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I 188H Around town in the San Diego business scene Illghlight : - s.:;_ . From ome ople in San Diego ultou bout being stopped by.the Cahforn, Highw~ Patrol at night the t O How can our of- 1 ly screened? · might be Psi- fax _ a ne\ ur, computer- ed t tmg 81 r •porting service whirh could help the selection pro- ce , ays Dock 'f Sallee, a clinical psycholog1 t. at Coast Distributing Co., the local Anheuser-Busch distributor. _Jeff Espiritu has been promoted to direc- tor of sales; Gary Shaw assumes Espiutu's former position of region~! sa!Ps manager. Kevin Feeney w~ll take Sha ·s old position. Kurt Marti~ was promoted from district supervi- sor to branch manager, and Gene Torrey was hired as national ac- counts manager. . . Masar-Johnston Advertising & De- sign as an account executive. . . • Phillips-Ramsey Advertising & Public Relations has two new em- ployees: Mary Jo Crowl~y, formerly with Sanford R. Goodkin Research Corp., an account executive; and Brian Belefant, formerly a co- pywriter for a New York firm, a co- pywriter. tial developments. Herbert "Rocky" Rockoff, Debby Rustich, Thomas Hogan and Sammy Goodman have been ~ss•gned to the sales staff of The Land nr., n $88 million bayfront condom· 1 11 1 project in Coronado. Kevin J. La ,nence will join the sales staff of The Villages of Fairbanks Ranch, a home development in Ran- cho Santa Fe. t

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• Four Solana Beach employees of the residential brokerage firm Grubb & Elhs have been named sen- ior marketing consultants: Cather~e Barry Carol Cianfarani, Quentm Smith' and Irene Young. In addition, Young and the La Jolla office's Gayle Amato were presented awards for most outgoing. referrals. Also cited was Greg Noonan as top pro- ducer and for obtaining the most transactions at the La Jolla office. At the Solana Beach office, honors for top producer went to Barry,_ and rec- ognition for most transactions was given to Smith. . . • The investmenp1rm Sm1tb Bar- ney has promoted James R. Flick- inger and Sunny K. Read to _s~c?nd vice presidents of the sales d1v1s1on, 401 BStreet. _ Compiled by Melanie Ross-SL

• Darrell V. Daugherty, formerly with NBS1Lowry, has joined the civil engineering and land surveyin_g !~rm of Masson & Amox Inc., as principal planner. Rollie H. Magboo has been added to its engineering staff. . • Ninyo & Moore Geotechmcal Consultants announced that Michael J. Gibbs has joined the firm as a sen- ior staff geologist. • Pacific Century Advisers Inc. announced the appointment of Joel Swanso11, formerly witb J.P. Morgan Investment Management, to the new position of president and c~ief execu- tive officer for the San Diego-based institutional investment funds man- agement company It is a subsidiary of Security Pacific National Bank. • Watt 11 dustries/San Diego has hired five sales repr sentatives to handh! U'l' • sales of two new residen-

• Colleen Emigh has Joined the public relations firm of ChaJ_>O & As- sociates as an account coordinator. • At DEi, a San D1ego-bas~d sup- plier of quarter-inch magne!•c tape data cartridges, Dean C~nstense~ has been promoted from vice pres1- .dent of engmeering to the newly_ cre- ated position of senior vice president of operations. . • Dr. Tom Medina, academic rela- tions director for the Entrepreneur Club of San Diego, recently was ap- pointed to the advisory board for the Information Institute of the Interna- tional University at Santa Barbara. The institute functions as a think- tank of professionals focusing is on the advanced study of computerized management information systems and information sciences. • Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association has appointed tw_o employ . to bra ,"h manager posi- tions: Carol McCreesh at the Grossmont branch; and Janet Diane Neales at the Hemet b1anch. • USA!r has announced the ap- pointment of Steve Sarn.)r to district sales manager in San Diego. • Tim Larrick, assistant vice president of public r~lations for Imperial Corp. of Amenca, has been elected as the 1987 president of the Public Relations Club of San Diego. The club meets on the second Mon- day of every month at the Holiday Inn in Mission Valley • California First Bank has named Oscar Celli as vice president and consumer complianc officer fo the bank's loan review/examinatw.• department in San Diego. • Fred J. Bettinger, who ha· been involved in media-related work at General Dynamics since 1958, re- cently was named staff vice presi- dent for business communications. • Ml A-COM Government Sys- tems's LINKABIT facility recently promoted Laurin Pause to director of budgets and planning. • Mae M. Nielsen, a 15-year em- ployee of Great American First Sav- ings Bank, has been promoted to vice president.

Developed by Sallee and another elm al p ycholog1 t, Joseph M. Cas- ciam Pslfax provides concJSe narra• tive repor on approximately 40 psych logical, health, stress and other •la ed tests. These reports are based on the finding. of various tests which have been rn u mthe field of p ·ychology for d cad . Other lest· have cen d veloped specifically for computer- ha cd mterpretalton. There are t ts for potential Jaw• enforcement candidate that can m- dicat uch thmg as integrity, con- trol otional maturity, intellectual efh~I ncy, mterpersona 1 functioning, bch vwn 1 ability i.tnd more, says Sallee . p 1 fax also has tests for marriage and family counselors, psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, school and vocational counselors, personnel lecllon and others. Psifax Corp. is loc ted at 3536 Front St. • • • •'The Tax •Reform Act And Its Im- plications," free pu~lic forum with University of San Diego law profe~- or, Thu day, ""l:30-9 p.m., USD s Manche ter Conference Center, Al- cala Park ,, "The Investment Outlook for 1987, 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 23, Ran- cho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive Prudential Bache Secu- riti of Rancho Bernardo is sponsor- ing the free seminar. A~1ssion is free but tickets are required. Reser- vations· Lewis Jacobson at 485-8400. Market Profiles of San Diego, pub- lisher of Residential Trends, has merged with Residential Housing Survey, formerly Development D1- mens1ons. J.C. Hovey, a computer systems recruiting business, recently has opened an office in Pacific Beach. The San Francisco law firm of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison _has opened a San Diego office. The firm specialize~ in business, real estate, litigation and tax issues.

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This amputee .J-C,S-~ F IVE years ago, D.J. Williams lost his right leg just below the knee - the result of a grisly car acci- dent. He fell asleep at the wheel and his nightmare began. "I never even touched the brakes before I ran into a tree on the side of a highway," said Williams, 26, whose Southern drawl and easy-going manner belie tbe hellish tale he's about to tell. "My right foot went through the floorboard and shat- tered my leg in three places. I Jost consciousness, but when I came to I was told I was pretty messed up. All I knew was tbat the pain was excruciating." Because of the severity of the injury, doctors decided that the leg had to be amputated. "It hurt so bad, it was worth losing my leg for - even though I knew I'd never be able to run or play tennis again," said Williams, 26. So much for a job at Dennis Van der Meer's teaching academy on Hilton Head, S.C., where Williams, at that time No. 1at a small Soutb Carolina college, already had been hired. But after several years of grueling rehabilitation - "I guess I have a high tolerance for pain" - Williams is back on the courts these days. He has been in San Diego recently, promoting the Na- tional Amputee Tennis Open Championships, a year-Jong, 11-city tour of tennis tournaments for amputees, spon- sored by the U.S. Amputee Athletic Association. This weekend, the tour, open to all men and women athletes who have lost a limb, makes a stop at Singing Hills Country Club, east of El Cajon. Williams suspects some amputees or their acquain- tances will read about this event and think to themselves: Why should I embarrass myself? "I felt that way myself once," said Williams. "I didn't want to leave the house. I was drowned in my sorrows. But my goal is to reach people, show them that you can be active, still compete in sports like tennis. "Who knows? Maybe somebody who has lost a limb ill read this, and be encouraged to take up tennis. That's all 1t takes." Of the estimated hundreds of amputee athletes in San Diego Williams expects some 35 to compete in various divisions - including AK ("above-knee") and BK (''below-knee").

Because of tbe obvious limitations, the thought arises: Do fellow amputee players take it easy on each other? Not at all, says Williams. "You do anything to win, and there's no hard feelings," said Williams. "It's a real competitive environment. We do drop shots on each other all the time and no one minds. They take no prisoners out there." Apart from tennis, Williams, who will be featured in Tennis magazine's May issue and has a tentative appear- ance set on ABC's "Good Morning America" as part of the U.S. Tennis Association's "A Sport for a Lifetime" campaign, keeps working to improve his gait. "I don't limp at all, hardly," he said. "I've worked hard Tennis on my walk. I'm very lucky in that respect. I'm one of the best walkers in the country. I try to make it look as natural as possible." He's right. His limp is barely detectable and he moves fairly smoothly on-court. Equally well-disguised is the prosthetic device he wears beneath flesh-colored plastic tubing. In a curious paradox, Williams admits he tries to hide his handicap - for cosmetic reasons - but freely discusses it as a psychological release. "I like my life as an amputee now," he said. "I haven't been depressed about my life since right after my last surgery (of four). "I've already accomplished a lot in tennis. I travel around tbe country and give clinics wherever I go, which was something I always wanted to do. "It's just a little bit different from the way I thought it would be." For more information about the event, Williams may be reached at the Grossmont TraveLodge at 466-0200, or Singing Hills at 444-2128. • • • John Freeman

IT'S ALL OVER - In the waning moments of last Saturday afternoon's U.S.-Paraguay Davis Cup telecast on ESPN, analyst Fred Stolle, no wide-eyed innocent, described the Jimmy Arias vs. Hugo Chapacu match as "the most dramatic I have ever been associated with in my 25 years of Davis Cup experience" as an Australian player, coach and TV analyst. Indeed, the five-hour, 22-minute marathon match in Asuncion, Paraguay - a 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 9-7 win for the little-known Chapacu - was both exhilarating and ex- asperating, especially that final set. Arias, who held a 5-1 fifth-set lead at one time, failed to convert on three match points before eventually los- ing. By contrast, Sunday night's tidy 6-2, 8-6, 9-7 loss by the U.S.'s Aaron Kriekstein to Paraguay's Victor Pecci was something of an anticlimax. It's no wonder that Arias and Kriekstein both appeared rattled by the wild cacophony of cheers, jeers and thump- ing of drums and tambourines after virtually every point. Was such a ruckus unfair to the U.S. team? Sure, but that's the quirky nature of Davis Cup competition. After the match, U.S. captain Tom Gorman was quoted as saying: "Naturally, I have a tremendous feeling of disappoint- ment. I think the world of tennis must recognize that Paraguay is tough to beat playing in Asuncion." "I don't know what we could have done more than we did. Sure, of course, the fans were pulling for their team. Paraguay has beaten France. They've beaten Czechoslo- vakia." And now, shockingly, tiny Paraguay (population: four million) has beaten tbe U.S. As a result, the U.S. team must defeat West Germany (which lost to Spain) in July if the Americans are to remain in the World Group next year. Only the 16 nations in the World Group actually com- pete for tbe Davis Cup. Other countries compete in zonal play, attempting to qualify. • • • THE SPLENDID SPLINTER - It may come as a surprise to learn that Ted Williams, who ranks among tbe greatest baseball players of all time, considers tennis

as his second-favorite sport - to watch and to play. Williams, who spends most of his time in Florida these days, was in San Diego last weekend for a 50th reunion at Hoover High. Friday, he met informally with a small group of longtime friends and admirers at Balboa Park's Hall of Champions, where he unveiled an exhibit in his honor. Williams, 68, says he plays tennis "about 3-4 times a week." In contrast to his baseball swing, which produced 521 major-league home runs, be plays right-handed. How would he describe his game? "I'm just a B-minus player, but I Jove the game," said Williams, also an avid fisherman. "My problem is that I'm old, fat and inexperienced. "You know what's the worst part of my game? Move- ment. But I'm getting a little better at tactics. I know where to hit a ball now.'' Williams then related a story about his early tennis- playing days in San Diego. "I first played when I was 12 or 13 at North Park," said Williams. "I remember one time I broke two strings on my racket and it cost 30 cents per string to fix 'em. "My mother told me, 'You better find some other sport.' Well, I was already playing baseball." • • • DROP SHOTS - USD will offer an adults-juniors clin- ic April 4-5. Open to players of all abilities, the clinic costs $75. For information contact Ed Collins, USD's men coach, at 260-4803. • Pam Shriver headlines an impressive list of pros scheduled to compete in the Reebok-Rolf Benirschke Tennis Party, a pro-am tournament set for April 12 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Other pros expected to attend include Mary Lou Pia• tek, Robin White, Ann White, Bob Lutz, and Trey WaUke. The amateur field is limited to 30, with a suggested donation of $250 per player. The public is invited to attend the all-day event, at the Atlas Health Club. For information call 299-4200. (John Freeman's Tennis column appears every other Tuesday in The Tribune.)

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