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DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER, N.Y., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993 -01 T'J. Catch of the day McDonald's Collectors Club shares its fascination with Happy Meal toys at 6:30 p.m. at McDonald 2121 East Henrietta Road. Barbara Stanwyck (right) stars in the 1937 film Stella Dallas at 7 and 11 p.m. on AMC (GRC Channel 28).

On this day in 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry warned that cigarette smoking is a health hazard. 0 Turn the page for a listing of more events. mil PAGE MA 0 tr Poof! Ever feel so embarrassed you wish you could just disappear? Last week in this column, we told you a tale about a local magician who was booked to entertain at the Averell Council's New Year's Eve Ball at the Memorial Art Gallery. The performer, Flash in the Pan, we said, went to the wrong place and began entertaining guests at The Brasserie before realizing he was at the wrong party.

Scoops even got clever and dubbed his faux pas a "disappearing act." It was a cute story that made the rounds at the ball. In fact, several party-goers related the incident to me that night and we laughed and laughed at poor old Rash. While putting this column together, I checked with some Averell Council members who also heard the anecdote. They put me in touch with the guy who reported hearing it from Flash himself that night. And he told me the same story again.

So the tidbit goes into the paper. But before you could say "abracadabra," laaii iuia rctcr ocanm cauea to 4fC say, "Yeah, it's a cute story. Only it happened in September 1991." And, the real scoop is he went to the art gallery when he should have gone to The Brasserie. Understandably, Scahill was scratching Jason Priestley (left) is expected to be on the ice with Nik the I Nice Guys' Gary raising money for St. Mary's Hospital Brain Injury rehab unit.

his head wondering how this recycled recounting from more than a year ago made it into print as having happened on New 5,. Doing my best worm wiggle, I explained that after hearing the same thing from sev-j eral people, I ran with the eyewitness I account witnout checking with bcahw because the people I talked to didn't know his real name. Otherwise, I said, I certainly would have tracked him down via the i phone book to confirm. ii i i -j ffljStsWifr dili i in in uie dook, ocamu saia, unaer i "Flash in the Pan." anyone nave a magic wana: i neea to take a quick trip. To anywhere.

Thankfully, Scahill was a good sport chanty arjous me mix-up. uow, oniy my euitors will see it the same way.) He said he did tell the anecdote while making small talk with several party guests but he told it as it happened last September. For the record, back then, he went to the art 1 gallery by accident after being given erroneous information by the folks who hired Ex-Amerks and celebs like Jason Priestley and Alex Trebek play hockey for St. Marys Hospital mm to penorm. "It's like I whisper in your ear a secret.

And you whisper it in someone else's ear, and by the time it gets back to you, it's a whole new secret," Scahill said. A truer word was never said. Netting dough for RPO The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Mid-Town Tennis Club are planning a unique 1 nnr nr By MERCEDES MORANO STAFF WRITER ri 4.1 i. Thicke iciy iisi uic luiucu muiui. icabui ca a tennis round robin tournament followed by an elegant late-night party at the club at 55 give back to the says Robertson, who was a center for the Amerks from 1979 to 1986 and came out of retirement to play the last half of the 1989 season.

He's now an agent for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. "What we're trying to do as alumni is help charities that revolve around kids," Robertson says. "We played two or three games last year for different benefits and charities, but nothing as elaborate or as big as this one is going to be." Amerks alumni who live in town and plan to play Feb. 20 include Robertson, Ray Maluta who heads the alumni team Daryl Drader, Jim Pettie, John Bednarski, Steve Langdon, Clint Fehr and Brian McKinnon. Ron Schock broke his ankle and can't play.

Jim Jones, Jeff Hamilton, Mel Davis and Rod Graham are making the trip from out of town. And a couple of others haven't confirmed yet, according to Robertson. If you don't like hockey but love a good party, Nik the Nice Guys will play at a bash after the game at Midtown Plaza. And Webb says to expect to see the celebrities at the celebration. "I guarantee that Alex Trcbck will get on stage and have the band play Jeopardy," Webb says.

"That's worth the price of admission, right there." ere are three possible reasons why you might go to the Rochester Amerks Alumni Celebrity All-Star Hockey Chal the last six seasons," for everything from children's cancer centers to the homeless to the USO, says Abramson. WHILE KEATON and Anderson will be busy making a movie and Fox doesn't play anymore, stars who plan to attend Rochester's event include Thicke; Jeopardy host Alex Trebek; Dave Coulier, of Full House fame and host of America's Funniest People; Matt Frew-er, who's best known as Max Headroom; Jason Hervey, nerdy Paul on The Wonder Years; John Saunders from ESPN's "Sports Center" and Wide World of Sports; Jerry Houser, who appeared in Slapshot and Summer of '42; and Josh Jackson and Steve Dowling, who both starred in the hockey movie The Mighty Ducks, and others who've yet to confirm. The games sell out in major markets like Chicago, Boston and Minnesota in arenas that seat 17,000 to 19,000 people. So how did Rochester happen to sign on with the all-stars? The credit goes to Gary Webb, bandleader of Nik the Nice Guys and Abramson's friend and business associate. Webb has played in a hall' dozen celebrity games and Nik performs at many of the celebrity events' parties.

"We put on a great parry, and they put on a great show," says Webb, who gets the celebs into the act. While many in the crowd will be coming out to see the stars on ice, when the former Amerks take a spin around the War Memorial, itH bring back fond memories for those who remember the Calder Cup hoopla of 1983 and 1987. "I DONT THINK people realize how many of us live here," says Alumni spokesman Geordie Robertson, who settled in Rochester along with other Amerk notables. "There 12 or 13 of us living here, locally, and we were sitting around and said, 'Hey, the community treated us pretty well while we were here, so why don't we do something to a Gould St. Other activities include tennis instruction, squash games, aerobics, fitness training and use of the club's amenities.

Rochester Americans Brad Rubachuk, who won the 1992 Community Service award for the Amerks, and Peter Ciavaglia, who's led the team in scoring, will host the event along with The Amerks Moose. Canandaigua Wine Chapel's, Food in Concert, Edwards, Water Street Grill, The Brasserie and The Rio Bamba have donated the desserts, drinks and appetizers. The RPO Brass Quintet will play, and RPO President and CEO Carl Atkins and RPO Board of Directors Chairman Karen Noble Hanson will emcee. Play begins at 6 p.m. The party starts at Trebek lenge at the Community War Memorial on Feb.

20: The thought of watching Beverly Hills, 90210's Jason Priestley skate by you in the flesh makes your knees weak. You've been wondering what your favorite former Amerks have been doing since their War Memorial days. You want to do your part to raise money for St. Mary's Hospital Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. The Celebrity All-Star team is a squad of film and television stars and National Hockey League and Olympic team members who play in benefit games around the country during the six-month-long hockey season.

"The team exists to make money for charity, to promote hockey and to just have fun," says All-Stars General Manager Andy Abramson. Since the team's inception almost a dozen years ago, Hollywood big guns like Michael Keaton, Michael J. Fox, Alan Thicke and Richard Dean Anderson have played with hockey greats like Gordie Howe and Mike Eruzione, all in the name of charity. "We've generated more than $3 million in i i Ail-Star Hockey Challenge What: Rochester Amerks Alumni Celebrity All-Star Hockey Challenge When: 7 p.m. Feb.

20. Where: War Memorial, 100 Exchange Blvd. Tickets: Game, $15, $13, $11; party, $5. Available at The War Memorial box office or any Tick-etMaster location, Record Theatre stores, House of Guitars, and Disc Jockey Records at Greece Towne Mall. Charge by calling (716) 232-1900.

Party $5, available at the door and in advance at the locations and number above. 20 CHECK for the tournament. It costs $50 a player, or $80 a couple, and includes the party and other activities. If you want to go, but not play, youll pay $35 at the door, or $30 in advance. Call (716) 454-2620.

Mercedes Morano. Call her at (716) 258-2322, or write 55 Exchange Rochester, NY 14614 Robertson -r- MH- 8" .11 III ij.llli.pim mil wiim II i i.uiuii II i mi i mi. Cream to reunite at Rock Hall of Fame dinner By FRED SHUSTER LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner tonight in Los Angeles promises the sort of surprises rock fans dream about. Scheduled for the event, which is open to the public at hefty ticket prices, is a reunion of Cream, the '60s group that included guitarist Eric Clapton, and a reformed Doors, with Pearl Jam's Eddie Ved-der handling the late Jim Morrison's vocal chores. In addition, the event's music producer, former Band guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson, has lined-up former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty and plans to have Bonnie Raitt join Hall inductee Ruth Brown for a version of the '50s classic (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean.

Although these events are scheduled, this is, after-all, the capricious world of rock 'n' roll and much is up-in-the-air until the final rehearsal. The 1993 dinner, the first in Los Angeles after seven in New York, honors eight performers, two non-performing industry figures and an "early influence." An artist is eligible 25 years after his debut. The performers being inducted are singer Ruth Brown, Cream, Creedence, the Doors, singer Etta James, doo-woppers Frankie Lymon the Teenagers, Irish bard Van Morrison and rock-soul pioneers Sly the Family Stone. The Hall's early influence is the late jazz and chanteuse Dinah Washington. lo, 1 if 1 lfc Michaela Cultrara, 19 months, watches her mother, Margarita, dance with her godfather, Roberto Burgos.

The Three Kings About 75 people attended Dia de los Reyes, a holiday celebration in the Latin American tradition of giving and sharing, on Sunday evening. The bi-lmgual celebration, which was at the Center at High Falls downtown, included storytelling in English and traditional songs and music performed in Spanish. There also was an appearance by the Three Kings. Each Latin-American country was represented at the event, which explained the origins of the holiday and its importance to the Latin American community. I in imii "-J WILL VURMAN Start photographer Tiree iSns Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar played by Xavier Viteri (left), Moses Robertson and Dan Figueroa entertain at the Dia de los Reyes celebration at the Center at High Falls on Sunday..