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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-03-07 - Orange Coast Pilotr~ ' ' ' ... ; SERVING THE NEWPORT -J.Af.SA COMMUNmES SINCE 1907 f 1UESDAY, MARCH 7, 2000 ·. El0c).i9~:· ,Time to punch ·your: tiCJset • Voters face ~erious issues propoSed airport at· the closed El sure F. There's strn a lot of confu-v a· T E •l.. Us ch M Toro Marine Corps base. sion out there.• at u.Le po ' su as easure Local El Toro advocates have · In the evening, the volunteers F, county supervisors, parties' been campaigning against the mea-wbo have helped campaign against . FYI ELECTION INFORMATION: presidential nominations. sure, saying that if it passes, it could the measure will watch the results at block tbe development of a second an election party. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters who do not know their polling location can call the county's Registrar of Voters at (71 4) 567-7600 or Cl.udlll FlguenN county airport but not future expan-But South County's Measure F DAllY PILOT sion at John Wayne Airport. activists said they will be the ones (714) 567-7620, or log on at www.oc.ca.gov/election. Measure F may be the biggest Airport activist Tom Naughton celebrating. local election issue today, but prima-said Monday that he feels good ·we're optimistic about the out- ry cbntests for the presidential race, about the •No on F" campaign, come," said Leonard Kranser, a vol- which will continue today through-unteer with the ·ves on F" carn-statewide oCfices and a host of state out polling hours. palgn. "The concept that voters propositions will also be vying for "We'll continue With what we should make the final choice on ers before the county could build airports, jails and hazardous waste landfills. Election results will also be posted on the county's Web site and will be available one hour after the final vote ~ount by telep~one at (7 14) 567-7600. equal time in voting booths. have been doing all along,• said where we put airports and jails is Still, Measure F is certainly the Naughton, who is president of the very popular countywide." In a broader scope, the Chlifomia primary is a key battle between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain in the contest for most important of the bunch, with Newport Beach-based Airport Measure F, which was designed probably the biggest land-use issue Working Group. "We'll be answer-to block the El Toro airport, would facing the county at stake -l;he ing the phones, explaining Mea-require a two-thirds majority of vot-SEE VOTE PAGE 5 REGISTERED VOTERS: • Costa Mesa: 45,621 •Newport Beach: 46,582 .. . . .. Freedom has a nice -ring· to it Developer sent -back Convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison 20 years ago, Dwayne McKinney, readapts to life after his conviction was overturned. Greg Rlsling D AILY PILOT I magine having everything taken from you just when you had the most to offer. Your possessions. Your ramily. Your youth. Your dignity. All that was left was your strength of mind and the faith that, one day, the truth would be discovered. Welcome to the world of Dwayne McKinney - former gang member, con-"It can't get victed mur- derer, freed inmate and pious soul. Mc.Kinney, 39, after being released in January from a Lancaster prison, is slowly adapt- ing to the We any worse from where I was, except death. · Every day consists of getting a piece of my lite back. " he once Dwayne McKinney remembered. He was found guilty for the 1980 murder of a Burger King restaurant manager in Orange a nd sentenced to life without parole. His conviction was overturned earlier this year when Orange County prosecutors revealed ne w evidence that sug- gested another man was responsible for the murder. •My We was totally taken from me," he said calmly. "It can't get any worse from where I was, except death. Every day consists of getting a piece of my We back.• For the last month, McKinney has spent most of his time readjusting to mainstream society. He has been tak-... en under the wing of Nancy Clark, who runs an alternative sentencing program for inmates. McKinney lives with three roommates in a small West Side apartment. Clark learned about McKinney's Wlfortunate circwnstances through his attorney and her friend, John Oepko. Clark had followed the case, ,, SEE MCKINNEY PAGE 5 , to drawing board -•Standard Pacific, which has proposed building 90 homes in Mesa Verde area, is expected to downsize plans. Andrew Glazer DAILY PILOT COSTA tv1ESA-The Caty Counal on Monday toJd a local builder to go back to the drawing board with tis plans for a 90- home development before taking them to the Planning Commission again. The commission last month re1ected the proposed project to the Mesa Verde neighborhood, but development compa- ny Standard Pacific camE!' before the council with a revised layout. elinunabng a gate, creating a ngbt-twn lane on Adams Avenue and Mesa Verde East and eliminating one Mme from the plan to create more open space. Bui some counal members and more than two dozen homeowners said the changes did not address the most pro- found neighborhood concern -the den- sity of the homes. "I have three children,• said Council- woman Heather Somers, who does not live in the neighborhood, •and they need yards to play on. I don't want to see Uus development twn into a place where kids play in the street That's not what makes a nice development." Mesa Verde homeowners told the commission last month that the gated development did not bt the character of the neighborhood. They complalned that the project would Oood the streets Wlth cars and flood its nearest school, Adams Elementary, with children Developers objected, saying that the project wouldn't be profitabJe with few- er homes. Scott D. Stowell, pres1dent of Stan- dard Pacific -one of Orclllge County's largest developers -asked the counal late Friday evening to hold off on dis- cussing the project. DON LEACH I DAll.Y PllOl Dwayne McKinney Just getting to know hb 18-yeai'-old son, Anthony, after bis 'release from prison In January. MclClnney, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent 18 years In Jail. Stowell said he wanted the PlaruUng Commission to look over the rev1Skms before the council decided whether to approve the project. • .. t Non-politically correct •Jack Callahan, wearer of many hats in Newport Beach, says he doesn't like politics but enjoys serving the community. ity Affairs Committee. •1t puts me in the hot seat.• Callahan said. Callahan's civic involvement is dnven by ms parents' pbiloeophy of giving back to the community. He WU bom in Brookline, Mus., and moved to c.lifomja in 1959 when bis father tTimlferred to Coeta Mela. He lplftt his high school years bare and. foUowtng bD educe· don. heeded beck Eut to WGlll b' • couple of big New Yark edvertilmg .gmdes. However, cbUdhood memoMI of iUn· shine proved too naag • ....tion. drawing Celleben bKk to the area. During tbe lelt four,...., be'I bea"w moN met more mvaMd ID M Balboa ...... mltY. ·My ............... -.-w.· IMWfMll 11111 ClASSlflDS -' •• Q.lBOOM ___ 2 MK llJ1'C6 ·-' .srom ·--:.---~ ----In his cOlumn ~ Judge <*dner rwftKtl on Piil wtir'9 "'*' .. ..,. ..... .. , •, 2 Tuesday, Morch 7, 2000 . l ids Talk BACK Who's to blame for school shootings? We asked some Newport Harbor High School students about the recent school shooUng In Michigan involving first-graders and who they thought should be held accountable: "It's shocklng. You have to sit and wonder what is hap- pening. My aunt said that when she was my age some- thing similar happened, but it was the rarity. Now' school shoot- ings.happen all of the time. I don't know how people are getting these guns!" l, ...... TIEWEEI Helping One Student to Succeed • OrpnkzllDla: HOSTS -Helping One Student to SUcceed -a Whittier Ele- mentary program that prcwides ment~ tor students • c:antact: Sarah MalXel, program director • ~ 1800 Whittier Ave., Costa Mesa 92627 ' ....... (949) 515-6898 • ,....: HOSTS is looking for mentors to work with students one-on-one. Mentors need to commit to spend only one hour a week with their students. Doily Pilot BONNIE DIAS, 16 Newport Beach •It seems like every time a school shooting ~ppens, the kids get younger and younger. Everyday, it's some- thing new. You won- der how young it's going to get How big do their hands have to be to hold a gun? Where do they learn how to do th.is? I blame the media. the entertainment industry, car- toons. It's all about gun control" • SEAN HILLER I OAlt.V PILOT To make reading a pleasurable experience, forth-graders at Davis Elementary are' encouraged to bring pillows and stuffed animals to read- ing time. Here, Chris Rodriquez, left, Jesse Duarte, center, and Christopher Dod.ler get comfortable. ••• WHrTNEY REMPP, 16 Corona del Mar Dr .. Seuss says_ "I think the parents of that little boy are to blame: AUOA MOORE, 16 Cost.a Mesa ·1 think you have to blame the pa.rents and the media. You have to learn th.is behavior somewhere. Problems have really progressed over the ~~0<;°"1et Students read aloud from one book, two books by • IN THE a.ASSROOM Is a wee'~y fea-A favorit.e author on Read Across Americq. Day ture in which Dally Pilot ed~ · reporter Danette Goulet vlsiu a school you might see a mischievous cat within the Newport-Mesa district and wear in your favorite Dr. Seuss m writes about her experience. book. There were white hats with W earing tall, colorfully striped hats and dutch- ing teddy bears, bunnies and blankets, the fourth-graders listened attentively as their class- mates read aloud. Abandoning their desks. the students in Laurie Schilling's class pulled their chairs toward the front of the room, huddling close to catch every word. blue and red stripes. There were blue bats with yellow and white stripes. There were purple hats with yellow streamers and pink paper chains flowing off the back. There were even a few white pillbox-style hats, with grandiose ·flowers flopping this way and that. · •Who: Laurie Schilling's fourth-grade students •What: Storytelling contest marking Read Across America Day • Where: Davis Elementary School in Costa Mesa • Matertab: All your favorite Dr. Seuss books • Lenon: Inspiring children to read and work on oral presen- tation skills As he read "Hop on Pop," I realized you are never too old for books by Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodore Geisel. They are the first books many of us learn to read and the rhyth- mical, often tongue-twisting, rhymes remain favorites, even if we don't realize it. Other students tack.led •Green Eggs and Ham" and "Oh, the Things You Can Think" aloud. Didn't every child wonder why the ,eggs and ham were green? years. What's it going to be like for our kids?" The Davis Elementary School students in Costa Mesa are always concerned with reading and writing. But last week. they were consumed with books as they celebrated what would have been the late Dr. Seuss' 96th birthday, the theme for this year's Read Across America Day -a nationwide literacy drive. It was a day devoted to reading. Students brought books from home to exchange with each oth- el'. They brought' pillows and blankets to snuggle up with in the reading comer. And they toted their favorite books to read out loud. with words and phrases that the kids came up with to describe a good storyteller. It read: "Knows the words, props, proper pronun- ciation, clear voice.,. Zhen, did they say to tbem- selv g, I wouldn't eat them either? s students voiced the words, t y imitated the way adults had read to them. tilrning the book toward the audience to let their classmates see the pictures. One child even tried that patented librarian move -holding the book facing the audience and read upside-down the entire time. LINDSAY HIUMAN, 16 Newport Beach As the end of the day approached, the students grew nervous and excited -it was finally time for the storytelling contest. The excited chatter subsided as the first student boldly took the chair facing the eager dassmates and laid his la.cge construction paper hat aside. Because participating in the storytelling contest was optional, Schilling was proud and a bit stunned as 15 of her 30 students chose to read put loud. •My history teacher brought th.is subject up and we talked Each child made a hat, like one The blackboard was covered about it in class. Per- sonally, I think it has to do with family back· ground. I think the parents should be held responsible because the kid is six." DiSIMICT Slllm9 #llUCNm flOlt AUDfr al• I IM , COlBYGEORGE, 17 Newport Beac;h 1be Newpalt·MMa UDUl9d Scbool Dlltlk1 ii accepting appUc:atloDI for five veC111d• on its 14-membei audit committee. Dan,Pilot READERS HOTLINE • Of MMrtlJlments hftln can be (949) 642-6086 ~without wrttt.n per- Record YOUf comments about copyright owntf, the O.lly Piiot or news tips. HOW Jg REACH US VOLKN0.57 ADDRESS Clmlledon Our addra Is 310 W. hy St.. The Tunes Orange County Costa MeM, CA 92627. (800) 252-9141 1'NOMAI H. JOt•llCMll CORUCDON5 AdwrM• P\Jbllthef ~ (949) 642·5671 TONYDODW>, It Is the Pllors polky to prompt-~ (949) 642-4321 Editor ly com<t .ii errors of~. NaW =:~-. flle.se "" (949) 574-4233. fWws (949) 642-5680 Editor m St>orts (Mt) 574-4223 IAll-La TN HMpoft INCho4Cost.I Mal News. 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TIDU TODAY First low 3:34•.m ...................... 0.8 First high 9:36 •.m ... : ................... 5.1 Second low 4:02 p.m ...................... -0.1 Second high 10:16 p.m ..................... 4.7 First low 4:16 •.m ....................... 0.7 first higt'I t0:11•.m ..................... 4.9 Second low 4:12 p.m ....................... 0.3 Second high 10'.AI p.m .................... .A.9 zoaes. Applicantl for these positions must Nlkle in Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa or l!stmM:la atte_ndance zones. Tbe other two poatuons are alternative' .,,...._ requiring only that applicants l'9lide wttbln the Newport-Mesa school district. Anyaae interested may apply by submitting a letter to Supt. Robert Barbot at 2985 Beer Street. Costa MeN 92626. POLICE FILES COSTA MESA • West 19th Street: An unknown suspect stole a mountain bike valued at S 1,200 from a locked bike rack at a gym between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 18. NEWPORT IEAot • m.t Coia ,..,..,. A laptop computer V«>rth $3, 100 WM ,...,orted stolen from the . News>9ft Beach Country Ctub bet\.wen the awning of Mar. 1 end the morning of Mllr. 2. • ......_ 1ln8mc A Mt of Loi Angeles Laken tkUtl W9f9 ~stolen from. home In the 1900 blodt It around 2 p.m. Feb. 21. • W•tclll DrlWI A be9t' bottle w thrown through an offa wtndOw • about I p.m. MMh z. mu11ng roughly mo 1n ........ &- Doily Pilot Tuesday, Match 7, 2000 3 Politics is ' nothing but a name ga'f/U! W hatever my short- comings as a judge may have been, no one can deny that I was a superlative politician. I was appointed to the Superior Court by then- Gov. Earl Warren. As far as the coifsefvative Republi- cans who ran Orange County were concem~d. that qiade-me·an-object of· suspicion. One year Warren carried every county in the state but one: Orange County. Since Warren represent- ed what was known as the progressive branch of the party, be was, in the eyes of Orange County conserva- tives. somewhere between a Communist and a Socialist. So that was the first black mark against me. The sec- ond. was that I caine from · Balboa -Sin City -which had lived for years off incomes derived from rwn running, bootlegging and illegal gambling. All of this did not bode well for a long career as a judge. Robert Gordner. THE VERDIO · In the year before my first election, I went on a one-man campaign to try to counter those black marks. Every night I spoke at a PTA meeting. Every noon at a service club. Came the end of that year, and the establishment ran a highly respected ~unicipal Court judge from Santa Ana against me. I won by a 3-1 margin. I carried every precinct in the county. I attributed it all to my ,political skills. Years later, I was appointed to the Court of · , Appeal by then-Gov. Rondld Reagan. No prob- lem with the conservatives here, and by this time Balboa had shed its tar-· Dished image. There were other challenges, however. The Court of Appeal is a rather qbscure court, just a bunch of faceless men and women writing dry-as-dust opinions, either affirming or reversing decisions made by Superior Court judges. As an appellate judge, you have practically no contact with the public. You also don'.t have an oppo- nent when election time comes around. The ballot just says, "Should Robert Gardner be retained as the Presiding Justice of the Second Division of the Fourth District Court of Appeal.• Voters check yes or no. Well, for yea.rs that made the elections cinches. Then sometime in the middy, an anti-judge fever • began to fall. I viewed my election with some trepidation, but I. didn't go back to the PTA and service clubs. The lerti- tory was loo big. The coun- ties r covered included not only a much more populous Orange County, but also Inyo, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, where I was completely. unknown. I received 95% approval. And that's when the real- ization hit. Gardner is a magic polit- ical name. Had I known that, I would have run for higher offiee. Now it's too late. Eighty-eight is proba- bly a little old for a cam- paign tour. It's just as we ll. . Jf I went to New Hamp- shire this time of year I would probably get prteu- monia and die. And even a man with the name of Gardner ·can't be elected president when he's dead. swept the state, and the . • ROBERT GARDNER is a Corona percentage of yes votes for del Mar resident and former the Court of Appeal justices judge. His column runs Tuesdays. Steinberg hosts celebrity golf tourney TAYA KASHUBA/OAllY PILOT SIGN LANGUAGE: supporters of George w. Bush show thelr support to cars passing on lrv\ne Avenue in Newport Beach prior to a rally for the candidate. • Event at Pelican Hill will raise money for the Derrick Thomas · foundation arid the µnited Cerebral Palsy Assn. of o.c. Greg Rtsllng DAILY PILOT NEWPORT BEACH - Sports super agents Leigh Steinberg, Jeffrey Moora4 and David Dunn will host their annual celebrity goU tournament later this month at Pelican Hill Golf Club to benefit two charities. The trio of agents, whose clients include quarterbacks Steve Young. Troy Aikman and Mark Brunell, decided to hold the star-studded golf tournament in their ow'n backyard this year. The tourney will pair four entrants with a celebrity golfer. Participants will play 18 holes of golf on the Ocean South Course followed by a dinller and auction. There will also be awards given for the tournament's longest dri- ve , closest to the pin and the winner of a putting contest. The money raised will be donated to the United Cere- bral Palsy Assn. of Orange County and the Derrick Thomas Third and Long Foun'dation.- Thom as, who was a client of Stein- berg's, died in January from injuries he suffered in a car · crash. Steinberg Thomas, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, was ejected from his car in the accident and par- tially paralyzed. He died two weeks later frotn a massive blood clot that sent him into cardiac arrest. The short list of athletes who have committed to the March 31 event include Ari- zona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer. Kansas City tight e nd Tony Gonzalez and defensive end Bruce Smith. ~;~:~~=~~s~~~;:~~ ·---SAV-f=-.M 0 NE Y ! next two weeks. The event still needs spon- sors. Depending <?n the SA 'VE Tl ME 1. amount donated, sponsors M. will have their names promi- nently displayed throughout With the the course, have the abilitY to enter employees into the Daily Pilot tournament and will receive tickets to the agency's ahnual Super Bowl bash. The title sponsor is Allergan, an CLASSIFIEDS Irvine-based health care company. For more information, call CALL 642-5678 (949) 720-8700. • 1s0100fF SERVICE OF ~~~~'!.~!~ CNft' • .....,. UftlOUTll"I' 30°10 OFF TWO OR MO!!!.~~!~.~~ "'"' • ..,,... UftlCll.S19't My Cleaning Secret #7: I The unconditlonJI love pets give you can be messy, but my neighbor let me in on her secret cleaning weapon: Colt. 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COIT Not Just Clean, Colt Clean.• 4 Tuesday, Morch 7, 2000 Brief It Jn THE 11EWS Applications are available construction of the school's through individual high new $2-million Arts Pavilion. schools, OCC's Scholarship 1be structure will accompany Office or via the Internet at the new $15-million Arts Cen- www.occ.cccd.edu. ter on campus and wilJ feature SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ) The deadline to file is Fri-an Art Gallery, a Young Artists NOW AVAILABlE AT OCC da~ Aprµ 14. Scholarship Gallery and a Gallery Cafe. Scholarship applications aw~rds will be announced Groundbreaking for the for OCC's 2000:2001 ecad~-later this spring. Awards are Arts Center is scheduled for le yee.r are available on ~-contingent upon students this summer. Construction on pus for Orange County ~tt~ .r attending OCC next fall the 8,500-square-foot Arts schoo~ seniors intereste(\i in The Sc:!Y.>larship Office is Pavilion will take place during enrolling for the fall s~~ler. inside OC7:'s Student Center, ijle 2002-2003 academic year. arship monies will be t1 arded Mesa. I ' p.m. tp midnight. Guests will More than $30,000 in~'Chol-2701 F<o/View Road Costa The gala will run from 6:30 this spring to gr~li ating For-more information, call be ~ted to dinner, dan~g. seniors. Scholarlth)i>i range (714)1432-5730. entertainment, a silent auc- from.$400 to~'each, / , tiQn and awards ceremony. The four of scholar-TICKETs ON SALE '>.P' Tickets are available to ships availe,bl are: Emerging, FOR OCC FUND-RAISER students, faculty, staff and the Leader Scholarships, Acade-Tickets are on sale for public. Tickets are $100 each mic I;xcellence Scholarships, OCC's Orange Tie 2000 gala until May 1, when they Prospective Teachers Schol-at the Hyatt Regency Irvine become $125 each. arships and Disadvantaged on Oct. 14. For more information, ca.11 Students Scholarships. The gala is a fund-raiser for (714) 432-5645 . AROUND ·TOWN . • Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St .. Cos- ta Mesa 92627; fax to (949) 646- 4170 or call (949) 764-4330. A com- plete listing may be found at dai- lypilot.com. TODAY The Newport Hills Garden Club will celebrate Arbor Day at the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., New- port Beach. Bring a brown bag lunch• for a picnic under the trees. For more mfonna- tion, call (949l 830-7130. The National Assn. of Women Business Owners-OC will hold its March nieeting from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa. Debbie Gilster will speak on using good organization for "Tam- ing the Paper Tiger.• Cost for the event, which includes din- ner, is $34 for for nonmem- bers, $34 for first-time guests. For more infoITCUltion, call (714) 832-5741 . Mother's Market will present a free seminar, "Why We Get Sick and What We Can Do to Stay Well,• from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in its patio care. The market is at 225 East 17th St .. Costa Mesa. For more infor- mation, ~ll (800) 595- MOMS. (595-6067) The Jewish Federatlon Young Business & Profession- als group will host an after- . , work mixer for singles and married couples, ages 25 to 45, at 6:30 p.m. at Classic Q, 4250 Martingale Way, New- port 13each. The cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For more information, caU (714) 755-5555, ext. 225. The Center for Leaming and Behavioral Solutions will pre- sent a four-week course, starting today with Dr. Shirin Ansari, on "Tools and Strate- gies for Parents of Children With Learni.ng Difficulties.· Classes will·meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through March 28. The fee is $15 per session. The center is at 1501 Superior Ave., Suite 202, Newport ~each. For more information, call (949) 548- 0885, eXt. 6. WEDNESDAY She rman Ubrary & Gardens will present a #Passion for Perennials" program al 9:30 a.m .. with Mary Lou Heard, owner of Herd's Nursery. The event is free and open to the public. The library is at 2647 E . Coast Highway, Corona d el Mar. For more information, call (949) 673- 2261. Mother's Market will offer a free seminar\._on traditional Chinese medid?te from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Herbalist Mark Kay- lor will speak. The market is at 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. For more information, call (800) 595-MOMS. The Newport-Mesa Crib- bage Club meets at 6:45 p.m. at Oasis Senior Center, 5th and Marguerite avenues, Corona del Mar. For more information, call (949) 646- 5293. . THURSDAY· The Thursday Morning Women's Club Will hold a St. Patrick's Day-themed ' sh ow and lunch at noon at Balboa Bay Club, 1221 W. Ooast Highway, Ne wport Beach. The event will feature stage and screen actor Barbara Leigh and t:osts $22. For rese rvations, call (714) 546- 2244. Newport Beach Public Library wiU host a Japan navel Bureau representative speaking on "A Virtual Jour- ney to Japan• at 7 p.m. in its Friends Meeting Room. The library 15 at 1000 Avocado · Ave. For more information, call (949) 717-3801. Borders Books, Music & Cafe is forming a mother-daughter legacy dub to help strength- en their relationships. The group's first meeting, which will feature activities such as a book-of-the-month reading, will be at 7 p.m. The store is at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 432-7854. St. Andrew's Presbyterian C hurch will hold the first meeting of a six-week • f Daily Pilot OCCAPPUCATIONS Tournament at Mesa Verde Rambil and Norm Nixon; J.J. AVAL~ APRIL J Country Club. Stokes, wide receiver with Applications for summer Proceeds from the touma-the San Prandsco 49ers; and and fall classes et OCC will be ment will fund OCC's new Karim Abdul Jabba.r, running available on campus April 3. Arts Pavilion. back with the Washington Summer sessions are •Mazda North AJDerican Redskins. scheduled to begin June 5, Operations is committed to Cpnstruction on the $2- 12, and· 26. These sessions supporting organizations that million structure is sched- will feature four-, six-and contribute to improving ~ uled to begin in 2002. The eight-week courses. quality of life 'ln the commu-8,500-square-foot Arts Pavil- The fall semester will nities in which we live and do ion will be built next to the begin A 14 business • ~ft'd Jay Amstov a new $15-mllllon Arts Center ug, • I lM&J II Applications will be avail-spokesman for Mazda Motor on campus. able in OCC's Admissions Co. of America. "We are '1 Registration for the touma- and Records Office,, 2701 proud to sponsor our first ment opens a~ 9:3p a,m. with Fairv)ew Road, Costa Mesa. celebrity golf tournament in, J a shotgun start at 11 a.m. An For more information, call Orange Collhty. • ' fY on-course barbecue luncheon . (714) 432-5072. .. .. 'Celebrities "Schedul~d/to Will be served. · participate include: Pro Foot-Anyone who shoots a hole- GOLF TOURNEY TO BENEFIT ball Hall of Famers Erit Dick-in-one will win a new 2000 OCC'S NEW ARTS PAVILION erson, former running back · Mazda MPV. Individuals and On March 20, more than with 'the Los Angeles Rams, corporate participants must, two dozen sports celebrities and legendary Chicago Bears reserve a spot by Friday. will tee off in the Inaugural linebacker Dick Butlds; for-For more information, call Mazda Open Celebrity Golf mer Los Angeles 1Lakers Kurt (949) 727-6304. divorce recovery workshop at 7:30 p.m. The Thursday workshops will be conducted by Dr. Bill Flanagan. The cost is $25 prepaid or $30 at the door. The church is at 600 St. Andrew's Road, Newport Beach. For more information, call (949) 574-2214. FRIDAY Inventor's Forum will pre- sent an "Initial Steps for Pro- tecting' your Invention• semi- nar, tr:om 7:30 to 1'0 p.m. at Orange Coast College's sci- ence lecture hall. Admission is $15. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road. Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 540-2491. Balboa Bay Republican Women, Federated will meet at 11 a.m. at Balboa Bay Club, 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Dr. Barbara Stone will speak. The cost is $22. For more information, call (949) 515-1887. The Orange County Fair and Exposition Center will hold a motorcycle swap from 5 to 10 p.m. in Building 10, 88 Fair Drive Costa Mesa. Adult admission is $7. For more information, call (949) 598- 5122. ONGOING A women's the rapy support group meets to discuss rela- tionship issues at 6:30 p.m. on .Tuesdays at 1151 Dove St., No. 105, Newport Beach. For more information, call ·Bar- bara at (949) 261-8003. The Friends of the Newport Beach Public Library Used Book Store needs to replen- ish its book stock. Patrons are urged to bring in unwanted books~ With the exception of law books or magazines, all donations - hardcovet and paperback - are welcome and are tax- deductible. Books may be left at any ol the three branch libraries -Balboa, Mariners or Corona del Mar. They can also be left in the special book closet next to the store at 1000 Avocado Ave. For more information, call (949) 759-96671 The Newport Beach New· comers Club meets at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday o.f each month at different homes. The group of about 10Q women go on the road, play golf, tennis, bridge and more. The group also holds several evening parties. For more information, call (949) 854- 4~01. SL Mark Health Mlnlstrles presents Love Without Honor support groups for women cop- ing with domestic violence at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mondays through December. The groups will meet for two hours at Sl Mark Presbyterian Church, 2100 Mar VI.St.a Ave., Newport Beach. For more information, call (949) 721-8079. The Jewish Family Service of Orange County sponsors a discussion group focusing on issues, concerns ahd respon- sibilities of adult children caring for th~ir elderly par- ents at 7:30 p .m. Tuesdays at 250 E. Baker St., Costa Mesa. The purpose of the group is to help children and other concerned 'relatives to identi- fy problems and issues and develop appropriate solu- tions. The cost is $30. For more information, call (714) 445-4950. The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce holds networking lunc.Qeon meetings from 1'1:45i a.m. to 1 p.m . at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Drive, Cos- ta Mesa. Visitors are wel- come. Cost is $12. For more infonnation, call (714) 885- 9090. . Tbe Udo Isle Toastmasters Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at the Oakwood Apartments, 1700 16th St., in the clubhouse Ofl the main level, in Newport Beach . For more information, call (949) 515-9470. The John Henry Foundatton sponsors the Comfort Zone, a mental illness support group, which meets from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the Llght- house Coastal Community Church, 301 Magnolia St., Costa Mesa. FoT more infor- mation, call (949) 548-7274. 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Blocll ...... of"°' .., (714) 545-7168 • Valances &: Cornice Bout • Roman Shades • Blindt • V~rtical1 • Sbattcn • Beclapteacb • , ' Doily Pilot CONTINUED FROM 1 (ADehan said, adding that even though bis father worked for United Airlines for 42 years, be still man- aged to find time to coach Uttle League Baseball. Callahan said he gets involved but triesr to stay ~minded and even- •• handed. Finding that balance. can be difficult with a pro:: ject like the $100-million . Dunes resort. but Calla· ban said he bies to focus on protecting the commu- nity's quality of life. The proposed resort is currently going through the Planning Commis- sion's review process. While the city could use the estimated $1.3 million in revenue the resort is expected to bring, resi- dent activists are con- cerned about what the mammoth development could do lo the sensitive environment of the Back Bay. One such group. the Environmental Affairs Committee, decided to oppose the Dunes envi- ronmental report, saying it was "very flawed.• "The traffic and ov.e rall size of the project has I people ·concerned,• Callahan• said, adding that though he's not anti- business, he doesn't sup- port rubber-stamping developments. At the same time, how- ever, ~ahan says he does not support the upcoming Protect From Thlffic and Density slow- growth initiative -which some fear will lead to a blanket rejection of any proposed development. The measure proposes to allow residents to vote on developments that would require a "major• general plan amendment. Opponents worry that it will call residents to the ballot box on any minor development. scare away potential developers and reduce Newport's rev- enue source for city ser- vices. However, support- ers argue that develop- ment is out of control in the dty and needs to be curbed. •Greenligbt is well- intended but it's too com- plicated1 • Callahan said. •A lot of people don't Wlderstand it.. When asked if he will become more Connally involved in cty politics, Callahan carefully weighed the question before answenng. ·1 would consider it,• he said. "Lt's a real hard question, though. I'm not sure about it· ZAHER FALLAHI, CPA 28 yrs. exp. . Acccg., Audics, Taxes 15% discounc fl> CM Residents (714} 546-4272 -- MCKINNEY CONTINUED FROM 1 but never talked with McKinney Wllil his release. Before she had even met him, Oark decided that she would offer him a place to live. Meeting McKinney only confirmed her gut instinct to help him. •My first impression of him was someone with remarkable spirituali- ty,• Clark said. "He has a complete lack of bitterness or anger about the horrific incidents be experienced in prison . .I wasn't surprised about that, but impressed with how he handles hifn.seU." GETTING BACK TO LIFE So much ha~h fost during the greater part or McKinney's life. A long, hot shower is foreign to him. Tuesday, Morch 7, 2000 5 friends planned the hoJdup at the Burger King restaurant The mmate named the alleged killer, who is in Jail on wirelated charges. Prosecutors are reviewing the case and may ftle charges against the man late r thlS month. For McKinney, the news wdS nothing new. He had always ma1Iltamed his innocence 'and believed he would be released someday-an mcilcation of hJ.s strong faith. ·1 knew one day 1t would come to an en~• be said. •All I hdd were my thoughts and that enubled me•to get up every day." NO LONGER BARRED McKinney puts pressure on himself. He wants to succeed. He w~ lo be productive. •1 feel blessed to know hun, • Cldtk said •I'm getbng far more out of our friendship than I am glVlng • Going to a supermarket was an assault on his senses. He forgot bow to approach the opposite sex. Spending 18 years in state prison can do that to a man, making the siJn- plest of functions distant memories. For McKinney, the matters most people take for granted are the very ones he cherishes .. DON LEACH I DAILY Pit.OT Dwayne McKinney jokes wi~ bis son, Anthony, in his Costa Mesa home. He has achieved near-celebnty sta- tus and receives the VIP lredtment Many people have dondted money to help him get back on tu<o feet He's me t boxing champion Ken Norton and Cos- ta Mesa Mayor GdfY /'l.lonahdll He'!> going to his first concert Ill more than two decades. The band is Cl'ucdgo, a popular group when McKinney WdS growing up. "I'm getting accustomed to doing things on my own," be said. "I am so used to having a structured environ- ment. Now, I get scared about making breakfast because I don't want to create a mess.• But there have been more important ventures for McKinney in recent weeks. He has applied for a driver's license and opened a checking account, He looks for a job on a daily basis. Maybe most vital to McKinney is fostering a bond with his 18-year-old son, Anthony. Now a young man, Anthony was just a baby when his father was on tri- al for the execution-style murder. McKinney faced the death penalty and he knew he couldn't be a good father behind bars. Fearful that the outcome could scar his son, he severed ties with him until Anthony could com- prehend the situation. ·1 wasn't going to allow my life to disrupt his,• McKinney said. •If my son saw me behind bars, he might decide to follow that kind or life. I wanted to remove ctny negative -presence from his life. It was a painful decision." McKinney had seen his son only four times. Anthony, who lives in Fontana, visited McKinney on Monday and the two toured the Newi:)ort-Mesa area together. They 8fe planning more visits in the near ruture, far away from any mwcimum·security facility. SET FREE Mc.Kiruley chdn't know when it was going to happen, but he knew it would happen someday. Freedom came on Jan. 28, when a Judge overturned McKinney's coovic- tion. He was embraced by his attorneys, hJs family and his supporters. Eighteen years ago, a jury found McKinney guilty of the murder at the Burger King restaurant. The team of prosecutors, which included county Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas, had four witnesses who pinned the crime on McKinney. Restaurant manager Waller Bell was fatally shot in the head. The gunman made off with $2,500. McKinney claimed he was recover· ing from a gunshot wound at his Ontario home during the time of the killing. The jury weighed the evidence and found McKinney guilty. However, they deadlocked on the death penalty and McKinney was sentenced to We in prison without parole. Recently, county prosecutors said they had new infonnation that exoner- ated McKinney. A pnson inmate serv- ing time (or robbery ~aid he and two McKinney has man} asp1rdt1ons, places he wants to g,o. He'd Like to edu- cate kids about the p1tfcills of cnme and the cc;msequences that gp dlong with 1l. ·A lot of kids cctn'l see beyond the five or si.x blocks in th0ir neighbor· hood," he said. "Thetr chmces can sometimes come with d pnce There is a reason why they need to std~ m school and work toward someUung po!>11lve • As tenible as hJ.s expenence has been, Mcl<mney has overcome the ·near-unpossible and remdUls confident about his future "No matter what com~ dlonq I will be able to handle 1t, • he added. "I'm thankful for what I have • VOTE the county Board of Educdlton as w eU as seve ral races for supenor court judge posts. Steve Ray, a Democrat from Sunset Beach. around lakes, rivers, streams and the coast The initiative includes up to $13 million for the Upper Newport Bay Eco- logical Reserve to help pay for the bay's next dredgmg project. bonds and property taxes. U approved, the mC'ctSure could make 1t ea ier to gel voter approval m a June c;peodl Plec- tlon when the ewport-M~ Unified School 01.'>tnct dsk vot- ers to pass a $100-mtlbon S<"hool bond lo fix agmg <;chool<o. CONTINUED FROM 1 the Republican presidential nomination. Also vying for the GOP ticket is Allan Keyes. Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Bill Bradley are the choices for the Democratic nomination. The ballot also includes races for two seats on the Ordnge County Board of Supervisors. Charles "Chuck" Smith, of the 1st District, and Todd Spitzer, who represents the 3rd Dis- trict, are up for reelection. There are two seats open for There are also several fed- eral and slate government races. Re p. Chris Cox tR-Ncw- port Beach) t!> running for reelec:tlon in the 47th Congres- sional District. ln the 45th Dislrlct, longtune incumbent Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) is squaring off against Long K. Pham, a Republican from Newport Beach; Newport Beach resident Constance Bet· ton, of the Natural Law Party; and Costa MeSd'S Don Hull, of the Liberlctnan Party. State Sen. Ross Johnson (R· l.rvme), of the 35th District, is . running for reelection against Shoes for Everyone Men, Woman, Kid• & Infant Size a Specializing in all widtha ! NB Apparel tao!! C949l 720-1602 . Celestino's quality MEATS Ilk' rillc..'SI ,\teal nnd Sen1/Ct' 1'<11k11Jly &rving CostA Ma11 for oi~ 30 JN" I weojfn-AJ..L.NATURAL BEEF & CHICKE~ I French Apple Boneless Skinless Stuffed Pork Chops Pesto Chicken Breast B«lte 350° 1-ltr Bair#' 375° 35 min. Se"'e MJilh pwita. $3.99 lb $4.99 lb WddRice Stuffed Chicken Breasu $4.99 lb Cdatino's Special Corned Beef Eye .of Rounds EXTRA LEAN Bea Foster, a Democrat from Santa Ana, and Gary Beck, a Republican from Orange, are challenging state ~sembly­ man Bill Campbell (R-Orange) for the 7 lst District. Five of the slate ballot propositions -12, 13, 26 and 28 -could have a big impact on the Newport-Mesa area. Prop. 12 is a $2, 1-billion bond measure to protect land Prop. 13 1s a $2-billton bond measure to ensure the reliability and quality of Cali- fornia's water supply. Prop. 26 authorizes local vol· er approval by majority vote, not the current two· thirds, for school construction and improvement Prop 28 would a repeal a 1998 50-cent tobdCCO SurldX The tax has been used to fu nd ch1ldren ·c; hedlth programs including some m Costa Mesa. DON'T MISS THE CHANCE to be in this annual issue that's all abqut Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Corona del Mar! Publication Date: Friday, March 24, 2000 Ir I Call by March 9 to be a part of this special edition. For Advertising, call (949) 642-4321 I ,• COMMUNITY 6 Tuesday, Morch 7, 2000 Quutlo.ot· --Should the city of~ leect. trJ to Ndewlop Udo . -.-. ... ,,._., Call our fteaders Hotline at (949) 642-6086 or e-mail I · your comments to dallypilotOlatimucom. Please spell your name and tell us your hometown and phone number (for verrfication purposes only). . ' It's time to forge a bond .with. our kids · By Byron de Arakal T he bond wagon is corning to our neck of the valley. folks. It's our tum. ln the Capistrano Valley Unified School District, they rolled out the welcome mat for it; gdve it one of those big grandma hugs. But in Irvine and Huntington Beach. they chased it from town as if it were some crooked vagabond peddling bad hair tonic. Now ti's heading our way thanks to the unanimous courage of the Newport-Mesa Uni- fied board of trustees. On June 7, we'll either welcome 1t or ride it out of town on the rail it came in on. Here in the land of plenty -in the bastion of corporate high-ris- es and haute couture, in the bread basket of Bertram ydchts, and ballooning home values _!. having stude nts of Newport· Mesa Unified still hedding off to leam each day at schools in such a s tate of disrepair is d bewilder- ing irony. And, altogether, a fes- tering tragedy. For monU1s now, Newport- Mesa school officials, concerned citizens, and captains of local irtdust.ry have combed the dis- tJi.ct's elementary, middle and high school campuses taking stock of the advancing ruin of our schools. What they've found is sobering -a slap to the face m the dead of winter. It's a bleak canvas: bwJdmgs with dangerous structuJal decay, classrooms that roast their inhabitants during our balmy seasons. rottlng ceiling tiles, brittle wiring, corroded Communi~-COMMENTARY plumbing and playgrourtds strewn with antiquated equip- ment and crumbling black tops. Newport-Mesa's campuses are so tattered and tom, in fact, that it will require at least $110 million to pull them from the brink of ruin. And therein lies the acid test. Now that the Newport-Mesa Unified school board and Supt. Robert Barbot have made their case for a bond measure to raise most of the coin our schools' sal· vation will require, how will we respond? My hope is this community will forge a new bond with our kids, wilJ .be...wiJJ.ing to drtnk a Jew less latte~. take one less ski trip, and part with roughly $8 a month on . average per household. That's a paltry sum about the cost of a bag of fertilizer we mirtdlessly sprinkle on our lawns to keep them green. The alternative is to claim -cer- tairtly not proudly -that we a re that well-to-do seaside community with inner-city schools. Still, if it is most obvious to a fair portion of Newport-Mesa citizens that the passage of the bond measure is a no-br(\irler, it will just as likely be the target of those who perpetual- ly grouse about public irtstitutions of any kind. Here's what we're likely to see from the naysayers. There will be those in our com- munity -usually the ones with the most resources to spare and the least to lose if a bond passes -who will fill their quivers with anti-tax, anti-debt, anti-;govem- ment arrows and take dead aim at the heart of the bond initiative. These are tbe'folks who view the public financing of anything as anathema. The'n there'll be the minions still wounded by the fading specter of the late Stephen Wagrt· er. We need to remind very few that if was Wagrier, the district's financial chief irt the early '90s, who underwrote his tony car col- lection, gemstone investments and otherwise lavish lifestyle with $4 million of the district's money. Wagner's check-writing party still infuriates a fair number of folks and nourishes their persistent mistrust of the district's· overseers. They'll use this bit of history as a spike strip to flatten the tires of the bond wagon. Finally, we'll be treated to those who don't give a damn one way or the other. These will be folks with no kids, who have kids in private school, or who simply don't care much about anything so long as it doesn't threaten their fixed income. One hopes these various con- stituencies will find clarity if not benevolence. But if they're not inclined to, J'd hope they would noodle on these arguments: • For those who pitch their tent in the anti-tax camp, who are devotees of Reagan federalism, contemplate for a moment that it was never Reagan's intention to purge our democracy of publicly financed institutions. Jt' should be, he would argue, that public insti- tutions are the citadels of the local community, not the money-glut- tons of state and federal govern- ment Therefore, the source of their funding should be the loc;al community. Not the state. Not the Beltway. Who can argue that a local bond measure is not what Reagan bad envisioned? • As well, it is wrong to contin- ue to punish the children of New- port-Mesa unified for the sirts of Stephen Wagner, as well as the board members and administra- Jors who were snoozing while Wagner's hand was irt the jar. In other words, let it go. Wagner's dead. And all but a few of the . board members and administra ... tors who were on deck (or below deck) when the-embezzlement unfolded are long gone. By all accounts and observations, the current Newport-Mesa board and Barbot are clear thinking, dedi- cated public servants committed to educating our kids. • As for the follts who just don't care, do us a favor. Stay home. Don't vote. This community needs to forge a bond with its children; we need to give them an environment they can learn in; we need to show them that they are at least worth the $8 a month we spend to fertil- ize our lawns. • 8YllON DE A..•••AL is a writer and media consultant in Newport Beach. He resides In Costa Mesa and has four chil· dren who attend Newport·Mesa schools. School calendar change draws mixed opiniOns AT ISSUE: The Newport-Mesa school district has proposed a class schedule that would shorten summer vacation and make longer winter and spring breaks. · M y children go to Adams School in Costa Mesa, and I am the PTA presi- dent at Adams. You have asked for comment to this new calendar being proposed, and the operative word is "proposed." In your article ("DistJict plans to change area's school calendar,· Feb. 19) you made it sound as though it were going to happen. l1us needs to go through a lot of negotiations with a lot of people. As to the lnfonnation we PTA presidents received, it was stamped 14 times with lb~ word "draft.• I'm hoping the district can come up Wlth a compromise. Here are some concerns l have with some parts of the proposed calendar: Starting school in the middle of August seems a litUe much. If you can recall, most of our schools do not have air conditioning and sometimes eve11 starting school in the second week of Septe~ber can be really grueling for all involved -staff, teachers and students. MARW.NA DAV MASSEY I DAllY ~OT Parents drop their children off tor the Urst day of school at Eastbluft Eleme ntary. Secondly, lhree weeks off fqr winter break seem d little too long. According to the alter- nabve calendar, summer break would be sue and a half weeks and winter break is three weeks What happens to the students learning the English language then? U they are so con- cerned about this, they need to look at this part aqain. · ,.., the two weeks oU at spring ~rn'!k· U you recall again, our testing (SAT9) is done around this time of the year in ele- mentary schools. To give two weeks off before a maJor test is probably not in the best interest of the students or teachers. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak out on this issue. Just remember that this is in the draft stage and a lot has to be done . MICHELE GRAHAM Costa Mesa lo response to the article, •Parents respond to draft of new school schedule,• Feb. 25, It states, "Parents argued that a three-week winter brea.k is too much time off for stu- dents.• And 10-plus weeks for summer break is OK? Winter break goes by quickly with the first week being that crazy madness before C hrist· mas, 8nd then it's just one more week before they are back . What harm is one more week?. Th.is same school calendar was brought up years ago for the elementary schools and fil- tered into Costa Mesa HJgb School to possibly work off the Wilson Elementary School calen- dar. And that is basically what is beirtg repeated now. • J attended the meeting held at Costa Mesa High School and it bad a poor attendance of only a couple dozen parents. Only a handful of us were for the new calendar, it seemed; the majority were against it. They were against it because they were involved1n th.is or other school districts themselves and it ( would have been inconvenient for them if there were any changes. Well how about the rest of us who have to amuse and entertain our students over the long summer break while we have to work? The schedule as it is now is not very conve- nient for us. A neighbor of ours is a teacher in the Tustin scliool district, where there are year- round classes. She said it is a good thing for the students -they retain more when the year is broken up with shorter breaks. Ten-plus weeks during the summer is way too long. Th~ long summer break was origi- nally suited tor thE' fanning community, and l ask you, how many of us are farming the$e days in Newport-Mesa? And the excuse that it is too hot to come back earlier is weak. Our hottest months the IOW YO COITIO Y-llPll lWllYIS 3300 Newport Blvd., 92663, (94_9) 8'4-3309 ~JobnNoy.s CoUndt: Gary Adami, Jan Debay, Norma· 010ftl, 'n:MI Rklfeway,.Deaidt O'Neil aad TomTIMwoD past few years have been September into October. An extra week for winter break, spring break and Thanksgiving would be great; and families could plan trips at other times of the year. As th~ diversity in our population is chang- ing, so do our vacation destinations. And for some of us, summer is the least desirable time to visit relatives ov~as. ERIN T1tJPP Costa Mesa We are so fortunate to live in sunny swnmer vacationland. 1\'Pically in August. the sun, is out bright and early and the ocean is finally warm ~h for a swim without 8 wetsuit But district officials are considering making our children return to the classroom in mid- August. School's summer vacation needs to extend through, and include, both Fowth of July fireworks and Labor Day festivities, or it just won't be a true summer break. Students need this extended time to rest . and refresh theinselYes in order lo fully apply all their efforts 1n the next hectic school year. Please join me and communicate to New- port-Mesa Unified School District, before it is too late, that we want to keep our local swn- mer tradJtions, culture and heritage intact. I.BECK Costa Mesa The Dlily Pilot welcomes lettm on ltlues conc.emlng Newport 8e«h and Costa Mesa. Th«e •• l9ur Wll'JS to Mfld In your com- mentJ: • wnas -Mail to the Dally Pilot. now. ~t~ (cm. Mesa 92627 •UIMI N01UNE -Call (949) 642-6086 • MX-Send to (949) ~170 • MllAIL -Send to dallypilotelatlm.s.com All Witespondetite must Include your fult neme. hometown and phone number (for verification purposes only). Daily Pilot Goy Geiser-Sandoval EDUCATIONAllY SPEAKING Be pa,rt of the solution on bond· I attend most school board meetings. Like Sid Soffer, I am often the cur- mudgeon. l receive many of the school reports. I often sit during the multi-hour meetings and ask myself_ · what l would do if l were a board member. While I am not a Libertarian, I start with a predisposition against bonds. Many times, I support the cause for which the money is needed and will be used. But, I d on't refinance my house every time I need to make home or car repairs. I pay for repairs with today's dollars. Because today's dollars are ln the bank. I won't be paying off the cost of repairs for the next 25 years, at two or three times the cost of the origirtal repair. So, if it we re up to me, 'Ve would have paid more truces in the past 20 years, so that we would have bad the money necessary to repair and maintain schools. I have not been in the majority on my position, and our state has been adamant about the need to cut prop- erty taxes and keep them low. Our income taxes have been used in large measure to lock people in jail or prison. That meant that other public services, such as schools, libraries, public health care facilities, and parks have taken the hit. Columnist Steve Smith says the failure to maintain our local schools is the fault of our school board. If that we re the case, why is every other school district irt California (acing the same problem? They haven't all been victims of embezzlement and bank· ruptcy. The tiankruptcy money has almost all been recovered. The embezzlement was a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of repair- ing the schools. Steve, I think you should apolo- gize to your kids and the kids irt the district for the state of the schools. l think I should, too. I think every adult should stand up and take responsibility. How many of you h ave gotten up at school board meetings on a monthly basis and asked the board to do whatever it takes to repair the schools? How many of you have sent in a $1,000 donation to fix your neighborhood school? We all knew that the schools have been falling apart, but which one of us was willing to seek election to the school board on a Fix ~e School campaign? How many school districts have been successful in talking their voters into providing money to fix their local schools in the last 10 years? How many of you would support the school board cutting out every elec- tive class and every sports or extracurricular activity to free up funds for school repair? The bond that will go before the voters in June has the guarantees you need to vote for it. The money has to be used for the repairs already out- lined by the architects, which have studied every school, and made rec- ommendations, which were adopted .by the volunteer committee of parents and business people. Each school will have an oversight committee, and there will be a districtwide ovenight committee made up of parents and professioQ,als. There frill be one or two annual audits, and the volunteer audJt com- mittee will keep an eye on things, too:~ The board didn't get their feelings . hurt about the public'1 l&ck of trust. : They figured out whom the public b'usts, and put them in charge of look· tng after the funds, too. So, Steve, maybe we need 4 ma11 apology day. Bvery adult needs to apologize to the kids for the tbepe ol the IChools. Even if tt tau. ma 25 :._ yean to pay the bill to get the ICbooll • fixed, I am rmdy to pay, wttb or wttb-:; · out any apologtea. • A reminder to thole who wtD be 18 ' yeen old by June 5: Register to vote by -.Mllng In. voe. :•tlon pa11.:: card found at the pmt or Cly • Hall. You'v. Uv9d wttb the problem. Now, be part ol ........ . ' ' . . . ' hot• Of 111EDAY ·1 knew the guys didn't want to keep goilg over the same lhings and neibr 6d I .. : Paul Orris. CdM boys hoops coach ... tbdi 13 honoree • IUUIHll lldAIUI Daily Pilot • Sports Edik>r Roger Carlson • 949-57 44223 • Tuesday, Morch 7, 2000 7 . 'II! ill-timed we~ther no doubt dampened the spirits, ltut this pristine, event once again well-appointed. W ethef it's a playoH or an fairways. But course 1o1 • unparalleled act or the golf superintendent Ron gods, every year the Benedict's crack grounds ll>shiba Se~or <;Ias~c has orrered crew could've· cleaned it up f4115 something speoal .. sometbing by hustling to fix the bad ~erent, something uruque. spots, using sand or • For ~ee straight years, in ract, whatever means necessary sparkled and brought out the brightest in colors. As I drove to the cowse Sunday. morning, it wasn't,ralning, but my first indication that something was wrong can1e at the parking entrance gate. There was no attendant to check my badge. Then, I noticed signs had been blown down and not picked up in the parking lot, as 35-mph wir)d ,gusts sweep through Newport Beach. ttle Seruor PGA Tour stop at to gefthe show on the Newport Beach Country Club bas, road. in a ~e, been walking between But, with members or the raindrops. the senior tour scheduled Richard Dunn GOLF ln an attempt to avoid the forecast of rain, tournament officials changed Sunday's format and planned to send 13 threesomes off tlie front nine and 13 off the back nine, beginning at 7:45 a .m . and concluding at 9:33 a.m., with ESPN lo televise the final round on tape delay frorq 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. When I saw George Arche,.. standing by his courtesy Cddillac in · the parking lot, I got a lump in my throat. "They wouldn't cancel the final round or the Toshiba Classic, would they?" I thought. But Sunday lig~tning struck and ·to fly out of town by 7 p.m. ~ocked ~ut the final round. Not Sunday for their next literally, figuratively. destination, and, because it was . There are cries about why the believed by the time the course trigger was pulled so fast to cancel became playable it would the last round and shut everythin~ eventually lose out to darkness; the down. After all, bright sunshine plug was pulled at about 10 a.m. started peeking through by noon in Sunday. Newport Beach and it hardly rained Too bad the final round could in the afternoon. not have been 'rescheduled for OK, so the re was flooding on the Monday, as a beaming sun The 2000 Toshiba Classic was a memorable one, all right. Of all the days for the area with the greatest climate in the nation to suffer an unusually bad storm, it had to come the weekend or the biggest annual event in Newport Beach and the only PGA event in Orange County. Only Mother: Nature knows why. Hundreds or volunteers, mind you, had dedicated their lives to this tournament ln the past week; sponsors had put up oodles or dollars, including $1.3 million by Toshiba; national television was SEE GOLF PAGE 8 It's ·m .the det • r • For one thing, p layers didn't have to' b attle the c rowds this year while makin g the turn. Richard Dunn understands what's going on. DAILY PILOT "But it was nice of him to notice. (The players) are careful about (tipping their cap to tournament officials). They want all the tourname nts to do well.• N EWPORT BEACH - For mem- bers of the Senior PGA Tour who l:ra}'el the country and make stops at Rohrer also mentioned that T OSHIBA players were excited about the ~ seruor-tour record $1-million several different venues. they're aware of what's good and bad in the operation of a tournament. There are transportation issues, food and beverage services, programs during the week for the players' families. and, of course, a golf course on which to play and compete for hur+dreds of thousands of dollars. Hospitality goes a long way in a golf tournament. and there are details on the course few would pay much attenllon to, unless you were a golfer. Following the ram-shorte ned, 36-hole Toshiba Seruor Classic at Newport Bedch Country Club, senior tour player Jay Sigel complimented co-chairman Jake Rohrer on the event's nobceable improveme nts, such as an easier path getting from the ninth green to the 10th tee. In previous years, players would take the traditional route . along U1e cart path, going past the putting green, dubhouse and No. · 1 tee box before arriving at the · 10th tee. During their trek, players sometimes struggled avoiding foot traffic from fans and round distractions along the way. But, this year, tournament officials roped orr an area that crecited a beeline from the ninth green to the 10th tee, allowing players to make the tum more swiftly and smoothly. •1t was very gratifymg to me (Sunday) morning. whe n (Sigel) said he.really noticed the improvements,• said Rohrer, a longtime volunteer for Hoag Hospital, the managing charity or the senior tour event. ··(Sigel) also said be noticed the increased corporate and community support, and improved hospitality. He said the townament gets better each year, and said, -rll be back.' Jay, or course, is also a businessman and donation to charity. Howard Twitty missed finishing in a lie at six-under 136 with champion Allen Doyle by less than an inch. when hls 15-foot putt from the fringe al 18 in the second round didn't fall. Had l'witty made hls birdie attempt, there would have been a playoff Sunday between him and Doyle for the Toshiba title on one of the par-three holes. Trailing Doyle by one stroke as he got to the 18th hole Saturday, l'witty said it was in the back of his mind that be needed a birdie if the final round was canceled (which it was). •1 bit a real good putt on 18, • Twitty said. "It had a good chance. When you see it raining, you think you might still have a chance, but the course was pretty wet (Sunday)." Twilty's putt burned the right· edge of the cup as it slid past. One inch. perhaps, cost him a shot at a playoff. "It was a lot less than an inch,• said Twitty, who settled for a sec- ond-place tie and earned $104,000, his highest finish in two years on the senior tour. Even though Arnold Palmer can't play like he once did, the 70-year-old legend was the highlight of Toshiba Senior Classic 2000 for this reporter. Following him around on the golf course, watching his famous squint and enjoying a relaxed conversation with him Thursday in the quiet, uninterrupted environmentorthelockerroorn lounge was unforgettable. Doyle, who won his lint senior tour event of 2000 and his fifth career title (he won four last year as a rookie), made some interest- ing comments Sunday about, MARC MARTIN I DAILY Pit.OT The Millennium edition of the Toshiba Senior Classic will always be remembere d for two things ... the rain, and, Arnold Palmer. among others, Lanny Wadkins, one of the circuit's marquee rookies. Wadkins, who shot seven.over-par 78 in the first round to take himself out or contention, finished tied for 59th at 148, after recovenng in the second round with a one-under 70. There were 13 super seniors (60-and-over) who finished ahead of Wadkins, a wmner of 21 PGA Tour titles, including the 1977 PGA Championship. "I don 't mind laying back and not being in the limelight,• Doyle said, after he was declared the winner of the sixth annual Toshiba Classic, which earned him $195,000. "Other guys get asked why they're not playing better after a round, and guys get asked when they're going to win again. But I don't get asked that much. They (press members) are not wortied about me. "They'll ask Tom Kite when he's going to win, and they'll ask Tom Watson (who won his second start on the senior tour last September) when he's going to win again, and, by about April, they'll start asking Lanny Wadkins why he's playing so poorly.• SEE CLASSIC PAGE 8 TENNIS Davenport l . f ) ~ · oses ... ~o / the rai.IJ ., • Lindsay and Hlngis split purse, points in Scottsdale. SCOTTSDALE. Ariz. -A sec- ond day of unlikely ram in the desert resort town of ScottsdaJe forced cancellation of the final or ~ the State Farm Women's Tenrus Oassic, which wds to feature a showdown of the world s top two players. Sunday's find! between world No. 1 Martina Hmgis dnd sccond- ranked Australidn Open champion Lindsay Davenport of Newport Beach had to be postponed by the , surprising weather. But showers and isoldted thun- derstorms which continued to ran on Monday forced tournament offi- cials to declare the finale a washout. Hingis and Davenport will share the finalists' prize money. talong $43,500 each. and will spilt the win- ner's ranking points. ·"It's disappointing because 1 came througb such a tough draw and I was playing well.• said Dav- enport. who had defeated Jenruler Capnab, Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova to set up her final with Hingis. "It's tough not to have the oppor- tunity to win another title.• Davenport had won the ldst four meetings with her Swiss rival. including endmg liing1s's three- year reign as Australian Open champion with a straJght-sets wm over the top seed in the hnal Ul Mel- bourne . "That we don't hnish d tourna- ment never happened to me &efore, • said Hingis. "You want to wm or lose. but there will be another chance, maybe at lndian Wells next week.· GOLF Temple named head pro at Pelican Hill NEWPORT COAST -D B Tem- ple, a former assistant golf profes- sional at Pelican Hill Golf Club and bead pro at two other golf courses oi)erated by Western Golf Proper- ties, lnc., has been named head pro at Pelican Hill. Temple. who amved at Pe lican Hill in 1991 when the lugh-end dai- ly fee resort facility opened 1ts hrsl of two courses, Wds promoted m 1996 to head pro at The Goll Club at Eagle Mountain in Fountain Hills, Ariz .. then a year later was promot- ed again to Hentage Palms Golf Club inmdio. ·w e are exoted to have D.B. return to Pelican Hill Golf Clubt which is considered our flagship goU property,· saJd J ohn Carson, Director of Operabons at Western Goll Properties. ~we a re proud of D.B.'s dedicabon and growth wtUun our company and know he will excd in his new role at Pelican Hill." Temple, who will report lo Peli- can Hill Dtrector of Goll Rob Ford, previously worked at Big Canyon Country Club Ul Newport Beach and two ,courses in Colorado, including Bookcliff Country Club. -by Richard Dunn Sea Kings· back in actiOn • After nine-day layoff, Cd.M at Uni of. San Diego in Div. m state playoffs opener. IMy,..... OMYPl.OT SAN DIEGO -Wars have been won in the time the Corona del Mar High boys buketba.11 team has spent preparing for tonight's CIP State Divi- 1lon Ill tint-round playoff game, wbk:h tips on at 7:30 at University of San DleGo High. The See Kings (ll-7), however, bad only one Pfectice to prepare for tbe Sen Diego Section DMlion UI ct..mpon Dom (24-6), wbom they ~ paAred wtlb only SUnday. So. CdM tpftt n. ltw~ plllgMaly INlbmt.ng up ltl .... .. ..... .. King ... ..__ ..... .............. med ...... of ........ , .. _.::r--· • , a.w .... ..,. , .... tJD IOYS llSIETIAll keep going over the same thmgs and neither did I,• CdM Coach Paul Orris said . •So we made a few changes. I think we have better balance and more scoring potenbal. but we woo 't know bow the layoff affected us until we play.• CdM last pleyed Feb. 26, a 68--46 loss to Centennial of Compton. ln the Southern s«tion m-AA wmtftiMts. University, on the other bud, enten with tbe momentum glDllldld by winning hi lllCttOn chem,....,..,.., game Priday (64°"'9OYW1eegue dYa1 St. Augustine). Tbe Dom .... paced by 6-loot-8 tenior Ori Wallan, kyou ...... of four ._ of ....._ NBA Mall v ... able Playw -W.-. TM SU DMgo .......... ~ •• -... ~ pll' ::-...... Clllll' eaim1a.11 11 1•• .... .. - Dons, who also feature 6-5 senior power forward Nate Staggs and 5-10 senior point guard Chns Ganan. The Sea Kings. champions of the Pacific Coast League, are paced by senior Kevtn Hansen, who averages 21.2 points ..and seven rebounds per game. Senior guard Alec Hamon (l l.6 ppg) will be )Oined in the beckcourt by fellow senior Brooks Morris, wbo mallea bis firSt Ult since bn!eking hll 1'rist the seveqth game of the ~. Morris, who retumtld to Ktion nine guies ago, 11 averaging 9.S points. Joel Templeton (6.3 pc:inm end m reboundi per game}. a 6-7 cmts, iiil J\idd Hietbrink t5.5 ppgt •• 6-3 lar-w.d. round out .......... ........ ... -OM. W9*ll ...... ... ~-===r::..= .... . .... , ........... Im! .. Ir\·- _sl_uesdoy~._Morch__.7.~20~00~~~---~~~~~~SP<>RTS ~~--~~--------~--~--~-~-i~_P_i•! CLAS.SIC CONTINUED FROM 7 ' You might have noticed Dave Stockton. with a. new look last week ... on top of his bead. For years, you could almost identity Stockton with his PoundeJS Club cap, but the company went out of business and Stockton now wears an MFS Mutual Fund cap. former Masters ~pion TQm- my Aaron, 63, finished a re~ble thfee-over-par 145 (tied for 36th), or one shot better than another' big-name senior tour rookie, Tom Kite .• Earlier in the week, Aaron talked about bis memorable 1973 Masters title. -For me, it was a dream come true, growing up in Georgia (near Augusta National),• be said. •first, it was a dream come true playing in the Masters, then it was a dream come true winning it.• Aaron said he occasionally reflects on his Masters title and some of the shots he made in the tmal round that propelled him to an unlikely green jacket (he won only one other time on the PGA Tour). •I started the final round four shots behind and birdied the first three holes, and that got me right back in it," said Aaron, who shot a finci.l-round 68 to rally and edge J .C. Snead by one stroke for the championship. Mln the last few holes, there was a lot of electricity in the air, like I've never felt before. You feel pressure like you've never felt before. It was incredible.·, Funniest guy on the senior tom, hands down, is Lany Ziegler, the most entertaining player in the pro-ams. before, during and after tee off. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Mesa leads El Modena CORONA -Costa Mesa High's Jeff Montoya shot 2-under par over nine holes (34) Monday at the Green River Goll Club to pace the Mustangs to a 200-202 lead midway through a nonleague match against host El Modena. Lou Carrasco (37) was also sharp for the Mustq.ngs, who host the sec· ond half today at the Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. GOLF CONTINUED FROM 7 awaiting. -How could they not make enough of an effort to correct the problems on the golf course?-I wondered? The course was in bad shape, but, hey, everyone's played in wet, sloppy conditions, right? Hasn't everyone played through the public puddles1 And what's a little wind? That just makes it more interesting. But I learned a lesson Sunday. On the Senior PGA Tour, the term -unplayable~ comes into affect. Later, the winds crashed through the media center, breaking the double doors open in the wrong direction and blowing through a Velcro seam in the tent as 36-hole champion Allen Doyle was inside to talk about his somewhat tainted title. Doyle was moved inside the clubhouse. As I chatted with players in the locker room lounge, most of whom were watching the PGA Tour's Doral-Ryder Open on television or playing backgammon to kill some ........... .. . ..... Newport sweeps Los Al • 1Wo school records snapped. NEWPORT BEACH -Newport Harbor High girls swimmers broke two school rec;ords and several others posted automatic ClF Southern Sec- tion qualifying times as the Sailors' girls and boys teams swept nonleague visitor Los Alamitos in the season opener Monday. Despite frigid conditions, freslunan Nicole Mackey shattered the 100- yard butterfly school record previous- ly held by Melissa Pomeroy by four seconds, winnj.ng in 57 .U, to help the girls win, 94-86. Harbor's girls 200 medley relay team of Hayley Peirsol, Jenniler Arrow, Mackey and Amy Murphy set a school record with a winning time of 1:53.97. Mackey (also the 100 backstroke), Mwphy (100 and 200 free) and Peirsol (200 individual medley and 500 free) qualified for ClF in two individual events .. while Arrow (100 breast- stroke) also met the automatic CIF standard. ·The 400 free relay of Murphy, Peir- sol, Erin Ball and Mackey, was anoth- er CIF qualifier. Peter Belden and Paul Kepner won two events to pace the Tars to a 117- 52 boys win. 80YS • NEWPO«T HAMOR 117, Los AlAMrTos 52 200 mechy ...a.y · 1. Newport Harbor (Gough, Mclain, Bean, Thayer), 1:51.29. 200 free · 1. Gough (NH), 1:58.30; 2. Lansing SWIMMING (NH), 2.-00.38; 3. Geo~ (~. 2:01.60. 100 at · 1. Kepnet (NH), 2:16.19, 2. ui.r.11 (NH), 2:19.90: 3. Altdy (LA), 2:23.29. 50 ..... Belden (NH). 21.81; 2. Snetgrow (NH), 23.11; 3. Hughes (lA), 23.22. tOO fir · 1. 1be (lA), 59.53; 2. Weiner (NH), 59.69; 3. Bean (NH), 1 :03.89. 100 free -1. Belden (NH), 52.83; 2. Cook (NH), 53.08; 3. Thayer (NH), 5,3.93. 500 fr9e .-1. Kepner (NH), 5:20.91; 2. GO\Jgh (NH), 5:27.73; 3. Hutten'(lA), 5:29.54. 200 fr9e ....., • 1. Newport Harbor (Kepner. Cook, Snelgtove, Belden}, 1:35.90. 100 INtdc . 1. Gevril"I (lA). 1:02.44; 2. Arl°'f (LA). 1:04.50; 3. Literell (NH), 1:06.59. too brMst • 1. Probert (NH), 1 :09.45; 2. McLain (NH), 1:10.56; 3. Andy (LA), 1:20.03 .• .....,. 1. Newport Harbor (Kepner, Gough, Cook. Belden). 3:37.00. GRS Nl.an HM90R M, Los AlMwros " 200 mechy ....., • 1. Newport Harbor (PeirsoJ, Arrow. Mackey, A. Murphy), 1:53.97. 200 ...... 1. A. Murphy (NH). 1:58.n; 2. Ball (NH), 2:08.27; 3. Arlderson (LA), no time. 200 IM · Peirsol (NH), 2:14.71; 2. Arrow (NH) 2:23.5; 3. Ngabro (LA), no time. 50 fr9e -1. Lebin (LA), 25.73; 2. J. Murphy (NH), 26.91; 3. Carroll (NH), 29.32. too fly -1. Medtey (NH), 57.21; 2. Klein (I.A), 1:06.7; 3. Beebe (NH), 1:10.22. too free . 1. A. Murphy (NH), 55.07; 2. Wow (I.Ai 59.3; 3. Praig (IA), t :02.52. 500 fr9e -1. Peirsol (NH), 5:10.33; 2. Bffbe (NH), 5:45.25; 3. Spars (LA), 5:47.88. 200 fr9e....., • 1. Los Alamitos, 1:49.72. too INtdc -1. Mackey (NH). 57.91; 2. Ball (NH), 1:03.78; 3. J. Murphy (NH), 1:04.77. too brMst-1. Arrow (NH), 1:07.55; 2. Qwen (LA), 1:20.95; 3. Spars (LA), 1:20.97. 400 free rel•y · 1. Newport Harbor (A. Murphy, Peirsol, Ball, Mackey), 3:43.57. Fullerto~ edges Orange Coast, 2-1 • Pirates fall to 1-4 in Orange . . Empire Conference circles. FJ;~~T'i:~uege SOFTBALL pitcher Erin Kelly out-dueled Orange Coast's •Monica Ortega and improved to 13·0 as the host Hornets defeated the Pirates, 2-1, in Orange Einpire Conference softball action Monday. • Kelly tossed a three-hitter while the Hornets, ranked fourth in the state, ran OCC tops three foes IRVINE -Sophomore GOLF team captain Eric Hird cap- tured medalist honors with . a 1-over-par 72, leading Orange Coast College to victory in a four;-way Orange Empire Conference men's time, I couldn't help but remember what I thought last April when the final round of The nadition in Scottsdale, Ariz., was canceled because of unseasonable sleet and snow. When I saw it on television last year, I couldn't believe it. I mean, of all places -Arizona -there's a freak snow storm that pummels the Golf Club at Desert Mountain. It was the last senior tour event to be shortened to 36 holes because of inclement weather ... until Slmday. I remember thinking how lucky we were in Newport Beach. Ob, sure, we've had some chilly weather. ll \4{8.S cold and windy in 1997 when Bob Murphy sank that 80-foot birdie putt heard 'round the world to beat Jay Sigel ln a nine-bole playoff, at the time a Senior PGA Tour record. 1\vo years ago on a Tuesday -a practice round for the players, but'no pro-am scheduled -it rained hard and kept the players inside. At least we're not like Pebble Beach. I remember thinking last April what a bummer it was for the folks at The lfadition in Arizona, but, then, Sunday I knew exactly how they felt their record to 20-2, 5-0 in conference. The Pirates fell to 12-9, 1-4. Meredith Miles, Renee Snyder and Kimberly Guillen were the' only Pirates to get hits off Kelly. Fullerton Coach Lisa Bassi picked up his 300th win at the school. ORANGE awim cor• EMHCE Fuu.snoN 2, ~ CoAsT 1 Score by ...... Ofange Coast 000 001 0 -1 3 1 Fullerton 101 000 x -2 5 1 Ortega and Valdez; Kelly and and Young. W ·Kelly, 13--0. l -Ortega. goU match Monday at Oak Creek. Brian Winston (75), Mike Akahoshi (77), Ken Kato (77) and Eric Hebert (86) also scored for the t>irates, who improved to 8-4, 3-2 in the OEC. OCC's 387 team total was followed by Riverside City (391}, Irvine Valley (395) and Cuyamaca (4 13). Every look was solemn on the faces of the Hoag Hospital officials who operate the tournament, expressions I've never seen before in 10 years of covering golf for this newspaper. Somt!body on the staff said the final-round cancellation was like a death in the family. While that statement might be a little overblown, it was, quite frankly, a perfect description of the sorrow cast on the faces of volunteer officials. Silver linings? How about that record donation to Hoag Hospital, presumably topping $1 million. ft could be somewhat Jess, because townament director Jeff Purser said the Toshiba Classic will reinvest some portion of the proceeds into the 2001 event and do something special for the sponsors who were washed out of a final round. But, if the goal here is to raise funds for the hospital and put on an excellent goU tournament, chairmen Hank Adler and Jake Rohrer & Co., once again, succeeded beyond belief. There were two great days of action, just like the old days in the Newport Classic Pro-Am. At least we'll never forget this one, either . TOO AV .... ...,. .. College women • Golden State Athletk Conference Tournament championship at Whittier College: Vanguard University vs. Azusa Pacffic. 5p.m. High school boys · State Regional, Division Ill, first rOYnd: Corona del Mar at University High, San Diego. 7:30 p.m. . .....,. .. College • Vanguard at Cal Baptist. 2:30p.m. Community college • Orange Coast at Saddleback, 2 p.m. High school • Costa Mesa Tournament: Rancho Alamitos at Estancia, 3:15 p.m.; Brentwood at Costa Mesa, 3:15 p.m.; Newport Elks Toumament. second rOYnd: Corona del Mar vs. Trabuco Hiiis, at Vanguard Univenity, 3 p.m.; North Orange CC>Ynty Tournament. third round: Newport Harbor at RiYerslde Poly, 3:15 p.m. • Softb.11 College -Point Loma Nazarene at Vanguard University, 1:30 p.m. High school -Newport Harbor at Saddleback, 3:15 p.m.; La Canada at . -. ,, ... 1 " ... ••I . . .,,. ,.,,0. . .. . .' "" f· ~· . . . t. 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' Oeedllne Thureday SPM It Paya to AdvertJM In the Beat LOCAL RMI Eatate Section Call Todey II LISA -.. RIVERA : MM74-4252 : ANNE : WILLEY • • Mt-574-4249 • ••••••••••••••••• i .... J ll .... ,, . T'f p··, ..... _ ' .. ---. ·-. ' C CH YIEWSll Laguna Sch Open Sun 1 ·5 1013 Miramar. 3br 2be + bollls 1m Prirc odv owner S585K 7~~ lt!l!I Owner " out ol 1111 country~ The pnce Ml amaze you! Agel'll 949-723-a' 20 1 BJli sfOOIO g91eo oonwn • """ fiXIUfea, walk in c:loMI. Yecanl, lecased ~ II\ ~. $115000 OwrMJ Bk/ 949-250-4525 NEW CUSTOM HOME $1 ,395,000 Prlnclpel1 Only 8krl0wnef 800-64M661 NEW CUSTOM HOME $1 ,395,000 Princlpel• Only lktlOwnef ~1 *COSTA Ill ' BEST Junio1 1 beClroom and 1 bedfoom. also 2 be<koom ' ba11'1. Quiet galed com-munity. pool, tennis, easy 80C8$S IO lrteWly, beach, and malls. 714-557.0075 • bSTSiOE IACk BAY 1 Large Bedtoom, 11'111111 palio, S79!JMG. NO PETS 94t-631·7813 FAIRWAY APARTMENTS AT BIG CANYON GATED COMMUNllY BY FASHION ISLAND Beautiful tree-fined stnlets and golf course views. Enjoy CatWfnte living In your large 2 BR apartment home! Bayfront commu.n.il)' wilh private be.ch & marina. Walk to Balboa lsland 1hopa. Minurea from FulUon t.land. Ext,... luge eputmcnt1 will\ wood burn.ins fiftplece and private ~· • Boet 1Jip• available • So~No~ NOW LEASING 2BR/28A and 28R/2BA with dc.n s I 99S-Sll00 Please call (~9) 760-0919 -------- ~.......... .~ ~.~ :·,. .. ' I ·-..,.~ . ·; :: ,_.... . ·• l -? .... --. . . ' ' I • lff.!lia:. ...... ! wt..youwrll •0111•••• ......... ...... ... .... Tu.aeoy, Motd1 7, 2000 9 Nc*:il II~~ to A21t AS AYIAD, • .... ~ .11 HOUSEHOl.o ITEIA 6C.iAFEA. HOUSE· b .. old IC PWllCAi1c-<,er• A302 l VNETTE HCt.0 noes on Mondly Mercfl '.I GASOOIGNf HOUSE· c~~J..-~ICHAEL 2000 at 1000 A.M 111 HOLD ITEM!> ST...--N. l(.ity I Kati Jedl&JI A314, CLAqlNE M HO'JSEHOLO ffEMS I< E AUCTION SEA\1 PASSEY, HOUSEHOt.O Publlahed Newpo1 t ICES ~o eox SZI ITEMS • ' BHC.h·CJSll M•H RIALTO. CA t23n 8280, DF6t4Al.NE Delly Pilol fet>ruilry 29. AUCTION BONO I Wtlll;\MS. ' HOUSE· ~ 7, 2000 ~Mii HOLD I ra.tS ALLSPACE. 1COSTl1 85'1, 1<1a.-~£RLY MESA. 1535 NE'AI· ME~l<S, HOUS&IOlO PORT Bl.VO COST 11 ITEMS MESA.CAllm7 8581 , RONAl..D UNIT •• NAME, I FINNE. HOUSEHCLD INVENTORY ITE.Mft A1 5e, BABS 8557, fi06ERT/ MEALEY, HOUtl1· SONJA SURBER, S 0 IT MS cLA•eWtaD ". , ... ,..__ you , en count °" ro .. ,,... f"l'ifl•d of ~~ dl9e ...... i..c-our c:oiumn• com.,.. quelm.d buy.,• to cell ll.11,. .111ol 11, .1olh11• ••II' ,1(.1n I'" 1 )1Jltl." 'A lll1•o1t1 1 """ J J •• By ~ Pf'l'!ilOll: l ltl \\ t••I ll.11 -..,, • I I ""'" \J, .,, I \ 11.!I·.!- \ ,,.,, ~ ,\ t .. 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"T llinit'.Q oc>-p? rt u r 1111 s Sf!T 1·8n.t:IG.PAYOAY !1·8n.24 7.<'lt31 Toll Free CAl"M:A The Ne,vport Beach/Cosra Mesa Octily Pilot presents you with a GREAT OPPORTIJNllY to pro1note antiques & collectibJ~_ Perfi .. -c.t for shops, dealers, auctions, bOoks:ellers, decorators, refinishers, galleries -devdop your business with us! o.r Antiques & CoHcctihics p<"Ci:tl cction Deadlines on March 17th. Don't Miss Out! Call Markr:y (949'> 574-4246 . / .... COMMUNITY 6 Tuesday. Morch 7, 2000 QuestlonOf 1llE DAY Should the city of Newport I BHch try to redevelop Udo Mwina VIiiage? Call our Readers Hotline at (949) 642-6086 or e-mail your comments to dailypilotO/atimes.com. Please spell your name and tell us your hometown and phone number (for verification purposes only). It's time to forge a bond with our kids By Byron de Arakal T ht· l>ond Wrl!JIJO I!> I'• 1111111q to 0111 1w1 k 11! thl' vctlky, folk-. 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R11b(•rt ll11rl111t 11.ivc· n111d1• Lhl•ir 1 <1M· l11r <1 bond 1111•,1s11rt· to r.11<,1 • ll\11!.I ol l11t• 1'1>111 11u1 !,('houb· ~t1l­ v.it11m will rv41111t', h1wv will Wt' r1•Sjl\J1Hi? l\ty 1111111• rs thr:-. n111111111111ty will fur\JI' d n1•w l1011cl w ith u11r kllb, w11J Ill' w11Lin\1 t11 dnnk cJ ll•w le•!.!> 111111"" l<1k<' nm• lt•ss ski tnp, ctnd pur1 with ruu9hJy $8 d Ill<>nlh 11n r1v1•ri1~w pt•r househuld Thnt\ c1 pc1ltry sum c11>ou1 tlw C'O~t of it l>ttq l)f h•rt1hzt>r WI' mrncl!P'i~ly spnr1kJ" 11n 11t1r !own:. to kPPp th1•111 qr<•1•n. ·n11· <1ll1•mt1t1v1• rs to 11<11111 c 1·r- lc1111ly nut proudly -U1.1I w1• rtH' lhc1t Wf'll-111-clo s1•c1s1d1• n 11n11111n1ty \vllh mnc•r-nty '' h11ub Still 11 11 ,., 11\0~t 11h\'HHI'> to ,, t.m ptH11lll1 111 NPwp11r1-l\11•s<11111z<•n:-. tl1<1l llw fld'-~d~I · 111 th1• bond llll 'cl~\Jrl' I!> •I n11-IJ1<111wr, ii will Jll!.1 .i~ likl'I}' lit• tlw l•tHJPl 111 lho~t· who p1·1pl'llt<tl- ly 11rou~1· <1buut publtc m-,11t11lln11~ ol .rm· kind. l l1•n•~ wlictl w1>'n· hk1 •tv' 111 ~··<•Imm 1h1• 1111ysct)'l'f'- Tl1t•n• will l>•· tho-.P 111 t1111 111n1- 11111rn1r .. ll'>l11illy lhl' I/Ill''> With th!• 1111,..;t JC'SlllJ11·1·~ lo -;p11r1 • 1111d thl! least to lose if a bond passes -who will fill their quivers with dnti-tax, anti-debt. anti-govern- ment arrows and take dead dim at the heart of the bond initiative. These are the folks who view the publ.Jc financing of anything as dncJthema. Then thc re'U be the miruons sl1U wounded by the fading specter of the late Stephen Wayn- er. We need to remind very few that 11 was Wdgner. the district's lmcJmidl chief in the early '!JOs, who underwrote his tony car cul- IPdmn, gemstone investments und otherw1se lavish Westyle with $4 million of the ilistricl's money. Wd\Jnl'r's check-writing party still inf undies d lair number of folks ttnd nourishes their persistPnt ,mistrust of the district's overseers. They'll usP this bit of history as a :o.p1k~ stnp to flatten the ttres of Uw bond wagon . FinuUy, we'll be treated to thost• who don't give a damn one w<1y or the other. These w ill bP lolk.; with no kids. who hdVC kids 111 pnvdte school. or who simply don't CdrC much ab out anything so lunu dS 11 dOf'sn't threitt<•n theu flxt•d income, OnC' hopPs these vdn ous' con- strtuenne!> will fmd cldnty 1{ not hPnevolf'nce. But if they're not m chned to, I'd hope they would ntJodlt> on these drgumcnts; • For thosf> w ho pitch their tent m lhl• ,1n1.J-tax camp, who are dt>votet·~ of Reagdn ft>dt•rcilism, f'Olllt•mplutf' for a m oml1nt that it WdS nevt'r Redgan ·s intention to pur\JI' uur demondcy of puh!Jcly financed institutions. It should be, he would argue, that public insti- tutions are the citadels of the local community, not the money -glut- tons of state and federal govern- ment. Therefore, the source of their funding should be the local community. Not the state. Not the Beltway. Who can argue that a local bond measure is not whdt Reagan had envisioned? • As well, it is wrony to contin- ue to punish the children of New- port-M esa Unified for the sins of Stephen Wagner, as well d S the board members and administra- tors who w ere snoozing while Wagner's hand was in the jar, In other w ords, let it go. Wagner's dead. And aJI but a few of the hoard members and administra- tors who w ere on dP.ck (or below deck) when the embezzlement unfolded are long gone. By all accounts and observations, the current N ewport-M esa l>uard and Barbot are clear th.inking. dedi- cated public servants committed to educating our kids. • As for the folks who just don't care, do us a favor. Stay hom e. Don't vote This community needs to forge a bondl with iLc; childrt>n; we need to give them an environment they can learn in; we n eed to show them that they ar~ at least worth the $8 a month wP spend to fertil- ize our ldwn s. • BYRON DE ARAKAL is a writer and media consultant in Newport Beach. He resides in Costa Mesa and has four chil· dren who attend Newport-Me sa schools. ---------------------------- School calendar change draws mixed opinions AT ISSUE: The Newpo rt-Mesa school district has proposed a class schedule that would shorten summer vacation and make longer winter and spring breaks. 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Tn \flVt' two wt•Pks olf h1•lon• .. nltl)Pr l··~I I!'> pr11l1t1l>ly not Ill lhi• IH·~I llll('rt•!.I .. 1 lh1 • -.111d1•11lo., 111 l1•.wh1•1'> rt1(111k y1 111 Im ~11v1nq nw U11s 11pport11n11y 111 !>Jl!'<lk 11111 on tl11s 1s~m· .lust rrnwn1bn l hdl llll'> I!> 111 1111· cJr,1ft !.lcl<JI' ,ind cl Int hn!. to hr d1)11t. MICHELE GRAHAM In Jt•<,prnl!>I' lt1 lht• ort1d1•, "l',irl'nl!. n•sponcl to dr(1tl ot 111•w !-rhool !>C lwd11l1•," fol'h 2-">. ti ~ld t1·~ .. • P11w 11I!-111q11NI lhc1t r1 lhrc•f'-Wl'Pk w1nlf•r IHhlk I!> lo<> nHwh llmr nlf for stu- drnl~ • Anti I 0 ph1'> w••l'k~ 101 sumnwr hrl'rtk t!. O K< W 1nll·r l11<'<1k II""" hy q1111 k ly with thr fir-,1 w t•Pk h1•10CJ thnl nc11y m.ulne!-~ hf'f11n • ( 'hn!il · lllct!-, <inti lht•11 11\ 111!.I one mon• WPl'k hc •forP thPy r1n• hell k Whctl hdnn 1~ 11111· mnrl' Wf'C'k ? MARIANNA DAY MASS£Y I DAILY PILOT Parents drop their children off for the first day of school at Eastbluff Elementary. rht~ '>t1111P ~I hnoJ C'olrnddr WctS b rought UJ> Yhlr<. cHJO lor tlw l'IPmentdry sc-hools and fil - l1•11•d into< ·1,:.lc1 ll'Sd High School to possibly work 1111 t lw Wrlc;on I.:h•mf'nlrtry School ccilen- d,11 And lhctl I!. llc1!>1rally w hctl I!> heing H'JH'<tll'd now I 11ttL•ndP<I tlw nH'l'tmq hl'hi di Costa M esa I ltqh S< hool ctnd 11 h.rc1 d poor dtlf'ndancP. of on!} cl c·11uplP rlnz<>n Jltlrt>nts. Only d handful <•f 11~ Wt'fl' 1111 tlw m •w n 1lr nrlnr, it seem ed: tl u> 111c1111nty w1·n' ctCJiltnSI 11. They w ere cllJcllflSI II h<•<'•lll~I' tlwy were in volved in this or 11lht>r !>1·ho11I chstncts themselves and it would hc1v1• b f'l'O inconvenient for them if th!'r<' W!'H' 1tny chcingrn), WPll how cthoul the rest of us who have to r1111usP and !'ntPrl<1in our students over the lony summN hrPilk whilP we have to work? Tiw schNh1lc> us 11 rs n ow is not very conve- nu•nt for 11s A n<'i!Jh hor of ours 1s a t<'dr her in thP Tustin srnool chstnct, w here there are year- rountl c1,,..,.,""· Shi• sa1c1 11 1s u good thing ror thl' sh td<'nts -th~·y re tain more when the YPM ts hrokrn up w ith shorter breaks. Tf'n-plus WE'<'ks d uring the> summf'r is way loo lonq. Th<' long summer hreak was origi- nally su1IP<I for thf' fanning community. and I 11sk you, how m.1ny of us arP farming these dc1y<. 1n Nt•wport-M r sct7 Anrl lhl" Pxr11st• lhctt it ts too hot to come IMl'k PctrlrN 1~ w t•,1k, O ur hottest m onths the past few years have been Septem ber into O rtober. An extra wt>ek for winter break. spring hreak and Thanksgiving w ould be great: and lam1lles could plan trips at other tunes of the YPiir. As the diversity in our population is chang- ing. so QQ. our vacation destinations. And for some ot l6s. summer is the least desirable time lo visit relatives overseas. ERINTRlPP Costa M esa We (}l'e so fortunate to live in sunny sununer WKationland. Typically in August, the Stm, is out bright and early and the ocean is finally wann enou gh for a swim without a w etsuit. But district officials are considering making our children return to the classroom in mid- August. School's summer vacation needs to extend through. and include, both Fourth of July fireworks and Labor Day festivities. or it just won't be a true sununer break. Students need this extended time to rest and refresh themselves in order to fully apply au their efforts in the next hectic sch ool year. Please join me and communicate to New- port-Mesa Unified School District, before it is too late, that we want to keep our local sum- mer traditions, culture and heritage intact. B.BEO< Costa Mesa llOW TO CONTACT YOUI IEPIESllTITIYIS 3300 Newport Blvd., 92663, (949) 644-3309 .Baum, Paul Bergm, Armando R~ and Jerry Pdenon MESA CONSOUOATED WATD DISTllCT 1965 Placentia Ave., Costa OTY OF COSTA MESA Costa M ei.a City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, 92626, (I 14) 7 S.C -5223 Meyor. Gary Monahan COUndt Joe Erickson. Heather Somers, Ubby Cowan and Unda Dixon OTY Of NIWPC>a'T IEACH Newport Beach City Hall. Mayor: John Noyes Council: G1uy Adams, Jan Dehay, Norma Glover, Tod Ridgeway, Dennis O'Neil and Tom Thomson COAST COMMUNrTY COU!Gf DIST1UCT 1370 Adams Ave., Coet.a MeM 92626l (71•) 432-5898 CMrimlof. Wllli&m M. Vega loMI: Walter Howald. Sherry NEWPORT MESA UNIMD SOtOOl Dl$TllCT 29M-A Beu a, Calta MMe 9262&, (714) ~-5000 sup 11111• lft 2&1 Robert Bar-bot .. • loft:~~ Judy Prmco, Jim "'*l@l'!i Martha Pluor,~~ ..... ....... ~,... >) M:.':a!:J.M=-~ Mike ·~ "hr, 0.. ..S Jim ADitJma ' .. ~ 1.W ~ .. ·:·· ~ • .... .I ... # ""' ' How To RE"'I US The Daily Pilot wek~ letters on issues concerning Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. The<e are fOUf ways to send in your com· merns: • LETTEJIS -Mail to the Daily Pilot. 330 W. Bay St., Corta Mesa 92627 • MADStS HOnJNE -ca11 (949) 642~ • FAX -Send to (949) 646-4170 •E-MAIL -Send to dailypilotOlatlmes.com All correspondence must 1nclude ml:'' full name, hometown and phone nu (for verification purposes only). Daily Pilot Goy Geiser-Sandoval EDUCATIONAUY SPEAKING Be pan of the solution on bond I attend most school board m <:?etings. Like Sid Soifer, 1 am often the cur· mudgeon. I recC>ive many of the school reports. 1 often sit during the multi-hour meetings and ask myseU what l would do H I were a board member. While I am not a Llhcrtariun, I start with a predisposition against honds. Many times, I support the Cduse for which the money is needed and w ill be used. But, I don 't refinance my house every time I need l o make home or car rf'pairs. I pay for repairs with today's dollars. Bccduse today's dollars are in the bank. I w on't be ' pdying off the c:ost of repairs ror the next 25 years, at two or three times the cost of the on ginal repair. So, if i t were up to me, we would have paid more taxes m the past 20 years. so that w e would have had the money necessary to repair and maintain schools. I have not been in the majority on my pus1tiun, and our state has been adamcJnt about the need to cut prop - erty tdxes and keep them low. Our incom e tdxes have been used in large mPosure to lock people in jiiil or pnson. That meant tbdt othl:!r public serv1ces, suc:h as schools, libraries. public health care facilitJes. an d parks have t<tken the hit. Columnist Steve Sm ith says the failure to maintain our l0<:al schools is the fault of our school hoard. If that wew the case. why 1s every other sch ool d istrict m California facing the sam e p roblem? They haven't au been victin1s of emlwzzlement and bank- ruptcy ThP bankruptcy money has almost dU been recoverPd. The embPzzlemenl was a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of rC'pau - ing tht-schools. Steve, I think you should i:tpolu- g i7e to your kids and the kids in the district for the state of the schools. I think I should, too. I thi nk e very ddult should stand up and t1tke rt!sponsib1lity. H ow m any of you have gotten up at school board meetings on a monthly basis and ask ed the board to d o whatever it tak es to repair the schools? t lo w many of you hdve sent in a $1 ,000 donation to hx your neighborhood school? We i'!U k new th at the schools have hePn falling i\part . hut which ont-' of us w as wiUing tu seC'k election to thP school hoard on a r:1x the School campaign? How many school districts have been !>11ccessful in talking tht>ir v1.>tf•rs i nto provirling mont>y to fix their lo<'al schools in thf' l<1st I 0 y<'ars7 H ow many of you would support the school board cutting out every elec- tive <:lass and evt>ry sports or extracurricular activity to free up funds for school repair? The bond that will go hefore the voters in June has the guarantees you m~ed to vote for it. The money has to he used for the repairs alteady out- lined by the architects, which have studied every school, and made rec· ommendations, which were adopted by the volunteer committee of parents and business people. Each school will have an oversight committee, and there will be a districtwide oversight committee made up of parents and professionals. There will be one or two annual audits, and the volunteer audit com- mittee will keep an eye on things, too.~ The board didn't get their feelings : hurt about the public's lack of trust. They figured out whom the public trusts. and put them in charge of look- ing after the funds, too. So. Steve, maybe we need a mass apology day. Every adult needs to apologize to the kids for the shape of , the schools. Even if it takes me 25 •· yea.rs to pay the bill to get fie schools ~ fixed, I am reedy to pay. with or with· ~; out any apologies. :. A reminder to thole who wW be 18 1· years old by June 5: Register to vote ; ' by !lellding ln a votes regiltratk>n post..!' card found at the post oftke or City ~ Hall. You've lived with the problem. , Now, be pert of the IOlution. •· - . . ' -, .. ------......... . Quot• Of •DAY ., knew the lll'Y5 didn't wanl to k11p going cmr the same higs Clld neh cM I .. : Paul Orris. CdM boys hoops coach ... Msdll3hanaree llAUIUI MMDI Daily Pilot Sports Editor Roger Canson • 949-57 4-4223 • Tue$doy, Morch 7, 2000 7 E '!Ill-timed we~ther no doubt dampene d the spirits, tsut this pristine event once again well-appointed. W ethcr it's a playoll or dn fairwoys. But course unparalleled dcl of the volt superintendent Ron gods, every ycdr the HenediC't's crdck grounds 1\>shiba Senior c;ldss1c hds oll1•u•d new could've cledned it up f4,US something spccidl, sonwthinq by hustling to fix the bad ~ferent, something ur1qut". -spots, using sand or • For three strdig ht yedrs, 111 fc1ct, whdtever medns neressary sparkled and brought out the brightest in colors. As I drove to the course Sunday morning, it wasn't raining, but my first indication that something .was wrong came at the parking entrance gate. There was no attendant to check my badge. Then, I noticed s.igns had been blown down and not picked up in the parking lot, as 35-mph wind gusts sweep through Newport Beach. the Senior PGA Tour stop di tu yc>t the show on the Newport Beach Country Cluh hd!>, mctd. in a sense;been wdlkmy lw lWl't'll But. Wlth mi>mhers of the raindrops. tlw s<m1or tour scheduled But Sunday hghtntn\J o;tn1< k .ind tu Oy out of town hy 7 p.m. Richard Dunn GOLF In an attempt to avoid the forecast of rain, tournament officials 'changed Sunday's format and planned to send 13 threesomes off the front nine and 13 off the back nine, beginning at 7:45 a.m. and concluding at 9:33 a.m .. with ESPN to televise the final round on ldpe delay from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. When I saw George Archer' standing by his courtesy Cadillac in the pdrking lot, I got a lump in my throat. "They wouldn't cancel the final round of the Toshiba Classic. would they?" I thought. knocked out the ftndl round Not Sunddy for their next literally, tigurdllvely. deslmdtJOn, and. l>ecduse 11 WdS There are cn cs dlJout why tht• lwht•vpd b y the time the course trigger was pulled so fdst to C'd l1C'l'I Ul'('dme pldyahl(-1 1t would the last round dnd !>hut l'VPryth111q evPnt11c1lly luse out to darkness, the down. After all, hnuht sun!-.htrw plu~1 wc1s pulkd di dh<>ut 10 d.m. started peekin~J throuqh by 110011 in Sundc1y. Newport BecKh clnd ii htirdly rclllll'rl Too hud lhP hnrtl round coulcl in the afternoon. nut hdVP hflen rt'S<'heduled fur OK. so lht>n• Wtl~ llo11d111q 011 thl' l\1011dc1y, ciS <1 hf'<lmmg sun The 2000 Toshiba Cldss1c WdS a memorable one, all nght. Of all the days for the area with the greatest climate in the nation to suffer dn unusually bad storm , it had to come the weekend of the biggest annual event in Newport Beach dnll thl:' only PGA Pvent in Ordn~1e County. Only Mother Nature knows why. Hund reds of volunteers, mind you. hdd dedicated their lives to lh1s toumdment in the past week; . sponsors hdd put up oodles of dollrtrs, including $1.3 million by Toshihd: ndtional television was SEE GOLF PAGE 8 It's in the det • • For one thing , players didn't have to b attle th e trowds th is year while making the turn. Richard Dunn undN ... ldn<b whdt'~ gomg on DAILY P1LQ1 "But 11 "'"" nKP of htm to N EWP( )RT ' Ill •lt<'P 1Tl11· plc1yl•rs1 ure Cdreful REM ·11 • .illn11l (l1ppmq th1.•1r cdp to four nwni -tc111rn<11111•111 ollt<·1dls1. They wttnt bers of lhl' S<•flt1>I c1ll lhl' loumn1111•11b to du w ell." 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HU111{1 pc1st tlw putting ~1n·Pn, d11hhoust• or1d Nll. 1 lee box l>don• dfnvinq c1t ttw 10th tct• D11nnt1 tlw1r lrt>k. ployn:- sometinws :-tru~1qh1d clV01Chn\1 fo(1t traffic from ft1ns nml tound distractions c1lon{1 lht• wtty But, this yedr. toumc111wn1 officials ropPd Oft c1n cllf'd lhdl cre<tted d b<-Phnc from th«> ninth g reen to ttw 10th te~·. c11low1n\1 players to rnc1kP th<' tum rnmP swiftly and smoothly "It was v<>ry yMllfymu tu ml' (Sundayl morntnH, wht•n ISl~lf'I) said he reiilly noltrNI thP improvements.· !>c11d Rohrl'r. d longtime voluntcf'r for I loc1g Hospital, the n1<tnc1u1119 chdrily of the senior tour t>vt•nt. ··(Sigel) dlso Sdld ht• nolKt'd the increased c-orport1tf• c1nd community support, crncl 1111proved hospitality. HC' sd1d thP tournament gets bf'ttPr Pctrh yt>ar, and said, "I'll be bdck.' Jc1y. ot course, is also a businessm11 n and Howard Twitty mlss~d flnlshJng 111 " 111• ctl s1x-11ncl(•r 1 ~o with c h.i111p1011 A llN1 Doy It• by less I hctn t1n 111C'l1, wlwn his 1 :>-toot putt from tlw frinuc di 18 m lhP st•nmd round didn't fall. I lc1d Twitty mt1de his birdie dltempt, lhNP would hav<> bet•n d plc1yolf Sunc.ldy betwt"Pn him and Dnyll' for the Toshiba t1tlP on one of thP pdr-three holes. . Trailtng Ooylt• by one stroke dS he got to thP 18th hole Sc1turdt1y, Twitty saic.l it wds in the back of his mind that hl' needed a bud1C' 1f the final round WdS canceled fwh1ch it was) ·I hit d red I good putt on 18," TWltly said. "It hc1d c1 good chdnce. WhPn you see 11 rdmmg, you think you mi~rht still have d r hdnC'<', but the course was pretty wel (Sunddy)." Twilly's putt burned the right l'd91! or the mp <IS it slid JldSl. Ont> inch, perhaps, rnst lum <:1 shot di d plctyofl. "It ·,1ds d lot less than dn inch," sc11d Twitty, who setll<'d for c1 sec· ond-place tie dnd earned $104,000. his highest firush in two yt>drs on the senior tour. Even though Arnold Palmer Cdn't play like he once did, the 70-year-old legend was the highlight of Toshiba Semor Classic 2000 for this reporter. f'ollowing him around on the qolf course, watching his famous squint and enjoying a relaxed ronversation with him Thursday in the quiet. uninterrupted environment of the locker room lounge was unforgettable. Doyle, who won his Urst senior tour event of 2000 and his fifth career title (he won four last year as a rookie). made some interest· ing comments Sunday about, MARC MARTIN I DAILY PILOT The Millennium e dition of the Toshiba Senior C lassic will always be re membere d for two things ... the ra in, and, Arnold Palme r. among others. Lanny Wadkins, one of the circuit's marquee rookies. Wadkins. who shot seven-over-par 78 in the first round to take himsell out of contention, finished tied for 59th at 148, after recovering in the second round with a one-under 70. There were 13 super seniors (60-and-over) who finished ahead of Wadkins, a winner of 21 PGA Tour titles, including the 1977 PGA C hampionship. ·1 don't mind laying back and not being in the limelight.• Doyle said, after he was declared the winner of the sixth annual Toshiba Classic, which earned him $1 95,000. "Other guys get asked why they're not playing better after a round, and guys get asked when they're going to win again. But I don't get asked that much. They (press membersl are not worried about me. "They'll ask Tom Kite when he's going to win. and they'll ask Tom Watson (who w on his second start on the senior tour last September) when he's going to win again, and, by about April, they'll start asking Lanny Wadkins w hy he's playing so poorly.• SEE CLASSIC PAGE 8 TElllllS Davenport loses .... to ' the rain • Lindsay and Hingis split purse, points in Scottsdale. SCOTISDALE, Anz -A sec- ond day of unJ1kely rdtn 111 the desert resort town of Srottsdc1le forced cancellation of the ltndl of the State Farm Wonwn'!> Tennis C lassic, which W<.1!-. lo f PdllJre a showdown of tht• world'' top two players. Sunday's lmt1l l>Ptw<•<'n world No. 1 Martina I l111g1:-. ttml' !>econd- ranked Austrahdn O p<•n r hc1mp1on Lindsay Davenport ol N<•wport Beach h ad tu hf' po~lpnrwd l>y the , surpnsing wedthpr. . But shower~ l'.llld 1solr11t·d thun- derstorms which c:ont111u+.•d t<> lc1U on M onday forced toumamf·nt offt. ctdls to declare the find It> d Wdshoul. Hingis and Davc·nport will shdre the finalists' pnze num ... y. tdkmg $43,5110 edch, and will split thl' wm- ner's rankJnfJ points "It's c.lisappo10t111<J bt>cduse I rnme through such d tough clrdw ond 1 wc1s pldy1119 wC'u ... sd1c1 Ddv- enport. who hdd dPtf'dlPd Jl>nmler C<lpridt~ l\lontcd S(•le., dncl Annd j(ourruk o\'a tn .!>Pl up hPr linril with 'Hmgis. "It's toug h not to hdvP th" oppor· tunity to wm dnothrr l1lll' " OdvenJ>Ort hdd won tht• ld:-.1 lour meetmys with her Swiss nvdl. mcludmg t>ndmg I ltn~p ... ·5 three- year rP1un d:-.-\u-,t rdhdn O p1m champion w1lh d str<11qht -:,Hs wm over thE-' top '>t'l'd m thP IJndl 1n t'-11!1· boume. "Theil we• don't ftn .... h d tournd· ment nvver hdppl'rll'd 111 mC' before." sd1d Hmg15 "You wdnl to. w 111 (Ir lo~l'. hut there will be dnotlh'r <"hdnce. maybe at Indian Well:-nPxt wet.>k " GOLF Temple named head pro at Pelican Hill NEWPORT COAST -D B Tem- ple, d lonnl'r dSS1Sldnt ~1011 profes- sional at Pelkdn Hill Golf Club and head pro at two othPr ~oll courses operated by W<.•stern Ciull Proper- ties, Inc .. hds bel'n nnmt'd .ht>dd pro al Pelican Hill. Temple, who arrn·ed nl Pelican Hill in 1991 when U1e h1~1h-end dai- ly fee resort fac1hty operwd its ftrst of two courses. Wd S promoted in 1996 to hedd pro di Tht> Gull Club at Eagle Mountain m Fountcttn Hi!Js. Ariz .. then a ycdr ldlN wds promot- ed dgain to l lenld<Jt' Pdlms Golf Club in Indio ·we are exnted to have D.B return to PPltcan Htll Golf Club, which is cons1dt>red our nagship golf property,· said John Carson. Director of Operations at Western Golf Properties. ·w e c1re proud of D.B.'s dedication and growth within ow company and know he will exc.!1 in h.ts new role at Pellcan Hill." Temple, who wiU report to Peli- can Hill DirPCtor of Golf Rob Ford, previously · worked at Big Ca.nyon Country Club in Newport Beach and two courses in Colorado. including Bookcliff Country Club. -by Richard Dunn Sea Kings back in action • After nine-day layoff, Cd.M at Uni of. San Diego in Div. ID state playoffs opener. a.ny,...., DAILY PILOT SAN DIEGO -Wars have been won in the time the Corona del Mar High boys buketball team has spent prepering for tonlgbt'1 CIF State Divi- llon Ill fint·rowad playoff game, wbk:b tips oft at 7:30 at University of ~ ~ ~ (22·7}, bowewer, bad only one prectk'e to pl9JMIJ9 for the 1u °"9> Section DMlkm m dMmptm Dam (24-e~= tbey w.19 .,.... wttb GDly ! . So, CdM ... ha llve-lftdk'e purgUaly ,. ......... up ... ---· ........... Ing.Ill ....... .... -.,w1..-...sto .. ~GI ............. ,.... . •• ..... tb!I ...,. ........ '° ' IOYS llSIETllLL k eep going over the same things and neither did I,· CdM Coech Paul Orris said. •So we made a few changes. I think w e have better belance and more scoring potential, but we won't · know how the layoff affected us unUl we play.• CdM last played Feb. 26, a 68-46 loa lo Centennial ol aapon in the Southern Section M·AA wnlftnalw. Univenity, on the odMI' band, enten with the IDOIMDtUa ,_...11 ~~;~"-::-~~: St. AU9'Jldne). ,., tf'-1·- _s 1_~_sdoy~.~-~~7.2~000~~~~~~~~~~SPORTS ~~~~~~~~~~--~-------= CLASSIC CONTINUED FROM 7 You mJgbt have noticed Dave Stockton with a new look last week ... on top of his bead. For years, you could almost identity Stockton with his Founders Club cap, but the company went out of business and Stockton now wears an MFS Mutual Fund cap. Jormer Masten champion Tom-mV Aaron, 63, finished a respectable three-over-par 145 (tied for 36th), or one shot better than another big-name senior tow-i;ookie, Tom Kite. Earlier in the week, Aaron talked about tus memorable 1973 Masters title. ·For me, it was a dream come true, growing up in Georgia (near Augusta National)," he said. "First, 1t was a dream come true playing in the Masters. then 1t was a dream come true wmning it.• Aaron said he occasionally reflects on his Masters title and some of the shots he made in the final round that propelled him to an unlikely green jacket (he won only one other time on the PGA Tour). "I started the final round four shots betund and bird1ed the first three holes, and that got me right back in it,• said Aaron, who shot a final-round 68 to rally and edge J.C. Snead by one stroke for the championship. ''In the last few holes, there was a lot of electricity in the air, like I've never felt before. You feel pressure Like you've never felt before. It was incredible.· Funniest guy on the senJor lour, hands down, is Larry Ziegler, the most entertairung player in the pro-ams, before, dunng and alter tee off. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Mesa leads El Modena CORONA -Costa Mesa High's Jeff Montoya shot 2-under par over rune holes (34) Monday at the Green River Goll Club to pdce the Mustangs to a 200-202 lead midway through a nonledgue match against host El Modena. Lou Ca rrasco ('.l7) was also sharp tor the Mustangs, who llost the sec- ond half today at the Costa M esa Goll & Country Club. GOLF CONTINUED FROM 7 awd1tmg. "How could they not make enough of an effort to correct the problems on the golJ course?· I wondered? The cour e Wai m bad shape, but. hey, everyone's played m wet, sloppy condiuons, nght? Hasn't everyone played through the pubuc puddles? And what'!> a IJtUc wind? That JUSl makes 1l more interesting But I learned d lesson Sunddy. On the Senior PGA Tour, the term "unplayablf.>" comes into affect. Later, the winds crashed through the media center, breaking the double doors open in Lhe wrong direction and blowing through a Velcro seam in the tent as 36-hole champion Allen Doyle was inside to ldlk ttbout his somewhat tainted blle. Doyle was moved 1ns1de the clubhouse. As J chatted with players Ln the locker room lounge, most of whom were watctung the PGA Tour's DordJ-Ryder Open on telev1s10n or playing ckganu;non to kill some Newport sweeps Los. Al •Two school records snapped. NEWPORT BEACH -Newport Harbor High girls swimmers broke two school records and several others posted automatic CIF Southern Sec- tion qualifying times as the Sailors' girls and boys teams swept nonleague visitor Los Alamitos m the season opener Monday. Despite frigid conditions, freshman Nicole Mackey shattered the 100- yard butterfly school record previous- ly held by Melissa Pomeroy by four seconds, winning in 57 .21, lo help the girls win, 94-66. Harbor's girls 200 medley relay team of Hayley Peirsol, • Jenniler Arrow, Mackey and Amy Murphy set a school record with a winning time of 1:53.97. Mackey (also the 100 bdckstroke), Murphy (100 and 200 free) and Peirsol (200 individual medley and 500 free) qualified for CIF in two indiVlduaJ events, while Arrow ( 100 breast- stroke) also met the automatic ClF standard. The 400 free relay of Murphy, Peir- sol, Erin Ball and Mackey, was anoth· er CTF qualifier. • Peter Belden and Paul Kepner won two events to pace the Tars to a 117- 52 boys wm. BOYS • NEWPORT HAIUIOft 117, Los ALAMITOS 52 200 med .. y ntl•y · 1. Newport Harbor (Gough, M clain, Beat'l, Thayer), 1 :51 .29. 200 free -1. Gough (NH). 1 :58.30; 2. Lansing SWIMMING (NH), 2:00.38; 3. Geoffrey (LA), 2:0 1.60. 200 IM · 1. Kepner (NH), 2:16.19; 2. Ute<ell (NH), 2:19.90; 3. Andy (I.A), 2:23.29. 50 ..... - Belden (NH), 21.81; 2. Snelgrove (NH), 23.11; 3. Hughes (LA), 23.22. 100 fly -1. Toe (LA), 59.53; 2. Weiner (NH), 59.69; 3. Bean (NH), 1:03.89. 100 free · 1. Belden (NH), 52.83; 2. Cook (NH). 53.08; 3. Thayer (NH), 53.93. 500 free -1. Kepner (NH), 5:20.91; 2. Gough (NH), 5:27 .73; 3. Hutten (LA), 5~29.54. 200 frfe rel~ -1. Newport Harbor (Kepner, Cook, Snelgrove, Belden), 1 :35~. 100 bKtl -1. Gevrin (LA), 1:02.44; 2 .. And~ (LA). 1:04.50; 3. Uterell (NH), 1:06.59. J 100 brHst -1. Probert (NH), 1 :09.4~; 2. McLain (NH), 1:10.56; 3. Ancty (LA), 1 :20.03. 400 relay -1. Newport Harbo< (Kepner, Gough, Cook, Belden), 3:37.00. GMLS NEMOlff HAMOlt 94,, Los AlMwTos 66 200 medley relay -1. Newport Harbor (Peil'501, Arrow, Mackey, A. Murphy), 1:53.97. 200 free -1. A. Murphy (NH), 1:58.77; 2. Ball (NH), 2:08.27; 3. Anderson (LA), no time. 200 IM· Peil'501 (NH), 2:14.71; 2. Arrow (NH) 2:23.5; 3. Ngabro (LA), no time. 50 free -1. Lebin (LA), 25.73; 2. J. Murphy (NH). 26.91; 3. Carroll (NH). 29.32. 100 fty -1. Mackey (NH), 57.21; 2. Klein (LA), 1 :06.7; 3: Beebe (NH). 1:10.22. 100 fnte -1. A. Murphy (NH), 55.07; 2. Wow (LA), 59.3; 3. Praig (LA), 1:02.52. 500 fnte -1. Peil'501 (NH), 5:10.33; 2. Beebe (NH), 5:45.25; 3. Spars (LA), 5:47.88. 200 fnte rel•y -1. Los Alamitos, 1:49.72. 100 bKtl -1. Mackey (NH), 57.91; 2. Ball (NH), 1:03.78; 3. J. Murphy (NH), 1:04.77. 100 bre-.t · 1. Arrow (NH), 1:07.55; 2. Owen (LA), 1 :20.95; 3. Spars (LA), 1 :20.97, 400 IT-.. rel•y · 1. Newport Harbor (A. Murphy, Peirsol, Ball, Mackey), 3:43.57. Fullerton edges Orange Coast, 2-1 • Pirates faU t-0 1-4 in Orange Empire Conference circles. FULLERTON -SOFTBALL Fullerton College • pitcher Erin Kelly out-dueled Orange Coast'~ Morned Ortega and improved to 13-0 as the host Hornets defea ted the P1rdtes, 2-l , in Orange Empire ConJerenci.> oftbdll action Monday. Kelly tossed d Lhrec>-h1ttcr wh1Jf' the Hornets, ranked fourth ui the state. rdn OCC tops three foes IRVINE -Sopho11101p GOLF team captain Eric Hird cdp · lured medalist honor!> with a 1-over-par 72, leading Orangt> Coast College to victory m d four-way Orange Empire Conf Prencc> men's time, I couldn't help but remember what I thought last Apnl whf.>n the final round or The Tradition in Scottsdale, Anz .. was canceled because or unseasondble ~!Pet and snow. When r saw 1l on teleVlsion last year, I couldn't believe 1t. I mea n, of all places -Arizond -there's d freak snow storm that pummels the Gou Club at Desert M ountdJJl It Wds tne last senior tour event to bP shortened to 36 holes ht!cause or indement weather .. until Sunday. I remember thinking how lucky we were in Newport Beach. Oh, surf', we've had some chilly weather. IL was cold and windy in 1997 when Bob Murphy sank that 80-fool birdie putt heard 'round the world to beat Jay Sigel in a nine-hole playoff, at the time a Senior PGA Tour record. TWo years ago on a Tuesddy -a practice round for the players. bul no pro-am scheduled -11 rained hutd and kept the players ms1<1e. At least we're not Irk<' Pcbhle Beach. I remember thJ.nking last Apnl what a bummer It was for the folks dl The Tradlllon in Arizona, but. then, Sunday I knew exactly how they lelt their record to 20-2, 5-0 in conference. The Pirates fell to 12-9, 1-4. Meredith Miles, Renee Snyder and Kimberly Guillen were the only Pirdtes to get hits off Kelly. Fullerton Coach Lisa Bassi picked up his 300th win at the school. ORANGE EMPtM CONRJl£Na fuu.arrOfll 2, ORANGE CoAST 1 5<0N by Innings Orange Coast 000 001 0 -1 3 1 Fullerton 101 000 x -2 5 1 Ortega and Valdez; Kelly and and Young. W -Kelly, 13-0 L · Ortega. goU match Monday at Oak Creek . Brian Winston (75), Mike Akahoshi (77), Ken Kato (77) and Eric Hebert (86) also scored for the J.>irates, who improved to 8-4, 3-2 in the OEC. OCC's 387 team total was followed by Riverside City (391), Irvine Valley (395) and Cuyamaca (41 3). Every look was solemn on the faces of the Hoag Hospital officials who operate the tournament, expressions I've never seen before in 10 years of covenng goU for this newspaper. Somebody on the staff said the final-round cancellation was like a death in the family. While that statement might be a little overblown, it was, quite frankly, a perfect descnption of the sorrow cast on the faces of volunteer oftic1dJs. Sliver linings? How about that record donation lo Hoag Hospital, preswnably topping $1 million. It could be somewhat less, because tournament director Jeff Purser said the Toshiba Classic will reinvest some portion of the proceeds into the 2001 event and do something special for the sponsors who were washed out of a final round. But. if the goal here is lo reuse funds for the hospital and put on an excellent goU tournament, chairmen Hank Adler and Jake Rohrer & Co .. once again, succeeded beyond lJehef. There were two great days of action, Just like the old days tn the Newport Classic Pro-Am. At least we'll never forget this one, either. TODAY •Basketb.11 College women · Golden State Athletic Conference Toumament championship at Whittier College: Vanguard University vs. Azusa Pacific, 5p.m High school boys -State Regional. Division 111, first round: Corona det Mar at University High, San Diego, 7:30 p.m. •an.ball College -Vanguard at Cal Baptist. 2:30 p.m. Community college -Orange Coast at Saddleback, 2 p.m. High school · Costa Mesa Toumament: Rancho Alamitos at Estancia, 3:15 p.m.; Brentwood at Costa Mesa, 3:1S p.m.; Newport Elks Tournament. second round: Corona del Mar vs. Trabuco Hills, at Vanguard University, 3 p.m.; North Orange County Tournament. third round: Newport Harbor at Riverside Poly, 3: 15 p.m • SofttNll College • Pornt Loma Nazarene at Vanguard University, 1 .30 p.m. High school -Newport Harbor at Saddleback, 3:15 p.m.; La Canada at SCHEDULE Corona def Mar, 3:30 p.m. • Swimming High school boys and gins -Estancia at Santiago, 3 p.m. High school boys -Newport Harbor at CIF Relays Prelims, at Belmont Plaza, J p.m. • Tennis Community college men · Of'ange Coast at San Diego Mesa, 2 p.m. Community college women • Santa Ana at Orange Coast. 2 p.m. High school boys -Los Alamitos at Corona del Mar, 2:45 p.m.; Estancia • at Trabuco Hills, 3:15 p.m. • Goff High school boys · Marina vs. Newport Harbo<, at Big Canyon CC. 2 p.m.; Palm Springs vs. ~ncia, et Mesa Verde CC. 2:15 p,m.; Corona def Mar vs. Mission Viejo, a1 M ission Viejo GC. 2 p.m.; Costa Mesa vs. El Modena, at Costa Mesa G&CC. 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Ea~ covered wllh the q11«11 Ind ll«lil'l:r woo With 1he ICC -the holdup W.1$ poln1lcss and ran the risk ur 11 liCC011d round ruff had East Q\lt:n:alk:t.t wilh a ix-card suit To l~ $4:COlld tnck d«l11er led lhc! four of diamontls. and lhc hand Willi o~er when West chose 10 follow with the h:n: Dummy'SJDCil>W9ft, two spades "'ere discllidcd from the CI06l-"<l hand nn Ibo 1ec and king of clubs and. \111\h the "1C or hcam marked in the East hind by the overcall and the r.c1 that We t held 1he ace or diamonds. the defender's tncks were hm11W to the l"'o red llttS. Wcs1 maintained that ns1ng with the .ce oruumps 111trick1wo nin che risk of dropping panncr's singlc1un king. but 1hat Mgument does noc stand up lo close scrutiny. Wich 11 d10· mond 1uh hclkled by no more chan lhe queen, ii IS most unltkcly that South would bave shown ii at the three-level. Since the nsk of finding par1ncr with a singleton king was negligible, ii had 10 be right 10 rise with 1he ace 10 deny declarer imme- diace :iccess lo dummy's duh win· ners. then lead an«her spade. llcat would inevitably ha~c rcsulled in 1 lWO-lflCk set. j•11o:==j m~ RECEPTIONtSTISECY Wicka Furniture PT wAlex hrs for floor in Costa Mesa Is now hlrinO Coveting store in CM. Cll WAREHOUSE WORKERS Dave or Jefty 714-751·2324 CL.ERICAUCUST SVC RETAIL CLERK flex h11, CONCIERGES FT/PT to1 loclt f'tlannacy. COfPO'lle benefit JM!Ck· Benefit& Page Ch11tl11 11 191 Included. FuN end 714-21M407. Part ttme poeltlont evlll. l -· I • ~ ~ -1 I .... i. ',,.,. ... --.····· Nied • home lolrl? llK'e. IOfidolufM, 1111 P9J· ,,.,...., OKI Puldllll.,. hnet. dltJI conddlllon. hom1 lmprovem1nt 1()11~~ 1(918)227.()831. ~ Cepltll 1-eoo-eet-5383 -pl~lcom (CAL"ICAH) ~..::-:: .... AflneY can '*P YOll ... beckontopwlitleny t1n1ncilal dlfflciultlH, bu1ln1u11, 110 111111 ...... "'" ....ion -~m.a..1414 'ALOlNf Conlc*llll dlblal SlnMt *' IPP'Oill. ru PIY"*'lll uplO~ttNo~ leHll 1·800·863·9008 exl.949. www.helJ>:P•Y· billt.com (CAL "SCAN) REflil Retlil 11o1n. Plwe 1pp1y SALES ASSOCIAT£S ~ e.1ooecce11 to Acin ~l" 'IO FULL· TIME/PART TIME B~·~ ... '::'* Whtl, 4dr, V6, lltlo. NC, :!!~::.= 4 PHONE REPS. :tr=~~~~~ ~~~~. ~ni-f~c; ment. Ptione M ·1200 Ful time, energetic tor Situation Cal For Oelais l37k .... lnrf. I-owner, ..... Pefaonnel Dept. Morlgage Co. earn to S600 B1otce1 949~2011 cond S8,IOO 94t-n3-1Ml NEWPORT STATIONERS +w8elc + benefilS. sa1e1 9<19-883-891\ BMW M3 '97 -------•NEWPORT BEACH IRVlNE up Pfel'd Contac1 Melissa Loaded I.._, , ~ 11471~ I =~~~~or 194:.~.:.:-1 ~=.~~~ivO: (E11~~~5::·600 • ~ • • • • Irvine c Banking ,.,. _..._,_.., able. Compt1te from •...--... 8"'ii""w'"'fi""""•t""7...-- DRIVEWTEAMS co. uc:;;::a Of Nol W14re PIT Admlnlatrltlve Allilt Office. E:;r~· teiephon8 IERVICl8 s 4 7 . 9 0 0 c a t I : Low mle, btaci< W/sand to42c:enlJ,OIOto87cenlS H1r1no Nowt ERA Ralf811y lot b!okef1g11 fl«n needed etiquette and cornputer i:=======:· HI00·829-29l5. (882747) $21,995 Greal miles! COUA EOE & Lfoyd ot Huntlnglon ASAP Responsible, pr011ciency desired Fax (CAL.'SCAH) CREVIER BMW Co. t-800-92$-555& OIO Beldl will pay fol yfM oroamed Prelflf someone resume 10 (949) 851-9442 Pie-be...,. thlt GOOO WHKLY INCOME 714-135-3171 1·800·955·4870x. KlLM iansa & give yoo lreelraln-wlMutual Fundsll.lfe ins. tile llatlnga In Ihle l)foc:essing mal Free ~ 1iiW Z3 '97 TfW\SPOllS~CAl'SCAN} hg. 800-400-5391 ext. 119 ellP. Daly 9-3. 6lllrv DOE. START YOU R OWN ca1egOfy mey requite Illes. 98"'~ Ol>POl1lriY. 0 Low Mies Fe: ,.~_, a=:::;_. PART TIME DRIVER FIX resume:.Mt-n0...104 BUSINESSI Set you1 own wou 10 can 1 900 Rush (!Ong ..... <llddrlssed (878023~ •"5 995 '"' ... v.... ......_.... . ........... Cont o1 ' st ........... ~atope) to·. •cE ST RUNG B.:'w ' ac:cepting app4icalions from fOf Nl'llOf citizen pro-PIT Self SI A la1lnt .... _....., r YoUI own number In which -·...-um " ., career oriented indYlduals 9r1m. Non-Fri 10:30 1.m. M . 2"0:' 11 week Income Seh from your ttwe ts 1 chlfVI I* Dept. 503, P.O Box 5769, MM4Wto0 tor kitchen production/ to 12:30 p.m. Mutt hive ot~wo1k >'!~' llghi heme, . at WO!lt, lhtough minute. (OiC~L•••;,.. BlrN) • CA 91785 --BM""6""~=n...,..."°'•"'ff...-- supervlso 1y position. rellalHI car, tlc«IM end ~ 949-644·2147 =:::.W:' an Avon ....__· ------""'" VJ--· AW>i In plf10l'I 0 3801 E lntinnce. Fun job tor I Clll (888)942-4053 d (F79~ $32,995 =~c:chi:i:'. ~1';,'?n~h:':.-tz,~ 1cAL.·SCAN) Put a few wor s ' ... ~~5:W position• IYllllble. Pff 11Wtwn9 fOf Info EOE R~llrlcal WAREHOUSEiDELIVERY k f llllw 31UIA '97 wot1t et Prtvlle Tennie PtlonesUghlhouse-PERSON FIT. Furniture fO . WOr or VQU. Convertible Club. c..il 94t-11WOOO PIT DRIVER to dl1ve Co keeping. typing, flling deOveiy.lw11ahouse person, . • veNcte tor IOcal business & clerical Compule< exp 91el'd. Cal Dave at Cal I 642 5678 (VI 16001 S27•995 CLASSIFl•D man In 0 c. and LA. llHS FIPT 949-64~2422 949-574-9331 .M-F afler -• s~~~s=w MSMS878 C.11 K.lr9fl 714-636-7950 9am von ttemef1 Inc. Oaity Pilot' -,-. . ..... -. • Cl. . . i ·. .. l .:i»~-· .. CT ~ .1 _....,... ----._. ---. ...... c:.-..c... .. w olMIUM JUI &. '11 Al/IR, bill* ~ loecllCll 111.• 17411 IDANtD (V1~ .Jr·-IAUPMOUM .... 11...e 1u•a •eoo IAUIRMOUM 114-UW111 CHMOiJf CMillt ii 11MIMIOO W18ilit low mill, blllllCI of ,,.,. JAdlWIU'7 Low ...... i:;'l:, new car tlldt-W IEDMtD (V51~-=-c *> suee .... 11.a NAMM IAUOMOUM 1•••-(~ 11••a4IOO .... " CRlVti LUMICA ii co. ** ..... Ewo. v-e, ..oA: 1C1rC COid-JACIUM JUI '17 (3TPV31) '32,995 tlon. won~ llltt IEDAN4D CMWRlllW (255934) $4,988 .... 11.-1 11waw111 NAIDI IAUlll JAOUAll iUICk CIN1\IW .. (114)MCM100 114411ell0 low 5830 mill. ~·mini iCAEVY• JXGUARU'f7 c:onclllon, blf. • WllT. CORVEm 'M -~40 (4293121 s11.eee 20KnlllH,llliaMWI us.• 11.-1 NMDI ..,..TIIO IAUIR JAGUAR 1o~'t00,;' 111 cAM mo."· TON COHO 11•~ YERllOH VAN '13. loldld. =: 5nli9I LnCIO •• $500. 714-m-G131 Viper Alarm. 1ntl·IOCk : IUtO, NC, U .r:;· ptl, IUiCk MGAL LI 'A b11k11, •lnl condillon, ~-~ea. llloyl $7000. Fltm 773-251~ ob0 71 ..... 1oa?. l.Alltlll. c:aWcd. .... :u CREW fAHOt l1 W ... JilP Clilnilill LTD 'ff. ve. ASS. pllor rtnlll. (5 t4251) 118,999 14,315 c.n mies, lellhlf, 4-WO, .mm-. f1#1, IM, COAST CADIU.AC oO rec«. pwr ..... :re· lht Int, S3K bllow lilll bo<* 1'400-79-COAIT (4APV890~ $2 ,945 $499!'/obO. 949-790-2914 IOCK ROADilll'ftM 'M COAi CADILLAC Jd, ORANb CRPOkd 1'400-79-COAST LAREDO 'a~tr-. low Stk miles. ~· CAM TAHOE LT i7 llehf, rere model, M TI F~ loldld. Ye, , 119'# (411348) Sll.988 Two lone ~ lh. 41t4, ::::1 OWIW, • llCOfdl. NAIERI ASS, dllome whlell, ed. M\111 ... SI0.590 ~4)54M100 (300578) 124,945 060 M•n1-ttn COAST CADILLAC ~Nb A6VO ·M. v:I CA I.le clltRA '" 1'400-79-COAST ~In Int, 4 #II d!lve, 2 Low 300 miles, blldl. OflAiH SVC VAN Fuij lldlet. many luxuty fell· moon 1oofs. fUI ~· lmmect 1\1191t Bal. of WI« := '92 AerOllM in 117,500. 949-4 -4120 (021298) $23,988 cond. $5000iobo. · NABERS TOOLS and ALLI ............ 714-301..:W23. (714)54M100 Ford FilfiMI ·a .... ......... cAbiillc cmRX 'ti Cleft'llrl.. YI, I -Chrome wh11ls, cass, Cleln, NC, auto, 6Sk m~ pe,pb.pw ......... leather, ~r seacs. ABS. vs. tint, ,,.~~1 13350 ::=..:t1~ (4AYH7 ~ 119.995 obo 14 s. COAS CADILLAC Ford Teurvt 'fi Defue abo, ...... "" 1'400-79-COAST model. wN1e wlgfsy lh Int. Cibiilc CAffiiA 'ti Uly io.ded, new = Mllaubishl Montero ... Low 3k mies, 11d, lellher. & new tiles. ~roof. ~.~:~ more~190825k,. $21,988 en~ S8800/obo. NAB S 714 '5262 . Ill 116,000 714·396-0159 {711i40-t100 FORD TAURUS '95 NISSAN MAXIMA '" Low 461< mies, V6, while. CADiLLAConc:oure '81 non·smolle1, squeaky cleanl Moonlool, aloys. cd, dettt While diamond flnlsll. llllr, wing, power seets/wln/ chtome wtletls, cd SllCllMI (325315) $7,988 locks~reml NAIEJtS (:JXV~ $27,957 {714)54M100 (21 ~ $19,995 COA CADILLAC CO ST CAOl.LAC 1'400-79-COAIT GiiC El1tndtd Ce '97 1'400-79-COAST CAOl:LAC Conc:oun '97 SLE, ::i,s, bedlner, cd, OlbSiii08il£ ALERO '" pw1 sea win/tocks. tilt. 295 H.P., Notlhsllr, low Cl\Jlse, 5. 7 V8 CISl/Cd, pwr sell/Windows/ miles, Sea Mist, mv & mofe. (5L96995tr $19,995 lodes. 2"4 LTA Twin C#n, (212804) $24,988 COA CADILLAC Pf8'1. rentll NABERS 1.-00-79-COAST (40VN242t $12.878 (714)540-1100 COAS CADILLAC CAbiL.LAc D£Viil£ ·eo JAGUAA XJs COUPE ·es 1.-00-79-COAST Midnight blue, tee1her. $26,tts 9M921 OLOSiiOliiLE Aurora 'it BAUER JAGUAR ~and morel 114-tSMIOO Llhr. c:tlrome wNs, cuslcd, ( ) $8,988 pwr seats, keytess 1emow. NABERS JAGUAR XJt l '97 (t~ $25,987 (714)540-8100 SEDAN 40 CO ST CADILLAC CADiWc sevlill Sii 'M 135,tts 97-4934 1..eoo-71-COAST Low miles, 290 H P Nof1t). BAUERJAGUM Piymou1t1 Coll SiillClil W• star. CD. lloys & morel 714-15,.... gon ·ea. White, ~owner. (803910} $24,988 JAGllAR XJi L ·97 = cond. P5. • NC, NABERS SEDAN 40 900 obo 714·545-00&8 (714)540-9100 $)S.,tts 97-4918 TOYOTA AVALON XLS 'ii CADILLAC §Ti '95 BAUER JAGUAR SEDAN 4D ~while diamond fin-714~ $21,WS 1Mt25 • dVome Wlleeb, Bose JAGUAR lC.N L '17 BAUERJAGUM CO. lealher, HoltlsW SEDAN 40 71~ (3KM6845) $19,898 SH,tts f7-4to2 ()iCitmObiit Roy• 'IS ~ COAST CADILLAC BAUER JAGUAR UO, pw, pdl, loc*$ & 1\1111 1'400-79-COAST 71WU-4800 good. reg MlO 1900 obO ~ Coll The Pilot Classifieds at 642:567t 949-631·3852 vw EUROVAN 'ts. to place your Garage Sole Ad ! Neptvne Btue, 88k lri. ucellent condition $12,500 ~9-856-9903 ~.!-~··· ·--~-"" ~HoME, HEALTH~ SUSl4Ess ~ ~ HOME flair -~ ~·F~lass SI'*'·~ • Countl'f'S 949-645-1123 co Httf • over ..,. '° n:n.t tnlf~? l(lftl nulftllonll ~,.... .. ,.,.,.. ,.,_.. .... ....., .... 0"'8 .. PID ....... 7. ' for al your needs ..• 1-... , PERSONAL TOUCH n.11 • ., am do 10 bltltrJO#r H/tf ~~.J~:' JOG • .uH •m YOtJ. ~JI YOW IMY. .... Oii llAa...,, COO«. Q.IAlf ... YOtJ. Mftlff oa CAlfOOI.. """ A ,yn Ga Pllff, J1111» ..... ft.OWDI. .... ~ ..... .., ... 11WftCI /)o.,.,~ mto•• J IPIDM !tP'IDll cw. 800 707-1289 The Calli. Public· Utllltlea Com· mission REQUIRES thal aM uMd house· hold goods m<Mll Pf\nl their P.U.C Cal T number; Mmos and ctllulltrt print lhtir T,C.P, number In •• ldYtrtllmtntl. tt yO\I hive a ques· tlon abolJI ttla llOll· lly of • IT"Mf, '"° Of c:NMMtr, eel. PUBllC UTIUTIES COMMl8ION 714.-558-4' 51, --- Pl?t ll f V,ION/\1 5' f\ I tJ TI t.J' . ...... .,..., .......... "" LOCAJ1HO IUCTIIONIC t&M UAK DITKnON ·~s.Mc. 675-9304 n.eN~ Plumbtrl DaAIN I SIWIR •;,-;;;; CUMING WCW.IST TWEEDY P\.UMl4NG 949-645-2352 -.. EXPERT Drain c•enlng Plumbing 111>1111, 20yrs up. M WOik guwll'lleed STEVE 71'-545-8298 NECiSE llliW Aloells & Re!nodlll FAEE ESTIMATES ll887398 714-1189-1090 -,...~'-'' .. :-;. -' ..... , ..... t'· ,, ,. '. . t~·J'~ ........ ...-. Put a few words to work for you. ~State Lie No C39-6 10549 Al types of roofing end repars Liab.rty and Worw·s Compensation tn11rance Member National Roofing Cont1'actora Assn. Stnce 1987 (141) 1508151 __ ,,CO!'\• l""A'~' ~ , ... ~ :\).. ' :4 ' -·-·'. , . .. . -· .. r l • , "<Bll'IHIOB IHH ICll\ \\'inr..luw Screen S<:rwn Do<ws etc .• Fret' Esticp.ite We malr .. h<11tM> ulls 11.C.641.3J.19. . WHAT HUPllS If YOU 001'1 Aor11ns11 •