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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Local movie marathon in jeopardy if funds not raised fast
Fans of movies like “Psycho,” “The Shining,” “Re-Animator” and “Eraserhead” are being asked to act quickly to help save a local fright fest.
Organizers of the Little Art Theatre’s Horror Movie Marathon seek a minimum of $2,500 in donations by Wednesday, June 22 to cover the cost of classic film rentals and other expenses.
“We want this event to survive. We have a ton of fun putting it on, and we always get great feedback from our audience, who have come to look forward to the event each year. Yet each fall it becomes more and more difficult to plan the event with little feel for how it will perform, and weighing the very real risk that the event will lose money,” a message on a site seeking donations reads.
There is added incentive.
For at least a $25 donation, movie buffs will get a reserved seat. At the $100 level they will receive a limited edition marathon t-shirt in addition to their seats.
Visit ohiohorrorfest.com for more information or to contribute.
Money raised above the established goal will be used to improve the volunteer run marathon.
Launched in 2007 at the nonprofit cinema, the marathon has screened scream gems like The Evil Dead, The Thing, and Night of the Living Dead.
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TweetFree car seat screening coming to Miamisburg
The proper use of child safety car seats reduces the risk of deaths in crashes by 71 percent for infants and by 54 percent for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
But the researchers indicates that many parents don’t use the seats or use them improperly.
Evenflo will be conducting free car seat safety checks 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at 225 Byers Road, Miamisburg. Evenflo’s corporate office is in Miamisburg.
Professionals will check car seat installations and share safety information.
One Centers for Disease Control and Preventions study found that more than 618,000 infants to 12-year-old rode in vehicles without using child safety seat, booster seat or a seat belt at least some of the time.
Child restraint systems were misused about 73 percent of the time during a study observing the use of use of the systems in six states, according to the Safe Kids USA.
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