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2m A2 One flight up from your regular news 'Shades of Harlem': Tribute to past and hope for the future Harlem." She felt that minority audiences had been overlooked, since mostly pop performers were booked as entertainers during commencement at the university. "We produced and gave two they were both sell-outs," she said. While Palmer stresses the necessity of blacks' identity in entertainment, she also points out the importance of their having confidence and positive attitudes. nificant. I became proud of sharing my heritage." Palmer toured for three years with the predominantly white New Christy Minstrels folk-singing group after graduating from Brown University, in Providence, R.I.

"I learned a lot about what (southern blacks) were going through," she said. While teaching performing techniques at the university as a resumed education student, she decided to write "Shades of Reared in Harlem, Palmer said a music career which resulted in travel to Korea and Vietnam as well as throughout the southern states helped to broaden her self-image as an entertainer. Palmer has also gone solo as an opening act for comedians Bill Cosby, Alan King, and Jerry Lewis. "In the creative arts, when a body comes together to becomes insig By CAROLYN STRATTON-JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer "Shades of Harlem" creator Jerree Palmer describes the show as a tribute to the past, also a hope for the future. "Our (black) heritage is still we can just pull ourselves together as a family.

But we are going to have to make that" have no time to be negative about each other." The all-black cabaret style musical fea tures music of the Cotton Club era performed by Palmer, Branice McKenzie, Ty Stephens, and The Renaissance Ladies, with tap-dancing by one of the club's original dancers, Juanita Boisseau. It will be presented Sunday at the Executive Inn RiverFront as a Paducah Community College fundraiser. The show originally ran eight months in an off-Broadway playhouse, and the group now books for exclusive engagements. is vf A hs A I v- I i iMHl ''''y1 ft Whh 1 'HM fir in the news Former boxing champ Muhammad Ali will lead 50 children on a monrhlong summer tour of five nations to promote peace and understanding, organizers said. Ali was joined by John Travolta, Robert Blake, Jayne Kennedy and Stephen Stills in Beverly Hills, Thursday to announce the planned Children's Peace Journey to the Soviet Union, Great hi MUHAMMAD ALI (Staff photo tiy Pat Brockenborough) Gary Timmons works at adding an extra dimension to the lives of boys in Den 4.

Lone Oak group changing some traditions Britain, India, China and the United States. The group also plans to meet with Pope John Paul II in Vatican City, the tour organizer said. The itinerary is incomplete and it is still not known when the trip will begin, but the purpose of the trip is "to stop the nuclear arms race and work toward peace." The children traveling with Ali have not been selected, he said. It's 'Mr. Den Mother' in Cub Scout Pack 20 Some things haven't changed since '36 The 1936 Den Mother's Handbook instructed den mothers to "keep somewhat in the background, making the den chief the important figure in the den meeting.

Den mothers, it said, should have 1. An even temper. 2. A kindly and not too distant friendliness. 3.

A quick, buoyant smile. 4. A sense of humor, especially if the joke be on her, which might be expected at times. 5. Much patience and hope.

6. A recognition that normal boys are increasingly different from normal girls and probably less quiet and more active. 7. Tact in dealing with people, old and young. 8.

The ability to put oneself in the other's shoes. Grand Ole Opry stars such as Bill Anderson, Bill Monroe and Porter Wagoner will stay up late this weekend to raise money for the American Lung Association. After the regular Opry show is broadcast in Nashville, Saturday night, a special roster of stars will shine in a five-hour fund-raiser in memory of Ernest Tubb, a long-time Opry regular who died of emphysema Sept. 6, 1 984, at age 70. The event begins at midnight Saturday on a showboat on the Cumberland River.

It will be broadcast on radio station WSM after the station's normal Opry show. Among the other Opry performers scheduled to appear are Tubb's son, Justin, and Little Jimmy Dickens, the Four Guys, Jack Greene, Jan Howard, Jim Jesse, Ray Pillow, Willie Rainsford, Jeannie Seely, Billy Walker and Charlie Walker. Singer Bette Midler X2' -I says she over By PAT BROCKENBOROUGH Sun Living Writer Lone Oak's Cub Pack 20- is a trend setter. In the male-oriented organization of Vk million Cubs and half a million leaders Cub Scouts are boys age 7 through 10 den leaders are traditionally women and pack leaders are men. A Cub Scout den is made up of about six boys.

All dens in the unit combine to form a pack. The Lone Oak group is sending out the message that traditions are changing in today's society. And, no pun intended, it is leading the pack. Suzanne Powers is holding the trad-' itionally male role of pack leader. Den mothers are in the minority; five of the seven dens are headed by men.

Powers said the Cub Scout dads were not coerced into signing up as leaders. They are all enthusiastic volunteers. "What we've asked them to do," Powers said, "they've willingly done." With more male participation, there are more outdoor-oriented activities such as hikes and camp-outs. "The leaders follow the book, but take it a step she said. Boys can be taught to use a compass in a den meeting, but the leaders saw a trip to a forest as a better way to study it.

They can learn about Halley's Comet by looking at pictures in books, but a trip to an observatory can be more effective. Although male leadership in the dens has made a difference, Powers says the women leaders are not at a disadvantage when it comes to outdoor activities. They feel challenged by the den dads. "Last year, we had six mothers at other boys," he said. "I've got a real good bunch of boys." Gary Timmons and his assistant, David Parks, are leaders of Den 4.

His wife supervised the boys when they were Tiger Cubs at age 7. When she expressed regret at not being able to take the group all the way through scouting (Webelos and Boy Scout leaders must be male), he decided to assume leadership. "About 80 percent are on my baseball team. They work well They're growing up together. They'll do the extra things they need to do.

They're all rarin' to go, as far as being Cub Scouts." Timmons wants to add a dimension to growing up that he feels some boys miss. "I don't think children get enough exposure to life. Some need outdoor activities and science projects. Parents do not take time to help them in these areas. We try to cover all these areas and make them well-rounded.

I try to stress patriotism and helping others." Like pack leader Powers, Timmons feels his efforts are rewarded. "It gives you a sense of accomplishment watching them." James Humphries' son js a member of Den 6. "I didn't want to wish him on anybody else," he joked. But there's another reason for his assuming leadership of the den. "I've been involved with Khoury League baseball with my older son and hadn't done anything for my younger son.

I just enjoy working with kids." His assistant is Craig Housman. Like other den leaders, Housman feels a sense of accomplishment. "The last meeting, I learned how to tie a bowline, and I've been trying to learn that for years!" whelmed at joining tJ 1,820 other entertainers honored with a sidewalk star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I hope you'll come and walk all over it," the Divine Miss told the estimated 400 fans gathered on Hollywood Boulevard for the ceremony Thursday. "It really does have my name on it, but I really a campout who'd never pitched a tent before.

They just threw those little babies right up! "Sooner or later they (the men) are going to learn that women can do flutdoorsy things, like go on hikes and campouts. We're just as capable as they are at starting a fire and pitching a tent." And as for the women, "They saw they could do it, and it was fun. "That experience taught all of us that we had the same objective, that we all could learn the Cub Sdout way." The enthusiasm of the leaders of Pack 20 affects not only the Cub Scouts but also their parents, who are expected to attend pack meetings. "Our leaders have instilled a sense of togetherness in them. Last year we were weak.

This year we have 100 percent attendance at pack An exception to the perfect attendance was in November when the pack had its annual Pinewood Derby. Five of the Cub Scouts were unable to participate because of the chicken pox. "But their parents came anyway," Powers said. As the only female pack leader in the Four Rivers Council of Boy Scouts of America, Powers is challenged. "I felt I had a lot to prove.

That's why I've worked so hard at it. Everybody has been very supportive. My main goal was to make the pack grow." Powers' long-term goal is to see some of the boys become Eagle Scouts. "I see them going all the way," she said, "because they have the backing at home." Don Martin is leader of Den 7. His assistant is Jere Bracy.

"We didn't have women to volunteer. But that didn't have anything to do with my decision to help," said Martin, adding he wanted to help his son and his friends but feels he has been the one to reap the rewards. "I think I've got a better understanding of my son and some of the MIDLER AND STAR feel this star is the work of the fans." Midler's albums "Bette Midler," "The Divine Miss and "The Rose" earned gold records for sales of 500,000 each. She has won two Grammy Awards, and her television special "01' Red Hair is Back" earned her an Emmy nomination. She also received two Golden Globe Awards and an Oscar nomination for her feature film debut in "The Rose Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales are off skiing in Switzerland, accompanied by Sarah Ferguson, who is reportedly the girlfriend of Charles' younger brother Andrew.

The trio arrived Thursday at Zurich airport on a Royal Air Force plane, then traveled to the alpine resort of Klosters-jn a four-wheel-drive vehicle and held a brief photo session. Buckingham Palace has asked journalists not to disrupt the royal pair's vacation as they did three years ago, when photographers followed them everywhere. 1 Ex-Paducahan sings way into TV's spotlight A national musical spotlight will shine on former Paducahan Larry Stewart on ABC's American Bandstand, Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Stewart is a member of Restless Heart, an RCA-backed group out of Nashville. The band has grabbed quick notice in the music world with their upbeat sound that blends rock with country.

Their first album, released in April 1985, sold over 40,000 copies in four weeks. Their first single, "Let the Heartache Ride, went to No. 23 on the country charts, and "I Want Everyone i to Cry" made the Top Ten just a few months later. The band will perform "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid," their most recent Top Ten single, on the show Saturday. Stewart is the son of Phyllis Williams of Paducah and a 1977 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School.

He's married to the former Janet also formerlv of Paducah. Serious illness has been ruled out as a cause of Lady Bird Johnson's tainting spell, but she has been advised to remain hospitalized for the time being for rest Johnson, 73, entered an Austin, Texas, hospital for observation after she fainted at a funeral Wednesday morning, her press secretary said; but after finding no major health proby A A- 1 LADY BIRD JOHNSON lems, her doctor recommended that she get some rest. Restless Heart: (from left) Greg Jennings, Paul Gregg, Larry Stewart, Dare Innis and John Dittrich..