., ns CastlégarNews october 26, 198 ENTERTAINMENT ~ BUSINESS Oxiober26, 1988 Castlégar News Shopping in Spokane? stay with us atthe... Liberty Motel 1-509-467-6000 $32.00 DOUBLE $40.00 FAMILY e 1 Mile to Northtown Mall (largest mall in Spokane) e Walking distance to K-Mart e Kitchen units available . . . STARTING AT Color Cable TV; in-room movies Clean and quiet AAA recommended Gangster comedy opens LAKE TAHOE, NEV, (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, who's expressed dis: trust for Hollywood in previous works and statements, seems to have mellowed somewhat in his attitude toward Tinseltown, “I'm learning all kinds of lessons from Hollywood all the time,” Mamet said in a recent interview. At the moment, Hollywood is treating the fefsty playwright rather Inflation catches wages OTTAWA (CP) — Canadian workers have been racing to a standstill for more than a decade, says a new national study by Statistics Canada. Although wages and benefits “rose 140 per cent to $27,900 per worker between 1975 and 1987, all but 1.5 per cent of the gain was wiped out by inflation, the agency reports. Entitled Trends in Labor Income, the study says even that small gain occurred in workplace benefits such as pensions and medical plans and did not show up in take-home pay. full percentage point in real purchasing power over the 12- year period. Discounting the long-ago boom years of the mid-1970s and looking at the pattern that has prevailed for the last decade, the picture is much bleaker, the study notes, Between 1978 and 1987, real wages and salartés of average workers has dropped 6.2 per cent in terms of purchasing power, it says. The decline over the period amounts to 4.8 per cent even when offset by gains in work- Measured in 1987 dollars, the income of the average worker has declined by $1,400 annually from a peak of $29,300 in 1977 to the $27,900: level recorded at the end of the study. Discounting the impact, of supplementary benefits and loo- king only at wages and salaries, the decline was $1,600. TAKES A BITE The study does not take into account the further inroads into take-home pay caused by rising taxes over the 12-year period. On a yearly basis, workers experienced net losses in both seven of the 10 years from 1978 to 1987. Small gains were recorded in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Among individual industries, the pattern varied widely. The largest increases over the 12-year period were 17 per cent among finance, insurance and real estate workers and 13 per cent among transportation, com- munications and utility employ ees. The highest losses were 16 per cent among construction wor- kers and 15 per cent among those working in the forestry sector. GREAT PACIFIC MANAGEMENT Gp CO. LTD. Now has a representative in Castlegar, Our company hos been helping British Columbians plan their investments for over 23 yeors. Can We Assist You? For more information on Invest- ment Funds, RRSPs, RRIFs, Tox Shelters, Group and Individual In- surance Plans or just an evaluation of your current in- vestments GREAT PACIFIC MANAGEMENT ¢/o Maureen Forster P.O. Box 3083, Castlegar, B.C. VIN SHS © 365-2324 CALL OR WRITE place benefits. wages and total income during GOOD THROUGH | well. DEC. 31ST,/1988 The 40-year-old writ © won . the Pulitzer for his play Glengarry Glen Ross, is receiving the royal” treatment for Things Change, a Columbia Pictures release that open- ed Friday Cable 10 TV SHAW CABLE 10 TV Oct. 26, 28, 30 5:30 p.m. [Wed] 9 a.m. [Fri] 1 p.m. (Sum] USCC 50th Anniversity Per. formance — This is part one of two. This program includes the Kootenay Youth Choir and three guest artists from the USSR. This performance was recorded at the Brilliant Cultural Centre in Castlegar. 7 p.m. [Wed] 10:30 a.m. [Fri] 2:30 p.m. [Sun] Not Quite the Canadian Open — This program produced by The War Amps of Canada shows three members of the Champ pro- gram playing in a golf tournament. 7:30 p.m. [Wed] 11 a.m. [Fri] 3 p.m. [Sun] Employee Assistace Program — The city of Trail held a workshop on the setting up of an employee assistance program. Included is the different aspects of the program such Herbert Wendell Gleason will as costs, training, and referral ser- be at the West Kootenay vices. National Exhibition Centre. 9:30 p.m. [Wed] 1 p.m. [Fri] 5 p.m. (top) Gleason climbs the {Sun} Rossland Golden City Days \lecillewaet Glacier, 1905. Parade — A repeat of the annual (bottom) Swiss guide cooking Golden City Days parade taped Sept. breakfast in ron. Valley, 10. Taped in Rossland features par- SERN: ticipants from Trail, Rossland, Castlegar, Cranbrook, K. 6801 N. DIVISION NSPORANE, WASH. RS GREAT PACIFIC The Place Where Money Grows! = S FERRARO'S Selkirk College Distinguished Speakers Series presents HAZEL HENDERSON Futurist Economist November 1, 1988 7:30 p.m. Capitol Theatre, Nelson Valu “Your Satisfaction is Our Main Concern” kg. 73 Jie 175 g. pkg. TICKETS AT THE DOOR: we 9, ks. $5 adults; $3 students pee Sige pkg limit 1 with every 25 in groceries purchased CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Cas 8 36: Prices effective Oct. 23 to Oct. 29, 1988 PHOTO EXHIBIT... A collection of photographs of western Canadian wilderness by American photographer PLAZA, SUPER-VALU OPEN SUNDAYS 10 A.M. -5 P.M. (2 GIGANTIC NOW SHOWING! WED (THU|[ FRI] pee DOUBLE FEATURE : 4 talking horse movie ever! One ves sana PROGRAM MARK HARKS DIE FOSS “Absolutely wonderful. It’s like a beautiful mid- summer daydream you hate to see end.” Wages and salaries fell one W : t i t \ p y government inspected pork * whole cut from the tropics * golden TORONTO (CP) — The office in ¢Womenare under-represented in All federally regulated industries § '""°‘"°?* ‘ : nie ly regu 5 which an army of poorly paid female very high-paying jobs. At Air Can- — largely transportation and com- pork ripe clerical workers answers to a small ada, 1,373 men out of 13,800 full-time munications firms and Crown corpor- i kg. number of well-paid men is still male employees earn more than ations — that employ 100 or more | lOiM 3.73 Ib. a bananas common, figures from some of the $70,000. Only four women out of people had to survey their work * country’s leading employers suggest. 6,300 earn that much forces last year and report their [| ‘e9vlers fines extra tine Camptire * sliced A sampling of mandatory reports ‘ ‘ y findings. : tries that high filed by the banks, airlines, railways, __° 20 industries that employ high "NO 4 tor the industries to | MJB cooked telephone souspenies and Crows sor: to leadership positions. At the five implement fairer participation of ft G@ff@@ 3009. 1in e ham Reeeee noer a cinate in chanical chartered banks, which employ be- Women, the disabled, visible minor- I] sents 1 with every $25 in groceries purchased tent } witth ovary G08 tn tl rs ee pre poms — ne tween 70 and 80 per cent women, ities and aboriginals. SuperValu * hot dog or 10-12 Ib. average wr The sample also shove that work. women make upnomore than a third Employers were supposed to elim- Halloween swhoare disabled or members of a of middle-level managers. inate barriers against those groups | hamburger e Visible minority are seldom repre. _.The reports are the culmination and devise policies to promote them. pumpkins m A i i of a major element of the federal But, as critics of the act noted at the iat | wah = << number covernment's Employment Equity time of its proclamation, there was ws every $25 in groceries puchased Women workers are still stuck in A¢t introduced by Flora MacDonald, no penalty if they did not. Two locations to serve you: Pp ! ineetuasien itions and are not then minister of employment and im- The firms were, however, required serv Downtown and Plaza being hired or promoted at the same ™igration, and proclaimed in June to make annual reports, starting last rate Aston, coverding (0 reports ; year, of their workforce ition filed to Ottawa by 371 federally iy . regulated businesses. The reports, the first of their kind in Canada, are to serve as the bench- mark for all future efforts to improve the plight of the target groups in the labor force. They also show that the senior woman manager and the skilled tradeswoman remain rare, even in workplaces that say they have been ardently recruiting women into non- traditional jobs, eS NOT PUBLIC : Required by the Employment provide the commentary. 10 p.m. [Wed] 1:30 p.m. [Fri] 5:30 p.m. [Sun] — Sign-off. Wilderness exhibit set 9 a.m. to? P-™- HOME “¢ -B g: STEALING K73 STARTS 8:40 [SUN] MON) A SENSATIONALLY IMAGINATIVE SCI-Fi THRILLER OUT OF THIS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT!” secsrontest ALIEN NATION note: Cable is Oct. 31 treating night stop by Shaw Cable's studio at 1951 Columbia Ave. across from the Sandman Inn for a treat Halloween Special Shaw going live from its studio at 7 p.m. with Halloween interviews with kids and reps. If you're out trick-or- from 7 to 8 p.m. Halloween LEGION BRANCH 170 An exhibition of photographs of the western Canadian wilder ness captured by American pho tographer Herbert Wendell Gleason at the turn of the Century is on display at the West Kootenay National Exhi bition Centre. Wendell Gleason, a man of many careers including that of minister, wood carver, photo- grapher and naturalist, was born in Massachusetts in 1855. osophy of Henry Thoreau and anxious to document the wilder ness before it was further en. croached upon by man, Wendell Gleason travelled far and wide in his endeavour. Southeastern B.C. held a par. ticular fascination for him and between 1899 and 1914 he trav elled by railroad, wagon, horse and foot to capture the splendid ruggedness of the region and to promote the preservation of the wilderness. Organized by the archives of the Glenbow Museum in Cal gary, the exhibition focuses upon Southeastern B.C. around the-turn of the century. Also on exhibit at the centre are recent paintings, by Slocan Valley artist Ward Estes. Both exhibitions run until Nov. 30. The centre is open Tuesday - Friday 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12 - 4:30 p.m. Equity Act, the reports and an ac- companying analysis were to have been made public by the end of last month. But the ministerial analysis on the surveys have been delayed, access to the reports is difficult and anyone who can find a set to buy must pay $2,000 for it. A review of the reports of 27 companies, which employ about 400,000 people, found: e In almost every case, women are in the majority in jobs paying less Oct. sats. ENTER DRAWS For Gift Certificates towards 9.a.m. to Tan Jay Sportswear All New Fall Merchandise In the Ladies Wear & Fabric Dept. «....... Strongly influenced by the phil than $25,000. Men are in the majority injobs that pay more than $35,000. Shirley Temple Champion kisses and tells ee) Bing tairs Tc LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former than the White House insider books Square Mal child star Shirley Temple Black hasa that have come out recently. She different sort of kiss-and-tell story says Ronald Reagan was a good 2 WARM UP avi BONANZAS The most unique Dining Experience in the Kootenays 7 be The two performed in a nearly @~e at 6:10 p.m Two separate restaurants under one roof