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Lemon Grove, CA (San Diego Co.) lemon Grove Review (Cir. W. 7,004)

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fa t 1888 Alcohol workshop scheduled V A workshop about alternatives to drinking or other drugs during the holiday season will be con- ducted at the University of San Dieg_o ·Dec. 13 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the Solomon Lecture Hall, DeSales Hall. This event is sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism, an Diego area, along with numerou co-sponsors. The workshop will be in the form of a country fair. There will be booths with information, games, music and other alter- natives to using substances. Food and drink (non- alcoholic) will be served. There will also be a number of short presentations about having fun without substances on this holi- day season. The event is free and the public is welcome. For more informa- tion contact the National Council Alcoholism, San Diego Area at 270-1661. - C

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S.D. Symphony To Play at USD- The San Dieg't"'l-Ji;,~ony O1rhe tra p, esents Berlioz' or- atorio, "L'Enfance du Christ," I>etemter 20 and 21 at thP Im- mac ulata Basilica niversity of Sall Diego. - David Atherton conducts the Orchestra and the San Diego ;I.taster Chorale in the J,rogram which features Shir- kv Close, mezzo soprano; -tanlcy Cornett, tenor; Strph- en Roberts baritone ; and John Tomlinson bass. W1 itten b) Hector Berlioz Jn J"~ I, "L'Enfance du hrist" i~ the ~tory of the Christ C-hild"s flight into Egypt with ~lary and Joseph to escape the wrath of King Herod. Prrformance · \\ill be at 7 p.m. Thursday. Dee. 20 and 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. All c:on• certs begin on time. Tickets ai" in ailable for S13 and $10 at all TELE 'EAT out• Ids throughout San Diego Count) or c-an he c-hargPd by calling 2?3- TAT. Ti<'kets can also be ordered by mail through the Svmphony Office', P. O Box 3175, San Di<'go CA 9210:l. • -cminal handling ch,tr- ges apply. /

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Reward Rises to$6,000 in Student's Death An adrutionJs1.t~: has been offered for information about the murder of Anne Catherine Swanke, 22, a University of San Diego honors student "vJ'lnr-was abducted and killed last month after her car ran out of gas in La

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Crime Stoppers Program an- nounced they were offering a $1,000 award for the identification of the person or persons responsi- ble for Swanke's kidnaping and death. Swanke was last seen about 2 a.m. Nov. 19 when she carried agas can back to her car after running out of gas at Jackson and Parkway drives. Several days later, her body was found in Spring Valley by a hiker. She had been stabbed to death. ----~

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Mesa. Earlier this we-c!k, Swanke's fa- ther, USO Prof. John Swanke, offered a $5,000 reward for infor- mation about her death. On Thurs- day, San Diego County sherifrs investigators arid the San Diego

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,,.Swanke death stirs fear; interest in self-defense grows By Dic~fstarr Writer The kidnapping death of college student Anne Swanke after her car ran out of gas in La Mesa last month has left many women worried that it could happen to them. At the same time, many males appear to be having second thoughts about stopping to help stranded motorists. Those are the messages being received by the YWCA, which is distributing luminescent "Please Call Police" signs that motorists can post in their rear windows when they become stranded on a street or highway. "What happened to her is not common. Still, it's a common thing to run out of gas. I'm cautious. I'm conscious about having enough gas in the tank and

7 don't call us," Knori said. "Generally, we find them ourselve .'' Knori said police find motorists and disabled vehicles during regular patrol. He said he would like more people to be aware that they can call 469-6111 for assL tance. Carol Fasching, crime prevention specialist for the La Mesa Police Department, aid women should start thinking now about what they can do to protect themselves in a life- threatenmg and rape situa- t10n. Fasching said, "There is no one answer to self. protection. There are too many variables involved." Fasching said each woman must decide for themselves what they are capable of and willingto do to defend themselves. Fasching recommends that if a woman experiences car trouble, she stay inside the disabled vehicle. Raising the vehicle's hood, and star- ting the emergency flashers, then locking the doors and rolling up the windows may help minimize the risk.

a in a program signed to h Ip women who xpcr1 nc car trouble after dark. According to C pt Art Knori of the La Mc u Police Department, officers have distributed flyer to op rator of local erv1c~ stations ask- ing that they notify police when woman comes int.o the tation who may n d an e. cort back to a d1 ablcd vehi- cle, or at l a t let the woman know they can call police for i tan e. Knori . aid this program ha. b •en around for "25 years," but police want to make the public more aware that they can call day or mght for uss1 tance. 'l'he program 1s en by Knori as a prevent it1vc measure that is not used often enough by the public. "We're expanding what we're already doing,'' Knori said. "We hope the bulletins will enhance the progtam.'' Knori said La Mesa police helped 2,600 motorists who had disabled vehicles during 1983 and have helped 2,800 during 1984-to-date. But Knori said most of those motorists did not call for ass1 tance. "They usually police

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keeping my car m good running con- dition. But I still find myself in that situation once in a while. You can't avoid it," said Ann Sanderson, a YWCA director. Nearly 1,000 of the signs have been handed out since the YMCA last week announced they would be made available, Sanderson said. She said the organization has a backlog of orders it is attempting to fill. In addition, she said, she is getting an increased number of requests to hold crime prevention and self-de- fense classes. "Women are worried. They're concerned and angry," said Sander- son. She said the Swanke case also has left some men confused. "They're afraid to stop. They don't know whether she (a stranded woman) on the side of the road is a decoy or if they're liable to scare her to death." Swanke, a 22-year-old honor stu- dent at the U~iversity of San Diego who lived with her parents in in San Carlos, apparently was on her way home early Nov. 19 when she ran out of gas near Jackson and Parkway drives in La Mesa. A cab driver saw her shortly before 2 a.m., carrying a gas can back to her car. About 45 minutes later, however, a La Mesa police officer saw the emergency lights blinking on the car and stopped to investigate. The left door was ajar and Swanke's purse was on the front seat. The keys to the vehi- cle and a flashlight were on the trunk of the vehicle and an empty gas can was nearby. There was no trace of the woman. Five days later, a hiker found her body, her throat slashed, on a re- mote hillside in Spring Valley.

-1/uso - "Fall Chorale and Chri,tr,,u Con- tert. ,featuring works by Vicloria, Croce, Via- dana and Bach, 8 p.m. Dec. 7, Founders Chapel Free admission. Information: 260- 4802. USD Symphony Orchestra performs rn- 1erpre1at1ons ol Shakespeare·s '·Romeo and ;1uhet." by Bellini, Prokolief. Berlioz and Tchiakovsky. 8 p.m. Dec 12, Camino Thealer. '.nrormat,on: 260-4600, ext. 4296. .;zq~

Mexican sailor killed on ferry A Mexican merchant sea- man was shot to death yester- day in a fight with a shipmate aboard a ferryboat in dry dock at Southwest Marine, police said. The victim was identified as Hector Enrique Araico Velasquez, 32, of Mazatlan. He had been shot in the head, said supervising deputy coroner Max Murphy. Homicide Lt. Paul Ybarron- do said police received a call shortly after 5 a.m. about a fight on board the ferryboat Mazatlan, here for repairs. Of- ficers found Araico, the craft's first officer, dead. The suspect- ed assailant was taken into custody, Ybarrondo said. concluded the attack was not relat- ed to Swanke. Three nights later, a woman's car, its lights blinking, was found abandoned and blocking the Severin Drive overpass in La Mesa. However, the woman was found safe at a nearby restaurant. "A lot of people are concerned. They relate to this incident," said Sheriff's homicide Lt. Scott Bois. YWCA's Sanderson said the re- flector signs will help eliminate some of the danger if women be- come stranded with their cars. She said the concept will give other peo- • pie the opportunity to help by con- tacting police.

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her car stalled near Jackson and Parkway drives in La Mesa. Hartman said anyone with infor- mation about the Swanke slaying should contact the sheriffs homicide office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at 236-2944 or the Sheriffs Communi- cations Center at 565-5200 during weekends.

A reward fund has been mcreased to $25,000 for information leading to ''the apprehension and indictment" of the slayer of University of San D1!;&0 student Anne Catherine Swanke. Sara Finn, a spokeswoman for the university, said $20,000 was anony mously donated last week to a $5,000 reward fund established for informa- tion about Swanke's location after the 22-year-old woman disappeared two days before Thanksgiving. Swanke"s fully clothed body was found Nov. 24 on a hillside off Eleva- tor Road in Spring Valley. An autop- sy showed that Swanke bled to death from extensive neck lacerations. Dennis Hartman, a sheriff~ homi- cide investigator, said his office is still investigating leads rn the Swanke case, but no arrests have been made. Finn said crime information rewards usually stipulate the arrest and conviction of a suspect. "But this is not the case here. It's for the apprehension and indictment. We need the public's help,'' Finn said. "This type of person may do this again." The initial $5,000 reward resulted from contributions from private citi- zens, USD faculty members, and Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church. If the reward is never paid, Finn said, donors will be asked to approve the transfer of the money into a USD music scholarship in Swanke's name. Swanke, of San Carlos, was the daughter of John Swanke, a USD phi- losophy professor She was last seen alive at about 2 a.m. Nov. 20 while carrying a can of gasoline toward

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No one has been arrested, but Sheriffs Department homicide offi- cers said they are still working on some promising leads. Meanwhile, the reward for information about the slaying has been increased by $1,000 and now totals $6,000. The $1,000 was offered by the Crime Stoppers program. Earlier this week, the victim's father, TJSD pro- fessor John Swanke, put up $5,000 for information leading to the killer. In the days following the discov- ery of Swanke's body, at least two incidents occurred that had police fearing her killer had struck again. On Nov. 25, a 19-year-old woman reported to police she fought off a man who tried to kidnap her on an El Cajon street, but an investigation

"What I'm hearing is there are people out there who want to help other people without endangering themselves," she said. Meanwhile, someone who does not have good intentions will be deterred from stopping because he expects the police will be arriving soon, she s.:id. Sanderson said the idea for the signs originated with Carol Fasch- ing, a La Mesa police crime preven- tion officer. The YWCA has been working with Fasching on the con- cept for the last three months. The YWCA also has been getting calls from men who want signs, Sanderson said. And some firms have placed orders for signs to give to their employees, she said. L

, '11\\ ·eaman Apprentice Brent I.. Ruddell, on of .\1clvin W . Rud- d •II of Fallbrook, has rt·p rtcd for duty aboard amphibious tra11spo_rt dock US Cll·, Plane!, honwported in San Di1•,ro. . A 1H. ~1 graduate of Holt, ilk High Sc.hoot, Holtvillt-, hl' joi,wcl the 'a\\ in Februar) of tlm )ear. H1, \\ ife Stc-phanie, is the daughter of Bill E hamburger of I lolt\ illc. Mam . Lance Cpl \.1ichael W. Barton, \\ ho~t• \\ ift•, Jt•nnifrr , 1 _1s. the d.1ught of . fr. a11d :\Ir . \\ 1lham O Kl11g of Carl bad, ha re•t'!lli ted for f iur vears while ~en in_g \\ 1th ~rd . lumll' Am rnft \\'111g, :\1ar111t> Corp 11,ISl, C,tmp Pendleton.

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$WAN E FUND GROWING/Therewa undfor information leading to the arrest of the killer offi..,Jea resident Anne Swanke has lx>en increased to $25,000. Swank .. . ent at the . Unl,\'.etsi.u:J)f San Diego, was found murdered m Spring Valley earlier this month. Her body was discovered several days after her car ran out of gas on Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa late one mg~t. Informallon . leading to the arrest or indictment of any suspect will be rewarded with $10,000 upon the arrest. The remaining $15,000 will be awarded upon conviction. Anyone with information abou_t the murder can_ call the ShenH's homicide division at 236-2994 durmg normal working hours or 565-5030 during holidays and weekends. ·