ENTERTAINMENT ‘ Castifi News March 24, 1985 aa a mare... ‘pce. Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170 a Dancing 9: ar m.-1: 30 a. m. OPEN AT 12 NOON Six DAYS! rR WEEK. Proper Dress Fri. & Sat. after 9 p.m. Playing Fri. & Sat. Guests Must Be SIGNED In LEATHER & LACE * Sunday Bingo q © Walk-in All Paper Bingo, April 6, 12 noon - 6 am) Shrink helps artists By KILEY ARMSTRONG NEW YORK (AP) — Act- ors frazzled from rejection and musicians shaken with stage fright are among the performing artists seeking help from a ballerina-turned- psychiatrist. The low-cost counselling is offered by Dr. Judith Kuper. smith, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet Working Class Thur., Fri. & Sat., March 28 - This week at Checkers — Open 6 Days a Week 12 noon - 20. 1800 - 8th Ave., Castlegar Call 365-7365 who directs Bell Hosp itaf's counselling service for performing artists. While helping the city's large community of perform. ing artists, she said, the clinic also has begun researching “the personality traits of a performing artist.” “We're here to find out if they do have special needs and characteristics. Maybe they need a different ap proach than traditional ps yeotherapy.” The dancers, musicians and actors are treated in- dividually and in groups by the clinie’s four psychiatrists, two psy i and three NOW) THE #1 MOVIE IN NORTH AMERICA | wonw ee WWRTINESS Harrison eeerers| . The Arts Council Presentation Series is featuring Anne Plotnikev’s collections of paintings at the Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe. by prominent Canadian writer Ann March 28. . . Readi: Chislet, 12:30, Setkid College Merch 29. . . The Alberta Ballet t Company is @ young vigorous classical ballet company perform P.m., at Stanley Humphries. Don't miss this high ‘quetity dance entertainment April 1-31... Annual Community Art Show at the N.E.C Opening night is on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. Come and see Cestlegor’s inapicing artists. Open daily 9:30 weekends, 10:30 Items for this rv monthly feature should be telephoned to Lynda Carter of the Castlegar Arts Council at 365-3226 Sponsored by CS CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION y social workers, plus about 20 Show MONTREAL (CP) — The Picardi Marionette Theatre is an improbable show busi ness success story. Low on cash and high on enthusiasm, the four young members of the Montreal troupe formed in April 1983 have performed 222 shows before almost 70,000 people, most of them elementary school students in Ontario and Quebec. So far, they have mounted three productions — Snow White, The Little Prince and Aladdin. And they did it last year on a $25,000 budget, and ab- solutely no government sub- sidies. They manage it by trav elling in a $700 second igen $10.25 Filet Specio! 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Dancers, under “constant demands to be thinner,” also can succumb to such. eating disorders as anorexia or bulemia, and they often dev elop emotional problems when they are physically injured, she said. “If you or I sprain an ankle, we wouldn't see a psych iatrist,” she said. “But for these people, it's a mon umental” problem. Dancers also face the stress of beginning their careers in their adolescence, “while other kids are going out on dates,” and ending them at an early age, after their physical peak. “These kids go to New York, Los Angeles, San Fran- cisco, at age 15, and lead a very, very stressful exist- ence,” Kupersmith said. “In many ways, they are considered adults. They're so mature is some ways and so immature in others. Then, they enter their 30s and discover that their car- eers will soon be over. “For them, age 35 is the be ginning of their demise . . . when the time comes, they're not prepared,” she said. “Frequently, they go through several years of floundering” before finding a new pro- fession. Another problem among dancers and actors is “per- formance anxiety,” which causes an increased heart rate, perspiration and trem- bling. Cable 10 TV But unlike she said, dancers and actors are not incapacitated when stru- ck by performance anxiety. “They have their whole body to work with. Musicians need to have total control of their fingers.” If the musician has no other psychological prob- lems, doctors may prescribe beta blockers, a heart med- ication that controls the sympathetic nervous system while avoiding the drows- iness caused by tranquil- lizers. The beta blockers also can work as a behavior modifier, she said. The musicians, given the drug 30 minutes before each performance, grow accustomed to being calm and “after a while, they don't need to use the med ication.” Many actors and actresses, she said, succumb to the stress of “rampant unem ployment.” “They pound the streets and are constantly met with rejection.” business success story hand van} sleeping in school gymnasiums, subsisting on low salaries and beans cook. ed on a Sterno stove. A six month $6,000 grant from the federal government under the Young Canada Works program ran out in late 1983. “What I like about it is the fact that four people are ex. cited enough about some. thing to do it,” said Peter Duschenes, Picardi's artistic director. “When we started making money, we were all amazed.” Aladdin, the company’s new production, is a good example of how the company survives on a budget as slender as the strings linking a marionnette to its manipu. lator. Duschenes and the three other troupe members, Les. lie Ashton, Cathy Stubington and Bruce Taylor — all be tween ages 25 and 30 — col laborated to build Aladdin's eight marionettes and eight elaborate sets. With a little ingenious mixing of fabric remnants, papier mache, wood and Vel cro, the characters began to take shape. ("Velcro is a big thing in the puppet world,” Duschenes says, “that and glue.”) While Taylor constructed the musical instruments played by troupe members out of gourds, wood and guitar strings, Ashton began contacting schools about booking the new production and Duschenes and Stubin. gton worked on sets. So what's the budget for a production which transports audiences of delighted chil dren to two lavish palaces, a treasure-filled cave, a hovel, a marketplace and the deserts around ancient Bag: hdad? A meagre $1,500. Picardi charges a school $200 for a performance for 150 children, $150 for another 150 children and $100 for subsequent groups of 150 at the same location. After gas, materials and other bills are paid, each troupe member takes home $150 on a good week for labor that takes up almost every waking hour. “It's not an ideal situation in many ways,” Duschenes Open 4p.m. Daily LICENCED DINING ROOM FAMILY DINING Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located | mile south of weigh scales in Ootischenio MAY 25 RENO 1 —8DAY RENO HILTON — $289 #10 DrscOuNT FOR serwons ms, “The reason we're able ist on that kind of money is that we don’t pay admin. istrators and we don't pay rent. We rehearse in people's basements. “I'm proud that we're paid at all, but at the same time, it's hard to expect someone to devote his or her whole life to it 24 hours a day.” On the kind of wages Pic ardi can pay, it is difficult to expect a long-term commit- ment from troupe members. “T'd like to be able-to go on forever and pay everyone what they deserve,” Dus chenes said, but this would require outside funding and “with all the cutbacks in arts funding, it doesn’t look good. “People consider arts grants to be some kind of free lunch, but they aren't at all. “It doesn’t make sense to discourage initiative by mak. ing arts funding even more difficult to obtain.” Actresses shared NEW YORK (AP) — Film legend Olivia de Havilland shared a dressing room at Radio City Music Hall at the recent taping of Night of 100 Stars II with TV superstar Joan Collins and three other actresses. “I arrived first and then she came in, but she didn't know who I was,” said de Havilland. “So I told her I was the den mother.” Both women thought the room would work better with a few alternations so they moved around the furniture. “Joan Collins is really good at rearranging furniture. She can come to my house and rearrange my furniture any. time,” de Havilland laughed. toe: Carl's Drug: Friday, March 29 — 8 p.m. Stanley Humphr: Tickets available at both libraries Members: $7. Students ‘ond Children, $4, Adults $8. SHAW CABLE 10TV the Hotel Newhamp- Thursday, March 28 shire, Splash, Pauline 6:00—Sign-on and program at the Beach, Fitzear- information. raldo, All Quiet on the 6:02—1984 USCC Union of Youth Festival — Part 9 featuring: the Friendship and Broth- erhood choirs. The Kootenay psalmists and the presentation of guests. 7:00—Trail Shotokan Kar- ate Club International Karate Tournament — This tournament held in February fea- tures contestants competing in Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparing), the awards presentation is also featured. 9:30—Front Row Ticket — Margot Masterton re- views the following movies currently available on First Choice — Superchan, nel. They include: The Bay Boy, High Noon, Western Front, A State of Shock, and The Dresser. 10:00—The Silent Scream — This program is intro- duced by Anne Price of the area Right to Life Society. Viewer discretion is advised! The program content describes what hap- pens during an abor- tion, and shows photo- graphs of dead and mutilated fetuses. 10:30—Bob Skelly — Provin- cial NDP Leader — Recently addressed those attending a fundraising dinner at the Columbo Lodge. He is interviewed by Roberta Taylor and Jo Wild before his speech which is pre- sented in its entirety. 11:10—Sign-off. Future concerns cable companies BY KIRK LaPOINTE The Canadian Press To keep track of where television is headed, it helps to know what cable companies think about the future. After all, they deliver TV to nearly two-thirds of Canadians and play an important role in deciding what is seen and hus muow much it will cost. The Canadian Cable Television Association, the trade organization representing the industry, put the finishing touches recently on its long-range plans — what it calls an “orientation for the '90s.” It is worlds removed from what was once an industry that installed wire and changed a few dollars a month. What does the future hold for cable? How does the business plan to adapt as competition from video cassette recorders and satellite dishes threatens to take away sub- scribers? How might its efforts affect what we see on TV in the years ahead? To begin with, the industry doesn't particularly robust right now. Cable firms say they have been shackled for three years by federal price restraints — six-per-cent increases in 1982, five per cent in 1983 and four per cent in 1984, with larger increases granted only in unusual circumstances. As a result, profits have diminished justas the industry believes it needs to attract money to invest in equipment to accom. modate such impending technologies as sterio, digital and high-definition TV. see itself as At the same time, they say, the Canadian Radio-tele- vision and Telecommunications Commission's policies prevented them from carrying channels they believe could have kept people from buying satellite dishes. SYSTEMS COMPETE The association remains concerned that more and more apartment building and condominium owners are installing satellite-reception equipment so residents can receive free pay TV and other signals from satellites that cable cannot offer. The number of these systems, called satellite master antenna television, has tripled to more than 1,100 since mid-1983. Meanwhile, more than one million Canadians own VCRs and are using them more often. By 1990, it is expected 70 per cent of all movies will be seen by VCR. The association's 87-page study, Project 90: New Directions, says there is a “public demand for increased quality and variety or programming” and a desire by people “to exercise more control over entertainment options.” What threatens cable isn't simply other forms of TV. “The industry also faces indirect competition from entertainment or activity diversions and general lifestyle changes within Canadian society. Video games, home computers, and even physical fitness activities all have an effect on cable's ability to market broadcast services.” ALBERTA BALLET COMPANY Hughes directed tests LOS ANGELES (AP) Howard Hughes as movie director is a little-known as. pect of the late tycoon's var. . ied career He directed portions of his flying epic, Hell's Angels, as well as screen tests & Phormosove Castlegar Arts Council ) Former actress Margaret AT Dates to Remember April 3, April 10. Finals April 17 Young Townsend recently donated to the American Film Institute a test she made with Hughes in the 1930s. In accepting the gift, preservationist Karr said most have disappeared Lawrence film tests In the case of this test, the added distinction is that the test was directed by Howard Hughes, whose voice is heard from behind the camera giving directions,” Karr said “As far as we know, this is the only surviving screen test that Hughes was in volved with. GE . . . Working 44 Field Engineer Squadron's command post during recent training at Vancouver gives 2nd Lieut. Brian Williamson (left) of Castlegar and Sgt. Terry McKimmie of Trail a 'chance to hone skills. STRIKE AGAINST CANADA POST Picket line will be respected OTTAWA (CP) — The country’s two largest postal unions will respect Union of Postal Communications Em- ployees’ picket lines if the union goes on strike against Canada Post. Support for the small, 1,800-member group was de- clared Tuesday by the Cana- dian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada, whose 45,000 members sort and deliver mail. CUPW and LCUC said standing policy would pre- vent members of either union from crossing other postal union picket lines. ‘The communications union is made up mainly of repair and service workers who operations on their own. Ninety-five per cent of all mail is processed by machine. Gagnon said he remains hopeful of a settlement with- out a strike, despite un- resolved issues such as job security, regional wage rates, non-union contract work, vacations, work hours and shift premiums. “Our goal is to reach an agreement,” he told a news conference. “We're not look- ing for a strike.” Lazlo Szabo, media rela- tions officer for Canada Post, said negotiations with the communications workers are continuing and the agency believes a strike can be avoided. “As long as the talks are from Victor Scott, a concili- ation commissioner appoint- ed in January. The union will be in a posi- tion to strike “seven clear days” after McKnight gets the report — making April 8. The most likely date a strike could legally start. Meanwhile, CUPW, nor- mally the most militant pos- tal union, announced Tues- day its members have rati- fied a two-year contract reached March 10 with Can- ada Post. ‘The vote was 87.5-per-cent nationwide, substantially higher than regional union officers had forecast when voting was taking place last week. The number of union members participating in the vote was not re! The contract, retroactive to last Oct. 1, gives CUPW's 23,000 mail sorters, handlers and postal clerks a 5.9-per- cent increase over two years in their basic hourly rate of $12.68. Premiers to discuss senate the prime minister is ready to proceed, he'll continue it , @ government ing equip. Pp there is no cause OTTAWA (CP) — P + ment at "29 major mail- for alarm,” Szabo said. Minister Brian Mulroney sorting points across the Gagnon said 97.4 per cent won't p 4 with a con- all.” country. They could be in a of members aa ts cach legal strike position as early voting at as April 8. Union president Denis Gagnon welcomed CUPW and LCUC support, but said his members are capable of shutting down national postal approved strike action, but he would not say how many ballots were cast. Labor Minister Bill Mc- Knight is to receive a formal report on the dispute Friday Pay raises for plum jobs OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says the public service rec ommended pay raises for Conservatives recently given plum jobs with the federal government, including for mer Ontario attorney general Roy McMurtry and defeated Tory election candidate Law rence Hanigan The salary ranges for Me Murtry, named high commis sioner for Britain, and Hani gan, the new chairman of Via Rail, were increased by the Tories after the appoint ments were made so the men may earn more than their predecessors. McMurtry’s salary range as set by cabinet is $89,270 to $105,050 annually, Hanigan's is $114,000 to $135,000. The Liberal Opposition has criticized the increases, call ing them an “abuse of power” by the government in time of restraint. “We have not given poli- tical appointees anything,” Mulroney said today. “We have agreed with a recommendation from the public service to somewhat enlarge the salary frames of public servants.” Lawsuit baby has pneumonia WINNIPEG (CP) — An infant whose blood trans fusion trigger a $6.4-million it was in critical con dition Tuesday in Brandon General Hospital suffering from pneumonia One-year-old Tayona Meir of Virden, Man., is quadrip- legic, blind and deaf, the re- sults, her parents claim. of a blood transfusion she re ceived shortly after birth The family are Jehovah's Witnesses and their religious beliefs forbid blood trans fusions. For that special evening Dinner — 5 p.m. Deily. Conder My tee Hide away ina cory. Sahctsvored booth ond retox! Reservations accepted. Phone collect 352-5358 They claim Tayona was normal at birth but doctors misdiagnosed a minor hered itary condition and wrongly gave her a blood transfusion. The child was returned to her parents last August after the Children’s Aid Society was awarded custody of Tay. ona until she had the blood transfusion. The lawsuit was filed last week but the family’s lawyer, Jerrold Gunn, said the amount of damages could be reduced if the infant doesn’t survive. owoy trom it olf the powers of the Liberal- dominated Senate until after he meets the premiers next week, a senior government source said Tuesday. Justice Minister John Crosbie said last Wednesday a resolution to limit the time the Senate can delay govern- ment legislation passed by MPs would likely be intro- duced in the House of Com- mons this week. But as he left an inner cabinet meeting Tuesday, Crosbie was hard put to ex plain to reporters why the resolution was being delayed. “I never stick to my original timetables, they al- ways turn out to be wrong but it won't be very much longer,” Crosbie said. “When source said Mulroney has lined up the required seven provinces needed to change the Senate's powers, but he wants to talk to all 10 pre- miers about the proposal be- fore introducing it in Parlia- ment. A constitutional resolution needs the assent of Parlia- ment and seven provinces comprising 50 per cent of the population. The Senate can delay passage of such a resolution for 180 days, but can't veto it. Mulroney will raise the issue with the premiers when he meets them next week for discussions on the economy and aboriginal rights, the in sider said. Bulictin Board Legion Hall, followed Trail Regional Hospital Conade — B.C. Division mation Clinic, Wedn 2:30 p.m. at the Koot ’ Gergely ot 352-2734 or Der orp drop-in, food. 7 - 10 p.m Saturday, March 30. white Everyone welcome MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY PRAIL- Thursday, March 28th, 1985 the Trail-Rossiand M.S. Sup port Group Pot Luck Supper at 6:30 p.m. at the Rossland @ meet: Estelle Dahiman at 362-5517 or Rob Williams at 367-6155. Friday, March 29th, 1985 an M.S. Information Clinic spon sored by the M.S. Society of Canada (8.C. Division) at the Phone the Social Work Depor tment at the hospital for an appointment MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY NELSON The client Services Program Multiple Sclerosis Society of — is sponsoring on M.S. Infor yesday, March 27th may Lake Di Nelson. Phone the Physical Medicine Department at 352 04, Kootenay Lake District Hospital. Contact Carol Coen at 352-5854 ALBERTA BALLET COMPANY Stanley Humphries High School, Castlegar, on March 29 PEACE UPDATE What can we do about the Arms race? 31, USWA Local 480 Hall, Trail. 1-7 p.m. Feature speaker man, President, United Nations Association of B.C. and o member of End the Arms Race Committee. All welcome 3 SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Business meeting. April 4, 1985. Lodies Auxiliary to the Royal Canedion Legion No. 170 m. Bake table, sewing table phant table, coke raffle, door prize. Tickets 75¢ ing at 7:30 p.m. Contact 368-3311 3/23 1985. 8:30 ict Hospital in 24 Sunday. March Displays. tims Dovid Cad. 24 2/25 25 poper ond 5 p.m Columbia Ave Coming events of Castiegor and District non-profit orgonizations may be listed here. The first 10 words are $3.15 ond additional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced wor ds (which must be used for he sdings) count as two words There is no extra charge for o second consecutive inser tion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price Minimum cherge is $3.15 (whether od is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sunday's londays for Wednesday's Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News ot 197 poper PM restrained on star wars By EDISON STEWART OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said today that while his enthu- siasm for Canadian partici- pation in the U.S. Star Wars defence project remains “re- ” Canada will con- strained, ’ sider the U.S. invitation to join it “in a timely manner.” Meanwhile, an obviously embarrassed External Af- fairs Minister Joe Clark con- firmed — contrary to his de- nials Tuesday — that Canada has indeed been invited to participate in the project. “I can now confirm that a formal invitation to Canada to consider participating in research under the strategic defence initiative (the proj- ect’s technical name) was is- sued by the American sec- retary of defence to all of the defence ministers of the North Atlantic alliance, in- cluding Mr. Nielsen (the Canadian defence minister), in Luxembourg yesterday,” Clark said in a statement. “That information was not communicated to me.” Nielsen returns to Canada tonight. Mulroney did not go much further, saying the invitation will be considered by cabinet “in a timely manner, » Pury suant to our timetable.” ASKED IF CHOICE Asked if Canada has the choice of refusing to join the program he replied: “Yes, of course.” He was also asked about his remark Dec. 23 that he'd be “very less than enthusi- astie” about any proposal for Canada to concur “in any program such as the militar- ization of space.” Said Mulroney today: “My enthusiasm for all of these matters, as you know, is res- trained.” On Saturday, Mulroney joined Nielsen and Clark in saying Canada would be pre- pared to consider participat- ing in the $26-billion research project if it would mean sig- nificant jobs for Canadians. PP nd 3 oo ; ys 2p.m. | Litilitiiiiiiiitiies trail b.c. GOING TO SPOKANE? 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He added that “any con- However, critics of the "eee sideration by Canada or par- project - — which is aimed at 1935 Columbia Ave. 365-2177 i in this h Pp pons to shoot would be guided and bound down k: by our support for the prin- ciples of the ABM (anti. ballistic missile) treaty.” Clark then immediately turned on his heel and walked into his party's regu- lar weekly caucus meeting, refusing to answer any ques tions as reporters inquired why he had been kept in the dark over the developments in Luxembourg. missiles in space before they reach their targets — say it may violate the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty between the United States and Soviet Union if other countries participate in the research. The treaty says neither superpower is to share know- ledge of restricted anti- ballistic missile defences with other countries. Cas URGENTLY REQUIRED Paper Carrier — Robson Townsite For twice weekly deliveries, Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning. For more information call Heather at 365-7266. WATCH WHAT YOU'RE MISSING DURING SHAW’S CABLE WEEKEND! The Stars Come Out For Free March 29 to 31 The Hotel New Hampshire Over the Brooklyn Bridge Broadway Danny Rose Hot Dog. The Jazz Singer Harry & Son Under Fire And much, much more! Channel 5 — Castlegar Channel 9 — Trail, Nelson OLUMBIA SAW & SERV . The Movie Cross Creek High Noon Gorky Park