Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas (2024)

April 2, 1985

Publication:

Corpus Christi Timesi

Location:

Corpus Christi, Texas

Issue Date:

Tuesday, April 2, 1985

Page:

33

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CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS Tiiaaday April 2 198530 TffiEs Auxiliary plans bake sale ravolta may play Howard Hughes Memorial Medical Center Auxiliary will give a pre-Easter bake sale in the lobby of the hospital beginning at 7 am Thursday -homemade baked items will be fop sale and tickets will be sold for a drawing for a chocolate cake to be donated by the Hershey Hotel chef £coceeds will benefit a nursing scholarship at Del Mar College Dr Larry Higdon of the Speech and Hearing Center will be guest speaker Thursday at the first of three seminars on hearing loss for older adults: The seminar to begin at 2 pm in the Mesquite Room of the Harm Student Center at Del Mar College will also feature You Heard?" an American Association of Retired Persons' slide show on hearing problems To register for these seminars call the Senior Citizens Education Program at Del Mar College weeks of release it means three losers in a row for Gibson who also flopped in MGM's last year and in Universal's In spite of all the attention received including a February People Magazine cover declaring him Sexiest Man starting to look as if Gibson's appeal might not extend beyond the industry and the me- dia to the ticket-buying public Graff agrees could be one of those cases where the interest was limited to Beverly Hills and East of the Hudson River" BROADWAY BULLETIN: The Broadway opening of might not come ofT on schedule April 11 It seems Ben Vereen has some matters that will mean his absence from the cast for a few days next week Says one of the executives with the troupe trying to be as cooperative as possible He was working like a maniac during the three-and-a-half weeks we were on the road and if the opening has to be delayed a couple of days well we're trying to work it out now" TENSION TIME: star Fred Dryer has turned down the chance to star in the John Wayne TV bio-pic being mounted by producers Joe Byrne and Elliot Fridgcn He also nixed the chance to co-star with Cindy Williams in the ABC Dreams Come True" TV movie currently filming in Dallas because he wanted to be here with his dancer-wife Tracey Vaccaro while she was undergoing knee cartilage surgery It's taking some courage for Dryer to turn down work at this time considering the status of If the show get markedly improved ratings in its new Saturday night time slot it will as Fred puts it a and never return from hiatus By Marilyn Back TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES NC HOLLYWOOD John Travolta as Howard Hughes? That's what he and Columbia Pictures are plotting Columbia has purchased film rights to Bob Selling's 1984 Airline: An Informal History of TWA" for transformation into a film tentatively titled Howard Hughes Airlinci" The studio has also optioned Scriing's "The Jet' as a starring vehicle for Travolta who's an aeronautics aficionado to the nth degree and the owner of a Jet Star plane he pilots himself I'm told Travolta wants to co-write the latter script with Serling But whether he does or not with advance word strong on his 20th Century Fox (due for June release) -and with the two Columbia aviation projects in the works beginning to sound like Travolta could be riding high again soon After too long a while LOSE SOME LOSE SOME: No truth to reports John Travolta that MGM will try to salvage some of its "Mrs SofTd" losses with a fresh release for the Diane Keaton-Mel Gibson bomb Says MGM-UA Distribution President Richard Graff covered every town in the country with the picture in February and it just wasn't what the public wanted to see at that time whatever that With Sof-fel" managing to rack up only $4 million after nine calling 883-1303 The Local History Department of La Retama Library has available an index of obituaries that appeared in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times during the following years: 1940-41 1950-35 1960-67 and April 1980 to the present These indexes are arranged alpha- -betically by name of the deceased and are available from 9 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday Favorite a book from St Paul United Methodist Church is in its third printing Copies which are $650 may be purchased by calling 992-6335 Proceeds will benefit the church building fund Kristen Nelson a Corpus Christi freshman at the University of Oklahoma has been initiated into Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority Larry Horner chairman and chief executive officer of the accounting firm Peat Marwick Mitchell Co has been named the Kirkland Distinguished Visitor in business administration at Corpus Christi State University Jndy Sea berry counselor for the Ingleside Independent School District will discuss and CrieT at a meeting of the South Texas Chapter of Compassionate Friends at 7 pm Thursday in the Fellowship Hall of St Lutheran Church 4629 Alameda The American Red Cross will teach a course on to Manage Your Stress" beginning April 12 The class will meet from 9 am to noon April 12 19 and 26 It will cover understanding stress developing a personal awareness of stress developing effective stress coping strategies and supporting others in managing stress Class material cost will be $10 Paid pre-registration is required by April 9 Call Health Services at the Red Cross 887-9991 to register Health and Home Nursing" a course designed to teach the lay person how to care for the ill elderly and disabled in the home will be taught from 9 am to 1 pm April IS through April 26 at the American Red Cross 1721 Brownlee Topics to be covered include: prevention of the -spread of disease stress management disaster preparedness the bed bath ostomy care physical therapy nutrition fire safety hospices aspects of aging death and dying first aid choking signs and symptoms diabetes medications catheter care dental care insurance forms and Medicare and how to take temper'' ature pulse and respiration The cost will be $17 to cover books and materials Enrollment is limited and the deadline to register is April 10 Call the Health Services Department at 887-9991 to register Directors of the Corpus Christ! Cathedral Concert Series are looking for families to house mem- bers of the Bonn Symphonic Orchestra and Choir when it comes here to perform next week The German ensemble will present a free concert at the cathedral on April 10 The troupe will bring 76 members ranging in age from 18 to SO Hosts are needed to house members on April 9 and 10 provide breakfast and dinner on April 10 and serve breakfast on April 11 Anyone interested in being a host shouid call Rosie Garza at 882-7847 or Joe Valadez at 991-7184 Hsiao Hsia Tsai a local artist and native of China will conduct a painting class for high school students and adults from 1 to 2:30 pm on four consecutive Saturdays beginning April 13 Classes will meet at the Museum of Oriental Cultures 426 Staples Tuition will be S2S for the series and reservations may be made by 3 hv-V WHAT IS LANDSCAPING? low is A well designed landscape imoives much more the placement of trees shrubs other our property At we bflfev that it mofun organizing and developing the site' fortoidnMv use and pleasure of the resweutt 2) tarutteM sual relationship betweea the house' ind site reducing maintenance to a practical level and 4) iu-g creasing the value of your property Ja CHECK OUR COMPETITIVE NORTH 4K6I3I VIS AJ 4QJTI EAST 49 4AJ43 991713 4941 WEST JIT 4 VKQ10I KQIO 41 the tricks in his long suit on defense against no-trump But it takes expert foresight to refuse to lake an available fourth trick against three no-trump That was what happened in a recent team-of-four match At one table the bidding was as shown West led the king of hearts When he continued the suit his side took the first four tricks Next the king of diamonds was played Declarer won the ace and played out all five club tricks Eventually poor West had to either unguard the spades or throw the queen of diamonds away so three no-trump was made on a squeeze The bidding was the same at the second table with the same opening lead At trick two a heart was continued to the ace and a third heart was played won by West's 10 Without cashing the fourth heart West now tabled the diamond king Declarer won the ace and played out all the dubs just as at table one but now defender West was able to discard his fourth heart on the fifth club thus preserving both the diamond queen and the spade suit control By not playing the last heart winner West gave himself an extra card to play at the end thus avoiding the squeeze SOUTH 4 A 10 4971 4141 4AK1I9I Vulnerable: East-West Dealer West West Ntrtk East Sostk 14 Pass Pass 34 Pits 34 Pass I NT Pass 3 NT Paae Paw Pass Opening lead: VK letting her run her fingen through your just combed hair TMRsoUAPiL Ofl-al rights rasarvid 15 Los Angeles Ttims syndlcats By James Jacoby NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Any bridge player can cash out onnst $2323D FREE WITH EVERY COMPLETE LANDSCAPE RISTALLAT10N aU yX Currie's Design Fee A Drip tf gstiom Ht to him: frMMflt dOBD MteriK to frequent deep watering 'te1 the net zone A to water it Use Rebate Program makes iCmm ey1 MJ5W 'nY'Vne'cest mmtmenil VtiJJfcjSi jl that Frames DEAN IS FOR Improving the quality of life for the people now living here: Improving streets and traffic flow upgrading sewage treatment and catching up with other basic services 2 Planned orderly growthnot special interest favoritism The Candidate with KNOWLEDGE SKILL and INDEPENDENCE in government affairs Am) ter by Bank tor Council CommUtM Mart (pm Chwpanan 226 Wawriy 7011 1 I 'tf? i Jack Micael Solovey Interior Design announces the association of Michael Driver associate member american society of interior designers Specializing in Residential and Commercial Design Alameda at Doddridge weekdays 854-2601 nine to five )4 1 1 I CUSTOM RESULT immsm OPIN SAT CKMTCUDS wsMissioS 1321 IL Water St M2-M8S LOSE WEIGHT FOR LESS 0 Radio haek hack THE NEW EXCITING WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM THAT WORKS Weight Loss Centers one of America's fastest growing weight loss programs controlled by nurses and dietitians invites you to join the slim successful people who have already lost weight on the NEW Weight Loss Centers Program it SALE! 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