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2Bw FridayMay 1 51 992Star Tribune Future of Saturn School laced with cuts in St. Paul Signs may point to declining support fl Hwy. 3 (Lafayette Freeway) Concord St to I 494. The left fanes both north and southbound ai 1-94X I-35W W5E HENNEPIN RAMSEY co. r694, co.

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El 1-94 In downtown St. Paul Eastbound 1-94 exit to 7th westbound 1-94 exit to 6th St. 1 2th St. entrance to westbound I-94, 1 1th St. entrance to eastbound I-94 and eastbound I-94 exit and westbound 1-94 to southbound Hwy.

3 all closed until November; eth St rarjp to westbound 1-94 and westbound 1-94 exit to Dale St closed until July; Dale St. entrance to eastbound 1-94 is closed until October, and 12th St. from Robert St to Cedar St. is closed until mid-June. Ft Hwy.

280 Territorial Rd. to Como traffic reduced to one lane each way. 1-394 Ramp from eastbound 1-94 to westbound 1-394 is closed until late summer. Lyndale Av. and Dunwoody Blvd.

are suggested alternate routes; ramp from eastbound 1-394 to southbound Hwy. 100 closed until late summer. Xenia Av7Parkplace Blvd. (formerly Vemon Av.) to Parkdale Dr. is suggested alternate route; Hawthorne Av.

traffic reduced to one lane in each direction from I-94 to 1 1th St until June. Dunwoody Blvd. and Hennepin Av. are suggested alternate routes; ramp from northbound -Lyndale Av. to westbound I-394 is closed until late summer; 16th St and Hennepin AviDunwoody Blvd.

are suggested alternate routes; ramp from eastbound I-394 to northbound Hwy. 1 00 is closed until fall. VemonXenia and Glenwood Avs. are suggested alternate routes. Fl 1-494 Xerxes Av.

over 1-494 is reduced to a single lane each direction until early June. 1-694 I-35E to Hwy. 120 has single lane restrictions until July; ramp from southbound I-35E to eastbound I-694 is closed until mid-May; he said. Gaines' proposed budget, including the Saturn changes, was approved 5-0 by the school board's Committee of the Whole this week. The board will vote on the budget Tuesday night.

While administrators are calling their $189.7 million budget a rollover budget it essentially adds no programs or teachers it does provide some extra money to address community concerns. They include: $700,000 to neighborhood elementary schools and $100,000 to secondary schools to enhance their programs and develop "themes." Parents have long complained that the city's magnet schools get all the money and the best teachers; Gaines said this money will allow neighborhood schools to improve. "Now I'm saying to my non-magnet schools, 'Be creative Gaines said. $60,000 to hire a human rights specialist and set up an office to investigate sexual harassment complaints and complaints of racial bias in the schools. Gaines said he's thought about doing this for several months; recent racial incidents at Harding High School and at other schools reinforced the need.

$450,000 in school board contingency money. For the first time in two years of budget cuts, the board will have money to plug into those areas they see as having the most need. Officials said the board could use the money to cut class sizes at the most cramped schools or hire additional English as a Second Language teachers. Gaines said yesterday that he is committed to continuing the program for at least its five-year trial period. But King, who expected to be part of Saturn for that full five years, sees a waning enthusiasm for the Saturn experiment in the proposed budget cuts.

"They seem to be walking that walk and talking that talk," he said. Saturn students are grouped not by grade but by ability level, and student progress is tracked through personal growth plans, not letter grades. The idea is that Saturn students will learn how to find needed information for themselves, not just memorize facts. Originally, students weren't given homework and chose their own course of study with the help of a parent or adviser. But last fall, just months after President Bush visited the school and praised it for its innovation, that began to change.

Declining test scores, especially in math, prompted the district to hire a math specialist who assigns homework. Other teachers now spend more time teaching reading and writing every day. King said he suspects that other schools' complaints about the money lavished on Saturn took a toll. Saturn spends about $2,000 more per pupil than other St. Paul schools.

The district spent more than $8 million to buy and renovate Saturn's St. Paul building and another $450,000 on computers and other gear. And, King concedes, the declining standardized test scores didn't help. "We should have been more astute," he said. "People expect you to show dramatic results right away.

Fundamental change takes time." Hopkins said he thinks the district still supports Saturn, but agreed that the school had become a target for trimming costs. "I think what's driving the whole process here is dollars," Fl Hwy. 200 South of Bemidji, single-lane traffic controlled by a stop sign. Expect delays at the junction of Hwys. 200 and 64.

El Hwy. 10 In Detroit Lakes, traffic will be one lane in each direction at the junction of Hwys. 10 and 59. Hwy. 27 Between Holmes City and Alexandria, a mill and overlay project will require lane closures.

Tl Hwy. 210 Between Deerwood and Aitkin, traffic will be detoured to Hwys. 6, 18 and 169. fpl Hwy. 12 Between Atwater and Grove City, temporary lane closures controlled by flaggers.

flc Hwy. 30 West of Pipestone, the highway will be closed with detours to county roads. INFORMATION LINES: The Minnesota Department of Transportation offers several 24-hour lines. In the metro area, call 296-3076. Statewide, call 1-800-542-0220; for lane closures in the metro area call 297-4103.

Parking Retailers raising are $1 million for tion committee, and is expected to face little opposition from council members. However, Rip Rapson, deputy to the mayor, said yesterday that he is not as pleased with the plan as others. He said he approves of the validated parking, but wants to see a broader group named as a policy board to oversee the promotional plan. The current group of 1 1 members has no representatives from small businesses, he said, and none from the warehouse district, downtown residents or the arts community. "We need to make sure all segments have a role to play," he said.

Rapson said he didn't want to see other parts of downtown get locked out of the promotional campaign. Rapson said he will try to make the Paragon Continued from tions and agreements between the company and sales staff for the past two years. "Is this a mistake by one person or a company-wide policy?" Wold Sindt said. Meanwhile, Emma Hixson, director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, filed a "director's charge" against Paragon, the first step in her office's investigation. A city ordinance forbids anyone who provides a "public accommodation" from redlining or offering discriminatory prices or services.

"We intend to work hand-in-glove with the Civil Rights Department," Wold Sindt said. "I've received several calls complaining of unfair treatment." If Paragon is found to be in violation, Wold Sindt said, her office's options include recommending that the company's franchise be terminated. Paragon's internal investigation is expected to be completed by May 26. Sudduth said he left the meeting unsure if company representatives un SlBPftt These Are Suits Stock Values OyER 600 TO CHOOSE FR0M 50 Continued from page IB spaces. Other retailers that will offer the deal include Carson Pirie Scott, Saks Fifth Avenue, City Center, Gaviidae Common and the Conservatory.

Notices inviting other retailers to join were sent yesterday, Labosky said. "Ultimately, we'd like to get all downtown retailers and restaurants in on this," he said. If the plan is approved at next Friday's council meeting, signs advertising the participating ramps and stores will go up at the end of June. An ad campaign would start June 28, and free parking would start July 1. The program would be self-sufficient, with stores being billed monthly for Abortions By James Walsh Staff Writer As Saturn School of Tomorrow ends its third year, there are increasing signs that district support for St.

Paul's break-the-mold school may be splintering. Superintendent Curman Gaines has recommended cutting $100,000 from the Saturn program next year as part of his proposed school district budget for 1992-93. The district is actually cutting more than $200,000 from the Saturn budget part of that will come from reassigning Saturn director Tom King to other duties and not filling his post. Explanations differ on where most of the cuts will be made. Bill Larson, an assistant superintendent who oversees finances, said most of the money will be saved by paring the school's extended year.

The Saturn year now runs about three weeks longer than other schools'. "We're not convinced that the extended year has shown the kind of results we were expecting," Gaines said. Carol Sorenson, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, also said the program will not be expanded past the eighth grade, as pushed by some Saturn parents and staff. King and lead Saturn teacher Mike Hopkins said they heard of the $100,000 reduction this week and have no plan for how to make the cuts. The school's budget for this year was about $1.2 million.

Gaines and Sorenson insist that their support for Saturn has not flagged. "On the contrary, I think we have to work very hard to make sure it does succeed. That's why we're putting some time into it time and effort," said Sorenson, who met with Hopkins on Thursday. Around the Twin Minneapolis 2nd teen police believe is racial; A second suspect was charged Thursday in last week's beating of a Minneapolis man, who remains in a coma. A 14-year-old boy was charged with firsts and second-degree assault in the beating of Chris Moschos, 39.

Troy Glass, 17, was charged Wednesday. The teenagers, who are from Minneapolis, are being held in the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center. St. Paul Justice Coyne M. Jeanne Coyne, Minnesota Su preme Court associate justice, was admitted to a St.

Paul hospital Thursday night after becoming ill during a court meeting. Routine tests were run on Coyne at St. Joseph's Hospital, but the results were still unknown last evening, said Rebecca Fanning, court Minnetonka Window A window washer fell to his death Thursday morning inside the Carlson Companies towers in Minnetonka after the hydraulically lifted scaffold he was standing on apparently turned onto its side. James Moon, 58, of Minneapolis, was washing windows in the atrium of the domed rotunda that connects Torture victims' center The Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis will celebrate its fifth anniversary during a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Five Laotian Buddhist monks will bless the center's building at 717 E. River a Hmong tapestry will be dedicated and the center's accomplishments will be reviewed. Dr. Inge Genefke, founder and medical director of the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims in Copenhagen, the first in the world, will discuss the development of torture treatment centers around the world. The Minneapolis center started pro Body in river identif ied A body found in the Mississippi River in St.

Paul by teenage anglers was identified Thursday as that of a 49-year-old man from Bay City, who apparently committed suicide. The Ramsey County medical examiner's office said Frank Von Bar-, gen drowned. He last was seen at Complied from staff and Associated fees shouldn't fund them promotions city's money contingent on forming such a board. Labosky said that should such a move go through, "that could blow this right there." Retailers met with a broad-based group headed by Rapson for a year and a half, he said. "We didn't get anywhere.

There were 40 people in it and you couldn't get consensus on anything." Labosky said retailers want to move quickly on the plan because they want it in place before Bloomington's Mall of America opens in August. "That's not the only thing driving this," he said, "but we all feel a certain urgency." page IB derstood how sensitive black citizens are to such issues. "They quoted us their affirmative action policy from top to bottom and how they hire from the community, which is true," he said. "But I sensed they didn't get our entire message. We hope we're wrong." LEVOLOR 1" METAL BLINDS 65 OFF KltHI From Our Regular from $275 to $535 MEDIUM REGULAR WEIGHT SUITS LIGHTER SHADES the cost of the validated parking, city officials said.

The city's money will go exclusively to the promotion campaign, not to offset validated parking. While shoppers are sure to appreciate the plan, the biggest beneficiaries might be fans who flock to the Met-rodome and Target Center for evening and weekend events. "AH those people have to do is come downtown a little early, do some shopping or get a bite to eat, and you've got free parking for the Dome," Scallon said. The Metro-' dome, he noted, brings 4 million people downtown each year, and Target Center attracts 1.3 million many of whom seldom come downtown otherwise. The proposal was endorsed unanimously by the council's transporta GroUD savs The health service is supported almost entirely by student fees and insurance, with very little from the university treasury, said Jan Wick-strom, president of the University Community for Choice and chairwoman of the student government's student fees committee.

In the presidential race, Ron Merck-ling, a 24-year-old senior in the College of Liberal Arts, topped a field of five candidates, receiving 903 votes. Christine VeLure was second with 811. Merckling is a student representative to the Board of Regents. He has promised to fight tuition increases and racial intolerance on campus. Elected vice president on Merckling's ticket was Molly Cerny, 23, a senior who is president of the Minnesota International Students Association.

More than 3,700 students turned out for the election, compared with about 2,400 last year, said Dona Raasch, coordinator of the All-Campus Elections Commission. Staff writer Kevin Duchschere contributed to this article. will quit in August Diane Collins, a coordinator of the new system, whose contract was not renewed because of the overruns, wrote to the regents saying that she had called the problem to LaFontaine's attention and that he covered it up. The board took no action against him. While the new system has had a rocky launching, its value will become well recognized, he said.

LaFontaine, 48, said he is a finalist for finance director at a large law hrm and is exploring other options. LaFontaine, who also holds the titles of controller and associate vice presi dent, spent 20 years in the State Uni versity System bciore joining the university 01 Minnesota in lyao. Cities charged in assault victim still in coma According to the charges, they assaulted Moschos, apparently without provocation, late Friday as he was walking in the 3300 block of Nicollet Av. S. He lost consciousness when hit on the head with a club.

Police have said they believe the assault was racially motivated. Moschos is white; the suspects are black. Moschos was listed in serious condition yesterday at Hennepin County Medical Center. taken to hospital information officer. Coyne was alert and resting comfortably last night.

Fanning said. More tests will be run on the 65-year-old justice today, she said. Coyne was discussing cases with other justices when she became ill at about 2 p.m., Fanning said. washer killed in fall the two towers, Minnetonka police said. He fell about 50 feet and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been called in to investigate the accident, police Lt. Mike Olson said. marks its 5th year viding services at the International Clinic of St. Paul-Ramsey Medical center in 1985. Two years it moved into a house donated by the University of Minnesota.

In January, it moved again into another house the university donated. It has treated more than 350 victims in the past five years, nearly 45 percent of them from Africa, 20 percent each from Southeast Asia and Latin America, 10 percent from the Middle East, and the remainder from eastern Europe and the United States. About 8,000 torture victims live in Minnesota, Johnson estimates. as Wisconsin man his job in Minneapolis a week ago. Because his body lacked injuries, it is believed that he walked into the river below the Ford Dam, a spokesman said.

Boys fishing on the river near Shep-ard Rd. and Otto Av. discovered the body about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Press reports.

Continued from page IB and the Progressive Student Organization. An opposition group, University Students for Pro-Life Education and Aid, maintains that students should not have to pay for a health service that includes abortions. Although university rules do not prohibit abortions at the health center, they never have been offered because of the presumed expense, said Donald Peters, the center's director. The center does counsel pregnant students, however, and they are referred to abortion clinics in the Twin Cities, he said. Their expenses are usually covered by hospital insurance, which all students are required to carry.

The approval of the proposition will not automatically lead to a study, Peters said. It would have to be taken to the Board of Regents, which could order the study. Then advocates would have to resort to political persuasion again to get the health center to begin offering abortions. Peters said he knew of no university that offers abortions at student health centers. 'U' budget director The University of Minnesota's bud get director said Thursday that he will leave the university about Aug.

1. Nick LaFontaine's announcement came four months after he and other administrators took responsibility for a cost overrun of almost SO percent on a computerized accounting system that ended up costing about $17 million. But he said the overrun, while not pleasant, played only a minor role in his decision to leave. LaFontaine said that neither the administration nor the Board of Regents had put any pressure on him to quit and that, in fact, rdministrators rejected a resignation when he offered it late last year. CUSTOM TAILORED DRESS SHIRTS CAN ORDER 2 ORDER 5 SHIRTS SHIRTS UNTIL JUNE 6 6th SHIRT FREE! Mr.