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ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1

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dustry in the county, and it has been booming. The boomhas been so great, in fact, some experts think it has peaked. But work still continues strong in many places in the county and many projects, especially indus- trial-commercial ones, are relatively long-term, which again gives some stability to that segment of the econo- my. Also, although it has decreased somewhat, there is still a demand for new housing. Gene Ervin of the Escondido build- ing department said new permits for

perous tourist industry. There is agri- culture, and there is the military, which represents a generally steady ( Analysis ) income. Another stable source of in• come is the retirement community, whic~ has a fixed, thus steady income. Construction is another major in-

n.. ;i building bans due to sewer prob- !ems, now have solved the problems - at least temporarily - and so con- struction is increasing in other areas. "The recession has had some effect on building here, but I don't think it's substantial," Ervin said. "The antici- pated development is still coming in, and I wouldn't forecast any drastic downturn unless there is something unforeseen in the economy." The "something unforeseen" is a

this year, compared to last, but that of itself is not a recessionary sign. Rather, he said, it is an indication of how superheated the local construe- tion industry was last year. One of the reasons for the building- permit spree of last year was the in- troduction of school-related fees for rushed to get permits before the fee schedule went into effect at the begin- ning of this year, Ervin said. Another factor is that some other housing permits. Many builders

Neither California nor San Diego County are immune from the impact of a national recession, but there are factors that will make the local situa- tion a simple slowing of what has been an explosive growth rate, rather than a serious downturn. The factors that make San Diego CoW1ty in particular a good port in this economic storm are a good mix- ture of industries, fueled by a contin- ued high growth rate. There is a good manufacturing base, for instance, and there is a pros-

By GENEMI~ and TOM GREELEY T-A Staff Writers

NORTH COUNTY - While the rest of the nation suffers the economic set- backs of a re ion, California gen- erally - and San Diego County espe- cially - will be relatively well off. That is the opinion of a wide range of experts in various fields, including many professional economists In both the private sector and the academic world.

Please see A-5, Col. 1

Saturday, July 21, 1979 Pastor Says Chu rch Likely To Defy Order The Rev. John Swearingen, pastor of Immanuel Bap- tist Church in the Scripps Ranch area, says he expects his congregation to ignore a City Council decision to revoke the permit for the church's secondary s~hool. The council voted :>-1 this week to revoke the church's permit to operate a junior-senior high school - but not the permit that allows operation of an elementary school on the same site - on grounds that the church at 10805 Red Rock Drive had not complied with promises to add landscaping to the four-acre site. Church officials argued that they have tried to meet the city's demands but have had financial difficulty in complying. Moreover, they said their rehgious beliefs provide that if they must violate city laws in order to give their children a proper schooling, they will. "We feel like we are being ordered to not educate our children because we don't have shrubs the right height," said John Hughes, chairman of church deacons. After the City Council session, Swearingen indicated church members probably would continue to send their secondary-school students there in the fall. "The next step, of course, will be litigation," he said The church probably will not initiate legal action, the pastor said, but would accept a court fight if the city tries to prevent 11 junior and senior high school students from attending the school. The church officials drew the support of Councilman Fred Schnaubelt, who said the landscaping requirement was excessive and that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." A council majority, supporting representatives of community groups, said the church must comply with city land-use regulations.

Recession not a dreaded . in state, SD county Continued from A-1 line 1s perhaps even more im ortant rctre tha~ haunts the predictions of to another marketing comm!ity _ . e econo~sts, too. The major ques- auto dealers. ~n m~k IS energy, especia.lly oil. Auto dealers have suffered some se- ere IS concern a~~t the price and rious sales declines in recent months =~~!~ft:rioss~bility ~f yet anoth- but they blame their problems on th~ Mideast e O supp Yfrom th e e~ergy crisis, rather than on a reces- B t th. . s1on. . u . ere IS general agreement this Dan Weseloh owner of Qualit :;~t !o~~!~pdn. Inte'.estingly, Chevrolet in Es~ondido, said "peopl~ will be . 0 not think there are taking a wait-and-see approach" a worsening of the gasoline to new-car buying :~~~~in~i=lin Thgelt~ tha t the "Once they see that gas is available . . o e economy- over the long run, many of our prob- which will decrease dema~d for al- !ems will be solved," he said. "Peo le moS t all co_nswnables -:- at least are trying to determine if gas is av~il- offset _the unport restr1ct1ons Presi- able, rather than worrying about its d~nt J~y Carter has placed on for- price." e1gn oil. . The ener be . . . And, Weseloh noted, California car gy~ It !1ghtemng will dealers probably are much better off come, eco_norrusts said, but not this than their Eastern counterparts be- year. It will be PE:rhaps two years or cause the California crowd still is 1 wed manager. "From what we observe froqi sales tax returns, building starts and eco- nomic forecasts for the state and the coW1try, we have concluded that the recessionary trend will not be so acutely felt, but certainly will exist in Escondido," he said. But, he indicated, rather than a fall b~ck, the local economy is sunply lev- eling out, having experienced a high growth rate in recent years. Nancy Johnson, leasing direclor for The Vineyard shopping center, said there has been no noticeable drop in sales there in recent months. "There is nothing at all to indicate any kind of a slowdown," she said. .That center is undergoing an expan- s10n and Johnson said leasing of the new space is going well too - better in fact, than had been expected. '

Catholic Initiation Rites Shift

By RITA GILLMON Stuff Writer, The San DietO u",an

Of all the changes in the Roman Catholic Church since Vatican II perhaps none has been so little her- alded as the restoration of the an- cient system of Chnstian Initiation, or IS as likely to bring greater change in its wake. The new Rites of Christian Initia- tloo, published in provisional form in 1974, restore to the church the 4th century •es in which more than a year Is taken to prepare a person for full lmt1atlon into the church and the reception of the Eucharist "It asn't until the 6th century that tl1e childhood rituals became th norm m th church," said the R~\ K vin Hart, who ls partic1pat- lng 1n en .nst1tute at the Univers1t of San Die~ that is emons rating Uie use of the restored rituals to about 200 laypersons, priests and bishops. "Whal these rites do is restore to the church the normal way of be- comIng Christian," Hart said. "There Is a recognition of the great need for this approach when there are 80 million unchurched people in the Unlted States alone. ' Christiane Brusselmans, a profes- sor from the Catholic University of Louvaln, Belgium, said the system calls for more involvement on the part of the congregation. ·• A person becomes a member of the church and a catechumen, but continues for a while in that status while learning more about church teachings and what 1t means to be a part of the Chnslian community," Brusselmans said. "This means there ha to be a group in the congregation willing to be a part of that group and to accompany the catechumens on their road to full initiation." In the recent past, large public rituals were conducted only for chi!•

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Father Kevin Hart blesses oils for the Christian Rite of Initiation.

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:~~r/efore the oil supply restriction "If the economy really lit off again there would be a serious problem ,: 5'.'id F. Holt. Ph.!). and ass'o- c1a~ l)~ofessor of economics at tne 1Jruvers1ty of San Djego. But there is general agreement that is not likely to happen. Rather the projection is for the down cycie - w~ch began about March or April of this year - to last until early next year. Then there will be a gradual building again, but not as fast a recov- ery as in the past, again due partly to the energy situation, but also because of continued inflation. There could be some surges in the local economy, especially the tourist trade, this summer, according to lo- cal trade officials. ~ci~ of the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park said that both at- tractions - which are among the ma- jor tourist points in the county - are down about 6 percent overall for this year compared to the same time last year. That is considered a substantial drop, but not enough to cause any- thing like panic. It does mea~ some loss of employ- ment - especially for part-time, sea- sonal employees - but the decrease is not of great proportion, officials said. And there could be an upshoot in tourism as the season progresses of- ficials said, because many ~pie may have simply postponed vaca- tions, rather than canceled them, as a result of the gas crunch in May. the gasoline demand-supply situ- ation smooths, there is hope among tourist officials that people will begin to travel more, and especially that lo- cal residents may choose to do their vacationing locally, rather than far away, thus offsetting loses from per- sons outside the area who chose not to come to San Diego County. ~e hope for an upswing in public opinion about the availability of gaso-

Bob Dicker, president of the San Diego-based Walker Scott depart- ment store chain, said sales this year are ahead of those for the same period last year and "we haven't noticed any recession here yet." With that in mind, he added "we'll continue to operate just as we have all along, until we see a reason to change." He said some businesses hearin~ talk of a recession, help U: ma~e 1t self-fulfilling prophecy by cuttmg inventories and laying off employees. Local bankers involved in commer- cial and real estate loans shared the optimistic view of Dicker and John- son; they see few recessionary trends locally. "In the universe of Escondido frankly, no, we haven't noticed" downt_urn yet, said Jim Rady, a city councilman and president of Palomar Savings & Loan Association. Rady said that a national recession probably would be related to oil pric- es. That in turn could further fuel the economic boom in California, he said, because as the price of home heating goes up, more people will want to come to sunny California. ' Jim Boyce, executive vice presi- dent of Escondido-based First Nation- al Bank of San Diego County, said his company has noticed some slowdown in loan volwne, but he doesn't think that is a serious problem. "The fact that this is an extremely desirable place to live is buoying the economy all along," he said. "This area always has a resilient economy." He said he expects an upturn in the loan volwne by the end of this year, and a Bank of America economist also p~ojecte~ a relatively short, light recess10n penod. The upturn when it comes, will mean a slow-b~t-steady gro~ i? the na~ional economy, and California - which in effect had a head start - will continue to stay in the lead economically.

most Protestant denominations. "There are natural similarities, since we are both using the same early Christian sources," Brussel- mans said. Rev. Gerald O'Donnell, director of the Liturgy and Prayer Center of the diocese, said the program is in use at the grass-roots level In some parishes. Joe Gallen, director of adult relig- ious education for Sacred Heart Par- ish, said the problem in implement- ing the program is to have enough members of the congregation read) to participate. "Our problem is we have a lot of unchurched Catholics. We have many who come to church every week but would not understand this approach to evangelization," Gallen said. "I have a re-entry group that meets once a week. They have been Catholics, but haven't thought about it. Now we are asking the questions about God, Jesus and sexuality and what it means to live as a Chris- tian," he said

dren who went in a group for the Euchanst, or first Communion. and confirmation. Usually they were all dressed in white and great ceremony surrounded the occasion. "Adults would have a few lessons with the priest and then be dumped into the congregation to sink or swim," said a local parish educator. "The adult rite is the greatest change for us, but even the chil- dren's rites are being proposed in a way that will involve the family more," Brusselmans said. "It will be a difficult thing for some priests to share the work and the decisions," she said That there are priests willing to give it a try was demonstrated by their attendance at the two .,.,eeks of institutes. Present for the adult initi- ation institute were Bishop John Cummins of Oakland. Bishop Phillip Straling of San Bernardino, and Aux- iliary Bishop Joseph Ferrario of Hawaii. Some of what is proposed looks a lot like the method of outreach and welcome to congregations used by

I f any thing, the situation looks b,~tter now because of better airline service ent situation here in Southern Califor- nia than ... the rest oi the nation. Back East you have a choice between mass transit and driving a car. Here you have no choice; the car is our mass transit." A direct indicator of a recession, from an auto dealers viewpoint is a sudd~n spurt in the nwnber of heavy repairs, instead of trading in an older model car on a new one. Jack Powell, owner of Jack Powell Chrysler-Plymouth, who has been doing business in Escondido for 20 years, said he has seen that before and it's happening now. ' But he said some of the influence this time also is the gas shortage which has drastically reduced the val: ue of big cars as trade-ins on new smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. other secto~s of the economy, how- ever, are domg very well. Conven- tions, for instance, which are a form of tourism, are holding steady, and may end the year just slightly ahead of last year. To date there have been no more than the normal nwnber of cancella- tions, said Lauren Schlau of the San Diego Visitors & Convention Bureau and there is no reason to believe ther~ will be an increase. If anything the situation looks better now than it did earlier in the year because of the im- proved airline service (DC-l0s are back in service and the United Air- lines strike has ended). ' ~ere has been a leveling of sales tax mcome - which means a concur- rent leveling of retail sales - in Escondido, but tax receipts continue to grow, said Ken Lounsbery, city

.... HOSTILE TERRITORY: Esquire Holmes, who's In the race for City Council against Leon Williams, made it to City Clerk Chuck Abdelnour's office just under deadline Friday with his filing papers. He didn't have much trouble gathering signa- tures in -tbe--distri et, sai~ Holmes. And most people were friendly. Except at this one house on Carmar St., where a youngster scolded him: "Hey , man. You're runnin' against our daddy!" SD SHUFFLE: CCDC, with its increasing visibility and attend- ant image problems, is about to have a full-time PR man. Lou Cella has agreed to take the account in association with Gail Stoorza. . .. Bob Dale, whose TV fortunes hit bottom two years ago when he was yank_ed !r?m the air by Channel 8, 1s ndmg high with Channel 39. On Sept. 17, Dale will revive his afternoon movie, a fixture on local TV for more than 15 years in the 1950s and '60s. ... Executive chic: Bill Denton, COMBO's dapper execu- tive director, has shed his brief- case in favor of a backpack. He now hikes the three-mile round- trip each day between his Park Manor condo and BStreet office. . . . Eight marketing and com- munications specialists, headed by Bob Battenfield, have formed a new consulting firm, Interna- tional Management Gro p, with offices in the Gaslamp Quarter. . . . Alicia Contreras· is< quitting KFMB news to join Assembly- man Pete Chacon's staff. She replaces Joe Diaz, who resigned to run for City Council.

SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE EVENING TRIBUNE JUL 2 3 1979

• head of security for the Moroc- can state department, his per- sonal physician, six armed state department officials, two armed Moroccan guards, a handful of plainclothesmen and a dozen scattered guests. Arriving in seven limousines.. .. There's a critical shortage of green in the tenderlorn south of Broadway. But preservationists are protect- ing what they have. Posted in each of several 3-by-3 concrete planter boxes, scattered about the district, are tiny signposts that warn : GASLAMP QUAR- TER MINI-PARK - Pie:,:'~ Keep Off!

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NEIL MORGAN (Nell Morgon ls on assignment. Th colwnn Is written by his assist• ant, Tom llolr,J CIRCUITOUS FILE: Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the typewriter, without which this column would not be possi- ble Chilling thought. But is there any news here? Almost. It was invented and patented m 1829 by William Austin Burt. the great- great-great-grandfather of Rich- ard Burt, the local attorney, who has no plans to celebrate. urprt visitor at the SD Zoo on F rlday· SiiU Moliamtrt

_., ITEMIZED: Med Rue found the soul plates parked side-by- side outside the tennis compound at Whispering Palms: l0US NUT and l0US BUM. . .. Incidental intelligence : Van ill a is still America's favoritl ice cream flavor. Last year, vanilla ac- counted for 42.1 % of sales. (Chocolate, a poor second, took 12o/o.) . . . At Fe~Mart's press party to introduce its new !me of generic-name products, • picked up a bottle of 7Ta'mily Shampoo," with its warning label: "Keep Out Of Reach Of Childre~ "

SIGNAL local no-growth advocates: A Florida appellate court, in two separate cases, has ruled that a cap on growth in Boca Raton of 40,008 dwelling units is unconstitutional. The court ruled that a city charter amendment ignored housing needs and was an attempt to deny growth, rather than cope with it. -+ to