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He has obtained original plans of many of the ships and works from historical photographs and other documents to make his models -as historically and nautically accurate as possible. Learmonth has completed 14 models to date, including ships of the Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Co., the Kootenay Railway and Navigation Co., the CPR Lake and River Service and privately owned ships, such as the Hercules One of his models of the S.S. Moyi¢ is now on display in Shuzenji, Japan, as an example of the heritage of the area as interpreted by one of its finest craftsmen, the release says. Heavy shipping on Kootenay Lake began in the late 1880s with the need for transporting ore from the mines around its shores and men and supplies to them. The first ships were built in Bonner’s Ferry or launched from there, but by 1891 ships were being built in Nelson at the Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation shipyard STAR OF SHOW. . . models heel s like the will be f exhibit starting Feb. 8 at the Nelson Museum. near the west end of Nelson, the release says. With thé coming of the railroads in the 1890s shipyards at Nelson and Mirror Lake were kept busy producing the sternwheelers and tugs needed to transfer people and.goods from one head of rail to another, as well as to continue to service the settlements AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Milli Vanilli scores t LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanilli, an international duo that blends pop and reggae, led the 17th annual American Music Awards with three trophies Monday night as slickly produced dance took top categories. tw Milli music Novelist to read from works Governor-Gencral award-winning novelist David Adams Richards will read from his many novels and short stories at the faculty lounge at Selkirk College in Castlegar Jan. 26.at 1 p.m Noted for his realistic treatment of back-ccuntry and working-class Maritimers, Richards is the author of five novels, a book of short stories and several screenplays, a college news release says. At age 22, Richards won enormous priase for his first novel The Coming of Winter, published in 1974, which has been a best-seller in the Soviet Unionfor many years. Sub- sequent novels such as Blood Ties and Road to the Stilt House have depicted the people of the communities inspired by his childhood in the Miramichi River area of New Brunswick. Until the mid-1980s, Richards was constan tly called the country’s most un derrated writer, the release says His selection, however, as one of the 10 best fiction writers for the ‘*45 Below"’ competition sponsored by the Canadian Book Information Centre, changed all that. His nomination for a Governor-General’s literary award in 1985, and his winning of that award in 1988 for Nights Below Station Street, consolidated his status Richards’ reading at Selkirk College is only the first leg of a West Kootenay tour which will take him to Nelson, Kaslo, Grand Forks and Vallican: pom vi we WE RENO-ANGELS The pair won favorite new artist in the pop-rock and soul-rhythm and blues categories and the award for favorite pop-rock single with their Girl You Know It’s True **We want to say that this is a symbol of freedom and peace in the world and for East and West Germany,’’ Rob Pilatus, a member of the duo and a native West German, said backstage. The only other triple award winner was country artist Randy Travis, who took favorite country album, Old 8x10, country single, Deeper Than the Holler, and favorite male country vocalist “Thanks for all the support over the past few years," said Travis, who with othér traditionalists is credited with reviving interest in country music Such awards, he said backstage, ‘‘let you know people care.” Janet Jackson, M.C. Hammer, New Kids On The Block, Bobby Brown, Guns *n’ Roses, and Paula Abdul all were double winners. around the lake. Much of the heavy shipping was finished with the com- pletion of the CPR line from Procter to Kootenay Landing in 1931, although the S.S. Nasookin was converted to a ferry and saw service into the 1940s and the S.S. Moyie continued to serve the area until 1957, the release says. There will be an open house to meet Jackson, sister of pop superstar Michael Jackson, won for her Miss You Much single in both the dance and soul-rhythm and blues categories. “Oh, Llove you, too,”’ Jackson said to the cheering audience filling the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium during the three-hour event broadcast live by ABC-TV Here is acomplete list of winners: “ROC Single — Girl You Know It’s True, Milli Vanilli Album — Hangin’ Kids on the Block New Artist — Milli Vanilli Duo or group — New Kids On the Block Male vocalist — Bobby Brown Female vocalist — Paula Abdul SOUL-RHYTHM AND BLUES Single — Miss You Much, Janet Jackson Album — Don't Be Cruel, Brown Duo or group — The O'Jays Tough, New Bobby the artist Feb. 8 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m at the Nelson Museum. The exhibition is open from | p.m. to 4 p.m. daily ex- cept. Sundays until March 3 Exhibitions at the Nelson Museum are financially assisied by the city of Nelson and the B.C. government. A small admission fee is charged to those who are not members of the museum. i | New artist — Milli Vanilli. Male vocalist — Luther Vandross Female vocalist — Anita Baker. COUNTRY Single — Deeper Than the Holler, Randy Travis Album — Old 8x10, Randy Travis Duo or group — Alabama New Artist — Clint Black Male vocalist — Randy Travis Female vocalist — Reba McEntire HEAVY METAL Album — Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses. Artist — Guns N’ Roses New artist — Skid Row RAP Album — Let’s Get It Started, M.C Hammer. Artist —M.C. Hammer New artist — Young M.C DANCE Single — Miss You Much, Jackson New artist — Tone Loc Artist — Paula Abdul Janet Cable 10 TV BUSINESS a Jonvory 24,1990 Castlegar News 47 Honda eyes Ferrari market x VANCOUVER (CP) = Brace your- self for the $75,000 Honda. The No. | Japanese car importer in Canada has taken the wraps off its NS-X sports car, to be sold this sum- mer by its upscale Acura dealerships. It claims to give Ferrari performance at half the price. The car, which had its Canadian debut at the Montreal auto show last week and is also being shown at the Vancouver ahd Toronto shows, represents another volley fired by Japan at pricy European makes. Toyota and Nissan have introduced luxury sedans in the $60,000 price range, to be sold under the new Lexus and Infiniti badges respectively. < a A $35,000 Legend sedan and coupe, has no immediate plans to join Lexus and Infiniti in the luxury sedan sweep- stakes, said James Miller, Acura Canada vice-president. Instead, it is aiming at turf now oc- cupied by Porsche and Jaguar, claiming performance that rivals Ferrari models costing twice as much. Prices aren't firm but Miller said Mon- day the ballpark is about $75,000. LONG AND LOW The NS-X, long, low and Ferrari- like in its-tines, has a 270-horsepower V-6 engine mounted behind the driver —known asa mid-engine platform. The body, suspension and engine are of aluminum, giving it a weight of only 1,364 kilograms and a claimed ac- them with B and BMWs costing far more. The cars are on sale in the United States but won't be available in Canada until next fall. Acura, which pioneered the Japanese move upmarket with its to about 100 kilometres an hour in under six seconds. Top speed is rated at 255 kilometres an hotit- The engine employs Honda's variable valve timing and lift system, intended to make it more responsive through its rev range than other high- performance motors, The car also features Honda's traction-control system, which curbs wheelspin on slip- pery surfaces, and other niceties such asanti-lock brakes. The NS-X was designed to be less in- timidating, more ‘‘user friendly’’ than other exotic sports cars, Miller said. Acura dealers have taken 100 ad- vance orders for the NS-X, out of 300 cars expected for Canada in the 1990 model year, he said. About 5,000 cars will be built in the first full year of production, ‘most destined for the Japanese and U.S. markets. The NS-X will be introduced. in Europe next year wearing a Honda badge because the Acura division is ex- clusive to North America. NOBIG PUSH Marketing plans don’t call for a big advertising push on the NS-X but it will probably show up in ads with Acura’s other models. “*We will use it as a halo car for the rest of the line,”’ said Miller. Acura was set up in 1986 and now has 37 dealers across Canada. The move was controversial because Hon- da demanded that franchise holders with other dealerships build separate, expensive Acura showrooms and ser- vice bays, Miller admitted that dealers floun- dered at first for lack of service business and used-car sales but denied Honda had directly subsidized them to keep the new network alive. Only two Ontario dealers are still borderline, he said. “It was a struggle for the first 18 manths, but ever since the latest In- tegra came out they’ve all turned to profitability.”” The Integra is a sub-$20,000 model that sold slower than expected at first but a totally redesigned version in- troduced last year boosted sales, Acura finished 1989 with sales up almost 20 per cent over the previous year. Integra sales jumped 41 per cent, making up three-quarters of the total. Big Macs set to fry in Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — Thé golden ar- ches are up and a crew of 630 people is standing by, ready to begin serving the first Moscow Big Macs — which must taste the same as those bought at any other McDonald’s in the world. Quality control is the responsibility of Craig Sopkowicz of_ Milwaukee, who is putting the finishing touches on a training program for the Soviets hired to work the grills, cola dispensers and cash registers at the glistening new restaurant on Pushkin Square a few blocks from Red Square. Moscow-McDonald’s, a joint ven- ture set up by McDonald's council, began its search for staff in November. The response to an ad in Moscow’s youth was over of Canada, Ltd., and the Food Service Administration of the Moscow city CP News Analysis By LARRY WELSH OTTAWA (CP) — John Crow, governor of the Baiik of Canada, cut short-term interest rates by more than a quarter of a percen- tage point last week. But Canadians may be forced to wait several weeks before they see any meaningful interest-rate relief. Banks and trust companies probably want tg see another round of rate declines from Crow before cutting a wide range of con- sumer and business loan charges. “IT think you need another modest decline in the bank rate to justify a prime rate change and possibly lower consumer loan rates,"’ said George Saba, chief economist at Montreal Trust. “I don’t think it’s going to hap- pen very quickly,’’ added George Vasic, chief economist at DRI Canada, saying the prime rate may not fall until the end of March. The prime rate, charged by banks on loans to their best customers, has been at 13.5 per Interest-rate relief expected to be slow cent since last March. When consumer loan rates do fall, the relief will come in small doses spread over months, said Vasic. “Real relief from high interest rates is a drop of three or four per- centage points and we're certainly not going to get that,’’ he said Crow has kept interest rates high to cool the economy and control inflation. His move to ease rates slightly last week was the first sign that the central bank thinks it may be win- ning its battle against rising prices. The Bank of Canada moved to lower interest rates by allowing the yield on three-month treasury bills to fall on money markets by about aquarter-point early last week. Asa result, the bank rate fell to 12.14 per cent Thursday from 12.43 per cent the previous week, its biggest one-week drop in more than two years But the decline in interest rates caused a steep drop in the Canadian dollar. The dollar closed at 84.50 cents US Friday, down almost two cents from the previous week and its lowest level since Sep- tember. The swift drop in the dollar will probably slow the central bank’s moves to ease interest rates, economists said. “Crow is certainly going to be watching that carefully and if there is arun on the dollar, who knows? He may just say ‘That’s it, we're not cutting rates,’’ said Harvey Bradley of Wood Gundy. A gulf of more than four percen- tage points between Canadian and American interest rates had caused the Canadian dollar to soar to 9'4- year highs early this month But Crow’s move last week showed that interest rate gap could narrow, making the currency less attractive for foreign investors. “I think the steepness of the dollar’s decline precludes him from moving swiftly to lower rates,"’ said Vasic. “What he may rather do is a more gradual whittling-down of rates.’” But Vasic said spreading weakness in the economy has finally convinced Crow it’s time to loosen his grip on rates. Crow ‘‘is sending a signal to the Canadian consumer that relief is coming.”’ AW CABLE 10SCHEDULE Jan. 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 1990 5 p.m. (Wed) 9 a.m. (Fri) 5 p.m. (Sun) USCC Youth Festival (Part 8) — This annual event held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre features many local people. This week, the choirs are the Kootenay Choir, Pass Creek Com- munity Choir and a group from Kelowna. This program is produced by the USCC Video Society 5 p.m. (Wed) 10 a.m. (Fri) 6 p.m. (Sun) Anna Wyman Dance Theatre — This program gives a short preview of the performance of this dance troop which will appear in Castlegar Jan. 25 Produced by E. Elstone 6:30 p.m. (Wed) 10:30 a.m. (Fri) 6:30 p.m. (Sun) Who's Going to Drive EDDIE RICHARD MURPHY PRYOR - MN The con is on. ( FRI[SAT|[SUN)[MON|(TUE] {WED [THU] Wie ana Ci 1 \%4 J 7:.00..\ MATINEES [SUN] TINE LEVEL APE RMAID' HAS MUSIC AND PADGITTER: AND VISUAL. DEL IG POW EVERYONE: YOU MISS THIS, AND VOUT E NEVER BORGEVE, YOURSE LES " THE MOST HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FILM OF THE YEAR! You Home? — Produced by ICBC traffic dept. This program uses upbeat music and special effects to drive home the possible results of drinking and driving. 7 p.m. (Wed) 11 a.m. (Fri) 7 p.m. (Sun) West Kootenay Today — This week we take a look at the public meeting with Canada Post regarding the closure of the Robson post office. This week's schedule is highlighted Eleanor Elstone hosts this week's program. Produced by Shaw Cable staff. 7:30 p.m. (Wed) 11:30 a.m. (Fri) 7:30 p.m. (Sun) Open Line — Recor- ded earlier this week. Representatives from B.C. Hydro answered questions from a studio panel as well as from phoned in questions from the public 8:30 p.m. (Wed) 12:30 p.m. (Fri) Not shown on Sun — Trail city council — Gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Jan 22 meeting. Please note:Coverage of Castlegar city council will be telecast on Thursday and Sunday. This schedule is repeated on Friday at 9 a.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m Thursday, Jan. 24 5:30 p.m: — Nelson Today 7 p.m. — Balfour Brilliant Plan 8 p.m. — _ Response to Balfour/Brilliant plan. 9 p.m. — Hockey night in Nelson Rossland vs. Nelson bantams 11 p.m. — Castlegar city council Adults $13 © Seniors /Students Castlegar Arts Council Presents ANNA WYMAN DANCE THEATRE Thursday, January 25 7:30 p.m. Selkirk College Gymnasium $10 © Children (12 & Under) $7 TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: Carl's Drugs. Pharmasave. Castlegar Public Library Selkirk College Bookstore, L&J Books, Trail, Olivers Books Nelson FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 365-3553 Sur RO’S Valu Your satisfaction is our main concern * cut from Canada grade © wing steaks thone steaks Ib. * family pack kg. 8.77! * fine * extra fine ground coffee 98 * Nabob * regular 1.99 * cut from Canada grade ‘A’ beef * 5-8 Ib. pk lean ground beef = lb. * from the tropics 88 golden ripe oooh vad Ibs. 99 v't. 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Get-Away to the Dogs U.S. Funds * One night's deluxe accommodations for two, plus: Free continental breakfast Free cable TV with Showtime Indoor pool and hot tub * Free admission for two and program to the new Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Park ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Be sure to ask for the “Getaway” Package! Call Toll Free: 1-800-888-6630 USA ™ 1-800-421-1144 Canada SUNTREE INN Post Falls, idaho Just across the highway from Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Pork 22 miles East of Spokane on 1-90 SS There's somethin, Castlegar News: “ier2zyztt" 365-2212 COMMUNITY Bulletin Board ROBSON RIVER OTTER BINGO Saturday, Jonvary 27, Castlegar Complex. Early Bird 6 p.m., Regular 7 p.m. Everyone welcome 7 RNABC DINNER MEETING January 23, 6 p.m. at Gabriels. Call 365-3168 10 contirm. 3/4 NELSON FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS March 2 to March 16. Syllabus and entry form available at Kel Print. Entry deadline Jan, 3 4/03 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The tirst 10 words are $4 and additional words are 20¢ each. Bold taced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There 1s no ex tra charge tor o second insertion while the third consecutive insertion 1s half-price and the tourth consecutive insertion 1s also half-price. Minimum charge is $4 (whether ad 1s tor one two cr three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m Thursdays tor Sundays paper anu » p.m. Mondays tor Wednesdays paper Notices should be brought to the Castieya: News at 197 Columbia Ave. COMMUN Bulletin Board “We looked for who lived close to the restaurant among other things,”’ Sopkowicz said. ‘Most of those we hired are university studen- ts. Several of them speak English and about 30 per cent have a second language other than Russian,’’ he said. The next step for Sopkowicz and his crew was the task of training the young Soviets to provide the kind of fast ser- vice required of all McDonald’s establishments. “First, we used video training tapes, dubbed into Russian,’’ he said. “Then, all of our training manuals were translated into Russian, which made it easy for us because we worked alongside of them with the same manuals in English.”” Language for the Soviet crew will not bea problem: The restaurant is for the Soviet people, and not restricted to foreigners and tourists with hard currency like most of the other foreign- operated restaurants in Moscow. CAN TAKE YOU 1990 FUEL CONSUMPT A LITTLE EFFORT Introcution to Creative Writing: Hands on approach to getting started. Ideas for writing from your roots, short fiction stories. Includes in class exercises and homework assignments for class discussion. Wed., Jon. 31-March 7, 7-9.30 p.m., (6 sessions) $55 French Conversation: Elaine Toburiaux will try to offer several levels of French depending on registration. Classes will start Wed., Jan. 31, please call if in terested. Fee, $40. Beginners Russian: Thurs. Feb. 1-April 5, 7.9 p.m.. $40. Janet Cheveldave. in Beginners German: Thurs tor: Beginners Spanish: Mon., Feb. 5-April 9. 68 p.m.. $40. Carmen Guido, instructor Mon., Feb. 5-April 9. 7-9 p.m. $45. Sumiko Kambara. in. Feb. 1-April 5, 7-9 p.m., $40. Vera Turpin, instruc Emergency Safety First Aid: Sot structor Feb. 3. 6.30-9.30 p.m., $40. Terry Klapper, in TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 365-7292, local 208 or 273 Selkirk College You're looking for a four-wheel drive with top performance. You want a diesel power-plant that gobbles up the least possible fuel. Well, with just a little effort, the following information guide can be yours. 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