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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON THEATRE NEWS
& VIEWS</U></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT
color=#008000><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"All of Life's Answers
are in the Movies!"</EM></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM> </EM><FONT
size=2><EM>- Dr. Skippy P. Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Papyrus><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>JULY 25th</FONT> thru
THURSDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000> JULY 31st</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Check
out our cool website at: </STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.theavon.com/"><FONT
face=Arial size=4><STRONG>www.TheAvon.com</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Impact size=5>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>OPENING FRIDAY:
<FONT color=#000000><U>THE VISITOR</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT
color=#ff0000>ONE-WEEK-ONLY!!<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT size=4><FONT
face=Impact><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>CONTINUING: <FONT
color=#000000><U>THE DARK KNIGHT</U>
(PG13)<BR> <U>MAMMA
MIA!</U> (PG13)<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING NEXT FRIDAY:
<U><FONT color=#000000>THE MUMMY 3</FONT></U> <FONT
color=#000000>(PG13)<BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#800080><U>HELP WANTED</U>!!</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=3><STRONG>That's right, we have
openings for LOBBY STAFF <BR>available for Fall / Winter!<BR>Candidates must be
available NIGHTS and WEEKENDS, </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#800080><STRONG>and HOLIDAYS,
<U>No Exceptions!</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=3><U><STRONG>Must have dependable
transportation.</STRONG></U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=3><U><STRONG>18 years old and up, but
we will consider as young as</STRONG></U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#800080
size=3><STRONG>16 depending on the applicant.</STRONG></FONT></U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT face=Arial color=#800080><STRONG>APPLY
<U>IN PERSON</U> TO ASHLEY or SUE at the theater!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#800080><EM>NO PHONE CALLS,
PLEASE.<BR></EM></FONT>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><U>THE DARK KNIGHT</U> (PG13)
<FONT size=3>So, you already have heard everywhere about the gazillion dollars
this one made on its opening weekend, right? And, doubtless, you have heard the
critics raving about it, and seen the lines around the theaters (including The
Avon)...But, did you know it is a really good movie too? I am not a comic
super-hero fan. Never have been. However, THE DARK KNIGHT is a well-crafted and
exciting piece of Hollywood entertainment! There is a good reason it has made so
much money in just one week! Come see for
yourself!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><BR></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><U>THE
DARK KNIGHT</U> (PG13)<BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:30) - 8:00<BR>SAT & SUN: (1:00)
- (4:30) - 8:00<BR>MON thru THURS: 7:15<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><U>MAMMA MIA!</U><FONT
size=2> </FONT><FONT size=4>(PG13)</FONT><FONT size=3> <EM>Now, this
is more MY cup o' tea!</EM> A fabulous musical set on a sun-baked Greek island,
with beautiful people and those ABBA songs that refuse to get out of your head!
MERYL STREEP just astonishes everyone that she has such a voice (doesn't anyone
remember she sang so well in POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE and PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
??), and then there's PIERCE BROSNAN, COLIN FIRTH, JULIE WALTERS and, and,
and...</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3>See this one for some real entertainment, folks!
(And don't leave when the credits start to roll, or you'll be
sorry!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face=Tahoma><U><FONT size=4>MAMMA MIA!</FONT></U> <FONT
size=4>(PG13)</FONT></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are
$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:15) -
7:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>SAT & SUN: (1:30) -
(4:15) - 7:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>MON, TUES & WED:
6:40</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><FONT color=#000000>THURS:
7:00<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><U>THE VISITOR</U> (PG13)
<FONT size=3>Ok, all you art & indy fans: Here is the highest rated
independent film of the year, so far... RICHARD JENKINS, who is one of those
"oh, it's that guy" actors, is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination., and the story
here is not one you will forget very easily. This is here for <FONT
size=4>ONE-WEEK-ONLY</FONT>!! Now, all of you who have been stressed about
"Where are all the art films at the Avon?" can show me that they <U>will
get supported</U>! <BR><FONT size=4>Remember, The Avon is not some "non-profit
org" with a golden parachute; <U>we have to EARN our keep</U>!</FONT> The reason
we are playing so many of the big "popcorn pictures" is because,
<EM>well...</EM> <U>they pay the bills</U>!<BR>If you want to prove a point to
me, get down and see <U>THE VISITOR</U>!!</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><FONT color=#000000><U>THE
VISITOR</U> (PG13)</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=1><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets are
$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00 <BR>SAT &
SUN: (1:15) - (4:00) - 7:00<BR>MON,TUES & WED:
6:30<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><FONT face=Arial><U>A NOTE FROM
THE SKIPSTER</U>...<BR><FONT size=3>So, the word is on the streets that I am
running for public office...</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>I must confess, when I see
the shameful mess things are in right now, <U>I have thought about
it</U>...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>But, I am here to say, once and for
all, <U>I ain't a' gonna' do it</U>!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>As a <U>private citizen</U>, I have
some modicum of legal protection from the slings and arrows of the media,
and the barbs from some of the hate-filled members of the general
public...<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>As an <U>elected official</U>, you
are virtually "fair game" in a goldfish bowl.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>I just don't have the temperament to
roll with those punches.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>I would be in trouble all the time
for, uh, <EM>shall we say</EM>, "confrontations", with my
detractors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3><FONT face=Arial>I am sorry to disappoint many
of you who have asked me to consider a run for public office, but, I
am far more useful operating downtown's "miracle theater" and dropping a
word or two every once in awhile to the elected officials who listen to me
<EM>(and that isn't all of them!).</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Hopefully, better days are ahead for
Decatur city government.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Elections are just around the
corner.<BR><EM><U>You already know what you need to
do.</U></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=4>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=4><EM>I'll Seeya at the
Avon This Weekend, Folks!!</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=6><EM>-Skip
Huston</EM></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>