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1 t-Jt t- 1 SECTION AFRICAN FABRICS ENTER MAINSTREAM Outrageous demand for colorful African kente fabric signals the look isn't just a passing fadFashion, 6B TEENS TALK LIFE, CHAOS AT SUMMIT Student leaders discuss what's ahead, try to define their generation, look at what it all means for themTeens, 3B Journal Pensacola, Florida TO REPORT A LIFE STORY: 435-8566 Tuesday, February 22, 1994 tt 0 rP Sidetrack Videos may get 'family-approved Dove seals family viewing." "Pretty soon, it became a real sought-after list. People began taking the list into their local video stores and then we started getting calls from video store owners asking for the lists, too," Rolfe said. Dove won national attention in 1992, when it helped persuade McDonald's to drop its promotion of the PG-13-rated "Batman Returns" because of the movie's violence. Today, about 600 video outlets in 35 states and Canada buy blue-and-white Dove stickers and slap them on about 1,000 videos on Dove's list. That's nearly four times the 161 stores in the program at the start of 1993, but less than 1 percent of some 70,000 video outlets nationwide.

Rolfe said that major studios aren't filling the demand for family movies, and parents don't really know what to expect when they rent a video rated PG or PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. A single flash of frontal nudity or even just one swear word is enough to get a thumbs down from Dove's national network of about 15 volunteer reviewers. "Sleepless in Seattle" squeaked through, even though there were dimestore 'W By Lisa Perlman Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dick Rolfe sympathizes with parents who search video stores for movies without blood-spattering violence, four-letter words or sex scenes that will leave them red-faced in front of their wide-eyed 6-year-olds. "Parents don't want to white-knuckle the video control every time they rent a video and bring it home to watch with the family," Rolfe said.

So nearly three years ago he launched the nonprofit Dove Foundation, to publish a list of videos "appropriate for Some experts say inexpensive cosmetics I if Iff REVIEW PEARL JAM: We're looking for several guest reviewers for the March 9 PearlJam concert. If you'd like to be considered, send us a typed, one-page, double-spaced review of i Pearl Jam's latest album, "Vs." And yes, it has to be a review that you have written. We've read every publications' review of the album, even those printed in France, so we'll know if you're cheating. Review applicants must have their own tickets. Send sample reviews, along with name, age and phone number to Troy MoonLife, Pensacola News Journal, P.O.

Box 12710, Pensacola, 32574. Your deadline is Monday, Feb. 28. "FILES" FAKES: Fact met fiction -sort of and hit close to home last week on the Fox network series "The X-Files." During Friday's episode of the science fiction whodunit series playing to great reviews and a growing audience, FBI agent Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny, was studyingthe so-called "Gulf Breeze UFO photos." Mulder commented to partner Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) about the 1 quality of a snapshot of an alleged alien craft when he added that the first time he saw the Gulf Breeze UFO photos, he knew they were fakes. On the other hand, the photo he was looking at was proof positive of alien contact, Mulder said.

But Mulder's judgment was called into question by the end of show: It turned out that the photo on the show was a fake. 'BYE, 'SPY': The satirical chronicler of '80s excess, Spy magazine, will publish its final edition March 1. Though ad director Elaine Alimonti said advertising and circulation were up, owner Jean Pigozzi couldn't sell the 7l4-year-old magazine, and the monthly that tweaked Donald Trump and Congress will die. RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS "My family and I went to to the Snowfest celebration at the beach. I locked my car and found the key did not work to reopen the door.

The policemen tried but couldn't get the door opened. A nice man and his daughter began trying. He finally went through the trunk and opened the door. He would not accept any payment. I would like to say "Thank you again." Anita Hogan, Milton Send your Random Act of Kindness to: Kindnesslife, Pensacola News Journal, P.O.

Box 1 271 0, Pensacola, Fla. 32574. Fax them to 435-8633. IT'S TUESDAY Culinary Hearts Kitchen Cooking Course: Escambia County Extension Service Auditorium, 3740 Stefani Road. Musical.

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474-2149. V- Clarification- The United Church of Christ shown in the Sunday chart of religious policies on abortion is not to be confused with the Churches of Christ, an autonomous group with 18 churches in the Pensacola area. Correction The Roman Catholic Church's opposition to abortion dates back to around 1869. The incorrect year was shown on a graphic in Sunday's Life section. PTA Parentina ().

Tip For SV Today To help prevent sexual abuse, it is important to tell your children that, "If someone tries to touch your body and do things that make you feel uncomfortable, say no to that person and tell me about it right away." The Escambia Council of PTAs provides this information. Call 469-5677 for more details. reservations about Meg Ryan's character having an affair with a boyfriend. Rolfe says that just because Hollywood's standards have become more permissive the same doesn't necessarily hold true for the general public. "When we put a Dove seal on a movie, all we're saying is that this movie is appropriate for family viewing.

When we don't, we're not necessarily saying it's a -bad movie or an evil movie just that it's; probably not a good movie to share with your 6-year-old." Dove charges video stores $100 annually to join, giving them updated video lists, stickers and signs. Healthy aging Slowing down may speed body's decline ByPaulRecer Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO People who slow down after retirement may speed up their slide toward the grave, say doctors studying what keeps people healthy and alert into their 70s, 80s and beyond. People may coast into their sixth and seventh decades on the strength of genes, but lifestyle changes usually help carry them even further, doctors say. "Just as you can become a physical couch potato, you can also become a mental couch potato," said Dr. K.

Warner Schaie of Pennsylvania State University, one of several researchers who presented their work to the American Association for the Advancement of Science over the weekend. "It's use it or lose it. If you don't engage in intellectual activities you can lose the ability," he said. Schaie said he encourages older patients to take on intellectual challenges and has seen people who were in mental decline actually regain abilities they thought were gone. He said his studies show it sa myth that a decline in mental alertness is inevitable with aging.

"Just being 70 years old doesn't mean that your I.Q. can't go up," he said. Challenging games can improve mental ability, he said, while others don't help. "Bingo kills the mind," Schaie said. "It would be much better to play bridge.

It is good for you to do crossword puzzles. The worst thing that could be done is to sit 1 and watch the television." One study, that of a long-lived population in Hawaii, showed three key I elements common to people active into 1 their 80s and beyond, said Dr. Robert Schmidt of the California Pacific Medicjal Center at San Francisco State University. The first element was meaningful physical activity, such as gardening. The second was good nutrition, and the third was living at home instead of an institution such as a rest home.

In another study of 129 elderly patients in Sun City, doctors found that elderly patients given medical charts and explanations of how lifestyle changes could help were more apt to improve than those given traditional examinations, Schmidt said. Half of the patients in the study were given baseline examinations that included laboratory tests. The results were then given to them in charts that showed their cholesterol counts, blood pressure, weight and other measures. Doctors then would give one or two suggestions that could improve values shown on the charts. "Usually it is just a simple thing, like we might tell them to walk to and from the 1 store instead of driving," Schmidt said.

to Seville I their brand of infectious pop music to Seville. k- i 1 i iifmi i Beauty treasures need not i work as well as more expensive versions as well as the high-priced competition. For most of us, drugstore shopping is a necessity, since makeup there costs half to one-tenth of what it would at a department store cosmetics counter. Mascaras with famous labels, for example, usually run $10 to $20. But at a drugstore, Maybelline Great Lash costs roughly $3.50.

The packaging is plastic pink-and-green, not metallic and aerodynamic like that of Lancome or Chanel. But according to some makeup artists, the Maybelline does essentially the same job plus, it's a favorite of movers and shakers in the beauty industry. "Everybody uses it and loves it," says David Marks, a makeup artist who works at Queue Salon in Birmingham, Mich. "Models use it, movie stars use it, it's a staple." To prove that quality can be had for a proverbial dime, we took Marks and another expert, commercial makeup artist and hairstylist Belen, to WANT TO GO? What: The Connells' When: 9 tonight Where: Seville Quarter, 1 30 E. Government St.

Tickets: $8, $1 0 for those under 21 Advance tickets are $6. Member and student discounts are available. Opening act: Queen Sarah Saturday Details: 434-6211 rhythms especially which evokes emotions There" from Heights" once said barricade not embarrass He Gannett News Service of the products. cost a fortune drugstores. Buy what's good enough for a beauty-industry professional, we told them.

i They came back with a basketful of bargains and some warnings on when it doesn't pay to economize. The disadvantages of drugstore shopping are obvious. Free samples are rare. Testers aren't easily available.Most of the products are wrapped tight in plastic, so it's difficult to see colors and textures. There's often no way to know exactly what you're buying.

On the plus side, there also are no high-pressure sales techniques. You can browse without having a clerk run up and attempt to spritz you or rub unwanted creams into your palms. But atmosphere aside, what's really important are the products themselves. That's why makeup artists say your best strategy is to shop at both discount and department stores, since both have See COSMETICS, 6B By Julie Hinds Gannett News Service The rich aren't different. They scrimp on beauty supplies, too.

Texas socialite Lynn Wyatt reportedly keeps her lips moist on ski lifts in Aspen and Gstaad with a $2 tube of Vaseline Lip Therapy. Blaine Trump, Donald's sister-in-law, pinches pennies by washing her perfect blond pageboy with Johnson's Baby Shampoo, a steal at roughly $3 for 20 ounces. And art collector Carolyn Farb, author of the charity party guide "How to Raise Millions," saves for worthy causes by using Max Factor eyebrow pencil, Maybelline Great Lash Mascara and a Maybelline eyelash curler all for less than $5 a pop. They're in on a secret that's good to know, whether you're wealthy in dollar terms or just in wisdom. Namely, that beauty products in dime stores and other discount outlets often work just Connells bring special musical blend 4i.

seem nostalgic at times, the dreamy the same grainy, lost as the elegiac "Over 1987's "Boylan album. Chief-songwriter Mike Connell his only self-imposed when writing a song is to himself. succeeds throughout "Ring." But "Doin' You," penned by guitarist George Huntley, takes preciousness too far. Hearing MacMillan sing "Doin' you and being new upon itSeeing your fog and drive on through it Doin' you is like doing time" well, I don't know if it's meant to be funny. But I laughed.

Through the rest of "Ring's" 13 tunes, I didn't laugh a lot. But I smiled. And hummed. And forgot about everything else I was doing. By Troy Moon News Journal Looking for a one-word review of the Connell's latest album REVIEW Try precious.

From Doug MacMillan's high-pitched near-whisper to the delicately assembled and intoxicating songs throughout, "Ring" is an album full of understated pop-gems that float so wistfully a quick once-over would tend to dismiss them as light-weight. They're not. They're just, well, precious. On their fifth album, the Chapel Hill, N.C., veterans stay true to the formula that's worked so well throughout their career. Hypnotic, ethereal melodies that weave their ways into the subconscious, jangly guitar leads, ambiguous lyrics that seem to say nothing, unless 1 rM I The Connells bring Quarter today.

it's to express a feeling of bewildering loss and emptiness. (A literal example is the stand-out single "Slackjawed," the chorus of which consists of nothing but "I've been standing slackjawed since you were here Yea, I've been standing "Ring" rings with a sort of dynamic tension despite the lack of obvious elements that usually create tension in rock. Dirge-like.