é i May 17, 1987 i “Robert’s“Restaurant Hwy. 6, Winlaw 226-7718 SPRING HOURS: Wed Sat. $p.m.9 pm: Sundays 11 0m.8 pm Riverside Dining + Continental Cuisine Open 11 a.m, - 9 p.m. Victoria Day EDDY DAVIS PARTIAL TO IDIOT BABBLE NEW YORK (AP) -— Eddy Davis is partial to idiot bab- ble. He enjoys all the sneez- es, giggles, gurgles, clucks, 18TH ANNUAL NELSON GYRO CLUB SEAFOOD Sat., May 30 6:00 p.m. David Thompson College, Nelson @ Music by “AMBER” Tickets Available . . . Ted Allen's Jewellery Ph. 352-5033 and other assorted mayhem that his band com- mits nightly, but idiot babble is his favorite. Davis is an Slickers at Michael's Pub, a Manhattan nightclub. “Ever singe I was alittle 3 kid, I've heard the records and always wanted to be of a band like this,” the 46-year-old Davis said. Davis made it happen after jazz musician, a man of re- finement and taste. At least he was until he undertook a lifelong ambition of reviving the music of the late, great and utterly demented Spike Jones. Now his nights are spent in a cacophony of cowbells, washboards, auto horns, brake drums, duck calls, toi. let plungers and buckets of junk. Spike Jones was the im. This Week in DEXTER’S PUB — MON. THRU SAT. [Show Tine 7.00 900. IT WILL STEAL YOUR HEART! STARTS WEDNESDAY! MAY 20 Saint EDDIE MURPHY —_ Easy Access no Stairs FRIDAY NITE & SUNDAY NITE Trail Athletic Trail Track Association Club Lic. No. 59147 Minimum $ 2 Each Jackpot Night Free Bus Transportation & Information Frultvele, Salmo, ‘Cestloger trensportetion o Lic. No, 58046 for bus it Ph. 365- 5007 or 365-6172 1060 Eldorado — ex.-Konkin Irly Bird Building pish bandleader who sprang fully crazed onto the Ameri can scene in 1942 with a wild recording of a song called Der Fuehrer’s Face, which offered the Bronx cheer to Adolf Hitler. After that, he made a suc: cessful career of satirizing popular tunes and murdering the classics with a band that significantly expanded the definition of a musical in- strument. MUSIC REVIVED Jones died in 1965 at 53, and for a while his music seemed dead as well. But it was revived on radio in the early 1970s by Dr. Demento, the Los Angeles dise jockey with a passion for the biz arre. Last month, Eddy Davis and his New York Repertory Jazz Ensemble began playing the music of Spike Jones and his City MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL Alpine Europe Escorted 15 Day Tour Visit Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Munich, Lucerne, St. Moritz, Lake Como, Innsbruck, Vien- na, Salzburg etc, includes most meals wn 429 Sample airfaire Calgary- Frankfurt $918 roundtrip For more information call he was app d with the idea by the owner 6f Mi- chael’s Pub. He began work on the project just before last Christmas, studying scores provided by Spike Jones Jr., the bandleader's son, and transcribing them to other songs from records. The’ scores, he said, had notations such as “Glug,” “hie” and “sput” — which to- gether described a vocal chant of “gut-a-but-hic-sput, gut-a-but-hic-sput” — as well as the aforementioned “idiot babble.” That's created by having everyone in the band babble incoherently. The hardest part was as- sembling the “instruments.” Davis said he couldn't find the tuned Kentucky cowbells that Jones used, so he had to settle for alpine cowbells from Germany. NEED BRAKE DRUMS Then there was the search for the perfect brake drum. So he walked down aisle after aisle of brake drums in an auto salvage shop in Lafay- ette, Ind., hitting them with a small hammer until he found a Chrysler brake drum with just the right sound. He had an easier time with some of the other equipment a Klaxon horn, a starter pistol, two tuned gongs. Some of the items that played a memorable part in the, City Slickers’ perfor mahces had to be deleted on the insistence of the night: club management — two toy cannon, for example, and an electric horn. Davis brought together an ensemble of six other musi cians and put together a show that touches on the highlights of Jones’ career: Der Fuehrer’s Face, Cock- tails for Two. ENTERTAINMENT td JUST WAITING . . . This photo, entitl "Trevor", is just part of the Selkirk Coll photography pias year end ex “Photo Flow”. rag display features a wide variety of photographic styles, from straight plus black and white, color, hard colored prints, wall murals and photo books. The show pens in the Bonnington Basement of the Castlegar Campus May 20 and continues to May 22. Photo by Rosaling Marino: ROSE'S RESTAURANT fumes, for Evening Dining a icon Menu AIR CONDITIONED & LICENCED oriest, 399-1895 +. Secon. Sunfest Bingo $1000 J ackpot we Saturday May 23 Qe Early Bird: 6 pm $60. min payout Castlegar Community Comp First 50 door Suntest ladies in Regular 6:30 pm receive a button! Champion Bingo Upstairs, Trail Towne Square Mall Sat., May 23 GIANT? 1 000 Bingo Packages $26. Not including Early Birds. For information call 364-0933 ANNA WYMAN Dancing on a cloud VANCOUVER (CP) — Dancing on a cloud is more than just an expression for Anna Wyman. It’s part of her dance company’s repertoire. The Vancouver choreographer has been producing innovative dance routines profesionally for 16 years, including a piece that came to her one day while she sat at a window seat on a plane. “I looked at the clouds, and that particular day the clouds went from snow white to black, very angry-looking clouds,” Wyman said in an interview. “And I thought, my God, what would it be like if dancers could actually dance on clouds.” The result was a piece called Adastra, which includes a sequence where dancers perform on a huge piece of fabric elevated over the stage, creating the impression they are floating in the air. WINS ACCLAIM It's just one of the stylish dances that have made the Anna Wyman Dance Theatre a world-renowned troupe It was the first modern dance company to tour China and the first Canadian dance group of its type to perform in Washington, D.C Wyman, a striking woman with raven hair and dark eyes, has been in love with dance almost since she was born in Graz, Austria, some 40 years ago. (She declines to give a precise age.) Her early life was a whirl of opera, symphony and dance. She trained with the Graz Opera Ballet School and toured Europe with the Schonemann Ballet, learning a wide range of dance styles. “One night you have The Gypsy Baron in which you do Hungarian dancing and another night you have Aida in which you have Egyptian dancing and then you have the incredible Strauss waltzes,” she remembers, her Austrian accent flavoring the words. STARTED TROUPE From Austria, Wyman went to London for 12 years of studying and teaching dance, then moved to Canada in 1968. She taught dance at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and started an amateur dance company, which performed free at the Vancouver Art Gallery and in schools. Even then, Wyman's choreography was bold. “We did the most ridiculous and crazy things if the art gallery,” she said. Things like having the dancers eat spaghetti, carry a coffin with Wyman inside or crowd aboard a grocery store shopping cart. Wyman says the audiences understood that the work was largely experimental and appreciated what they say. So did the Canada Council, which gave Wyman a grant to perform at the Vancouver Playhouse in 1971. The troupe drew a full house, earned rave reviews and launched its professional career. SENT ON TOUR Wyman says the dance company became the “guinea-pig” of the Canada Council touring office, travelling across Canada and then Europe, China, India and elsewhere. She has choreographéd more than 35 works for the theatre, including City Piece, which recreates the sights and moods of a city. tour of the madcap musical comedy, Happened on the Way to the Forum, and, in typical Roo. ney style, he’s doing it his “All I do there is an even. A Funny Thing ing’s entertainment of my family, the American public,” he says. \ Rooney in musical comedy NEW YORK (AP) — Mic key Rooney is starring in a way He describes Forum, a did the first tour. Mostel, musical get in Rome in 200 with Phil Silvers as a dealer B.C., as “a playform for indi- in courtesans, made the 1966 NEW BOARD . terior Lumberin back row from left G.W. Steele, J.D. Gelz, M.G. Bildfell and R.A. Nelson. Front row from left R.D i . r 0 Moy 17, 1987 Castlégar News a7 - Newly elected directors of the In- Manuteicturers’ pace ore. J.C. Wigen. 1, JR. Gor- of Crest- Price, P.K. Perkins, W.T. Uphill, M.J. Rous man, R.V. Ennis and C.H. Nelson. Rouse, brook Forest Industries is the new president. IDEA EYED BY DOUGLAS By ALEX BINKLEY Canadian Press OTTAWA (CP) — Austin Douglas is going to to find out just how i jive and creative Cs ‘And he'll be as open-minded as possible about it. Douglas is in charge of assessing bids from’ people who think they can make money by buying or Jeasing airports from the federal government. It's not an easy way to make money — airports haven't been a profitable enterprise for government. is executive director ofthe Airport Manage- ment Studies Working Group, the official title for the Transport Department branch whose job is to find someone other than federal bureaucrats to run 140 airports in Douglas calls the process localizing . It’s not going to happen overnight, nor will it result in sweeping changes at airports that the average traveller might notice. CONTROL SAFETY Ottawa will retain full control over aviation safety including such services as air traffic control and the air network. It will keep the airport: ticket tax to LICENCED DINING ROOM PEN 4 P.M. DAILY WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS ACCEPTED AIR CONDITIONED — Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located | mile south of Weigh Scales in Ootischenia vidual comics to bring their wares to. Were you to do it by rote, you'd lose half the audience at half time.” Instead, Rooney says, he has embellished the show with ‘Mickey Rooney humor and jokes, without taking it completely out of context.” Before he played in. it, Rooney never saw the show, which opened on Broadway in 1962. It opened with Zero Mostel, who was replaced during the two-year run by Dick Shawn. Jerry Lester movie and Silvers started in a 1972 revival. “Don't tell me it’s based on Plautus, who wrote plays in Rome before Christ,” Rooney says. “Don't get so esoteric with me. Nobody really cares. I'm a man that likes fun on the stage and likes to hear the laughter from the people. That's the only thing that tells me whether a show is successful or not.” When the show played in Boston in March, some called it sexist. Airports for sale By ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA — So you want to be an airport operator, maybe even an owner. Right now the federal government has the market cornered, but Ottawa is willing to let you in on the action. However, it won't be like a fast-food restaurant franchise. And it will probably take two to three years to work through all the paperwork between you and the airport. Before making an appointment to see Austin Douglas, the senior Transport Department official in charge of what Ottawa calls localizing airports, there are a couple of factors you better make sure of. One is that your bid has the support of municipal or regional governments around the airport. Locally organized groups — chambers of commerce, for example — will be preferred over private companies. EAST AGAINST And the province you live in must have legislation allowing airport corporations or companies, or prepared to bring in such legislation. Support for airport takeovers is strongest in British Columbia and Alberta and generally gets weaker as you move east. In Atlantic Canada, provincial governments are against the idea. Once you've got those issues straightened out, it's off to see Douglas. By the way, some Ottawa residents refer to the three office buildings the Transport Department is housed in as Fawlty Towers, after the British television comedy. Send a message to Premier Vander Zaim Time is Running Out BILL 19 PUBLIC RALLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 6-7 P.M. NELSON PROV. GOV'T. 310 WARD STREET FOR INFO. CALL: shion, steady at $1.70 on Trail: 368-8778 Castlegar - 365-7834 Nelson - 352-3651 SPEAKERS REPRESENTING: B.C. Fed. of Labour Labour Council B.C. Teachers’ Federation Building Trades Council we Sao <> Sponsored by the Nelson-Trail & District Labour Council One of the first things Douglas will do for seriuos bidder’ is provide them with a commercial assessment of the airport. The government has hired Price Waterhouse to develop a new bookkeeping system so that airports can more accurately reflect their financial position and worth. “It will make them look a bit better,” Douglas says. He'll also make available all the other information the department has on the airport of your interest. WHAT'S PROSPECT Meanwhile he'll ask you for a feasibility study on the prospects for the airport, including future traffic levels and developments“ in the area that could affect commercial and passenger use of the airport. “Every airport is unique,” Douglas said. “We want to know what new uses a group would have for an airport. “We also need to know who'll be financially liable for the airport should buyers or (leaseholders) go into bankruptcy.” And of course you'll have to reach an agreement ona purchase price or leasing fee. Remember, the govern- ment isn’t going to help with future expansion costs. At the moment, federal officials won't even guess at possible leasing or purchase prices. The government is going to keep the airport ticket tax to help pay for the cost of the air navigation system and air traffic control, which it will continue to operate. Douglas says it might appear the government is making the process overly complicated. But it wants the airports to go to groups that will be able to turn them into commercial successes. Weekly stocks VANCOUVER (CP) — Prices were mixed in active trading Friday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange. Vol- ume at close was 19,531,709 shares. Of the issues traded, 422 advanced, 396 declined and 469 were unchanged for a VSE index of 2011.90, up 24.61 from Thursday's close. British Silbak Premium B was the most active trader among equities, up .35 to $4.50 on 280,919 shares, Humbolt Energy fell .02 to .35 on 235,300, International Prism Exploration advanced .09 to .70 on 209,350 and Ter- ra Nova Energy gained .13 to .82 on 196,867. Taurus Re- sources Class A was steady at $1.25 and Brace Resources rose .04 to .65. Leading development equi ties trading was FNI Fa- BLDG. 696,500 shares, Greenwell Resources rose .41 to $2.31 on 289,000, Roxwell Gold ad- vanced .50 to $1.40 on 237,500 and Gulf International Min- erals fell .08 to $2.05 on 210,900. Com-Air (CAN) was up .07 to $1.62 and Insecta Research gained .10 to $4.50. Digital Computers A led warrants trading. help pay for those services. There will still be bilingual signs, facilities for the handicapped and adequate ground transportation. Transport Minister John Crosbie has announced the government will consider proposals from municipal or regional governments — or groups supported by them — to buy or lease all or part of an airport to be run as a business. Offers from private companies to lease airport facilities will be consideréd but the government doesn’t contemplate selling an airport to a private company. At least for now. Municipally backed groups have already expressed strong interest in airports in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, Douglas said. As well, there have been queries from Ontario groups interested in the Ottawa, London and Thunder Bay airports and the department has sent them information. But no firm proposals have been made yet. FEW WILL SELL Douglas says he doesn’t think more than five or six airports will be sold. It’s harder to say how many might be partly or completely leased. Whatever comes of the process, it’s unlikely the airports will seem much different whether they ar are operated by the federal gover ora Douglas says. That's because they will still be run by bureaucrats, municipal instead of federal, says Jim Smith of the Air Transport Association of Canada, which represents the country’s’ airlines. “Airports will remain as a form of self-expression for politicians and bureaucrats.” Smith said the airlines are disappointed that Crosbie has virtually ruled out private ownership. “The airlines don't see much merit in substituting a lower level of government to mess things up.” Private industry would be much better at operating airports to serve travellers, Smith says. MAY GET PAINTED Douglas says a locally run airport may have a few more concessions and services — such as restaurants, boutiques and car rental agencies — and perhaps receive a new paint-job. So how does a local organization turn an airport into a money maker? Douglas says the best chance of making airports profitable is to get businesses to locate nearby, thus increasing the commercial use of the airport. While some savings may be possible in the actual operation of airport facilities — through, for example, layoffs of airport staff — “if there are any good ideas for saving money running airports, we've probably already thought of them.” And while a lot of attention has been given to the idea of selling airports, Douglas thinks that will be the exception rather than the rule. Much more common will be the creation of local airport boards involving local businessmen in the commercial development of airports. Cominco hopes to sell Polaris Cominco announced this week that it is negotiating to sell a 40-per-cent interest in its Polaris Mine to Pine Points Mines, in which it holds a 50-per-cent share. The estimated price is $90 million for- the share in Polaris, a lead-zine taine lo- cated On Little Cornwallis Is- land in the North West Ter- ritories, a Cominco release indicates. The final purchase will be subject to a number of con- ditions, including the appro- val of regulatory agencies. Production at” Polaris be- gan in 1982. Last year the property produced over 200,000 tons of zine concen- trate and 35,000 tons of lead concentrate. Ore reserves at the end of 1986 stood at 20 million tons, with a grading of 14.5 per cent zinc and 2.9 per cent lead. Pine Point Mines announ- ced recently that it will close its mine at Pine Point, N.W.T. early next year. THANK YOU A teor tell, followed The words "I love You" came tom: Slowly si subtly the pain coosed ond her spicit wos finally tree smiled and said “Rest in Peace. remember her. Lucky indeed to have known such a such special people os fe will remember. 7” Al, Scott and Shelly Blessin EDUCATION FOR THE WHOLE CHILD Academic, Spiritual, Emotional, Physical Now Taking Registrations For Students Grades 1-7 For 1987 Fall Term Alpha and Omega, | - 12 Beginning to the End. © Meeting all to. a Complete Into Further Education © Registered With the B.C. Ministry of Education Examination Branch Castlegar Christian Academy 365-7818 — 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Save Our Postal Service Public Meeting Castlegar Recreation Complex May 19—7:30 p.m. SPEAKERS JACK CHERNOFF LARRY Director for Canad@ - - HONEYBOURNE Postal Corporation Regional Officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers LYLE KRISTIANSON Former Post Office Critic BEN EVANS Regional Postmaster CORKY EVANS Former Regional Director to C.K.R.D. 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