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1 tit I Courier-Post Thursday, July 2, 1992 Bill Reinhardt Features Editor 486-2434 jc LIVING Mother tracks killer by the book AT FIRST GLANCE "Z2 iff A 4 i rw-' Ilk Unsolved mystery: An author asks, Who killed my renowned, award-winning author of 39 books for young adults and former contri- buting editor to Woman's Day magazine, has written the heartbreaking HTio Killed My Daughter? (Ddacorte Press, $20). Initially, Duncan says, she didn't think any publisher would buy the book, because it doesn't have an ending. But she knew she had to write it. And she knew that she had to present it to her daughter as a gift on what would have been Kait's 21st birthday, Sept. 18, 1991.

On that day, Duncan brought a huge pot of yellow chrysanthemums and the manu- Please see AUTHOR, Page 2C By RUTH POLLACK COUGHLIN Gannett News Service When Kaitlyn Arquette took two bullets to the head the night of July 18, 1989, the Albuquerque, N.M., police called it a random snooting. Kaitlyn was 18 years old, an honor student at the University of New Mexico, and she wanted to become a doctor. She had a summer job as the manager for a clothing shop. She didn't use drugs. She didn't drink.

She had recently moved out of her parents' house into the Alvarado apartments with her Vietnamese boyfriend. The night the two bullets were fired, she was driving home after dinner. LIVING HEALTHY Pretty, vivacious Kaitlyn Arquette died the next day. Three years later, her murder remains unsolved and the Albuquerque police have broken off communications with the Arquette family, for whom nothing has been the same. Now her mother, Lois Duncan, Body imagination KAITLYN ARQUETTE her murder still unsolved Balding takes a psychological toll on a man, even though it does not alter his personality or impair him in any way, says Dr.

Thomas F. Cash of Old Dominion University. The earlier the balding process begins, the more likely a man is preoccupied by it. The higher the hair loss, the unhappier he tends to be with his body image. A man typically copes with the distress of hair loss by growing a mustache or beard, trying a new hairstyle, working out more, dressing better or wearing a hat or cap.

THERESA A. GLAB tm X. From America come songs of Lithuania's rich folk culture i a 1 HAVE YOU HEARD? Shopaholics Three million U.S. adults are compulsive shoppers, says Gary Christenson, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. Christenson says compulsive shoppers may buy things they never even open.

They may have constant thoughts about shopping and even resort to shoplifting to feed their habit. The last stop on the road to financial ruin maybe bankruptcy. JUDITH W. WINNE (V1 BEST BETS Based on authentic Lithuanian folk songs, Kasinskas' score catches the sadness of an oppressed people. The song cycle begins and ends with a song sung by Lithuanians exiled to Siberia.

When Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, the communists tried to obliterate the country's rich folksong tradition. Kasinskas discovered the music with the help of Lithuanian emigre Bronius Krokys, who had stored several hundred songs in his memory. Aided by a grant from the Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts, Kasinskas notated the songs sung by Krokys. The composer was inspired to write Lithuanian Dream Songs after he heard folksinger Veronika Povilionas sing The Song of Siberian Exiles. Kasinskas's songs were first performed in Philadelphia two years ago by the Relache Ensemble.

Kasinskas, who yearned to hear his songs sung in Lithuania, saw his dream became a reality after Relache arranged a tour to Czechoslovakia and Poland. When the Polish part of the tour fell through, Kasinskas helped schedule two concerts in Lithuania. He was delighted when Povilionas agreed to sing his song cycle. Kasinskas, 46, is half Italian and half Lithuanian. He began to discover his Lithuanian roots with the help of his wife, Bridget, whose mother came to the U.S.

from Lithuania after World War II. Through his wife, Kasinskas became interested in the Lithuanian language and culture. The couple has lived in Cherry Hill for a decade. "I had seen pictures and read books about Lithuania," explains Kasinskas. "But I was not prepared for the beauty of the country, the farmland, the parks in the cities." By ROBERT BAXTER Courier-Post Staff Baseballs, mitts and a copy of America the Beautiful top the table in the family room.

On the dining room table lies an opened musical score for soprano and two tape recorders nestled between decorative lacquer boxes and brightly woven fabric from Lithuania. Two worlds exist in the Cherry Hill home of composer Joseph Kasinskas. One is inhabited by an American family no different from anyone else on the block. The other resonates with folk-flavored music and the culture of a Baltic country. Joining these two worlds is Kasinskas, a composer who writes music steeped in mythic ritual and ethnic melodies.

He makes his living as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. By day, Kasinskas delivers mail from around the world to his neighbors in the Woodcrest section of the township. Late at night or early in the morning, he crafts the scores which have won him increasing recognition. On May 31, Kasinskas received a music award in New York City from the Lithuanian-American community.

The composer was unable to accept the award in person because he was experiencing his "the dream of a lifetime" by attending a performance of his Lithuanian Dream Songs in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. The songs were composed several years ago, in what Kasinskas calls "the very hot period" when Lithuania had declared its independence and the Soviet Union was cracking down on dissidents. "In retrospect, my music was a form of social statement," explains the composer. "At the time, I wasn't thinking of that." Sea, sun and sand By Ron Karafin, Courier-Post A goal: Joseph Kasinskas of Cherry Hill had a dream come true when his 'Lithuanian Dream Songs' was performed in the Baltic country. Plan for an early weekend.

Sea Isle City is sponsoring beachcombing walks during the months of July and August. The sandy hikes begin on the 29th Street beach at 10 a.m. Donations of $1 per adult and 50 cents per child are requested. All children will receive a free sand pail and each family will receive a souvenir shell. Go early to sign up.

The walks occur every Tuesday and Thursday. flowers with them. "I wondered how my music would be received," says the composer, who compares taking Lithuanian folk songs back to Vilnius to bringing coals to Newcastle. "The audience response was enthusiastic. They took them as something special." Between concerts, Kasinskas and his wife spent time sightseeing and visiting Please see POSTMAN'S, Page 2C Before he left, Kasinskas contacted relatives to tell them he was coming.

Once he arrived in Lithuania, he found there was no way to get in touch them. He did not have their phone numbers and discovered telephone books do not exist in Lithuania. Kasinskas worried he might miss his relatives, but they traveled long distances to attend performances of Lithuanian Dream Songs in Vilnius and Kaunas. Many brought bouquets of QUOTE OF THE DAY After 25 years, it's 'Sgt. Pepper's Band' all over again, sort of No ties that bond Ninety-nine and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent of traditions should be done away with because women did not make them.

Like marriage. Say you woke up one morning in a beautiful world and you had everything you wanted: You had your work, your health, you had your friends, you had good food, good lovemaking. Would you really look around and say, 'What do I really need now? I guess I need to get author ALICE WALKER Beatles' album. How else can you do this?" Kaniger isn't too concerned Beatles' loyalists might be offended. "I'd be worried less about the Beatles' fans, who might be more open-minded, than about, say, Elvis Presley fans.

Those people can get really weird with you. "Besides, we're doing what we feel are quality arrangements. If Andy Williams does a Beatles' tune, you or I i might say 'it's not my cup of But some people will like it." Kaniger added he's more interested in the opinions of the men responsible for the original Pepper. "They all know about it," he said in reference to Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. "We're really anxious to know what their reaction is.

I i would think they'd like it." For the kids, mon The latest wrinkle in the ever-expanding universe of children's music is Reggae for Kids, a collection of tradi-; tional and original songs done in the hypnotic Jamaican style by various reggae stars. Among the cuts contained in this interesting package are Rasta-ized versions of Over the Rainbow by J.C. Lodge, This Old Man by Yellowman and Puff the Magic Dragon by Gregory Issacs. From the vaults Capitol Records continues to unearth ancient treasures. Earlier this week, the label issued a slew of re-releases, including a CD collection of all of the Beatles' British EPs, George Harrison's Wonderwall Music (the 19G8 instrumental LP that was the first solo effort by a By CHUCK DARROW Courier-Post Staff Last month, Beatles fans around the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of the group's landmark Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Inarguably, the greatest salute to the LP that rewrote the rules of rock music is the re-make of the legendary long-player by the Southern California-based group Big Daddy. The album, called Big Daddy's Sgt. Pepper (Rhino), features the band doing every song contained on the Beatles' original, in the same sequence. But Big Daddy put its own loopy spin on the material.

Each of the set's tracks is presented as if it were recorded by a 1950s rock artist: A Little Help From My Friends is offered as a Johnny Mathis ballad complete with a Chances Are piano figure. The ultra-pyschedelic Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a Jerry Lee Lewis rave-up a la Great Balls ol Fire. She 's Leaving Home is re-worked as Paul Anka doing Diana. The carnival-themed For the Benefit of Mr. Kite is punctuated with the amusement park organ intro of Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon's immortal Palisades Park.

9 Lead singer Marty Kaniger turns into Buddy Holly as he hiccups his way through a brilliantly re-styled A Day in the Life. There are, no doubt, Beatles fans who, upon hearing this wonderful album that works simultaneously a legitimate tribute and hilarious parody, will figure the mem- INDEX "ft ASK THE EXPERTS CALENDAR COMICS DEAR ABBY ENTERTAINMENT IT'S YOUR PEOPLE SOUNDS TELEVISION VIDEO WATCH Class: The album cover of Big Daddy's remake of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club bers of Big Daddy are the kind of people who'd draw a moustache on the Mona Lisa. Not so, insisted Kaniger during a recent phone call to his Los Angeles home. "It was done out of affection," he said.

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