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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Col t Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573) AUG 2 19 7

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1unday, August 2, 1987/Part II 7 oung Minds s member it's tough to get kids to"-• stay in for a long time during the -l.~ l summer." With that in mind, Trumble' takes his students on field trips to J;' n~arby aviation facilities, including, · Mll'amar Naval Air Station. ·:., After viewmg real planes, he lets .:~, them try their hand in aerospace "·'' design. •• "We give the kids a chance to,·~ fabricate an aircraft of their own ,• design out of Styrofoam," Trumble •" sai~. "We get some interesting/·: designs. One boy built a plane :;,; loaded with far more rockets and · ' missiles then it could possibly ever.' , can;y. But that's OK, because they . l don t have to be realistic. I think its good for these kids to use their imagination and use their creativi- ty." By participating in such pro- grams, Trumble said these students also get access to the exhibits in the IAHF and to its libraries, where they get a chance to learn about aviation greats like Charles Lind- bergh, the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart. 1 "At the Hall of Fame we honor those people who had a dream," he- n, said. "And when I look at these kids when they look up with fascination i1 at the airplanes [in the IAHF], I can see that the dream is still alive in them as well." e e h r n fi' s 4 e i i 1 s

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Times Staff Wnter W ith 20 pairs of eyes glued on her, teacher Carol Radford of the San Diego atural H1 tory Mu cum dr1pp d water through cotton-ball "clouds" suspended on blu nylon m sh that spanned across ,1 m1maturc-s1zed city. A group of fir t- and seconcl-gracl rs enrolled in the mu urn's "Nature's Hou c" cour I' craned thr1r necks to sec th w· t r drop on "magic paper" held by Radford. Th· "rnag1c pap r"-actually litmus paper-mea. urecl the water's ac1d1ty It was all part of a hands-on le son d 1gn d to introduce th sc young ters to a problem that may well plague them m the years to com , uc1d ram WlicirRadford poured water through "cl an" clouds-those su p nded over the model's country 1de-th htmu. test d t ct d no acid But when the ex rc1se was r p ·al d a second lime, with the cloud. so.ikcd with vinegar-laced water to s1mulat air pollution. th litmus paper rapidly changed colors. brmgmg forth "oohs" and Plea,e see S MMER, P ge 7 "aahs" by the ch1lrlren-a ste ta problem ur n't some abstract notion from a !'omplkatcd iic1 nee textboo· ," ~h" aid m describing "Na~ur 's Hou. p"-a $38 course explammg the interaction of na- tur :s· lhre 111,1Jor clements, air soil Imel water. ' "We try to make them realize that,even m their very young lives, every 11ct1011 they perform has a c:on~cquence ... that their actions affect th delicate balance of na- ture," Radford said. "For example, every t1m th y nag their moms to dri vc them clown the street, they now know that th 1r car is contrib- uting to the amount of pollution in , the alr," Rapid-Growth Problems In their weeklong classes lasting two hour. ench day, Radford's 20 students developed their version of "America's ~'rncst City" from a model ecosph r complete with an oce· n, mountains, lakes and rivers. The children cleared th forest from thc1r model environment and m its place built a thriving city: kyscrap rs hned the co:isllme, planes dotted the airport, cars lined n Wly paved roads. But these first- and second- graders learned quickly that rapid waste comes from rapid growth. "So where are we going to put our garbag ?" Radford asked. One o[ her studentc pushed a toy dump truck around and around their city in s arch of a suitable site. Unable to find such an area. the youngster dumped the garbage into the city's lak,•. "It wasn't the greatest of solu- t10().S," Radford said, "but at least the kids are learning about prob- lems confronting our community . :. the same ones the City Council is grappling with." Carole Ziegler, who sat in on the class, was delighted that her 6- ye11r-old son, Matthew, was getting a preview of the complex problems bound to be issues of the future. ",I've taught environmental courses at [San Diego State Um- ver:5ity] and will be teaching at [University of San Diego! this fall " said Ziegler, a Misslon Hills resi- dent. '!J've tried teaching college kids abqu~_,environmental problems and a lot of them can't pick it up," she sai;I. ~"You worry sometimes that lh(!y've buried their heads in the grc)upd like ostriches . . . (but here] it's obvious they're absorbing stuff My son came home the other day and around dinner time ex- plained to the whole family how we all:usc oxygen." I • r o,uncsters OD Stage Aaron Sander, 7, when asked wnether the museum classes will help )lim in school beginning in September, replied, "Oh, yeah!" With such a booming voice, Aaron may Just as well have been enrolled in classes at the San Diego Junior Theatre-across the street from the museum. '.'We arc not here to produce professional actors, although many of our students do decide to pursue a career in the theater," said Robin Stevens, the theater's artisl!c di- rector. ch1ldr.. n I<• rn

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P~ C B ' " ·- _18_R_H____ 'Rent-A-Judge' Program Is Now In Private J.Jands .;z_q,~/t" Orange County Company Plans More Offlces In Trimming Court Backlog By PAULINE REPARD San D,ego Dail.v Tran cript StatrWrit,,r Umvenuty of San Diego Law Center's rent-a Judge" program ha been takt'n over by a private outfit from Orange County. A panel of 16 retired judges put together by the Law Center, a dozen cases 111 progress and the of. fice administr::itor were all ac- quired by Judicial Arbitration and 1fediat1on Service (,JAMS) of Santa Ana. Retired Jud1:c Warren Knight's interest m hrnnching out his com• pany to San Diego coincided last year with the San Diego Law Center's interest in handing over its Alternatives to Litigation pro- gram t a private firm The Lav. Center, sponsored jointly by the USO School of Law and the county bar association ()riginates many programs with th~ intention of seeing them break away and stand on their own or go under .-omeone else's wing. Non-profit Alternatives to Litigation sprung up in 1983, tapp• mg local retired judges and some lawyers to resolve major commer- cial disputes outside the court sys. tern. "The use of ATL was growing, rather steadi'v " 1id attorney Craig Higgs, chairman of the Law Center Advisory Board. "But its long-term usefulness was a bit in question because of Superior Court efforts to speed up the ·litigation process.' Under new local rules of court 90 percent of all civii cases are t~ come to trial a year after being fil. ed. Calendar management had al- ready reduced trial time from about three years to an average of a year and three months. "O " H ver a year ago, iggs said "we started thinking of spinnin~ off ~TL to another party. Judge Louis Welsh knew Judge Knight, introduced him to us, and we were very impressed with what he had done in the past." What Knight had done was retire in 1979 from eight years on the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench, and hire himself out as a private arbitrator _ the sort now called "rent•a-judge." "?ver t~e next eight years," Knight said in a telephone inter• view from his Santa Ana office yes• te rd ay, "I was joined by various retired judges from the Los if Angeles Superior Court and ap. pellate courts. I have 6 to 18 here ;o (ContinuedonPa 3A) -~:~-:--:--:-~¼~==IS filed, or just afterward. He had no statistics on how ·many cases ATL handled, but said the number of hours put in by panel judges trebled in the last few

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:ars, to 221 hours just in March. Carol Hallstrom, founding direc• r of the Law Center, noted that e original concept behind ATL as mediation. Over years of •olut1on in the hands of retired dges, however, focus shifted to ·bitration. She said center directors began 1 discuss launching into some new rideavor, as yet unsettled, but imed at a general public not in- olve d in large commercial isputes. "ATL never reached out to the mailer business people," Iallstrom said. "We've been try• ng to assess for a number of mon• hs what types of legal services are nost fundamentally needed in the :ommunity, and the appropriate ·ale of the Law Center in such pro• ~ams. "When Judge Knight decided to :ome into San Diego, it accelerated iur decision. Some on the board Nanted to move away from ATL, Jthers wanted to hold on. But the Law Center does not administer long-term programs." Around June, she said, the board came to a concensus to pull out of the rent-a.judge business and look for something new. ATL was phas- ed out as of July 1. The Law Center had previously run Community Mediation Services in Golden Hill and Mira Mesa, and now is involved in the Immigration Law Coalition and San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Pro- gram. Higgs said possible new direc• tions include working with the city attorney's office to create a code enforcement mediation program to step into neighborhood disputes over trash, fire hazards, parking and similar difficulties. He acknowleged that ATL was making money, despite its non· profit status. Administrative fees of $65 were charged for half.day matters, $110 for a full day. Cost of the hearing ran $200 an hour, with $125 going to the judge. Further research ser• vice came at $150, with another $125 for the judge. "That's the ohly downside to this whole thing - it provided money for our program,'' said Higgs, ad• ding the money was channeled back into USD to pay for opera• tions and a secretary. "ATL was providing a service to people with lots of money. We want to redirect our efforts to those peo• ple not being served by the legal system." Price, as ATL's office ad- ministrator before hiring on with Knight, said the university pro- gram drew anywhere from one to five new cases each day with just word•of•mouth advertising. JAMS, she said, is attracting more clients, and with Trotter as promotor, more are expected. Price said a dozen ATL cases in progress were carried over to the privare firm. JAMS President Donald said his company charges $250 an hour, of which the judge gets $135. A full

DON BARTLE'ITl / Los Angeles 1imes watch during a class in the International Aerospace Hall of Fame's innovative summer program on principles of flight.

Chris Campbell, 14, right, launches model of bird into air as instructor William Trumble, center, and other youngsters

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The Junior Theatre has free use of a stage from the city and is fmanc1ally independent, Nash said. The difficult struggle for independ- ence is achieved through tuition, l!cket revenue, contributions and fund-raisers. That leaves little money for recruiting underprivi- leged children, Nash said. Many of the park's insl!tutions !ace~ similar constraints on bring- mg mner-city children to their programs. The summer courses offered range m price from $8 one-day workshops to $120 two- week sessions. The summer sessions adminis- tered by the International Aero- space Hall of Fame (IAHF) have no such worries.

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/ "Expert sees dim fuW,;re for pov?Jf plants New, large electric power plants won't be built in the near future because of inconsistent regulations and the public's attitude about busi• ness monopolies. , That's !he o_pinion of Peter Navar- ro, Umyers1ty of.San Diego eco- nom!cs professor who spoke Tues- day m San Luis Obispo. As a res~lt, the U.S. Department of Energy IS forecasting electricity shortages in the early 1990s for so~e areas ?f,the country, he said. . The public s attitude and regula- t!ons, however, are preventing utili- ties from planning new energy sources," Navarro said during a luncheon sponsored by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. . Navarro said the public's attitude IS that electric utilities "are ripping them off." ~e added that the public doesn't beli~ve the utilities should be pro- motrng economic growth "B!1il~ing a new pow;r plant to- day 1s like betting the company in Las Vegas," he said. !'l_avarro explained that electric utilities may get approval to build a new plant, but after it's constructed the_ company could Le denied rate relief for all or a part of the plant's cost. . "The only plants under construc- t10n now were started five years ago," he said. Ele~tric rates have increased for a variety .of reasons, according to Navarro, Including the forced pur- f~a~e by utilities of high cost elec- ric1ty from small power producers h Navarro said that the high rate~ ave caused large industrial cus- tomers to _supply their own electrici- ty needs mstead of relying on th utility. e

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Trumble uses a hair dryer and a small hot-air balloon to demonstrate how this type of craft can remain airborne.

"What we do leach is how to be assertive and how to express your- self. Whether you are an engineer, a doctor, a lawyer or whatever, sooner or later. there is going to come a Llme when you want to talk about something with conviction ... something that you really care about that you'll like to address." He watched his students who had justfinished dancing and' sing- ing in a producl!on or "The Wizard of Oz," mill about backstage drip- ping in sweat, praising not only the acting but also the light and sce- nery work of those students behind the curtain. "l think they also really learn the mcamng of team- work," he sa1d. "Moot of our students have been with us for four or five years and have put on shows for the ump- tccntli lime," said Jennifer Nash, the theater's school director. "They've practically grown up with the theater. A lot of them keep in tourh once they leave." Jim Ponichtera, 19, last year's Tin Man. is one of them. "l was painfully shy before I got involved with (the theatre),'' said Ponichtcra, a Yale University sophomore studying theater and philosophy. Ile returned this sum-

mer to work as a teacher's assist- ant. "Through acting, I've gained a tremendous amount of self-confi- dence. 1 spent four years at JT, but 1 wish I had started earlier. I think the programs are even more im- portant because so many art and theater programs are being under- emphasized and underfunded in the public schools." Not for Everyone But at $120 for a two-week session at Junior Theatre, the pro- gram is not available to every- one-especially those children who come from low-income families. "We have always wanted to extend our programs to all kids," Nash said. "It's a direction we realize we must head for in the future. There have been a couple of possibilities discussed, for example, placing a satellite of the Junior Theatre into the heart of low-in- come communities. But the prob- lem, as always, is finding the funding for such a program."

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