Quebec Radio Person (CP) — Suzanne Burnett calls herself an ambassador of FrenctrCanaian talent. A forme Montreaier, Mrs. Burnett brings to life the pic- ture many anglophones holdnof a vebecoise, elegant, vivacious, clever and dressing with an unerring sense of style, Once known as Suzy Rochon, fashion model, reporter, television and radio personality, her early years were spent in the PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Tuesday, March 28, 1978 af mainstream of French-Ca- nadian culture in Montreal. Now married and living in St. Catharines, she brings some of that culture to her Ontarlo outpost through her weekly radio program, Chansons a la francaise, in which she interviews Quebec singers, composers and musicians for an English- speaking audience at last count numbering two million listeners. Since last September the show has been funded by the Ontario ministry of culture and = recreation, which syndicates it free to 19 radio stations. . At atime when anything eoncerneng Quebec is ap proached ina spirit of deadly seriousness, Mrs. Burnett uses her show to make fun of the “deux solitudes,”’ n BANTERS WITH HUSBAND For the ‘purpose of the hourlong show, the deux Halifax Restaurant Owner Was Immigrant Dishwasher HALFAB (CL) — John Kamoulakos came to Canada to profit and leave, After 20 years, he has the profit but he’s still here—and liking it. Kamoulakos was a Greeknimmigrant two decades ago hoping to make money he could take back to Greece. He now spend his time be- hind a desk covered with paperwork, making business deals and keeping an eye on a closedcircuit television camera which is focused on the order-receiving desk in the kitchen of Pepe's Restaurant. The camera is not a tool for spying on employees but simply gives Kamoulakos a quick way of knowing when a sudden rush of bustness develops, At that point, he slips from behind the desk, dons an apron and becomes one of the chefs. Life in restaurants is not new to Kamoulakos, He started as a 12-year-old dish- washer in a restaurant in Sparta. In his late teens he came to Halifax with enough money in his pocket to last a few days. - STARTEDLUN- CHEONETTE He washed dishes at first, then.went into the kitchen as a cook. Later, he and a brotherin-law started a luncheonette in rented premises on a downlown street in‘ Halifax ‘because we had no money to put down,” Five years later they bought the building, remodelled it and went on with their work. Later came a one-year holiday back in Greece and when he returned, he and a nephew opened one of the best-known Halifax restaurants—Zapata'a. Kamoulakos chose the menu—Greek and Mexican—for the restaurant though “I had to do some studying for the Mexican food.” He opened another restaurant nearby in 1976 and included a jazz club downstairs. Things are going well, he conceded, though he was reluctant to discuss himself or money. “People think I have money. I don’t know. All I know is that there's a lot of work involved. I just want to make myself comfortable.’ Seven Free Trips For Ahmed the Egyptian (RP( — Lovelorn Egyptian Ahmed Kandil never did get to see the girlhe came all the way from Cairo to visit. He did, however, cross the English Channel seven times, get free bed and board during his visit and a free flight back to Cairo. The trouble started when he left Dieppe for England PY by ferry with a car he bought in France. On” ‘arrivals’: offiéials: refused Ahmed entry ’ because his papers were not in order. He was shipped back on the next crossing to France. But the French wouldn't have him either. Both sides remained adamant and ferry officials were stuck with Ahmed, ferrying him and his car back and forth. Each night, British Rail, owners of Sealink Ferries, t him up in the im- migration block, shipping mo egain in the mor- + Afté the séventh crossing, Sealink officials gave up. In arrangement with the home office, it was decided to fly Ahmed, who had no money, back to Cairo at their expense, “In situations like this, under international law, the carrier is left: holding the baby, 80 to speak,” said a. British Rail spokesman,” “We had no option.” “He was taking up passenger space, although this is not our busiest time of the year.” ; The reasonnfor Ahmed’s unkind treatmeént ‘by’ ifn-" migration officials? “All we can say is that his papers were false,” said a home office spokesman. U.S. Insurance Branch Will Become Canadian TORONTO (CP) — an American insurance ¢om- pany's Canadian branch will be operating as a Canadian corporation in the next few months, the insurance company’s president says. - J.R. 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But taxes absorb about half of this return and dividends an- . other quarter or third. Webher Goulet . and Pear area solitudes are herself and her anglophone husband Gordon of radio station CHOW in Welland, Ot. Although Mrs, Burnett does all the interviews, she and.her husband provide a joint and commentary. ' “My husband plays the straight man," she said laughing. “He mimics my accent and corrects my English right on the air.” Listeners enjoy the banter, she said. They like the idea of a husband and wife who kid each other about culture and language differences. “We can do that becawe there is respect for each other's culture. “When I first moved to On- tarioI would always create a scandal in restaurants. I would wave my hands and talk loudly~—just as we do in Montreal—and Gordor would kick me under the table before I noticed the whole restaurant was staring at me," “But you know,” she said, turning serious. “You have to work at anything you care about. You must look for the good, not the bad in these dif- English ferences.” OFFICE CRAMMED Mrs, Burnett''s office is jammed with files, tape decks, records and souvenirs from every corner of the world, In one corner sits her secretary, Jacqueline Paradis, writing to artists, record companies, agents, hotels, pulling together Mra. Burnett's two-or three-day trips to Montreal where she does her interviews. “Herel do the firat edita of. the interviews,” ashe said, gesturing towards a large tape deck by the windows, “The artists I interview have not complete control. of the language. When we lalk they ask me the English words in French, so when I come back E have to edit all that out." _ ° Originally, she and her husband did the show from his studo in Welland and 4554 Lakelse Avenue ality- Singer Uses Husband For Straight Man under his funding. 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