Bridging Divides, Defending Digni ty Uniendo Brechas, Defendiendo la Dignidad

April 3- 7 at the LBCC Library

How rural Oregonians is a traveling exhibit that highlights how rural communities have successfully promoted a vision of democracy for the last 30 years in Oregon. The exhibit was created by the Rural Organizing Project, a state-wide organization that supports a multi-issue, grassroots activism in Oregon. The exhibit reflects a shared standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all communities, the need for equal access to justice and the importance of rural values. https://rop.org/ https://linnbentonnaacp.com/

The Albany Peace Seekers and the Linn Benton NAACP are proud to host this exhibit at the Linn-Benton Community College Library April 3 through 7, 2023. Docents will be available periodically.

For more information, please contact Nancy at 541-990-2370; greenmann791@msn.com or Susan at 712-899-2449; susananndenn@gmail.com.

DIRECTOR: James Cameron

STARRING: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Joel David Moore and Cliff Curtis with Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet, and introducing Jack Champion

RATED: PG-13

OVERALL RATING: ★★★★

Thirteen years have passed since “Avatar” released in theaters. At the time of release, it became the highest-grossing film ever up to that point. Now, director James Cameron has returned with the first of four planned sequels: “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

Taking place just over ten years since the first film’s events, the story sees Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) seeking to find a new home for their family. Elsewhere, a new Avatar body has been given to Col. Miles Quartich (Stephen Lang), who seeks to have Jake’s head for crossing him in the first film. While the story may not reinvent the wheel in terms of narrative, the sequel is still a visually-stunning 192-minute epic that builds on the innovative special effects of the first film from 2009.

Though many doubted the film could reach the lofty heights set by its predecessor, Cameron has added to his list of impressive film sequels that include the likes of 1986’s “Aliens” and 1991’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”

With each sequel to the 2009 film budgeted at $250 million each, the visual spectacle is a sight to behold. Everything from the advances made with the Na’Vi to a host of otherworldly sea creatures are rendered in immense detail, with the oceans themselves setting a new benchmark for depicting bodies of water in CGI. While the film’s final act may be lengthy to an extent, the conflict between Jake and Quartich is what makes the film’s finale truly worthwhile. With the film currently outpacing the first’s record box office returns (having made over $2 billion worldwide as of this writing), “Avatar: The Way of Water” has proven to be a worthy followup to its groundbreaking predecessor, setting the stage for the next sequels in 2024 and 2026.

Across

01) Bartlett alternative 05) "Hey, that's not ___ idea!"

09) Keats's feet?

14) Scot's swimming spot

15) U2 front man

16) Spiral-horned antelope

17) Middle-of-theroad, to a hotel reviewer 19) Sans___ (plain font)

20) Work-related quip, part 1 22) On the ___ (fleeing) 24) 90° pipe turn 25) Wonderland party drink 26. Photo ___ (media events) 27) The quip, part 2

Greek war god 32) That, to a señorita 33) Longtime hockey announcer Cole

Down

Foot bones

U.S. army field rations

Pony tail places

"There's some thing with this letter": Abbr.

Pink-slip 46) Not quite canter

47) The quip part 3

50) Barley bristle

52) Gloater's cry 53) Capital of Canada?

54) Deflating sound

55) End of the quip

59) "What am I, chopped ___?"

60) Ability to keep, as a memory

63) So hot you could fry ___ on the sidewalk

64) Cattle calls 65) K-12, for short

66) Twilled suit fabric

67) Lith. and Lat., once

68) Part of G.P.S.: Abbr.

“Measuring Up on the Job” by Barb Olson

29) Polley who directed "Away from Her" 30) Take ___ (get ripped o ) 35) Calling the shots

Legal processor of a will

In an overly dainty way

Bay St. buys: Abbr.

Burn black

Like worms and some potatoes