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CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 29, 1981

One _ man’s opinion

Trade Fair ‘81

3 Ff iy FRED MERRIMAN
A potpourri! of top!
Kootenay Trade Fair.4:3. §

once-in-a-lifetime experience. Some bults firm
disaster a few years back blew apart a potentially serious and

he and impressions gathered during the West

oY
Shades of aroundtheWaitd in 80 Days balloon, Three bucks a ride fora
believe that the dirigible

Life insurance, accidental
death and dismemberment,

Board of Trade.
Since then, chambers of

weekly
indemnity, long ‘term . dis-
ability insurance, dental plan,
extended health benefits.
These are available to most
employees of large corpor-
ations and union members.
But what about the small

cost efficient form of public port. Great p forat (

public, .
Admired the yellow Corvette just waiting to be flown at low altitudes,

Dreamed of thundering across the waves in a sleeps-six cabin-cruiser...
or sitting moorside at Scotch Lair on Pender Island with the cabin lights on low
and talking about the fishing and ether adventures while the portable radio
backgrounded with "Everything is Beautiful” or Ann Murray doing “Snow Bird”.

Stood nearly mesmerized by Ken Marken’s “ODE to Pollock”. Now I have
to figure out where | can get $450 to buy and re-capture that experience. | do
not know who you are, Ken, but we beat to the same drummer.

Noticed the Santa Claus twinkle in a Big Brother's eyes, Found it in-
etesting to hear that Castlegar has five Big Brothers with eight boys on the
waiting list.

Learned that computers speok Basic, Corbol and Fortran... . (I think).

Every household should have such a machine built of silicon chips and
using floppy disks. It could be like photography; the cameras are cheap, it's
the film and development costs that will kill you. | have always thought that
Kodak should sell their cameras for $5 and rely on the sale of film to carry the
company. | would like to have a computer but have doubts when it comes to
buying software.

Wandered into the Search and Rescue base camp complete with line, hard
hats and a myriad of related equip d d to save the wild: wan-
derer. The spok for this dedi d, rugged bunch of volunteers spoke
proudly of the Castlegar Unit, some 27 strong, as the second best in the entire
province,

How would you like to tumble out of bed at two o'clock in the morning and
slosh through the wind and rain or snow up to your waist to save some lost
and dying stranger? | wouldn't. . . these guys do. It was also interesting to
hear that many of the 5 and R boys or, more accurately, men, have had close
calls ihemselves. From ‘personal experience thay can speak of the need for
such an organization. .

| saw and heard much more at this year’s Trade Fair... and then we had
the good fortune to stop at the booth set up by the Chamber of Mines of
Eastern British Columbia.

A young independent prospector spent a good portion of time with us ex-

laining the ore les, the diff b fool's gold and the real
thing. We saw a pan with gold taken from the Salmo River near the Pend
O'Reille and a chunk of cre sample from the Hallmac Mines property at San-
don, which is reported to carry more than 100 oz. of silver per ton and over 70
percentlead... thera is a considerable tonnage proven.

You learn much at a Trade Fair and most of it is valuable.

and
their employees? What about
the one-man operations?

Most insurance companies
won't even look at a one-man
operation for such a program,
and for a company of less
than 10 people or so, cost of
such a program is prohi-
bitably high.

Some time ago, the Castle-
gar Chamber of Commerce
initiated a plan whereby
chamber members could buy
8 comprehensive employee
benefit’ plan. The program
was put together four years
ago by William M. Mercer
Limited, the internationally-
recognized consultant actu-
ary firm for the Vancouver

Validity of B.C. Hydro
survey is questioned

Questions about how ser-
ious B.C. Hydro was in sur-
veying 200 home owners
about the proposed Murphy,

k Dam project were
raised Tuesday by a Castle-

alderman,

Ald. Jim Gouk told the city
* council ~ meeting” he ~ ques:
* tiolied the validity of the sur-
vey when people who will be
unaffected by the dam were
questioned about compen-

sation, ~
He said he had been told
the intent was to survey 200
homeowners who would be
affected if the project went

ahead, but he learned later of
people living downstream of
the dam site, in Trail and
Rossland, who were being
asked about how they would
like to be compensated if
they should lose their homes.

“The council agreed to'con-

and board of trade
throughout the’ provinces
have jumped on the band-
wagon, and for employee
members of these organi-
zations, Mercer has come up
with comprehensive employ-
ee benefit program un-
matched by anyone,

For example, for a one-
person operation of say, a
83-year-old male, married
with two children, a program
can be put together to in-
clude $25,000 in life insur-
ance, accidental death and
dismemberment insurance,
dependent life insurance of
$5,000 for spouse, and $2,600
per dependent child, long
term

ue

With almost 600 firms in
B.C. on the program, Mer-
cers was able to assemble the
kind of package deal that
even the largest program
would have difficulty equal-
ling. An employee benefits
program for a small business
can be very important, not
only for the owner of the
business but also for the em-
ployees. It's certainly a way

business for too long, and
now thrown into the whole
deal is also the availability of
consulting services of one of
the world's ‘most highly-rec-
ognized consulting acturial
firms. :

fe

Employees benefits through chamber

The comprehensive em.
ployec keraire Program. by
Willlam, ir
‘throiigh the caitearcn |
ber of Comulorce’to ite inbins,
bers, Ita:welliwqrtht looking y
inte. bxI vay

ARROW _{ WINDSURFING,

to attract and retain good 3 .

employees, : . windsurfers
accessories

sportswear

wetsuits

For the Chamber of Com-
merce such a program is a
selling tool for new members
and lasting members, be-
cause the only way a com-
pany can continue to be a
part of the comprehensive

N is

TRADE_FAIR_ SPECIAL:

dental plan, extended health
benefits — all for less than
$60 per month.

The program is a Cadillac
one, with the very best avail-
able. Mercer searched high
and low and they have the
clout to demand the best.

“member. So in effect, every-

iP benefits prog
to continue to be a chamber

$100

off the regular price of
any windsurfer~ purchased:
before May 15th. uate
phone 362-5885.
after 6pm

one benefits, especially the
small business,

Here's a break, and breaks
are too few and too far be-
tween. Group insurance has
been out of reach of small

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Castlegar -
This 12-week refresher.
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emer

Oon- first vice-
preatdent local Chamber of Commerce Mike O'Connor,
a ra . fits D

tact the who car-
ried out the survey and ask
for clarification.

Gouk said he wondered if
Hydro was using the survey
asa way of avoiding making a
commitment until later. That
may be the company's intent,
or it may not be, he said.

‘T. Woykin prayer
service Thursday

Prayer services begin
‘Thursday at 2 p.m. and con-
tinue Friday until 2 p.m. from
the Krestova Hall for Tom
Woykin, 78, of Krestova who
died today.

Born Feb. 11, 1908, in
Saskatchewan Mr. Woykin
came to British Columbia in
1918 working all his life as a
carpenter in sawmills.

In 1922 he married Nastia
Stroloff of Raspberry.

Besides his wife, Nastia,
Mr. Woykin is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Mike
(Anne) Popoff of Castlegar,
Mrs. Harry (Vera) Gevatkoff
of Krestava and Mrs. John
(Nellie) Babakieff of Kres-
tova; three grandsons; six
granddaughters and three
great-grandchildren.

Burial will be at Krestova
Cemetery.

Semp' ployee | lept.
Alex Bodrog, local chambers office manager Linde
Green and enrollment officer from Vancouver Gary
Richardson, —CosNewsFoto by lols Hughes.

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FIRST: PLACE winner in the evening gala

event.of the. West Kootenay

Competition at the Hi Arrow Arms Sun-
day is Barb Swetlishoft, owner of Accent
Styling of Castlegar. Her stunning modol

Net income
increased
by B.C.'s

credit unions _

GOUVER (GP) Net~

Chamber.
+ to meet
Thursday |

Castlegar Chamber. of |

Commerce is holding a‘ lun-
cheon general meeting on

April 80 from noon to 1 p.m. °

at the Hi Arrow Arms
Hotel.”

Guest speakers will be’.

W.E. McKinney, executive,
Vdirector of Johnston | Ter-

Motor»

minals, Vancouver, and Alex

Hairstyling

“will be speakin; f .
the chamber's employée ben-,. :

Bodrogi, representative from
William Mercer Ltd. Bodrogi
¥ g briefly on

efits program. :

To discuss. .
Arrow timba: -
supply area.

tie ‘Public, information meet- '

ings. to’. discuss the Nield

/ Analysis Report for the ‘Ar-
/ row Timber Supply ‘Area will :

following :. §

esday, 5,
" Senior Citizen's Hall, mm + 8th,
m.

“ig “Sherri Sturgeon, - also-/of Accent
Styling. Sherri’s hair Is rolled on one side
for a dramatic effect while leaving sof-
tness with curls on the other side.

—CoittewsFote ly Jorge

Avenue, Nakusp, B.C."

enue, Castlegar, B.C. 7. p.m, :

to 9 pm.
These

the Chief Forester. with’ in-

rmation ‘to he !considered
when establishing ‘an’ allow-
able ahnual cut for the Arrow~
Timber Supply. Area...

Copies .of the. report: may:

be obtained at the ministry of.

forests offices.in C:

. 801,

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Nakusp, Fauquier and’ Nel- “|

om e e : oan nebe me
‘In collision course. |:

POWELL’ RIVER (CP)
— The ministry of trans-

cident. in which two planes.

vf
income of B:C’s efédit GnTons""|"* Fo,

increased last year to about
$23. million from $15 million ©
in 1979, the Credit Union
Reserve Board says.

. Net. assets increased | to
$4.831 billion at Dec. 31 from:
$4.195 billion the year before, *
the board says in a statement
about its annual report, _

“The membership increased:
four per cent to an estimated -
one million, the statement
said.“ .

Shares and deposits in
credit unions increased ‘to
$4.586 billion from $9.959
billion and loans outstanding
increased to $3.7 billion from
$3.4 billion. feet eRe

The board acts as.an in- ;
surance fund, general man-
ager J.R. Montgomery said”

Ewe “Ministry spokesman
Brian Thomson éaid it was

reported in B.C.

“From what I under-
stand, they were nose to
nose,” Thomson said Mon-
day. : :

plane said he was looking
eyeball to eyeball with 18
passengers of an Air B.C.
flight’ at the uncontrolled
airport on Sunday.
Witnesses say the planes
were within 100 metres
when both climbed to avoid
‘collision. ;

port is investigating an in-

one of the closest calls ever ,

. The pilot of a private

e “T've never been that

close to dying before,” said .
BobRebantad of Powell
River, pilot. of a Piper
Cherokee. “When. we

Ai.B.C,
plane. was Les ‘McAnich,
who the company says has

"10 years’ flying experience.,

“Because. Powell. River
has an: uncontrolled air-
port, there must be certain
rocedures. involved - in

pl
: landing and takeoff,” said

Jack Pomerlau, chief Air
B.C. pilot. ©
SOMEONE 1S WRONG
“In this case, someone
was ‘obviously in - the
wrong. If it’s one of our

- people then thera will be -

appropriate action taken
and not just by the MoT.”

The airport does not
have a traffic control ser-
vice, said a transport min-
istry spokesman, so pilots
must rely on visual checks.

It is mandatory when 10
miles out for each: pilot to.
announce ona specified |°
radio ‘frequency ' his’: posi-

ion-and

in

Pomerlau said'it is usual
procedure -for pilots . to

circle and ‘airport “before, J.

. landing and ‘also to listen *
on the radio for other sir-
craft in the vicinity.

He said the two: pilots
spotted each other as they
were about to land at op-'
posite ends of the 1,066-
metre runway and both
turned right — following
usual flying rules.

They passed .each other.
in mid-air about 150 metres
apart, he said:

‘Thomson sald the minis- |.

try's investigation should
be completed’ within 30°

Monday, calculating credit

unton . risk :'to”
shares and deposits. "| *
The fund paid out $578,000
last’ year, down from $1.488
million in 1979.
“I guess '79 was a year in
which we took care of a few.
problems, ‘losing. credit
unions,” he ‘said. “We had
better operations in’ 1980.”
.-Montgomery said. the in-
.terest rate fluctations of the
first half. of 1980 were
especially hard on members.

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