c' Castlégar Nev Novembér9, 1986 Airlines show harmless films to passengers By FELICITY MUNN Canadian Press Wondering what movies are playing this week at your nearest airline cabin? The Good, the Bland and the In offensive. Mostly the inoffensive, be- cause the airlines are, after all, trying to please every one. Only rarely can you board a flight and be treated to that well-reviewed little foreign film you've been meaning to see. You're also, as a general rule, not going to encouter sex or violence. Don't expect Blue Velvet, or Aliens, or Rambo. And clearly, you won't be subjected to movies about airplanes crashing or being hijacked or otherwise getting into trouble. PLEASE ALL Striving to please all the people all the time, the airlines’ policy is to show mostly PG-rated Hollywood films. Some are box-office hits; others may have been panned by critics and bomb- ed in general release. Or, as one airline spokes- man put it: “We generally tend to run films that I think are quite harmless.” Air peaagraks offerings in and of course that's on sible,” frets Ian Vancouver-based eplinamnss for the airline. LIMITES CHOICE Air Canada’s choice of for- eign films is limited because its policy is that its films must have both English and French soundtracks. But CP Air goes with the occasional non-Hollywood film. A few years back it ran pata gyibe Girl and Local director Forsyth. And airline spokesman Don Buchanan says one of the biggest suc- cesses was the South Afri. ean-made comedy The Gods manager of in-flight product development. “It got one of the highest ratings of any that we had ever tently come out on top. The studios usually rent a movie to the airlines 60 days after its general Most carriers run each film for a maximum of one month on a given route. Domestically, Air Canada shows movies on all flights that are longer than 3% hours, while CP Air's mini- mum is three hours. Thus, if you fly out of Toronto heading for Edmonton on either carrier, you're going to get a film. Wardair, on the other hand, doesn't show movies at @i, even on its flights over- seas, because they interfere with the airline's in-flight meal service, on which it prides itself. Cabinet VICTORIA (CP) — Members of the new Bri- tish Columbia aan and clude the Tom ager comedy The Money Pit and the mystery film Young Sherlock Holmes. Canadian Pacific Air Lines was the Tom Cruise action film Top Gun and the Robert Redford comedy Legal Eagles. American Airlines's cur- rent | movies include Clue, the both of which died a rapid death at the box office. MAY BE BORE There's nothing wrong with harmless films, espec- ially when the audience is more or less captive and often includes children. Ex- cept harmless often trans- lates into mediocre. Happily, there are some exceptions. Every once in a while, for instance, Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong-based British airline that flies all over the world, breaks the pattern by showing old classics like James Dean in Rebel With- out a Cause, and on occasion, when both English and Chinese soundtracks are available, Cathay goes with Hong Kong-produced movies. It also routinely screens Australian and British films on its flights to and from those tries. Currently, for instance, it is featuring In Defence of the Realm, a Bri- tish-made movie about in. vestigative journalism that is getting raves from the crit ies. Still, Cathay officials some- times get nervous about the choice of films. “You have to try to find something that's going to please the masses, Awards for best program TORONTO (CP) ~ Reader's Digest is offering a total of $100,000 in scholar ships to the 20 Canadian high schools that develop the best student-run programs against drunk driving “We think that by har nessing the brains and crea tivity of teenagers them selves with the right moti vation, they'll get on top of the problem,” says Ralph Hancox, president of the Reader's Digest Foundation. Awards for the 14 best English-language and six best French-language pro grams will be handed out next April. 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BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1986 WEATHERCAST 3 Sections (A, 8 & C) Voters goto polls Saturday By CasNews Staff Castlegar area voters head to the polls Saturday to choose from 12 candidates vying for six seats: Three on Castlegar council and three on Castlegar school board. A total of 4,168 Castlegar residents are registered to vote this year. Last year 44.5 per cent of the registered voters turned out. However, the turnout is expected to be lower this year because there is no mayoral election. Three vacant alder. manic positions are up for grabs. Incumbents Len Embree, Nick Oglow and Bob Pakula are seeking re-election. They are being challenged by Lawrence Chernoff, an ambulance attendant; Gordon Ferguson, retired; Joe Irving, a coordinator; and Patti Richards, a two-year terms. Two City of Castlegar and one Area J seat are vacant on school board this year. Ineumbent trustees Kay Johnson and Gordon Turner are being challenged by engineering technologist Bill , Hadikin in the city. Area J incumbent Rick Pongracz is seeking another two-year term, but is facing a run from Laurie Anderson, & postal clerk. There are no referendums on the ballot in the city. The city polling station is located at the Castlegar Community Complex, 2101 6th Ave., and opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. There is also a mobile poll located at Castlegar Hospital . All three Pp for hospital patients and staff confined to the hospital. That poll will be open from 2-3 p.m. on polling day. In Area J, polling stations will be located at Blueberry Creek 'y. Ootischenia y Robson elementary schools. Anyone over 19 years old is entitled to vote, but there are a few stipulations. The voter must be a Canadian citizen, a naturalized Canadian or a British subject. He must have resided in Canada for the past 12 months, in B.C. for the past six months and have lived in Castlegar for the past thee months. J ii and signing a hi jon at a special polling station known as the courtesy poll. To vote, voters simply mark the boxes beside the name + of the candidate of their choice. Voters can vote for one candidate or as many as required — such as three for alderman, and two for school trustee in the City of Castlegar. In other election news, the Nelson-Trail and District Labor Council has endorsed the campaigns of three local candidates. Candidates include Irving and Embree for Guba Castlegar remembers war dead By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar residents remembered their war dead Tuesday at Remem brance Day services at the cenotaph in Kinsmen Park. Residents stood on newfallen snow in cold temperatures as a parade led by Marshall Cecil Pepper made its way from the Royal Canadian Legion Hall to the cenotaph. Those in the procession included war veterans and associate Legion members, air cadets, RCMP, members of the scouting and guide movements, and members of Branch No. 170's sister hall, Rockford Post in Spokane, Wash The ceremony opened with Stanley Humphries secondary school senior band, led by Lorren Culley, playing Land of Hope and Glory Sgt.-at-Arms Alf Johansen led the advance of colors. The band then played © Canada and The Star Spangled Banner Branch president Denny Tucker gave the opening remarks, followed a message from Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore. The band then played Onward Christjan Soldiers. Bunny Charters read the Remem brance Day address on behalf of hus. band, John Charters. Charters spoke of patriotism in his address. “Sixty years ago, when I was in elementary school, it was taken for granted that one would country, whether it was the country of one’s birth or adoption,” Charters said But he added that this is in sharp contrast to “our culture of 1986, which so often gives first place to a political party, a group or the personal interest of an individual while the welfare of the gets little than lip love one's nation service.” “It is a small wonder that there is growing concern over the blurring of identity,” Charters said. “If continued on page A4 more national REMEMBRANCE DAY . . . guard over Canadian flag at Remembrance Day ceremony Tuesday ’ } Castlegar air cadet Fit. Sgt. Sean Bacon stands Cashews Photo by Rit Graham INSIDE SKELLY QUITS: Bob Skelly an nounced today he will step down as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party at a leadership convention next spring. Skelly will remain as leader until the convention, which will likely be held in May ~.-A2 CANDIDATE PROFILES: The 12 candidates in Saturday's municipal and school board elections are featured in this issue B83, B84, ONE-MAN TOW TRUCK: STATESVILLE, N.C his teeth and leaned back in a strained crouch Slowly but surely, the 15-tonne tour bus moved. As Ponder, 63, pumped his arms, the bus travelled 12 metres at a top speed of five km/h. Ponder towed it by a bit between his teeth attached to a chain Ponder accepted the cheers of amazed teenagers and lawyers gathered Monday in the parking lot of the Iredell County Hall of Justice Former Statesville mayor David Pressley, a who brought his son to watch, shook Ponder's hand. “We couldn't have missed that for anything,” he said For Ponder, of Love Valley, it was just another He usually performs for pay in car shows. On Monday, he did it for publicity on a television show Since 1973, he has putled tractor-trailers and box cars and lif- ted pumpkins. He has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley's Believe It Or not Don't that hurt your teeth?” a spectator asked I've had good teeth ever since | was a kid,” he said of the days when he ate Brazil nuts, shell and all. Joe Ponder clenched Blaze damages house By CasNews Staff No one was injured, but Castlegar home sustained $4,000 to $5,000 damage following a fire late Sunday night. Fire Chief Bob Mann blamed im proper use of a fireplace insert for the blaze at 137 Crestview Crescent Mann said 12 volunteer firefighters and two pumpers responded to the fire, which was called in about 11:20 p.m The fire broke out in a wooden casing housing the chimney pipe. moved into the gables and then into the attic, he said. The home is owned by Harold Babcock and is occupied by renters Mann said the residents first noticed the fire when a picture blew off the wall above the mantle in the living room The resident picked up the picture and it felt hot. She then felt wkich was also hot Mann said one chimney blaze broke out Saturday morning, another Sunday morning, and a third Monday around noon “People should check their chimneys and get them cleaned, with this cold weather setting in,” Mann warned “Most of the problem is lack of main tenance.” a south 85, B6 ond B7 the wall day at the bit A voter must be on the voters’ list in order to vote. However, those not on the list who are eligible to vote ean be council, sworn in at the polling station on polling day. The procedure for this includes presenting , some ‘DISTURBED' BY SALE and Pongracz for Castlegar school board. endorsements include a $100 campaign contribution. continued on poge A2 Group appeals to Vander Zalm By RON NORMAN Editor The Council for Canadians has sent a letter to Premier Bill Vander Zalm saying it is “disturbed” about the proposed sale of West Kootenay Power and Light Co. to UtiliCorp United Ine. of Missouri. “It would be unheard of to sell B.C. Hydro to a foreign group and the vast majority of the 250,000 residents of the West Kootenay and the Okanagan who would be affected are likewise strongly opposed,” Wayne Crookes, the coun cil’s executive director, said in a Nov.7 wiletter *w“The Council for Canadians is an international, mbn-partisan drganiza tion concerned with the erosion of “The sale of our dams and control of our water must remain in Canadian hands,” he said. Crookes also quoted former premier W.A.C. Bennett who said, “Even to talk about selling water is ridiculous. Water is our heritage and you don't sell your heritage.” And while Crookes said the Council for Canadian is pleased that the B.C. Utilities Commission is holding public hearings “it is unfortunate . . . that the little notice given for the hearings coincided with the recent provincial election.” He also called it “unfortunate” that the advertised two-stage bidding pro- cess was rescifided by Cominco Ltd: after the first stage. Crookes threw the Couneil’s support behind.the Regional Distriet of Central Kootenay’'s $60 million bid. “We would ask you, Premier Bill Vander Zalm, not to permit the transfer of the utility and its water licenses to foreign control as long as a viable bid at the appraised value is tendered by the RDCK or one of the other Canadian. bidders.” Crookes added that the district needs an amendment to its letters patent to permit it to purchase West Kootenay Power. “We would ask that you announce your support for this at this time,” he says. Canada’s political, ec and cult ural sovereignty. Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig is the chairman of the Council’s, seven-member national aaprcinieal Crookes\ points out that the sale would be the first 100 per cent sale of a Canadian hydroelectric utility to foreign interests and “would set a very bad precedent, as well as having serious long-term consequences for the future development of southeastern British Columbia.” Crookes said an abundant and eco- nomical energy supply is a “key in gredient” to industrial development in B.C NAMES CARVED ... Hadikin, Staff Writer More than 61 years ago, K.W Grand Forks. Last week that same tree Lumber Reman and Shakes. Pete Zoobkott (right) and Fred owner of Brilliant Lumber Reman and Zoobkoff carved his name and the date in a tree in the wilderness outside showed up at “I was really surprised when he phoned me.” Log found 61 years later By MIKE KALESNIKO call. “This is rea K.W. Zoobk« he tree, located Grand Forks, on Brilliant fight a forest fir You can see said Shakes Ltd., with section of tree found near Faron Peter Zoobkoff, son of K.W Zoobkoff said pis father ma a Loobkoff, after receiving the lly s off an abou Aug 6. 1 ed their names on { Faron near ave been in the area to Jd the bark to that they continued on pege AI cul away