ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT he Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, August 1 BUSINESS The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, August Kootenay band packs a whole ‘lotta ‘NERV’ After making music for the past year, is preparing to take centre stage artists, called The Nerv, this local group of along with the Skydiggers and Spirit of the West in Rossland SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor from the. Kootenays from Saskatche wan of music , you've got The Ner newest and possibly collection of talent It's been a growing year to find, define, and make a few loud statements along the way a time And for the six Kootenay musi The Nerv started out cians who make up The Nerv carving Out a place in the music business will coptinue during the Rock and Twang Festival in Rossland when the band takes centre stage with Canadian in, thus creating the heavyweights Spirit of the West Nerv. The band m and the Skydiggers make their homes in Bring fogether five musicians gar Since those early \é the band, toire of original mat a year and Johnny Palmer together a couple of week to jam Tt didr ago when V armed with WEST KOOTENAY KENNEL CLUB ANNUAL DOG SHOW August 21,22, & 23 Castlegar Complex Grounds Bring the family & have a picnic lunch. out of the basement nay. “We're a Kooten, locally, but we're ahead," said Guyle and writing for other interested pz South Slocan ared Looking ahead mea add a sixth toss in a ton g talent and v, the areas most serious just over ictor Guyle would get times each it take Tong uties to join six-member embers all the Castle uM. sessions a full reper eral ame and into the bars and clubs of the West Koote ay band that is receiving a great response always looking ans prepar Johnny Palmer, originally from Saskatchewan Who do they sound like? According to Guyle they don't. "It's really tough to put a label on the music we do. Most of it is folkish with varying degrees of country and blues mixed in The group does a lot of fun songs, but the majority of origi nal material is music with a mes: sage these are songs about being human: having relation ships; family life; the environ ment or even losing the family farm. It's music that is diverse jn both content and style, bat remains completely Kootenay Once Rock and Twang is behind them, The Nerv will be working on a cassette, which they hope will receive playtime by local stations. "We believe in our songs, and we think others do too. We'll be working hard on this The Nerv, I-r: Harry Rizzo, bass; Larry Pusse, guitar and vocals; Lonnie Powell, earscsisenceensisionasiietetts Now open BC Gas has moved into its new location on Columbia Ave. in downtown Castlegar Check out the neW office and surroundings! Upgrading and improving Hall Printing in Trail (with a Castlegar office beside Gabriel's restaurant) reports that they have invested in a Toko 4750 Offset Press. This makes Hall Printing a four press shop and means they can process jobs more efficiently. atulations to Dave and the staff! New faces, new places Peter Harvey, formerly of the Castlegar News, is now the Customer Service Representa: tive for the Castlegar office of Hall Printing. Congratulations Peter! Extra service Springback Upholstery in the Oglow building is now offer ing custom furniture building to thew list of services. Grenby’ s summertime series of tax tips Remember Mr. Smith? He retired last weeks column at ge of 50 after accepting a severance package from ployer, With advice from Elio Luongo and Tony Lobmeier, of KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne, chartered accountants, we helped Smith sharply reduce the $120,000 income tax bill he faced as a result of his retir ing allowance and pension payout Today, as we continue our summertime series of tax tips, we find Smith has already grown bored with golfing and the cottage, and is thinking about getting back to work - although he wants some flexibility as to when and how he works. “If Smith sets himself up as self- employed, he could save or defer thousands of dollars in tax,"’ Luongo said. “He needs to know how to start out, what deductions to claim and whether he can pay family members in a lower tax bracket to work for him.” NOTE: Use this information to prompt further research on how the relevant strategies might apply to your situation and what specific steps you should take. In many cases you should also seek the advice of a tax expert - especially when large amounts of money could be involved YEAR-END: When you start your own business, you may choose any date as your year-end and the first yea needn't have 12 months Smith expects to make about $75,000 a year after taxes. “If he chooses a year ending, Jan. 31, 1994, he won't have to report his income until the 1994 tax year,” Luongo said. “Assuming he has no other income or deductions, that means he won't have to pay his $25,000 tax bill until April 30, 1995. “But there could be a further saving if Smith chooses a year-end so that his total taxable income will be $29,000 in year one - to take advantage of the lowest tax bracket with the remaining $45,500 in the second year, That would reduce his tax bill over the two years to about $17,950 - a saving of $7,550. EXPENSES: When you are self-employed, you may deduct any reasonable expense incurred to earn business income - office supplies, car expenses (the rules complex I'll devote a complete column to them later in this series), other travel, promotion and do on There are some lim its. For example, if you take potential clients out for meals or a hockey game, yqucmay claim only 80% and so on. You normally cannot deduct the cost of equipment but instead, each year claim depre ciation: a percentage of the cost Keep all receipts and be prepared to show how these expenses had a reasonable chance of producing new or increased business As long as your business has “a reasonable expectation of profit,” even if expenses exceed income you should be able to deduct the loss from your other income. If you have no other income, you may carry back the loss three years or forward up to seven years to claim the deduction against income in those years. HOME OFFICE: as long as the work space at home is your principal place of business, or used exclusively to are so Mike Grenby Syndicated Columnist cam income from the business and used regularly to meet chents or customers, then you may deduct a reasonable portion of home expenses - any, mortgage interest or rent, property laves, heat and light, insurance and so on. But be careful about claiming capital cost allowance (depre said Luongo. “This could affect your claim for the principal residence capital gains exemption If your business loses money, you aren't allowed to claim home office expenses that year, although you may be able to claim them against future income from the business. SPLITTING INCOME: Pay family members who ase in a lower tax bracket to work in your business. You deduct this expense, they declare the income. This can save the family as much as $500 for every $1,000 paid. Pay them what you'd pay an outsider to do the same work. You may have to withhold and remit payroll deduc tions like income tax, CPP and possibly UIC GST: If business revenues will exceed $30,000 you collect and remit) the Goods and Services Tax. But that means you may also claim ‘input credits” for the GST you pay on your business pur- chases. You can often use one of the simplified systems and “may even get a cash benefit from using one of the quick methods,” Luongo said Even if business revenue is $30,000 or less, it could be to your advantage to register for the GST. Copyright 1993 Mike Grenby is a Vancouver-based columnist and inde pendent financial advisor who works with individuals; he will answer your questions as space allows - write to him clo The Castlegar Sun at 465 Columbia Avenue 1auion) when you eventually sell must register for (charge drums; Victor Guyle, guitar, mandolin and accordion; and Johnny Palmer, lead vocals. Missing is Alvin Pervin, harmonica Congratulations! Congratulations go out to Karin’ Edney-Maiwald for winning in her age category at the recent Nelson Cys wog'nfun. When she’s not training for triathlons, Karin operates Valhalla Physiother apy in Castlegar ing for the upcoming Rossland recording, hoping that it will lead to something more.’ Castlegar to host All Breed Championship Dog enthusiasts! The event of —— the summer is meartat The West Kootenay Kennel Club is holding its Annual All Breed Champi onship Show and fouf licensed Obedience Tnals at the’ Castlegar Community Complex Soccer Field, August 21-23 The shows will begin at 9 am every day with two shows on Sunday. On site will be both a concession stand and pet. supply booth If you're interested in about purebred Show starts at 9 a.m finishes approx. 4 p.m. Rock and Twang Festival a Beautiful Purebred Dogs performance to which the group competing in Is getting excited about Conformation & Obedience We're looking forward to playing in front of some larger OOTENAY i crowds ENNEL ee range of listeners \ The band's focus is original Photo submitted HUGH KEENLEYSIDE SUMMER TOURS Hugh K Dam is located 8 km upstream from Castlegar. Guided tours through the Hugh Keenleyside Dam gives visitors an opportunity to see how the dam and lock system operate. Economically best? B.C. is better says government grew 1.6 per cent in Ontario, 0.2 per cent in Quebec and declined 0.2 per cent in Alberta and Saskatchewan. B.C> accounted for almost 30 per cent of the Selling something? Phone 365-5266 COSTA RICA AN INVESTMENT OFFERING v TAX FREE Income 91% Tax Deduction Residency Status Retirement Plannin, ~ Wealth Preservation ¥ Minimuni U.S. $11,000 Includes Travel Voucher! Funding in place for Trail resource centre Submitted as well as a wider Submitted material which focusés around “O05 0% o ROBSON RECREATION SOCIETY 00 p.m A wide range of recent eco nomic data confirms that British Columbia is leading the country —_129,000 jobs created nationally in economic growth, according to in the first seven months of 1993 Finance Minister Glen Clark B.C. B.C. had the highest employ ment growth in Canada. In the first seven months of the year employment in B.C. jumped 2.5 _ pared tot he same period in 1992 per cent—or 38.000 jobs—com From May 199210 May 1993 pared to the same pertod last year the value Here comes the bride Ely’s Boutique, located in downtown Castlegar, now has a good selection of bridal and a ge ‘ . s retail sales increased 3.2 ridesmaid gowns. per cent in May from April with retail sale up 9.2 per cent in the first five months of. 1993 com To arrange for a tour call: 365-5299 Service to others If you have eyeglasses that you no longer use, please con them to the ampaign to Con The Early Birds start at 6:30 p.m ir Bingo 7 Please call ahead to book your tour Castlegar Community Complex Thursday, July 8 * Thursday, July 29 Thursday, Aug. 19 erve 1 Hr. Presentation 1 manufacturing ship at SLUMBER LODGE, reiira aia Was eh eReide In comparison. employmer ments increased by 62 per cent NELSON, AUG. 23 i f We look forward to seeing you Joint Advisory Committee BO 2 P.M. OR 7 P.M. me BChydro & sider donating Lion's Club ¢ quer Blindness and drop them off at Springback Upholstery in the Oglow building finding out more dogs there will be many Resource on hand Centre has also witnessed an Tt for viewing speak to breeders and profession al handlers about their d the obedience ring you will get a and possibly Lic. # 783346 -ackages Available per cent increase un the valuc trom April 1992 has been secured to extend the current Industrial Adjust- ment Service Agreement and that the Employee Resource Centre at 1159 Pine Ave will be in operation at least until Feb. 2, 1994 Spiffing up The The Greek Oven in downtown flas announced that funding Special magazine a ‘Cait Row SINCLAIR 861-7757 . '.M. Oliver Ltd., Kelowna tribute to Celgar modernization September 15, 1993 ts the publication date for The Castle gar Sun's special souvenir edi tion magazine to honour the completition of the moderniza tion of Celgar Pulp Co. Written by Seanagh Sloan, the magazine will contain information and photos about Celgar both before and after the modernization as well as advertising from Celgar suppliers, contractors and the local community. “We want to produce a special magazine that will thank Celgar and their owners, for investing $750 million dollars in our com. munity,” said Castlegar Sun Pub: lisher Marilyn Strong. “We want it to chronicle the history of Cel gar Pulp over the years and focus on how the improvements and modernization will provide a level base for the economy and growth of Castlegar.” Subscribers to The Castlegar Sun will find a copy of the full- color-cover magazine inserted into their September 15 issue After September 22 a limited number of extra copies will be available for a minimal charge from The Castlegar Sun office Ws EXports Apnil 1993 Hot job The liquor store in downtown chance to view a strong working relationship between dog and handler, something for which many dog owners strive. Many local dog owners and breeders will be on site competing for rib AT THE bons and points MI O y I E S For more information call the Pet Supply at 365-0321 or Colette at 365-3843. Castlegar is having. its roof re tarred 2 Sandy Dohmen, an experienced dog andler, shows one of the many quality labradors from Schwarzenberg Kennels. Schwarzenberg'’s Chicoson (Boss), is one of the many dogs being preparing for the upcoming Annual All Breed Champi- onship Show, August 21-23 Resource Centre Joint Advisory Committee is also pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Bruce Gardiner and Associates for his services for the period of the exten- sion. Dave Keen will remain as staff person on site. Wayne Koenig of All Make The Committee would Appliance Repair says busi- like to encourage more ness is booming because peo- clients to view change as an ple are wanting their old opportunity. for renewal and appliances fixed instead of growth. By putting more buying new emphasis on the empower- ment of staff who can in turn more expertly a - M 8:00 - 5:00 365-5579 DINAUGO . . pertly and aggres We look forward to hearing from you! | The Castlegar & District “AN ENTERTAINING, SUSPENSEFUL, Go inc, nation & go ROMANTIC THRILLER." Castlegar is one of many busi nesses spiffing up. Greek Oven should have its new awning installed before the end of the month The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce's 2nd Annual mixed DINer, AUction, and If date is set for Saturday, August 28 at the Castlegar & District Golf Course. Put a team of your employees or your business associates together: OR sign up by yourself and we'll put you on a winning team! Early Bird prizes, lots of items at the silent auction and FUN! BEST BALL SCRAMBLE 4 person teams * 10:00 am Saturday, August 28 OWw4 $50 Chamber Members* $60 Non-Members $30 Dinner only > & employees Photo submitted “= WE'RE OPEN! In order to serve you better, in 1993 rhe Castlegar Sun has the following hours effective. Monday, January 11, 1993 | 8:30-4:30 365-2278 | 8:30 - 5:00 365-5266 8:00 - 5:00 365-5266 | 8:00 - 5:00 365-7848 | PLEO EEEERHRESESE Swim For Recreation Fix it REGISTRATION NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE Advertising MF CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT RECREATION OFFICE ation m ———__ H C.P.R. COURSES : [20 21 22 23 24 25 26 kane eT] Level "A" Heart Saver UST September 2 ¢ 6:00 - 10:00 pm “MOVIES DON’T GET MORE At the Complex ¢ FEE: $18.00 EXCITING THAN THIS!” Level "C" Lifeguard Requirement September 11 ¢ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm At the Complex Recertified Level "C" September 14 © 6:00 - 9:00 pm At the Complex ¢ FEE: $18.00 TOM HANKS MEG RYAN F F Classified M-F | Editorial F identify and meet their won GO (dinner, auction & golf) needs, this objective should will be Saturday August 28 be achievable. Lots of prizes, lots of great The Committee would items for the auction and of like to see stronger linkages course, lots of fun. Register forged with other community your team or yourself today! resources in the second phase of the Agreement. For further information please contact Jean Cormack, Chairperson, Resource Centre Joint Advisory Committee at 362-9426 or the Resource Cente staff at 364-7281 “TWO BIG THUMBS UP!" Adult living The new adult condominium complex on Columbia Ave. in south Castlegar, called Stellar Developments, already has 12 units sold. Construction is pro- “CLINT IS TOUGHER THAN NAILS on WHITNEY HOUSTON , * _KEVIN COSTNER ceeding quickly x m rc fe} = 4 > < m bY 2 {e} z ie) 9 mi ie) 2 7 2 INE or EP ~~" soe 3 3 e fe) ° 5) 0 Famous sisters Tricia Laktin raitity worker at The Castlegar Sun reports that in the latest issue ‘"QUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY?” SPECIAL Aopen artasction of Vogue magazine, her younger sister Roxanne is the SON Se ‘. n THE model featured in the Anne LAW BODYGUARD production Aer (GEYEARS B.C. Warrung: Frequent vary coarse language occamonal vioience co aro suggesive scenes. STARTS FRIDAY AUGUST 27 DOUBLE FEATURE * includes spous Klein and Gap ads. It's a long way from Silverton to a New York City magazine, but Rox- anne has managed to make it Congratulations! Whats love {> Even if you're not a golfer, come for a got to do with it fabulous dinner and auction. DINNER ONLY $30 * 5 pm Register at the Chamber office today. Call 365-6313. Deadline: August 25 CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COMPLEX a 2101 - 6 Ave., Castiegar 365-3386 cr ENTER TO WIN A FREE MOVIE PASS — TO THE CASTLE THEATRE andl orci | TERRACE + PRINCE RUPERT: ENTER TO WIN A FREE SWIM, SKATE OR FITNESS PASS TO THE CASTLEGAR REC CENTRE complements of. ACROSS B.C., ALL SLUMBER LODGE INNS & MOTELS ARE OFFERING FREE BREAKFAST SPECIAL OR CONTINENTAL FARE. SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. Call 1-800-663-2831 FOR RESERVATIONS PRINCE GEORGE - WILLIAMS LK. - 100 Mi. HOUSE- Phone 365-5579 with your business brief Name ——— Phone ——— Weekly draws! No photo Just drop off newspaper coupon at the Castlegar Sun - 465 Columbia Ave. 1 bee ee ee I . The & Valley Video Castleaird Plaza 365-3777 OPEN 10:30 am - 10:00 pm 7 DAYS A WEEK Opies please. NOLOLLNSd - NOSTISN* 3dOH> VIHOLDIA + SMITHERS “@rawel No photo copies please. ust drop off newspaper coupon at the Castlegar Sun - 465 Columbia Ave.