Golf Tournament It's August! That means the Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce is'gearing up for our 3rd Anneal Golf Tournament. This year it will be held at the Birchbank Golf Course, so for following the return of all golfers to the club house and the BBQ steak dinner at 7 p.m. Cost ig $50 together or let us put a team her for you. Reg S CLEAN-SCENE CARPET CLEANERS ba CARPET CLEANERS: moet FOQPLE RELY ON OT OREE ESTIMATE. CALL 365-6969 produce all signage locally, from re concepts, through also ro painting contacts for al & tial applications. Phone us for your quote. * ELECTRIC SIGNS © PLYWOOD/PLASTIC/FOAM SIGNS « SCREENPRINTING, HATS & T-SHIRTS BANNERS, BANNERS, BANNERS © DECALS * WHIMIS LABELLING SIGNS 2327-G6th Ave., Castiegar, B.C. Fax: 365-7692 1 -800-GG7-2455 *- 365-7672 IF YOU HAVE A HOME-BASED BUSINESS THE PLACE TO ADVERTISE Pre Ifyou work at home — you need to be listed here! District provided Smokey the Bear who everyone and cat anes out balloons. The Castlegar Royalty - Lana Som- merville and Barbara - who helped Smokey. And in ing to participate in the cere- monies and picnic. Is that Royalty or what. The B.C. Old Time Fiddlers who were just great, the Castlegar Recreation Dept. and Tom Campbell. A big thank you also goes to those who worked cit and David Lloyd right), manager of Castiogar Foods, receives a a plaque from Chamber ot was the.chamber’s way of expressing thanks for the major poral Cavbioer ‘Foods gave during the opening of the Rob- sor/Castlegar Bridge. Chamber of Commerce would just like to remind you of the “LOONEY LOTTO” which is still out there just waiting for your looney. Write your name and address on the envelope, posit your looney in the enve- lope and put it in the jar. Your win up to $1500.00 cash. The draw for the winner of the LOONEY LOTTO will be at our golf tournament on August 27, ini: Bill Barlee of Small errand running - Ken Geddes, Lee Newton, Donna Dunlop, Bruce Wilson, Bob Riesen, John Perry (what terrific Chamber Thanks goes to everyone for ing up to the donating all of the food and sup- -oaphemetemntziag berchy seared = kes «eae Looney Lotto The Castlegar & District Winter Wishes * *** . Sunameez 9x ere does your ~=<~ shine? Take the Castlegar Sun on your next vacation and send us a photo of you (or a member of your travelling group) holding up the ‘ Castlegar Sun, so we can see you and your surroundings. BE UNIQUE! BE ORIGINAL! BE HUMOROUS! Your photo could win you one of many exciting prizes such as: AND MORE! Contest runs: Dec st et Gue March 31 1, 1994 — AUG. 31, 1994 ENTRIES DUE SEPT. 30 Prizes to be awarded / 4 & Oct. 3, 1994 All entrants eligible for the grana prize (drawn Oct. 3, 1994) of: Trip for two anywhere Canadian Regional flies! Entrants must be 19 yrs or over. Prizes must be accepted as ded — no sub All photos become the property of the Castlegar Sun and cannot be returned. Castlegar Sun retains the right to publish any photos in subsequent promotional material. Employees of the Castlegar Sun and their ii di. Mail or bring your photo families or cash. ligible to win. to: The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, VIM 1G8 along with a brief explanation of where and when the photo was taken. Enter often! "Comedian Regional]. Business, Tourism and Culture announced a new initiative to encourage businesses to provide a fair rate of exchange on the percentage daily bank rate. Almost 16% of B.C. tourism revenues come from the U.S., which amounts to $851 million a year. The number of tourists from the U.S. continues to rise, in the first quarter of 1994, it’s up 7.7% over the same period in 1993. YOU RATE “HAIR-. Hair Care & More. FEA Upper Bove Galt Shop maeetrer Ave. WITH US Labngriner kits will be & SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shartene Imhoff d the needs, pr District Chaciber sap Commerce within the next couple of weeks. If your business is interested in Visitors to the Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce/Travel InfoCentre have increased dramatically over last year. It's wonderful to see the increased volume of visitors to our area. Our gift shop is doing extremely well and most tourists are walking out of our centre with a locally made gift or Castlegar/Kootenay Country of the Jap visitor to our province. This is also an opportunity for you to learn simple Japanese phrases and sayings. For more informa- tion on SuperHost Japan and SuperHost seminars, please con- tact the Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce. Super Host is: « An internationally competi- tive skills training program. In 1991 SuperHost was selected over 80 other international train- ing companies in the State of Utah. + A foundation program for the Association of Tourism Profes- sionals. Now implemented in new gifts local residents would like to display at our InfoCentre. Please give us a call. Did you know? parison Did yous know--whetB.C} | programs, SuperHost is. wery. thiw ““receives one third of all Japanese visitors to Canada and the aver- age Japanese traveller spends approximately $175 per day. In order to exceed the over 75 dary curricu- lums. + An economical way to upgrade your skills and the skills of your employees. Costs range from $25-$50 per person. In com- with other skills training effective. + An international symbol for Quality Customer Service. Included in most Tourism B.C. of this diverse market, B.C. busi- nesses and individuals are invited to participate in SuperHost Japan. This program was designed to help you deal effectively and $50.00/person - chamb You are cordially invited to attend THE CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 83RD ANNUAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1994 at Birchbank Golf Course BEST BALL SCRAMBLE - 4 person teams MAKE UP YOUR OWN OR LET US 1, spouses and emph Ul $60.00/person - non chamber members $25.00/person - steak dinner & fun (sorry no golf} PRICES INCLUDE 18 holes of golf, steak BBQ dinner, prizes and ENTER TO WIN a fly-in fishing trip courtesy of Highland Helicopters. RARISTRATION | aADUNE, BUY B.C.: a five year market to build consumer awareness, and food that consumers wanted to let them know which were actually caught, grown or pro- cessed here in B.C. To work with government in developing the most effective program possible; the Ministers’ Council on the Food was established in November 1992, with 16 mem- sectors the Council, 20 separate stake- holder sessions were held throughout the province with over 250 participants providing inpat on the Lee framework. en in the form of Tocus groups paign. The resulting program - BUY B.C. - was officially launched in June 1993. If you would like more information on the BUY B.C. program, please contact the Chamber office. Moving forward In June, 1994, approximately 100 business people from throughout the province met in Vancouver to review the results . of a survey and final report of the common to all B.C. businesses irrespective of sector, size or geo- graphic region. The report took over a year to complete and involved more than 600 operating businesses and 70 business orga- nizations, representing an esti- mate Uhh businesses throughout the province. The top four issues which B.C. businesses identified as critical to their suc- cess are: Seo CHAMBER ~~ MP DLS SADR DASE BBL OI ase Everyone's enjoying Castingnieceerriage! This summer the hopes and dreams of carly Seciety founders and Heritage Society supporters have been reali Land Heritage Park/Chagat House sad tho CP. call keeping Coordinator Deb McIn- stosh on the run, planning and supervising events such as the Bach one deserves the thanks of the City namesake! Hours: Station 9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, Friday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Island 10 a. Fo seven days a week. July 1993 the Station had 399 signed visitors, 1994 Jume 632 sigeat our guest register at Ae station. HOMETOWN _P 100% B.C. OWNED & OPERATED ‘The funding for three emp! from August to October 31 has finally been and lence, had been hired Paul Graham and Kathy Sperling, volunteer par excel- along with Deb Numan. Welcome! ‘The current list of active volunteers who have been Our p ig for enthusiastic response from a diverse cross-sec- tion of g one very mature and responsible road year old! Bach one brings special and unique skills, experience and insight to the i and a ray of confidence for the future of heritage in our area. Syringa activities are limitless! BRANP ygpality y you ca ue you can Trust! ount orn! Submitted Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Why not come out to Syringa Creek Provincial Park. There's a lot happening this week. Here’s a glimpse of what's on! All Incredible Edibles Hike (2 p.m.)— Come celebrate Trails Day with a guided nature walk along the Yellow Pine Trail, and learn about edible Penne ep) Come on on and join Park Rangers Bill and Steve for some lively music and entertain- ment—in good old fashioned camp- fire style Mu August Jexry's Rangers (10 a.m.)—Hey all August 20 Water Recreation Day (2 p.m.)— Meet at the day-use beach for family fum-in-the-sun! Ski, kayak and canoe demos will teach you about water recreation options. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Other fun stuff includes water relays balloon toss p-m.)}—Geologist Leslie Anderton will present a slideshow and bring some samples from the world of rocks. and other beach Rock Talk (7:30 August 21 Jerry’s Rangers (10 a.m.)—This week, Jerry's ‘History Hounds’ will learn about life and nature lore from days gone by. = Chamber And going and going ... Yep, you guessed right! The Energizer bunny didn’t want to miss out on the fun, so he, or she, (no one officially checked) decided to attend the grand opening of the new Peoples Drug Mart as well. That bunny was a ‘hopping hit’ to say the least! IGA PURE APPLE JUICE 1 Litre IGA FROZEN ORANGE JUICE 355 ml. IGA MUSHROOMS 284 ml. Pieces & Stems IGA SALAD DRESSING 950 ml. Reg. or light IGA PAPER TOWELS 2 roll order to be effective, the all-vol- unteer Task Force of business peo- ple has chosen to focus on only tions on each issue from which business can present consistent messages to government, identify or challenges and highlight issues requiring further analysis and action. If you are interested in more information on the Moving Forward final report, a copy is available at the Chamber office. Industry Canada Industry Canada is the eco- nomic flagship of the federal government. It administers ser- vices to business, science and ian businesses internation- ally. Their goal is greater prosper- ity for Canada. Key priorities are innovation and application of sci- ences and new technologies, of ae . Information Centre The Chamber Business Infor- mation Centre has recently received from the Madrid Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a copy of business pro- posals. This booklet provides along the eme: information highway, advice to small and ucts to import into Spain; Cc trade barriers and other hin- drances to the smooth of the marketpl I ig to products in Spain; wishing to export their products to Canadi- an companies; wishing to be represented in Canada, and ask- Canada now groups the majority ing for C Agr with C i i If of federal legislation and pro- grams for business, science and groups within a single federal department in order to better mobilize resources, merge complementary programs and avoid duplication and overlap. The result is more efficient, more direct service to its clients. If you would like more information on Industry Canada, — contact you would like to take a look at these business Proposals, drop HELEN SHAW MEMORIAL MIXED SLO-PITCH TOURNAMENT August 19, 20, 21, Castlegar For more information call Kerry 365-5329 STYLE SPARERIBS tre = Pork Loin Rib end HOM FRESH __ |PEACHES 20 Ib. case ETOWN PR@UD 100% B.C. OWNED AND OPERATED arere® We now accept Accessible Debit Cards eS = @ 2717 COLUMBIA AVE., CASTLEGAR 365-5336 — While Quantities Last — Sale dates: August 10th thru August 13th