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FridaySeptember 291 989 Star Tribune Flvina low over people Al Checchi's new house on Harriet 7 v. Ati 1 fV j. 1 -1 I 1 Johnson Eskola Associated Press America's main squoozo the Arts gala in Washington, D.C. Kuralt is master of ceremohies. Hengel is being honored with a National CBS newsman Charles Kuralt and concertina maker Christy Hengel, of New Ulm, yukked it up during a rehearsal for the National Endowment for Heritage r-euowsnip as a traditional American artist A Baryshnikov makes his exit Mikhail Baryshnikov abruptly quit as artistic director of American Ballet Theater in New York after a bitter dispute with the company's management and board over the troupe's finances and the removal of one of his staff members.

Although the Soviet-born ballet star announced in June that he intended to resign from the troupe by the summer of 1990 to pursue an acting career and other projects, his departure left the company without an artistic director during its 50th anniversary year. Jane Hermann, the theater's executive director, accused Baryshnikov of issuing the board an ultimatum. The board's executive committee refused to rescind Hermann's decision to place Charles France, Baryshnikov's assistant, on a year's leave of absence. France has been ill this year, and the board's action implied that he would not be taken back after Baryshnikov's planned departure in 1990. Earlier, Baryshnikov said that France's removal was an infringement of his artistic authority.

"I'm not taking orders from anyone, especially unfair ones," he said. "I left one country for those very reasons." The former Kirov Ballet star defected in 1 974 from the Soviet Union. For John In Tokyo, Yoko Ono, the musician, artist and widow of ex-BeatJe John Lennon, announced a multimillion-dollar project "based on John's spirit" to help clean up the environment and provide scholarships. "I hope this program will help bring back much needed mental and physical health to our Earth and strengthen our unity as one world and one people," Ono said. She said entertainers Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, David Bowie and Ringo Starr, among others, have pledged support for plans to raise money for "The Greening of the World" project through concerts, films, records, artworks and children's books.

She said the estimated $100 million to be raised would be used mainly for scholarships and to preserve the environment, especially forests. Off the junk Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said he kicked his heroin addiction because his children were exposed to repeated police raids. "I was on the run all the time," Richards said. He referred to his drug-taking in the 1970s when he lived with German actress Anita Pallenberg and their two children. "My kids were growing up getting used to letting in hordes of policemen.

There was a knock at the door: Is it room service or is it the cops?" he told British Broadcasting Corp. radio in a New York interview to be broadcast in London next month. The group is on a North American It's not Lake Nokomis, but Al Checchi is going to know firsthand what airport noise sounds like at his 'new Lake Harriet Pkwy. home. The 'new Northwest Airlines owner and chairman closes next week on a Mediterranean-style stucco home, we hear.

Neighbors are eager for him to move in; they think Checchi won't be able to stand the noise, and will do something about a There are a couple of rumors on the future of Steve Rotameter: We've heard his name linked to First Bank System, to Texas Air through Carl Pohlad and to Noel Rahn of Investment Advisers Inc. in Minneapolis. 'Ousted Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was back hawking sports collectibles on the Plymouth-based Cable Value Network last night No media hubbub this time. Minnesota Commissioner of Administration Sandy Hale attended this week's glittering Film Institute parly in Washington the one where Steve Martin pulled things from his fly. Hale says that when she met President Bush, he expressed disappointment that Gov.

Rudy Perpich couldn't attend the education summit this week (he was tied up with the special session.) Other Minnesotans at the Washington party: Martin and "Mickey Friedman from the Walker Center and Phil Weise from Film "in the Cities. By the way, Hale says she got in with a free ticket Others paid $1,000. Carlson Companies Inc. employees traveling from all points for the official announcement of Curt Carlson's retirement at Minnetonka headquarters today should watch where they park. The tjme limits on the visitors' spots are strictly enforced, as officials from CBS News in New York can attest They recently parked in a one-hour -'spot and got towed.

State gaming czar Tony Bouza plans to auction off breakfast in bed for three at a charity event Kinky. Local broadcasters are buzzing that WLOL-FM is for sale. Jeff Smulyan, CEO of the parent Emmis Broadcasting, must need the bucks "for his share of the $76 million Seattle Mariners deal. Shower stalls at the Metrodome are growing 6 inches taller to accommodate the Timberwolves. Dennis Alfton, director of operations for the stadium commission, said there was some debate about making the alteration for one year.

But, hey, the Twolves are paying for it so Thanks for taking that Nebraska flag off the pole in front of the Metrodome finally! It's been a great year for 32-year-old Harley Kozak, sister of Minneapolis-based lobbyist Andy Kozak. Harley has a small part in "When Harry Met Sally plays "Rick Moranis' yuppie wife in "Parenthood," has had roles on the daytime soaps "Guiding Light" and 1 i' iik "Santa Barbara" and spent the summer filming an American Express commercial in Europe. Andy says this is a long way from his sister's first "starring" role in the slasher movie favorite "The House on Sorority Row." Vickl Lansky, local parenting author, taped a segment on "Freeloaders" for the Oprah Winfrey show in Chicago last week Lansky also has done more than 100 one-minute advice tapes for the National Parenting Center. Her tapes and those of eight other authors from around the country can be heard by calling 1-900-246-MOMS. This is not a free call.

Book publicists say it's our St Paul Cathedral that graces the pages of Prince Charles' new book, "A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture." But we wonder. They go on to say that their photo shows the local cathedral "surrounded by soaring, modern-day skyscape rs." That's not the case, as anyone who has ever visited the city would know. Hot gift for the holiday season: Rock 'N Flowers. We're not sure how they work, but their stems are "sound sensitive" and move to music, hand claps or other noise. The flowers are dressed up like rock stars and the whole deal costs $29.95 apiece.

We saw them at Bachman's at St. Paul's Town Square. John Lundell can see into the future, and it's full of traffic reports. Expect to hear the former Metro Traffic Control reporter on one of the local radio stations after his one-year noncompete clause expires May IS, 1990. He's also got family backing to open his own traffic service, but is disinclined because of the amount of work that would take.

Meanwhile, listen for Lundell doing everything but traffic on his AYL radio morning drive show. Comedian Louie Anderson on road repair near the Guthrie: "What are they doin', diggin' for gold out therer Your call might be golden for us. We'll be listening. 332-TIPS. Cheryl Johnson, who writes this 4 column, is a staff writer for the Star Tribune.

Eric Eskola, who contributes, is government correspondent for WCCO-AM radio and co-host of KTCA-TV's "Almanac." concert tour. Richards was charged with heroin trafficking in Toronto in 1977 and escaped a heavy jail sentence by agreeing to a free concert for the blind and treatment for his addiction. "I can't even imagine it now, some of the things I used to go through with that stuff," he said. 'In Country' Film director-producer Norman Jewison paid a symbolic visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to leave a canister of his latest mov-. ie, "In Country," at the monument.

His film, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd, is the story of one family's struggle to heal the wounds caused by Vietnam. Apologies Comedian Jackie Mason, whose schtick has stung New York may- oral hopeful Rudolph Giuliani, apologized for saying Democratic candidate David Dinkins looks like "a black model without a job." "I've learned a lesson from the last few days. What's funny on stage can be insensitive when it's said off the stage and in the world of politics," Mason said in a one-paragraph statement. "And for my insensitivity, I apologize." Mason's participation in the Giuliani campaign was severed after the Village Voice reported his remarks, which included a comment that Jews would vote for Dinkins out of guilt. xr Yi ,1 Associated Press Thoytookafall Jeff Petkovich, left, of Ottawa, and Peter DeBernardl, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, were feeling full of themselves after they became the first daredevils to go over Niagara Falls together in a barrel.

It's illegal, but they did it anyway and lived to tell the tale. Trivia puzzler Who was the first daredevil to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive? Quote off the day At the age of 86, comedian Bob Hope has a standard answer for the people who suggest he retire and go fishing: -uiB6e tein op O) joas )u6no 'Pies eus 'lexieq em jo jno peiMBiO eqs ueu.AA '1061 'VZ joq uo jojAex uosp3 ejuuy fi "Fish don't applaud. through our large showroom and see our new furniture. FURNITURE-ORIENTAL RUGS GIFTWARE-DUXIANA BEDDING SCANDINAVIAN represents the best of Denmark's latest designs. It is a fresh contemporary addition to our full line of "hand made" Scandinavian furnishings.

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