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K/10. “Impac ts of Developme: ill Wells’ personal observations from Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Appalachia, idaho and the West Kootenay jed., Feb. 14, 7-9 p.m., K/10, “In Human Hands — Couse and Cure of Environ. Problems” Bob Herrington. Human caused environmental problems will not “go away” until we alter our basic priorities. Let's get down to “brass tacks" and examine the real changes that must ade Feb. 15, 7-9 p.m., K/10, Guy Woods: ‘Wildlife Viewing Program” The ry of Environment's new program for wildlife viewing — its development d regional plans 16, 7-9 p.m., Eva Walters “Recycling” in the Kootenays and at the household level. What you can do ta be responsible. Where to take it, and help ful hints. All of the Environmental Programs are Free; however, please call 365 1273 to pre-register TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 365-7292, local 208 or 273 Rustavi coming to Trail Lovers of ethnic folk dance and music should be in fora treat when the Rustavi Company from Sovioet Georgia appears in Trail Feb. 13 at 8 p.m, in the Cominco Gym. The 60-member company provides a remarkable, artistic spectacle as it draws on the heritage of its unique region in the southern USSR to provide an evening of music, song and dance, a news release says. Situated on the Black Sea and bor- dered by Turkey, the Soviet republic of Georgia is noted for its fertile lan- ds, rolling vineyards and majestic forests, and in-many ways is markedly different from the rest of the USSR. Georgians are lovers of fine wines and spicy foods, and are renowned for their warmth, hospitality and in- tellectual curiosity. They are also famed for their longevity — at least one in every 2,500 Georgians is over 100 years old, according to the release. Despite centuries of invasions, the Georgians have clung to their written and oral languages, religion and unique artistic heritage. Drawing on traditions going back over 1,000 years, the Rustavi Company has restored and preserved age-old songs and dances. Georgian singing is distinguished by the diversity and style of execution which varies among the different regions within the republic, the release says. The all-male Rustavi singers are drawn from ‘all over Georgia, blending their individual styles into an unforgettable sound. The ancient elements of Georgian folk dance features elegant and reser- ved movements by the women, who glide across the stage as gracefully as swans. The men offer a vision of exuberant masculinity as they preen and leap, the release says. All perfor- mers are dressed in a spectacular array of colorful local costumes. Both song and dance are accom- panied by. indigenous Georgian in- hy. February 11, 1990 Castlégar News. 87 Light Opera Playe: of Penzance. TOP PIRATE . . . Lorren Culley of Castlegar plays the part of the Pirate King in the Rossland production of The Pirates Opera players carry on tradition of Penzance and appeared regularly in their perfor- mances until last year when his other commitments became too heavy. Joe is now 83 years young, going on 84, but he still loves to sing. Other early Castlegar members of the RLOP included June Reid, Helen Dunlop, Don Mitchell, Jim-Waidie and Jim Cromwell. Five years ago, stage director Lach Farrell and music director Lorren Culley, both of Castlegar, set up an auditions schedule, a practice which continues to the present day. Castlegar service groups have also sponsored the Players — the Kinsmen for Iolanthe and four years ago the Royal Canadian Legion cooperated on the nostalgic stage show We'll Meet Again for the Legion’s anniversary. They went with a repeat per- formance two years ago. While centred in Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, the RLOP has, over the years, given the West Kootenay the pleasure of live performances of such favorites in the field of light opera as Der Fleider- mouse, New Moon, Vagabond King, Guys and Dolls, and The Pajama Game. . This year it is back to Gilbert and Sullivan and by all reports it is going to be giving an outstanding per- formance of The Pirates of Penzance. Pirates was written about 110 years ago in Vic- torian England and Penzance was a popular seaside resort in Cornwall, once famed for its many smugglers, but an unlikely haunt for pirates. The operetta opens with a graduation celebration for the hero of the piece, Fredes slightly fatuous young man who has just become a full- fledged member of a pirate gang. He had been appren- ticed to this merry lot by his somewhat dim and hard- of-hearing maid-of-all-work, Ruth, who had been or- dered by Frederick’s father to apprentice him to the pilots. John Charters Reflections and recollections through various From-this unlikely beginning, the plot procedes ‘k, a highly moral but between the daughters of Major General Stanley, Frederick, the pirates, the pirate king and the local policemen. There is the usual witty Gilbertian dialogue and delightful Sullivan choruses such as Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One and With Catlike Tread and solos such as Students ready for stay The Rotary exchange students chosen from Castlegar for the next school year are already looking for- ward to their stay in their new coun- tries, while at the same time foreign students are arriving here. The objective of the Rotary youth exchange program is to further inter- ational goodwill and understanding by allowing students to spend a year in another country, a news release says. Students must be between 15 and 18 years old and they can be placed in many countries, ranging from Brazil to Finland. Foreign exchange students from Mexico and Japan, as well as students from Castlegar who have now retur- ned from Finland, Spain and Ger- many, will be speaking about their experiences at Stanley Humphries secondary school on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-2212 Stock No. 2-3843-O, Demo's From $15,988 SSN SALES MANAGER'S SPECIAL OF THE WEEK UNBELIEVABLE 1990 MAZDA 626 DX 4-DR. 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The multitalented George Bourchier takes the FOR FOLK LOVERS . . . Rustavi, an all-male song and dance company from Soviet Georgia will be in Trail's Cominco Gym Feb. 13. Tickets are still available. “We are the music makers And we are the dreamers of dreams; Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. FEATURES INCLUDE: 5-Spd., Trans 2.2L. Fuel Injected Engine ines DOWN A Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 4:00-9:00 p.m. « Friday and Saturday till 10:00 p.m. Round up your friends and family and tréat yourselves to our ‘‘Most Wanted Specials”’ BBQ RIBS * SIRLOIN STEAK » FANTAIL SHRIMP. 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February 15 at 2 p.m CASTLEGAR ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP Will be meeting February 15,01 7:30 p.m.. Castlegar Health Unit. For more in formation 365-8525 212 CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CLUB Friday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. Sandman Inn, Guest Night “An Exotic Fantasy theme on Holidays plus travel fashions. Speaker: Jim Abbott. Reservations 365-8025 an DAM BUSTERS DIVE MEETING Held at Scotsman Motor Inn; Castlegar, February 15, 7 p.m. banquet room. Old and new members welcome. wu LEARNING DISABILITIES Association Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. KJSS Library. Guest speaker Mr T. Wayling, Superintendent. Topic: How New School Act will affect children with learning disabilities an CASTLEGAR ARTS COUNCIL Presents Rossland Light Opera in “The Pirates of Penzance” Friday. Feb. 23, 8 B.m. Kinnaird Junior Secondary School. All tickets $8 advance, $10 ot the loor wu USCC PRESCHOOL - Openings available for spring session at USCC Preschool (bilingual Russion English). New registrations accepted until Feb Everyone welcome Phone Renie 365-3119. Coming events of Castlegar and District non-protit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words ore 25¢ each. B words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. Th tra charge for a second insertion whil price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only halt price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays tor Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mon doys for Wednesdays paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News a1 197 Columbia Ave MMUNITY Bulictin Board non, was found dead in his home, ap- parently killed by a self-inflicted gun- shot wound to the head, authorioties said. The singer of No. 1 hit song Runaway and other Top 20 singles was 50. Westover’s wife Bonnie found her husband’s body when she returned to their home 55 kilometres northwest of Los Angeles at about 11:25 p.m. Thursday, said Roger Hom, a Los Angeles Country sheriff’s deputy. A .22-calibre rifle was found next to Westover’s body in the den, Hom said. He said the death was being in- vestigated as a possible suicide, but the exact cause of death had not been established by coroner’s officials. Russian perform From Soviet Georgia, a folk artist called Nico comes to the Capitol Theatre in Nelson Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. Nico plays a flute-like instrument called the Salamuri which sounds like the pan-flute of Zamfir, a theatre news release says. He and his ensem- ble of six vocalists, dancers and in- 60's rock and roller, Del Shannon commits suicide SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Charles Westover, better known as 1960s rock ’n’ roll singer Del Shan- Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 30, 1939. is first and biggest hit was Runaway, recorded shortly after his discovery by Detroit agents Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik. His other Top 20 singles included Hats Off to Larry, Little Town Flirt and Keep Searchin’. Westover’s popularity declined in the mid-1960s, but English duo Peter and Gordon gained success with his I Go To Pieces. He tried varying his sharp, early 1960s sound by recording with producer Andrew Loog Oldham toward the end of the decade, but it was a commercial failure. singer to in Nelson strumentalists sing folk melodies and polyphonic songs from the Georgian orthodox church. The many-stringed Georgia guitars called the paridurii and an accordion accompany Nico and soprano Manana Todadze as they Perform solos and duets of folk, classical, popular nature — CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF e Castlegar, B.C ‘VIN 487 365-6313 in the finale, a traditional candlelit Georgian wedding scene in full costume of the Tbilisi mountain people. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre and seats)are reserved for this performance. Rossland Light Opera Players Present Gilbert and Sullivan’s Friday & Saturday, Feb. 16 & 17 at Rossland Secondary School Augitorium ALL PERFORMANCES 8:00 P.M. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: . Carl's Drugs & Castlegar Phormasove $8.00 Advance * $10.00 at the door Rossland Light Opera Players — Arthur O’Shaugnessey So you couldn’t make it to the Rossland Light Opera Players’ performance of The Pirates of Penzan- ce in Trail and Grand Forks because they're too far away? Take heart. The show is coming to the Kinnaird Junior secondary school on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. — just about the end of Heritage Week (Feb. 19-24). In the interest of Heritage Week, this column has been opening the book on some of our local pioneers — and will continue to do so. However, since the heritage concept goes well beyond local people and communities, I will, this week, give credit to a group which, though located in Rossland, has for many years been giving pleasure and artistic outlet to citizens in most of the West Kootenay-area. That group is the ——_The RLOP yas started in Rossland by Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast Eric Bourchier, siderable support of his family and music lovers from Trail, Castlegar, Fruitvale and Rossland. When Eric died in the early 1950s, the work was carried on by his equally enthusiastic and dedicated son, George Bour chier. Then, when George married Castlegar school teacher Babs Killough, the dynasty was broadened and the support increased. Babs’s father, Joe Killough, joined the Players in 1971, singing tenor in The Pirates , with the con- chak. part of the Major General, his wife Babs plays the inept maid-of-all-work, Ruth, and Castlegar’s Lorren Culley is the Pirate King. Peter Daoust is Frederick, John McGregor, the Sergeant of Police and Joanne Van Der Ham is Mabel, the female lead. Dave Healing of Castlegar is both pirate and policeman, Mary Healing and daughter Sarah Healing are daughters of the Major General, while son Matthew Healing is an. apprentice pirate. Jim Waldie, also of Castlegar, is one of the policemen. The Rossland Light Opera Players is a longstan- ding part of our local Heritage and proof that mem- bers of different communities can cooperate for the common good. In case of the Castlegar performance of the Pirates, for example, the profits go toward the construction of the badly needed Castlegar Com- munity Theatre Project to be constructed in Stanley Humphries secondary school. Thus it is an oppor- tunity to enjoy yourself and be a community booster as well and the Castlegar and District Heritage Society wishes it every success on Feb. 23. Next week, Helen Dunlop will be offering a biography of Ruth Waldie of Robson and I will follow with Bill Aldie, lumberman, community shaker and mover. After him will come fruit-rancher Bill Hun- Tourism meetings set VICTORIA — Public meetings to discuss regional tourism development strategies and heritage tourism for the Kootenay region will be held in seven communities throughout the region during February, Minister of Regional and Economic Development Stan Hagen and Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture Lyall Hanson accounced,, Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks, Boundary-Similkameen MLA Ivan Messmer and Columbia River MLA_ Duane Crandell joined the ministers in making the announ- centent. One’ study, launched in November by the Kootenay Parks, Recreation and Tourism Task Force in cooperation with the Ministry of Regional and Economic Development and the Ministry of Tourism, is aimed at identifying new tourism oppor- tunities and—devising—-a~—regionat ‘ourism development strategy for the region, a government news release says. **In particular, we are seeking input from local residents on tourism development opportunities which the Open 30 p.m. sunday Brunch 10.30 am. - 1:00 p.m Reservations 825-4466 Private sector could pursue in the region,’’ Messmer said. The second study, entitled Heritage Tourism Study, sponsored by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, recreation and Culture, is exploring ways of enhancing the heritage aspec- ts of the region’s tourism base. “Heritage is increasingly being tourism,”” Hanson said. ‘‘The focus of this pilot study is to identify oppor- tunities for preserving, promoting and marketing Kootenay region's rich heritage resources.’” Dirks said meetings will, provide in- terested groups and individuals with an opportunity to contribute to the development of two tourism studies currently being conducted by —the recognized as a vital of PI gov ADULTS $13.00 TRAIL SOCIETY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Presents The Rustavi Company from U.S.S.R. Tuesday, February 13th Cominco Gym ¢ 8:00 p.m. CHILDREN $7.00 TICKETS: Trail L&J Books, Castlegar Pharmasave, Rossiand Alpine Drugs Power Steering * Power Brakes Tilt Wheel ¢ Int. 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