BUSINESS Sun W 4 6B Wednesday, December 28, 1994 1995 will be Change. It's exhilarating. It's It keeps us alert in our sur- roundings. It tires us. It's a fact of life. It's a pain in the Why does the word “change” evoke so many different emo- tions? For those of us in business, change is the only constant we have. When we come to know that change is the only reality, life gets much easier. Once we accept that fact, then we can get on with our business— running a prof- As business people we are sup- posed to have a vision for the business. We know where we're going down the road and we know what we have to do to change our systems, staff, and hours and everything else in order to aftain that vision. We have an obligation to our customers to “change with the times.” We're not selling mood rings and pet rocks this year. Why? Because our customers’ needs and wants changed. There- fore, we had to change. We have an obligation to keep our staff informed of the changes the business is going through That doesn’t mean we owe them, wy DID WE MISS YOU? if you haven't received your 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday please call Marge at 365-5266 before 5:30 p.m. & we'll do our best to get one delivered to youl The Gar Sun he weekly newspaper with the daily commitment! 4, 3G65-S266 Sun by please contact one of our A Solid Investment In Your Future... That Pays Off Monthly At Castlegar Savings Credit Union we offer not only an RRSP, but a Registered Retirement Income Fund as well. An RRIF, when purchased 2) using your RRSP funds, pays you a monthly income that could last you a lifetime. It's a savings you can draw from. For more information, & investment specialists at Castlegar Savings. SBomebaty Spaud Castlegar Savings Credit Union Castlegar Branch Slocan Valicy Branch 100 - 630 - 17th St. (C5) Slocan Park, B.C. VOG 2E0 3014 Hwy 6 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 4G7 365-7232 226-7212 or anyone, a long-winded expla- nation about why we've changed. Nor do we owe them an explana- tion of how we've made the deci- sions we've made. Suffice to say that in order to attain our goal and vision and remain profitable we must change and be prepared for change in our industry and our community. So how does change affect us and how can we have our staff_- and customers accept the changes we have to make in order to be profitable? The only way that anyone can enjoy change is to initiate it or at least be involved in it. So, what are you doing with your staff and customers to help them initiate and become involved in the changes you have to make? Are you listening to the ideas of new products and product lines? Are you open to switching shifts to extend your hours so people can shop at their conve- nience, not your convenience? Are you hosting focus group ses- sions for your staff and customers year of change and asking what you can do to change your product or service to sell more? Here at The Castlegar Sun, our New Year's resolution is to change. We want to do better and to do that, we have to change. Some of the changes will be very gradual, some very dramatic; and nologies and changes can we implement to make the newspa- esting, more relevant? What features can we add? What fea- tures have outlived their useful- ness? We'll listen, take in your ideas and suggestions and implement the changes that make sense. Change. It keeps us fresh. It keeps our minds alert. It allows us to be creative in our jobs and roles. Welcome the changes coming in 1995. Keep your vision firmly focussed in your mind and, wher- ever possible, involve your cus- tomers and staff in the changes. Remember, change is the only constant we have and the only way that anyone can enjoy change is to be involved in it. How are you preparing for the changes in 1995? SFP takeover feared STERLING NEWS SERVICE Environmentalists and trade \unionists fear a proposed takeover of B.C.'s third largest forest company by the second largest will be bad for workers BOOK YOUR SPACE Call Castlegar, BC KOOTENAY CONTACTS 1:9-:9:-5 CASTLEGAR & THE SLOCAN VALLEY A ‘must have’ for new residents and businesses as well as current ones! Handy booklet size will make it a ‘keeper’! Will be available all year at hotels, motels, Chamber of Commerce, economic development, city & real estate offices. Each business featured will have its own page AND full colour photos are available! Limited numbers of pages available. BOOKING DEADLINE: January 21,'95 * PUBLICATION DATE: February 23, '95 FRED « CATHY « NICOLE 365-5266 Fax: 365-7762 465 Columbia Avenue, TODAY! V1iN 1G8 and the forests. The Western Canada Wilder- ness Committee is calling on the Provincial government to block Canfor Corp.’s $700-million bid for Slocan Forest Products. If the bid succeeds, Canfor will double its annual harvest of Crown-owned timber to nearly 10 million cubic metres, giving it the largest volume of any compa- ny i@ B.C, i MacMil- lan Bloedel by more than three miftion cubic metres. It will also continue a three- decade trend to concentrate har- vesting rights to Crown lands in the hands of fewer and fewer companies. “That's bad. The larger a com- Pany gets the less responsive it is to pressure groups,” wilderness committce director Paul George told Sterling News Service. “The provincial government should turn it down,” he added. The provincial government has no control over the transfer of Slocan’s physical assets, but may refuse to transfer Slocan’s crucial tenure (cutting rights on Crown land) to the company’s new owner. Canfor Chairman Peter Bent- ley said that the takeover made Business fundraisers The associates, clients and staff of Midland Walwyn raised $7,000 for charity and community service groups at their annual Christ- mas party and fundraiser. Ed Mannings (left) and Rob Trickey, (right) present Dale Schatz of the Selkirk College Foundation with a cheque for $500 to create a scholarship for a Business Adminis- tration student. New product Renovating For the last week Dexter's Pub in the Sandman Inn has been closed for Christmas and renovations. They re-open today, Wednesday. Check out their ch More ions will be on-going throughout January. Kootenay contacts The 3rd annual Castlegar in Focus will be published on Wednesday Feb. 23. This year full-color photos of businesses are available and the handy booklet size will make it easier for Welcome Wagon, Chamber of C: and ic De’ to di Busineses—make sure you book your space soon. Space is limited! Big picture Vogue Studios now has Enlarge-A-Print at their new store in Castlegar. The Castlegar Sun used it to enlarge a negative to an 8 x 10 print for last week's front-page photo. Color adjustment, crop- Ping and sizing makes for a personalized print. Same faces new places : Dave Cherrington has joined the staff at Castlegar Mohawk. Some of you may remember his friendly face from Johnny's Gas and Grocery, or even Mohawk a few years ago! Awarded Graphic Solutions was the low bidder on the new design for the city logo. New faces Travis Ready is the new manager of Castlegar Mohawk. Originally from Castlegar, Travis has spent the last three years in Kelowna and operated the M franchise there. Travis, his wife Angie and their two children are glad to be home again! New in town Dinner cards back Ken Geddes of Taylor's Place reports that dinner cards are back at his restaurant. Special deals and discounts are available. Ask about it! New sign . Arrow Glass, formerly Corral Glass & Trim, recently had their new illuminated sign installed. D ished Herb H d, an envi ly minded consultant based in the Kootenay community of New Denver, said corporate takeovers produced bad forest policy. “The bigger you are the more divorced you are from the forests. People are reduced to economic equations and communities to references on topographical maps,” Hammond said. 1038 Columbia the date and time of their next event and were donated by Colour, mix and Graphic Solutions. =~) Community spirit For those of you who enjoyed the free skating Tuesday afternoon the os a oabareicy ity Piss agat make sure you say a big . fou’ to at West's de; store who one partment who bought Sorry to see you go Video World, located on Columbia Ave. beside Adco Floors, has closed their doors. Radio Shack is looking at the space for the new year. Open New Year's Pharmasave in downtown Castlegar is open from noon to | p.m. on New Year's day for your emergency needs. Cookies, muffins, cake and cupcakes of all sorts could be found at the senior citizens’ hall the week before Christmas. For just $2 a person could pick out a dozen cookies of their choice and pass them off as their own when company comes to visit. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott 94 AT CHRISTMAS DINNER December busy for seniors JACK KELLY Seniors’ columnist This is a collection of notes I have gathered covering the last month's activities of the seniors. December is ever a busy month for our seniors. This is when the officers for the coming year are elected, when plans for the year that lies ahead are formulated, and, most important of all, when we all get together for dinners and enter- tainment, dances and fellowship all influenced by the spirit of Christmas arranged for the fes- tive season. What a rich treasury of memo- Ties it would be if one could gath- er together the recollections of all those sturdy citizens who have seen so much. The Christmas dinner was held on Nov .26 this year. We had an excellent turnout with 94 people. At that time, poinsettias were presented to Mrs. Jessie Donnan and Ann Kalmakoff, the mem- bers with the longest membership and service to the seniors. Mrs. Francis Oliphant and Mr. Nick Panchiv were also awarded poinsettias as the old- est lady and gent. The two remaining poinsettias were given to Lorne Ashton as the youngest member and to Evelyn Bachelor in a random draw. A comfortable evening was topped by a dance in the hall, something that most seniors enjoy and joincin. The sight of those elder citizens, gliding over Isobel Gerrard will serve another term as president, and Mrs. Dorothy Raymond as secre- tary while Mrs. Dorothy Ashton will stay on as treasurer. ki won a doll and cradle. Molly Verigin won a beautiful hand crafted photo album. Our seniors can look forward with some confidence to much i d ion services A new executive will be Marge Kozak, while Marge Paisley will remain sec- ond vice-president. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by Nick Osachoff of the district senior citizens council. On Dec. 15, the December social was held. The Balladeers entertained, and refreshments were served. A very successful Cookie Walk was organized for this event by Marge Paisley and some senior citizen crafters. There was a draw held for sev- eral prizes. Mrs. Kay O'Flaherty won a quilt and Darlene Kalaws- P’ due to the ion of Mayor Mike O'Connor and the city administrator Jim Gustafson. They openly and frankly dis- cussed the problems of the Castlegar transportation service. One other concern is the pre- sent news releases suggesting that some compensation will be awarded this Arrow Lakes area in P ion for the uph iM and damage caused by the Arrow Lakes development. 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