‘ mm Ab Castlégar News September 18, 1988 \ ENTERTAINMENT BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL Wh ad oF treshly mode solad Reg. $9.79, CALL US TODAY 2816 Columbia Ave., Castleger Cominco & Wester Vouchers Accepted CHICKEN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT “Food Done. . . Homestyle Way” 365-8155 1004 Columbia Ave. Castlegar famous for our... — Prime Rib! — Charbroiled Steak — Seatood — Poultry Caesar Salad — Specialties — LUNCH — Mon.-Sat. 11:15 a.m,-2 p.m — DINNER — 7 Days a Week from 5 p.m. RESERVATIONS 352-5358 Across from Pharmasave 646 Baker St., Nelson LET THE GAMES BEGIN! +? = STARTING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Mondays *3" Free Pool Tuesdays ‘s’ Darts Night Wednesdays ‘x Crib Night Beginning at7:00 p.m. * EXCELLENT FOOD AT GREAT PRICES * CHECK OUT OUR DAILY SPECIALS LIONS HEAD PUB Broadwater Road near the Robson Ferry 365-5811 Trail offers arts By CasNews Staff The Trail Society for the Per. forming Arts in its 11 seasons has brought performances such as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Les Grand Ballet Canadiens; thee Vienna Boy's Choir; soprano, Marianne Anderson; and pianist Boris Roubakin, And there's more coming to the greater Trail Community Centre Auditorium and the Cominco Gym this year. On Oct. 4, the Vetta String Quar-. tet, formed in 1983 from Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Chamber Orchestra musicians will be joined by harpist Rita Costanzi. A former VSO member, Costanzi’s concerts are frequently broadcast by the CBC. She was twice won the American Harp Society's national competition. An evening at the opera will be possible Nov. 1 as the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble performs a mini-version of Rossini's Barber of Seville. The second half of the evening, From Bizet to Broadway, is a trip down the Great. White Way with opera and music theatre. Two lumberjacks celebrate the fun and old-time spirit of French-Cana- dian culture through a variety of songs, stories, jigs and unusual in- struments Nov, 29 in Les Bucherons. CONCERT COMING .. . The Vetta This Edmonton-based group per- formed at the Canada, Alberta and Folklife pavilions at Expo 86 and is doing it again this fall at Expo. 88 in Brisbane, Australia. Pianist Jamie Parker, who has won rave reviews and awards in concerts and competitions across the country, will perform Jan, 10, The Vancouver-bred pianist has performed with the Montreal Sym- phony and National Arts Centre orchestras. This season he will add appearances with the Edmonton Symphony, ‘Calgary Philharmonic and Windsor Symphony orchestras to his growing list of credits. Performance patrons may’ remem- ber a concert presented two seasons ago by his award-winning older brother, John Kimura Parker. For a change of pace on Jan. 24 the Romaniacs present a humorous musi- cal world tour, rich in ethnic melodies with a 1980s touch. Their sound has been described as “ethnic music meets the Twilight Zone” and la- belled ethno-fusion: a mixture of gypsy soul, Hot Club-style fire, and jazz swing with pop leanings. Their story? Born in the Old Country, The Romaniac brothers were ttaigically separated at birth. At a massive family re-union in Climax, Sask.,; the long-lost brothers were re-united and, finding how per- String Quartet is one of the many performances coming to Trail during the Trail Society for the Perfor- ming Arts’ 11th season, “Audiences get involved in this show, which is a treat for all ages, by playing musica} spoons and wooden dancing men, making French not just a language to be learned, but an experience to be lived, says the TSPA in a prepared release. Lic. No. 64789 All Paper Cash BINGO Arena Complex SAT., SEPT 24 Early Bird 6:00 p.m. Regular Bingo 7:00 p.m. 60% PAYOUTS NO ADVANCE TICKETS PACKAGES AVAILABLE Next Bingo October 22 fectly their musical roots meshed, they formed a family band. Mary Lou Fallis returned to the Performance series this season with a new show Feb. 28 in the Mrs. Bach Show. This time around she steps into the role of Anna Magdalena Bach, the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach and the mother of many of the master composer's 20 children. A comic fancy, this Mrs. Bach is also the host of an 18-century talk show, on which she offers advice, musical performances and the latest tips on “fun, fashion and the fugue.” Fallis is one of Canada’s better. known and affectionately-regarded sopranos. She made her operatic debut at 15 in a CBC-TV production of the Magic Flute. She-has since ap Lordy, Lordy Look Who's Forty! We love you anyway P.S.B. peared with the nation's leading or. chestras, on the BBC and at the Stratford Festival. She has pre viously performed in Primadonna before a Trail audience. Presenting a choral adventure from Bach to rock, the Salt Lake City Symphonie Choir comes to -Trail March 21, The 75-voice group is the largest, independent touring choir in Amer. ica, In 39 years of performing across Morth America, this choir has won wide acclaim while travelling over 116,000 kilometres to sing in com- munities large and small. Because of the number of per. GROUP TOURING . . formers in this group, the series will be held for this performance only in the Cominco Gym, School For Wives, a renaissance comedy by Moliere, will be presented by the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre April 18. The story revolves around Arnol- phe, a wealthy Parisian obsessed with the avoidance of wifely infid- elity, He believes that a wife who is kept ignorant of worldly ways is the only solution. To this end, he intends to wed his young ward Agnes, whom he has kept sequestered in a convent from an early age. But Agnes falls in love with a family friend and Arnol: phe's well-laid plans are thwarted. The Romaniacs, a Vancouver band who mix pop with slavic swing and comedy are coming to Trail. Romaniacs show humorous fashion TORONTO (CP) — A long time ago in East Bucharest Mall, four young brothers were in the daily line- up outside the government shoe store with Mama Romaniac when she mys. teriously ran off into the sunset As legend has it, the lads were separated and sent to far-flung parts of the world. But they kept hopes alive they would someday be re. united and eat communal cabbage rolls. One day, brother Steffy Levine Romaniac played a he metal album backwards and a message told him to go to Climax, Sask. There he was reunited with his brothers at a Romaniac wedding. After tears of joy had dried, they did the only natural thing — formed a family band, the Romaniacs. The story of the Romaniacs is an invention, but the recent success of the Vancouver band is very real. They just released their first album, World on Fire, and are set to embark on a 2'/2-month overseas tour in September. “Things e accelerating at a scarey level” said short, bespectaled Steffy, whose real name is Steven Bengtson. Since forming in Saskatoon about five years ago, the Romaniacs have built up a following of Canadian fans through hammy performances in which the Romaniac story is told, 5 oEN Champion eee Upstairs Towne plete with a brightly colored map. But the star of the show is the Romaniacs’ “ethno-fusion” a mix ture of pop played with Slavic swing, traditional Eastern European folk music and jazz, all filtered through a campy sense of humor. While the Romaniacs are a lot of fun, their musical ability is no joke. Bengtson plays’ mandolin, Calvin Cairns (Myron Joseph King Romani- ac) plays violin, Scott White (Yanus Znaiu Romaniac III) plays double bass while Ron Thompson (Zalmir Nickolai Romaniac) plays guitar. Bengtson and Cairns, who have Soviet and Ukrainian. backgrounds, formed the Romaniacs partly out of admiration for European ja¢zmen Stephane Grappelli and Django Rein- hardt, and a love for polkas, gypsy music and European folk. Bengtson said whatever they played, the Eastern European in fluence would creep in “We'd start to play a_ Rolling Stones tune and all of a sudden it would turn into a gypsy tune,” he said in an interview. Cairns chimes in: “When you see a hopak (a Ukrainian folk dance) at every wedding you go to and you have 40 or 50 cousions, well, those things sink in and you can't get rid of them.” They developed their musical mixture, dubbing it ethno-fusion, and the mythical history of the Romaniac brothers. “It caught on like wildfire in Sas. katchewan,” Bengtson said. “Our peers thought this was neat, but it also attracted the older folks from the old country.” The band moved to Toronto in 1984, but relocated in Vancouver — “just because it’s a nice place to live” — after playing at Expo in 1986. } COMMUNITY NEWS Aland of extremes Last week, for the benefits of some of my travel-oriented readers, I printed excerpts from a lengthy letter written by an elderly but observant ‘friend, Mrs. J. Inadvertently, perhaps, it pointed up some of the problems and contradictions of an energetic and intelligent people in the throes of several transitions, political and technological. The Phill is a land of . > On a long drive through the Alps-like mountain country of the Philippines and past the endless, lowland rice paddies she was surprised to see that the villagers spread their reaped rice on one half of the roadway to dry. She writes: “If you meet oncoming traffic you drive over the rice. Periodically people will walk on the rice turning it over with clumsy looking wooden rakes. At the end of the day the threshed grain is gathered into medium-sized, colored plastic sacks. Talks about the new meeting the old. “Another day we went, in a three-hour drive, from the cool of Baguio City, down the fantastic Keenon Highway to the coast and the Hundred Islands — a descent of 5,000 feet. The Hundred Islands (there are actually more) are located in the Lingayan Gulf in the South China Sea and in order to get around one has to pay an entrance fee, hire a boatman and an outrigger boat called a banca operated by a boatman with pole and a motor. “Corregidor, the once great American fortress taken by the J invad after a di defence by the Americans and Filipinos, and recaptured again by the Americans in 1945 after an even more desperate battle, is now a crumbling and vandalized ruin. In theory it is a national monument. In fact, there are no funds from the Philippine or American governments to maintain so that it is falling prey to the jungle and the off-shore scrap metal merchants. Even the American government's Pacific War Memorial dedicated to all the Allied dead in the Pacific has fallen into disrepair.” After a somewhat subdued and saddened visit to Corregidor, Mrs. J. then continues her journey. She writes: “We stayed:overnight in Manila and met Tara who had flown in from a business trip to Hong Kong (Tara is a former Castlegarian who has reversed the usual trend) and has established a factory and a thriving business-in-the Philippines and is Mrs, J.’s hostess during her visit). The international airport was even more crowded than Hong Kong. Filipinos are most family-oriented and consequently the whole family — ma, pa, and five to nine children — are on hand to see you arrive or depart. “The only place one might have privacy is in the bathrooms and I would not guarantee that! At least it gave me the opportunity to see a little more of Manila. I was taken to see the Chinese Cemetery which defies description. The mausoleums are like small houses, row upon row. They even have street signs such as General Yu En Road. The gate posts have marble lions or lanterns; doors are of glass, many opaque, all with steel grills. Others have clear glass or none at all. Inside, is a marble tomb, altar, benches and a sort of coffee table. Many larger ones ‘have fully equipped kitchens so meals can be served to family and relatives on special days! There are many dragons on_roofs. Reflections and ecollections “The Filipino Cemetery is ‘back-to-back’ with the Chinese and is predominantally Roman Catholic. Hence Doric pillars abound with life-size angels, Madonnas and Christ-like figures. “Amyhas taken me to the St. Louis University pe” Job openings Se Cabinetmaker is required in Trail. Wage is $10 to $13 por baor depending on experience, (193) Coshier to work ‘night shitt in Trail, (426) or certified ore required in Castlegar and Trail, (3480 and 4100) A qualified sign painter is required in Castlegar. Two to three years minimum eure: Wage is $10 to $12 per hour. (396) A licensed journeyman mechanic is required in Trail. Wage is $10 to $12 per hour. Bonus program and benefits package available, (447) Term Deposits You Can CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION For All Your Financial & insurance Needs CASTLEGAR SLOCAN PAI 601-18th St., 365-7232 Hwy. 6, Slocan Park 16-7212 Depend On. Insurance 365-3368 22 = & GRILL SIDE IS NOW OPEN... 11:30 a.m.-Midnight Mond, thru Thursday . . is required. Should have completed at least one year Friday & Saturday . + 11:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m. Trade School run by the Sisters of the Ii Heart of Mary. Silversmithing is taught here and their filigree is exquisite — wish I could afford the miniature grand piano. Then I visited Mines View Park and the Good Shepherd Convent where Filipinas (girls) are taught to make their peanut brittle, jams, jellies and pickles. This helps the girls to pay for their education tuition. Tara will not purchase any other brand of peanut brittle. “I must tell you about my 80th birthday. To begin the day, Catherine (the seven-year-old) presented me with gifts-as soon as I went upstairs for breakfast. Then —_after having a manicure/pedi- cure/facial/shampoo/blow-dry, in other words, ‘the works,’ the driver took me to the factory to have lunch with Tara, Her 198 employees had cleared. their work tables away in the finishing area, strung paper streamers and set a head table with one lone chair for yours truly and five huge birthday cakes with Happy 80th Birthday Evelyn — From All, and 80 candles — which I had to blow out! They sang, Happy Birthday to me in English and Tagalog, then presented me with a beautifully wrapped parcel containing a slit cotton-satin skirt and an elegant blouse they had made for me. All the machines in the other area had yellow crepe paper rosettes on them — yellow for good luck. I had to make a speech and could scarcely control my voice because I was crying. They-cheered when I thanked them in Tagalog — ‘Salamat.’ “Thence to Tara's office for an arrangement of two dozen pink roses, and a special lunch with five cakes and ice cream. All the 200 employees had a share. “In the evening Tara made reservations at the five-star Hyatt-Terraces Baguio hotel Copper Room. Every table was covered with strimp-pink table- cloths with lace overlay, pink tapers, pink serviettes and crystal goblets. “We ordered a la carte and the waiters brought each order on a covered dish and at a command from the maitre d’ all dishes were uncovered at the same instant — a Copper Room tradition. Then the miatre d’ marched in accompanied by a lady who presented each of us-with a_long-stemmed-pink-rose-while the waiter placed a beautifully decorated birthday cake in front of me with the inscription ‘Happy 80th Evelyn.’ Wage is (446) rogram assistants are required in Trail to work with mentally handicapped adults. Wage is $6.95 to $8.00 per hour (411 and 425) seni ic be required in Castlegar area for part-time work, (442) seseeee 4:00 p.m.-Midnight OUR DINING ROOM WILL BE OPENING SOON Fine Italian Dining, Continental Cuisine, Seafood, Burgers, Steaks, Pizzas, Chicken and numerous appetizers. We also have a to-go menu Dining room hours will be Tues. thru Sat., 5 p.m.-10 p.m. 524 Vernon Stre 354-4431 Nelson trainee with retail experien ce and fashion awareness required tor Trail store. (393) Experienced travel agent required in Castlegar. Must be IATA certified. (463) Leundry worker urgently required in Trail to told. and sort. (468) Okanagan Schools of Esthetics and Hairdressing have classes starting every month. Our schools are provincially’ licenced ‘to provide instruction in the 800-hour Esthetic course and 1,500-hour __hair- dressing course. If you wish a rewarding GROCERY Now taking orders for California Grapes and Grape Juice BOCCE BALLS... OLIVE OIL cots.» tives ANCHOVIES |:... «i. APPLE JUICE witiom tot: ttre. by the cose. Per tin 364-1824 \. 328 Rossland Ave. career — start by con- tacting WARREN KEEP 861-5828 ‘or write to: 555 Lawrence Ave., Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6L8 Light and Power Company begins r The Light and Power Company sense of themselves as equal and adult. The Castlegar School of Ballet Registration is now being accepted for aller lasses, children ages 3 to 11 and Jazz Dance classes for students ages 8 to Call now for pre-pregistration begins its fall program Sept. 27 in the Castlegar primary school gym. The Light and Power Company has been operated by the Castlegar Citi- zen Advocacy Society, a United Way Agency, for two years. The advocacy society tries to encourage the development of friend- ships and self-esteem for individuals who have been labelled as disabled. Under the leadership of Dee Aber- deen and Norma Kilpatrick, about 35 individuals, some labelled, some not, have come each week to experience “theatre” at the Light and Power Company. Through games, skits and improvi- contributing members of our com- munity. This is an integrated ex- perience, whole families find here an activity that they can all participate in. We discover our strengths and acknowledge that each of us has something we cannot do. The first session is open to anyone who would like ‘to see what it's all about. or information . . . as class sizes are limited. Call Judy at 365-2927. ‘CLASSES COMMENCE Tues., Oct. 4 EVERYONE WELCOME F ESTRUS TORS: 421-13th Ave., Castlegar Audrey Maxwell, Jazz BUYER We require a buyer to purchase and expedite plant Goal $1.1 Million By Start Of Improve on Your Personal and Professional Image! Come and experience the magnetism and energy of Valerie Clemont, her flair for the creative, her zest @nd vision. Valerie is co-owner of Genesis Fashions and Beauty Complex in Kamloops and is a sought-after resource person, presenting seminars which include Women in Management, Motivational Skills and Women as Entrepreneurs. Trail Busi and Pr senting “Personal D. P and Skills" with Valerie Clemont on... Tuesday, September 20 at the Crown Point Hotel $10.00 Dinner and Seminar — 6:30 p.m. $5.00 Seminar Only — 7:30 p.m. PLEASE CALL 367-9674 (eves.) 368-9812 (eves.), 368-3598 (days) for reservations. Club is pre- Castlegar and District Square Mali Exciting Bingo PLAYED 7 NIGHTS PER WEEK requirements. The will have a grade 12 ion and i in ind h ki and zations they have developed a strong AQUATI Dicken Bus Lines Ltd. abil AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER JOIN US & TRAVEL INSTYLE TO: FALL TOURS IN SPOKANE SEPTEMBER 28 OCTOBER 2 OCTOBER 4 of ial pur- CENTER INFORMATION U KNOW 9. ige of p A) The Castlegar Retary Club has pledged $5,000 to the Aquatic Centre Procedures will be a definite asset. fund, raising the total pledges and funds raised to $48,000. Our goal It you're ambitious and a self-starting individual with is$1.1.million, . . ‘ buying i forward i B) The Castlegar & District Project Society will lower your ta: on this idence tease YOU EE ; project by applying the funds raised toward the $2.2 million con- struction cost. The Aquatic Centre will house either a sauna or a steam room. The project society would like to hear from you as to preference. Please phone the recreation department at 365-3386 and let us know how you feel. The Aquatic Centre facility has full pr for the di The whirlpool (which will seat 15 to 20 people), leisure pool (or shallow pool), and main pool (25 meters/six lanes) . . . will be wheelchair accessible. The Aquatic Centre will include a keep fit/dance area (with a proper floor designed for this purpose) and a weight training room. The Castlegar & District Project Society will be holding further public information meetings on October, 3, 4 and 5 for residents in Pass Creek, Robson, Thrums/Tarrys, Blueberry, Ootischenia and Castlegar. Watch this information guide for times and locations. The public information meetings will feature: Ed Sherry, design con- sultant for the twaly B and a short video presentation on how Grand Forks has benefited from an Aquatic Centre. The Aquatic Centre video will also appear on Shaw Cable 10, Castle- gar’s community television channel, starting September 21. Please watch this guide for times and dates as well as the Shaw 10 listings on the entertainment page of this paper. THE ARTS CLUB THEA. PRODUCTION SEX TIPS for Modern Cirle Happy 40th CHRIS! Sept. 15, Sept. 20, David, Dood & Family Sept. 25, Sept. 30 in Prince George & Oct. 5 The West Kootenay Toy Run Committee wishes to thank the businesses, motorcyclists and individuals in the Castle- gor area for their generous support of the Motorcycle Toy Run held September 11, 1988: LION'S HEAD PUB CASTLE TIRE JENNY’S RESTAURANT FIRESIDE DINING ROOM GABRIEL'S RESTAURANT SANDMAN INN HOOTER’S HI ARROW ARMS CASTLEGAR CREDIT UNION CHECKERS CASTLEGAR MAZDA Capitol Theatre CKQR For One Show Only pb rey CASTLEGAR NEWS Thurs., Sept. 29 the le Toy Run 8:00 P, . pred let 1'she Salvation in ir istmas pro- iO eouvatione ram which will soon be un- phone 352-6363 lerwey. Your help is Tickets available at the enyhmet door 364-0933 LIMIT SPECIAL NITES Anne Murray Reba McEntre 42nd Street Madam Butterfly OCTOBER 15 Dream Girls NOVEMBER 5 WEST EDMONTON MALL TOUR — Oct. 16-20 $2 99 % 3 Nights Accommodation (Fantasyland Hote!) %& I night Highlander in Calgary & Edmonton city tour DBL/TWN Purchasing Department Box 1: Grand Forks, B.C., VOH 1HO bled SELKIRK COLLEGE SPECIAL NEEDS A new career opportunity in a growing employment field. Training people to work with special needs children and adults. HENNE TOURS FALL RENOS! October 1 to7.... teseeeeeeeeeee 7 Days at the Comstock October 5 toll... “Italian Festival”, 7 Days at the Sands October 8 to 15... ttteeeeeeeeeeeee 8 Days at the Sands October 22 to 29... sais .- 8 Days at the Hilton November 5 to 12........ .- 8 Days at the Hilton PRICES START AT $279. Based on Double Occupancy. Senior Discount — $10.00. BOOK NOW AND PAY IN FULL BY SEPTEMBER 9, 1988 AND SAVE $2011! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL HENNE TRAVEL WEST'S TRAVEL 1470 Bey Ave., Troll 1217 3rd St., Costlegar 368-5595 365-7782 This program prepares students to work as: inners and Level 2: Tues to be announced. introduction to Hospice: Wed.. Sept. 28; 7-9:30. This course is free but please pre-register Searching for Sept. 28-Nov. 30, (10 sessions), $40. Time — special education assistants/tutors — early childhood education special needs workers — developmental group home workers — supported employment workers # Class on how to look for a serger. Demonstration ' basics of sergers, changing threads, tensions, basic stitches Spanish Level ¥: Thurs. Program begins Gn a part-time basis this January. Full-time Heartsaver Cou: 3 Ti . Roselon Level: Tues pt. 27-Nov. 29, 7-9:30 p.m. $45. Programming starts September, 1989. Basic Office eee es Sept. 21-Dec. 14, 7-10 p.m., $97.50, Stonley Hum: phries Secondary School TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 45-7292 ext. 261 Interested students call Jan Lindsay, 365-7292, local 343 to discuss entry criteria and to have your name placed on a waiting list. isi RV ————CASTLEGAR CAMPUS ——__—_ Box 1200, , 8.C. VIN GI — Donations are income tax deductible and can be made in cash or by cheque at the Recreation Complex (365-3386).