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MONTREAL (CP) — The image of women on television has improved “tremendous ly” — to the point that they are currently over-repre sented in TV roles as pro- fessionals, says an NBC exe cutive. “One male executive has remarked that this year, (TV) is female-dominated to the point of sexism,” Betty Yoffman, NBC's vice-presi- dent for program information resources, told a recent con- ference of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television. Hoffman cites studies showing that 20 per cent of that the problem is the men holding those jobs are of an older generation that has no experience working with women. CREDITS COMMERCIALS Also addressing the con ference earlier this month on the “male-female equation in broadcasting” was Guy Four nier, vice-president in charge of programming at Quatre Saisons, Quebec's new pri vate television network Fournier said the impro ved image of women was first reflected in commercials as a result of pressure from fe. male consumers. “I would say that television the roles played by actresses portrayed profes- sionals — a proportion that is higher than that found in real life and even higher than that portrayed by male actors. And, women make up 36 per cent of prime-time tele vision characters, she said, noting that such shows as Kate and Allie, Golden Girls and Hill Street Blues portray women as intelligent, comp- etent and independent. Most important, however, is that no television show ridicules the concept of sex ual equality and that char. acters who do mock women's rights don’t get away with it, she said. The big hurdle for women in television today “is break ing through from middle management to top manage- ment,” she said, suggesting the change in women's situation faster than television itself,” Fournier said. “Advertisers react faster because they are very sensitive to the signal that the cash register sends them.” Fournier said because re search indicates that on a weekly basis, women watch six hours more television than men, Quatre Saisons has ensured that women play as great a role behind the cameras as in front of them Thus, women make up eight of 12 employees respon. sible for programming, 75 per cent of production staff, 65 per cent of newsroom staff and 75 per cent of executive producers. Overall, he noted that women make up almost 55 per cent of Quatre Saisons employees. Cable 10 TV CABLE 10TV Thursday, Oct. 23 5:30—Trail United Way Campaign 1986 —Pam Fischer and Tricia Rasku of the Home Support Services, as well as Lorraine Ernst of the Learning Disability Association are interviewed 5:50—Soviet Artists Per form at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. This concert was taped by the USCC Video Club Sept. 24 7:00—Pre- and Post-natal Fitness — A safe pro gram of aerobic exer cise and tips for the women expecting, with Janet and Shar on. This is an eight week series produced by Rogers Cable 10. 1:30—Peace Through Com RESTAURANT On the Second Level at 402 Baker St., Nelson Offers the finest in dining in an elegant atmosphere at at tordable prices. As recom mended in the Where to ect in Canade Guide Please Coll 3 352-7709 Lunch—Mon.-Set. 11-3 p.m. Dinner night from 5 p.m. SUNDAY IS JAZZ NIGHT! JUSTINE’S munication Confer ence — This segment of the conference fea tures Elizabeth Sher- man of the Inter national Economic Conversion Informa tion Exehange based Cambridge, Mass Mrs. Sherman speaks on Conversion of Mili tary Industry to Civi lian Uses. 8:30—Kootenay Old-Time Fiddlers This group was taped dur ing Kootenay Week at . Si first week 9:00—Front Row Ticket Margo Masterton re views movies and specials currently presented on First Choice-Superchannel 9:30—The Pesticide Ques. tion — This program was produced by the Kootenay group Citi zens Against Pesti cides to inform the public of its dangers 10:00—Roxanne — This pro gram produced by Shaw Cable Nelson is a behind the scenes look at the cast of characters and pro duction work involved in the making of the movie Roxanne 11:00—Sign-off We've got a HOWL KIDS’ FAVORITE . . . CBC TV's Mr. Dressup on stage at the Trail junior high auditorium Monday during MR. DRESSUP SENDS FANS HOME PLEASED By RON NORMAN pi Children’s entertainers have it made — at least that's how it looks on the surface They only perform during the day (because evening shows are past their fans’ bedtime), each performance only lasts about an hour (because any longer and the fans start to grow restless), and they fetch $5 a ticket (not too shabby for 60 minutes on stage) But don't get it wrong: children’s entertainers have to be dead on for every performance because, while their fans can be adoring. they can also be among the toughest critics. If the show doesn't hold the children’s attention, pandemonium can break loose. And you only need to lose the attention of a handful of youngsters to send a show careening off course But there was no worry of that Monday afternoon in Trail when three of CBC TV's most celebrated personal ities took to the stage one of the two sold-out performances. Kids loved him and his co-stars, Casey and Finnegan Mr. Dressup and his two costars, Casey and Finnegan, have been a cornerstone of CBC's children’s programming for more than two decades. and Monday it was clear why Playing to a packed house for two performances in the junior high auditorium, Mr. Dressup (alias Ernie Coombs, 59) sent his little fans home totally pleased. That was in large part because Mr. Dressup didn't stray very far from the format that has proved so successful on TV There was the familiar “tickle trunk” stuffed full of costumes for he, Casey and Finnegan, some funny (and fun) songs, and of course the leisurely pace to the whole performance so characteristic of the television program. The kids loved every minute of it It no doubt helped that Mr. Dressup was so familiar to them, thanks to the TV program. In fact. he’s become such a close friend for most of the children that after the show when he returned to greet the youngsters in front of the stage. the biggest thrill for a few of the kids wasn't to have their photograph taken with him, but to give bim a big kiss. He's like family to them. And if you had any doubts about the admission price. you only needed to look around at the several hundred younsters in the audience and their excited faces to know hat Mr. Dressup was worth every penny he's paid Now wouldn't it be nice if we t Id come away from a performance as completely satisfied as those children? . 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Cantos Proto by Ryan Winer ENROLMENT CHECK Victoria changes stand By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer The provincial government is giving Castlegar school board a break on its threatened mid-year enrolment check School board chairman Kay Johnson told Monday night's board meeting the government has changed its position, which will result in less money removed from the school district's budget. Johnson had expressed concern over the enrolment check earlier to both Rossland/Trail Scored candidate Aud rey Moore and New Democrat incum bent Chris D'Arcy, and to Education Minister Tony Brummet when he was in Castlegar last week The purpose of the mid-year enrol [ment check is to keep funds issued by the government in proportion with the number of students actually enrolled. If the enrolment drops, Victoria will remove funds from the school district's operating budget At breakfast meetings hosted by the Lumber companies bump up prices TORONTO (CP) — Some Canadian lumber companies have bumped up export prices and jumped back into to about the market, but the industry board fee remains in disarray following customers. a 15per-cent U.S. duty against Canadian softwood lumber. After a brief lull in sales last week as companies on both sides of the border wore out their calculators trying to out new prices, Can adian wholesalers emerged with general increased of four to eight per cent. Before the duty announced Thurs day, prices were about $185 US for 1,000 board feet of spruce, pine or fir But changes on price tags and in market activity could continue for the next month as the industry rides out a strike in British Columbia and possible political de velopments “It’s an absolute mess,” said John Sereny, president of Green Forest Lumber of Toronto, one of the country’s largest wholesalers. Sereny and others in the industry said Tuesday that, regardless of the duty’s im pact, the end of the strike by the International Wood workers of America in B.( will mean an immediate in crease in supply and a drop in export prices. On the Castlegar Hospice Society GENERAL MEETING 7:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 27 Cestiegor Heolth Unit wholesalers are prices seven to eight per cent $200 US for 1,000 Castlegar District Teachers’ Associa. tion last week, Johnson told both the candidates that the operating budget is set long before the mid-year enrolment check takes place. Thus, money pre- viously budgeted for the district and planned for school use would be re- moved. The government now plans to conduct the enrolment check in Jan- uary, rather than September. Instead of losing $270,000 as a result of a drop in enrolment of 100 students (cal culated over 10 months), the new calculation would encompass only six months (from January to June) bring: ing the figure to between $116,000 and $140,000, something the board feels it can handle In other news, the school board received a letter from Pass Creek residents requesting the use of the closed Pass Creek elementary school for recreation purposes The letter, from Martin Vanderpol, chairman of the Castlegar and District Commission, that area resi- dents use the school for three hours a day, two days a week. Vanderpol said responsibility would be taken for activating and deacti- vating the security system and for clean-up. 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