y Andy Rooney (pic- Curmudgeon! ally acerbic es- delivers usually acct a pana “60 Minutes, which is no CBS. The in its 25th season On ; or Per Hp OO which is a csrsere . the top of the —e pro i igative reports an — Seaae oa the famous aE in mous. It airs Sunday, Jan. 3. everybody — Murphy to bond wi episode of aoa led ” airin: Monday, Jan. 4, ak (Candice ser tl s to give her son some ne : ed ca by hosting a “Little Bitty vi 4 Playgroup,” complete W games and singing. Take cover, Avery. On the “In the Comp: un stars Helen vie assign Raul Julia narrates “Ameri- cas,” a 10-part series exam- ining Latin American and Caribbean society both in those regions and in the Unit- ed States.. The first two parts, airing Monday, Jan. 4, on PBS (check local listings), explore national identity and economic development by focusing on Argentina. and Brazil. Part three, airing Tuesday, Jan. 5, and set mainly in Mexico, looks at migration. The series airs through early March. CANA VIEWERS’ VOICES DIAN BY MICHAEL RECHTSHAFFEN IRST OF ‘THE LAST’ - I have just seen “The Last of the Mohicans,” starring Dan- iel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe, and I am trying to re- member who starred in the original movie. Please refresh my memory. - H.G., Seoke, B.C. Randolph Scott played the part of Hawkeye in the famous 1936 version, which also fea- tured Binnie Barnes as Alice Munro, as well as Henry Wil- coxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel and Hugh Buckler. The James Fenimore Cooper novel had previously been translated to the screen in a 1922 silent version, with Wallace Beery as the nasty Magua. It was also filmed in 1932 as a 12-chapter serial, featuring Harry Carey and Edwina Booth, and again in 1947 in a loosely adapted edition called “Last of the Red- men,” starring Jon Hall, Eve- lyn Ankers and Michael O’Shea. Finally, the time-hon- ored tale was made into a 1977 TV movie, featuring Steve Forrest, Ned Romero and An- drew Prine. IN FOCUS Tennessee Williams’ chilling Gothic drama “Suddenly Last Summer” airs Wednes- day, Jan. 6, on PBS’s “Great Performances.” (Check local listings.) Rob Lowe (1.) stars as Dr. Sugar, a brain surgeon hired by Mrs. Venable (Mag- gie Smith). When her niece, Catharine (Natasha Richard- son, r.), insists upon telling the story of how Mrs. Vena- ble’s son died, her aunt wants to have her lobotomized in order to preserve his reputa- tion as a ane = A DIFFERENT FRONTIER - I seem to remember seeing cowboy actor George O’Brien (he was Pat O’Brien’s brother) in “The Last of the Mohicans’ years ago. Is this correct? - HRB.A., Jerseyville, Ont. You could be thinking of the 1936 version of “Daniel Boone,” in which O’Brien (ac- tually no relation to Pat, who was born five months earlier, on Nov. 11, 1899) starred as the frontiersman. Nicknamed “The Chest” because of his muscular physique, he was joined by Heather Angel and John Carradine in the film. *‘THUNDERBIRDS’ ERA - When did the children’s show “Thunderbirds” originally air? - S.R., Hamilton The British serie; exploits of Inter: cue, headquart mote Pacific isl: Jeff Tracy and made use of the innovative “super-marionation™ process developed by Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, in which traditional marionettes were electroni- cally rigged to allow their mouths and eyes to move in synchronization with a prere- corded soundtrack. Please address questions to Canadian Viewers’ Voices, TV Data, United Media Cana- da, 6557C Mississauga Rd., Mississauga, Ont. LSN 1A6. Because of the volume of mail received, personal re- plies cannot be sent. Robert Stack hosts “Unsolved Mys- teries,” which airs Wednesday. Jan. 6, on NBC. Now inits fifth sea. son, the series, through interviews and _ re-enactments, re-creates real-life felony cases, baffling dis- appearances, medical miracles and other criminal and human-in- terest stories. Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer (pictured) co-anchor “PrimeTime Live,” which airs Thursday, Jan. 7 on ABC. Since its premiere in 1989. the newsmagazine has blended breaking news stories, interviews with newsmakers, investigative re- ports and human-interest feature Stories weekly. On CBS’s “Major Dad.” whe C n Gen. Craig (Jon Cypher, Pictured) hig ceives phone calls from @ woman with an alluring voice, Holowachuk Jumps to an erroneous conclusi After that misunderstanding is cleared up, another one, having to do with the general’s health, takes its place. It airs Friday, Jan, 8. @ Wednesday, December 30, 1992 Probation Office expands its role @ Castlegar apart of 50th anniversary celebration as role of Probation Officers continues to grow They require investigative skills, insight, compassion, and courtroom savvy. They are the province’s 350 Probation Officers and they are celebrating the 50th an- niversary of the Provincial Probation Service. The role of Probation Offi- cers has become broader and more challenging since the service was established in April, 1942. Currently, across British Columbia, Probation Officers are responsible for supervis- ing approximately 19,000 youth and adult offenders on a variety of orders. Probation Officers deal with everyone from shoplifters to sex offenders, and in most cases, their work- load has become more com- plex. This results in increasing demands on people supervis- ing this wide variety of of- fenders. They also complete approx- imately 15,000 reports each year on offenders and present sentencing and release op- tions to Judges, Prosecutors and Parole Boards. As such, Probation Officers play a crit- ical role in the Criminal Jus- tice System. British Columbia’s Proba- tion Officers are among the best trained in the country but they still rely largely on their own resourcefulness and versatility. Within a single hour, they may be comforting a victim of an assault, lobbying a group » home to take a young offend- er, confronting an offender about missing a treatment ’ session, or referring persons to other appropriate service providing community agen- cies. In recent years, Probation Officers have also’ been trained as’ Family Court Counselors to provide infor- mation and mediation ser- vices for separating couples as well as investigating home situations for Courts faced with child custody and access decisions. The Castlegar Probation and Family Court Services Office is one of 78 throughout the province operated by the Corrections Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General. The office opened in 1974 and now has two Probation Officers/Family Court Coun- selors and gne administrative support staff. The office carries an aver- age caseload of 70 offenders and approximately 28 family services cases at any one time. Presently, the catchment area for the Castlegar Proba- tion and Family Court Ser- vices Office includes all com- munities between China Creek to Slocan City. Reconciliation with the community is an important part of today’s offender pro- gram philosophy. As an ex- ample, this is achieved by way of community service or direct victim reparation. Local Director Fred Kani- gan is particularly proud of the dedicated service of clerk steno Jackie Larson; Proba- tion Officer/Family Court Counselor, Laurie Morgan; and Auxiliary Probation Offi- cer, Carol Russell. He is also appreciative of the good working relationship that exists between all com- munity agencies and the Pro- bation Office. BIRTHS Hospital in Castlegar. Zanussi — To Heather and Michael Zanussi of Castlegar, a boy born Dec. 19 at Castlegar and District Hospital in Castlegar. Graham-Boa — To Jayleen Boa and Paul Graham of Castle- gar, a girl born Dec. 15 at Castlegar and District Hospital in Castlegar. Riding — To Leeanne and Warren Riding of Nelson, a boy born Dec. 16 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. ] Stasyn — To Kathy and Martin Stasyn of Nelson, a boy born } Dec. 14 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. O’Brien — To Sherry O'Brien of Nelson, a girl born Dec. 15 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. Lorenzini-Schwolow — To Tanja Schwolow and Louis Lorenzini of Nelson, a boy born Dec. 12 at Kootenay Lake Dis- trict Hospital in Nelson. Segall-Jones — To Kelly Jones and Doug Segall of Salmo, a boy born Dec. 14 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. Anderson — To Rosemarie and Kevin Anderson of Nelson, a boy born Dec. 24 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. DaCosta-Campbell — To Jodi-Lynn Campbell and Louis Da- Costa of Castlegar, a girl born Dec. 18 at Castlegar and District 9a Ihave no right to tell this story. My home is in Pass Valley. Whenever I go out into the world, I pass through Kresto- va or Brilliant. This is Doukhobor land. ° Although I've lived most of my adult life in the Koote- nays, only three years have been here, as a “Pass Creekian” — a resident of Pass Creek. This is the old road, the original road from Robson to Nelson. There are ghosts here, old homesteads, wooden wagon wheels left parched, a baby shoe, initials on trees. And there are spirit wrestlers here who touch me way beyond words. Families live here who have been broken and broken again by agents of the British Columbia government, by the Ministry of Education and the RCMP. People who lived here were violated in the 20s and again, a generation later, in the 50s by provincial mandate. By “violated” I mean their chil- dren were forcibly removed from their family homes and was because the parents did not send them to the public school. Here in the 90s new people arrive in the Kootenays. Maybe they want to teach their children at home. That’s no problem. They can easily use the resources of the regional correspondence school or their own resources. In fact, the correspondence branch struggles to keep up with the demand. Maybe it’s years before a Doukhobors travel moral high ground Radical Times BarbaraMMURDOCH incarcerated for years. This - new resident meets any of the hundreds who were severely affected by police raids. Maybe never. It seems outrageous now that such basic human rights were ignored by the dominant society. The Charter of Rights would forbid such atrocities now. What did these parents want? As pacifists they didn’t want their children partici- pating in military drills. They wanted Russian to be taught. They wanted the option to teach their own values. Finally, after 70 years of asking, Russian is offered in the local schools and military drills are out. Oddly enough, while the B.C. government was rounding up Native Indi- an and Doukhobor children — separating them from their parents to enforce Schooling No Matter What — the same govern- ment was not making any ap- preciable efforts educate and assimilate Chinese or East Indian children whose par- ents would have welcomed easy access to Canadian schools. When I pass through these hills, I can imagine the children yet, hiding in the raspberry canes, fleeing po- lice dogs. One January morning ear- ly in 1955, the snow could have been this deep, 50 RCMP raided homes in Krestova and took 40 chil- dren, that day. How could ei- ther parents or children trust a government again ? Ever at all? Why must I live here 12 years before I learn of these deeds? Once, when a man of Free- domite background told me of his personal experience, years behind the wire fence in New Denver. His parents vis- its.. crying through the fence. I was so naive then I could hardly believe it. I learned more about this dark chapter of educational history at the Master’s level of graduate study. Why so little so late? I am not qualified to tell this story, but because I am a mother, I understand it at the core. It grabs me and moves me to tears. I still see the chil- dren hiding, but they are my age now, and broken. I pass through this land, my temporary self, perhaps somehow benefiting from their struggle and torment. It’s some kind of unspoken history. 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