‘ ay.. Castlegar News September 9, 1987 AFFORDABLE Middle of the road art TORONTO (CP) — Not so long ago, homeowners with a yen for art had simple choices: an expensive, original work or, say, the kind done on velvet backgrounds. In those days, Ted Simon was reduced to creating his own “masterpiece” out of a piece of wood, some tinfoil and a clutch of dried flowers. Today Simon is president of Simcn Art Ltd., which produces limited edition art reproductions to fill the gap between the really good stuff and junk art. “Twenty years ago when I first got married, none of us had art on our walls,” said-Simon. “It wasn't just the fact we couldn't afford it. [t just wasn't done.” FACTORY ART Poor art lovers, he says, could buy “original oils” that cost about $3 and came off an oriental assembly line. (“One painter did the sky, one did the mountain, another did the trees, and the last guy signed it ‘J. Wilson.’ ") “Lhe other ones I used to see were the black velvet with the Spanish galleon and the orange sunset, or a big, cute little face with tear-drops,” recalls Simon. “And I never wanted to put any of that stuff of my walls.” Now, there's a wide variety of art available, and people are more willing to spend money on it, Simon says. The Canadian market in limited reproductions — which barely existed 10 years ago — has grown to meet the increased demand. “Every second guy who can afford it goes out and prints up 1,000 copies and then tries to sell it in a mall,” says Rod Sasaki, president of Warehouse Artworks Ltd. in Winnipeg. BUYER BE WARY This means the consumer must be wary of what he is buying. Limited edition reproductions can be used to describe a wide variety of art works. What one company may call a “limited edition" may not be what the term implies to most people. “You could make 10,000 copies and still call it a limited beyseal points out Barbara Sawyers of the Ontario Ministry and C Om Simon Art, a limited edition fine art reproduction is printed on high-quality rag paper from an original, then F.., W... D rive Cars Are Plentiful Now and Will Be in Short Supply As Winter Approaches! Buy Now While Selection Is Best!! SPECIALS s4omnec oun $A QRH "84 CHEV CITATIONS cease cael Immocul S| and out, ©. "54985. Now 81 EAGLE 4x4 Wee 2 $6985. Now ’ ond “f, Wes $4485. Now DOWN OAC. Will Deliver $3485 ‘1 MERCUT 1.9 79 F S005 MEE $A AQE All Vehicles Have Been Safety Inspected, Fully Serviced, Cleaned And Made As Reliable As Possible So You Can Enjoy Many Trouble Free Miles *4985 1387 +2287 We Take Anything In Trade! ‘193 Wagoneer, 4x4, “Limited Leather Upholstery etc. Hos hod tull safety inspection Was $5995. N "78 SUBARU 4 W.D. on, Lady ow Mechanically ane Was $2685 ‘17 WW 4-Cyl. fueling engine, 4-spd., good body, paint and all round shape. Was $2985. Now signed and numbered by the artist. Usually about 400 are issued, although up to 1,000 may have to be printed in order to get 400 that meet the standard. Those below standard are shredded and once the edition is completed the printing plates are destroyed, says Simon. The process is slow and expensive, and the blotter- like qualities of rag paper also create problems for printe The cost for such a reproduction depends on its size and the popularity of the artist. New works by Simon's stable of Canadian artists — Jack Reid, Les Tait, James Liumbars and Alan Kingsland — cost betwee! $30 and $250, plus framing. Another category is the limited edition original print, says Sasaki, which is an etching or lithograph done on a copper plate or block of wood, then printed, numbered and signed by the artist. In this case, there is no original in the usual sense. Beyond the limited edition label, but still called prints, is everything from glossy posters to reprints of famous artists’ works, which from a distance may look like a fine art reproduction but are in fact printed by the tens of thousands. Simon doesn't advise anyone who is looking for an investment to buy a limited edition reproduction, although many have increased dramatically in value. Buyers should pick a print based on their enjoyment of it, he says. “The bonus is that if you've (bought) one that happens to become famous and popular, and the signature is on it, then so much the better.” Before buying, says Simon, people should research the background of the artist. A reputable art dealer should have the information available in a brochure. Among questions to ask about the artist, says Simon, re: “What credentials does he have? Who purchases his original work? Where does he hang his original work?” Look for documented credits, not just superlatives about what a wonderful painter he is, advises Simon. “Where is this artist going? Is this artist just here today and going to be gone tomorrow? Is he just taking a stab at it?” Ears operated on in patient mix up ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (AP) — Two-year-old Nich- olas Boehlke went to the hospital to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. In- stead, his ears were operated on when workers confused him with another little boy named Nicholas. ears. The tubes were re- moved during the tonsil and adenoid surgery. “He still has a little blood coming out of his ears but they said it was just the dry blood from his tubes,” said his mother, Lori Boehlke. North Memorial Medical NEW YORK (CP) — Each month, saucy Spy magazine pillories the people who believe a little too vigorously in their own importance. So what do Spy’s victims do? Sue? Crank up their elitist noses a little higher? Not likely. They invite Spy's editors | to more of their parties. Ina vain world, bad press is better than no press. Gne socialite, depicted as a “fright mask” in one of Spy’s first issues, asked later that future reports not neglect to mention her dog, recalls editor E. Graydon Carter,, an expatriate Canadian who used to write speeches for former prime minister. Pierre Trudeua. “| got ice down my shirt at one’ party,” added co-editor Kurt Andersen. “But it was done in a very friendly way.” Mostly, the editors don't go to the parties. It's easier to attack phoney, vapid behavior from a distance, they say, and the parties are dull anyway. When Spy was launched last fall with $1.5 million in start-up capital, it was quickly apparent this wasn't just another New York magazine all about New York. An early isgue listed the 10 most embarrassing New Yorkers, among them singer Grace Jones —.a “towering Jur of indistinct sexuality peddling dirty pictures of erself”; and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, cited for “horrid, non-stop whining” and a hairstyle resembling a “moulded Rotarian Prince Valiant cut.” ’Spy runs a list of health-code violations by trendy restaurants and has featured an article on celebrity memoirs. That story's headline was The Sex! The Drugs! The Awkward Prose! Another article, on Caroline Kennedy's husband, was called Egghead for Hire. After Sondra Gotlieb was seen slapping her social secretary at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, Spy took a lengthy look at her and Ambassador Allan Gotlieb, Washington's “pushiest couple.” WORKED AT TIME Toronto-born Carter, as a student at the University of Ottawa in the early 1970s, co-founded the Canadian Review, a journal of political and literary commentary. After working’as a speech writer for two years in the prime minister's office, he moved to New York eight years ago and worked for Time and Life magazil In 1985 he and Andersen, another young Time veteran, met Tom Phillips, a venture capitalist for Roths- child Inc., at one of those power lunches that Spy would Victims of spys like to be in the news normally make fun of. They had gone seeking Phillips's advice and came away with a partner willing to put up money and look for other backers. The magazine lost 3,000 subscribers after its first isste. Then, as the right readers found it, circulation started to grow, Phillips says. Sales have increased by 1,000 copies a month and now top 40,000, about 15,000 short of break even. Spy’s irreverence is in the tradition of Britain's Private Eye, but it claims a stronger influence. “We're the David Letterman of print,” Phillips has said, referring to the talk-show host and comedian whose hip wit is often grounded on a disdain for fools. USES FACTS Spy operates on the premise that facts and opinion can be more effective than parody, Carter said. He believes such an approach can work in a city where developer Donald Trump offered to build a convention centre for $200 million instead of the estimated $400 million — as long as he could put his family’s name on it. “He thought his name was worth $200 million!” Carter said ineredulously. Rather than the typical arts reviews and what Carter calls the “tyranny of the profile” seen in most, magazines, Spy criticizes New York critics, mostly in ways that make them look silly. ADD SOME SPIN Some of the sharpest features have been those written in a straightforward manner with little satirical spin. In an article called News at 11, Facts a Little Later, Spy printed the text of a local newscast and highlighted the numerous mistakes in red ink. It also broke the story of a ‘bungled attempt by adventurers financed by the New York Post to find, drug and kidnap Nazi Josef Mengele in Urugway. The man they staked out was the wrong guy. After The Post's high-living search team had spent $10,000 for a boat, $8,000 for a winch and thousands more on hotel rooms and the rental of a Mercedes, Mengele's bones were found in a grave in Brazil. Feigning concern about the lack of a letters-to-the- editor column in the “iarless” New Yorker, Spy invited that magazine's readers to write in, and began carrying a New Yorker letters column of its own. liberated ‘80s. BREAST FEEDING Work and motherhood By DEBLPELLETIER Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Meeting the demands of both work and motherhood is beeoming more difficult even in the work and refrigerate it for later use. “Mothers’ milk will store in a refrigerator for 24 hours, in « fridge freezer for three weeks and in a deep- freeze for six months.” But expressing milk for later use isn't always'as @asy’ September 9, 1967 Cy Research indicates that more than half of Canadian ‘women with pre-school children are in the work force, but expectations about mixing the two. Women who opt to take the advice of such groups as the World Health Organization and the Canadian Pediatric coed and breast-feed their babies face a particular proble: “Plexibility is a a real key to breast-feeding,” says Dr. Verity Livingstone of the family practice department at the University of British Columbia. “It is a major problem for women who work in a structured job environment. The system doesn't allow for the needs of new families.” FEW CONTINUE Livingstone says studies show that most working mothers give up breast-feeding their infants after only two months, although it is often recommended that babies be breast-fed for the first four to six months. She said one study done in Edmonton in 1984 showed 85 per cent of new mothers began breast-feeding their babies in hospital. Two months after leaving hospital, the number dropped to 50 per cent. Only eight per cent continued breast-feeding for six months. Livingstone said new-borns fed exclusively on mothers’ milk become healthier adults because they develop more resistance to disease, allergies and eczema. SAVE MILK experts say many first-time mothers have unrealistic _ She suggests mothers express their milk while at | as it sounds, “You have to learn to express your milk for your baby... and the best time to learn is in the hospital after giving birth.” Another problem, says Livingstone, is that the body often has to be “switched on” to produce milk. “You've got to think about the baby to get the lactic reflexes going.” CAN INTERFERE The pressures of work or the general office environment can do much to restrict lactation, Livingstone says worry produces higher levels of adrenalin, which blocks the production of a called oxytocin. Oxytocin is needed to help the breast muscles contract to release milk. i “Take a picture to work and think about your baby when you try to express your milk,” Livingstone suggests. She says ther effort is also important for the mother’s health and well-being because breasts become full and uncomfortable after an entire day without nursing. She says if the milk is not expressed, women run the risk of developing abscesses in their breasts. The. International Labor Organization drafted maternity leave provisions in 1919, which were reviewed in 1962. Those provisions entitled women to two 30-minute breaks a day, with pay, to nurse their children. Livingstone says the measure was never ratified by Canada, “which I find curious because in China those provisions are in force.” - Figuring out viruses Centre in Robbinsdale apol Skeptics attack theories VANCOUVER (CP) — first issue of the Rational EDMONTON (CP) — One ranging from the common cold and chicken pox to AIDS. Yet much about them is mysterious. Dr. Aimo Salmi, a re- searcher at the University of countries where vaccinations are required — that can kill or leave its victims severely handicapped. i What Salmi learns about it could apply to other viruses and his work may prove im- portant in unlocking some of the secrets of immune sys- tem diseases like juvenile diabetes and multiple scler- osis. “I feel it is a terrible mis- take,” said Timothy Boehlke, Nicholas’s father. Nicholas, who went into the hospital Aug. 24, is back home in Brooklyn Centre re- cuperating from the ear operation and from sub- sequent surgery to remove ogized Friday. “A mistake was made and we are very sorry,” B.J. Buckland, director of surgical services, told a news con ference. Buckland said operating room personnel failed to cheek the boy's identification bracelet. No disciplinary action has been taken, he said. his tonsils and adenoids. During the first surgery, tubes were inserted in his They want to be seen as the guardians of the gullible. A group of British Colum bia gcademics. and applied scientists, tired of seeing people fall for reports of supernatural events, has set out to debunk everything from faith healing to hand. writing analysis to UFOs. The B.C. Society for Skep- tieal Inquiry has published its + CHURCH DIRECTORY fT . PETER LUTHERAN PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602 - 7th St. * Ph. 365-5212 — Near High Schoo! Fash fellowship Enquirer and has’ scheduled public talks to dissect “claims of the paranormal.” “We're nots bungh of rabid debunkers attempting to go out and crucify people who happen to be a little mis- guided,” said society secre- tary Les Moller, a North v he said. And the growing accept- ance of graphology, or hand- writing analysis, is equally dangerous, Moller said. .. ELY USED In ine i lead article in this months’ Rational Enquirer, Moller writes that 80 per cent of French corporations scien tist. “But there is a school that says misinformation is bad information, no matter where Moller said certain ideas are particularly outrageous, among them claims by TV evangelists of supernatural healing powers. Preachers use such claims to milk mil- use gr to screen job applicants. But scientific studies show that even when professional graphologists exceed chance by small amounts, untrained indivi duals can do as well. “Who is this person to say whether your handwriting slopes up or slopes down makes you a bad employee?” Stories from outer space tention of the skeptics. In April, a man named Rael told an audience of about 250 people in Vancouver that the Jews. of theOld .Testament were descended from little green extraterrestrials called Elohim. “There are logical incon- sistencies with Rael’s wrote one skeptic in the Ra tional Enquirer. “For ex- ample, there is no evidence that Jews tend to be short and have greenish skin.” The Skeptics are an off- shoot of the Committee to Scientifically Investigate Claims of the Paranormal, a New York-based organiza- tion which counts among its members astronomer Carl Alberta, is studying a 8 oe of virus in mcesiog The research could show Department orders exposure reduction “how certain chronic diseases might be caused by viruses,” Salmi said. CAN BE DEADLY For most people in North America, measles is a faded childhood memory of itchy red spots, But in rare cases the disease can be deadly. 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