News Scrapbook 1986-1988

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S.D. Tennis Club f)Slifj H.l gains when 1 ton turns down Slims

When San Diego Hilton Tennis Club officials announced the club no longer would host the $75,000 Virgin- ia Slims of San Diego, as it had the past two years, tournament pro- moter Jane Stratton had an ideal al- ternative in mind. A week of negotiations later, it's official: The San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club will host San Diego's only scheduled professional tennis tournament Aug. 3-9. "We really felt this was the place we wanted to go," said Stratton, of Promotion Sports. "We didn't want to take the tournament out of the city. I don't think there are too many clubs • Schedule of upcoming local tour- naments-H-18 in the city with this many courts. And it's beautiful and easily accessi- ble." The San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club solves one problem the Hilton club couldn't - conflicts with mem- bers, come tournament time. The Hilton is a five-court complex, and thus the entire club must be turned over to the tournament. The SDTRC has 23 courts, so members still can play, come the first week of August. For the SDTRC, securing the Slims represents another step in its plan to become San Diego's tennis center. "This year, we really thought hard about trying to get (the Slims)," said director of tennis Angel Lopez. "We're excited. You want to get the best tennis for viewing, and it's not to often that you get some the best players in the world in town." As many as 2,000 will be able to view them; temporary bleachers will be added to the sunken stadium court to quadruple its usual seating capaci- ty of 500. The tournament has opted for a 56- draw format this year, eliminating the qualifying tournament of past years. However, there will be an "op- portunity tournament" so local play- ers can qualify. And, of course, there will be a new venue. "We were sorry to see the Hilton go," Stratton said. "But at the same time, we're glad to have our new site."

that no other SDSU player seems to have caught it. Moeller, who also plays No. 2 sin- gles, is expected back in a week or two in time, its is hoped, for home matches April 9 against U.S. Interna- tional University and April 10 against perennial power USC. On the SDSU men's courts Tuesday after- noon t~e Aztecs came oh-so-close to defe~tiag Utah for the first time in nine years. The A.ztecs and Utah had split the six singles matches when it began to rain. The teams broke for dinner at 5:30 ptJl., then dried off two lighted women's courts and started the dou- bles a 7. The Aztecs quickly won at No. 2 ubles to lead, 4-3. And at No. 1 dou les, John Cost and Donne Young held a 6-1, 5-2 advantage. Despite serving for the match twice aid having two match points, they were unable to close out Utah's Brian onson and Brandon Bowyer. The Utah team won the second set in a tiebreaker and the third set 6-4. Utah t~n prevailed in straight sets in No. 3 doubles - and hence in the match. "Now we have to work three times harder to win the WAC tournament," said C h Skip Redondo, whose Az- tecs probably will be seeded second behind Utah in the April 27-May 2 event · Albuquerque. "If we play Utah a ain, we'll be ready, because the guyli are ticked off about losing." REIGN AND RAIN - NOT~ - Pam Shriver, Mary Lou Piatek, obin and Ann White, Bob Lutz, Trey Waltke and Sandy Mayer are to appear April 12 at the Ree- bok /Rolf Benirschke Tennis Party to benefit the American Cancer Society. The su ested entry donation for the round robin pro-am tournament is $250. Tile day's festivities also in- clude a exhibition match. For infor- mation, call 299-4200 or 740-0511 ... Free tennis workshops will be held from 10 a.m. to noon April 4 at the La Costa C1111yon tennis courts and April 11 at the Laguna Riviera tennis courts. e clincs, sponsored by the Carlsbad Parks and Recreation De· partmenl and the Custom Racquet Shop, are geared for beginners. For information, call 931-2915 .. USD is hosting a tennis clinic (for $75) for adults ard juniors of all levels Satur- day and Sunday. Call 260-4803.

Locau:d rn the Loma Bonita d1 tnrt, th build mg will provide let·ping quarters ior V1r inia ti,anda d Lopez's even om !ir.,nd,1, her hu band, 12 children, a granddaught I and niece h d been sleeping in .i l2-by-15, windowlcs~ room built with 8< rap a£ lumber Pl a e turn to page 5

Photoo by Sam Lucero SHACK ROW - Student volunteers from USO peer at a row of shacks OP.ar the housP thev cop"tructed la!>t weekend in Tijuana.

DOUBLES TROUBLE - San Diego State's top doubles team of Jessica Buss and Ann Moeller proba- bly would be ranked higher than 19th in the nation if they could get stay healthy. Buss missed most of February with a bad back. Then she returned, and last week Moeller came down with chicken pox. The good news is

Photo by Sam Lucero

Photo by KIiiy ltohy OUTSTANDING HOME - USD students stand on the roof of a small home they constructed last weekend In Tijuana. The dwelling stands out among the near-

CROWDED QUARTERS - Before USO students helped build a shelter for a family's sleeping quarters, 14 children, including the nine above, shared two beds in this wooden shack.

by shacks made of wood and tin scraps. USD students build a home for a Tijuana family Continued from page 1 Esperanza members She is grateful to the USD students

Circle enables him to minister in six areas like Loma Bonita, Gonzalez said. He conducts Bible study, para-liturgies and helps provide food to the people living in these communities, which are plagued by misery, sickness and poverty. Gonzalez was instrumental in helping Loma Bonita residents build a chapel with lumber salvaged from the dump. It t0ok seven months to put up four walls and a roof on the Chapel of Santo Santiago (Saint James), where a priest celebrates Mass every two weeks, Miranda said. Next, residents hope to construct a bell tower and sacristy and install windows. Last Saturday, residents were overjoyed with the addition of an altar for the chapel. Parishioners from St. Philip Benizi Church in Fullerton donated the altar, along with food, to the community. Gonzalez hopes to provide a medical dispensary, school and children's park to the area. " W ' re simple people ," Miranda said.

accompany project sponsors to potential construction sites, said Al McAlister of Esperanza. He and Marty Martinez went with the USD group. Martinez also belongs to St. James Mission Circle in Solana Beach. For eight years, this parish group has worked to provide homes for Tijuana's needy . Two years ago, members helped establish Esperanza in order to involve more persons in the house-building effort. Jose Gonzalez, a Mexican lay missionary who has worked with Tijuana's poor for 12 years, plays a major role in selecting house recipients, Pitard explained. The family chosen must agree to care for and live in the facility, she added. The Tijuana missionary purchases the lumber required for each of these Tijuana dwellings. He also makes certain a cement foundation is ready before each constru uon team arrives . A tipend from St. James Mission

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Miranda's husband earns $2 to S3 a day doing salvage work at a nearby dump . Many of the 55 families residing in Loma Bonita earn their living this way, said Miranda, who serves as president of the area's Catholic community. Building matenals used for the project were purcha d with student donations, Pitard said. "Normally, we never take up collections during tudent Masses held in Founder', Chapel," she explained. But to rai the $2,000 needed for the hillside hous in Tijuana, colic tions have been t..kcn dunng the Lenten Sunday liturgies. Half the needed fund were rai d in a few weeks. The de ision to build wa made after Pitard and Father Mi hael McKay, U D C mpus Mint try director, h d visit d neeJy ar of Tijuana with members of £,,,p<-ranza, an e umenical organization that r cruits group~ to h<"lp the city's

family's life more comfortable. Miranda said area residents desperately need clothing, adding that her children have had to look for clothes in the dump. "The people in Tijuana are proud of the little they have. They're warm, caring people,'' Pitard said. The visit to Loma Bonita changed her life. "I promised myself I would not complain about anything again - especially money," she said. Although only six persons are needed to build a house, USD students were quick to volunteer for the task. Some were turned away, Pitard said. Unlike other projects, students attended all meetings that dealt with the house-building, she added. Picard hopes USD's Campus Ministry Office will be able to sponsor construction / of a house in Tijuana each semeste~ /