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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1984
Page
16
The article ponders who danced in the Footloose opening sequence shoes. Speculation centers on Kevin Bacon his dance double or an alternate performer. It also notes Boy George style makeup parodies and a Howard Cosell autobiography project with a hopeful Thanksgiving finish.
A Toronto TV shoot for Faerie Tale Theatre reports about 100 Hollywood rats recovering from rat flu. About six escaped their cages into CTV's biggest studio, sparking concerns the rodents could reappear during next year's Miss Canada Pageant.
Aaron Spelling, the TV producer behind Love Boat and Charlie’s Angels, is converting a Bing Crosby house into a private zoo. The estate features gorilla cages an indoor skating rink a pool and a dining room for 28 guests. Loggins sings Footloose theme in chart hit style noted as a popped cultural aside.
A long list of visitors arrival and temporary closures. Donnie and Judy Howes and families from St. Brieux Sask and Brandon. Rob Darker in Saskatoon. Medd family from Winnipeg and Brandon. Asselstines of Birds Hill Park. MacDonalds family. Derlagos from Brandon. Milnes from Flin Flon. Paynters. Kosteskys of Graysville. Forest family from Calgary. Ken and Colleen Lief visitors with Doug Beamish and Edgar Beamish. Sandra Cloake to Lethbridge. Donna MacDonald visiting Calgary. Lucy Fleury won a Home Computer from Rawleighs. Beulah Chapel not closed, services discontinued temporarily, public welcome to use.
Mr and Mrs Irwin Few of Edmonton visited Eleanor and Bill Barr in Oak River area renewing family ties after 58 years since Irwin lived there. Their daughter Jean Benson and Susan Kukkonen with spouses joined from Winnipeg and Calgary relatives joined for Easter. Mr Edwards returns home from Hamiota Hospital.
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