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Coming Tomorrow: A UWGB professor takes a look at what America's eating habits have been and where they're going In LIFESTYLE Green Bay Press-Gazette Comments? Call Lifestyle Editor Jeff Ash, (414) 431-8216 Sunday, March 31, 1996 BOOYAH (BOO yah, A tasty soup or stew. It's also the name of this column, which also is full of things you'll enjoy) This flashy little rhinestone number is by designer Todd Oldham. A NEW SEASON Fashion designers are presenting their fall '96 collections during a crowded week of New York shows that continue through Wednesday. itvle -'WrV 1 biSfcilw J.v.;'.,l', arawfafaiifc. py UNA 0o fW35 tw ill A Do 7 1 A a i AP photo Fergie's new look in Hello! magazine Hello, Fergie! The British press is positively apoplectic over an eight-page magazine spread of the most ridiculed of the royal family, the Duchess of York.

"The freckles and the flab, the wide wrinkles and colorful cheeks, have all vanished," The Daily Mirror squealed. The former Sarah Ferguson looks wide-eyed and slender on the cover of Hello! magazine, which fawns over celebs with a soft touch and a big purse. The cash-strapped, big-spending estranged wife of Prince Andrew reportedly received a fee for the shoot. So just how did the freckled, 36-year-old mother of two end up looking like a catwalk model in a black pantsuit? "A combination of creative inspiration, cunning technology and a trunk full of makeup," The Daily Telegraph said. Knight-Ridder Newspapers The model at left spins under the runway lights in designer Richard Tyler's tunic and plain brown dress.

SSISft- "'Wit. A 'doozie' of a story Throughout the O.J. Simpson trial, NBC's Dateline provided viewers with a regular dose of Simpson pieces while 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt vowed his show wouldn't go near the story. Hewitt's policy is changing tonight. The program, now going head-to-head at 6 p.m.

with Dateline, will include a segment on alleged jury tampering in the Simpson case. "This may be the best O.J. story ever," said Hewitt. This weekend's report, he said, is "a doozie." New York Daily News A mossy green wool coat opens to reveal an orange cashmere sweater at the Jennifer George show. A green leather skirt the look.

7 Best bets Spring Thaw fashion show: Do we dare say Gianni Versace and Green Bay in the same breath? Go ahead. Don't be at all surprised if some of those glamorous designer fashions being paraded down the runways this week and next in New York show up in Northeastern Wisconsin department stores in the fall, in one form or another. At least one area department store has sent a crew to the Big Apple to check out the popular looks and bring them back to Wisconsin. Dayton's, the Minneapolis-based corporation with a store at Fox River Mall in Appleton, has many of its buyers and trend watchers at the New York shows. "We go so that our buyers can look at the lines they're showing for fall.

We certainly work with a lot of those designers," said Melissa Stark, a Dayton's spokeswoman. "It's really an exciting time. It's fun to see what's new and hot." By getting the early handle on the fall trends, Dayton's buyers can incorporate them in the merchandise they buy for their stores in fall, whether it's a designer label or not, Stark said. An example: At last fall's spring fashion shows in New York, Dayton's buyers picked up on the popularity of the sheath dress, a simple, close-fitting, sleeveless dress. Those dresses are a staple at Dayton's.

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465-221 7 or (800) 328-8587. Story by Kendra Meinert of the Press-Gazette Photos by Associated Press A lavender, double-breasted trench coat over a ribbed white turtlenck is one of DKNY's fall looks. Any man who forgets a June wedding anniversary doesn't have to wait until the Fourth of July for fireworks. The only thing wrong with spring is too much March and not enough May. Don't telephone solicitors ever take time to have supper themselves? Another nice thing dhainiiniel 1 .1 butt stilB laggimg Doug Larson i- t)is 1 tZ I "With the exception of what do we do about Jay Johnson, who's on leave (to run for a seat in Congress), that is the question that we're contemplating right now, and we have been contemplating that question for weeks," he says.

"But we're not ready to make any announce-ment on that." News ratings are about spring is that it is both too late and too early for Christmas shopping. You're getting to be an old-timer if you remember when movie popcorn cost a nickel. How do you figure a woman who wants new furniture when you've already had it for years? Larson is a Green Bay Press-Gazette columnist. Write to him at P.O. Box 19430, Green Bay, WI 54307-9430.

Warren Gerds Critic-at-large Half-hour newscasts at 6 and 10 p.m. will arrive July 19. With Channel 26 building a news operation from scratch, the November and February surveys gave it tips on where its key demographics lie. While the public best understands overall numbers, stations and advertisers gear decisions around specific demographics. A prime target for many stations and advertisgers is the 18-to-49 age bracket.

"Demographics are what drive the programs that are offered in a marketplace." Schuessler says. Elected: Tomlin was recently elected to a two-year term on the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association board of directors. Backing: Wisconsin Public Television viewers pledged more than $525,000 to the network in the recent fund drive. Pledges came from more than 5,500 viewers. Flash: Channel 11 will add a four-minute newscast at noon weekdays starting Monday.

Updating news and weather, it's called Fox 11 News Flash. Warren Gerds writes about television and radio for the Press-Gazette. Write to him at P.O. Box 19430, Green Bav, WI 54307-9430. the country who doesn't have any concerns, but we have very few." Channel 5 is sitting relatively pretty with its key syndicated programs The Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

All perform well and are contracted for a long time. Wheel won't be rolling away from behind the 6 o'clock news, which the top-10 Wheel helps. "If Wheel of Fortune moves, I'm moving with it probably out of state somewhere," Kidder laughs. Channel 2's Don Carmichael is generally pleased with his station's performance and with Nielsen's performance in delivering what he says is a better audience sampling. "The elusive 18-to-49 and 25-to-54 demographics returned," he says.

"I'm not going to make any changes until September, when our normal season changes occur." At Channel 26, Tomlin isn't making any changes now, either, even though America's Most Wanted: Final Justice and Real Stories of the Highway Patrol aren't going gangbusters. "Any big changes that we would make would just have to be undone when we got to news in July," he says. TV ratings can be highly subjective, open to interpretation and lots of spin control, In the wake of the February local rat ings sweep, even the station that seems to have the most concerns remains The latest Nielsen ratings again show WLUK, Channel 11, lost viewers when it switched to the Fox network from and its news ratings were hurt in the process. "There's nothing in this February book that I can't be optimistic about," general manager Jim Schuessler says. True, the station showed gains since the November 1995 sweeps.

Ratings of Fox network shows were up, as were ratings for some newscasts. "As a matter of fact, the 5 o'clock news is No. 1 with men 18-34 (years old)," Schuessler said. True, but that is a small victory in a sea of ratings numbers that show Channel 11 often trailing its news competitors by wide margins. Schuessler concedes only one disappointment that ratings for the 6 p.m.

newscast were "flat." He plans no changes in programs around the news. However, personnel changes in news may be another matter. P.S. Mueller 7 WOK UKf aXL AAAA the pulse of a station. A Those of WBAY, Channel 2, and WFRV, Channel 5, often are beating three times as fast as Channel lis.

Ratings determine advertising rates. The higher the numbers, the higher the ad rates. That means it's harder for Channel 11 to generate revenue. Other general managers won't comment publicly on Channel ll's situation. "I'd like to focus on us and never take any competitor lightly," says Channel 5's Pern' Kidder.

Jim Tomlin, of WGBA, Channel 26, says: "There's not a general manager in.