News Scrapbook 1989

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Buying Seattle lease would clear the way By Mark Zeigler Staff Writer Seattle SuperSonics owner Barry Ackerley, close to purchasing his team's lease with the Seattle Center Coliseum, is considering San Diego as a pos.sible relocation site, various sources have said Harry Cooper, the La Jolla busi- nessman who has proposed building a $110 million, 22,000-seat arena in downtown San Diego, acknowledged yesterday that he is aware of Acker- ley's lease buy-out plan. Though Coo- per insisted he has not discus.sed re- location with Ackerley, the two met at last night's NBA exhibition game between the Sonics and Los Angeles Clippers at the Sports Arena. The Sonics' 10-year lease at the 14,200-seat Coliseum expires after the 1994-95 season. However, if Ack- erley pays it off - about $500,000, sources said - be could terminate the lease at his discretion. "At the end of the season, we will have met or we'll be close to meeting all payments, and the lease will be ours," Ackerley told the Tacoma Morning News Tribune yesterday. "Clearly, we will have no place to play when we're through with the Coliseum." "Yes, we can leave," said a source at Ackerley Communications Inc., the team's parent company. "Every- thing is in place after this season." The source mentioned San Diego prominently as a relocation option, but not as the only option. The cities believed to have made direct contact with Ackerley are San Diego, Ana- heim, Kansas City and Columbus, Ohio. Other cities known to covet an NBA franchise include Toronto, Cin- cinnati, Memphis, Tenn., and St. Pet- ersburg, Fla. Ackerley is already familiar with

the San Diego market. When the con- trolling interest in the Sports Arena lease was for sale last year, Ackerley said he considered submitting a bid, although he ultimately did not. He also maintains a residence in Borre- go Springs. Cooper indicated that his group has sent information packets about San Diego as an NBA market to "a half-dozen teams" believed to pos- sess relocation potential. "We're not making offers to anyone," he said, "but if someone makes an irrevoca- ble offer to us . . . " That offer, he was quick to note, must include an agreement to sign a 40-year lease in addition to million- dollar guarantees that the team would not balk on the deal and stay in its original city. After Ackerley's interest in the Sports Arena lease surfaced and su sided, many involved in the effort to return the NBA to San Diego hinted that Ackerley used San Diego as le- verage with Seattle. "And," Cooper said, "we're not going to get ourselves into a position where we will be used as a negotiat- ing position for another city. That's happened here before." Ackerley, though, seems far more serious about a move now. His plans to build a larger arena with his own money next to the Seat- tle Kingdome were scrapped because of a parking snafu. Further talks with the city and King County have quieted in recent months, sending ru- mors circulating around NBA circles that Ackerley has had enough. "We have notified all people that under no circumstances will we build a building with our funds," Ackerley said. "There was a time when we would. but that time is over." The last straw, said a well-placed NBA source, came late last month, when a zoning problem at Northwest I See Owner on P ge C-5

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trkland, a Seattle suburb, forced the Somes to fmd a new train- mg £ac1hty Je ·s than two weeks be- fore camp opened The Sonics even- tually trained at the l!oiversity of n Diego, wh re Coach Bernie Bick- erstaff pla) d and lat r coached 'Ackerley 1 v ry unhappy with S attl the NBA s urce said "They ere kicked o of th ir training fa . ci11ty The cit, ha as much as Id, 'If you\\ ant to do w, at s best for you, you can b y up the lease and cram. b y QUt the Coliseum lease, he may open a bidding war for his franchise a la Al DavIS and the Los Angel Raiders. Ackerley con- ce Iv bly could command a "franchise fee" to reloc..te, then sit back and wait for the offers to pour ID "I don't want us to get into a bid- dmg war and give them a bunch of money or a k the taxpayers to subsi- d1ze it,'' Cooper said "I don't want to We're selling San Diego When you look at San Diego, there's no better Spcculat1on is that if Ackerley d do 11. I don' think

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Peggy Freeman/ Ranch Spotlight Brooks Bro t hers in Mission Valley. Over 600 people attended this spectacular fashion show and luncheon and among the Rancho Santa Fe men listed in the pro- gram, handsome in their tuxedos acting as chevaliers, and charm- ing the ladies were Jeff Brown, Bob Vogel, Al Frowiss, Bob Hillman, Vince Bartolotta, Allen Blackmore, Lee Dodson, Mark Hannah, Kevin Murphy, Charlie Siddle, Norman Wilson, plus many more men E from F surrounding areas. The ladies admitted this mad!' a very pleasant afternoon, with all ,, that special attention from the men. e The Rancho Santa Fe Follies of '89 will be held Nov. 16 to 19 to raise money for the Rancho Santa Fe PTO. Ifyou saw last year's follies, you will certainly be looking forward to the 1989 version. If the number of people that showed up for audi- tions and the talent we saw is any indication, this year will be even better, and that is a very large order.

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Symphony Orchestr a called me to say their fall membership tea will be held at her home Oct. 25 from 2 to 4 p.m . Members are urged to attend a nd br ing a friend or a perspective n ew member. This is going to be a very special year for the symphony and since there are so many newcomers to Rancho Sant a Fe, there may be many interested in j oining the group. For more informa tion, call Mrs. Bruce Miller at 756-5709. The e n te r t ainme nt for the aft e rnoon will be " Ensemble E 'lan", and t he address ofMr. and Mrs . Walte r Erik son is 5826 Saratoga Corte, Del Rayo Downs in Rancho Santa Fe. CJ The 32nd annual fund-r aising show "C 'es t Chic!" on Oct. 5, which was sponsored by the USO Auxiliary for the benefit of the USO financial aid program, prom- ised to the be different! The place and time was the same -Town & Country Hotel - Atlas Ballroom with social hour at 11 a .m . followed by lunch. But the show emphasis was on men . Som e 40 community conscious businessmen dressed in black-tie and tuxedos and served as host. More men voluntee red as celebrity models including Dr. Arthur Hughes , president of USD; Kim Fletcher, trustee; and Richa?°d Vance and John Parrish. Co-chairs for their fabulous event were Rita Waters and Susan Kazmarek, whose parents Bob and Sally Kazmarek were the underwriters of the grand prize for the drawing which was a round-trip for two to Paris! For some of the stores and shops providing the fashions, it was a first - such as "Laels", which is Molly Manchester's just opened elegant sport shop in La Jolla, and

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Both Jackson and Cooper have said that J ackson's group would try to purchase a minority ownership in the team and, f ilin t a • e aside completely. At last night's game, Jackson said: "Nothing has happened. It's not a media event. There's no reason for me to comment." The key word in Cooper's proposed arena is "proposed " It is not built. Hence, the lease arrangement would

require any team relocatmg here to play in the Sports Arena for as many as two full seasons while Cooper's dream palace is erected. Even so, e Sports Arena's bas- ketball capacity differ~ little from the Seattle Coliseum. The fo rmer seats 13,900, the latter 14.200. "They're looking at other markets, too," Cooper said of the Sonics. "But I don't think they've entered negotia- tions with ether markets. '

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Jlll~,. ·• P, C. 8 . Po1y ra Ke~-111nt . 1n s SAN LUIS OBISPJ c;- p~ 5 finements in the way it collec~ and has been ranked ninth among re- evaluated ~ta used to compile the gional colleges and universities in annual rankings. the West m the latest U.S. ews & The magazine added figures f~r World Repon special ed ition on state and local go_vemment appropn - America's Best College . ations_to determine state and local Colleges and universities were spending per student: ranked by the magazine on their , _Fmal overall _r~g was _deter- records in five key areas: quality of mmcd by combmmg per~ule re- the student body as measured by sul ts from bot!' the reputa_uo~ survey each chool's electivity; faculty and an analysis of the obJecuve data quality; reputation for academic ex- supplied U.S. ews. cellence; financial resources; and Pe~c~nt1!e sco:es for ~tudent ability to retain and graduate sru- selccuv!tY, mstru~uonal quaJ11r, and d acadenuc reputauon were weighted ents. . h ·1 th fo This year, 562 college. and uni- twice as ea~1 y as were ose . r ver ities were divided into four reg- student retcnuon rates and financial ions: Nonh, South, Midwest, and re ources. West. The top 10 regional colleges and Afier consultm~ with college univemties in the West, as listed by presidents and other academic ex- U.S. News, included Trinity Univer- pcru, U.S News made everal re- / t 1388 / . . .

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This original musical in the Ranch tradition is written by Jeff Brown, and will be directed by Marie Addario , and produced by Anne Ferghner. With a trio of that caliber, how could it be anything but a big success? For the auditions, all ages were welcome. Many singers, dancers, stage hands, tech crew, set design- ers, makeup artists and costumers are needed for this production and Jeff Brown who is writing the show said there will be over 100 people in the show, plus about 30 in the crew. "It is great fun for people in our community, and there is an amazing amount of talent here ," Brown said . The turnout was great! This will undoubtedly be a show you won't want to miss.

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