aS Castlegar News _" November 10, 1985 ENTERTAINMENT She é Hiclure Place PHOTO GREETING CARDS Including Card & Reprint (For Castleaird Plaza This Week in DEXTER’S PUB — MON. THRU SAT . — Jerry Jack Adams Band SANDMAN INN Castlegar 1944 Columbia Av 7 the jYeppercorn reeled Potato or paste. Bougu: egetobles. Garlic bread New York Steak fed potato ot paste Sougeners of veperabte, Corte bised Filet of Sole Almondine savin pitonetalagr anny ai cree Newburg hess potato. Bougu! egetcble. Gore bread Nov. 11 to 17 ALL ENTREES INCLUDE OUR NEW SALAD BAR Reservations phone 364-2222 TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN a vedk When you pick up your TAKE-OUT ORDER (Valued at $8 and over) THIS OFFER VALID TO JANUARY 16, 1986 YG ; ALABRIEL’S “For ‘the Pizza with the Butter Crust & Double Cheese" 365-6028 1410 Bay Ave., Trail DECEMBER 7th Nutcracker Suite - Day Tour $59 — 1 Bus Only Chidren’s Disc. under 12 yrs DECEMBER 26, 28 & 29 ICE CAPADES Day Tours in Spokane NEW LOWER PRICES! From Castlegar $43. Stet 2 Adults Youths under 16 RENO TOURS 1985 DEPARTURE NOV. 23 Riverside Hotel & Casino 8 Seniors Discount $10 per person. Must be over 65 VANCOUVER TO HONOLULU From Castlegar — *399 A Saturday night stay required. Departures from Nov. 17 to December 15. All travel completed by March 15. No returns between Dec. 24 — Jan. 9. CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION NORTH AND SOUTH Story not ‘compelling’ NEW YORK (AP) — In ABC's North and South, ex- ecutive producer David Wol- per.wrestled with production details as diverse as dumping mud on streets ‘and shooting around a wayward Mercedes- Benz. But for the Maestro of the short series, whose top-rated and critically acclaimed _Roots and Thorn Birds help- ed establish the multi-part TV form, filming the drawl- ing, sprawling saga about two families before the Civil War was not difficult; writ- ing it was. With 940 scenes, Wolper needed to keep a chart to remember where the charac ters were, and four writers were employed to adapt the John Jakes best-seller. _ But, alas, the writing team failed to create.a meaningful, compelling story, leaving viewers with just a lavish antebellum soap opera. The last part of the 12-hour mini-series is scheduled for tonight. The $25-million ‘production (another $25. million . was, budgeted for the spring. se- quel, North and South: Book II) was filmed in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Missi- ssippi and South Carolina. The local citizens were glad to be a part of Holly- wood, with only a few ex- ceptions, Wolper said. While shooting in Charle- ston, S.C., Wolper needed. to turn back the clock to the time of unpaved streets. One woman — complained that the dirt dumped on her street would -destroy her home. “From 1794 to 1921 she had dirt in front of her house, 7nd the house lasted.” Wolper said. “Her reply was that it was ‘different dirt.” ” PARKS HER CAR Another homeowner was so distressed by the produc- tion's incursion into tranquil ‘Charleston that she parked her Mercedes in the:street to ruin a 19th century scene. “We fooled her by putting trees around her car,” Wolper. North, and South comes just as the mini-series, facing a variety of ‘competitive video choices, have not been performing to the expecta- tions raised by such ‘block- busters as Roots, - Thorn Birds and Winds of War. Last season, no short ser ies attracted more than 35 per cent of the tuned-in audi- ence. Wolper’ blamed that on subject matter, not length, and said the “casual audi- ence” would be lured to North and South because it meets two of his criteria for mini-series success. To. get smash ratings, Wolper says mini-series-need to.come from bestsellers, in- volve a major historical event said, or character ‘or have’ sociol- ogical significance. North and South does -come from a best-seller: and - deals with the Civil War. No one will confuse it with Roots for significance. That was Wolper's biggest mistake. By going for trash and not substance, he betrayed his roots, so to speak. Before he started producing TV dram- as, Wolper was a successful documentary filmmaker. His greatest TV achieve- ment was taking a_half- completed book, Alex Haley's Roots, and turning it into a social phenomenon: As soon as he learned that Columbia Pictures had let its option lapse on Roots, he called Haley's lawyer and negoti- ated a TV deal on the spot. “Sometimes, if you tell me what a story is about in just a few sentences, I can tell you if it's going to be a success,” Wolper said. New Sonys WINNIPEG (CP) — Brisk sales for Sony's new line of compact home video cameras indicate the 8-millimetre videotape format is the wave of the future, says the president of Winnipeg-based Gendis Inc. Albert D. Cohen told a conference of financial analysts that in five years, the home video cassette recorder market” will be dominated by the 8-mm format. “Betamax, the VHS. system will all switch to 8-mm,” said Cohen, whose firm is the Canadian parent of Sony. of Canada Ltd. in a joint venture with the giant Tokyo-based electronics firm. “Believe me, it seems to be heading that way because our sales of the 8-mm (camera), we can't keep up. As fast as we get them in, they-go’ out.” The latest innovation in the home movie field, the &:mm video camera fits into the palm of the hand and uses cartridges that are the size of audio cassettes. The tape width is about two-thirds of the standard tape used in VHS and Betamax systems. The 8-mm video allows for up to two hours of playing time, Cohen said. and.a new comcorder system — a combination camera and recorder being marketed here in this month — can be plugged into an existing television or Sony's Betamax VCR. The 8-mm tape will then transfer onto Beta tape. Sony hopes the 8-mm innovation will help it regain ground it lost in the VCR field when Beta lost the video war to VHS, which is marketed by Panasonic, RCA and other selling well VHS now dominates the home market with about 80 per cent of sales while the Sony format retains an edge in the education and industrial field. Gendis Inc., which sells Sony products through its chain of Miller Electro: stores, has come out of a difficult period in its electronics division. With record sales in September, the four-year-old venture is expected to turn a profit for the first time and is looking forward to increased sales in 1986, he said. The one area that performed poorly, however, was the ‘home computer market. “Personal computers are a disaster. Thank goodness we got rid of our inventory.” Cohen said Sony ended up selling off its remaining inventory of about 100 personal computers — which were not compatible with IBM — to the United States army. Gendis purchased the Miller chain of 13 stores in Alberta and B.C. “with the intention of getting represen- tation for Sony products in areas we felt we weren't getting adequate representation.” Today, there are 42 stores in the chain and Cohen said the company feels it can expand by a further 100 or 150 stores. Gendis, a diversified company, also has holdings in real estate, oil and gas and retail department stores. The first six months of this year have seen earnings increase by 19 per cent and if the third and fourth quarter perform on the same basis as the first half, earnings will be major players, he said. What's so funny about toxic wastes, “restraint,” and weapons in space? San Francisco comedians Fran Peavey and Charlie Varon, the Atomic Comics, will explore these and other GENELLE CHIP BINGO AT GENELLE HALL MONDAY NIGHTS 6:30 p.m. Eary Bird COUR HOURS RESTAURANT 1004 Columbia absurdities of our times in Nelson, Nov. 23 at the Hume Room of the Heritage Inn, in a performance sponsored by the Kootenay Peace Coali: tion. Peavey and Varon have been performing together since 1980. throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in Great Britain and ny. This will be their first appearance in Nel son. “I felt the only way I could begin’ to look at the world situation was by laughing at it. It's so big and over- whelming.” says comedian Varon. Peavey, who has her-doc about $2.78 per share, Cohen said. Comics laugh at world torate in Ingovation Theory and Technology Forecasting. has taught at college and high school level. Varon's background is in theatre and journalism. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and other maga zines. The nuclear comedy team met when they were both ar rested at an anti-nuclear demonstration at the Diablo Canyon power plant in north ern California. -- Together they will “be bringing to life characters like Colonel Curtis E. Cat- apult, a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Airborne recently traded to the Soviet Army; Vermione Pledge, president of Realtors for Social Res- ponsibility, a group concern- ed about the effects nuclear war would have on property values; and Rosella Wonder- quest, a woman who has. just been named “the New Age Peace Activist Most Likely to Succeed.” Peavey and Varon are also authors, with Myra Levy, of Heart Politics, just released by New Society Publishers. They will appear from 11 a.m. tol p.m., on the same day of the. performance, at David Thompson Library, to talk about the process . of writing the book, and auto- graph copies. LICENCED DINING ROOM Nov. | to Nov. 17 Special 2 Steak Dinners for $15.95 Open 4 P.M. Dai WESTAR & COMINCO VOucHERs ACCEPTED. Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located | mile south of weigh scales in O 10 Grown Rone nt| Hote! THE C.P. PUB oe 32 NOON -2A.M. Space TUESDAY NIGHT, — POOL Tot IT izes for Top three Places 1895 RESTAURANT — Ph. 368-8232 Open Monday - Saturday — 9. a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Featuring SALAD BAR (Inc. Soup & Dessert} § $3.95 WE ALSO CATER TO BANQUETS & COCKTAIL PARTIES FOR GROUPS OF 15 TO 120. Thursdoy , TOMWAYMAN .. . reads at college Former DTUC instructor . proves popular By EVELYN WALLIS “I have here_a Depression Special only $1.99, including two pictures of me suitable for framing” quips Tom Wayman, at the close of his poetry reading Thursday noon at Selkirk College. Bs Wayman, a critically acclaimed poet, several of his 11 ications to a capacity o! students, faculty and members of the public. They cheered and clapped and eagerly lined up to purchase copies for themselves. Earlier in the day, Applied Writing students were treated to an intensive Journalism workshop with Wayman, part of his Kootenay tour courtesty of the Canada Council. Born in Ontario.in 1945, Wayman graduated from Ubyssey Journalism-in the 60s, and worked at the Vancouver Sun for several years. Castlegar residents may remember him teaching a journalism course at the college several years ago while he was part of the Creative Writing faculty at DTUC. Currently, Wayman instructs journalism and crea tive writing at the Vancouver branch of the Kootenay School of Writing. The school was formed last year by Fred Wah, the current instructor of Applied Writing at Selkirk and himself and other former colleagues and students of DTUC’s successful Creative . Writing Department. Wayman recently edited an Anthology of Poems by the Industrial Writer's Union. Wayman also read selections of his award winning poetry Friday evening in Nelson, and instructed a workshop Saturday at the Sub Pub in cooperation with the Nelson-based Kootenay School of Writing. The KSW regularly offers workshops such as the one given by Wayman Saturday. A trained journalist, Wayman is now a self-declared industrial poet. He writes poignantly and quizzically of the thoughts, feelings and experiences of ordinary men and women in the workplace. If you've ever been a “prisoner of measured time,” you'll find yourself in Tom Wayman's poetry. Social justice in the working work, is what he writes about, “This is what I have to say,” Judging by the response of the Kootenay audiences, people want to listen. Counting the Hours, City Poems is Wayman’'s ‘latest book of poems, published by McLelland and Stewart. It makrs a 10-year anniversary of his first and perpetuates his up-front and humourous approach to the sometimes grim realities of life in aj ob world. In the poem It’s 7 o'clock Wayman laments for his worn, swollen body at the end of the day, for his retina and lungs and for the forests. “Who pays for that? The mill of the earth grinding our lives away. Who pays for that? When life,” he goes on, “Is really as simple as the celebration of birth.” Wayman wryly reminisces about his role as an instructor grading essays. He compares the problem of the finite number of A’s available to students with the problem of our dimishing natural resources. “I cannot assign a grade to their eyes,” says Wayman in another poem where he checks his own ruthless, righteous editing pencil. “Naked feet alone in a part of the bed where no one read from not making a sound” chants a whimsical Wayman, and he goes on to examine the cost of a kiss in another poem Wayman in Love where both a philosopher and Dr. Freud climb into his bed interrupting a tender moment.. Both are delightful and absurd but. real. Wayman knows how to tell the truth. November 10, 1985 ACTIVE SUMMER FOR CADETS: By CLIFF CHURCHES™ Cadets of No. 581 Squad- ron spent an active summer at. various activities in lo- ‘cations ranging from Van- couver’s Grouse Mountain to Gimli, Man. Attending the basic camp at Camp Penhold, Alta. were AC James Rawsell, Cpl. Sean Bacon and Cpl. ‘Rodney Marsh. This camp is designed to give the cadets a grounding in cadet training, as well as give the cadets the oppor- tunity to get used to being away from home and to meet and get along with many other cadets from all parts of Canada. Those cadets demonstrat- ing the qualities of future leaders are given the. oppor- tunity to attend a junior tea- chers course. The course trains the cadets how best to represent themselves towards junior cadets, prepares them for future instructional assign- ments and.lays-the founda- tion for them to be able to accept greater responsibility in the future... This year No. 581 Squad- ron sent Cpl. Lana Stuckey to Whitehouse and Cpl. Trent Omand to Camp Penhold for this course. Both cadets were appreci- ative of having this oppor-— tunity to broaden their know- ledge and to be able to make so many new friends. No. 581 Squadron also had four cadets qualify for and attend several specialty courses. The first of these was the glider training course at Princeton, attended by Sgt. Kevin Rapin. va This course starts from the very basics of gliding and covers everything up to and including the candidates solo- ing and acquiring a glider certificate. This is by far one of the most popular courses offered. Sgt. Deanna Neumann was off to Gimli, Man., where she attended the Air Studies Course. This course included navigation, theory of flight, air safety, meteorology, air frames, air engines and in- struments. Deanna also did some gliding and made sev- eral power flights over Lake Winnipeg in a Dakota air- craft. The wilds of Alberta at Camp Wright, near Atha- baska, was the destination of Sgt. Diana Churches and Cpl. Brad Butula. Here, as part of the Air Crew Survivial Course, they had training in shelter con- NOV. 5 AMERICAN THANKSGIVING “ With stors of the Grand Ole Opry and Kitty Wells Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170 1217-3rd St., Castlegar 365-7782 1410 Bay Ave., Trail 368-5595 ICE CAPADES DAY TOURS DEC. 26 2 DEC. 28 2 DEC. 29 MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL 365-6616 RENO Nov. 23 MUG) DEWDNEY TOURS 800-332-0282 ANNOUNCEMENT Starting Nov. 7 We will be holding all paper booklet Bingos in the Legion Hall! Current Prices will Remain the Same, Early Bird Starting at 6:00 p.m. Rose’s Restaurant ‘Borscht & i Homemade Bread MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL SOUTH PACIFIC Fully Escorted — 31 Days * HAWAII © AUSTRALIA © NEW ZEALAND Fut Indian Dinners and Appetizers plus our regular menu! “1 Starting Saturday, Nov. 16 Entertainment by Perso: Dept. Jan. 12 & Feb. 16, 1986 For more information call NESTA OR SHIRLEY ESOS: 6616 Protessional Belly Dancer! OPEN T RIGHTS Cars failed pollution test TORONTO (CP) — About half the cars tested by En- vironment Canada during the last few years failed pollution tests even though they met federal emission standards when built, a government re- port says. The failures resulted from improper engine adjust- ments, tampering with pollu- tion-control equipment or the use of leaded gasoline in ve- hicles designed for lead-free gas, says the report. ~ The result is increased pollution of several substan- ces, including: nitrous oxide — estimated to be a source of six per cent of Canada's acid rain. “Tampering . . . and the disabling of pollution-control equipment is frequently deli- berate with the motivation ... coming from a mistaken belief that (pollution-control) systems are somehow ineffi- cient or troublesome and some gain will be achieved by disablement,” the report says. It recommends a publicity campaign to tell drivers and mechanics about the dangers of tampering with pollution controls, and suggests perio- dic checks of vehicle emis- sions. GETS TOUGHER Since the tests are con- ducted, the government has “announced tougher pollution controls to go into effect with the 1988 model year. But Adele Hurley, spokes- man for the Canadian Coal- ition on Acid Rain, said the report should have recom- mended a crackdown on those who tamper with pollu- tion equipment. Stringent standards can be legislated, “but if vehicles aren’t,.maintained properly, it's all for_nought,” Hurley said in an interview. She said the federal gov- ernment should follow. the lead of Quebec and impose significant fines and other penalties for tampering with emission-control systems. In the most recent survey, more than 47 per cent of 155 cars tested at two Ottawa shopping centres in June 1984 exceeded the emission standards for carbon mono- xide and hydrocarbons. And 66 per cent of 11,323 vehicles tested across Can- ada between 1974 and 1983 failed the tests. Many ‘cars now are being built with sealed carburetors to prevent adjustments that defeat pollution-control sys- tems, yet 23 per cent of more than 750 cars with such sys- tems tested in 1982 and 1983 had been tampered with, the report says. The exhaust gas eceula: tion valve — a device that can cut nitrous oxide pollution in half — was disabled on one- quarter of the cars.tested. The report also estimates that seven per cent of ve- hicles in Canada designed to use non-leaded gasoline are fuelled with cheaper leaded gas, a practice that can des- troy their~ pollution-control system. However, the report says fewer service stations have been switching nozzles on their gas pumps to allow dri- vers of lead-free cars to fill up with leaded gas. A “dramatic drop” in noz- zle switching in Nova Scotia and Quebec appears to coin- cide with the introduction of nozzle-switching legisla- tion in those provinces. _, | On the other hand, the im: proper nozzles were still found last year on more than 50 per cent of all gas pumps in Alberta and i Econo Spots You can save up to 80% on the ~ cost of this ad! 365-5210 HONESTY and HARD WORK RE-ELECT SMECHER For Trustee CADET CAMP . . . Members of Cadet Squadron 581 attended various camps ‘throughout western Canada this summer. Shown are (from left): Back row, Sgt. Diane Churches, Cpl. Sean Bacon, Cpl. Rodney Marsh, Cpl. Trent Omand, Cpl. Lana - Stuckey. Front row, Sgt. Deanna Neumann, AC James Rowsell. struction, bush craft, ground to air signals, fast prepar- ation, use of and preparation of natural foods from. their surroundings and canoeing. One of the requirements was to travel halfway along an isolated lake, make camp and survive off the iand for five days. This, of course, was done under the obser- vation of those in charge. “It sure was a great way to take off weight,” Churches said. Royal WASHINGTON (AP) — Diana, Princess of Wales, reported to be quite a shop- per, will travel from Britain to a suburban Virginia shop- ping mall — to check out goods at a J.C. Penney. Diana's task, essentially, will be to smile and handle the merchandise on Monday in Penney’s Best of Britain’ display, thereby gaining a few seconds of promotion for British goods on U.S. tele- vision as well as a picture or In order to provide more camp opportunities for Brit- ish Columbia cadets, DND and the Air Cadet League have made arrangements to have a number of Air Cadets included in the outdoors camp at Vancouver's Grouse Mountain. This camp, which included g in most outdoor ac- ies, was attended by ‘ACs Marjit Nannan, James VanderPloeg, Jason Verha- eghe, and Willie Porte. All of these eadets*have~| had a lot of new experiences and have all a vast amount of valuable training. In conver- sation with a number of them and upon reading their re- ports of their camps, the one over-shadowing and ex- tremely worthwhile benefit is the opportunity to meet so many people and to make so many new friends. In many cases these are friendships which will last a lifetime. shopping trip Andrew Burns, informa- tion counsellor at the British Embassy, said Charles and Diana know they can be useful to British commerce in this way, ard they: 're glad to do it. “ Penney’s, practically an American tradition but not exactly known for high fa- shion, is embracing the visit as a potential sales booster. Of course, the royal cou- ple’s trip to Washington this weekend is a bit more than a two in Pp and mag- azines. During a recent - walk- through at the store in Springfield, Va., Joe Canzeri, the former Reagan White House aide now helping Pen- ney's with coverage arrange- ments, put it simply: “What do you think they (Prince Charles and Diana) are here for? They're here to get their pictures taken.” rs PLATES ARE FULL There's dinner at the White House, big receptions and dinenrs at the British Embassy and the National Gallery of Art'— now fea- turing a huge exhibit of paintings and other precious objects from fine old British homes. And visits to the home base of a drug rehabilitation program, an institution car- ing for the chronically and terminally ill, Arlington Cem- etery and Washington Cathe- dral. But Monday morning will begin with Charles and Diana and aides taking the 24-kilometre drive to browse around the Penney’s at Springfield Mall. Thousands of people are expected to pack the parking lot, hoping for at least a glimpse of Charles and his wife, whose face beams out from American covers these days. magazine The couple will be taken into the store and then back into their car 40 minutes later — no loitering or ming- ling with the crowd for sec- urity reasons. And no one but Penney's people, the royal entourage and cleared-in-ad- vance reporters and photo- Sunday, [~ {S).Grey Cup Social Come to the Marlane Hote! and watch the Game on our Big Screen! HOT MEALS — SNACKS — DOOR PRIZES Doors open 10:30 a.m. Refreshments 11:00 a.m. Price: $8.00/ticket TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE MARLANE HOTEL Nov. 24 Announcing ... we 1 re ERLO sors with om WHITE SUPERLOCK Overlocking Machines : Sponsored by Daily Flight Service to Cranbrook 365-7701 WHITE SUPERLOCK MODEL 534 eee knitesew shoppe CONTINUOUS DEMONSTRATIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOME SEWING INDUSTRY LEARN: THE BASICS — how to minimize SPECIALTY TECHNIQUES — develop your sewing time professional finishes DECORATIVE FINISHES — odd MAKE IT & TAKE IT — it’s your tur designer touches to. use Go WHITE Superiock SEATING IS LIMITED! BUY YOUR TICKET NOW. : Phone No.: 365-3717 & 364-1066 - Ticket Price: $5.00 % DOOR PRIZES x Free Coffee & Goodies will be allowed in- side. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TESTS GED TESTING SCHEDULE The GED‘ testi ing program, offered by the Examination Branch of the Losers Bs ct Education, ies x available in the Selkirk College region. The GED tests pr earn an official document stating that they have secondary school equivalency |Sonding. The GED testing schedule for the West Kootenay is as follows: Saturday, Dec. 7, 1985 — Selkirk College, Castlegar Saturday, April 5, 1986 — Selkirk College, Castlegar — Each test session runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Application forms must be received by the Ministry of Education about 14 days prior to the testing date of your choice. The dpplication fee is $10.50. FOR APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SELKIRK COLLEGE CAMPUS OR Selkirk College CASTLEGAR US Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 — 365-7292 Local 256 Return MOORE for MAYOR on Saturday, November 16 1 STAND FOR: e Fair and Honest Open Council © Willingness to Always Answer Your Questions And Work Towards Your Goals 1 HAVE: © Understanding ® Experience © Committment Re-elect the Mayor with the Committment to Serve all the Citizens of Castlegar! 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