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IRVINE's-INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 5 •NO 34 •THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1984
lnm~ Eqwstrian (~nttt ~ployttt took a final rick alont tfw bluffs of Crvstaf Cow Stat~ Parl. wtwn
tl1'.' C"~nttt was dOHd by ttw stat~ 1n Octo~r. Ttw stat~ ~I of Par\1 and R~r~a""" d«IJeJ that
''"' M'4rl ~ not compa11bw wnh wlldlif~ 1n 1tw arH. dnptt~ a two y~ar b.tt~ t" sav~ ttw ~~
11 •·'" ~-t!rittt by local rntdirnts
Controversy, Growth
Made 1983 Headlines
.by Jett Sklcm.ky
1983 was a year of heat.cl oon-
trO"Weny in Newport Beach and
C09to Me80, with a binding
ogr"ment on jet Oight. out of
John Wayne Airport, a
w~fw attempt by lO'id-of:f
t.ochen to gain control of the
Coaat Community College
Di8trict (CCCD), and the ap-
pro.al of a $90-million addition
lo South Coast Plaso topping
local neww.
After fi•• montba of study, a
three-member committee in
November appro•ed a final
draft nnion of a 30-year bin-
dia9 agrMment betwMn New-
port Beach and Orange County
lo l1mtt the number of jet Oigbtll
out of John Wayne Airport
Th• agreement would
regulat. jet traffic for the nH1 30
yean, nentuaJly al.lowino cm
aalimit.d number of lligbt. by
qw.t "whisper ;.ta".
The avr .. ment baa yet to gain
apprcmil by both the city and
tM cowaty.
Followtag the a1l.Dounoement
ia February that more thau 100
CCCD teachen, admin;.trcnon
and l.it.aria.m would be laid of:f,
a petition waa orgonn.d to
attempt to recall four of the cU.-
tnct' 1 five tn11t.... uicluch.oi;1
bocird Preei.dent Carol Gandy
(Continued on pac;i• 2)
\.-Mt.l Mn.I drntltt Tony Prolop.,.H w.nt to court In AlJiust amt
w.t" .ural11ned fM tfw rnurdtt of thrft f.mak patwnu Protopappa•
pl.•.t< k .. t rwt guilty. and wilt ttand trial Jan. 9
-St•ff Pho10 b~ St"'~"~·"~'''
iAirport Work Not
1Illegal, Says. County
by JetJ Skla.n~ky lliqhts per day Burnham 1CI1d the oty baa aak·
County officiala laat Wffk ~-Among the 1tem1 attorney'I for ed Sumner's ofhce to look Ulto
maMd concern. about ezpan· SPON and the o ty •uov-1 aa the problem and Sumner baa
aion at John Wayne Airpor1, ecrr· possible v1olah ona are the iodicated o . heannq may be
lDg any cbang" h<n'e been transfer of county-owned cnrpor1 1eheduled after the January con·
made lor maintenance pw-poeee land to the federal Avrobon Ad-lerence
only muustrahon for a new control Sumner dechned to comment
The county IOld they h<n'e not lower. a request for bid. on a last week on whether be C'OD· VlOlat~ an ui1unc:tion won by runway improvement and sidencouotyaciloD.IUlnolabon
the oty of Newpo~ Beach and drainage pro1ect. coMtrucbon of of hu 1.01uoction "I really have
SPON (Stop Polluting Our New-a he I 1 port , n • w a 1r p I an• no idea " Sumner aaid 'TU Just
port) against further growth at hedown1, and new han9er1 for have 10' wait and ... what the
the airport. A conference re-ouport bu11nenet and the LD • facta are "
quested by the city with Superior stollabon of new a'V'lObon fuel
1 Court Judge Brue. Sumner on storage tonk.a
pomible violationa of the UljU.DC· Airport Mona9H Murray
bon 1.1 1eheduled fot Jan 11 Cable 9Clld the chang• made at
"I trunk what the 1n1unction the airport sine. the 1n1unction
90y1 1.1 not to do anything to ex-have gone through the ap-
pand the cnrport,'' 8Clld Jten propnate leqal procem
Hall, Orange County Supe"*>r "All of the protedil we'" un-1
Tom R1ley'1 auport eapert. dertoken have been k> mcnntain
"And I don't tlunk we've done the rurport as 1t 111 not to eapcmd
a nything along thoee hn•." It," 90ld Cable
City and SPON offioala mcnn-Newport Beach C ity Attorney
1 tmn the COUllty may b<JYe un· Rober1 Burnham eclld, "What
plemented part. of a mcuter plan we re trymq to do 11 get 10me
to ••pond the 01rpor1 to accom-clanhcahon rather than make
moda1e 55 commercial at.rhne
Sumner banded dowa the
1982 1n1unctlon when he found
lhe cowity' 1 Ennronmental Im-
pact Report (EIR) for the aupor1
Master Plan 1.11SUffiaent on nuie
poa.nta The county l:aaa appealed
the &n1uncbon. llut lam not ~
reo.l..d a heari.nQ dat. lor the
a ppeal, ooconhno '° Hall
Meanwhile, the county 11
worbn9 on a rrnMd ElR. wblch
Hall 8(J1(f will likely not be com
pleted a nd approved by the
Boord of Supern.on until June
at the earhest
Parents Too Busy To Halt
Area Scouting Decline
by Cory La Bianca
Newport beach U1 a city with 1
long hlltory of boy !ICOuhnQ
Jamboree Road 1.1 named for 'l
1953 .coubng evenl held near
what 1.1 now Newport Center
A. teoubng approac hes 113
75th year, however the days of
ca mping tnps and merit bodqes
may be ending lll the Newport
Beach Cor J n •1 j,.( M:-ir o reo ac
c-01ding to Webelus DPn LPOder
Carmen Smith
lt s 1ust not lhe so<. :I m thing
to do Smith .end
Her boys Robert an:'.1 Adam.
were teased by clossm\ltes al
Andersen Elementary Sc-hovl 10
\e>rnna del Mar last year when
they wo re their scout uniforms lo
school They did not 101n
scouhn9 again thui year
W~beloe K"Oul Tony Lo Mon
'"9"" !tt11d he does not wear his
undo: m t ) school It • e m
bor rnss1 n~ becoUH the su:th
qrocier~ m 1ke lun of you t • .-
,<Jtd
C •n tinued o r. f ., l• •
NB Resident Attacks
City Malathion Spraying
by Jeff Sldanaky
The pot•nt 1n1ec h c1d e
M olath1on, the 1ub1e ct of
ttaleWtde beodhn .. when Gov
Jerry BroWll ordered 1ta uM two
yean ago to battle a fruit fly in
fHtabon, baa been quietly UMd
an recdentia.l areaa by th• c ty of
Newport Beach, a Corona d•I
Mar woman baa clauned
Barboro Forello, awakened by
city creww aprayuig the pe9bode
on tr ... near ber home. clcnma
the oty 1.1 u&nQ the chenuca.l
without tint warning r-.denta,
poang a threat to humana a nd
CllUJDala
she 1.1 by lhe 1urrepllllou1 spray
tnQ Plan• a re in the work.a to
orqanue a pebbo n to a.It the aty
to give residents Qrealer
nohhcabon in the future
Newpo rt Beach P ar ka
Beach" ond Recreabon Duec
tor Ron Whitley. how•••r lnmsla
that there 1.1 nothing to worry
about
A nobc. waa LDdeed po.ted on
foreU0'1 ltrffl, daimed WbttJey,
who went on k> eay that "tbe
amall amount of Ma.lo1tuon ui
the d.Jubon that we u.-baa no
effeci w ha~z lD o r-den-
ba.l atuobon "
WhiU.y emd tbe mell aprayuig
the lWtlade aeecled protiec-
bY9 eqwpment dNiped lo pr•
.. at ••po9Ure ollly beoou.. the
City offiaala. howeYer. claim
the cbeauoal aa "a.beo1utely not
donqerou." and tbat ,...deo'8
ore routinely wanted before ,
Malc:rthimi '9 ued oc dty 1tr .. ta
1 meu work w.tb the chenuoala on
f oreJlo eaid abe 8aW DO aucb
DOtlce whma, oa a maniag ear)y
ia NcrN.m.ber, two ... lD p&mtic
..-.eo..ontola.llr..ttaa
Incl mmbd "Coa~"
cmd Mgaa IPIG,.. .. trw
~ what llbe ._..._told wm
Maladdoa.
"T~e bonoa Ua•," eaid
.... ~11 ........ dty
..,--. .. cm,-tldlkqi;1• _.f
ran0o ..w • •11w.on -.·.
..... .... .. Cll cllilla:rt.d -
a dcnly bcma.
f ot.00, howeftr, IDCDDtaiu
the lpQJ'i.Dg ,,... 0 threat '°
'"'1"M!h c:md clidadNa wt.o might
be playbae O\llllde ill tile llb'ellt.
a. k> lcreil... wllo Jea.. tt..ir
wiDdow9 ope•
A 8*o!Lbcw -. oo'9de 6.mg
bes car wi... U.. Mcdatldcm wm
lpGfe4 .... ~ Aa~ U •
ideatilied trs.d dd ..... Q
womoa ,get a faeef Q} ol
cMm.iclalil lltbo la a om wtt!a cm
opee _. red d.nao a llmiD
'
,praymQ el..ewhere ,r. C 11 r. :
del Mar. accordin9 lo r JIP ol
UN(lf5l WAY ~nn.. Holl and's hom~bu11t tit-
'"'''· 75 '"" "Ptlgrun of N~wport" was launched from
l1tt" Is~ Nov. 19. afttt 13 year1 of comtruction.
Sr.,ff "'--'by SI~ ~I"
SCOUTS the Newport Beach-Corona del
Mar area.
(Continued from pac;ie l)
Peer preaure has a deiirute
influence on the boys, s01d
Peqc;iy Smith. a den leader Ul the
Corona del Mar area. One of
the acout. in her den 001d he did
not wear tu. uniform to achool,
explaining he wm "ducken"
becouae nobody elte did
Another problem the ICoubng
program facea 18 lack of parental
involvement Carmen Srruth 901d
when she tned to organize
volunteers al the beq1nn1oc;i of
the .chool year parent. were loo
bu.y with other pur11u1tl to pell·
ticipate
"Parents felt they were
overworked with too many IJ>Or·
ling ac11v1hea," Smith said.
Corona del Mar, for example,
hos strong football and 80CCer
proqram11 in the fall
Conllictmg activiti" auc h aa
the YMCA Indian Guides,
Bra ves and Tra1lbla1era
programs for children and
parents from firat through nxth
grades combined to draw
parents a way from acouhng,
s01d Smith
Despite all the dt.atracbons,
however scoullng haa held on an
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\.}.._;I} •J ~.
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Pock 330 baa combined Har-
bor View Elementary and
Andersen Eleme.ntary school
dena into one pack. Even though
the boya do not have a cub
master, the 10-acout pack m"tl
monthl y in the Lincoln
1 Intermediate School cafeteria A
different father runs the m .. ting
each month.
"I en1oy the pack mfftinga,"
aaid one Wolf Cub from Den~.
"You gel badges and you win .. pn:ies
Couotywide, scouting 18 doing
somewhat better in terms of
membership . The Orange
\.} l t ·f ' ..
'
The Ezplorer cnad Soout Fair
held at the Oraage Couaty
FaiJvroun• la No..mber bad °"' 300 tcoutlag u.nU1 and 4,000
cub .coul9, boy 800\lta and u-
plorere padlcipat1n9. The
Orange Cowaty Cowadl can.d
it a "highly euccemfu.l" eftllt.
Teg Jumey, reception.Wt at th-
Boy Scout. Semce C.AteJ in
Coata MHa eaid ahe felt
800uting wae deflnit.ly OD the
uJ>9Wi.Dg. "Wlth all the dmea-
tion in the world. people me
clinging to it," ahe eaid.
A counc::i.l membenbip S*m-
ning committee of YC>lu.n ... r and
profeuional acout, chic,
busin .. and indu.try leaden of
the county started working on a
oounty plan in 1981
Their recently completed
' report atatH that "a•ailable
youth," thOM of the age to join
scouting, will decline in the
county by 9 percent in 19S6.
However, memberahlp hae been
ahead of projec:tlom since 1980
and the counc::i.l la oon'rinced
that .couting membership will
continue to increaM.
Areaa for expanaon include
more work with the han-
d i ca ppe ct and two new
proc;iram.a -Tiger Cu.be for M ·
coed qradera and their pment.
and Today'• Familf, a program
for children of single-parent
1 families
'New Owner"
Won't Change
Crab Cookez
by Jeff 8klan•k1l' .
To a nyone who limow8 the
famou• r..taurcmt, the idea oi
the Crab Cooker changing
handa mu.at ... m more tltan a lit-
tle fishy But, poet~ coa-_
spicuoualy OA the red wall of the
popular chowder Olld Matood
restaurant on the Balboa PeAin-
1ula ii, of all thin.g., a notice of
"change of ownership".
But fam of the epedial etyl.
owner Bob Roubian haa ...
tabhabed for the Crab Cooker
have nothing k> fear -the
change is no more than a
tecbruco.Uty
Roublcm explained last week
tha• ae mcorporated more them
20 years ago, and ia oaly now
oethng around to formally
changing the name on hia
alcohol liceue to "Ctab Cook.
Incorporated."
Dinen who mow th~ the
Crab Cooker without Bob Rou-
b i an would be like clam
chowder without clama will ~
relieved to know he ia't J.cning.
Sa\d Roubicm, "T}seq'a DO
place I want k> go, no plac. I
want to be, other than the Crea»
Cooker, for the r..t of my life."
UCI Appointa
Fir•t Woman
To Dean Po•t