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Rapid City Journal from Rapid City, South Dakota • 21

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Rapid City, South Dakota
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Sunday. April 5. 121 sm W.J Ta have a trrew ti cf raters, re have J.f.) rtta ta trjt orrti itz i ta averts era la now J. Last ytar record I. Ca rti tra c.

r3 Eery, CX rink with rrtiztt, k- L.t rctarfront oa ts wut alia cf I fatara art encoortsd to izt 'tivify. Leotards, fricts, cartry atre. punk and fantasy lodactrl In Venlea, where kra la tt skaters dress for ta fccsca azi fcr te stunts they perform swocpir between metal cane at near tapceslLle speeds or jumping over barrels. But dresa codes are enforced elsewhere. "We expect people to ba clean and modest when they come In.

Wa allow blue jeans but we don't have bare midriffs," said Paul Anderson, owner of the rink in Apple Valley, Minn. "There are much better rinks today than the one I went to In St Paul back the '40s." he said. "Roller skating was pretty cheap then, a dime. Then, it was just organ music. We had a ball." Organ music la rare at today's rinks, where elaborate sound systems blast everything from Blondie and Stevle Wonder to the Christopher Cross, with stl'T Sinatra and Doris Day on te 3.

light changes and dacor, ci. 3 i i both the mood and pace for t'zzzz: "I feel as though I am err "7 satisfied with myself." kU i Forster. A teacher In Mount V. N.Y., who skates In Venice tfr summer. "I flow with the.muc:3, at times lighter than air, kac- the beat, melody and mood cf tit will work in concert with mystitd." ta ttzl-'j at ID Tta Arr-a acca-il-? ti ta cf f.

rj r--i aa Ar r'i tra cz: 3 t5 tt tla cf wisr lea aiatj ia ta ClycpUa. RoUcr shi'Jrj will be ia the U.S. Cycpie Coamittee'i Nacrsl Crta Frvcl simmer, but a committea ta srt shan't qualy for the Ciymplcs beuusa too few eoustrios compete. RoUar skatlrj buffa, however, remain optimistic "We foal confidant that our' future Is Olympian," said Georrs Pickard, executive director of the toller Skating Rink Operators Association in Lincoln, Neb. I zt 3 Cr.i tl: It's a fa cf errca, It Uis to ts Li Cz- Cr.i Czzz'si aid at'e sr' -J trJ Lcl.

tibt 1 yzt ia teres cf fieiwCUi." Greecterg, Roxy't owaar, lilJ. A fziy kst ytir ty rr-'tii Taaily Cplnica fc-i tit 41 percent cf all skaters bava fcasa eSaiicj for mora than five yeirs. Eut 8une, cb) baa rtt ciJIirtn, never tcc.t of slxs ha vlcJttd a last in Verice. "Che took me skatiej on the beach and told me I embarrassed ker beeaiiea I i'Ja't know bow," ka uid. "So I started skatisf and 'every month I learned somethlD new.

I'm. ready for fure skatlnxnow." Roller skates were patented in as crude, heavy, wooden devices that only the very brave dared strap to their feat Today, roller skates are as sophisticated as best bicycles and cd 1 "it i 1, a j. Ij i tf I riJ l-rft L'j lid IS fst era I've tacce a I z'i id, scaurs every cr.e fclrJa I te tmf. sol and tesy beepers i It," ts tiki, as ba i-zi to a stop Cl i cf his wheels at' the Roxy I r-i la New York. "I haven't I L.Ij L.rrCed in yean.

And it'i the kit slace college that I lock for- to anythlcj athletic." i tisXzb no lcr--r Just itClar f.r v.e fad Mirers. It ts mrtzzztl Into a Icrcra mllUoa Amaricam a s-trt industry ccU say is rsrTj wc2 fciothe billions. It li arctlni older mea aad women i' at jrounjrtere, aa well at caver before stood on wheels ttl bank executive, lawyers ri CtLtriiies who dUco skate at the Cary, to tie skating families at the Ap- am Al All-Star PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena Sunday, April 12, 1981 3:00 P.M. FOUR GREAT MATCHES MAL'J Including "THE HIGHFLYERS" Tag Team Greg Gagne and Jim'Brunzell Nick Bockwinkei and Bobby Heenan Krra-kMka MAaViHateviaa silite aifvaOTV vbVWina SpwUculart 4 EntertalnlngI Thrilling! Fun for All! VtJeai in TICKETINFORMATION; Ring ldt( W90 -taleosiyi M.00 Phone394ll if 10 A.M. MIDNIGHT 2 P.M..

10 P.M. SUNDAYS Chlldr Under 12: 12.00 fr Tickets are available at all usual outlets. 1 In tha hsst of passion. JACK NICHOLSON JESSICA LANGE A NnO 7, VaiiBV ID fL SHOWS NIOHTLT flOO OiM MAT. SAT.

A SUN. lie SlM 1 MOIi 141 roil "ffUIMlt filt.fli.-fi C3 c- PK3J eat EXOTIC DAfJCER''. STAGE 7k i A Timeless Film "A cr.ccucr vim ins isvca A k- ssaasaW i. jajl TESS: IPG A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE every secona ci 11,1 cheering wildly." HOWARD POUSNER ATLANTA CONSTITUTION "A dcr.dy movie. Guaranteed to make uprcaricus a smsll mirccls.H a msstsrpisce." TOM JOYCE BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS Jta cf th3 best movia cf tha yecr a red thriller." ONI SHOWING AT 7:30 MAT.ATH90 LAST PERFORMANCE PWOWt J43 S43(PI NAJA TEMPLE ralslnaflavvlcss.

-SCOTTCAIN ATLANTA JCURSAL 1 RcpaCityShrinoClnb'o: i-V" j' tJ a 14'. Rushpcra Plaza Civic Center TODAY AT WORM. Tickets Available At Civic Center Box Office, i ky7 JOE BALTAKE WILafHWMLyilEW5 Aa naat4UlnN 4) m. iv.ikwi Im.imi.j aa film cf Its typocscca b3wcc.T:cdy asvcll LARRY KART CHICAGO TRIBUNE "A standcut-decs not stint on chills and sczresJight smart and locks good." KEVIN THOMAS LOS ANGELES TIMES form at its bcsUa treat" LA WEEKLY World Famous i 1" I April Gtli-11th mm ruasM sm svssir utamum asw IrandM Ous) a4 Mwt Inmsoi press WUCffOr BOBKT FORSTEW WOSOI RtKEII WOWasAZZO JACK CARTBI DUNJUCU Mat. Sat.

A Sun. Shows NJflhflyi il'fimiMfi Till fill MONf 341 703 1:15 A 3:13 raiifflC'-iej Hii.vr'.Miis., JERRY LEWIS SUSAN DLfVER HIM 1 SIDE' HS'iiO is' --'Illlllll JM11S 2 Floor Shows Nightly HIT MUSIC FROM THE 50's and CO's CHARLIE BROWN POISON IVY LITTLE EGYPT SEARCHIN' YOUNG BLOOD A J's Nightclub A hotel Hix johnson 823 6th Street Rapid City, SD 342-1210 1 (v; 1 MMWm JCOMI lOPSIEKB III tai fBMsnMi SSHii SUN. MAT. llN SAT. 4 SUN.

MAM 1Sa) SHOWS 7iNAfsM VINIM3S4 rictatics MO Ml IWI 343 0oO jTZ2 VSTlST FCH I i Cusdsy, April 5 Jf Fried Chicken Swis3 Steak AlalfVTt 1 Lctchctricjlnn ErzAnncn canyon I II kraa Aviilabi Zi CttlzaAvaitla 4J Th2 pcA-cr cf cv3 no In th2 hinds'1 cf a THE FINAL CON7LJCT DEiillEl v.iuiz THE LAST CHAPTER IN Tl IE TRILOGY '3fc4 SAM NULL a. bamicn FOX rM.t ZL I ZD i rs. Cpcn 7t:) 7 i 7tX) 4..

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