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Terrace Bay News, 19 Nov 1986, p. 7

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A close-up of Elvis impersonator, Billy Can. He wore a blue outfit with the trademark belt, necklace and dark glasses. There was a Short delay at the beginning but Can apologized and went on to play for close to two hours. All the great hits were played including 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Hounddog', 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Teddy Bear', 'Don't be Cruel', 'All Shook Up', 'Return to Sender', 'Love Me Tender', 'It's Alright Mamma' and 'My Way'. Can is shown above down on one knee, something that Elvis used to do often. Can impersonated Elvis excellently and includ- ed many trademark moves that made Elvis famous. Song requests slips can be seen scattered on the stage in front of Can. One woman from the audience even wiped the sweat from Can's forehead. NOTICE WE'RE MOVING! The law office of ZAITZEFF ARNONE SOMERLEIGH is pleased to announce the RE-LOCATION OF IT'S TERRACE BAY OFFICE TO 8 SIMCOE PLAZA DIRECTLY behind Belluz Realty, Effective: Nov. 3, 1986. For further information and appointments, please CALL: PRISCA HOUSTON at 825-3292 John E. Strawbridge, Ph.D. (NC) -- There is no question that television shows us a lot of violence. Cartoons, adventure shows, police dramas, and even the evening news portray people shooting, hitting and bombing. The statistics concerning television violence are staggering. ' For example, by the end of high school, most children have spent twice as much time watching tele- vision as they have in school and, in the process, have seen 18,000 mur- ders and 300,000 commercials. What does all this violence do to young viewers? Research on this question has been conducted for over 20 years. Interestingly, the quality of this research has been im- proved by the actions of the big tele- vision networks. Early on in the controversy, the networks hired their own critics to pick holes in the research that was showing a link be- tween television violence and ag- gression. Researchers took advantage of these critics' comments and de- signed better and better studies. The vast majority of these studies has shown that a great many children are affected in one way or another by viewing such TV fare. One of the important ways in which young children learn is through observation and imitation. It is an efficient way for children to learn things for which direct in- struction is not provided in our cul- ture. It used to be that children mainly imitated their parents be- cause they were the ones around them the most and, as well, parents were viewed by children as powerful and important. But television has expanded the range of possibilities. Some children directly imitate acts of violence seen on television. Some do so in a some- Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, November 19, 1986, page 7 Children see too many murders what restrained "fantasy play" manner, as we all have seen when children play "superheroes." How- ever, there are others who imitate exactly. In Boston, a TV station aired a movie called "Fuzz," depicting a group of youths dousing a derelict with gasoline and setting him on fire for "kicks.'? Shortly afterwards, a woman was burned to death in that city under almost identical circum- stances. Three weeks later, the same movie was shown on a Miami TV station. Four children (12- and 13- year-olds) who saw this movie cov- ered three alcoholics with lighter fluid and set them on fire. Fortunately, only a small number of children react with direct im- itation. More frequently, televised violence appears to increase other kinds of aggressive behavior. For. © example, children who watched television programs with acts of shooting and stabbing displayed more hitting and punching in a playground setting compared with children who were shown equally exciting, but non-violent, pro- grams. Still another way in which tele- vised violence affects children is by changing their expectations about violence. Children who view a lot of television violence begin to see the world as. more dangerous than it really is. They are also more likely to accept violence as a solution to problems. Indiscriminate television viewing by children, with no control exer- cised by parents, almost certainly means that those children will be viewing a lot of violence. Parents sometimes say, "At least I know my children are safe when they are~ home watching television." Are they? Closed Mondays CHRISTMAS Forge y, Shop ROSSPORT Regular Hours: Tues. - Sunday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. SHOP FRIDAYS UNTIL 8:00 p.m.DURING DECEMBER (OPEN MONDAY DEC. 22 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE) WE*RE WORTH THE DRIVE! and nail colour Come in and browse GIFT CERTIFICATES also available. Give that special someone a gift of beauty. 2 ALSO FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 24 FREE burgundy brush with every perm. / OPEN WED. & THURS. 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