‘26 -Wednesy January 5, 1994 = North Shore News

“Eternal Space.

This summer, the government of
China proposed a program to
taise money by Jaunching the
ashes of dead people into space —
either on a 12-year voyage or
forever. NASA criticized the pro-
gram, pointing out that it would
merely increase the debris in
space.

‘In’ a. September. lawsuit for
wrongful firing, former Peace
‘Corps volunteer Paul T. Correri,
64, said’ his country director in
Cape Verde, Africa,. dismissed him
because Correri is“ homosexual,
which the director thought would
offend local citizens. . Correri
“Charged ‘that,’ while employed, he
“was ordered: to: ‘‘conspicuously”’
.. say goodbye in his. front, yard to

any Jocal male visitors each after--

‘noon so as to assure the neighbors
that -the ‘visitors were not Staying
: overnight. °

ooo
: In July, a 20-year-old. University
yf» Saskatchewan . student, . after
climbing ‘out ofa‘ ditch where he
had survived.“ a-: truck ‘accident
minutes before, was run’ over and
. killed ..by. a tractor-trailer, In’ Oc-
tober, a 40-year-old: Kansas City
man, who:. had :just survived a

truck ‘accident on -Interstate 635,”

“died ‘when he fell over the side of
a bridge as he was getting out of

=the truck. And on that same Oc-.*
a 23-year-old | man, :

tober: day,”

Business as Usual

Doctor, I ‘did what you sald and got In teuch with .*
Y and It told meto lake out the garbage. ‘

NEWS OF THE
WEIRD
Compiled by A.P. McCredie

who had just survived ramming
his truck into’ a utility pole in
Dekalb, N.Y., stepped on a
severed power line.as he walked
toward the highway and was elec-
trocuted.

The Toronto. Globe and Mail
reported in October on’ the
teligious importance of Pepsi Cola
in the town of San Juan Chamula,
in southern Mexico. Practising .a
blend of Christianity and: worship
of Mayan gods, many parishioners

believe their leaders’ doctrine that

because Pepsi tas more bubbles
than Coca-cola, it is closer to the

sun and thus more powerful. Bot-
tles of Pepsi appear among holy
artifacts inside local churches and
some leaders believe the cola has
healing powers. (Coca-Cola of-
ficials say the dominance is due
purely to Pepsi's payment of
kickbacks to the leaders.)

Imprisoned mass murderer Charles
Manson struck two deals for
himself in November. He will
receive a 10¢ royalty for every
shirt sold by a vendor who uses
his likeness on “Charlie Don’t
Surf” T-shirts. And the new Guns
N’ Roses album contains an un-
publicized song, Look at Your
Game, Girl, reportedly written by

Manson’ before he was imprison-

ed, A source told the Associated
Press that Manson's — royalties
could reach $60,C00 if the album
sells a million copies.

Councilman: Larry Townsend of
Alvin, Texas, who said publicly in
February that he thought only
Christians should be allowed to
hold public office in the U.S., was
futher: criticized for using a racial
slur. However, he said the only
reason he used the slur was
because he was role-playing dur-
ing a “training exercise’? and had
been asked by the ‘public rela-
tions’? people conducting the ex-
ercise to use language that would
offend minorities.

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HEY WAIT A Manure

© Steve Brackett.

~ Norman wasn’t amused nor pleased with the antics
“of his exotic midwestern “beer. bellied" pig! .:

Call for artists, artisans

VISUAL ARTISTS and artisans from
throughout B.C. are invited to
submit their work to the 12th an-
nual provincial juried art exhib-
ition, Images & Objects XIl.

Of a total 245 works to be
selected from 13 regions of the
province, 16 will be selected from
the Sea to Sky region, which in-
cludes the North Shore, Howe
Sound and the Sunshine Coast.

Deadline for submissions is 4
p.m., Feb. 4 and application forms
are available at local arts councils
and libraries.

Jurors for this region will be
Keith Wallace, curator of the Con-
tempofary Art. Gallery in Van-
couver, and Jin-Me Yoon, assistant
professor of visual arts at the
Scheol for Contemporary Arts,
Simon Fraser University.

Images & Objects is the visual
arts component of the B.C. Festival
of the Arts — the largest festival of
its kind in Canada, involving over
100,000 individuals ‘from
throughout the province. .

The festival will be held. in
Campbell River, May 25-29.

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