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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Saturday, August 21, 1982 7A Lifefeatures- He tin board Mom blows her top over son's girlfriend Special events. Shearing sheep at the museum From shearing the sheep to admiring the finished product, the process of making a hand-woven coverlet will be demonstrated from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Old Courthouse Museum.

Sheep will be sheared and wool will be dyed outside the museum. Inside, local weavers will spin yarn and demonstrate weaving techniques on a loom. Visitors will be welcome to try spinning and weaving. "Prized Possessions: The American Coverlet," which runs through November 7, will exhibit about 50 decorative bedspreads, looms and weaving tools. Museum staff plan to weave a coverlet over the course of the exhibit.

Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free. Dear Ann: I recently visited my son and bis live-in girlfriend. I am a broad-minded person and have made a point of keeping my mouth shut. The girl wore a very scanty bikini around the cabin from morning till night. I never said a word, although I thought she looked vulgar.

When we went out in the boat together, she removed her top. It was apparent me that her semi-nudity made my son uncomfortable. I was flabbergasted but said nothing. This is going to occur again, I am sure. Should I speak to my son or to the girl? Or to neither? They are both 25 years of age old enough to know better.

Key West, Dear K.W.: Tell your son you were embarrassed when Gypsy Rose did her number in the boat and you hope he will ask her to keep her top on in the future when you are present. He will probablv be glad you spoke up because the implied criticism will have come from you, not him. Dear Ann: Last Sunday our pastor, who never could win first prize for tact, decided to honor the oldest fought constantly was right on target. My parents have had a rotten marriage for over 50 years (I am now 35) and it's a darned shame nobody told me when I was 17 that their problems were not my fault and it was OK to talk to a counselor. How I wish all battling parents knew how much damage they do when they fight in front of their kids.

My sister and I have both had extensive therapy and are still struggling to get our heads straightened out. Mom was one who "stayed for the sake of the kids," not realizing how miserable we were and how much we would have rejoiced if they bad gotten a divorce so we could live in peace. Our parents are still together, still fighting and still telephoning to complain about the latest upheaval. It's hard to deal with, but at least I no longer feel it's my fault. I've grown up but they haven't.

Not Bitter, Just Remorseful In Albany Dear Not Bitter: Congratulations on the victory. I'm sure a great many readers will see themselves in your letter. Thanks for writing. mother present. At the close of his sermon he said, "All mothers between 60 and 70, hold up your hands." Then, "Now, how about all the mothers between 70 and 80?" Next, "How about those over 80?" Then the mothers over 80 were asked if they were 81, 82 and so on.

Finally they broke the tie when two 84-year-olds were asked to tell the month they were born. I thought this was in very poor taste and wonder what you think about it. No Name, No City Dear N.N.: Since most women in their 60s and 70s don't wish to tell their age, the minister should have asked mothers over 80 to raise their hands and gone on from there. I'll bet the winner was elated, however. My belated congratulations.

Dear Ann: Your advice to the 1 year-old in Madison whose parents Children's program sponsors Dear Bulletin Board: On behalf of the youngsters who attended the Children's Home Society 1982 Summer Learning Program, I wish to extend appreciation and thanks to the many individuals, service clubs and church organizations who helped fund this activity. In particular, I would like to offer special thanks publically to the Knights of Columbus, the Kiwanis Club, the D.A.V. Auxiliary, the Rotary Club, the Sioux Falls Association of Realtors, the V.F.W., the Disabled American Verterans, the United Methodist Women of Valley Springs, and the children of Vacation Bible School at First Lutheran Church in Centerville for making donations to sponsor young-' sters. We are proud of these organizations who choose to invest in the future of children by participating and becoming involved with this program for the youth of our area. Again, thank you.

Daniel M. Fuchs Development Director, Children's Home Society Thank you From Brockhouse animals group Dear Bulletin Board: Some of you out there may have forgotten about us since the bond issue passed. However, the Save the Brockhouse Animals Association is still active and busy raising the last $10,000 to bring the elephant home. We want to say a particular thank you to Jim Savage. Jim donated the nine prints raffled off at the Western Art show he recently sponsored.

Our volunteers spent their weekend helping to sell tickets and by Sunday afternoon we had more than $450 for the animals. Thanks also to all of the people who bought chances on the prints in support of our cause. The continued support of individuals, businesses and service clubs akes us very confident that the remaining funds can be raised. Patricia Nordyke. president, R.J.

"Bob" Wikner, chairman of the board, Save the Brockhouse Animals Association Sioux Falls From Rocky Mt. Oyster Band Dear Bulletin Board: The members of the Rocky Mt. Oyster Band extend our thanks to everyone that helped to make our World's Fair performance possible. Your individual donations through our T-shirt and concert sales "made the difference in our travel expenses and were very much appreciated. The trip was an enjoyable experience for all of us; and we feel that our performances and conversations left people with a good impression of our home state.

Rocky Mt. Oyster Band: Tim Coates, John Donahoe Neil Isaacson, Tom Schaefer and Charley Smith HBO does justice to 'Bus Stop' I vious visits have been limited to 20-minute stops. Grace's assistant, an impressionable high school girl named Elma, comes close to being seduced by a middle-aged bus passenger who quotes Shakespeare and purports to be a professor, but who turns out to be a drunk with a penchant for young girls. Rounding out the cast are a kind-hearted sheriff who literally beats some sense into Bo, and Bo's ranch foreman and surrogate father, Virgil. Several faces in the excellent cast will be familiar to TV viewers, especially Pat Hingle as the professor, Joyce van Patten as Grace, and Claude Akins, once the title charac From Pam Oil Softball team Dear Bulletin Board: For making possible our trip to Highland, for the boy's national junior Softball tournament, the sponsor, boys and coaches would like to extend a very humble and sincere thanks to the individuals and firms who helped so generously.

Keitn Hodge, Coach and the boys of the Pam Oil softball team Sioux Falls Horoscope NEW YORK (AP) William Inge's modest little comedy "Bus Stop" opened on Broadway in 1955 and a year later its film version provided a vehicle for the rising star of Marilyn Monroe. There its history might have ended, were it not for the voracious appetite of cable television. Old movies fill up just so much air time, and cable is increasingly on the lookout for entertainment properties to recycle. So it is that a new production of "Bus Stop," starring Margot Kidder, comes to Home Box Office Sunday night, from 8-10 p.m. CDT.

It will be repeated four times in the following 10 days. The Canadian actress, known to moviegoers mainly as Lois Lane in "Superman" and "Superman II," is clearly delighted at finding a more challenging role than the Man from Krypton's love interest. Kidder shines as Cherie, the girl from the Ozarks who calls herself a chanteuse but who entertains at the Blue Dragon, a disreputable nightclub near the Kansas City Stockyards. She is one of eight characters whose lives change for better or worse during a night when they are stranded by a snowstorm at a lunchroom on the bus route between Kansas City and Topeka. Cherie is trying, not very hard, to run away from Bo Decker, a virginal Montana cowboy who came to Kansas City for the rodeo, wandered into the, Blue Dragon, and was instantly smitten.

After one night of love, he wants to get By CARROLL RIGHTER ter in "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo," and still playing a lawman here. Matheson is a bit strident and shouts too much in his early scenes when Bo is trying to muscle his way into Cherie's affections, but he and Kidder are extremely effective in the moving closing moments when the two finally discover each other. The production is billed as Margot Kidder's stage debut, but it's a questionable claim. It was performed before an audience at the Garrison Theater in Clarement, Calif. using the original set designs by the late Boris Aronson but only so it could be videotaped for HBO.

In sum, "Bus Stop," while hardly a classic of the American theater, has its moments of genuine feeling, and HBO has done it justice. Margot Kidder hitched for life, but she regards him as one more casual affair and is skeptical when he literally carries her onto the bus bound for home. Bo, portrayed by Tim Matheson of "Animal House" fame, hides his tender feelings under a he-man bravado. Cherie lacks the self-respect to believe anyone could really love her. How the two work out their relationship provides the dominant strand of Inge's plot.

Two other couples form different sorts of romantic entanglements during the long night. Grace, the 40-ish manager of the restaurant, dallies in her upstairs apartment with Carl, the bus driver whose pre LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22): Study the fundamentals of a new project you have in mind before putting it operation. Show more devotion to loved one.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21): Getting out to the amusements you enjoy during the day brings the hap-' piness you seek. Improve your appearance. SAGITTARIUS (Nov.

22 to Dec. 21): Good day to show more devotion to family members and gain greater happiness. Spend less, save more. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan.

20): A good day to study your true objectives in life and decide on the best way to gain them. Make improvements to property. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 to Feb. 19): Plan how you can save more money for the material things you will need in the future.

Express happiness to others. PISCES (Feb. 20 to March 20): You can now gain a desire that has been difficult to accomplish in the past. Make plans to have more abundance in the future. IF YOUR CHILD WAS BORN TODAY he or she will easily understand what others are thinking and will be highly sensitive to the surroundings.

There could be fame and foturne in this chart, especially where the sciences are concerned. Religious training should start early. GENERAL TENDENCIES: The daytime finds you able to better understand what is going on about you and you are able to see both sides of whatever situation arises. A time for enjoying the good things in life. ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Handling personal affairs well is best way to spend your free time today.

Try not to lose your temper with anyone. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Getting together with good friends at the amusements mutallY enjoyed makes this an extremely happy day for all. GEMINI (May 21 to June 21): Engage in outside activities you enjoy. The evening is best for the social side of life. Think constructively.

MOON CHILDREN (June 22 to July 21): The study of new outlets is important today since you need to add to present income to gain your aims. LEO (July 22 to Aug. 21): You can cut down on regular work load by using new methods that make your tasks lighter. Take it easy tonight. VIRGO (Aug.

22 to Sept. 22): Show that you are anxious to do more than your share of the work to gain your objectives. Steer clear of arguments. My anSWer by Bmy Graham He picks TV's winners and losers By BILL HAYDEN Gannett News Service Phil Burrell's track record in spotting the sure winners and losers among new series is not only gooct but has improved over the years. -His average for accuracy approaches 90 percent.

to undergo a spiritual rebirth a radical transformation that only God could bring. "I tell you the truth, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John Your greatest need is to commit yourself personally to Jesus Christ. How can you do that? First, you need to confess your sins to him. No matter how good you are, you still fall short of God's standard of perfection. You need to be forgiven of your sins, and only God can do that.

Then you need to realize what Jesus Christ has done for you to make your spiritual rebirth possible. He died on the cross to take away your sins. You deserved to be punished for your sins, but Christ took upon himself your punishment by dying for you. He rose again so: you could have new life both now and eternally. What must you do in response? You must receive Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

"For Good so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John You can believe in him you can trust him for your salvation you can invite him into your heart as your personal Lord and Then you will be part of God's family and he will begin to change you. DEAR DR. GRAHAM: About a year ago I decided to join a church. I thought it would make a real difference in my life, but I really don't' seem to be any different. What do you think is wrong? R.R.W.

DEAR R.R.W. Church is important and God can use it in your life to grow spiritually but I wonder if there may not be another problem. Joining a church by itself will not make you a child of God; instead, you need to be born again spiritual- On one occasion a man came to Jesus who was very religious in fact, he was a clergyman. He was very active in religious things, and was undoubtedly a very good man in many ways. Instead, he needed Ask Andy Andy sends the Star Wars Question and Answer Book of Space to Keith Poster age 15, of Brownsville, for his question: HOW DOES TORSION BAR SUSPENSION WORK? The people who really count in commercial television the advertisers listen when Phil Burrell says a new prime-time series could be a hit.

This season, he is saying that only two of the 24 shows premiering qualify for hit status. Another eight look like losers to him even before they go on the air. Burrell, a vice president and television programming expert for the New York advertising agency of Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, is considered to be among the industry's top handicappers of new shows. In his annual analysis of the network prime-time schedules, he picks two CBS situation comedies "Gloria" and "Newhart" as the potential hits. For losers, he lists ABC's "New Odd Couple," "The Quest," and "Star of the CBS's "Mama Malone," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Silver Spoon," and "Square and NBC's "Knight Rider." He also predicts that NBC's two series originally scheduled for last season, but postponed until this fall "Devlin Connection" and "Powers of Matthew Starr" will fail.

Burrell's track record in spotting the sure winners and losers among new series is not only good, but has improved over the years. His average for accuracy approaches 90 percent. Last year, for example, he singled out four of 23 new shows as hits ABC's "The Fall Guy," CBS's "Falcon Crest" and "Jessica Novak," and NBC's "Father Murphy" and four more as losers ABC's "King's Crossing" and "Open All Night," CBS's "Simon and Simon," and NBC "The Chicago Story." He was wrong about "Jessica Novak" and partially wrong about "Simon and Simon" which CBS did cancel, then gave a second chance at mid-season, and finally renewed for this season. Each year, Burrell prepares his analysis for use by his agency's clients. In it, he takes a look at the series' pilot episodes, scripts, production, track records of the shows' personnel, the shows' placement on the schedule, and the competition each show is up against on the other networks.

It is on the basis of these factors that he rates each show's survival potential. Torsion bar suspension is a method of absorbing shock in automobiles. When a car with coil springs hits a bump, the coils press closer together and absorb the shock. In torsion suspension, a torsion bar re places the coil in the front end. A torsion bar is actually a coiled spring that has been straightened.

The bar has great elesticity and can withstand the same amount of stress as a spring. HBO proves there's room for a 4th network and it can be profitable By BILL HAYDEN Gannett News Service by more than 3,600 cable systems. Full public awareness of HBO's status as a major network force came in May, when HBO became involved in a $6 million negotiation to pick up the "Taxi" half-hour comedy series canceled by ABC. While "Taxi' eventually found a new home on NBC this fall, there was no doubt that HBO had the resources to compete on an equal footing with the big three networks. The broadcast industry had taken cognizance of HBO's growing influence a couple of months earlier.

During the February ratings sweeps period, HBO beat the commercial networks at their own game. The February sweeps are an important time for broadcasters. Ratings are gathered in each of the nation's 214 television markets. The results of these surveys determine how much money local stations will be charging for advertising time. The networks put on high-powered programming during the sweeps in hopes of drawing large audiences to their affiliated stations.

reactions seem to mildly amuse? Fuchs. "The networks' economic structure re-P quires they have a sit-com mentality, to be concerned with cost per 1,000, to deliver the most viewers they can for the They are locked in and can't afford to change. "We are a monthly medium. As such, we'; have a different metabolism than the networks. We're not in a ratings-bound situa-' tion, so we can afford to be more experi-; mental in what we put on.

Our base movies gives us a cover." While HBO has no intention of becoming a carbon copy of the big three, Fuchs says, it will do some half-hour series. However, these programs would be aired in a vari-; ety of ways, possibly in clusters, on a week- ly basis or on a monthly basis, "whichever best suits those particular programs." HBO already is working with several major television production houses in developing new programming. Then, in December, it unveiled plans for its first weekly series, "Fraggle Rock," a half-hour for children by Muppets creator Jim Henson, starting next spring. All this has markedly changed the attitudes of the men running the commercial networks. They are concerned.

CBS research figures show that 44.6 million homes 45 percent of the total homes with television sets by decade's end will be subscribing to pay cable services, likely dominated by HBO. Publicly, the network executives are doing their best to put the emergence of HBO as an industry force in the best possible light. Tony Thomopolous, ABC Entertainment president, said it "overall is beneficial the industry. It gives producers a new marketplace." Of course, producers like "Taxi" creator Jim Burns are delighted, saying they no longer operate in a market that has only three customers. All of this particularly the network Against such high-powered fare, HBO premiered the Paul Newman movie "Fort Apache, The Bronx." In those households subscribing to HBO, the movie got a 54 percent share of the audience.

Its first-run competition on ABC, CBS and NBC got a combined audience share of 48 percent. It is possible to have a total share of more than 100 percent; a number of homes may have more than one television set on at the same time. The networks themselves knew there was a new kid on their block 'way back a year ago. As Michael Fuchs, HBO's programming executive vice-president, said, "They don't pay attention to what you're doing until they see you playing their game. Doing a movie is your Bar Mitzvan in this business." On Sept.

4, 1981, HBO announced an agreement to make "The Terry Fox Story," its first made-for-tele vision movie, to be broadcast this year. While no one was looking, Home Box Office emerged as what everyone has been speculating about since the DuMont television network went belly-up in the mid-1950s a fourth national television network. For a long time, the ABC, CBS, and NBC networks and assorted advertising executives said such a network wasn't viable, that there wasn't enough sponsor money available in the marketplace for another network to be profitable. For a long time, they were right. Now, they're not.

They weren't counting on a national programming service supported not by advertisers, but by the people watching it (close to 10 million families). HBO, which is owned by communications giant Time, has been around since 1972, when it began operations with 365 customers. Providing a 24-hour, commercial-free schedule built around motion pictures for a monthly fee, it now is offered 1.