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SOUTHERN VOICE • DECEMBER 29/1994 AROUND THE SOUTHEAST Gay TV Show Calls It Quits: "One in 10 People," an award-winning monthly cable program aimed at gay men and lesbians in northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and the District of Columbia, will end a two-year run that featured such headliners as Lily Tomlin and Jonathan Demme, the show's producer said. The show is produced by volunteers at Channel 10, Fairfax County's public access station. It won numerous awards and became the nation's most widely distributed gay cable program, said producer and creator Pearson Brown. Brown said she de cided to end the show in order to pursue a film career. "I wanted to get out while every thing was still excit ing," she said. "My goal was to put out a high-quality show which would represent the gay community ac curately and show them as accomplished and productive mem bers of society. It was like 'Entertainment To night' with a gay slant." The final epi sode of "One in 10 People" airs this month. Co-hosts Joe Liberatore and Judy Hittman on the set of 'One in 10 People/ Confessed Killer Says Roommate Not One Of His Victims: Gary Ray Bowles, the man authorities say confessed to killing six gay men, including one in Atlanta and another in Savannah, has been charged with the first-degree slaying of his roommate, Walter Jammell Hinton, in Jacksonville, Fla. Bowles, however; pleaded inno cent through his attorney Dec. 13 in Duval Circuit Court, said prosecutor Tom Bishop. Bowles made the FBI's 10 most wanted list last month just before his arrest in Jackson ville. Bowles has been charged with fleeing prosecution after being charged with stran gling a 72-year-old disabled veteran in Savannah, and has also been charged with mur der in the strangling of a 39-year-old loan processor in Silver Spring, Md., and the death of a 37-year-old Hilliard, Fla., man. Authorities said he has confessed to murders in At lanta and Daytona Beach but has not been charged. Charlotte Film Series Announces Schedule: The Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Film Series has announced the schedule for its fifth season, with monthly films be ginning Jan. 19 and running thru June. Scheduled films include "Sex Is...," "Confirmed Bachelor," "Fear of Disclosure," and Central Park" (Jan. 19); "Death in Venice, Califor nia" and "Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too" (Feb. 24); "Out: Stories of Gay and Lesbian Youth" and "Thick Lips/Thin Lips" (March 16); "One Nation Under God" and "Greet ings From Africa" (April 7); "World and Time Enough" (May 18); "Sis: The Perry Watkins Story" (June 15); and "Closing Numbers" 0une 16). All films will be shown at the Spirit Square Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. Ticket price is $5, except the June 16 showing, to be held at Park Terrace at 11 p.m. Season tickets are $25, available by sending a check to 428 Park Ave., Charlotte, NC 28203. For more information, call (704) 334-5089. 'White Party' Raises $300,000 For Miami AIDS Group: Over 2,500 people turned out for Miami's 10th annual White Party, held at the Vtzcaya Museum on Nov. 27. The event, sponsored by Absolut Vodka, raised more than $300,000 for Health Crisis Network, a not-for-profit organization that provides counseling, education and support to people with AIDS in South Florida. The annual party, attended by guests dressed all in white, has become the centerpiece of a week that draws some 30,000 visitors to Miami. "Beyond raising much-needed financial support, the White Party brings the com munity together in a way that fosters a spirit of hope," said Arthur Shapiro, executive vice president of marketing for the House of Seagram, importers of Absolut Vodka. Ruth Hamilton, director of development for Health Crisis Network, said, "We are so grateful to Seagram for its support of our fight against AIDS in South Florida." Fort Lauderdale Plans Protest Of Pat Robertson: An open community meeting will be held next week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to plan a demonstration against the upcoming "Reclaiming America for Christ" conference. The second annual confer ence, sponsored by Dr. D. James Kennedy and the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, will feature Rev. Pat Robertson as keynote speaker. "We must put out the truth that no one has an exclusive lock on America or being American," said Dennis Delta, president of Gays United to Attack Repression and Discrimination. The community meeting is slated for Monday, Jan. 9, at 7:30 at the Sunshine Cathedral MCC in Fort Laudendale. For more information call (305) 570-5791. t Fits Your Life Style As Well As Your Budget! PORTABLE SPAS 1,995 POOL TABLES Compare at $3000 Italian slate Desoto Compare at $2000 1,395 aim Beach SAUNAS TANNING BEDS 4'X6’ ROOM COMPLETE WITH HEATER &ROCKS Compare at $4000 2,495 SUNBURST 16 BULB J m Olympic Bench $199 Don't Pay Retail! 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