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Son Diego, CA (Son Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,4541 JUL ;:: (J l'.'lO'I

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Lake Arrowhead, CA (San Bernardino Co.) Mountain News and Mountaineer (Cir. W. 4,606) JUL 1 9 984

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P. C. B I ,~x riack joinsJraternity . ,f ,ht~~more than one year ,or Adam :lack, a s'!!!5,. ad- preparlion for the Sigma Chi maJoring. m busmcs~ . charlC'r by members of the ministratmnat th e U!!!;:e~ local fraternity, and ty of San Diego, ~cam~l~ highlighted a week of member of the Sigma seminars and group discus- fraternity and its nc~t· sions led by members of thP chartered Theta Lam • a Sigma Chi headquarters chapter in recent ccr staff remomes there! •7 memh<•rs The fraternity's Past In· He was one o 'd · 1the Sigma Chi Alpha local tcrnational Treasu~e~ "- wi~ ~rre~~~~~n~itl~;:t~r~~; l~s :~sl~1C:~i~fin~!U~~~ r l r Chi establi hed !IS for the cerl'momes, w IC 1 ~:-;:acampus chapll'r, and were performed br the iig~ 12th m the :Stale of Califor ma Chi chapter rom a ma d He is the son of Gene an Lila J,'ulton The nihat1on completed Diego Stall' umvers1ly / I

"I was kind of caught by urprise by it," the network's chairman, Jay Powell, said yesterd y "I can see where the center ha to recoup some costs, but we kind of have to ta e a look at it. "Unfortunately, he didn't let us know that he wa going to be doing that." Had the board known of the action. Powell said, 1t might ha been bet- ter prepared for what he said w 'a gross distortion" yesterday y SDG&E of the network's recruiting. He said the board will probably discuss th I ue at a meeting sched- uled for 5:30 p.m Monday. Fellmeth, formerly acting execu- tive director of the network, was elected to the board this year. He 1d yesterday that the money would repay the center for costs mcurred in helping to organize and wmstate ap- proval for the network la t year. 'Tm not going to receive one penny," Fellmelh said. DG&E said it would be unfair to require all SDG&E customers to pay for the network's formation when more than 90 percent of them have refused to join the organization. Dick Manning, SDG&E's vice pres- ident for public relations, said the center had told the commission earli- er that th network would be funded by voluntary donation from those choosing to jom. "Now," Manning said, "the center is asking the PUC to force all CIIS· tomers to 'compensate' the center $48,000 for expenses incurred in set- tmg up the network - an organiza- tion representing less than 8 percent of SDG&E's ratepayers.'' Manning said in a press release that "the lion's share" of the money sought by the center "is directly at- tributable to Fellmeth, who wants to bill all customers $33,650 for the time he spent settmg up the network (based on his $120-per-hour attor- ney's fees)." Manning said the utility's attor- neys believe the center does not qual- ify for an award of compensat10n under state Supreme Court guide- line or commission rules. Fellmeth said the filing has noth- ing to do with the network's present operation, which is financed through membership fees. "As director of the cen r, it is my fudtciary duty to make this applica- tion," Fellmeth said. "If I didn't, I would be breaching my responsibili- ty,. The consumer group, vigorously opposed last year by SDG&E, says that some 60,000 of the utility's 875,000 electrical customers are members and that it has raised about $300,000 through solicitationsL

The fraternity, which was founded on Feb. l, 1983, with the intention of becommg a Sigma Chi chaptl•r' cele- brated its installahon at a banquet al the Sheraton Har- bor Island hotel in San Diego In additon to its 187 cam· pus chapters throughout the United tates and C~nada, the Sigma Chi fra\crmty has 121 active alumni chapters and more than 140,000 hvmg members, student and alum- . It was founed m 18 55 al ~~iami university, Ohio, an1/ d · headquartered m Evan- is ston, 111. /

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Son Diego, CA {Son Diego C~.l Son Diego Union {Cir D. 217,324) (Cir: S. 339,788) J

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r of a utility co sum- !h,,li,t~ n~n~ group here has asked to o dt'f San ego Gas & Electr to.pay him and his em- ployer $48,241 for the job, and the utility company is crying foul. Robert C. Fellmeth, a lawyer and director of the Center for Public In- terest Law at the University of san Diego, has asked fora~ for hi.uime--amtabout 14,591 to com- pensate the university, which hous the ratepayer organization in its early months. An April 1983 decision by the state Public Utilities Commission gave tl:e group, the Utility Consumer Action Network, the right to distribute membership solicitations in SDG&E billing envelopes. SDG&E vigorously opposed that idea and yesterday filed an energetic exception to Fellmeth's request, claiming that the lawyer is seeking $120 per hour for his time. "Although more than 98 percent of SDG&E customers have refused to join UCAN, Robert Fellmeth wants all customers to pay for its forma- tion," said Dave Smith, SDG&E spokesman. Of the 835,00J SDG&E electrical customers, about 65,000 have paid the $4 annual dues to become UCAN members. 7 h said SDG&E is particularly

Chula Vista , CA (San Diego Co.) Star News (Cir. 2xW. 11 ,984) (Cir. S. 11 .984) l 1

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far. 1888 Theoloqy Topic Of U..SD Lecture Spirituality 2 a1/~teology is the th<>m<> for the July 24 ses- sion of USI!>',; Summer Lecture Series. '"Sacraments-Strange Gods Before Them," will be dis- cussed by George McCauley, S. J. , lecturer and author on liturgy and taculty member of the Graduate Program, Re- ligious Edu<>atton, Fordham L'nivcrsity, NY. 'fhe lecture will be in the Douglas F. Manchester Execu- tive Conference Center, 79 p.m. Fee is $5.