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Thirty years later, they've reunited to make Robinson's next album. “He’s more involved in this particular project than he has been in anything in a long, long time,” Robinson said. Does that pressure him? “No, no, no, no, no, It is really great. It’s like the old days for me, because we used to work that way all the time. “For him to be this involved in what I'm doing is really great for me. I'm enjoying it very much.” Motown will release the album, Keep Me, in March. Smoke Signals, his latest LP, wasn't what he had hoped it would be. LOOKS BACK “You'd probably have to go back to 1981 -for the last big album I did. Being With You,” he said. “It's harder to get hit albums now. Since Thriller, where every song on there was a hit, that's the criteria for all albums now. “People are trying to make albums like that — have five or six hits on the same album if possible. “The'way we used to cut albums was to have three or four dynamite things and say, “This is a good album tune.’ Pedple don't look at it like that any more. People say, ‘Is this a hit?” ” Robinson started out in 1955 when he formed the Detroit high school vocal group which became the Miracles. After they met Gordy in 1957, they collaborated on Got a Job, released by End Records, and Bad Girl, released by Chess. Gordy signed the Miracles,to his new Tamla Records and they had their first hit with Shop Around, co-written by Robinson and Gordy. Robinson joins Motown After a series of farewell concerts in 1971, Robinson split from the Miracles and began both a ‘solo music career and a position as vice-president of Motown Records. * if There's no question about Robinson's place in Aimerican pop music. The 1986 Harmony Mustrated Encyclopedia of Rock says: “Writer of over 60 hit songs, possessor of one of pop’s great voices, consistently successful for more than a quarter of a century, Smokey Robinson is a key figure of modern music.” . In 1986, Robinson worked live about 90 days. Performing in 1987 will have a lot to do with whether Keep Me hits No. 1, as Berry Gordy hopes. If it does, Robinson knows that audiences will keep him busy. The year also holds the singer-songwriter's induction into both the Rock 'n’ Roll Hall of Fame, in January, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in March. “It's unbelievable to me,” he said. “I never dared dream a Hall of Fame. I still can't grasp it. It’s wonderful. I'm going to be there but I've never been in a Hall of Fame. I don't know what you do.” Though still a Motown vice-president, his duties are no longer pressing. “Originally, my job was designed for the inductfon of new talent. Lately I've been in the studio myself and back on the road again.” Robinson is constantly writing songs. His most recent is You Are My Hero for Dionne Warwick. It ended up as a duet between Robinson and Warwick and will be on her next album. “Basically, I still continue to write about the ups and downs and perils and happinesses of love,” he said. “I don’t write too much about political things in 1957 Chevrolets. Those things become passe but love never becomes passe. Theres always an interest in it. It's always changing, always hapening. And I hope it always does.” COMMUNITY Bulletin Board FRENCH CLUB Bonjour! Everyone welcome too tun and_intormat evening of French Conversation. Free of charge. All Is of spoken French warmly welcome. Castlegar French Club meets monthly beginning Jan. 21, 7:30-9:30. For more information 365-3951 ; 365-3596 2/04 Social M rns Dar Old Time Fiddlers. Admi WEST KOOTENAY P.C. USERS GROUP Meeting, Wednesday, January 21, Selkirk College Room B-13, 7:30 p.m 2/05 ind District non-profit The first 10 words are paper an Notices s! Cohan hve: COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Charity Bingo Sunday Night Bingo is Back! JANUARY 18 Last Day of Super Bingo Weekend! Two Big Guaranteed Jackpots $1000° Trip for 2 to Reno or $250 Cash. All Early Bird 31 00 Each Payouts ... As an Extra Bonus Bingo on the Bonanza Game, in 46 Numbers or less, and WIN THE CAR If the car is not won within-41 Bingo Occasions, then it must go on the next Bingo Occasion — Regardless of how many numbers are called. Ist Jackpot 2nd Jackpot All Jockpots played on regular game cards (not flimsy). $20 ond $25 Peckeges Free Bus Transportation & Information Fruitvele, Salmo, Castlegor, Rossland phone for bus transportation on or before 4 p.m. daily Ph. 364-2933, 365-6172 1040 Eldorado — ex.-Konkin Irly Bird Building Book explores fe By CALVIN WOODWARD Canadian Press NEW YORK — Pity New York socialites. They go to parties like the one where guests dug for planted jewels with Tiffany silver shovels. But in the eyes of author Sharon Churcher, they are dogged by the malady she identifies as thaasophobia — the fear of being bored. In her book New York Confidential, Churcher describes their journeys up the social ladder and along the frontiers of self-gratification, where the outrageous becomes the ordinary and today’s thrill becomes yesterday's tepid news. Insatiability may explain why a Park Avenue doctor cited by Churcher does a good business dispensing cocaine-laced swabs to wealthy and celebrated patients needing a pick-me-up. During one visit, she reports, “half a dozen patients, including the receptionist, were standing around the doctor's office, some with as many as five swabs protruding from their noses.” SEX FIZZLES Even sex loses sizzle for some members of New York's indulgent elite, writes Churcher, a journalist with experience at The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and New York magazine. She quotes the owner of a now-defunct after-hours club as saying the beautiful people would go home disappointed if a police raid didn't spice up their night of sex and drugs. She also writes of a listless sadomasochism party at which guests could barely summon enough enthusiasm to get out the paddles. Just as New York's rats have developed an immunity to DAVID GHENT, BELGIUM (AP) — Albert Bert wants to make moviegoing fun again in Bel- gium, so he developed one of Does life reall any the world’s largest, most begin at 40? comfortable and technically This Week in DEXTER’S PUB _ MON. THRU SAT . — Jan. 19-24 Reckless | SANDMAN INN Si Castlegar 1944 Columbia Ave. CASTLEGAR DISTRICT UNITED ° WAY United Way ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thurs., Feb. 5 7:30 p.m. Legion Hall the pesticide warfarin, “its people have acquired a steadily increasing genetic barricade against shock.” Someone, however, is always cranking up the voltage. For instance, Churcher recalls a nightclub’s re-enactment of actress Sharon Tate's 1969 murder by Charles Manson and ‘his four young female followers. Then there was a chic art exhibit that featured a painting of the slashed wrist of a local politician before his second and successful suicide attempt. FIND A DISEASE Churcher’s book is a cynical account of how ordinary folks can join New York's ruling class. Flirting with depravity is only one way. Joining charitable committees is another, especially if the cause is a hot disease. BOOK REVIEW “Everyone wants cancer,” one veteran socialite is quoted as saying dreamily. Another complained that heart disease just doesn’t rate because “you can't get someone with a heart attack standing up in the middle of the room. They don't look different.” ‘Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi billionaire said to have turned to Canadian investors for some of his financing of covert arms sales to Iran, is a prominent figure in Churcher's social registry. His possessions include the high-tech yacht Nabila, manned by a crew of 40, that was used in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again. His Fifth Avenue condominium features a full-size Belgium cinema owner wants moviegoing fun as. mall in the Decas- At a time of falling movie shops and coop featuring NOBORU SAWA! ... noted artist Sawai has had 15 solo exhibitions and his work is displayed in 30 manent collections. He-will be teaching o intmaking workshop ere. Noted artist offers workshop Selkirk College and Emily Carr College of Art will offer a printmaking workshop by noted artist-teacher Noboru Sawai of Calgary. Sawai received his BA de- gree cum laude from Augs- burg College, Minnesota, and his MFA from the University States and Europe. His work had been shown in 24 group shows and 83 art competi- tions throughout North America, Europe and Japan. His work is represented in 30 permanent university, government and public col- lections and he is a member of Minnesota, 1969; in 1970 he studied under Toshi Yosh- ida, International Hanga Academy in Tokyo. He has received eight major grants and awards and has had 15 solo exhibitions across Canada, the United of the Print Drawing Council of Canada and the Japan printmakers’ Association. The workshop will take place Feb. 21 and 22 at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus. ar of boredom swimming pool and a bed more than three metres wide, covered with sable. One of his companions has been a declawed pet puma. USE SHORTCUTS Churcher offers shortcuts for people lacking the minimum $10 million she says is needed to crash the top social circuit by the sheer force of wealth. One way to become a celebrity is to claim to have had an affair with one, and then go on TV. Churcher says the targets should be dead stars, who cannot deny the claim, or live politicians, whose denial no one will believe. “It was just iful, it was lievable,” a dise jockey told a TV show about her alleged fling with the late John Lennon. Churcher names restaurants where stars go to be recognized and restaurants where mobsters tike to eat. Her rund of the ni scene chronicles the lengths some will go to generate publiclity through controversy. BISHOP BRISTLED Several have engaged in what Churcher calls sacrilege frenzy. The Canadian-owned Limelight disco has a built-in advantage on this score because it is housed in a former church. After Limelight’s opening night, when a woman was carried in on a cross, the Episcopal bishop of New York became publicly enraged. Anotehr disco, Area, tried for the same publicity effect by writing to NeW York's Roman Catholic archbishop to inform him of its plan to feature a Jesus impersonator. New Brunswick censors film FEDERICTON (CP) — Hollywood moguls, their iron lems anywhere else,” says Gleason. Jofwary 18, 1987 3 MOORE'S CASE FOR PRESENT LIBRARY SITE Editor's note: Following is an/abridged version of Mayor Audrey Mo- ore’s report to Castlegar council Tuesday night on the Castlegar and District Public Library tion requires demolition and removal of the main floor of the existing build- ing of approximately 1,000 square feet, which has a current assessed value for taxation of $40,000 — in- cluding the value of the 1,000 square foot full base- ment which is to be re- tained and enlarged. 2. The estimated replacement cost of the existing basement area is in excess of $6,000 — a value more than double the low bidder's tender for removal of the main floor structure to permit construction of the new 5,100 sqare foot building on this site. 8. Although the main floor area has been reduced from 6,750 square feet to 5,100 square feet to lower the cost to an acceptable figure, with the basement expanded to 1,560 square feet, the gross floor area of the building is 6,660 square feet, or more than double the present gross floor area of 3,000 square feet in both branches of the library. While the proposed larger building would have provided more space for the future, the library board is convinced that the smaller building will provide a first class facility — and one that can be readily expanded at some time in the future since the building is designed for expansion. 4. There are no land costs involved with the present site, and it is now an under-utilized parcel of public land with a small building very badly located near the centre of the most yseable area. 5. The total cost of construction, based on the lowest tender received on Nov. 24, 1986 (and open for acceptance by the city until Jan. 23, 1987) is $445, 162, consisting ofa construction contract for $395,700, a five per cent contingency allowance of $19,785, and architect's fees of $29,677. As previously mentioned, the required funding is now ‘in place, and the library board has advised that they have on hand additional funds to provide for any necessary furnishings for the new library, or other related expenses. OBSERVATIONS ON THE ALTERNATE PROPOSAL 1. If a 6,750 square foot building was constructed on Lots 22 and 23 with the building facing Columbia Avenue, building code requirements,would preclude all, ar almost all, windows in either side of the building on both the main floor and basements levels. 2. Siting the building at the front property line would allow only enough area for 20 parking spaces at the rear — which is not adequate for either library or office use of the building. ~ 3. Providing any parking at the front of the site other than the existing on-street parking would create a serious and unacceptable traffic hazard on this heavily travelled section of Columbia Avenue. 4. Considering the many young and elderly users of the library, this location presents many traffic safety problems which do not exist at the current library site. (One crosswalk was eliminated at this location in 1984 to improve pedestrian safety and Columbia Avenue traffic flows.) 5. To provide adequate parking for staff and some customer parking; to avoid the loss of window space and the possible extra cost of fire walls; and to provide for some landscaping, all three city owned lots would be AUDREY MOORE . +. Strong support for the building site, ' i 6. While the 1987 assessed value of the three-lot site is $98,500, the city’s total cost.to acquire this property (ineluding purchase price, eee Bole ote.) is $128,290, with the final payment of $37, pope and interest to be made in. 1987. Mi ik 7. It has been suggested that the design work done to date by the architect could be utilized by the city, with a being d ly and the project then being undertaken by the eity with its own forces. ‘The design work that has been done is copyrighted tothe architect and eannot simply be taken over by the city or any other party and adapted as necessary to suit another site and/or additional uses. If we do not have our present architect completethe design of the library that is built, then the city will have to start over again with another architect, and we will receive no net benefit from the design fees and tendering and re-tendering costs to date, which total about $26,500. Construction of a project management basis rather than on a fixed price contract would provide no guarantee that the project would be completed within budget, and that is a risk that the city simply cannot afford to take with public funds. 8. If the’ entire basement area (other than that required for electrical and mechanical rooms, ete.) was finished to provide rental space the library possibly would lose the meeting room area (for up to 60 people) provided for in the present plan, and the following would be required: ®@ full insulation, air conditioning, lighting, wall finishing, carpeting, etc., © basement ceiling fire separation, windows wherever possible, © sufficient exits to meet code requirements, @ emergency lighting, e handicap access to the basement office area from Columbia Avenue — either by an outside ramp, or an elevator which would reduce the library space and add as much as $50,000 to the building cost. 9. The prospect of any significant rental income from the present library buildings is unrealistic. Commercial rental office space is readily available now, and council could expect considerable pressure to lease the old library for a nominal amount to one of the several local non-profit organizations that have already expressed interest in it. With or without rental income, the city would likely be faced with continuing costs for maintenance of this publicly owned building. * CONCLUSIONS 1. Adequate parking cannot be provided on the alternate site or in the immediate vicinity. 2. The cost of providing up to 6,750 square feet of fully finished rental space cannot be justified. 3. The city should she be developing rental space at public expensé to compete with its own taxpayers in a depressed rental market. 4. If the alternate site was used for the library the total cost of acquiring the site would have to be considered a part of the project cost. If that site is not required in future for a police building, as is currently intended, it will retain a significant market value and could be sold if not required for other municipal use. _5,.Based on, the best information available, the actual . tapabcdst of Ald, glow's proposal is estimated to be.as. =. follows? @ site acquisition cost $128,290 e site servicing $3,000 e site development, including landscaping, paved parking, ete. $20,000 construction cost — main floor $408,200 — finished basement $270,000 equals: $678,200 contingency fee (5%) $33,910 e additional design fees $21,187 eretendering (advertising, etc.) $600 e Total $885,287 6. Excluding the site cost, an expenditure of more than $750,000 to construct the proposed building cannot be justified on any basis. The additional funding for the project is not available from any source other than long-term borrowing which would require the approval of the taxpayers. I am confident that approval would not be forthcoming, nor should council consider adding any additional long term debt load to the city’s budget under current economic conditions. attendance in many coun tries, Bert's “Decascoop” shows how cinemas can sur- vive growing competition in the entertainment business through innovation. The Decascoop seats 3,600 people in 2 theatres whose capacity ranges from 70 to 580. They show anything from Bambi to Rambo to Debbie Does Dallas. In the squeaky clean lobby, running the length of a foot. ball field, there is a long stand-up bar serving coffee, soft drinks, beer, wine and cocktains. There are also sunken lounges with easy chairs and cozy lighting. Overhead, banks of silent video screens show the mov ies playing in each of the 12 cinemas and tell customers at intermission how much time they have left to return to their seats. In a corner, cus- tomers can play video games. In another, a 1954 projector shows trailers — short films made up of scenes from com ing attractions — on a wall. As they exit, customers go through a still uncompleted pubs. “We start showing movies at 3 p.m.,” Bert said. “But on weekends, the hall is already filled with people an hour before the shows begin. They like to meet here and have a drink before seeing a movie.” His Decascoop opened in 1981 in this western Belgian city of 200,000. There were 10 cinemas then. Now there are three, in addition to the also invested nearly $12 million in another large cinema house consist- ing of 15 theatres with 5,000 seats in Brussels, due to open in May 1988. It may be ex- panded to 20 theatres, he said. ‘The yet unnamed project will copy the formula that works so well for him in Ghent. This year, he expects almost 1.4 million customers, up from 1.1 million in 1985 and almost double the 1981 attendance figure. The Decascoop theatres are built side-by-side on a very sharp incline offering an unobstructed view. Nes COLLAGE BOUTIQUE January Clearance Sale now on. Savings up to OFF ALL WINTER FASHIONS 1396 Cedar Ave., Trail 364-2614 aos fists clenched in velvet glov es, hope to convince New Brunswick's film classifica- tion board it made a mistake when it rejected ‘one of the most widely acclaimed mov ies of 1986. Blue Velvet, the story of a young man's coming of age in small-town America, was banned in New runswick, ap- parently because of several violent and sexually explicit scenes. Edward Bringloe, chair- man of the classification board, refuses to explain why Blue Velvet was rejected since he has heard the film's producers may take the board to court. But the giant De Lau- rentiis Entertainment Group of Los Angeles says it wants to try gentle persuasion with the board before considering legal action. De Laurentiis spokesman Larry Gleason, president of marketing and distribution for the company, is mystified by the film's rejection in New Brunswick. “We haven't had any prob- the “‘Fin-Ale”’ is Coming Jan. 26 - 31 “In fact it was given a ‘G’ or general audience rating in Italy. Here in the United States it was named one of the 10 best movies of the year by the Christian Broadcasting Network because it portrays good ultimately winning over evil.” Blue Velvet is playing in 11 countries and has picked up a plethora of awards including best movie of the year from the National Society of Film Critics in the U.S. In addition to New Bruns- wick, it will probably not be shown in Newfoundland or Prince. Edward Island be- cause those provinces do not have film classification boards and generally accept New Brunswick ratings and rejections. Gleason says De Laurentiis will resubmit the picture to the six-member board by the end of January. But Bringloe says the only appeal open to De Laurentiis is through the courts. “The board has already looked at it and made a de- cision,” says the censor. “I can't see that changing. We base our decisions on the content of films, not quality.” Ironically, Blue Velvet will be distributed on video tape in April and since there's no classification system for video sales and rentals in New Brunswick, people with video cassette recorders will be able to see the movie. Mine to close VANCOUVER (CP) Pine Point Mines Ltd. will cease mining operations in the Northwest Territories by July and the mill will shut down at the end of this year, the company said. The lead-zine ming which employs 440 has been operat ing under an accelerated production plan since December, 1985, to extract as much ore as economically feasible. A final exploration pro- gram costing $2 million has been approved for 1987. 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When the entire commun- ity responds to an appeal for funds for our new library, when we accept $1 donations and even the contents of a piggy bank from a child, how can. we sanction a proposal that will drain away, thou- sands of dollars from the new library? We start with $3,000 to destroy a $40,000 building, After demolition, there is still the basement to contend with. Information in the contract references indicates a cost of $42,000 plus, to adapt this part of a basement to the new structure. Why so much money for so little end result? Well, the position of this old basement in relation to the new building is not what you would plan if you started from scratch. Centred in the middle of a much larger building, it has no windows or outside ac- cess. The cost of providing access, to provide for fire exists and ventilation, demo- victim dies CALGARY (CP) — A flight attendant who was suspend- ed from his job with Pacific Western Airlines because he had AIDS has died of the disease. Airline Jack lition of existing concrete stairways, removal of floor and joists, old plumbing and wiring, these costs would be quite: significant. A terribly expensive way to pretend that we are using a small part of the present library in the overall project. With the loss of a perfectly functional building, the cost of demolition and adaptation, we are losing up to $80,000 from the library fund. Is this a ible wzy to shift the decision-making pro- cess to the library board. Its function in this matter public, must make this de- cision. Present library site: three lots totalling 94-feet by 100- feet. Assessed value: buiding — ; land — $37,900. Total: $77,900. Two lots adjacent to the Bank of Montreal: 100-feet by 155-feet. Assess value: $64,000. Using the same plans as prepared by the architect with the exception of the foundations, we should be able to have a full basement instead of a part-basement Iternative. and crawlspace. Because the land ation lends itself to hall would not be® A and may be used for expansion of eity facilities Parking would be available: at the back for staff use, and a good-sized area at the front would be available for cus- without delay. URQUHART'S BULK MEATS Pend d’Oreitie Valley SUPER PORK SPECIAL Cut, wrapped and frozen sides 70 to 90 Ib. average. Low smoke house rates. Open Wed. to Sat. 9-5 p.m. Check our beef prices also, allocate our resources? No wonder the public is frus- trated and upset, having to resort to petitions and ap- peals. A dose of common sense would be most welcome at this time. Let us. build our new library on vacant land which is available,-and use our dollars for construction and not destruction. Council should not abro- gate its duty by trying to TYPE SETTING Give your he meeting bulletins, Lawless said the man, whose identity wasn't released, died of acquired immune defici- ency syndrome Dec. 27. BILL JOHNSON Call Bill at HomeGoods 693-2227 photocopier. 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