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Holte Davidson (right) as Premier Bill Bennett and Meredith Bain Wood- POLITICAL SATIRE PLAYS FRIDAY The Enemy Within, a political comedy about Premier Bill Bennett, his cleaning woman, restraint and “you” will be playing Friday evening, in the Stanley Humphries Secondary School activity room. The Enemy Within is a creation of Headlines Theatre which brought the play Under the Gun to Castlegar a couple of years ago. This restrained comedy played to capacity audiences in Vancouver and is now touring the ward as his cleaning woman satirize restraint in the political comedy The Enemy Within. 5 province with funding support from the Canada Council, several churches and a variety of other groups and organizations. Locally, The Enemy Within is sponsored by the Castlegar and District Unemployment Action Centre, which is currently fundraising to increase the inventory in its low-cost food store. Well-known Kootenay resident and actor Meredith Bain Woodward plays Claire, the premier’s cleaning woman, who is secretly in love with William, performed by C. Holte Davidson All is well until, in the name of restraint, William throws Claire's job out the window with Claire along with it. Her mops and pails are now rendered redundant. As well as playing in Castlegar Friday, The Enemy Within will be in Nelson Thursday, Winlaw March 1 and Trail March 2. Your hotel room and Victoria’s Attractions* Before May Ist. save 25% off regular rates for your room and these ‘Based on availability: not applicable with other discounts ) * Luxurious downtown high-rise * Panoramic view of the harbor and Victona © Suites for the price of a room © Weekly and monthly rates * Renowned Hy’s Steak House * Bartholomew's Garden Restaurant © English Pub * Doubles Oyster Bar EXECUTIVE HOUSE HOTEL 777 Douglas Street. Victoria. British Colurnbia V8W 28S Call toll-free and ask for Operator Northwestern U.S.A. 1-800-663-7001 In rest of Canada: 1-800-663-7563 Castlegar Five Castlegar acts are among the 24 performing groups or individuals plus two crafts chosen to represent the Kootenay Boundary region during its regional week in the B.C. Pavilion at Expo 86 June 29 - July 5. “It was not an easy decision to make,” according to Joel Harris, regional producer for the Kootenay-Boundary and Rocky Mountain regions. “The overall quality of the 54 performing groups or individuals who auditioned was very high, but the adjudicators were instructed to choose a selection based on considerations of technical ability, stage presence and delivery, costuming, originality and suitability of regional theme, and the overall quality of the performance. “In addition, we have a set subsidy budget that limits the total number of people we can take down to Expo. The final review was done in Vancouver with B.C. Pavilion senior staff and the adjudi ‘s id ig each act.” The auditions held in Castlegar were open to the public and drew an estimated audience of 600 people over the three days of presentations. You're invited. . . Luncheon with MILA MULRONEY Wite of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Monday, March 3 Ballroom of the Uplander Hotel Rossland $10.00 For tickets or information contact Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco’s office at 10§5 Columbia Ave phone 365-7709 COMING MONDAY, MARCH 3 A VERY SPECIAL LADIES NITE OUT Dream Plachine The Ultimate in Male Exotic Performers from California. (Formerly Chippendale Dancers and Playgirl Centerfolds) 8 to 10:30 p.m. $8 Advance $10 at the Door Se a SMM RMS We Are the World tops Awards LOS ANGELES (AP- The music academy voted with its conscience at the 28th annual Grammy Awards, declaring that We Are the World deserved song and record of the year, but deciding that USA for Africa's album was no match for Phil Collins's snappy No Jacket Required. We Are The World, recorded by 45 top artists including Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers and Stevie Wonder, also won best group pop performance for producer Quincey JOnes and best short form video. “The most important thing was, when we called, you and we thank you for said Lionel Richie, who along with superstar Michael Jackson wrote the song that raised $33 million for African famine r Officials of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences estimated up to 90 million viewers watched the show televised by CBC. Collins, on leave as drummer from the British group Genesis, won album of the year for his slick No Jacket Required, which also earned him best male pop vocal performance and producer of the year along with Hugh Padgham. Wonder won best male rhythm and blues performance for his In Square Circle LP, his 16th lifetime Grammy award, putting him fourth on the all-time list. Jones's two Grammys moved him to a third-place tie with pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Two Canadian artists were nominated earlier for Grammys but did not win. Bryan Adams of Vancouver received two nominations for male rock vocal solo performance for Reckless and rock vocal performance by duo or group for It's Only Love performed by Tina Turner David Foster of Victoria received six nominations pop instrumental performance (Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire); instrumental composition (Love Theme from St Elmo's Fire); album of original score written for motion picture(St. Elmo's Fire); producer of the year; instrumental arrangement accompanying vocals (Through the Fire, performed by Chaka Khan); and best rhythm and blues song (co-writer credit on Through the Fire). Conductor Sir Georg Solti, whose recording of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron won best opera recording, is first with 23, followed by Henry Mancini with 20. Whitney Houston won the Grammy for pop female vocal performance for Saving All My Love for You. Sade, a Nigerian pop princess whose sultry sound on her Diamond Life LP revived an interest in cafe jazz, took the best new artist award. acts picked for Expo “The audience helped the performers by easing the tension of performing to an empty hall,” Harris said. Performers will be on stage at the B.C. Pavilion from Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with each act being repeated two or three times each day. On Monday night, there will be a special presentation on the Plaza of Nations stage combining the talents of several performers into a regional show “This four-hour presentation should be a lot of fun for all the performers and gives us an opportunity to showcase a large portion of all the talented people going to Expo on the large world stage,” Harris stated. Before going to the B.C. Pavilion, Harris plans to stage a series of lecal performances by those selected in order to “raise funds to augment the partial subsidies given by the B.C. Pavilion Corporation, give the people of the region who are not planning to go to Expoa chance to see the fine talent we will be showcasing and give the performers more experience at performing in public.” Details and locations will be announced in the near future Kootenay Lake artists featured The Langham Gallery is featuring the work of two Kootenay Lake artists at its centre in Kaslo. ceramic work of Bruce Mac Diarmid. A successful func- tional potter, MacDiarmid has recently been experi menting with surface decora tion and glazing effects while still concentrating on the vessel. The watercolors of painter play at the gallery. Have mann brings a lifetime of The groups selected include 312 people (200 subsidized): ar — Audrey Maxwell Dancers, Steve Baal, Katherine Armstrong, Liz Thor-Larsen, Kootenay Oldtime Fiddlers Association. Creston — Four-Cylinder, Creston Community Choir Grand Forks Folklore Dangers. Brenda Semenoff, Set Sixteen, Gisela’s Kaslo — T.N.T., George McCuaig Nelson - Nelson Kung Fu Team, Nelson Spinners and Weavers Guild, Jeanette Grittani, Jenn Ryan, Karian Brigidear, Kutenai Folk, TheatrePeace. Salmo — Tom Lewis. Slecan Valley — Slocan Valley Multicultural Dance Group, Krestova Youth Choir, Frobe Family Magic Show (tentative) Trail — Trail Pipe Band, Trail Community Stage Band Regional — Selkirk Weavers Guild Fashion Show, Selkirk C' ber Orchestra, USCC Doukhobor Youth Choir. WORKS BY RICHARD GROSS Exhibit opens in Nelson An exhibition of more than 40 recent paintings and draw ing by Argenta artist Rich ard Gross opened Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Mu Gross moved as a boy to Canada. His formal art stud. ies began at the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1960 under the well-known MARCOS ERA LEAVES POOR ECONOMY By The Associated Press Thirty months after it was fired, the bullet that killed one man in the Philippines has undone another. For Ferdinand Mareos, the last scenes of his 20 years in power began Aug. 21, 1983, when political rival Benigno Aquino was shot in the head and killed. That assassination, widely blamed Marcos, unleashed an explosion of outrage against him that shook the economy and deepened a financial crisis that was already crippling the nation. For an experienced leader who had dealt with five U.S. presidents, a skilled politician who always managed to outmanoeuvre his foes, an autocrat who once claimed divine gui in suspending y, the flood of opposition finally proved unstoppable. Events leading to the collapse of his regime included: — The Feb. 7 general election which sparked worldwide complaints of vote fraud by Marcos backers; — A Philippine government once known as an administration of reform became known as a looter of the national treasury; — Under Marcos, Filipinos voted in almost a dozen elections and referendums only to see democratic institutions erode; — The gap between rich and poor widened, the cash-starved economy dropped far behind neighboring countries, and the stage has been set for a long struggle with Communist insurgents; — And, key military and political foes of Marcos bridged their differences and formed a coalition behind Corazon. Aquino, widow of Benigno, as millions flocked to join them. SHOWS TOUGHNESS Although he espoused democratic ideals, Marcos was also capable of savage toughness. On Sept. 23, 1972, he imposed martial law to save the country from what he said was a Communist threat. In the process, he abolished Congress and rewrote the constitution to extend his rule. Over the next five years security forces arrested 70,000 people. One of the many tragedies of the Philippines is the collapse of its once-prosperous economy Among the highlights: — Average incomes multiplied to $772 in 1982 from $140 in 1965 but the vast majority remained impoverished; — Giant and corrupt; — A 1979 oil crisis was accompanied by a drop in prices for sugar and other Philippine exports, a U.S. recession cut into demand for Philippine commodities, and rising interest rates cut savagely into the economy. — As corporations failed, Marcos banks bailed them out with billions of dollars in loans and guarantees and the foreign debt ballooned to almost $30 billion. The Aquino slaying reversed once-positive world opinion of Marcos. A government-appointed i assassination on a pro-Marcos military conspiracy. A court acquitted the servicemen but the anti-Marcos tide was too strong. CAUSES COLLAPSE As millions took part in anti-Marcos street violence and demonstrations, business confidence began to collapse. As much as $5 million a day fled the country and it was estimated that 1,000 businesses failed and as many as 600,000 people lost their jobs. During campaigning for the Feb. 7 presidential election, in the full glare of international publicity, Marcos was seen openly stealing the election from Aquino. Recent testimony before the U.S. Congress told of the extent of Marcos family plundering of the Philippine treasury, including hundreds of millions of dollars said to have been diverted into New York real estate. Marcos leaves an exhausted economy, monumental debt and a heritage of bitterness. With Marcos gone, the powerful Philippine military may still have its hands full. The long-lingering Communist insurrection of the New People’s Army has as many as 20,000 fighters and has spread to most Philippine provinces. In the end, the revolution simmering in the countryside may be the most lasting legacy of the Marcos years. became ffi 7 d Marcos flees countr AGANA (AP-REUTERS) — Former pres- ident Ferdinand Marcos flew on to Hawaii today after a 18-hour stopover at a U.S, air base on the American Pacific territory of Guam, an air foree spokesman said. Heavy rain fell as a C-141 i Marcos Andersen Air Base at 11:54 p-m. Guam time (8:54 a.m. EST) for the eight-hour flight to Hawaii, where the ousted leader could receive a cold reception from some Hawai ian leaders. In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman said it “would be a good, educated guess” tha‘ Mareos would remain in public affairs at Andersen, said U.S. officials had an am. bulance ready at the landing < 7 if i About 12 hours earlier, acting Guam Gov. Edward Reyes greeted Marcos as the party arrived at the air base about 30 kilometres north of Agana, capital of Guam. BRAVE RAIN ceive a medical checkup at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam. However, Marcos and his family were taken to the VIP house on the base, Headley said, while other members of the party were taken to the visiting officers quarters. In Honolulu, meanwhile, Hawaiian officials weren't going out of their way to give the ousted Philippines leader the red-carpet treatment. Mayor Frank braved a P* outside the main gate of the Pasi, said city police would ee 2 mu Laxalt: ‘Cut cleanly’ WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt, a close friend of President Ronald Reagan, said he told Ferdinand Marcos it was time to “cut and cut cleanly” after the embattled Philip- pines leader telephoned him desperately searching for ways to cling to power. Laxalt said at a news conference Tuesday he was in the middle of a top-secret briefing on the Philippines eri Monday afternoon when Marcos called him. “I was frankly very sur. prised,” said Laxalt, who went to Manila last October carrying a plea from Reagan that Marcos reform his gov- ernment to deal with an economic crisis and a Com- munist insurgency. The two men struck up a friendship and Laxalt said Mareos called him several times in the intervening months. The Nevada Repub- liean said he received a call late last week but refused to talk to Marcos until Reagan envoy Philip Habib had re- turned from Manila. Laxalt and other congress- men were listening to a briefing by State Secretary George Shultz and Habib about U.S. efforts to solve the impasse between Marcos and Corazon Aquino when he got another call. The first thing Marcos wanted to know was “whe ther the message delivered by the (U.S.) State Depart- ment was valid,” said Laxalt. That message contained Reagan's call earlier Monday for Marcos to step down. “I said it was,” said Laxalt. Marcos wanted to know whether “somiething could be worked out” so he and Aquino could share power, but “I said I thought that was impractical.’ asked whether question, should I do,” Laxalt said. “I wasn't bound by diplomatic lasted so long I asked him if he was still there. He said, *Yes,’ and then he said, ‘I am so very, very disappointed.’ ” Marcos hung up, without disclosing what he intended to do, Laxalt said. Aquino surprises many MANILA (AP) — Corazon Aquino began her political career as a reluctant candidate but grew into a determined campaigner who rallied millions of her countrymen ina drive dominated the country for 20 years resigned and fled the presidential palace. Aquino campaigned throughout the country, always LARRY AND MO Sponsored by Heri Ministries, an inter- denomi Childeon's Ministry, am in Child Evangelism, Sunday ‘eacher training; using exciting visual Hi They will speck on several subjects inchading: Sue 767 - 11th Avenue CHILDREN’S CRUSADE March 3-6 3:30 til 5:00 p.m. TEACHERS TRAINING March 3-5 7:00 till 9:00 p.m. (Coffee break) Registration Fee $5 painting experience to her The work of the two artists 1800-8th Ave., Castlegor work. The show also includes the is on display at the centre until Sunday. MONTE CARLO RESTAURANT seum and continues through March 15. Born in Poland in 1943, Canadian artist, Ivan Eyre, and continued at the Hay stack Mountain School of Fine Arts in Maine. During the 20 years of his artistic career, Gross has ex hibited in group and one-man shows in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, New York and Washington, D.C., among other centres His work is represented in Bring Three, You Eat Free! the collections of the National Gallery in Ottawa, the Win nipeg Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Imperial Oil and Am. herst Collections. at the Monte Carlo and your dinner will be FREE! OFFER GOOD FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. DAILY UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. FOR RESERVATIONS Phone 365-2177 (Does not apply to children's menu.) aca RRORARNL BSN Since moving to the Koot enays in 1975, Gross has had showings at the Langham Gallery in 1978 and 1982 The oil paintings in the present collection include ab- stracts, florals, and portraits rendered in a characteristi cally muted palette. Gross works at home in Argenta, where he lives with his wife. He paints in a studio shed on his property, and spends his non-painting hours gardening. working on his house, and tree-planting. in season, —ARTS= Calendar February 23 to Merch 30... . The N.E.C. is presenting Por tugal: Ten Centuries of History, On March 2nd, the Por tuguese Ambassador Mr. J.C. Valadas will officially open th bit at 2:00 p.m. The Centre is open, 9:30 - 4:30 weekdays ond 10:30 to 4:30 weekends Februery 28. . . The Enemy Within’ o political comedy about the Premier. his cleaning woman, restraint and you at 8:00 p.m. at S.H.S.S. activity room. This is sponsored by Unemployment Action Centre Merch 7 The Castlegar Arts Council's Presentation Series will tecture Pom Baker exhibition of drawings and paintings at the Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe This will continue during the month March 7 series starts with Paulette Jiles, won General's Award for poetry at 7:30 p.m. Castlegar Com pus, Main Lounge Selkirk College's 20th March 7 - The 7th Kootenay Juried Art Show Woneto Mall during Mall hours Merch | Performance 86 will be having Ain't Misbehaving at 8:00 p.m. at the Trail Jr. High Items for this bi-monthly feature should be telephoned to Lynda Carter of the Castlegar Arts Council at 365-3226. Sponsored by 5) CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION J to.rid the Philippines of 20 years of often despotic rule by President Ferdinand Marcos. To the surprise of many Filipinos as well as foreigners, the petite, 53-year-old former housewife managed to channel widespread dissatisfaction with Marcos into a powerful political movement Stepping forward after her husband, Benigno, was assassinated, Mrs. Aquino waged an emotion-laden campaign in the Feb. 7 presidential election and made a strong showing in balloting marred by widespread reports of fraud and intimidation by Marcos supporters. International observers said Aquino won the election. When the Marcos-controlled National Assembly on Feb. 15 completed the count and announced Marcos had won, Aquino refused to accept the verdict and pledged a campaign to bring down Marcos by boycotts and demonstrations. After a revolt by the defence minister and the deputy commander of the armed forces, Aquino was sworn in Tuesday during a defiant ceremony in which she said she was “taking power in the name of the Filipino people.” An hour later Marcos, who had been declared the winner by the government-controlled parliament, took the oath as president at a palace ceremony As an indication of how his power had crumbled, the broadcast of {he ceremony was knocked off the air by rebels who took control of the station and substituted a John Wayne film. Several hours later, the man who had OMMUNITY Bulletin Board ST. DAVID'S THRIFT SHOP Will be closed Thursday and Friday. Feb. 27 and 28. Re opens Tuesday, March 4 at 10..m 217 WOMEN'S AGLOW Meeting will be held Wed., March 5, 10:30 a.m. at the Ht Arrow. Speoker is Ruth Main from Park Siding. All lodies welcome. Babysitting is provided 27 RUMMAGE SALE For the Stanley Humphries Senior Girl's Basketball Team. at Stonley Humphries Secondary Schoo!, Sunday Morch 2 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m v7 THE CASTLEGAR AQUANAUT Swim Club is having on all paper Cash Bingo at the Castlegar Arena Complex Saturdoy March 1. E.B. 6 p.m regular bingo 7 p.m. Advance tickets $8 and are avarloble at Central Food Mart, Wool Wagon and Macleods. $9 ot door 216 WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE A superb film on Guotemdia. Monday, March 3, 7.00 p.m David Thompson Library. Nelson. Sponsored by CUSO & West Kootenay Women’s Association 3/16 THE ENEMY WITHIN ‘about the Premier his cleaning 8:00 p.m. in the SHSS Activity Room. So tickets at Carl's. Pharmasave, Selkirk Bookstore ond the Unemployment Action Centre. 315 third consecutive fourth consecutive insertion is half-price. Minimum charge is $3.50 (whether od is for one, two or three times). Deadlines ore 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sundoy + poper and 5 p.m for Wednesdoy s poper Notices should be brought to the Costlegor News ot 17 Columbio Ave OMM Bulictin Board smiling and always wearing yellow. The color symbolizes the yellow-ribbon homecoming planned for her husband when he returned from self-exile in the United States, only to be assassinated at Manila airport. Her only training in polities came from her family and as the wife of a man who had been considered Marcos’ main political rival. 8 MALE DANCERS “Your Waiters for the Evening” Mon,, March 3 Tickets — $4. Available at Hi Arrow Arms. eset wet ENJOY TOMORROW Trail - Fruitvale «Castlegar: Salmo - South Slocan » Nakusp Now Denver Wanets Placa: Kash