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Call (509) 838-6122. Or contact your travel agent “single rates start at $40. Ride th & Vote! A+ N_ E W: STYLE | or oli Ricki Lee Rysen takes a moment out from Christmas carol singing at the main branch of the Castlegar and District Public Library Saturday afternoon. Singing was led by Liz Thor Larsen, and was followed by a puppet show put on by Sandy Reilly and Shirley Giles, and a visit from Santa CosNewsPhoto by Adrian Chomberioun Re oe Soe . HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Cops "a robbers, robots and Hollywood's ( tree this year as the film studios stage a year-end blitz of movies ranging from. soft-focus nostalgia to 2ist-century adventure. Heroes and heroines abound, with the likes of Sissy Spacek, Jeff Bridges, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Matt Dillon, Tom Selleck, Eddie Murphy and Goldie Hawn pitted against bad guys such as rock star Gene Simmons of the band Kiss. A few serious films, including David Lean’s A Passage to India, will erop up in what traditionally is a period devoted to big-budget fantasies such as 2010 and Dune or comic confections such as Michael Keaton's Johnny Dangerously or Dudley Moore's Micki and Maude. Falling in Love, starring Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro, and Supergirl were released last month, but studios hope they'll pull in holiday box office dollars. Eddie Murphy started the ball rolling with Beverly Hills Cop in which the versatile comedian plays a police officer from the East tracking down killers in Southern California. Advance reviews of the film indicate the laughs begin early and tail off toward the end. Murphy maniacs should like it. Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, in what Warner Bros. hopes will be dream-come-true casting, followed with City Heat in which the popular film stars portray a cop and a private eye, respectively 2010, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, also opened with Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren and Keir Dullea (in a brief appearance), taking up where the computer, Hal 9000, and the spaceship, Discovery, left off. Initial reviews indicate the MGM-UA release will satisfy neither those who loved the deep-thinking original or moviegoers who cut their science fiction teeth on the A_CHRISTMAS TRADITION Nutcracker on tour TORONTO (CP) The Nutcracker, a Christmastine tradition that also is a great money-maker, celebrated its 20th anniversary in the repertoire of the National Ballet of Canada when it opens a three-city tour in Ottawa Tuesday The Nutcracker was first performed in Russia in 1892 with music especially created by Tchaikowsky who, tired and ill, resisted the assignment, complaining that “my brain is empty.” When it opened, critics hailed the music but hated the ballet, terming it “an insult” with nothing more than “carnival fair characters.” But in this century it has become synonymous with Christmas wherever the holiday is observed, performed by all the great companies in London, Paris, New York and here The National Ballet's version choreographed by Celia Franca, founder and former artistic director, has been seen by 900,000 customers since it made its premiere in Toronto on Boxing Day, 1964 The late, great George Balanchine who danced in The Nutcracker as a child in his native Russia, introduced it to his New York City Ballet in 1954 and it still runs for a whole month each season. When Balanchine's Nutcracker was televised in 1958 it set off a chain reaction across North America with most every professional and amateur dance company seeking to mount its own version MAKES MONEY It’s such a money-maker the National Association of Regional Ballet in the United States reports 140 of its 153 member companies perform the ballet Not only is the National Ballet's version always a sellout, it also attracts more people to the ballet for the first time than any other work A highlight is the battle scene between the toy soldiers and followers of the King of the Mice and it is a tradition that local celebrities perform the non-dancing roles of the two stretcher- bearers. Soviet BROUND THé GOR ICE CAPADES Spokane Day Tour Dec. 26,27, 28 & 29 $pekone-Sheraton AND KONGS' Concert & DonceDec, ca) Stage Coach - Wes’ Non Yours Brunch TPee 30 only RENO BUS TOUR 7 Doys a} the Sundowner Incl. Cocktail Party & Special Events All inclusive LOY Specto! Tou Artsscrions inchude: D Hail of Fame Wex Museum HENNE TRAVEL CHB ISTETES Begins witha visit to Henne's or West's Travel KINGSTON TRIO & ICE ako Ne YEAR’S AT THE SHERATON eT) 514 “NEW Y YEAR S AT SHERATON 5109 NEW YEAR’ SAT THE en 51 WEW YEAR’S AT THE RIDPATH $179 on DEC. 29 - NEW YEAR’S RENO $329. SPRINGBREAK FLY TOUR DISNEYWORLD & FLORIDA 9 Nights /10 Days — Departs Mar. 29 Epcot Con. tre, Circus World. Seo World, Cypress Gordens ond Stars to stay put MILAN, ITALY (AP) Soviet film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who decided in July not to return home, says he wants to stay in Italy, where “Russian artists al ways have found a privileged creative working atmos phere.” on © Two tickets @ Champagne on arrival 566%... © Two tickets © Champagne on arrivat Former Conservative leader Robert Stanfield and author Pierre Berton are among those who performed in the past and for the current Ottawa run the chores will be handled by Justice Minister John Crosbie, Veterans Affairs Minister George Hees and columnists Charles Lynch and Richard Gwyn. Media personalities in Toronto and Hamilton will include Knowlton Nash of the CBC's The National, his wife Lorainne Thompson, and Connie Smith of CHCH-TV, Hamilton. When the Nutcracker was introduced in London in 1934 und when the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo toured the United States with it in the 1940s, adults danced the children's roles. But when Balanchine put children back in the act in the 1950s it was hailed as a brilliant idea to give young ballet students the opportunity for on-stage experience As usual, the Nationa! Ballet will use young students of the National Ballet School in its three-city tour, with Kelly Macdonald and Gail Skrela sharing the role of Clara The ballet is a great confection of beautiful Sugar Plum Fairies, romantically handsome Nutcracker Princes, dancing gingerbread cookies and glittering snow maidens. School concerts on this week By CasNews Staff Looking to get in the Christmas spirit? A school Christmas concert is the surest bet. Upcoming Christmas concerts at Castlegar schools are as follows: Blueberry Creek Elementary School — Dec. 20 at 7 p.m Castlegar Primary School — Dec Ootischenia Elementary School Pass Creek Elementary School Robson Elementary School Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m Tarrys and Shoreacres Schools — Dec. 18 at 7 p.m Twin River Elementary School (Talent show) — Dec 20 at 1 p.m Woodland Park Elementary School (Two concerts) Dee. 18 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 20 at 7 p.m Kinnaird Junior Secondary School 18 at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at 7 p.m Dec. 19 at 7 p.m Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. ling Star Wars trilogy The competition really heated up on Friday, when six major films began slugging it out for a share of the box office dollar and Academy Award notice. Universal has its own science-fiction powerhouse, Dune, based on the classic novel by Frank Herbert. It features Ken McMillan and rock singer Sting. Starman also enters the fantasy film arena, with Jeff Bridges portraying an alien who falls in love with Earthling Karen Allen. Another futuristic yarn, Runaway, features Tom Selleck as a cop trying to track down a bunch of nefarious robots who do the bidding of baddie Gene Simmons. Francis Coppola's much-troubled Cotton Club also debuted, with Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines and Lonette McKee starring in a story about prohibition era Harlem. But Orion Pictures faces an uphill battle making a profit on the movie, which had a budget that soared to nearly $50 million during a series of squabbles involving producer Robert Evans and his financial backers. British director David Lean, in his first film in 14 years, comes out with A Passage to India, based on the E.M. Forster novel. It features Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox and Sir Alex Guinness in a story of cultural clashes in 1920s India. Lean’s previous works include Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Bridge on the River Kwai. His films have won 24 Oscars. Other holiday movies include: e The River which debuts on Dec acek and: Mel Gibson; e Johnny Dangerously, the 1930s gangster spoof starring Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo, on Dec. 21 e Protocol, also on Dec. 21, in which Goldie Hawn plays a cocktail waitress who, in an only-in-Hollywood twist of fate, becomes head of prototol for the State Department 19 with Sissy e Nostalgia pieces, debut on Dec. 21 e And, Disney will re-issue the 1940 evergreen, Pinocchio, which if the usual pattern of Disney re-issues holds true, should prove considerably more popular than most films on the yuletide scene Birdy and The Flamingo Kid, © Room for one night ‘double Sheraton-Spokane Hotel PRESENTS Nutcracker Ballet $7qQo0 @ Room for one night /double Canaan currency ancountes 12/14 through 12/16 Sx for room rare OPERA (Times vary) Ice Capades 12/25 through 12/30 COUSEUM (Times vary) For Reservations, cam your travel agent & the Sheraton’s toll free number 1-800-848-9600 Concert a success By CasNews Staff Kinnaird Elementary school put on a successful Christmas concert Wednes day night which attracted an audience of 400. Students in Grade 6 put on a nativity play, which was accompanied by Bible read ing and carol singing by stu- dents in Grades 4 and 5 Teacher Joan Tuck co ordinated the The Kinnaird/Valley Vista par ents’ group supported the concert by holding a raffle and bake sale during the evening. More carol singing by the students followed the play event We will be locoted in the Fireside CHECKERS PUB WerAnet ‘SEAT BONATION ++ + Costl rf Branch of B.C. Medical ot physicians’ spouse: ‘donated tive infant ‘salety seats to She Public Health Unit safety seat loaner program in Castlegar. Castlegar is one of eight B.C. , recen- Perrier, Ade’ communities to receive the safety seats. Public Health nurse Susan le Yule and Ruth Hall Little (second from right) accepts seats from Auxiliary members (from left) Catrina Ward, Donna Van Vliet, Carla Streich, Karine Johnson and (far right) Muriel Walton. Missing are Jean Merritt, Rita Dolls get new look WINNIPEG (CP) — Cab bage Patch dolls that begin to show the wear and tear of too much affectionate han dling can get a new lease on life, thanks to Rosina Camp- self-styled Cabbage “People who hear about idea are flipping and say, ‘why didn't I think of that7’,” said Campbell, 33, an un employed secretary until the business brainwave popped into her head one day. “When you come right Job openings Details of these and other job opportunities are available at: Canede Employment Centre An orea employer is looking tor 0 Certified Ai y Painter ($47) Winning Western numbers The winning numbers in Wednesday's Western Ex press Lottery were: For $100,000, the prize numbers are 1818464, 131391, and 139231 The $50,000 prize numbers are 1960937 and 1042137. The five merchandise prize num. bers are 256A429, 2098886, 282C723, 291D551, 259E613. The millionaire club number is 4. The Lotto West Jackpot of $391,486.43 was carried over. The eight numbers drawn were 7, 9, 82, 37, 40, 42, 43. The bonus number was 23. The 5 correct plus bonus number category was carried over. Paes eight winners of the correct category win eri 60 each; 1,130 winners of the 4 correct category win $85.50 each and 18,069 of the day's jackpot is estimated at $525,000.00. a and Hilda ore back! HILLTOP CAFE UNDER is NEW MANAGEMENT. Join ut tor breoktest lunch and dinner GOOD HOME COOKING Open 7 6.m. - 9pm. Doily down to it, it makes sense,” said Campbell. “The kids ab- solutely love the dolls and play with nothing else. But they don’t always have clean hands and the dolls get dirty.” She said she tried a few things and found out how to best treat the popular dolls, then placed an advertisement in the newspaper “At first I got no calls at all but then they started coming and I'm getting pretty busy now. “I think people tell their friends and then the friends call.” A spokesman for Coleco Nelson lawyer to plead next week NELSON (CP) — Nelson lawyer Ronald Khadikin will plead this week to charges of buggery and gross indency, cy, while his trial on a sep arate charge of attempting to obstruct justice will begin Jan. 21 Khadikin, who kept prac tising law after being charged Oct. 19, surrendered his licence Dec. 7. Khadikin was expected to enter pleas on all the charges Monday, but said he pleaded not guilty to obstruction and will plead on the other charges when he appears again in court on Dee. 19 Dec. 19. The case attracted atten tion in late October when Judge Stewart Enderton granted a defence request for a ban on publication of the department's name. A week later the judge reversed himself, saying he had ex ceeded his authority Canada Ltd. in Montreal says about 20 million dolls have been sold in North America since they were introduced. In Canada alone this year, the company distributed 1,250,000 dolls to retailers. KEEPS SECRETS Campbell has a few secrets about her washing methods. “(It involves) a safe bio degradable substance that will not harm the materials the dolls are made of and stuffed with. It’s harmless, even as children kiss their dolls.” It takes about 20 minutes to clean each doll. “The most important thing is to keep water out of the head during washing and to dry the doll very slowly. If there's water in the head you could end up with mildew. If the doll dries too fast, you get spots in the body.” Campbell says the dolls are usually left for about five days, which can be a problem because “some kids find that long a separation quite trau matic.” The dolls don't always come clean at first and they have to be washed again after they dry. LUNCH IN THE 1 Open Monday through SALAD BAR (Monday thi BREAKFAST (Mon. to 884 RESTAURANT Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. rough Saturday ) — $3.95 Sat.) Starting at 6 a.m. PECIAL — $3.50 the new 5G ram Feet Lilititiiiit TIT? siilit trail b.c. Crossword Seeing Stars . . . answer in Wednesday paper 2 Tropa cal frit 13 WB ai arm 15 Melville novel fibeil : f AQu DIIGLUA er ez 28 5 i YVATQUB 112 Sailor's saint 14 Charge property 11S It's famous for its sweaters uw 118 Follow closely 128 Wood sorrel ‘Avernge time of sohstion: 67 minutes. cRYPTOQqUIP TAUBPVX AQRA DRLCAUGE equsB T eye Cerphegely che: Lerma ERP IPUW C JJYVBD u METALLINE FALLS, WASH. — The FBI “mur- dered” neo-Nazi white supre- mist Robert Mathews in a fi- ery shootout on Whidbey Is- land two weeks ago, says his widow. Debbie Mathews made the accusationin a statement this week. She said her husband was innocent of FBI charges and was murdered because he was “brave enough to stand up and fight for God, truth and their race.” Matthews said the FBI wouldn't let her speak to her husband as he was holed up ina Vancouver man's cottage on Whidbey Island, south of Bellingham. An FBI SWAT team poured gunfjre into the house for two days before it exploded in flames. Mathews had been wanted for an armored ear robbery and for wounding an FBI agent in a shootout in Port- land three weeks ago. I will not have my hus- band's name besmirched af- ter his death,” said Mat thews. FORA SPARKLING CHRISTMAS XMAS SPECIAL ONE ONLY $1199 SY “Bosse’s Jewellery 1979 Ltd. 1104 - 3rd St., Castlegar 365-7141 OMMUNITY Bulletin Board ST. DAVID'S THRIFT SHOP Will be closed tor the holidays, trom Tuesday, December Bridge results Thirteen pairs competed at the Dec. 10 meeting of the Joy Keillor Bridge Club at the Nordic Hall The average was 60, with the following winners: Con. nie Miller and Clara Johnson with 73, Gwen Krueger and Hubert Hunchak with 69'/, Grace Donaldson and Agnes Chariton with 687, Mark McPhail and Sally Walters with 6412, Joy Ramsden and Judy Sheppard with 63, and Mark Budez and Hugh Auld with 62. 18 until Tuesday, January 8. Please do not leave 4 during that period 3/100 CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Castlegor Evangelical Free Church, 7 p.m. December 16. 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