News Scrapbook 1986

1O 1986

Star-News Thursday, July 10, 1986 C5 B c M /gummer in an Diego: a learning experience :i-r J:> · I f·t t· . I I . Classes for area seniors focus on health care, phys1ca I ness, 1nanc1a panning \.\hat's this? A back-to-school nnouncement? choir member at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church. the fall. * ·* * Ah, y , It's the summer session For more details about Moileille, a master with

this AARP c hapter, call Hele n Mulshizer at 223-7206. * * * The Orchard Senior Center, at 4040 Hancock St., will feature a representative from Mary Kay cosmetics at 2 p.m., Monday, July 21. And there will be an exciting game of Beach Blanket Bingo at the center at 6:30 p.m.. Monday, July 28.

Sunset Cliffs Adult Center has scheduled a special presentation on the wonders of Alaska. The pro- gram is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, J uly 10. The film takes you up the Inside Passage, with Betsy Sinclair as moderator. The center is located at St. Peter's By the Sea Lutheran Church, 1371 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. And at Chatsworth Adult Center (2128 Chatsworth Blvd.), Anne * * *

the musical saw, will perform at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, July 15. Prior to the musical-saw presen- tation, Dorothy Coxey, lip-reading teacher for the San Diego Com munity Colleges, will offer a pro, gram entitled "Reading Enhance- ment.'' Coxey is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. As you can see, this will be a busy summer all over San Diego! * * *

* * * If you are interested in hearing the ICL seminar organized by Irv- ing Lleberman, call 452-3409. The weekly lectures on finance. given by local experts, will continue through Sept. 3. ICL members are admitted to the lectures free of charge. The general public is re- quired to pay a $20 f e, which is ap- plicable to a yearly membership in

Items of interest for readers in the beach area also include news about financial planning. The Point Loma Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARPJ will meet at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, July 17, at Com- munity College, Midway Center, 3249 Fordham St., Building 2, Room 10. Delores Wolfe will be the speaker.

of the Uruversity of the Third Age, which i scht-duled to hegin Mon- day, July t , on the campus of the

ruyenut,f.Df.san Diego, The Third Age i I at d in Alcala Park. Thi program i now in its eighth year and off r phy. ical exercise c •sand vari ty of lectures for those 5 or olrler So •.. no e runs. paper· or grade . You simply must he able to transport your If to the campu md he m reasonably good health. Th opening · ion of th ird ge will he 1 in t !I a.m. the fir t day. Physical exercises are schedul rl to lake plac from 8 to 9 am., Jul., 15-31, Monday through Thun.day The cl.a h dule i varied For example, you'll find "The Centre City Story,'' •• If-Help .Mental II alth : Dcmonstmtion Panel" and "Japane. e and American Pro- verbs" amon the cour s listed in the ummer e Other cla the changing h Ith care y tem. Viet fore n pohcy in East Asia . and th language, civilization and literature of Prance. And much more, too Coordinators of the summer pro- gram are Kathy Anderson and Patricia Gill r'or additional infonnation about t Third A e and the variety of classe to be offered during the summer, c II 260-4585. Th fee is $55. Event:s are held in Douglas F . Manch ter Ex- ecutive Conference Center, on the , Dcampu·

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RunningOut ofMoney LegalCenterStarted by ~ese to Vanish By JIJt6ti'ACHTER, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-Its founder is the nation's No. I lawyn. But that prestigious lineage .s not enough to save a legal research center at the University of San Diego from extinction. The Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management, founded by U.S. Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III when he was a USD law professor in 1977, will cease to exist this fall-a loser ma fierce battle for funding prompted, ironically, by the \ustcre policies of the Admmistrallon that Meese serves in Washington. "It Just died out, and not for lack of trying," said Judge Richard Huffman of the San Diego County Superior Court, who became director of the center after Meese left USO in 1981 to serve first as counselor lo President Reagan and then as attorney general. Peak Budget of $300,000 At its peak, the center-which has hosted seminars, conducted research and published studies on major issues in criminal justice-had an annual budget of about $300,000 and a full-time staffof six, Huffman said. Now, a staff of two is winding down a few last research projects, he said. A final-year budget of $70,000 will run out in September or October. From iti; inception, the center's primary financial backer had been the conservative Scaife foundations of Pittsburgh. But the foundations withdrew their support last year, amid a general consolidation of their activities. That left the center to compete with other criminal Justice researchers for a share of federal money sharply reduced by Reagan Administration budget cuts-National Institute of Justice grants have been slashed 22% since 1980-and for private grants that became ever tougher to win. "There's been such a drying up of public funds that the demand for private funds has just been enormous," Huffman said. "It takes more skillful hands than I at grantsmanship to make it run." Conflict of Interest Meese, though aware of the center's terminal condition, has not taken heroic steps to save it, Huffman said. As attorney general, he is in charge of the National Institute of Justice, and he judged it a potential conflict to appear to be intervening on the center's behalf, "I've told Ed several times in the past that, as I see it, we're going to close," Huffman said. "He recognized that problem and felt-and I agreed with him-that there's nothing, really, he can do."

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far. 18~8 Notes of a~hi v~ent Pacific Beach~ i n(Mark D. Tunney has been nruned sales manager of the San Diego Conven- tion and Visitors Bureau. According to Dal L. Watkins, president of the bureau, Tunney was formerly the sales manager at the Town and Country Hotel. In his new position, Tunney '.\ill specialize in the state and regional association market and a isl in the organization and completion of corporate accounts. A graduate of the University of Srui.Diego.,Tunney is a member of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association, Meeting Planners In- ternational and the San Diego Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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/ NAMES IN TH NEWS: Mij:h~I -.la!Pff' Eggleton of Sali7bie~~aOeceived the Bish- op Leo T. Maher Scholarship Award to the University of San Diego, a life membership in the California Scholastic Federation and a Pres,dential Academic Fit- ness Award. --- ,,

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Its founder is th nation's No 1 law}cr. But th.it prestigious line- age i n't enough •o save a legal research center at the University &f~mextincmm. !) _Legal Center Appears to Be Doomed Despite Ties to Meese By J~HA?HTER, Times Staff Writer Superior Court, who became direc- tor of the center after Meese left USD m 1981 to serve first as counselor to President Reagan and then as attorney general. mous," Huffman said. "It takes more skillful hands than I at grantsmanship to make it run." Meese, though aware of the was at a loss to describe Meese's official connection to the universi- ty.

primary financial backer had been the• conservative Scaife founda- tions of Pittsburgh. But Scaife withdrew its support last year, amid a general consolidation of its activities. That left the center to compete with other criminal justice re- searchers for a pool of federal funding sharply reduced by Rea- gan Administration budget cuts- National Institute of Justice grants have been slashed 22% since l980-and for private grants that became ever tougher to win. "There's been such a drying up of public funds that the demand for private funds has just been enor-

ter's association with Meese has proven something of a handicap in the race for government funding. "It began to appear to me and Ed Meese and others that it was a httle unseemly, given his position, for the center to be in the position of pushing too much for federal fund- ing," Huffman said. As a judge, Huffman also was in a poor position to raise money for the center

The Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management, founded by U.S. Atty Gen. Edwin Meese m when he was a USO law professor in 1977, will cease to eXist this fall-a loser in a fierce battle for funding prompted, ironically, by the austere policies of the Adminis- tra ion th t Meese ·erves in Wash- ington. "It Just died out, and not for Jack vf trymg," said Judge Richard Huffm r of the San Du~go County

At its peak, the center-which has held seminars. conducted re- search and published studies on major issues in criminal justice- had an annual budget of about $300,000 and a full- time staff of six, Huffman said. Now, a staff of two 1s winding down a few last research projects, he said. A final-year budget of $70.000 will run out in September or October. Fr its mception, the center's

center's terminal condition, has not taken heroic steps to save it, Huff. man said. As attorney general, he is in charge of the National Institute of Justice, and he judged it a potential conflict to appear to be intervening on the center's behal(. "I've told Ed several times m the past that, as I see it, we're going to close," Huffman said. "He recog- nized that problem and felt-and I agreed with him-that there's nothmg, really, he can do." In fact, Huffman said, the cen-

"l don't really think Meese's relationship with the law school is ongoing anyway," Navin said. Meese could not be reached for comment. But Terry Eastland, his Washington spokesman, said it was unlikely that the attorney general would return to USD when he leaves office. "He has indicated he would probably go into the private sector and practice law," Eastland said. "The San Diego law school 1s a long time ago for him."

Meese has only tenuous ties to USD, more than five years after he left for Washington. The law school's bulletm lists him as a professor of law on leave for gov- ernment service. But acting Dean Michael Navin said last week he LEG~E: USD Center Founded by Meese to Shut Down S-::, Cootinued from Page 1 1fornia voters m 1982, which al - Atty. Howard Shore. who re- al least begm plannmg a sem111ar,

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~eese and Huffman-both for- mer county prosecutors - focused the cemer's anent1on on tomes of concern to law enforceme~t but tr1ed also lo make It a forum fo r pro,ecutors and defense attorneys to calmly debate the issues that entangle them m coun. The center prepared a much- quoted manual on Propos1t1on 8. ''Victim's B111 of Rights" mitiat1ve approved by Cal - the so-called

tered criminal punishments and state court procedures. In the last few years. the center has conduct- ed studies of the exclusionary rule, developed a model system for han - dlmg complamts against police of- ficers and held forums on prehm1 -

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searched a manual on scientific evidence while he was a viSJling fellow at the center m 198.J and 1984. ··11 gave an experienced trial deputy the opportunity to do some really wm taung, creative think- In ns wanmg months, Huffman said. the center 1s trying to pull together its research on restitution III hopes of pubhshmg a study on the subJect. Huffman also "'ants to mg:·

co-sponsored with the San Diego County Bar Assn.. on pretrial mo- tions m cnmmal cases. Otherwise, the staff 1s busy: erat - mg up the materials that have piled up over the last nine. years-in hopes. perhaps. that '.v!eese will find his way back to USO someday. ··we·re saving all the books and all the files." Huffman said. "lf he decides to come back home, I'm sure the cente r could be restarted."

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