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VIR 481 Telephon: (CALL COLLECT FROM OUT OF TOWN) BUSINESS HOURS 9a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday Discount Upto... ee eeeeee Twin ENTERTAINMENT Summer movie fight is on By INA WARREN The Canadian Press His bountiful biceps glistening like a pair of rotisserie hams, mega-star Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed the first major blow in what's shaping up as a gruesome battle for the sum- mer’s movie box office. Tri-Star’s $50-million sci-fi film Total Recall, starring The Silent One as a Martian with amnesia, was one of the first Hollywood blockbusters to roar into the overcrowded summer movie lane and grab the No. | spot. With last summer's box office pulling in a record $2 billion, the studios gambled that film-goers would be ready for another feeding frenzy this summer. So between June and September, the marketplace will be inundated with over 40 Hollywood movies, many of them fat flicks with even fat- ter hype. What's uncertain is whether the public will take the bait, weekend af- ter weekend, especially with first-run movie tickets nudging $8. It will be hard to avoid the Disney company’s $26-million Dick Tracy, directed by and starring Warren Beat- ty as the square-jawed detective. Naughty video-queen Madonna, Beatty’s real-life squeeze, is cast in the movie as good-girl-gone-wrong Breathless Mahoney. Beatty also lined up pals Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and James Caan for cameo roles as nasties Mumbles, Big Boy Caprice and Spaldoni. So with friends like that, who needs hype? Dick Tracy does if it’s going to become the kind of mega-hit that Batman was last summer and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was the previous year. Today’s young movie-goers weren't raised on Dick Tracy in the Sunday comics, and the 53-year-old Beatty, who has made only two movies in the last nine years, is getting a bit long in the tooth to be considered a box- office dream date. Still, if Dick Tracy doesn’t do ft for Disney, the versatile company has summer releases: the sci-fi movie the ani Back to the Future Part Ill — @ misnomer if ever there was one, since this Michael J. Fox clunker is set in the Wild West. Twentieth Century-Fox has also succumbed to sequelmania. Bruce Willis is back in Fox's Die Hard II, Die Harder =the studio can’t make up its mind — as detective John McClane, the gumshoe who turned a white cotton vest into a sex symbol. And a posse of younger sex sym- bols. will ride ‘into movie theatres again as Young Guns II reunites Old West rebels Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips in another saga of Billy the Kid. This one is billed as the ultimate showdown, which should mean no Young Guns III, but don’t count on it Another big-buck sequel is feature Ducktales — The Movie, and a reissue of the annimated classic Jungle Book. Sequels, a sure symbol of creative bankruptcy, are also glutting the summer lineup. They’re not a sure formula for suc- cess. Both Rambo III and Ghost- busters II did disappointing business. Already out there is Universal's F *s Another 48 Hoursawith Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte reprising their roles as a cop-and- crook team bound by mutual loathing on the streets of San Francisco. The movie cost $50 million, which works out to a bit more than $1 million for each hour of the title. And if Total Recall’s exploding heads, shredded bodies, popping eyeballs and amputated arms don’t satiate the mass craving for celluloid violence, there Terminator II, Robocop II and Predator II to blast away the rest of the summer doldrums, Such special-effects action movies don't come cheap, usually costing from $20 million to $60 million. Said one studio exec, explaining the astronomical budgets: ‘‘It costs a lot of money to blow things yp and replace them and blow them up again.’” Sure to blow eardrums will be Days of Thunder, reuniting Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise and director Tony Scott in a drama set in the world of stock-car racing and the Daytena 500. The $55-million flick is considered an unofficial sequel to the ear- splitting Cruise-Scott hit Top Gun, which was set in the gung-ho world of navy bomber pilots. Just to prove how long Hollywood can stretch a sequel, The Exorcist III: Legion, comes to the screen 17 years after the Linda Blair original, and 13 years after Exorcist Il: The Heretic. Apparently Exorcist III won’t an- swer the question, Who is possessed? but rather, How many are possessed? A better question might well be: Who cares? TV part of push for democracy By GWEN DAMBROFSKY The Canadian Press Television signals started chipping away at the Berlin Wall long before the bulldozers and jackhammers showed up. For years media observers have asserted that democratic revolution was inevitable once technology allowed the have-nots of the Soviet bloc to tune into weekly showcases of. western wealth and freedom. ~Or, put more simply, how ya gonna keep ’em down on the agro-collective after they've seen Dallas or Dynasty? ““We have almost always gotten our information about the world from Finnish television,’’ says Olav Osolin, an independent film-maker from the Soviet republic of Estonia. “We have seen what the free market brings,’ Osolin said at a Rose’s Restaurant HONOURS Cominco, Celgar & Westar Meal Vouchers CLOSED MONDAYS. Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tues.-Sundoy 500 FT. IN. ON THE SLOCAN VALLEY HWY, [AT THE JUNCTH 6 359-7855 BRANCH 170 HOURS: Monday to Thursday 12 Noon - 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday 12 Noon to 12 Midnight EACLE BAND NIGHIS & SPECIAL OCCASIONS: BINGO THURSDA Licence No. 75616 WEEKLY MEAT DRAWS EVERY SATURDAY AT 3:00 p.m. 365-7017 erry 72113 recent international conference for public broadcasters in Edmonton. Jenny Clayton, a producer-director with the BBC, believes television has played a strong role in the political upheaval of the last year. Strong, but not always positive. Clayton was in Berlin the night the wall was opened and in Beijing the night soldiers opened fire on students in Tiananmen Square. “East Berliners have always had access to West Berlin television and they've seen all the goodies in the West,”’ said Clayton. ‘Year after year they were bombarded with western television — it’s one of the reasons they were so anxious for fast change.”” The situation was quite different in Beijing, where citizens received only state-controlled television broadcasts. “They were all propaganda,” says Clayton. ‘Nothing but endless stories of peasants bringing pigs to the barracks of the brave soldiers, thanking them for saving their society. “For information, the Chinese people relied far more on radio than they did on television. They could CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE C ) 1995-6th Ave. Castlegar, B.C. cluster around any portable radio they could find to listen to the BBC World Service or the Voice of America.”" However, western television helped bring the Chinese student revolt to the attention of the world. “As the weeks went on, more and more placards in the square were writ- ten in English for the benefit of the television cameras,"’ Clayton recalled. “I think they felt the world was really on their side, and that spurred them on to continue their demonstration.”” Songwriter For songwriter Lloyd Peterson, who will perform June 16 at 8 p.m. at the Langham Theatre in Kaslo, folk music includes com- bining the rhythms and intensity of rock and roll with the intimacy of a more typical solo ‘‘folk’’ ap- proach. He is currently exploring the freedom of solo performance af- ter six years as leader of adven- turous) Winnipeg pock/rock group, The Cheer. His songs to perform cover a surprisingly wide range of topics in a style Peterson calls ur- ban folk Playing electric and acoustic guitars or piano, he is a strong performer, at turns poignant, angry and humorous, but always engaging, a news release says. His 1988 solo release, Whiteshell Wind, introduced Peterson to a new audience: and he’s been spreading the word ever since CABLE 10 USENESS VIN 487 IMONTRE. 365-6313 SHOW! MEL GIBSON +, GOLDIE HAW SUN OR TUE WED THO [17){18)(19)[20)(21) JUNE P* 2) ree GREMLINS 2 SHAW CABLE 10 SCHEDULE June 13, 14, 15, 17, 1990 5 p.m. (Wed) 9 a.m. (Fri) 5 p.m. (Sun) Consecration of Rev. David Crawley — Rev. David Perry Crawley became the bishop of the Kootenay Diocese of the Anglican Church. This program was produced by Shaw Cable in Kelowna. 7 p.m. (Wed) 11 a.m. (Fri) 7 p.m. (Sun) West Kootenay Today — This program looks at Shaw Cable 10's weekly schedule as well as highlights people and activities in the area. Produced by Shaw Cable staff and volunteers. 7:30 p.m. (Wed) 11:30 a.m. (Fri) 7:30 p.m. (Fri) — Program title and description not available at press time. FIRESIDE:.:- 1810-8th Ave., Castlegar ———— SUNDAY BRUNCH 10 A.M.-2 P.M. ———— OPEN DAILY From 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m Reservations Recommended 365-6699 8 p.m. (Wed) 12 p.m. (Fri) 8 p.m. (Sun) Celgar Expansion — Do We Want It? — This live phone-in (Wed- nesday only) hosted by Claudette Sandecki brings together Ald. Lawrence Chernoff of Castlegar, MLA Chris D’Arcy and two members of the Coalition for Information on the Pulp Mill Expansion. During this one hour program, these people will answer your questions about the ex- pansion as well as present their views. Produced by Shaw Cable staff. 9 p.m. (Wed) 1 p.m. (Fri) Not shown Sunday Trail City Council — Gavel-to-gavel coverage of the neigh- borhood meetings. This week, the council met in Tadanac. Produced by Shaw Cable. Please note: Castlegar city council will be seen Sunday at 9 p.m: Thursday, June 14, 1990 6:30 p.m. — At Your Service 7:30 p.m. — Get to Know Your School 8:15 p.m. — Nelson Library 8:30 p.m. — Castlegar City Council 10:30 p.m. — Sign Off. KOOTENAY COLUMBIA CHILD CARE SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Monday, June 18 7 P.M. HOBBIT HILL CHILDREN'S CENTRE 749-11th Avenue, Castlegar BLUE TOP BURGER Weekly Special DELUXE BURGER NEW HOURS 10 A.M.-9 P.M. 1521 Columbia Ave. 365-8388 CALL AHEAD. DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE h Provided — FATHER'S DAY DINING ot ’ Rose’s Restaurant ‘The Russian Food Specialists’ — FULL WESTERN MENU — INTRODUCING CHEF GEOFF TELLIER! OPEN TUESDAY-SUNDAY TTA.M.-O P.M. CLOSED $00’ n on the thocen ott honetion ch tomy 3m ond 359-7855 June 13,1990 CastlegarNews A7 Meech watch not over yet OTTAWA (CP) — The ‘‘Meech Lake accord watch" -on financial markets is far from over, some economists said. “It’s not over yet,’’ said George Saba, chief at y on the tentative deal, instead of holding a provincial referendum. “The situation has improved somewhat,"’ said Saba. Still, financial markets. were less Trust. “The markets are certainly not in any euphoric mood.”” A tentative deal to break the con- stitutional deadlock, signed late Saturday night by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the 10 premiers, was a big step in the right direction, analysts said. But financial markets are reserving judgment while Newfoundland pon- ders whether to accept the agreement. And Finance Minister Michael Wilson suggested it’s too early to tell what impact the deal will have on in- vestor confidence. One grain of uncertainty was removed Monday when Premier Clyde Wells decided to allow a free vote in the Newfoundland legislature than d withthe solution reached after seven days of marathon private discussions, said Ted Car- michael, senior economist at Burns Fry. “*Had it been a clean agreement . . . then I think we would have seen a much more positive reaction,’’ he said. Now “everyone is waiting for the next shoe to fall.’’ Share prices on stock markets were flat Monday and the Canadian dollar edged higher in nervous, thin trading. “There certainly isn’t any decisive reaction in the market and I think that pattern will likely persist for a little bit longer, until the markets get a better view or better feel for what the likely outcome is going to be,’’ Saba said. The Canadian dollar rose to close TOM d‘AQUINO to 85.41 cents US, up from 85.19 cen- ts US at Friday’s close. Share prices struggled to make slim gains as the Toronto Stock Ex- change’s composite index of 300 stocks edged up 7.32 points to 3578.66. While financial markets were generally little moved by the tentative deal, the Business Council on National Issues. praised the 11 first i for reaching an The council, representing 150 of the largest corporations in Canada, had warned failure to ratify the Meech Lake accord would lead to serious économic damage. “Their collective leadership, patience, statesmanship and under- standing has pulled the country back from the brink and averted poten- tially catastrophic political and economic consequences for Canada,"” council president Tom d’ Aquino said in a statement. Union halts talks with Stone MONTREAL (CP) — _ The Canadian Paperworkers Union has halted contract negotiations with pulp-and-paper giant Stone- Consolidated to seek a strike mandate from its members. “We want to show the company that we are as serious as they are,”” union president Don Holder said. Montreal-based Stone- Consolidated Inc. ‘‘was not prepared to negotiate on the union’s agenda and the union has made it very clear that they are not prepared to negotiate the company’s agenda,”’ said a union statement. The company — owned by U.S. in- dustrialist Roger Stone — is seeking breaks in such areas as working con- ditions and vacations which the union opposes, Holder said. He said, however, that contract negotiations have not reached an im- passe. A date for resumption of talks will be set once the strike vote is taken, he said. The union is negotiating hew con- tracts this year for 30,000 pulp-and- paper workers. Last month the union picked three newsprint mills owned by Stone- Consolidated as its target in contract negotiations to set the pattern for the ailing industry in eastern Canada. Its choice took many by surprise. Stone-Consolidated is regarded by many analysts.as the toughest adver- known as a hard labor bargainer, brought Stone-Consolidated — for- merly known as Consolidated- Bathurst — for $2.6 billion early last year. Stone-Consolidated is a co-owner of the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar. Feds to spend $19 million on GST watchdog OTTAWA (CP) — The gover- nment will spend $19 million on an independent agency to monitor price changes after the new federal sales tax takes effect next January, Consumer Affairs Minister Pierre Blais said. And Nickolas Murray, head of the Consumers’ Association of Canada, has been appointed chairman of the agency, he said. The office, with a staff of 20 people, will officially open in Sep- tember and close at the end of 1991. Blais had announced previously the office would have no powers to order companies to roll back prices after the seven per cent tax on most goods and services comes in And he reiterated that it will have no powers beyond reporting infor- mation to the public and the gover- nment. The minister’s announcement was ly attacked by i MPs, who said the agency will be spineless. “It cannot act as a pit bull terrier — more like a poodle,’’ said New Democrat MP John Rodriguez said. Liberal MP Don _ Boudria questioned how a staff of 20 people will monitor 1.6 million Canadian businesses and protect the interests of 20 million consumers. “It will have the full authority to flog offenders with a wet noodle,”” Boudria charged. The office will watch price in- creases on categories of goods and services and will try to isolate how much of the increases can be accoun- ted for by the new tax, Blais said. “Information on prices will be given for product categories, not in- dividual items,”” he added. It will inform consumers, before the Jan. 1 implementation date, about how prices will be affected by the tax. And it will watch price changes during the implementation periods to make sure that expected savings are passed on to consumers. A Commons committee which held | hearings on the impact of the tax was told that car prices, for example,_will drop by about $800, while the cost of clothing — which is exempt from the current federal sales tax — will rise by the full seven per cent The office will also investigate con- sumer complaints related to price changes that appear excessive. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board STRAWBERRY TEA Thursday “une 14, Robson Hall, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $2 Admission. Door prizes, ra fle. Sponsored by Robson Evening Group. u 2/46 CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CLUB Thursday, June 14, 7:30 p.m., Sandman Inn “Treasures trom the Past. Silver Rattle Antiques. Speaker: Jan Monroe, Spokane, Washington. Reservations 365-8025. 2/45 ST. PETER'S DAY CELEBRATION The St. Peter's Day Celebration will be held Sunday, June 24, 1990 in Tarrys Doukhobor Hall. Commencing with prayer 11:00 a.m. Everyone is welcome Come and bring your lunch. The Canadian Doukhobor Society ova7 CASTLEGAR GRIEF SUPPORT MEETING Will be held on Monday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. downstairs at the Health U Call Pat 365-2452 for more intormation. nit 2/47 RNABC CHAPTER MEETING ng will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 19. Barbeque at S08-2nd Street, Submission to Royal Commission wa7 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed fiest 15 words ore $5 and additional words ore 25¢ each. Bold faced wor h must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no ex ra charge for. a.second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is ‘halt price and ¢ fourth and filth consecutive insertions are only half price for the Pro of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one. two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Su days tor Wednesdays paper. Notices s ot 197 Columbia Ave. Mon ndays paper and 5 p.m. hould be brought to the Castlegar News COMMUNITY Rulletin Board Stone, chairman of Stone Con- tainer Corp, of Chicago, has made no secret of his desire to bring labor costs at the Canadian plants closer to those in the United States. The union is seeking an eight-per- cent wage increase in each year ofa two-year contract plus cost-of-living protection against the-federal goods- and-services tax to be introduced next Januaty. It also wants better health and safety provisions. Union members now get a minimum hourly wage of $15.37. — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS. Castlégar News 197 Columbia Ave., Castl TRAIL OPTICAL a FRAMES WITH PRESCRIPTION 503. SELECTED — SERENGETIS Prices in effect until Sot., June 30'90 cal “°