The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

April 11, 1986

Publication:

The Daily Sentineli

Location:

Scottsboro, Alabama

Issue Date:

Friday, April 11, 1986

Page:

16

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TV Time Machine By Teresa Byrne Dodge Nanette abray had an early series on NBC called "Wes tinghouse Playhouse Starring Nanette abray and Wendell which was loosely based on her own life More recent ly TV viewers have come to know her as the grandmother on Day At a l)What city was the setting for Day At a played Miss granddaughters? 3)Who played the super on the series? Jf uoiSuuiea ej(e Hiauiuag auaeA PUE sdtfliqj atzuaifoej stodpueipui(i sjaMSuy 1986 TV Spotlight Page 6 The Weekender riday April 1 1 1986 Comm unity Calendar 11 ft SUMMER ijW VIDEO BEAT Tuning In to rock Ethlie Ann Vare SEMINAR The Hughston Sports Med icine oundation in Columbus Ga is sponsoring a Injuries Coaches and Train a seminar on a number of topics dealing with sports related injuries April 25 26 The cost is J25 or information contact Kenneth Howard at (404) 324 6661 BARN WARMING Area horse lovers are invited to a barn warming at Roy red in Section on April 13 at 2:30 pm Refreshments will be served CIVITAN DAYS Civltan Celebrity Days will be April 16 and 17 on K98 Radio Scottsboro Civitan Club members will be contacting business and professional peo ple during the next two weeks GIRLSCOUTS The Girl Scouts are looking for volunteers to work with a small unit of girls during Day Camp to be held at King Cald well Park June 9 13 Please Contact Becky Matthews at 574 2558 or Judy Brewer at 632 3585 MOTHERS DAY OUT Mothers Day Out and Kin dergarten Program at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is considering opening a 5 year old kindergarten class for the 1986 87 school year If interested phone 574 2575 from 8 am to 12 pm Monday through riday GOSPEL SINGING A gospel singing will be at Chapel Methodist Church Sunday April 13 at 10 am Canadians go diamond BENEIT SINGING A benefit singing will be at the Stevenson Co op building for the House of Prayer Church on Saturday April 19 at 7 pm Special singers will include the Glory Echoes of Huntsville The Calvary Boys cf Scotts boro and The Gospel Seekers Refreshments will be available HORSE SHOW A horse show sponsored by Skyline irst Down Club will be at 6 pm Saturday April 12 at Jackson County Saddle Club arena near Woodville SUNDAY DINNER A Sunday dinner spnsored by the Dutton Ruritan Club will be Sunday April 13 from 11 am to 2 pm at the Dutton School lunchroom Plates will be $3 for adults and 82 for children under 12 All candi dates and families are invited to attend Best selling records of the week based on Cashbox nationwide survey: 1 Me alco 2 "These Heart 3 Prince and the Revolution 4 In the John Mellencamp 5 You INXS 6 "Secret Atlantic Starr 7 "Manic Bangles 8 to Robert Palmer 9 Elton John 10 Go All the Sly ox Best selling country western By Ethlie Am Vare Bryan Adams and Corey Hart re cently became the first and second Canadian artists respectively to earn album status in their homeland certifying sales of 1 mil lion copies of their latest LPs Achieving platinum status in Cana da requires sales of 125000 units in America a platinum album means sales of 1 million units No new min eral has been found to award artists Platinum Blonde and Anne Murray however domestic acts who have ex ceeded 500000 units in Canadian sales but fall short of the million mark Adams by the way just surpassed sales of 4 million copies of his LP in the US The thin edge of the wedge: The Maryland State Assembly is consider ing a bill that would make it a jailable offense to sell a record containing ob scene lyrics to a minor At the Jan 14 hearing on this measure there was no opposition from record store owners records of the week based on Cashbox nationwide survey: 1 Randy Travis 2 and Alabama 3 Something Special To George Strait 4 and Anne Murray 5 Percent Chance of Gary Morris 6 Got a Good ire Don Williams 7 Underestimate My Love or Lee Greenwood 8 The Judds 9 Ricky Skaggs 10 In a Blue Earl Thomas Conley because according to a spokesperson none of them were aware of the pro posed legislation until after the fact Presumably Maryland shopkeep ers could be arrested if the bill passes for selling anyone under 18 a copy of discs by the Rolling Stones Prince Joan Jett John Lennon tinj Jefferson Airplane and many more Legislators in West Virginia Minne sota New Jersey Wisconsin and Mis sissippi are reportedly contemplating similar measures Roger Daltrey will be inter viewed by Mary Turner on her syndi cated 'radio program the Re which airs on Westwood One affiliates the week of March 17 Meanwhile former band mate Pete Townshend is the subject of a two hour special on the compet ing NBC Radio Entertainment net work airing March 14 16 Sheila won top prize at a 10 day music festival in Santiago Chile competing against local and interna tional talent The San rancisco per cussionist beat out Laura Branigan among others Later in Japan Sheila was so pressured by enthusiastic fans that she had to escape a Buddhist temple on the shoulders of her 6 foot 7 inch bodyguard Elvis Costello went to court to le gally change his name back to what it was originally: Declan Patrick McManus Although he will continue to perform as Costello his songs will now be credited to McManus "I know why I ever changed it in the first shrugged CostelloMcManus Bob Geldof leader of the Boom town Rats and social conscience be hind Band Aid and Live Aid is work ing on an autobiography to be published this summer After its marathon airing of back to back episodes in ebru ary MTV has decided to show the pop series throughout March with a half hour episode running every day at 12 noon (ET) and 8 pm (ET) Apart from nostalgia value "The Monkees" seems to appeal to video music fans who even bom when the pro gram was in first run Top ten singles NBC gets double dose of good news NEW YORK (AP) NBC received a double dose of good news from last ratings: a victory in prime time and a tie in dinnertime news With NBC just two weeks away from officially claiming its first outright triumph in the traditional 30 week prime time season the network placed five comedies in the Top 10 and scored a narrow victory for the week of March 31 April 6 And the Nightly came as close to the Even ing as been in four years almost stopping consecutive winning streak But with the ratings tie the Evening still can claim 205 straight first place finishes AC Nielsen Co figures released Tuesday showed that both Dan newscast on CBS and Tom broadcast on NBC averaged an 118 rating while Peter News on ABC had a 109 rating The last time Nightly the Evening was a week in ebruary 1982 when both broadcasts had a 134 rating The three regular anchors were on their newscasts last week but network researchers said that the Evening rating probably was deflated slightly because it was pre empted on the West Coast by live broadcast of the NCAA basketball finals March 31 In prime time NBC almost was overtaken by blockbuster Sunday lineup that included the three Top 10 programs: She "60 Min and the critically praised movie Mario Thomas or the four hours of prime time programming on Sunday CBS averaged a 250 rating to 140 and 133 A single ratings point equals 859000 homes with television Overall Cosby ranked first for the week with a 343 rating 1 The best performing ne series was which in its second outing held on to most of the audience of its lead in the and ranked ninth.

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