Kathy Jacobs, with Choker Cable in Hand, Gamely Carries on After Unexpected Dunk in Pond Through September all provincial highway signing will be designated in kilometres. One kilometre is approximately . '98:of a mile. Here’s an example | of how distance soning will oe PARKSVILLE 4] CAMPBELL RIVER PARKSVI.' & CAMPBE! 1 °'VER ‘NOTE: One kilometre: ‘(km) is .621 of a mile, One mile is 1609 kilometres jan). However, the easiest way to visualize a kilo- metre is as a mile. Here’s a simple example of conversion. 100 miles x 8 _ 800 ~ 160. km i BT 160,km, 500 = 62.5 miles. or For your safety and the safety of others, please think metric! . Ministry of Province of Highways and. - —— Columbia Public Works Your Rodecorating Needs: i i OPEN Monday through Saturday - i P &G: Builders) Supply, Lt Ltd. Your Carrier is Collecting ‘, Your Castlegar News carrier will now, a “Be month, Please... won't you have your money I ready when he or she calls? collecting for delivery of the Paper for ‘the Batt sev of are pleased to announce the appointment of 2 aa es Manager of the Castlegar. office” ‘with Muscle Power Pro Castlegar Closed Tourney Final Results "By MAUREEN GRAY It took awhile, but the Castlegar Closed Tennis Tour- nament has been completed. The results are as follows: Tommy DePaoli, men’s sin- gles; Gordon Gray, men's sin-. gles consolation; Kay Jones, women's singles; . Pat West, women’s singles consolation; Tommy and Barry De‘ Paoli, men's doubles; Dwayne Keus and Tom Lucas, men’s doubles consolation; Kay Jones and Lori Friesen, women's doubles; Anka. Manders - and » Shirley Wanjoff, women's dou- bles consolation; Paul ‘Wearmouth, juni singles; Leonard Alves, juniors’, singles consolation; Sally. De Rosa and Paul Wearmouth, mixed doubles; and Lori Frie- sen and Rob Wadey, mined 2 doubles consolation. : Tom Lucas, West's Dept’ Store and Tudor Sports’ do- nated prizes to our winners. Thanks go to-Gord Gray for a well. organized tourna-.° ment. i Lori Friesen .. and Kay. , Jones organized/a barbeque at? the home of Gord and Maureen’ Gray after the, mixed: L:doubles. A geheral.meeting will be / held at the Stanley Humphries Secondary, School: the evening of Oct. 12 when'a new.executive will be elected for. the TU/18:* -season. This meeting’ willbe © open for any suggestions or new ideas and all members are. urged to attend.” : ience. a : Guitar . * oe 7 Instruction Private Instruction. In |’ all styles of guitar, Inctud- {ng Classical, Jazz, fol Flat Picking and Rock. Eleven Years .:-eXper- Call: Edward. Ebel 365-2586 ee db Kim Planidia and Janet Leako Peter Ww. Blackwell, ¢ 6. AS CasNews Fotos by Lois Hughes All orders. before October 3: = It — include traight, val on your car. é Call! Doug McNabb Now ‘and SAV win these Greatly-Reduced For Your Conventence WeAre Offering Winter Wheels. At Greatly Reduced Prices . ..”. Save'on:ch: or costs, and -avold long | Uneups. when the snow fille. R8500 14x7 5. on &, PART.NO. size : Chev. « fa tnstalled ‘BOLT PATTERN CAR Ford : Ford P.U. Ford/Dodge Ford/Dodge Vega. > 4on 110mm: ‘4on 110mm: hey. &-stud P.U. ‘Gotud PLU. : _IV Took Awa ‘Bread and: Butter’ Movies: (continued from page AO, “But, iU8}feaatio Baker sald. |, “A guy lywood can® be a bum one ag anda hero the * next if his Pictur Hicks,” Loutk, Not very’ ‘many’ ‘movies are t successful financially. “Abont,85, per cent of the film reverie’ comes from 15 per nt of the bookings,” Loulk : aid. “So, about’ 86: per cent of’; ithe theaters are ina kind of : limbo at any given’ time." t Fortunately for the the- tres, a Frovie came along. in pogo t iffed and puffed a You can thank “Gone With: he Wind’. for concession tands,” Baker sald::"“The je had an intermission, We-go! he idea to sell Coke during fis reak. We' were ‘astounded at we put in:a regular candy ‘bar. This pattern was: the same all’ wer the ‘country. = ° “Generally speaking, the rofits are. not from'the ticket pales,” Shadowen-said. “AIL 4) wns IS the Louik said. : “The consession stand is - ne of the things that keeps the ut it you ‘wouldn't’ be operat- ” eConcesai ‘stands ‘really . blossomed with ‘the. drive-ins,” Baker‘ suid:"“This keeps them poing, 2 and it’s a large part of. top’ business, . too,” ~~'Disney * tried: to ‘get''a percentage of the concession tands once} / but’, couldn't,” According .to Roger Forbes, president .. of Playtime, ie pwneryof the.Dishman. ‘ {. Adother bright’ idéa’came glong to change: the theater éoncept. } “You've. got: ‘to’ have at least a twin screen now,”. Mills daid. “This gives you’ two thovies: with about the same ratijnal ost as one." save three screens. | “The irivention of the Xeon Joy: Keillor Bridge Club ina Howell mi Showmen he number. we sold. After this, | loors open,”, Mills said..“With- , In faet,-most new. theaters c bulb allowed this,” Biker, said,’ 4 “Until’a few years ago, every . £motion picture projector used a ‘carbon are light. Every 20 or 80, minutes, ‘the’ operator had change the carbon. Now, with | the new bulb, one projectioniat sean .run. three, shows, The equipment. will even. dim. the. lights, open and close, urtalns,, ‘all automatically.” , Still; the show's the thing: < “Byery! time’ you change, the movie,.” you've’ got an; entirely new inveftory for your, business,” Baker sald. The; people ‘don't conie to sep your: pretty’ equipment.” ~,/; "The public will walk over broken glass: barefooted if you have the right picture,” Forbes said, In the old days, a theater: could advance book as many as 50 pictures 4-year and change three times a'week, Baker said, "But, this was in the days when the studios could also own the theaters. It was also before “the tube", Television took away the | “bread ‘ahd | butter”: pictures, Baker | said. _Home box office films ‘pose a’ ‘new threat. y “Abbott and’ Costello Francis the Mule, Ma and Pa Kettle. These were not first- run ‘movies, but they. were’. ,always good for a good house, and not too expensive. There's no audience. for, this today. ‘These have been pre-empted by ‘the television ‘situation com-' ‘ cate « ey.” the ‘act. ' “In the heyday ‘of Holly. ° « wood,” “Louik.’said, “the ’ pro- duction: companies were’ fac: tories for theif. theaters. There’ asa ‘sense “of urgency * to ‘remain: in “production. Each ‘studio had its own ‘stable’ of ed in ai the business with antitrust action that forced the studios to ; Ives of all of their £ wins this happened, nea said,;there ‘was no urgency to malntaln a. steady sepely of oy Keillor Bridge Cle ing Happened on the Way to ;Forum”, Company” and (Once again Sondheim pro- both the: music and, lyrics ht! Monday night’splay:at the: another picture. . product. began: Baker agreed: .“ jathe; studios had to do, “Uncle,” perhaps’ with>: : good intentions, also got into © Feel Pinc screen, at 20 million. It's amazing how small the audiences. really are e. struggle along. about ‘10 ° per ‘ce; 7 of the» population.” Forbes, who shows X-rated films: ‘at his” nine theaters ‘in,’,Washington ' and Oregon, ‘said the weekly figure’ now. {s' 27 ‘million... ' “And, 16. per cent) are watehing * ‘adult? he’ other’ way dull”, theaters, y inegest’ ‘adult +ghain’ in: the. iP cat, Had. 80 per int we Teally ae are more pictures, ."yer:\we: are making fewer and fewer. KLING iP. ‘for aafety: is Melanie Smith, CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thyrsday, September.29/1977 Local: Woman Charged ‘After Two-Car Crash Deborah E. Warelmaga ¢ of! Castlegar has been charged with making an illegal U-turn after a two-vehicle accident Monday on’ Columbia’ Avenue . near the Castlegar ‘ferry. ‘ ‘Police say a car-driven by John’ Graham Stewart "of, Castlegar could. not ayold the Warcimaga vehicle. when, it ” made ‘the U-turn andthe cars Warciiaga vehicle and $200.to- the, Stewart car. No “Injuries ° = with the help:of Motor Vehicle Inspector, John : Faris who shows lier how to adjust and wear her ‘seat belt it properly. Use'of peat belts becomes. motor: ‘vehicle ‘accidents. ‘ tish lp rdace he tall adend ae Ifured om .3T; EATCN’S ENGLISH BREAKFAST Tes This refreshing tea::is¢ especially. for: Eaton's. 120 bese) per. : WOMENS LEATHER GLOVE - Silkelined, shartle,. leather eee Black or brown. Sizes 6 6%-8 * Special bd | ae ‘Bed pe for about 20 minutes, butting a ice van in: the’ rear and ” PLANTERS MIXED, UTS “Wome SILK- LINED GLOVES. * S-Button Style: 2 Black or brown. 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