June 14, 19 3RD ANNUAL-KOOTENAY CRUE ERS: mance TOMMY & ‘& THE T-BIRDS SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH RECREATION COMPLEX $12.00 advance 19 Or Over @. Midnight Snack Tickets at: Avenues Halt Design. 1480, Columbia Ave., Castlegar ¢ Castlegar $un, 466 Columbia Ave., Castlegar ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch 170 2 pm-8 pm Mon.-Thurs. 2 pm-10 pm Fri, - Sat. 11 am- 11 pm BINGO EVERY THURSDAY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EVERY SRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Sundays with members welcome] bia Ave., Castleg 365-7017 Choral crowd — Students from Robson Elementary School entertained family and friends during their Spring Concert, held earlier last week at Stanley Humphries Secondary School in the Activity Room. SUN PHOTO / Alexa Pongracz Acclaimed Miss Saigon opens in Vancouver Submitted OR d 8 995 a a e p EXCLUSIVE FEATURES © WomeENs PLOUGH PULLING COMPETITION SUNFLOWER SEED SPITTING COMPETITION * WomEN's HOLLERING * EVENING TALENT SHOW WITH LOCAL & OUT OF TOWN TALENT TO PERFORM CALL 365-5321 FOR TABLE RENTAL CALL 359-7531 GUIDED TOURS TOURS ARE AVAILABLE MAY THROUGH AUGUST AT THE FOLLOWING B.C. HYDRO FACILITIES * KOOTENAY CANAL GENERATING STATION * SEVEN MILE GENERATING STATION ° H. L. KEENLEYSIDE DAM Hugh Keenleyside Dam is located 8 km. upstream from Castlegar. The facility is a Columbia River Treaty storage dam and features westem Canada’s only navigational lock. Drop in tours are available at 9:00 a.m. 10:00 am, 11:00 am., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. seven day a week. Please call 365-5299. Seven Mile Station is located 25 km. from Trail off Highway 22. The facility has been operating since 1979 and consists of three hydroelectric generators. Tours are available Monday - Friday (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) except holidays. Please call 367-7521 Kootenay Canal Generating Station is located 21 km. west of Nelson just off Highway 3A. The facility has been operating since 1976 and consists of four hydroelectric generators. Tours are available Monday - Friday (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) except holidays. Please call 359-7287. TOURS ARE FREE OF CHARGE BChydro “FRE Sar sun ® 16 17 18 19 20 The Vancouver premiere of the Cameron Mackintosh pro- duction of the London and The paintings of well known Kootenay artist MARIA _ | CROSSLEY y are now available. To view, call Mariana Broadway blockbuster musical Miss Saigon will begin an eight- week limited engagement on Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, with its first preview at 8 p.m. Miss Saigon is a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, the creators of Les Miserables. Music for Miss Saigon is by Mr. Schonberg, with lyrics by Mr. Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr., adapted from original French lyrics by Mr. Boublil The Vancouver premiere engagement of Miss Saigon is presented by arrangement with Concert Productions~Internation- al and Perryscope Concert Pro- ductions Subscribers to Vancouver Opera, Perryscope Broadway Theatre Series and Theatre League of Vancouver will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets to Miss Saigon. Priority seating for groups of 20 or more is now available by calling Headquarters Entertain- ment at (604) 684-HITS (4487). Single tickets will go on sale in September. CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE June 18th tren 6: 30 pm red 9:30 pm Eldorado Bingo Hall on the Espanade, Trail, BC cab ‘SHAU 10 le Miss Saigon tells a tragic story of love and self-sacrifice involving a young Vietnamese girl and an American soldier at the time of the fall of Saigon in 1975. In a society tom apart by the aftermath of war, the American dream becomes a symbol of salvation and two peo- ple, the victims of fate. The director of Miss Saigon is Nicholas Hytner, who received the ‘Evening Standard Award and the London Theatre Critics Cir- cle Award as Best Director for his work on the musical. Musical staging is by acclaimed Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian. Miss Saigon reunites members of Les Miserables design team, with scenic design by John Napier, lighting design by David Hersey, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger, and sound by Andrew Bruce Miss Saigon had its world pre- miere at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on September 20, 1989. Now in its sixth year, Miss Saigon is the greatest musical success at the Drury Lane since My Fair Lady. The Broadway production, beginning its fifth year, opened on April 11, 1991 at the Broad- way Theatre; and the Tokyo pro- duction opened May, 1992 at the Imperial Theatre. The Toronto production of Miss Saigon opened May 1993 at the new Princess of Wales Theatre, designed and constructed espe- cially for the show. Productions are currently running in Stuttgart, Germany, Budapest and Szeged, Hungary. Local library an artist’s gem Submitted Classrooms and studios may be closed for the summer months, but the Kootenay School of the Arts library is still open to the public. The KSA library collection is a true gem for artists, crafts people, writers and anyone interested in the arts. The library includes more than 3,500 books and car- ries dozens of arts, design and crafts magazines as well as a selection of writing journals Anyone in the West Kootenay area is welcome to sign up for a borrower's card and take out up to five books for a two week peri- od at no charge. Large colour print books which focus on works by Raphael, Picasso and Matisse are available as well as how-to books for ceramic artists, metalworkers and ‘weavers. The KSA library is open Mon- day to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. but closed for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m. The library is located in the KSA building at 503 Front Street For more information about the library, please call Kootenay School of the Ants at (604) 352-2821 Atkinson to read from acclaimed first novel Submitted Local author Diana Atkinson will be reading at the Book Gar- den Cafe in Nelson, June 23 at 7:30 p.m.. She has recently released her first novel, Highways and Dancehalls, to critical acclaim. John Doyle of the Globe and Mail has proclaimed it “an unprecedented Canadian novel— a startlingly confident account of the female experience in the underbelly of Canadian society.” Her writing has been compared to Herman Melville, Booker Prize winner James Kelman, and Evelyn Lau in its ability to por- tray, with sensitivity, candour and humour, a particular face of the society in which she lives. See READING 7B Wednesday, June 14, 1995 The Castlegar Sun New book Submitted For ies the p of Sasquatch: a big foot- ed hairy beast living in the Pacific Northwest, and the leg- ond Of od ie ie Blume peeis of the Flimalayas, Rave aroused curiosity all over the world. With numerous sightings reported all along the Pacific Coast, from California to Alaska, the mystery surrounding a manlike; apelike creature who could very well exist, shakes even the most adamant of skeptics. «In her novel, The Link, as she created her Sasquatch char- acter, Franoe Liberte kept as close as possible to the descrip- tions offered in the many documented reports of sightings, Fictitious The Link focuses on real-life accounts of Sasquatch But, upon completion of The Link, France Liberte sent query letters to many publishers and found herself in a catch-22. They do not read an unpublished author's work, and if they do not read it, that new author has no chance of ever being published. But that didn’t stop Liberte. She printed a few copies of her book and lent them to friends and family whose critiques were: “The novel is captivating from beginning to end filled with adventures, and the characters are lov- able, the Sasquatch as well as the humans”. ‘Their enthu- siasm was so overwhelming, it urged her to take destiny into her own hands. She hired a professional to help edit her artist to draw the cover, and ventured into the self- alee lishing market, Guess what? The public loves it! After only a few months, she is moving tu ‘ie second print. In her story, Liberte transports us in a field of emo- tions; from laughter to crying, though an action packed adventure that brings us to live precious moments, through a young woman's eyes, among 4 family of seven Sasquatch. These warm and lovable beings bring us back to a primitive way of, life when man had virtually no lan- guage. Deep in the wilderness, we are drawn into a series of unique adventures, where friendship and family ties are valued as much as life itself. » Castlegar residents can now find Liberte’s The Link at the Castlegat Book Store. Show is big on craft Made by Hand Until July 9, the National Exhibition Centre Gallery in Castlegar is showing “Made by Hand: The Pleasure of Making”. This is a craft show working in a great variety of media such as yarn, fabric, wood, metal, paper, sequins, glass, clay and types of glaze. There are sketches, photos, unfinished objects, tools and diaries. The interesting part of this show is the way the artists demonstrate the making process from start to finish. I enjoyed the imaginative paper mache from coats to folk art and bright colored masks. These are just samplings, so go and visit this delightful show and see which are your favorites. Recapitutations Steele’s show of prints “Recapitulations” is in the smaller galléry at the National Exhibition Centre Gallery in Castlegar, and is divided into a light and dark series. Some lines are recapitulations of hisMife, taking old pieces of drawing, old landscapes and his favorite flowers. The light series are extremely colorful, showing a variety of pinks framed in silver. The dark series have woodcut and grid overlays and are framed in black. It was good to have the artist here from the coast to explain his work to guests. Congratulations to the NEC for bringing in the oboe and flute players to add to the enjoyment of open- ing night of this show. MARGARET PRYCE Eclectic Dimensions At the Trail Creek Studios on Cedar Avenue in Trail, there is a show called Eclectic Dimensions. This is a group exhibition showing recent contemporary works by nine local artists. The show exhibits from June 1 to July 29. Children’s Concert There is to be a children’s concert series in Trail starting at the end of the“year. Get your application form from Castlegar Library with more details or phone 352-6220. Visac Gallery The Visac Gallery in Trail is showing the work by the Selkirk Weavers and the fabric ‘artist Ursula Rettich. This display features works that will travel to Prince George in July for a conference of NW North American weavers. The theme of this conference is “Reach for the Stars”. The. weavers chose the beautiful aurora bore- alis colour harmonies. = Reading ($) Value and quali great selection. Continued from 6B for a pen instead of a drink,” The book chronicles the journeys, physical and emo- tional, of a young stripper, 17- year-old Sarah, as she travels the bar circuit along the British Columbia coast. Based on Sarah’s journals, it tells “the story of what happened when a stripper, after picking up her G-string from the carpet, went back to her room and reached says ‘Atkinson. Atkinson won Event Maga- zine’s Creative Non-fiction Con- test in 1992. She has lived in Vancouver and Montreal and cur- tently resides in Nelson. The reading is co-sponsored by the Nelson Municipal Library and tie Book Garden Cafe with funding assistance from the B.C. Writers in Libraries Program. GRAPES Product of U.S.A No. | Grade 2.82 kg/b FRYING CHICKEN 2.16 kg/Ib .98 Grade A or Utility (as available). Fresh. Whole. 3 per Bag. UMIT OF 1 BAG. a wi ies ERS 5 Ib Chub at $4.90 Fletcher's "216 kg @ 216kg> @ lucerne. Sold as a 0-665-LUNG BRITISH COLUMBIA LUNG ASSOCIATION Call. 731-5864 or I> YDIUS STEAK 6.57 kg/|b MEAT PIES Assorted varieties Frozen TUE WED THU 2 | S SHAW CABLE SCHEDULE JUNE 12-18, 1995 - 6:30 pm (Wed.) 9 am (Thurs.) 12 pm (Sun.) SUNFEST PARADE 7:30 pm (Wed.) 10:00 am (Thurs.) 1:00 pm (Sun.) POPE & TALBOT TOUR 8:00 pm (Wed.) 10:30 am (Thurs.) 1:30 pm (Sun.) 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