CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 23, 1961. ” Comedy ly Dina Sudiow VANCOUVER (CP) — Dan- ny Simon might be a funny man but he takes comedy writing very seriously. Simon, who puts the laughs in lines delivered by comed- jans such as Henny Young- man and Buddy Hackett and performers such as Phil Sil- vers and Carol Burnett, says the essence of comedy writing is making it believable. “If an audi doesn’t ersity of B.C. seminars and agreed to an interview as long as it wasn’t in the nude, ‘Between one-liners, stories and schtick, he talked about is serious to Simon ors, directors and agents who want to use his knowledge to, develop themselves. In 30 classroom hours in Vancouver, he tried to cram The basic requirement for comdey writing are a sense of humor and creativity. If you don’t think funny, forget it. “I teach them how to CASTLE NEWS Z_ENTER’ take home a piece of infor- mation, or an experience that they can enjoy that particular moment, thenb they've wast- ed their time watching that particular vehicle,’’ he said in a recent interview. “*And that’s what my broth- er’s a genius at doing.” The reference, of course, is to his little brother Neil, who Simon pushed into the busin- ess many years ago. Another protege is Woody Allen who says he learned everything he knows about comedy writing from Danny Simon. Simon was in Vancouver to discuss his craft at two Univ- Movies HOLLYWOOD (AP- Is the movie world ready for another 8D wave? Pro} ducer-star Tony Anthony believes so. He devoted four © years of his life to the aptly titled Comin’ at Ya, which, ‘could be the Bwana Devil of 1981. i The first craze for three-, dimensional movies started in 1958, when Bwana Devil had audiences ducking spears and tomahawks. Major studios saw 3-D as a cure for the ailing box office, and used the process for such films as Kiss Me Kate, Hondo and Dial M for Murder. Within two years, 8-D was as dead as silent movies. What the profession that has been his life for more that 30 years. TAKES SHOW ON ROAD Already a writer, producer and director, he has added teaching to his repertoire and it is threatening to become a full-time job. In addition to renilts classes in Los Angeles: he has been invited to give seminars throughout the U.S. All joking aside, he wants to revive and improve the quality of his art snd he is teaching people, many al- ready in the business, to expand their His 34 years of experience that has spanned the whole com- edy writiog 1 spectrum. “I talk fast His aim is to broaden writers’ horizons, to prepare them to handle all types of writing experiences. “I try to get them to operate in the same direction that I, my brother, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart — all: the top writers did. “ “We all grew in certain way, f from jokes to sketches, plays and students include writers, act- the other the left eye,” said: Anthony. “The cameraman had to set the focus and the field, and the camera couldn't move. The movies ended up like photographed stage film. And you keep growing. ren 3-D is Comin’ at a green lens and other’ through a red lens.” In the last few years, a new movie generation has dis- covered 3-D, and the com- panies have revived their 1950s films for festivals and. midnight showings. Enter Tony “Anthony, one- time making new portholes in the booth. That was very expen- ‘every few minutes, the. screen looks flat. “People complained. that using the old green-and-red glasses gave them head- aches, and that was under-, Besides. the’ “The old system used two side-by- ‘side cameras, one representing the right eye, — having one eye look through The Go-Gos westerns. SAW BRUCE LEE He first became interested in 8-D when he saw a Bruce Lee movie being shot in a new process in the Orient. Anthony found that 3-D can be achieved by using two lenses and single strip of film. A single projector puts the two images on the screen. Glasses are still necessary for the 3-D effect, but they are polarized, one-color lenses that supposedly Cute is back in rock BY YARDENA AOI HOLLYWOOD (AP) — hey’re being called the “ail Beatles,” they've made the word “cute” respectable in rock music writing. and when the Go-Gos hit the road this month American audiences will get a chance to see what all the shouting is about. The Go-Gos, by way of introduction, are five dim- inutive women in their mid- 20s who look like teenages, talk in little-girl voices and just happen to write, sing and play some of the most appealing and danceable pop tunes to come down the pike this summer. They’ve already conquered New York, Los Angeles and England with their bouncy performances, and tracks from their recently released debut album, have already surfaced on top 40 AM radio, something rare for bands spawned in the Los Angeles club scene. The Go-Gos certainly aren't the first all-female rock band, or even the first to get national attention in But lead singer Belinda Carlisle, Bassist Kathy Val- entine, lead guitarist ‘Char- lotte Caffey, rhythm guit- arist Jane Wiedlin and drummer Gina Schock are playing for bigger stakes) Tues.-Sat, Sto 10 p.m. recognition for talent rather than gender. No one can accuse them of trying to capitalize on sex appeal in the cover of the album. An unusually witty p- ackage, its a group portrait in which all band . members wear bath towels and facial and improved. Balti- more native who had come West with another band, was recruited in 1979; the band began playing shows with British bands and in 1980 toured the United Kingdom Schock, a in the company of such | d and The mud packs—a t cheek illustration for the LP's title, Beauty and the Beat. (The Beat is the name of one of the songs on the album.( “We wanted to avoid being put into a category,” says Wiedlin, a petite, darkhaired woman, Wiedlin, Caffey, Carlisle and two other women who were hanging out at the same rock nightspots got the Go- Gos going in 1978. “We weren't very good at first,” Wiedlin admits, No wonder. She and Carlisle had never played in bands before, and Caffey’s musical back- ground consisted mainly fo classical piano training. But the group persisted groups as Specials. Valentine, a Texan who bass and signed on with the Go-Gos last New Year's Eve. In its first years the band had to fight to be taken seriously, because women rock ‘n’ rollers by and large tend to be singers backed by male instrumen- talists. “Most people think that ‘girls can't play because t- hey’re girls,” says shock. Valentine tains that this attitude is changing. But in any case, the Go-Gos have long since learned to handle skepticism. . “It just made it more of a challenge for us,” Wiedlin says. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board APOSTOLIC CHURCH-FULL GOSPEL ore & Girls ‘Ages 4 - 12, you'll have a fun time at our 5- b Be there mise KINNAIRD CHURCH OF GOD. Boye & Girls, Ages 6-12, are welzome Pech Ava. tories, game", a jreats, .m. - 10:30 a. Bible School ener’ Vacation 3p.m. dally at 2400 AINMENT develop their senses of hu- mor. The form for sketches and motion pictures is differ- ent, but your basic sense of humor is always working. “I would advise all writers, whoever you are writing about in your characters, be sure that you know who you are writing about. Even if your are making them up, be sure they are someone you can deal with. “‘My technique does not involve writing comedy for comedy’s sake, Ideal with my favorite form of comedy, the human condition.”” Ya reduce the risk of eye strain. Anthony formed a partner- ship with Gene Quintano and ‘Marshall Lupo Jr. to produce: the first major 3-D movie since the 1950s. They decided ona western, which Anthony know how to film inexpen- sively in Spain. For a year and half,-the partners went from city to city playing a test reel and making a pitch for backing. Finally they raised the nece- ssary $3.6 million for the filming. “Shooting 3-D is so compli-' cated that he had to get a professor to direct it,” said Anthony. The director is ‘Ferdinando Baldi, who teaches film history and lit- erature and has aiso directed 40 movies in Spain. Movie to star Ekland Actress Britt Ekland - former wife of late actor Peter Sellers and former live-in lover of rick singer Rod Stewart - has agreed to ‘play the starring role of a narcotics officer in a full- length, drugs-sex-violence movie. to be produced by Vancouver television person- alities. BCTV news anchorman Tony Parsons, anchor-report- er Pamela Martin and chief news cameraman Don Tim- brell have formed Sounder Productions Ltd. and bank- rolled $6000,000 toward pro- duction of the movie, to be called The Columbian Conn- ection. Danny is his younger broth- er’s greatest fan and proud that he nudged his sibling into writing. In fact, Danny Simon not only started his brother writ- ing — they were a team for 10 years — but also provided the character basis for four of Neil Simon’s most famous plays. my “lm the original Felix Unger,’’ said Simon the Elder. as he carefully picked a piece of fluff off the carpet. (Felix Unger was the insecure fuss- budget half of The Odd Couple, possibly Neil Simon’s most famous play that was adapted for film and tele- vision.) Danny says the original ideas was his — based on his own experience — but he couldn’t get the script past page 14 and allowed Neil to take over. Danny also confessed to being the character model for the elder brothers in Come Blow Your Horn and Chapter Two and for the director sequence in Plaza Suite. And he admits to sadness when recalling the breakup of the team of Simon and Simon. “We decided we'd become cousins from then on and I made the mistake of letting my brother take the type- writer. Otherwise I could have written all those plays.’’ BORN IN TUCSON Linda Ronstadt, was born in Tucson, Ariz., on July 16, 1946. DROWNED FOR MONEY W.C. Fields broke into showbusiness as a profe- ssional drowner hired by beachfront vendors to attract business. RELEASED ALBUM Emerson, Lake and Palmer released their first album in 1971. YOUNG IS CANADIAN Neil Young, singer guit- arist, songwriter, was born in Toronto on Nov. 12, 1945. Jazz students try to ignite sparks BANFF* Alta. (CP) - Karl Berger calls it spark. For the last seven years, musicians from every kind of background have sought that elusive ingredient at the - Banff jazz workshop. “They know something is missing, but don't know what it is,” said Berger, one of the instructors at this year's workshop. He said students range’ from young musicians with potential to proven perfor- mers. They receive individ- ual instruction and study with experts in the field but the learning experience goes far beyond that. As. one student at this year's workshop put it: “The instructors have got some- thing that you can't get offa record. “It’s a kick in the butt, the fuel that helps you be a better musician.” Ray Sweezey, saxophone that can't be duplicated by listening to Berger said students are “very much conscious of music on records” and 80 they sound like records. He tells thom, instead, to “take chances, become enthu- siastic about yourselves.” He said often the musicians are looking for something outside something they think should know. ART SHOW ices Sandar Attila Tandory Sept. 5-30 WOODEN SHOE RESTAURANT Mon. - Sat. 6 p.m. to Mid. Sunday 5 p.m. }o 10 Tau Below the Ni idge onNel: eee Te phone 352- 9998 Why Buy New FURNITURE? Make Your Old Furniture Look Brand New, Have it RE-UPHOLSTERED Choose from 500 Fabrics — Work Guaranteed See Richard Brentonat... *7 UPHOLSTERY 650 - 23rd St., Castlegar For An Evening Out 7 ___ComeToThe e Hadd lanor CABARET Located under the Fireside Dining Room, Castlegar Open from 8 p.m. - 2.a.m. The ''Night Spot of the Kootenays" Come and Enjoy player and i said it is the environment - the faculty, other students and workshop situation - that is important. While the course is inten- ded to develop musicians as soloists and ensemble play- ers, Sweezey said most will leave with answers to questions they can’t find in textbooks and experience When yor re ur hair needs help, don’t try to do it yourself. Let us examine your hair (we suggest a hair anclysis), then con- dition it professional- ly with the Redken product we believe will do your hair the most good, When you need help with your hair, you need someo whose profession is hair care. Mane ot) ond Falrview at sede m. with ‘Surch poe. For infor- mation, phone 365-6 st. Startle it. Ist, SI ter abba Salon p.m., Tues. through Fri Sor ner noe it, David’s Thrift ow Building, pile becpen , located. at the rom 10.a.m, to4 sta bia || Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations are listed here through the courtesy of BC Timber’s Celgor Pulp and Celgar Lumber Divisions. Please submit notices directly to the Castlegar News by 5 p.m, Thursdays. A Publi@Service of Celgar Pulp Division and Celgar Lumber Division BC Timber Ltd. professional Redken conditioning treat- meni today. HAIRLINES Different types of hair need different typer of care. great because i's In a tape. tins th hays ioral todey | REDKEN’ 620 Columbia Ave. Castlegar, 365-6700 See Be sure to enter 75s COMINCO’ JIRBIVERSARY PARADE in TRAIL 11:00 am. SATURDAY - SEPT. 19 Everyone is cordially invited to take part in this Gala Event — Lodges, Service Clubs, Businesses — just everyone! LET’S ALL HAVE FUN ALL DAY! CLIP: AND MAIL THE ENTRY FORM BELOW See ee ee ee een Entry Form Yes, | wish to enter Cominco’s 75thanniversary Parade Name of Organization Type of Entry POE ah clip and. mail to: COMINCO PUBLIC RELATIONS MAIN GATE BUILDING or phone 364-4335 . en ee ee ee eee ee eee es ee es on ee se ee ee By the Candida Fr rua If you throw a stone into a still pond, it's going to make ripples. If the stone is bigger than you thought, it’s going to make waves, That seems to be the situation the federal gov- vernment finds itself in, as fresh assessments are being made of the impact of Ottawa's national energy progarm, its buy- Canada encourage.nent and what is seen as an * anti-foreign-investment atmosphere. The consen- sus is that Ottawa has been making waves. The Bank of Montreal released a study this week, which estimated that Can- ada’s dollar has fallen by 1.5 cents against its United States counterpart chiefly Ener 74 because of the impact of Ottawa's policies, Part of the cause of the decline in the value of the Canadian dollar was that an estimated $9 billion was spent by Canadian groups taking over foreighn inter- ests during the ainc months after the national energy program was intro- duced las tOctober. Some economists have argued that not all of these takeovers have affected the Canadian dollar, since not all involve sending Canadian currency into foreign exchanges. But the Bank of Mon- treal also makes the point that the Canadian dollar has been affected because a lot of expected invest- ment of foreign money has shied away while it waits This week in Canadian business gy policies make \ waves to see if it will be, really welcome. ‘That is particularly true in the energy field, which had been attracting foreign investment that now is left on the sidelines, since the national energy promrem Oiiers incentives ° Canadian companies. ONE WEAPON LEFT The bank suggests that, given Ottawa's energy and investment policies, the only weapon left to defend the Canadain dollar was bumping interest rates to their recent record levels. It notes that 18 months ago, when U.S. short-term interest rates moved to record highs, Canadian in- terest rates were allowed to remain lower without affecting the Dolar’s value. “This development occurred without unduly weakening the Canadian dollar because of the large inflows of capital coming into Canada at the time, particularly related to the energy sector.” Not only are those in- flows of foreign capital no longer taking place, but Canadian capital is flowing out, the bank says. That reduced interna- tional demand for Cana- dian dollars, lowering their value. That means imports, including food, costs more. The Bank of Montreal's study was prepared before Finance Minister Allan MacEachen asked the char- tered banks three weeks ago to cut back on loans to Canadian corporations to finance foreighn tekeovers, a move that suggested recognition of events mov- ing too far too fast, Elsewhere on the bus- iness scene, the Bank of Canada rate, which sets the trend for . interest charges by the chartered banks. dropped for the second consecutive week p but the drop was so small it had no immediate effect on other rates, The central bank rate was set at 21.03 per cent, down from 21.07 per cent last week and the record 21.24 per cent two weeks ago. The chartered banks’ prime rate, interest ' charged on loans to top- rated corporate customers, remained at a record 22.75 per cent. The federal government said a strong economy kept Ottawa's spending deficit for the fiscal year ended last March 91 to $12 billion, $706 million less than the previous year. Revenue totalled $46.7 billion, and spending $58.8 billion. “The biggest factor was CASTLEGAR.NEWS, August 23, 1981 AS Satellite Supplies in| Canada’s Leading Manufacturer of Home Satellite Television Systems is seeking pocet al Representation ree Sroute RavS SF higher b and that really “reflects a stronger economy last year,” said John Sargent, director of fiscal policy and economic analysis, The Quebec government revealed that it now con- trols, through its invest- ment agencies, 42 per cent of Domtar In., the mont- real based pulp and paper | corporation. ‘Sjntom ond promnarional materials naa estes ree FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Phone Jack Simmard, . Sales Manager, Satellite Supplies inc., Clearbrosk, B.C. at 859-6315. U.S. stations uncertain in 1982 ABC television service to Nakusp and South Slocan, and CBS for New Denver, Silverton and surrounding areas, has been approved for another year, ending Sept. 80, 1982, MP Lyle Kris- tiansen announced, Wednes- day. While this is good news for now, the MP warned, the CRTC included in its decision a suggestion that local TV societies consider providing CANCOM,. the new Cana- dian-content television and radio package delivered by satellite. Kristiansen said he inter- prets this suggestion as notice that the CRTC may not renew licences to broadcast American stations after the fall of 1982. “With an additional two TV stations and several radio displace the stations. we already have. There's no good reason we shouldn't have caNCou and ABC or. CBS, too. _ The MP said he will beet by CANCOM, the CRTC seems to think our region can do without an Ameri sta- with the CRTC to jibestntes local access to ABC and CBS hing that is tion,” Kristiansen said from his constituency office. “But that isn't the way I see it. “I support CANCOM because someone is going to supply it, so local sccie- ties should do the job where possible and prevent corpor- ate profits from increasing its cost: But it should — not Gulf isiand controversy GANGES, B.C. (CP) — Arsonists hit a controversial sewage project on the B.C. gulf island of Saltspring Fri- day, causing an estimated $200,000 damage. RCMP said five fires were set on a barge carrying sew- age pipe. The pipe has been a major issue on the scenic, pastoral island since it was first pro- © posed in 1968. Three years ago, the provincial cabinet overrode local objections and gave the regional district permission to install the sewer without voter approval. eter lee “Arsonists sirik This year, the legislature passed a special law to uphold the validity of this cabinet order — regardless of what the courts have to say about it. A group calling itself the Saltspring Island Sewer. Alt- ernatives Committee says islanders have had their access to the courts shut off and their rights denied. The project is designed to discharge 360,000 litres (80,- 000 gallons) a day of treated sewage into the harbor at Sake already banned across the rest of Canada except by cablevision service. Arrow Lakes and Slocan Valley people have been receiving ABC or CBS for some 20 years, since before Canada and the US agreed not to permit rebroadcasting of each other's signals. That <6 barge - population of about 7,000. Ganges RCMP Constable Garth Bailey said the early- morning attack on the barge carrying the pipe and crane apparently was water-borne. Bailey. said the barge was “basically inaccessible by land.” 5 He said that after the Ganges fire ex- cree Senne eat Pi Slocan area TV approved Economy blamed for strike record. VICTORA ACP) - Lack Laie e “It is very obvious that in to the the so-called clause exemption should be perman- ent, and | shonla allow what has ing since. worker, is to blame for ete worst strike record in his- tory, ipremiet Bill Bennett peter, the CRTC even exis- veto far the Arrow Lakes TV Society has applied to supply CANCOM service in the Nakusp area, and private firms have applied to bring CANCOM to other parts of the region which are not served ay cable. In other television. news, Kristiansen reports CB C is working hard to complete its new transmission sites at New Denver, Winlaw and Crescent Valley. Once complete this fall, ' these transmitters will cover virtually all of the Slocan Valley ane ‘muh - of: Pass? ke - Bes Bennett said lack of econ- omic leadership at the top is responsible for a number of days lost to strikes as well as for high interest rates, high inflation and a weak Canadian dollar. There were 2.3 million worker days lost in BO. ‘ap to July: 31, high eat rates, cost of maintaining their homes, in- flation which has risen to double digit - the average working men and women are making their attempt to try and keep up,” Bennett said. He said only a stable econ- omic climate will see a return to the gradual improvement on the number of man days lost, and “I’m hopeful that all these things - :,whether bite: recordset for the ene ot 1972 when there were 2.1 million man days lost due to labor disputes. ing or whatever - will stabilize oie we're embarked on a strong economic policy that will provide leadership.” Hatchery to be built QUESNEL B.C. (CP) “4 20 The : first: -contract; in~ the i ov ment, the Mount Sentinel TV Society in the southern Slocan has stopped broad- casting CBC and is convert- ‘been awarded. jected $2.18 million fish. eries project to restore de- pleted stocks of upper Fraser Riverchinook salmon has The © $1.7- Quesnel . River hatchery, said Al Lill, chief engineer of federal fisheric TAKE A CLOSE LOOK... at some Selkirk College’ . " Vocational Tei aa ee ELECTRICAL ENTRY — a new. nine-month pre employment ram that will prepa: for, , entry Pinte On electrical tpl Sicoship’or for=: direct entry into s¢lect pf I job areas. MACHINIST a nee work in’: Industrial oe ac ved ‘in’ the alieaer: manufacture, repair an ince. of machinery. 3} GENERAL MEC Y that will provide you er mami for em-! ployment in mectidhical repair trades. Call the Vocational Division today at 352-6601 for, ‘ course “detalis, Vocational Division, stydents. who meet the, * requirements mey ‘be eligible for "nencel assistance. Other roms Include: Welding Late igultoesrOperstions ond Management Lone Tecm Core Fecttty Aid Proctical Nui tat! eehieot. caldahasts - ol none: Colleae. Ne Sent mare vee Nelson Vii ice oye nine-month pre- , ome Be SRR, ing its to carry CTV signals. This service could be on the ‘air in a supplement the present ABC service. Many people in the South Slocan’ area” may .also be iving CBS Spokane from tinguished the blaze, burnt tires and traces of gasoline were found, indicati the New Denver-Silverton TV Society, whieh has moved to south separ- ate fires had been set in five places around the vessel. its for better reception of its signal, Ganges, the major on the island, which has a Samsonoff services begin this evening Annie Samsonoff (nee Osochoff), 72, of Castlegar, died in Trail Regional Hos- pital Friday. She was born Jan. 18, 1909 at Benito, Sask. and married William Samsonoff in 1928 in Saskatchewan. She came to B.C. in 1943, settling in Blewett, and moved to Brill- iant in 1980. Samsonoff is survived by her husband William, one daughter Mrs. Betty Popoff of Nelson, grandson and granddaughter-in-law Dan and Elisabeth Popoff, grand- son Ricky and a great-grand- son Gregory. She is also survived by four sisters: Helen Jmaeff of Nelson, Olga Jmaeff of Grand Forks, Margaret Ozeroff of Castlegar ind Mary Reiben of Kelowna. Samsonoff is predeceased by one son William in 1945. Samsonoff was an active member of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. Funeral services begin this evening at 7 p.m. at the Brilliant Cultural Centre‘and continue Monday at 10:a.m. Burial is at 1. p.m. at Shoreacres Cementery. Arrangements are Vander! the direction of Castlegar Funeral Chapel. SHOPPERS’ DRUG MART SORRY Pricing error In our August Back to Schoo Flyer, Page 16 Laurentien Coloring Markers, , should read $1.88 a Laurentien Coloring ‘Pencils, 20s, should read $2. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat. China "Drive a Little 9:30 - 5:30 Creek to Save a Lot” (Deposit) Poses our selection cheerfully re! special prices Thurs. Casi Presenting our new REF EXIONS: Portrait Package -5e/84 4.95 (Total Package Price) 20 Prints: 2-8x10’s, 3-5x7’s, 15 wallets Compare the value at less than 75¢ a picture Satisfaction always or your deposit Groups $1.00 pied per person Your choice of several scenic backgrounds {li Optional 10 x 13 portraits available at Photographers Hours: | - Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2 p.m.-5:30 eaird Plaza “BINDER with SCHOOL SUPPLIES ©. ENTRY FORMS: EAA @ Chahko- Mika Mall 1150 LAKESIDE DR., NELSON or Sree ao eet Gee Se Be eee SY tae tae We C0 98 OF baba ve ON 00 2