‘ mw Ab Castlegar News April 2, 1989 ENTERTAINMENT <7 Dixie Lee ue Fans Have Great FON OR Taste! 2816 Columbia Ave Say. canter smmenirenames LOS ANGELES (AP-CP) — In true Hollywood style, a quiet film about the disconnected soul of an autistic Rain Man won Oscars for best picture, best original screen-play, best director Barry Levinson and best actor Dustin Hoffman 365-5304 D.sar- D DINING LCUNGE OPEN 4 P.M. DAILY AIR CONDITIONED RESERVATIONS WESTAR & COMINCO FOR PRIVATE PARTIES VOUCHERS ACCEPTED 365-3294 Located | Mile South of Weigh Scale in Ootischenia — LICENCED DINING ROOM — S April Special Shrimp Platter Value of $17.90 for only $8.95! SS" Available Monday to Saturday 4-8 pe m. Eat in only. Bring a Friend. WE ACCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR & COMINCO MEAL TICKETS = PH. 365-8155 1004 Columbia Ave., Castlegar OLD-TIME FIDDLER CONTEST & DANCE Castlegar Arena Complex Registration of Contestants Preliminaries ..... Finals & Dance 0 6:30 p: FOR INFORMATION 365-2563 Sponsored by Kootenay No. 9 — B.C. Oldtime Fiddlers Association “ht is for us a Cinderella story,” Hoffman said backstage at, Wed nesday night's 61st Academy Awards. “The picture was literally cancelled three or four times.” It also had a screenplay~and much-rewritten went through™ four directors over two years. Jodie Foster, a former child star, won the best actress award and her first Oscar for her emotional portrayal of the angry, traumatized victim of a gang rape in The Accused “Cruelty might be human and it might-be cultural, but it’s not accep table, about id that’s what this movie is said Foster, nominated for the award in 1976 at age who was 12 for playing a child prostitute in Taxi Driver Her dark-horse victory was over the more favored actresses Glenn Close, in Dangerous Liaisons, and Melanic Griffith's Working Girl Weater, nominated for best actress Sigourney and best neithet Supporting actress, won Dangerous Liaisons, a saga of sexual gamesmanship and deceit among __ the NOW SHOWING: SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI wealthy in _ pre revolutionary France, won three Oscars — for art direction, costum and adapted sereenplay by writer Christopher Hampton Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the in- ventive comic blend of animation and live action, won three technical Oscars visual “effects, film editing and sound effects editing — and a special its 53-year-old animator, Toronto: Richard award for born chief Williams BOTH WINNERS Geena Davis, who played a bubbly, eccentric dog trainer in The Accidental Tourist, and Kevin Kline, the pseudo intellectual, goldfish-devouring jewel thief in A Fish Called Wanda, won in supportingtoles Denmark won best foreign language film for the second straight year with writer-director Bille Auglist’s Pelle the Conqueror, a grim picture of farm life in Denmark early in the century. Best song was Carly Simon’s Let the River Run from Working Girl. The academy nominated only three Songs this year, instead of the usual five, and didn’t have them performed during the show Producer Allan Carr said the show's opening riumber would be the most ex citing 15 minutes in television history. Instead, the man who put La Cage aux Folles on Broadway gave thé world a /Stiow White lookalike trilling Proud Mary to Hollywood brat packer Rob Lowe. The night belonged to the Raiiv Man himself “I'm supposed to be jaded at this point; I’m very honored,"’ Hoffman, 51, said in a halting, emotional voice after a rare standing ovation from the ain Man captures Oscars Shrine Autitorium audience. He won the award in 1979 for Kramer Vs. Hramer Backstage, he acknowledged the difficulty of creating Raymond Bab: bit, a **high-functional”’ autistic Who can perform genius-level feats of calculation and visualization, but is Unable to connect with other human beings, including a scheming younger brother who covets Raymond’s $3. million legacy “I’m hanging on by a fingernail,” he once told Levinson Rain Man with entered the awards ceremony eight. nominations, more than any other title, and has grossed $134.6 million at the box of fice. Rain Man lost the original score award to The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin) and art direction to Dangerous Liaisons. { BUSINESS April 2, 1989 Castlégar News _*7 Stores resist urging to switch to loonie OTTAWA (CP) — Th launched a campaign to get ret issued June 30. hopkeepers have been reluctant to order the coin Royal Canadian Mint has lers to 'make the change” to the new $1 coin before the last of the dollar bills are was introduced in 1987, The goverfiment said it would save $175 million over 20 years because the coins will last much longer than paper money Vending-machine companies, the blind and: transit systems are all boosters of the coin from banks for fear of offending customers who won't ac cept the H-sided, gold-colored ¢oin, stamped with the pic ture of a loon, The mint’s public-opinion polls indicate one-third of Canadians don’t like the new coin let it cross their palms “One in 20 explode,”* said Murray Church, the Mint’s director of communications “A very small minority are dictating the tune and they are stifling the ability of people who want the coin, or at least don’t have a problem, from getting their hands onit.”” So until June 30, the Bank of Canada will slap an orange sticker on every of dollar bills urging retailers to * and to order the and some won't ev bundle be ready for the change loonie. After that date, Canadians won't have much choice New bill features hawk OTTAWA (CP) Chemical Valley will be replaced by a diving hawk on the new $10 bill, the Bank of Canada has announced - The bill, entering circulation this summer, also features an enlarged portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald, ‘Canada’s first prime minister, the bank said. The current $10 bill features a panoramic view of Oil refineries in Sarnia, Ont. Environmenialists lobbied to have it removed from the note. The new bill, which remains predominanily purple, showsa flying osprey, along-winged hawk that dives for Disney Co. files suit LOS ANGELES (AP) Walt Disney Co. has filed suit against ihe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, alleging unauthorized use of its White character in whatit called an unflgttering opening number of Wednesday's Academy Awards Snow ceremony The show began with an actress dressed as Snow White being inter iewed in the lobby of the Shrine Auditorium, and then following a chorus. line of dancing stars down anaisle to thestage. In a Betty Boop yoice, Snow White then sang spoofs of popular with lyrics, to the em songs rewritten Oscar oriented barrassment of stars she called at tention to'in the front rows of the Shrine 'Maniy critics panned the produc tion number as arcane, glitzy and overdone, The show was broadcast live The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, copyright in Snow alleges fringement of Disney's White petition, and California anti-dilution law. 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Offer expires Dec. 31/89 Not valid July 6th - 16th Give your family a Calgary break - take in a play, concert or show, visit the Zoo, shop for items not available at home Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 5:30 p.m. Sunday Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m Reservations 825-4466 E Instructor — Ron Organizing Your Affairs Transportation of Dangerous Goods — Saturday, April 8, 8:30-3:30 p.m., $50 Mack, Arimack & Associates — Tuesday, April 4, 7-10 p.m., Free Rock band plays in student's basement CALGARY (CP) Not people can say an rock: band basement many internationally known played in their But Grant Harvey's home became a **crowded house’’ when the popular Australian group of the same name held a private concert in his south-side Calgary basement Harvey, a 23-year-old film student at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, even got the chance to Langham belt out a few tunes with Crowded House during the two-hour concert for 80 people The band selected Harvey's home after his four-minute, $87 video production was judged the best among hundreds entered from across Canada ina MuchMusic contest The national video music channel had asked contestants what their house would look like if Crowded House came over presents It’s expected that the last of the dollar bills will be out of cir- culation by fall Alasdair McKichan, president of the Retail Council of Canada, said many retailers don’t want to annoy customers who don't want the loon *“GUN-SHY “It tends to make cashiers a bit gun added that the coins come in $1,000 lots for some small stores. The minthas issued 185 million coins, butChureli says the coin still isn't widely availabl where they've gone “It's Hie 64-million-loonie question, “It’s one of the great because ori¢e they leave ihe certain how many are hun, pin many arein peopte’s top dresser drawers The $1 coin has hada tough time getting rolling since it shy," he said. He whichare too large and officials don’t know of the money business, we can’t be absolutely eriding machines, how fish. Mbout he said Don Adolph, currency bank, said the new scene is part of a total design change for all Canadian banknotes. “It wasn’t a question of taking off the view of the industrial complex, picking a totally different theme, namely birds.”” All the new series of Canadian bills now carry pic tures of birds, including a robin on the $2 notes, and a kingfisher on the $5 130 million $10 notes currently in cir culation will be replaced said. The lifespan of a $10 bill is about oe year The new $10 note is harder to counterfeit and in cludes features to. assist the visually impaired and to facilitate the operation of high-speed processing equip ment, Adolph said . research adviser at the Adolph said. It wasa question of as they wear out, the bank Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto and New York stock markets 1 a modest rally Friday, capping « lacklustre week of trading by interest rate-sensitive investors The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 30( anaged Pot 'o Gold composite index was up 17 3,578.22 to finish the week 31.33 poin points to is up from last week New York’s Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 12.28 to 2,293.62, finishing the week with a net gain of $0.58 points. investors Friday’s gain came as began to digest the idea that the economy down, something the Bank of Canada has might be slowing been trying to achieve by raising in terest rates, said analyst Ira Katzin of Merit Investment High interest rates, particularly in Canada, liave (urned investors off because they depress economic growth and corporate profits The feeling is that if the economy is slowing down, which everyone is Canadian gover nment will be able to lower interest hoping, then the rates,"’ Katzin said ‘Put that together with a lot of money on the sidelines waiting to be invested and that could make for an in teresting second half of the year."” In New York, airline issues were the standout gainers Your GROWTH MODEST Slowdown said close OTTAWA (CP) — Modest 0.4-per cent growth in the Canadian economy in January indicates the long-expected slowdown may be hand, economists said. “We're getting a softening-up of the economy,’’ said Michael McCracken of Informetrica John Crow, governor of the Bank of Canada, has been pushing up interest rates for months in an attempt to cool the economy aiid prevent a surge in in flation “It seems to be working but not as quickly as he would like,"” said Mc Cracken, who has warned that Crow's policy could produce a recession Statistics Canada said the inflation adjusted growth rate is even smaller close at 0.1 per cent — if the agriculture séctor The federal agency said the farm numbers tend to be inaccurate at the beginning of a year because they ate seasonally adjusted. There were declines in the mining and oil sector as-well_as the transpor is excluded, tation and industries, said Statistics Canada. Growth in gross domestic product storage all the goods and services produced in Canada was 0.5 per cent in December AS EXPECTED? Many economic been predicting slower growth, or even a mild recessiontate this year Mike Miller, an economist with the WEFA Group in Toronto, said the economy has remarkable ability Co shrug off high interest rates. The trend-setting Bank of Canada rate is 12.39 per cent forecasters have shown a near its highest level in four years. “While the economy has shrugged off high interest rates for the past six months, it may not be able to do so in the future and the economy will start to slow down,” said Miller ‘That January dicate that interest rates may be star numbers may in ting tograb.” WEFA released its March economic forecast Friday, saying consumers are beginning to feel the pinch of higher in terest rates “The major risk to the Canadian economy is that the central bank will misjudge how far to pust interest rates to bring inflation under control But Statistics figures indicating that, except for high Canada also released petroleum pfiges, there may not be much* inflationary pressure, The Yoverallsindex of prices fot industrial products in-February. was unchanged despite a surge iti the cost of petroleum and coal products — ETL NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Ootischenia Improvement District Sat., April 22 1 p.m. Ootischenia Hall Election of 2 Trustees, trustees report financial report EE CASTLEGAR SAVINGS INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. 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TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 365-7292 ext. 261 or 353 Selkirk College The Langham Cultural Centre in Kaslo is proud to present, as part of its month-long project Refugee/Refugiado, a__ special workshop led by Chilean theatre direc tor Lina de Guevara of the Puente Theatre Project, Victoria. The workshop will take place April 23 at the Langham Theatre The Puente Project has won acclaim for its performance of | Wasn't Born Here. The piect focuses on refugee women and-was collaboratively writ ten by the Women in the cast, them selves refugees despair and alienation of the refugees and their eventaul spiritual empower ment Using the techniques that evolved in the development of the Puente Project, director Line de Guevara will presenta ‘ workshop. This dynamic lifeskills w< tranformational theatre’ relevant to those intereste working in, theatre d too! Fhe fee-is $10>Regis vance Ist Call Bonanza $ | 00 Warm Ups at 5:40; $20 a game Tuesday, April 4 B.V. 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