St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 45

tJewsTribune Fort Pierce Area Sunday March 21 1982 Section Turn on tune in to WQCS-FM's sounds summer when the project went on the shelf with a thud It was revived as quickly as the college administration could figure out how to cut the budget to something manageable Now with a young eager crew headed by station manager Bilan Schneider who comes to us as Don Wilson might say from Indiana by way of Alaska and Oregon the FM-stereo station goes on the air for the first time Tuesday Listeners parched for "good" music win get only a taste of it Tuesday from 6 pm to 10 pm but the full program schedule begins Wednesday at 6 am The will be a ceremonial affair The dedication of WQCS (Quad-County Stereo) begins at 5 pm immediately after tbe monthly meeting of the college board of trustees The station studios are on the second floor of the McAlpin Fine Arts Center Outside on the lawn is the 16-foot "dish" that National Public Radio from 22000 miles up in the air from Washington DC" to use Schneider's description WQCS broadcasts from the antenna on South 37th Street which belongs to WOW it will give WQCS a 30-mile circle of listeners Feverish and hospitalized thereby was Cathy Bowmar the station's news progam-mer (college Jargon conflicts with radio Jargon so is "out" as a WQCS title says Schneider) Would the energetic little blonde make it back in time for her first news show? It was a case of in Schenidfer Indicated hope so" he added By ANN McCALLUM Newt Tribune Staff Witter Ah at last If anon and Mulligan Fibber McGee and the Philharmonic the BBC newsreel and the Prairie Home Companion For two years those who have been assaulted by hard rock or scraped raw with fiddle-bows have been awaiting the day arts" radio comes to the Treasure Coast when Indian River Community College's long-awaited FM station goes on the air this week The Prairie Home Companion? Yes in-deedy the radio show to read the hog futures by The folksy chatter and folk-musk sound of the public broadcast whose popularity his spread like wildfire is coming to Citrus Country Nostalgia will vie with news and sports Purcell with Sherlock Holmes much of it "live" via satellite when WQCS sounds off at 883-FM next week to begin seven-day 18-hour broadcasting All that without commercials since the station is a non-profit operation intended as a public service and a training ground for college students The station will broadcast on-campus events such as sports performances at McAlpin and appearances by- guest speakers such as Jeanne Dixon Sports devotees have to wait until the symphony is over to find out the score The station is setting up a 464-4050 for scores and schedules The 24-hour telephone number will also accept commercials The IRCC station's debut has been a long time coming and there was a timelast SWIpMlferlULliMlidl WQCS-FM will go on the air with a full schedule of programs Wednesday music programmer Thomas Cosgrove checks things out at the new facility orted at Voltaire Terrace and Airoso Boulevard inPort St Lucie It took little more than an hour to put out this blaze Division of Forestry rangers dug fire breaks around both fires the second being smaller than the first Ranger Stan Fulwood said the second fire was started with some kind of incendiary device There were no injuries in either ifre and no damage to any structures Brush fires fought Two small brush fires kept St Lucie County firefighters from having an otherwise uneventful Saturday Children were seen running from a small grass fire at Happiness Street and McNeal Road around 3 pm Firefighters believe the children set the two-acre fire which took Just more than two hours to extinguish Shortly after 4 pm another small gram fire was warm Weather outlook is mild warm temps rain aplenty temperatures has brought an abundance of rain pushing the total rainfall this year to 10 inches three inches above normal Bloodworth said wu about half normal February wu almost normal and so far this month been above normal" And we can expect more of the ume this spring which officially began yesterday the present indications we will be a little warmer than normal this Bloodworth said weather map right now looks more like a summer weather map than the last day of winter I wouldn't think it would be record-breaking Just a little above normal way shaping up now nothing is threatening us although we are enecting a cold front through here Monday or Tuesday" he said But is usually the case he said winds will probably come in off the ocean and raise front-caused temperatures to about normal for this time of year People came for shorter periods of time and spent less Reid added the couple of days of freezing temperatures (in January) did more damage despite the months of warm Schmidt said seems the national news concentrated on the negative as is the case and people in the north realize how warm it was "We didn't have any long-lasting cold spells It was hit-and-run" said Bob Bloodworth US Weather Service forecaster in West Palm Beach And during two days in January it wu hit-and-run all right with a 29 degree temperature reported "The 29 low we had this year has only been equalled or exceeded three times" Blood-worth said And conversely Bloodworth said February wu the third warmest on record Since 1938 only February in 1949 and 1959 have been warmer than this year he said March in addition to unseasonably warm By GREG GARDNER News Tribune Staff Writer With the exception of one citrus-damaging cold snap St Lucie County enjoyed a warmer than normal winter while the northern states spent most of the season socked in by a slumped economy and one of the hardest winters in years And tourism a staple in the area's economy was down a little from last year even with exceptionally warm March temperatures Fort Pierce Chamber of Commerce officials said Chamber assistant manager Richard Schmidt said the economic condition in the North and Midwest probably did more to hurt tourism than the weather ever could have been off slightly this year from last but I think it was as bad as some people braced themselves Schmidt said Chamber executive director Dick Reid said saved us It was slow in January and February but it picked up in March economy had something to do with it HrilrWilifAMDiblnM Horseshoe Tourney held at Lawnwood Recreation Complex The tournament "christened" some new horseshoe pits at the complex It's a ringer Alfred Sanderlln was one of the competitors in Saturday's She wants to move behind the camera after my work with Playboy?" she asks during a revealing moment Given a few minutu with her it would be hard not to take her seriously Before she says anything maybe but afterward not likely of the worst she says adjustment to people treating you differently It's kind of hard All of a sudden you realize you are supposed to act like a celebrity" me" is her philosophy instead of "trying to be like everyone wants to see me Of her experience she says broadened me a Eerson I've seen life from two different angles I never ad money worked my way through college and now I'm Jetting around the country and being idolized "It's a change" She says the pressure of being the focal point of large crowds is sometimes there "It's a little bit of pressure to know everyone is looking at you but in anything you do you can let the pressure get to you I feel pressure taking 18 hours of college "I never imagined I would be in Playboy Harder than posing was looking at the pictures after they were in the magazine" She says the smaller pictures taken with a 35mm camera by experts are not touched up at all But the centerfold taken with an 8 by 10-inch camera is sir-brushed slightly since "every little thing" shows up "Now I'm so comfortable that I don't think about it There is a time and a place for everything and I think I've By GREG GARDNER News Tribune Staff Writer Candy Loving 25-year-old 25th Anniversary Playmate is not your typically insecure college senior fretting about finding her particular niche in the Job market In fact the University of Oklahoma public relations-joumalism major hu seen so much worldly exposure since she graced the pages of Playboy in January 1979 she says she Just isn't sure what she wants to do after she graduates hi May make me she says thought about freelance interviewing maybe a host for a cable-television show interviewing musicians interesting to know what goes on in minrfi whom I she says as an autograph seeker approaches her table at the first annual World of Wheels car show at the St Lucie County Civic Center "I understand both the celebrity and the common pep son" she says before turning to the young man holding a picture of her: your name" she says as tire youth's face drops in awe with a tinge of blush After several deft strokes of her pen Candy hands the young man back his picture of herself in a provocative Em underneath a skimpy two-piece swimsuit you the show" she says her mouth widens into a friendly smile Minutes later a little girl comes up to the table and of-' fers Candy a piece of a chocolate bar The girl'! eyes light up as Candy gives her a big thank-you "I love chocolate" i D6 nyi i Had she not been married she says she probably wouldn't have done Playboy The security of a husband i who wu behind her helped in her decision She is now divorced from her husband of five years who she says she married too soon She believes the Playboy stint 25 th Anniversary Playmate prolonged her mar- riage instead of destroying it one might expect Her family in Ponca City Okla is neat" After she telephoned her mother and told her she could be a playmate and a contestant in the search for the 25th anniversary playmate her family said "We support you in your decision" After 4000 interviews Playboy decided Loving wu the lady they were looking for and she set out on a year of traveling and promotions for the magazine empire Since then ahe hu continued her contract with Playboy well some small parts in TV commercials and other promo-itlona Candy Loving What may come a surprise to much of America's female population is Hugh Hefner's announcement that his daughter Christy will take over the Playboy empire when Hugh finally relinquishes control mystique is so vital but if anyone can run it she can" Candy says she would like to get into acting maybe broadcast Journalism possibly print Journalism or her kept it in perspective learned so much and so much wiser" she says BlHfWitl I Mi Sw "My life Is branching out a little Right now I'm waiting on a few different things I will look and pick the best option available" Her right-hand man and rumored boyfriend looks at his watch and says it's almost He smiles not very often but enough to qualify himself polite Throughout the Interview particularly after the ice is broken he stands to the side He looks to be in his 40s wearing a leather sport coat He remains unobtrusive to major public relations field which she hu already acquired considerable Invaluable experience short she hu done so much in such a short period of time not sure what to do next She says she plans to finish school and decide then what she will do whether to stay In Oklahoma or go to Los Angeles where she lived for 18 months She displays a distinct sense of confidence balanced by a refreshing touch of humility She seems to believe she will be happy and do all right with her career whatever it maybe Up up and away Many children turned out for Saturday's kite flying competition at Lincoln Park Community Center Little Diane Warren shows off her fierce looking eagle kite but nothing Is known of her performance In the contest The wind was blow- Ing Saturday a fine time for just such an event the interview but gives off the subtle impression that things ci Intentions toward Candy wrong The Interview ends and she says her thanks and offers an invitation to attend the show the next day Whichever side of the camera she chooses Candy Loving is a name to watch for in the future But she also wonders if her Playboy experience could hold her buk rather not do broadcast Journalism It might be hard for me to break into it and have people take me seriously Do you think it could bo hard for me.