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STORE 352-6661 TRAIL SHOPPING CENTRES WANETA PLAZA 18100 Rock Hwy 352-3624 368-5202 To List Your Business In This Directory Phone 365-5210 Film union holds sale By JANESTEVENSON VANCOUVER (CP) The youngest film union in Canada is having a sale The Assogiation of Canadian Film and Crafispeople, which is battling two more established unions for work, is offering discounts to small-and low budget filmmakers. In doing so, ACFC issuing a challenge of sorts to LATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and NABET, the National Association of Broadcast Technicians The three rival film unions cover everyone appears to. be Employees and directors of photography to production assistants ACEC hopes to attract U.S. film makers scared off recently by the rising Canadian dollar, which at 85 cents recently was at its highest level in almost nine years. ACFC Baldassarra says his union's discount from secretary general Donato returns the exchange rate to a level that has lured U.S. productions north of the border in the past “We've got asystem that effectively Americans an dollar,” he said, adding Canadian gives the 80-cent filmmakers will also benefit from the discounts. “1 don’t necessarily think that the Canadian industry in B.€ that (much) value have devised will be helpful ACFC, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, is offering to cut its rates from five to 15 per cent for | DELICIOUS || BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SPECIALS _DATLY! Breakfast served til noon is getting all I think what we Castiegor 365-6887 REST 651-18th Street producers of films budgeted under $4.5 million THREE RIVALS ACFC, the only Canadian-based film union, was formed by technicians in Toronto in 1978. NABET, whose members primarily work in broad. casting, began doing film work in Toronto in 1970 and set up a film local in Vancouver last May IATSE, which continues to be the dominant theatrical stagehands, has had successful film locals in Toronto and Vancouver since 1958 and 1962 respectively Still, thanks to Canadian directors like David Cronenberg, ACFC quickly established itself in the Bast. Cronen: berg has used the union on all of his movies including Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly and Dead Cronenberg’s recommen union for Ringers dation lead to ACFC’s most recent shoot in Toronto with John Boorman, director of Deliverance and Hope and Glory “We're being recognized by some very, very. good filmmakers,” Baldassarra said in a recent interview. “We got (Boorman’s) Where the Heart Isasa result of Dead Ringers."” Majof fiurdles remain, however, in the West While the Winnipeg local of ACFC has worked on threé productions since its formation in January 1988,-there has been little success on the thriving West Coast film scene. The Van couver local; formed in March 1988, has yet to land its first contract NABET, meanwhile, recently. com: pleted work on its fifst West Coast feature, the $2.5-million Canadian film Terminal City Ricochet. [ATSE VANCOUVER (CP) and figures about the three film unions in Canada Name: IATSE Attiance of Theatrical Stage Em ployees). (International National membership: Ap proximately 2,000 (film com ponent only) First film local Canada: 1958 formed in Recent credits: Cousins, The Fly 2, We're No Angels, Who Is Harry Crumb? Name; NABET Association of (National Broadcast. Em ployees). Facts and figures on film unions National proximately ponent only) First’ film Canada: 1970. Recent credits: The Gate 2, Divided Loyalties, Night Heat (TV series) Name: ACFC (Association of Canadian Film and Craftspeople) National membership: Ap proximately 990. First. film Canad 1978. Recent credits: Where the Heart membership: Ap 1,200 (film com local formed in local formed in ls, Dead Ringers, The Fly, The Believers BD B40 (RHO ni KOOTENAY BROADCASTING SYSTEM presents IN CONCERT! IN PERSON! THE . INCOMPARABLE! Charley And Country's Class Band. 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Baldassarra, a former driver him self, defended ACFC’s policy saying IATSE and NABET also have their own transport departments in On- have tario. “We don’t have: Teamsters on our shows. This is not an attack on the Teamsters. If they can get a contract, well and good, but it won't be an AC FC shoot.” IATSE’s business agent George Chapman agreed with Brown that ACFC’s driving policy is hurting the, unionin British Columbia “I think it could be holding back any progress they might have made over the last year," said Chapman And while Baldassarra doesn’t think his union is stepping on anyone's toes, the Teamsters disagree. “Pardon my French, but screw him,’ said Fred Hunchuk, secretary general of the Teamsters Local 155 in Vancouver. *‘If that’s his attitude then I hope his office stays here for 20 years and never gets any work.”” Low-key actor finds gardening therapeutic LOS ANGELES (AP) Max Wright is an actor who. would much rather talk bout the thrills and perils of gardening than his starring role in NBC'sALE “I'm passionate about gardening, said Wright, who plays Willie Tanner, a favorite target of the ill-tempered alien in the hit comedy. ‘I didn't know how therapeutic it was until | started I's. ever-changing because of the seasons He talked about attacking snails, of keeping insects at bay, of the dangers of the hot California sun. “have to defend my delphiniums, he said. ** You have to pack lilac roots with ice to give it the cold it needs After a while, after talking about his garden tour of England, Wright can be persuaded to talk about other things AFL tells the story of the can tankerous intergalactic alien who lands in the garage of the Tanner family and stays for dinner. Despite his behavior BACON CHEESE em $9 75 CALL AHEAD. RIVE THROUGH SERVICE SUMMER HOURS: 1521 Columbia Ave. and freeloading he endears himself to the Tanners. The show also stars Anne Schedeen as Kate Tanner and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as the children NEW TO TELEVISION Wright, whose baekground includes a stint at the National Theatre School in Montreal, had worked mostly in the theatre and films before he got into television. He was in such movies as All That Jazz, Reds, and The Sting II. Inthe TV movie Playing for Time, he played the infamous Joseph Mengele, the Nazi who performed experiments on humans at Auschwitz death camp. His last show on Broadway was Lunch Hour with Gilda Radner “*I came out from New York to doa pilot that wasn’t picked up," he said “1 stayed and made some guest ap- pearances on shows, then was cast in my first series, Buffalo Bill. 1 was the station manager who was intimidated by Bill. I'd played that kind of role before. The guy between a rock and a hard place, who's frazzled and modest and vulnerable His character in ALF has some of those qualities “tHe has to defend the undefen- dable. He has to smooth over ALF's gaffes."" The premise of the show calls for Willie to be at once horrified by ALF’s manners and values and attracted to himasatriend **He’s my pal,’’ Wright said atout him. No matter how outrageous he is I can keep the bond Wright grew up in Detroit, where he became a music student at age four. By the time he was five he was playing the “Icare ‘DEWDNEY + TOURS 1355 Bay Ave., Trail |] WEST'S TRAVE Call: 1-800-332-0282 365-7782 SPOKANE FALL RENO BROADWAY TOURS SEPTEMBER 23 8. y RIVERBOAT . #OY* OCTOBER 1 7 Day Ex CIRCUS CIRCUS OCTOBER 7 8 Day RIVERBOAT . €Y“~ $299 OCTOBER 21 6 Dav RIVERBOAT . 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Everyone welcome. halt-price and the fourth ¢ COMMUNITY Bulletin Board MOVIE ABOUT JESUS h Fellowship, 2329-6th Ave., at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20 2 66 ing events of Castlegar and District non. protit organizations may be lis first 10 words are $4 and additional words are 20¢ each. Bold taced adings) count as two words. There 1s 1 charge is $4 (whether ad 1s tor one, two or three pam Thursdays for Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mondays tor Wednesdays paper Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board piano on television and at church meetings. STARTS WITH A KISS “I did a play in the third grade. I got the part because I was the only one in class who would kiss the girl in the play onthe lips.”” Wright went to medical school on a musical scholarship. “was planning to become a doctor My first semester I came under the in- fluence of a drama teacher and began doing play after play. | liked it. I really liked it. 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But two days of gruelling hearings by the Commons finance committee showed that. the tax, expected to come into effect Jan. 1, 1991, and bring in $24 billion in its first year, is dnything but straightforward. Asked by MPs how the. tax will af- fect the price of housing, airline tickets, groceries or books, Wilson's senior officials said repeatedly it is almost_impossible to predict exactly what would shappen to consumer prices, VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia government is facing ‘*significant expenditure pressures’’ from anticipated set tlements that include the health care sector and ministries . have been asked to save part of their budget, Finance Minister Mel Couvelier said. The minister made the comment in a prepared statement, as he released figures from the latest quarterly financial report The report shows employment growth in British Columbia in the last year was 6.1 per cent, com. pared with 1.9 per cent in Canada as a whole. Growth in retail sales was almost 11 per cent compared with 6.3 per cent for the country And capital investment in the westernmost province is expected to rise by more than 21 per cent in 1989. That compares with about 11 per cent for Canada. The. report also shows that revenue in the first three months of the fiscal year was more than $3 billion. But to reach that figure, $125 million was transferred from Finance committee hearings no help the budget stabilization fund, which the government calls its rainy day account Excliding the transfer, revenue was up 6,2 per cent in the first three months of the fiscal year over the same period last year But spending also climbed. The general fund expenditure was 9.4 per cent higher than the same period last year While Couvelier says the report indicates that British Columbia has the strongest economy in the coun: try, he warns the province will only remain competitive if wage set tlements remain realistic “The government is facing significant expenditure pressures, primarily as a result of the expected impact of contract settlements in the health-care sector,"’ said Couvelier in his statement. **To of fset these pressures, all ministries have been requested to provide savings in the amount of 0.5 per cent.’* The savings were expected to allow the government to achieve its projected” balanced budget, said Couvelier Lorne Nystrom, the New Democrat finance critic, wanted to know whether or rents would rise, even though rent is to be exempt from the new tax He predicted it would because lan dlords would have to pay the new tax on plumbing, cleaning services and anything else needed to run an apar tment building IMPOSSIBLE TOSAY “It’s impossible to say in advance whether it will or not,"’ said deputy finance minister Fred Gorbet Nystrom concluded that the gover nment is asking Canadians to buy the new tax ona “blind leap of faith.” “‘Lwas surprised at how many things they just didn’t know for sure,” he told reporters. Only the broadest outlines’ of the new tax are clear Wilson estimates that a family of four with two incomes totalling $45,000 a year would pay $629 more a year in tax. But he says low-income Canadians would be better off. The same family of four would pay $198 less a year if their income was only $30,000. Here’s what we know for sure * The new tax would be charged on almost every economic transaction Businesses would be able to deduct taxes paid on most equipment and materials needed to make products and sell services * The tax would bring in about $24 billion in 1991 and would replace the 13,$-per-cent. manufacturers’ tax, which would have collected only $18.5 billion in 1991 © Some of the extra revenue would be returned to low-income earners through tax credits, rebates and other benfits. The personal income tax rate for middle-income earners would drop 025 per cent from 26 per cent * Wilson estimates the new tax would have a “‘one-time’’ impact of boosting inflation 2.25 p 2 PARENTS! Returning to Work or School? -3 “hobbit hill 749-\\th Avenue, Castlegar CHIL DREN'S CENTER 365-7280 *# NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS * Quality licenced child care, ages 3-5 Nursery School, ages 3 and 4 — Special Needs services Out-of-Schoo! Care, ages 5-1) WARM AND FRIENDLY CARE United Way Montser Agency hee Ener points, But he admits there isa risk that wages would go up to compensate for inflation, sparking another round of price increases, * The'tax wouldn't boost all prices by nine per cent. Because it replaces the existing 13.5-per-cent sales tax, the price of most. manufactured goods should drop. 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