Satiirday, January 4, 1992 AfierHOURS * HAVE WE MISSED you? J ——— upcoming event or a regular meeting and you want it listed in AfterHOURS, let us know. _Callour entertainment reporter Donna Bertrand at 365- 3517, fax us at 365-3334, or drop us a line at P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4. DEADLINE Deadline for listings in AfterHOURS is Friday at 5 p.m. CLUBS PERFORMING ARTS CASTLEGAR Banjo’s Pub San Jose West Sunday, 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. 365-6933 Brewskies Pub Bad Reputation Wednesday. to Saturday 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Exotic Dancers Mondays to Saturdays ~3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Talent Search Every Monday 9:30 p.m:~ 365-2700 Dexter’s Pub Crossroads Wednesday. to Saturday 9:30p.m.to 1:30am — 365-5311 Marlane Hotel Exotic Dancers ~ Monday to Saturday Noon to 12:30 a.m: 365-2626 ROBSON Lion’s Head Pub Karaoke Wednesday. 8 p.m. to midnight 365-5811 TRAIL Crown Point Pub Eastern Breeze - Wednesday to Saturday 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | 368-8232 - A ROSSEAND——__ Powder Keg Pub Men in the Making r'Wendesday to Saturday 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. 362-7375 NELSON Library Lounge No entertainment scheduled 352-5331 Boiler Room Nightclub Comedians Wednesdays 9:30 p.m. 352-5331 ART GALLERIES \ NELSON Nelson Museum Peter Valisek’s Fear of Flying Jan. 6 to Jan. 31 352-9813. . TRAIL Trail Society for the Performing Arts Performance ’91 Ballet North Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. CASTLEGAR Castle Theatre Double Feature Little Man Tate and Billy Bathgate Tonight through Thursday 365-7621 TRAIL Royal Theatre Hook « Tonight through Thursday 7:30 p.m. 364-2114 NELSON Civic Theatre The Addams Family, 7 p.m. Hook, 9 p.m. Tonight through Thursday 352-5833 Beta Sigma Phi (Exemplar) ist and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Various locations Next Meeting:Jan. 8 365-3114 : Beta Sigma Phi (Preceptor) -+st- Wednesdays ,7 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: Jan. 8 365-3401 Beta Sigma Phi (Ritual of Jewels) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Various locations Next meeting:Jan. 8 365-6892 Canadian Cancer Society (Castlegar Unit) 2nd Monday of every other month 7:00 p.m. ° Castlegar Health Unit Next meeting: Jan. 13 365-6498 Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Action Committee 1st Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Next meeting: Jan. 7 365-8237 or 365-0085 Castlegar City Council o-— + = | ‘CATERING ~ "BIG OR SMA WE CATER TO ALL“ DEE Catercw | ES 365-8369 § Uptown Rossla FASHION —opeN 362-01 Regular meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Council chambers Next meeting: Jan. 7 © 365-7227 Castlegar Hospital Board 4th Thursdays - Hospital board room Next meeting: Jan. 23, 7 p.m. 365-7711 Castlegar School Board 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. School board office Next meeting: Jan. 20 365-7731 Gastleview Care Centre Auxiliary 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Castle View Next meeting: Jan. 22 365-3754 Christian Women’s Club 2nd Thursdays Fireside Inn Next meeting: Jan. 16, 11 a.m. 365-7728 David Thompson Stamp Club 2nd Mondays, 7:30 p.m. St. David’s Undercroft Next meeting: Jan. 13 365-5496 Kinnaird Women’s Institute 3rd Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Next meeting: Jan. 16 365-5441 Kiwanis Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Jenny's Cafe Next meeting: Jan. 7 365-2151 Knights of Pythias — Twin Rivers | 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Jan. 6 365-6149 : Kootenay No. 9 Oldtime Fiddlers Monthly 2:30 p.m. Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Jan. 26 359-7621 Kootenay Temple #37 Pythian Sisters |\What’s on around the West Kootenay p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Jan. 9 365-5282 Lions Club 2nd and 4th-Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sandman Inn : Next meeting: Jan. 14 Regional District of Central Kootenay Next meeting: Jan. 11 Nelson, 9 a.m. 352-6665 Rotary Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Sandman Inn Next meeting: Jan. 7 365-2780 : Selkirk:Weavers and Spinners Gulid ee 3rd Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. - Castlegar Doukhobor Museum Next meeting: Jan. 15 -. 365-5918 SHSS Parent Advisory Council 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. SHSS Library Next meeting: Jan. 28 365-7735 Strokers Club 2nd Wednesday of each month 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Jan. 8 359-7480 or 365-3540 West Kootenay Family Historians 1st Monday of every month 7 p.m., downstairs at the Castlegar Public Library Next meeting: Jan. 6 365-6519 West Kootenay Naturalists — « Association No meetings for December orJanuary February dates to be announced 365-4933 Women’s Aglow Monthly Various locations Next meeting: Jan. 8, 10 a.m., Legion Hall 365-3279 @ Saturday, January 4, 1992 OurPEOPLE— Battle Wl Matching wits with those extra inches is a common post-Christmas dilemma, but a‘ weight control expert says the - fight can be won once and for all Donna Bertrand NEWS REPORTER Have the holidays left you feeling like a cow? If so, you’re not alone — most - people overindulge during the ~ holiday season, but let’s face it, it’s practically impossible not to. And hey, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? But it’s the start of a new year, and clothes a little tighter, you decide now is the time to do something about it, a resolve that makes this time of year the busiest of all for weight loss centres such as Weight Watchers. : “New Year’s resolutions, making a new start, that sort of thing,” says t area manager Anne Judge, explaining the January rush. The people who join Weight Watchers are as varied as the amount of weight they want to lose;— but if a common factor had to be found, Judge said, it would be that most members are female and between the ages of 25 and 54. “Women join more I think because we’re probably more conscious of our appearance,” she said. “Also, women are more into the work force now than maybe they were a few ago, so (they) feel more conscious.” As well as a desire to look and feel better, Judge says people join Weight Watchers to gain better control over their-lives. “One of the things you don’t feel is control and you want to feel in control. So that’s part of it. “And for the lifestyle, you know in today’s lifestyle people are more active,” she said. The trend towards a healthier lifestyle, in which people are a lot more aware of what is and isn’t good for them, has contributed to the success of the Weight Watchers’ program, she said. “Our program is basically healthy eating so I think we fit in with today’s lifestyle probably more so now than ever before,” she said. _ “J think it’s worked for us because we’re not a fad weight loss. We concentrate on lifestyle changes and on healthy, balanced, nutritional of the HLee— be rn delic' 10US vanilla cake Cherry pie tarte aux Cerises meals. We don’t concentrate on rapid weight loss, in fact. we’re against it. Our weight loss is a pound, pound and a half, to two pounds a week which we feel is a really good weight loss. ; People who join Weight Watchers learn through weekly meetings how to change the habits that made them overweight in the first place. There are no contracts to sign, just a personal commitment to stick ‘with the program for as long as each member wants. Counselling at the meetings play an important role in the success of. the program, Judge said, but equally important is the support system offered at the meetings. “The group support is very important because sometimes you are the only person in the family who has a weight problem, so then where’s your support coming from? And most of us have to learn how to ask for support so that’s another thing,” she said. That support system also helps when members are confronted by people who appear to be trying to sabotage their efforts, or as Judge calls them, “pressure feeders.” She said it’s common for, say, another member of the dieter’s household to encourage them to eat more. But, in all fairness, most pressure feeders do mean well, she-said. “I don’t think they do it out of a malicious intent, I think they do it because they know we enjoy food,” she said. “I don’t think they really want to sabotage you, I think they just know we enjoy our food and they want you to feel good. “And of course, if you’ve been on a diet on and off for a long time, people.don’t know you're serious.” Ending that on-again, off-again battle with the bulge comes from permanent changes in eating habits, Judge says. “You can’t say, ‘well, I’m going to go and lose weight and then Im going to go back to my old habits’ because your old habits are what got you overweight in the first place. “One of the things we have to recognize is we can eat anything we want, but we have to eat it in proper portions. So what is a portion? To some people, a portion might be half a pie, to another, it’s just a sliver.” She said weighing food teaches members how to judge a proper portion. “And eventually you get where your eyes are a good judge.” Rounding out the components for success — the menus, the behavior management. guidance, and the benefits of a group support system — is an exercise program members are encouraged to follow. Dr. Ronna Kabatznick, psychological consultant to Weight Watchers, says it all boils down to control. “To lose weight and establish positive eating habits for life, it is important to take control of food rather than allowing it to control you,” she says. i Still feel like ordering that pizza?