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MetroState INDEX Faces Places Page B4 Obituaries Pages B6, B7 Weather Page B8 Thursday MARCH 1, 2001 SECTION www.startrlbune.commetro StarTribune Inside St. Paul shifting toward finding racial profilers In the community A survey shows that getting involved in the community makes people happy about where they live. Turn to B3. Bus-fare plan A hearing is scheduled to get public opinion on a proposal to increase metro-area bus fares by 25 cents. Turn to B3.

The columnists Search yields no clues in woman's disappearance By Richard Meryhew Star Tribune Staff Writer Her family thought it odd when Rachel Anthony didn't return home by 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after closing up the liquor store where she works in Pine River, Minn. "But I didn't think the bad of it," said Rodney Winch, who shares a home with his mother-in-law in nearby rural Pequot Lakes. "I just figured she'd gone out with friends." It wasn't until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, more than three hours after Anthony was scheduled to lock up, that police phoned Winch and his wife and told them the 50-year-old was missing.

A half-hour earlier, a Pine River policeman spotted her empty car running outside Ultimate Liquors. MISSING continues on B7: 7 never thought I would be involved in something like this, Rachel Anthony's daughter said. A map of the region. The City Council rejected further study of the issue and asked police for a plan to uncover the practice and eliminate it Rachel Anthony 5 feet 10, 170 pounds Blue eyes, brown hair Last seen wearing a dark-blue turtleneck beneath a dark-blue pullover shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes. Anyone with information can call the Cass County Sheriff's Office at officials to return in March with a plan to identify officers who appear to be making traffic stops based on race and to develop training programs to eliminate the practice.

One proposal would have officers record each stop and explain why it was made. "We need to find a way to identify these misbehaving officers," police spokesman Michael Jordan said. According to data released by the department in January, St. Paul police made about 42,000 stops between April and December. PROFILING continues on B2: Some officers were taken by surprise by the council's action.

Police will try "direct approach. By Heron Marquez Estrada Star Tribune Staff Writer The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday rejected a prolonged study of racial profiling in favor of immediate action to uncover instances in which drivers have been stopped because of their race and then discipline the responsible officers. "We have to assume that racial profiling goes on in the St. Paul Police Department," said Council Member Jerry Blakey.

"For us to go through a very expensive study would not be the best use of our resources. We need to go after those problems." Council members directed police Laurie Blake What do people think about a proposal to hold a referendum on transportation spending? Turn to GETTING THERE on B2. C.J. Jim Belushi pumps up Jazzmine's nightclub. Turn to FACES PLACES on B4.

Heads up A 1 1 This winter, more discontent Mini Medical School The University of Minnesota has 75 openings for the spring session of its Mini Medical School, a free series of Monday-night lectures beginning March 5. The series, which will run for six weeks, will include sessions on the heart, women's health, genetics, human and animal behavior, the brain and why drugs do or don't work. The lectures will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 2-650 of Moos Tower on the university's East Bank campus. People can register online at http: www.ahc.

umn.eduMiniMed. Jack Greenawalt and his dog, Winnie, ended February 2000 with a stroll In balmy weather on Excelsior Municipal Dock. Star Tribune file photo by Richard Sennott Today Olson interview In what is being billed as her first sit-down network interview, Sara Jane Olson will predict tonight that she law'' will be cleared of 1970s murder conspiracy charges at her trial in California. "We are going to prevail; I'm going to Sara Jane Olson On Wednesday, Sharl Casey took her dogs, Shannon and Shamrock, for a walk on the Ice near the dock. Star Tribune photo by David Brewster v.5.' Twin Cities Journal ice-fishing houses, flopped onto their backs in deep snow and pawed at the air.

"They're making snow angels," Casey said. Make ye snow angels while ye may. But please, not in May? "I was just looking at the records for ice-out," Casey said. "I live on the lake here in Excelsior, and that's what we look for. We like to have it for Easter, but it's been as late as May." JOURNAL continues on B2: Robbinsdale Dairy Queen set a record last year for sales in February.

Last year, the end of February brought gentle breezes. But this year, the eve of March seemed like an entirely different, and cruder, season. win," she said in an interview scheduled to air at 8 p.m. today on ABC's "PrimeTime Thursday." Locally, the program will air on KSTP-TV, Channel 5. "I'm both looking forward to and dreading the moment the jury foreman stands up and says: 'We find the defendant Olson, 54, insists she is not guilty of 26-year-old charges that she conspired to blow up Los Angeles squad cars as an associate of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army.

She also denies any involvement in a fatal Sacramento bank robbery the group allegedly committed. The son of a slain bank patron, Myrna Opshal, along with some of Olson's St. Paul friends, also are slated to appear. According to ABC, Olson, formerly Kathleen Soliah, says she led a "mundane" life in St. Paul after assuming a new identity.

"I got married, had children," she said. "It became something in my past. It's just an overwhelming sadness because it's not the end of something it's really the beginning of everything else." Her trial is scheduled to start in two months in Los Angeles. Curt Brown By Chuck Haga Star Tribune Staff Writer As February ended a year ago, Jack Greenawalt walked his dog Winnie on the Excelsior Municipal Dock. It was 61 degrees, and Greenawalt strolled in shirtsleeves.

We have pictures. The ice was in full retreat from Lake Minnetonka's shores, and the air carried hints of spring. But that was a year ago. "They were swimming last year at this time!" Shari Casey said Wednesday, walking onto the lake with her 11 -year-old golden retriever twins, Shannon and Shamrock. The temperature hadn't reached 10 degrees yet.

The windchill was near 10 below. The dogs, frisky again after a morning visit to the vet, seemed not to mind the more than 50-degree difference from eve-of-March a year ago. They scampered away from the hard-packed trail left by trucks running out to 'U' dean, broadcaster E.W. Ziebarth, 90, dies Boy found in cold still in critical condition Incident highlights a hazard of childhood A than 40 years. He was dean of the university's College of Liberal Arts from 1963 to 1973 and interim president in Comments? E.W.

Ziebarth In 1972 By Mary Jane Smetanka Star Tribune Staff Writer If he'd wanted to sound important, E.W. Ziebarth could have used his full name when he did radio broadcasts from Iran and Japan and when he served as interim president of the University of Minnesota. But Ziebarth, who loathed his first name (and his son says we can't mention it here), preferred the nickname "E.Z.," or "Easy." For nearly three decades, his calm, mellifluous baritone provided perspective on international affairs for millions of Midwestern radio listeners. Ziebarth, who died Tuesday at age 90, was a university faculty member for more wandered into the dead- Les Paul Hynek ly cold this winter, leading experts to urge parents to take precautions. Paulie's father, Mark Hynek, said swelling in his son's right hand, which caused doctors concern, went down overnight.

"He's better," he said. I just keep on praying for him and hoping for the best." CHILDREN continues on B7: A pediatrician says children don't have a sense of what's dangerous. By Jill Burcum and Sharon Schmlckle Star Tribune Staff Writers Hypothermia experts fought throughout the day on Wednesday to save the life of a 2 -year-old who had wandered from a Wisconsin farmhouse into subzero cold wearing only pajamas early Tuesday. Les Paul Hynek, known to his family as "Paulie," remained in critical condition Wednesday night at the Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital in Rochester, Mayo spokesman John Murphy said. The boy is the third toddler to have 1974, bridging the terms of Malcolm Moos and C.

Peter Magrath. To ordinary Minnesotans, Ziebarth probably was best known for his radio work. ZIEBARTH continues on B5: He won a Peabody award in 1972 for a story on his own open-heart surgery. If you have comments or complaints about this section, contact the reader's representative at 612-6734450 or readerrepstartrlbune.com. If you have news tips, contact Scott Gillespie at 612-673-9088 ormetrostate startrlbune.com..