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“ON GOLDEN POND” CASTS TWO INSTRUCTORS by Deb Ferriter The Alpena Civic Theater’s up- coming production. of Ernest Thompson’s “Qn Golden Pond’’ will give students the chance to en- joy a recent and highly acclaimed comedy-drama, as well as the acting talents of two ACC faculty mem- - bers--Mr. Keith Titus and Mr. James jiesen. 2 An added bonus for students is free admission to the first two shows (just stop in at the Student ‘Services office for! tickets.) The show. will run from Wednesday, January 13, through Sunday, Janu- ry 17. “On Golden Pond” deals with the “difficulities as well as humor of people growing older,” said Miesen. The play focuses on the pains and puzzles of family rela- tionships, of aging, and death, bringing them to light with humor, realism, and feeling. Main characters include 80 year ~_ old Norman Thayer Jr. and his wife, Ethel. The events take place:during an annual stay at their New Eng- land summer cottage, “on Golden pond.” On Norman’s 80th birth- day, the couple receive a visit from their estranged, 43 year old, di- vorced and recently remarried daughter, Chelsea. Chelsea’s new ~ stepson, 13 year old Billy, stays with her parents while she honey- “moons in Europe. Norman is preoccupied with death, and throughout the play he deals with the effects of aging and - with finding a decent ending for life. The older couple seem some- what isolated, with no close friends left on the pond and with their only child estranged from her father since childhood. The at- tempted reconciliation is awkward-- but not a total failure. The relation- ship that develops between Norman and Billy is a key aspect of the plot, and develops between Norman and Billy is.a key aspect of the plot, and helps both to deal with the changes and relationships in their lives. Miesen noted the production’s timeliness, saying that Alpena is perhaps the first amature group in the state to be granted rights to do the play. (The play is being done a few professional groups throughout the state.) It is quite a recent work, nationally known and just now being performed on Broadway. A film is also being made, starring Henry Fonda, Kath- erine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda. om < DOES COLLEGE PAY? According to U.S. Labor Depart- ment statistics, it does. A recent study found that 40% of the labor force aged 25 to 64 had completed at least a year of college, compared to 23% of workers in 1970. Those figures show that job opportunities for those-who don’t continue their education are shrinking, say depart- ment economists. High school drop- outs comprised 36% of the labor force in 1970, but that shrank to less than 20% in 1981. Save Energy This Winter by Marjorie Voigt If you would like to know more about the energy your home con- sumes get involved with Alpena’s new Energy Conservation Project. Alpena was one out of six cities — chosen by the, State of Michigan to. put on the Energy Conservation Project. Funding by a State of Michigan grant made it possible for our city and the Alpena Energy Commission to carry out this pro- ject. June Moulds of Alpena Volun- ‘teer Center is coordinator for the 40 volunteers needed to start the " Energy Conservation Project. Train- ing programs for the volunteers will’ be every Wednesday in January. If you would like to become a volun- teer, sign up now at East Campus in the Volunteer Center. Volunteers will be- trained by In the ACT pi , bitus will play Norman Thayer. Titus has been active in the local theater, act- ing and contributing in other ways. He is also offering instruction in a Theatre Practicum course at ACC this semester. ie Miesen will play the supporting tole of a mailman who was a close ' childhood friend of Chelsea. Other local talent will be featured in the production, including at least one former , student--Shirley Weaver. in helping determine heat loss, and other wasted energy’s. Alpena will be divided up into 25 neighbor- hoods. These separate neighbor- hoods will hold individual Energy Conservation meetings beginning February of 1982, through April of 1982. For more information call or contact, Ms. June Moulds and/or Ms. Vernie Nethercut at Alpena Volunteer Center. i to read various charts ~ 100% Pure beef. Pure pleasure. That's what you get in every Quarter Pounder’ with cheese sandwit A lean and unmistakably good taste of 100": pure. domestic beef including cuts of chuck, round and sirloin. No fillers. No additives. 3 F Simply pure lean beef. leaner than the ground beef most people buy. ‘And for cheese lovers, there's not one, ~! but two melted slices of our rich and golden cheese. All tucked into a freshly toasted, sesame seed bun. : Its your Quarter Pounder with cheese. And we make it 100" for you. \ we 1115 Chisholm Alpena, Mi Sis a aT McDonalds z rrr = fe