OPEN DARY ‘TH 92. PRIME RIB — $9.95 Friday ‘Wl 9. ‘Remember — Book Xmas Parties Early! 935 Columbic Ave. beagoo | | SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY TUESBAY SoU taeem tam tare mormon oxrore screen The truth is a story COMMUNITY Bulletin Board JOB'S DAUGHTER'S Annual Christmas Tea ond Bake Sale at The Legion Hall Seturday, December 2. 4 p.m. Tickets $1. Available trom Bethel and Council members or at the door 2/97 ROBSON RIVER OTTERS CHRISTMAS BINGO Saturday, December 8 at Castlegar Complex. Advance tickets $8 at Johnny's Grocery, Castlegar Pharmasove Kel Print, Mountain Ski & Sports, Central Food. EB 6 p.m. Reg. 7 p.m 2/97 CASTLEGAR COMMODORE COMPUTER CLUB Will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, December 6 at 7.30 p.m. at Selkirk College, Room B17. Modems and computer communications will be demonstrated 2/97 SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Business meeting. Thursday, December 6. 2 p.m ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE To observe Humon Rights Day ond Philippines Solidarity Day. Sunday, December 9, 2.30 p.m.. St 8 Church, 513-7th Avenue. All Welcome 3/97 W.K. TREASURE HUNTER’S CLUB Monthly meeting to be held on December 11 of SH S.S Room 108. 7 30 p.m Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit orgonizations may be listed here The first 10 words ore $3 and odditional words ore 15¢ each Boldtaced words which must be used tor headings) count as two words There is no extra charge for 0 second consecutive inser tion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price Minimum chorge is $3 (whether od is for one, two or three times). Deadlines ore 5 p.m. Thursdays tor Sunday s poper and 5 p.m Mondays for Wednesday paper Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board make the: fop. HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Missing in Action and The capture the favor of weekend movie audiences. Missing in Action and The Terminator both grossed $3 million to move up into the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, res- pectively, after each was one notch lower in the previous weekend's ratings. Supergirl brought in $2.5 million as it tumbled to No. 3 after debuting at Nov. 1 Missing in Action, Cannon, $3 million, $18.2 million, Supergirl, Tri-Star, million, $11 million, weeks. Oh God, You Devil, War- ner Bros., $2 million, $18.7 million, four weeks. Night of the Comet, Atlan- tic, $1.9 million, $11.2 million, three weeks. Japanese print exhibit at the NEC Throughout the month of December, the National Ex hibition Centre will feature a display of Japan's Modern Prints This display, drawn from the Art ery of Greater Victoria, will give patrons an opportunity to gain insight into the unique artistic ex. pression of a wide variety of Japanese printmakers, ac. cording to a prepared re- lease. “Sosaku hanga” or creative print is the new name coined by modern printmakers. “Sosaku” meaning original creative work; “hanga” meaning a picture reproduc tion from a block. This includes not only woodblocks, but lithographs, mezzotint, aquatint, copper etchings, silk screens, or any other form of reproduction. Bold effects are created by the use of such materials as concrete, paper, stencil, glass, cardboard, leaves, string and waxed payer. The Japanese printmakers use of such imaginative and unlimited techniques have won them countless awards at major international print exhibitions. “The National Exhibition Centre looks forward to pre- senting this display and it is hoped that the citizens of Castlegar and district will take advantage of the op portunity to view this unique art form,” said director Lu cille Doucette. National Exhibition Centre hours are weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and weekends from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. DRUMMING UP SUPPORT . . . Kinnaird Junior Secon- dary School student Shane Bohnet sits behind the new set of drums recently acquired by the school with tun- ds earned and donated by the KJSS Band Boosters Cable 10 TV CABLE 10TV Thursday, Dec. 6 6:00—Sign-on and program information. 6:03—Castlegar Library Storytime with Judy Wearmouth 6:30—KIJHL Hockey This game between the Rossland War riors and the Castle gar Rebels was play ed Nov. 30 in Ross. land. Commentary provided by Neil Mur doch and Doug Buhr 8:30—North American Body Building Champion ships — This is a re peat of this which took place in Victoria Aug. 11 and includes competitors from all over North America. Also includ ed is a Vancouver Is land only competition 11:00-Sign-off. event By VICTOR DABBY MONTREAL (CP) — Savaged by critics, damned by its creator and rejected by its Quebec distributor, the abridged version of Sergio Leone's gangster epic, Once Upon a Time in America, has become the embarrassing orphan of the film world. About an hour shorter than the three-hour-40-minute original released by Leone, the abridged version was destined for North American audiences and launched in Montreal last May 30 amid much fanfare at a $125-a-ticket gala. Since then it seemed all downhill for Leone's $28,million-plus extravaganza until a decision was made to resurrect the original which played to full houses in Montreal. Quebec distributor Didier Farre still cringes when recalling the Montreal premiere — his first look at what Warner Bros. did to the film. “I screened it at the same time as the public but I didn't know Warner was going to do such a bad job.” Farre was so embarrassed by the poor editing that he wished he had called off the premiere. Bu was too late — a huge advertising budget had already been committed PLOT TWISTED What the audience saw was a truncated version that jumped from era to era, often with little apparent rhyme or reason. The editing complicated even further an already twisted plot spanning some 50 years in the lives of two New York Jewish gangsters, Noodles (Robert De Niro) and Max (James Woods), as well as their women (Elizabeth McGovern and Tuesday Weld).’ Leone, creator of the aging kind of Italian spaghetti westerns such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A fistful of Dollars and other classics that catapulted Clint Eastwood to fame, shot his latest effort over a five-year period in Montreal, Miami, New York, Venice and Paris. It was to be one of his greatest, capping a trilogy that CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY For children of Branch members associates of L.A. members PLEASE CONTACT 365-6849 between 6-9 p.m. ™™ or 365-2401 or 365-3804 anytime. PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE DEC. 10 - Sunday, Dec. 16 12 noon to 2 p.m. At the Legion Hall Children 9 ond under Our Action Ad Phone Nember is 365-2212 Sheraton-Spokane Hotel PRESENTS The Nutcracker Ballet OPERA HOUSE Times vary’ $7Q%_. @ Room for one night /double © Two tickets @ Champagne on arrival ‘662... @ Room for one night /doubse 12/25 through 12/30 COUSEUM © Two tickers > jay © Champagne on arrival 12/14 through 12/16 Ice Capades For Reservations, call your travel agent or the Sheraton’s toll free number 1-800-848-9600 S sPoman FALLS COURT P.O 80x 2528tA SROKANE Sheraton-Spokane Hotel ATOM MOTELS $86. WOMLOWOE Gangster epic restored recorded the violent history of the United States and that began with Once Upon A Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in the Revolution. But the main problem, according to the U.S. distributors, was its length. Television-addicted audi ences with short attention spans cannot sit in a movie theatre for more than three hours, they said. The shortened version of Leone's film, however, oa an even briefer ial life and was a“ I says Farre, who invested about $500,000 in the film ea who arranged for Leone to shoot some of its sequences in Montreal. From Rome, an enraged Leone disowned the film edited by Warner, proclaiming: “I don't recognize it.” And film critics joined him in searing off the paying public, calling it an “amputated’ and “bastardized” ver sion of the original. Last summer, Farre decided he had had enough, pulled it off the Quebec market and brought in the original. He showed it for four weeks at a Montreal repertory cinema where it sold out, confirming the commercial success it had enjoyed in Europe, and then hed it to a theatre. In October, the original entered the United States market through the New York Film Festival. Later it will be tested in major North American cities. De Niro is clearly the star of the original version the story of his betrayal by a childhood friend, a mystery that takes more than 30 years to unravel Edited out of the original were key scenes that set the tone and texture of the film — a long opening sequence featuring a youthful De Niro blitzed out in a Chinatown opium den, a denouement to his childhood love affair and flashbacks that explain some of the plot's twists and turns. Farre believes Warner's insensitive editing reflects the American penchant for underestimating the public “They think they (movie-goers) are dumb.” 100 YEARS YOUNG .... Mrs. Nastia Stoopnikoft celebrated her 100th birthday Dec. 2 at a lunch at Robson Hall, attended by 150 friends and relatives. Letters of congratulations were sent from Mayor Audrey Moore, NDP MLA Chris D’Arcy, MP Bob Brisco, and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. CasNewsPhoto by Ron Posinikott P43 TREET "TALK PEOPLE WHO have driven between Queen's Bay and Coffee Creek en route to Kaslo have wondered about all the telephone poles sporting neatly tied neckties! Located about nine feet up the poles, each necktie is different, and something over 100 have been counted. Jack and Det Morris of Kaslo have an explanation. Dot, the accountant at the Victoria Hospital of Kaslo, said the ties are alleged to have been put up asa tribute to the late John Lennon. Apparently one of his albums is illustrated with neckti and a Lennon fan at Kaslo decided on this method of paying his own tribute to the late rock legend. Jack Morris, who is mayor of Kaslo, said the chap apparently went around to second-hand clothing stores buying all the ties he could find. Then, as the utility poles began sporting them, people began giving him old neckties to continue the project ‘The neckties are properly tied in windsor knots, put around the poles, and then tacked in place. AND SPEAKING OF KASLO, Rudi Haering, University of B.C. physics professor who took part of his ion through cor from Kaslo, has succeeded in developing a revolutionary new battery Haering’s MOlicel battery uses molybdenum disul phide — a mineral found in B.C. copper ores. The batteries work through what scientists call “intercalation reactions,” and may eventually be built into electronic goods and last for years. A group of Exxon Laboratories, New Jersey, tried to develop a battery like Haering’s, but ran into a deadend. HERE'S AN IDEA that might bring a few smiles to eee ie a OS ctnarnasintel Pepe create at least 25,000 full and part-time jobs in the province. CHANG! HAVE TAKEN place within A.M. Wheels Canada Ltd. of Trail. The car dealership has switched over from Lada and Suzuki to become the Ford, , Mercury and Ford truck franchise for the Trail and Grand Forks area. Trail Motors Inc. on Bay Avenue (formerly Moynes Motors) will be the new Lada and Suzuki dealer for Trail. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD by now about the new manager just hired for the Vancouver Canucks. He's a Chinese fellow, who goes by the name of Win One Soon. THOSE OF YOU WHO OWN a boat and live along Columbia River, Kootenay River, south Slocan River and the Arrow Lake should phone either Dennis LaHue at 365-6095 or Beb Taylor at 365-6798. These two members of the Castlegar and District Fire Chiefs’ Association are looking for people who can volunteer their boats in the case of an emergency. A GRAND OPENING will be taking place this Saturday when the Pop Shoppe opens in the Interior Armour Plating location on Columbia Avenue. New management of the Pop Shoppe are Ted and Toni McAfee. A VERY APPROP- RIATE book has been re- ceived by Castlegar’s MacAndrew, one of those nominated for the 1984 British Columbia Se- nior Citizen of the Year Award. George received “Sacred Places — British Colum- bia's Early Churches” from R.M.J. Leslie, vice-presi- dent, central/interior B.C. district, Bank of Montreal. The bank is the financial supporter of the new award, which went this year to Rossland’s Harry Lefevre, 76, a former ma- yor of the Golden City. Harry served his commun- ity for 60 years in a wide variety of areas. GEORGE MacANDREW The award is administered by The Brock House Society, whose president, Neville V. Scarfe,. notes in a letter to MacAndrew that it is “a singular honor to be nominated for this award, as the nomination in itself indicates in what high regard your peers hold your achievements.” Canadian in PEKING (AP) — A Mon treal businessman has been sentenced to five years im paper story and said they have long been aware of the case of Peter Leigh, a Hong prisonment for using credit Kong-born Canadian busi cards to defraud the Bank of nessman who was sentenced China of the equivalent of Nov. 15 by a court in the $251,829, the Communist eastern Chinese city of Shan. party newspaper People’s ghai Daily reported today The sources said the 32. Canadian diplomatic year-old Leigh is the first sources confirmed the news) Canadian arrested and im Chinese jai prisoned in China since dip- lomatic relations were estab lished between the two coun. tries in 1971 Leigh. arrested in April also was fined the equi prosecution's case. The People’s Daily said Leigh, identified by his Chi nese name Lei Bide, worked for an unidentified Hong of the amount he was accused of obtaining fraudulently, the sources said. The People's Daily did not mention a fine or arrest date. The sources, who spoke on Kong-based company and fre quently travelled in China It said he fraudulently ob- tained $247,821 in foreign currency cash advances from the Bank of China using his credit cards in Peking, Can Adams’ art ondisplay “Landscapes, painted in a simple fashion, emphasizing shapes through light and shade,” is how Dave Adams describes his recent works. showing Friday to Jan. 4 in the Cedar Room at the Homestead Soup and Sand wich Shoppe in downtown Castlegar Adams has been a land scape painter since he began expressing his love of the Wed ond Thurs Dec 5 SHSS Actvity Room 7:30 PA students loo adulls 230 golden ogers Loo outdoors through painting at high school in Fleetwood, England. His early works carefully detailed watercolors, many inspired by his frequent trips to the English Lake District to climb the rock faces there. After moving to Eastern Canada in 1963, he began to feel that watercolors lacked the intensity he desired, and changed to oils and acrylics, were enays in 1968 and continued to paint im oils and acrylics. However, he found he was using less and less paint, and finally made the move back to watercolors. But the more impressionistic style of his oil phase definately shows up in his new watercolors. Other influences which Adams feels are reflected in his exhibition are those of Les Weisbrich whose work often applied with a knife. shops enhanced his appreci He moved to the Koot ation of color “partially GOING TO SPOKANE? THE TRADE WINDS MOTEL makes this special offer Featuring paintings by DAVE ADAMS Friday; December 7 cps - p.m. in Coder Room sour és the value of a small amount of pigment,” and to Molly Bob eck, an Eastern artist, “who taught me when to stop — as soon as the statement is made The great outdoors is still a major source of inspiration for Adams, who became ac tive in the Kootenay Moun taineering Club soon after moving here, and has climbed many peaks in the Canadian mountains It's a twoway thing. Adams explains. “The moun tains have taught me about light, shade and shape, and painting has taught me to see the beauty in every part of the landscape Adams has included a few acrylics and a couple of still lifes in his current show The show is the latest in the “Presentation Series sponsored by the Castlegar Arts Council, and is open to everyone. Hilda are bock! HILLTOP CAFE tS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Join ws for breakdtos: lunch ond dinner GOOD HOME COOKING 25,000 attend giant wedding UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) Joyous shouts of “mazel tov” rang out from 25,000 Hasidic Jews who cheered the marriage of two grand children of their religious leader, then danced into the early morning hours sus tained by more than four tonnes of food. “I don't think anyone has traditional Hasidic service The bridal canopy flapped in the winds of a chilly night as shouts of “mazel tov!” Hebrew for “good luck” rose from the crowd and some 30 rabbis on the wed. ding platform chanted in He brew. “This is a very sacred and important day for all of us,” said Sol Kest of Los Angeles “It's a one-of-a-kind thing.” Eastgate Garden Restaurant will be CLOSED Christmas Day OPEN BOXING DAY ever seen anything like this before ant I don't think we will ever see anything like it again,” said Isaac Rosenberg of Brooklyn, where the bulk of the members of the Sat mar sect in the United States is concentrated In a ceremony during which they never kissed or even touched, the bride and groom, both 18 and first cousins, embarked on their arranged marriage with the best wishes of sect members from all over North and South America and Europe. The grand rabbi, Moses Teitelbaum, joined his grand son, Menachem Teitelbaum, and his granddaughter, Bru- cha Sima Meisels, in the Book New Yeor's Party Now! 932 Columbia 365-7414 NOTICE Jill Massine of Kekanee Tax Service wishes to notify her customers, the of- fice will be Closed during the month of December, but will re-open January 7. Jill also wishes her customers o Safe and Happy Holiday! 278 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-2416 the understanding they not ton and Shanghai be identified, said Canadian March-April 1983. officials learned of the case during when Leigh's wife in Mon. treal called them several months ago because she had not heard from him. It remains unclear why Chinese authorities did not immediately inform Canadian consular officials of Leigh's arrest, the usual procedure involving foreign nationals. The sources said the Chi nese later allowed Canadian officials to attend Leigh's trial and visit him while he was detained. The sources declined to comment on the court procedure or on the Frank's Sharpening Service 1216-18 $t., Castlegar Behind Castle Theatre’ CASTLEGAR 365-7395 FOR ALL YOUR SHARPENING Sei REASONABLE PRICES Canada not against cruise OTTAWA (CP) — Ex ternal Affairs Minister Joe ‘Clark said Tuesday that Can ada will neither vote for a muclear arms freeze at the UN for ban the United States from testing cruise missiles in Canada. Clark was responding to Commons questions from Pauline Jewett, NDP foreign affairs critic, who challenged him to ‘free himself from the Pentagon and from its con trol” by supporting a prop osal for a nuclear arms freeze that comes before the UN General Assembly this month. Ancient bible sold for fortune NEW YORK (AP) — A 672-yer-old Bible, hand let tered and illustrated wth gold, has been sold for a record $823,000 during an auction of Hebrew manus eripts, officials of Sotheby's auction house said today The auction Tuesday of 97 manuscripts from the collec tion of David Solomon Sas soon, an Indian-born British scholar who collected He brew manuscripts during his Canada's am . Douglas Roche, voted against a proposal Nov. 21 before the UN political affairs that calls for the United States and the Soviet Union to agree to a mutual and verifiable freeze on producing and deploying new nuclear weapons. disarma TTT Sititittiiit Despite Canada's negative vote, the proposal passed 111-12 and comes before the UN General Assembly for a final vote later this month. Jewett urged Clark to in struet Roche to vote for the proposal this time. Royal Canadian Legion | Branch No. 170 travels between 1902 and his death in 1942, fetched $3.1 million. It was the first of a three-part sale of Judaica at Sotheby's. The Bible, lettered in Spain in 1312 and decorated with gold illustrations of an- imals and birds, was pur- chased by a private collector and drew the highest price ever paid for a Hebrew man. uscript, Sotheby's spokes. man Batya Monder said. Friday & Seturday Dancing 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. OPEN AT 12 NOON SIX DAYS A WEEK. Proper Dress Fri. & Sat. after 9 p.m Playing Fri. & Sat. ZIMMERMANS Guests Must Be SIGNED In Thursday and Sunday Bingo Sunday Early Bird — 6 p.m. Mink jacket, 1799 THE TRAVELLING FUR All chosen for their quatity, beauty and - most of all - thelr vaue. extraordinary So. if you want more than promises to keep you warm this winter have o look at the Bay's Travelling Fur Show - and soon Right now. the onty sary you cant afford is time. The Bay Fur Salon, Trail (Main Floor) SHOW ONLY 3 _- aaa TILL DECEMBER 8 the Way ~'= 9:30 a.m. - Sade i peor ™ ‘Hudsons Bay Company