8 The Sun, Wednesday, May 2, 2007
a
Eryn Byers grins as
she makes an
origami hat at the
Sheridan Japanese
School's annual
spring festival
Saturday.
Hundreds of guests
visited the school
for the festival,
taking part in
traditional
Japanese games,
enjoying exotic
food and listening
to Taiko drummers.
Photo by Shelley Harman
An "Avenue of Flags" is being ber of the city planning commis- hang the flags from the light poles
planned on West Main Street in sion, are sponsoring the project, and a dinner for the flag sponsors.
Sheridan. %Ve are inviting people to pur- "Each person will own his own
U.S, Flags will be flown from chase a flag. They can be a memo- flag. Stuck Electric has volunteered
14 light poles along the sidewalk rial to their parents or anyone," to put them up on the poles for spe-
that was installed last year by the Breed said. cial occasions like Memorial Day
Oregon Department of Transporta- The flags cost $100 and can be this month," Breed said.
tion on the north side of the Yam- purchased by calling Breed at 503- Sea Reach Ltd. of Sheridan
hill River. 843-3003 or via email at made the flag poles at cost and
Sheridan City Councilor Val Oregonianrep@yahoo.com Capitol Flag of Salem sold the flags
Adamson and Mike Breed, a mem- The cost includes the pole to at wholesale price, Adamson said.
At the movies
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By lan Black 20 to 30 minutes at most takes place
Special to The Sun in a courtroom, so it's hard to call
Webster's dictionary lists the it a courtroom drama. There's no
word "fracture" as "the act or pro- mystery, as you already know who
cess of breaking or the state of be- the murderer is. It isn't as engag-
ing broken." In that case, you can ing as "CSI" or even the nauseat-
ironically state that the movie I saw ingly sanctimonious "Law and Or-
this weekend. "Fracture," was der."
indeed well fractured. I honestly have no idea what this
It was a boring, unappealing, movie is trying to be, apart from
pointless excuse for a courtroom boring. I guess we'll call it "quirky
drama -- or something like a court- old killer with bad Irish accent who
room drama anyway. I suppose that annoys young prosecutor with le-
describes it best, although it hardly gO!echnic.al!t!%where,~in tl3e, end,
fits tile genre, nothing ~t all happens."
At the beginning of the film, we Does that sound good to every-
see Anthony Hopkins (looking one?
older and more bored than ever) Everything about "Fracture" is
shoot his unfaithful wife. We know totally tmappealing. The visuals are
he does it. There is no mystery, drab. Los Angeles looks cold, more
Enter Ryan Gosling, a hotshot fake than normal, and completely
county prosecutor who is about to devoid of real life. There are no
stop helping the state and the com- likeable characters at all and even
mon man and go to a fancy law firm the bad guys demand we shrug off
to do corporate law cases, their evilnegs with total mnbiva-
Gosling's final case for the lence.
county turns out to be the one I guess Gosling is supposed to
against Hopkins, who is strangely be the hero, but he's a lousy one.
depicted as an eccentric aircraft The movie wants to force us into
crash investigator, which has abso- believing that he is noble and car-
lutely no bearing on the story at all.ing for the common man. Alas, it
It looks like an open and shut fails.
deal: there's a gun, a confession, The movie has long stretches of
and everything in the bag, which nothingness woven together only as
anyproceduraldramajunkieimme- a facade for the underwhelming
diately knows will be meaningless revelation of exactly how Hopkins
within seconds, gets away with murder.
One supposes that Hopkins got By the time this review comes"
a 10t of crime experience from his out you'll only be two days away
Hannibal Lecter days and he man- from "Spider Man 3," which you
ages to get all that evidence thrown will definitely want to see. With the
out and make the pompous pros- summer blockbuster season now
ecutor look like a moron along the here, "Fracture" should be the last
way. So, Gosling gets all obsessed loser I review for a while, So cheer
with taking creepy Sir Anthony up, folks and get your "Spidey-
down, and it just gets more boring, senses" fine-tuned for a treat next
a tedious from there, week.
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"Merry Widow'
"The Merry Widow," an oper-
etta. will be presented by the
Linfield College Opera Theater and
Gallery Theater.
Six shows will be presented at
the Gallery Theater in Mc-
Minnville. Pertbrmances are May
3-5 mad 10-12 at 8 p.m.
The operetta is the culmination
of the Linfield Opera Theater, a
one-credit course each spring
Tickets are $15 fbr general ad-
mission and $13 for students and
seniors. Family and group rates are
available.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Gallery Theater box office or re-
By William McCall
Associated Press Writer
An alleged conspiracy to
smuggle drugs and tobacco into a
medium-security federal prison in
Sheridan resulted in the release of
indictments against 13 people on
April 25 before a judge granted an
unusual request to reseal one of the
three indictments.
An indictment charging a cor-
rections officer and two other men
with smuggling heroin and mari-
juana was ordered resealed by U.S.
Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel in
a rare oral order from the bench
after a defense attorney argued the
timing of the release could be un-
constitutional and pose a security
risk.
When told by The Associated
Press that the indictment had al-
ready been made public, Hubel said
the information it contained was
available.
"To the extent that the media has
got it, they've got it," Hubel said.
But his Order prevented U.S.
Attorney Karin Immergut and the
FBI special agent in charge for Or-
egon, Bob Jordan, from discussing
it at a news conference following
an arraignment hearing.
Immergut and Jordan did, how-
Linfield College theatre students
will explore the timeless quest for
beauty and its cost during the pro-
duction of"The Waiting Room," a
dark comedy by Lisa Loomer.
Performances will be held May
3-5 and 10-12 at 8 p.m. and Sun-
day, May 6, at 2 p.m. in the
Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at
Linfield. A portion of the box of-
rice proceeds from opening night
will benefit Henderson House.
This play is for mature audi-
ences and includes strong language.
Under the direction of Janet
Gupton, associate professor of the-
atre arts, the award-winning play
portrays three women from differ-
ent centuries who meet in a present
day doctor's waiting room.
.Forgiveness From Heaven is an
18th century Chinese woman
whose bound feet are causing her
to lose her toes. Victoria is a 19th
century tightly corseted English
woman suffering from what is com-
monly known as "hysteria."
Wanda, a modem girl from New
served by phone at 503-472-2227. Jersey, is having problems with her
ever, discuss two companion indict-
ments charging 10 people with a
scheme to smuggle tobacco into the
prison -- including two prison em-
ployees.
Immergut noted that tobacco
was declared contraband and
banned in federal prisons in April
2006, partly for health and security
reasons.
The indictment that was re-
sealed charged James Stephen
Rolen, Alfredo Carranza Jr. and
Eliverio Martinez-Franco with con-
spiracy to distribute heroin and
marijuana to inmates at the Federal
Correctional Institution in Sheridan
which holds about 1.900 inmates
and has about 350 employees.
Rolen and Carranza also face
bribery charges.
Rolen was identified as a cor-
rections officer by prison officials,
who could not give any other de-
mils.
The indictment covered events
in February and said Rolen entered
the prison on Feb. 25 with heroin
and marijuana, a digital scale, bal-
loons and other drug-packaging
paraphernalia.
The other two indictments
charged 10 people -- including two
women -- on various counts involv-
silicone breasts and battling breast
cancer. Husbands, doctors, Freud,
the di'ug industry and the FDA all
come under exanlination.
The play rakes a look at the aes-
thetics of beauty and the price
women are prepared to pay as they
manipulate their bodies to please
the culture. It also explores the roles
women play, Gupton said. For ex-
ample, Victoria yearns/br knowl-
edge but during the Victorian era,
women were not encouraged to be
educated.
Post-show panel discussions
ing tobacco smuggling.
Timothy Gilmartin of Amity, a
former education specialist at the
prison, was charged with con-
spiracy to provide contraband -- to-
bacco -- along with seven others.
Brian Williams, a maintenance
foreman at the prison, was charged
in the second indictment with pro-
viding tobacco to an inmate, Steven
Reynolds, who was charged with
possession.
Jordan said the FBI began its
investigation in the summer of 2006
based on a tip to the Yamhill County
sheriff's office.
He said the smuggling scheme
was like the plot "of a Hollywood
movie," including a "dead drop" to
exchange money at the Sheridan
library using a book titled "The
Billion|are."
In a talk before the Sheridan
Rotary Club a few weeks ago Bob
Scyoc, an assistant warden, was
asked how drugs can be smuggled
into the prison.
In response, he said corrections
officers watch closely when fam-
ily members visit inmates. He said
some visitors have tried to pass
drugs to inmates during a kiss --
after stuffing the drugs in their
mouths while using the bathroom.
will be held following both Thurs-
day performances, May 3 and 10.
The discussions will center on the
tie between poor body image and
abusive relationships, and concepts
of beauty.
Tickets are $9 for adults and $7
for students and seniors with a $2
discount on opening night. Tickets
are now available on the web at
www.linfield.edu
Tickets may also be pu~rchased
at the Marshall Theatre box office
or ordered over the phone. The box
office is closed Mondays.
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