mardi 13 juillet 2010

Hotel Woodstock

Un petit billet ciné (DVD en fait) pour vous parler du film Hôtel Woodstock, réalisé par Ang Lee avec Emile Hirsch, Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber… Sorti au cinéma en septembre 2009 et en DVD en février 2010.

Ca parle de quoi Hôtel Woodstock ?
Au cours de l’été 1969, les parents d’Elliot, propriétaire d’un motel insalubre dans le nord de l’Etat de New York, font face de graves difficultés financières. Elliot retourne alors vivre chez eux et tente de reprendre la gestion de l’établissement pour le sauver de la faillite. Alors que  la situation s’annonce catastrophique, il apprend que le village voisin refuse finalement d'accueillir un festival de musique hippie. Voyant là une opportunité inespérée, Elliot appelle les producteurs. Trois semaines plus tard, 500 000 personnes envahissent le champ de son voisin et Elliot se retrouve embarqué dans l'aventure qui va changer pour toujours sa vie et celle de toute une génération.

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By Sally Voth -- svoth@nvdaily.com

WOODSTOCK -- Tuesday's Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors meeting was the Vince Poling show. At least, the evening was mostly about the soon-to-retire county administrator.

Numerous department heads were in attendance. Board Chairman David Ferguson got things going by saying it was going to be "a very special meeting."

"Vince, thank you very much [for] your service in the county and we dedicate this final meeting to you," he said.

The American Legion Woodstock Post 199 presented the colors, and Cora Anna Gnegy sang the national anthem.

At the end of the meeting, Ferguson presented Poling with a dozen doughnuts -- which he gives to county employees when they're being recognized for years of service -- a congratulatory plaque from the panel and a resolution of recognition. The resolution was stamped with the county's original 1773 seal.

"Vince, I doubt anyone has a resolution from the board of supervisors with that seal," Ferguson said, before handing Poling's wife, Bobbie Jo, a dozen red roses.

Poling, who has worked for the county for 25 years -- nearly 15 as administrator -- is retiring at the end of the month. He addressed the board from the podium.

"This obviously is a bittersweet moment," he said. "For 25 years, I've traveled down Route 11 to Woodstock. For 40 years, Shenandoah County has been my home and I'm thankful that I ended up in Shenandoah County. I always considered É that this was my community and the taxpayers of Shenandoah County were my fellow neighbors and friends."

Poling received two standing ovations during the meeting, which was capped by a cake.

The board did accomplish other business, though, including:

  • Agreeing to allow the county to serve as interim fiscal agent for the Rappahannock Shenandoah Warren Regional Jail project. Upcoming expenses relating to the project include hiring an architect and a consultant to work with the architect, as well as buying land, Poling said.
  • Approving a special-use permit and site plan requested by the Fort Valley Community Center and Library and Shentel to build a 100-foot telecommunications tower at 6190 Woodstock Tower Road. District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli wasn't at the meeting, and Ferguson, a Shentel executive, abstained from voting.
  • Appointing Lee Sterner to the Lord Fairfax Community College Board.
  • Appointing Allon LeFever to be the hotel representative on the Shenandoah County Travel Council.