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(AP) — Larry Gatlin shuddered the country-western world with Grammy- winning hits, =< neers Se and fortune was taking its On Dee. 9, 1984, he checked into an Orange County Calif, hospital to confront a drug dependency problem. “Lwas a sick puppy.” he said, stretching his legs in a poolside booth as neon lights began to flicker along the nearby Las Vegas Strip. “1 was crawling around the floor of a Dallas hote! reom, picking up lint, hoping it was free-basing (cocaine) we had dropped, putting it back in a pipe. “It looks ke gum or lint. We were so loaded | couldnt tell the difference. “I was zonked,” he recalled. “I was absolutely insane. We spent every penny we had. “Five of us walked into that reom with $2,000 or $3,000. Whea we crawied out the next morning, nobody had a dime. We'd been to every drug dealer in Dallas, Texas. we could find. “It gives me the shakes to think about it.” WINS GRAMMY The Gatlins gained national attention in 1976 with their Grammy-winning Broken Lady, followed by their 1979 bit single All the Geld im California. Other hits have included Houston (I'm One Day Cleser te You), The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime and this summer's release. She Used to Be Somebody's Baby, which climbed to No. 2 on the charts. Talkin’ to the Meea, also from the LP Partners, was released in early December. Gatlin took bis first cocaine 10 years ago in the dressing reom of a Strip resort. “Before long. the tail started wagging the dog and I was addicted to the stuff. physically and mentally,” he recalled. “It's imsidious. It’s the only disease that tells you you don't have a disease.” With a new start and a new perspective, Gatlin worries about the impact of epee on America. “This “Everywhere you turn. it’s incredible. The country is ting im its own If we don't begin to educate our kids. and adults as well to the evils of alcohol and drug abuse it's going to overtake us.” Gatlin, 38, and his brothers, Steve. 35, and Rudy, 34, began singing as pre-schoolers in the mid-1950s. 3, . Season’sGreetings Welcome Canadians! Offering 10% On Canadian Currency When you stay with us for our low room rates 5 miles north of city center enear K-Mart & Northtown Shopping Center Modern Air Conditioned Units *Tubs and Showers eKitchenettes Courtesy casecipnattty ~ Satisfaction 1PM. SHOW 1:30 hl FANG ENTERTAINMENT STARTS FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 And Casino +1000°° = Each Nite Friday, Saturday & Sunday JOIN US FOR OUR SILVER BAR SPECIAL Tuesday to Sunday Earty Bird 6:30; Regular 7 p.m. PARACHUTE CLUB EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW . Mila Mulroney is featured on Shaw Cable this week as part of the SHSS student edition Kimberley Belton interviewed the prime minister's wife during her recent visit to Castlegar Last chance for hit TORONTO (CP) — After establishing itself as a con. tender, Parachute Club finds itself down to the last strike in its attempt to score a major-league hit. The seven-piece band's first two politically charged albums showed its commit ment to sexual equality, social justice and a musical hybrid that has drained dan cing fools across the country But they haven't had a blockbuster hit And with the big bucks it takes to promote a band, a group that doesn't score a top-selling record like its first three attempts is not likely to get a record company to pour more money into it. Without record support, or a contract, a band usually finds itself back in the minor leagues. “That's what I kept telling them,” said John Oates, one half of the hit machine Hall and Oates with Daryl Hall. Oates produced five songs on Parachute Club's new record, Small Victories. “I don't think they felt under the gun to make a commercial record,” added the diminutive Oates in an interview in Toronto. “I did. I said from the very beginning that basically, this is your shot. You only have so many chances.” It is a little early to tell if Small Victories will take off, but five weeks of its release, it languished at 40 on the Top 50 album chart of The Rec ord. The LP is the group's first to be released in Europe, where it already has a strong base of followers, said key board player Lauri Conger WANTED OATES Oates, who was on the band’s “wish list” of pro ducers, said he became in volved after hearing a rough tape of their new songs. “I was more interested in them because of the demo tape than I was in the first two albums,” Oates said I heard the direction of the newer material and thought it would be easy to work with. The songs all had great ideas but they just didn't Drummer Billy Byyans added: “We had talked about wanting a more vocally ori ented album and when John came into the picture, we knew that we could clarify the songs vocally.” While the group's forceful lyrics have been branded feminist — the song Rise Up became an anthem for pro choice supporters — Oates said the band’s concerns are ‘humanism above feminism.” Lead singer Lorraine Seg ato said the band will always be highly political and fem inist, but that may not be as evident on Small Victories Oates said the group has learned to make its messages less strident. “When I heard the first two albums I thought that the direct references to a lot of things were interesting. but I didn't think that was necessarily as effective as it could be because you can say the same thing in a more artful way,” he said CHRISTMAS CONTATA ... Church in Slocan City was visited Sunday evening by Cable 10 TV St. Andrew's Presbyterian the choir from First Church, Nelson, who presented a 1%-hour music meditation. Costews Proto LUCKY ONES GET TICKETS FOR SHOW By JUDY WEARMOUTH “It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas” was the shared sentiment of the 300 people fortunate enough to get tickets for the A Cappella Singers Christmas Party “Candelight and Wine" Sunday and Monday night in the Uplander Hotel ballroom in Rossland. The A Cappella Singers, directed by Helen Dahlstrom, have a reputation for superb singing and interesting repertoire. This concert of Christmas music, by pianist Ford, was no exception, being a delightful mix of classic carols and Christmas songs, kept lively with wit and whimsy. The music was d by the rs I at h created by the elegant decorations, candlelight and colorful gowns of the choir Carols Round the World was an exquisite medley, including the haunting 16th Century English ‘Coventry Carol and lesser known carols from Africa, Japan, France, Spain, Russia and the Ukraine. The especially dashing Calipso Carol hailed from the Caribbean. Girls from the McKay school of dance, moving through the room dressed in the national costume matching each carol, added a charming touch. During the first interval, hot and cold hors d'cevres were served by the patient (and put upon) husbands of the singers. The urbane master of ceremonies, Ted Milner, coaxed the audience to make the most of the erudition and philosophical bent of the waiters, as well as making sure they kept pouring the wine. Well primed, the audience then had the chance to participate in Joy to the World a community sing-a-long of old favorites, such as Hark the Herald Angels and While Shepherds Watched, which gained in strength when some tenors and basses were hauled to the stage to get a good example. Door prizes g: ily donated by and merchants from Castlegar, Trail and Rossland, were well received during the intervals. Reminiscences started with a colorful selection of tried and true heart warmers, Sleigh Bells, etc., which clearly were spreading the old magic through the candlelit room. A song called Fruitcake managed to conjure up an apparition in full baker's rig, mixing a cake which was miraculously transformed into wrapped portions and distributed around the tables. A witty re-telling of the history of Jingle Bells saw its progress through 18th Century English drawing rooms to Daisy's Bicycle Built for Two, the 1920s Charleston jingle, the 50s big band jingle woogie, sang the 80s Hey Jingle. Twelve Days After Christmas, a feminist's version of The 12 Days of Christmas, saw the blasted partridge shot and the true love sent packing. Then the ii ive Mrs. D: led the i in yet another version of the song for computer enthusiasts eight byters byting, etc. The concert rounded off with more soft and sentimental “White Christmasy” selections round the piano and coneluded with the choir walking out singing — We Wish You a Merry Christmas. This truly enchanted evening in the winter fairy tale city of Rossland gave everyone the chance to savor the delights of Christmas music while it’s stilt fresh in the ear; these talented singers, their pianist and their enterprising director, deserve the warmest congratula- tions and heartiest Christmas greetings. have the right form.” Be mge CHRISTMAS BINGO NIGHTS Monday, Dec. 8 Tuesday, Dec. 9 Wednesday, Dec. 10 With *200 on Tree Thursday, Dec. 11 Friday, Dec. 12 GUARANTEED *1000 LOCAL 480 XMAS BINGO Sat. 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Last week I checked over 100 ve hicles in a 45-minute period,” said Straker The Attorney General's ministry says it expects be tween 200,000 and 300,000 vehicles to be stopped by first offence will lose their ~ licence for one year and face up to a $2,000 fine and a six-month jail sentence. A second conviction carries a mandatory jail term of be tween 14 days and one year WANTED Clean Cotton Rags Castlegor News 197 Columbia Ave GIFTS TO ENTERTAIN Sunday Only B10 See rin 25 0% Holiday Se Wicker & Rattan Fur lla.m 5p.m Clothing Discount on Reg Priced items e our Fine Selection of niture The Vallican Whole Com. munity Centre in the Slocan aryl will present a concert and sing-along Saturday by es, musicians. 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