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Coral Andrews Chronicle Special ‘"Good morning survivors. Well, the Aâ€"Bomb went off and we‘re still here."" _ The time is 1950. The place is the Las Vegas desert. _____ _ The United States Civil Deâ€" fense boys are on the brink of dropping the first Aâ€"Bomb near the desert gunnery range. Las Vegas rural residents are filled with excitement and terror for what could be the biggest gamble of their lives as they watch the skies each morning for Woodside National Historic Park presents A Fall Harvest Weekend September 20â€"21 from 1â€"4: 30 p.m. _ The boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King will host a weekend of activities and events guaranteed to revive the sounds and flavors of a Scottish harvest of the 1890s. e Saturday, view fall decoraâ€" tions and harvest activities in the historic kitchen. Chili sauce will Desert Bloom compelling analysis of Aâ€"bomb era Woodside Fall Harvest Movie review any sign of a mushroom cloud on the horizon. o â€" Las Vegas resident Jack Chissâ€" more lives in a mushroom cloud. _ To him, the Aâ€"Bomb is serious business. Chissmore a wounded war vetâ€" eran owns Desert Gas, a pumpâ€" ing station and the last stop before 300 miles of dessert. He‘s seen a lot of those ‘scientist types,‘ coming through his garage. Each night Chissmore in a drunken stup{)'r. still pretendâ€" ing he‘s fighting in the second world war, listens to his ham be prepared on the woodstove, using an original recipe. 5 e Sunday, corn is the focus with a Victorian outdoor corn roast and free corn on the cob. Homeâ€" made corn relish will be preâ€" pared from a tried and true favorite recipe. e Sunday, thrill to the sound of the pipes as entertainment is provided once again by a bagâ€" piper of the Hespeler Pipe Band. radio set for any minute signal of a ‘Commie‘ invasion, or the slighlesl hint of the impending Aâ€"Bomb explosion. But the real bomb is about to explode in Chissmore‘s domestic environment, as oldest daughter Rose Chissmore narrates the story of her tremendous personâ€" nal struggle and conflict with her stepâ€"father, Jack Chissmore, in Desert Bloom, now at Cineplex. Jon Voigt is excellent as the wizened, narrowâ€"minded Jack, in this bombshell statement about family strife and child abuse in the ‘50s. Annabelle Gish as Rose, is also powerful and natural as an awkward bookworm 13â€"yearâ€"old who does her best to endure her father‘s constant cruelty. Dessert Bloom brings back many memories to those who lived in this era. Narzted by Christine Lahti as the gfownâ€"up Rose who looks through her memory chest in flashback format, Dessert Bloom is a meaningful cinema, based on a novel by Eugene Corr. The movie‘s intensity and honesty are compelling to watch. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. every Friday and Saturday night till 3 a.m. PANCAKE HOUSE Special Late â€" Night Menu 50 Westmount Rd. NOW OPEN! JOHN ROBERT COLOMBO A talk on Canadian science fiction and fantasy illustrated with 40 coloured slides. ‘"400 Years of Fantastic Literature‘"‘ MEET THE AUTHOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 8 P.M. at the Seagram Museum, Waterioo Reception and museum tour at 7 p.m. Tickets $5 to be reserved by Calling 884â€"1970, Ext. 2476 or 2401 or at the door m w od Saturday Morning Kids‘ Program 88 King St. South Waterloo 884â€"BOOK (2665) (Westmount Place) Kitchener Native 885â€"1900 â€" ADMISSION IS FREE â€" PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT WORDSWORTH BOOKS . 20th â€" Balloons, dreams ... giants? ALLEN MORGAN, one of last fall‘s most popular authors, returns to enchant you with new tales. The author of "‘Matthew and the Midnight Turkeys® and ‘‘Christopher and the Dream Dragon"‘ has a new book called ‘‘Nicole‘s Boat." 4th â€" A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR WINNIEâ€"THEâ€"POOH 18th â€" Meet FRANK ETHERINGTON author of ‘"*WHEN | GROW UP BIGGER THAN FIVE.~ 25th â€" Meet IAN WALLACE author of ‘‘*THE SPARROW‘S SONG." 1st â€" Meet EMILY HEARN author of "RACE YOU FRANNY . B8th â€" Meet JEAN LITTLE author of "DIFFERENT DRAGONS®" 10:30 a.m. â€" 11:30 a.m. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! CLIP AND SAVE! Z L wilfrid wf aX ELK ;i Laurier ’ « U s _ University 1986 â€" PAGE 17