12 PREVIEW Wednesday, November 18, 1992 @ Wednesday, November 18, 1992 11s Exchange students enjoy Halloween @ Rotary members host special celebration for international students John Charters actin renee rman nein COVER STORY Working with Dennehy was treat for Williams the pivotal story in the piece, tume, to be greeted by acack- tiful British Columbia Maga- lantern flashlight. ling witch door knocker, a zine and Phyllis Gairns helped After lunch, complete with screaming doormat anddanc- Bunny Charters set theelab- Halloween favors, the group ing spider. orate table setting and pre- left with their pumpkins and The students were set to pare the substantial lunch. prizes, making plans for an work at once on a pumpkin After considerable debate, evening party in Robson at the Singer Vanessa Williams guest- stars in the episode of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” airing Monday, Nov. 23. In it, Will (Will Smith, pic- tured) unexpectedly must act as a midwife to a sportscaster (Wil- liams) who has befriended Vivian in their Lamaze class. The comedy series airs on NBC. A new “Barbara Walters Special” airs Tuesday, Nov. 24, on ABC. This time around, the celebrated celeb- rity interviewer (pictured) chats up Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Jerry Seinfeld and Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford. As usual, the topics cov- ered will include both the profes- sional and the personal. WEDNESDAY ABC’s “Coach” moves to a new night on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and does it with a bang: In this episode, Hayden (Craig T. Nelson) and Christine (Shelley Fabares) finally tie the knot at her childhood home in Kentucky. But the course of true -love - and Hayden’s plans - just don’t run smoothly. BY LYNN HOOGENBOOM fhe Williams doesn’t hesi- tate when he’s asked what attracted him to “Deadly Matrimony,” a two-part mini- series airing Sunday and Mon- day, Nov. 22 and 23, on NBC. “Brian Dennehy,” he says. Treat Williams “You know, sometimes it’s not as simple as saying, ‘Oh, I like (this project) on paper.’ You have to weigh all of the ele- ments. What production com- pany is making it? Who is di- recting it? Who else is starring in it? Is the story good? Is the script as good as the story? If the script isn’t as good as the story, can we improve upon it? The primary thing right away was that I thought they had a good story, and they had a hell of a good actor in Brian.” In “Deadly Matrimony,” Williams turns in a chilling performance as Alan Masters, a violence-prone lawyer in suburban Chicago whose wife disappears after Masters learns she has been having an affair. Dennehy plays a straight-arrow cop, one of the few members of the force that Masters hasn’t bought off. “I was concerned about who was going to be cast as my wife,” says Williams, “because even though Brian and I play opposite ends, is the girl. If you don’t believe that she’s some- one who’s easily malleable in the beginning then comes into her own and develops her inde- pendence, the story doesn’t work, and I think Embeth Da- vidtz does a great job.” Williams doesn’t believe he has to like a character in order to play him. “But I have to feel an understanding or, I guess, what you'd call an empathy,” he says. “That’s the problem I had with Alan Masters. You have to find some way of get- ting inside of how he could ra- tionalize his behavior. And then you must find a way to be- lieve it yourself in the playing of the character. You can’t dance around it. You have to play it full-out.” That’s sometimes difficult. “I found the rape scene very offensive,” Wiliams says. “The violence of the cronies was more interesting to me. and much more fun - I guess be- cause in scenes of rage be- tween men you feel like you’re on a more level playing field. Scenes of violence against women are something I don’t look forward to doing the rest of my career. I’ve done it twice now in two years (in ‘Deadly Matrimony’ and last season’s ‘Till Death Us Do Part’), and I certainly don’t want to be known for it.” He was willing this time, he says, because he had already completed another TV movie, “Bonds of Love,” which he also produced. It is slated to air on CBS in January. “I played something completely differ- ent - probably the most gentle soul I’ve played in my entire career,” he says. © 1992 United Feature Syndicate Inc. Brian C hy, Embeth Davidtz and Treat Williams (I. to r.) star in “Deadly Matrimony.” The NBC miniseries airs Sunday, Nov. 22, and Monday, Nov. 23. THIS WEEK STUNT Programming: Model Cindy Crawford and actor Timothy Brant- ley co-host “Stuntwomen: World Tour,” airing Sunday, Nov. 22, on Fox. The spe- cial features nine major stunts and two “ministunts” by the hosts: Brantley jet boats, and Crawford drives an off-road vehicle. Sounds scary. e Peter Falk re- Cindy Crawford turns as the rumpled detective in “Co- lumbo: A Bird in the Hand,” airing Sun- day, Nov. 22, on ABC. e Graham Greene and Floyd Red Crow Westerman of “Dances With Wolves” guest on CBS’s “Murder, She Wrote,” Sunday, Nov. 22. e Former Monkee Davy Jones guests on “Herman’s Head,” Sunday, Nov. 22, on Fox. ® Jerry Orbach joins the cast of NBC’s “Law & Order” in the episode airing Wednes- day, Nov. 25. He plays Logan’s new partner, Lennie Briscoe. ¢ Loni Anderson and Alan Thicke are ringmasters for “All New Circus of the Stars & Side Show XVII,” airing Friday, Nov. 27, on CBS. Among those performing in the annual celeb- rity circus are Harry Anderson, Patrick Duffy and Emma Samms. e Eugene Levy and Linda Kash star in “Partners ’N Love,” an original movie premiering Friday, Nov. 27, on cable’s Family Channel. “It’s Christmas Time Again, Char- lie Brown,” a new “Peanuts” spe- cial, airs Saturday, Nov. 28, on CBS. As the holiday nears, Charlie Brown needs to raise money, Pep- permint Patty struggles with schoolwork, and Lucy and Snoopy (pictured) have differing ideas about the Christmas spirit. Jaclyn Smith (pictured) and Chris- topher Reeve star in “Nightmare in the Daylight,” airing Sunday, Nov. 22, on CBS. She plays a Wis- consin schoolteacher who, while visiting San Francisco with her husband, is stalked by a lawyer (Reeve) who believes that she is his long-missing wife. to grow Volunteers from the Castlegar Unit of the Cana- dian Cancer Society held their second meeting of the season at the Castlegar and District Hospital on Nov. 11. President Ruby Marsh reported on the activities at the Kootenay District An- nual General Meeting in Rossland in September, and Muriel Wilson, vice-presi- dent, gave a brief outline of the district council meeting held in Nelson in October, which she had attended. On Oct. 28, the local unit held a Breast Self-Exami- nation Teaching clinic at the Castlegar hospital. Twenty local women took advantage of this opportu- nity to learn the correct way to examine themselves for any breast abnormality. This procedure, done on a regular monthly basis, greatly increases the chances of detecting breast changes which might be- come cancerous. Emergency aid volun- teers, who help cancer pa- tients with direct financial assistance, explained to the rest of the group how they go about their work. This help is available to any per- son diagnosed with cancer who suffers financial diffi- culties as a result of getting treatment for the disease, e.g. travelling to clinics, ac- commodation while having treatment, drug expenses etc. Roger Andronik, manag- er of the Kootenay District office in Cranbrook, also at- tended the meeting. He re- ported that so far this year this district, made up of 12 local units, raised a stun- ning total of $373,000. This is an increase of more than $70,000 from the previous year. Considering the shaky economic climate of the area, this is even more re- markable, and shows the willingness of Kootenay people to help in the fight against cancer. The Mobile Mammogra- phy Screening Van will vis- it Castlegar on Jan. 18, 1993 for five days. Anyone wishing to book an appoint- ment may phone 1-800-663- 9203. The next local meeting will be held on Jan. 13, 1993 at the Castlegar Hospital. New volunteers are always dad Five Rotary Exchange stu- carving contest under the di- dents, from five different coun- rection of Ross while Rotary tries added another dimension President Dave Gairns pre- : pared souvenir copies of the shock last week by attendinga Castlegar edition of the Beau- to their Canadian culture Halloween luncheon party. Four of the group, Christine Didier of France, Mimi Hamamato of Japan, Marie Soderlund of Sweden and Ro- drigo Barbosa of Brazil, are being sponsored by the Castle- gar Rotary Club and attend Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School. The fifth, a student from Holland who is sponsored by the Grand Forks club, happened to be in town and in accordance with tradi- tional Castlegar hospitality, was included in the party. The party, which began at the home of Hugo and Doreen Smecher and continued as a luncheon at the home of Jack and Bunny Charters, has also become an annual tradition and is designed to give stu- dents who know nothing of this ancient festival, enjoy- ment of another facet of their Canadian experience. All of the student guests and their mentor Elaine Ross since these first-time artists home of Don and Darlene Mc- showed great imagination, the Dowell. three lady judges selected Christine Didier’s pumpkin certainly be a trip to Rossland The next event will almost for first price — a jack-o- and first skiing lessons. arrived at the usually Hal- Jack-o-lanterns were the order of the day recently as five Rotary exchange student carved out loween decorated house in cos- another Canadian memory, celebrating Halloween at two Castlegar homes. What is it? The Child Tax Benefit combines the existing Family Allowances and tax credits for ieken into a new tax free, monthly payment It also includes a new supplement or low income working families. The benefit provides more money for children - $2.1 billion more, over five years — and targets money to those families who need it. In fact, most families will receive more money than they do now. What are the improvements? The benefit is fairer and simpler. It is designed with a very important goal in ee to ensure that the money reaches the families who need it, as quickly as possible. © The monthly payments are tax free. * Because benefits are delivered each month, parents no longer have to wait until the end of the year to claim child tax credits. © There is no need to make annual applications — benefits are automatically calculated from the tax returns you file each year. © Benefits can be adjusted quickly when there is a change in your family, such as the birth of a child. What do I bave to do? Watch your mailbox. A special information package is being sent to people who currently receive Family Allowances. Please read it carefully. It tells you how the benefit is calculated and how much you will receive if your family qualifies. If you have not received your information package by the end of November, please Gouvernement le Government of Canada du Canada Canada Irapartant Information For In January 1993, the new Child Tax Benefit begins. call this toll-free number : 1-800-387-1193. (For service in French, 1-800-387-1 194). In January the new monthly benefits will wn. Please remember to file your 1992 income tax return to continue to qualify for the Child Tax Benefit. The Brighter Futures Initiative. As part of the Federal Government’s Brighter Futures Initiative, the new Child Tax Benefit is an important step toward providing a brighter future for our children. By working together, we ensure that every Canadian child looks forward to a brighter future. vt, a”