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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Wednesday, August 27, 2003 VOL. II Issue 8Q FIRST DAY OF 1ST GRADE FOR BRITTANY HINKLE School begins for the Hyde School District this morning. Brittany Hinkle, after a great year in kindergarten, is now continuing on to 1st grade. The bus stops at the mailbox at 7:09am. Because of this, her mother Kristi was going to drive her to town at a decent hour. Those plans must have been scrapped, because she was getting on the bus early this morning. FUEL PRICES CONTINUE UPWARD Gasoline increased another 10 cents in New York yesterday. The so-called shortage that the industry claims we are in is expected to last for at least another month, and perhaps even longer. The curious part in all of this is why ethanol prices are following suit. Ethanol boosters have been telling us that we wouldn't be as dependant on OPEC if we used it. That doesn't seem to be the case. The national average for fuel prices is $1.75. Highmore gas stations are running right at $1.73 at last report. TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT IS TURNING GAY, AND I'M NOT HAPPY by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate Let me start off this article by saying I am not homophobic, a term that really means: the irrational fear of being the same. I am also have no fear of homosexuals, irrational or otherwise. I do, however, get tired of hearing about the gay based television fare out there. Recently ABC had a Promo for their new fall show, "It's All Relative", with comic actor, Lenny Clarke yelling, "YOU GOTTA GAY UP EVERYTHING, DON'T YA!", in true Archie Bunker style. I have quoted Mr. Clarke's line several times since then. Cable TV's Bravo channel has recieved a lot of hype for two shows, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Boy Meets Boy". I have not seen either show nor do I want to. "Boy" seems to be some sort of "reality dating show" much like "The Bachelor". I don't understand the appeal, but then I'm not the target demograghic. "Queer Eye" on the other hand seems to be a show where a group of gay guys jump a straight guy, and then make him over to look like a gay guy. If the roles were reversed, it wouldn't be a TV show. It would be a "hate crime" and those old boys would be doing time. What bothers me the most is the hype this genre recieves in the media. "Boy" and "Queer Eye" are not that highly rated. Ratings are figured differently for cable than for broadcast TV. If these were broacast shows, they'd be off the air in four weeks or sooner. Even for cable they aren't doing so well. Anyone curious as to what the highest rated cable show is? Would you believe it is reruns of "The Waltons"? The liberal media won't tell you that. Kinda hard to gay up that show, but it makes me just a little more hopeful for America's future.
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