Ab Castlegar News Janvary 17, 1990 } D-sar-Dooininc tounce Closed For the Holidays! Located | Mile South of Weigh $cale in Ootischenia’ * — LICENCED DINING ROOM — 365-3294 ia. CHICKEN & SEAFOOD 2816 Columbia Ave. BR) 365-5304 \ Legion Branch Robbie Burns Night Saturday, Jan. 20 Dinner at 5:30 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT TO FOLLOW DINNER Tickets $15 a Person Call Cathy Tucker 365-3063 or Rosemary Barley 365-3011 SILVESTER (900. STALLONE ‘®.. “THE BEAR’ IS LIKE NO OTHER FILM BEFORE IT, A TRUE ORIGINAL.” Marks And rms, VANCE VIR SEN STARTS 8:45 ASTLE THEATREGSS emuenans ENTERTAINMENT CLOTH AS A MEDIUM .. . West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre director Helen Lee holds up one of the bright fabric that make up Grand Fogg's exhibition, A Sphering which is now showing ot the NEC. Also new on exhibit at the NEC, a collection of drawings from the B.C. Art Collection. Both shows run until Feb. 18. New music faces obstacles NEW YORK (CP) — Ten years after the rise and fall of New Wave, some music industry players say the cycle may be about to repeat itself with soc: called alternative music New Wave emerged in the late *70s as a catch-all term for pop bands witha punk or art sensibility. Some, like Talking Heads, broke through to the mainstream and developed long, fer- tile careefs; others, like Blondie, came and went Today, the alternative tag is hung on a wider spectrum of music — everything from the avant garde garage rock of the Pixies to tle heavy metal sludge of Soundgarden to the funk-rap-noise of 24-7 Spyz. The only common characteristic seems to be that, aside from college stations and a War film on top HOLLYWOOD (AP) — The Viet- nam War film Born on the Fourth of July was the favorite movie in the United States for the second week ina row, and Glory and Driving Miss Daisy performed strongly in wider release Born on the Fourth of July, starring Tom Cruise, collected $8 million during the weekend, said figures released Monday by Entertainment Data Inc In second place with $5.7 million was the divorce comedy The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. It was followed in third by the action-adventure movie SP SSLALS Mr. & Mrs. Iggie are.back from their vacation se come in and hear about our California Holiday! ~_ And enjoy our California specials . CALIFORNIA SPECIALS Jan. 18, 19& 20 California Lemon Pie & California Refreshments UMMM) Closed Sundays & Holidays = WE ACCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR — &COMINCO MEALTICKETS == UM) HOURS: Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m.-7:30 1004 Columbia * Ph. 365-8155 mm. Tango & Cash, million. Internal Affairs, the new police drama starring Richard Gere as a corrupt and sexually obsessed cop, opened in fourth place, netting $5 million. In fifth was director Steven Spielberg's Always, earning $4.2 million. In sixth was The Little Mer- maid on ticket sales of $3.85 million Steel Magnolias, the drama with Sally Field and Olympia Dukakis heading the cast, landed in seventh with receipts of $3.7 million Glory, the story of a black Union regiment in the Civil War, collected $3 million for eighth place in its first week of wider release on 392 screens. Rounding out the top 10 were Back to the Future Part II with a gate of $2.75 million for: ninth and Driving Miss Daisy with $2.7 million for 10th which made $5.4 few modern rock formats, you can’t find it on the radio. The music ‘survives, however, usually nurtured by small independent labels and publicized through videos, nightclubs, the music - press, small record stores and word of mouth MAJORS MOVEIN Sometimes all these shards of publicity add up to big sales, especially with metal and rap, and the major labels are now taking a keen interest in the alternative field, “I can’t think of any major label that hasn't beefed up in this area,"’ says Mark Kates, director of alter- native music for Geffen Records in Los Angeles. ‘‘But this climate is running somewhat out of control now, and if there’s too much money involved and nothing happens (with sales), that’s a real danger. ““When the majors discovered New Wave and signed up all these new ban- ds just to have cool records, it all fell apart and a lot of bands just got drop- ped Alternative supporters certainly welcome the big distribution and promotional muscle that major'labels can bring, but they worry that the majors have inflated hopes for some of the music. As Mike Stuto of Beggars Banquet Records put it: **There may be an overanticipation of how many people are going to buy a Toad the Wet Sprocket record.”” POSES THREAT The gold-rush mentality, it seems, is the biggest threat to sustaining the growth of alternative music. Terry McBride, co-founder of Van- couver’s Nettwerk label, says ‘‘a lot of majors look at it as ‘You've got to have a career inside two or three years or you'rehistory.” “That’s no’ way to develop an ar- tist.”’ Many young musicians, however, also get swept up in the hype, losing sight of their artistic goals when large cash advances are suddenly waved in their faces by big record companies Claudia Stanton, a talent manager at Capitol Records in New York, says some bands ‘‘create this manic bidding war, and that’s a mistake, because it's their own money. “They think ‘Oh goody, I've got $500,000 in my pockey — but sweetheart, you have tqf pay that back.’" FOCUS ON NEEDS The wise course, both Stanton and McBride agree, is for iridependent ar- tists and labels to focus on what's best for their careers in the long run. Mat- ters such as maintaining creative con- trol of the music and finding a com- pany that genuinely believes in the band are more important than cash up front For the major labels’ part, some have set up “‘alternative marketing departments’’ where the demand for a quick hit record is not so great and the emphasis is also on the long haul. That way, a band can get off to a profitable start in an atmosphere of relative calm Cable 10 TV. BUSINESS So rT > Janvory 17,1990 Castlegar News 47 Conference Board predicts no recession this year OTTAWA (CP) — There will be no fecession this year or next, the Con- ference Board of Canada has predic- ted. Despite a faist-slowing y> If money market conditions remain unchanged today the important rate should fall Thursday to about 12.18 per cent from 12.43 per cent last week. One ist said he doesn’t high interest rates and deterioratin, trade performance, the country should skirt a recession, it sgid. A recession occurs when the economy contracts for two quarters af- ter adjustments for inflation. “The current slowdown facing the Canadian economy is expected to per- sist throughout 1990-91 but will not turn into a recession,’’ said the in- dependent economic research firm. The forecast came as economists and money traders puzzled over the Bank of Canada’s surprise move to let short-term interest rates fall about a quarter of a percentage point in recent days. L Smith ride NANAIMO (CP) — Attorney General Bud Smith took a sym- bolic ride on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway dayliner Mon- day — ahd, true to form, it broke down. Mechanical problems delayed its departure for about 45 minutes. “We want the service but we cer- tainly don’t want it the way it is,’” said Courtney Mayor George Cochrane, one of a clutch of Island politicians aboard. Cochrane suggested B.C. Rail could take over the line and im- prove it. “I want to see it upgraded. I want to see the service continued and even extneded beyond Cour- tenay.”” Smith said he had written to federal Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard, suggesting that Ottawa turn the line over to provincial con- trol. He said that would forestall the need for another court battle. (The B.C. Supreme Court ruled last month that Ottawa had a con- stitutional obligation to operate the rail line.) At Shawnigan Lake, the dayliner broke a ribbon across the track and Smith swung a sledge- hammer in a re-enactment of the driving of the last spike. Other Socreds aboard included Finance Minister Mel Couvelier, Stan Hagen, minister of regional and economic development, and Terry Huberts, MLA for Saanich and the Islands. _. business HAW CABLE 10SCHEDULE Jan. 17, 18, 19,21, 1990 5 p.m. (Wed) 9 a.m. (Fri) 5 p.m. (Sun) Continuing Eduction in Trail — Producer Ralph Di Sabato talks to Michael Phillips, director of con- tinuing education, about the courses that are offered in the winter term. A Shaw Cable staff production. 6:30 p.m. (Wed) 10:30 a.m. (Fri) 6:30 p.m. (Sun) Nakiska Plus Two — This program takes a slightly different approach from other ski films and con- tains_a few surprises. The focus, however, is on the champ skiers and their ‘‘winner’s circle’’ attitude Produced by the War Amps of Canada. 7_p.m. (Wed) 11 a.m. (Fri) 7 p.m. JANUARY SPECIALS EVERYTHING ON OUR MENU * SIRLOIN STEAK * CHICKEN CORDON BLEU © STUFFED FILET OF SOLE > Some of our featured 9.95 Specials are: All dinners include soup, sdlod. gorlic toast vegetable of the doy, baked potato or rice OPEN TUESDAY-SUNDAY 4:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Kootenay Cattle Cn. West Kootenay Today — This program will include an update on the UIC sit-in that took place last week as well a preview of this week's Shaw Cable line-up of programs. Produced by Shaw Cable staff and volunteers. 7:30 p.m. (Wed) 11:30 a.m. (Fri) 7:30 p.m. (Sun) Chamber Chat — This month, Trail chamber manager Helen Secco interviews Walt Siemens, local notary public, Laurie Read, coor. dinator of the job re-entry program and Barbara O’Hearn, a job re-entry student.-Produced-by-H--Secco-and Shaw Cable staff 8:30 p.m. (Wed) 12:30 p.m. (Fri) 8:30 p.m. (Sun) USCC Youth Festival (Part 7) — This annual event which was held May 1989 at the Brilliant © STUFFED SALMON *° CHICKEN KIEV © BARBEQUE RIBS 3 Schofield Highway Wartield, B.C Tel: 364-0922 Cultural centre features the Kamloops and Friendship Choirs as well as guests from the Soviet Union. Produced by the USCC Video Society 9:30 p.m. (Wed) 1:30 p.m. (Fri) 9:30 p.m. (Sun) Castlegar Hospice Society — Members of Castlegar Hospice talk about the types of support that the society offers to the community 10 p.m. (Wed) 2 p.m. (Fri) 10 p.m. (Sun) — Sign Off. NOTE: This schedule is repeated on Friday starting at 9 a.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 1990 6 p.m. — Nelson Today 6:30 p.m. — Nelson Castlegar vs Nelson hockey — Sunday Brunch 10:30 am. - 1:00 p.m. Reservations 825-4466 believe the central bank's actions are the first step to lower interest rates. John Crow, governor of the Bank of Canada, has kept short-term rates high in Canada to cool the economy and upward pressure on inflatioh. “Do we expect to see more (easifig) in the short-term? The answer has to be, I think, no, barring some unfor- seen event like a sharp drop in the stock market,"’ said Ted Carmichael, senior economist at Burns Fry Ltd. Itis unclear whether tae one-quarter of a percentage point drop already evident in short-term interest rates would lead major banks to lower business and consumer loan charges. ‘*This is very much in a grey are: Carmichael said. ‘1 don’t think a quarter-point drop in prime rate is out of the question."’ Prime rate, generally charged by banks on loans to their top customers, has remained at 13.5 per cent since March, But the Bank of Canada’s move in recent days could be the first of several small steps that lead to a significant decline in Canadian interest rates, said Bryan Griffiths, senior vice-president of foreign exchange at the Royal Bank of Canada. “Until we've seen two or three of these (one quarter of a Percentage point) declines, one can't be absolutely sure,”’ Griffiths said, “But I think 80 per cent or 90 per cent of the street thinks this is the real McCoy,”" The Conference Board said that in- Network on Detailed information about the B.C. Trade Development Corp.'s ex. tensive B.C. Business Network is now available from the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce. International Business Minister Elwood Veitch, who is also chairman of B.C. Trade, urged businesses and entrepreneurs to take advantage of thé low-cost electronic service which is the largest of its kind in Canada, a gover- fiment news release Said. Veitch said the service is designed to link producers to markets, en- trepreneurs to investors and vendors to customers, both inside the province and around the world It also lists extensive, up-to-date information including a’ calendar of events, a summary of business acts and regulations, a list of government financial assistance programs and economic, geographical ELWOOD VEITCH ... Service links businesses terest rates should remain high during the next two years as the Bank of Canada continues its battle st in- flation. And the risk of a recession will be highest early in 1991 as consumers carefully watch their spending and the economy turns very sluggish, The economy should speed up late this year thanks to Finance Minister BLUE TOP BURGER Weekly Special BACON CHEESE NEW HOURS 10 A.M.-8 P.M. 1521 Columbia Ave. 365-8388 BAves 265-85 CALL AMEAD, OMI Michael Wilsop’s prop: seven per cent goods and services tax, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 1991, the board believes. “Consumer demand will slow shai- ply in 1990, but we expect to see a binge of spending on housing, household durables and other items, such as clothing, by the end of this year,"’ the board said in a statement. “It’s only human nature to avoid the price increases associated with the GST implementation on Jan. 1, 1991."" I e and statistical information about all parts of B.C. Veitch said an official from the Castlegar chamber was among more than 70 chamber officials who recently received intensive training on using all aspects of the network In addition, the chamber can now supply information and assistance to people who want to use a’ personal computer to gain access to the net- work, and to people who want their products or requirements advertised throughout the network, he said. “Any B.C. producer, by visiting his local chamber of, commerce, can now have. the same access to foreign markets and investors as producers based in our metropolitan céntres,’’ Veitch said. “As a result, oppor- tunities for economic development are increasingly being shared by all regions of the province.”” Utility sells properties KANSAS CITY — UtiliCorp United has announced that its PSI sub- sidiary and a joint venture partner have completed the sale of natural gas and oil interests in the Gulf Coast to NERCO Inc. The UtiliCorp subsidiary has received approximately $31.4 million US from the sale. This will result in an anticipated after-tax gain for UtiliCorp of $6.6 million US, the com- pany says in a news release After adjusting for the income lost from the.properties, the net effect on first quarter 1990 financial results is expected to be approximately $5 million US. Proceeds from the transac- tion will be reinvested by PSI in other gas reserves, UtiliCorp says. In other developments, UtiliCorp has closed the previously announced acquisition of a West Virginia gas utility system from Cabot Corp. The gas distribution system was acquired for a net purchase cost of ap- proximately $3.5 million US, including interest accrued since a definitive letter of agreement was signed in September Sine Valu Your satisfaction is our main concern tenderloin removed ada gr. A beet 2 family pack 6.37/kg. 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Kratt parkay 29 1.36 kg. pkg margarine’ ? 4 Gg pure e mecoroni & cheese Kraft dinner soft drinks 2 L. plus deposit 69 sorted 1.39 Prices Effective Jan. 17 to Jan. 20 PLAZA SUPER-VALU OPEN SUNDAY 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 1988, UtiliCorp says. The sale received West Virginia regulatory approval in November and other regulatory ap- provals prior to that. /_B J POLLUTION Sun., 3:30 p.m. Crescent Valley Hall through Ja: Feb. ALL WELCOME "The Bible is our only Textbook!” $. Alexander, A. Collins 359-7586 BRANCH 170 HOURS: Monday to Thursde 12. Noon : 11 p.m. Fridey and Saturdoy 12 Noon to 12 Midnight ND NIGHIS & SPECIAL OCCASIONS BINGO THURSDAY Bingo Licence No. 75616 WEEKLY MEAT DRAWS EVERY SATURDAY AT 3:00 p.m. 365-7017 as. 72113 2 for-1 JANUARY * SPECIAL drat ato TAN conn. DoDD Eat in only. Closed Sundays & Holidays WE ACCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR & COMINCO MEAL TICKETS ring r- -) HOURS: Monday to Saturday :30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. SEE 1004 Columbia © Ph. 365-8155 Castlegar Arts Council Presents ANNA WYMAN DANCE THEATRE Thursday, January 25 7:30 p.m. Selkirk College Gymnasium Adults — $13 * Seniors /Students — $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 FERRARO’S perValu Your satisfaction is our main concern customer appreciation day! Thursday, Jan. 18 \