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The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993

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Is humorous fiction still possi. ble in the age of political correct ness? That is the question author

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Fred Stenson will ask audiences to consider during his visit to Nelson on November 5 and 6

Stenson is the author of sev erat books of fiction and non fiction, but is probably best known for his humorous writ ings. His most recent book, Working Without a Laugh Track, (Coteau, 1990), is a col lection of short stories about contemporary men facing the personal challenges of the 90's The men in Working Without a Laugh Track encounter vasec- tomies, pre-natal classes and baby care, often with hilarious results.

“A lot of these situations have been dealt with by women,” Sten- son recently told Books in Canada, “but from a male point of view they haven't been dealt with ai all.”

Stenson has published two other novels: Lonesome Hero (Macmillan, 1974) and Last One Home (Ne West, 1988). Lone some Hero was awarded a silver medal by the Canadian Authors Association.

He is also the author of several non-fiction works, and recently completed a series of hockey sto- ries featuring what Stenson calls a misfit hockey forward Doug Burns, who was first introduced in a short story called Teeth.

Stenson will be reading from his works, including Working Without a Laugh Track on Fri day, November 5 at 8:00 p.m. at the Vienna Cafe in Nelson.

On Saturday, November 6, Stenson will lead a writer's workshop on writing Humor Fiction. He describes the work- shop like this: “Is humorous fiction still possible in the age of political correctness? This workshop argues that it is Workshop participants will jeam various humor techniques through the group creation of a humorous story

The workshop will be held from 10 am. to 2 p.m. The fee is $25 and pre-registration at 352 7035 is required.

Stenson’s reading and work- shop are the first events in the 1993-1994 schedule for the Kootenay School of Writing Other events to come include a reading by Evelyn Lau on December 3, and the annual Win-

ter Celebration for all area writers on December 10.

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MARILYN STRONG _ Sun Staff

Famous autographs and more!’

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The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society is sponsoring an evening of fun where items, donated by royalty, television, movie, and sports celebrities will be auctioned off to the highest bidder,

Imagine putting Vancouver Canuck Cliff Ronning’s autographed hockey stick and hockey card under the Christmas tree of your favourite hockey ant, or how about an autographed script from a soap opera; or an autographed Elizabeth

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Eastwood, Michael Jackson, Harlem Globetrot- | ters, Whoopi Goldberg, ane Maney, ae 7s, and the list goes on. Tickets for -

pe nb and cho are $10 and available from the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society or the Sandman Inn. ) See you at the Sandman at 7 p.m., November | 13, and I°ll make you a deal: if you don’t outbid | me on the autographed tool belt signed by Tim! Allen of Home Improvement, I promise not to out bid you on the authentic autographed Elvis

A festival of support for striving students

Gourmet dinner and auction will be held in Nelson

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Last year, supporters attend- ing the Festival of Trees in Trail raised $413,000 through ticket sales, and spirited bidding at both the silent auction and Christmas tree auction. This money directly supported eight students and supported the Scholarship and Bursary Fund.

“Giving of time and effort to help good causes and the pur- chase of auction items ranging from 50 cents to $41,000 is what this Festival of Trees is all about. It is our time to give too,” observed Fae Lee, Development Officer with the Selkirk College Foundation.

Brightly shining Christmas lights adorning Christmas trees fabulously decorated to become one-of-a-kind originals, which will be auctioned at the Festival of Trees Gala, represent the vision students have for their education at Selkirk College

This year, the Selkirk College Foundation presents its fourth annual.Festival of Trees”, a gourmet? dinner and auction, on November 26-at the Savoy Ban- quet Hall intNelson

The evening is set to begin with a silent auction at 6:30 p.m.. A combined buffet/sit down dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live auction of theme-decorated Christmas trees and selected art Pieces. The evening presents an opportunity for Selkirk College students in the cooking, hospi tality and music programs to

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assisting in the door-to-door delivery of trees are the Physical Education students.

This year, major sponsorship comes from Pope and Talbot, Pharmasave, Canadian Region al and Dr. M.C. Salmon, Chiro- practor. In addition, many other businesses such as Kootenay Valley Financial Services, the City of Nelson, Lion's Head Pub, Midland Walwyn (Nel- son), Exner and Wickland, West Arm Trucking Ltd., Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Comin co, CIBC (Castlegar), Zak's Auto Body, and Grand Forks Savings Credit Union ave com mitted to supporting Selkirk College students

It is the silent auction that generates the most interest and fun, however, Annie Holtby, fes tival committee chairperson, hopes people will not be afraid to bid on the trees. The final bid price includes delivery of the tree to home or business where it can be used year after year

Tickets to the Festival o Trees are $75 each ($50 deductible). Reservations a necessary and must be made by November..15 by calling Selkirk College at 365-1240

New this year is a raffle which has been added to pro vide an opportunity to every Selkirk College Region to have a ch e ata one-of-a-kind, theme-decorated Christmas tree. In addition to the tree prize includes a seven-day Caribbean Cruise for two, second prize is a seven-day San Franc vacation, including hotel an

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air fare, and third prize is return airfare for two to Van couver or Victoria, Courtesy of Canadian Regional. Draw for the raffle will take place at the Festival Trees Gala

Festival of fashions

a new feature!

Another new feature in support of the Festival is a fashion ~show planned November 12 in conjunction with the Trail and District Arts Council Craft Fair, November 12 and 143.

Festival of Fashions will feature wearable clothing crafted by the Mountain Val- ley Weavers at 5:30 p.m. in the Senior Citizen’s Centre in Trail. In addition to the fash- ion show, thé Fouridation will display one of its one-of-a- kind decorated trees, sell raf- fle tickets, and introduce and sell prints from its Sarama Art Collection

Proceeds from these events will benefit the stu- dents at Selkirk College through the Scholarship and Bursary Program while pro- ceeds from the Arts Council Craft Fair will benefit the VISAC Gallery.

Evelyn Lau to read from poetry collection

Vancouver writer Evelyn Lau will read from Oedipal Dreams her second collection of poetry when she appears at the Castle- gar Campus, De

noon to 2

Lecture Theatre

Fresh off a promotional tour of her latest book, Fresh Girls, Lau appears courtesy of the Canada Council and the College depart ment of Lang es and Litera- ture. Admission is f » the public is invited

Tough-Love workshop

Troubled teens and what to do

The Fireside Inn in Castlegar will be the location of a three-day workshop for professionals who work with adolescents troubled by drug or alcohol dependencies. Dick Schaefer, director of the Tough-Love Centre in Fargo, North Dakota is the presenter.

The day-long workshops ate scheduled for December 1-3 Schaefer is the author of Choices and Consequences. Parents of troubled teens may benefit from Schaefer's evening presentations on December 1 at Stanley Humphries in Castlegar

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New faces, new places For Accountant Geoffrey Yule, the opportunity to return to the Kootenays with his wife, also an accountant, and raise their family was too good to refuse. Geoff has bought Henry John’s accoun- tancing practice and is enjoy- ing meeting all of Henry's former clients and renewing friendships. After 15 years in other parts of the province Geoff is pleased to back.

Power of the word Kootenay Broadcasting Sys- tem is sponsoring the ever popular and world famous Dale Carnegie course. If you are interested in taking it please contact KBS in Trail

Be a winner

This year the Selkirk College Foundation’s Festival of Trees will be holding a raffle in con- junction with the Festival There are 8,000 tickets at $5. each being sold and the three prizes are: one seven-day Caribbean Cruise for two plus a tree; a return trip to Vancou- ver/Victoria or a seven-day hotel and air trip for two to San Francisco. You don’t have to attend the festival to win!

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Should you borrow to make investments?

Should you avoid debt as much as possible’? This woman hates debt but wonders if she should borrow at least to contribute to a registered retirement savings plan.

She's 48, he's 45: they have two children. He earns $60,000 a year, she used to work as a nurse but now loves being home (the mortgage is paid off) and earns some money _ typing

ance between spending now, and saving to have more to spend in the future

It's good you are exploring different financial approaches. You can make more money by borrow ing leveraging) than by saving to invest but you can also lose more money

Still, I feel you should borrow for the RRSP (Note: your husband should be con

manuscripts.

He has a $6,000 RRSP but they took the rest of their savings to buy a three-year-old car for $8,000 because they didn’t want to borrow. They do owe $5,000 on a home improvement loan and $2,500 on Mastercard which they are paying off as fast as possible.

“I have enjoyed your column over the years and appreciate your attitude toward finances,” she said. “Money isn’t the most important thing, you have to ensure the other parts of your life are flowing smoothly, too.

“My questions: Should we borrow to make an RRSP ci i and other ? The thing is, I don’t want money in the future, we need it right now - kids in school, new roof, new car, kitchen addi- tion, even a summer cottage.

““We are secure and I feel very fortunate. But I also feel we are stuck in a quagmire. For so long my hus- band’s salary was rising every year. I nursed and we seemed to have lots of money. Now, any extra expense has to be carefully thought out. I'd love that addition to our kitchen but it looks out of the question unless I go back to work.

“We have good friends who make good money but take out loans at the drop of a hat. They have a lot of debt including money borrowed to invest. Still, they take stupendous vacations. Are we a couple of dum- mies? - C.C.

No, you are simply being true to your feelings about money. Only you can decide the correct bal-

tributing to a spousal plan if you'll be in a lower tax bracket when the money 1s eventually withdrawn.)

Your husband will save 10 - 50 cents tax for every dollar he con tributes. Use part (half?) of the tax savings to pay off your debts and the rest to spend on the “now.”

Try to have the RRSP loan repaid by next June 30. Then continue those “payments’ through March 1, 1995 - but this time toward the spousal RRSP contribution for the 1994 tax year so you won't have to borrow again

Once all personal debts are gone, consider borrow ing for other investments only if you fully understand the investment, feel comfortable about the loan and could cope, personally and financially, if the invest ment went bad

Another reader has a budding film star in the fami ly, and asks: “My son, who is six, did some work ina movie this year and was paid about $7,000. How can we protect this pay and my tax benefit?” - A.B

Your son should be filing a tax return. If income tax was withheld from his pay, he might get a refund. If no tax was withheld, he should claim all expenses relating to this self employment, which should wipe out the $100 - $200 tax he might otherwise have to pay. If he had earned income in.1992, he should con tribute just enough to an RRSP to reduce his taxable income to $6,456 so he won't pay any tax for 1993

You no longer get a tax break for a dependent child

Mike Grenby Syndicated Columnist

Business minister says he'll cut red tape

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has completed renovations to correspond with the clean and green theme of downtown revitalization. West's Depart- ment Store has completed its canopy and trim and the struc- ture is receiving rave reviews from customers.

Asking for.Help

The Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services wants everyone to know that a debt counsellor from their Debtor Assistance Branch will be tak- ing appointments in Trail on Monday November 8. Call toll free 1-800-663-7867 and ask for 828-4511 to set up an appointment

Stocking the shelves

The Picture Place has had new shelving units built and installed by Dak Contracting and already they are starting to fill up with wonderful Christ- mas gift items.

New faces, new places Rod Clifford is the new Office Manger at Arrow Lakes Air Conditioning. Rod is a well known Castlegar resident who also is the lead singer in a local band called Crossroads.

Re-touching

Sandy Sherwood has opened a photographic re-touching busi- ness in Trail. Trained as a pho- tograph restorationist she won awards for hand coloring and learned how to remove unsightly acne, braces, and to restore old photographs Check her out at 1268 Pine Ave. in Trail

Festival of Trees

This year, the Selkirk College Foundation’s Annual gala din- ner and auction of decorated Christmas Trees will be held at the Savoy Banquet Hall in Nelson. Tickets are $75 each, of which $So is tax deductible Contact Selkirk College Foun- dation for more information.

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A new B.C. Buy Sman Pur- chasing card will make it easier for B.C. companies to do busi- ness with the provincial gov- cmmoent and assist government in getting better value for tax- payers’ dollars

“Selected cardholders may now go onto a retail store down the street, for example, pur- chase an item and the supplier will be paid immediately,” said Government Services Minister Robin Blencoe

“By changing our purchas- ing methods—from a paper- driven process to a more efficient purchasing card—it will be easier for B.C. compa- nies to do business with gov- ernment. By increasing access to the government market, we'll be directing spending locally and regionally and that’s good for B.C."s econo- my.”

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SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor

For Kootenay residents, the summer of 1993 will go down in history as “the one that wasn't.” And as a result of this year’s lousy weather, tourism also suffered according to the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Assistant Manager Marcia Jackson said Castlegar and area tourism numbers are down nine per cent from last year. But considering the lack of sunshine hours, a nine per cent decrease isn't that bad, Jackson said

From May to September 1992, there were 3,380 tourist stops at the Chamber Info Centre. In the same time frame this year, the number dips to 3,144. For local business owners in the service industry, any deCrease in tourism

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Small Business Minister Bill Barlee is asking the small busi ness community to identify their top 10 priorities for cutting red tape and promised the govern ment will work on the sugges tions within the next 12 months

Barlee cited the ‘top 10° as an example of the kind of input he is secking from the business commu. nity in response to a small business discussion paper made public today. The paper, A~-Commitment to Small Business, was released at the Business Excellence Trade Show in Victoria in conjunction with Small Business Week

This discussion paper is the Start of our initiative to assist small business in B.C.,” he said

We're focusing on businesses with up to to 20 full time employ ees. because these business create most of the new jobs in our province.”

Barlee said the challenges fac- ing small business are not new He said the Commitment to Small Business discussion paper was distributed to stimulate input from the business community on how to cut the red tape that makes it difficult for small busi

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is Just plain bad news, and it’s safe to say that every business owner is hoping for more sun shine in 1994

People are coming to Castlegar for a number of reasons and activities, most of which require

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nesses to do business. Barlee is looking for ideas that are work- able, practical and can be imple- mented relatively quickly.

The minister said he has already, acted on suggestions from business owners. The Min- istry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture will be reviewing the cumulative impact of all fees and. licences affecting small business and completing the review within six months. The results will be reported back to the business community

Tourism numbers down in Castlegar

good weather. “Many tourists come specifically to see historical attractions such as the Doukhobor Heritage Museum, or for recre- ation reasons such as golfing,” Jackson said.

Any tourist visiting Castlegar means new money arriving into the community, and with the incredible number of maps and brochures that afte sent from the chamber office. it's interesting to monitor tourism facts

A lot of brochures are being picked up. We thought we had a two-year supply but they’re gone.” Maps of Cast r are also a hot item. In February 1992, the chamber printed 17,000 maps, and are now having to print more.

Jackson said the majority of tourists are coming from the Unit- ed States and Alberta; followed by in-province travellers; and finally from Japan and Europe.