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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 7,415)
Anaheim, CA (Orange Co.) Anaheim Bulletln (Cir. D. 14,405)
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p_ c. a , ., 1888 ~ounty LawLibrarians ~75? Get The Weirdest Queries County law librarians handle some of the oddest requests. Here's a sample: • If my attorney dies does that mean that my will's no good? • Does a paralegal hypnotize people? • Is euthanasia an injection or a pill? • Is there a law agamst bemg under a bridge? • How do I get a common law divorce? "I always write a nice thank you letter, especially to those out of town attorneys," says Werner. • * * Noteworthy: You won't want to miss the Jan. 14 luncheon of the County Bar's Workers' Compensa- tion Section. Quoting from the second paragraph of its flier: "Our first speaker will be Dr. Mark Slonim, who will speak on the topics of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and
Mutilation 1s more o a concern. Rather than pay 10 cents to use the copying machines, people will remove pages and try to walk out by beating the alarm system. "It's the binder that's magnetized," says Werner. "Pocket parts have disappeared." People have been caught and sometimes they say rather cavalierly, "Oh, I didn't get by with it." Financial woes aren't nearly as bad today as they were two years ago. "There are a pretty good number of gifts," says Werner, which help supplement the reve- nue that comes out of civil filing fees. Then there's a practice which has been going on for three or four years, according to Werner. In lieu of contempt for, Jet's say, being late for a court appearance or not showing up at all, an attorney is given the option of making a library donation. Usually it's be- tween $50 and $100, sometimes $150. Many of the attorneys who make those donations are from out of town, particularly Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Dally Transcript (Cir. 0. 7,415)
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Ramona Schnelder of Tustin was recently elected the 1986 chairman of the Mental Health Advisory Board. Last year, Ramona served as the board's vice chairman. Other North Orange County residents on the 17-member board include Beverly Cun- ningham of Orange, Eileen MIiier of Placentia, Dick Rich- ards of Anaheim, and carolyne Rutlldge of Garden Grove. All are in the midst of three-year terms. Orange County Superior Court Judge James A. Jackman of Orange, however, is just beginning his three-year term after being elected to the board last month. The board serves as a liason between the commu- nity, the Department of Men- tw_ Bea)tb in the Orange County Heal th Care Agency, and the county Board of Su- pervisors. Women honored recently for 30 years of service to the Woman's Civic Club of Gar- den Grove are Ann Clark, Lois Garinger, Betty Glenn, Mary James, Dorothy Lockwood, Jessica Murrow and Helen O'Mohundro. Several other women were honored for 25 years of ser- vice to the 65-year-old club. Della Arcuri, Thelma Benoit, Rachael Capps, Mary carpentierl, Pat Cresap, Nell Farrow, Carol Heydlauff, Mar- garet Lennon, Alberta Mandie, Dorris Motschman, Dee O'Reilly and Kay Roberts. Recognized for 20 years of service are current president Lilia Arthur, Maureen Atkins, June Cosmos, Julia Dovey, Mimi Edgar, Harriet Erickson, Lois Grose, Margaret Henry, Aileen Hodgson, Edith Honold, Sophia Livingston, Annelles Romagnlno, Bettie Shaw, Mar- guerite Smith, Rosemarie Smith, Sarah Talbot and Ruth Whitson Bill Pate Continued from page 1 Y.5tt:;' of the state Bar and a founding member of the Lawyers Club, a feminist professional organization. Like many superwomen these days, Chr s also comes home and cooks dir ner for their sons many evenings. Bill says he helps out with the cooking occasionalJy but admits his knowledge of cuisine barely surpasses spaghetti dinners. Pate actually followed his wife into the law profession. While she was attending the ~y of San Diego Law School, he was att'endmg night school there while finishing his tour of duty at Camp Pendleton. "Chris and I would see each other for sandwiches and that was about it," Pate recalls . Pate says he and Chris, who specializes in family law and estate planning, now work in the same office building but seldom actually work together on a pro- ject because of their separate specialities. Being members of the same firm can have its advantages, though, especially when it comes to handling parental responsibilities. "The office is very used to see- ing us storm out the door together at 4: 15 to catch the kids' Little Leagu'! games," laughs Pate. (Their sons range in age fro,n 7 to 16.) I ')... I
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Cityside Cal ~iJe~~;erton music professor M'lou Dletzer of Santa Ana gave a lecture-re- cital on the piano music of Chopin at Cypress, Rancho Santiago and El Camino col- leges. She also performed for the Music Teachers' Associa tion of California in Laguna Hills and Lakewood. CSF communicationr pro- fessor Carolyn Johnson of Pla- centia was selected by the International Federation of University Women's board of directors as a voting delegate to the group's 1986 convention in New Zealand. Anaheim Chamber of Com- merce office manager Fran Morgan celebrated her birth- day on Dec. 7. It's not hard to remember Fran's birthday if you can remember Pearl Har- bor. The chamber staft sur- prised manager Allan Hughes with a rather unique Christ- mas present. It was a litho- graph of the Skyfcst poster used in connection with the launching of a million bal- loons on Dec. S to mark Walt Disney's birthday and Disneyland's 30th year of op- eration. For the first time in some five years, JoAnn and Buford Barnett of Anaheim had their four grown children home for Christmas. They celebrated Christmas on Dec. 27 because daughter Susan Bar tt of Oxnard had to work Christmas Day as a California Highway Patrol of- ficer, said JoAnn, who works as an Anaheim Union High School District trustee. Susan has been with the CHP for a year. Their other daughter Marga- ret Barnett, also of Oxnard, is a junior high school reading teacher. Kathleen Barnett has one semester to complete her law degree at the University of ~Diego. And son Brian Barnett'onrnaheim is a stu- dent and works at Disney- land.
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* * UCAN directors have ap- pointed ~l%1j;" for three hoard mr 1~:l~o'resigned this fall. ppomted are: USO lliw pro• fp or Robo:rt L. Simmons; Frank Dl>mson, a Leucadia attorney pec10lmng in non-profit agencies; and Wayne Kohagen, a retired Marine officer active m La Me a community affairs. Simmon, and Kohag n will complete the re-
LawBriefs by Martin Kruming
• If I have a dog for 30 days can I cep 1t? • How long do you have to live together before palimony starts? One persou wanted all cases re- lating to people who died in bed dur to sexual intercourse; and anc,thtr needed to know about ser- vice outside San Diego because he wanted to sue the Pope and an archbishop. Perhaps one of the strangest questions came from a prisoner us- ing the direct line at the county Jail's library: Seems this fellow was making a citizen's arrest and was in the pro- cess of hauling him to the police department. Before he got to the station the caller decided lo mete out his own punishment by having the man head home stark naked. The caller was arrested for kid- nappmg. His question? What's the definition ofcitizen's arrest? Jim Werner, who's been library director since 1972, certainly doesn't have the problems that beset the main city library on E Street, especially with transients. But he's not immune either. About six months ago a rule went into effect that if three people complain about a smelly user, he can be ordered out. "It's only happened once," says Werner, "but it worked." Since then Werner has seen the person on the street and mentioned that if there's another complaint about smells the marshal will be called. Slet-ping al the tables or in the stacks is out. "We don't allow people to sleep," says Werner. "They have to use the books." Since there 1s a $50 deposit re- quired to open an account, fines aren't much of a problem. Stolen books aren't either, ex- cept about three years ago when "lots of legal history books" were disappearing.
Ergonomics (whatever that is!) as they relate to workers' compensa- tion matters." There's also a choice of chicken salad or tortellonj, which the flier does explain as pasta stuffed with cheese and topped with basil cream sauce. * * * More worthy notes: On Feb. 3 the U.S. Bicentennial Commission will hold an open session at 1 p.m. in USD's Camino Theater. The foll;;;fng judges will serve this year as judges of the Appellate Department of the Superior Court: Thomas Duffy, Presiding, Ben Hamrick, Barbara Gamer and Gilbert Nares. Jane Alshuler has joined the Escondido law offices of Garth Reid. The Bar Foundation is $2,025 richer because of the 10-k race held during last year's State Bar Con- vention in San Diego. The State Bar is offering a short, fill-in-the-blanks will for $1. Law firms, banks, financial planners, charities and other businesses and institutions may purchase bulk orders at rates of $15 for 25 copies and $50 for 100. In November the San Diego Crime Victims Fund gave $3,153.57 to victims. Crimes in- cluded seven purse snatchings, five robberies, two molestations, one ssault, one burglary and one hit- and-run accident. * * * TV WATCH: Harvey Levine will talk about bad faith insurance litigation during Channel 5l's At the Bar program this Sunday at 8:30a.m. /
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of the credit for running the family and house, while at the same time maintaining her own career. Besides her wifely duties, Chris gets just as involved as her hus- band in professional organiza- tions. Both husband and wife have served on Bar Association committees and boards. Chris is currently on the board of direc- tors of the County Bar Associa- _tion, on the executive committee Continued \ page IO
the school board and his duties as a member of the Rotary Club and father of four sons can be difficult. "I have very little free time anymore," says Pate. "The days of being able to sit down and pick up a book are few and far between." But he's quick to point out that his wife Chris, a lawyer in the same firm (Jennings, Engstand & Henrikson) should receive much
ing in more teachers who can help students keep up with with to- day's high-tech society through quality math and science courses. As vice president of the school board, he'lJ also be in on the planning of the new elementary school, would like to see an in- crease in the academic at- mosphere and discipline at the middle school and will be study- ing the possibility of an adjusted school-year. . Juggling his responsibilities as
the schools. Pate cans redevelopment "one of the most exciting pro- jects" he's worked on since he's been a board member. "I'd like to think I've done my duty," laughs Pate. "That (redevelopment) wilJ be an im- petus for me to stay on though." Pate looks forward to tackling educational issues facing the school board next year, including an attempt to increase pay levels for incoming teachers and to br-
President of the board for three or four of those nine years, Pate, 42, is now serving as vice president of the board this year. Even though it's apparent his in- terest in educational issues hasn't waned, he says he hasn't decided yet whether he'll run again in June when his term ell.ds. He admits though he wouldn't want to be left out next year while the board continues planning how to spend redevelopment funds the district will receive for
School board vice president and civil trial lawyer, William Pate, relaxes on the couch in his large home on Glorietta Boulevard while he discusses the issues facing the Coronado Unified School District next year. A member of the school board for the past nine years, Pate has immersed himself in the problems facing the Sl 0 .ool district since he fir t was elected to a position in 1977.
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Sunday, January 5, 1986 Defe'nder: Changes seen in county legal aid for poor Continued from B-ln~l---~~~iiii==i riding factor, quality became sec- "It's adequate," he said of indigent cide to change the system after the serious felony cases filed between tr"' ond." defense here. "I grant you, you'll find blue ribbon commission makes its Dec. 1, 1984, and March 31, 1985, and The contract system, in fact, was some (attorneys) that aren't right, report. concluded that the public defenders
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Critics say the nature of the bid- ding gives attorneys a financial in- centive to short-change their clients. "Perhaps the greatest evil in that system is that it's an incentive to dispose of cases at the earbest possi- ble moment," said Judge Victor Bi- anchini of the El Cajon Municipal Court. "Because there's a profit mo- tive built into the contracts, obvious- ly the less time you spend on a case, the more money you make." · Many of the contracts in effect now pay the attorney groups a fixed rate for a certain number of cases, regardless of whether they are set- tled with a guilty plea at the earliest possible moment or are taken through a full jury trial. Some of those contracts do not provide for additional payment for hiring de- fense investigators. "It's a real hodgepodge," said Ger- ald Blank, a San Diego criminal de- fense lawyer and chairman of the state Bar committee on criminal de- fense. "There's no uniformity. ''You've gc,t ii bit of Russian roulette going on. People who are in jail don't know if they're going to get somebody who has got a fair con- tract or somebody who is under pres- sure to plead them out." According to the state Bar report, "The quality of legal services provid- ed to the indigent accused in San Diego has deteriorated and plum- meted since the institution of the contract-bid system." It added that attorneys in such a system work under "an intolerable burden" and "must do a balancing a•·t, pitting the interests of their clients against the interests of profitability and the sur- vival of their businesses.'' In 1985, the American Bar Associa- tion's House of Delegates adopted a report criticizing the San Diego County system and passed a resolu- tion opposing the award of contracts through competitive bidding without considering quality. In response to the growing chal- lenges, including a lawsuit calling the system unconstitutional, the Board of Supervisors agreed last year to pay $23,670 for a blue-ribbon commission to identify the problems with indigent defense in the county and to recommend alternatives. The 15-member commission was established by the San Diego Law Center at the UOW!I:Sit.ilf ~ego and its chairman is Sheldon Krantz, dean of the law school. It is comprised primarily of judges and lawyers.
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but many of them are killing them- selves to give their client every Nitz and his deputy, Phil Harry, said they have suspended or removed lawyers who were not performing properly, but they said they have never received a specific complaint of incompetence by a lawyer. Others disagreed with that conten- "Yes, I've complained, through my presiding judge," said Judge Bianchi- ni. "And the presiding judge com- plained on a number of occasions." One of the major criticisms of the contract system is that it is virtually "It is my impression that these guys simply did not administer the program in the field, by reacting to complaints, by putting observers in the field," Bianchini said. "The con- tract system, of all systems, needs supervision. It's my impression that they have no training program, no supervision, no observation program, "We can't follow every attorney in the county around," Harry said. "We'd like to do more." Nitz said he has to rely on the as- sumption that the attorneys who are awarded contracts are ethical. "It all comes down to the integrity of the individual," he said. break." tion. unsupervised. nothing.''
adopted as the result of a consul- tant's report in 1977 saying it would be cheaper than using rotating court- But the cost of the contract system has risen steadily since then. The projected $11.3 million cost for this fiscal year is more than double the $5.5 million budgeted to defend the poor in the 1979-80 fiscal year. Many observers cite former Super- visor Roger Hedgecock as the lead- ing proponent of keeping the cost of indigent defense as low as possible. In 1980, Hedgecock charged that the county was providing "a Cadillac de- fense" for every poor defendant. Critics of the contract system also say that there are few political rewards for supporting a sound de- fense mechanism for the poor. Said Blank: "People like Roger Hedgecock could make political hay out of saying, 'We'rP saving money by going with th<> !vw-r;"" 0 r.'" Rep. Jim Bates, D-San Diego, a member of the Board of Supervisors from 1974 to 1982, remembers the ar- gument over what type of system to "I think the objection was philo- sophical," he said. "There was this trend to contract everything out. They didn't like the idea of creating a new bureaucracy. I think there was this feeling that government couldn't proved it couldn't do it well. I think it's a disgrace, the kind of defense these people are getting." Condemnation of the contract sys- tem is not universal. Several judges and lawyers said they favor such a system if it is administered well and does not provide an incentive for lawyers to dispose of cases quickly. Vista Municipal Court Judge Runs- ton G. Maino sent a letter to the blue ribbon commission, praising the per- formance of Chirra, Margolis & Hub- bard, a firm that receives $400,000 a year to handle up to 1,100 poor de- fendants charged with so-called "non-serious felonies." "Whatever problems there might be with contract groups in the coun- ty, these criticisms to not apply to them," Maino wrote. He also said, however, that one at- torney in the firm did not show up on time for court appearances and that if he were on trial in a complicated felony jury trial, he would be com- fortable being represented by only two of the firm's attorneys. Mel Nitz, director of the Office of Defender Services, administers the existing system. He defends its per- formance, even though he has recom- mended to the Board of Supervisors that a full public defender's office be implemented. appointed lawyers. choose a bit differently.
"I think this board, with all sinceri- ty, wants to do away with the prob- !em that is indigent defense," said Nitz. "They are as tired as anyone else of all the bickering." Nitz, who established the Fresno County Public Defender's Office and ran it for 14 years before coming here in 1980, said he couldn't predict what the board will do, but made his support of a public defender's office clear. "It has stability," he said. "That is something this county dras-
or less than the contract system. Nitz predicted that a full public defend- er's office could be operated for about $1 million Jess per year than contracting. Others suggested it would cost somewhat more, but be worth it in terms of supervision, or- ganization and quality of representa- Analysts in the county administra- tor's office recently released a study comparing the county's limited pub- lie defender program with the use of contracted lawyers. It tracked 524 tion.
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Glenn Warren, executive director of the commission, said it is consid- ering four possibilities: • Areturn to the system that exist- ed before contracting was adopted in 1978. Under that arrangement, judg- es rotated appointments among a panel of lawyers and supervised pay- ments to the lawyers based on a fee schedule. • A continuation of the existing system, with some modifications. • A non-profit corporation, funded by the county but with a private board of directors, that would essen- tially be a comprehensive public de- fender office. • A full-flwged public defender office, operatmg as a regular county department and providing all indi- gent defense except in conflict-of-in- terest cases. For years, many members of the criminal defense bar in San Diego County have argued in favor of a public defender office, asserting that the Board of Supervisors has avoided adopting the system used by most other large counties out of concern for its cost. "The contract system is definitely cheaper," said Elisabeth Semel, a past president of the Criminal De- fense Bar Association and the Crimi- nal Defenst Lawyers Club. "It's cheaper than a public defender and it's a slap in the face to the constitu- tion. "It's very simple. The concern of the Board of Supervisors has always been money. The contract system was accepted because it was viewed as the cheapest way.'' Judge Larrie Brainard, presiding judge of tlle El Cajon Muncipal Court, said, "Cost became the over-
do it well. Like many of those interviewed, "Well, I think the private sector Nitz believes the supervisors will de-
The commission has been meeting twice a week since October, taking testimony from participants in the local system and from outside ex- perts. It is scheduled to report to the supervisors late this month or in
San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454) 'JAN7
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llllm • P c 8 i>ERSONNEL FILE~ ACCOll Tl~( l Mich 11 el A. Slaven, tu audit supervisor to Arthur Young Jeffery Kaufman and J. Mark Warner 10 tax m,1nagcr~. John DeSanlis •o tax \taff, John Trotter lo audit ~taff PPOINTMENT Allan M. forstrom as pn:sident of the San Dit>go Cu11vl'nlion & V, ·11ors dureau .. Carol J. Hobson 10 direct edu- cational activities for The Children's Museum of San Diego. . Ed war~ S. Georce 10 community banker advisory board for the American Bonkns Assn. .. to Finonc,ol Executives lns1i1u1t>: Mark T. Ryan, Dun P. Dwyer, Hamid Dau• d1nl, Joel M . Kosheff and Larry ~- Sebutlan...John M. Seltman to presi- dent of the Son D,eg By Mike h.c,non Tribune Staff Writer Union, said that the people have a right to know the operation of the courts and that most of the testimo- ny to be discussed in hearings on pre- trial motions had already been pub- lished. Said Orfield: "There hasn't been any showing that anything new will be presented other than that that was presented at the preliminary hear- ing. There has not been demonstrat- ed any prejudice in the publicity." Lucas is scheduled for trial Feb. 11 on charges of murdering Swanke, who was last seen alive Nov. 20, 1984, carrying a can of gasolinP. t
A judge bas refused to exclude the public from hearings on motions pre- ceding David Allen Lucas' two mur- der trials. Superior Court Judge Franklin B. Orfield yesterday denied the request of Alex Landon, who represents Lucas, 30, in one of the cases, to bar the public, including the press, on grounds that admitting reporters could lead to prejudicial publicity. The hearings are expected to take at least a month. "We would be naive not to realize that the press has a money motive," Landon argued. "They want to sell newspapers. I question what educa- tional motive there is in saying that Mr. Lucas is a killer of babies, stress ing the age of the victims.'' Landon said 86 percent of county residents polled associated the name of Lucas with the killing in 1984 of University of San Di~o student Anne Catherine Swanke, 2 . "True, the poll said 48 percent had not expressed an opinion that he was guilty, but Mr. Lucas is entitled to a jury panel on which 100 percent think he is innocent until proven guilty," Landon argued. In opposing the motion, John Allcock, an attorney representing The Tribune and the San Diego Karowsky Banks Jackson Real Estate Capazzi Public Relations/ Advertising PUBLIC RELATIONS/ ADVERTISING engineer Sof1ware Resource Cent~r... Larry T. Steneck to chief operauons officer at Desalination Sysrems Inc...R. Edward Jensen and Barbara Walson as account executives at John Burnham & Co.. . Leland C. Riller Ill as landscape architect with HCH and Associates... MI• chel Remy Marcais to executive chef at the U.S. Grant ~uth McClun& Jones as senior research scientist at Syn- biolics Corp... Frank A. VocelJr. to pres- ident of A.A.M. Assel Mang~menl Corp...Julia Porter as design coordinator for Business Environments...Lou Reeves as senior account manager at Ticor Ti!le Insurance Co... Denise Parker to _v1~e president/ national production adm1ms- trator at Centralfed.,Morrgage... Sandr_a Nathan as installations manager at Basic Decisions. Jim Markham to manager I state.wide loan development...Eldon L. Voit to director of finance and secondary markets for Gibralter MoneyCen1tr ... Carlee Humonson as senior trust officer at Home Federal... to ~ica: Michael J. Davis and Lois C. Cyr to v1_ce presidents...Alfred B. Duran Jr, as asst~- tant vice president/ manager of small busi- ness adminstration at ~ank. . David Lauth to administrauoo al (lru. versi1yo/San Di~center... _Mlchael Freedmill'Tocfiatr in mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. GENERAL BUSINESS Simon Ramo to board of directors at The Ti1an Corp... Mary Jane Arthur to senior vice president for GMAC Mori- gage Corp... F.dward S. Schmidt to execu- EDUCATION . Martha Hudson as advertising account coordinator at Arnold Buck, lnc.... Mi· chele Capazzi to director at Hubbert Adveriising and Public Relatiom Co. ..Tim Finney to media director of The Phillierf1r.s.anisa1ion. Ltd... Jim DeB~sk 10 corporate vice preside~t of Pacific Coast Adverris,ng Graph,cs...Chrlstma Posey as administrative assistant at Spear/ Hall Communications. REAL ESTATE To Co~lin Really: _ S~an Haynes to production manager/Tn-Cuy, Jan Kindel as manager /Tri-City...Randy Jackson director of commcrical devel- opment at Harry L. Summers Jnc... Lind• Moreno to accountant/ controller at Wes/ Wind Real £stale Services... l L~:hn M. Dunn to partner at l,illick tive vice president at First Bankers Mort· gage Co.. . James C. Sweet a:_·s_s_a_le_s__ M_cH,:· :o:se:&::_C_h_wJe _ .r_________ ~, Carlsbad, CA (San Diego Co.) Carlsbad Journal (Cir. 2xW. 16,049) JAN 8 Mission Valley, CA 0 . o Col (San San Diego ee (Cir. 2XM 20,000) . ieg W kly News 1986 JAN 8 19e6 JUl~n•• P. c. e E11. , sss .Jllltn 's , xx., UCAN announces three-point plan er 'l r;-7 • to IDon1tor SDG&E P c. B 1 "University of San Diego to feature semester-long peace drive to educate its students ;;..r ?'( :JAN 8 1986 Before the committee decided on a peace curriculum, Anderson and professors Dennis Briscoe and George Bryjack surveyed faculty and students to determine what social issues were examined in class and what issues students were interested in learning about. The student survey revealed that their knowledge of world problems, such as poverty and foreign aid, was extremely low. Students, it showed, were more interested in learning about drug abuse, college funding and capital punishment than in the nuclear arms race, human rights and apartheid. "A lot of our students are caring people," Anderson said, "but they come from sheltc•ed backgrounds and are not aware of what's going on in the Third World." The faculty survey indicated one- fourth of them have incorporated peace issues in the classroom. O'Hearn said the Associated Students does not envision student peace marches. "Students today have a different way of dealing with issues- different from the Sixties." ln contrast, McKay said the campus ministry is considering organizing a peace march, perhaps to coincide with the Soviet Union's annual Mayday military parade. The Univcrs1~San Diego's spring semester wiTI be devoted to a campus- wide . peace movem,ent, a far-reaching, ambitious effort to instill a commitment to pea~ the hearts and minds of students, Students, faculty, administrators and campus ministry pl,m to take part in the semester-long movement. Undergrad- uate peace-themed courses, nighttime faculty forums open to the public, guest speakers, liturgies and other events arc scheduled. Moreover, faculty arc being encouraged to incorporate the peace theme in cla s wherever possible. The idea for a peace curriculum started with Sister Sally Furay, USO provost and vi<.:e pre 'den . In 1984, he established a Social Issues Committee, providing students with "a basis for reflection and critical judgement on contemporary social and moral issues ... n According to plans, each semester will carry a different social justice theme. Pea e 1s first Jorn Anders n, a business professor, chairs the committee, made up of faculty from each of the university's five schools, student body president Shawn O'Hearn, Father Mike McKay (ministry director), tp Wal h ( s1stant Jean/ Jirc:uor), and Furay. Jl./fm'1 P. C. 8 F ,--- UCAN, the Utility Consum- ers' Action Network, will begin an active campaign to compel SDG&E to comply with the orders issued by the Public Uti- lities Commission in its historic $137 million dollar rate de- crease decision. Michael Shames, executive director of the San Diego con- sumer group, said at a recent press conference that SDG&E has been criticized by the PUC for poor operations productiv- ity, imprudent and inexperi- enced contract negotiations, unacceptable implementation of conservation programs and inferior load management per- formance. These criticisms led to the PUC's adoption of UCAN's recommendation to penalize SDG&E for the mis- handling of a number of energy purchase contracts. UCAN's announced agenda covers three points: • Review ofcontracts entered into by SDG&E and monitor SDG&E's operations for effi- ciency improvement. • Review the handling of cus- tomer complaints to make sure that SDG&E improves its re- sponsiveness to those com- plants. • Research future rate de- signs to avoid an impending "industral flight" crisis that will force rates back up in five years. "The PUC made it very clear that SDG&E must begin to per- form at the level of other Cali- fornia utilities; that 'business as usual' is no longer accept- able." Shames said at the after- noon press conference. Shames said UCAN needs to apply dili- gent monitoring of SDG&E op- erations and aggressive anti- cipation of future problems in order to prevent Sa~ Diego from "becoming owned and operated by SDG&E again." UCAN will continue to devote energy opposing SDG&E's announced move to form sub- sidiary companies in non - utility industries, such as real estate, telecommunications and cnmputers, Shames said. However, he pointed out that in light of the PUC's clear orders to clean up the SDG&E operations, UCAN wiiI devote more time to monitoring SDG&E's complianc'e and to assisting individuals who have problems with SDG&E. "We have to be more aggressive in the San Diego community," Shames said. UCAN's board president, Alan Razovsky introduced three newly appointed board members at the press confer- ence. The appointed members were Frank Denison, 48, a non - profit organization attorney from Leucadia, Robert L. Sim- mons, 58, a law professor at the University of San Diego and a San Carlos resident, and Wayne Kohagen, 64, a retired Marine officer living in La Mesa who served on the La Mesa city plan- ning commission. • -- ~eucadt man named to ut1l1ty board ?-t '7 \ttorney rank Denison second representing migrant rarm workers and opposing utility ocal member of UCAN directors ~~:~~~;!~s::d th eir proposed LEUCADIA - Leucadia at- • • / Also new to the UCAN board are Robert L. Simmons, 58, a law professor at the Ur~ of Sal)_ Ditgo and Wayne Kohagen, 64, a re 1red Marine officer Jiving in La Mesa who served on the La Mesa city planning commission. Simmons, who was instrumen- tal in the formation of UCAN. ran unsuccessfully for Congress last year as the Democratic Party candidate against Rep. Bill Lowery (R.-San Diego), who rep- resents Del Mar and the southern end of San Dieguito. San Diego since 1979. He has been a member of the utility watchdog group since its incep- tion in 1983. Denison graduated first in his class from the Georgetown Law School m Washington, D.C. He apprenticed with the law firm of former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. His first private practice was opened in Beverly Hills in 1965. In 1979 he moved to San Diego County where he began his work irney Frank Denison, a legal 1presentative of migrant farm urkers with a history of t:hting utility companies and tility rate increases, has been apointed to the Utility Con- smers' Action Network - San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454) San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Clairmont-Linda Vista Star News (Cir. 2xW.) San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Dally Transcript (Cir. D. 7,415) JAN 8 198 JAN 8 1986 , q[l~r, 's P C B / , • ,1 Jcll,,n's / ,r. t8U ..,so _prepares for ~lzheimer's program Volunteers ~ ntly needed to take part itfT'JPo'gr~ designed to aid those who provide care for victims of Alzhe1mer's Disease. Individuals participating in the project will learn strategies and techniques for stimulating memory and problem-solving skills in patients. 1 The program, which will be con- ducted at the volunteer's home, is sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Nursing. For additional information regarding eligibility requirements, call Dr. Mary P. Quayhagen at 260-4578 P C B 1986 JAN 8 attle site speaker scheduled A San m who's written t.Jlllen'• P. c. B /' a tour led by ranger Joanne Nash, according to Bill Aste, president of the San Pasqual Battlefield Museum Volunteer Association. However. the $1.5 million museum isn't scheduled to formally open until April 1, Aste said. The 2,700..square-foot building is finished, but the museum's interpre- tive displays are still being built in Sacramento. The museum, located just cast of the San Diego Wild Ani mal Park on Highway 78, also n lands<:aping and a parking lot. il master's degree the is on the Bat- tle of San Pa qua! will be the fea- tur d pcakcr when the battlefield mus um is unveiled Saturday During an open house cheduled for 10 a.m , Point Loma res dent ally Johns will discuss the events leading up to th December 1846 bat- ti between U.S. and Mexican troops. Johns received a master's degree in history from the University of San 1ego in 1973 - Saturday's festivities will include Brooke Mayfield wouldn't want to be an attorney; she enjoys her job as a paralegal for Saxon, Alt, Brewer & Kincannon. Yet there are some in the San Diego Association of Legal Assis- tants who plan to move on. "It's on your mind a lot," says Mayfield. "You're doing a lot of the stuff that an attorney does." LawBriefs But Mayfield, who is president of the association, knows that paralegals aren't attorneys. "We're not qualified to give a legal opinion," she says. "Everything we do is reviewed by an attorney." Much of that work involves legal research, interview- ing and keeping clients informed of the status of cases. "There's generally no typing or word processing," adds Mayfield, who went through the Lawyer's Assista~t Progr~~ graduatmg from UCSD. The association was formed in 1977 and today has some 200 members. They're involved in all aspects of the law: probate, civil litigation, criminal, real estate, corporate, immigration and family. Most are with private firms although there are paralegals with the district at• torney, legal aid and the state at- torney general's office. There's even one memLer, Toni Lorentz, with Associated California Photocopy Service, who's not a paralegal. Paralegal use is growing. At Saxon, Alt, Brewer & Kincannon there are 10 attorneys and two paralegals. Mayfield traces the history of paralegals to the early 1970s when "legal expenses were getting so high." It appeared to grow out of clerical positions. "Now I've seen reports that it's one of the 10 fastest growing pro- fessions in the country," she says. The local association has a gen- eral membership meeting the third Tuesday of every month on topics ranging from licensing of paralegals to processing insurance claims and stress management. Speakers have also included judges and attorneys. SDALA is conducting its 1986 survey on the status of legal assis- tants in the county. All presently employed paralegals may obtain a copy of the survey questionnaire by calling Martha Nielsen at Wiles, Circuit & Tremblay. The eight- page survey touches on several areas, including working hours, pay, size of the law firms and types of responsibilities. Results should be out by March. * * * Noteworthy: Pat Reilly of Kidder Peabody will discuss in- vestments and tax planning at a noon meeting Jan. 14 of the East County Lawyers Club. The lun- cheon will be in the East County Regional Courthouse cafeteria. How is the role of women in law changing? Are there too many lawyers? What effect will tax law revisions have on the family and business? To help answer these and other questions Western State University College of Law has es- tablished a speakers bureau of faculty members. A seminar on the preliminary examination in criminal cases will be held at USD Law School on feh. 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Speakers include Judges Dick Huffman and Fred Link, and attorneys Alex • Landon, Don MacNeil, Nelson . Brav and Chuck Sevilla. Cost is San Diego, Cali1 . union (Circ O 217 ,324) (Circ;. S 339. 788) by Martin Kruming $20. Cal Western will host a free sem- inar on business law basics Jan. 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for new ad- mittees and business lawyers with less than three years experience. Attorneys who will be speaking m-. elude Miles Harvey, Charles 1 Rowe, Paul Freeman and William Bunker. High school enior who plan to pursue a legal career have until March 1 to apply for eight $500 scholarships offered by the firm of Kaufman, Lorber, Grady & Farley. For more information write the firm's Legal Scholarship Founda- : tion, P.O. Box 27594, San Diego 92128. Attorneys may audit classes and two special seminars on tax law • through USD law school's Gradu- '. ate Program on Taxation. Class starts Monday, as does a six-ses- sion lecture by Gerald Portney, former assistant IRS commis- sioner, on "Problems in Tax En- , forcement." Senior U.S. Tax Court trial Judge Theodore Tannen- wald Jr. will present eight ses- sions on "The Tax Litigation Pro- cess," starting Feb. 3. TV Watch: Gerald McMahon and Bonnie Nelson-Reading will talk about wrongful termination this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on Chan- nel 5l's At the Bar program. * * * San Diego County Bar Association Meetings,Jan. 9-15 Thursday, Jan. 9 Environmental Law/Land Use - noon, Varsity West Room, Um- versity Club. Speakers. Jerry Kuhn of Scripps Institute of ri Oceanography and Bob Rice or~ Garfield, Schwartz, and Rice. Sub- ' ject: Coastal Erosion: Technical and Legal Implications. Family Law Section - noon, Wine Connection Restaurant. Speaker: Greg Alford. Subject: Worker Compensation/Law Section Meeting, 11:30 a.m. Ab- bey Restaurant. High Tech Computor Commit- tee - noon, U.S. Dept. of Com- merce, Dedication ceremony & luncheon. Bridging the Gap Series/ Criminal Law - 5:30-8:30 p.m., Auditorium, Cal Western Umver- sity. Wednesday, Jan. 15 Real Property Law Section noon Varsity Room, University Club. Speaker: Michael T. Gibbs of Miller & Gibbs. Subject: Recent Development in Construction: defect litigation. --~~ L New Legislation. Friday,Jan 10 Attorney/Realtor Committee, noon, Board of Realtors office, 2231 Camino del Rio So. Tuesday, Jan.14 JAN9 19 6 Luca ,r informant says she was paid $10,000 A San &"eJ :Oman te tifi d yes- ger who worked for her in December hearing for Lucas that he recognized refused. terday that sh received $10,000 in an 1984 and that she pa· ed it on to San a dog chain found wrapped around Other motions are expected to be out-of-court sett! ment with the San Diego Police Capt. James Malloy, Swanke's neck as one he ,ad seen on heard over the next few weeks. Diego County Crime Commis ion for who in turn passed it on to the sher- a dog once owned bv Luca.. Roger Young, executive director supplymg mformatton that she said iff's homicide detail. In addition to the Swanke slaying, of the San Diego Crime Commission, led to the arrest of uspccted killer O'Grady insisted that she passed Lucas also faces trial Feb. 11 for the said O'Grady was offered a substan- D v1d Allen Lucas. on the mformation to Malloy on Dec. Oct. 23, 1984, slayings of Rhonda tial reward for the information she Diana Q'Grady testified before Su- 14, 1984, and that Lucas was arrested Strang, 24, and Amber Fisher, a 3- supplied Malloy but not nearly the perior Court Judge Frankhn B. Or• two days later as a suspect in the year-old girl she was baby-sitting in amount she settled for. field that the sett! ment was the re- Swanke ca ·e. her Lakeside home; and the attempt- "She simply felt she was deserving ult of a law u1t she filed agamst the At the time, $25,000 had been ed murder of Jodie Santiago, 34, of of more money," Young said. "She comm1s ·100 for fail ng to give her raised in reward money from contri- Seattle on June 9, 1984. did furnish some information, but I reward money that had been offered butions to the uruversity and $20,000 Lucas also faces trial June 4 for think there was some serious ques- for information leading to the arrest from an anonymous donor. the May 4, 1979, slayings of Suzanne lion as to whether or not her infor- of a suspect m the Nov 20, 1984. slay- Q'Grady said she sued the commis- Camille Jacobs, 31, and her 3-year- mation led directly to the apprehen- ing of U 'D tudcnt Anne Catherine s1on for failing to give her the old son, Michael Colin Jacobs; and sion of Lucas. There was no question Swanke~ reward, and that she subsequently the Dec. 8, 1981, slaying of real estate it did help." O'Grady's testimony is part of a reached an out-of-court settlement saleswoman Gayle Roberta Garcia, Young noted that O'Grady, as part defense motion to suppress evidence for $10,000. 29. of the settlement, had promised not in Lucas murder trials that are ten• Questioned by defense attorney Lucas' defense team yesterday to reveal the amount of the reward tatlvely scheduled to begm Feb. 11 Alex Landon, O'Grady said she sup- also asked Orfield to dismiss the but apparently had no option when and June 4. plied Malloy the name of "Limback." charges against Lucas in the Swanke, questioned under oath. He said the O'Grady testified that she received Matthew L1mback, a friend of Strang, Fisher and Santiago cases on lawsuit had been settled within the information from a property mana- Lucas, testified during a preliminary technical grounds, but Orf1eld past week. ,/_ San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454) O'Grady's name surfaced in the Lucas investigation in August 1985, when she filed suit against the San Diego Crime Commi•sion, its adm1~- istrator, Roger Young, and Um- versity of San Diego, cla1mmg a $25,000 reward. . She said yesterday that he~ s_mt was settled when the commission paid $10,000. "Part of that was mine," O'Grady said. ''That was the total amount my attorney settled for." O'Grady said she passed on to Mal- loy information given her by one _of her on-site property managers, m- volving the name Limback. Limback was a key witness in a preliminary hearing, identifying a chain found around Swanke's throat as one he had seen on a dog owned by Lucas and describing scratches he saw on Lucas' face shortly after Swanke, 22, disappeared on Nov. 20, 1984. . Landon argued yesterda,y that. m- vestigators violated ~u~as ~onstltu- tional rights in questlonmg him after his arrest. Sheriffs detective Craig Hender- son testified that Lucas refused. to talk y, ith detectives without havmg his attorney present. . Lucas is scheduled for trial F~b. 11. He is charged with murder~ng Swanke who was last seen alive walking toward her disabled car _on Parkway Drive in La Mesa; with murdering Amber Fisher, 3, and her baby sitter, Rhonda Strang, 24, _on Oct. 23, 1984, in Strang's Lakeside home· and with kidnapping and trying to murder Jody Santiago, 34, of Seattle who survived a June 9, 1984, thro~t slashing, stabbing and skull fracture. Lucas faces another trial June 4 on three other murder charges. 1986 JAN9 ._)lfl~ri •• P C B , IX,18 r ....< • Lucas tip -~7-.- descr1bed by witness Woman testifies at murder hearing A property manager has testified that information she gave le~ to the arrest two days later of David Alie~ Lucas on a charge of mur•enog llni- versity -9.l San Di~ student Anne Catherine Swanke. Diana O'Grady testifie~ yesterday in a uperior Court hearmg on mo- tions preceding trial of Lucas.. The relevance of her testimony was not yet clear yesterday. She was allowed to testify early because she is abOut to leave the country on bus1- n O'Grady said she called San Diego Police CapL James Malloy on Dec. 14, 1984. and gave him the name of Matthew Limback, a fnend of Lucas. Under questioning by defense ~t- torney A ex Landon and Deput~ Dis- trict Attorney Dame! W1lhams, O'Grady insisted that her call was placed that day two days before Lucas was arrested. In a hearing last year, Malloy tes- tified that he got the call Dec. 7• "I h ve known Malloy for 1_4 ears," O'Grady said. "~! he sa~s it ~as Dec. 7, then in his mmd h~ thmks that's the date, and he tellmg the truth." By Mike Konon Tribune Staff Writer - San Qiego. Cal if. Union (Circ. D 217,324) (Ctr<;. S. 339, 788) Del Mar, CA (San Diego Co .) Del Mar Surfcomber (Cir. 2xW. 1,845) JAN 11 1986 San 01ego, Ca lit. Union (C1rc. D 217,324) (Cirt. S. 339, 788) • JAN 11 1986 .Jl.llf!n ', P. C. B Fu 1888 Jlllen '• P. C. B far. t 888 JAN 16 1986 Admiral /''\'1 takes Law Center helm The Uni_yersity of San Diego's Law Center has hired 1!.s first administra- tor. He is David Lauth of El Cajon, a retired Coast Guard admiral. ''As the Law Center gradually has grown and become involved in morP "The center was formed to com- bine the activities of the County Bar Association and the USD law school faculty to help the legal profession be more responsive to the needs of the community," he said. "The idea is to set up projects, see if they work, and then turn them over to the com- munity to run on a permanent basis." One of the center's most successful projects has been Community Media- tion centers in Golden Hill and in the Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch area. The centers are staffed by volunteers trained by USD law school faculty and members of the San Diego Coun- ty Bar Association. The mediation centers settle neighborhood problems such as landlord/tenant disputes and domes- tic disagreements without resorting to the courtroom. "It's an age-old concept, newly dis- covered," Lauth said. "It's similar to ways people used to settle their prob- lems in the old neighborhoods." Resolutions are reached in 89 per- cent of all cases, he added. The Law Center also sponsors an Alternative to Litigation program to help reso!ve commercial disputes that would otherwise go to court. The program's panel is made up of re- tired judges who use their legal expe- rience in rendering non-binding deci- sions. Although the program charges a fee, it is much lower than the ex- pense of a lengthy court battle. "I think in most cases the people involved agree with the rulings," Lauth said. "It gives them a pretty fair idea of what to expect if they went to court." One of the center's most recent projects is called "Judicial Telecon- ferencing," in which pretrial motions r~ San Diego Spotlight projects, the board of directors felt they needed an administrator," Lauth said. Jl.llm'• P. c. B Esr. 1888 Experiment under wayd'"IJ.'i" dial C for cou t proceedings By Lorie Hearn Slaff Writer in the legal profession - to rent and install AT&T ComKey equipment in courts in the county. Simmons said an additional $5,000 will be necessary to finish the telephone experiment. San Diego County's telecommuni- cations project will follow a trend begun years ago in San Diego Muni- cipal Court and in courts around the country. Criminal court arraignments for jailed suspects charged with mis- demeanors have been conducted daily via video camera for several years in San Diego Municipal Court and for more than 10 years in the city of Las Vegas Municipal Court. In both courts, a person charged with a misdemeanor offense can plead guilty or not guilty without leaving the jail after his rights and charges ha e been recited. The system saves time and prison- er transportation costs and cuts se- curity risks, said Leslie Doak, acting chief of court operations in Las Vegas. Teleconferencing also has been used for pretrial civil conferences in the U.S. District Court in San Fran- cisco at least once a week for more than five years, according to court secretary Opal Madaris. And over the last month in the fed- eral court in San Diego, U.S. Magis- trate Edward Infante said, the opera- tion has been smooth. One civil case, involving a $12,000 settlement, was wrapped up last week during a telephone conference among Infante and lawyers in La J olla and Los Angeles. The magis- trate said it took 15 minutes and saved money and travel time. "Those are the kinds of cases that really cry out for saving costs," In- fante said. "If you have a multimil- lion-dollar lawsuit, it's a different story." While teleconferencing and video- conferencing may play a key role in the judicial system in the future, ad- vocates of the system agree that it will take time for lawyers and judges to adjust. Federal and state courts in San Diego County are gearing up to do business over the telephone as part of an experiment to save lawyers' time and clients' money. The teleconferencing project, sponsored by the University of San Qjego and the San Diego County Bar Association, began Dec. 10 in U.S. District Court. It will start in Superi- or Court downtown this week and in North County Jan. 27. Judges participating in the experi- ment conduct routine court proceed- ings and settlement conferences by telephone, eliminating the need for personal appearances by lawyers and their clients. Once the telephone project is con- cluded in May, the courts may-exper- iment with video cameras, which will enable lawyers to make court appearances from their offices or from video centers. USD law professor Robert Sim- mons, who proposed the project through the campus-based San Diego Law Center, said he is certain telecommunications in judicial sys- tems will save time and money. Studies have shown that lawyers in San Diego County charge clients an average of $110 per hour, Simmons said. Although a court appearance may take only 15 or 20 minutes, Sim- mons estimates that the average time spent on a pretrial hearing, in- cluding travel, parking, waiting in the courtroom and the appearance itself, is 1 ½ hours - all time gener- ally billed to a client. Teleconferencing "will benefit cli- ents and attorneys by saving them time and it will be efficient for judg- es," Simmons said. The law professor proposed the project after an American Bar Asso- ciation study in 1985 recommended that teleconferencing be used in courts across the country. About $18,000 has been donated to the law center - established to bene- fit consumers and promote research a .m.; Spanish 2, Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a .m.; Spanish 3 and 4, Wednesdays from 9 a .m. to 11 a.m . Evening classes are also scheduled, in the library at Stella Maris Academy, on the southeastern corner of Herschel Avenue and Kline Street. Spanish 1 will be offered Tuesdays from 7 p .m. to 9 p .m. Spanish 2 is set for / Mondays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Spanish 3 and 4 will get underway Wednesdays from 7 p.rn. to 9 p.m. Fees are $2.50 per hour with six students. Students should resistr in the classroom. the second ses- sion will start April 14. For more information call 459-7515. Dr. James Moriarity will tell the Del Mar Historical Society about the ruins of Casa del Mar. Historical Society to hear about local archaeological dig The San Diego Union/Bob Redding David Lauth can be made over the telephone. The i program is being tried in three Supe- rior Court departments and in the U.S. District Court downtown. ''The teleconferencing program is a time and money saver for the cli- ent," Lauth said. "There's less wait- ing and no travel time involved. "If it proves worthwhile, we may try to use video equipment. Similar programs have been tried successful- ly elsewhere. A recent Bar Associa- tion study showed a savings of $200 per client per motion." Although he is not an attorney, Lauth worked with attorneys during his 31-year Coast Guard career. He served as Coast Guard district commander in Hawaii during the two years before his retirement in 1980, and oversaw the work of eight staff attorneys. Lauth also spent three years in charge of the Coast Guard Boating Safety Project in Washington, D.C., where he worked with staff attorneys examining the legal aspects of boating. "Lawyers are an important part of civilization," Lauth said. "One of the things we want to get across to the public through many of the projects we do is that it's easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble." - By Gina Cioffi / The master of archaeological digs in San Diego County, Dr. James Moriarity, Will be in Del Mar Wednesday to tell members of the Del Mar His- torical Society what they found at their recent dig.- --. At the newly formed society s first general membership meeting, members will be reliving a day last July when they probed the long-buried rums of Casa del '\tar at the foot of 10th Street. With his expertise in the field , l\foriarity will examine the artifacts found on the site. and will attempt to identify them and their use in the hotel a century ago. Construction started on the hotel in 1885. and it was opened to the public Aug.24. 1886. only to be consumed by fire on Jan. 17, 1890. The site was almost turned into a hi torical park in 1979, but recently private homes were built at the loca- tion It was prior to excavation for one of the homes that society members came in on hands and knees to dig for buried treasure. T he bottles, door knobs and locks, pieces of china, silver- ware, bits of metal and hundreds of square na ils (which will be given as souvenirs to those who attend the meeting) that were found became the property of the society. Moriarity is professor of history and archaeol- ogy at the University ofSan Diego. He has led two digs in this are'a - one a recent probe on the site at Del Mar Bluffs Preserve where Del Mar Man was found in 1929, which Moriarity found to be 6,000 years old. and the other on the site of Pointe Del Mar where there was a house as early as 1872. He also conducted digs at Mission San. Diego D~1,lc~la , the_Pre s i_dio and Ballast Point. Wedn~~ay s meeting will take place at Mira- Cos ta De~[ar Shores Center. The meeting -will start at 7:30 p.m. but doors will open at-7 for a social hour and a chance to view the society's ·'dig·• findings. Charter memberships, at $15 per family. close that night. A permanent board will be selected. - San Diego, CA (San Diego co.) ocean Mission Pacific Beach star News (Cir. 2xW. 21,600) 15198 .Jlll~n•• P c. e :__ro_"_18_s_s_ __;__~-----------';,&;.;, ot Diego Il!Cf!iyed ~ecently when $25,000 was contributed to complete construction of the Founders Chapel pipe organ. Jerry Witt, president of the San Diego chapter of the National Pastoral Musicians Association. made the contribution. The money will be used to add three ranks of pipes to the chapel organ. The pipes, which are expected to be in place by early 1987, were ordered from the Netherlands. According to those in charge of the program, the installation is expected to be a long and complicated process. As a resuJt of this project, the quality of music produced by the organ will be enhanced. The l_itur?ical music program at USD is believEld to be the only one of its kmd m the Western United States. For more information. contact John Nunes at 260-4682. La Jolla, CA (San Diego Co.) La Jolla Light (Cir. W. 9,293) ~A 6 1 6 .Jl,lfen '• P. c. B 1888 , " ~nish classes will be o~ m La Jolla staning Feb~ ~- ding April 11 (with (/fie\ week recess). Conversational Spanish classes for adults wit; be taught by Carlos G. Herrera at Casa De Manana, 849 Coast Blvd., La Jolla. f:Ierr~ra, who graduated at the University o~ n Diego, has more . than 2~ years of teaching experience with the San Diego Community Colleges. These classes will be offered on the following days: Spanish l (continuation), on Mondays from 9 a .m. to 11 a.m.; Spanish I, Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to J 1 •
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