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Clinton News-Record, 1983-11-30, Page 3Beat the high cost of eating this winter: CaII LES TURNER for Free Estimates on •POLYURETHANE FOAM •BLOWN CELLULOSE •BLOWN FIBREGLASS •FIBREGLASS BATTS- ROCKWOOL •CMHC APPROVED GOVERNMENT GRANTS Available for homes built before 1911 UP TO '500. Call now for a free estimate. Also available for foam Insulation fire resistant atings. J �o S Viieo craze hits ar as s. c+y� ; ,d outlet By Rod Lillis CLINTON - The addition of a second video movie rental and salbusiness in Clinton is an indication of the soaring popularity of North America's latest source of en- tertainment. Star Time Video, owned by London native Pat Knight joins Groves TV and Appliance Centre in offering Clinton and area patrons the latest in video movies. "The video movie business is on the up- swing steadily," said Mr. Knight, who also owns a video store in Exeter. "People can have the pleasures of watching a good movie ill their own home with the ultimate choice for parents to pick suitable titles for their children." Star Time Video offers the movie con- noisseur a selection of over 1,000 movies (and music concerts) in the form of 600 discs and 400 VHS cassette and Beta tapes. The difference between the systems can be simplified to say that disc machines cahnot record and VHS and Beta systems can record. Jane Groves of Groves TV and Appliance Centre has sold and rented video movie discs as a sideline for the past year and a half. Her store sells and rents disc movies only. She said the popularity of the disc rental business is high with the disc players always rented on weekends and Tuesday nights. "It carries itself (video movie rentals). The response was excellent all summer with the kids out of school. Winter is the prime time for rentals," Mrs. Groves explained. According to Rick Woodall, who is in charge of RCA software in Toronto, the movie disc popularity "has increased tremendously and has taken off in leaps and bounds over the last six months." He said RCA has been involved in selling and ren- ting movies for the past tv'o and a half years. In 1981 RCA made 100 movie disc titles available on the market. To date that figure has jumped to 692. Last year 250,000 movie (including music video discs) were sold in Canada. This year RCA expects to sell 300,000 alone. In the United States the video craze is even bigger as over four million discs were sold last year. According to RCA sources over one million discs had been sold in the U.S. during the first quarter of this year. Bruce Trowell, RCA Sales Manager for Ontario, said in the future people in urban areas can expect to see video stores open up 24 hours, seven days a week, similar to convenience stores. "It's just the tip of the iceberg (video Qs CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1983—PAGE 3 a ens craze). People are renting movies because they can turn on what they want to watch. They can control the viewing," Mr. Trowell said. Both video stores in Clinton sell and rent movies ranging from horror to children's movies. Included on the list are comedy, drama, science fiction, western, war and musicals (including rock videos). Both Mr. Knight and Mrs. Groves said that horror movies are their biggest sellers. Comedies and dramas are the next most popular. Children's movies are gaining popularity and are in big demand for birthday parties. Mr. Knight said that his biggest sellers over the past year have been the movies Officer and a Gentleman, Arthur and Stir Crazy. He said any title in horror would compete it sales with the top two combined. The number one selling disc in the U.S. and Canada is Jane Fonda's Workout, which is still in high demand. Expensive to start Anyone interested in starting their own video movie rental business should be prepared to spend a lot of money. According to Mr. Knight, "Profits for two years of business must go into titles to build a library to keep customers satisfied." He orders up to 30 new titles a month to keep his library updated. Scared of video Some people view video players as a scary piece of technology that is far too com- plicated to use. Mr. Knight said the video players come with instructions and are simple to set up. One minute is all it takes. He explained that there's an age group between 50-65 that still haven't reached the stage of seeing movies in their own home. Memberships cheaper If you are planning to rent a lot of video movies it would be wise to obtain a mem- bership. A membership allows the customer to rent videos and players at a reduced rate. Awareness growing As more and more people grow aware off the soaring popularity of video, businesses must open to supply the demand. In Toronto over 80 video stores are selling and renting video tapes. On a smaller scale Clinton has two video outlets, proof that the popularity is rising. "From day one movies have been popular. But it's now that were finally bringing them to the masses," concluded Mr. Knight. Joanne Young explains her anti-nuclear crusade in letter to Women Today Helping to prevent a war that could "vaporize" her students is a lesser crime than sitting idly by waiting for it to happen, Joanne Young said in a speech she sent to a Women Today meeting in Clinton Nov. 22. The Exeter high school teacher, who was supposed to address the group on women's role in the peace movement, was one of 80 protestors arrested outside the Litton Systems Canada Ltd. plant in Rexdale on Nov. 18. By refusing to co-operate with authorities - calling herself "Louis Riel" and going on a hunger strike in jail - she is protesting the manufacturing of guidance systems for cruise missiles. "I insist on my right not to be party to mass murder. The Judgement of Nuremberg made it international law that it is the duty of everyone to take responsibility for the action of their government. I insist on my right to influence policy; otherwise I'd be accepting a justice system that isn't used to promote justice," she said in her speech, which was delivered by a friend. Although she says she's willing to take the consequences of her actions, Ms. Young says that few can face going to jail. Other peaceful methods of protest ("violence always gets a violent response") are keep- ing informed, writing letters of protest to all levels of government, contributing to agen- cies working for peace, attending peace marches, and supporting those few who do commit civil disobedience. "Those of us who do civil disobedience will be without impact if not supported by the majority," she said. The huge arsenals of nuclear weapons are owned by the superpowers to keep others out of areas such as the Middle East and most of South America that are vital to them. By helping the United States test the cruise missile, Canadians are supporting the regime which exploits third world coun- tries. Canadians become the target of Russian missiles when they support the United States. And, Canada has paid for its support of the U.S. military in the past with dumps full of radioactive waste in Port Hope after supplying uranium to the U.S. in 1945, she said. Crummy jobs "Canadians help the U.S. with its dirty work for a few crummy jobs. But, will we . really be protected? Canadians had difficul- ty getting out of Grenada because if they hadn't, there would have been no reason to send the boys to get them out." A skit she sent to the meeting illustrated her stand on the nuclear arms race. The skit involved a salesman trying to sell a burglar alarm to a home -owner that was based on the principle of deterrence. If a burglar tried to get into the home, a black box containing 10 kilos of TNT would blow up the house and its occupants. When the home owner protested the salesman said the burglar would never try to get in if he knew about the system. The amount of TNT would increase yearly and cost the home owner one third his annual income. When the home owner asked if the system could go off accidentally the salesman told him not to think about it. Weather 1983 1982 NOVEMBER 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rain 16 mm 7 1 10 2 10 -1 7 1 12 0 3 - 5 2 1 5 5 0 2 - 4 3 1 -1 -8 6 2 3 -10 Rain 42 cm Snow5mm K.C. COOKE FLORIST 61 ORANGE ST., CLINTON 482-7012 Invites You to share "Happy Holidays" OPEN HOUSE 'Sunday. 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Board chairman Dorothy Wallace an- nounced the decision for the position at the board's meeting on Nov. 7. "The Huron County Board of Education is pleased to announce to the public that it has offered the position of Superintendent of Education (subject to Ministry of Education approval) to Mr. Paul Carroll of Seaforth and Walton Public Schools," states a press release issued by the board. Mr. Carroll received his basic teachers' education at Stratford Teacher's College in 1967. He started teaching at Victoria Public School in Goderich that same year. He became vice-principal at that school in 1973. In 1973, Mr. Carroll became a vice - Mother's Day Coin laundry 13 RATTENBURY ST. EAST CLINTON OPEN DAILY 8 A.M. - 10:30 P.M. Housecleaning SPECIAL GIANT WASHER DUE To EXCELLENT p$ 1u'NG RESPONSE WE'RE 'i11.L DEC'. 31 ....._ .. 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