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I tesota weekend T7 0 www.sctimes.comlife Linda Taylor, Life editor, 255-8748 Advice goddess Woman is too young to rush into relationship2C i.isip i i 2 3 Fun in the St. Cloud area Fashion This season's swimsuits add some color2C laice mom to tea Celebrate Mother's Day all weekend by taking your mother 1C St. Cloud Times Friday, May 9, 2003 to tea and a book signing from 10 a.m. to noon Sat fl w- II urday at Gruber's Quilt Shop, 304 Fourth Ave. NE.

i Waite Park. New 'I 1,1 ii urn in i in -j Photos special to the Times by John Molene The Minnesota Zephyr takes guests on a three-and-a-half-hour journey into the past. The train travels along the river, streams and woodland bluffs of the St. Croix Valley. Zephyr is more than just a train Stillwater attraction touts restored dining cars, exquisite meals, beautiful scenery Ulm author Karen A.

Virnig, who wrote "Quilt of Life" as a tribute to her mother, Adeline Henry, and all mothers who give of their time and talents, will sign copies of her book. The quilt in the book serves as a metaphor for living a large, colorful and beautiful life. Write a novel PEN AN ORIGINAL STORY about mom or anything else, then enter it into the Minnesota Monthly Tamarack Award. Submissions must be postmarked by May 26, and the winner will be published in the November issue of Minnesota Monthly. Winning manuscripts will be paid $500 for one-time publication rights.

For submission guidelines, visit www.minnesotamonthly.com or e-mail stieckminnesotamonthly.com. Donate books BOY SCOUT DAVID DUININCK of Troop 3 in St. Cloud is collecting books for his Eagle Scout project. The donated books will go to the Stearns County Public Health WIC program. Drop off books at Royal Tire locations, Ace Hardware in Sartell, Phillips Heating, Suburban Racquetball and Swim Club and Bachman Jewelers.

Books will be collected until Thursday. Tip for cookie bakers COOK'S ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE offers this tip to deal with frozen cookie dough: To freeze drop cookie dough without having to defrost an entire roll of dough at a time, scoop out individual balls of dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Transfer to the freezer until completely frozen, about 2 hours. Transfer the balls to a resealable plastic bag and freeze until ready to bake. To bake, do not defrost the dough.

Simply add a minute or two to the baking time. Tap your garden of Eden ATTEND BASIC DESIGNS: Turning Lawn to Garden will be conducted from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen. There you can gain insight and inspiration for replacing a monotonous lawn with a garden that reflects your personality and setting. Information: (952) 443-1422 Gofishin' GET YOUR POLES, gas up the boat and i -i Gannett News Service photo Simon Schuster publishes Hillary Clinton's book "Living History." Clinton's 'History hits shelves June 9 Gannett News Service The long-awaited memoir "Living History," for which Hillary Rodham Clinton garnered an $8 million advance, is scheduled for release June 9.

Simon Schuster is publishing the 576-page tome and an audio version read by Clinton. "It will definitely be a best seller," said Cathy Paulsen, reference librarian at the Chappaqua Library in the New York hometown of the senator and former President Bill Clinton. "This is going to be at the beginning of the summer, so everybody's going to want to read it," she said Clinton's publishers are counting seven-figure sales. The memoirs about her years in the White House will have a first printing of 1 million copies, the senator's lawyer told The Associated Press. "Only a small handful of books have a 1 million-copy first printing, and I cannot think of another nonfiction book in recent history that has had that large a first printing," attorney Robert Barnett said.

Judging by orders already received, "There are going to be a lot of people buying this book," he said. Not everyone is so sure. "One million copies? They're optimistic," said Harold Makanoff, owner of Main Street Book Shop in White Plains, N.Y. "Living History," which Clinton wrote in two years, will be billed as a "complete and candid" account of her years as first lady, from the health-care debate to her husband's impeachment to the launch of her 2000 Senate campaign. Online bookseller will sell the book for $19.60, offering the same 30 percent discount as Borders.

The book's list price is $28. Foreign rights have been sold in 16 countries. Visitors tour the Grand Dome dining car. It has 80 feet of glass and features an elegant five-course dinner. By John Molene Special to the Times STILLWATER -Rolling along at an average speed of 7 mph, nobody is going to mistake the Minnesota Zephyr for the Super Chief, Japanese Bullet Train or the Orient Express.

What the Zephyr is, is a moveable feast "My husband has always loved trains," said Lorna McGovern of Prior Lake. "So we thought this might be fun to try." Operating out of the historic city of Stillwater, the Minnesota Zephyr has five exquisitely restored dining cars. Each car is different in design and color and recreates the prestigious railroad dining of decades gone by. The Zephyr takes a leisurely three-and-a-half-hour up-and-back journey from Stillwater and travels along the river, streams and woodland bluffs of the scenic St Croix River Valley. Boarding for the Zephyr is at the old Stillwater Railroad Depot, now turned into a museum and gift shop celebrating the logging and railroad industries.

Train lovers can see historic relics, displays and photographs that dramatize what life was once like here. YouH also find gifts, souvenirs and a variety of refreshments. The museum will add a restaurant this fall. Friday Twin Cities If you What: Minnesota Zephyr. Where: 601 Main St.

Stillwater, Minn. When: The train runs 7:30 to 10:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 6 to 9:15 p.m. Sunday and noon to 3:15 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

Excursion trips and charters are available at any time for 38 or more guests. How much: The price of the Minnesota Zephyr excursion and the five-course dinner is $68 per guest for regular seating and $78 per guest for Grand Dome seating. Sales tax, gratuity and beverages are not included. Reservations: Call (651) 430-3000 or (800) 992-6100, then press 1. Web site: www.minn esotazephyr.com.

Driving distance: 91 miles. Driving time: About 1 hour, 48 minutes. Directions: Take Interstate Highway 94 east toward the Twin Cities for about 50 miles, then take Interstate 694 east another 18 miles east until you get to the Minnesota 36 east exit toward Stillwater. Go east on Minnesota 36 about six miles. Turn left on Stillwater Boulevard North, then turn left on Brick Street; right on Myrtle Street and left on Main Street.

FISHING A raiKw inland fish ing season 2003 officially opens at Dining is not cheap, with the bill for two running at least $130 and more if you order wine or drinks. Most patrons dress up, but attire runs the gamut from suits and ties to T-shirts and jeans. "Generally, the dress code is semi-formal attire," owner and president Todd Weiss said. "Business casual but times have changed. Still, when you're going out for a $150 dinner, most people treat this as a special occasion, dress-up kind of a thing." Good food Dining is the thing at the Zephyr.

Guests are fed an elegant five-course dinner on white linen tablecloths, china, crystal and almost more silverware than you can count Diners have a choice of See ZEPHYR, 3C Visitors can have a drink in the bar area of the museum before boarding, which starts about an hour before the train departs. Seating Once on board, passengers find their assigned seats in one of the five dining cars. All seating is at four-person tables, so the trick is to bring along another couple, hope to be seated by yourselves or be prepared to spend the next three hours and 15 minutes getting to know strangers. All of the cars are first rate, but for an over-the-top experience, you can choose to be seated in the Grand Dome. The one-of-a-kind Grand Dome has 80 feet of glass and for $10 more each, you can be included in a select group of 56 guests enjoying first-cabin service in a magnificent upper dining area- 12:01 a.m.

Saturday. Check out www.dnr.state. mn.usregula tionsfishingindex.html to bone up on your fishing regulations. Or click on the 2003 Fishing Opener link at the state Department of Natural Resources homepage. Hear some live music SHAWN AND THE JURASSICS will play popular standards from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight at the Radisson hotel lounge.

The trio a bass, piano and singer is composed of local musicians. Tailor your beauty cream ONE COMPANY HAS TAKEN PERSONALIZATION TO A NEW LEVEL by making an anti-aging skin treatment cream based on your own DNA. It's offered by the New York-based company Lab21, and since its introduction in December, response has been phenomenal, spokeswoman Mai Lin said. The line is carried at some Saks i Fifth Avenue stores, but you also can order an at-home DNA test. For more information, call (877) MY-LAB21, or log on to www.lab21.com.

Ohio roller coaster pushes previous limits inii tight Ridder Si ak a'- '-'7 fJ; I tribune News Service 1 Tallest and fastest rule the world of roller i and Cedar Joint amusement park Sandusky, Ohio, is at he top again. "Without question, the fit ride of the year is gong to be the Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point," said Gary Slade, who monitors the world's theme and water parks as editor of Amusement IToday, a monthly trade 'newspaper. "It's a state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind roller coaster that is guaranteed to steal your breath away. Slade said. "That's where the lines are going to be." Slade is not the only professional roller coaster rider eager to experience Top Thrill Dragster.

"I can't wait to ride it," said Eric Minton, who edits The Loop, a biweekly online amusement industry newsletter at www.getthe loop.com. Slade and Minton have been checking out the new rides awaiting crowds this spring and summer at the nation's amusement parks. The parks used discounts last year to lure customers, and Minton believes the See COASTER, 3C Thrill Dragster will be the first roller coaster to surpass 400 feet in height and the first to break the 100-mph barrier. It will be Cedar Point's 16th roller coaster and the ninth time the park has introduced a record-breaker. Riders in 16-passenger trains modeled after dragsters will rocket out of a starting gate and reach a speed of 120 mph in four seconds.

The trains will rotate as they soar up a 90-degree incline that peaks at 420 feet, before plummeting back down in a spiraling freefall. "It undoubtedly will be the ride of the year," Knight RidderTribune News Service photo At 420 feet, Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster is the world's tallest ride, surpassing the park's previously tallest ride, Millennium Force (left). The $25 million Top.