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LIFESTYLE: Closets of the Smithsonian loaded with strange heirlooms 10A NATION: Grammy nominations lavished on mainstream artists, many of them past winners 7A dggr Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan tr -Y attacked at U.S. Figure Skating FV Championships in Detroit vy Nancy Kerrigan 35 Friday Jan. 7, 1994 1994, Battle Creek Enquirer WEATHERSCENE Chance of snow. High teens 8B NEWSLINE fettle Creek JLXL Qy jL jLjLJjL Snow slows after 7-inch coating; more expected Ag director to resign, look at state Senate bid LANSING Michigan Agriculture Director Bill Schuette is leaving his job to return to private law practice and consider running for the state Senate. Enquirer Staff Sunday.

And, there's a chance of snow again Monday. "As far as the amount, it's too early to tell," said Danielle Derrosiers, a Weather Service meteorologist. The area appears to be making a quick recovery from this week's storm. Only Del-ton-Kellogg Schools remained closed this morning. At least four districts closed schools on Thursday.

All the main roads and highways in the city have been cleared, said Randy Johnson of the Battle Creek City Public Service Department. City workers started working on local and residential streets at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night and began the cleanup phase at 7:30 a.m. today. Drivers should be cautious for underlying slippery spots, Johnson said.

Officials at the county Road Commission started scraping primary roads and highways at 5 a.m., then are expected to tackle residential streets. The state Highway Department reported main arteries are clear. The outlook Snow showers likely tonight and Saturday. Heavier snow possible on Sunday. Lows tonight 5-1 0 above; high Saturday, near 20.

On 3A Few major problems statewide. The worst of the snow may be over, but the forecast won't change this weekend. More snow is expected. About 7 inches of snow fell on the Battle Creek area in the past two days, and a couple of inches may arrive today and tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Lansing. The outlook is for likely snow showers Saturday and the possibility of heavier snow on Schuette said his resignation will be effective Feb.

25. After that, he'll spend a month traveling across the newly drawn 35th Senate District to meet with community leaders. That district won't have an incumbent. "Depending on what their reaction is, I'm Bill Schuette Culture of meanness Families: Meeting calls for return to values Games: Some adults object to violent images Crockett The Associated Press By Roger O. Staff Writer WASHINGTON Women from all walks of life executives in business suits, activists in Afrocentric garb, matrons in pearls got together to discuss violence in America and agreed the answer lies in a simple return to old-fashioned family values.

The women, who convened Thursday night as part of Jesse Jackson's anti-violence summit, resolved to focus their energy on the family to eliminate what they said is a going to hope to make a contribution in the future in the state Senate," he said Thursday in announcing his resignation. Gov. John Engler said he wasn't ready to recommend a replacement. The 40-year-old Schuette served three terms in the U.S. House, first winning election in 1984.

He gave up that seat in 1990 to make a failed run for the U.S. Senate. Doctors missing chances to teach about AIDS If your doctor never asks about your sex life, you're not alone, a new survey suggests. Sex-shy doctors are missing opportunities to educate about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, says the Centers for Disease Control. "Doctors need to be able to discuss these issues and counsel their patients," says Sandy Kerr, a CDC researcher.

The agency asked 2,545 doctors what they ask a -new patient. When it is an adult: 49 percent ask about sexually transmitted disease. 31 percent about condom use. 27 percent about orientation. 22 percent about the number of partners.

They're slightly more likely to ask teens about some topics: 56 percent ask about sexually transmitted disease. 52 percent about condom use. 27 percent about orientation. 34 percent about partners. But 94 percent ask adults and 84 percent ask teens about smoking.

Reno: Independent counsel possible in Clinton probe WASHINGTON Attorney General Janet Reno decided to seek a court-appointed independent counsel to investigate President Clinton's role in an Arkansas real estate venture as soon as Congress passes a new ethics law, The New York Times reported today. The Times quoted unidentified senior Justice Department officials as saying Reno and her top aides had concluded that seeking an independent prosecutor would be unavoidable if Congress acts. Reno didn't go that far in a public statement Thursday, telling a news conference that "depending on the language" of a new ethics law "and the evidence at the time, there might be the possibility for me to petition" a federal appeals court "for the appointment of an independent counsel." culture of meanness. "This is one of the first places we have to do something about it," Attorney General Janet Reno said. "We must set an example that violence is not tolerated." Deborah Proth- -VV A It's no longer hip to be a pinball wizard.

Most kids these days would rather zap bloodsucking vampires and rip the head off martial-arts warriors. "I don't really play any (video) games except action games," said John Davis, 17, who dropped by a Blockbuster video store with his brothers. "I've probably played every action game in the place." Action video games, featuring violent fights between two or more competitors, have become overwhelmingly popular recently especially among children and teens. But these hot-selling games, distributed by such home-video entertainment companies as Sega of America and Nintendo, also have been attacked for their grue-someness and violence. Manufacturers' representatives, under growing pressure to voluntarily rate their games, will meet Saturday in Las Vegas to work on a labeling system.

Their objective: Set up a rating system that would warn parents and players of games of a violent nature. Movies operate under a ratings system and some music tapes and compact discs carry labels warning parents of offensive lyrics. The Saturday meeting, which is to be held under the auspices of the Software Publishers Association, follows a threat by lawmakers to pass legislation that would impose such a system on the industry. Kick and punch The home-video games attract players who are drawn in by the fast-moving action and sophisticated graphics. In "Mortal Kombat," martial-arts warriors battle each other to the death.

The object is to make your warrior repeatedly kick and punch hisher opponent before delivering the death blow. With some punches, blood spurts from the wounded warrior. At the end, you can either rip off the victim's head, tear out the heart and spinal column or burn him. "It actually shows them tear out their heart," said Joel Davis, 20. "It's the best game there is." In "Night Trap," women are shown in live-action video as they're being stalked Please see VIDEO, 3A Doug AllenEnquirer SPLATTERHOUSE 3: Sega Genesis game features bloody combat.

row-oum an assistant Janet Reno. dean at me Harvard must set ifVi an Health, said more anti-crime efforts should concentrate on domestic violence, to eliminate an appetite for "meanness" that develops in American children at an early age. "Half of the violence occurs because we don't know how to get along with the people we know, and the people we love," she said. C. Delores Tucker, chairwoman of the National Political Congress of Black Women, proposed a first course of action: fighting degrading attitudes toward women in rap music, movies and the media.

"Enough is enough. The souls of our sisters are being destroyed," Tucker said. She suggested that angry women target the record companies who profit from entertainment that demeans women. Men also have a responsibility, said psychologist Robert Phillips. He urged men to "spend time with their sons, to teach them that the women they defame are going to be somebody's wife and somebody's mother." But panelists agreed that censorship alone would not solve the problem.

They said they needed to note the lifestyle reflected in violent rap lyrics, and take responsibility for changing it "Listen to the language of our young people," said Betty Shabazz, widow of Muslim activist Malcolm X. "We have neglected them too long. We can't blame everything our youth are into on someone else." Ml DEATHS What's next U.S. lawmakers have given the software trade association one year to come up with a rating system for home video games. If no agreement is reached, a federal system would go into effect that would give parents guidance about the age appropriateness and content of the games.

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Yoho See Page 2A HOTLINE Video-game manufacturers plan to meet Saturday in Las Vegas to develop a labeling system to warn parents. Do you think a rating system should be put into place? Call us from noon to midnight today. If you prefer, you can send us a fax at 964-0299. CORRECTIONS Clinton returns home to mourn mother The Battle Creek Enquirer corrects all The Associated Press errors of fact Corrections for news and lifestyle stories are published in the bottom lefthand corner of Page 3A. If you know of an error, please call Local Editor S.

Renee Mitchell at 966-0668. For sports corrections, call Sports Editor Kim Kaufman at 966-0678. INDEX members are expected to attend. Following the funeral, Clinton will join in a 90-mile funeral procession to Hope, Ark.f where he was bom. His mother will be buried in the same cemetery where his father, William Jefferson Blythe, is buried, and where members of her family are also buried, White House aides said.

Clinton had no 'public appearances planned during his three-day visit Aides said the president still intends to stick to his schedule for his 10-day, five-nation Eu- ropean trip that calls for him to leave Washington for Brussels late Saturday. Thursday after a battle with breast cancer, will be held on Saturday. Clinton flew to the town where he grew up on Thursday afternoon, after being notified of his mother's death in a 2:30 a jn. EST phone call from stepfather Richard Kelley. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, were to arrive later today.

Saturday's funeral to also be attended by Vice President Al Gore was to be held in the Hot Springs Convention Auditorium. The hall holds up to 3,000 people. Although the funeral is to be closed to the public and the press, a large number of friends and family HOT SPRINGS, Ark. A little more than a week after President Clinton returned to his boyhood home for a holiday visit to his 70-year-old mother, he was back to lay her to rest A somber Clinton, joined by his stepfather and half-brother, came to the funeral home where his mother was lying late Thursday for an hour's private tribute. A public viewing was to be held today at the Gross Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Virginia Kelley, who died in her sleep early Movies 7A Nation 4A, 7A Obituaries 2A, 5B Opinion 6A Sports. 1-3B State 3A Television 9A Weather 8B World 4A Ann Landers 9A Bridge 9A Business 8A Classified 5-6B Comics 7B Features 9A Horoscopes 8B Lifestyle 10A Local 2-3A Associated Press SAD TIMES: Bill Clinton greets Bev Lind-sey as he leaves Hot Springs airport.