0 Page 8 TH~ EXPRESS 'July 10, 1~96 Nelson & District Aquatic Centre • STOPRUNNING • Report on Business 'De TT FORYOURPHONE,JACK. n @(,(Ju~, by Mike Stolte ,.,lace,,,w,,,.\@.,f flt;.;~""t"le'I' 0 /J. ,, o\~r,,.\, ... r,,.·· ... we are air conditioned. ~,~ $1.5millloncontractfordamawarded 354-4044 -~- rince George's Western per cent shortfall on the province's Businesscourses TelephoneJacks Industrial Contractors Ltd. has been awarded a $ 1.5 $20 billion annual budget. Finance The following full day courses Unlimited Minister Andrew Petter attributed million contract for concrete the deficit to a shortfall in forestry will be offered at the Community fast & fairly priced· rehabilitation work at Castlegar's revenues. He forecast a surplus for· Futures office at 540 Baker Street Brilliant Dam by the Columbia the current ( 1996-97) fiscal year. in Nelson: July IO - Business • 352-5555 • ---------------~ Basin Power Company. Western The I 996-97 budget has frozen all Plan Workshop Part 2; July 15 - Industrial hopes to employ 25 capital spending projects that had Pricing for Profit; July 18 - local and regional workers over not yet commenced for at least six Bookkeeping Part I; August I four months under the terms of months. Business Plan Workshop Part I, an Allied Hydro Council agree- August 7 - Business Plan Workshop Part 2; August 8 - I.I Human Resources Development Canada Developpement des ressources humaines Canada ment. The company, the project's Local company lowest bidder, has previous con- crete rehabilitation experience on wins bid Customer Service; August 9 - Credit Administration and Collection; August 13 - Stress CASUAL JOBPROMOTION other Kootenay River hydro-elec- Nelson video production com- CJP is here again. We at the Student Employment pany Robert Milner was recently Management; August 14 - tric dams. The Columbia Basin Office aim to place students in jobs from A to Z. If you awarded contract with the Business Plan Workshop III; Power Company-a joint venture need a student to be a Zoo keeper, no problem. If you Columbia Basin Fish and August 17-24 Simply of Columbia Basin Trust and the want your Landscaping to be done by a great gardener Wildlife Compensation Program Accounting. Courses are $49 each. Columbia Power Corporation- Call 352-1933 for more info. purchased the Brilliant Dam from in conjunction with B.C. Hydro give us a call. We want you to Hire - A - Student to Cominco Ltd. earlier this year. and the Ministry of the help you. We want you to Hire - A - Student to help a Environment. "This means a lot Numbers... Provincial student. We are having a competition with Grand Forks Revisedbudget to the Kootenays," said Robert revenues1995-96 & Trail, we hope to win with your participation. Please Milner Video head writer shows shortfall Hire - A - Gardener, a Carpenter, a Sweeper, a Dog Barbara Carter. "In the past a bid $12.60 billion-taxation of this nature would have been groomer, a Pruner, or whatever you need. What a difference two weeks $1.35 billion-forest revenue awarded to some one in $0.68 billion-other natural can make. The newly elected NDP Vancouver or another large cen- Call Suzanne and Gwen revealed last week that their recent- resource revenue tre". Carter believes this is just at 352-3155 (ext. 147) ly announced budget-week surplus $0.98 billion-contributions another sign that Kootenay busi- 514 Vernon Street had turned into a deficit of $235 from government enterprises ness are fast becoming a force to million. This amounts to a 1.2% be reckoned with. Please see BUSINESS - page 11 a student_ Canada NelsonNeptuneSwimClubmakinggoodtime ---------------!I FWIDFACTS FORSUMMERGAMES ATHLETES I mproving personal times in the pool should enable "You're familiar with the pool," she said. "It seems f you are physi- cally fatigued, listless the summer swimming club to compete at the regional meet in Nelson on Aug. 3-4, said coach Heather Thomas. "The top three swimmers from kind've weird, but each pool is different." "Also, in home meets, you tend to get more of your club attending the meet," she Castlegar won the Trail Stingrays Invitational Swim said. I cally active in warm weather and don't drink ade- and have a headache, you could likely be dehydrated. quate fluids, dehydra- You don't have to each event al regionals go onto tion could spell disaster. drink only water to the provincial championships Fluids are essential for meet your fluid which are in Kamloops (Aug. 14- top athletic perfor- requirements. Choose 18)," she said. mance. The fluid in our from other fluids such After two competitions, the blood transports glu- Nutrition as seltzers, juice, I JO member club - ranging in decaffeinated coffee or cose, blood sugar, to by Helen Lutz age between four to 20 years - is getting best times, correcting working muscles and -------- tea, herbal tea, lemon- carries away wastes. Fluid in ade, soups and low-fat milk. Sports strokes and turns, and improving starts. urine eliminates wastes and the Even watery foods such as fluid in sweat evaporates off our oranges, cucumbers, lettuce and by Dav;d Millar In fact, the Ncptunes won their skin to dissipate heat. You should tomatoes can l\elp hydrate you. first competition last month at the drink as much water as you com- Unfortunately Coke and Pepsi are Nelson Aquatic Centre. They fin- fortably can before, during and among the more popular thirst ished third out of seven teams at a recent meet in Trail. David Millar photo after your event. quenchers. They offer zero nutri- And the club has six more meets before hosting the THE NEPTUNE SWIM CLUB is preparing to Your sense of thirst may not be tional value except refined sugar. regionals. host the regional meets next month by improv- enough of a signal to drink more Juices are a much better choice as Thomas, who has competed for the Simon Fraser ing personal bests at swim meets throughout fluids. As you sweat, you lose they help replace the potassium University varsity team and coached in Coquitlam, the Kootenay region. large amounts of water from your lost in sweat and offer vitamin C noted that hosting the regionals provides an advantage. blood. The sodium in your blood which promotes healing. Many After all, swimmers aged 12 years and above prac- Meet on July I. But the Neptunes collected four gold, becomes more concentrated and commercial sports drinks such as tice at the Aquatic Centre morning and afternoon six silver, and five bronze medals. this signals the thirst mechanism Gatorade or Exceed are very sim- seven days each week, she explained. Please see SPORTS - page 11 to kick in, encouraging you to ilar to diluted soft drinks but are drink. To be on the safe side, more expensive. They tend to always drink enough to quench offer very little nutritional value. your thirst, and then a little more. Yourphoneis better,and Most endurance athletes have Young children and elderly peo- developed f~vorite fluid combi- ple also have poor thirst mecha- nations and know the particular nowso is yourPhoneBook ... nisms and need to be encouraged foods they digest well during a to drink fluids frequently. race. 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It's Better. ••• hydrated (a guideline for every- Helen Lutz is a Community one to follow). Also think about Nutritionist with the Central how you feel. If you are chroni- Kootenay Health Unit in Nelson.