C] i ACARD VIieids m4 Gal i ES IN HONOR of the new year, I got out my pitchfork and began cleaning out my desk and files. I’ve resolved that 1994 will be the year when J cease (an hour before deadline) tossing piles of paper in the air, dislodging sleep- ing cats, screaming, ‘‘] know it’s bere! It was right here the last time I saw it.”’ “Wt” is a current rate schedule, an essential phone number, a pic- ture, notes scribbled on the back of a lipstick-stained napkin or some other vital shed of paper. I started with photos. That was _ partly because Brian promised ail our pictures of Victorian mansions to News columnist Dorothy Foster. 1 found most of them. I also found a few that I’d planned to include in columns and didn’t. - Here are a few you'll enjoy. The return of ‘The Birds’’ I’ve heard rumors that a remake “of Hitchcock's thriller is in the works — or is it a sequel? Anyway, the eerie schoolhouse featured in the original movie is still standing (see photo, near “Jeft). When we visited in 1991 it - was being operated as a bed- -and-breakfast. I didn’t care much for the at- “mosphere if it came to staying overnight — it’s still as freaky as it was'in the movie. ’ It’s located on a small hillside, just east of Bodega, California © “and we found it by accident — a sign on Highway 12 said '*An- .-tiques” with an arrow pointing up * Bodega Lane. _. The shop was closed but across the street — the school! The owner kindly showed us through. I phoned today and found out “ that it’s no longer open for guests, but if you're on your way to Bodega Bay, detour a couple of blocks and have a look. _ - You may be seeing it again if — : « they really do another movie. Ad- dress: 17110 Bodega Lane, Bodega, California. arbara MeCreadie TRAVELWISE To reach Bodega and Bodega Bay, take Highway 12 from Santa Rosa. Crazy Horse: the mountain Everyone knows Mt. Rushmore at Keystone, South Dakota. It too played a big role in the movies — “remember North by Northwest? Cary Grant spent some hair- raising minutes slithering around the heads of the presidents carved out of the face of the mountain. Nearby, another mountain is being carved as a tribute to Crazy Horse (see photo, above right). Unlike Rushmore, this memori- al-in-the-making is visited by thousands every year. .. It’s an opportunity to see his- tory in stages as the work pro- gresses. The sculpture was designed by Korcezak Ziolkowski and after his ay, Janu ary 2, 1994 — Nort News ~ 23 ee Photos submitted - SCALE MODEL of “Crazy Horse” in foreground, and the work in progress on the mountain itself. death work on the project was . carried on by his widow Ruth and family members. It’s scheduled for completion in the year 2000. There’s a large visitors’ complex at the foot of the mountain with a gallery of Korczak’s work, a scale model of the completed project, gift shop and cafeteria, as well as living quarters and workshops for staff. % The nearest city is Rapid City. Keystone is 18 miles southwest on Highway 16 and Crazy Horse is about 15 miles furtiier. The photo shows the scale model with the partly completed mountain in the background. - That’s Brian scowling at the cam- era in front. Tucked in the southwest corner of Alberta is little Fort Macleod. ._ It began as a North West Mounted Police fort in the 1800s, established mostly to keey:some ~ control over the whiskey traders operating out of Fort Whoop-Up down near. Lethbridge. During the Second World War, it was a seedy little cattle town with mostly mud streets. Nearby’ was one of Canada’s RCAF bases EERIE 19TH century schoolhouse featured in Hitchcock's The“ Birds. FORT MACLEOD, Alberta. Young riders costumed. as stand guard. where we trained pilots. I know because I lived there for a year and a half while my Dad was sta- tioned at the base. Migawd that place was cold in the winter; the wind howled, the snow drifted and I shivered in clothes from Vancouver, the previous posting. We lived in a funny little house adjacent to one of the old fort ” buildings. The log blockhouse had weeds growing out of the sod roof and a padlocked door. That old building is now sur-' rounded by reproductions of the original buildings housing all sorts of relics from the 1880s, mostly N'WMP gear. _ During the summer moaths, a group of high school kids dressed in period uniforms perform the musicat ride in the restored fort and answer questions for visitors. The old white shack that the kids use for a tack room and social centre is my old house! ... Many of you will make the trip (just follow the Hope-Princeton) to Fort Macleod next summer to visit the famous Head- Smashed-In Buffalo Jump — well Acone low price. ‘Vo reserve your deluxe guest room and Super Saver guidebook filled with savings at downtown's best shops, restaurants and attractions, contact your travel agent or call us toll free at (80) 228-3000. Subject to availability; offer expires March 31, 1994, worth seeing! 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