Page 4A ey og ern th Ser ymmmeveNR eee: The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 13, 1991 Rossland Light Opera brings Broadway musical here By FRANK ISERNIA Sun staff writer Several players from Castlegar are featured in the Rossland Light Opera Players’ production of Guys and Dolls, a y musical Humphries secondary school, He portrays Sky Masterson, a small- time bookie who travels to Havanna with the virginal Sarah. Chris Sharp, a Selkirk College student plays Jocy Beltmore, a -got- it~ her kind of waiter ‘in the fable based on the legendary 1950 Broadway musical comedy. The show, sponsored by the Castlegar and District Project Society, opens for one showing only at Stanley Humphries secondary school this Friday night at 8. One of the lead actors is Lorren Culley, a music teacher at Stanley Havanna bar, and David Healing, an earth-science teacher at SHSS, stars as one of the patrons of the Hot Box night club while his daughter Sara plays one of the dolls, Drunkenness, brawling, and gambling are only a few of the lewd behavior depicted in Guys and Dolls-and that’s just among the 209 East Sth Avenuo ; On the ‘Main Downtown Sires! Metatine, Falls, Washington STORE ‘HOURS: 8:00 a,} Ine 7:0 p.m. Everyda ‘Speclal Prices|in Effect Now Until March 19,1991 * WELCOME CANADIANS |< BONELESS /CHUCK ROASTS USDA Choice Draper. Valley. «Value Pack. Marien “; Washington Grown |FRYER Fresh. Frozen. 7 | DRUMSTICKS/ 9 : 2% MILK | Gallons; God-fearing folk. It is varied, lively‘and musically appealing without being: t0 The i Hany the Horse (Ken Anderson), be is being pursued by his fiance of 14 years, Misa Adelaide ( Marnic’ involves a sordid collection « of. shady guys who make up the gam- bling socicty around New York's Time Square, the heart-of-gold dolls who perform at the club they frequent, and members of the local Salvation Army mission who pray for their reform. ‘The script by Jo Swesling and Abe Brown is based on a well known story by Damon Runyon called the Idyll. of Miss Sarah Brown, The action centers around Nathan Detroit Jim Delong) who runs the “oldest, established, per- manent floating crap game” in New York, Temporarily shut down by Lt. Brannigan (Bob Buckley), Detroit is desperately trying to raise $1,000 to pay for a new home for his business, He bets Sky Master- son (Lorren Culley) that he can’t hustle a doll of Detroit’s choosing and take her along his planned tip to Havanna. Masterson accepts the bet and Nathan names Miss Sarah Brown (Wendy Garbe), who runs the local Sally Ann mission. When Detroit isn’t associating with undesirables like Nicely-Nicely Johnson (Steve Bouchard) and singer who Teads a chonis line called the Hot Box Dancers at a club of the same name. RLOP newcomer Mamie Jacob- son is right on track playing Miss Adelaide, who is intend on getting Detroit to marry ber, She plays ber as a zanily fetching blend of Carol Channing and Edith Bunker, Jim Delong’s Nathan comes across as a good-time guy who posted t even take his crap game physique. His duct with his leading Indy Wendy Garbe is a lushly romantic close to the first act that epitomizes this entire musical pro- duction: nothing big or Mashy, but rather splendid in its scemlicst, secmly secdiness, Gabe is allowed to show off a bit more of her acting skills to com- pliment her fine singing ability. ‘The RLOP'’s veteran expert in play- ing the role of virgins who do little more than bat their cyelashes between songs, Garbe tums it on and gets down and dirty as a dis- bers, there are 28 in the production staff and 21 in the orchestra. The production is well staged for a show that is over two and a half hours long. The orchestra docs a superb job on the 20 musical num- bers that will certainly provide a pleasant trip down memory lane, The Hot Box Dancers are Ied and choreographed by Lindsay Fraser and include Resa Bourchicr, Tracy Cahoon, Marian Cullen, Joanne Dallas, Lorraine Huntley, Gina Petrakos, and Carolyn Thomas.These dolls have the legs couraged and at times igh Delong is ly y bumbling and bewildered as the small-time hustle artist, who is as much being controlled by his crap game as he is running it. He is the Kind of street hood you would want to run into in a dark alley if you had to meet a hood in an alley. None of the harsh realities of street life phas- es these mugs from wonderland, as Nathan shrugs off his losses when ripped off by a sore loser from Chicago named Big Jule (Brian Brownri Culley makes his second appear- ance for the RLOP as Masterson. He is a natural as a leading man and has a fine baritone voice to compli- ment his good looks and rugged way Guys and Dolls director Bruce Faweett has elicited steady perfor- mances from his large acting and singing cast comprised of 52 mem- and they know how to show them off, let alone how to use ‘Tickets for the show are on sale at Carl's and Pharmasave Drug stores in Castlegar. celebrating 25 years are equally successful. contact: SELKIRE COLLEGE... your Access to Opportunity ... as your Community College! AN EXCITING CAREER IN HAIRDRESSING! Selkirk College is now accepting applications for the April, 1991 program. Enjoy one to one instruction using the most up-to-date equip- ment. Develop skills in hairstyling techniques and acquire knowledge that will enable you to perform the work of a junior stylist. Hairdress- ing is an occupation in which men and women Don't delay, for more information, or to register Marg Dolan at 352-6601 Selkirk College, Nelson Campus Bullseye!!! Pearl Zorn, member of the Castlegar Legion Ladies, enjoys a game of darts at the Legion Ladies Fun Day. SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Brendan Halper (os “PROPOSED COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE -. BETWEEN CASTLEGAR AND ROBSON Open Houses & Public Meetings ‘The Ministry of Ts ‘ion and Hi; bridge over the Columbia River at Castlegar. Five possible sites between the CP Rail Bridge and the Celgar Pulp Mill have been identified in a preliminary planning study. The Ministry would like to present and discuss the possible sites with the public to ensure that all major issues and concems have been addressed and that any other ‘potential ae have not been overlooked. anew concepts for 1st Open House Wedneaday, March 20, 1991 Brilliant Cultural Centre Brilliant Road 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm the Robson Access Road will also be piceented. All bers of the publi. ited te he AUarng Gan ie ie fvted tn ow he propor at an open house 2nd Open House Tuesday, Tuesday, March 26, 1991 Fireside Motor Inn 1810 8th Avs., Gastlegar 4:00 - 7:30 pi Ministry staff will be present at all three events to explain the concepts and answer your questions, We look forward to your attendance and participation. ’ Honourable Rita M. Johnston, Minlster_% 0 the i ion of Highway 3A and 3rd Public Meeting March 26, 1991 Fireside Motor Inn 1810 8th Ae Castlegar 7:30 pm Province of British Columbia Ministry ot Transportation and Highways Nit. Sentinel plan “Night to Remember” “Io January,, after ‘much discussion and debate, the 47 members of the Mt. Sentinel Secondary School Graduating class voted to have a dry grad this June. “Dry Grad,” a rela- tively new concept in graduation cel- ” ebrations, means that the event will be drug and alcohol free. In conjunc- tion with ICBC, the event is being called “A Night to Remember.” “I’m very pleased at this deci- sion,” said Ron Woodward, chair- and involvement from both | parents and students. A variety of activities have been planned to raise the $7000 needed for the tip. The group is currently selling raffle tickets for a draw to be held on March 8. On March 17 there will be Rus- sian Dinner at Crescent Valley Hall. In late April there will be an. auction at the school, run by Rus- sell Auctions. A corporate appeal is man of the grad parent at the school. “It’s very rewarding to see our children making such a responsible decision. I’m proud of “them.” Woodward says the grads made their decision on their own, without pressure from parents or school officials. But he notes that parents are totally behind the decision and have formed a large and active commit- tee to raise funds and plan the event, a three-day chaperoned trip. Parents and'students attend weekly meet- ings io make sure everything is run- ning smoothly says Woodward. He is very pleased at the enthusiasm also ray and, ing to Liz Kanigan, treasurer of the parent committee, it’s going very well. “The encouragement and support from local and agencies has been overwhelming,” she says. “So far we've raised about $2000 and have received a variety of dona- tions from flour for the dinner to a table saw for the auction.” Other activities planned include a flea market, car washes, a bottle drive, and concession at local sport- ing events. Anyone wishing information on the events or how to contribute, can call Phil Popoff at 359-7135, CASTLEGAR SELKIRK LIONS CLUB Fundraising Progress Report for Hospital Society Intermediate & Extended Care Extension Bus _This Week's Total: $14,782 "Come on Castlegar Let's Get this Bus Moving" Your donation, large or small, will make a difference! D.W. Ridington Brilliant Resources Oglow Enterprises R.W. Sweeney Private Donations The Lions Club is extremely grateful for these private donations. we aS The Gast Saetidar Sun Anyone wishing to make donations to . the Bus Project, please contact: Hugh Wilson 365-2185 Leo Plamondon 365-3067 We are happy to be sponsoring "the "bus drive.” : Help the Lions with your support! Celgar Pulp WORLDWATCH March 13, 199 Lack of food, water and KUWAIT CITY (SNS) - The line for lentils, sugar, cooking oil and flour begins ata small co-op in the Jabriyah neighborhood, winds down the block and trickles around the comer, The water line begins about two miles up the road, where three dozen men stand quietly waiting to fill 10-gallon jugs from a trickling pipe. Gas lines last week stretched upwards of a mile, There is no more rice. There are no veg- etables, no fruit, no meat, no bat- teries, no milk, no cooking or heating gas. Most Kuwaitis haven't had a hot bath in two weeks, There is no water for laundry or dish washing or flushing toilets, There are few telephones and no television. Fam- ilies huddle together in their living rooms at night over homemade candles, or es outside into an intimidating landscape of utter darkness. Kuwait, one of the. wealthiest countries in the world, has become a land of urban refugees, and con- ditions have never been worse than during the two weeks since the country was liberated from its Iraqi occupiers, » “Seven months the Iraqis were here, and we find anything we want. Now, the goverment comes back and we have nothing," fumed Haladi Ibrahim Manaai, who spent most of the past two days waiting in various lines without finding milk for her 3{-month-old baby. "When everything is finished, I will give the Kuwaitis this ID card and I will leave the country." “My wife just now is pregnant," Yeltsin supports miners’ demands for Mikhail Gorbachev to step down MOSCOW (SNS) - Russian pop- ulist leader Boris N. Yeltsin on Mon- day encouraged the leaders of the 12-day-old coal miners strike in their demand for the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail S, Gorbachev. Yeltsin, president of the Rus- sian Federation, the country’s largest republic, told strike leaders that they were fully justified in their attempts to push the Kremlin into meeting their largely political demands and that they had the right to pick the methods to be used to safeguard their interests. Representatives of the strike committce from the western Siberian coal mining region of Kuznetsk Basin, who met for 40 minutes with Yeltsin, said that they, in turn, would use all the non-violent ways they could to protect Yeltsin's political position, now under attack by Gorbachev. "We told Yeltsin that the min- ers Support him and the Russian popularity. "You know that every one of our actions against Yeltsin increases his rating," Nikolai Engver, acentrist deputy, told the session, And Sergei Tsyplyaev, a deputy from the Young Commu- nist League, said, "Any resolution aimed against Yeltsin will cause another storm of said Khalid Saffar, a 28-year-old Police officer.."I can’t find for her any food. Just she eats biscuit in the morning, biscuit in the after- noon, biscuit for dinner, Before, we had the bad man Saddam (Hus- scin), but at least we bad food.” : Kuwait's exiled government and its allied advisers had anticipated they would be able to restore many basic services to the 350,000 still living in the capital with relative speed. But now, two weeks after the invaders were driven out, offi- cials have only just begun to realize the massive scope of the damage done by Iraqi a “From what we've leamed, it appears that the Iraqis when they left had plans to demolish the city in a manner like Warsaw in 1944," said Col. Randall Elliott, head of the Kuwait Task Force, a U.S. group assigned to aid the Kuwaiti govern- ment resurrect and reconstruct the country, "They were vandals with military equipment, and the destruc- tion has been enough to seriously impair the functioning of this city.” Power lines between Kuwait city and the closest fully functioning generating plant, 43 miles south at Ras al Zour, are broken in 93 places, Sewage treatment plants are not functioning, dumping raw sewage into the Persian Gulf, and 55-gallon barrels of toxic chemi were expected to arrive this week to help hundreds of U.S, civil affairs advisers and Kuwaiti government officials restore services, But with little apparent progress 50 far, tensions in the capital have placed in locations that military offi- cials say indicate an attempt was + made to poison the water supply, Many telephone and electrical substations and switching stations were blown up, as were Portions of the two major Power-generating and desalination plants in Kuwait city. More than 530 oil wells are on fire, buming 5 million barrels of oil a day and sending plumes of foul smoke into the air that have already lowered the temperature in Kuwait an aver- age of 10 degrees, Hospitals have been stripped, television and radio facilities looted, hotels set afire. Experts from the U.S, Environ- mental Protection Agency, the Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Housing Administration, the Office of Dis- aster Assistance and the Federal Aviation Administration are Baker, pursuing: peace plan, JERUSALEM (SNS) - of State James A. Baker II Pushed headlong into the worl leaders denne their delegation to include protests and, God forbid, strikes." More than 200,000 people ral- lied in support of Yeltsin on Sun- day in central Moscow, and more than 20 other demonstrations were held across the country as the struggle intensified over the future of the country. A basic element in Yeltsin's ongoing battle with Gorbachev is a struggle for control over Russia's natural resources. While Gorbachev has endeavored to maintain control over the country’s wealth, Yeltsin has continually tried to pry them away for the Russian Federation. Yeltsin talked with the miners " Anatoly ykhin, chairman of the strike committee from the western Siberian Kuzbass mining area, said in a telephone interview. "He said he’s grateful- for the.support." Russia’s populist leader, who himself demanded Gorbachev's resignation last month, came under attack in the Soviet press and the national legislature Monday for his declaration of political "war" against the national leadership. The Communist Party newspa- per Pravda criticized Yeltsin harshly for urging those in the country’s democratic movement to unite around the striking miners and called him a phony democrat. In the Supreme Soviet, the country’s legislature, some conser- vatives demanded that Yeltsin be investigated on grounds of uncon- stitutional actions, But there were also wamings that attacks on Yeltsin only boost his Canada about the mining, iron and steel industries in the Kuznet- sk Basin from the national govern- ment to management by the Russian republic, according to an account of the meeting from the official news agency, Tass. Leaders of the striking miners were told earlier in the day that Gor- bachev had rejected their request for a meeting with him and that be had tefused to comply with their demands, which include his resigna- tion and that of the Congress of People’s Deputies, the country’s and the Soviet. of P inian politics Mond: declaring that be will meet Tuesday with leaders from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Baker, who is touring the Mid- dle East to launch a new regional peace initiative, also said he was pleased by Israel's initial reaction to his ideas, which were endorsed over the weekend by eight Arab govern- ments. "Ihave seen what I consider to be at least signs of new thinking" from the Arabs, he told a news con- ference after meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy. “We have our problems with the PLO," Baker added. “We used to have a dialogue with the PLO, That of each of four PLO factions, Diplomats in Jerusalem noted that the U.S. consul here, Philip Wilcox, insisted on knowing whether the PLO had given the go- ‘ ahead for a Baker meeting before issuing an invitation. “This means a resumption of the dialogue between the PLO and the United States," insisted Saeb Erakat, a college professor and one member of the group. Erakat is affiliated with the Fatah faction of the PLO, which is directly headed by Yasser Arafat, the PLO chairman whose vocal support of Iraq in its invasion of Kuwait angered the United States and its Arab allies alike. Baker wants to-meet with the i We think the PLO made a substantial error in supporting Saddam Hussein in the war that recently concluded.” _- Baker’s statement that the U.S. «dialogue with the Palestine Libera- tion Organization was "terminated" suggested a toughening of his posi- tion, which had been that the talks were "suspended" but could be restarted. But that rhetorical flourish seemed to conflict with Baker's plan to meet Tuesday with a group of most of After meeting with Anatoly I. Lukyanov, chairman of the Congress of People’s Deputies, who relayed Gorbachev's response, Malykhin said the miners felt that they had no choice but to take extreme measures. “We are now discussing a bunger strike," Malykhin said. “But we can- not yet tell you our definite plans.” Rural postal OTTAWA (SNS) - Rural Canadi- ans have no cause for complaint with postal services. In a Decima opinion survey released Monday, 91 per cent of Canadians in rural parts of the service good ness outlet, and communities which were converted some time ago, and found an identical overall satisfac- tion level of 91 per cent with retail postal services in both categories. ‘The survey was conducted in 66 ities where out- country have tis fe tion with retail | postal services offered through local business in their communities. The survey, conducted in late October 1990, for Canada Post Corporation, covered both those communities which recently changed from a corporate to busi- lets were converted to-retail postal outlets operated by local businesses. ‘The survey results clearly demon- strate that Canada Post’s rural con- version program has been very and is considered to be a step in the right direction by a major- ity of residents of these communities. Government should maintain monopoly MONTREAL(SNS)-The mone. poly of the federal gi tries have adopted national policies to deal the public telecommunications _ ‘work should be maintained. That was the position of the Chambre de Commerce du Montre- al Metropolitain at a hearing Mon- day of the Canadian Radio Television and T anes with intemational competition and gave Great Britain, Germany, Singapore as examples of successful development. The United States, on the other hand, introduced competition in — without a com- Commission to decide whether Uni- tel'and BC Rail should be allowed to compete with Bell Canada and other members of Telecom Canada for long-distance services. Ms. Nycol Pageau Goyette, President of the Chambre de Com- merce du Montreal: Metropolitain, asked the CRTC not to usurp the role of the federal government, which is responsible for legislation on ‘questions influencing the future Of the country. *In'a position taken unanimously by members of the Board of Direc- tors present, the Chamber pointed out that many industrialized coun- prehensive strategy, and their tradi- tional trade surplus tumed into a deficit. "It would be ridiculous to dis- . mantte the one high-technology sector in which we excel just when we should be strengthening it to deal with foreign competition,” explained Ms. Pageau-Goyette. ‘The Chamber stressed that, in whom closely identify with the PLO. “These people are as much PLO as anyone," said Daoud Kutab, him- self a pro-PLO Palestinian journalist. F inians so that he can encour- age them to negotiate with Israel without submitting to the authority of the PLO, a U.S. official said. Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.are.a key part of Baker's peace initiative, which calls for "two-track” negotiations - one track between Israel and the Pales- tinians, the other between Israel and its Arab neighbors. “We're not dealing with the PLO," the U.S. official told reporters on Baker’s airplane en route here from Cairo. "If the Palestinians want to be part of the process, they’re going to have to do something. "If some of them have a ritualis- tic need to talk about the PLO, rkedly, and hostility toward the retuming government is building. The number of check- Points on the roads has nearly dou- bled in the last few days, "I think they're (Kuwaiti offi- cials) afraid, and I think they have reason to be. The frustration is growing a lot faster than the ser- vices are," said a source close to the Kuw. jovernment, Kuwaiti officials admit it has taken much longer to restore ser- vices than they had originally antic- ipated, but they say they have been delayed by trying to assess precise- ly where the damage is - and by the fact that in some cases the damage is worse than they had feared. Kuwait city bad about a million gallons of water stored in reservoirs at the time of liberation but has been unable to supply it to many homes because there is no electricity to power raises anger in Kuwait pump it or to refill the reservoir, Instead, the government has, brought in 200 5,000-galion water’ trucks, from which citizens with their own pumps and generators can refill rooftop storage tanks, and others can take home contain- ers of water, Kuwaiti officials say they also’ have brought in more than 1,000 tons of food and are preparing to open about half the food co-ops in the city. Because of major damage to electrical generating stations, power is not likely to be restored to significant portions of the city until the end of the month, officials say, along with full water service. In the meantime, 245 emergency generators, some producing up to 750 kilowatts, have been brought into the city, and three 1.6- megawalt generators are en route. “All of these problems are going to have a strong impact on the government’s image,” said one diplomat here. "They have to be seen as getting basic services back to the people as soon as possible.” to meet Palestinian leaders we're going to explain to them why «+ you can't have the PLO involved if you're going to have a process." ‘The United States held a formal dialogue with the PLO from Decem- ber 1988 until June, when Baker suspended the talks to protest a Palestinian terrorist attack on Israel. Initially, U.S. officials held out the prospect for a resumption of the talks if Arafat expelled officials linked with terrorism from the PLO. But in the wake of Arafat's public support for Hussein in the Persian Gulf war, the U.S. attitude has hardened visibly. The administration's Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia, also want nothing more to do with Arafat, Officials said. At Baker’s meeting with eight Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Sunday, "No one had any use for Arafat," the USS. official said. dans here are * spokesman, remarked tersely. After considerable debate on whether to offer any gestures to Baker, the government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dusted off its May 1989 plan for Palestinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza. The plan died last year because Shamir rejected a role for the PLO or for Jerusalem residents such as Husseini in setting up the vote. Even as Shamir revived the plan, three of the splinter parties in his ruling coalition publicly wamed that they will bring the govemment down if he ever tries to put his plan into effect. For his part, Baker expressed “pleasure” that the plan was revived. Baker also seemed to take steps to ease Israeli government concems that be came here to pry loose the West Bank and Gaza from Israeli control. In a major speech last week, Presid Bush said that that Saudi Arabja_and Syria are shopping around for a new leader- ship to replace Arafat as well as the PLO, and they declare they will have none of it. “Everybody is looking for his own Palestinians," said Hanna Ashrawi, a university educator and member of the team scheduled to meet Baker. “But here, there are only PLO Palestinians.” Israeli officials played down the proposed Palestinian meeting. “Baker can meet whom be wants,” Yossi Olmert, the government peace in the Middle East depends in part on Israel giving up land_it occupied after the 1967 Six Day ‘War with its Arab neighbors. But after his first of several meetings with Israeli officials, Baker deliberately struck a far more conciliatory tone. "We do not intend to engage in what some have referred to as pres- sure,” he said. "We intend to rea- son, to cajole, to plead and to offer our good offices to see if we can seize this opportunity and make progress for peace.” WW A Change in real ie EDMONTON (SNS) - The Cana- dian commercial real estate industry will soon experience fundamental chan; which marked its 5th anniversary with a “forum” mecting Mr. Ridabock predicted that extraordinary changes were on the addition to being a high-tech industry, tclecommunications tend to enhance the economy as a ig A Move to build- his purpose in forming the network, claimed to be the largest of its type in Canada, was “to provide compre- hensive service to clients across Canada, and through the network's US., affiliate, The Office Network, to centres in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. Predicting the hard-hit industry’s future, Ridabock said because com- ‘mercial ‘real estate is overbuilt and ing more functional rather than ‘gl: has sapped home buyers ones, * aad 5 space and tti-family housing taking the plzce of retail and Office space, as the dominant sectors. “CCREN founder Ridabock said fd the building industry may not lead the way out of this Tecession as it has traditionally done after every recession since the Sec- ood Works War. SUZ The Sgstidgar Sun SS 7S 1S POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE STERLING NEWS SERVICE ; Established Novembor 28, 1990 + Second Class Malling Permit Pending Published by The Castlegar Sun We ‘on Wednesdays 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1G8 For all your advertising needs phone Jon, Donna or Cathy at 365-2278.