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ST. PAUL EDITION XL 1 Star Tribune eroMe mew Tuesday May 311988 Marketplace section begins on page 7B 1B Memorial Day noted in contrasting fashion Some remembrances were more relaxed than others lrwil By Norman Draper Staff Writer It was, said Bob White, "pretty streamlined and simple." There were no brass bands, no politicians and no long-winded speeches. What they had on Edina's shady Woodland Road Monday morning was a little neighborhood Memorial Day celebration more or less the same kind of celebration that's been going on in front of White's house for ny at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, where retired Gen. John Vessey former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked several hundred veterans and veterans' survivors to rededicate themselves to the proposition of "peace with freedom." As he spoke, dozens of U.S. flags lining both sides of the cemetery's broad, central avenue snapped smartly in a strong breeze; several groups Holiday continued on page SB 26 years.

White, a manufacturer's representative and World War II Army veteran, gave a 3'i-minute speech that, he joked, his wife, June, had whittled down from an hour and a half. It was sprinkled with a few jokes, some patriotism and plenty of laudatory remarks about the neighborhood. Then there was a flag-raising ceremony. Girl Scout Troop 1402 presided over the pledge of allegiance, and Dick Weigal played a pretty fair "Taps" on his 57-year-old bugle. The Citizen-of-the-Year award winner was Frank Vorhees, and new neighbors were introduced and given leis.

As John Philip Sousa marches blared from a portable tape deck, the half- hour ceremony culminated with a parade of dozens of kids riding bicycles with spokes and handlebars festooned with red-white-and-blue crepe paper streamers. They formed a loose procession that traveled a couple hundred yards down Woodland Road and back again. It was relaxed in contrast with the 48th annual Memorial Day ceremo S. i '1 I 1 rvfe'f Ht Vti jW.iL-w.-. Students in U.

for their return By Cheryl Johnson Staff Writer Foreigners assigned to work in countries perceived to have less-than-rigorous educational standards sometimes send their kids for supplemental schooling. In this case, the lethargic educational system is in the United States and the foreigners are from -Japan. A number of Japanese parents assigned to work temporarily in the Twin Cities are sending their children to the Minnesota Japanese School, known informally as "Saturday school." The school, at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, is one of about 40 supplemental schools for Japanese students in the United States. The idea is that Japanese children who attend school in this country should receive an education comparable with that of their peers in Japan if they are to enjoy professional success at home. Parents and educators involved with the Minnesota Japanese School won't criticize the U.S.

educational system outright. But Suzanne Jebe, specialist for world languages education at the Minnesota Department of Education, said: "They need to be sure their children are keeping pace with the curriculum at their home schools in Japan so they can enter college there and pass the college entrance exam. That is so crucial to their future careers." Disquieting as the concept of Saturday schools may be for some Americans, the state's top educator applauds the Minnesota school. Economic development leaders say it is a boon when Minnesota is trying to lure top-notch professionals from Japan. "I expected to have a Japanese school (in the Twin Cities) even though I didn't check, and there was," said Ike Aida, a Japanese businessman and president of the board of the Minnesota Japanese School.

"In most of the major (U.S.) cities there are Japanese Jim Klobuchar tarnoa He fears 3 ti lufl he'll never IT get back t-i tiaa Linovv Thousands of voices joined nhlT usual musty chorus at the Metrodome and announced time to "buy me some peanufc an Cracker Jack." I heard them while I stood irijaropned in the motionless queue in troiy. qt I Ix-' ti the concession counter. It had been at least 10 minutes since I noticed any recognizable signsof, life or movement in my line. t' ufv Enviously I scanned the shuffling progress of the pilgrims in th lipe my left. Some of them were going to make it before being felled by the spasms of malnutrition.

The jealousy I felt, watching them inch holding their $10 bills aloft, made hie ashamed. What I should have-felt -was kinship. I should be saluting them, the way the passengers, of Titanic stood at the railing saluting the survivors in the lifeboats as jhe great ship headed for the deptSj It struck me about then that somebody is going to have to -u overhaul the lyrics of "Take MeOut to the Ball Game." Take the part tf. where the truant in you soars iapj (, you call for peanuts and Cracker, jack because you don't care if you ever get hark v.jir DaCK- SUlOOT I'm here to make a depositiop'lipn you stand in line to get fed at the Metrodome today, bring water, tj reading material and the vows" of celibacy. You are embarked mission to nowhere, cut off frlpmj support systems that offer youve hope and escape.

It makes no difference whether you want to get 1 back from the old ball game. When you line up at the Metrodome concession bins, you should fftcthe strong possibility that you mayw Betback- I want to be generous. The pepe who vend the groceries at the Metrodome are undoubtedly, energetic, skillful and up-to-sped jn the laws of arithmetic. Some are better at arithmetic than others, byt you can say the same about bolcpr and members of Congress. The" problem is not the vendors mania for malls andihe cost of curve-ballers.

V-l, Let me explain. You don't go'tpe ball game today to buy peanuts and Cracker Jack. You have enough, ,) inventory in front of you to stofthe the State Fair for a week. Yodp nachos, Polish sausage, bratwupsCj. popcorn, beer, diet pop, banana' splits, ice cream sundaes and cfijjj, dogs.

These are subdivided into sizes ranging from regular to huge and, up to the colossal, bring-youfroVv flatcar size. So what we have ftefa? are people trying to memorize the 'till difference between the price ofaj Polish sausage sandwich and I colossal pop corn box. They have to memorize the color ctidsv You get Polish sausage sandwiohes' prewrapped in foil of one colift Land" hot dogs in another. If you give thej customer the wrong foil you arcnot only going to expose Carl Pohladto bankruptcy but probably get snad by the customer for aggravatingliisJ allergy. The added complication that the vendor in my line is always a novice.

.1 ne reason it nara tor the neyic memorize those prices is the ttefe magnitude of the numbers. You cat get a small sable coat today fojrwhat it costs you to walk away from th concession stand with enough foogko get the family through three inning. Don't congratulate the season ticket holders for paying for millionrdollar curve-ballers. Congratulate yoursalf every time you bite into an overpriced nacho, because one wa or another, you are improving thw quality of life of your favorite a millionaire ballplayer. I would like to give you consqlatioo, but it is better to give you Examine the ranks of the vendors before you decide which line to etjter.

Look for the line tended by little old ladies. The kids may be busti'ng their arches to feed you, but you've" got; better odds with the little old ladiei They have been through a thousand church picnics, bean feeds anifamjly reunions. There is nothing in the Metrodonfc that is going to terrorize or flusteOhe little old ladies. Just remember to. brine your own flatcar.

S. prepare to Japan "(Parents) need to be sure their children are keeping pace with the curriculum at their home schools in Japan Suzanne Jebe, world languages education specialist Saturday schools." According to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., 12,877 Japanese children attended Saturday schools in the United States and Canada in 1 987. There are also three full-time Japanese schools in the United States in suburban New York, suburban Chicago and Los Angeles. The reason is quite basic, according to Tomiji Sugawa, the embassy's, educational attache: Competition for entrance to Japanese colleges is fierce. Japanese continued on page 3B I- r- I 4 fi 9 .17.

1 A Staff Photo by Rita Reed i the Minnesota Japanese School. Rapids. movement to traditional church services. "Dance has been around since the early church," said Janice Nesse, co-director of liturgical dance for the seminary. "But there has been a mind-body split, the idea that the body was evil and the mind was good or spiritual." "Today, people have a more holistic sense of personhood," she said, "a sense that you can't separate mind, body and spirit." i Liturgical dance was introduced in the Twin Cities about 15 years ago, but was rejected because the concept was alien to worshipers, said church leaders.

And the idea of women particularly women clad in leotards dancing around the altar seemed almost blasphemous, they said. But in the past five years, attitudes have become more positive and dancing has become more professional, they said. Today it's not uncommon to find dancers at services, Dance continued on page 5B Yoshie Kawamata stacked blocks with Japanese characters on them at Saturday classes are held at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Coon Liturgical dancers have a growing role in area's religious celebrations i 6 Bowen puts down gavel to pick up fishing pole By Margaret Zack Staff Writer Hennepin County District Court's "bench scholar," Robert Bowen, retires today to devote more time to his family, fishing and travel. "Bob's retirement is sad news for the Hennepin County bench and the general public, not to mention for the fish of the state of Minnesota," said Hennepin County Judge Jonathan Lebedoff. This fall Bowen will come out of retirement temporarily and serve six months on the Minnesota Court of Appeals; he also may come back from time to time to decide cases in Hennepin County.

Bowen, 64, has been a judge for IS years. "I like making decisions," he said. "Being on the bench was the best job I've had." Bowen continued on page 2B By Jean Hopfensperger Staff Writer St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Minneapolis recently enlivened its Sunday service with a few dancers. The women, in long skirts and loose blouses, performed a modern dance routine, accompanied songs with choreographed gestures and fancy footwork, and hoisting poles topped with colored streamers led the congregation out the door.

At the chapel at Lutheran Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul, five women in colored leotards and loose white pants recently performed a modern dance number to help the congregation interpret a communion hymn. Dance, once considered sacrilegious in many houses of worship, has become part of a growing number of church services and religious celebrations in the Twin Cities. Roman Catholics, Lutherans, United Methodists and other denominations have begun inviting "liturgical dancers" to lead processions, interpret songs or verse, and add a splash of color and pi- I 'iiw ii i A 1 ft Staff Photo by Donald Black Pamela Orem, left, and Gisele Giorgi rehearsed a liturgical dance at St Stephens Catholic Church In Minneapolis before a mass..