z ‘A2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 20, 1981 a By Richard Neff TORCNTO (CP) — The Telidou industry, about to explode into public view, will soon be more important to most Canadians than radio or television is today, says bus- inessman David Carlisle. Carlisle is president of In- fomart, a Toronto-based na- tional company set up to supply Telidon with the datebase, or computerized information which people can extract from individual ter- minals. : Because people can in- teract with Telidon, rather than just be passive ob- servers, this kind of system will be more important to the economy that either radio or television within the decade, Garlisle said in a recent interview. 5 Telidon is a word des- -eribing a new all-Canadian industry. It’s essentially a two-way communication sys- tem using television sets which can be connected into computer data banks. “The terminals now are Telidon Birth of a new industry starting to be produced in quantity, there are tests being run all across Canada and the first commercial sys- tems are starting to be put into production. It is just at the tak-off point. We expect that by the end of the decade 80 or 40 per cent of all homes will have Telidon.” HAS MANY USES People will be able to bank, shop, get the latest news, sports or weather informa- tion or simply play computer games — all without stepping from their homes. As the in- dustry expands, new capa- bilities will be added such as in-home education. Today Telidon is capable of offering the user tens of thousands of “pages,” or video screens full of infor- mation. It is up to the user to. select what information is wanted. Carlisle said a farmer can call up a weather map giving him the latest conditions and a detailed forecast. Then with the push of a few but- tons he can check the current Didn't keep it a secret * It was just the beginning ‘when. John = Marshall _ of “Omaha, Neb., “broke his promise to be quiet about his wife Lea’s 50th birthday and “placed a newspaper ad an- _noucing that “in deference to her age,” he wouldn't say “anything all day. That evening — while the Marshalls were at a neigh- ‘“bor’s house for cocktails, 20 friends wearing black arm bands at Marshall's direction sneaked into their home. When the couple returned home, the garage door came down revealing a sign that said, “Lea Marshall is 50 years old old old old.” The 20 friends chanted, “50! 601 50!” A plane flew: overhead with the message that Mar- shall was “50 years old old old.” A plastic foam birthday cake, one-by-1.5 metres with 50 large candles, was floated on the Marshalls’ swimming pool. Marshall, 54, said he planned the extravaganza because his artist wife was feeling a little low about reaching 50. She joined in the fun at the party, he said. Z Voice of the People Asks support Dear People: The United Nations has declared 1981 as the Year of the Disabled persons. But disabled people aren't even mentioned in the B.C. Human Rights Code that was set up in 1973 to protect groups from discrimination. Disabled people are’ only ‘protected from discrimina- tion whenever the phrase ‘reasonable cause’ is used in the code, and this does not protect disabled people from certain acts of discrimination. How can you as a citizen of British Columbia change this unfortunate situation? Sit down for a few minutes .and write letters to your Member or of the as recommended by thé B.C. Human Rights Commission this past June.” All letters should be sent to The Parli- ament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4. If your write these letters you will not only be helping disabled people — you will also help the government of Premier Bill Bennett keep a promise that was made in the Speech from the Throne on Dec. 4, 1980. * “During 1981,” the Speech from the Throne said, “my government will initiate reg- ulation, pursuant to certain sections of the Human Rights Code of British Columbia to specify a handicap as a char- Legislative Assembly and the Minister of Labor and Hon. Jack Keinrich, whose department administers the Human Rights Code. Your letters could read as follows: "I would like to see disabled people included’ in the B.C. Human Rights Code in which ation in services, facilities, accommodation and employ- ment is unequivocally pro- hibited.” “Dave Jaffe, member of the B.C. Coalition of the Disabled, 3416 West 2nd Vancouver V6R 1J2 Attention Men & Boys! For All Seasons Bonnett’s 233 Columbia It’s Boys & Mens Wear 365-6761 ° Remember 10% | * OFF for Cash livestock market figures or grain futures. ident of way to replace a lot of paper-based systems. The e Pp owned by Torstar Corp. and Southam Inc., also says Teli- don can be used widely in business. “It's an excellent man- agement information system. You can send messages very inexpensively, you can pre- sent material to groups or in- dividuals, you can use it as an electronic filing cabinet, you can throw away all of your internal telephone books and policy manuals and price lists... “It is a very cost-effective power of Teli- don is that it’s much less expensive than any other form of electronic system and it's much more simple to use.” OVERCOME HURDLES However, Carlisle cautions that there are several -hur- dies that still must be over- come before Telidon can be- come the world standard for the industry, including the fact that the Canadian mar- ket alone is insufficient to support it. Urges utilization of stale bread MOSCOW (AP) — Soviet authorities, facing the pros- pect of another poor grain harvest this year, are step- ping up efforts to conserve food by telling Muscovites to turn stale bread into “de- licious dishes.” “It’s good, try it,” a mid- dle-aged woman encourage her friend after tasting a pie, one of 11 dishes made out of stale bread that were. dis- played last week in Bakery No. 886 in Moscow's Per- ovsky district. Bakery customers, most of them women, pushed and shoved to get a better view of the display of cakes, pud- dings, drinks and grilled sandwiches, and grabbed at recipes stacked on a table nearby. A few were allowed to taste a beet pie with a crust made from stale rye bread. The exhibition of stale- bread dishes was the second of its kind in the Soviet capital, and more are planned in other large bakeries later this fall, said Soviet officials. Posters announcing the ex- hibitons — as well as other posters on display in many bread stores — show stalks of grain and loaves of bread with urgent appeals to save break. “Don't forget — bread is expensive,” the posters say. Similar reminders denounc- ing bread waste and noting its “high value” have been published in the Soviet press in recent weeks. The Soviet government subsidizes bread production. A loaf of white bread sells for as little as 14 kopeks — 19 cents. GIVEN TO ANIMALS Some Soviet officials com- plain that the low price lets peasants buy bread in city stores and take it home to feed their animals. They have also criticized consumers fer buying more bread than they can possibly eat. But con- sumers say only large loaves for big families are produced. “A family of one or two is simply. not able to eat one whole loaf a day,” said a let- ter to a newspaper in Byel- orussia. = Soviet planners called for a 1981 grain’ harvest of 288 million to 243 million tonnes. But a Soviet agricultural specialfst, who asked not to be identified, told The Asso- ciated Press last month: “We'll be lucky if we reach 200 million tons.” Here is one of the stale- bread recipes now being of- fered to Soviet citizens: Rye Bread Pie Crust. Ingredients: 7 ounces stale rye bread; 5 ounces cooked beets; two eggs; %4 cup sugar; 1% ounces of raisins; % ounce margarine or but- ter. S Cut bread into small cubes and moisten slightly with water. Grate beets, add eggs and raisins. Grease pie dish and sprinkle bottom with su- gar. Cover bottom of dish with half of the moistened bread cubes. Spread the beet, sugar, raisin mixture and add a second layer of moistened bread cubes. Bake for 40 minutes. ~ The récipe, as distributed to citizens, did not "say at what temperatute the mix- ture should be baked. Regional District as to: parcels of land. first sitting of B. Baldigara, Secreta: REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY ELECTORAL AREA "H" COMMUNITY OF SOUTH SLOCAN NOTICE is hereby given that the first sitting of the local Court of Revision respecting the 1982 Water Parcel Tax Assessment Roll revisions for a Specified Area within Electoral Area “A” of the of Central Kootenay, more commonly known as the community of South Slocan, will be held on Thursday, October 1, 1981 at 7:00 p.m. in the South Slocan Community Hall, South Slocan, B.C. to hear complaints and correct the parcel frontage tax assessment roll a) the names of owners of parcels of land; b) to correct errors or omissions regarding A complaint shall not be heard by the Court of Revision unless written notice of the complaint has been made to the Office of the Assessor, Regional District of. Central Kootenay: 601 non Street, Nelson, B.C. 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It ‘rolls in and out, up and down, the abdomen and diaphragm seeming to move independ- ently of one another. The music heightens and the drummer begins a rapid beat. Ishtara moves quickly, almost jumping from side to side. \Her skin glistens from the athletic workout, yet she continues to smile. Finally the dance is ended and Ish- tara retreats from centre stage. < _ Ishtara is the stage name for Melinda Morgan, Castle- gar’s only belly dance in- structor. ‘ Belly dancing is an ancient dance form and to LINDA HALL. Getting to Know Your Neighbor | CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 20, 1981 A3 > Ishtara...anold dance with a new twist | women take the classes just for exercise. “Yes, and people take the class just for some- thing to do. Then they get bit by the ‘Bug’, and before they know it they're ready to perform.” “It's cise for dance is the “veil routine.” The dancer uses the veil as a prop to enhance her perfor- mance. She discards it in various ways from dramati- cally throwing it over her shoulder to draping it around * Melinda there are many the- C 7e Melinda Morgan with one of her many middle east record albums ories as to how and why it developed. “It was thought (by. the ancients) that this dancing helped ‘women in childbirth,” she stated. She also told me that mid- dle eastern‘girls would dance in the streets for coins. Much of the, dance is performed with bent knees and on the ground and it was thought that this originated because Bedoin tents tended not to have very high ceilings. » Belly dancing came across the North America when promoter So! Bloom brought a “Little Egypt” display to the Chicago World's Fair in 1898. “People were both’ in- trigued and disgusted,” states Melinda. But whatever its: origins, Castlegar has really caught the belly danc- ing fever or “bug” as Melinda calls it. Starting next month Mel- inda will again be offering her popular classes through the recreation commission's’ fall program. She will have. four dance classes a week; two begininners’ classes, one for intermediates and an ad- vanced class for “serious” dancers. I asked Melinda if many Nielson replaces Baker entenbesh OTTAWA (CP) ~The tu? “Who will ave a major impact on how the government legislative program gets through the Commons is a tough, i i 3 ro” ,last week, replacing’ Walter Baker who had held it for years. Nielson is loyal to Clark, whose leadership is being Conservative who led his party's bitter constitutional filibuster last spring. Erik Nielsen, Progressive Conservative MP for the Yukon for almost 24 years, brings a wealth of experience of making deals and waging battles to his new position as Opposition House leader. Party Leader Joe Clark named lawyer Nielsen as House leader, No. 2 Con- servative in the Commons, q ioned by some, just as he was loyal to John Dief- enbaker when that contro- versial politician was prime minister and party leader against the wishes of many Conservatives. The job of Opposition House leader is crucial to a party — the holder gets a $25,000-a-year increase in in- come to $75,100. He is the person who negotiates parliamentary business with the govern- CHESTERFIELD SUITES — TwoPiece — Love Seats — FourPiece — Sectionals ALL SUITES REDUCED —LOW—LOW—LOW PRICES SEE THE NEW BLECTROHOME. CABINET STEREOS . — Phono — AM/FM —, 8-Track Play and Record — Cassette play and record Pacemaker for Scotty Sally SURREY (CP) — Three years ago, Sally got so tired she had to be carried home from her walks. But now the 11-year-old Scottie strains at the leash when Ethel Masterson takes her for daily walks around her neighborhood in this Vancouver-area municipality. “She would get so tired ' whenever I took her for a walk,” says Masterson. “Her breathing was weak and she wouldn't exercise.” When it got so bad that * Sally had to be carriéd home, Masterson took her to a local vet. x A heart problem, he de- cided, and referred Sally to Mike Dear, a Richmond vet- erinarian who did graduate from a U.S. supplier at “a small fraction of its $2,000 cost” because the shelf life of the battery-powered gizmo _had expired. It resembles a fat, over- sized pocket watch and was designed for regulating the human heart beat, normally _ about 72 beats a minute. Because a dog’s pulse runs about 120 beats a minute, Dear revved up the pace- maker to fire a heart-jolting current of electricity when Sally's heart beat fell below 90 a minute. The implanting operation took three hours and two incisions, one in Sally’s left side for the pacemaker. Through the second incision, dan 4 work in animal iol London and Philadelphia. It was there that Dear chalked up a world first by implanting a pacemaker in an eight-year-old Basenji named Count. It corrected a con- genital hear! auscle defect that causes «' heart to skip beats. Cor ut lived for six more y! 3 In Sm y's case, Dear found the sa. e myocardial ailment. She «*-s healthy in other respr 3 and thus a likely candivate for a pacemaker. GOOD DEAL Dear got the pacemaker in D ear in the ventricular heart mus- cle and wired it to the pacemaker. Five days later, Sally was on the mend and back at home in Surrey as one of about six dogs in Canada and - the U.S. kept alive by pace- makers. . It cost Masterson, an office clerk, $800. In her measure now, it was a trifling amount to pay to'keep Sally going for at least three more years. “She runs and jumps around the way she used to,” says Masterson. Aleit at ment leader — now Yvon Pinard — and the New Democratic Party leader. JOB TOO COMPLEX It is his job to ensure that legislation the Opposition wants is not lost as the gov- ernment puts through its He how ‘, e :oR + ‘That affair ended with two ministers resigning and @ ministerial aide being con- victed of bribery. Nielsen once accused the RCMP security seryice of running a domestic spy net- work that stretched from in- much debating time is given to each piece of legislation and to other business and helps plan the Conservative debating strategy. The House leader has to judge the temper of. the Commons, Some critics have blamed Baker for the defeat of the Conservative govern- ment in 1979 because he failed to anticipate the num- ber of votes against the bud- get. Baker and others deny the charge but he has had a unions to opening MPs mail. He opposed compulsory medicare in the Yukon and battled bilingual air traffic control in Quebec. He was a constant critic of the federal prison .system and a: sup- porter of return to- capital + punishment. Baas He was regarded as Dief- enbaker's chief political strat- egist and coined the phrase. One Canada for a 1960s election. DEFENDS THE COMMONS difficulty time the iabel of being the man who couldn't count. When the Conservatives decided last spring that the government's constitutional plans had to be blocked, Nielsen, then deputy House leader, planned and guided a filibuster that.lasted many days. os The filibuster ended when the government agreed to send its constituional pack- age to the Supreme Court of Canada. Conservatives claimed a victory, although others said they gained little but time. Nielsen said in a later interview he has other tricks up his sleeve. Despite that, Liberals and New Democrats say they are pleased with the change in Conservative House leaders. They said Nielsen is more willing to make instantan- eous commitments than was Baker. CRITIC OF GOVERNMENT Nielsen, 57, public works minister in the short-lived Clark government, has been known’ in the past as a hottempered and dogged critic of the government, es- pecially when dealing with law and order. It was Nielsen who first asked questions in 1964 about Lucien Rivard, the narcotics pediar who escaped from prison when he was watering a skating rink during a heat wave, to the eternal embar- rassment of the Liberal gov- ernment. Like Di ker, Nielsen is a staunch of the you,” states Melinda. “It d tones your body. You feel some male shoul- ler. “Floor work” is next. “This “It's- excellent exercise for you. It tones your body. You feel graceful and in control of what you're doing.” graceful and in control of what you're doing.” But she warns, “A lot of people think you will lose weight if you belly dance, but I've seen miany a fat belly dancer.” A traditional belly dance is 20 minutes long and ‘she ex- plained that it always follows the same rigid format. The “entrance” begins the per- formance. “This is where you present yourself to the audi- ence. It's lighthearted and folksy.” The second part of the is my specialty,” states Mel- inda. “I love it!” The music is somewhat slowed and in- ‘tense, while the dancer des- cends to the floor to do a series of backbends and belly rolls, The “drum solo” brings the music up again to a more lively pace and the dancer begins the next part of her routine, the “most, exhaust- ing” part, says Melinda, the hip and shoulder shimmies. “You throw in any fancy stuff ‘you have; spins, drops, you save that for this part, and then you hopefully exit to 4 has p the Kootenays. She loyes and her M Melinda took her first belly dance lesson in 1972 in Santa Rosa, California where she was born and grew up. A year later she was ready to perform for the first time ina night club. Melinda grew up dancing and as a little girl she “dreamed of being a dancer.” She took ballet when she was nine and feels this has “given me a good foundation. Any adult who has taken dance classes previously is far ahead in belly dancing.” Mel- inda has studied tap dancing, jazz dancing, and modern dancing as well. Melinda showed me her large ‘collection of middle eastern record albums, and I was fascinated by the num- ber of bands who do this type of music. Although names like George Abdo, Eddy “The Shiek’ Kochak and Bert Bal- ladine meant little to me, I was assured that these were the tops and if they had a “top 10” in middle eastern music, these three would be way up there. Besides teaching, Melinda In costume as she dances she becomes Ishtara Commons and he long- has believed that Prime Minister ‘Trudeau has hurt it over the years with rule changes that restrict debate. In an interview last week, Nielsen said Commons rule changes in 1969 ended the days of lively exchanges and Parliament's. ability to con- trol government action. “The changes made it easier for government to do what is pleased with the least amount of hassle,” he said, He felt pessimistic about plans by Liberal House Leader Pinard to change and streamline Commons proce- dures to end a situation whereby it sometimes takes years to get simple amending legislation passed. Nielsen said Liberal chan- ges are normally “designed merely to enhance the ability of the government to do as it pleases.” The Regina-trained lawyer and former bomber pilot says political activity is the .ob- ligation of every citizen. He got busy as a Conservative organizer soon after he went to Whitehorse to open a law practice in 1952. When the local Conserva- ‘tive candidate backed out in the 1957 election and no one else could be found to run, Nielsen let his name stand, winning the seat after’ suc- cessfully proving “irregular- ities, I won't say corruption” in the way the contest was run. « . Gutgoing personality makeq her a natural at it. > “It's a Middle Eastern custom to tip a dancer at a club. You see belly dancers with bills sticking out of their belts and straps. It’s a thrill- ing experience. You know your effort has been worth it” During the winter of 1976 Melinda left sunny California and came to Canada for the first time, landing in Edmon- ton where she toured as a performer. “I wasn't pre* pared for the cold!” shé stated. s ‘Through a mutual friend she met ‘Mike Morgan iti Peace River. The couple married and moved to Call fornia, B.C. was in thei? blood, however, and afte? four months they returned here, and Mike soon got on at CanCel. o° This past summer Melinda spent two months in Cali- fornia ‘taking more courses isi the art: of belly dancing. “I took tons of notes.” She had the thrill of giving a solo dance at a club under the billing of “the Featured Dance Teacher from Can: ada.” i ti Melinda admits that the dance workout is physically draining. Her legs must be ia top shape to stand the strain. “They are always moving. And you never stand straight up. It’s always a bent knee stance.” The Morgans have a 16- month-old son, Kristopher. - One-and-a-half weeks before was in t ‘said, ‘you're in do you do yoga or some- enjoy skiing and look forward to getting out on the slopes this winter. t In her future Melinda would like to see herself, Ish- tara, as part of a dance troupe to perform through- out the area. Why Ishtara? I asked. What does it mean? “It's from. Phonecian mythology. It means goddess of the earth. “I guess I've always felt very earthy.” ~ Question: what is a man? Sebi I wrote -this ,columa, 28 years.ago, but'a recent spate of male (and female) chest thumping recalled it to mind. I find that my opinion on the subject has not changed greatly in the interval and so offer it for i ion as a JOHN CHARTERS’ Reflections & Recollections companion piece to an earlier one on a lady. At the Question: What is a . Man? - . I get so completely fed up with reading and hearing such remarks as “a wonderful hunk of man”, “he-man", “Man’s man” and others that I ask myself what does the term “a man” signify, other than from a purely biological definition, differentiating fréin “Adam's rib"? What is a man? If one asked a hundred people the chances are excellent that one would get a hundred answers varying from the humorist's “one who chases a woman until she catches him”, to the “Are you kidding?” from the girl next door. From the many advertise- ments, TV and the pocket books, an outsider might conclude that a "man" was judged on the same basis as a same reasons. He would be “broad shouldered, tall, dark, handsome, fearless, lusty, would swear, probably smoke a pipe, take an active interest in sports of all kinds, — and in women generally. Some would require that he have a deep voice, hairy chest, thick beard, wear a certain style of clothes and be a gentleman. These are certainly charac- teristics of certain males on certain cultures on the earth, particularly on this continent and of this period of time. They are, limited, non-inclu- sive, but not the essential qualities of a man. They virtually are internal rather than external, spiritual rather than physical. A true man I suggest would have a definite and well considered code of con- duct which would include the bull and for jally the best of the society in which he lives, as a person, a citizen of the country in which he lived, as a husband and father, and to human society as a whole. If he promised to do something he would do it to the best of his ability, and if he could not, he would say so. But whatever he did, would be done without fanfare. It is probable that he would be- lieve in some eternal power, greater and beyond himself. If not it would be only after long careful thought and searching. He would make . decisions’ and accept the consequences without com- plaint. He would be kindly, considerate and thoughtful of others. He would be cour- ageous in defeat, sincerely modest in victory. As Charles Kingsley most aptly said, “Man.was meant to be not the slave but the in proportion as he recovers his humanity. 3 Moreover, a than is the result of all the challenges of life, met and subdued: As Bucher said, “A man is ‘a sword, daily life, the artificer and those areas which beat upon the anvil and file the edge and etche in, cidlike, the inscription upon his hilt.” Finally, the term, a man knows no boundaries of time, space, creed or societ}. Buddha and Christ were men in the finest sense of th word but so was S and Kipling’s lowest cas} Indian water carrier, Gun, Din. I would also nominat his late Majesty George V and the quiet man working his garden down the stree: and a million others. To often, unrecognized and uf: sung but the salt of the earth and these men are the stays master of and of