Palace announces next three moviesFor their next movies the Palace Theatre will again show one of the classics from the 70s."Jaws" (Sept. 5-6-7) will be the next movie to appear at the Palace.The 1975 classic that made people afraid to go into the water for about ten years, was one of the movies that made Steven Spielberg famous and starred Roy Schneider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw."Seabiscuit", the true story about the 1930’s race horse is considered to be one of the best pictures of this year.The movie stars Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper, and William H. Macy "Seabiscuit" will be showing at the Palace Theatre Oct. 3-4-5."Pirates of the Caribbean" will be shown at the Palace on Oct. 31 thru Nov. 2. This movie is described as a ghost of a tale, just in time for Halloween.So, if you’re planning to go to Sioux Falls to see a movie in the near future, don’t go to any of these. Wait to watch them at the Palace!An ice cream social for the barnFitzer’s barn was moved to the fairgrounds, then it was painted, now the painting needs to be paid for.To accomplish that, the Rock County Historical Society will be holding an ice cream social fund-raiser.The event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, in the barn on the fairgrounds.Ice cream, pies, bars, root beer floats, pop and coffee will be on sale.Also on display will be a working display of Ed Woodley’s old gas engines.MDA arrests Luverne business people for ‘Jerry’s Kids’Approximately 15 Luverne business leaders were arrested on Wednesday and charged with "having a big heart for Jerry’s kids", according to an "MDA spokesperson.The convicts were "locked up" and served their time in a mock jail at the Luverne Country Club in an effort to raise money for the local Muscular Dystrophy Association. The lock-up was from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Their sentence was to raise money by calling friends and encouraging contributions to advance MDA’s programs.Winterfest chooses patriotic themeWith thoughts of our local guard unit, the Winterfest committee decided a patriotic theme would be appropriate and chose "A Star Spangled Christmas" as the theme of the 2003 Winterfest.The 7th annual Winterfest will be Dec. 5, 6 and 7.The parade, which was held on Saturday night, had 33 floats last year.The Luverne Chamber office is encouraging the local neighborhoods to start their planning for their Christmas Lanes.The craft show will again be held at the high school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, The very popular "Parade of Homes" will also be part of the weekend, with more details coming up later.Do you have a "Best State Fair Memory"?If you do, the Minnesota State Fair Foundation wants to hear it.The Foundation is holding their 2nd annual Best State Fair Memory Essay contest.The essays will be judged in four categories, 12 and under, 13-20, 21-25 and 55 and older.The best of show will also be awarded from the entrees.Regional auditions to be held for ‘American Idol’Midwest auditions are scheduled for this Saturday, Aug. 16 at the American National University in Sioux Falls, S.D.This competition will be held to find the one person who will be flown to New York to audition on Aug. 25 for the Fox show.The show allows 250 people to audition for the spot.Each contestant will sing two minutes of a song of their choice. All songs will be done a capella and the judges will be evaluating appearance, personality and singing ability.Sign-ups will begin at 11 a.m. with preliminary rounds of competition from noon to 6 p.m. and the final round at 7 p.m. Anyone age 16 to 24 is eligible to compete.Contestants under the age of 18 wishing to compete must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.For more information phone 605-338-0017, ext. 108Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com
