A4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 5, 1981 Actor's daughter breaking in NEW YORK (AP) — Talia Balsam may have to suffer the “Daughter-of-” tag a while. But so did Amanda Plummer, Daughter of Tammy Gries, and Diana Canova, Daughter of Judy. Each now stars on broadway. Balsam, who's just break- ing in, via off-broadway, is the daughter of Martin Balsam, the veteran charac- ter actor, and Joyce Van Patten, who arrives here next week in the supporting cast. At that time, the daughter will be busy rehearsing in Peep, a new play directed by Dorothy Lyman, who staged last year's off-broadway hit, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking. In Peep, Balsam, 22, plays one of seven young women who work in a peep show. When not on display, they also sit around talking — while clad only in their undertings. She pondered her parents’ reaction to this, her New York stage debut. “I think they might be shocked,” she said. There ensued a pause. “Maybe not. They've been around.” In acting matters, Balsam 0 has been around, if only few years, mostly in TV in les that include a memora- ple performance as Judd Hirsch’s daughter in the first taxi episode and in an NBC about a tragic Vietnam protest, Kent State. She wasn't always an! a until:she was 15, when she advised her mother she longed for the roar of the breasepaint, the smell of the RECEIVES PERMISSION Fine, said Mom, so go ress, That didn't happen study acting. But after school hours. Which Talia did, for three years in Los Angeles. “She didn't want me to be a child actress because she'd been one,” she said. “She said, ‘If you really want to be an actress, you've got to study, study and study.’ “So I'd do it on weekends, six hours every Saturday, at the Lee Strasberg Institute 4nd with a wonderful teacher Peggy Feury. We did a lot of Inge, a lot of one-act plays. “I'm glad I did it. It was one of the smartest things my mother ever did for me, because if you start acting when you're young, without good training, yhou can get into a lot of bad habits.” Born here and raised in Los Angeles, She's not a stage rookie, having worked at the Mark Taper in Los Angeles and at Baltimore's Centre Stage. She moved here 1 /syears ago to get New York stage credits, Unlike most struggling ac- tresses, it was no struggle for her to get an agent right off. She never had to make the lonely rounds of agents’ offices. She admits, having famed show-biz parents does help. Good Morning! Do whatever you need to wake up in a happy, cheerful mood. If that means putting a timer on your radio, so you wake / soft sounds of music instead, of shrill sounds of an ajatm’s buzzer, do it! Or, soon as you wake up, put your favorite album on the stereo. Or, do some quick jumping jacks. Starting your morning in a pleasant way can help keep energy up. “It’s helped to the extent that they (agents) know who parents are — and they think, "Well, she should know something,” says Balsam, a small woman with sparkling brown eyes. But what it comes down to is, "You may get this’ shot, that shot, but you won't work steadily unless you're good.” She finds it quite normal SONGWRITER and that she, Plummer, now in A Ta of Honey, Canova of They're Playing out Song, and other off-spring of well- known folks are following their elders into acting. “I always feel it's much like what happens if you're raised ina family of doctors — some of the kids become doctors,” she says, “It's what you're around. It’s what you know.” New TV series Another tough season By Jerry Buck LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looks like 1981-82 may be another difficult year for new network TV series. The 23 series to be in- troduced in the fall, with a few exceptions, appear as “the earthiness and humor Rubin, will be appearing at Exhibition Centre this Saturday. He will be performing on violin, bouzouki, guitar, the National rural folk music with the sophistication of urban blues and pop styles. For reser- ve seats or more information, please call 365-2411. His music, closely tied to the West Coast, ENTERTAINMENT “Donna Summer returns ; LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ponna Summer, Who's been missing from concert stages and recording studios for more than a year, -surfaces this week with a U.S. tour she calls her return from “The Year Undercover.” : The singing superstar whose bad girls and other hit records have played on around the world in her absence, exudes excitement about her return to the road but has no regrets about her sabbatical. Out of the spotlight, she got married and had a baby. And she learned to relax. Now, she will tackle a C— DEPARTURES: Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Obl. or TW Twjana, Mex. — San F; Henne Travel Tours RENO BUS ‘TOURS 7 DAYS Pick Hobson's Riverside Pick Hobson's Riverside Ramada Hotel and Casino Pick Hobson's Riverside Colonial Inn and Casino Colonial Inn and Casino Colontal Inn and Casino Prices based on per person sharing eccommodaticn. SPOKANE SHOWS LORRETTA LYNN Sept., 23, Deluxe Tour, Sheraton Hotel, $75. PHYLLIS DILLER Sept., 26, Deluxe Tour, Sheraton Hotel, $75. OTHERS COMING Tam! Winette and George, Oct. 22 Octoberfest 3% American Thanksgiving, Nov. 26 Steve Allen & Christmas Shopping, Dec. 5 ...Plus More. CALIFORNIA SUN TOUR 16 DAYS — DEPARTS OCT. 3 We visit: Reno — Las Vegas — Disneyland ‘rancisco regon The above prices are per person in Canadian Funds based on sharing accommodations. We tough balancing act — keeping family life in tune with her career. “I learned to be very sedate,” She says of her year inseclusion, “I'm not going to make myself crazy. I've got a baby and a husband, and I'm going to live like a normal person.” Her road tour begins on the East coast and travels through the midwest and into Las Vegas in August. “It's really kind of like starting over,” She says. “People know who I am, but it will be a little strange being up there again. I feel a little nervous about it.” Like old-time theatre stars who glittered on stage and raised their babies in the wings, Donna. Summer will take her wife-and-mother act on the road. The new baby daughter, named Brooklyn, will come along with her nurse. Hus- band Bruce Sudano will fly in when he can. Mimi, Donna’s eight-year-old by a former marriage, will join the en- seemed out of the question,“ she says. “It meant I couldn't have a career. But that’s a farce. It enhances your career. It gives you drive, someone to report back to." She adds softly; “Of course, I have God in my life, and I answer to Him.” She is a born-again Christian. She decided to stop work- ing shortly after she learned she was pregnant last year. “I don't feel attractive when Tm pregnant,” she says. By Bob Thomas HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Rudy Vallee, the Elvis Pres- ley of the Jazz Age, cele- brated his 80th birthday. last week, and it was one subject on which he had no strong opinion. “I’m not a deeply intros- pective man,’’ said the one- time singing idol. ‘‘Even though I graduated (from Yale) as a bachelor of phil- osophy, I don’t philosophize a great deal. I’m much more interested in what I’m doing today, and what I’m going to do tomorrow."” At 80, Vallee seems in vigorous health, though the once-smooth voice sounds husky. He still plays doubles tennis every weekend on his cantilevered tennis court. His regimen: ‘‘I roll a little wheel about 20 times in the morn- ing. I eat lightly and drink little. I'm addicted to sherry; I find it relaxes me before sleeping.”’ Maine-born he believes his Yankee heritage lends longe- vity: ‘My father lived to be 82 and he never had a sick . day in his life. Which irritated the hell out of my mother.”” Rudy Vallee was the first great singing sensation in America, beginning in the 1920s with a band composed of fellow Yale men. His mark, along with theme songs My Time Is Your Time and I'm Just a Vagabond Lover. He was eclipsed by a new crooner, Bing Crosby, but Vallee’s radio show con- tinued to be popular through the 1940s, REPEAT ROLES In 1962, Vallee was again on top with a starring role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He and Robert Morse repeated their Broadway roles in the movie version of the musical. In recent years, Vallee has toured the U.S. with his one-man show, singing his old favorites to a taped ac- companiment. ‘‘I have trou- ble getting bookings because it’s a self-contained show — no rehearsals, no costumes,’” he said. ‘‘Dinner theatres won't book me because I don’t need a big staff.”” Vallee keeps busy with his crusades. His latest drive is To Advertise Your Live Entertainment, Music, Dance,. Efc. - « - CALL 365-5216 megaphone became a trade Us FOR 1 HOTEL VALUABLE COUPON AND MOTOR INN SPRAGUE & FIRST-AVE., SPOKANE ROOM OCCUPANCY FOR barren of innovation and ima- gination as last season's schedule, says the 1981-82 Network Televison Series An- alysis put out by the ad- vertising agency Dancer Fitz- gerald Sample. Not only are the new shows — ‘‘conservative and famil- jar,” the report maintains, but the season number comedy programs. Fifteen new shows are dram- atic and eight ere comedy. SUGGESTS HITS The ‘potential hits’’ listed in the DFS report are: — ABC's The Fall Guy, in which Lee Majors plays a down-on-his-luck movie stuntman who ekes out & i as will be affected by the long writers’ strike, The report forecasts that in the 1981-82 season, CBS will again be the ratings winner. It sees ABC placing second for the third consecutive year, and NBC continuing to trail in third place. SPECIALS BEST “The most innovative mo- ments and gritty subjects will likely emerge via the net- works’ made-for-television movies and mini-series rather than from their regularly scheduled programming,’’ says Philip Burrell, who wrote the DES survey. Burrell picks only four new shows ‘as “potential hits,”’ and gives only ¢wo others a “fighting chance.’’ Four shows are: given a ‘‘fair’’ chance of success, and the rest are listed as ‘‘likely fail- ures.”” Three major trends’ mark the new shows, the DES sur- vey suggests. First, the so-called ‘‘hig- gle’’ shows have been toned down or discarded. Second, eight of the new shows deal with law and order. And third, a number of stars from television’s past head new series although Burrell gives those series little chance of success. For the first time in five years, dramatic shows out- | Singer celebrates 80th living a bounty hunter. —NBC's Father Murphy, & family show in which gold- miner Merlin Olsen masquer- ades as a priest to save an or- phanage in the Old West. — CBS's Close-Up: Jessica Novak, a drama in the mold of Lou Grant, in which Helen Shaver is a TV human in- terest reporter who battles her producer for tougher as- signments. os — CBS's Falcon Crest, in which Jane Wyman stars as the domineering matriach of a California wine-growing family. It’s a serial, but told in the laid-back style of Earl Hamner of The Waltons. Given a ‘‘fighting chance" are Today's FBI, an ABC update of The FBI, starring Mike Connors, and Shannon, with Kevin Dobson as a police detective who moves from New York to San rancisco with his young son after the death of his wife. Pizzas: Eat-In or Take-Out 602-18th St. 365-2421 i> Royal Canadian Legion | Branch No. 170 CABARET turda’ Friday & Sa! wt y, .m. . + Fri. .m, Saturday ‘at. after 9 p.m. Playing Fri. & Sat. "The Mags” Bingo: Every Thursday at 7 p.m. No Sunday Bingo tll further notice. L to improve of the English language on TV and radio. ““What I'd like to have is a TV program called The Scold, on which I would play the curmudgeon,” Vallee said. “*For instance I would take on the critics of John McEnroe. Why shouldn’t he be able to protest poor officiating in ten- nis matches?”” Among his other activities, Vallee is rewriting his third book. He explained: ‘*‘My agent tells me Shelley Win- ters made $2 million by tall- ing all in her book. So I've decided to go back and tell more about the women in my life.’” WOODENSHOE RESTAURANT International Cuisine in a Dutch Setting, Mon. - Sat. 5 p.m. to Mid. Sunday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Below the Nelson Bridge ‘on Nelson Avenue Telephone 352-9998 Sen Stanley Humphries graduates of KEITH WALDIE Forest ministry breaks new ground The ministry of forests is breaking new ground in the field of public involvement in government affairs. Under a new policy announced re- cently: — The ministry will active- ly seek public advice on its and it near Kelowna. Public involvement, in fact, was part of the process of formulating this policy. It was drafted after extensive con- sultations last fall with public interest groups, forest in- dustry representatives and other i of govern- — Public interest organi- zations and individuals . will be encouraged to provide input during development of ment. “It's quite possible that implementing this policy will raise new questions and prob- major forest plans. — Support services will be provided for public involve- ment activities sponsored by” thé ministry. “This policy is consistent with my declared intention of making this an open minis- try," Forest Minister Tom Waterland stated. “Our formal commitment to an organized program of public involvement is an im- portant innovation for re- source ministries in British Columbia."’ Many aspects of the new policy have been ministry practice for some time; the announcement just makes them official._ For example, in the past year, public interest and ad- vice have been solicited through the distribution of white papers, public review of management plans for Tree Farm Licences and the establishment of public ad- “visory teams in such places as the South Moresby area of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Graystokes Plateau lems,” said. “But we are willing to take some risks so the people of British Columbia can have their say “on the" fdture: of théirprov- ince’s most important natural” resource."’ The public involvement policy is designated as ‘‘in- terim,”” which means it will be reviewed and revised at the end oJ one year. “We welcome comments on the policy; they'll help in the review process,’” Water- land said. “In the next 12 months I expect the ministry and the public will learn a lot from each other about how to make public involvement work,” he added. Z Note: The ministry of for- ests is in the process of putting its many policies into a forma, written form and compiling them in a three- volume manual. This policy paper will be included. The Policy Manual, when com- pleted later this year, will be made available to individuals and organizations which have dealings with the ministry. Kazakoff service conc Prayer service concluded this morning with burial at 1 p.m. for Mary Kazakoff, 68, of Ootischenia who died Monday. Born Aug. 5, 1912, at Kam- sack, Sask., Mrs. Kazakoff came to Ootischenia in 1925 where’ she lived all her life. Mrs. Kazakoff was an active member of the Union, today She is survived by’ three sons, John of Nelson, Peter of Ootischenia, and Harold of Langley; nine grandchildren and one‘sister, Annie Wa- silenkoff of Glade. She ‘was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1946 and one brother, Peter W. Gleboff, in 1949. Burial took place at Ooti- schenia: cemetery with fun- under the of Spritual C ities of Christ and looked after the garden at Verigins’ Tomb. eral ar direction of Castlegar Fun- ‘eral Chapel. IMPORTANT NOTICE West K In thi following alternative meas y Power C ‘s ent of an extended suspension of mail services, the being taken by the Company “He that outlives this day and comes safe home shall stand a tip-toe when this day is named, .. We few, we we band of brothers” - Henry V, Act IV, Sell ‘Those lines are from Henry V's St. Crispin's day address to his troops before his great victory against over: whelming odds at the battle of Agincourt. The spirit is that of the Grade '64, '65, and ‘56 SHHS class reunion. As Vi Stoushnow very aptly put it, “Now that it’s over, it seems like a dream.” But it was the dream of a lifetime and one that we “bank of brothers” (in the broadest sense) will long remember. After almost a year of preparation, it all came to- gether on Friday evening with a wine and cheese party for 200 grads and spouses at the Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel ballroom. After registration, com- plete with grad photos (thanks to Burt Campbell) the getting re-acquainted began, with the assistance of wines generously donated by Calona Wineries and fine cheeses donated by Noca Dairies Ltd. and Armstrong Cheeses Ltd. During the happy hubbub, in which long separated classmates sipped, nibbled and attempted to concentrate the passage of a quarter- century into five minutes at one end of the hall, a vigorous entertainment program. was in progress at the other. To capture the mood of the evening and against a back- ground of 50's popular tunes, sons and daughters of grads ed the JOHN CHARTERS’ Reflections & Recollections eet Grunerud, Lisa Martini and Adena Tamelin. The show, which had been organized and presented jointly by Gerry (Guesford)' Grunerud and Jeanette (Rysen) Horning, involved a great deal of preparation and “was accorded an equally. deserved applause, It was followed by ‘Flash- back to’ the Fifties", with commentaries by Jeanette, and started off with: ‘In the fifties, our main source of entertainment was the Castle Theatre. One’ of the “hot” movies in '64 was “Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd". Price of admi- ssion; kids - 25 cents, students - 50 cents. If you went early, you might bo lucky enough to sit'in one of the “love seats"-remember them? “Also in 1954, the Elk Drive-In opened. Some of us even went to watch the show. “Rigby's ice cream parlor was the most popular place in town and how I envied Bill Stefoniuk-he could eat all those banana splits for free.” “In the winter you could skate on outdoor rinks or stay at home and watch Elvis on TV. If you really. wanted the hell scared out of you, you could stay up till 12 on Saturday night and listen to “Murder at Midnight”. she i recall, but for the sake of what the second generation may have been told, and to protect the names of the innocent, we will stop with this “flash-back” sample. The third, and last item, on the program was a display of the increasingly popular belly dances, demonstrated by Joanne Turner, Kare Pope and Lee Newton. The only problem to this delight- ful performance was the fact that the women crowded in so closely that some of us less fortunate males were left straining for a glimpse from the sidelines, Saturday morning and af- ternoon were taken up with _final preparations, — visiting friends and relatives, touring the school, taking pictures, while being seated at that old familiar lab station, and for some of the men, a friendly golf game at the Castlegar Golf Course. Over 100 people, including Mae and Grace McPherson and their two, former teach- er-guests, Marge (Millikan) Wild and Anna Cail, our teacher-guests Bob and Lorna Graham and Al Harvey and Walter and Pearl Bannigan, were able to come to the Charter Saturday. afternoon open house. That evening at the Fire- side Place banquet room, a “was not an issue in ‘54; a t worn 25 years ago by their pa- rents. Saddle shoes, penny loafers and sockettes, with mid-calf skirts and blouses; full-skirted gowns and teen- age jewelry were set off in all their glory by models Curt, Perry and Lana Horning, Chris Wanjoff, Teresa Hor- koff, Drew Oliphant, Karen Police Briefs Local RCMP investigated 52 complaints over the week- end including an accident Saturday between a 1977 Ford sedan and a 1975 old- smobile. Each sustaned an estimated $500 damage when they were in collision on Highway 3 at Kinnaird Drivers of the vehicles have ‘been identified as Douglas McDowell of Cran- brook and James C, Stevens of Castlegar. The incident is still under investigation. +. * 8 On Friday approximately $900 damage was sustained by each of two vehicles. involved in an accident on Columbia Avenue at 24th street. Police report both vehicles were north bound on Col- umbia at the time of the incident which is described as a rearender. The drivers have been identified as Jon- athan Nesmith and Harvey Nesmith, both of the same Trail address. No injuries have been re- ported. Charges have not been laid. jouse sold for $5,000 T-bone and sirloin were 59 cents a pound; penny loafers cost $4.50; and a hand-made, two-piece suit at Gus Leitner’s cost you.a whopping $66. “Remember when the boys used to punch you on the arms? If you had a lot of bruises, that meant you were really popular.” “Jeanette had much more to happy pany of over 200 grads and spouses sat down to an excellent smorgasborg dinner, with Fred Stoushnow as master of ceremonies. After the traditional Donna Cowlin (Kenya). Run- ner-up; Liz (Hopland) Rob- inson and Alan Robinson from Ottawa. Ann Waldie (Horswill) took the award for the oldest (four years) grandchild, with Mercedes Link (Schwartzen- hauer) and Marguerite Al- dred (Fletcher) tying for the most children’ award (five each). Stan Salekin and Fred Horkoff tied for the youngest child (three years old) award. Yours truly was the speaker for the evening and, after having firmly resolyed not to become. emotionally involved in the whole event, became emotionally involved. He noted with regret and pride that the years had so improved his. former . stu- dents that in’ spite’ of ‘the excellent market for human. skin lamp shades that he would be making no more of them. ce Then, after taking a few moments to recall the names of former students and staff, who had died during the past years, he then returned to the present. \ “T was asked last night, he said; “How students of 25 years ago differed from those today., After due consider- ation, I said that I think that you had less, but appreciated more; that you had. fewer material goods but made better use of your own per- sonal strengths and re- sources. Your yearbooks re- flect a greater sense of mat- toasts, a prize-giving, pre- ed by Joan Martini (Lightle) and Gerryann McNeil (Wanless) and announced by Babs Bourch- ier (Killiough) began. These included; Prize for the longest, dis- tance travelled; Bud and (7 for WHO'S YOUR CHOICE AUGUST ATHLETE OF THE MONTH The Castlegar News would like you to send goals. You had a greater apprecation of, and affection for, one another, and a greater camaraderie. “If you want proof, look about you. Without. these qualities, this weekend would have been impossible. I have Ps er ( CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 5, 1981 A5 : never seen so many happy faces--a company of friends on the stage of life. 1964, "65 and ‘66 were vintage years and you have matured to a gracious wine.” He then quoted a passage from Sir Francis Bacon, Elizabethan scholar and phil- osopher, “What is a friend?” “A friend is in prosperity a pleasure; a solace in adver- sity; in grief, a comfort; in joy, a merry companion; at all times--another I.” He concluded by saying”; “Dear friends and gentle people. I may not be all that I might have been or wanted to be, I have gained little of the material wealth of this world and less reputation. Nonetheless, having had you as my associates, my stu- dents ‘and my friends, the fabric of my career has been so interwoven with threads of happy associations, -kind- ness and good memories that. you have enriched my, life beyond my wildest dreams _and expectations. For allthis, thank you.” _ ‘After the speech-making came’ the photographs-- lormal-of ‘the - formal and_ inf h three classes and” their teachers, followed by dancing '54 '55 (56 Conclusion in Sun+ day's Castlegar News when the grads of ‘54; '55 and '56 hold’ d family day at Kinnarid Park. ; Selling 4 LUISE: ‘Well cover it all...for you. VC CASTUR REALTY LTD, 266-3336 HOME Attention Men & Boys! » For All Seasons Hts: Remember 10% OFF for Cash GOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE - Sat: . 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek *Drivea Littl rar as SarweeEn je to Save a Lot” |: Pa Sa se CLEAN. COTTON RAGS OPENING TODAY 7:00 a.m. .Castlegar Turbo; is ,open and. under. new mana Eda: ment. 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