Catalena ‘not finished’ FROM PAGE A1 arrange new financing, and declared Catalena bankyupt. Catalena’s assests were placed into receivership. Hall claimed Catalena owed hirfi $97,845 while his business partner claimed $112,224 But Ron E/iboff. vice- president of Catalena. told the News the company is by no means through. “Catalena is not finished yet. We'll recover from this.” Eiboff said only one of the three Catalena companies, Catalena Productions, has actually gone into receivership. “The other companies, including — the studio facility. are un- scathed.” Eiboff said the = studio facility. Panorama Studios on Folkstone Way in West Van, is the major money maker for Catalena. He said Catalena's reaction to the bankruptcy could be expressed in one word: ‘ouch’. Catalena was founded in 1977 and began production of Let's Make a Deai and other major television shows last year. The company was supposed to make West Vancouver the ‘Hollywood of the North’. Eiboff said producing the Tom Jones Show last Spring started Catalena on the road © to bankruptcy. Until then, he said, “we did very. very well. We were producing good quality programs.” However, the Tom Jones Show ran way over budget and put Catalena into a very precarious financial position, he said. Production of a new batch of Tom Jones Shows stared Tuesday at the studio. with independent producers making the show The new producers, Clancy Grass and EPI Ltd . had their own financial squabbles with Catalena last when they tound themselves locked oul of the week studio A court order last Thursday gave them access tothe studio case EPI and Grass bey thas Clancy claimed Catalena was unable to pay its bills for studio pernmonnel and cquipment and Catalena claimed EPI] and Clancy Grass hadnt paid rent tor ase of the studio Mike Dixon, a spokesman fos Clancy Grass said Catalenas bankruptcy won't affect production of the fom Jones Show as the lease with Catalena will be honored by the recewer Dyaon sand he had talked to Monty Hall tn Cahforniua after the bankruptcy and said the popular cotertaner was very distraught about the whole affine Doran said Hall was wormed that bets Make a Doe al prise winnees woosbal gent wel pranted Catatenas Eaboff sand the COm pany had intended to pay the prise winners but thal att mow up to court appornted recciver Gscorge Aberkham of Hentrey and Company a Vaancourvet me oumoting Eremn SKIS Head REG sate Raichle REG SALE LR 99 $300 00 $229.88 Olymp 80 $325.00 $239.00 SR 79 270.00 199.88 Strato 270.00 179.88 ML 80 250.00 189.88 Parsenn 175.00 139.88 Rossignol Spyder* 15500 99.88 Wing 31000 269.88 Nordica Vista It 23000 179.88 Comp* 31500 249.88 Olin Scirocco” 260.00 199.88 MK Vit 45900 299.88 QNy eaO00 Ise Mk IV Comp 368.00 289.88 \Vanyce 12000 89.BB MK Sil 326.95 269.88 ° Volkl Munan SE 600 32500 249.88 Capnce 10000 49.88 SE 500 29500 219.88 Koflach SE 400 27500 209.88 Elite 240.00 179.68 Pre Dynafit 1200 339.00 269.88 Mach! 249.00 149.88 1000 28000 229.88 UN * Ladies Kneiss| wap Mid White Sta: 280.00 219.88 Zoe Mid Red Star 260.00 199.88 paeey <