86 Castlégar News December 17, 1989 ENTERTAINMENT BLUE TOP BURGER WEEKLY SPECIAL SN. December 17, 1989 Castlegar News 87 ANNO CasNews - SEA BURGER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SPECIALS DAILY! Breakfast served til noon. Free Christmas Holiday Show for Everyone Friday, December 22—- Doors Open 3:30 p.m. — Show Starts at 4 p.m. fi Nick Nolte ; Martin Short Stanley Humphries secondary school student Gavin Mealing (left) plays the Jester in SHSS Omega Theatre's production of the one-act play Nathan the Nervous. Mealing and his fellow the Nervous by Dianne Kootnikott actors went through rehearsals last week in preparation for the play which the students will present Dec. 19 and 20 at the school starting at 7:30 p.m. The students will also present a second one-act play, Pyjama Party. se A Chuistmas Card 5 ey . {non f “ANd of Us John J. & Polly Argatoft & Family Kootenay Temple No. 37 Pythian Sisters Harry, Kay & Louise Bate Norman & Joan Blais Steve, Mary & Chris Kinakin George & Marge Fullerton David, Frances&Jessicalloyd Nick & Jean Burak Ron & Carol Mackereth &family Keith, Jean, Tory, Kyle& Lillian Hapala Katelyn Merritt May Brandson Jane, Peter, Ryan, Sara& Glenys & Norman New Garith Vatkin Charlie & Rosemary Phyllis Lamb Christensen Mike & Nettie Makortoff E. Harrison George & Betty Clarke Terry, Suzanne, Trevin, Lorna John, Katie, Sandi & Lisa & Tanya Rogers Plotnikoft 2“ Anna, Tom & Alex Campbell Brita & Pat Haley Ab & Marj Culley Marvin, Lynda & Doug Wood Bat bombs part of Eco Wars By IAN BAILEY The Canadian Press A U.S. plan to equip bats with tiny bombs and unleash them on Japan during the Second World War wasn't the strangest example of en- vironmental madness David Day found while researching his book The Eco Wars. Nor was the American practice of dropping elephants by parachute into Vietnam combat zones. No. Day says the prize of envir onmental bad taste goes to Aristotle Onassis, the shipping tycoon, who used sperm whale genitals to make Open 5:30 p.m. Sunday Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Reservations 825-4466 bar stools for his yacht. “It's making an-obscene joke about the extinction of a species,” Day said in a Toronto interview. ‘‘It shows a level of contempt for an animal that’s being hunted out of existance."’ Day went green in the early 1970s when the environmental group Greenpeace was formed in his native British Columbia. After working as a logger, Day turned to writing and has since trated whales, Day says there’s a sombre point to consider. He says countless people are dying in a shadowy world war being fought for control of the environ- ment. produced several Onassis’ stools, the p paratroops that were used to move equipment, and the bat plan that was never implemented are among many bizarre examples chronicled in a book that often reads like an environmental Ripley's Believe it or Not. HUMOR NEEDED The Canadian-born Day, who is a columnist with the British humor magazine Punch, says he wanted to offer the ecologically uneducated an amusing lesson on environmental struggles. minutes and then have some inter- esting things to say at dinner,” Day, 42, said with a smile. “Anybody I know who has lasted in the environmental movement has had to develop a sense of humor or else you end up burning out.”” Taste the Freshness... Trust the Name ! ODiielece 2816 Columbia Ave., 365-5304 WE ARE A FULL SERVICE books, includ a memorial to’ extinct species called The Doomsday Book of Animals. The Eco Wars: True Tales of Environmental Madness, is meant to be read as quickly as junk food is meant to be eaten. Its brief chapters highlight weird trie tales of man- kind’s ecological assault, . SOME EXAMPLES * An Arizona man gets the last surprise of his life one day in 1982 when — for kicks — he fires repeated shotgun blasts into a rare, the plant falls off, killing him. * A thief steals 30,000 rare birds eggs over two years by strolling into a British museum and stuffing a few eggs at a time into women’s pantyhose he’s wearing under his loose-fitting slacks. ° A senior Soviet defence official gathers his buddies for hunting in a conservation park. After shooting waterfowl from all-terrain vehicles, they use helicopter gunships to slaughter wild boar herds. © Ivory smugglers in Zaire, rather The inch Je tionists like U.S. svientist Dian Fossey — murdered while fighting to save endangered African gorillas. But she’s one among a legion of the dead and dying that includes hundreds of tribal people killed in land disputes, thousands killed in droughts caused by soil erosion and millions who die because of befouled drinking water, says Day. If all these deaths occurred in one location or in one gommunity, people would say “This is acataclysm.”” “Because it’s spread out, no one does anything about it People are taking up arms in the struggle over the environment, says Day Earlier this year, gunmen mur- dered an executive with an Italian chemical plant because of lingering rage over a toxic leak that caused skin disease among residents of a community Then there’s Earth First!, a U.S. environmental group whose tactics have included “‘ecotage’’ — guerril- la tactics against polluters, including burning of bulldozers and disabling than shooting for their ivory tusks, dump pesticide into po As bad as things get, such militant i lose more than wi I Th of die as they drink the water. So do humans. “The intent was to create one book that covered the whole range of the environmental universe from egg smuggling to the destruction of wildlife;” says Day, who now div- ides his time between Canada and England. SHADOWY WAR And when readers are finished with parachuting elephants and cas- their foes do, says Day. ““If you get into a war and you are a minority group, you are going to lose. All the money and the guns are on the other side, so you must choose your tactics carefully. Most of the power is with the ftate and they can stop you."’ The Eco Wars—True Tales of Environmental Madness, by David Day. Published by Key Porter Books; 256 pages; $26.95. an B.C. Tel gives station a switch By JOHN CHARTERS “It was exactly what we needed," said Sherrel Koreen with a satisfied smile, ‘We can now complete this par- ticular job."" Koreen, president of the Castlegar and District Heritage Society, was commenting on the fact that Bob Pegg, Castlegar customer servibe manager for B.C. Tel, had just come to the Castlegar Rail Station and presented society vice-president Roy Ward witha $500 switch for the station's intruder- fire alarm system. This small and ex- pensive but essential part of the protec- fashioned mode. A letter of ap- iation to B.C. Tel has been sent to tion system the $1,000 grant made to the society earlier this Graham Stuart, manager of corporate month by p ss of the Castlegar Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. B.C. Tel is one of a growing number of corporate organizations which have Promoted the development of the heritage concept in Castlegar and in 1985 donated $1,500 worth of work and materials to ensure that the telephone lines were done in the old- Pulpit & Pew By Father HERMAN ENGBERINK St. Rita’s Parish De-we-really-need-Christmas,-or are we in need of an occasion to increase our business turnovers? Do we merely need a reason to arouse some emotion or feeling? And at best, do we need a certain date for family gatherings? Are we really in need of Christmas or do we misuse that day? Everybody celebrates Christmas, the old and the young, the pious and the scoffer, families and loners. But because we do celebrate a holiday is that a sufficient reason to call it Christmas? How do we come from Christmas to God? How can that birthday at the time of emperor Augustus,hayg, meaning for us almost 2,000 years later? The, birth of Christ was intended for all nations but his advent, his arrival, does not belong to the past yet. There are many people who do not know Him. Many people do not warit to know anything about Christ and we, who are calling ourselves Christians after his name, have done little to make it possible for all people to celebrate Christmas. We talk to others about preparing for Christmas but we have no time to spend with elderly people. We get WINDOW COVERINGS Pre-Xmas Sale!!! £ excited about the piles of presents but for ourselves we claim the more expensive ones. We complain that Christmas has become a commer- cial, worldly celebration, but at school and at the worksite we are often ashamed to let others see that we believe in Christ. May the Lord have mercy and forgive us. But because we cannot always live in advent, we are in need of celebrating Christmas also this year. After a short while it will be Christmas again. We cannot change what man has made of this feast. We cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves. Let us believe the message which tells us that God’s Son became man to make brothers and sisters. ‘With God's help we can make that Christmas become again a feast of faith, joy and peace for all. New program Personal assistance for people in- trested in the Regional and Economic Development Ministry’s new em- ployee investment program is now available in Trail “This innovative program offers opportunities for employees to share in company profits,"’ Regional and Economic Development Minister Stan Hagen said in a news release. ‘‘At the same time, it offers companies a new source of money which can be used for business expansion.”” The Royal Trust Corp. was recently Pegg and his wife Janet are recent arrivals in Castlegar, having come to the city in September via the Queen Charlotte Islands and Terrace, which he said is similar in climate to Castlegar but less extreme. However, he is deeply involved in skiing, particularly as a sport for children, and in heri and said he looks forward to a rewarding and pleasant experience here. The society is also pleased to acknowledge two more recent acquisitions from longtime suppor- ters. Henry Senetza, CP Rail assistant terminal supervisor for Revelstoke South Division, has donated two original seats for the railway speeder acquired earlier in the year fram Don Hillyard of Nelson. “* Allit needs now is a windshield and it is complete,’’ Senetza said. The second gift is a computer and word processor from an anonymous donor. It will greatly facilitate the ad- ministrative work of the society, Koreen said Even heritage is streamlined these days. The Castlegar and District Heritage Society cookbook is now on sale at $6.95 just in time for Christmas souvenirs. Pick up your copy at the Rail Station and the Castlegar News. Complimentary copies are being delivered to advertisers. Appointment CHRISTMAS REQUESTS . . . Lt. Virginia Brown (left) and Ordinary Seaman Wendy Basson tell Santa what they what for Christmas during his annual visit to the No. 581 Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron, Castlegar last week. CHRISTMAS STORE HOURS Open: Mon.-Fri. 9:30-9:00 Saturday 9:30-5:30 ‘til Dec. 23/'89 DOWNTOWN TRAIL Grad profiles The Castlegar News continues its series of profiles of the Stanley dary school graduating class of 1990. The students who appear in the profiles are selected at random by the SHSS Grad Council. Fall Colours 40% Off VERTICALS PLEATED SHADES VENITIAN BLINDS Free installation 367-7841 ‘appointed as the private sector delivery agent for the program which features tax incentives to encourage employee participation, Hagen said. Kountry Krafts KAT’S TROPHY’S 2175 Columbia Ave. * 365-8289 CHRISTMAS COUNTERATTACK LOHNNY STRELAEFF JIM MULLER Appointment of Jacqueline Costerd as advertising manager of the Costiegor News. is announced by CasNews publishér Burt Campbell A former community newspaper publisher with many yeors of ex perience in private marketing and promotions, Coster comes to Castlegar trom Tumbler Ridge where she operated First Choice Advertising A former director of the Tumbler Ridge Chamber of Commerce, which she helped form, Costerd has also been o director of the merchants associations in both Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge Her widespread interests include tourism, and she is past chairmon and founder of the Tumbler Ridge Lee, have in ‘South Costlegar producti publication de Ser (604) 365-6549 Box 211, Robson, B.C. VOG 1X0 Coliege Name: Lohnny Strelaeff Future plans: A career in enter- tainment and travel Interests: Hockey, skiing and music. Likes: Tropical fish and animals Dislikes: People with no sense of humor Astrological sign: Scorpio Birthdate: Nov. 6, 1972 Favorite music: Anything with a good beat Exotic fantasy: To own the first sea world youcan snorkel through Words of advice: Take life one day atatime Name: Jim Muller Future plans: Tennis pro Interests: Tennis, sports Likes: Good clothes, good food, good times with friends Dislikes: The color pink Astrological sign: Capricorn Birthdate: Jan. 6, 1972 Favorite music: Everything Exotic fantasy: Living in a place where everything is my way or nothing at all Words of advice: Never let your peers take control and make the best of what you've got REMINDER! REGISTRATION DEADLINE Final date for registration in the UPPER-LEVEL UNIVERSITY COURSES offered through the Small College Consortium is: DECEMBER 22 SEE YOUR SELKIRK COLLEGE HOME STUDY FLYER Nick & Olga Ogloff Jake & Dean Koenig Meene & Leonard Voyk Walter & Mickie Jacobson M. &H. Ackney Joyce Turner Peter, Corinne, Bev, Jenny & Gordon & Vicki Pettitt Ken Postnikoff G.T. J. Hughes Peter & Lori Popotf & Kids Jacqueline E. Swanson Gerry & Donna Archibald Don & Marlene Wallace Oleskis John & Mary Dascher Don, Wendy, Donna & Lisa Emily Scott Savinkoff Burt & Judy Campbell Dorothy & Lorne Ashtor Danny, Verona, Lindsay & Marvin, Caron, Alan & Sheri Katrina Walker LeRoy David & Gail Calder The Shutiks, Alice & Andy Mrs. Mary Campbell Tom & Laima Allis Fromallof us at Central Food Evelyn & Dick Batchelor Mart Nellie & Bill Harshenin Jim & Dosie Crawford Pollie Bartsoff Russell & Tillie Verigin Pat, Sandy, Seamus & Aaron Nicholas & Molly Bonderoft Donohue «Slim & Myrtle Thomas Bob & Fran Moffat Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70 Joy & Brick Saunders Knights of Pythias John & Muriel Walton Edith, Charles & Paul Idle Elsie & Jim Killough Nick & Delores Soobotin& Butch Quiding Farmily Roy & CatrinaWard Bill & Verna Keraiff Elsie Nevakshonoft Mrs. A. Ferworn Mrs. J. Fornelli 4 Mary Wallace Jim & Dorothy Hardy John & Marion Kenn: ss " Pauline Corbett & Family Tom, Joyce Nannitorglonidle APRIL 22 — “The Judds Lois & Bill Johnson Anne Sobérlak George, Marianne & Darcy From all of us at Banjos Pub maee ts Sk rained fuss SPRING BREAK FLY TOUR Glenn Harper Tim and Wendy Court j Visit Disneyland & Southern California We wish to extend our warm and sincere . appreciation to all those who gave so generously for 10 Days & 9 Nights * Departs March 16 KOOTENAY SOCIETY FOR THE HANDICAPPED (NOW KOOTENAY SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY LIVING) AND THE INDIVIDUALS IT SERVES TRAVEL AGENCY GIVE A GIFT FOR BN a4, EDR EARN We have i GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE! A N oe AX: SPOKANE TOURS JANUARY 20 — Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, George Jones FEBRUARY 23 — "Mame" Starring Patrice Munsel MARCH 3 — "Carmen" MARCH 31 — "West Side Story” FROM OUT OF TOWN? HAVE THEM STAY WITH US AND ENJOY : is All Bindings “The Suite Life" 50: SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFF FAMILY PACKAGE sure 749.00 RES. 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