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2B Abilene Reporter-News Wednesday March 3 1999 Box office reels in audience despite deathly reviews compiled by Exhibitor Relations Ca Inc and ACNielsen EDI Inc: Sony $143 iriNon M70 locations $6014 average $143 mHon one LOS ANGELES (AP) Though poorly reviewed the Nicolas Cage thriller earned $143 million over the weekend to finish No 1 in North America wps a distant second with $68 million "The Other a love stray about two mentally disabled people made its debut in third place with $66 million followed by "Message in a Bottle in fourth and "Sty Favorite according to final industry figures Overall the box office was down about 2 percent from last year when was still packing them in Sky" lost just 19 percent of its audience in the second weekend to finish sixth with $48 million "200 opened in 10th with $32 million The top 20 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday followed by studio gross number of theater locations average receipts per location total gross and number of weeks in release as Christians worship one God Tune in tonight Monica to unburden Dear Dr Graham: I come from a different religion and there is something about Christianity I don't understand Do Christians worship three separate Gods God Jesusand the Holy Spirit? How can they all be the same God? MH Dear MJL: No Christians do not believe in three separate Gods not at alL There is only one God as the Bible says "the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below There is no other The Lord our God the Lord is (Deuteronomy 4:39 6:4) God has shown Himself to us in three distinct ways: as our Father 00 prr pen 30 Minutes Prior to first feature Jime "A SIMPLE (R) 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:30 "200 CIGARETTES" (R) 2:00 4:20 7:10 930 SKY" 1:45 4:10 7:15 $30 ADAMS' 1:30 4:00 7:00 0:30 "ultymrT 2:00 4:20 7:10 9:40 "VARSITY BLUES 1:45 4:10 7:10 warm outdoors of Miami At its best "The Drew Carey Show" (7:30 pm ABC TV-PG) has the logic of a Looney Tunes cartoon That Dafly-and-Bugs humor is on display tonight as the gang sneak into the shadowy DrugCo plant where Lewis works as a janitor There they encounter a number of gruesome and absurd medical and pharmaceutical experiments including a hybrid animal called a mnnVapntjunim Oswald finds a silver orb called an Ball that bestows incredible insights to whomever holds it Drew and Oswald gain profound self-knowledge for about eight seconds and then they literally drop the ball Always pushing the envelope at absurdity that "Drew Carey Tonight other highlights herself assaulted cm "Law it Order" (9 pm NBC TV-14) I Series notes All are new Dylan and Kelly canoodle south of the border on "Bev erly Hills (7 pm Fox TV-FG D) The kids fail to pasts any tests on a retreat on "Dharma ft (7 pm AFX) TV-PG) Bailey and Charlie bucker over Owen on "tarty of (8 pm Pox TV-PG L) Late night All are new Actor Mark Wahlberg NBA star Jayson Williams and musical guest Fresh Step appear on "Late Show With 1 David Letterman" (10:35 pm CBS) Wyclef Jean and the Neville Brothers are Jay guests on The Tonight Show" (10:35 pm NBC) Bill guests include model Kathy Ireland author Jeffrey Tbobin director Harold Ramis and Al Rantel on "Politically (11:30 pm ABC) Actress Wendie Malick and musical guest Bare Junior are scheduled on "Late Night With Conan (12:35 am NBC) IMMFMunSyndcaW Barbara Walters But will anyone be watching? Are you kidding? I spoke to a representative for a rival news magazine who predicted Super Bowl-sized ratings for this exclusive gabfest Are we really talking Super Bowl? One way you can tell the other networks are anticipating an earthquake is when they counterprogram with "throw in the shows NBC goes up against Walters-Lewinsky with Most Amazing (8 pm NBC TV-FG L) Yikesl You can almost hear the silence of the (sacrificial) lambs Figuring some folks may want a wholesome port in this scandalous strain CBS has scheduled a repeat episode of "Touched by An (9 pm CBS TV-G) possibly their corniest episode of the year the one in which a songwriter mom (Wynonna) is inspired to finish her version of a biblical psalm just in time to sing it to her dying Bon Help yourself Other non-Monica treats include: Elton John and the Backstreet Boys appear on "Shania Winter Break" (7 pm CBS TV-G) The country star who definitely doesn't look or dress like a country star considers Mr John one of her biggest musical influences She and her guests perform in the great 2 "Poybock" Paramount $63 mRon 2352 locations $2380 average $663 m-Ion four weeks 3 Other Sister Disney $66 mon 1343 locations $4933 average $63 ml-lon one week 4 "Message In a Bottle Warner Bros $64 miKon 2345 locations $2320 average $413 mWon force weeks "My Favorite Martian" Disney $5 mHon 2349 locations $2117 average $259 mi-ion three weeks 6 "October Skyf Universal $43 mHon 1702 locations $2325 average $12 ml-Ion two weeks 7 "Shakespeare in Love" Miramax $43 miion 1320 locations $2377 average $601 mWon 12 weeks 8 "Shell Al That" Miramax $36 mHon 2301 locations $1368 average $54 ml-lon Ova weeks 9 "Blast from the Past" New Line $35 mHon 2516 locations $1392 average $21 miion three weeks 10 "200 Cigarettes" Paramount $33 m3 loa 976 locations $3324 average $33 miion one week in Heaven aa the Son of God who came from Heaven to this world and as the Holy Spirit who works and dwells in us He is three but also one Think of our sun which is somewhat similar The sun shows itself to us in three different ways: as a shining body in the heavens as the light we see and as the heat we feel and yet those are not three separate suns In a somewhat similar way God comes to us as the Fhther the Son and the Holy Spirit and yet He is not three separate beings or Gods He is one This is rally an imperfect and incomplete illustration of what Christians call the Trinity but perhaps it will help you understand this profound truth (although we will never fully understand it this aide of Heaven) My prayer is that you will read for yourself what the New Testament says about Jesus and through its pages come to realize that He is the rally Savior sent from Heaven to save you from your sins im IHbuno Modi Santa he 5403 South 1st 695-2150 I FREE TICKET ADMIT ONE CHILD Scheduled on '(7 pm NBC): How a 28-year-cjld accountant became the target a hit man ordered by her husbandl The Windsors and the Grimaldis the royal families of Britain and Monaco are profiled on "Fhonoua (8 pm FhmilyX A farmer district attorney is By kevin McDonough Universal Press Writer NEW YORK Monica Monica Monica! Last night Fox defiled an ancient pyramid to boost its ratings but on (8 pm ABC) America finally gets to listen to the great media Sphinx Officially un-gagged by the special prosecutor himself Monica Lewinsky can now unburden herself to the gauzy queen of empathy iwimud Foatoo BjjwSlU UK MESUSf MAMTTlf (mill 1:114:11706 iaa (ft) 145710 LAST HUM THE MIT (Nil) 141 766 aa 14710 she? mi nw (Nil) 1 47 fell THE ones sura (Nil) 16476 Ml Ml Ml OFFICE IFACE(B) MiMratH UFfNKMJTmX(N11) Ml 4 1:11 Ml EUUKTH (H) MIMS THIS SB USE (S) hd USd Radio station KYYD changes its call letters BIGGER! BETTER! imiADIUmUiilfitAIttDIS THIS IS THE CANT MISS SUREFIRE BEST DATE Caxy Rfkukinu ICCAL-TV MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE mBi fcjll I ftf flfM ffNi IEBUU9DB9L NOW SHOWING 1:15 4:00 7:00 9:45 am 7aB-saa- Stepmom 1 1 1 1 y10-fc40 EGyPT i-in-aon-nam T-inni5 abugUHs By BRIAN BETHEL Staff Writer' Local radio station 'KYYD has changed its call letters back to those originally held by the station at its inception KWKC The derision to the return to the call letters that first appeared in the late and lasted until sometime in the was bam mostly out of nostalgia said station licensee James Christoferson current cal letters were fine IWESTW 1)0 N1 TOFF OPE bf'M DU WIK 50VjlGHTiy $175 i i i 3 A AO Np-1 41679-1288 OPE bf'M $V-50VjlGHTiy HMTltt RrXJHKCTIOr "MIGHTY XX YOUNG" EVHmRQHTr-T25 "THE EVBmiGIfT -740-9040 NOW SHOWING 1:30 1:45 4:15 4:30 7:15 7:30 9:45 10:00 when the station was primarily scheduling programming but they make a lot of Bense for an older demographic and a newstalk he said "There was substantial part of population that grew up with the station as KWKC and we think the original call letters will appeal miKh mine to those The station located at 1340 on thB AM dial was KORQ in the 1960s and more recently drained its name to KYYD when the fonnat changed to children's programming The currently popular mixture of talk and news will not change with the call letters Christoforson said A true local radio newscast has been added something Christoferscn said hasn't been available for six years In addition more versions of popular shows such as a Saturday edition of conservative Rush Limbaugh's radio program are in the works interested in improving! our news-talk format and the addi-" turn of a local newscast is aome- thing that I think is a rod strength for he said think of great value an interest to our listeners! and something we're proud The new-rid call letters will allow the local station to promote itarif visually with a recognfrable set of image-building items ChristoferBon said "There are a lot of people who knew KWKC when it was young and those are the listeners wanting to come listen to our news-1 talk he said makes a lot i (X sense from our perspective and I think that the listeners will appro- riate it Friday March 5th 6t 8pm Saturday March 6th 2pm Taylor County Expo Center over two hours or run roR everyone HOLD ANIMALS GALORE OVER 100 PERFORMERS I DOORS OPEN ONE HOUR BEFORE PERFORMANCE Avoid the lines by purchasing your discounted advance tickets at: Western Outlet Farm 9c Ranch Western Wear 781 Walnut or 3000 Southwest Drive ur-43 ih) 1 35-330-530) 73M30 but II I IN) (1130-130330-530) aamu HBfBflCK L2S52552252 nohisawi MlhaMbDHITM Stall 1145-135aMQ430) AoWiyAMriNoMM Phis -ITICA- (H) UL Hl-LO COUNTRY taiciacNRIIiD Jf)4H4 Accommodations furnished by: ADULT ADMISSION DISCOUNTS $200 off Friday Shows 1 00 off Saturday Shows 1.