The Citizen, 1995-10-25, Page 26MX/
By John Schedler
This week's best new release comes as somewhat of a surprise
especially to me as I am one of those people who has given up on
anything that is spun off from the current lacklustre incarnation of
"Saturday Night Live". However Stuart Saves His Family ****
(Paramount) turns out to be something rather special. The plot follows
Stuart Smalley (Al Franken), the comically neurotic star of a Chicago
"Self Help" cable TV show, as he loses his job while also trying to come
to terms with a dysfunctional family. As I expected, the first part of the
film plays like parody but before long the story takes a surprising turn and
becomes a truly touching and heartfelt look at the effects of the emotional
torture we knowingly or unknowingly inflict on others. Stuart Saves His
Family failed miserably at the box office and I fear it will suffer the same
fate on video which would be an absolute shame. Highly recommended!
(Rated PG-13)
On the other end of the scale is Jury Duty ** (Columbia(Tristar), the
latest comedy starring Pauly Shore. While not as bad as I thought it might
be this story of a bumbling layabout who ends up as a juror on a high
profile murder case may seem even longer than the O.J. Simpson trial.
(Rated PG)
Other new and unpreviewed releases include Planet of the Dino Knights
the first episode of a made for home video adventure serial Josh Kirby:
Time Warrior (Paramount). Next week chapter two The Human Pets will
be available to be followed over the next four months by other episodes.
(Rated PG)
Action star Chad McQueen headlines the cast of New York Cop
(Columbia/Tristar) as an undercover agent caught in a tough section of the
Big Apple. (Rated R)
In time for Halloween is The Howling: New Moon Rising (Alliance)
which finds a stranger in a small California town accused of being a
werewolf. (Rated R)
OP Centre (Malofilm) involves secret agents on the trail of a renegade
KGB Colonel who has hi-jacked three nuclear warheads. (Rated PG)
A rarely seen mystery classic is available for the first time on home
video this week. The Old Dark House (1932) **** (Kino) is an absolutely
wonderful Gothic horror mystery (with a touch of comedy) directed by
James Whale who made Frankenstein the year before. Set in a windswept
Welsh manor, The Old Dark House is the story of a group of weary
travellers who find themselves guests of a psychotic family and their
grunting and disfigured butler played by Boris Karloff. Also in the cast of
this totally weird and witty film are Melvin Douglas, Lillian Bond,
Charles Laughton and Gloria Stuart who told me a couple of years ago
"this was only my second film and despite his on screen personna Boris
Karloff was a kind gentleman . . . the whole experience was delightful".
Based on a story by J.B. Priestley.
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GRADUATION
Mike Nolan, son of Don &
Pat Nolan of Walton
graduated from Mohawk
College in Hamilton on Sept.
30/95 with a diploma in
Insurance. He is presently
employed by Jim Etue
Insurance in Seaforth.
Congratulations Mike!
From Dad, Mom, Pam, Tim
& Mark.
Happy 50th
Anniversary
Wellington & Isabel
Marks
on October 27
GRADUATION
Mark Nolan, son of Don &
Pat Nolan of Walton
graduated from Mohawk
College in Hamilton on Sept.
30/95 with a diploma In
Accounting. He is presently
employed by Ward &
Uptigrove, Chartered
Accountants in Listowel.
Congratulations Mark!
From Dad, Mom, Pam, Tim
& Mike.
PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1995.
Women teachers honoured at fall banquet
Silver service
Several teachers earned recognition for 25 years of service, at the annual Huron Women
Teachers Federation banquet, held at BMG Arena on Oct. 17. In back, from left, Cheryl
Rock, Huron Centennial PS; Bonnie Lockwood, Huron Centennial; Chrystal Jewitt, Seaforth
PS and Barb Livermore, Holmesville PS. In front, from left, Lynda Train, Wingham PS;
Sheila Clarke, Brookside PS; Georgina Reynolds, Seaforth PS and Arlene vanden Akker,
Seaforth PS. Jean Twigg, Hensall PS, Dorothy Coolman, McCurdy PS and Georgina
Schaefer, Victoria PS, were absent.
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E The news from
thel
Congratulations to Ken and
Denise Purvis on the birth of their
son Nickolaus John Donald.
Grace Smith and Helen Cullen
had eight tables of lost heir players
at the Ethel Hall Friday evening.
Thanks to all the women for the
cookies and squares as well as
those donating prizes.
The 50/50 winner was Jim
McGuillawee; second, Danny
Dillon; third, Kathy Badley; fourth,
Ron McCluskie. Winning first in
the lost heir $25 was Ron
McCluskie, Ray Lannin; $15 for
second, Murray and Laura
Middleton; $10 for third, Norman
Coghlin and Dorothy Dilworth;
tally draws, Scott McLean, Roy
Hartung, Helen Dobson, Glenna
Carter, Richard Badley, Isabelle
Gray, Isabelle Bremner, Velma
Sleightholme, Dorothy Dilworth,
Eva Harrison, Kathy Badley,
Patricia Smith, Dorothy Hamilton,
Eric Ortman, Norman Coghlin,
Bob Bateman, Margaret Smith,
Beryl Smith, Marion Behrns and
John Gillies.
Card results
On Tuesday, Oct. 17 the Huron
Womens Teachers' Association
welcomed 12 new women into the
teaching profession and honoured
11 women teachers who had
completed 25 years of service to
the profession.
In the Blyth area, several new
teachers to the area were inducted.
Steacy Elliott of Blyth has been
employed as a resource teacher at
Howick Central School. Four new
teachers have been hired at Blyth
Public School. Lori Jewitt, a
Clinton native, is teaching Grades
3/4. Nancy Pickell, of Goderich, a
long-time supply teacher, is
teaching Grade 1. Linda Nakamura,
of Goderich township, has returned
to teaching French as a Second
Language after taking time off to
raise her children, and Cindy
McKee is teaching Grades 4/5.
After a period of minimal hiring
by the Huron County Board of
Education, the induction of so
many new teachers was a
significant revitalizing event for the
Federation and for the county
system.
A mult-media presentation
followed the ceremonies to honour
out-going Huron Women Teachers'
Association President Susan Wyatt.
Wyatt has been involved in many
board and Federation initiatives
during her two-year term of office
and has been instrumental in
bringing excellent programs both to
the membership and to the children
in the county. She has taken a
position in the Music Department
of the Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton for one year.
Vi Davidson, director of the
Federation of Women Teachers'
Associations of Ontario reiterated
the Royal Commission's belief that
teachers are "heroes" who work
under incredible odds 'to assist all
students at multiple levels of
learning. Davidson also stressed
that some of the suggestions of the
- submissions to the Royal
Commission on Learning are rather
idealized. The conservatism and
back-to-the-basics attitude so
prevalent in this time of economic
difficulty can be backward-looking
and nostalgic. She then went on
rather humorously and pointedly to
outline to the younger members of
the group how children were taught
• Many health problems linked with
obesity may be the result of
repeated cycles of weight loss and
gain.
and labelled in the "good old days"!
An ad hoc music class divided
into crows and canaries quickly
sent the point across in a fun way!
In their annual business meeting,
the teachers discussed issues
relating to Education Finance
Reform, the Sweeney Report on
school board reduction, the threat
to Junior Kindergarten
programmes, the implication of the
College of Teachers, the current
government abandonment of
employment equity programmes,
and School councils. Board
initiatives in technology and local
grievance issues were also
munched on. Also discussed were
Federation of Women Teachers'
initiatives in collective bargaining,
membership, and anti-racism and
ethnoculturism.
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