A COLLEGE faculty member is the latest NDP banner-bearer on the North Shore. Olga Kempo, a North Shore resident and in- structor at Capilano College, has been nominated to represent the Capilano constituency of the New Democratic Party in the next provincial election. She has been an active member of the constituency association, both’ federally and provincially, for a number of years. Kempo, who obtained her Ph.d. at actiyely UBC, has been involved with OLGA KEMPO delivers her acceptance speech to Capilano NDP members when she became thelr candidate by acclamation = at Tuesday's nomination meeting. (Terry Peters photo) Only customs bans movies FROM PAGE A1 movies which have previously only been available to people who cross the border. The tapes rent for as little as $5 or sell at prices ranging up to %$49.95, starting at $14.95 for the store's “super special” on the uncensored version of Deep Throat. Business started off slow, according to store manager Ted Emery Until. thatis, he began advertising the store Tuesday by placing a large sign outside That day, he sold about 20) sex movie tapes Emery seems to be doing everything right to ensure the store does not con travene the law Minors are prohibited from entenng his store and signs warn that movies available there are uncut and should not be viewed by anyone who might be offended None of the matemal os visible from outside and indeed cven those who venture inside will find nothing more exciting than racks of black boxed video tapes labelled = with their titles. Federal customs laws prohibit the importing of such movies. But under provincial law, once one of these movies has been smuggled in to Canada there is nothing to prevent anyone from making video tape copies of it and selling them even from a storefront, as long as they are not available to juveniles or visible from outside the premises Until now it has been widely assumed that) such matenal ts illegalin B.C. - an assumption that police have been content to allow to prevail In fact, much of what most people think of as being porno ts not actually por- nography at all. under provincial laws amended tn 1978 Pohce now operate on a definiuon of pornography as being matenal which depicts sexual acts coupled with bestiality oor oan volving children, according to the local RCMP spokesman “Other than that, it ts sort of leftup to local feeling.” he says violence Ac Skylight & Solariums Increase the living area of your home Featuring Wooden Structure, insulated lic Panels (also Renovations & house ratsing) For quotation and Design 986-4016 Blue Star Construction Ltd. 1485 Rupert St. « “Deep Throat and that type of movie is hardcore but not illegal if it is not sold to juveniles or displayed so the public from the outside can see anything obscene in the store.” As to why such material has not been readily available on the North Shore before, the RCMP spokesman says: “I guess people just didn’t know.” He also points out that there have been no Canadian publications or sources for such material. “Customs can seize a lot of uns stuff coming across the boarder but once it's here there is not problem If they get a movie here and make copies of it the copies are OK ° Red Hot opened its first store on Matin Street in Vancouver February 2. As well as the North Van store. to has also since followed up with ones in Burnaby, Delta and Victonma and plans to open stores inp Coquidam Nanaimo and Kciowna tn the near future. North Van manager Bmery says Red Hot does nol import any of the movies North Van it sells in tape form. All originate from customers who go into the stores and negotiate deals for movies from their own private collections to be copied onto video tapes. He says the firm had B.C. pornography laws checked out by lawyers’ before opening because “we didn't know what problems we would run into and we aren't running into any.” Emergy says of the new business: “I don't know why nobody has picked up on it before. Perhaps it's a fear of the law.” He stresses that Red Hot only sclis films of “normal” “The sex line ts drawn at anything that seems to be camed out tn a normal fashion Kiddie porn, bestiality, real serious bondage or torture stuff) we don't get into “We dont want to offend anybody ~ George Bates By Invitation onty 2022 Park Royal Upper level 2032 Granville St HARRISON GALLERIES Presents an Exhibition of recent paintings by 667 Howe St . Vancouver, BC Thursday, May 27, 1982 § 30pm to89 30pm 683 0014 of 681 2817 Other Gallery locations All - Sunday, April 25, 1982 - North Shore News women’s groups, and has served on various com- mittees both in the com- munity and at Capilano College. These include the Committee for an In- dependent Canada as Vancouver chairperson, and the committees for Canadian and International Studies at the college. She has recently been active in expressing concern regarding cutbacks in education funding. 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