shining example to every one of us By GREG CORNELISON August 8, 2004

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August 8, 2004 While I never got the opportunity to meet George Ow Sr., I did read about him while growing up in Santa Cruz, and have learned much about him as a member of his beloved community service organization, the Exchange Club of Scotts Valley. His memorial service was quite powerful, with so many eloquent memories and stories shared. While his passing is sad, he left this community so much the better; you can’t help but smile.

The sometimes overused cliche "American Dream" seems somehow inadequate in describing his life. His well-documented arrival from China in the 1930s to Santa Cruz (a place that was anything but welcoming to the Chinese immigrant) with $2 in his pocket, to serving our country in World War II in one of the war’s bloodiest campaigns, to building successful grocery and real estate businesses, to shaping the development of our county, to his rise in the Exchange Club, becoming a well-lont to family and giving back through dedicated and ongoing service to the community. Because of Mr. Ow, I can’t help but feel compelled to rise a little earlier, work a little harder, be a little more patient and kind, and give a little more back to those around me.

On behalf of the Exchange Club of Scotts Valley, we want to let the Ow family know they are in our thoughts and prayers, and thank them for sharing such a special human being with our club and the community.

Greg Cornelison is president of the Exchange Club of Scotts Valley.

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ch is high praise considering it comes from the makers of such dreck as ‘Mr. Deeds’ and ‘Little Nicky.’ Three friends embark on a canoe trip to find the mythical gold stash of D.B. Cooper, running into all kinds of misadventures. Bereft of real laughs, the film drifts along solely on the chummy fraternity of its main characters. 1 hour, 33 minutes. Verdict: C+. (David Germain, The Associated Press)

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‘ALIEN VS. PREDATOR’

Santa Cruz Cinema 9, (11:30 a.m.), (12:15), (1:55), (2:50), (4:25), (5:20), 7:20, 8, 9:45, 10:30 p.m. 460-2599; Scotts Valley Cinemas, (12:35), (2:55), 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 p.m. 438-3260; Skyview Drive-In, 8:30 p.m., 12:05 a.m. 475-3405; Aptos Cinemas, (noon), (2:20), 4:40, 7, 9:30 p.m. 688-6541; Green Valley Cinemas, (2:15), 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. 761-8200; Watsonville Fox, 4:35, 6:50, 9 p.m. 724-1220 ... (R: Violence, profanity.) This face-off between Fox’s two most visible movie monsters sounds awful, but it’s no worse than some other mindless summer flicks and even has some nice elements to it, thanks to director Paul W.S. Anderson. The setting is deep below the Arctic ice cap and even if Anderson gives no obvious rooting interest between Alien and Predator, he has still created a handsome and well-designed film around the inevitable battle. It’s not very frightening, but still it’s not the off-the-charts disaster you may expect either. 2 hours. Verdict: B. (David Germain, The Associated Press)

‘THE BOURNE SUPREMACY’

Riverfront Twin, (1:30), (4:15), 7, 9:30 p.m. 460-2599; Skyview Drive-In, 10:20 p.m. 475-3405; 41st Ave. Cinemas, (1:30), (4), 7, 9:30 p.m. 479-3504 ... (PG-13: Stylized violence, intense action sequences, brief profanity.) Matt Damon returns as amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne in this relentlessly in-motion sequel to 2002’s hit ‘The Bourne Identity.’ This time Bourne is drawn out of hiding by an assassin he believes is in the agency. The CIA, in person of smolderingly intense Joan Allen, thinks Bourne killed two of its agents in an explosion (both are wrong). There are some shaky-camera issues with some of the fight sequences and a couple of small plot holes, but overall, ‘Supremacy’ creates a fast-paced narrative that dares you to look away. 1 hour, 48 minutes. Verdict: A- (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘COLLATERAL’

Santa Cruz Cinema 9, (11:20 a.m.), (2), (4:45), 7:35, 10:10 p.m. 460-2599; Skyview Drive-In, 10:15 p.m. 475-3405; Aptos Cinemas, (1:30), 4:30, 7:20, 10 p.m. 688-6541; Green Valley Cinemas, (1:30), 4:15, 7, 9:30 p.m. 761-8200 ... (R: Violence, profanity.) Tom Cruise is a silver-haired assassin and Jamie Foxx his reluctant hostage/accomplice in this sleek, suspenseful crime thriller set on the streets of Los Angeles over the course of one very eventful night. Cruise oozes professional menace in what is surely his finest bad-guy performance and director Michael Mann keeps the film pulsating with jarring action twists that gives the film a powerful immediacy. Both Cruise and Foxx give seamless performances in what is one of the summer’s most stylish pleasures. 2 hours. Verdict: A- (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘FACING WINDOWS’

The Nickelodeon, (3:55), 7:55, 10 p.m. 426-7500 ... (R: Sexual situations. In Italian with English subtitles.) Love, loss and pastry are the themes of this sumptuous Italian romance that begins like a murder mystery but soon evolves into a satisfying drama touching on voyeurism, identity and romantic dreams. The story involves a couple in a tense marriage who bring home a mysterious elderly man who cannot remember who he is or where he came from. The woman and a handsome bachelor neighbor then embark on a quest to find out about the old man and a romantic journey of their own. Winner of Best Picture in the Italian equivalent of the Oscars, ‘Facing Windows’ is an unusually successful mixture of intelligence and melodrama. 1 hour, 46 minutes Verdict: A (Catherine Graham, Sentinel correspondent).

‘FAHRENHEIT 9/11’

Nickelodeon, (2), (4:30), 7, 9:20 p.m. 426-7500 ... (R: Some violent and disturbing images and language.) This much-anticipated documentary is a blistering indictment of the George W. Bush administration and its actions both before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Moore leaves nothing unscrutinized, including Bush’s record as a businessman, his relationship with the Saudi royal family and his reaction — caught on tape — to the Sept. 11 attacks. While it is clear that this film depicts Moore’s own opinions, he cites known facts, statistics, public record, newsreel and video footage to boost his assertions. Moore’s intention is, clearly, to impugn the integrity of the Bush administration and prove to Americans that they had been manipulated with fear into accepting the erosion of civil rights via the Patriot Act and sending their brethren to die in the Middle East. 1 hour, 56 minutes. Verdict: A (Helen Meservey, Sentinel correspondent).

‘GARDEN STATE’

Del Mar, (12:20), (2:30), (4:50), 7:10, 9:30, 11:40 p.m. 426-7500 ... (R: Sexuality, drug use, profanity.) Sitcom actor Zach Braff is writer, director and star of this wonderfully pokey comedy/drama that deftly gets to the heart of the experience of the contemporary 20-something. Braff stars as Andrew, an overmedicated struggling actor who has to return to his New Jersey home for his mother’s funeral. He’s detached and life in Jersey offers no reasons to come out of his shell, until he meets Sam (the beautifully radiant Natalie Portman), a quirky oddball. There are no surprises here, but the characterizations and performances are terrific. 1 hour, 49 minutes. Verdict: A- (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD’

Nickelodeon, (1:50), 6 p.m. 426-7500 ... (R: Nudity, sexuality, adult themes.) Colin Farrell and Robin Penn Wright are among the stars of this strangely flat romance about a love triangle between a straight woman, a gay man and a man who goes both ways. There’s lot of soul-searching in the film; there isn’t a mean-spirited character in the film. Wright’s character is particularly likable, but the film belongs to Farrell and there just aren’t enough neurons heating up the brain pan of his Bobby. A sweet story, lacking in bite. 1 hour, 43 minutes. Verdict: B- (Dennis Morton, Sentinel correspondent).

‘I, ROBOT’

Riverfront Twin, 7:35, 10 p.m. 460-2599; Watsonville Fox, 7:30 p.m. 724-1220 ... (PG-13: Intense stylized action, some brief partial nudity.) Will Smith stars in this loose adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s book, which thematically takes great pains to examine what is gained and lost in a world populated by servant robots. Smith stars as a robo-phobic cop in a futuristic world where the affluent own robot valets. Smith sees malice in the bots and becomes a kind of lone boy-who-cries-wolf against the allegedly murderous race of bots. Despite all the blockbuster trappings, it’s really an absorbing, old-fashioned murder mystery. 2 hours, 24 minutes. Verdict: A- (Catherine Graham, Sentinel correspondent).

‘THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE’

Santa Cruz Cinema 9, (1), (3:55), 6:50, 9:40 p.m. 460-2599 ... (R: Violence, some profanity.) Director Jonathan Demme and producer Tina Sinatra (daughter of Frank, who starred in the original 1962 film) bring us this remake of the bizarre political thriller that perplexed audiences in the Kennedy years. This time, it’s Denzel Washington playing the Army major who suspects he and his unit were brainwashed while serving in the Gulf War. One of his men, meanwhile, has become a vice-presidential candidate and Denzel suspects that he’s under control of a mysterious group that wants to overtake the U.S. government. The remake is pretty loyal to the original, but in its loyalty, it forgets to instill any relevance to the contemporary political world. There are some good performances — get a load of Meryl Streep in a villain’s role — but overall, the film’s plot turns border on the silly . 2 hours, 10 minutes. Verdict: C+ (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘MARIA FULL OF GRACE’

The Nickelodeon, (2:50), (5), 7:30, 9:35 p.m. 426-7500 ... (R: drug content, profanity. In Spanish with English subtitles.) Winner of the Audience Award at last winter’s Sundance Film Festival, this harrowing drama centers on a 17-year-old Colombian girl who works as a ‘mule’ for drug runners; that is, she swallows small bags of heroin for transport. First-time actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is stunning as the sympathetic heroine, a girl trying to better her life the only way she knows how. Technically, much of the film is shot like a horror movie, but director Joshua Marston doesn’t flinch for a minute from the brutality of the drug trade. Despite such an ugly backdrop, Maria does find a measure of grace, which is also the film’s saving grace. 1 hour, 41 minutes. Verdict: A- (Catherine Graham, Sentinel correspondent).

‘NAPOLEON DYNAMITE’

Theour, 43 minutes. Verdict: B- (Dennis Morton, Sentinel correspondent).

‘I, ROBOT’

‘THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE’

‘MARIA FULL OF GRACE’

‘NAPOLEON DYNAMITE’

The Nickelodeon, (1:30), (3:20), (5:20), 7:20, 9:10 p.m. 426-7500; Green Valley Cinemas, (2:15), 4:30, 6:45, 9 p.m. 761-8200 ... (PG: Thematic elements, language.) This strange coming-of-age feature centers on super-dork Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), a beanpole mouth-breather trying to put up with the various degradations of high school in small-town Idaho. First-time director Jared Hess presents us with a few guileless anti-heroes: Napoleon, along with his Internet-lurking poindexter brother and his affectless Mexican best friend. Definitely for eccentric tastes, ‘Dynamite’ relies on smartly observed humor from a loser’s perspective. Still, Napoleon’s fiercely adolescent hostile frustration is the key to the film’s enjoyment. 1 hour, 30 minutes. Verdict: B+ (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘PRINCESS DIARIES 2: THE ROYAL ENGAGEMENT’

Santa Cruz Cinema 9, (11 a.m.), (1:35), (4:15), 7, 9:35 p.m. 460-2599; Scotts Valley Cinemas, (1), (3:30), 6, 8:30 p.m. 438-3260; 41st Ave. Cinemas, (1), (3:30), 6, 8:30 p.m. 479-3504; Green Valley Cinemas, (1:45), (4:15), 6:45, 9:15 p.m. 761- 8200 ... (G: Fine for family audiences.) This sequel to Disney’s surprise 2001 hit starts out dubiously with a stitched-together plot and a really distasteful, consumerist message aimed at young girls. But the charm of stars Ann Hathaway and Julie Andrews eventually transforms the film into an enjoyable, even touching family film. Hathaway is the San Francisco girl caught by surprise when she learns she is heir to the crown of a tiny European principality. This time, she’s forced to find someone suitable to marry so she can assume the throne from her retiring grandmother (Andrews). Hathaway is a joy to behold but older audiences will find a sense of poignancy when the fabulous Andrews breaks out in song. 1 hour, 55 minutes. Verdict: B (Joe Baltake, The Sacramento Bee).

‘RIDING GIANTS’

Del Mar, (12:10), (2:20), (4:40), 7, 9:10 p.m. 426-7500 ... (PG: Some profanity.) Stacy Peralta (‘Dogtown and Z Boys’) returns with this warm, breezy salute to the pioneers of big-wave surfing, turning his eye most acutely to Waimea Bay icon Greg Noll, Maverick’s pioneer Jeff Clark and Hawaiian demigod Laird Hamilton. Much of the footage of big-wave riding is thrilling, though ‘Giants’ is more about documenting surf culture than providing chills. Surf-film connoisseurs will find a lot of familiar stuff here, but the film makes a point that surf outsiders need to hear: The heyday of the sport wasn’t the Gidget 1960s, but the 1990s. 1 hour, 45 minutes. Verdict: B+ (Wallace Baine, Sentinel film writer).

‘THE VILLAGE’

Santa Cruz Cinema 9, (11:35 a.m.), (2:10), (4:35), 7:05, 9:30 p.m. 460-2599; Scotts Valley Cinemas, 7:30, 10 p.m. 438-3260; Green Valley Cinemas, (2), (4:30), 7, 9:30 p.m. 761-8200 ... (PG-13: Brief violence, frightening situations.) M. Night Shyamalan, the masterful director who brought us ‘The Sixth Sense,’ is back with this thriller about ... well, to say almost anything about it could spoil its head-spinning ending. We can say, however, that a cast including William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver, Joaquin Phoenix and brilliant newcomer Bryce Dallas Howard play out a story about a strange sect of Puritan-like people with a strong aversion to the strange forces on the edge of their village. In the end, it’s a scintillating experience of unseen bogeymen in our midst. 1 hour, 47 minutes. Verdict: A (Catherine Graham, Sentinel correspondent).

‘YU-GI-OH!’

Riverfront Twin, (1), (3:15), (5:30) p.m. 460-2599; Scotts Valley Cinemas, (11:30 a.m.), (1:30), (3:30), 5:30 p.m. 438-3260; Watsonville Fox, 5:30 p.m. 724-1220 ... (PG: scary combat, monster images.) Anyone not familiar with the Japanese card game on which this film is based is going to be utterly befogged by what’s going on. But even if you do know what’s going on, the film is larded with lots of meaningless extras. The only thing enlightening about this film is the notion that games should not be made into movies. 1 hour, 30 minutes. Verdict: D (Evan Henerson, Los Angeles Daily News).

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> The typed communication, they say, is done by the helper — whether intentionally or not.
Proponents counter with their own studies. But for Tyler — who has three or four people trained to help him use the Lightwriter — the method has become part of his life.
In fact, Bariteau and Tyler are launching a project to teach this way of talking.
"The Lightwriter has really helped me a lot because," Tyler types, then listens as the computer repeats the sentence in a mechanized voice, "I can hear the words as I type them."
"As I TYPE them," he sings out.
His mother sits by his side, and holds her hand under his elbow.
Tyler, she says, has one more thing he wants to say: He lost his favorite ‘‘Sesame Street’’ video — the one with the pinball sequence, she says.
"Yes," he says, "I want you to ASK the newspaper AUD-ience if anyone has an old SES-AME Street video, with the pinball part in it."
Lynne Bariteau and Tyler will give a talk and demonstration about Facilitated Communication from 10 a.m. to noon March 29 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Community, 435 Monterey Ave., Capitola. Tyler will be joined by Ross Lyons, a 22-year-old with Down syndrome. The talk is sponsored by Ministries with People with Disabilities and refreshments will be provided. A $5 donation is requested. For information, call 429-8914.
Contact Peggy Townsend atptownsend@santa-cruz.com.

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