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Sentinel Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997 D-5 Entertainment V'V OK YOU ROMANTICS out there, we want to see what makes you tick. With Valentine's Day coming up, we'd like to know how you would handle some situations involving your romantic significant other. With some help from the latest Harlequin world-wide romance report, we're putting the questions to you, so we can compare how Santa Cruz County measures up. Carefully circle the answer that best (its you: If your partner strayed how likely would you be able to forgive and forget? Very likely.

Somewhat likely. Very unlikely Somewhat unlikely Married or seriously involved men only: If a sexy stranger made a pass at you, how would you respond? Tell her to get lost Flirt a little Have a one-night stand Consider a long-term affair Married or seriously involved women only: If a handsome stranger came on to you, how would you respond? Tell him to get lost Flirt a little Have a one-night stand Consider a long-term affair Would you ever lie to your partner about something important? Sometimes Never Always How concerned art you that your significant other might be tempted into a relationship with a co-worker? Never Rarely Somewhat Very Do you think your partner always tells the truth? Always Most of the time Sometimes Never If your overweight spouse announces, "I'm too fat" would you: Agree with them. Tell them they look fine to you. Lie and say "No you're not." Is your mate: Too jealous Not jealous enough Just right 1 I What makes you most jealous? I Someone "comes on" to partner He or she is admiring someone else He or she is flirting with someone else I He or she dances with another partner I He or she enjoys a sexy TV show or movie He or she meets an old flame. When you are jealous you: 1 I don't do anything at all.

Isulk I throw a tantrum I ignore my partner I get back by flirting with someone else I let the interloper know to leave my partner alone Mail answers to Romance Survey, Bay Living Santa Cruz County Sentinel, PO Box 638, Santa Cruz, 95061. Or fax to 429-9620. Drescher hopes to show she's more than a 'Nann By BOB STRAUSS Los Angeles Daily News FRAN DRESCHER MAKES an entrance, the flaring sleeves and plunging neckline of her Cruise Me Baby collection mini-suit competing for attention with the blue-striped vest worn by her ever-present Pomeranian, Chester. The whole scene screams "Diva!" And when Drescher asks an assistant to mix a few more vegetables in with Chester's kibble, you start to wonder if the star of "The Nanny" has a serious bone in her perfectly toned body. The nice surprise is that Drescher turns out to be articulate, unpretentious and admirably open about her favorite subject: Fran Drescher.

But it's not a narcissist's view that she projects, it's more like an investment analyst's. Indeed, Drescher has put a lot of thought and work into parlaying her beauty-contestant looks (first runner-up, Miss Teen New York, 1973) and subway-brake screech of a voice into much more than a cartoon-character career. "I think there was a lot of struggle involved, on Fran's part, to get people to take her seriously as an actress," said Ken Kwa-pis, director of "The Beautician and the Beast," Drescher's movie-starring debut. "She has had to overcome a lot of skepticism about her voice, her abilities, the specificity of her comedy. "As a result, I think that's made her very analytical about herself and her career moves," Kwapis added.

"Not to the extent that it's calculated in a market research kind of way, but there's a lot of thought that goes into her every move." Drescher, who began her career with a small part in the 1977 disco classic "Saturday Night Fever," confirms this. "What I've learned is that I can't stand to be the victim of somebody else's mistake." she said. "And when you're the actor, you are. I mean, I knew what was wrong and needed to be fixed about a lot of things that didn't work, but I didn't have an ear to listen to it. "Now, people listen to me," she said, confident without a hint of gloating.

"I have the ti- The Associated PressSentinel file career with a bit part in 'Saturday Night Fever' in 1977. American Heart frT Association sm Mr Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke The Most Important Instrument in the Treatment of Stroke 1995, American Mead Association aim Fran Drescher started her film for that show's many fans. "I've got to stay funny and re-latable, and my humor works best when I have a culture clash," said Drescher, the daughter of a Navy systems analyst from Queens, N.Y. "The fact that 'The Nanny' has catapulted me into a stardom situation means that I am obligated, at this point, to develop film roles that resemble that character before I move into other kinds of women." So meet "Beautician's" Joy Miller, a New York beauty culture teacher who saves some lab animals from a fire at the school where she holds night classes. The resulting publicity is misinterpreted by a representative of the formerly communist, Eastern European nation of Slovetzia, and he offers Joy a job tutoring the three children of his boss, President-For-Life Boris Pochen-ko's (former James Bond Timothy Dalton).

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"It's like, 'Wow, this woman is until one day you wake up and you're emotionally bankrupt," she confessed. "I realized I hadn't allowed a whole part of my self to blossom, to just be human. To come down to the level of other mortals and know that too, bleed; too, feel pain; too, need help; and too, need to stop and take rests. Drescher has weathered tougher emotional stress; intruders raped her in her home more than a decade ago. At the moment, Drescher is living alone for the first time in her life.

She recently separated from her husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, to whom she's been attached romantically and creatively since they were both in high school. Both executive producers of "The Nanny" (and they're still working together and seeing each other regularly. "I wish that I had met him when I was 22 instead of when I was 15," Drescher admitted, "because I maybe would have gone away to school or to camp, or something where I would've gotten a little more of a perspective on who I was and how I felt about things. I need to do that now. "We're trying to do some stuff separately within the umbrella of our production company, too," she said of herself and Jacobson.

"Just to know that we can. It's important to us, too, just to explore our talents as separate entities. I think we'll both be better off for it and be able to make healthy choices for the rest of our lives when we have a better sense of ourselves as adults." Jeanine Pollak. To sign up or for more information, call 479-9270. TUESDAY VALENTINE BASKETS: Send a Champagne Breakfast Basket to your loved one this Valentine's Day.

Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center will hand-deliver the baskets, which include India Joze scones, Noah's bagels, a bottle of champagne or Martinelli's sparkling cider, Hershey's kisses, cream cheese and jelly and a flowering plant. Baskets are $29.95 including delivery. The Toddler Center is a non-profit child care center. Basket orders must made by Feb. 11.

To order or for more information, call 476-4120. ANGEL NIGHT: Local artist and teacher Denise Paris presents the second of four talks on angels and miracles 6-7 p.m. at the Sleepy Dragon Book Bistro. Admission is free. The bookstore is at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor.

For more information, call 476-9136. VALENTINE'S DAY AT THE ARBORETUM: University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum celebrates Valentine's week with floral bouquets, guided tours and a chance to win a gourmet picnic lunch for two. Bouquets are available for purchase at Norrie's Gift Shop, Feb. 11-15, along with vases, flowering plants, pots and other gifts. Free guided tours of the gardens are given at noon, Feb.

13 and 14. The Arboretum, at 1156 High Santa Cruz, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m daily. Norrie's hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 423-4977. RED CROSS CLASS: The American Red Cross offers an Emergency Assistance to Families, module class 6-10 p.m., Feb. 11 and Feb.

13. The class enables participants to develop interviewing skills, knowledge, attitudes and relationships necessary to meet the needs of families effected by emergency disaster. Attendance i9 required both days. The class is free and taught at the Watsonville Training Center, 73 Hanger Way, Watsonville. To sign up or for more information, call 462-2881.

differences, live-in arrangement, reluctant attraction and mutual affection for the children reflects "The Nanny's" basic setup, Drescher pointed out that Joy differs from TV's Fran Fine in several key ways. "Even though Joy has street-smart savvy and has got a lot of life to her, she's not really fixated on meeting a man or getting married like Fran," Drescher explained. "She's a little more contemporary in her thinking. She really feels like she can rise out of the provincial life she was born into and sees this as an opportunity to do so." However well "Beautician" does, Drescher plans to keep on overseeing every aspect of "The Nanny," now in its fourth season. Which has not prevented Drescher from breaking out the good china.

There's her best-selling autobiography, "Enter Whining," which hits the paperback racks this month; her Loaf and Kisses packaged crouton business; two more movies in development It's a wonder she even has time to think about Chester's vegetable-to-kibble ratio. And it's probably a good thing her retired parents have found something to keep them from always dropping in; they're reviewing restaurants on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." Drescher herself does not have time to accompany the folks to, say, the opening of Planet Hollywood Singapore. And she admitted that her overdrive lifestyle does take a personal toll. "I'm moving away from that," she claimed. "I've always suffered from a superwoman complex, which you don't realize because you get such positive reinforcement being the smartest, the sings and plays original blues music 1-3 p.m.

at the Sleepy Dragon Book Bistro. Admission is free. The bookstore is at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. For more information, call 476-9136. SALSA DANCING: Marge Gabbert and Heik Hatnbarzumian teach a salsa workshop titled "Night Club Salsa." Accelerated beginning level is taught 2-3 p.m.

with intermediate patterns taught from p.m. Singles and couples are welcome. Advance registration is for beginners, $15 for intermediates or $21 for both. At the door, cost is $10, 18 or $24. The workshop is at the Mid-County Center, 829 Bay Capitola.

To sign up or for more information, call 475-4427. MONDAY HERBAL PERSPECTIVES: A free Introductory evening for an upcoming 10-month herbal apprenticeship program is presented 6-8 p.m. at the University of California, Santa Cruz Farm and Garden. The workshop is taught by Community calendar FIERCE CREATURES 4:45 7:45 10:00 IPG-131 NO VIPS TILL 27 WOODY ALIEN EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU 9:45 (R) NOW A DOUBLE FEATURE! FIRST STRIKEJPG13) 5:15 9:00 BEAVIS BUTTHEAp 7:00 WINNER 2 GOLDEN GLOBES THE ENGLISH PATIENT 5:00 8:30 (Rl USA DOUBLE FEATURE! SCREAM (R) 7:25 MARS ATTACKS 9:30 TOM CRUISE GOIDEN GLOBE WINNER JERRY MAGUIRE 7:00 9:45 (R) GOLOEN GLOBE WINNER BEST ACTOR SHINE DOLBY STEREO 7:00 9:30 (PG-13) TURBULENCE (R) NITELY AT 9:20 BEST DIRECTOR SCREENPLAY AWARDS THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (R) rockers 2 GOLDEN GLOBES BEST FILM SCORE THE ENGLISH PATIENT (R) 1:30 4:40 7:55 ROCKERS DOLBY 2:00 4:30 7:15 IPG) NO VIPS TILL 27 ROCKERSDOLBY BEST ACTOR AWARD TOM CRUISE JERRY MAGUIRE 7:00 9:50 'EDGE OF YOUR SEAT SUSPENSE' THE RELIC (Rl 7:15 9:30 Santa Cruz BMLMlLUial 14US Pacific Avo 467-3BOO Pi I 17 The Rev.

Ken Laveroni has on his chef's hat and is ready to start cooking as part of the grand prize at the Four Parish Mardi Gras benefit Saturday night. Priests from four local parishes are to cook a gourmet dinner for six for the winners. For Mardi Gras tickets and information, call 662-8747. THURSDAY NOONTIME ART TOUR: A docent-led tour of Steve Norton's exhibition "Catnap: A Fun, Feline Time-Traveling Journey Through Western Art" is p.m. at the Museum of Art and History, 705 Front Santa Cruz.

Free. For more information, call 429-1964. KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION: Gateway School holds a Kindergarten Information Night p.m. at 126 Eucalyptus Santa Cruz. Teachers and administrators will give a presentation, followed with a question and answer period and classroom tour.

For more information, call 423-0341. SOCIAL SECURITY: Eric Schoeck, a local radio talk-show host, moderates a discussion about "The Coming Crisis in Social Security" 11 a.m. at Temple Beth El. The talk is part of Thursday Institute's Current Issues Series. Free.

Temple Beth El is at 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos. For more information, call 479-3447. SATURDAY CULINARY AWAKENING: Chef Albert Chase founder and director or the Institute for Culinary Awakening, lectures 7-8 p.m. at New Leaf Community Market. ICA educates people about the benefits of better health as a result of using sustainable organic, whole ana plant-based foods.

Cost is $5. New Leaf is at 1134 Pacific Santa Cruz. For more information, call 425-5323 or 479-7987 PALEONTOLOGY: Healy Hamilton, with the University of California, Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology, discusses "Paleontology In the 21st Century," at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum or Natural History. Hamilton discusses the use of DNA to reconstruct geologic history.

Free with limited seating. The museum is at 1305 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. For more Information, call 429-3773 VNA ANNIVERSARY: The Visiting Nurse Association marks its golden an; niversary with "The Art of Medicine, a cultural art exhibit and reception, from 2-5 p.m. The event features the artistic talents of those connected with VNA, from staff to physicians.

The public is invited, though reservations are requested. VNA is at 1041 41st Santa Cruz. For reservations or more information, call 475-7815, ext. 299. VALENTINE DINNER: The Santa Cruz area chapters of Beta Sigma Phi are holding their annual Valentine's dinner at the Dream Inn.

Each of the five chapters has choses a sister to be thlsyear's Valentine's Queen. Tickets are $25. For more information, call 438-4532. LEGGO OF MY LEGOS: A Lego Building Expo is open to all, free, from 2-3 p.m. at Game-Alot, 1526 Pacific Santa Cruz.

Legos, construction hats and prizes are part of the fun. It's, designed for children, but big kids can participate with them. For registration and other Information, call 429-9009. SUNDAY LOCAL'S CONCERT: Jeff Blackburn I NOW PLAYING! M-TH: (1:45, 2:15, 4:30, 5:00) 7:15,7:45,10:00,10:30 oolby I.