Valleyview & East Business Association
Annual General Meeting.
Tuesday, Nov 9
At The INLANDER NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB in Valleyview.
Dinner at 6:00 pm
Meeting at 7:30 pm
Agenda:
- review of 2004
- plans for 2005
- election of officers
nominations will be accepted, presently
President: Ted Rowland of Valleyview Dollar Store
Vice Pres: Deryl Priebe of Edward Jones Investments
Secretary: Charlie Jackson of the Daily News
Treasurer: Steve Quiney, FunStuff Recreational Equipment
Members and prospective members are welcome to attend. We would appreciate an RSVP if you are planning to attend the dinner. For more information on the meeting or VEBA please call Ted at 374-5133 or Deryl on his cell at 377-5205
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Estate Planning Strategies for You and Your Loved Ones
Getting to the Heart of what Matters. Join us as we talk with Ed Olkovich, lawyer and author of Estate to the Heart, and Jamie Golombek, Vice Prsident of Tax and Estate Planning for Aim/Trimark. This free video broadcast will address:
- protecting yourself and your loved ones
- learning your ownership rights
- ways to help reduce taxes
To reserve a seat for you and a friend, please call of stop by.
Edward Jones, Valleyview office at 158 Oriole Rd.
Oct 19, Tues 8:30 to 9:30 am for the live broadcast
Oct 23, Sat 10:00 to 11:00 am for a taped replay.
For more information please call Deryl or Lynne at 377-3885
or visit our website at www.edwardjones.com/estate
Member CIPF
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Kamloops Chamber of Commerce
19th Annual Business Excellence Awards Ceremony
This year marks the 19th Annual Business Excellence Awards Ceremony. The Gala event will be held at the UCC Grand Hall on Saturday, October 30, 2004. Don't miss this great event where we will announce the winners in our twelve categories.
This formal event will also include a champagne reception, elegant meal, entertainment and the chance to win an entire bedroom makeover! Call the Chamber Office today for ticket information, 372-7722.
Special thank you to our generous event sponsors -
The Kamloops Daily News
98.3 CIFM
B100
CFJC-TV7
Business Development Bank of Canada
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
SuperPages
Navigata Communications
Venture Kamloops
Strauss Herb Company
Lafarge Canada Inc.
BC Hydro
Bank of Montreal
Terasen
Berwick on the Park
Special thank you to our generous makeover sponsors -
Present Solutions
United Carpet
BC Blinds-in-Motion
Gabe's Painting & Decorating
Milton's Movers
The Lampost
For more information on the 19th Annual Business Excellence Awards or on sponsorship opportunities please contact the Chamber Office at 372-7722.
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Company promises jobs and investment
By Cam Fortems - Daily News Staff Reporter
The Daily News, Kamloops - Tue Sep 28 2004
A Surrey company that has raised the ire of potential neighbours at an industrial park promises to bring investment and jobs to a secondary manufacturing plant in Kamloops.
Fu So Enterprises Ltd. is seeking a rezoning at Gateway Industrial Park beside the Trans-Canada Highway to allow a log sorting and sawmill operation.
Timber resource manager Harry Chang said Monday the value-added manufacturer intends to start operations here I with a log inventory yard that will employ about 10 people.
"We're going to take two years to develop the infrastructure," Chang said of the milling operation to construct window and door stock as well as posts and beams for Asian markets.
"In the meantime, we'll continue to supply to our (Surrey) plant."
Eventually Fu So intends to operate a manufacturing facility here similar in size to its Surrey plant, which is home to 25 full-time jobs.
City planners have recommended to Kamloops council the company be allowed to rezone the site from light-industrial to general industrial zoning to allow the mill operation. A public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5.
Some neighbouring light-industrial property owners fear the project will be unsightly and lower property values.
Chang said the company has hired Urban Systems to prepare a landscape plan.
"Landscaping will be our first project. We recognize the location is the eastern boundary. When people come from Alberta it's their first impression. That's well recognized by us."
Nearly two hectares of the site will be paved to alleviate dust concerns.
Chang said the company chose to locate here because it is a transportation hub and because it believes in Venture Kamloops' idea of a secondary manufacturing cluster here.
"B.C. forestry needs to be diversified. We're relying on commodity sawmilling. That's why the province is promoting more smaller and diversified manufacturers."
Venture Kamloops executive director M-J Cousins said the move here represents the Interior cost advantage to firms looking to grow.
"Our costs are so much lower. Their business is in Surrey. Costs, taxes and land prices are so high for them to expand."
Cousins said Fu So's desire to come to Kamloops represents a success in marketing to secondary manufacturers in the Lower Mainland.
Much of Fu So's wood supply comes from forests east and north of the city. It hopes to secure additional wood as a result of the B.C. Liberal government's reallocation of timber rights from major licencees to the open market, First Nations and communities.
Fu So ships exclusively to Asia, including Japan, Taiwan and a growing Chinese market. Chang said the company continued to operate and thrive even during the downturn in the forestry sector in the late-1990s.
Much of its wood supply comes from the Interior. The Phase 1 sort yard will set aside higher quality spruce and Douglas fir for use at the Surrey mill. The wood remaining will be traded and sold to other manufacturers.
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The Daily News, Kamloops - Wed Sep 15 2004
Residents of Dallas and Barnhartvale get to tell the city whether they want a beer and wine store in their neighbourhood.
Tumbleweeds Neighbourhood Pub owner Randi Miller has asked city council's approval to build a beer and wine store on his property.
On Tuesday, council agreed to put the issue to the public at an upcoming meeting to gauge neighbourhood reactions.
Miller has said the city allowed rural liquor agencies in Barnhartvale and at the Petro-Canada station near his pub, which have affected his off-sale revenues. As a result, he said, he needs the income from a beer and wine store.
After council's unanimous vote, Miller said he was happy the proposal would be going to a public hearing.
"We need to do something, he said."
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