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I 11.11, rf II Livid The Arizona Republic SATURDAY September 9, 2000 SECTION k3 11 Ml BILL G00DYK00NTZ 1 Zj ft V. 7 x.i i Diane Dickey, 26, and Hazel Titus, 85, share some knitting time. This weekend 1 Phoenix Harvest Festival, featuring fine arts, crafts and entertainment, 19 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Sunday, Phoenix Civic Plaza, 225 E. Adams St. Tickets: $4 to $7. Details: 1-800-321-1213.

2 The Magic School Bus Sees Stars will be read by Gretchen Grove, who will be joined by characters Miss Frizzle and Liz the Dinosaur. Today at 11 a.m., Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Suite C-101, Tempe. Free. Details: (480) 730-0205.

3 Meet Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug at the Texaco station at 1959 S. Greenfield Road, Mesa, today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Olympian will help Texaco unveil its Aniball toys, a stuffed Australian animal that turns into a ball. KKFR-FM (92.3), Power 92, will raffle Olympic merchandise and Strug will give gymnastics lessons.

Free. 4 Fiesta del Tlaquepaque at the Sedona village. Enjoy food, music, dance and entertainment at the 26th annual festival today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.

Details: 1-(520282-4838. 5 Cabaret, with Miss America 1998 Kate Shin-die, set at the Kit Kat Club in Germany at the start of the Third Reich. Today at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m., Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University, Tempe. Tickets: (480) 784-4444.

6 Iron Maiden with Queensryche and Hal-ford, 7 tonight, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, 2121 N. 83rd Phoenix. Tickets: $38.50 and $46, reserved; $26, festival lawn seating. Details: (602) 254-7200 or Ticketmaster, (480) 784444. 7 Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbleri, 7:30 tonight, Red River Music Hall, 730 N.

Mill Tempe. Tickets: $29.50. Details: (480) 829-6779 or Ticketmaster, (480) 784-4444. 8 Learn parenting tips from psychologist and author Maureen G. Mul-vaney, noon Sunday, Unity of the Southwest, 536 E.

Fillmore Tempe. Free. Details: (480) 946-9481. 9 Cooking class hosted by Chef Donavon Evash-enko, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

today, The Buttes, 2000 W. Westcourt Way, Tempe, $45. A grand arrangement Special day brings generations together "She's an awesome lady," Dickey as a mentor, somebody that she sees as helpful, supportive, there to offer advice," he says. "And somebody she enjoys being with." Maybe it's the baby boomer in Howe that has him striving to be a better grandparent in that idealist, competitive fashion his generation is known for. Author Susan V.

Bosak, who has released a new book, How to Build the Grandma Connection, just in time for Grandparents Day, thinks so. "They want to do it bigger and better," Bosak says. "They were the first ones to have a how-to-raise-your-child book by Dr. Spock, and they're looking for information and ideas on how to do it better." Guilt over what they didn't do for their own children also is driving some baby boomers to become supergrand- See BOOMERS I Page E3 The Arizona Republic Emmys just might get it right OK, Emmy voters, time to put up or shut up. The excuses are history.

So, let's hope, are the stupid choices that have plagued what are supposed to be TV's biggest awards. For years, Emmy voters have rewarded older, safer and, frankly, often undeserving shows and stars picks that have left knowledgeable viewers not so much scratching their heads as tearing out their hair. A new voting system is supposed to change all that. For the first time, Emmy voters were allowed to stay home and watch tapes of the nominees; before, they had to spend a weekend in a hotel watching. The thinking was that younger voters didn't go, busy as they were with families and whatnot, and that older voters with less to do did.

On TV: THE EMMY AWARDS 7 p.m. Sunday, Channel 15 (KNXV). How bad did the picks get? Seven little words will tell you last year: The Practice over The Sopranos. Argh. Makes my blood boil still, and I'm a Practice fan.

But no show on television came close to the quality of The Sopranos in its first season. For voters to deny David Chase's work of television art was a crime worthy of the show itself. This is the part where I'm supposed to say if The Sopranos doesn't win best drama this year, I'll jump out a window. But I can't. Because this year its competition includes The West Wing, NBC's excellent White House drama.

The Sopranos is still the best show going, but it wouldn't be such a miscarriage of justice if The West Wing pulled off the upset. I'm rooting hardest for Jane Kaczmarek, who's so great as the mom in Malcolm in the Middle. If she wins for her work in an edgy, risk-taking show, it could signal a sea change in Emmy voters' attitudes. Alas, it's not all free beer and chips. Why Malcolm wasn't nominated for best comedy is anyone's guess.

But every time a door closes, a window opens, as they say we don't have to worry about Ally McBeal taking home the award for best comedy; last season's surprise winner isn't even nominated. All told, this should be the most interesting Emmy show in years. Having Garry Shan-dling as host is just gravy. Oh, and that Ally window that opened when the Malcolm door closed? If John Lithgow wins again, then that's the one I will jump out of. Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontzarizona republic.com or (602) 444-8974.

Garry Shandling hosts this year's Emmy show, which promises to be the most interesting in years. ABC Local show to join morning TV fray Will PowersThe Arizona Republic says. 5 tips for boomer grandparents: Talk to the parents before the baby is born. Share your hopes, fears and expectations and find out upfront what your role will be. Don't feel bad if you don't have it all figured out.

Although it looks easier, grandparenting comes no more naturally than parenting does. Remember that your children will raise their children differently from how you did. They're in charge, not you. If your grandchildren live far away, send them small, inexpensive surprises every so often. A postcard or finger puppet goes a long way toward saying, "I'm thinking of you." Be silly.

Make funny faces and big messes with your grandchildren something you might have done too infrequently with your own kids. Source: How to Build the Grandma Connection, by Susan V. Bosak Channel 15 (KNXV) "I just hope people know I'm being real," says Tracy Kornet, host of Sonoran Living. Ion on crafts and Craig Fouhy on fixing up the home. There will also be segments featuring interviews, health and beauty, travel and gardening.

Kornet, who says she felt at home as soon as she arrived in the Valley in June, was host of a similar program in Kentucky. "I just hope people know I'm being real," she said. There is a Web site, www.sonoranliving.com, that will complement the program. Sonoran Living will air at 9 a.ml weekdays, mostly live but including taped segments. Reach the reporter at mike.clancyarizonarepublic.com or at (602) 444-8550.

By Janie Magruder The Arizona Republic John Howe never tossed the football around with his grandfather or rode a roller coaster with his grandmother, mostly because they were separated by too many miles or too many years. His relationship with his maternal grandmother, who was in her mid-60s when he was born, was close but sedentary. "There was always a respectful, distance with my grandparents," says the 5i-year-old Surprise resident. "They would show up and sit around talking, and you were polite to them." It's a different story between Howe, an organizational psychologist who plays electric guitar, flies a glider and digs computers, and his only grandchild, 6-year-old Kimberly, who lives in Texas. Although the two won't be 'Voices' rises to challenge By Kenneth LaFave The Arizona Republic What does a composer give a colleague who has everything? When the "everything" is high notes, low notes, velocity and endurance, you give him something impossible to play.

Or very nearly. Rodney Rogers, professor of music at Arizona State University, was a composer on a mission when he wrote a new piece for a fellow ASU music professor, clarinetist Robert Spring. "Bob asked me to write something very hard," Rogers said recently "But instead of a piece that was just quick and high and loud, I wanted something that at least started in the low register, because I like the low register of the clarinet" The dark, nether end of the licorice stick, called the chal-umeau, has attracted many a composer. As it turned out, Rogers was able to luxuriate in the chalumeau and still provide those fast, high notes Spring asked for. Employing a chant tune, Rogers crafted a piece that began in the deep regions of the instrument, then rose by following the contours of the chant as it spiraled up, until it landed smack on the brilliant top of the clarinet range.

Rogers didn't use the chant note for note, but heavily, elaborated it along the way. it I'd like her to think of me as a mentor, somebody that she sees as helpful, supportive, there to offer advice. And somebody she enjoys being with. John Howe Grandparent able to celebrate National Grandparents Day together on Sunday by playing video games at a pizza parlor, Howe plans to continue being an active part of her life. He's looking forward to the near future when her little fingers can type and send him e-mail.

"I'd like her to think of me If you go ROBERT SPRING, CLARINET WHAT: A recital by Spring and ASU colleagues. WHERE: Katzin Concert Hall, Mill Avenue and Gammage Parkway, Tempe. WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Sunday. ADMISSION: Free.

"It's like a stock market graph," he said. "It rises and falls, but overall it goes higher and higher." Rogers wrote the piece as a bravura, unaccompanied solo that travels from bottom to top in a neat 1 5Vi minutes. The title of the chant gave him his title, Voices Rising. Spring, who often starts the year with a new piece, will perform Voices Rising I Rodney Rogers as part of his recital Sunday afternoon in ASU's Katzin Hall. Spring will make his entrance in the dark, intoning the sound of the original chant offstage before making his appearance onstage.

Though there is no pianist, Rogers has instructed that the piano lid be left up and the damper pedal engaged, so that the strings can vibrate in sympathy and "create a rich acoustic environment." "It's a funny mix of things, but I like to do that," Rogers said. "It gives me options." Reach the reporter at, kenneth.latavearizona republic.com or (602) 444-8927. Details: (602) 431-2370. UCUXllO. 10 Oral history program presented by Jan Bra-nion Wethers will teach the art of storytelling, noon to 2 p.m.

today, George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 415 E. Grant Phoenix. Free. Details: (602) 254-7516. lews.

Hi Talk with the "Queen of Clean," Linda Cobb, 2 ip.m. Sunday. Cobb will discuss and sign Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean, Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe. Free.

(480) 730-0205. Sedona concert is canceled The John Michael Montgomery concert scheduled for today at the Sedona Cultural Park has been canceled. Ticketholders should contact the point of purchase for refunds. DAILY TOPICS Monday HEALTH Tuesday RELATIONSHIPS Wednesday WORKPLACE Thursday PERSONAL TECH Friday SHOPPING Saturday -THINGS TO DO HOW TO REACH US Senior editor; Mi-Ai Ahern (602) 444-8222 arizonarepublic.com Section editor: Marian Frank (602) 444-8152 marian.frank Content coordinator: Stacy Sullivan (602) 444-8152 stacy.sullivan arizonarepublic.com By Michael Clancy The Arizona Republic Channel 15 (KNXV) plays against the norm when it debuts a new daytime program, Sonoran Living, on Monday. The program, aimed at women who are home in the morning but are tired of tabloid-style talk shows, will feature many of the same segments found on morning television.

But unlike most morning programs, Sonoran Living will not be a product of the news department. Tracy Kornet, who moved here in June from Lexington, will host the show, the first of its type since Rita Davenport had a program on Channel 5 (KPHO) that was canceled in 1987 after a 16-year run. Channel IS station manager Brad Nilsen believes the show will succeed on the strength of its local content. Paul Hallowell, producer of Sonoran Living, added, "We believe that creating our own content is one of the most important things we do around here." Hallowell promised "no stories on how to get five meals out of a can of tuna." The station's only other local program is the Saturday cooking show, Sonoran Grill. Its host, "Mad Coyote Joe" Daigneault, will take part in the new program.

Sonoran Living will feature Channel 15 staffers Kim Dil- Mi.