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    Carrie (Juliet Waleyj is reprimanded by Mr. air in four episodes on Mondays at 9:30
Evans (Aubrey Richards) in the Once Upon and 10:30 a.m., and on Saturdays at 6 p.m.
A Classic presentation based on Nina on Channel 15.
Bawden’s popular book, “Carrie’s War,” to
PBS HIGHLIGHTS
Maestro: Sunday, April 20,2 p.m. Moritz Bomhard,
director of Louisville’s Kentucky Opera Associa
tion, is profiled in this one-hour documentary. From
New York casting to final curtain call, the program
follows the 71 -year-old Bomhard through the entire
production process of “The Barber of Seville, ” the
opening production of the Kentucky Opera Asso
ciation’s (KOA) 1977 season. (60 minutes)
Franz Boas: Sunday, April 20,7 p.m. “Odyssey,” a
PBS series about people past and present, will
present “Franz Boas,” in its third program. Boas
(1858-1942) was a physicist, geographer and ling
uist, and is known by some as "the shaper of Amer
ican anthropology.” The film is a portrait of him, with
photographs and footage produced by Boas, in
cluding a film from the Pacific Northwest where he
went on several field trips. (60 minutes)
Celebration of the Child: Wednesday, April 23,
9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. “Celebration of the
Child,” a PBS special, contains more than 1000
photographs by Clay Nixon, an award-winning
photojournalist, who has traveled extensively
throughout the world documenting the lives of chil
dren in both urban and rural environments. This
Phil Donahue is set to host a seven-part series
on parenting entitled “Look At Me," that pre
mieres Saturday, April 26 at 5 p.m. on Channel
program employs the multi-image techniques of
recent multi-media shows with a documentary style
approach. Children speak directly about their own
experiences and raise profound questions with
their replies. (60 minutes)
No Maps On My Taps: Friday, April 25, 8 p.m.
George T. Nierenberg's “No Maps On My Taps,” is
an hour-long film offering insights into jazz tap
dancing as a black American art form. Produced
and directed by Nierenberg, it utilizes Hollywood
film clips of the 1930s as well as rare photographs
to capture the spirit of tap in its heyday, and to
provide a backdrop for film portraits of three “ac
tive” hoofers: Sandman Sims, Chuck Green and
Bunny Briggs. (60 minutes)
Belgian Television: Saturday, April 26,8 p.m. The
slapsticks skits of famed Belgian comic Urbanus,
music by the great Jacques Brel and dance by the
Royal Ballet of Flanders are some of the highlights
of “An Evening of Belgian Television,” a two-hour
PBS special. Marking the 150th anniversary of Bel
gian independence, the first hour will be a fast-
paced pastiche of excerpts from Belgian TV
documentaries, musical specials and comedy
programs. The second hour will present, in English,
the Belgian TV drama, “Cages.” (two hours)
Look at Me: Saturday, April 26, 5 p.m. The prob
lems, joys and challenges a parent of young chil
dren faces are candidly explored on “Look at Me,” a
seven-part series on parenting, which premieres
Saturday. It is hosted by Phil Donahue, a TV talk
show host and the father of five children, and con
fronts the many issues that often present stumbling
blocks to a parent’s ability to effectively guide a
child through the various stages of growing up. (30
minutes)
The American Short Story: Saturday, April 19,10
p.m. In another segment of this short story series,
“The Displaced Person,” by Flannery O’Connor,
will be presented. In the late 1940s, a family of
Polish refugees is brought to a Georgia farm by a
priest. The widow who owns the farm at first consid
ers the family as her salvation from financial difficul
ties, but eventually everyone’s life is disrupted. (60
minutes)
Tuesday, April 22, noon, “The Blue Hotel,” by
Stephen Crane, will be presented. A newcomer
arrives in a Nebraska frontier town of the 1880s
expecting the Wild West of the Zane Grey novels.
EDITORS NOTE: The local PBS station is KAMU. It
is located on UHF Channel 15, and VHF Channel
12 on the cable.
KAMU starts broadcasting each day at 7:30 a.m.
Anyone wanting a schedule of programs for the
coming month can call 845-5611 and one will be
mailed free of charge.
Frisbee throwing for P.E. credit
... University of South Florida students can now earn academic
credit for throwing Frisbees. That doesn’t mean, however, that
tossing the brightly colored discs on the dorm lawn three days a
week will earn a student an easy ‘A.’ Frisbee students at USF
have to tackle written assignments and exams, and devise their
own Frisbee game and nine-hole golf course in order to obtain
their two hours of physical education credit. Acquiring the basic
skills and strategies of disc throwing is a part of the class, and
those entering will be divided into three categories: beginning,
intermediate and advanced. The class has its own textbook—the
Frisbee Player’s Handbook by Mark Danna and Dan Poynter—
and is taught by two graduate students who hold Frisbee Masters
rankings. The instructors say Frisbee is now viewed as a sport,
not a fad, and one points out that Frisbee helps develop “car
diovascular fitness, kinesthetic awareness and body coordina
tion.” — Collegiate Medlines
Student editor takes on governor
... The editor of the University of South Dakota student news
paper took on the governor — and seems to be winning. Volante
Editor Brad Johnson covered an open forum held by Gov. William
Janklow following an appearance before a USD communications
class. Johnson’s story included a comment by Janklow that he
was “disgusted” by the failure of the state Board of Regents to cut
the higher education budget and other remarks critical of the
higher education system. When confronted by wire service repor
ters, Janklow denied the remarks, calling Johnson’s story “hog-
wash” and his paper “theater of the absurd.” Janklow didn’t
know, however, that Johnson held the trump card — a tape
recording of his comments. Johnson has played the tape for wire
service reporters, the USD president and the other curious peo
ple and says “they all hear the same things I heard.” Copies of the
tape were sent to Janklow, at his request, and to the state com
missioner of higher education, who wants to play the tape for the
state Board of Regent’s, says Johnson. — Collegiate Medlines
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Contributing to this issue were: Lee Roy Les-
chper Jr., Lyle Lovett, Kathleen McElroy, Matt
Spangler, Jed Young and Robin Thompson.
Editor: Rhonda Watters
Focus Staff Reporter: Tricia Brunhart
On The Cover: Kurt Van Sickle, a musician, is
one of many Texas musicians that play in the
Bryan-College Station area. For a story on Texas
musicians and some photos, turn to pages 4 and
5. Cover photo courtesy of Kurt Van Sickle.