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occer - hranked for the firs~ ,nally istory. The T ime ID school Ia test Intercoll:r~r~s are 18th in the ation of A . g1a e Soccer Associ- (11-2) is ledm;r1~a coaches' po!J_ USD lege alumnu! T oway and Mesa Col- scored 25 P0intsom Cran~, Who has San Diego Hi h' and University of Ronces, Who ha~ 23~001 alum Leo at 13th-ranked P . SD pl~s ort/and. J-'-\ c- . -~ .

Sonics owner said J-Clfnsidering moving team to San Diego Buying Seattle lease would clear the way By Mark Zeigler Staff Writer Seattle SuperSonics owner Barry Ackerley, close to purchasing his 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.

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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 mclude 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 sub- 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

team's lease with the Seattle Center Coliseum, is considering San Diego as a possible 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 discussed 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 - he 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 ha\•e 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

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;/Drug legaliza ion SAN >!EGO of San Diego Associate tm:tenTs the "?lt!te or Drug and Alcohol Ed: ucat1on and the faculty Social Is- sues Committee will sponsor a de- bate about the legalization of drugs at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Cammo Theater on the USD campus. Le Dogoloff, executive director of the American council for Drug Educa- tion and a former White House ad- yiser, will _argue in favor of keep- s mg drugs 1l1egal. Dr. Ethan Nad I• II mann, a Princeton University po- litical .science profe sor, will advo- ' cate legalization. For more infor• mation, call 260-4682. (Ila) llJmv rsity 1

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Continued from C-1 C II g In 1rkland a Seattle uburb, forced the Sonics to fmd a new tram- mg facility le than two weeks be- fore camp opened The Somes even- tually tramcd at the Caiversity of SaQ D1 o w~ re Coach Berme Bick- erst p y dandl t rco ch d c rley I very unhappy with ttl ' th NBA source said. "They w r k c ed oi.t of t ir traming fa. c1hty Th cit much as 1d, 'If you v. ant to do w at s best for you, you can JY up the lease and cram Specu 1t 1s that if Ackerley doe buy out the Coliseum lease, he may open a bidding war for his franchJS a la Al Davis and the Los Angel Raiders. Ackerley con- cel v bly could command a "franchise fee" to relocate, then sit bark and wait for the offers to pour m 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 sub i- d1ze 1t," Cooper said 'I don't want to do it. I don't think e have to . We're elling San Diego Wh you look at San Diego, there's no better market to be m " o where doe Manrue Jackson fit mto all this' Jackson is the Minneapolis busi- ne executive who in June an- nounced his mtention to obtain an

Peggy Freeman/ Ranch Spotlight Brooks Brothers 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 made a very pleasant afternoon, with all.,. that special attention from the men. • The Rancho Santa Fe Follies of '89 will be held Nov. 16 to 19 to raise money for the Rancho Santa FePrO. If you saw last year's follies, you will certainly be looking forward to the 1989 version. lfthe 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. 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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Symphony Orchestra 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 and bring a friend or a perspective new member. This is going to be a very special year for the symphony and since there are so many newcomers to Rancho Santa Fe, there may be many interested in joining the group. For more information, call Mrs. Bruce Miller at 756-5709. The entertainment for the afternoon will be "Ensemble E'lan", and the address ofMr. and Mrs. Walter Erikson is 5826 Saratoga Corte, Del Rayo Downs in Rancho Santa Fe. [J The 32nd annual fund-raising show "C'est Chic!" on Oct. 5, which was sponsored by the USD Auxiliary for the benefit of the USD 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. Some 40 community conscious businessmen dressed in black-tie and tuxedos and served as host. More men volunteered 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

Supersonics owner Barry Ackerley, center, and his wife Ginger watch from courtside

with Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Acker- ley may move his team from Seattle.

NBA franchise for San Diego, the city that has already had - and lost - two. Jackson's gr up, NBA ancb e Inc., .'i:)ekse er to buy an expansion franchise or an existing one that could be moved. Technical- ly, Jackson has an exclusive agree- ment with Cooper. But what happens if a disgruntled owner from, say, Seattle wants to move his team to San Diego but not sell it?

require any team relocating here to play in the Sports Arena for as many as two full seasons while Cooper's dream palace is erected. Even so. he Sports Arena's bas- ketball capacity differs little from the Seattle Coliseum. The former seats 13,900, the latter 14.200. "They're lookmg at Jther markets, too," Cooper said of the Sorucs. "But I don't thmk they ve entered negotia- tions with ot er rr:.arkets -,

Both Jackson and Cooper have said that Jackson's group would try to purchase a minority ownership in the team n f "lin a e a ide 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 JS "proposed.' It is not built. Hence, the lease arrangement would

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cisco State University, Whittier College, the University of Puget Sound, Cal Poly, and the Uajyersity of the Pacific. In earlier surveys, the magazine used different criteria. In 1988, Cal Poly ranked 23rd among comprehensive colleges and universities across the United State; and in 1987, the U.S. News survey

listed Cal Poly as third among Mid- western and Western comprehensive instituuons. For ihe 1989 survey, five catego- ries were used to differentiate schools: national universities, na- tional liberal arts colleges, regional colleges and universities, regional liberal ans colleges, and specialized institutions. '™ vxego GO] SAB DIEGO TBIBUNE

p~ 5rmements in the way it collec~ and ~valuated ~ta used to compile the

. The magazine added !figures f~r state and local government appropn- ations_ to determine state and local _Final overall ;3:°1'mg was .deter- nuned by combmmg percenule re- suits from bo~ the repulll:uo". survey and~ analysis of the obJecuve data supplied I~ U.S. News. Pe~c~nule sco~es for ~tudent selecuvay, mstru~uonal quality, and academic reputauon were weighted twice as hea~ily as were those ~or student rctenuon rates and financial The top IO regional colleges and universities in the West, as listed by U.S. News, included Trinity Univer- s11y (Texas), Universi1y of Red- lands Santa Clara Univer ity, Loy- ola 0 M.ilJmount University, Urnversil_lE_f San Diego, San Fran- spending per student: resources.

the West m the latest U.S. World Rcpon special cdmon on America• Best College . Colleges and universities were ranked by the magazine on their records in five key areas: quality of tudcm body as measured by ews & the quality; reputation for academic ex- cellence; financial resources; and abili1y to retain and graduate sm- e~s year, 562 colleges and um- vers1ties were divided into four reg- orth, South, Midwe. t, and After consulting wllh college pre 1dems and 01hcr academic ex- pcns, U.S. News made everal re- each chool's electivity; faculty d 15 10n : West.

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. f the Western/Pacific . 9 to speak on °~ · region for Mar~f'o(fbvtrc(spitality industry. His 7·30 the changi.ng face usri~nd is part of the umver- a.m. ta!k takes phl~:pe~~ies. Cost is $15. sity's d1stmgu1s e r * * * _,,,,- Ed Fuller, operations v.p. o N °iQt;t,~town