Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from June 1997:
PARTS OF MIAMI ARE SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY RISING SEA LEVELS HURTING BEACHES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ANTHONY R. WOOD Knight-Ridder MIAMI BEACH -- On a tranquil afternoon when plump cumulus clouds barely moved above the emerald waters, Brian Flynn surveyed the beach in front of the landmark hotel where James Bond first encountered Goldfinger. He didn't have ...
WORKSHOP TARGETS TEACHING OF SCIENCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... The art of teaching science will be the topic of a teachers' workshop at the Berkshire Museum, running Monday through Friday, July 7-18, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The program focuses on the explosion in scientific knowledge in the past two decades and on finding ways to ...
MCKINNEY LIBRARY CLOSED.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... The McKinney Library of the Albany Institute of History & Art will be closed to the public for on-site use during June and July in order to complete a major collections rehousing and relocation project. The library will reopen ...
MATING GAME TURNS INTO HAWAIIAN CLOSE ENCOUNTER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAVE BARRY I imagine you will want to call me a courageous adventurer when I tell you how I recently encountered an actual live whale in person. In fact I encountered a group of whales, which is called a ``pod,'' or sometimes ``a group of whales.'' I ...
KISSING AUTHORITY MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF AROUND COUNTRY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ELLEN WARREN Chicago Tribune CHICAGO -- It's refreshing to report that the woman who bills herself as the nation's foremost authority on kissing has not been reduced to kissing up just to get her name in the paper. Tomima Edmark, the kissing authority, is as ...
TABLOID HOPES TO FEED BRITAIN'S TASTE FOR GOSSIP.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARIE WOOLF London Observer Service LONDON -- They're overpaid, oversexed and about to be over here -- in Britain. The folks at the National Enquirer, America's most scurrilous gossip rag, have decided that the British don't get enough -- scandal, that is. ...
DIVORCE REFORMERS WANT TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO UNTIE THE KNOT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARY COREY The Baltimore Sun Divorce reformers across the country see it as riddle and reality: If it takes two to marry, why does it take only one to divorce? At least 20 states have introduced bills to change that. The efforts, which mark the first ...
SWIM LESSONS CRUCIAL TO CHILDHOOD SAFETY, FUN.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: HARRY WESSEL Orlando Sentinel Diana McCreight listened to the screams when her first son, Cameron, started swim lessons. She listened to them again when her second son, Zackary, started his. Although neither child was happy with his first few sessions in the water, the ...
DESIGNER FASHIONS GOING TO THE KIDS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ROBERT BERNER Wall Street Journal Judith Kelly spent $20,000 last year on designer clothes she never wore. Her 2-year-old daughter did. ``I can afford it, so why not?'' asks Kelly, a homemaker in Short Hills, N.J., whose husband is a Wall Street junk-bond ...
FATHER GOOSE MATTHEW BALLIEN HAS TAKEN THE DUCKS AND GEESE IN ALBANY'S WASHINGTON PARK UNDER HIS WING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff writer The insolent teens in their floppy sneakers and droopy jeans who pause on a patch of dusty hardpan along the shore of Washington Park Lake don't know what to make of the eccentric fellow with the big vocabulary and jet black Saab. ...
`GOSPEL' FULL OF THEOLOGICAL SERIOUSNESS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: RALPH V. NORMAN What is most astonishing about Norman Mailer's ``autobiography'' of Jesus of Nazareth is not the hint of some latest brazenry from our familiar, old, much-beaten-up-on boxer and self-advertiser -- although, unlike almost all other Jesus biographies, ...
HOOPS PLAYER LIKES STORIES WITH A SPIRITUAL SIDE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl - ``A River Runs Through It,'' by Norman Maclean. ``I just finished it for a world religion class. I saw the movie before I read the book and was amazed at the different interpretations. The movie was mostly for entertainment. The book really went into the ...
BOOK BROWSER'S GUIDE ON TAPE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... ``The Partner,'' by John Grisham, read by Michael Beck; Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing; four cassettes, six hours, abridged: ``The Partner'' is the story of Patrick Lanigan, a young partner of a corrupt law firm in Biloxi, Miss., who fakes his own death, absconds with ...
LITERARY CALENDAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Upstate Independents, local filmmakers, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday: Local filmmakers will discuss writing, planning, shooting and financing local movie projects. Borders Books & Music. 59 Wolf Road. Colonie. 482-5800. Christine Schutt, short-story writer, 11 a.m., Saturday: Schutt, ...
NONFICTION RIPE FOR SUMMERTIME READING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOCELYN MC CLURG Nonfiction fans can spend their days at the beach this summer with new biographies (including an unauthorized life of Martha Stewart), memoirs and a host of books on history and current affairs. BIOGRAPHIES, MEMOIRS ``Notorious: ...
`TO DANCE,' AN INSIGHT TO CANCER FIGHT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: BRENDA L. BECKER If you share the popular notion that searching for a cure for cancer is the ultimate Meaningful Career, prepare to be disillusioned. Cancer researchers, it turns out, operate in the same Dilbertian landscape as the rest of us, hamstrung by petty ...
100 WAYS TO ADJUST YOUR ATTITUDE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: JULIE SEVRENS PLEASANT HILL, Calif. -- Richard Carlson remembers the day well. The Martinez, Calif., author was driving with his family to San Francisco, and like many of us, found himself stuck in traffic with hundreds of other grumbling motorists. Observing ...
NOVEL'S SKILLFULLY INTERWOVEN VOICES EXPLORE WOMAN'S STRUGGLES FOR IDENTITY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: FRED STETSON ``What is the point in shrouding yourself in silence?'' the Dominican-American daughter asks her father, Papi. ``The grave will do that for you all eternity.'' The daughter who asks -- and answers -- this thought-provoking question is a character ...
LESSONS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SUPERVISION.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: HARRY WESSEL The Orlando Sentinel At what age should a child be taught to swim? No younger than 4, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. No younger than 3, according to the YMCA and the National Safe Kids Campaign, a coalition of many safety groups. ...
TORONTO'S TREATS AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THINGS FROM HIGH TEA TO CAPPUCCINO, FALAFEL AND KIDDIE LIT.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: GERRY VOLGENAU Knight-Ridder Here's the city that you probably don't know. This is an insider's guide to Toronto. I had lived there for almost four years, as a Detroit Free Press correspondent in the mid-1980s. Recently I called some old friends who live in ...
BUTTERFLY HAVEN NEAR NIAGARA FALLS SPREADS WINGS.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times One of North America's largest glass-enclosed butterfly facilities -- housing some 2,000 butterflies from tropical countries -- is adding domestic species this summer in a new outdoor butterfly garden densely planted with perennials and flowering shrubs. ...
STATE GUIDES CAN HELP YOUR VACATION PLANS.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Chicago Tribune - The following are numbers to call to obtain free vacation planning guides for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Also included are the state Web sites, if available. Remember to include http:// before the address. Alabama -- ...
L.A. RENTALS NOT CHEAP, AND THE PLACES GO FAST.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times Q. I plan to be in Los Angeles for one month in July and am looking for accommodations. Are there agencies that handle short-term rentals of houses or condominiums? -- GLADYS P. EDELMAN, New York, N.Y. A. Several companies can arrange for ...
AMERICA'S WEST BECOMES HOST TO THE SEASONAL FESTIVALS.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ALAN SOLOMON Chicago Tribune Events and festivals dot the land this summer, including in the western states. Some are listed here. Call each state's tourism office for further information and brochures. (Information on eastern and central states appeared the past two ...
BON VOYAGE.(TRAVEL)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Harborfest in Oswego The city of Oswego will celebrate Harborfest July 24-27 on Lake Ontario with more than 200 admission- free performances and attractions, according to event organizers, including a fireworks show over Oswego Harbor choreographed to music on Saturday, July 26, ...
COUPLE CREATES MAJESTY OUT OF OVERSIZED MOLEHILL.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: GARY KRINO Orange County Register Many neighborhoods are carved, sliced and gouged from hillsides. The result is high, steep slopes at the back of lots that aren't much good for anything if you don't have scoops of imagination and a willingness to do some back-bending ...
TURF LOVE IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN WHEN YOU'RE A LAWN OWNER.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: DOUG BLACKBURN Staff writer Terry O'Connor takes great pride in her gardens. Every spring she mixes rich compost into the dark earth of her vegetable patches, giving the soon-to-be-planted tomatoes, snap peas and summer squash the nutrients they love. But ...
THOSE TABLE STAINS CAN BE REMOVED.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARTHA STEWART Q: I have white rings on my table. Could you tell me how to remove them without having the table refinished? ETHEL WAITE, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada A: A white ring on a tabletop or other wood surface usually means that moisture or heat has ...
READING BY FIRE TOPS WINTER ACTIVITIES.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder How did you stay warm and busy during bad weather this winter? In a poll by Fannie Mae, the congressionally chartered mortgage company, 31.1 percent of respondents reported reading in front of the fire as their activity of choice. Watching TV and videos ...
ARBORETUM OFFERS A LOOK AT FLOWERING SHRUBS.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Gloria Mazure - Send items for Garden Clippings to Gloria Mazure, Times Union, Box 15000, Albany, NY 12212. Fax: 454-5514. - A Flowering Shrubs Tour is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at the George Landis Arboretum, on Lape Road in Esperance, Schoharie County. Shrubs ...
MEDITERRANEAN HERBS TASTE BEST.(AT HOME)(Recipe)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: LAURENCE SOMBKE Several of my favorite herbs are those that grow wild in the hills and valleys of the countryside surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and tarragon are wonderfully aromatic and flavorful herbs that are prominent in the ...
STAINING PROTECTS OUTDOOR WOOD.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: GENE AUSTIN Knight-Ridder Staining is increasingly considered one of the best ways to finish outdoor wood, such as decks, fences, lawn furniture, doors and storage sheds. Exterior-grade stains, which penetrate the wood rather than clinging to the surface like ...
POLISH LEAVES FLATWARE CLEAN ENOUGH TO EAT WITH.(AT HOME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ANITA GOLD Knight-Ridder Q. What can I use to clean and restore the shine to brass bowls, vases, bells, incense burners and other such pieces made in China and India that (due to a recent flood) were left covered with black spots and streaks that won't come off? Also, ...
CLASSICAL.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Bard College, F. W. Olin Auditorium and Festival Tent, Annendale-on- Hudson. (914-758-3226): ``Haydn, The Master.'' Pianists Diane Walsh and Malcolm Bilson, soprano andrea Folan, violinist Erica Kiesewetter, cellist Robert Martin and the Chicago ...
A GUIDE TO HOT SPOTS.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK STAGE Adirondack Theatre Festival, French Mountain Playhouse, Route 149, Lake George. Some performances at Trolley Restaurant, Lake George and former Woolworth's Store, Glen Street, Glens Falls. 798-7479. Curtain Call Dinner Theater, Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf ...
THE BERKSHIRES ARE ALIVE WITH FINE OPEN-AIR SCULPTURES.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIMOTHY CAHILL Staff Writer Most of the year, art is confined under roofs and inside windowless rooms, but with the warm weather, thoughts turn alfresco. In gardens and sculpture parks, the work of artists lives with the landscape and weather, and the ...
ART.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... IRISH MUSEUM Route 145, East Durham. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (634-7497): ``The Great Hunger,'' May 23-Sept. 1. STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Open Labor Day ...
DANCE.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL. Lee, Mass. (413) 243-0745: Ted Shawn Theatre performances: at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, at 8:30 p.m. Friday and at 2 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, $28-$44. Studio Theatre performances: at 8:15 p.m. Thursday-Friday, at 5 p.m. Saturday and at 7p.m. Sunday, ...
DANCE FANS CAN DO MORE THAN WATCH.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: TRESCA WEINSTEIN Special to the Times Union This summer, dance isn't just about shelling out big bucks for a ticket and spending an hour or two sitting and watching. A movement is afoot: Dancers, choreographers and dance institutions are inviting the public to experience ...
A COLORFUL CLASSICAL BACKDROP.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: AMY BIANCOLLI Staff writer Forget about spring. For music lovers, summer is the true rebirth, a huge, phantasmagoric explosion of classical performance -- instrumental and choral, indoors and outdoors, modest and massively staged. If it sings, toots, hums, bangs, bows, ...
POP MUSIC.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... ADIRONDACK FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL. Town Park and Boathouse Theatre on Schroon Lake. Noon-10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. 532-9259. $10. Featuring Peggy Eyres, Christopher Shaw, John Kirk and Trish Miller, Dan Duggan, Bridget Ball, Dan Berggren, Bill Smith, Camille West, ...
POP MUSIC SCENE SHIFTS TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer On the Capital Region's pop music scene, summer means just one thing -- the great outdoors. After being cooped up all winter long in grungy, beer-soaked rock clubs, smoke-filled lounges and cramped church-basement coffeehouses, the ...
OLD CHESTNUTS AND CHANCES ONSTAGE.(SHOWTIME)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: STEVE BARNES Staff writer Off-Broadway theater moves north for three months every year. The words summer stock theater bring to mind revivals of warhorse musicals and plays -- Agatha Christie mysteries, Rodgers & Hammerstein sing-alongs -- and there are plenty ...
BIG CONTRIBUTORS GIVE PATAKI MAJOR BOOST.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN Projects editor COLONIE -- Wayne Boich decided to give $28,000 to Gov. George Pataki's re-election campaign committee because, he said, ``I just think he's a hell of a guy.'' Boich, an Ohio coal magnate, was Pataki's single largest contributor ...
SCHENECTADY PASTOR TO SUCCEED BALL.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer ALBANY -- Episcopalians chose a Schenectady pastor to be the new bishop of the Albany Diocese, electing the Rev. Daniel Herzog on a rare first ballot Saturday. The 55-year-old North Country native will become a bishop in a ceremony ...
CLINTON PUSHES NATO EXPANSION.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ROBERT A. RANKIN Knight-Ridder WEST POINT -- In a commencement address to the Army's next generation of officers, President Clinton launched a long-term campaign Saturday to persuade the American people to support expansion of NATO, which he said is essential to assuring ...
SCHOOLS CHIEF IS CHOSEN IN ALBANY.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer ALBANY -- Lonnie E. Palmer, who began his career as a science teacher at Hackett Middle School, will return 27 years later to serve as the district's superintendent. Palmer, 48, was named to lead the Albany City School District ...
3 FUNERALS IN A DAY FOR VICTIMS OF TORNADO.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: SUE ANNE PRESSLEY Washington Post GEORGETOWN, Texas -- John Clark and the other grieving residents of Jarrell faced a sad schedule Saturday -- three funerals, one after the other -- as they began saying goodbye to the victims of last week's tornado. ``The ...
THE TRAIL TO EVERYWHERE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer Hundreds of miles of trails used by walkers, bicyclists and all sorts of outdoor enthusiasts now crisscross the Capital Region, a network largely spurred by grass-roots volunteers who have ambitious plans to connect the Helderbergs to Lake ...
COUPLE GETS $13G FOR DELI SURPRISE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. -- A couple who found a human fingertip in a deli ham they purchased at a Publix Supermarket won a $13,000 verdict from the chain. David Dean was making a sandwich when he spotted part of a finger lying among the slices of deli ...
MOSQUITOES MAKE LIFE IN MOSCOW MISERABLE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: CLARA GERMANI Baltimore Sun MOSCOW -- It's springtime, tulips are blooming, the air is crisp and Muscovites are arming themselves with their vacuum cleaners for nighttime battle with the demons of the night -- mosquitoes. These aren't just any mosquitoes ....
PAPER RECORDS HIDE CAMPAIGN DONORS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN Projects editor COLONIE -- Want to know if the Ohio coal executive who was Gov. George Pataki's single largest contributor in 1995 and 1996 also gave money to any other New York politician? Good luck. Twice each year -- eight times ...
POSSIBLE SECESSION OF QUEBEC TAKES CENTER STAGE IN ELECTION.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAVID CRARY Associated Press TORONTO -- Though little doubt lingers about the winner of Canada's federal election Monday, a divisive subplot has the nation on edge: Will the new Parliament be too fractured to dissuade Quebec from secession? Every poll taken ...
COMMERCE OFFICIALS CAN'T EXPLAIN DONOR LIST.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Officials at the Commerce Department, which has been accused of rewarding big campaign contributors, do not know why a list of Democratic donors was at the department, a spokeswoman said Saturday. The list was considered a ...
`LIBERTY' SURVIVORS DEMAND JUSTICE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: ERIC ROSENBERG Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- When survivors of the deadly Israeli attack on the Navy's USS Liberty gather in Washington this week, they again will seek what has eluded them for 30 years -- a congressional investigation into what they charge ...
NEWSLETTER LETS KIDS IN FOSTER CARE SHARE EXPERIENCES, ADVICE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAN FREEDMAN Times Union Washington bureau NEW YORK -- Four years ago, Lorraine Stephens escaped the father who beat and sexually abused her and the mother who covered up for him. Once inside the confines of New York City's foster-care system, she hoped her long ...
RUSSIAN MUSICIANS PLAY HARDBALL FOR BACK PAY.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press OMSK, Russia -- In the din of discontent heard across Russia this spring, the protest by the musicians of Omsk stands out. For more than a week, musicians and music teachers have played mourning marches and dirges outside the headquarters of ...
POPE VISITS HOME AMID POLAND'S TENSIONS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRISTINE SPOLAR Washington Post WROCLAW, Poland -- Pope John Paul II came home Saturday, embarking on one of the longest trips of his papacy, to sort through the tensions and achievements of his native land. The 77-year-old pontiff immediately challenged his ...
ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FORCING CHANGES IN BANKING REGULATIONS.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARTIN MAYER Not so many years ago, futurists expected the imminent arrival of ``the financial department store,'' one-stop shopping where customers could find anything their hearts might wish in financial services: checking and savings accounts, mutual funds, personal ...
MARSHALL PLAN SET STAGE FOR TODAY.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: RUPERT CORNWELL The only quibble can be with the date. It was not May 28, but June 5, 1947, that General George Marshall, the Secretary of State, went to Harvard University to deliver the speech which made his name immortal. But never was a 50th anniversary ...
THE PRICE OF AGING GETS HIGHER.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: RUTH SHERMAN When you're growing up, the whole point of everything is to get older. You're in such a rush to be whatever it is they call a grown-up that you measure your life by fractions. (``I'm 7 and a half now,'' my daughter Micki is fond of telling anyone ...
RENEGING ON REFORM.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: RONALD D. ELVING For those who thought campaign finance reform would proceed apace in 1997, disillusionment has set in early. Six months ago, the story of White House access-peddling seemed just the sort of scandal that might force reconsideration of current ...
LIMIT HIGH SCHOOL TO THOSE WHO ARE READY.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: CAROL JAGO Watching friends' children applying to private high school wait nervously for their acceptance letters, it dawned on me that this is what public school students should be doing as well. Why is entrance to high school automatic? If every ...
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REMOVE 2 FLAWS FROM FEDERAL BUDGET.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES K. GLASSMAN WASHINGTON -- The House and Senate won't return until next week for a final vote on the egregious budget deal, so there's still time to fix it. The problems are these: (1) projections are dubious, and the bulk of the supposed savings occur ...
RIGHT WAY ON GARDEN WAY.(PERSPECTIVE)
Jun 01, 1997 ... Although he helped rescue 800 Garden Way jobs in the Capital Region, and has paved the way for as many as 450 new hires over the next few years, Governor Pataki nonetheless is finding himself the target of considerable criticism for his efforts. The criticism is understandable, but it ...