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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <img width=523 height=109 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=NEWSLETTERTOPPER.jpg><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>FEB. 6th</span> <span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'> FEB. 12th </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br>Check out our NEW & REDESIGNED website at: </span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'>NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE <br>ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!<b> </b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=113 height=33 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image004.png@01D04076.34334C00" alt=FBtiny.bmp></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>>>>Click this link: <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre">http://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre</a></span></span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OUR "QUICK LOOK" SHOWTIME GUIDE!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=230 height=364 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D04076.34334C00" alt=SHOWS206.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><span style='color:red'>BIGGEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD!!<br></span><span style='color:#0F243E'>NOMINATED FOR 6 OSCARS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>…</span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>including “Best Picture” & “Best Actor”<br></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><img border=0 width=183 height=270 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=AMERICANSNIPERposter2.jpg></span></b><span class=auto-style19><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>AMERICAN SNIPER</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Drama/Action/Adventure (2 hr 14 min --not including 8 to 12 min of previews)<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>From director Clint Eastwood comes "American Sniper," starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But there was much more to this true American hero than his skill with a rifle. U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname "Legend." However, his reputation is<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, becoming emblematic of the SEAL creed to "leave no man behind." But upon returning home, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:#FEF7CD'>Powered by Clint Eastwood's sure-handed direction and a gripping central performance from Bradley Cooper, American Sniper delivers a tense, vivid tribute to its real-life subject.</span></i></b><span class=auto-style19><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>AMERICAN SNIPER</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SAT: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MON, TUES & WED: 7:15 (ENDS THURSDAY!!)</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>++++++++++++++++++++<br>ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST!!<br><span style='color:#17365D'>NOMINATED FOR 2 OSCARS</span></span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>…</span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>including “Best Picture”!!</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=204 height=302 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=Selmaposter.jpg></span><span class=auto-style19><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SELMA</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>) </span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Biography/Drama (2 hr 7 min--not including 8 to 12 min of previews)</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernays SELMA tells the real story of how the revered leader and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.</span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:#FEF7CD'>Fueled by a gripping performance from David Oyelowo, Selma draws inspiration and dramatic power from the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- but doesn't ignore how far we remain from the ideals his work embodied.</span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>ONE-WEEK-ONLY!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SELMA</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>) </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI & SUN: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30 (Ends Thursday!)</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=339 height=253 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image018.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=Spongebobquad.jpg></span><span class=auto-style19><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SPONGEBOB: Sponge Out of Water</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Family (1 hr 40 min --not including 8 to 12 min of previews)<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>SpongeBob SquarePants, the world's favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet.</span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SPONGEBOB: Sponge Out of Water</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")<br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (4:15) 2D – 7:15 2D<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SAT: <span style='color:red'>(1:15) 3D</span>- (1:15) 2D – (4:15) 2D – 7:15 2D<br>SUN: <span style='color:red'>(1:15) 3D</span>- (1:15) 2D – (4:15) 2D<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30 2D<br><span style='color:red'>NOTE: NO EXTRA 3D CHARGES!!</span></span></b></span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=69 height=94 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image019.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=SkipJan31A.bmp></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ok, so its FEBRUARY!<br>Just two more months and we ‘should’ see some signs of Spring!<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>There are few things I dread more than an Illinois winter, and with 2 sisters living in sunny Florida (who are always trying to get me down there), it becomes more and more difficult with every sub-zero day to not say “Here I come!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>But, what would happen to our beloved Avon Theater??</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>So, here I stay!!</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>SNEAKY STUFF:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>One of our management staff made it her mission to do a <b><i>covert</i> </b>check of our competition’s concession prices last week, and WOW!! We were all aghast at how much lower the Avon’s popcorn, drink and snack prices were than the “other guys”.<br><i>Not to mention all the snack items we carry (All Beef Hot-Dogs, Soft Pretzel Bites, Incredible Gourmet Popcorn made right at the theater, etc.) that “they” don’t carry!<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I was tempted to print out a comparison chart, and the next time someone mentions our snack prices being high, we whip that chart out and say “Look at this!!!”<br>But, that would take too much time, and slow up our serving line.<br><br>Suffice to say: </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>The Avon gives you better quality snacks at lower prices!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I know it’s totally illogical in these corporate predatory times to believe something like that could be true, but that’s why we are the LOCALLY-OWNED theater!<br>We can’t hide in some megalithic ivory tower…we have to see you every day!!<br><b>Always try to shop and patronize ALL the LOCAL guys!!</b><br><b>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Have you tried our new secret recipe Cheezecorns yet?<br>They are made with real cheese melted and coated right on the popcorn, and just ONE BITE, and you’ll be hooked!! Just try it and see!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned & family-operated 'hometown theater' for almost </span></em><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>100 </span></em><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Years!! </span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This weekend, I'm looking for you and you and...</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>YOU!!</span></em><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:red'><img border=0 width=40 height=46 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image020.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=SkipTan.bmp></span></i><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:red'>-</span></em><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'> Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++<br></span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=276 height=277 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image023.jpg@01D0407E.FE3111B0" alt=SHAKE1.bmp></span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>