‘ ENTERTAINMENT April 23, 1989 ah LAURA WILLIAMS 8. Se, Nutritionist exame seed Bur CALL AHEAD. DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE SUMMER HOURS. [ 10 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. ] 1:00 p.m 825 4466 1521 Columbia Ave. ee you'll love CHICKEN & SEAFOOD If you like chicken, Pie's April Special cso 2 for 1 Shrimp Platter “Value of $17.90 for only $8.95" Available Monday to Saturday 4-8 p.m. Eat in only. Bring o Friend. Se 'WE AGCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR & COMINCO MEAL TICKETS PH. 365-8155 1004 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-5304 -D-sar-D oiinctounce | OPEN 4 P.M. DAILY — AIR CONDITIONED — RESERVATIONS WESTAR & COMINCO FOR PRIVATE PARTIES VOUCHERS ACCEPTED 365-3294 Located 1 Mile South of Weigh Scale in Ootischenia — LICENCED DINING ROOM — ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Roberto LaHue and Harry Zoitsoff ore proud to ennounce the engagement of Terry Lynne LaHue to Merle ivan Miller son of Elsie and Walter Miller The wedding will take piace Aug. 5, 1989 in Castlegar - Dog’gone Ith Have yourselves a Get-away! For just $34.00 ® An exciting evening at the new Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Park . Free Progiam & General admission for two @ One night's deluxe accommodations for two including Free continental breakfast Free cable TV with Snowtime Indoor pool and hot tub Advance Reservations required Be sure to ask for the “Getaway” package. s Call Toll Free: 1-800-888-6630 USA 1-800-421-1144 Canada SUNTREE INN, Post FALLS, IDAHO Just across the highway from Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Park, Z2 mi. East of Spokane on +90. Hit series hated LOS ANGELES (CP) — Nori if you like an Emmy-winning TV sHiow, you can just say so. But with thirtysomething — whoa! Watch who you tell. Otherwise, you'll be branded a yuppie, or some kind of secret. yuppie sympathizer, and your name is mud Still, someone has.to admit it thirtysomething is the most remarkable television, a program of depth and ‘resonance in a medium of gloss and disposability Its episodes are direct and genuine, its production deft and imaginative, its characters true-to-life. ally, Series on In fact, if you live in that narrow slice of society the show is concerned with —+ white, urban, middle-class, baby boom chances are you recognize someone you know in the series Possibly, uncomfortably, it even be yourself For daring to support a show like this, ABC has been rewarded with new prestige and a lucrative hour of TV The program is one of the 10 most popular programs among female viewers age 18-49, and commercial sold out. (in Canada, CBC will begin a full run of the series in mid-May.) So if thirtysomething is so good, why do somany people hate it? GO TOSOURCE In talking to the cast and producers f the hears especially tc may time is consistenly show, one some provocative responses, Singer, pianist in concert at Capitol Louise Rose plays in Concert at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on Friday, May 5. On Saturday; May 6 she is joined by a jazz-gospel group from Winlaw, The Amorphones, for an evening of jazz in the gospel tradition On Sunday, she will give @n afternoon instrumental workshop spunsored by the Capitol Theatre jazz-gospel immersion! a weekend of Rose is no Kootenays. Those who have seen her perform in Kaslo and the Slocan Valley know what an extraordinary and_pianist she is. Jazz, gospel, blues and_original pieces pour out of the woman in quality and quantity, a news stranger to the singer release says. She is also a first-class en tertainer In a review of the Arts Club's Ain't Misbehavin’, the ctitic said, “she has hands that span an octave and a hall, and credits that cover as wide a range Dressed in the traditional bowler and sleeve garters of the barroom piano player, she drove the whol enterprise with verve and style the star of the show for me she was The wide-ranging credits referred to her studies with Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, as well as her many concert Leonard | Bernstein and performances in and the United States Canada And tor country fans, the Capitol iy pleased to announce Carroll Baker's concert on Wednesday May 24 WE ARE A FULL SERVICE TRAVEL AGENCY SENIOR’S DISCOUNT CROSS CANADA TOUR September | to October 1/'89 See the beautiful parade of colours all across Canada Don't Be Disappointed! BOOK NOW!! Grand Ole Opry “NASHVILLE TOUR’ the idea that the characters are just @ bunch of selfish whiners. “The first time T heard thought: Gee; you know, maybe they're right,” says actor Timothy Busfield, ‘‘Maybe we should be ad- dressing more world rights or world peace or whatever itis “And then | thought; Wait a second, I think about myself most of the time. That's what Ido “LT mean, | have a theatre for children I'm involved with, and 1 donate to charities, as we all do, but when it comes right.down tit, my day is pretty much filled with thinking about, you know, does my wife love me? Does my son, who lives halfway across the country, feel close to me? Am | doing a good job at work? Am I going to be able to afford a house that’s big enough for my family?” NOTSO YUPPIE Executive producer Marshall. Her skovitz even dismisses the fundamen. tal objection that the show is about yuppies. “These are not acquisitive people," he said. ‘*There are very strong limits on their income. ‘They don't live in wonderful know, Michael and Hope's house (a frequent setting on the show) istalling apart.”” Herskovitz suggests, however, that showing baby boomers as they are Causes trouble. Some boomers may not like reminded of the promises they have made, while other this, 1 houses you being com viewers think the whole generation is a fraud “Possibly because of the rhetoric of 20 years ago, the pursuit of what is normally called the American Dream a house, a car, a child, a.life that is somewhat considered suspect in this generation,” he says MEN NOT HEROES In another sense, Herskovitz says the show is’also resisted because its male characters are sometimes con fused, neurotic and self-indulgent traits that clash with the cinematic concept ofa strong, laconic hero secure is Further, Herskovitz suggests there is @ peculiar aspect Of television itselt Which seems to reduce Complex drama toa morality play Ken Olin (left) and Mel Harris play a married couple with a young daughter on thirtysomething. “What we're trying to do is be ob- servers,”’ he said. ‘But somehow, in the very fabric of television, is the notion that if we're portraying it we're saying it’s important and good and something that people should copy.” The show’s title doesn’t help either Actor Ken Olin says “people think that sometiow we're holding ourselves up as a mirror of a generation, and they think, ‘Hey, wait a they presume to be representative of who 1 minute, am.""" In the end, however, it’s probably the unflinching, unsentimental view of everyday life thar polarizes reaction to the show — and will continue to do so as long as the program is on the air Being a singing star is -— easier than you think— By MARK BASTIEN The Canadian Press Yes, you too,can be a popular and successful singe! We heard you belting out a ballad in the shower this morning, and guess what? You sounded great! Forget about the gloomy nay-sayers in the recording industry who insist that aspiring singers terrific sOngs, great presence, canny management and a lot-of luck before they make it big in the music biz Sometimes it’s as simple as deciding on the right name, look, attitude and need to have song subjects to get you on your miérry musical way? Se-just-cheose-your-musical-career frons-thetise below, follow our advice and get set for the kind of glamorous pop star life you've always dreamed about! We don’t need to say good Juck because you don’ tneed it! TEEN SINGING SENSATION First, change your name to something that ends with an ce sound, life Tiffany or Debbie. Then dress yourself up in a funky jumpsuit and matching hat. Now get really sad and think about all the mean things your parents and boys have ever either a cutsie pinafore or done to you. Write — or have someone else write When you record them, you don't even have to hit all the notes. You're young, songs about these things who'll notice? BONUS ADVICE: If you can, start a public squabble with either your mother or singing teeny and just watch your album another bopper shoot up the charts! HEAVY METAL BAND — If you are a group of skinny, long-haired white boys from the suburbs, read on: you just can’t miss! First, find a name that sounds slightly threatening and likely to boost the testosterone levels of sexually insecure young men everywhere. Machete Vixen, for example. Now, deck yourselves gut in with offensive torn jeans, T-shirts sayings on them, army boots and ban: dannas. Then try to look menacing. Make sure your songs have no more than 20 identifiable words but lots of racial and sexual slurs. Just follow the example of Guns ‘n’ Roses! BONUS ADVICE: Pretend that, at 19, you've seen everything NASHVILLE STAR want to bea country novelty act, make sure your name doesn’t sound ethnic Otherwise, any moniker will do. Now, take a look in the mirror. Do you have high hair? If you don’t, you'd better Unless you get some, and quick! Conway Twitty and Dolly Parton can coast for years on-their striking hairdos! Guys, find a satin-shirt,-a- pair-of dress_pants and Gals, slather on as much makeup as your face will bear, some cowboy boots. then squeeze yourself into a party dress that’s two sizes too small, Now sing about embarrassing —_ pefsonal humiliations. BONUS ADVICE the phrase inall of your songs. Try to include He (or she) done left me" POP CROONER George Michael or Corey Hart than you think! The main thing to do, af It’s easier to be adopting a name so forgettable it's memorable, is get really, really serious This is very look serious, wear leather, pout a lot and let important. To your baby blues glass over often. To sound serious, always sing as though you're on the verge of tears. And even when you’ re singing trivial songs about being a lost boy in a cruel world staple of the pop crooner them sound more important than they are BONUS ADVICE that you don't care what music critics thing of you Loudly declare ENDURING OLD FAVORITE This category is tougher than the rest because it requires a totof-grour- dwork. ‘The good part is anybody can become an old favorite regardless of name, look, attitude and song subjec COMMUNITY Bulletin Board To “Gone Fishing April 25, 7. p.m. C& D H Conte: Services Registration, Robson Hall, 9 a.m before May |, $65 after DANCE Saturday, May 6, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m Proceeds to Saenyavong Refugee Group. Advance tickets only R.N.A.B.C. DISTRICT MEETING nce Room. Resolutions tor upcoming Annual ‘Meeting to be discussed. We need your input 33 TROUBLE WITH TEENS? Course tor parents with teenagers starts April 24 at Castlegar Community low or no tee. Call 365-2104 to register 3/31 SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Social meeting, Thursday, April 20. Business meeting, May 4 2/32 ROBSON RIVER OTTERS 12 noon, Sunday, April 23. Reduced rate for over 3 children per family. New members bring photocopy of birth of baptism certiticate 232 Kinnaird Hall, $5 each. Carls Phar $55. swimmer ts. In fact, it’s best if your name is something ordinary, you look bland but professional, your attitude cheery and inoffensive and your song subjects unswervingly middle of the road. All you have to do is get @ few songs that appeal to the mush-hearted sap in all of us, and bingo, the world of big bucks and Vegas gigs is yours! So to become an old favorite, hang around a while and stay nice BONUS Murray ADVICE: Be Anne Blais to read Friday The Kootenay Writing and the Langham Cultural Centre are sponsoring public readings May $ and 6 by one of Quebec's most highly ac claimed authors, Marie-Claire Blais. *‘Marie-Claire Blais is the Quebecoise equivalent of Alice Munro, Findley and Margaret Atwood,” writing school in- Structor Caroline W oddward said in a School of Timothy news release, ‘*She has won everything but the Nobel Prize and we are thrilled to have her here Blais, publishing at age 20. She has won two Awards, for Manuscripts of Pauline Archange and Deat to the City born in 1939, began Governor-General’s She has won two Guggenheim Foundation awards in the U,S., and both the Prix France Quebec and Prix Medicis for A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, which was eventually into 16 languages She has written 30 works, such as Mad Shadqws, Tete Blanche, The Day is Dark, Deaf to the City (a novel and now a film), and Anna's World Blais reads in NelsorFriday, May’5, at-8- p.m,- in—the- Student Union Building. She reads Saturday, May 6 at 8 p.m. at the Langham in Kaslo translated Upstoirs in Trail’s Towne Squore Monday, April 24 Lion's Lic. Limit Special *200 6-49 Game *100 1st Call Bonanza * 100 Warm Ups *20/Game Tuesday, April 25 B.V. Valley Hockey Lic. QUEEN CANDIDATES. . . Miss Castlegar 1989 candidates are (from left): ‘Lori Naychuk, Michelle Szkica, Aneeda Lebidotf, Sheana Green, Monica Woykin and Darla Leiding. Motorcycle season ‘to early start The 1989 West Kootenay motor cycle season got off to a very early start with the annual Good Friday Muscular Dystrophy Fundraiser Ride falling on March 24 this year While usually seen as the “‘spring opener’’ by many local motorcycle en thusiasts, this year’s ride was only 50 or so hearty souls collected at the War field fire hall for the brisk 150-mile ride, Although the participation level was down by half this year, the funds raised were up by $350 over last year, witha total of $4,770 raised, according toa from the B.C. Coalition of Motorcyclists Asa wrap up to this annuat ride, the second annual Good Friday BCCOM dance, held at the Rod and Gun Club news release was a great success. The local Flaming Ardvarks keptthecrowd hopping. For those who are not familiar with BCCOM, the B.« with 24 representatives located throughout the Coalition of Motorcyclists, community province, is an organization of motor cycle enthusiasts from street riders to touring riders and off-road riders, The coalition is designed to allow imput from all riders in such a way as to give those riders a voice that tan be heard by the government as well as the non motorcycling public. Among the main concerns of the BCCOM is the promotion of motorcycle safety and awareness As the province of B.C. has proclaimed the May as Motorcycle Awareness and You Mon th, local BCCOM scheduled a number of events to help month of members have promote motorcycle safety and awareness in this area Motorcycle Week—in Nelson wilt start ouron Sunday, April Awareness 30 with a motorcycle safety seminar provided by the B.C, Satety Council This one day seminar will take place at the Chahko-Mika Mail (blue room at the Civic Centre if raining) starting at 9 a.m. and will cost approximatley $10 per person. The day’s events will in clude some basic instruction, parking lot manoeuvres, and a group ride. All local motorcycle enthusiasts afé-en. couraged to come and participate Queen candidates introduced A dessert meeting was held at the CasNews Classified Works. ‘Phone 365-2212 Power Writing wishing torreturn to th 5 A review of basic weiting skills tor office personnel and those work torce. Tuesday, May 9 - June27, 7-9.p.m. Fee 1s 6 course the re suppre mportance of mop-up the organization ot t all the Ce behavior, methods of atiack volved, sate correct use of handtools. and salety practices. It you are interested please formation. Course tee 1s $29 CPR Level A Heartsaver — I hursday. April 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $12 Tuesday & (hursday. May 2 and 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m, $20 Instructional Skills Workshop — Ihis course 1s tor anyone who #5 training or +n structing others in industrial settings, voluntger areas, or formal classroom Situations. Monday and Ihursday, May | - 11, 6-10 p.m. Fee $175 lege tor more ie 4 sessions, TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 365-7292 ext. 261 or 353 Selkirk College PARENTS AS PREVENTORS: AT WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS Wednesday, April 26, 1989 7-9 p.m. Kinnaird Elementary School This special program “Parents ds Preventors” is of- tered by Diane Smith, Field Educator, Alcohol-Drug Education Service. The workshop is offered to all SD. No.9 parents (no charge). It may be an educational opportunity you e 2 +4 ssi With the main riding season just starting, even ‘the most experiericed riders can use some brushing up of their skills. To further promote motorcycle awareness, a display will be held at the Chahko-Mika Mall May 4106. As well as providing.a view of a ‘variety of motorcycles, information regarding the various local riding groups and their scheduled events will also be available. To wrap up the week, a dance with No Excuse will be held at the Rod and Gun Club on May 6. Tickets are $10 (BCCOM members $8) and include a chili-teed at- midnight and door prizes Tickets can_be purchased [rom BC COM members and at the mall display May 4to6. Hopetully, these events will prove to be informative and enjoyable to both the riding and public Motorists non-riding who are watchful of the niotorcycles on the road and motor who practice riding make travelling the highways more en cyclists sately joyable for everyone ulpit & Pew Hreside-bangtetrer troduce the sponsors to their’ can: didates for 1989 Castlegar Queen Also in attendahce were the can. didate’s parents, committee members and trainers. A two-month training program is provided by Linda Salonen, diet and nutrition; Darlene Ward, make-up and skin care; Susan D'Andrea, public speaking, Bev Ken nedy, Lalonde, Audry Maxwell, opening Lee, wardrobe and Michael Super-Host; Lynne scart-tying; number; Fae modelling; and Mayrhoter, photography Special guest was Mayrhoter of Vogue Studios, who provided a slide presentation of the candidates to portrait, which will be presented at the upcoming Pageant choose their Upcoming public events to support the candidates are the Trade Fair, April 30; Fashions and Images, May 8 at the Fireside banquet Castlegar Chamber of Commerce lun May 18; and the Pageant at Stanley Humphries secon dary school and Queen's Ball at the Sandman, June 2 cheon, Queen's PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIED $159 $10 DISCOUNT FOR CASH! Callus By Rev. GLEN BACKUS St. Peter Lutheran Church One of the banes of our modern society is noise. Lots of man-made noise. Young folks who regularly rock toheavy-metal music arerapidly losing their hearing. Environmentalists are as pallution as they are about various other kinds. concerned about noise What is it about noise that ajtracts and makes so maiyy its devoted! prac litioners? Perhaps itis the feeling that noise represents power. So the hotrod ders wheel down the street deliberately expelling all kinds of needless decibels. On the other hand, silence seems to make a lot of people uncomfortable And that is also true when it comes to our relationship with God. When we have a big problem, and we are finally constrained to pray about it, we may find that problem itself unchanged or and all should be well! Yes, by 9.a.m. Sundays, you should even deepening. God is silent The writer of Psalm 83 felt com pelled to cry out: **@ God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still See how your enemies are astir!"’ Thomas Carlyle once looked over the slums of the City of London and Said with apparent disgust, ‘God sits in his heaven and does nothing.” We are tempted to say the same when we view the suffering in so niany ot the world’s areas. However, we are délinitely walking down thé wrong path i! we understand ihe silence of God to mean indifference or weakness. On the contrary, God's power are Has anyone ever heard the pull greatest silent of gravity out in nature? What about the powerful light of the sun? Lots of unbearable noise ordinarily panies the power of man made war —y expressions of accom: Here's My Card... fare, but the silent power of a parent's love is so much greater! Silence can be so therapeutic. Going off toa place where we can completely avoid the din ol trattic or some ghetto blaster can be a genuine healing experience. And so can the silence of God when we remember that God through such silence continues to be at work in our broken world carrying out His redeeming plan. Our Heavénly Father seenied to be so disturbingly quiet when His only-begotten Son died on the cross. However, it was during that same silence that the glorious spiritual wondrously victory of life over death 'was achieved tor all mankind Let's not treat silence as if it were an enemy; rather, treat it as a friend who can make our present lives so much richer! for details! € ified Ad: 365-2212 . Castlegar News ROSE'S RESTAURANT IS NOW OPEN MONDAYS To Serve You 7 Days a Week! MONDAY MORNING SPECIAL Pancakes $1.99 Mon. 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