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"Agriculture "Hearing, Part One, Will Appear this Evening. on Cominanty Channel 110.

ENA NMENT

The Spokesman Review.
Spokane, Wash,

Movies ‘may ‘not be any.

better’ these days, but’ they

surely are more expensive.
And, not just for the fan.

The theater owners also are

feeling the bite.

’ “When I. played ‘Snow

White and the Seven Dwarfs’ in

1987, I had to pay 85 per cent of -

the’ ticket sales’ gross to rent
the film. I thought,:‘My, how
exorbitant!’ Now, you can’t
TOUCH. anything for 35 per

Generally, other theater

managers: in Spokane. agree

with that it from Al

National Youth Orchestra
‘Now Accepting Applications —

Having just completed its

18th annual season, the Nation-.

al Youth Orchestra is now

accepting applications for its |

1978 summer season. All young

musicians, citizens or residents °

of Canada between the ages of
14 and 24 (as of July 15, 1978),
are invited to compete in the

Auditions: to: be held in Van-"

couver and Victoria this coming
December’ and January.
Since the audition itselfisa

Orchestra ‘covers ali costs of
accommodation, board, tuition
and tratisportation for success-
ful candidates. Application
forms, to be submitted by Oct.
25, are available. from the
National Youth ‘Orchestra,’ 76
Charles St. W., Toronto M6S
1K8,

This "past summer, 11
niusicians from British :Colum-
bia were selected for what was
widely regarded-as the finest

I experi-
ence, younger musicians 12 to
14 are also invited to audition,
though they are ineligible for

in'the NYO history.

Following an intensive six-

week Program of orchestral,
and 4

train-

NYO membership.

Canada’s’ major training
ground for orchestral musicians
since 1960, the. National Youth

ing asuuloas lectures and work- “
shops under.’conductor, Georg ;
Tintner ‘and a’ distinguished .

international faculty, the. NYO

presented several public con-
certs, °.
The, 1977 orchestra's com-
bination: of professional-level
skills and. youthful enthusiasm
produced performances hailed
by newspaper critics as “extra-
ordinary”, “astounding” and
“breathtaking”, eclipsing . the
high standards achieved by
previous editions of the NYO.

“Community TV

COMMUNITY ACCESS CH-10

Schedule for Tonight

6:30 - High School Soccer—
Rossland vs. Nakusp.

. 7:30 - Agriculture Hearing

Part One—Presenta-
tion by the Committee
for Collective Action

from Castlegar.
9:50 - A Small Arab Feast—
. A-program.about Pre-
paring Arab Food for

“up to 12 People.

10:50 - Sign-off.

“COMMUNITY,

Bulletin Board

0.
# e i Church

will hold a coffee party on Thurs, Oct. “13° from
10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Coffee and muffins will be
served to all friends. There will be home cooking, «
novelties and Regal cards for sale.

FALL RUMMAGE SALE i
The Women's Auxiliary to the Castlegar and
District Hospital will hold.a Fall Rummage Sale on
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22 in the.Kinnaird
Hall. For pick-up please phone 365-8302, 365-5502,
866-2609, 965-3821 or 365-7643. In the. Robson area,
phone 365-5406, ij

STAMP CLUB EXHIBITION

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perilously close to tipping over in this scene from “Sorcerer”
playing tonight, through to and ines. Saturday, at the Castle

" But Don't ‘Stare a's

Watch Sun Undergo .
Partial Eclipse Oct. 12.

By DON JONES

Ifthe moon blocks off all of |

at these meetings.

please attend.

The Seventh Annual Exhibition of the David
Thompson Stamp Club will be held on Sat., Oct. 1 at
the Community Complex from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
‘on Sun., Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a
stamp auction on Sun., Oct. 2 at 10 a.m.

BEAVERS, CUBS, SCOUTS = -

The Second Castlegar (Castlegar North) Beavers,
Cubs and Scouts will hold their first meeting during -
the first week of October at the Kiwanis Scout Hall on
Pine St. Beavers will meet Tues., Oct. 4 from 6 to 7
p.m. Scouts will also meet Tues., Oct.'4 from 7:30
to 9 p.m. Cubs will meet Thurs., Oct.'6 from 7 to
8:30 p.m. Registrations for new boys will be accepted

LADIES AUXILIARY TO MINOR HOCKEY

A general meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the, -
Minor Hockey Association will be held on Tues., Oct. a
at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Complex. All mothers,

SOUTHWEST AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE

Two women from Namibia (South West Africa)
will speak on Wed., Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Room B-17 at
Selkirk College. They will talk about the struggle for: -
independence of their country from South’ Africa.

STAMP CLUB MEETING *

The regular monthly meeting of the David
‘Thompson Stamp Club will be held on Mon., Oct. 3 at
7:30 p.m. in the undercroft of St. David's Church. The
“meeting will be followed by a swap session.

TEAANDBAKESALE .
The Castlegar and. District Senior Citizens
- Association will hold a Tea and Bake Sale in the
‘DS. Centre on Sat., Oct. 1 from.2:to 4 p.m.

GRAPE HARVEST CELEBRATION
The Castlegar Figure Skating Club's annual
/ Grape Harvest Celebration .will be held .in_ the
Community Complex auditorium on Sat., Oct. 15.

Eclipses of the sun have
always had a great fascination
and mystery for mankind.

Ancient peoples explained
the phenomenon in many in-
teresting ways. The Chinese,
for example, believed that a
dragon appeared in the heavens
and was attempting to swallow
the sun. They assembled in
large numbers, making loud
noises to scare the dragon
away, and even more astonish-
ingly, always succeeded.
On Oct. 12, there will bea
partial eclipse of the sun which
can’be observed’ from Castle-
gar..An eclipse of the sun is
caused, we now know, bythe
moon's passing between the
earth and sun, thus blocking
the sun’s rays.

+ Sampling from 8 to 9 p.m. with dancing to The
Generation Gap from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets available
5 at Castlegar. Drug and West's Department Store.

» Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit .
organizations are listed here through the courtesy. of

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Sunday through Thureday

Two Shows -7 and 9 p.m.
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the sun from the place you
observe the eclipse, it’ is’ a
“total” eclipse. If only a portion
of the sun is covered, the
eclipse is “partial”. On Oct. 12,
only a portion of the sun will be
covered as seen from this lati-
tude. »

The cane ell ‘commence
before noon. It is ‘difficult to
predict exactly .what will be
observed, as we are wall north
of the. path of totality, which
lies in northern South America,
In 1971, a partial eclipse was
experienced here, but very few.
people were aware of its
occurrence. _

If you wish to observe the:

sun on Oct, 12—presuming the
weather | will - co-operate—be
very sure you do not look at the.

sun directly. Even strong sun-.

glasses are not able to protect.
the eye from the ultraviolet and
infrared rays..These can causé
permanent damage before you
are aware of it. One safe way.
to observe the eclipse is to usea
pin hole camera.

if you have questions or.
about,

Sept. 28- ‘Oct.4
Thursday - Saturday
THE STING
Robert Redford
Paul Newm

(Mature)
Saturday, Get.
Matinee -2

MUNSTER GO
Fred Gwynne
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Oct.
JABEERWOCKY
Monty Python
Mature)
ies 8.

Oct.6—7-9p.m.
* In Person *
. MANDRAKE
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» wish further
this ‘event call’me at Selkirk.

College, 365-7292, local 238.
And if you suspect maybe,

the Chinese’ were: correct, re=.
search indicatés the dragon will ”
always retreat if threatened by!

shouted ‘epithets, waving of.
flags, and beating pots, ' pans,
cymbals and gongs. . >

Baker, retired theater owner. °

manager, about how rental

prices of movies have skyrock-.

ted. a

“It's from 25 to 90 per. cent
of the. gross’ ticket~ sales,
depending on your negotiations
with the studio,” said M. Faye
Mills, manager of the Fox
theaters.

“The cost of doing business
has gone up,” said Leonard K,
Louik, manager. ‘ofthe ‘SRO
‘Theatres in Spokane.’ “Seventy
per cent can go for film rental.
The -average owner **makes.

‘about 50 cents a tickets.'Out of

that comes your power, heat,
repairs, transportation,’ ‘office
costs’ and ‘taxes. So,’ if there's
three’ cents left out’of a. buck,

A it's. not:very much.” *

2 “The dollar pereentage
rental, on. every . film . varies,”
according ‘to“Allan Shadowen,
manager: of the UA Cinemas.
“You can pay as much as 90 per
cent: of the gross, or you" can
pay as little as‘a flat $50," he

Baker, who’ began’ his
theater career in 1923 as an
usher in’.a Chicago theater,
said, “It's: really. astronomical

swhat, the, companies ara asking,

aF8 45]
today. They demand all’ the
traffic will bear, and there's
tremendous ‘fronrt™ money’: re-

ed.”

The “typical” rent formula
for a new first-run movie would
be the 90-10 deal, Baker said.

“This means the film com-
pany gives you a 10 per. cent
profit for a'certain.time. They
keep 90 per cent. The longer
the film plays, the smaller the
percentage to the company and
the more the theater gets. to
keep.”

Baker said one of the

biggest chances he took. when *

he owned the Dishman Theater
was “Fiddler on the Roof.”
“The deal was. so tough
there was no way I could show
a profit for: the: first . three
weeks,” he said. “I had. to
gamble on length of- run.” He

was fortunate. It ran nine’

months. *
“But, even when a theater
manager. knows a “sure thing”

is coming, or has a “feeling” for. .~

a movie, that doesn't mean’he,
can just pick up the telephone
and_order it.

“We knew ‘Star Wars’ was
going to be big last spring, and
we made a contact to try.to get

‘it,”,.said Tom Stuart of ‘the
Magic Lantern. “We were told
if.we put up $60,000 ‘front

money’ we could start talking :

seriously.”

Most people have a mils:
conception of how theaters
order. movies, he said.

“They think we have some
kind of giant catalogue. Actu-

ally; we have a professional —

booking ‘agent: in Seattle.”
There are only two “pow:
” ways to-get’ good movies,

$ Stuart said, “Money, or number 4

of theaters.”
There: is a system tor
distribution. *

Independent theaters, like ‘

the Magic Lantern, are. rare.
Most theaters are parts ‘of'a
larger chain. The Fox, for
example, is owned by the-Mann
Theater Corp. of America,
which has 300: others. Sterling:

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{ Dear Ann: I realize you cannotispeak for North ‘Aneriesn fourna-
lism but you reach more people than almost all the rest of them put

Movie Theatre Owners are Feeling the Bite

No Better But Much Costilier :

Recreation Organization (SRO),
which owns the Garland, State,
Lincoln Heights 1 and 2, and
four drive-ins in Spokane, has
70 screens throughout Wash-
ington and California. UA Cin-
emas has’ some 600 theaters.

The ,chains book their
movies through a. booking
sagent, who gets them from a
distribution company, which is
usually owned by one of the

* major: studios.

The booking agent. nor-
mally. signs contracts for the
chains, working out the per-
centages -to be. paid, length of
,Yuns,) and front ‘money or
guarantees, if required.

Naturally, with such high
financial , stakes, inyolved,’ the
“system” sometimes breaks
down’ into’ that’ old “American
“business.” formula: “Money
talks!"..~

‘One ‘manager ‘cautiously
explained there exists:a’ “kind
of: situation” ’ where: certain
‘theater’ chains play. certain
‘companies. ‘Some chains have a
“kind of first shoice,": he said.

The Fox's Mills said,. “If
some guy with one theater in
‘Timbuktu and another with 300
* theaters: are after the same
movie, naturally the distributor.
is going to try to sell it to the
man with 300 houses.”

One manager suggested
the independents survive only
at the pleasure of the larger
chains,

“If the big guys really
wanted to squeeze them out, it
could be done,” he said.

Although antitrust regula-
tions now prevent any "mar-
riage” between studios and
theaters -theré are indications
that absolute enforcement of
such restrictions might’ be a
blow’ to the public.

sac MT re mpvies ube'up forbid
by competition,” Bakerz paid.
“But the mortality rate is very
high in a real bid situation, You
~ make “one big. mistake, and
you've had ‘it. For example,
there was a theater in Portland
that thought ‘Cleopatra’ was
going to be a blockbuster, and
they‘ put their money on the
barrelhead.

“It was a blockbuster all
right, but the one that. was
busted was the theater. When

the film finished its run, the

theater was broke.”

Certainly ‘the ‘biggest
splash so far this year, and one
which could be the hit-of the
decade, is: “Star Wars.”

Some of the Spokane man-
agers guess that “Wars” may
have as. much as
$50,000. forthe UA Cinemas
group the first week it was in
Spokane. The UA's Shadowen
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When I read a page one story about Rosalynn Carter's “minor
female surgery” I blew my top. Is there nothing too personal for
the press to atick {ts nose’ into these days? It was a simple,
--everydsy,'ordinary surgical procedure. Almost every woman over
46 has had aD & C, yet Mra. Carter's “operation” was plastered all
over the font pages as if it.was a “news event.”

When : Happy. Rockefeller; and \ Betty Ford underwent
mastectomies, both within’ weeks of one another, those atories
were worth’ printing because they focused on'the Insidious nature
, of breast “cancer and the value of periodic breast examinations,
Millions of women hurried to their physicians the very next day to
"make sure they were okay.

Undoubtedly : because of Happy’s, ahd Betty's publicity,

yehundreds of.lives were saved. But will you please tell mo how

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urine output: I was appalled by. this invasion of privacy and wrote
to éontp! lain. It‘didn't do’ any good. The next day—same thing.
Cand now the whole world is being treated to diagrams and the
most intimate: details of: Senator Hubert Humphrey's medical
problems. Yet, it is important to know that this great public figure
nas had a second maligrant tumor removed, but will you please tell
the why’ must’ the: man's ‘dignity. be violated?
' Js it’ REALLY vital that the’ world know he now has an
ternal phaatic Pouch on the left side for urine and another pouch
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i sex Me is over.’ -; How in ther name et peaven do

e ‘Truman was ailing ‘and-the newspapers began to publish his daily

eneertel and'productive man in the U. 8. Senate? His indomitable:
spirit and’ dogged determination could keep: him alive and -
functioning for, years to come.

©” Of course, you won't be able to print this'letter Because the
‘Fourth Estate is a cozy little group and you protect one another,
#-butl fee] a lot better for having vented my ‘anger. Thank you very”
much. —An Ann Fan

Dear An Ann Fan: ‘Thank you ‘very much’ for writing. What's
more, I am in total agreement with everything you have said, If I:
get canned don't worry about me. I have a standing offer to. teach
j Aqurnaliema tn a high school in Flint, Mich.”

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| Dear Ann: 1 ama mother, 44 years of age (divorced), and have four
children... My three daughters are wonderful—each one is a

; jdy—but my, son is.a problem:
hey Yeaterday when I was in my bedroom reading, [heard him
abd his‘ closest friend talking and laughing. Suddenly it became
; clear that they were declaring their love for one another. 1 couldn't ,
:. believe: it. Now I understand why my son has never dated girls
5 f add why ‘he and this young man-spend so much time together:
1am completely bewildered and there is no one I'can talk to;
oi is‘a college sophomore, makes good grades, seems

; does he show any of the outward signs of homosexuality, Would
therapy help? What should I do? * Beside Myself
‘Dear Beside Myself: Until the boy comes to you for help (and this
may never:happen): there is'nothing you should do. Therapy is .
‘useless unless a person feels the:need for'it..*

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grooves with
recording effort. :
Smith was one of the.hot:
test country acts on the black,
wax some years ago for Col-
umbla Records,’ but after: a
layott from both ‘personal ap-.
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e’s had: more ihan’ just a“,
small ‘probtem’ finding his
groove | again In the magic hit

His, latest: effort. of ‘This
‘Kind Of Love Ain't Meant For
Sunday. School’ is self-
explanatory, but it's the kind
of production’ and delivery
that made Smith'a household
word In: the ‘country, music
business years ago.

A personal visit with Carl
Smith’ convinces :. you, that
he's not -of the ‘‘sell-

newest not’ yet.be’ aware ‘that ‘the -
Snow boy siill has it.

Hank ‘Snow }
Mercury. has‘a chance for
another winner In the young
lady billed as Reba McEntire.

F ‘well adjusted and-normal in every. way. He ee not depressed nor’

acclaimed star status,’ and he
even laughs at the title! He's
a down-to-earth guy who has
seen ‘alot: of :singers and
songs come ‘and'go, but on
record and on stage, Smith
still nas. what It takes. His~
latest recording effort might
start him back up the’ tadder—
where he belongs! |

So Hank Witllama, J
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all over again that'he’s more Had
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has released another single.

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‘Do TV viewers. especial younger viewers, regard
the programs they watch'as diversion'or do: they loak to
them | for direction? lore and‘ more: parents. and *
_ educators are recognizing the impact television has on:
“our: ‘reasoning: values, and even‘ behavior: This week's

‘1 column is designed to help you took beyond the action <

and adventure of your. favorite ‘series to. examine the
“underlyi of the Shows!
Be Each week the pi ot i
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tually ‘resolve the moral conflicts. which; fill: their lives.
Should John-Boy Watton publish a passage from Adolph:
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in‘which conflicts are, esdlved To:what: extent do-we

to make decisions? What values contlict?. Which are rein- ©

forced? What'do the shows say about our, felationships?
As your family watcties the week's dramas‘and situa-

tion comedies; you may want to talk ‘about the following:

Conflicts, Characters, Resolution

«Has. TV led:us to-befieve that there: ‘aré solutions to.all,

problems? Is it realistic that every conllict is resolved?

tell the slot from the point of view of two of the other's

How’ does the perspective change: the cot
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“Values alter the: situation? =

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the other. characters?

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