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SATURDAY, MARCH 16 1996 PAGE B4 STAR TRIBUNE PLACES FACES BERTRAM from Bl Bertram admits mistreating people in anger, frustration KARE-TV wins sweeps battle among Twin Cities' newscasts Nielsen ratings The AC. Nielsen Co. on Friday released the February ratings 'sweeps." The chart below shows newscast viewing by 25- to 54-year-olds, the age group advertisers most want to reach. One ratings point represents 1 percent of the potential viewers in the market stop the ethics proceeding, which until Friday had been behind closed doors. "He can apologize up one side and down the other, but we still need to determine if he violated ethics rules.

And if he did, then there needs to be appropriate punishment," said Rep. Steve Smith, R-Mound, co-chairman of the ethics committee. The Associated Press contributed to this report ''I pledge to be the best person I possibly can. My primary goal, for as long as I hold public office, is that I uphold the highest standard of conduct." Witnesses have called Bertram temperamental, insulting and threatening. "Jeff Bertram spread malicious rumors about people as a deliberate political tactic," said Jim Read.

Read, a DFL activist from Bertram's area, made his remarks in prepared testimony to the committee. Before the hearing, Republicans said an apology would not 5 p.m. Vikings staff member faces assault charge formance. And KMSP's syndicated "Home Improvement" reruns continued to be a major factor in the 6 p.m. competition.

With its 8-point rating, it averaged more 25-54 viewers than any of the local newscasts. (Note: Rating is a percentage of all potential TV viewers.) KARE won at 10 p.m. in total households with a 16.5 rating, compared with WCCO's 16.2 and KSTP's 12.1. WCCO was the total households winner at 5 and 6 p.m. (10.9 and 14.2 ratings, respectively).

But in those time slots, it was KARE (9.2 and 9.3 ratings at 5 and 6 p.m., respectively) that showed the most upward momentum. The "CBS Evening News" was the most popular national newscast, with a 13-point household rating. ished third in prime time. But ABC can't bear all the blame. CBS's 9 p.m.

shows performed only marginally better than ABC's, yet WCCO-TV's 10 p.m. news posted increases in both total household viewership and the "adults 25-54" demographic category critical to advertising sales. Indeed, WCCO-TV, Channel 4, looks like a station on the rise. After experiencing anxiety-producing losses of age 25-54 viewers at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. in November, the station gained viewers in all three time slots in February.

KARE-TV, -Channel 11, remained the favorite of age 25-54 viewers in all three evening news time slots, posting ratings as good as or better than any of last year's in each. KMSP-TV, Channel 9's 9 p.m. newscast improved on the previous February's 25-54 rating, though not on its November per By Noel Holston Star Tribune Staff Writer TV stations all over America are giving away money in hopes of luring more viewers to their newscasts, and in many cities, the tactic is working. But the demographic results of Nielsen's February ratings indicate that many Minnesotans are turned off by the idea. KSTP-TV, Channel 5, dished out more than $200,000 last month in its "Cold Cash Giveaway." The stated goal was to encourage viewer sampling of its third-ranked 10 p.m.

newscast. But if KSTP posted any gain in new viewers, it was more than offset by defections. The station's 10 p.m. news ratings, up during in the November sweeps, dropped 30 percent in February. KSTP didn't get much help from its network, ABC, which fin Feb.

95 Nov. 95 Feb. 96 WCCO 4 3 4 KSTP 3 3 3 KARE 4 5 5 6 p.m. 1 Feb. 95 Nov.

95 Fob. 96 WCCO 6 4 5 KSTP 5 4 3 KARE 6 7 7 10 p.m. Feb. 95 Nov. 95 Feb.

96 WCCO 8 7 9 KSTP 9 10 7 5 4 KARE 13 14 14 week earlier. Metcalfe allegedly told Rollins he should have sued him over the Oct. 30 incident in which Rollins grabbed him by the shirt, swung him around and Metcalfe fell down and dropped his camera, the complaint said. Rollins is scheduled to appear in court March 29. Charges of disorderly conduct against Metcalfe were dismissed.

Margaret Zack Minnesota Vikings security director Stephen Rollins was charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct Friday in Hennepin County District Court in connection with an incident with a TV cameraman during a game last season. Rollins, 46, and Dan Metcalfe of KSTP-TV allegedly argued about Metcalfe's presence in the tunnel leading to the Vikings locker room and an incident a StarTrixme People futon clearanc I fhift uookanH cnariaJ T7T Bjiimupuii jMuu" super sale as we merge IIVCIHUIW. on march 1 st futon outflttar and denth aia nricM nn rinnni of Iromai Z.SSZKZL. an covers 20 off Gold Bond (u.ons $728 $499 vol the best selection of futons, framesS covers and labric anywhere, meanwhile, Metal woremiar fumn there is a bit too much inventory. tZZZ more $325 $255 $268 $218 donl forget.

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"I drive a truck," she said in Sunday's Parade magazine. "A real truck." Why no sports car for the 22-year-old former pageant winner. and model? She said she needs the truck to carry her dogs, Bonnie, Clyde and Mattie. Arnold Ices 'Batman' role It's a deal: Arnold Schwarzenegger will try to knock the caped crusader out cold as Mr. Freeze in the next "Batman" film.

"ER" TV star George Clooney will play Batman in "Batman and Robin," with Chris O'Donnell as Robin, Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy and Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl, Warner Bros, confirmed Tuesday in Los Angeles after weeks of rumors. Schwarzenegger wanted to play Batman's nemesis Mr. Freeze all along, but he had to resolve scheduling problems, and producers reportedly had Bruce Willis waiting in the wings. Naomi Judd takes on TV role Naomi Judd says playing a psychiatrist on television's "The Client" is a good way to needle both of her famous daughters. "My first thought was, 'Playing a psychiatrist! Is that not every kid's worst Judd said in Nashville, Tenn.

Judd was half of the popular country music duo, The Judds. Her daughter Wynonna has since launched a successful solo career. Judd's other daughter, Ashley, has a growing list of acting credentials, including a recurring role on the TV series "Sisters." MOAB ELITES my Butted CffOrnolyfratnf MarzoccW2ol5 0astomer! Suspension Forltt. Shimano AMo Component droup lies. $529.99 SALE 43ff Beg $52999 fJ77 Associated Press Happy birthday please Henny Youngman, king of the one-liner, attends a street-corner ceremony Friday In New York to rename the Intersection of 55th St and 6th Av.

"Honny Youngman Way." He turns 90 today. ft 1 stt Limited Sizes Quantities I1 O'CTWTWW 'II I'J III II 111 Fa-ma agjNl -A) profile to be broadcast Sunday from New York, he and his wife, Lonnie, played a prank on correspondent Ed Bradley during an on-camera segment. Ali gazed vacantly into space while his wife explained that the champ occasionally rsmsnamum lapses into the trancelike state and sometimes even throws punches in Muhammad Ali tice, Yoko Ono says. "Fame was very bad for John as an artist," Ono said in Santa Barbara, where her traveling exhibit of Lennon's drawings is on display. "Being a Beatle made it difficult for him to get gallery shows." Lennon was an art student in Liverpool before becoming a Beatle.

"The way he created his work is very much the way he created his songs. His work has a kind of a musical rhythm to it," Ono said. Local United Way bestows honors In 20 years of United Way volunteer service, Thomas Hoban helped launch a health initiative, remove obstacles to young mothers' prenatal care, form a health education program for fifth-graders and plan other health programs. On Friday, the United Way of Minneapolis Area gave Hoban the Distinguished Service Award, the group's highest volunteer honor, during the association's annual meeting, which was attended by about 900 volun the air. At that point, Ali threw a left hook toward Bradley's head.

As he warily moved away, Ali smirked as the others nearby broke into laughter. You got me, Bradley said. Fame overshadowed art talent If only John Lennon had not been so spectacularly successful as a musician, his pen-and-ink art might have gotten more no- Dance uses Jewish imagery to explore Music review ideas of community in uncertain times By Mike Steele Star Tribune Staff Writer In "Painted Windows," the sec ond part of Beth Coming's Human Trilogy, she again uses Painted Windows Who: By Beth Corning, part of "Human Trilogy." Where: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Av. Minneapolis. When: Tonight through Sunday, 8 p.m.

Tickets: $12; call 340-1725. Review: This second part of Coming's "Human Trilogy" is a bright, provocative dance about community that was inspired by a village's stories, art and the buoyant paintings of Marc Chagall. Jewish imagery and themes to ex ures, which Marina Harris suggests with circus costumes and Tom Rose evokes in settings that include a miniature Chagall village tugged about on wheels like a child's train. Corning combines this imagery with spoken texts, expressive, often lively dance and music based on traditional Jewish forms to create a pageant of village life stories, epigrams, local myths, jokes and rituals. Her seven villagers go through a gamut of experiences from community celebrations and worship, to individual uncertainties and disintegration as they float through the world.

A boat tossed about is a constantly recurring image. Her village tales have the feel of stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer or Sholem Aleichem, showing people in relation to an ever-changing world. There is the man who sees only the ground, contrasted with the rabbi who sees the sky. There's also a cryptic sto ry about why Jews can't pray in rooms without windows. These stories are told through spoken text and dance that take them to another emotional level.

Corning picks these themes up in her dances, presenting them as two side-by-side duets that begin assertively with strong men partnering acrobatic women. She then has the duets stumble into uncertainty and finally fall apart as though the rituals that hold the dance together had collapsed. Buoyant upbeat moments suddenly end with the disturbing sound of broken glass as allusions to the Holocaust intrude. There's a tale of fire consuming a home, and at the end miniature metal homes lining the stage burst into flame. This is a dance that asks: Can the community hold in the face of disintegrating cultural traditions and the press of historic events? Toward the end of the work Corning herself, until then part of the ensemble, emerges as the key plore basic human subjects, this time community.

The first part, "Night of Questions," explored tradition; the final section will deal with faith. Corning also is exploring her own identity as a nonreligious Jew seeking connection with Jewish memories, myths and rituals. The result so far has been absorbing, and "Painted Windows" is no exception. She does not totally succeed in fleshing out the notion of community and the end of the hour-long work strays from her theme but it's an engrossing and entertaining journey. The work is based on imagery from the paintings of Marc Chagall, especially his Russian village scenes peopled with circus fig- Spr'uig Wuie Sale.

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