
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990                   TAG: 9003290424
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Mike Royko, the sharp-tongued Chicago columnist, has drawn the ire of Wisconsin tourism promoters. They are sending him a cheese carving in his own likeness, designating him an honorary "cheesehead."

The 45-pound, 2-foot-tall cheddar bust, complete with eyeglasses, is the latest tit-for-tat spat between the Fond du Lac, Wis., tourist bureau and the acerbic Chicago Tribune writer. It began when the bureau made fun of Chicago's crime problems and Royko bit back by referring to Wisconsin residents as "cheeseheads . . . content to chomp on bratwurst."

Royko felt a little yellow behind the ears. "They can do whatever they want with their cheese," the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer said.

A Royko column in January described Fond du Lac as a "tranquil" place where residents' "eyes are glazed, their jaws hang slackly, and a few drooled."

"No, I can't find it in my heart to lash out at those northern neighbors we josh as cheeseheads," he wrote. "From its farms to its cities, you won't find kinder, simpler folk anywhere, except in custodial care."

\ Priscilla Presley certainly had her moments as the wife of rock 'n' roll king Elvis. Now, she joins the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Linda Evans and Julio Iglesias with her own line of perfume.

Presley says she has distilled the many facets of her character into "Moments," her own signature fragrance line.

At $65 a quarter ounce, "Moments" is a blend of cassis, orange flower, ylang-ylang and jonquille, according to a brochure.

\ Dolly Parton says her love of music kept her from dropping out of high school.

"Because my dreams were so strong, I was able to keep going, even though I hated school," the country music singer said in a speech to some 1,000 educators and business leaders at the National Dropout Prevention Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

"The fact that I had my music gave me a motivation that many I know didn't have," she said. "I just knew I had to graduate to accomplish all of my dreams."

In 1988, the Tennessee native established the Dollywood Foundation, which awards $500 to each student who signs a "buddy system" agreement and graduates from one of three Upper East Tennessee high schools.

by CNB