CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 17, 1981 SINGING LESSON with a difference, Here two Canadians, Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, present a social studies lesson in songs about the voyageurs and French settlers in Canada as they visited Twin Rivers Farley Mowat has come of age TORONTO (CP) — As he nears his 60th birthday, controversial author Farley Mowat says he is mellowing. The writer whose books have sold more than 10 million copies in 50 countries and 22 languages believes that, as an author, he has finally come of age. ”] feel very good about myself as a writer,” he says. “I've lost the doubts and the bitterness.” + That assessment is shared by. Andy Thomson, an old friend of Mowat and the director of a National Film Board production on Mowat’s life. Lately, says Thomson, Mowat has and stabilized.” inesday. Their C ] luded Music library being formed TORONTO (CP) — A li- brary of popular Canadian music arranged for concert orchestras is being estab- lished in the Canadian Music Centre with $100,000 from Imperial Oil Ltd, it was an- nounced. Names after Ben McPeck, the late composer of Bobby Gimby's Centennial year hit, Ca-na-da, the Imperial Oil McPeek Pops Library will help symphony and other’ concert orchestras meet tho new Canada Council require- ment that so-called “pops " include a quota of Folk ‘st several School District No. 9 elementary schools, The couple have one record stbum out called “The Green Fields of Canada,” = ConNowsFote by Linde Hall Canadian music. Until the formation of the © new library here, with Cana- vb ti, CASTLES NEWS ENTERTAINMENT Heaven's Gate re-opens (CP) — Heaven's Gate, which became notorious as one of the movie world’s most expensive finscos and closed after a single night in Tor- The recent stability in Mowat’s life was one of the reasons why Thomson chose to do the film which had its screening Monday. Thomson says he waited because he wanted “the last traumatic thing that happened to Faley — the death of his father in 1977, to soften. Not only have the yoars helped to ease the blow of that traumatic event, the film itself helped Mowat to come to terms with his father. “I learned something about my relationship with him,” says Mowat. "The film really clarified it for me, it sort of removed any lingering resentments I had. “I talked without apy reservations whatever in the film.” ED SUCCESS The film, screened to celebrate National Book Festival Week, is judged a success by both Mowat and his son, Sandy. “He (Sandy) had tears in his eyes,” says Mowat, “Then he told me ‘I never really knew you before 1 saw this film,’ The NFB has done similar films on W.O. Mitchell and Margaret Laurence. Mowat was pleased, particularly with the . Laurence effort, and gave his nod to the scheme: “The whole thing is a good idea, because it'll be useful for schools and researchers.” Mowst, known for raging bombast on conservation issues, is “really very shy,” says Thomson, “He has always felt ill at ease, first, because he was so little when he was a kid and his family always moved around a lot. And when he got back from the war, he felt totally alienated from Canadians. As a result, he has never felt-at, home.” onto last ber, is being shown again. Early reviews indicate the streamlined Michael Cimino film is better — but only because there is less of it. Critics couldn't find words brutal enough to lambast the original movie's excessive running time. of three hours and 89 minutes and its baf- fling story — or more pr cisely, its total lack of a story. After the $36-million piece was pulled by United Artists, Cimino and. four editors chopped the jength by more than an hour after spending five months in the cutting room. Absent — or at least scaled down — are séme of the ori- Ron Base of the Toronto Star paid tribute to the edi- tors, saying the new version was a “triumph of scissors and paste," but he continued “all the king’s horsemen still haven't got Humpty quite together again.” The Globe and Mail’s Jay Scott took a somewhat more kindly view, describing the film as “a straightforward, Wants By Debra Craine LONDON (CP) — Miguel Brown is tired of being born again. During her 12 years in show buisness, the 32-year- old Vancouver actress and singer has been getting rave reviews as her talerits are d with ginal's biggest an interminable and incompre- hensible valedictory speech by John Hurt; endless scenes of happy Russian immigrants ‘ frittering away their Sunday afternoons roller skating; | is letailed and a The film touches on Mowat's major life his boyhood, his memories of the Second World War, in which only 25 per cent of his regiment survived, his trips to the Arctic to escape the “revulsion” he felt toward humans and the media hype that has followed him in recent years. Festival with big NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ONT. (CP) — The Shaw Festival opens its 20th “season May 27 with a sharply increased $3.8-million bud- get, almost $1 million in ad- vance ticket sales and a lead- ing lady who has grown hoarse from nervous tension. Nora McLellan, who plays Loretta Swit to narrate film on baby seals Working on a made-for-TV movie in Toronto, actress Loretta Swit says although she is opposed to the Cana- dian seal hunt, “my stand is not against Canada, it’s for the seals.” a “I've been asked to narrate a new film on the baby seals while I'm up here,” says Swit. “I'm hoping it will help. T remain an optimist.” Swit, one of the stars of. television's long-running hit M-A-S-H, said that because of her opposition to the seal hunt, she once vowed never to work in Canada. “But now I see there is no one enemy — except perhaps ignorance. The letters I've got from Canadians say they’re trying to help as opens budget Joan of Are in the festival's first production of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint John, confesses that when she was offered the part a year ago, her first reaction was to turn it down because it is so de- manding. But with the gumption that carried her through hostile audiences for A Respectable Wedding, last season's con- troversial Berthold Brecht play about newly-wed de- cadence, she took the part. She began by studying ev- erything she could find about the heraine who put Charles VII on the throne of France -| and was burned at the stake in 1481 as a heretic and sor- ceress. Saint Joan promises to open the festival with a bang because of its-size, color and complexity, though director Christopher Newton has cut off the epilogue Shaw wrote mainly to preach his brand of religious skepticism and his interpretation of history. - It will be followed in the opening week by two farces of widely differing nature, Nickolai Erdman’s The Sui- cide, anbd Evans and Valen- tine’s Tons of MOney. A Unique rape. Wisely, the editors chose to each new venture, But the old clinche of “a star is born” is wearing a bit thin and what she wants it to_ be accepted as a star. “I .want. to. beia female. Frank Sinatra.” Brown is appearing as a saucy black maid in The Best Little W i in Texas, to include some help explain some of the murkiness of the plot and the soundtrack was re-edited for clarity. FOUND THE STORY Minus some — but not enough — clutter, the editors also unearthed the story that surely had to be buried somewhere within the miles of footage. They chose to focus on the tale of ranchers in 1890s Wyoming declaring war on Russian immigrants who are moving in and gob- bling up the range land. Adding a little spice to that - story is an on-again, off-again love triangle created cour- tesy of some cliched char- acters — Kris Kristofferson (the goody-guy marshal), Christopher Walken (a hired gun for the bad guys) and Isabelle Huppert, the prosti- tute with a heart of gold. the successful Broadway mu- sical that opened recently in the. West End. The critisc like her, term- ing her performance. excel- lent. Miquel Brown can sing and act an she has a fine number bout legitimate love, for whiche th choreography comes - often stirring, $40-million epl- dian Music Centre offices in Montreal, Calgary and Van- couver, there has been no central collection of concert orchestra music for even such basic tunes as Alouette, Mon Pays, or the music from the country’s all-time musical hit, Anne of Green Gables. An advisory council. was named to gather and commis- sion new musical arrange- ments of old and new popular music, including jazz, folk, rock, fitm- Scores and possi ‘Timothy’ in concert Tuesday “Timothy” is the name of the singing group appearing in concert Tuesday at 7:80 p.m., at Kinnaird Church of God, 2404 - Columbia Ave, The group is composed of five young men from Gardner Bible College at Camrose, Alta. who are touriig west- ern Canada and the north- ‘west United States. Their program includes a blend of traditional and con- sode of — com- plete with black-hatted vil- lains, Kristofferson in the role of Matt Dillon, Huppert as Miss. Kitty and Jeff Bridges as Doc “because the script demands a sidekick.” He also credits the editors with being “miracle workers, breathers of life into a corpse that gave scant evidence of ever having lived.” y songs, as well as some variety sections which will be inspirational as well as entertaining, This group is one of the featured musical groups at. the B.C. Youth Convention ‘being held this long weekend at Vernon. Everyone is welcome to attend the group's perfor- am »mance here. to be accepted both her grandparents were dead and with the helf of a guardian and a housekeeper, she brought herself up in her grandparents Vancouver home.. “I had a lot of bad breaks when I was young, but I've needed them in this business. “T've learned that nothing is permanent in life." That included her mar- Tia: oT think I was trying to get . * thie’ family’ T didn't have as a .child/I was mariéd at 16 and divorced at 17." Brown chose to study medicine because her grand- mother died: of cancer and Brown wanted to be a cancer specialist. : But after three years of pre-med education, “I rea- lized I wa trying to bring my grandmother back.” She had also felt motivated ot ake up for her mother's death in childbirth. “I grew up feeling very le for her. ‘death, tolife,” said The Daily Telegraph. The critics have usually praised her. FA’ LEFT © But she hasn't had much other support since she was born Miquel Stevenson in Montre) on 1949. Her mother died in childbirth, her father disappeared at the same time. At the age of five days, she was taken to Vancouver to be raised by her wealthy grandparents. "But by the time she was 11, thinking there was- some- thing wrong with me because T killed my mom." Her musical career began in Detroit where she went at the age of 20. to find her father. She found him — and landed her first show busi- ness job. Her stepsister ased Brown to go to the auditions for Hair to provice moral support. But Brown’s name ended up on the list and she was asked to sing a song. “They hired me right on the spot.” The turnign point came when someone offered to pay for her medical education and Brown refused the offer. She toured with Hair, then landed a solo part in De- cameron 73 — and her first mention in the London press. “[. was the only one who kept their clothes on, The press had to notice me. I got ve reviews.” In the last few years; Brown has enjoyed criti success in several Lond! i has done cabaret tours in Britain and France, and recorded a disco album. But she wants to go home with her daughter, now 16. “Td like to become a mil- lionaire and go home. Van- couver is about the best place in the world to live." ven radio and TV jingles. MePeek, who died in January at age 46, wrote. the film music for The Rowdyman, ent brary will Intludo basic ver- sions which can be readily expanded from a 40-ploce concert orchestra to a full of 90 or ial jingles. Composers of popular mu- sic such as themes for motion pictures; background for plays, or musical productions such as those staged by the Charlottetown Festival, have complained for years of an apparent lack of future for their work. But live pops concerts by orchestras have been gaining in popularity, and are, in fact, a Canadian phenomenon. Sir Ernes Macmillan, late long- time conductor of the Tor- onto Symphony, stared them years ago, even before Ar- thur Feidler and the Boston Pops became internationally famous. While Anne of Green Ga- bles has been running in Charlottetown for 14 yeara . and ‘has just completed its seventh cross-country tour with commercial profit, its cmusic has not been arranged for a full concert orchestra yet, Its only original cast recording was made in Eng- land and now is considered out of date. The arrangements’ to ‘be commissioned for the new li- more, a spokesman said. Musical works and arran- gers will be selected from all parts of the country to reflect its various regions, with Quebecols, Acadian and New- foundland songs and country anit wester melodies. The library hopes to serve all of the country’s 64 sym- phonic and 91 youth orches- tras, 7 Western numbers . Winning Western numbers for the May 18 draw for’ $100,000 are. 1189871, 2957125, and 2324816. “Numbers for the $10,000 prize are: 4212542, 9382959, 2455833, 2883919 1796907, Last six digits win $1,000; last five digits win $100; last four digits win $25 and the last three digits win five dollars’ worth “of Express tickets. 3790957, 2421901 For An Evening Out - Come To The Hayy lange _ 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 COMMUNITY Bulictin Board ROSSLAND LIGHT OPERA PLAYERS. — Annuai General Meating will Bet bald in Web. May 20 ster School Cafeteria, Warfield at 7:30 p. Annual General Meating of Theatre Untied, Colander Restaurant, and Nd tic ial Book Fe a t Parse The following are the two short stories which took first place, one for the intermediate and one for the adult section, of a short story contest held in recognition of the National Book Festival: By VI PLOTNIKOFF Browsing in the library one day, between two pages of an old book, I found the formula for success . . . chicken farming in the West Koot- enay : I placed ‘an order with Eatons’ for 10 Leghorns and 15 Rhode Island Reds, I was in business, But before my clucking charges arrived, I'd have to build suitable accommo- dation. I didn't know any- thing about carpentry, being a-French’ pastry. chef. So I decided to visit the Castlegar Library. Ym ooking for the Eney- : clopedia of Chicken Coop Ar- chitecture in the West Koot- enay,’” I said to the librarian. © We happen to have the complete set,” she said, How- ever, we're in great need of space, so our books are stored in various homes, among our board members: and staff. You'll find them most co-operative, Just fol- low this map.” Thopped on my bicycle and soon arrived at the home of the Chief Librarian. She an- swered my timid knock, and led me into the dining room, where an English tea party was in progress. The guests sat around the table, par- taking of tea and crumpets. Chicken coop architec- ture?" the librarian said. Her guests stared. 1 blushed modestly. ‘The. Chief Librarian pointed under the table. In _ there,”:. I got down on my knees." Among the legs of the guests, I saw. stacks of books. + Wedged between a~ sandal and a pair of joggers, I found a book on coops. I got up. The. crumpets-looked delicious. Goodby,” the guests said.. As I left, a lady in a blue, velvet turban and a. pink polyester dress said, Chicken coops. Isn't that something?” Outside, I -consulted my Pass me the books on chic- ken coops,. please,” said the Board Member. . Silence. “Perhaps he's drowned,” I said, 1 haven't drowned, I'm speechless. Ahyone who's in- terested in building chicken hotels has'to be a bit of a lunatic.” fm perfectly normal,” I said, Now, may I have those map. The next stop was the hooks?” -home of a Board Member. I arrived at her door, breath- less, I'd been: harassed by three poodles and a Dober- man Pinscher, 1 don't believe it”, the Board Member. said,. upon’ hearing my request. But fol- low me.” Into the bathroom we went, We store our books where- ever we can, Mino are ‘round the tub.” The shower curtain. was : drawn, but I could hear sing. ing in the steam. - Isn't that something?” - I A soapy hand ‘emerged, holding two: volumes.: “Thank you,” sald haughtily.. You're welcome,” the wat ery. voice answe! _ The singing continued. I looked ‘at the map. The next address looked familiar, It couldn't be... it was. I ‘ode over to the. local hos- pital. And was hustled in by, an officious nurse in running shoes, I followed’ her into a cubicle. ‘She handed me “a gown. I donned it. She flour- ished a hypodermic needle. I backed away. she said, quoting the lady. Don't be said. it won't hurt. I also eas a apeclinans and blood ats.’ You're kidding.” Didn't your desta explain? _ This is standard pre-surgical procedure for aherniated toenail.” Y'm not the herniated toe- ; nail, Leame to borrow library books.” LA Boom Boom First place — Intermediate RUTH EHMAN, KJS8 Browsing in the library one day, between two pages of an’ old book (157 and 158, to be exact) I found a small, flat - box. I picked up the box and: - did a double take. Thad recalled a mystery in “whieh a man claimed to have found a will between: pages 157 and.168 of aii old family Bible. The detective proved” the will was phoney by dem-° onstrating the fact that the will could not possibly have been between pages 157 and 158 of any book for the ‘simple Yeason’ that ‘pages: 157° and 168 are back to back, or more precisely, printed on opposite sides. of the same piece of paper! This realization galvanized me into action and I checked the book; it was the same as any other book — 157 and 158 were back.to back; Yet I found space between them! I stared at the box with a : _. Browing sense of fascination and horror. I will never know. . what possessed me to follow the directions printed on the on box. “Open Me!” It. was. no WINNERS In the’ short story. ‘and builders of fabric,” F_ mache contest Book Festival are, front row, left to right, tie for second : place short stories, intermediate, Cheryl North of KJSS, puppet with most character Lawrence Hall, best made puppet Th and mest origi Marken, all of Tarsys School. Back row, left to: right,” three KJSS students, steven Smith who tied for second | place, Sara Wearmouth who took third, Ruth Ehman fir- | puppet Kim ~~ st in the intermediate section and in third, second and first went to-Sherry Soobotin, Linda’ Hall and Vi Plotnikoff respectively. Missing from ‘photo -are Danny Leiding who had the funniest puppet,-Garry Kooznetsoff who tied with Lawrence Hall for puppet ° with most. character. and:.three.O hania :grade.2 students in’ the :paper:!puppet: section,< Larissa Cheveldave for best made, Caroly Lewis: for. mos: doubt a’ sense of, morbid curiosity ‘coupled with ‘a memory of.a‘poem by Clive _. Staples’ Lewis in “The Ma- gician’s’; Nephew" “'in~ the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, which went something like 2 this: “Come strike the be ier dventrous stranger, ‘If ‘yor » = do then bide the’ danger. Book or no, there was no li ‘doubt in my mind that this was indeed ‘a “bell.” What thered -n me was the dai would regret’ ever having opened it and. being of the’ mind that regret was better by far- than madness, 1 clamped my eyes shut tight and opened the box. Cau- tiously, very, very much so I opened one eye and peered into the box; and screamed. blue murder! The box, the terrifying box, was empty. In the ensuing fit of pique I threw the offending box to the floor and stamped on it. It ’, melted. Actually it reverted to a thick ooze that began to. “creep about the room. : When “It" touched my foot I reacted by’ dropping ‘the accursed book ‘into: it, The following event was in keep- stival awards. presented — * Books,” she said. It's that Library. Board ‘Member -again, Storing books ‘every- where... inthelab... in the kitchen. Last week, we found some in the Maternity Ward. The mothers were :'most upset. They were books on bringing up teenagers.” She waved her needle. Are you sure I can’t give you a shot? Tm really quite good at it.” No, thank you, But 1 would "ike 'to see those books.” Help yourself. They're in or.:The Board: Member's operating today! ag } Tlooked dows at my ons: 2 Td be fair game in surgery. © On second thought, I think I have to be going,” I sald... On my way home, I. can- celled the chickens. T'd put all my efforts into building a brary.. Chickens would bene- fit only me, but then the li- brary: bas always drawn: a "crowd. _ing with my day thus far. “It”)- “exploded, or ,.rather, “im- ploded . because when’. the” --- cif smoke cleared, the book, the box and the Ubrary had dis-: appeared. rad ordered. to pay: - $3.9 million LOS ANGELES: (AP- Ford Motor Co.:has been or- dered, by a: Superior Court jury.to pay $8.9 million:to a: quadri-: - man who became plegic from injuries sustained in -a. one-car: crash ‘of a» British-built Ford Cortina. David Espino, 82,2 former =printing company press oper- ‘ator, was. injured’ “Jan. 1, 1973, when the: 1968 model car in which he ‘was riding : swerved off the road and: hit “a utility light pole. t He’ sued Ford for product ~ pontire and Softball Game Poms Creek Park, May 9ath at 6:00 p.m, : CASTLEGAR COMMUNITY SERVIC COTE i ‘or fe* May 27th at 7: aelaa mn, Room 8-14, Selkirk Calleg' The will be a panel o peokers, Pre-registration Is im: portant due to lined pace. rer ‘information please call Friday — Hong Kony soturdey — Shenghel incloding Hat sitideys Monday to Thursday Tom. to9 p.m. Friday & Saturday 7a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. -9 p.m, Seas RESTAURANT gover 479 Boker 352-3456 30 o.m. p.m, GUILD TO ST. 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