ns_CastheGit News piaiuee 2: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO IGGIES Dec. 20 130 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Bring Your Camera) 365-8155 Montavs 6.28.0 <000 = 1004 Cohwenbva Ave : Contiegor LICENCED DINING ROOM OPEN 4 P.M. DAILY WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS ACCEPTED AIR CONDITIONED Reservations for Private Parti Located | mile south of Weigh Seal LUCAS IMPROVES THE WAY PUBLIC WATCHES MOVIES MONTREAL (CP) — expands Dolby’s range of George Lucas, the film- sound by two octaves, he maker who brought you said. Darth Vader, Luke Skywal. ker and R2D2, is now bring. ing you THX and TAP — in- The result, for people who have heard it, is a lifelike DECEMBER 20 QR er. es» = MOVI TINEE SAVINGS- 3 Som MATINEE DECEMBER 2 (FRI) [SAT] (SUN) MON [TUE novations aimed at radically improving the way we watch movies. THX is a system for put. ting start-of-the-art sound into movie theatres while TAP is quality-control for improving almost everything short of the popcorn in a cinema, said Tomlinson Hel. man, the accoustical wizard behind THX. “The program really grew out of our frustrations with The Return of the Jedi,” the third film in Lucas's block. buster Star Wars trilogy, Holman said during an inter. view “We were working so hard to make it perfect . . . only to see it scratched, messed up and lost in the theatres,” said Holman, technical director for Lucasfilm, which devel. oped TAP and THX Holman, who is largely self-taught and once designed Advent stereo speakers, went back to basics and studied everything to do with film sound, from production to reproduction. The result was THX which stands for Tomlinson Holman cross-over, as well as the name of Lucas’s first feature, THX-1138. Unlike Dolby, which only sells stereo sound equipment to theatres, THX designs a sound package that covers such matters as the quality of a theatre's speakers, where they are placed, how they are hung, material in theatre walls and the amount of background noise, Holman which adds about three per cent to the cost of building a new theatre, also quality that puts movie goers in the middle of the action About 100 theatres world wide have installed THX, in cluding a handful of cinemas in Vancouver, Toronto, Ham ilton, Quebec City and a new Cineplex-Odeon complex that med in Montreal last weekend. TAP, also developed about three years ago, is a system of standardizing and imple menting quality control “Things were standardized but at a very backward lev el,” and there were few in spections, Holman explained “We're trying to bring the average more up to the best Dolby, whose job is fin ished once the equipment has been sold, “would be the first to tell you that a lot of their equipment is messed up after the installation,” he said Under TAP, film prints are checked before and after they've been screened. CHECKS THEATRES Inspectors also do four spot-checks at the theatre while a particula: film is being shown and the movie house is visited twice a year to enstre-all equipment is ship-shape, he said No Canadian theatres are being inspected, but prints of certain films, such as Star Trek IV, are. The idea behind the two systems is to improve the theatre-going experience so that cinemas won't'be crush ed under the weight of com petition from videocassettes in much the same way as the advent of television forced cinemas to develop cinemas. cope and stereo sound, he said. GEORGE HORVATH September Landscape il and Canvass 24°x36 For the Discriminating Art Collector Sheck’'s Fine Art Placement Present an Exhibit and Sale of ORIGINAL CANADIAN ART By nationally known artists WANETA PLAZA (West End) Thurs., Fri. & Sat. — Dec. 18, 19 and 20 9:30a.m. - 9:00 p.m A painting is a special Christmas gift for the whole fomily! The Staff and Management of the Colander ex tend to all our fine patrons the very heortiest of festive greetings, and the wish that the Christ mas season will be a really family time for all CHRISTMAS EVE 5 P.M. TO7 P.M. CLOSED ALL DAY CHRISTMAS DAY BOXING DAY 4:30 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. (No Lunch Boxing Day) NEW YEAR'S EVE 5 P.M. TO7 P.M NEW YEAR'S DAY 4:30 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. (No Lunch New Year's Day) COLANDER 364-1816 1475 Cedar Ave., Trail _ENTERTAINMENT SINGS ABOUT POLITICS By BOB BAUM Associated Press PORTLAND, ORE. (AP) — Along a river in the remote mountains of Eastern Oregon, John Fogerty has found his sanctuary Twice each year, the man whose soaring voice and searing guitar style are among the most recognizable in rock ‘n’ roll retreats to his hideaway for a month to hunt and fish It really helped save my sanity,” he says. During his decade away from music, a period marked by bitter legal battles with his former record company, he found the solitude invaluable. “Twice a year I would tell myself it's OK to shut click — and just go away,” he said. “There's no phone in that house, no television. For almost a month, I would be pretty much not dealing with the crud that was reality for all those years.” He's reluctant, though, to reveal much about the exact location of his mountain home. It's very underpopulated and very pristine and pretty,” he said. “The river right by my house that I fish in is still a native river. It's never been dynamited, poisoned or anything else, so the trout you catch are still native trout If I didn’t have music, I think I could live there full ume, if there was some way to support yourself.” Fogerty is a long way from such peace and quiet these days. He recently performed for a near-sellout crowd at Portland's Civic Auditorium, the 39th of 44 stops on his first tour in 15 years. RELEASES ALBUM The tour is the latest chapter in the 41-year-old musician's remarkable comeback. It follows the release of his second solo album since he returned to recording after a decade-long silence down Last year, his LP, Centerfield, was a critical and commercial success. His latest effort is the politically charged Eye of the Zombie, which deals with subjects Fogerty hides in Oregon such as terrorism, arms deals and commercialism in pop music. The new album has received mixed reviews and Fogerty admits its tone may have hurt sales. “Centerfield was so up and very optimistic and kind of candy-coated and swell,” he said, “and that's great. That's the way I felt. f was very happy about my comeback situation. “But then I wanted to go on as an artist and just acknowledge things around me.” He feels Zombie is his best album “I thought I made a really good record. I still do. I think it's the best album I've ever made, everything included — cover art, cohesiveness of the tunes, the way it flows, the varying moods and certainly the musicality of the songs and the playing “I think too much has been made of the darkness or the negativity because I don't think the Zombie album is all negative,” Fogerty said PLANS MORE TOURS Fogerty said he hasn't thought about his next album, although he promises it will come out sometime next year. He also plans more touring next year. But don't expect to hear him perform any of the Creedence Clearwater Revival hits he sang and recorded late 1960s and early ‘70s. The bitterness of his dispute over proceeds of the sale of that music has left him never wanting to sing those songs again Fogerty does plan to continue attacking political subjects, he said “Part of my job is to startle and inform, so that's what I'll do,” he said. “I always did that and I'll keep doing that.” He points to the song Violence Is Golden on the new album. “All you've got to do is read a little bit about Ronnie and Iran and the Israeli deal and listen to Violence Is Golden,” he said SHSS Report By KIMBERLEY BELTON The students at Stanley Humphries have been busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas holidays. The vacation begins as soon as school lets out on Friday and classes start the morning of Jan. 5, 1987. The student council sponsored a record raffle the week of Dec. 8-12, and the tickets were only $1. The prizes, which are quite impressive considering the cost of the tickets, are: first prize — 15 records or tapes of the winner's choice; second prize — 10 records or tapes of the winner's choice; and third prize — five records or tapes of the winner's choice. The winners will be drawn and announced at the Christmas dance. The Christmas dance will be held on Thursday. The band is C! in Reaction from Vancouver, and costs $1,500. This is $300 more than the usual price, but since we have made about $1,200 on our last two dances, we feel we can afford it. The Christmas dance is also a more special and formal! dance than most of the others, and it is worth it. Friday will be “pyjama day,” so the students can come straight to school from their beds. Last Monday, Dec. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 16, was the school’s annual Christmas concert. Ms. Fisher- Feming, the drama coach, directed a play called The Other Wiseman. There was also a selection of bands and choirs (which included a staff choir with a guest appearance by Dr. Dick Wayling), which were con ducted by the band teacher, Mr. Loren Culley The staff and students of Stanley Humphries would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. mature, late evening children's shows including cartoons, information programs. - OTTAWA (CP) — Adults should be encouraged to teach children how to watch TV critically and with discretion, says a draft television code of violence developed by the broadcast industry The voluntary code, expected to come into effect early in the new year, follows decades of hot debate in North America on the effects of television violence. Among the highlights in the code, broadcasters have agreed to: e Try to ensure that violent programs intended for adult audiences be broadcast overnight or in the Take care in the depiction of violence against women, especially in an abusive, sexual or other context Take steps to ensure that violent action which is not a normal or sanctioned aspect of a sports event not be emphasized during foverage. Exercise caution in depicting violent actions in all dramas, movies or e Take care in portraying violence against or involving ethnic groups, the aged, the infirm and children e Take care in scheduling commercials with violent scenes from new movies. The large Canadian networks such as CBC and CTV have their own codes dealing with violence. But this code prepared by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters with its members and outside groups, would be embraced by the private industry after formal approval by members The draft code basically puts the onus on the TV industry to keep its own act clean but says that TV audiences are responsible for their viewing habits. Overall, it touches a rage of subjects from sex and “4 Royal Canadian Legion | Branch No. 170 Saturday Dancing 9:30 p.m.-1:30..m OPEN MON. - THUR. 11 A.M. - 1 A.M. FRIDAY & SATURDAY 12 NOON-2 A.M. Proper Dress Saturday after 9 p.m Guests Must Donce this Fri. & Sot. Only Be SIGNFD In ZIMMERMAN’S L.A. Catering / Champagne Ball 6 p.m. — Cocktails 7:30 — Deluxe Smorgasbord Dinner 9:00 — Dance With Music by Amber As well as the Traditional New Years Eve Party Extras! Tickets Limited — Call 365-3933 FOR RESERVATIONS -* JOIN US FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTYING Entertainment (vio Satellite Best New Yeor's Porties in the TT world! 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And broadcasters are urged to consult producers about observing the code when a new shew is getting off the ground CODE IS VOLUNTARY The proposals are strictly voluntary and not binding. But they reflect an apparent commitment by the industry to recognize violence on television as a major public conern, and after some prodding by regulatory officials. Canadian broadcasters share the concern about violence within television programming and through these voluntary proposals seek to deal with the responsible manner,” says the introduction But the code says there is a clear need for parental responsibility for children’s viewing habits and that adults should basically help teach children how to watch TV. Adults should endeavor to watch television with their children and clearly distinguish between reality and fantasy in television programming. : Further, the code urges caution issue in a Children may be susceptible to the portrayal both of violence in settings which closely resemble their own, such as domestic friction, and of certain ‘action’ character stereotypes with which they might identify.” Cable 10 TV CABLE 10 TV Thursday, Dee. 18 —Bantam Hockey Lou Da Rosa and Wayne Organ com mentate for this game between Cranbrook and Rossland, played Dec. 7 in Rossland 6:50—SHSS Student Edi tion — School activi ties, sports and enter tainment from Stan ley Humphries high school. This month's feature is an exclu sive interview with Mila Mulroney 7:00—Pre- and Post-Natal Fitness A program of aerobic exercise for the expecting women. 7:30—West Kootenay Mod el Club — Leonard Vallie, Bert Rourke and Jim Davies dem onstrate five working model airplanes, then explain the technique, materials and cost in volved in building them. 8:00—The Total Makeover —Deborah and Chad Wetter demonstrate how a stylist and es. thetician can change your image 9:00—Front Row Ticket — Reviews of movies currently available on First Choice Super channel, 9:30—Castlegar city council Gavel-to-gavel cov erage of Dec. 9 meet ing. 11:00—Sign-off. FREE DELIVERY 7 DAYS A WEEK STARTS AT 4:30 P.M. NO @VABRIEL'S 6028 Ethopian prince selling cars here TORONTO (CP) — His Royal Highness Stephen Mengesha, prince of Ethio- pia, great-grandson of Em peror Haile Selassie, surveys the huge car dealership which makes up his kingdom You'd be surprised,” says Mengesha, “how many peo- ple want to buy a car from a prince. Mengesha abandoned the silver spoon of privilege years ago when he came to Canada as a teenager to a suburban Etobicoke high school and later studied at Canadian universities. He had hoped to use this training to improve his coun. try when he returned after graduation. However, through the spring and sum. mer of 1974, Ethiopia was in the throes of a “crippling coup” — Selassie’s absolute rule was being challenged The country was beset by strikes and student demon. strations; famine ravaged the rural areas and 100,000 lives were lost The last letters from his great-grandfather on heavy gold-rimmed and em bossed cardboard arrived in the diplomatic pouch from Washington. "He wrote that changes must come for the better ment of Ethiopia. Changes in fuel prices had created havoc. I cherish his letter — they were his last reflections on his 60-year reign and my last correspondence with him.” RAISED IN PALACE Mengesha was raised in the palace nursery and tu tored by a British teacher until he was seven, when his father was named governor general of Tigre province Mengehsa was known as the “democratic prince” — he had a hands-on approach to development Today, the tall, robust, the genial prince, at 34, is gen eral manager of car leasing for a Mississauga, Ont., deal er He is prince of the oldest dynasty in the world, said to be direct descendants of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, lovers for one night, the story goes. Say good-bye to the old with us ot Checkers! COME JOIN US FOR © A Great Port) © Midnight B * Specicl Prizes * Bubbly s Per Person STARTING ATS P.M. His great-grandfather bore the title Conquering Lion of Judah, Elect of God and until his death in 1975 was one of Africa's most respected lead. ers. Though Mengesha has built a life for himself in Canada, ties to Ethiopia are strong — 10 members of his family, aged 29 to 73, in cluding his grandmother, mother and three aunts have been imprisoned since the 1974 coup in which the Em peror was deposed. Selassie was confined in the.former Grand Palace in Addis Ababa and a provi sional military government established. Mengesna says it's believ éd that his relatives are under house arrest. It’s not so, he says. Te women, all middle-aged or elderly Ethiopian prin cesses, and three of Selassie’s grandsons are in solitary confinement in Akaki prison in the heart of Addis. “They are very frail and delicate, especially my grand mother,” Mehgesha says. “My only hope is that she'll come here and spend her last years in peace and harmony.” In the past 12 years cor respondence has not been al. lowed, but through the Red Cross and Amnesty Interna tional he’s been told that his family has received medical and dental attention Amnesty has declared them prisoners of conscience, which means they are being unjunstly detained For the last year, the Can adian government, through External Affairs Minister Joe Clark, has been quietly appealing to the Ethiopian government, headed by Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam, for the prisoners’ release Now Mengesha hopes his mother and the rest of the family might be released in time for Christmas. 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Reddy is an instructor at the Oshawa Flying Club and Adamson, a club member, is retired. “The plane's cockpit was right there in the li and the two men inside looked in pretty bad shape,” said Dennis McIntyre, who lives across the street from the Moores. Earl Moore was on the telephone and its wife was lying on the chesterfield when the plane smashed through the back wall of his home after first clipping the roof of a nearby house. Oshawa General Hospital would not give details of their injuries, but their son, Ralph, said his mother suffered two broken ribs and his father had cuts and bruises on his head and back. FALL FROM SKY McIntyre and his wife, Karen, among the first people to reach the crash site, said they had talked about the possibility of airplanes falling out of the sky, but had not expected it to happen. The crash, which caused about $200,000 damage, came a More singles living together WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of unmarried couples in the United States has jumped sharply to top the two-million mark for the first time, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. There are about 2.22 mil- lion unmarried-couple house- holds in the United States, up from 1.98 million last year, the bureau figures showed. The increase resumes a trend briefly interrupted last year when the total declined slightly. The post-Second World War Baby Boom generation has been widely cited as the focus of this increase in re cent years, as young people postponed marriage and fam- ilies in favor of education and careers Although they have not married as readily as their parents and grandparents, many have formed live-in re- lationships, situations that have become more socially acceptable in recent years, sociologists say At the same time unwed couples were increasing, a resurgence of the traditional married-couple family was being reported by the popu lation newsletter The Num bers News. Analysing unpub lished census data, the news. letter found married-couple families had increased for the first time in 15 years as Red Tag Special SUNTREE 8 INN 27. “I was sitting in the living room when I heard this sound,” McIntyre said. “I looked out the window and the next thing I saw was this plane coming down into the house across the street.” As the couple ran over, “a man (Moore) came out of the house, He was staggering and he didn't really know what had happened. He was dazed. We ran inside the house and his wife was on the couch underneath a lot of debris. We got the debris off and carried her to the door. “By that time, the police and the ambulance had arrived,” McIntyre said. Reddy's 14-year-old step-daughter, Krista Kolade, said although her step-father was “pretty banged up the doctors said he’s going to be OK.” TRIED TO LAND Police say the six-seater aircraft was heading east from Pearson International Airport in Toronto and was trying to land at Oshawa Municipal Airport, when it crashed into the house about 5 p.m. EST about a kilometre from the runway. Aviation officials are trying to determine the cause of the crash, but a spokesman for the Oshawa airport said it appeared the plane had flown past the airport. Radio contact was lost shortly after take-off. ing ' room One in four pals destined for hell NEW YORK (AP) — excellent. However, they Nearly three-quarters of believe only six out of 10 of Americans believe they their friends are going to have a good chance of get- heaven, and nearly one in ting to heaven, but they four will go to hell matrimony were finally set- | think nearly a quarter of Nearly 60 per cent think tling down and having fam- | their friends will go to hell. of God as a man, while ilies. A poll of 604 adults con- none think of God as a CREATES BULGE ducted by USA Weekend woman and 37 per cent say That did not prevent the | magazine found 80 per cent God is neither. renewed growth in unwed | believe heaven exists and | Women tend to be more couples, however, with the | 67 per cent believe in hell. religious than men. Sev large Baby Boom population Seventy-two per cent of enty-two per cent pray bulge adding to growth in all | them rate their chances of:, every day, compared to 55 segments of society. going to heaven as good to per cent of men. 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