News Scrapbook 1984

AN pt GO UNION /lfYil /01 )Cf8'-/

Friends help Copley dedicate library Burl Stiff~ -~----i Continued from Page 0-1

, F

Among the topics of table talk was the story behind a statue of St. Didac~ that stands at the entrance to the new hbra~y. The sculptor was La Mesa's Jesus J?<>mm- guez, and the model :,v~s Dr, John ~1l~elm, a Project Hope phys1c1an who ~as ~1scov- ered" and recruited by USO des1g_n ~irector Therese Whitcomb as he left Mission San Diego de Alcala one day after Mass. (The sculptor and the model's p~rents were guests at Saturday's celebrall?n, but _Dr. Wilhelm was in Grenada with ProJect is er op ey and Graham headed home to La J~lla to watch a videotaped rep~y of ~hat R1ch~,rd Nixon/Frank Gannon mterv1ew on 60 Minutes." Hope.) bl. h C 1 When the party ended, pu

eluded Pam Allison, Teddy Kaltenbach and Maggie Mazur. There was lots of white in the crowd, too, on the likes of Rita Atkinson, Sue Edwards, Marge Klein, Ruth Tullar, Mary McGregor, Tommi Adelizzi, Tina Cutri (in petal-edged chiffon by Travilla), and Kathryn Colachis (in a bugle-beaded confection by Fabrice). Candle-lit, rectangular tables for six were centered with low arrangements of carna- tions and chrysanthemums, and the menu was spiced with adventurous touches. In- stead of dinner rolls, Carriage Trade served Armenian fiat bread. Tbe sauce for the medallions of beef was a black currant Bor- delaise. And the salad was a medley of but- ter lettuce, radicchio, watercress, romaine, arugula and basil, topped with fresh papaya, mango, honeydew melon and strawberries. Mammoth strawberries. A trio of USO students played sonatas at cocktail time, after which Mary Adams checked in with her Irish harp to sing while dinner was served. Bishop Leo Maher offered an eloquent toast to the Copley family, and helped to welcome a crowd of 125 that included archi- tect Roy Drew (he designed the new library), See BURL STIFF on Page D-2

or a newspaper publisher," news• paper publisher Helen Copley ad- mitted the other night. "it's awful- ly mce to look out and see a sea of friends." Her good friend and fellow newspaper ex- ecutive Katharine Graham got a big kick out of thal The two women shared the spotlight Sun- day when the University of San Diego cele- brated the opening of its new Helen K. and James S. Copley Library with a black-tie dmner in the main hall of the old library. Guests like Mary and Bruce Hazard ad- mired the refurbished room, and marveled at the beauty of the parquet floor, long hid- den beneath wall-to-wall carpeting. "Imagine," exclaimed Mary, "covering that up!" The party capped a day of dedication cer- emonies that included a keynote address - "Read! Read! Read!" - by Kay Graham, chairwoman and chief executive officer of The Washington Post Company. She arrived here Saturday from Los Ange- les, where she had visited her son and two young grandchildren, and took off again yes- terday for a stop at Strategic Air Command headquarters in Nebraska before returning to Washington. For the party she chose a Jong dinner

Marie and Dean Dunphy, the George Par- dees, Susan Farrell with David C~pley, . Helen and Rear Adm. James Davis, Monsig- nor L Brent Eagen and Anne and SDSU President Tom Day. Others who turned out to help the univer- sity celebrate were Sister Virgini~ McMo- nagle (she was given lots of credit for ?r· ganizing the festivities), Rita and Josiah Neeper, Viviane Pratt with Gera~d Warren, the Gerry Wilsons, Pat and Damel Derbes, the Hal Fusons Jane and Philip Gilligan, the William He~rs, Eleanor and Al Mik- kelsen. Doris and Peter Hughes, the Hal Walkers, the Paul Engstrands and Celeste and Gene Trepte

Burl Stiff

-

dress with a top of deep-blue bugle beads, the sleeves slashed from shoulder to wrist. It was designed by Halston, her favorite dressmaker. Helen Copley wore black with a bold, asymmetric shoulder ruffle of textured gold lam~. Although the two guests of honor opted for long dresses, most of the women at Satur- day's party favored hemlines that hovered about the knee. Linda Alessio, Judith Morgan and Barbara Woodbury wore short, pleated dresses with the unmistakable stamp of Mary McFadden. Esther Keeney, La Wanda Sievert and Marge Hughes, wife of USO President Author Hughes, chose the sure-fire flattery of black lace, and Barbara ZoBell wore Norma Ka- mali's batwing jersey. Others in black in-

Tb

, Katharine Graham, center, and Helen Copley.

Dr. Author Hugh

Escondido, CA Daily Times Advocate

{Cir. D. 31 ,495) (Cir. S . 33,159)

APR 111984

d y,

W dn

L M an Jesus Dominguez works on bu I of bl Ck artist Jo phin B ker n h tudlo t home H 5-loot• 10 culpture of San DI go de Alcala wa unveil d Sunday, Apnl 8 in front of th Copl y Llbr ry I the Univ r tty of San Diogo.

•

Art·st discovers unique model in quest to sculpt San Diego saint

phy 1cal care and al o attended to spiritual ds H spent ever years 1r the semi-tropiec1I cy I lands a1dmg its residents T ant mode, y,as gynecolog1 t J 1 1hn Wilhelm a phy I ian y,ho was 1 San Diego temporanl 1 on a m1 on for ProJect Hope He 1s now in Grenada where he 1s director of ProJect Hope's medical service and education programs "Hes helpmg the poor - he's doing the same thing.' Dommguez said of the doctor. • I was tellmg Terry (Wh1tcomb) 'This 1s spooky.' " W1lhelm remained in San Diego just long enough for Dominguez to prepare a bust used as a guide for the sculpture it elf. He refused to be paid for modeling. but he agreed to have Dominguez prepare a bust for his parents Dominguez de cribed the model as a "joy to be around,. ·John was just real calm and courteous with an easy-gomg manner - the sort of person you don't find too often.' he said 'He's a handsome man with beautiful hair. a nicely culptured nose and a very kind looking mouth. Hts eyes were also kmd ... Dominguez s sculpture of San Diego i something of a departure from his usual style. He of en works in the ab. tra ,1 d he eldom consc1ou !v tries to mter:1ect a message into his work The San Diego culpture was a little d11£erent I was trying to create the feeling that San Diego was a kind person the sort or person who was givmg " he said. 'I m not trymg to make people become more kmd or more giving. but Just to create a mood that maybe we should give a little more - not only physical thmgs, but of ourselves - to make life better for someone else ' San Diego'· unvelling wa~ Sunday. Apnl 8 in front of the Copley Library

San Marcos Mayor Lionel Burton talks with supporters Tuesday night at the Peggy Thompson house. N.\W Del Mar elder is a younger

the past dozen years, and he considers himself its most liberal member. He may also be the youngest person ever elected to office in San Diego County. Though his candidacy was helped im- measurably by a late withdrawal from the race by incumbent Harvey M. -Shapiro, Barnett clearly earned his victory. He knocked on almost every door in this affluent seaside city, which has but 3,747 registered voters, and he won endorse- ments from Its two newspapers and from retiring Councilman Lou Terrell. For 14 months he attended every council meeting - including budget sessions and special meetings - and he studied the is- Please see Barnett, Bask Page ence at UC-San Diego for two years. In 1981 he was an intern in the district office of U.S. Rep. Bill Lowery, R-San Diego. Barnett said that experience thrust him into politics. He became senior aide to Tony Brandenburg, Lowery's Democratic opponent in 1982. "I wasn't very lm· pressed with Lowery's office," he said. He started looking for another cause fol- lowing Brandenburg's landslide defeat in the November general election. "I knew that politics was where I belonged. Poli- tics and government. It was rightfor me." Then, during a discussion with his mother one evening, she suggested he run for Del Mar City Council. "The second she said it, I knew it was right, " he said. "And a year and a half and 25 votes later, here we are. My God, a year and a half.'' His mother, Patricia, said her youngest child has always been a politician. "It's an instinct," she said. "He has a great sensitivity to other peoples' needs, -and that's an important trait for a politi- cian. Of course, he was brought up in a very political climate. I worked for the League of Women Voters in New York for many years, and it's much more active there than it Is here. He always had non- partisan politics in the house, so he could. see both sides of an issue.'• To this day Barnett can see both sides so clearly he admits having trouble choosing one over the other. For instance, he's a registered Democrat, but not for long. "Philosophically I'm in between, I don't flt in either party," he said. "I'll probably switch to independent after the November elections and see where I belong."

By Gerry Braun The T mes Advocate

DEL MAR - At age 21, Scott Barnett is four years younger than the city of Del Mar and less than one-third the age of its oldest City Council member, And though a receding hairline adds a few years to his face, it isn't impossible to believe that Barnett is stlll attending col- lege or that he lives at home with his mother. But in Tuesday's municipal election, Del Mar voters elevated this lean, serious Univ~rsity of San Dil!go political science student to the ranK of town elder. He was given a four-year term on the Del Mar City Council, along with retired rear ad- miral Lew Hopkins, 64, and real estate •Baiett Continued fr p~1 - sues exha tively. Aside from Shapiro, he was considered the best prepared debater at a candidate forum aired repeatedly on the local cable TV station. And today, after garnering 852 votes - 25 more than the fourth-place finisher in a field of six - Barnett is ready to embark on his dream of the past year, " making public policy in the city where I've lived and grown up. "I think I'm the only City Council candi- date who ever won in Del Mar who grew up in Del Mar," Barnett, impeccably dressed in a gray pinstripe suit, red tie and polished black leather shoes, said as he savored victory and champagne with a few friends Tuesday night. " I was weaned on Del Mar.'' Barnett's youthful ascendency to public office is unusual even for Del Mar, which In the early '70s elected another college student to the council - Tom Shepard, then a seasoned 23. People still talk of Shepard as Del Mar's boy mayor, even though he is now an Influ- ential political consultant whose clients in- clude San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock. He also remains a behind-the-scenes force in Del Mar politics, and Barnett sought his counsel before entering the race. "He told me not to run," Barnett said, "He told me I'd lose. He said I should wait two years. I thanked him for his advice, but told him I wouldn't follow it. It's inter- esting - in two years I'd be 23, the same age he was when he won.' '

'I knew that politics was where I belonged. It was right for me.' - Scott Barnett

manager Veronica "Ronnie" Delaney, 39 Barnett joins a council decidely more conservative than an Del Mar has seen in

Th a 1gnm nt to fashion the culpture went to Jcsu Dom ngu..-z of La Mesa who e works arc known throughout all ornia and who teache sculpting at San 01 o St t University. Both Dommgu z and Whitcomb agree that the model's hkenc s to n Diego de Alcala went beyond his physical featur The model s very personality might have been ca from the amt's they said San Diego d \lcala or St. D1dacu . belonged lo the Ord r of Friars Mmor a group that distributed food

-Throughout the campaign, Barnett had to battle the age issue. One of his standard retorts involved his birth in Long Island, N.Y., in 1962, when young Scott arrived a few months ahead of schedule. " I used It in the campaign, " he said. "When someone would ask, 'Aren't you startingtoosoon?' I'd say, 'Iwasa prema- ture birth, so it kind of set the tone of my life.' " One of the leading issues in this year's race was "Del Mar 2000," a futuristic plan to redesign the city's downtown. Barnett noted that he was uniquely posi- tioned to address the issue: "l '11 be younger in the year 2000 than all the candi- dates in this race are today," he'd say. Barnett's political career began with a bid for fifth-grade class president. He lost convincingly and was crushed by the de- feat, in which even his campaign manager voted against him. He blamed poor campaign tactics, and he vowed not to make the same mistake this time. His campaign raised $1,500 and spent $2,000 - largely on brochures, red heart stickers and Scott Barnett pens and pencils. He still has 800 pencils and 125 pens to give away. After moving from New York to Del Mar 11 years ago, Barnett fell Ill with rheumatic fever ano missed the seventh and eighth grades. He stayed indoors for two years. "A lot of people say I'm serious now. I think it's because of that. I spent two years looking inside my life, looking at Scott Barnett. It really changed my life.'' After high school he studied political sci-

•