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section liiTikili rim. Vyulj iLiJ. LL INSIDE: E.ILT Brian Ferry, formerly with Roxy Music, is on tour to promote "Mamouna." See Page 5C. Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994 Movie Guide, Page 4 Television, Pages 5-6 Feature Page, Page 13 Call The Way We Live: 1-313-222-6610 St Susan AGER Some points of view have sharp tones nd now, a word from my detractors: Defenders Of Family Values went ballistic over a single sen -1.

I PATRICIA BECKDetroit Free Press Hazel Brady, 86, winner of the Neal Shine Award from Operation ABLE of Michigan, cleans the bathroom for Mary Newton, 75, of Beverly Hills. By Carol teegardin Free Press Staff Writer A itting on the couch knitting is not for 86-year-old Hazel Brady. "I can knit but I'm too busy for it," she says. Besides, Brady hates sitting I do, I'm going to be nervous." Brady never expected an award like this and humbly keeps saying she isn't, worthy of it. She says she works and helps people because she enjoys the company.

"That agency is just marveling at anyone my age still working, but I don't think 86 is that old," she says. Brady was picked for the award because she's an excellent example of what Operation ABLE is trying to demonstrate, says spokeswoman Mary McDougall. "We wanted to show that people can stay vital through activity and that work is an important role in peoples' lives, even after retirement. Brady is a special honoree, but nine other award winners will be honored and everyone nominated for this award will receive some recognition." So what does Brady do to keep busy, besides her job? One night a week, or more, she goes on field trips or makes crafts with a See AGELESS, Page 14C tence in my Tuesday tribute to trios in honor of the birth of the Engler triplets. The column, a litany of threesomes, ended with my wish for the girls: "A good dose of faith, hope and charity.

A safe dose of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. And opportunities for health, wealth and happiness, every morning, noon and night." One woman screamed into my phone: "There is no safe dose of sex or drugs! You should be fired!" A man sneered: should stick your head in a fecal bag, which is where it belongs and where you seem to get your ideas." Have you noticed how conservatives have no sense of humor? A man named Terry more gently suggested I shouldn't have mentioned sex or drugs since the girls are just babies. But aren't the Englers already dreading watching the clock when their teenage trio stays out late? Romance Readers beat me up for calling romance novels evil and crippling, perpetuating false, formulaic love stories. Angriest were women who author andor sell these books. They wrote long, impassioned letters, citing their advanced degrees, happy marriages and solid careers.

They said romance novels, like mysteries, are an escape, nothing worse. They called me a sexist. Trish McNeil of Clawson, who owns a paperback bookstore, asked: "Who are you planning on slamming next? Walt Disney because of his happy endings?" Sharon Pisacreta of Livonia wrote: "I can't imagine you ranting in print about all the men who read espionage novels and techno-thrillers, or rent kung-fu and Stallone videos, or avidly watch ESPN." Well, I could. But I believe that as we ask more of men, we ought to examine ourselves, too, and the things we do that keep us down. Critics wondered if I ever read a romance.

Sure. When I profiled Danielle Steel, I read all her work. And I read "Bridges of Madison County," which irritated me. Anybody can have a passionate four-day affair. Tell me about passion in a 40-year marriage! Airline Mechanics were furious over a column that tried to explain fear of flying.

I wrote: "Others are responsible for our safety, but we suspect their training and supervision is inadequate, as so much in America is. Airplane mechanics? In our fear, we imagine them as angry young men who smoke joints on their breaks. Pilots? They're usually sober, but did they get enough sleep last night?" No pilot complained, but many mechanics did. I'm sorry they felt so impugned. I'm not sorry I was honest about a real fear.

But I found out mechanics train for 1,900 hours more than a bachelor's degree requires. They submit to four days of exams, written, oral and practical, then take more classes and more exams for each new plane on which they work. All are subject to random drug testing and, come January, to random alcohol testing 25 times more stringent than for automobile drivers. The FAA says fewer than one in 200 airline employees tests positive for illegal drugs. Lastly, Curt Booza made this excellent point: "As mechanics, we know that a mistake on our part can cause a flight delay or worse death! In your profession, what does a mistake cost you?" To leave a message for Susan Ager, call 1-313-222-6862 anytime.

WORK around. She'd rather hop into her white 1984 Mercury Marquis and drive over to the home of a senior citizen where she'll cook or do some cleaning. When she's not on the job helping senior citizens, she's working with children at her church, overseeing a women's missionary organization, cooking up gourmet meals for her friends or traveling to Texas. This former librarian, missionary and pastry chef is involved in a vast variety of activities, which is why she's this year's winner of the Neal Shine Award from Operation ABLE of Michigan, a nonprofit group that promotes employment for people older than 50. Brady will be recognized at a luncheon at Livonia's Laurel Manor today.

"Do I have to make a speech?" she wonders. "If 86-year-old still has a job, when she isn't too busy CBS rents riverfront space for its move to Channel 62 Sounds of triumph Governor award toots trumpeter horn By marc gunther Free Press TV Writer WGPR once CBS's purchase of the station is complete. The he -CBS executive named to run WGPR-TV, Channel '62, says the station has rented office space near the network's programming switches from Channel 2 on Dec. 11. "For now," during the Governor's Arts Awards ceremonies at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Channel 4 news -anchor Emery King will emcee the program that will bestow awards in seven different categories. Gov. John Engler will miss this year's program to attend to his family. Belgrave is a premier trumpeter with a mastery of many styles recent weeks have found him playing jazz and classical music around Detroit. He has See TRUMPETER, Page 3C BY LARRY GABRIEL Free Press Staff Writer Things are good for jazz trumpeter Marcus Bel-grave these days.

He's performing regularly in the Wynton Marsalis-led Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Even more visibly, Belgrave has sat in with the "Tonight Show" orchestra several times since saxophonist Branford Marsalis became music director on the NBC show 2Vi years ago. The 58-year-old Belgrave is even planning to get married soon. And tonight, Belgrave will receive the Michigan Artist Award Jay Newman river, begun buying programming and hiring people, and has spent more than $5 million on facilities. Jay Newman, 43, will be in charge of getting Channel 62 up and running as a CBS station.

Newman, a one-time investigative reporter, news director and station manager, is a network vice president in New York. He wouldn't say if he'll become the general manager of Newman says, "I'll be working full time in Detroit." Newman wouldn't discuss specific programming, but a Channel 62 schedule distribut- See CBS, Page 3C Marcus Belgrave WEEKEND: TICKET GUIND0N 7 Sci; THIS NEWS UrWTE FROM THE. MICHIGAN MILITIA. Coming in Friday's Weekend section: RICHARD ATTEKBOROUGH (left) stars in the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street." EARTH, WIND FIRE is back at the Fox Friday and Saturday. MAC RAY'S restaurant KA50PI300 urn I I IM WE KNOW 'K AS HAVE WOT ATTACKED THE.YKE.

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