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Local singer leading

JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun staff

Ye haw! Here

native

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who has started to waves in the rising levels country music pool

originally

Darcey Dawson

from Castlegar, is the front

man in a newly-formed four band by the name

band

member Dawson Country The last week Pub

long

was in Castlegar

playing at Banjo just Starting off on the and

winding touring road

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cy Dawson lead singer; Whitey Nielsen, lead guitar; nmer Reid Wright during their performance at Banjo's

perform during the Calgary While at competitions, feed back from judges included, this is the hottest upcoming country bands on the country music scene,”

ing to Munn

tampede. The group per

iced two shows each day one of

shout the internationally us stampede accord arhier in the summer, the band

fat the Craven Valley Jam In addition to Dawson, who is the lead vocalist, the band con sists of Whitey Nielsen with lead

guitar duties

in Craven ve of the largest country music on the

Saskatchewan

prairies. The band Greg Zwaagstra

rmed for crowds of over who plays bass and harmony vocals, and the percussion comes from the drums of Reid Wright

From Castlegar, the

a Munn, the

fescribdd the group as

band's band plans on touring towards Cran brook and then through Alberta

Annual concert benefits young musicians

ruse money for the An Council's music scholarship fund

relic, attragtive. dynamic

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Appearing in this concert were Fran Lamb, Laura Walker and Paul Landsberg, the Kelly Atkinson as well as other iltalent

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Nitty Gritty headlines festival

The little hamlet that could is pulling off a major musical coup 25,000 people will converge to the tiny community of Salmon Valley for the Third Annual Salmon Valley Music a th e-day musical event that is quickly becoming a summertime staple for country music fans

This annual event unites tens of thousands of country music fans with a who's who of music indus try professiqnals and full comple ment of media personalities from print, radio and television

A breathtaking riverside site presents the ultimate setting for what has proven to be a first-rate extravaganza

this year. An estimated

Festival

One of country's best-loved institutions rounds out the first day of music slated for the Salmon Valley Fetival July 30, 31 and August 1, 1993

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fills capacity venues and they are sure to please the many who turn up for thi three-day event on the banks of the Salmon Valley River their last Canadian appearance, The Dirt Band has picked up the Album of the Year Award. Breaking down barriers has been their only constant since Starting out as a college jugband in Los'Angeles back in 1966. For the Dirt Band, it's always been “music made for the sake of the song and sheer joy of playing shucking labels and making great music

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Friday, July 30 Reserve your tickets today through Overwaitea Foods, West em Horseman (604) 564-4514 or the Salmon Valley Hotline at (604) 971-2221

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Castlegar residents Rudy and Mary Bass enjoyed a Saturday afternoon in the park, two-stepping to a local band performing at Zuckerberg's Island. Approx- imately 20 people attended the event, sponsored by

the Castlegar and District Heritage Society.

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July 28, 1993

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Welcome back

Dave Murdoch, former man aget of Bartle & Gibson has returned home to Castlegar His new business, Kootenay Plumbing Supplies will be open the first week of August at 2245 6th Ave where Kitchen Design centre used to be

New in town

Dak Contracting, offering complete home renovations is open for business

Work Progressing

Work is progressing on the KFC building located in the Columbia Plaza adjacent to the Met Mart on Columbia Ave. in Castlegar. Plans are for an August Opening

Sorry to see you go

Mark Gregory, a well-known voice on CKQR in Castlegar, and familiar red head around town, is heading back to familiar territory after accept- ing a position at CJYM in Rosetown, Saskatchewan Gregory, who began his career at QR in June 1990 will be the Assistant Program Director and starts in early August Best wishes Mark!

Moving ahead

Work on Gardeli’s restaurant, located next to Met Mart on Columbia Ave. is progressing quickly. Applications are now being accepted at the Castle- gar Sun offices, for staff who wish to work at Gardeli’s. Ten- tative opening date is early September.

Home Based Business busy Marlene’s Fashions ladies Design by Dargie) is having a summer sale. This-home based business is based in Blueberry and Marlene Friedal invites everyone to come and see her

who sells

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Wondering what to do with your visitors/kids/relatives this summer? Why not send them on a free tour of the Hugh Keenleyside dam. Call first, 365-5299 to arrange a conve nient time and enjoy your journey into the depths!

Subscriptions tolling in The Castlegar Sun reports a huge response to their initial circulation drive. Effective September |, the Castlegar Sun will be delivered only to those who subscribe to it Deadline for saving up to 30% off the regular subscription price is August 13, 1993. Mail or bring in your subscription today! Remember, the last free paper will be delivered August 28, 1993

Phase 1 nearly complete

Work on Phase I of the Columbia Plaza along Columbia Ave. in Castlegar is progressing and the spaces are 90% leased. Phase II, already has secured leases on over 50% of the 20,576 square feet available. Rick Holdings Ltd of Medicine Hat is pleased with response they have been getting from potential leasees.

Grand Opening Congratulations to Hooters Fitness on their grand opening last Saturday. Gerry Hoodicoff and staff are to be commended on their renovations to the old Castlegar News building in downtown Castlegar

Fresh faces

School District #9 offices are sporting a fresh coat of paint on the outside of the building

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Results alone ce

just want stable, steady growth

ple who manage them. =MPLE

What's more important, performance or philosophy The answer is “Both”, When you're looking at a prospec

tive mutual fund to invest in, you naturally want to know what kind of results the manager of the fund has been able But as you may have noticed, even mutual fund marketing litgrature itself contains a caveat about performance that usually runs like this. are not necessarily indicative of future returns. infy don’t tell the whole two funds with identical returns may have very different risk profiles. Which would you want to own, the one that took big risks to provide results or the one that employed a more conservative investment approach? Some investors don't mind the potential risk of more volatile funds. Others That's why it's important to look into the investment philosophy of the fund manag er. Ideally, you want to find a manager who operates in a way that you're comfortable with. You might ask, well just how different can one money manager be from another? as

t's answer that question by taking a look at some of the better know mutual funds and the philosophies of the peo:

‘ON GROWTH FUND

Sir John Templeton has been called the father of global investing, and he has passed his investment philosophy on to the other managers at Templeton International approach to investing is very straightforward: buy value And don’t look for value just in your own back yard, look

for it in markets. around the world pleton approach, an approach built on extensive research and patience. This approach often requires buying stocks P that are out of favor

Past returns.

story. In fact

ing them

of time years is

His

positions actively

stock moves quickly

STRATEGY CANADA

with the majority of investors and hold

tively long periods

unusual hold period This global value philosophy has led to solid returns for the Growth Fund over time

GLOBAL

GROWTH FUND

Tony Massie, who manages this fund, says his main emphasis is on not losing money. He describes himself ctive value investor”. He differentiates himself from many other value investors by trading investment First_and foremost he looks for cheap stocks, but he’s happy to take profits early if a In his words, “The best way to make a big profit is by making lots of little profits. Many managers concentrate on hitting home runs. I find it more profitable to be a s get on base all the time.” He also cuts losses early. In his search for value, he looks for companies with high

eady singles hitter and

Purchasing mutual funds — what's important?

That's been the Tem.

debt loads

for rela

ie 3-5 not an

with the average.”

BULLOCK AMERICAN FUNDS

This fund employs an aggressive investment philoso- phy. The fund invests in “companies on the verge of sub: stantial growth, companies where dramatic change is companies on the leading edge of a new industry, product or marketing concept,” This approach was developed by fund manager Barry Feirstein, who left the fund several months ago, and it will be continued by

taking place

the new manager

Capital Inc

cash flow relative to price, he yield, and generally ’likes to avoid companies with big

TRIMARK FUNDS

Trimark Fund's managers take a long term investment view, reasoning that a focus on the short term too easily leads to following investment invests primarily in U.S international exposure, and emphasizes good growth prospects. The managers limit the portfolio to a smail number of stocks that they know in depth. Bill Krembil is one of the Trimark managers and he says effort into studying the individual companies dilute that by having too many names? Then you wind up

Blue Chip Thinking is a trademark of Midland Walwyn The information in this report is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but we cannot repre sent that it is accurate or complete

Sa> sae

likes a good dividend

The fund stocks, many of which have

fashions’

“We put the ~ why

Ernie and Genevieve Turta of the The Fireside Motor Inn in Castlegar are pleased to con- firm the rumors thet Smitty's International will be operating the Fireside Restaurant in August. The effective take over date is August 10.

Smitty's International will be setting up a franchise oper- ation here and plan more than $60,000 worth of renovations to the existing restaurant and

Rumors confirmed

lounge

Many Castlegar and area res- idents will recognize the name Smitty's Pancake House while Smitty's International is the new name for this family restaurant

Garrett Turta, the Banquet and Catering Manager, reminds everyone that he: will continue to offer and book all banquets and seminar rooms through the Motor Inn itself.

Pete Zaytsoff. from Pete's T.V. in Castlegar, pre- sents Raymond Makoroff of Thrums with a cam- corder that he won during the Pete's T.V. Buy Panasonic and Win promotion

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West Kootenay telephones to have added features

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Some BC Tel customers in the West Kootenay area soon will be able to tell who is calling, before they answer the telephone

On July 26, the company will introduce Call Management vices (CMS) which provides of five enhanced features that will change the Way customers in Trail, Castlegar, Genelle, Ross- land and Fruitvale use their tele- phones. This service will be available only to those customers with touch-calling equipped indi- vidual lines.

The features include a Call Dis play which displays the incoming calling number on a CMS-com patible telephone set or display

CIBC offering retirement VIP service

Former Castlegar News Burt Campbell is now a Retirement Specialist for the CIBC. Camp bell will be selling Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF's) and Fixed Term Annu ities to any area residents wish ing to convert their RRSP's into a retirement income vehicle

CIBC manager, Chris Runions said he was glad to have Camp- bell aboard and that the personal- ized “house-call” retirement service is being pioneered by the CIBC in the West Kootenay Boundary area and is presently offered across Canada.

device: Call Again automatically — says the receiving party

redials the last outgoing call if the number is busy when a distinctive ring indicates when the called line is free; Call Return stores and retums the last incoming call even if the call was not answered and Call Screen routes unwanted calls to a recorded announcement that

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BC Tel's Communications Manager for the Interior Region, Ed Clark, says that CMS is a group of new features that can be provided on Touch-Calling equipped individual line service in selected telephone exchanges.

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