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Rummage and Pie Sale. Door Prizes, Tickets $100, 2/89 CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR November 20 and 21 at Castlegar Recreation Complex Sponsored by Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission. For information phone Rosalyn Cook, 365-3057 or Lorraine Gallo, 365-3878 4/87 SELKIRK WEAVERS’ AND SPINNERS’ GUILD Exhibition and sale, Saturday, November 28, 1987 Castlegar Community Complex 4/87 (NORDIC CLUB X-C SKI SWAP Soturdey, November 14, Kinnaird Hall. Drop-off, 9a.m. to 12, Sales 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Early bird memberships. 4/87 Coming events of Costlegor and District non-profit may be listed here. The firs! 10 words are ional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced wor ds (which must be used for headings) count as two words There is no extra charge for o second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is seventy-five percent and the fourth consecutive insertion is half-price. Minimum charge is $3.75 (whether od 1s tor one. two or three times) Seodtines ore 3 p.m. Thursdays for Sunday's per and 5 jondays for Wednesday's paper Notices should be beocpht to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Mount Royal series a Canadian ‘Dallas’ By FELICITY MUNN Canadian Press MONTREAL — The television series Mount Royal, scheduled to begin on CTV in January, features filthy rich characters who lead glamorous lives rife with conflict and drama. Sound familiar? A Canadiah version of Dallas, maybe? Yes and no, say its cteators. Robert Lantos and Denis Heroux of Alliance En- tertainment Corp. boast on the one hand that Mount Royal it $17 million the most expensive TV project in Canadian history — will beat the American networks at their own game of prime-time soaps. In the next breath, they talk about how realistic and intelligent the series will be, sort of like an upscale L.A. Law. RUNS 17 HOURS Certainly if cliches are the yardstick, then the 17-hour series should measure up to the American soaps. Now filming in Montreal and Paris, Mount Royal is about a wealthy family of French-Canadians who live in a palatial home in the upper reaches of Montreal and have a second home in Paris. The father, Andre Valeur (Patrick Bauchau), has risen from humble origins to become one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. His wife Katherine (Domini Blythe) was disowned by her wealthy WASP family for marrying the then-upstart French-Canadian. They have three children. Danielle (Catherine Colvey) is a TV journalist who has rebelled against the world she grew up in and whose work often brings her into conflict with the rich and powerful, including her father. SON OF CROMBIE Their son, Rob (Jonathan Crombie, son of federal cabinet minister David Crombie); works in the family business but is more interested in the city’s nightlife. A handsome young man, he owns the hottest disco in town and is “flirting with disaster in the Montreal netherworld.” The youngest daughter, Stefanie (Guylaine St. Onge), is her father’s favorite, a fashion model who has become an overnight sensation in Paris. Wayne Grigsby, the show's executive story editor, says each of the Valeurs has a life outside the family, and that's what takes Mount Royal beyond the night-life soaps into the realm of a classy show like L.A. Law. “It's a bit of a hybrid,” says Grigsby, a Montreal journalist who has turned to writing film and TV scripts. “I Sable faces NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's new Sable is another comic book-inspired adven- ture series, more stylish and accessible Hero, the cancelled show it considerably repla Sable will face the same ratings battle.on Saturday night. as ita. pi which frequently ended at the bottom of the Nielsen rankings. NBC comedies win the night hands down, with ABC facing additional competition from the syndicated Star Trek: The Next Generation on some of its affiliates. Once a Hero was an over- LEGION RESTAUI RANT] Our Prime Rib & Chicken Cordon Bleu * STEAKS * SEAFOOD . POULTRY, oor’ SALAD Veqtebion ond Hot Siocin *Speclaties* Appetiaors SUNDY Y FEATURE BAND: BLUE RIVER Guests must be signed in Proper dress after 9 p.m. 365-7017 | NOVEMBER SPECIAL 2 For 1 ==: beveded, Veal Cen with Vegetable, dimer ssied ond yur chotna (Reg. $4.50) # Eat in only 4-8 p.m. only. pe 7 days a week. 365-8155 1004, Columbia Ave. Cast Castlegar Aquanauts Saturday, Nov. 14 Arena Complex Early Bird 6 p.m. Regular 7 p.m. SAME PAYOUTS AS PREVIOUS BINGOS! 60% Payout Early Birds 60% Payout Specialty Games NO ADVANCE TICKETS PACKAGES AVAILABLE don’t think anybody's done it before in the sehse that it’s a family drama, but it’s also a bit like & workplace drama. BEYOND FAMILY “For instance, if Daniellé, the journalist, is out trying to track down a corrupt politician, you're going to follow this story the way you follow one of the stories in L.A. Law or Hill Street Blues or St, Elsewhere. But you'll also have what it implies in the family.” Grigsby and Guy Fournier, the other executive story editor, oversee a stable of writers who are still working as the series is being shot. This is normal — the acclaimed L.A. Law, for instance, is written by eight or 10 fang — but Grigsby admits it’s tricky keeping the flow faut I feel we have some really first-rate scripts,” he adds. France's SFP, a film and TV production company, is paying 20 per cent of the cost of Mount Royal, and a dubbed version will appear on the TF-1 network there. The rest of the money comes from Canadian interests — Telefilm Canada (making its-largest contribution to a single TV project), CTV and Radio-Canada, which has agreed to buy a dubBed version. Italian networks have also expressed interest, the producers say. As yet there have been no nibbles from the United States. MADE IN ENGLISH Mount Royal had its problems even before filming began. Quebec's union of francophone actors was furious that. the series was being shot in English; the producers replied that Mount Royal is being made for CTV and its audience in English-speaking Canada. And at a champagne-and-smoked-salmon news con- ference to introduce the cast in the summer, Lantos had to fend off questions about Telefilm’s threat to pull out of the project. Peter Pearson, then executive director of Telefilm, had let it be known he was unhappy about the casting of a non-Canadian — Bauchau, who is Belgian-French — in one of the lead roles. But in the end, Telefilm came through. The series’ creators say that such controversies are behind them and all is going well now. And if Mount Royal is as successful as they fervently hope, then there'll be more to come. “The idea is that if the rating god smiles on us, then we do a regular season the next year,” Grigsby said. “Every- body’s on long options.” tough fight LOST BEATLE RELEASES NEW ALBUM TORONTO (CP) — In the ‘608 and "70s, ‘George Harrison was known as the serious Beatle. In the '80s, he became the lost Beatle. But now he's back in a big way. He has just released Cloud Nine, his first album since 1982, and has been featured on the cover of Rolling Stone, Musician and Guitar Player magazines. It's Harrison's ninth solo LP. The others sold poorly, often after being panned by critics, But Cloud Nine, Produced by former ELO leader Jeff Lynne, is being praised as one of Harrison's best albums since All Things Must Pass, in 1970. His musical career has certainly taken a turn for the better since he had to pay over half a million dollars damages because a judge ruled in 1976 while writing My Sweet Lord — Harrison's biggest post-Beatles hit — he had “subconsciously” plagiarized He's So Fine, a 1963 Chiffons hit. FADES FROM VIEW Over the years Harrison has seemed like a recluse, living with his wife Olivia and son Dhani in a mansion called Friar Park near London. Even his major triumph — as the highly successful film producer of Monty Python movies — has only taken him further from the public eye. He has also stopped being so public about his deeply felt belief in Krishna consciousness, which permeated his songs in the "70s. “My first noupation has always been making music,” says Harrison, films is quite satis- vee they’re capliontod anc they involve many other “t ‘don't know if I'd go on tour, though. I haven't done that for a long time. I'd need to get myself into a particular mentality just to go and put a band together, and a road crew and all that side of it. “And all the rehearsing! I'm not convinced I've got it in me to go on the road for six months . . . I'm getting too old for that kind of game.” Harrison said his new album — which includes Elton John, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr — doesn't sound like most records heard on radio these days. “But I think there's space for everybody,” he said. “Music hasn't changed basically. It's still the same words and the same chords in all the songs. “What I don't see around now is the spirit in which we did our songs — what they were about, the ideas involved in them. I don’t see much of that in the music these days.” than the confusing Once a cl ambitious hodge-podge of ‘acters — comic-book heroes and villains, their creator and human counter- parts. Compared to over-the-top fantasies like CBS’ Beauty and the Beasy, Sable doesn't even qualify as daring, just a basic good guys-versus-bad guys premise with some wit and compassion thrown in. It’s based on the sophis- tieated comic book Jon Sable, Freelance, written and drawn by Chicagoan Mike Grell. The show is filmed in Chicago. The first episode, which last Sable's actual identity. In the first hour of the television series, we learn that Sable's family was mur- Cable 10 TV dered, he against the killers and wound up a misunderstood fugitive. The rest of his past, except for a passing reference to sending him back to Africa, is shrouded. Literary agent Eden Ken- dall (Rene Russo) is his con- fidante and lover. She brought him in from the cold and established his cover story as children’s author. The only other per- son who knows his identity is was Cl written and directed by the show's co-executive producer and creator, Gary Sherman. MOVES STORY It's difficult to establish characters and keep a com- plex story moving in one hour, but Sherman does a more than competent job. Sable poses as Nicholas Flemming, a popular chil- dren’s book author, but is actually a mysterious secret- agent type in black leotard, his face painted in ritualistic warpaint, who aids hapless victims a la The Equalizer. Sable is played by Lewis Van Bergen, an unusual-look- ing TV hero with his flowing hair, high cheekbones and Queens accent. The comic book made a game of doling out clues to a blind com- puter hacker who assists him in his crime capers. Cheesecake (Ken Page) fantasizes about being a wildly successful stand-up comic and spouts lame jokes in solitary, flipping on his own personal micro-recorded laugh-track in response. Sable arrives at his pub- lishing office and is greeted by his secretary (Marge Kot- lisky) who warns him that “you have two choices. Fry- ing pan. Fire. Your agent. Your partner. Both steam- ing.” “Staying. true to the cliche,” replies Sable. “I think Tl go from the frying pan to the fire.” SHAW CABLE 10 TV Nov 12, 13and 15 5:30 p.m. [Thurs.] 9 am. (Fri.] 1 pam. (Sun.]- Brown Bag Forum — AIDS, what is being taught in Trail schools? This was the topic of dis- cussion in last week's forum. Michele Shanland, district department head Family Life education for District No. 11, presented a talk and a video- tape entitled — Aids, what everyone needs to know. 6:15 p.m. [Thurs.] 9:45 a.m. {Fri.] 1:45 p.m. [Sum.] Polio Plus — This tape introduced by Jim Lamont of Castlegar tells what Rotary Interna- tional is doing to help Third World countries to immunize the children against polio and five other diseases. 6:30 p.m. [Thurs.] 10 am. (Fri.] 2 p.m. [Sun.] Castlegar city eouneil meeting of Tues- day, Nov. 10. Gavel-to-gavel coverage. 8:30 p.m. [Thurs.] 12 p.m. (Fri.] 4 p.m. (Sun.) Selkirk Presents — A report and forecast on international education with Dr. Bruce Fraser, international edu- cational consultant speaking on the significance of inter- national education. Rorri Mc- Blane executive director in- ternational house from UBC speaks on the significance of international students: The final speaker is Craig An- drews director of interna- tional education at Selkirk College gives a report on international education at Selkirk College. Mansbridge new CBC-TV TORONTO (CP) — Peter Mansbridge has tarned down a change to be a millionaire to take over as anchor of CBC's The National, after Knowlton Nash offered to step aside. Mansbridge, who was off- anchor ered a job with CBS, will take over on The National May 1, the CBC said Wednesday. Nash made the offer to leave in a long talk between the two men early Wed- mesday morning at Nash's The WINTER HOURS Monday to Friday for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday | to saturday jor dinner 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. SUNDAY FOR DINNER 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY NOW! SPECIAL DINNERS AVAILABLE ON ADVANCE REQUEST Colander Restaurant 1475 Cedar Ave., Trail Ph. 364-1816 apartment, Mansbridge said in an interview. But Mansbridge — who called it “the most difficult decision of my professional life” — said it wasn't a ques- tion of money. “What we do here in Can- OPEN 4 P.M. DAILY WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS 8 ACCEPTED — AIR TIONED Reservations for Private Parties — ketal Located one mile south of PASTEL WORK . «Robson artist Sandra Groepl » will be sharing her most recent work of pastel paintings during her one woman show at the Gallery of the Kootenays in Nelson from Nov. 13-28. Town helps out couple OTTAWA (CP) — Diane and Michael Whitehead have accepted a drastic cut in pay from Canada Post in order to keep mail flowing through the post office in their general store in Wilno, Ont. And now residents of the Ottawa Valley hamlet are preparing to show their gratitude to the Whiteheads by supplementing the Can- ada Post payments, which amount to less than $1 an hour, Wilno spokesman Pat Sanderson said Wednesday. At a meeting early next week, residents will be asked to chip in a few dollars every month to help the White- heads pay the cost of keeping the post office — and, in the long run, Wilno — alive. The town has a population of about Leer “Since we are only a small community, it won't be a great deal of money,” San- derson said in a telephone interview from the commun- ity about 140 kilometres west of Ottawa. Meanwhile, the battle be- tween Wilno and Canada Post continues. “We aren't going to let this issue die,” vowed Sanderson, who also heads the Ontario chapter of Rural Dignity of Canada, an organization that is fighting post office closures in small communities. PROTESTS PLAN Wilno has become the focus of a campaign against Canada Post's plan to close or privatize about 5,200 rural _ offices across the coun- last year, Canada Post de- clared it would either spend less to operate the 102-year- old post office or shut it down and install a group mail box. Residents would then have to drive 10 kilometres to Barry’s Bay or Killaloe Sta- tion for postal services. Wil- no residents fear that those who drive would eventuaily do business outside Wilno and those who don’t drive would be deprived of service. Canada Post offered master Diane Whitehead a contract that would see her earnings fall to about $1 an hour from $9, Sanderson said. Although she didn't want to accept, she knew no one else would. To save her store and the town, Whitehead signed the "tinder the plan, contract and Canada Post fires union members VANCOUVER (CP) — Two postal workers have been fired and five others suspended by Canada Post because of their behavior during the recent strike. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers was inform- ed earlier this week and ex- pects to learn the reasons for it soon, said Marion Pollack, president of the Vancouver local. “They (Canada Post) gave us the general reason, but not the particulars,” she said. All seven are men and all but one work at the main post office in downtown Van- couver. The Vancouver sus- pensions are for between 10 and 30 days, said Pollack. When the union picketed the main downtown post office between Oct. 8 and 16, there were a number of clashes between Canada Post and its striking inside work- ers. Pollack said the union feels no member should be dis- missed or disciplined and it intends to fight both the firings and suspensions. Last week, Canada Post fired nine inside postal work- ers in other parts of the provinee, including seven in Victoria. Premier rejects review VANCOUVER (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm has indicated he doesn't think much of the provincial NDP leader's idea to conduct a review of the government's privatization program before going ahead with it. Harcourt said a review is required because there is “no evidence” that privatization would benefit anyone. Vander Zalm said Wed- nesday night that there is no evidence a review would benefit anyone. “It would be unnecessary and expensive, and I'm quite satisfied that there is a great deal of. merit in what we propose in these new eco- onomic it ” said the handling the operations in- volved in the sell-off. Harcourt said any buyback would be based on an in- dependent review of the program, under premier. Harcourt said an NDP whieh the Socreds plan to sell government agencies. agreed not to speak to the media. Canada Post officials say the service must operate economically but Wilno resi- AirBC to continue flying despite dispute AirBC says that all AirBC scheduled flights in all mar- kets will continue to operate normally, regardless of the outcome of the current labor situation between Air Can- ada and its 8,500 ground workers. “All maintenance of AirBC aircraft is carried out by AirBC personnel, hence this work will not be affected, the company said in a prepared release. “Air Canada has a contractual agreement with AirBC to provide passenger and baggage handling at Cal- gary, Edmonton and Van- couver; and in the event of a major service disruption by Air Canada, AirBC has been assured by the national air- line that it, will honor all con- tractual ground handling ob- ligations,” the release added. AirBC is based in Van- couver and operates six Dash-7, four Dash-8 and 10 twin otter aircraft. It pro- vides service to 17 points in British Columbia including Castlegar. Marzari slams government plan Setting up specialized col- leges at the expense of B.C.'s existing education institu- tions is not the way to gain a positive international repu- tation for B.C., says New Democrat advanced edu- cation critic Darlene Marzari. Marzari was referring to the recent Vander Zalm pro- posal that would see a Lower Mainland facility — possibly Riverview Hospital in Co- quitlam — turned into a special business college for Japanese students. "i have no problem with B.C. becoming an interna- tional destination for over- seas students. That situation dents argue that cations is a basic and nec- essary service. Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 would ly be to the province,” Marzari said in a prepared release. “But that cannot be done while we have major over- crowding problems at our existing colleges and uni- versities, with B.C. students being turned away by the thousands. “The Vander Zalm gov- ernment is sweeping all the problems with our college system under the red carpet it’s laying out for overseas students,” said Marzari. Quake rocks B.C. town FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. (CP) — An earthquake mea- suring about 8.0 on the Richter scale rattled through the Fort St. John area of northeastern B.C. on Wed- nesday night. The tremor, which lasted about 15 seconds, occurred before midnight. CHARLIE COHOE President The directors of Kootenay Country Tourist Association are pleased to announce the nomina- tion of Charlie Cohoe as president. Mr. Cohoe gained knowledge in the tourism industry through his involvement with the Kootenay Manpower Adjustment Committee that was responsible for a major tourism study done in the region. The K.C.T.A. is involved in mar- keting all the tourism-related in- dustries in the West Kootenay. Members are enjoying’ the benefits of collective marketing through the “Partners in Tourism” advertising campaigns in out-of- region market places. ii eenemeatahaeneeetienememeneenentl protection. 2. Thornhill (Terrace) 3. Campbell River 4. Koksilah (Duncan) A number of nurseries operated by the BC. Forest Service are now available for purchase...as part of the move to restructure government and create regional economic development oppor- tunities. Located in several different regions, the nurseries include the land, buildings and equipment needed for large-scale seedling production... and each is currently staffed by fully trained and experienced personnel. The government will favour proposals that emphasize job creation and job The opportunities Following is a list of the Forest Service nurseries available for private purchase: 1 Green Timbers (Surrey) 5. Red Rock (Prince George) Expressions of interest are being solicited from the general public on the ~ TO APPLY FORTHE PURCHASE OF 9 BC. FOREST SERVICE opportunities available at this time. All interested parties should be aware, however, that the Province reserves the right to negotiate an agreement fected employees in the | is received . Hf no acceptable employee proposals are identified, the normal public bidding process will apply. How to apply Your expression of interest may relate to the purchase of a single nursery or to any number of nurseries. Interested parties should write to: Project Director Forest Nurseries Opportunities BC 548 Michigan Street Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 All inquiries will receive prompt attention ...$0 write today to register your interest or to obtain further information on this new regional opportunities initiative. OPPORTUNITIES BC! BRITISH COLUMBIANS SHAPING THE FUTURE