nine months ago, teenage movie-and-soda dates came to an end. Christmas passed for the first time in 66 years without free movies for the kids. Adults were at loose ends on But with Friday's debut of "Spider-Man 3," because it didn't have fire sprinklers, but a compromise agreement calling for fire-resistant doors, "Gosh, I'm so excited," Kari Whitacre of Baker City.
"This is about community. It's really about something we hold near and dear."
The Eltrym (the name spells Myrtle in reverse, the name of Breakers," starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, was the first film screened here.
The ticket line was a place to meet friends, and countless romances blossomed under the big Baker City whose first date was at the theater," said Since last summer, people made do by watching videos and DVDs at home. But it wasn't the same.
"What do you do when you want to go out?
There is fun," said Whitacre, marketing director for the Baker County Chamber of Commerce and a mother of small children.
Twice, she loaded up carloads of kids and drove 100 miles mountain pass to see movies.
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