The Castlegar Sun ‘ Wednesday, November 28, 1990; HOROSCOPES |= naw Wednesday, November 28, 1990 Page 12B The Castlegar Sun Local sightings draw Interest of Vancouver investigator ey ee UFO may have been sophisticated research boat | By BARBARA TANDORY pga, Page 13B .- ARP REPORT THE GOSSIP COLUMN ® — BY ROBIN ADAMS SLOAN Q: Did Howie Mandel, who stars in TV's “Good Grief,” begin his career as T WONDER VON A “CRRORY Look OUT THE WINDON ‘ GUY LIVE HIM GOT. To BE 8 MORNE, Th Ber {T'S SNOWING! THERE. THERE'S TONS OF SNOW! an actor and ae branch out into comedy? — RB. A: The Cansdlan-born Mandel actu- ally started with a career. as a salesman. Unable to stifle his zany antics, which got him in hot water and were no asset in his sales job, he dyited into stand-up comedy. His success as a comic with an outra- gous act, including bizarre props and outfits, led to his role as the prankish Dr. Wayne Fiscus on “St. Elsewhere.” Mandel now gets pald for doing what he used to be called on the carpet for. eee Q: Did Rachel Ward leave Holly- wood because her husband, ‘actor’ Bryan Brown, insisted? — T.D. A; The sultry actress didn't have to have her arm twisted to return to her native Australia to raise her two children with Brown. Although she has had numerous opportunities to work in Hollywood, she felt she was used as window dressing, not as an actress, in action and special effects films. Ward can currently be seen in “After Dark, My Sweet.” eee -.Q; What's ever become of singer Batti Page, who used to warble about that doggie in the window? Is she still alive? — ULV. -A: Patti, 63, is alive, well and still singing. Born Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Okla., Patti wowed the music world with her rendition of “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" back in the 1950s. People all over the world still remember. When I last bumped into Patti, she was on her way to Hong Kong to entertain at a charity benefit. The sponsors welcomed Page by turning the hote! ballroom into a “Pampered Poodle” nightclub motif in honor of thelr esteemed guest. . ooe Q: We hear that even though she pitches for a weight-loss program, actress Lynn Redgrave has no com- punctions about gaining lots of weight provided the movie role and e salary are right. What do you think? — MR. ARIES - March 21/April 20 You may be! confused about several issues over the weekend ay to get them solved soon. Try to whittle down the week's work, for it’s a time when you jist can’t accomplish as much as usual, But don’t worry, the caution will do you good, Got ‘luck comes your way on Friday, TAURUS - + April 21/May 21 This week ig very busy. There is a lot on your mind ‘due to the holiday and you are thoroughly enjoying it, On Thursday be pe repared for unex- ected visitors; their presence will be the highlight of this week's events is GEMINI - -May 22/June 21 Problems at home might interfere * with what you have to do elsewhere; you'll find it difficult to keep your mind on things. If you are trying to finish outstanding work or business, it may be a frustrating week. But don’t hesitate to leave work unfinished; it will prove to be worth your while. CANCER - June 22/July 22 All is in your favor this week. Make sure you keep things organized; they ct_a bit out of control. Family and old friends play an important role in your social life. Opportunity springs up on Tuesday. LEO - July 23/August 23 Although you are usually ready to part with money, you’ll probably be feeling resentful about having to do so this week. This feeling could lead to arguments. People who owe you money will keep you waiting for it. The 7th could be a lucky day. VIRGO - August 24/Sept 22 This weekend is better for play than for work—you have been doing a.lot lately and deserve a break! Take a firm line if anyone is trying to unload their responsibilities on you. The holiday season is bringing you a lot of social activity. LIBRA - September 23/Oct 23 You may have to interrupt important matters to deal with trivialities this week. By Friday or Thursday there is a new issue to deal with; but you are in good shape and will handle it well. All events this week will prove to be profitable experiences. DEC 2nd-8th he m SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec a SCORPIO - October 24/Nov 22 Best to wait until the end of the week if you want to have a discussion with a friend, us he or she may not be ina position to make firm commitments Tiow. Get as much work done before mid-week; it will be more difficult to complete later, Don't-put off corre- ppondences 9 someone is expecting to ar frot Keep hopes and . MSTA! ee Renee “HALE AN INCH / Po YOu. THINK THE SCHOAS WILL siz: 4. SUPERINTENDENT, ©1000 MILLER. atl t tight leash this week, because 4 you may be overlooking something. There is good luck‘ coming your way but it's best'to maintain a low en: Thursday will be a lucky CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Do your utmost to bring reason to your emotional reactions this week, otherwise you may say and do the wrong things. Don’t allow yourself to be the victim of prejudices. This is a better week for manual jobs rather than deskwork; you'll find the later Particularly tedious. US - January 21/Feb 18 ii wail be an odd week for you. There is a lot going on socially and you have many things to get done before the holiday begins. But enjoyment and.accomplish- ment, are your main objectives this PISCES - February 19/March 20 During most of this week, because of the moon’s present ts and loca- tion in the heavens, you'll be ultra- sensitive to the vibrations which exist around you. You'll react too much to other people’s moods, and probably take what they say too seriously, Your birthday this week THE NEXT 12 MONTHS With harmonious aspects in the heavens right now, you are feeling less confused and insecure; however, it will be necessary for you to learn to make more demands, especially over ‘career or joint financial issues. Look to the future antl try not to dwell on recent setbacks. Revive an old ambition because you have suc- cess in your future, A: Lynn is co-st: with. her older (by six years) sister, , Vanessa, in a TV remake of the 1962 Bette DavisJoan Crawford movie classic, “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” It’s true that Lynn will be on the tube sporting a pronounced potbelly, But not to worry. The potbelly is fake. Lynn has retained her svelte figure and her integrity as a weight-loss spokesperson. BEAUTY CENTRE 365-6009 620 18th St. wg (Castteciird Plaza) Castlegar ¥ For the BEST in Used Auto Parts SPEEDWAY SALVAGE LTD. 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Lucy wanted the role so much that she is rumored to have invested a good deal of her own money into the making of this colossal flop, which is the only explanation for why anyone in Hollywood would possibly have offered her the role, Ball envisioned a triumphant return to the screen, but it had been so long since she'd sung or danced, every number hi slowed down to accommodate the limited vocal range and dance abili- * ties of the 63-year-old star. The 1974 picture was, predictably, a disaster at the box-office. BABY BLUES d By Rick Kirkman. and Jerry Scott WHAT ARE TM TRYING TO. LM You DOING? ecient WHAT. WEAR foRce INK WE SHOULD PUT HER IN SOMETHING eT REFLECTS THE Ns TUS |S 208. CHARMED, BEUEVE ITOR NOT, THIS 1S ZoE's FIRST PORTPAIT,60 1 THOUGHT | eee HAD PLANNED DOES SHE HAVE, [ ONE BIG HAPPY By Rick Detorie ad to be | FOR THE LAST. ee WHERE'D You | HEAR THAT EXPRESSION? Canadian Crossword BY MARIAN MORRISON }. Swan genus . Seaticred Ciel itive Paes ich ‘ons G. o, Setol _ 23. 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Believe it or not,,the first clocks were called shadow clocks and they were in used in about 2000 B.C, Made by the Egyptians, the clocks were composed of a T-shaped piece of wood, The shadow of the cross bar fell on the time scale giving the different times. In the moming, the clock ‘was pointed towards the sun in the east and in the after- noon, it was turned around to point west, The kind of voice you have depends on the size sition of your vocal ome Vocal chords can ax Jong or short, stretched or, laxed. an and girls have the © ‘same short, stretched vocal chords during their early years, and so both have sim- ilar high pitched voices.:As. a boy. grows older: and > fonger vibrate to make reaches his teens, his vocal :"sounds. gowns the time could be ‘the voice deepens -chards become longer, mak- In most people, the colored iris hides this pinkness, Albinism is usually inher- ited from parents but it can also be caused by a change in the genes, the tiny chemi- cal particles that carry char- acteristics from parents to children, White mice and white rab- bits with pink eyes are true albinos. There are also albino gorillas and some white horses are albinos, too. Water clocks were anoth- er Egyptian gadget. Water trickled through a hole in the bottom of a stone buck- et. You could tell the time by looking at the level of the water against a scale inside the bucket. Sand_ glasses, which looked like egg timers, were used by the Romans to tell the time. And in the ninth century in England, King Alfred the Great is said to have invented the candle clock. . ‘The candle was marked with hours and as it burnt: ing his voice deeper, Girls, however, retain _ ‘their short, stretched vocal chords and as they. grow into women, their voices stay higher than men’s, hen’ you lose’ your voice, or get laryngitis, your vocal chords have actually thickened, and can no THE HOWLER MONKEY O1 WAS A VERY IND Tf: Sun staff writer‘ have come to be associated with UFO activity. On the Ohar hand, Paetkau’s “the Castlegar area has also scen a surge of UFO activity.” a Mowe recently, Strainic | told me The object n igating the Kootenay River near the Brilliant dam outside Castlegar.seemed like a strange boat. But the young Thrums resident who saw it in the dead of an October night beli it was also ided with ao B, oe Hydro fisheries field study that happened to employ two sophisticated boats on the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, Jay Hammond at the B.C, really a spacecraft, “It was above the water,” Dean Paetkau, 25, said of his sightings on three nights in a row in mid- October. “It was not riding on the water.” i Paetkau says the strange vessel appeared to be “hovering a couple of feet” above the river’ and “moving effortlessly,” now south, towards Castlegar, now north, towards Nelson. “It:would turn right on a dime,” he said. “It bad a bunch of lights, mostly red and a search- light.” This searchlight was so poweriul that:“it lit up the entire mountainside,” he noted. “I could see all the pine needles on the trees.” : Paetkau, who claims to have seen UFOs before — most notably. a sighting on the Alaska Highway in the summer of 1988 — said this was the first time he saw one so close to home, and also the first time he heard a sound, “like a turbine engine.” On the third night, Tuesday, Oct. 16, after chasing the vessel along the river on his pedal bike, Paetkau ran home and snapped a high speed picture of the object from the patio of his family home, located across the highway from the Kootenay River. “It looked like a spacecraft,” Pactkau said. He still believes he’d seen a spaceship. Moreover, his sighting happened to coincide with the first reported case of the mysteri- ous circles phenomenon, by a farmer near Dawson Creek who found a circle in his backyard on Oct. 16, Although of unknown origins, circles in fields, like those in great in Ministry's office in Nelson says the boats had an elec- troshock equipment to stun and collect the fish and other electron- ic features that would account for a mistaken impression of an unin- dentified flying object. Hammond, who was on board one of the boats on Oct. 18, said also the study was carried out ovemight that. week and covered the Brilliant reservoir area where the sighting was reported. “It has some hi-tech electron- ics equipment,” he described the trawl boat used. And the head of B.C. Hydro’s study is amused by the local report. Larry Hildebrand, senior’ species biologist who headed the on-site research project by the Edmonten-based R.L.N. (Rivers, Lakes and Land) consulting firm, confirmed the boat used on that section of the river was jet-pow- ered and equipped with six big lights and a bright searchlight. “We have never been mistaken for a UFO,” he joked. “We've been sometimes taken for poach- ers.” However, one night of Paetkau's sighting is still unac- counted for, Hildebrand says no boats were on the river on the night of Sunday, Oct. 14. And Paetkau is unshaken in his belief. “I’ve seen the boat,” he said. “There's no comparison.” The October sighting has attracted the interest of Vancouver UFO investigator Michael Strainic who has recently received other reports of UFO- related activity in the area. Earlier this month, Strainic, B.C. director of the Mutual UFO 8! wheattields of southern England, Ne ik (MUFON), said in an interview with: ‘the Province that 1 Sun of report recently of a “olose encounter” sighting over Mt. Sentinel outside Castlegar. - That report, he said, was ini- tially received by a field investi- « gator in Penticton, Robin Novatschka, who in tum leamed about it from relatives ix the Castlegar area, According to the report, a Castlegar area resident saw a “dirty aluminum or stainless steel” colored disk in March 1989 as it hovered above the place on the mountainside known as Indian ts, “It looked like two pie plates (stuck) together,” said the report. Indian Flats, which overlooks Castlegar, has been cited often in earlier reports of strange bright lights, and it happens to be one the other side of the mountain from the Paetkau family home in Thrums, The disk bad a purple light on top, two red lights on each edge of the rim and a white light in the centre, Strainic said the witness reported. It made a slight hum- ming sound. Strainic said the sighting was a “close encounter case,” meaning the witness observed the object at close range. “Tt hovered for a minute or so, then took off,” he said. The next day, all the cats in the neighbor- hood disappeared.” Bizarre elements of this kind are fairly common in cases involving so-called UFO sight- ings, he said, noting that after one recent sighting all the appies on a tree had disappeared. A number of previously report- ed sightings, of bright night lights, have also taxen place in March 1989 and were localized in Thrums and accompanied by - power blackouts and T.V. inter- ference. On March 7, 1989, Meee and her sist Lil Perepolkin, thought they were * watching a scene from Star Trek Advertise i in 1 the Sun - - youllls see 6 results! Ph. a6e- 5266 ikeda, Levis, Buffalo, Esprit Manager, Santana, Big Blue, Browns “when three very bright atarlke objects crossed the sky, ba forth, together and 4 oS leaving the Thrums' women with a memory of a unforgettable show of lights.Later the same night, power . surges hit the city of Castlegar and, still later, a power surge caused an electrical fire at Celgar pulpmill, which was closed for several weeks afterwards, A few days earlier, another woman in Thrums, Kathy Tarasoff, witnessed, while driving past Mt. Sentinel with ber daughter Stacy, a brightly-lit object she first took for a small aircraft that passed low ., over Indian Flats and seemed about to crash into the miountains near Castlegar airport and the Brilliant dam on Kootenay River. Strainic thinks sightings might be starting all over. He says Castlegar scems due for another flap of sightings as one of the hot spots in B.C. “We kiiow that the Kootenays have a long history of UFOs,” he noted. “The last major flap in the area was in.1984, so we're due for arash in the hot spot areas. I’d say Castlegar is one of them.” Strainic encourages witnesses to report local sightings to him direct- ly by calling MUFON (683-6168). towards. Castlegar one night, nights. groups ; wit- NEWS From the’ Fringe PHOTO SUBMITTED BY D. Paetuau’ - Boat or UFO? For three nights in October, Dean Paetkau observed this speeding object cruising back and forth on or above the Kootenay River near the Brilliant Dam. But it didn't take off into space - only towards Nelson the other UFO reports for some: The other contact number is UFORIC (685-1836), operated by Lorne Goldfeather. 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