Saturday many families came to Henry Miller Plaza to relax and watch a movie. Despite unseasonably cool weather and some challenges posed by the wind, people appeared to have a good time watching "Monsters vs. Aliens" while downing popcorn, churos, and snow-cones.</p><p>"We have a little bit of wind to deal with tonight," said Los Banos resident Ann McCauley who helped raise money for this year's movie nights. </p><p>Just before dusk the large inflatable movie screen that was set up on the edge of Henry Miller Plaza buckled again from another gust of wind coming in from the northwest.</p><p>"I see that screen moving and I hope we don't let it get the best of us," McCauley said.</p><p>She has spent a lot of time and energy trying to bring the free outdoor summer movie nights back to Los Banos. The tradition began as part of Los Banos' Centennial Celebration in 2007 but fizzled out a couple of years later because of a lack of city funding. The Los Banos Rotary Club and others were able to bring the movies back last year, but the films were shown at the high school practice field rather than in the plaza.</p><p>McCauley was very pleased with this year's venue. Former mayor Mike Amabile once called Henry Miller Plaza, 'the living room of our community' and McCauley agrees with him.</p><p>"That's exactly the way a lot of us feel about it," she said. "You know, it's a beautiful plaza and we just need to make more use of it. I think movie nights here are just a perfect venue."</p><p>McCauley has been something of a lightning rod in bringing movie nights back to the plaza. In 2008 she collected about $2,200 in donations from Los Banos citizens, businesses, and organizations. Comcast contributed another $2,000, thus allowing McCauley's aspirations to come to fruition on Saturday.</p><p>"There's not a dime, there's not a penny of taxpayer money going toward this," McCauley said. "We don't put on a movie night until we know we have sufficient funds to cover any expenses that are not covered by the major sponsor."</p><p>Scott Brady, who works for Los Banos' Parks and Recreation Division, explained how he had chosen the movie in the weeks before. "They just gave me a list to go off of and the best overall one was Monsters vs. Aliens. It's set out of Modesto and everybody can relate to that. My kids loved it and I loved it. I just thought everybody else is gonna love it too."</p><p>Brady looked out over the audience which he estimated to be about 150 to 200 people and noted, "(This is) good bonding for everybody - we get people out here and that's what parks and recreation is all about," he said. "We've got people here that are just relaxing and having fun and enjoying a good movie with the family - you can't beat that... you know there's no price tag on it."</p><p>McCauley echoed that sentiment.</p><p>"I think nothing is more fun than to come to a citywide event that's free and is great entertainment for the kids. Everybody is having a good time," she said. "In spite of whatever else is going on in their life, they have some good, fun entertainment for a few hours. They can take an hour and a half off and just let stress and all of those other things just go away."</p><p>There were a couple of movie-night-heroes who didn't get that hour and a half of relaxation. Instead, Steve Evans and Matt Ybarra were busy, literally behind the scenes, rescuing movie night from a brisk wind.</p><p>The film was projected onto a large inflatable screen, not unlike a big flat version of the bounce-houses often seen at children's parties. Evena and Ybarra spent their evening behind the screen giving the movie screen the extra support to keep it from buckling in the wind. </p><p>McCauley is looking forward to the next movie night and is still collecting tax-deductible donations in furtherance of putting on more movie nights in the months and years to come. She asks that anyone who is interested in helping or donating funds call her at (209) 827-3236 or Rob Baker and Paul Cardoza at 827-7034 at Parks and Recreation.