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Summer film lineup Eight films will be shown this summer at Cantrall-Buckley Park at dusk on Friday evenings. On the following Saturday evening, each film will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Talent Community Center. Admission to all showings is free. " The Adventures of Robin Hood ," July 2, Cantrall Buckley Park, July 3, Talent Community Center. " Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ," July 9, 10. " Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ," July 16, 17. " Duck Soup ," July 23, 24. " The Maltese Falcon ," July 30, 31. " Bride of Frankenstein ," Aug. 6, 7. " Forty-Second Street ," Aug. 13, 14. " Some Like It Hot ," Aug. 20, 21. Silver screen glows anew at Cantrall-Buckley Park By BILL KETTLER Free outdoor movies will return to Cantrall Buckley Park this summer, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. Film buffs in Talent will have a chance to see the same movies on Saturday evenings in the community center. Eight classic films, including "Some Like It Hot" and "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," will be shown at the park on Friday evenings beginning July 2. Each film will be screened the following Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Talent Community Center. A cartoon and a short subject will precede each film. The series begins at dusk Friday with the 1938 version of "The Adventures of Robin Hood," starring Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland. The volunteer group that manages the park organized a midweek film series last summer. Park manager Terry Mitchell said people enjoyed the movies, but the long summer twilight made for late starting times. That meant a short night's rest for many working families. "People really didn't want to come out and stay out until 11 on a work night," said Mitchell. "So we decided to move them to a night where people won't have to be rushing to work in the morning." The Cantrall Buckley Park Alliance Reclamation Committee (PARC) agreed to share the films with the city of Talent after they learned that Councilman Sam McCrary had been looking for ways to bring some summer entertainment to his city. Several businesses have agreed to underwrite some of the costs of renting the films. Bob Campbell of Medford's Bijou Productions, who made arrangements to rent the films, said Bear Creek Corp., Asante Health Systems, Falcon Cable and COBI Digital have signed on as sponsors but there is still time for others to sponsor films. The film series is one of the activities that began in the park after a group of Applegate Valley residents agreed to manage it in the spring of 1997. Jackson County closed the park in 1996 and stopped maintaining it when officials decided they could no longer afford to care for several rural county parks. Jackson County had struggled with decreasing park budgets for 15 years before closing Cantrall Buckley. Park budgets shrank as county timber revenues declined. Park properties near Rogue River and Gold Hill were deeded to those cities to reduce maintenance budgets, and a small park on Savage Creek was closed. Mitchell said more people are volunteering time to maintain the park this summer than during the first two years of community management. Local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts and Brownies have worked at the park along with students from Southern Oregon University. "The talk we're hearing is that people in the community are appreciating what we're doing," he said. The park staged a bluegrass concert June 27 that drew more than 500 people. A Latin music concert has been scheduled for July 18 and a rhythm-and-blues show has been arranged for Aug. 8. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA