proposed sale. But Lamong pointed out that the drop of 20 cents (U.S.) to $8.15 isn’t “a price decrease (to Czar) if you take into account the slide in the value of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar.” Lamond said the gas sold to Reithhold will be used in the company’s plant in St. Helen's, Ore. i for Dome are signi and they over- shadow any apparent advan- tages. said, “Some pieces of mach inery that our industry uses are not made in Canada and therefore to buy them, you lose some of the advantage of the low Canadian dollar. “But the cost of establish- ing a facility in this province to make these pieces of equipment and parts would be even a greater disadvan- “It is a very unstable sit- uation in which no one bene- fits,” said Ron Shettler of R. Shettler Enterprises Ltd. of Vernon, a firm that supplies engines for ultra-light air- craft and sells 90 per cent of its engines to the United States. “It is just a mess and it's confusing to all. We wind up paying more for what we buy and HI Nha it Major north Okanagan ex- port commodities are lumber and agricultural produce. USE US. DOLLARS Tom Edwards, export sales manager for B.C. Tree Fruits Ltd., said business in international fruit trade is basically done in U.S. dollars. “This makes our fruit more competitive,” he said. “When it is converted back into Can- adian funds, it means a good chunk of money. It is good for our growers and could mean extra dollars in their poc- kets.” But Ted Streibel of Tolko Industries of Vernon, which exports lumber of various di- said the low Can- A sp Petroleum Ltd. of Calgary said Monday: “We are hold- ing talks with potential cus- rules but it’s too early to make any statement at this time.” At least one other major producer is believed to be negotiating new deals at low ~ adian currency is “definitely making us more competitive in the U.S.” But he said, it is hurting the domestic market. “The government is using rising interest rates to pro, tect our dollar and this is dis- couraging new construction in our domestic market.” Gerald Raboch, managing director of Lumby’s River NEW IN TOWN? LET US PUT OUT THE MAT Let us bring your MANUFACTURERS OF FINE OAK AND EXOTIC HARDWOOD PRODUCTS VISIT OUR SHOWROOM CALE COLLECT 110 2228-6th Ave., Castlegar Free Estimate & gn Service, KITCHENS. VARITIBS. ONSKS, ETE. | & Honey. 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