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Critic says strict TV rules obsolete TORONTO CP Strict federal regulations to protect Canadian television stations no longer make sense with the ad vent of multichannel cable television says Patrick Nowlan communications critic for the federal Progressive Conservatives Nowlan said Wednesday at the annual meeting of the On tario Cable Communications AssoCiation that if the Conser vatives form the next federal government and he becomes communications minister he will press for more com petitive approach to give Viewers maximum choice For more information call 728 $50goes soltion $100 welcome 5050 draw will also be held Stroud Complex Davidson at 4562357 0A notebook monday OThe Barrie Boomerangs Camping Club meets at St Mary School in Barrie at pm All campers are welcome 0485 OTottenham Lions Bingo at 730 pm in the Tottenham Community Centre $250 jackpot must go each week early birds sharethewealth rolling $200 jackpot consolation of Bingo at pm at the Canadian Legion Branch 147 St Vincent Street and Cundles Road Barrie Jackpot $500 con OThe Simcoe county Chess Club meets from 630 to 10 pm in the Barrie Public Library New members are OThe Childrens Annex of the Barrie Public Library holds French hour for preschoolers from to pm tuesday OThe Bay International Communications Club holds coffee break meeting at 320 Little Ave at 730 pm OEuchre at the Bell Ewart Community Centre at pm OThe GetTogether Club of Barrie will meet at 130 pm at the ANAF Club New members are welcome OBlighty Bingo at the Wyevale Orange Centre at pm OThe Stroud Senior Citzens meet at 130 pm in the The Belle Ewart Euchre Club plays at pm in the Belle Ewart Community Hall For more information call Dave OThe Canadian Calorie Counters meet at Marys Separate School on Codrington Street For more in formation call Flo Houghton at 7260592 preschool story hour is held at the Childrens Annex Instead of forcing television stations to fill gross percen tage of their schedule with Canadian shows he wants bonus points given for schedul ing Canadian material in peak Viewing periods Tougher competition would force producers to try for extra quality enhancing the chances of Canadian programs getting good ratings Nowlan said SAYS CANADA LOSES The MP for the Nova Scotia riding of Annapolis Valley said Canada has lost its lead to the United States in cable televi sion and domestic communica tions satellite technology pm at St Watership Down an epic narrative based on the Richard Adams bestseller Rabbit fantasy wise and subtle Boys recuperate from ordeal By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner Based on the best selling novel by Richard Adams Watership Down at the Im perial is 90 minute animated feature film thats subtle and restrained like painting of the English coun trvside done in soft pastels and muted shading Watership Down is more than an in telligent film fantasy about rabbits it creates its own world of order and chaos language and mythology culture and behaviour havent read the Adams novel so cant judge how well Martin Roscn who wrote directed and produced the film has transferred the story to the screen do know that Water ship Down works on its own terms you dont have to be familiar with the book to enjoy the movie Watership Down opens with playful sequence explaining the creation of the world by sun of the Barrie Public Library from 10 to 11 am every Tues day and Wednesday No registration is required OThe Duplicate Bridge Club meets every Tuesday at pm at the YMYWCA Everyone is welcome For partners call 7374469 The Mello Blends practise every Tuesday at 730 pm at Oakley Park School Grove and Davidson Streets Women interested in joining the chorus are invited to attend wednesday OThe Barrie chapter of Amnesty International meets at pm to hear Richard Reach who has worked for prisoners in Asia Reoch is head of communications for the Amnesty International office in London The meeting starts at pm in the faculty lounge of the applied art building at Georgian College For more information call David Mair at 7285448 OYoung people from the Stayner missionary group are reading the Bible nonstop during the school break Pro ceeds from the Bibleathon will go to support missions To support the project call 721M967 in Barrie or 4283015 OThe general meeting and election of officeisfor Barries Parents Without Partners organization will be held at Mon signor Clair School in Barrie starting at pm OChildren in Shanty Bay are invited to Fun Day at Shanty Bay School Money raised from the $2 admissions will be used for the proposed community centre The fun day runs from 10 am to pm featured will be play ac tivities story readings and hikes if the weather is suitable OCatholic Womens Thrift Shop at Canadian Forces Base Borden is open from to 830 pm Location is Building P2 North side between the chapels For further information call 4240703 OThe Gingham Door Barries Nearly New Shop operated by the May Court Club of Barrie who use the proceeds for community projects is located at 74 Maple St Barrie and is open Tuesday to Friday from 1030 am to 430 pm Satur day 1030am t02pm Meetings are held every Wednesday for TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly nonprofit weightwatchers organiza tion The meetings are held at Goodfcllow Public School in Alcona Beach for more information call Josie at 4363779 OThe Barrie Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America meets at pm in Monsignor Clair School on Cundles Road east of St Vincent Men interested in joining the chorus are welcome to attend OArts and crafts are sold by Barrie residents from 12 to pm at the Farmers Market on Mulcaster Street thursday OThe Cookstown PreSchool Play group meets from to 11 am in the Cookstown Town Hall OEuchre at the Alliston Orange Hall Admission 75 cents lunch is provided OKnights of Columbus bingo at 730 pm in the Legion Hall St Vincent Street and Cundles Road Barrie Lewis and friend Actor Jerry Lewis whispers in the ear of clown which was the tapping on birthday cake presented to him today to celebrate his 53rd birth day The clown is supposed to be Bo Hooper character which Lewis portays in Hardly Work ing which Is being filmed in south Florida The crew and cast gave Lewis $1300 for his favorite charity Muscular Dystrophy Lewis and producer Joseph Ford Proctor matched the gift also for the us film domination criticrzed TORONTO CP Canadian film production is high but con cern is being expressed that US interests are gaining con trol of Canadian films The government capitulated to American interests by stripp ing the Federal Film Policy of measures aimed at con trolling American market domination and caused an ex hilaration among the American distributors which couldnt have been equalled if the policy had been written at head office in New York said Sandra Gathercole past chairman of the Canadian Council of Filmmakers One Canadian coproduction Running has been sold to US distributor and the agree ment includes the rights to Ca nadian distribution US film producer says there is one main reason why an increasing number of films are being made in Canada Money Americans are not copro ducing Canadian films because they love Canada he said Its cheap to work here Keep it that way and the mono will stay Change it and goodtbye Canuck The Canadian Film Develop ment Corporation says it hopes international roductions will help the Cana ian film industry flourish allowing it to produce films at lower cost for the Ca nadian market All SEATS SI 25 dim91p oz 7L minors mo lz30 charity MATINEES FOR THE MARCH BREAK Today only handful of people know what The China Syndrome moons soon you will Irnow THE WIIIILII NIIMBEII IINE BEST SELLEII IS NIIW MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL In Thu 700 9200 IMPERIAL SOUND MCI AVAIlAIIT RECORDS ON VINIIU uvi VOUIINIAIIIIU mourn on mumAu ov indnu moor IIVII 69 DUNLOP god named Frith Ihc anima tion is stylized like an Indian print with brilliant colors and twodimensional animal characters After this introduc tory sequence the film shifts to softhued naturalistic anirnar tiori style Were taken to rab bit warren somewhere in the English countryside psychic rabbit has vision that the war rcn will be destroyed and that vision prompts group of rabbits to strike out on their own in scorch of safe place to live RIXRI lIEl ACTORS Roscn recruich English ac tors to provide voices for the rabbits Sir Ralph Richardson and John Hurt arc just two of the actors who givc each animal on individual personali ty Adams gins each rabbit human cbaractcristics sonic arc brave and rcsourccful olhcrs arc timid and Wtilk and while the English accents and precise diction jar at first thcy lcnd dramatic weight to the allegorical frzirncwork that Watcrship lown tries to develop The rabbits odyssey can Iit seen as coinmcntary on human society The rabbits struggle for survival They fall prey to rabbit izirrcn run dictatorial IIilfItl and managc to escape only through thc Iiclp of Iriciidly bird thro Mostcl providcs comic East Europciin acccnt tliiits IIlt fun intst thing in tlic critirc film The rabbits livc III world of violcncc and thc fight scencs in Watcrslnp Ion irc graphic but the IIIIII uses thcsc dramatic morncnts to DIOVHIt peaks of tlltlllill in the our rallyi incc you accept thc prcniisc of Watership liown that rilI bits are intclligcrit animals with highly developed socuil organization and religion IIIt film bccoiilcs an cpic narrative that follows its own logic Youngcr icwcrs can cnjoy tlic film as in animal story full of action and adventure older viewers Illl work out the allcgoricul rcfcrcncos III the film WEAKNIISSIIS Watership Down docs have its wcakncsscs Ihc aninuition is flat and twodimensional thcrcs littlc dcptli to the beautiful landscapes and the use of posth colors gives the countryside washedout look The quality of the animation seems out of joint with the am bitious vision and moral pur pose that Adams brought to the story And there arc moments when Ami the film takes itself too serious ly Watership Down is flight of prolonged fantasy thats as contained and as neat as well tended English garden 77 the visual exuberance and excite ment of the opening sequence isnt sustained through the rest of the film Watching this movie you almost have to re miiid yourself that what youre sccing isnt just cartoon about talking rabbits if the ccntral portion of the film were as ini aginativc and striking as the beginning and cod Watership Down would bc much better movie MATINEE DAILY 130 PM Earth Wind Fire RilliA THEATRES munc new mn USIHIMN as HEALING AND MIRACLE SERVICE WITH CANADAS YOUNGEST FULLTIME TEEN EVANGELIST WESLEY MARR THREE SERVICES ONLY THURSDAY MARCH 22nd THROUGH SATURDAY MARCH 24 PM NIGHTLY AT HOLIDAY INN 400 MEMORIAL AVE OFF HWY II8 ORILLIA The dynamic young man has travelled across Canada and this is his only scheduled services for Orlllia and area THE LAME WALK THE BLIND SEE THE DEAF HEAR All people of all faiths are invited to attend Gloria Gaynor Love Tracks Itor ltepien the oxamlnor Monday Mar 19 1979 fitment raises serious questions TORONTO CP CBC television program to be shown tonight Will look at how Cana dian farmers may be heading for bankruptcy if something isnt done about foreign im mug Food For Thought produced and directed by Doug Lower raises disturbing questions about government and industry policies toward an easing of Canadas fresh fruit and vege table producers increasing problems as they compete with foreign markets on yearround basis The program comes week after Ottawa announced price reductions on wide range of imported fruits and vegetables because ofa cut in tariffs on the goods Every year Canadians eat more fresh fruits and vege tables and they buy more about $2 billion worth from other growers Lower said Friday at preview screening of the show Their insatiable demand for these products is pushing the Canadian farmer hampered by short growing season closer to bankruptcy Forced to compete against produce dumped into the Cana dian market at prices that are difficult to compete with and further hampered by subsidies to the agriculture business south of the border Canadian farmers arefeelingthebitc GROWN YEAR RlNI Food For Thought takes its viewers to the fertile valleys and fields of California where farmers claim they can grow crops year round for export to anada anadian farmers have EVENING SHOWS PM No your on ea Best of Earth Wind Fire Vol Energy Trust Tor Selection Value and Sarllioaion BoMe Pointer Sisters MN These LP records also available on Birock and cassette tapes or value prices short season Irom midJune to midSeptember With idyllic yearround grow ing conditions and highlydevel oped mechanical aids the Cali fornia farmer is part of an in dustry whose gross national product ranks in the worlds top 10 after the whole of the US Russia Japan and Germany Tom Merrill farmer in the Salinas Valley near San Fran cisco said in an interview for the show that the valley ships out the equivalent of 400 truck loads of lettuce every day of the year Singing star in hospital LOS ANGELES AP Singing star Neil Diamond is in hospital recovering from back surgery Diamond underwent spinal operation Friday at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre where piece of his vertebra was cutout said hospital spokesman Larry Baum The 35yearold singer was brought to the hospital Monday for tests involving back pro blem Baum said Diamond is expected to re main in the hospital for week to 10 days after the operation DINO or ururzrrmrs presents MICHAEL carcmon FILM siliN DONALD Within three days of his crop being harvested another crop will be planted In another program inter view Paul Pappas vicepresi dent of fresh produce for Lot laws stores said that in the last year alone the Canadian con sumers demand for fresh pro duce has grown by five per cent BAREIY KEEP UP The program points out that the Canadian farmer is barely able to keep up with the ton nage required Canadian suppliers can and do supply us with the bqu of the product from the middle of June to September but after that we run out Pappas said Consumers demand more Ca nadian produce but we just cant get enough The program also in vestigates the Canadian producer and the question of protective tariffs Many far mers believe protection is needed against cheap imports particularly when local products are in season Hector Delanghe who grows 18 different crops on his 248 acre farm near Blenheim Ont calls the current trade situation unfair competition No matter what industry youre in youve got to be able to hold your own and think we have proved that he said EleMlIS 7269944 CDNNERY SUTHERLAND and LESLEYANNE DOWN AJOHN FOREMAN PRODUCTION Screenplay by MICHAEL CRICHION based on his novel Music by JERRY GOLDSMITH Produced by JOHN FOREMAN Directed by MICHAEL CRICHION Famous runs Production PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR mow armtw KIth avg yu United Artists aomwndu Anuir NIEIIAINMIN GEORGEIHC SCOTT HARDCORE EPETER BOYLE es Doncmg Up Storm R0 Towers Boyfield Rd Hwys No 20 and No 27 Village People Cruism Village People Macho Man Cloujo Dior Want To Be Loved By You Hot Chocolate Every 1s Vrnoer All prices in effect until cIostng time Saturday March 17 1979 Open Mon to Sat until tOOOPM Free Parking it won WIIIIIIIIIII