A pondering pose the John Elliott Theatre for the final snowing of Utile Orphan Annie The curtain goes up both even ing Herald photo Acton man on arctic documentary By DONNA KELL Herald Special An Acton man baa made it big on TV Simon Wilson recorded his trip to the Arctic in the form of a documentary to be telecast or CBC in Hay The film is called Spirit of the Barrens Diary of an Arctic Journey Its focus is on wildlife and plant life said Simon Wilson biologist photographer and now Arctic traveller The purpose of the tourney was to document the barren land People think the Arctic is ice and snow but It also constitutes the barren land said Mr Wilson The barren land Is where the heart of the voyage took place Simon Wilson and his crew of four walked from to Copper mine It took a total of 100 walking days which took four months because of weather said Mr Wilson The trip from to Cop permine saw Mr Wilson carrying a Joined to the sleigh by a rope and was wearing It was very gruelling My knees always hurt from falling on rocks In the boulder fields said Mr Wilson The pain did bring forth some gain Simon Wilson s lead photographer Peter Harmathy shot 11 hours of mm film footage It has been cut to 30 minutes for the CBC special The film will reveal the animal life of the Arctic above the tree line There wasn a day we see Caribou We followed them up north In many cases we have to get off their trail said Mr Wilson Other animals spotted up north in eluded different types of birds out of a possible types found In the Arctic said Mr Wilson Simon Wilson remembers one par bird the Ptarmigan with clarity Those birds are special With all the pain you would go through you re so frustrated and depressed the Ptarmigans call Is like a sadistic laugh You laugh at it because you realize things are not that bad It restores your sense or humor A sense of humor Is desperately AT THE MOVIES iiiiln EC I needed for a group of people in cluding two women who had to melt snow and Ice for coffee and dehydrated food during their March to August excursion The excursion included hiking along the River You could hear the rapids beating against the Ice underneath you We were afraid It would break underneath us said Mr Wilson Simon Wilson did fall in the water at one point In the trip ruining his camera equipment for the rest of the voyage After falling In Point Lake I had to use Shawn Ryan camera Half the trip I was a camera said Mr Wilson The journey was given a light touch by the inclusion of a mascot A weasel visiting the camp where the hikers had set up was soon to become their pet feeding off various foods at the camp The group was visited also by a black bear whom Simon Wilson did not seem to fear The only bear to fear Is the Polar Bear Hes a man hunter said Mr Wilson For tunately Ihe Polar Bear t visit camp Temperatures in Arctic dipped down to to to degrees on the group voyage but wildlife was still active On Lake Takayuk Simon Wilson climbed Into the nest Mr By DIAIIANN NADEAU Herald Special Nell Simon Is a playwright for the masses He doesn t challenge his au diences he doesn t make them work be doesn make them think terribly hard A Neil Simon play or movie Is a wholly pleasant ex perlence no thrills no horrors Just a nice laugh Blues Is a superb example of Simon In action This la a nice amusing and entertaining bit of film You won t remember much of It In a week but you II feel that you received your money worth at the theatre The wholly engaging Matthew Broderlck plays Eugene Morris Jerome a kid out of high school who is inducted Into the army In IMS He has left Brooklyn for Blloxl Mississippi where his first ex perlence of war Is hell is In the ten weeks of bootcamp Jerome Is Jewish and a would belnlelectua constantly writing down hut thoughts In a notebook He survives the dreaded training by noting everything and having a very good sense of humor The drill sergeant Is Merwyn Toomey played by Christopher Wolken and Toomey Is weird He makes the rest of the platoon do pushups every time Jerome makes a wrong move or says the wrong thing They do a lot of pushups In Jeromes unit The unit is further troubled by Arnold Epstein another misfit also from New York and also Jewish Eugene and Arnold are natural colleagues but Arnold Is far more stubborn and more recalcitrant Toomey hates them both Eugene Is determined to lose his virginity on his first hour pass He visits a southern hooker who is compassionate and comical and Eugene is so unknowing that this Is one of the most amusing yet embarrassing sex scenes I nave ever seen Surely no near adult mole was ever so naive At least not since John a century ago Anyway carries It off beautifully The movie is very anecdotal The Sot is virtually nonexistent It is at a series of vignettes dealing with hardships friendships antl semi Ism racism homophobia and sex The unpleasant issues are pass ed over lightly no one Is being asked to be outraged by Intolerance we are simply made aware that It ex Is absolutely delightful as Jerome He boa a persuasive sweetness that Is very endearing Jerome is a wholly likeable character anyway and is perfect In the part Broderlck played the role on Broadway Christopher Walken is somewhat un convincing as the nasty sergeant The performance is perhaps a little really convince us that he is dangerous no matter how scared Jerome appears to be Corey Parker Is Arnold Epstein the philosophical misfit who won t let Toomey win Park Overall do you this name Is the charming Rowena The movie is directed by Mike Nichols and he does a good Job The combination of Nichols Broderlck and Simon Insures a pretty good film mainstream stuff and pure Hollywood but it is well done Blloxl Blues leave you blue It leaves you laughing V Golden Eagle It is very If the mothers around said Wilson This type of adventure typifies the Arctic journey At one point the crew followed wolves for two days through some tricky rapids We figured if they could do it so could we said Mr Wilson Simon Wilson and his group saw winter change to spring before their eyes Spring hod arrived In one night We saw In the sky hundreds of geese flying birds chirping frantically ducks arriving on the lake The misconceptions about the Arctic are false We d like to show people bow much life Is really here said Mr Wilson He described the plant life in the barren land There were a great many plants mostly flowers The flowers usually form their own A mosquito could live Inside there and pollinate the flower Simon Wilson also noted that Inside the plant the temperature was twenty or thirty degrees warmer than the outside temperature Plants would grow In carpets of beautiful colors yellow gold pur pie white In the Tussock Bogs you would have to step from one mound of lichen and moss to another said Mr Wilson Simon Wilson In his search for Arctic expression is like Samuel the ancient explorer who walked the same route as Simon from Yellowknlfe to Coppermine years earlier He spent his life searching for Coppermine When he discovered that there was no copper there he named the place Copper mine as a Joke said Mr Wilson It Is this sense of humor that preserves one In the North STEREO SYSTEMS ACCESSORIES FOB HOME AUTOMOTIVE RECORDS TAPES C0l Mommas S771HS ANNOUNCEMENT Linda J Burtch MSW and Clare MezesMSc are pleased toannounce the opening of their office for the practice of PERSONAL MARITAL THERAPY at S3 Mill St Suite IMA Georgetown 4168776355 COMING JUNE 3rd 1988 COOKS SUNOCO Youll Run Smooth tbesalb HEW USED Minor Ropalro 89 Guelph St Georgetown 8775501 END ROLLS OF NEWSPRINT Great for moving scrap paper for the kids Nursery Schools etc CALL 8772201 the HERALD Homo moon fat Guelph St Georgetown Challenge ofparenting in the 1980s CMHA is offering a free public lec ture series The Family In the 80s CMHA Director Pearl Wolfe says the lecture series will offer strategies for coping with the myriad of stresses which face a family today Many people these days 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