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tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings. which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parentalguidance strongly suaested for children under 13; PG-parentalguidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for . children or young teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separateclassification (given films not morally offensive which. however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive. Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

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STEPHANIE CIOSEK shows her 'Junior Achievement trophy to Aaron Mittleman, president of the Greater Fall River J A board of directors. (Photo courtesy of Fall River Herald News)

Connolly student a winner Stephanie Ciosek, 17, a junior honor student at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, who is also active in the school's Peer Ministry Club and a member of the cheerleading and debating teams and the yearbook staff, recently added to her laurels at a Region One Junior Achievement Conference at Mt. Pocono, Pa. There she took first place in public speaking for her speech "Build Bridges, Not Walls." She repeated the prize-winning effort last month at a meeting of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.

Junior Achievement, an organization that introduces young people to business skills, has been active in the Fall River area for 12 years. Meetings are held from 6 to 9 p.m. each Wednesday at the Durfee Street campus of Bristol Community College and new members are welcome. Also involved in the Mt. Pocono conference were Christine Vieira and Robert ,King of Connolly, with King serving on the conference planning committee. Traci Viveiros represented Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list¡ Ings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "End of the Line" (Orion Classics) Veteran railroad workers (Wilford Brimley and Levon Helm) protest the closing of their town's railyard, confronting the railroad's chairman of the board, who helps them teach his son-in-law, the company president, a lesson in humanity. An authentic and uncloying evocation of life in rural America.

Fine ensemble acting, some rough language. A2, PG "Frantic" (Warner Bros.) Wellcrafted suspense thriller about an .American couple in Paris (Harrison Ford and Betty Buckley) who get caught up in a dangerous game of international intrigue. Restrained violence, brief nudity, several drug scenes and some street language. A3, R "Apprentice to Murder" (New World) In rural Pennsylvania in 1927, an itinerant preacher-faith healer (Donald Sutherland) takes a 16-year-old (Chad Lowe) under his wing, but their friendship ends in the exorcism of a local hermit (Knut Husebo) who looks and acts a lot like the devil. Moody and listless with brief graphic violence and several totally gratuitous sexual encounters. 0, PG 13 "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (Orion Pictures) Adapted from a novel about a womanizing brain surgeon (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his relationship with two women in particular - an artistic free spirit (Lena Olin) and his wife (Juliette Binoche) - before, during and after the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Moving period piece with remarkable performances marred by numerous scenes of graphic nudity and explicit sex. 0, R Films on TV Sunday, March 20, 9-11:30 p.m. EST (ABC) - "Octopussy"(1983) - Superagent James Bond (Roger Moore) is once again on the trail

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of an international conspiracy, this time involving an East German circus, a maverick Soviet general, an Asian dealer in counterfeit gems and an Oriental crime ring of women. A3, PG Sunday, March 13, 9-11 p.m. EST (NBC) - "The Terminator" (1984) - Violent action fantasy in which a killing machine' in the shape of a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back from the future to assassinate a young waitress destined otherwise to bear a son who will lead humans to victory over android rule of a postnuclear world. 0, R Wednesday, March 23, 9-11 p.m. EST (PBS) - "A Flash of Green" (1985) - Reporter in a small Florida town lets himselfbe drawn into the orbit of a corrupt politician intent on enriching himself, and in ,the process begins fronting for an ecologically destructive resort development. An interesting, very well-acted but flawed movie based on a John D. MacDonald novel. A3, no Motion Picture Association of America rating. Religious TV Sunday, March 13 (CBS) ."For Our Times" - A rebroadcast of "A Need for Healing: Alcohol and Drug Abuse," a report on the religious community's involvement in programs oftreatment for chemically dependent persons. Religious Radio Sunday, March 13 (NBC) "Guideline" - Will Carter, music director of the Church of Our Sav,: ior, New York, discusses the significance of the special music used during the Lenten season.

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St. Anne's School, Fall River Grade eight winners at the recently held annual science fair at St. Anne School, Fall River, were Carlin Saccucci, first; Emmanual Paiva, second; Eric Bradbury, third; and Susan Carreiro, honorable mention. Michael Sypek was first among seventh grade winners. Thomas Lawlor second, Rene Charest third. Honorable mention went to student Billy Cox. Students Christopher Kochanski and Kelly Labrecque tied for first among sixth graders, and honorable mention went to Christine DiSanto and Theresa Carreiro. The Principal's Award went to Stacy Medeiros. Seventh and eighth grade winners will compete in a regional science fair March 18 through 20 at Bristol Community College, Fall River.

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Students in grades two through five recently participated in a Fire Safety Program. "Robot FRED" and audience participation combined to present home fire safety principles. Another recent presentation was made by Steven Michael Harris, ~uthor of "-:his :s My Trunk," ,,;!ho gave a cre1?tivc writing workS'lOp for sixth through eighth graders. WJAR-TV meteorologist Gary Ley will speak to students in grades four and five on Tuesday.

To celebrate Lent, kindergarten students are performing 40 small but meaningful good deeds. Students in grades two through eight ~re participating in penance servIces. Other activities include making Easter cards for nursing home residents and contributing to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

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On March 21 third graders will visit St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, for a tour and videotape presentation designed to alleviate children's fears of hospitals.

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Bishop Stang Lenten Masses are celebrated at 7:15 a.m. Thursdays at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. All are welcome to attend. Penitential services are also scheduled.

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, Jason Fournier, Nancy Hunter, Joseph Keogh and Christopher Martin are Commended Students in the 1988 National Merit Scholarship Program.

We have been called to love God above all else through a life of prayer and work-caring for incurable cancer patients. Write or phone Sister Anne Marie, Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, New York 10532. (914) 769-4794 Please send me more infonnation about your Order. NAME

The school's theatre arts department is rehearsing for a spring production of "Grease." The boys' winter track team recently successfully defended its State Class D championship title.

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