2 nape ee orem ss as News August 17, 1991 BRIEFLY By CasNews Staff Ready to ring up pledges Castlegar fire fighters will take phone pledges and accept contributions at the fire hall during the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon Sept. 2, local pledge coordinator Dick Dun- lop said, Volunteers will take pledges from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at — 3266. As well, the City of Castl has given permi the use of the city’s switchboard for pledges. That ral is 965-7227. The phone lines will be open for pledges on Labor Day only but fire fighters will accept cheques anytime. Pledge centres are also being set-up by fire-fighter volun- teers at the fire halls in Trail (354-1737), and Nelson (352- 3103). The annual telethon is a major fund: B.C, region of the Mi Jar Dystrophy A The support of local fire figh and helped to raise almost $50,000 last year, said Norma Saltzberg, regional director for the MDAC. g project for the i 1 of Canada. Unemployment dips slightly in the Castl area is down 3.6 per cent, Btanintien Canada said Thursday. Castlegar’ s aver t rate was 12.7 per cent for May, June and July, compared to 16.3 per cent for March, April and May, StatsCan said. Over the same time period, Trail’ s rate dropped 1.6 per cent. StatsCan said 5,000 people in the geographie region that includes Castlegar were looking for jobs out of a work force the government agency pegs at 40,000. In the Trail area, 15,000 people were job hunting in a work force estimated at 128,000. Casth is part of a Canada region that includes Nelson, the Slocan Valley, Creston and the Columbia-Shuswap region. Trail is included in an area encompassing Grand Forks and part of the Okanagan. Site C called bad deal A West Ki 1 group says the provincial pieesocge Sap poeetia to take the Site C dam project off the shelf is a bad deal for British Columbians. The Valhalla Society, based in New Denver, said in news release Thursday that the government is selling out the envi- roriment to supply insatiable U.S. energy demands. “The U.S. will get clean power; Canada will lose 6,600 acres of prime agricultural land and lose more critical winter wildlife habi- tat,” said society director Grant Copeland. The on-again, off-again Site C project is envisioned for the Peace River area of northeastern British Columbia. Copeland said Energy Minister Jack Weisgerber, following through on a pledge by Premier Rita Johnston, has moved the pro- ject to “construction-ready status.” Copeland said the project would increase B.C. Hydro’s public debt to $10.5 billion from $7 billion. British Columbia won't need the additional power for decades, he said, adding that downstream benefits from the Columbia Riv- er Treaty will equal the power generated by Site C and this will revert to Canada in 1998. Energy conservation would create more long-term jobs than damming more rivers, he said. City supports legacy fund Castlegar city council supports the City of Trail’s proposal that the provincial government form a legacy fund with the Columbia River Treaty’s downstream benefits when they return to the province starting in 1998. Money in the fund would be earmarked for the benefit of people in the East and West Kootenay Columbia River basin affected by the construction of dams under the treaty in the 1960s. en aR os mt = Westar continued from front page response from the minister to confirm his assurances that Castlegar’s concerns will be con- sidered in the transaction, The provincial forests ministry has the final approval over the Wes- tar Group’s sale of its timber assets. Meanwhile, Moore and coun- cil remain worried about Revel- stoke’s interest in the northern part of TFL 23, comprising some 30-40 per cent of the tree farm licence. “Revelstoke is lobbying very extensively for this,” she said. But, she noted, “I don’t see the wisdom of transferring jobs from one area to another.” Council’s concern that Nakusp is also seeking a por- tion of the TFL has been allayed, however, by a tele- phone call Aug. 15 between Moore and Nakusp Mayor Rose- mary Johnson. Nakusp council has hired a special job protection commis- sioner for critical industries to keep tabs on the Westar sale, but Moore said Johnson agrees the TFL “should stay together.” Last week, the Castlegar council’s committee met with Westar Group executives. CasNews photo by Ed Mills Tracy Carr (left) is getting ready to compete in the Miss Interior pageant in Penticton while Lesa Draper has already travelled to Vancouver to take part in the Miss PNE contest. Castlegar women toss. crowns into bigger rings Tracy Carr seeks Interior title; Lesa Draper eyes PNE prize By CasNews Staff Last year’s Miss Castlegar and this year’s reigning princess Miss PNE title. The five-day pageant begins Aug. 15, with ifinals on Aug. 19 and finals are tossing their crowns into bigger rings this month. Tracy Carr, Miss Castlegar 1990, will be trying to bring the Miss Interior crown back to this city when she competes in that pageant Aug. 24 in Penticton. Lesa Draper, 17, meanwhile will be in Vancouver along with 60-65 other woman vying for the Aug. 20. Carr, 19, will compete in a field of 21 contestants in the five-day pageant for the Interior crown which was won by Castle- gar’s Judi Closkey in.1989. The winner of that pageant represents the Interior in the Miss Canada Pageant later this year. “I’m going there to do the best that I can and, yes, I would like to win,” Carr said. “But I’m not going there just to win. I want to get a lot of experience while I’m there and meet a lot of new friends.” People can send good wishes to Draper at the Coast Atrium Hotel in Vancouver from now until Aug. 20, and to Carr at the Penticton Sandman Inn from Aug. 20-24. Vandalism continued from front page Duff agreed. “He’s definitely been most cooperative,” he said. Duff said the RCMP recorded 126 instances of wilful damage during the first seven months of this year compared to 112 dur- ing the same time last year. The incidents include such things as damage to parked vehicles. The “clearance rate” — the “We exp’ d to the compa- ny our opposition (to the split- ting of the TFL) on the grounds of the local employment base and stability,” said Moore, LARRY BELL +. gives percentage of charges laid — was 24 per cent this year com- pared to 18 per cent during the same period in 1990. “Ultimately, it comes down to catching these people and apply- ing the full extent of the law,” said Duff, who agreed with other council members that residents must be willing to call the police if they see vandalism taking place. 207. JEANS BY PULSE WALKING SHORTS COVERALL SHORTS SELECTED SWEATERS COTTON KNIT PANTS 10%. 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Council is now monitoring the situation and will request more aware of the problem, Duff said. “The committee obviously isn’t going to solve the problem.” ANYTIME IS | SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM HARD OR SOFT CONES MILKSHAKES, SUNDAES! ¢ REMEMBER ¢ CHICKENTIME with ial buyers. “We want assurances that the sawmill continues to oper- ate and that jobs are pre- served,” Moore said. \ME ig Ny 2816 Columbia Ave. The statistics ar: returning from the United States ing on Highway 22 south of into autos (trucks and other vehicles | not included) returning the same day, after one-night away and after two or more nights away in the U.S. Percentage changes are calculated for the first five months of 1991 only, the latest figures avaliable at preas time. January Same day 1 night 2 or more br ee otal February er yd hat nig! 2 of more nights Total Same day 1 night 2 or more nights Total cross- . The state are broken down 1989 First quarter Same day 2 or more nights Total Same day 1Tnight 2 or more nights Total oe day night 2or more ighta tal Second quarter Same day 1 night 2 or more nights Total Same day 1 night 2 or more nights August ‘2 or more nights Total September Same day Tnight 2 or more nights Total Third quarter Same day 1 night 2 or more —_ Total Same day 1Tnight 2.0r more nights Total November Same day 1 night 2 or more nights Total December Same day Inight 2 or more nights Total Fourth quarter Sameday 1Tnight 2 or more nights Total Year totals Same day 1 night 2 or more nights Total Source: Statistics Canada CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 365-6313 1955-6th Ave., Castlegar VIN 487 ne ach JCHER 1004 Columbia’ . Ph. 365-8155 BACK TO SCHOOL SALE STARTS MON., AUG. 19 The Back to School Sale Flyer in today's Castlegar News inadvertently has sale dates Aug. 28-Sept. 7. 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OF CANADA 2224-6th Avenue a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School Dentist” continued from front page was a costly venture, but since her dentist takes Canadian mon- ey at par and honors her Cana- dian dental plan, it’s about the same price or less in the States, she said. “Sure were covered. I'm not sure how it works. We just give them the cards and they take care of it,” she said. “I haven't really. even compared prices. I hear that some things are cheap- er, some are the same as Cana- da, but it’s the service that I like. It’s the way you're treated.” Her dentist, Dr, Conrad Cox, who runs an advertisement in the local yellow pages, said About 10-20 per cent of his clien- tele is Canadian. (An employee at his office said she thought it was much higher than that.) Cox said he gets people from as far away as Vancouver, but most of his Canadian customers come down from the Kootenays, and the number has grown every year. Cox caters to his cross-border customers by adjusting his prices to match those set by the Canadian Dental Association, which sets recommended prices for all dental work performed in Canada. “We use the Canadian (Dental Association) fee guide so we're right on par with them,” said Cox, who added that he’s not exactly sure why Canadians come to him. “They’re not critical of the dentists up there, or anything like that. Dentistry is such a personal service that people just tend to go where it’s comfortable or convenient. But I don’t know. It’s hard to say.” As far as using Canadian den- tal plans in the U.S. goes, a client service representative at one of B.C.’s leading dental plan insurance agencies said it's totally legitimate. “It depends on their plan, but most of our dental plans do allow dental coverage outside of our home province,” said David Lum of Great West Life in Vancouver. And that’s basically standard throughout the industry, said im. Castlegar dentist Phillip Kanigan said he doesn’t know much about the issue, and isn’t really concerned about it any- way. “I have a few patients who've gone before, but usually they end up staying here once they come here. I’m not sure why peo- ple go down there,” Kanigan said. “As far as it being cheaper, I guess they think it is, but I couldn’t give you any definite answer.” About the only thing that ticks off Kanigan about cross- border dental care is that people doing it really want to have the best of both worlds. “What’s always bothered me is that when something breaks or gdes wrong, then I usually end up having to fix it up. So I think as far as the back up (ser- vice) goes when they go down there, it isn’t there.” Back up or not, the Castlegar woman, who also does her gro- cery shopping in the U.S., said she’s not about to change. But she’s not about to brag about it either. “That's why I don’t want to give my name. I still have to go to a dentist around here if there’s,an emergency,” she said. Border continued from front page you buy from a local merchant you have the warranty, (the dealer is) easily accessible and the cost is not that big of a dif- ference. “But I think it’s going to take some time for the people to real- ize what (shopping in the U.S.) really is costing them.” Meanwhile, the number of Canadians taking their dollars out of the country is apparently making retail investors skittish, Stan said. “As far as investment, what we have heard from some of the major developers is that it’s very, very difficult to get nation- al companies to locate anywhere within 100 miles of the U.S. bor- der,” he said. “Major companies are extremely careful. “One of the reasons Ted Charne (of First Commercial Properties Ltd.) didn’t go ahead with his mall on the elliptical site (off Highway 3 southeast of Castleaird Plaza) is that it’s PLEASE NOTE: Copy changes taken once per month only. Deadline is the last Wed- nesday of each month, for the following month. very difficult to get a national chain to come in because of the close proximity to the U.S. bor- der.” Stan and Castlegar Chamber of Commerce director Dale Don- aldson, owner of Mallard’s Ski and Sport Ltd., said providing good service to customers is probably one of the best ways to keep Canadians shopping at home. “I think the way that we have dealt with it from Mallard’s point of view is that we try to price our goods as competitively as we can and to offer the best possible service we can so people will think twice about going to the States,” said Donaldson, who has stores in Castlegar, Trail and Nelson employing 15 people. “In a lot of cases we are com- peting. In the ski business we are competeing. 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