10 ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Feb. 14, 1977

11th Annual TELETHON

Variety Club of Western Canada will stage its Lith Annual Telethon at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, February i9 and 20, 1977 to raise funds to help the handicapped children of British Columbia.

The Telethon begins at 9 p.m. Saturday and con- tinues until 5 p.m. Sunday. It will be televised live and in colour over the facilities of

the national and in- ternational television and theatrical talent fields will participate, together with community leaders from all walks of life. Their services, together with those of BCTV are donated as a public service....to raise funds for less fortunate children. Any help you can give, through announcements at your next meeting or in any

the B.C. Television network publicity material published i throughout most cities in from your members; : British Columbia. _ through donations or Hundreds of performers pledges to this vital com-

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appreciated very much by the youngsters who benefit as a result. . Funds raised through the Telethon have already resulted in construction of such projects as Variety Farm, ‘a residential agricultural training school for retarded youths; Variety's Treatment Centre for Children, operated by the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association which now treats more than 200 children in their new facilities and Variety

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dation Institute which assists in the development of mentally retarded kiddies under eight years of age., Our newest major project is. building a new Childrens Hospital and Diagnostic Centre — one of the most ‘needed facilities in which Variety has ever been in- volved.

Donations and pledges can be made during the Telethon by calling Van- couver numbers to be given during the show, or b visitingthe Queen Elizabe Theatre during the per-

formance. All contributions will be appropriately acknowledged.

If your organization wishes to be included among those whose significant participation and support is acknowledged on the show itself, please call the Telethon office at 686-5928 and we'll try to arrange a suitable time.

Warmest thanks for your help. The handicapped children of British Columbia also appreciate your Sup- port and effort.

“Sidestreet" into production

The city of Toronto will be one of the stars of CBC-TV drama’s action-packed series, Sidestreet, now in production for the 1977-78 season.

Producer Brian Walker explains that Toronto, its people and its major land- marks will play a greater visual role in the series than

_ before. The seven hour-lo

episodes will be shot aroun such landmarks as Nathan Phillips Square, Ontario

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Donnelly Rhodes and Jonathan Welsh continue in their hard-hitting roles as community service police officers, who work on crime

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tection. John Dwindells returns as Inspector Bowman.

Shooting on the first episode began early last week and, in spite of its new- found stardom, Toronto turned a cold shoulder. Cameras, actors and crew wrestled with some of the worst weather hazards in decades.

Walker also points out that the scripts themselves - — with more action

sequences — will also deal with current issues and crimes of importance to the average person. “We in- tend’’, he said, ‘to examine

such current questions as

the illegal use of. firearms; citizens’ involvement in assisting the police; ex- tradition; illegal im- migration and organized crime,”

The new series will be completed in May and aired on CBC-TV in the fall of 1977. Sidestreet is produced by Brian Walker with Stanley Colbert as executive preducer.

Poet's Corner

NEGATIVE NOTHING by D.H. Weber

Nothing is: as Nothing does Nothing does as Nothing ‘has Nothing has what Nothing gives Nothing gives what Nothing gets Nothing gets what Nothing has Nothing

Nothing at all Nothing nothing Negative nothing.

NOTHING

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This earth, this green, this lush we hold But only holding, only hold

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To feel this difference in this land

F Of stumpage bought and stumpage scanned “ We've watched the rivers turn to mud

And watched our hearts turn to blood

Nothing left and nothing gained We've ali been sitting here ashamed To guess we are, it's hard to say We come and go so fast today

In our isometric idolatry There is no sense to this poetry But God, my friend, this is sure We'll all be raped by this whore

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