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rnmmmmm I r 1 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989 Kentucky actor Ned Beatty takes a shine to Canada By Gwen Dambrofsky EDMONTON (CP) — Actor Ned Beatty may be wandering around the film set in dark sunglasses, but he’s no hoity-toity Yankee movie star.The sunglasses?Simple, it’s a bright afternoon.And this isn't some fake cardboard Hollywood set, it’s a quiet tum-of-the-century street in historic Fort Edmonton.Hey — how many American showbiz types drop names like “National Film Board” or “provincial arts council?” “I’m very fond of Canada,” explains Beatty, who made his name in the movie Deliverance.Beatty’s in Edmonton playing Sir William Cornelius Van Horne of Canadian Pacific Railway fame in Tom Alone, a TV-movie coproduced by Toronto’s Atlantis Films Ltd.and Edmonton’s Great North Productions.It also stars Nick Mancuso (Stingray) as Mountie Sam Steele and 16-year-old Noam Zylberman (The Outside Chance of Maximilian Click) as the fictional title character Tom, a boy who travels across Canada in search of his father.It’s one of those half-history, half-fantasy movies apparently inspired by the famous photograph of the last spike on the CPR—what if that young lad in the background was there because of some fabulous adventure?PREFERS CANADIAN Beatty says it’s the kind of story at which Canadian film-makers excel.He really means it, too — he considers our government-supported movie industry superior to the American studio-dominated system.That opinion is likely to set him apart from the majority of his colleagues in Los Angeles, where he lives.But Beatty is used to being the odd man out.After all, this is the actor who made his first big splash as the victim of a brutal rape in Deliverance — a role that would have sent most imageconscious thespians running for the macho safety of an aftershave commercial.He surely knew from the beginning he was destined for character parts — he’s bald, squinty-eyed and has that kind of no-neck fat that gets actors type-cast as sinister politicians or corrupt preachers.Beatty’s skill is in twisting the stereotype; in 1976 he won an Oscar nomination for playing an evangelical corporate tycoon in Network.Confining an actor’s scope is one thing, but Kentucky-born Beatty abhors the narrow light filmmakers have shone on his Appalachian brethren.They’re either the Dukes of Hazzard or the Beverly Hillbillies or, he admits a little ruefully, the grinning, banjo-plucking morons in Deliverance.FIGHTS IMAGE One way he’s combatting that image is through his long-time involvement with a government-subsidized media co-operative in Whitesburg, Ky.It started back in the early 1970s to support independent and novice film-makers in the state.He recently acted in a short drama produced there about the values southern men pass on to their sons.A less successful project was a premise he developed for a television series called My Old Kentucky Co-op.“The idea was there was this dying town in the mountains of Kentucky,” he explains.“Four or five people got together and started doing something together which would allow the town to remain there and thrive.” Beatty’s character would have been a blustery old coot who has real trouble getting through a sentence without swearing.When he’s approached to join the group, he puffs out his chest and warns: “Well, I’ll tell you one thing—if we call this a CO-operative, people around here are gonna call us CO-ommunists.” The problem was that network executives were worried the show promoted socialism.WRONG POLITICS “It didn't fly,” he says.“I can’t help but think the politics weren’t right.” Beatty also admires what he sees as our left-leaning tendencies in Canada.“Take socialized medicine.In the United States, if you have to go to a charity hospital, there’s no question you have to eat a pound of dirt and lose all your human dignity in order to go through the process.It’s just terrible.You don’t have that in Canada.You're a wonderful model for that.” Beatty says he’s never been a good capitalist.“I guess one of the reasons I’m not a big booster of capitalism is because I’ve never made any money having a dollar make a dollar.“I tried to invest in some things but I always lost money.Of course, they weren’t smart investments.Like the wind farm where the wind blew the whole farm over.And then I invested in some oranges and that turned out to be an eight-year lawsuit against the management of the orchard.” He laughs a hearty, honest — dare one say Canadian?— laugh: “I make a really good living and I’m one of those people who pretty much manages to spend it all.I just take my salary and blow it.” Eurythmies retreat from savage harshness on new disc By Bill Anderson The Canadian Press In some ways, the Eurythmies seem like the Miami Vice of pop music — bursting forth with dazzling panache in the mid-’80s, but rather stuck in time since then.The Eurythmies’ new album, We Too Are One, won’t do much to change that impression, but singer Annie Lennox suggests it is “a classic Eurythmies record” that encapsulates the band’s peculiar viewpoint.“We weren’t looking in retrospective,” the Scottish singer said by telephone from Copenhagen, Denmark.“But as the record was taking shape we started to realize that in a way it contained all the best aspects of what is identifiable in Eurythmies, which is probably something bitter-sweet in nature.” The new record certainly shows Lennox and partner Dave Stewart restored to a better balance between dark and light.Their pre- vious album, Savage, was a bleak, harsh disco-style record that reflected a run of personal problems Lennox had been having.Savage, not surprisingly, was a commercial disappointment, but Lennox stands by it artistically.“We look on ourselves as artists and sometimes we have to take the challenge of making music that might not be to everyone’s taste.” The Eurythmies always seem to be steering through conflicting currents.As former lovers who still work together, Lennox and Stewart are known for making strong, tensile pop music that is laden with contradictions—between man and woman, human and machine, pain and beauty, accessibility and aloofness, white rock and black rhythm n’ blues.“I’m not singing anybody else’s songs, they’re our songs, so they’re very personal,” Lennox says, “and each time that we perform them it’s almost a cathartic ritual that I personally have to endure, or enjoy.“And there are so many opposites going on all the time, between people adoring you and people despising you, that it’s a very curious existence.I rather look at it sometimes with a sense of detachment, and other times it’s painfully heightened for me and I want to get away from it because it’s too ugly.” Whatever the critics say about the new album — and the response has been diverse — Canadian pop fans have shown a keen interest, purchasing more than 100,000 copies in just five weeks.“Canada has always been a supportive and positive place for us to come,” Lennoxsaid.“Peopledon’t seem to have any difficulty in understanding us or appreciating us.” Some other noteworthy releases: who mix® jth athleti® SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 822-9692 soloist modern •is - THÉÂTRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE .Bishop’s University Lennox vîtk (Québec) Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy — A deeper album than anything Dylan has foisted on his fans in the last few years, mostly thanks to the spacious, moody sound created by Canadian producer Daniel Lanois.In the early going, songs like Political World and Everything’s Broken rock with the understated propulsion of J.J.Cale’s best work.By the fourth song, Ring Them Bells, the album begins to change character, becoming meditative, reflective and magically entrancing.Overall, it’s free of the Dylan pitfalls — thematic gimmicks, nasal wailing, gratuitous irony — and comes off like a sincerely crafted work that will stand the test of time.D.A.D.: No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims — Big sellers in their native Denmark, D A D.stands for Disneyland After Dark, a name that was compressed because Mickey Mouse lawyers probably wouldn’t get the joke.Oh well, metal heads with a brain and a sense of humor can have a laugh.Bassist Stig Pedersen — who made his limited skills official by creating a two-string bass — appears in concert wearing an air-raid helmet that shoots Roman candles.And on record, this band tears up the road with hard rock, speedy melodies and sly wit.A rare combo indeed.Happening Thang — Despite the neo-Eisenhower cover, this Australian band's first album is not a campy satire of country music.Although fun, the record also is heartfelt, with appreciative takes on various country styles — western swing, honky-tonk, bluegrass, even old time — and an engaging ’80s sensibility.Branford Marsalis: Trio Jeepy — A bit flat at first listen, this is a fine jazz record that develops with time.The sax-bass-drums format sometimes pleads for a piano, and there’s the odd bit of dissonant honking, but the collective improvisation is 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explain the distinction between an editorial position and an editorial cartoon.She refused to listen, stormed out and carried her squawk to Little Bobby Booubou who made sympathetic noises and offered copies from his collection of insults from western cartoonists.Who’s who By TADEUSZ LETARTE It was heard in the pages of the Sherbrooke Record last winter when a cartoon insulted Royal Orr by showing him hiding an empty gasoline can and feigning surprise how the fire in Alliance Quebec headquarters got started.It was heard again last summer when Skinheads planned a rally on a farm near Hatley.It was heard again last week when Graham Moodie invited the South African ambassador to address his students at Champlain College.WHAT IS THIS BOOBUS The Canadian Boobus is an inten-sely self-righteous bird.When threatened with the approach of a contrary opinion or a disturbing ADISQ — Quebec’s recording people want lots more French music MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec’s recording industry lobby will urge the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to raise the minimum of French-language songs played on Quebec radio to 65 per cent, its president announced this week.Andre Menard, president of the Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video — commonly known as ADISQ — said he will ask for a return to the 65-per-cent minimum when the CRTC holds public hearings here next Tuesday and Wednesday.In the 1970s, French-language radio stations in Quebec were obliged to play a minimum of 75 per cent of vocal music in French.But the minimum was lowered in the early 1980s to 55 per cent due to a scarcity of quality records in French, Menard said in an interview this week.“There are more good Quebec records today and good songs on every record,” Menard said.MONTREAL (CP) — The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will hold a gala reception in London on No v.23 to honor Hie Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.The gala will be hosted by Sir Ri-chard Attenborough, vice-president, and Kevin Billington, chairman, of the British Academy.It will be attended by ACCT chairman A1 Waxman and acting executive director Maria Topalovich.Quebec film-maker Denys Ar-cand will also be present for the British premiere screening of his film Jesus of Montreal.^Ihe Kidney Foundation Of Canada We can’t live without you__ idea, it stops its ears, shuts its eyes, stamps its feet and squawks until the danger is past.It is related to the Dodo but, far from becoming extinct, is flourishing as never before and its smug self-satisfaction permeates Canadian society like flatulence.* * * Professor Ronald Sutherland produced evidence last week that most of his bright young students at the Université de Sherbrooke knew nothing of Meech Lake and couldn’t care less.Little Bobby Boubou and his lieutenants, on the other hand, have been telling all Canada that a distinct society is the very least Quebecers will settle for.Professor Graham Moodie worried that his bright young students at Champlain CoUege were equally complacent over South Africa and so invited Ambassador Johannes Hendrick de Klerk to ratUe their brains.“This campus tends to be so dull and apathetic,” he said.“It’d be nice to see if people cared about South African issues.I wanted the kids to hear a real Afrikaner talk about his country.” But a fiecordeditorialist got her knickers in a twist over giving South Africa the right of free speech.She pointed out that Carlton University recently cancelled a similar invitation after students sqawked, and went on to speculate whether the denial of free speech might actually be justified to someone who “does not believe in this right himself.Otherwise he would not work for the South African Government.” “I’m not an apologist for South Africa,” Moodie found it necessary to point out, “but I’m not inviting him down so people can spend the day spitting at him.” But several people squawked that the ambassador should never have been invited in the first place and one local educator, characterized as “an expert on racial affairs,” suggested students shouldn’t even be Ustening.It is safe to suggest that if Walter Susulu or Winnie Mandela had been invited, there would have been no peep of protest.If President F.W.de Klerk were insulted in a Le Devoir cartoon or if the Women’s Institute planned a wild party at North Hatley there’d be no question of free speech.The Canadian Boobus is a bird that fervently believes in the wisdom and intelligence and right of free speech of all who agree with it.* * / HE’S A SHORTSIGHTED BIRD Both Sutherland and Moodie are justifiabley concerned over the complacency of their students.Instead of intellectual stimulation, challenges and excitement, instead of perilous enquiries into dangerous ideas, Canadians generally i prefer confirmation, comfort and complacency.The Canadian Boobus is a short-sighted bird.South Africa is changin daily.De Klerk is easing his governmental oppression and even allowed a remarkable anti-government rally by the illegal African National Congress which included threats of violence to the administration.He now plans a series of meetings with black leaders to work out constitutional compromises.But he also insists ‘group rights’ be constitutionally recognized to prevent the white minority form being overwhelmed by blacks.The ANC claims ‘group rights’ is an invention to preserve white domination and that the only hope for the country lies in individual human rights without regard to race, religion, creed or colour.HE SQWAKS FOR FREE SPEECH Which brings us back to Meech Lake.To compare Quebec to South Africa is as unpleasant as it is undeniable but here too demagogues insist ‘collective rights’ be constitutionally recognized to prevent the French minority from being overwhelmed by the English.Carmen Juneau, PQ MNA for Johnson, squawks; “Collective rights are more important!” Little Bobby Boubou insisted on that precedence when he invoked the notwithstanding clause.If Meech Lake is rejected and our dear queer Quebec chooses to separate, its Declaration of Independence must sound something like this: “When in the Course of Human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Pohtical Bands which have connected them with one another.a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to Separation.“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal — except Quebecers who are a distinct society — and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Promotion of that Dis-tincton.” Vous avez entre 18 et 35 ans?Vous possédez quelques expériences en cinéma?Vous êtes peut-être admissible au d'aiiii: DU CINEMA Centennial Theatre Bishop's University presents FAMOUS PLAYERS HcVship.hcS rnol and he!?onlv 3 months old.Hck got John Travel tah 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for those who can afford the equipment, but you’ll also need a large-screen TV to get any satisfaction from the picture.It’s presented in a letter-box format, which cuts the depth of the TV image to accommodate the film’s width.The idea is to achieve full viewing of the movie’s panoramic scenes, but you’ll suffer eyestrain well before the 218-minute epic has run its course.David Lean’s film biography of T.E.Lawrence, who helped unite the Arabs against the Turks during the First World War, is still an impressive piece of film-making with its sweeping images and big-name cast.But see it where it was intended to be seen — in a movie theatre.Scandal (Cineplex Odeon Home Video) — There have been coun- tless sex scandals involving politicians but the Profumo affair, which helped bring down a British government in 1964, was particularly juicy.Call-girl Christine Keeler was exposed as the mistress of Minister of War John Profumo while she was also sleeping with a Soviet naval attache.Scandal is a riveting story, even though it views events through one pair of eyes, Keeler’s.Its most compelling ingredient is the sensitive portrait of fall guy Dr.Stephen West by actor John Hurt.His West is a pathetic but always charming social-climber who cannot believe how his high-class friends run and hide when the heat is on.Keeler, played by Joanne Whal-ley-Kilmer, remains an enigma.Can she really have been as naive as her version of events suggests?Scandal shows her as an 18-year-old lost in a glittering world of politicians, parties and pot.But the other side is that Keeler sold her story to sleazy tabloids and now is cashing in on the scandal again, 25 years on.A World Apart (Astral) — The Pilsen 'IP32J23Ü Restaurant & Pub 55 Main St.North Hatley THANK YOU to all patrons of the Pilsen who encouraged us in our first year; our staff were very pleased to serve you.And now it’s time for our annual vacation.- We will close October 29 to November 13,1989 - We will REOPEN NOVEMBER 14,1989 We look forward to seeing you after November 14th to sample our new menu.Also, please plan early for your Christmas season “get-togethers” at the Pilsen.Thanks again for your patronage.Gilles & Gail Peloquin & Staff (819) 842-2971 evil of apartheid is tellingly portrayed in this moving film.Barbara Hershey turns in a powerful portrayal of journalist Diana Roth, a white woman who casts aside her middle-class background to join the black struggle against the repressive South African government.The film also examines the strains that build between Roth and her teenage daughter.The film’s strong anti-apartheid commitment is shown by the casting of South African actor Albee Lesotho as Solomon, a leading activist.The actor was jailed in 1984 for 18 months and has firsthand experience of detention and torture.Three Fugitives (Touchstone) —-A feast of laughs is the order of the day when Canadian funnyman Martin Short teams up with powerhouse Nick Nolte as mismatched partners in crime in a lively comedy that packs in slapstick and fast-paced action.Three Fugitives is a hoot from start to finish and yet has a classy feel with its top quality perfor- mances and production values.Short is at his best as an inept bank robber who gets everything wrong in his first heist and Nolte shines as the ex-con who unwillingly bails him out time and again.This is French writer-director Francis Verber’s American directing debut, although he’s known on this side of the Atlantic as the writer of La Cage Aux Folles and its sequel.Scenes From The Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (Nova) — It’s easy to poke fun at the Beverly Hills elite, but this wicked comedy is remarkably vicious.There’s not one likable character as a pretentious group of rich and randy swingers gets together for a bizarre weekend-long wake.Jacqueline Bisset is the saucy Clare, who’s just lost her husband.But that’s not going to stop her joining the party game of whom will end up sleeping with whom.At times Paul Bartel’s witty film fails to maintain its exhausting pace and tries too hard to shock.But this is still an original comedy that justifies a rental fee.The Dressmaker (Norstar Home Video) — This claustrophobic romantic drama, based on the Beryl Bainbridge novel, offers some good performances but fails to throw off its cloak of doumess and gloom.You know that the story of an adolescent’s first love for an American GI in wartime Liverpool is not going to end with wedding bells.But director Jim O’Brien allows bleakness to rule the day.Even the initial first meetings between Mississippi-bred soldier Wesley, Tim Ransom, and the diminutive teen Rita, Jane Hor-rocks, are joyless.Also available: For kids there’s Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (Norstar); General Video of Pickering, Ont., has Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni; and CBS-Fox offers three BBC Television thrillers.An Affair in Mind, After Pilkington and Christobel.Unpublished Stevenson is found and Humbert will become a star ATHENS, Ga.(AP) — An unpublished and nearly forgotten story by Robert Louis Stevenson will appear in the fall issue of the Georgia Review, the University of Georgia’s literary magazine.The story.The Enchantress, was written in pencil by Stevenson, probably in 1889 on a ship en route from Hawaii to Samoa, said an announcement Thursday from the university.The ailing author, who wrote Treasure Island and other classics, spent the last five years of his life on Samoa.The 27-page manuscript was held by private collectors until it was acquired recently by Yale University, the announcement said.Yale had not yet catalogued the story.David Mann, a professor at Miami University of Ohio, found it at Yale while doing research on another project and recognized it.Scholars had known of its existence and believe it is the last of Stevenson’s unaccounted-for completed manuscripts.LONDON (Reuter) — A parrot owned by former world motor racing championJames Hunt ruffled a few feathers Thursday when it beat six rival birds to star in a Christmas production of Treasure Island.Humbert, a 25-year-old African Grey, will start rehearsing how to perch on the shoulder of actor Frank Windsor, who will play the one-legged pirate Long John Silver.“It will be good to get him out of the house for a bit,” said Hunt.“Recently he’s had the annoying habit when I’m on the phone to friends of shouting “All right then, thank you, goodbye.’” LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — Zsa Zsa Gabor tried to sell the Rolls-Royce she was driving the day she slapped a Beverly Hills policeman for $125,000 US, but the car was back in her garage Sunday.Gabor withdrew the 1980 white Rolls-Royce Comiche from a Los Angeles auction late Saturday when bidding ended at $105,000, or $20,000 below her minimum price.“I still think my car is worth more but I am afraid to drive it in Beverly Hills because of all the publicity,” she said.“lam going to drive American cars only from now on.” The Gabor was driving the car in Beverly Hills on June 14 when she was stopped by motorcycle policeman Paul Kramer for having an out-of-date registration plate.She is due to be sentenced Tuesday for slapping the policeman, driving without a valid licence and having an open container of alcohol in her car.A second Gabor Rolls-Royce, a 1986 blue SUver Spur, was bought by a car dealer at the auction for $79,000.“I have just bought a wonderful horse ranch and it is expensive to run,” Gabor said.Wijl it keep Seating?RED CROSS ' Blood Donor Selling Now! 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(N.Y.Times) Ensemble Arion — Nov.23 Baroque Music Specialists — All Bach Prog.The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra Dec.4 Reserve Today! 822-9692 THÉÂTRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989-^5 A story of a mask-maker — and why the craft is still popular Introducing artist Julie Normand and her masks By Claudia Villemaire SHERBROOKE — The assignment couldn’t have been more in keeping with the season.The address number should have given me a clue — 77 — and certain descriptions by the artist in question should only have added to the mystery.But, unbelievably, it didn’t occur to me until I remembered her caution - “.the stairs will seem rickety but don’t be afraid — they have held up so far.And when you come in the door, it’s kind of sticky and the doorknob wobbles, but it will work.won’t fall off.” I found the house, sitting dankly beside a construction site where a new building rose two stories above number 77, casting a sombre shadow on what once was a rather stately brick edifice.The stairs creaked and seemed to sway a bit underfoot, the doorknob wobbled threateningly and a short dark hallway beckoned me towards the sound of voices and a bit of light seeping through cracks around the door.But, nothing untoward happened even though I knew it was Halloween and I had a rendez-vous with an artist who specialised in creating face masks.PAPIER MACHE My quest was an artist whose specialty is the creation of artistic masks.No, not the kind you see at the dépanneur with flat, monocolor faces and stylized eye slots.These are colorful creations, shaped patiently from layer-upon-layer of papier mâché, cunningly crafted with deep lines and wrinkles, bringing to mind the work of Picasso, chubby-cheeked, large, tumed-up noses, with pouting red lips forever voicing a silent Oooh! Julie Normand is slim, vivacious, eclectic.“I always loved drawing and I remember, as a child, filling solitary hours with drawings of families,” she recalls.Reared alone with an artistic mother who, even today, is renowned for her ability both as an artist and a teacher, resulted in many drawings by Julie.“I would picture entire families with parents, brothers and sisters and I would even make up dialogue and pretend they were talking.” It was quite natural that Normand continue studying Fine Arts when highschool days were done.“And of course, at Sherbrooke CEGEP, I was one of my mother’s students,” she laughed.“That was hard in some ways but the extra push she gave me is paying off today,” she adds.This vivacious artist doesn’t pinpoint any particular influence that started her off creating masks.But she speaks in glowing terms of trips to Mexico where color and Mexican traditions intrigued her.She also spoke often of her particular love of children and children’s z tales —as told by puppeteers since § time immemorial.Normand sees » her masks as representative of the £ roles modern society requires | people to play.“You see this one,” a | shining black half-mask with a g large nose, “I think it represents 01 the snobby face and airs we all put on sometimes,” Normand explained.PLAYWRIGHT Actually she is dreaming of writing a play, using the masks to portray the roles that both adults and children play as they progress in their lives.“We all constantly play roles.My masks can be viewed from this angle I think.And at the same time, people relate to them and sometimes get a surprising glimpse of themselves.” Lately Normand has branched out into watercolors.Again, her masklike features crop up in paintings that seem to have a strong influence of Chagall and Picasso.“I love bright colors and a good sense of humor,” she admits, laughing.OPENING ACT With several years of practice, travel and study under her belt, Normand is ready now to begin to market some of her work.With this in mind, the Normand collection will be a feature at Galerie Espace in Magog, opening this month.“They seem to like my work out there and are especially keen on the watercolors.So, they have invi- ted me to put out a display and for the first time, there’ll be price tag on it,” said Normand who hopes that her art will eventually be her means of support too.“I have done so many different jobs,” she recalls adding this seemed the only way to survive while practicing art.“I worked as a puppeteer for nearly four years with La Savate, a local company specialising in children’s shows.And, although it doesn’t leave much time to spend on art itself, I learned a great deal by being in the show and from our audience which were chil- dren most of the time.” Normand’s love for the youngsters and their openness was a major factor in developing the masks which already have earned a reputation as props in puppet shows and with dance companies in the area.Now, the masks and watercolors will be making a first, official public appearance in company with the actual artist.“It's quite a thrill for me and certainly a great encouragement,” said Julie Normand, yet another talented Sherbrooke native as she stands hopefully on the threshold of success. 6—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989 Scottish band called Texas finally has a debut album By Hillel Italie NEW YORK (AP) — A Scottish band called Texas is bound to cause some confusion.First of all, the group’s name comes from the film Paris, Texas, not the state.Also, their music shows no trace of Scottish roots, drawing rather on the folk and blues of such Americans as Ry Cooder and Elmore James.That’s one reason their debut album, Southside, took so long to make.As singer Sharleen Spiteri explained, finding a producer capable of understanding the viewpoints of four determined young musicians was nearly impossible.“We had the songs arranged for a long time and we really just needed someone to get us in the mood,’’ said Spiteri, 21, “but the producers always wanted to add a few keyboards or even a saxophone.“We just believed in our sound.We were very stubborn.We welcomed suggestions, but there were too many people.It becomes the producer and record company on one side, and the band on the other.” ASK NICELY Texas, Spiteri explained, is willing to take orders, but only if you ask nicely.The members prefer sitting down and discussing ideas, coming to decisions that reflect everyone’s input.“With four people you get different ideas, you get some interesting conversations.” They know how fortunate they are to just have a record.Growing up in Glasgow, unemployment was a stubborn fact of life from which music provided a cherished escape.“I came out of school and luckily enough got a job as a hairdresser,” Spiteri said.“A lot of people thought because I had such a secure job, one that a lot of people in Scotland would give their right arm for, I was crazy to give it up for a career in music.” GOT TOGETHER Texas was formed in the spring of 1987 when a friend introduced Spiteri to bassist John McElhone.They quickly wrote I Don’t Need a Lover, the album’s first single, which opens with a slide guitar influenced by Cooder’s soundtrack for Paris, Texas.“A lot of the people think the album’s about old relationships,” said Spiteri, who cited Linda Rons-tadt and Patsy Cline as influences.“I Don’t Want a Lover is male-female, but it’s also about everything that’s happened to us, the high unemployment in Scotland, the fact a lot of our family and friends are unemployed.” Amazonia: the road to the end of the forest — A CBC special By Stephen Nicholls The Canadian Press Television writer Amanda McConnell has been depressed since her trip to the Amazon basin last year, where she and a team of CBC film-makers spent nine weeks working on an upcoming documentary.“After quite a few months of reading and research, we went.But, of course, nothing can prepare you for what it’s like being there,” she said in an interview.“I've just been very depressed ever since.It’s kind of changed my life in a way because, although I’ve written about very bad subjects, this somehow has been the worst and the largest scale and the most heart-rending.” Amazonia : The Road to the End of the Forest, a two-hour report Sunday night on CBC, presents a grim picture of the ravaging of the Amazon rainforest.The film looks at the manmade threats to the rainforest, ranging from farmers’ slash-and-burn clearing to gold mining and flooding from hydro dams.It examines the historial context of today’s economic and ecological conflict and looks at some inhabitants who live in harmony with the forest, which is reduced by thou- sands of square kilometres every year.Some years, it’s been as much as 200,000 square kilometres — roughly four times the area of Nova Scotia.The consequences are catastrophic.Millions of plants and animals are literally going up in smoke.And the smoke is believed to be playing havoc with the earth’s atmosphere and climate.The destruction began in the 1970s when mechanized farming in southern Brazil forced millions of rural workers out of work.FREE LAND In response, the Brazilian government offered free land in the northern rainforest.More than three million people migrated to the Amazon basin, burning the forest to clear land.The film says the resulting smoke covers two million square kilometres of South America.The film’s photography illustrates the point.Some scenes look like they were shot through gauze.Actually, it’s haze from the smoke.The fires release carbon dioxide, which builds up in the atmosphere and traps the sun’s heat.Some scientists believe this greenhouse effect is warming the earth.Ironically, the cleared land is al- most useless for farming.When the trees are stripped away, the soil contains few nutrients.In contrast, natives and people who make their living tapping trees for latex, have been able to live in harmony with the natural elements.But their way of life is threatened by the invaders.When the rubber-tappers opposed the ranchers, who are supported by the law, violence erupted.The leader of the rubber tappers was murdered a few weeks after being interviewed for the CBC film.Sadly, the film offers no solutions.“There aren’t any simple answers,” McConnell says.“The reason it is so open-ended is that it requires massive changes, both in Brazil and in our world for anything to be done about it.“We’re proposing a series of a variety of personal changes, like don’t buy tropical wood ; a variety of activist changes, like joining various active organizations who are working on behalf of the rainforest; and some informational changes, and we give them a list of some books to read.“It’s part of the revolution that we need in the way people live and the way people think.” All Bach Programme and a Gazette) Ordination sh." ¦< .razor-si high degree 752Ù L Ensemble ARION Baroque music on Period instruments Thursday Nov.23 8:30 p.m.822-9692 THÉÂTRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE Getting a record deal was, surprisingly, the easy part for Texas, who now had guitarist Ally McErlaine and drummer Stuart Kerr aboard.The band signed with Phonogram in England.But making the album was an unwelcome lesson in the blues, starting when the young group headed for the United States to work with producer Bernard Edwards, the former bassist for Chic.“It never got very far,” Spiteri said.“We worked for a month and it was still very basic.We came back very upset.We were thinking how we spent so much money and so much time.” DO OWN THING They eventually hooked up with Tim Palmer, who had produced former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant among others.“It was quite a relief,” McErlaine said.“He just let us do our thing.” Everyone contributes to the songs, usually written around a guitar riff or bass pattern.“Ally will make changes and maybe I’ll change something and from that point we’ll rehearse it and see what happens,” Spiteri said.“Over the past 2Vi years, all the things that have happened forced us to put them into the songs.The feelings brought on by all the producers and studios rubbed off.” The songs Prayer for You, Faith, and The Future Is Promises all reflect the group’s struggle to make the record.McErlaine called that spirit a product of their upbringing, the determination to work hard and not compromise.“Prayer for You was the last song we wrote for the album,” Spiteri recalled.“It was a very basic acoustic guitar and vocal that we took into the studio and jammed on.Everything came out on it, it was a rehef .” Ustinov writes anywhere VANCOUVER (CP) — Being ready to start writing whenever the mood strikes can be a nuisance when trying to pass through airport security, says Peter Ustinov.The problem becomes clear when Ustinov, also an Oscar-winning actor, opens his corduroy sports jacket, revealing eight pens of varying sizes and colors clamped to his inside breast pocket.“Going through that security booth at the airport is absolute agony because I have to undo all the pens and put them into little trays and things and the people who work there are such unpleasant people on the whole.” Ustinov, apparently, is inclined to start writing whenever and wherever the mood strikes him.“I also have a couple of blocks of paper with me at all times, just in case.” Writing, he says, is a form of incontinence.Ustinov was in Vancouver to appear at the Vancouver Writers Festival, which began Wednesday and ends Sunday.His first works of prose fiction in 19 years, the two noveUas in The Disinformer (Doubleday Canada, $19.95), are the reason for his visit.The idea of his book—whose title story is about a retired spy who thrusts himself into an international bombing incident by inventing a fake terrorist organization — was not received well by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.NOT IMPRESSED “She asked me: ‘What are you doing now?’, as though she’d had contradictory information about something as unimportant as that.“I said I had been writing a book about a spy in retirement who was jealous of Peter Wright (author of Spycatcher) and she was rather taken aback and said: ‘He is not worth being jealous of.’ “I said to her: ‘How do you know, Prime Minister?You’ve never had a book banned by someone like you.’ And then she was taken away.” The genesis of the idea for the novella is unclear to Ustinov, he says, “but what probably started me off is that we’re so acquiescent these days that if a motorcar blows up in the street or the front is blown off a house then the newscaster for the next 48 hours says nobody has yet claimed it, as though it were something left in the lost-property office.“Then, when the terrorists deem the moment to be right, it’s suddenly claimed by some obscure organization that nobody has ever heard of.” Ustinov, who works in longhand (“If I could type I’d rather play the harpsichord”), is his own editor and he does all of his work in one draft.“I can’t continue if I think something is wrong,” he says.“I have to go back and put it right, so that there is a direct line that is consistent.My mind works at the speed of a pen.” He can’t understand why people need editors.“If you’re self-indulgent you write down everything that comes into your mind and you call that literature.In a way, that’s immature.I’m very, very finicky.I’m absolutely horrified at the use of the wrong word or too long a description.” Editors, he says, are unknown in Europe and are “a purely transatlantic device to create employment, which is like much of the overstaffing that is American.” "The Kidney ^ Please sign an Foundation organ donor card.1 of Canada today. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 198»-7 The author could have been more careful in her historical footnotes Walking the Line — by Marian Botsford-Fraser R! AN gp.lfSf 0*0 fSASER mvus aoHsj ni[ BQWÜ k Walking The Line by Marian Bot-sford Fraser (DOUGLAS & McIN-TYRE): $24.95, 218 pp.Intrigued by the physical and psychological properties of “the world’s longest undefended border”, Marian Botsford Fraser set out to traverse most of its length, offering her analysis of the love/ hate relationship between the bor-derfolk of Canada and the United States in the form of this book.Initially conceived as “a series of documentaries for the CBC Radio program ‘Ideas’, a four-hour series in 1986 and a five-hour series in 1987”, Fraser’s exploration of the U S./Canadian border begins in the east, where a hoop of iron around a yellow birch tree indicates the source of the St.Croix River in Maine/New Brunswick.Her travels westward, across the broad expanse of Canada, take her to the location of a bronze monument that was placed beside the Beaufort Sea on the 141st meridian between Alaska and the Yukon Territory.FRASER JUST A JOURNALIST Fraser, armed only with the tools of a modern investigative journalist — curiosity, electronic notetaking apparatus, and a wealth of written documentation about the border and its history — manages to flesh out what might have been just another historical treatise with interesting first-person confessions about the border and its people.Of local interest is Fraser’s chapter titled “The Lie Of The Land — The False 45th Parallel”, which incorporates information about Beebe, Stanstead, and Stanhope, Quebec, with details about Derby Line, and towns such as Newport and Canaan, Vermont.Like a latter-day Somerset Maugham, Ms.Fraser descends on a quiet town like Derby Line to pick the brains of its inhabitants (usually one representative interviewee), and then provides a portrait of her subject which is not always flattering.In addition to some rather snarky shots at the folk she uses for her book’s ammunition, Fraser is uncompromising in her rendering of the scenes she encounters.Rock Island/Derby Line are described as follows : “Now, this bend in the Kaleidoscope By RICHARD LONEY Tomifobia River is neither productive nor lovely.It is forgotten.Its history is obscured, built over and built over.The old river buildings, the mill and the factories are frail sentinels; their guts have been worked over by vandals and time.The IGA supermarket and its parking lot sit over the river above the ruins of the old mill, under the sidewalks it is hollow where the canal once ran.The centre of Rock Island is rotted at the heart, and the long, straight ridge on the American side, above Derby Line, is a cemetary”.When she moves on to the Beebe area, she interviews anti-nuclear waste activist Chick Schwartz, his wife Marsha, and their friend Jean Choquette, who were vocal in their opposition to the proposed dumping site for nuclear materials in northern Vermont.Valerie Cerini and Howard Smith, former editors and publishers, respectively, of the Stanstead Journal, are also interviewed, and offer a perspective on Knowlton’s Landing and the Geor-geville areas.The Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, the Fenian Raids, and some of the history of Lake Champlain, are also discussed by Fraser as she moves across the Quebec/Vermont/New York Frontier.GREAT READING BUT While the history makes for interesting reading, given its local slant, there is one caution, however The book appears to have received scant editorial attention, given the glaring errors in fact and direction represented by the following statements: “At dawn on the following day, I left Rock Island/ Derby Line.To go east towards Lake Champlain along the 45th parallel, you must choose a route around Lake Memphremagog".If Fraser headed east from that area of Vermont she would soon hit the New Hampshire border, but obviously she meant “west”.Her editor should also have pointed out to the writer that when she says “People in Quebec and Vermont remember the 1972 Montreal Olympics”, most of us do indeed recall those games, but they were celebrated in the summer of 1976, were they not?Such casual errors in numbers and directions put much of Fraser’s historical findings under suspicion, and indeed she relies on a great deal of background information to tell this international story.The Maine/New Brunswick border, the Great Lakes area with special attention to the twin Niagara Falls eyesores, the American and Canadian Saults, as well as the vast prairie regions along the 49th parallel, are given separate attention in Walking The Line.The story of the British Columbia/Washington/Idaho border struggles, and the Yukon/Alaska disputes come in for their fair share of analysis, as well.For the casual reader the details about historical border disputes — “54/40 Or Fight”, “Lundy’s Lane”, or the Aroostook War — bring the long history of our border relations with the United States into clearer perspective.Fraser might have been more judicious in her choice of some of the footnotes to history, choosing to leave some of these out and regaling the reader with more of the first-person reactions to the dilemma of living along the border, and IN 1;5_ VO* J.\ FREEPS* its attendant schizophrenia.But her book, as we have it, makes for interesting reading, particularly in light of the reactions to Free Trade across Canada, and the new tremors in the body politic created by Meech Lake and its precarious future.RECORD REVIEWS Neil Young Freedom (REPRISE—WEA) After a long succession of “flavour of the month” albums, with Neil Young's fans never knowing if his next emanation might be heavy metal, doo wop, or psychedelic fuzz-tone guitar material, the boy from Canada hits with an old style record.Young’s latest has elements of some of his best work such as Harvest or After The Gold Hush, with acoustic tracks mixed in with the harder material, and wistful tunes such as “Wrecking Ball” hearkening back to soft favourites such as “Til The Morning Comes”.Not that the chaotic Young has been excised completely: there’s still the Cream inspired frantic instrumentation on “Don’t Cry”, and a totally unnecessary cover of ““On Broadway”, with Young alluding to the destruction of Times Square with some frantic yelling about “Give me that crack” at the end of the old Drifters’ classic.Acoustic guitar dominates on “Hangin’ On A Limb”, one of the prettiest Young compositions in quite a while, with Linda Ronstadt adding a harmony vocal.She is present on “The Ways of Love”, also, and manages to keep Neil on key on some of the trickier passages of this little country tango.Several tracks are hard to figure, but for those who viewed Neil’s totally blitzed out performance on the Band’s Last Waltz film, the logic gaps on some of these songs might be attributed to the vast quantities of white powder that have found Neil’s proboscis to be a suitable home.He may have it in for corporate sponsorship in rock, but calling his production team “The Volume Dealers”, and lacing his lyrics with references to “busts”, getting a hit, crack, “you don’t know which drug is right”, or one of the verses of “No More”, proves that Neil Young still finds the drug culture fascinating.Perhaps the explosion of guitar sounds on the end of “On Broadway” are supposed to represent the futility of the drug business, but groups like Guns & Roses are going to make more of a positive impact on today’s youth with their drug stance, than Young’s flirting with the stuff that almost finished off the best band he ever performed with — Crosby.Stills, Nash & Young — and indeed managed to kill his guitarist in Crazy Horse, Danny Whitten (not to mention a roadie named Bruce Barry).Freedom will place Neil Young back in the mainstream of rock and roll, thanks to the guitar part on “No More”, which recalls Young triumphs like “Cinammon Girl”, and anthemic ditties like "Rockin' In The Free World”, which should lend themselves to the forced spontaneity of stadium handclapping and swaying, ecstatic audience participation rites.Watch for Neil to take to the road to promote the daylights out of this “comeback" album.Billy Joel Storm Front (COLUMBIA) It’s been a while since Billy Joel went into the studio to cut a fresh set of tracks, what with the double Russkie set celebrating his tour of the Soviet Union and some hit packages intervening since his last session work.Working with Foreigner’s producer Mick Jones, Joel appears to have hit gold or platinum already with his allusion-packed song “We Didn’t Start The Fire”.This tune highlights every year between '49 and ’89, listing the cultural and political names that conjure up segments of world history as lived by Americans over the past forty years.Joel lists them, merely, paying attention to the flow of the words, such as in this pairing of years, 1955: “Einstein, James Dean.Brooklyn’s got a winning team/Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland”, and 1956: “Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev/Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez”.With this tune Joel appears to be saying that his generation is getting a little tired of hearing about how they’ve got the country and the world in such a mess, and he just wants to set the record straight as to how much has gone down for the past four decades.Other tracks include an update of his fun song “Upton Girl”, obviously written for his bride at that time, Christine Brinkley.This time out Joel sings “That’s Not Her Style”, which appears to be an autobiographical reply to critics who think that his lady Christie is some kind of yuppie princess who “wines and dines with Argentines and Kuwaitis/After she sips margaritas on the White House lawn”.Not so, says Billy, “That’s not her style I can tell you.Because I’m her man”.The tender song “Leningrad” obviously was inspired by the Russian tour, while “The Downeaster Alexa’” is a reminder that Joel used to autobiographically claim to be from Oyster Bay, Long Island, as this track laments the scant fishing to be found along the American east coast.With Mick Jones’s production of fering up a much different kind of feel to his songs, compared to earlier work with Phil Ramone, Billy Joel hopes that Storm Front can win back some of the millions he claimed to be bilked out of by unscrupulous management personnel during his formative years. 8—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989 WHAT’S ON Notes Townships Magazine, the one that comes on Cable 11 four times per week, is coming backa this week with interviews on location at Palais des Sports — talking to some Sherbrooke Canadiens stars; an interview with Jean Charest, Minister of State for Amateur Sports and Susan Mastine about Townshippers’ Association.So stay tuned for some lively features each week, filmed on location.There is one hitch however — the show is cut to 30 minutes.Armistice Day is coming up and of course there will be plenty of television, radio and printed reminders of our gallant men and women’s valor during the great wars.But there’s also a special film, available free of charge to anyone or group who requests it that tells the tale of the Korean War and the important role Canadian troops played.Titled Korea: Canada’s Forgotten War, presented by the War Amputations of Canada in conjunction with the Koreans Veterans’ Association of Canada, this film takes viewers to the battle areas and monuments in Korea that are part of our nation’s history and pays tribute to the soldiers who fought and lost their lives in a war that most Canadians knew very little about.The film is based primarily on the engagements of three of Canada’s senior infantry regiments in the war: the Royal Canadian Regiment, the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and the Royal 22nd Regiment (better known as the famous ‘Vandoos’.The film, 55 minutes long, is part of the War Amps Never Again film series which are funded by corporate donations.Video cassettes may be borrowed on loan, free of charge by contacting The War Amputations of Canada, 2827 Riverside Drive, Ottawa K1V 0C4, Telephone: (613) 731-3821.THIS WEEK ON CBC Man Alive with host Peter Downie presents the compelling documentary Nicholas on Tuesday, Nov.7 at 9:30.Nicholas recounts the story of Rhonda and Emerson McCullough of Digby, Nova Scotia and their struggle to win the right to a normal, loving family life for their son who is severely physically and mentally disabled.ft» AxilP a modem dance company puts on a show called Traitcioires.See EVENTS.By Claudia Villemaire Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa’s first visit to Canada plays an important part in CBC’s live coverage of Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa.Tragic scenes of war are vividly described in a new musical work by Edmonton composer Alfred Fisher.Diary of a War Artist premieres on radio the eve of Remembrance Day, Nov.10 at 8 on CBC Sterio’s Arts National.It features the Orford String Quartet, clarinetist Stan Fisher and narrator Hugh A.Halliday.CTV HIGHLIGHTS Saturday, Young Riders hits the tube with an episode called Ten Cent Hero, at 7.The CTV Movie on Sunday brings Crocodile Dundee in a tale that takes the brash adventurer to New York city.Air time is 9.Anything But Love tells the story of Woman on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown — at 9:30.And if you keep waking up all night and finally give up on sleep you could always catch some Video Gold after 5 in the morning — starting time depends on when the last movie finishes.ETV THIS WEEK On Sunday, the first of a two-part series called Glory Enough for All — the turbulent true story of one of this century’s greatest medical miracles, the discovery of insulin.At 9.Monday, Travels takes a romantic trip through Paris on a barge.At 8.Tuesday NOVA studies hurricanes — the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal areas — by flying straight into one.Airing at 8.Thursday, Jean Stapleton stars in the comedy series Trying Times playing a recently widowed woman who finds a job at a Burger Guy fast-food franchise, working for a tyrannical 19-year-old manager.Showtime is 11.Friday Great Performances present a farce by master farceur Alan Ayckbourn called Relatively Speaking at 9.Events The Sherbrooke and District University Women’s Club will welcome Clifford Lincoln as their guest speaker at a dinner meeting slated for Thursday, Nov.9 at Auberge des Gouverneurs, 3131 King West, Sherbrooke.The evening’s topic is the Environmental Issue.Dinner begins at 5:30.The modern dance company called Axile will present their new show at the University of Sherbrooke Nov.4, 10 and 11.There are three choreographies titled Relais, Chère Helene and Femme.That’s in La Petite Salle at 8 each evening.A musical group called Groupe Show will present their latest music and song Nov.11 and 12 at 8.The show includes more than 40 players on stage, turning out in 150 costumes in a constantly changing program of song and dance.The Quebec Family History Society will hold a meeting at La Maison du Brasseur, 2901 St.Joseph, La-chine, Quebec on Nov.14.Guest speaker is Joan Ca-dham on the theme The Size W’s—Where do I go from here.Meeting starts at 7:30.As of Oct.16 until Dec.17, the Louis S.St-Laurent National Historic Site will receive visitors on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 12 and 1 to 4.On week days, groups only will be able to visit the site on reservation.For information, contact France Provencher — telephone (819) 835-5448.A Super Halloween Party is organized for kids between 6 and 11 years of age at the Centre Ward Community Centre at 400 Galt St.W., Friday, Nov.3 from 6:30 to 9.Organizers are planning an evening of fun and frolic for the youngsters.The only obligation is.It’s a costume event.Better get digging in the attic and dust off that imagination as they also have some great prizes too.Admission is $1.50.There’s an evening of 40’s-type music and dining coming up in Bromont every night from Nov.11 to 18.L’Auberge Bromont will feature the music of Benny Goodman by the duo of clarinettist Jean-Guy Boisvert of the Amadeus group and Lorraine Prieur on piano.The presentation will accompany a gourmet meal in keeping with the 40’s era, prepared by Chef Charles.For information and reservations call Elaine Plamondon at (514) 534-2200 or 1-800-363-8920.A benefit dinner organized by l’Association Régionale pour le Loisir et la Promotion des Personnes Handicapées en Estrie is set for Nov.11 downstairs at Cathédral St-Michel at 5:30.The association’s goal is to raise money for several projects including outdoor activities, sports and social events.At the same time, awards will be presented to the 16 handicapped athletes who competed successfully at Jeux Multi-Sport ’89 held in Baie Comeau.The Periodical Writers Association of Canada offers a public seminar on freelance writing on Saturday, Nov.18 at the Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Street, Montreal, from 10 till 3.Registration at the door begins at 9:30 -— the fee is $30, $25 for students with valid ID, and includes a copy of The Write Way, a book that furnishes guidelines for enhancing writer/ editor relationships.The Genealogy Society of the Eastern Townships will hold their regular monthly meeting Nov.7 at Edifice des Services Récréatifs et Communautaires, 1215 Kitchener, Sherbrooke, begingning at 8.Guest speaker is Réné Beaudoin talking about Pierre Sales de Laterrière.The United Church Women of Calvary United Church, Pleasant Street, Sutton are holding their Annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Nov.11 from 1:30 to 4.Baked goods, crafts, nearly new articles and, of course, tables for tea are all featured.What a spot for some particular Christmas shopping and a bite or two of sweets.Music The second in the 89-90 Music Chez Nous series from the Department of Music at Wisftaf't Mnitenfitp will feature two well-known Eastern Townships pianists: France Dupuis and Tom Gordon.Offering a program of all two-piano repertoire they will perform works by Mozart, Robert Schumann, Darius Milhaud and Rachmaninoff.The concert will take place Friday, Nov.10 at 8:30 in Centennial Theatre on the IBtkhop’s Hmbrrsitp campus.Tickets are on sale at the Centennial box office at $5 ($3 for students and seniors).For info, call the Department of Music at (819) 822-9642.Internationally renowned Scottish harpist William Jackson will give a concert Nov.18 at the Unitarian-universalist Church in Derby Line, Vermont.Jackson’s talents, which include playing traditional Scottish harp, the Clarsach, also extend from sensitive interpretations and creative arrangements of traditional Scottish music to his own warm and evocative compositions, such as Wellpark Suite The concert is scheduled for 8 — admission is $5 U.S./$6 Cdn.For info call (819)876-2805 or (802)873-3454.There’s a Peace Concert and Annual Forum planned for 8 o’clock at Plymouth Trinity Church, comer of Dufferin and Montreal Streets, Sherbrooke on Nov.11.Proceeds from the benefit concert will go to the Innu defense fund to help the native peoples of Labrador and northeastern Quebec in their current campaign against low-level flights and other military exercises.A Chilean group, local jazz musicians and performers of folk music with Irish overtones will make up a most enjoyable program.An added attraction is a modem dance troupe from Montreal.Special guest musician is Innu Gabriel Jourdain performing traditional Innu music.Tickets, at $6 may be purchased at the door or at the Video Club in LennoxvUle.Reservations may also be made by calling 569-9787.The concert is the concluding event for the Annual Peace Forum which begins Friday night and runs all day Saturday, Nov.11, with workshops and conferences, at College Mont Notre Dame.The St.Lambert Choral Society returns by popular demand for a concert at St.Andrew’s Church in Sherbrooke on Nov.5.More news next week.Be there for 3 Sunday afternoon.There will be an organ recital in St.George’s Anglican church, Georgeville on Saturday, Nov.4 at 5.Guest artist is Peter Hawkins and is being held to inaugurate the new Baldwin organ presented to the church by the Price family.Hawkins, an accomplished organist, originally from England, is currently organist and choirmaster at St.George’s Church, Place do Canada, Montreal.He will present a program of works by Bach, Purcell and romantic composers. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989—9 David Sorensen has an exhibition at the University of Sherbrooke.See EXHIBITIONS.The recital is free but donations at the door will be gratefully accepted.A Benefit dance with all proceeds going to the Lennoi.ville Volunteer Fire Department “Jaws of Life” Fund is slated for the Len Pub Nov.3 and 4 with Mountain Dew doing the musical honors.Music gets underway at 9 and admission is $4 per person.Another benefit dance is scheduled at the Burroughs Falls pavilion.This one is for the Massawippi Valley Horsemanship Association and the Silver Eagles will be producing the foot stompin’ music for the event.That’s Nov.4, beginning at 9.They are selling advance tickets out that way for $2.50, but at the door admission will be $3.For info, call Maureen Loach — 843-9256.Marc Gabriel will bring his latest compositions to his show slated for the University of Sherbrooke Salle Maurice O’Bready on Tuesday, Nov.7 at 8.And on Armistice Day, the Magog Branch — Royal Canadian Legion will hold their annual Armstice Day Dance — Nov.11 — with the Bolton Brothers doing the honors.In keeping with the resurgence of Country Music in the Richmond-town area, more particularly at Le Motel Le Marquis, in their new bar called Salle Le Grand Due, November brings Country Fever with Steve Aulis and his goodwife Jessie putting the frosting on country music singing.They’ll be on hand every Friday and Saturday at the IN spot, just up the hill on Craig Road, not far from the intersection of route 116 and 143.Of course, Steve will be especially fetching in his silky whiskers and everyone is on the look out for those two anonymous callers who made all kinds of promises! ! ?! ) but wouldn’t identify themselves last week.Coming to the Hut, (Army, Navy and Air Force Association) in Lennoxville is the Rocky River Band for the month of November.They’ll tune up every Saturday night around 9 and won’t put their music away until 1.The night starts early and, if you’ve a mind, leave time for one more stop before you head home.While we’re talking about the Hut, don’t forget St.Andrew’s Day comes around again on November 30.I’m not sure if the folks down there had this in mind but they have planned a special evening for the lovers of all that is Scottish including the skirl of the pipes.The Eastern Townships Pipe Band will be donning those tartans again, tuning up the reeds and putting on a show of Scottish music and dancing in between regular country music sets on November 25.They did the same last year, and folks talked long and loud about their enjoyable evening on Scottish Music night.So, mark you’re calendar, pin on a bit of the ‘plaidie’ and get your dancin’ feet and listenin’ ears down to the Hut for this event.The Good Ole Boys have moved back to the Motel Bretagne, near the Waterville turn on the Stanstead highway.That great reputation for lively, traditional country follows them too so go on out and take a listen to these talented people.They’re makin’ music Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons all month.Exhibitions The Bishop’s University-Champlain Art Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of oil and oil-pastel paintings called the Luncheonette Series by Quebec artist Jenny Jasper until Friday, Nov.17.Découpage — A Gift from the Past — an exhibition by Nora Dunton at Uplands Museum in Lennoxville continues until Nov.5.There’s still one workshop scheduled by the artist on Nov.4, at 3.Museum hours are from 1 to 5, except Mondays.At Musée du Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Centre d’Exposition Léon Marcotte, till November, the history of mothering, from swaddling to Pablum, and to the electronic nanny is represented in the exhibition titled Mother and Child.Now showing at Foyer de la Salle Maurice O’Brea-dy — an exhibition of photographs by Lynne Cohen.Open Monday to Friday from 12:30 to 5, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 to 10 and Sundays from 1 to 4.Also at the University, ongoing exhibitions by Bernard Rousseau and David Sorensen At Galerie Horace, 906 King St.W., Sherbrooke, an unusual event - an auction of works by artist-members of the gallery after a month-long exhibition of their works.Tlie exhibition by 29 artists will open tonight in Salle 1 and continue until auction day Nov.26 at 1.The exhibition opening tonight begins at 8.Also opening tonight at Galerie Horace is another display of recent works by Gilles Larivière, who works in wood sculptures, titled CONTES/DE-COMPTE.That’s also at 8.Arts Sutton presents an exhibition of well-known artists opening Nov.7 at 2 and continuing each week from Thursday to Sunday from 12 to 5.Works by Sylvain Boulanger, Anna di Giorgio, Thérèse Huard, Jane Kantor and Stansje Plantenga.For info call (514) 538-2563.At the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook, Yvan-Louis Roy is presenting his recent work to the public.The show continues until Nov.12.The Musée Laurier in Arthabaska opened an exhibition titled 60 Ans, 60 Oeuvres, 60 Artistes on Oct.8.The event is part of the 60th anniversary celebrations and activities at the museum, representing the work of 60 Quebec artists.The exhibition continues until Nov.7.Museum hours are Monday to Friday from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 — Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5.The firm of Raymond, Chabot, Martin, Paré located at 455 King St.W.in Sherbrooke officially opened an exhibition by the three first-place winners of the Metiers d’Art de l’Estrie competition recently.The show will continue until Dec.8.Featured are the works of Sylvie Boisclair, Annette Huet and André Godbout.At the Rose Window today is the day that a jury will begin looking at works entered in their third open Art Competition.Once selections have been made, the best works as selected by this jury will go on display starting Nov.24.You remember our recent Townships Week star Emoke de Galocsy?Now this talented artist is bringing her work out for all to see.Her exhibition opens at the Caisse Populaire St.Jean de Brebeuf, 2105 King West, Sherbrooke.The show opens Sunday, Nov.5 with a vernissage.Viewing hours are Monday to Wednesday from 10 to 3, Thursday from 10 to 8 and Friday from 10 to 6.The exhibition continues untU Nov.30.A travelling art collection owned by Union Vie Mutual will be on display at Musée des Beaux Arts on rue Palais in Sherbrooke beginning Saturday and continuing until Dec.3.The Sherbrooke exhibition is the last stop in a year-long tour across the province.At Haut 3 Impérial at 154 Cowie, Granby, an exhibition by Denise Coté titled Coté Irrationeiopens Nov.5 and continues until Dec.3.The vernissage is scheduled for 1:30 Sunday.The Cowansville artist Myriam Bardoul will exhibit her latest work at the gallery l’Espace at 497 Main St.West in Magog from Nov.4 to 14.Gallery hours are Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5, Thursday and Friday from 1 to 9.The Sherbrooke Historical Society has prepared yet another eye-opener exhibition.This one links our elected deputies and members of parhament with the signs of the zodiac and leaves the viewer to devise which signs fit.The exhibition, titled Etes-vous Dépu-té(e) Non, je suis Bélier begins today and continues until February, 1990.At Galerie Jeannine Blais in North Hatley, an exhi- bition titled by Guy Boulizon Saturday, Nov.4 and continues until Monday, Nov.13.Gallery hours are from 10 till 5 everyday.Last but not least is a collection of diamond jewellry which has been on in Sherbrooke for the past couple of weeks.We heard about it yesterday and although this is the last day of the show, anything to do with diamonds seemed to merit a last minute push.So, for those folks who get this paper before noon, hurry on down to Bijoutier Ronald Fortier on Wellington North in Sherbrooke and feast your eyes on the stuff of dreams.The show closes at 5, so don’t waste any time.It’s a one-of-a-kind display, well worth taking a peek at.Each piece is a unique design by master jewellers.But you can buy one.The only catch is the time it takes as the collection itself is not for sale.Your choice would be a duplicate of a collection piece.But patience is easy when you’re waiting for the diamond jewel of your dreams - right! Movies We have great movie news this week.The WMm’t ®mbrr*it?Film Society is being rejuvenated.They used to screen first-run movies in Centennial Theatre for about 20 years before they fell on hard times.Of course, the fact they never made any cash could be the main reason the student government decided to cut this activity out.But now, SRC VP Media Colin MacLachlan has decided to rebuild the society.So the first film presentation will be that famed summer classic hit, Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson battling it out on the giant screen at Centennial on Wednesday, Nov.8.There’ll be two screenings, one at 6:30, the other at 9:30.For further info on this important return of the ociety or about the ‘cape crusader’, call (619) 822-9697.Continuing this week at the Cinéma Carrefour -— Look Who’s Talking, rated G.This comedy is totally delightful, the script is great and Bruce Willis comes on in one of his strongest roles.Curtain rises Saturday and Sunday at 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20 and 9:30.Weekdays: 7:20 and 9:30.And Black Rain goes out to Cowansville.Starring Michael Douglas, this film was a winner during its stint here in Sherbrooke.Showtimes are Monday and Tuesday at 7:15 and 9.All other nights curtain rises at 7:15.Tuesday is ‘specials’ night with admission down to $3.75.At Merrill’s Showplace — Parenthood with Steve Martin in one of his best roles.Curtain rises at 6:50 and 9:15 Friday, Saturday and Sunday with matinées at 1:45.Week nights the film begins at 7:20 Sea of Love begins this week starring A1 Pacino.Curtain rises at 7 and 9:20 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Weekdays at 7:25 with matinées Saturdays and Sundays at 2:05.Shocker is the third film featured for Halloween week.Rated R, shows begin Friday, Saturday and Sunday at9:25, Monday to Thursday at 7:30.The new film this week is Next of Kin with Patrick Swayze.Curtain rises Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:10 and 9:20, weekend matinées at 2:06 and weekdays at 7:26.A 1ft—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989 Travel Yemen tries to save architecturally rich capital city By James Anderson SAN’A, North Yemen (Reuter) — Forgotten tor centuries by outsiders, the Yemeni capital of San’a is an ancient architectural jewel.Houses up to nine storeys tall, some leaning gracefully askew, stand in a compact jumble within the city walls.Weathered facades of soft brown brick are decorated with zig-zag bands of white plaster.Streets are shady, stone-walled canyons where women tread shyly, faces veiled, and men strut with curved daggers displayed in their belts.High above, on the uppermost floors, are airy rooms with arched windows.There, men lounge on cushions in the afternoons to chat, smoke, and forget life’s cares under the influence of qat, a bitter leaf and a mild stimulant that almost all Yemenis love to chew.Round minarets and green patches of garden accent the clustered rectangles of the high houses.The oldest mosque was established on the orders of the prophet Mohammed early in the sixth century, when rainfall on the South Arabian mountains had already nourished civilization for 2,000 years and San'a was a flourishing trade centre on the route between India and Egypt.CAN IT BE SAVED?But can the city that took centuries to develop survive in the age of concrete, glass and steel?Or wiU old San'a, now surrounded by a more modem city 10 times its size, be remade in the image of the West?"We have a moral responsibility,” said Abdulrahman al-Haddad, a Paris-educated civil servant who heads the North Yemen government’s executive office for the preservation of the old city of San'a.“ It is a duty to pass the old city to future generations,” he said in an interview.He is counting on the discovery of San’a and other historic North Yemeni towns by tourists to provide an economic motive for preservation.About 100,000 visitors arrived last year.Numbers will continue to grow as modern transportation and communications, a decade of political stability and the discovery of modest oil deposits open up one of the world’s least-known and most fascinating places.Alerted by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, nearly a dozen foreign governments have sent funds, experts or volunteer help to San’a.RESTORES SECTION Restoration work has begun on a section of the city’s decayed fortifications.Controls are in force to prevent alterations in style by private owners of the nearly 7,000 tower houses.Haddad’s office, established four years ago, has almost finished its first major restoration project, which he calls “the Hilton of 16th-century San’a.” Samsarah an-Nahass (the coppersmiths’ market) had been neglected since produce and imports began arriving by truck instead of camel or donkey.The restorers have changed it only slightly for use as a handicraft centre.Yassin al-Ghaled, a Soviet-trained architect, shows visitors how the grey stone arches of the ground floor, where animals were stabled, and the mezzanine, where travellers stored their goods, have been made as straight and clean as new.On the upper levels, where visitors slept, bricks have been relaid using a traditional mixture of mud to hold them together.Even timber beams have been plastered over in rounded, irregular shapes, moulded by hand without the flat surfaces and sharp comers produced by a trowel.“It’s like a sculpture,” said Gha-led.“We cannot preserve this building for its original purpose because the function has been lost.But at least there is harmony with its new function as a handicraft centre.The building itself is a kind of handicraft.” Ghaled said waste was not a problem in the old city.He explained how lavatories were constructed so that human waste could be dried for fuel to heat public baths and the ashes used to fertilize gardens.“Now we see garbage everywhere because of the plastic bags and bottles of the new civilization.” Almost all San’a’s tower houses are still lived in as they were meant to be, by single large families.The population of the old city is about 56,000, roughly what it has been in times of prosperity through the centuries.“There are only about 50 houses standing empty and neglected,” says Haddad, “but they are the 50 best and biggest, the palaces of rich families who have moved to new homes outside the old city.” Haddad’s organization has neither the funds to repair the old houses nor the authority to compel owners to do so, although he hopes to create a fund for interest-free loans to assist private restorations.“Yemenis would not understand if we did the repairs ourselves,” he said.“They would ask ‘Why are you fixing the houses of rich men and doing nothing for the poor?’” Spain attracts more tourists than any other country Spain attracts more tourists than any other country in the world, but most are Europeans on low-cost holidays.To encourage more upscale visitors — particularly from Canada, the United States and Japan — Spain is spending millions on construction and advertising.By Jim Sheppard MALAGA, Spain (CP) — The garish yellow-and-green sign assaults the eyes and mind.Molly McGuire’s Pub!! it shrieks beside the busy coastal Sherry is like Spanish sunshine in a glass.North Americans usually sip it at room temperature — much to the horror of Spanish connoisseurs.Here’s a short course in the art of enjoying sherry.By Jim Sheppard JEREZ, Spain (CP) — Jose Luis Barrones’ portly frame shuddered like the proverbial bowl full of jelly.A look of horror filled his eyes at the tale he’d just been told, a tale he obviously equated with heresy of the worst kind.“Canadians drink their sherry at room temperature?” he asked incredulously.Barrones, vice-president of one of Spain’s largest sherry manufacturers, delicately fingered his traditional.short bulbed glass, frosted just right for the pale, clear — and cold — dry sherry he was sip- highway, across from the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea.Fish and Chips! Bangers and Mash! A huge Union Jack flies overhead — presumably in case anyone has missed the less-than-subtle point that this corner of Spain might just as well be Birmingham.Welcome to the Costa del Sol, centre of the packaged tourist trade in Spain.This country attracts more tourists each year than any other country in the world.Last year, 40 million visitors poured the equiva- ping.“At room temperature?” he repeated before brightening visibly as if a great problem had just been solved.“No wonder Canada is always a difficult country for our sherries,” he said with a laugh.“That’s one thing you must learn.” MANY RITUALS Sherry has long been associated in Canada and other former British colonies with the heavy, sweet, reddish-brown stuff that Aunt Sadie likes to sip in the afternoon.But here in the heart of Spain’s sherry country, it’s much, much more.A multibiUion-dollar business for a start.A social necessity, of course.But also a centuries-old tradition that comes with as many rituals as one associates with drinking fine French wines.“Sherry should be a pleasure for all your senses,” Barrones said earnestly.lent of $40 billion Cdn into the Spanish economy.For decades during the long dictatorship of Gen.Francisco Franco, tourism helped keep the tottering Spanish economy afloat.But there was a heavy price to pay.Large parts of the cities of southern Spain have been converted into homes-away-from-home for the endless waves of Europeans, mostly Britons.FLAVOR GONE There are no bullfights, no flamenco and hardly any tapas — bite-sized appetizers — or anything else distinctly Spanish to be found in these areas.The Mediterranean is so polluted in some spots that signs on the beaches prohibit swimming; tourists must use the pools of adjacent concrete-and-glass hotels."Thirty per cent of our package tourists don’t know they are in Spain," laments Carlos Diaz Ruiz, secretary general of the Spanish Hoteliers Association, “and 60 per cent of them don’t care where they are.What they want is a cheap way to take in the sun.” For years, that sufficed.But there are growing signs of impending trouble unless major changes are made.Ruiz, noting some estimates that 1988-89 winter visits to Spain were down as much as 10 per cent from the previous year, predicts bluntly: “We’re headed towards disaster.” Others aren't so sure, citing a change in emphasis among Spanish tourism officials from quantity to quality.GOLF AND ARTS Expensive new golf courses are being built at a prodigious rate for prestige-conscious, high-spending Japanese visitors.Gourmet cooking, art, history and yachts are emphasized now in advertising aimed at attracting the more well-heeled tourists.“Tourism experts widely believe that the old formula of offering sun, sand and sangria at bargain rates needs a drastic overhaul if Spain.is to hold its ground as a premier vacationland," the International Herald Tribune reported earlier this year.Julio Rodriguez Aramberri, director of foreign promotion at the state tourism secretariat, agreed.“Mass and package tourism .has now reached its peak,” he told the newspaper.“We have to diversify what we offer and whom we offer it to.” The Spanish government has predicted that tourism will grow by only one per cent a year for the next few years.PRICES HIGHER In one sense, Spain is the victim of its own success.The billions of doUars in tourist revenues that have poured in over the past decades have given Spain huge reserves of foreign currency, strengthening the peseta against all major currencies.As a result, Spain’s hotel prices have doubled and some restaurant meals have quadrupled, putting a Spanish holiday out of reach of many bargain-basement travellers.But problems have also arisen because of transport strikes, overcrowding, widely publicized street fights between the locals and British “lager louts,” and the advancing age of much of the industry’s infrastructure.The Madrid government, encouraged by King Juan Carlos, is pouring millions of doUars into tourism by upgrading roads and airports.New developments aimed at upscale foreigners are springing up along the coastal highways.It’s easy to see why they are attracting customers.LUXURY FOR SALE At Albayalde, between Malaga and Gibraltar, bungalows range in price from the equivalent of about $100,000 Cdn for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit to $260,000 for three bedrooms and three bathrooms.The units feature marbled and mirrored interiors, five appliances and balconies overlooking a common pool.Even the upper end of that price range is only about the cost of a small apartment in London, Paris or Bonn.Development officials say they are being snapped up as fast as construction is completed.The buyers: northern European yuppies looking for a quiet place to enjoy the sun.But the experts say Spain has a long way to go yet.The United States and Canada contribute a minuscule two to three per cent of Spain’s tourism.The infamous two-week $500 package deals that bring millions of Britons, Frenchmen and Germans to the Costa del Sol still account for two-thirds of all the country’s tourists.Sherry should be chilled TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.198»-11 CBC a bit nervous as Degrassi tackles abortion By Stephen Nicholls The Canadian Press If you hear knees knocking these days, it could be the sound of some nervous TV executives waiting for the Degrassi kids to hit high school.The kids of Degrassi Junior High have grown up over the past three seasons and now they’ve graduated to a secondary school called Degrassi High, which is what the show will be called from now on.Growing pains have brought grown-up problems.The critically acclaimed series on CBC has never shied away from controversy, raising such subjects as sexual molestation, teenage pregnancy, racism, underage drinking, drug abuse, death and even some TV taboos like menstruation and wet dreams.The series kicks off its new season Monday with an explosive topic — abortion.In the premiere episode, one of the show’s freckle-faced twins gets pregnant and contemplates abortion.True to form, the program doesn’t pull any punches.The character, Erica, finds herself surrounded by adamant antiabortionists, including emotional classmates, vocal pickets at an abortion clinic and even her own outspoken twin sister.When she visits the abortion clinic, she gets the straight facts on exactly what the procedure involves.It’s a strong episode on a sensitive subject.BRASS NERVOUS Even the mention of abortion is a red flag for a lot of people, and that fact hasn’t escaped the folks who make Degrassi High nor those at the network that broadcasts it.They’re plenty nervous about the response.How nervous?Well, CBC brass are so anxious they asked the media not to divulge too many details of the episode or reveal its ending.It seems they want to head off any pre-broadcast controversy.OK.We’U let the viewers tune in to see what happens.Meanwhile, let’s drop by the new set of Degrassi and talk to some of the front-line players.It’s a sunny, crisp autumn day in Toronto’s east end as two technicians hoist silver-metal letters that spell Degrassi into place over the doorway of a vacant community college building.On the final episode last year, the old three-storey, red-brick junior high burned down.This year, the kids file into a low-slung ’60s-style building with lots of glass and green-metal panels.Inside, the cast and crew talk about a different feel now that the show is set at high school.PROMISES ISSUES Viewers can expect “meatier issues” this season, says Angela Dei-seach, who stars as Erica in the abortion episode.Elbow to elbow with her real-life reflection — twin sister Maureen — the 17-year-old with frizzy auburn ringlets rests her chin on her hands at a table in the second-floor library.“The writers have grown up with the kids in the cast.They try to deal with what we’re going through.” That, says sister Maureen, is why Degrassi has been so successful.“It’s real — real kids, real situations.Everything is from a teen’s point of view.It’s not glossed over.It doesn’t tie up neatly at the end, and someone doesn’t come in and solve your problems for you.” Adds Angela: “You’re not spoonfed morals or told : This is the right way, this is the only way.You’re told that there are choices to make and you can’t rely on somebody else to make those decisions for you.” The twins staunchly defend the abortion episode.“It’s hard-hitting, but it’s not really exploiting the issue,” says Maureen.“It’s not sensationalism.” REFLECTS REALITY Producer Linda Schuyler, a former teacher, says the show’s subject matter reflects what’s on the minds of kids today.“As the kids get older, the only way we can remain true to this age By Gwen Dambrofsky EDMONTON (CP) — The appropriate background music for this particular battle of the barre might be Duelling Balalaikas.In one corner we have Edmonton’s Shumka Dancers, Canada’s premiere Ukrainian dance troupe.In the other corner there’s the up-and-coming Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Winnipeg.Although both troupes are roughly the same age — Shumka was created in 1959 while Rusalka was formed in 1962 — Shumka is the better known.The Edmonton troupe regularly tours the country, whereas its Winnipeg rival just completed its first tour of Western Canada.But Rusalka board member Vicky Adams says her troupe easily wins the popularity battle outside Canada.“They love us in the Far East, in Tokyo and Taipei,” says Adams, a volunteer whose daughter dances with Rusalka.“We’ve also been to Rome, Scotland, Mexico.We’ve danced for Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth.Adams says Rusalka's decision to concentrate on travelling outside of Canada was deliberate — it’s cheaper.“When we are invited by some group to visit their country, they generally make arrangements to accommodate us and cover most of our costs,” she says.“But if we do a tour in Canada, we have to pay for it ourselves.” NON-PROFIT GROUP Some of that cost comes out of the dancers’ pockets since Rusalka is a non-profit company comprised of volunteers.It depends mostly on fundraising, civic and provincial funding.At best, Adams hoped ticket sales from its Western Canadian shows would cover the cost of transporting the more than 50 dancers, their sets and costumes.To help save money in Edmonton, the Rusalka company was billeted by members of Shumka.“As you can see,” Adams says with a smile, “it’s a friendly competition between our two groups.” group is by growing with them.Therefore, the issues get more complex.” Schuyler looks and sounds a bit like actress Barbara Bosson — Fay Furillo in Hill Street Blues, the captain on Hooperman.Sitting in an empty classroom in a quiet wing of the building, she explained the aims of the abortion program.“What we wanted to do more than anything else was to show both sides of the abortion issue.“I love the idea of the two twins having opposing views because I think that says so much about the complexity of the issue.” Head writer Y an Moore had been reluctant to tackle abortion.“Years ago, when we began doing Degrassi Junior High, 1 swore I would not do this topic because 1 didn't see there was any way we could possibly do it,” says Moore, stationed at his trusty word processor in an office several blocks from the school.But when the kids got older and the producers did some research into adolescent concerns, he was swayed.“I began to write, always a little bit nervous, always scared that maybe this one 1 don’t dare do.But it became more exciting, actually.“This is an issue where there is very little middle ground.It really polarizes people.“We are excited about the show and, yes, a little nervous.” Ukrainian folklore gets rave reviews in Canada 1- LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette 2 2- SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears for Fears 3 3- MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson 1 4- COVER GIRL New Kids on the Block 6 5- HEAVEN Warrant 5 6- GIVING AWAY A MIRACLE Luba 15 7- THE BEST Tina Turner 10 8- LOVE SHACK B - 52’s 17 9- WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE Bad English 22 10- NO SOUVENIRS Melissa Etheridge 18 11- CHERISH Madonna 4 12- ROCK WIT’CHA Bobby Brown 13 13- MIXED EMOTIONS Rolling Stones 7 14- 18 + LIFE Skid Row 8 15- THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME Paula Abdul 24 16- BLAME IT ON THE RAIN Milli Vanilli 28 17- PARTYMAN Prince 11 18- IF 1 COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher 9 19- LOVE SONG The Cure 12 20- ROCKLANDWONOERLAND Kim Mitchell 29 21- LIVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith 32 22- IT’S NOT ENOUGH Starship 14 23- ANGELIA Richard Marx 33 24- HEALING HANDS Elton John 16 25- WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel 36 26- WHAT 1 LIKE Michael Morales 26 27- HEY MEN Men Without Hats 34 28- AMERICA IS SEXY Paul Hyde 25 29- DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmies 31 30- LIVING COLOUR Glamour Boys 30 31- POISON Alice Cooper 37 32- CALL IT LOVE Poco 21 33- SUGAR DADDY Thompson Twins 39 34- IT’S NO CRIME Baby Face 20 35- DIDN’T 1 New Kids on the Block PL 36- LIVIN’ IN SIN Bon Jovi PL 37- SOLD ME DOWN THE RIVER Alarm 40 38- WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Taylor Dane PL 39- LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle PL 40- GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan PL 12—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989 This week's TV Listings for this week's television programs as supplied by While we make every effort to ensure their accuracy, they are subject to change without notice.Channel e a a a a a o STATIONS LISTED Station CBFT WCAX WPTZ CBMT CHLT WMTW CKSH Œ) CFTM (B CFCF æ WVNY œ ETV MM FC TSN PC % s Saturday NOVEMBER 4, 1989 MORNING 5:00 8 USA TODAY Fashion and image trends for the 90s.8 GIMME A BREAK! (MM) VJ: LAURIE BROWN (TSN) CYCLING Canadian National Championships.From Fort McMurray, Alberta.(R) (1 hr.) (PC) MOVIE “GORILLES DANS LA BRUME" (1988, Drame) Sigouney Weaver, Bryan Brown Une jeune scientifique, a force de patience, a passe dix-huit ans seule dans les montagnes sauvages du Zaire et du Rwanda, a etudier les gorilles.(2 hrs., 15 min.) 5:30 O WEBSTER Webster sings and dances on a TV benefit show.Guest: Ben Vereen.8 VIDEO GOLD (FC) MOVIEDDD “Rainy Day Friends" (1985, Drama) Esai Morales, Chuck Bail.(1 hr., 41 min.) 5:40 (MM) ROCKFLASH NEWS 6:00 8 FUNTASTIC WORLD: PADDINGTON BEAR 8 JEM 8 HERCULES 8 WOLF ROCK POWER HOUR (1 hr.) (MM) BLUE SPOTLIGHT SPECIAL Featured: Kiss.(TSN) PRO WRESTLING PLUS MAGAZINE Hosted by Ed Whalen.(R) (1 hr.) 6:30 8 FUNTASTIC WORLD: FANTASTIC MAX 8 WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY (1 hr.) 8 KWICKY KOALA 8 LEGENDS OF THE WORLD When Samba s grandmother dies she leaves him four braids that hold a message of wisdom that help guide him.(MM) VJ: LAURIE BROWN 6:35 8 LES P’TITS BONSHOMMES 6:50 O SAMEDI DE CONGE 7:00 8 INSPECTOR GADGET 8 FUNTASTIC WORLD: RICHIE RICH 8 8 G.l.JOE 8 FIFTEEN 8 MARVEL ACTION UNIVERSE (1 hr.) (MM) FAX (TSN) SPORTSDESK 7:15 B MIRE ET MUSIQUE (PC) MOVIE ** "CES MERVEILLEUX FOUS VOLANTS DANS LEURS DROLES DE MACHINES" (1965.Comédie) Stuart Whitman.Sarah Miles.Un riche entrepreneur organise une course aerienne entre Londres et Paris.(2 hrs., 15 min.) 7:30 8 O CALIMERO ET PRISCILLA 8 MASK 8 FUNTASTIC WORLD: SUPERTED 8 TRANSFORMERS 8 PEPPERMINT PLACE 8 C.O.P.S.8 ROCKETS Jennifer pulls judging duly for a parade in which the Rockets are participating.(CC) 8 RAMONA Ramona s Aunt Bea announces her plans to marry Howie s uncle.(R) (CC) (MM) MUCHMUSIC WEST (FC) MOV1EDH "Fads” (1988, Co- medy) Rebecca DeMornay, Mary Gross.(1 hr., 31 min.) (TSN) SPEEDWEEK Weekly auto racing report.(R) 7:45 8 THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7:50 8 HATHA YOGA SHOW 8:00 8 8 TCHAOU ET GRODO 8 DINK, THE LITTLE DINOSAUR (CC) 8 ALF-TALES (CC) 8 UNDER THE UMBRELLA TREE B PETITE POULICHE 8 8 PUP NAMED SCOOBY DOO (CC) 8 LA BELLE VIE 8 EXTRA! EXTRAI Simple ghost stories lead to unexplained phenomena.(CC) 8 SESAME STREET (CC) (1 hr.) (MM) VJ: STEVE ANTHONY (1 hr., 40 min.) (TSN) TENNIS Paris Open Indoor Championship.Semifinal match.(Live) (2 hrs.) 8:30 8 O TOUFTOUFS ET POLLUARDS 8 JIM HENSON'S MUPPET BABIES (CC) (1 hr.) 8 CAMP CANDY (CC) 8 SESAME STREET (1 hr.) a LES PTITS BONSHOMMES 888 DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (CC) 8 ARNOLD ET WILLIE 9:00 a O LES SCHTROUMPFS (SC) 8 CAPTAIN N: THE GAME MASTER (CC) B GHOSTBUSTERS 8 8 8 NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (CC) 8 LA CROISIERE S’AMUSE 8 TELEVISION Examines the international race to develop the necessary technology that resulted in television; rare footage from the '30s and 40s.(R) (Part 3 of 8) (CC) (FC) MOVIE “Heaven and Earth" (1987, Drama) Susan Anspach, Marcie Leeds.(1 hr., 23 min.) 9:30 a O LA BANDE A PICSOU 8 PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE (CC) 8 KARATE KID (CC) 8 SHARON, LOIS & BRAM’S ELEPHANT SHOW (R) (CC) a c.o.p.s.8 8 SLIMER! AND THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS (CC) (1 hr.) 8 5-4,3-2 RUN (CC) (PC) MOVIE ** "LES CALINOURS 3: AU PAYS DES MERVEILLES” Les cal-inours reçoivent la visite d'un lapin blanc tout excite qui leur apprend que de drôles de choses se passent aux méchants de ce monde.(1 hr.30 min.) 9:40 (MM) ROCKFLASH NEWS 10:00 8 O IL ETAIT UNE FOIS.LA VIE (SC) 8 CALIFORNIA RAISINS (CC) 8 JETSONS (1 hr.) 8 STREET CENTS 8 VIOEOSTAR 8 BUGS BUNNY 8 PUTTNAM'S PRAIRIE EMPORIUM Ivan and Professor Couchon continue their time traveling.(Part 2 of 2) (CC) a DEQRASSI JUNIOR HIGH Lucy is delighted when she attracts a teacher's appreciative notice.(CC) (MM) VJ: STEVE ANTHONY (1 hr., 40 min.) (TSN) SOCCER SATURDAY High- lights of the English and Italian First Divisions.Host: Graham Leggat.(Live) (2 hrs., 30 min.) 10:30 a 8 LES BARTON a GARFIELD AND FRIENDS (CC) (1 hr.) 8 WONDERSTRUCK O AVENTURE 8 8 BEETLEJUICE (CC) 8 LES JOYEUX NAUFRAGES 8 DUCKTALES 8 SNEAK PREVIEWS GOES VIDEO (FC) MOVIEDDH “The Lion of Africa" (1987, Adventure) Brian Dennehy, Brooke Adams.(1 hr., 46 min.) 11:00 a a LES HEROS DU SAMEDI a DENVER, THE LAST DINOSAUR O STAR TREK An alien culture attempts to learn of good and evil through a battle to the death.(R) (1 hr.) Q PATRICK NORMAN, COUNTRY ET CIE 8 8 BUGS BUNNY & TWEETY SHOW (CC) (1 hr.) 8 FLASH VARICELLE 8 RENOVATION ZONE 8 HOMETIME Finishing a Lower Level" Running the wiring; roughing-in the plumbing; installing heating ducts and cold air returns (Part 2 of 6) (CC) (PC) MOVIE ** "SEPTEMBRE” (1987, Drame) Mia Farrow.Dianne VV/esf.Une jeune femme s'est installée au bord d un lac du Vermont a la suite d une depression, ou y rejoignent sa meilleure amie, sa mere, l'epoux de celle-ci, son voisin.(1 hr., 30 min.) 11:30 a RUDE DOG ^ THE DWEEBS (CC) 8 ANIMATED CLASSICS (1 hr.) 8 MAGAZINE MONTREAL 8 BOB IZUMI REAL FISHING SHOW 8 THIS OLD HOUSE Drilling a well at the Concord.Mass., barn site.(CC) 11:40 (MM) ROCKFLASH NEWS AFTERNOON 12:00 B 8 SEMAINE PARLEMENTAIRE A OTTAWA 8 ADVENTURES OF RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY (R) (CC) 8 PAR 27 B MOVIE DDD “Youngblood" a COLLEGE FOOTBALL Boston College at Syracuse.(Live) (3 hrs.) 8 ENFIN C'EST SAMEDI 8 WWF SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING (1 hr.) 8 RING RAIDERS Animated cartoon.8 WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP Cutting half-blind dovetail |Oints for the drawer of the butterfly table.(MM) ERICA EHM'S FASHION NOTES Featured: a look at young independent Canadian fashion designers from across the country 12:30 B O LE CLAN CAMPBELL 8 CBS STORYBREAK (R) (CC) 8 KISSYFUR (CC) a SPORTSWEEKEND Highlights of the New York International Horse Show from East Rutherford, N.J.(Taped) (1 hr.) 8 GIRL TALK a VICTORY GARDEN Peter Sea-brook visits Sydney, Australia, for a tour of the Royal Botanical Garden.(CC) (MM) VJ: ERICA EHM (2 hrs , 30 min ) (FC) MOVIEDDH “OvwftoanT (1987, Comedy) Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell.(1 hr., 52 min.) (TSN) SPORTSDESK (PC) MOVIE “LA NOCE" (1989, Theatre) Helene Loiselle.Lionel Ville-neuve.La celebration des noces de leurs enfants sera l'occasion pour tout ce jolie monde de se dire ses quatre ventes.(2 hrs.) 1:00 8 MOVIE “Princesse Kate” 8 NO SMOKING SHOW 8 HOW TO GET A SECOND PAY- CHECK 8 MOVIE DD “X-15” 8 MOVIE * “SMALL MIRACLE” (1973, Drama) Vittorio De Sica.Rat Vallone.Based on a story by Paul Gal-lico.An orphaned Italian boy relies on his faith in St.Francis of Assisi as he seeks a cure for his ailing donkey.(1 hr., 30 min.) 8 QMI 8 DOCTOR WHO The Tardis materializes on what appears to be an Edwardian racing yacht competing in an interstellar race, with total knowledge going to the victor (1 hr., 30 min.) (TSN) CIAU FOOTBALL Conference Final.Teams to be announced.(Live) (3 hrs.) 1:30 8 WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY (1 hr.) 8 HORSE RACING Breeders’ Cup.From Gulfstream Park in Hallandale.Fla.(Live) (3 hrs.) 8 SPORTSWEEKEND Breeders Cup horse racing from Gulfstream Park in Florida.(Live) (3 hrs.) 8 QUANTUM 2:00 a MOVIE ODD “Contact mortel” 8 MOVIE “Guerre et passion” 8 QUANTUM 2:30 8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Nebraska at Colorado.(Live) (CC) (3 hrs., 30 min.) 8 FT FASHION TELEVISION 8 KITCHEN MATE 8 NEWTON'S APPLE A Hawaiian ram forest; the physics of buoyancy; remedies for the common cold.(CC) (FC) MOVIEDH “The Wrong Guys" (1988.Comedy) Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis.(1 hr., 26 min.) (PC) MOVIE **** "PLATOON" (1986.Drame) Tom Berenger.Charlie Sheen.Le Vietnam dans toute sa grandeur, sa decadence son horreur et sa noirceur.(2 hrs.) 3:00 8 L'UNIVERS DES SPORTS 8 SUPER CHARGERS O MOVIE DH “Les Collines de la terreur" 8 CANADA IN VIEW 8 QUANTUM 8 EUROPEAN JOURNAL Featured: Cyprus, a divided land.(MM) R.S.V.P.(1 hr.) 3:30 Q 8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Teams to Be Announced.(Live) (CC) (3 hrs., 30 min.) 8 TIME EXPOSURES 8 SOUTH AFRICA NOW 4:00 8 LES JOYEUX NAUFRAGES 8 L'AVENTURE 8 WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Featured: Rothman s/Porch Auto Race; Player s Ltd.GM Auto Race; Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships; Vancouver Triathlon.(Live) (2 hrs.) 8 COLLECTORS Ok) colonial homes, sailors’ treasures and early lighting devices along Maryland's Eastern shore; appraisals at St.Michael's.(MM) SOUL IN THE CITY (1 hr.) (FC) MOVIEOD “End of the Line” (1988, Drama) Wilford Brimley, Levon Helm (1 hr, 45 min.) (TSN) WORLD OF HORSE RACING