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Napier film projector lands new movie first

napier    Drumheller residents have the opportunity to be some of the first in North America to view the upcoming blockbuster Interstellar, and it is thanks to the Napier Theatre holding on to its vintage projection equipment.
   In June of 2013, the Napier Theatre took the leap into the digital age. Virtually all movies are now only being distributed in digital format. Gone are the days of film, so it seemed.
   Interstellar will be released to a wide North American audience on November 7. However, a few select theatres that still have the ability to show film will get to show the movie two days earlier.
   “We’ll be opening on November 5… there is probably only one venue in Calgary, at Chinook Centre who will be playing it in iMax on film. Everybody else is digital,” said Napier owner Jeff Larson. “When we went digital, we still kept our film projector, we didn’t disconnect anything so can still run film.”
   Larson explains that filmmaker Christopher Nolan still believes in the now historic medium.
   “Nolan is one guy in Hollywood that is still very pro-film. He shoots everything on film and believes everything should be shown on film. He and (Quentin) Tarentino feel the same way. He has clout with the studio and he managed to talk the studio into making film prints for this release and getting it out there,” said Larson.
   While there are still quite a few theatres in the United States that still use film, in Canada, the numbers are very scarce, says Larson.
   The show opens on Wednesday, November 5. Larson says the projector is in place and ready to go. They are hoping to make some tweaks to the audio to make sure it can be presented in Dolby digital six-track sound.
   “It is nice to get the odd release on film, we prefer to run it that way,” said Larson.

Morrin SADD chapter promoting safe driving practices

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   The Morrin SADD Chapter has remained a force in the community promoting safety on the roads and is taking aim at unsafe practices behind the wheel.
   The group has partnered with Parachute, a national charity dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives, for Project Gearshift, a national awareness campaign that targets reducing aggressive and distracted driving and impaired driving.
   It is a tragic statistic that while only 13 per cent of drivers on the road are between the ages of 16 and 24, they account for close to a quarter of all fatalities and serious injuries.
   “What makes teen driver fatalities so tragic is that the vast majority of them are completely preventable,” says Katie Pennock, Staff Advisor, Morrin School SADD Chapter. “Through community initiatives like our Youth Traffic Safety Conference in March and our Speed Awareness Campaign in May, we will inspire young drivers to ensure they drive safely, while making them aware of the devastating effects of distracted, aggressive and impaired driving.”
   The SADD group is planning activities to raise awareness during Parachute’s National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) from October 19-25.
   On October 23, the group will be participating in a virtual classroom with students from across the country to discuses teen driver safety issues. They will also be promoting the #PracticeSafeText campaign during the lunch hour, which encourages others to take selfies to create awareness around the issue of texting and driving on social media.
   “We need to take action to help make our roads safer for all drivers, and education, knowledge and empowerment are key,” says Louise Logan, Parachute’s President and CEO. “By partnering with the Morrin School SADD Chapter and through Parachute’s national initiatives such as National Teen Driver Safety Week and #PRACTICESAFETEXT, we’re helping keep teens safe behind the wheel.”
   In Morrin, SADD is raising awareness of teen driver safety all year round and this year will be hosting a Youth Traffic Safety Conference for local schools in March. Annually members promote a speed awareness campaign and a White Out Day.

Partial solar eclipse visible in valley

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A few Drumhellerites had their “protected” eyes to the sky Thursday afternoon checking out a rare partial solar eclipse.

On October 23 in the afternoon the moon passed between the sun and earth, taking about out of view of the sun. The eclipse was visible in the area beginning shortly after 2:30 p.m. and was at its maximum just after 4 p.m.

While not visible to the naked eye, and in fact dangerous to even try to look at, there are ways to see the phenomenon.

Ken Briault and the folks at Acklands Grainger in Drumheller we helpful allowing The Mail to have a peek using welder’s glass.

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