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OCC stude:nt shows her loyalty
•Julia Sutton of Costa Mesa
donates $1,000 toward arts
facility, says romnumity rollege
helped her' tum life arollnd.
Amy R. Spwgeon
DAllY PILOT
ORANGE COAST COLLEGE -
Julia Sutton knew she wanted to give
back to the school that gave her a sec-
ond chance at life.
So the 41-year-old Costa Mesa res-
ident and OCC student didn't pass up
the chance to contribute to the biggest
project on campus. Sutton. a digital
arts major, donated $1,000 to the $2-
million Arts Pavilion, which broke
ground last month. · ,
School officials said they are
thrilled with Sutton's gift. It is simply a
token of the gratitude she feels toward
OCC, Sutton said.
•This school has been a big turning
point in my life,• she said. "It's given
me the confidence to walk into places
.
and say, •rm a graphic designer, give
me a job.• '
Sutton hasn't had aq easy life. She
has experienced personal tragedy,
drugs, homelessness and domestic.
violence. And for many years she did-
n't care if she lived or died.
That is until Shane, her 6-year-old
son, was born.
•My drug of choice was more. But
I. quit using based on fear and the
premise that as soon as the baby was
born I could go back to using," said
SEE OCC PAGE 5
., PHOTOS BY DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT
1be new Sage Hill private high school overlooks the Newport-Mesa area in the foothills near the San Joaquin Hill lransportation Corridor.
SCHEDULE ....
TODAY
• We feature S..,. 1111 School.
the brand new P,lvate school on
Newport Coast Drive •long the
San ~n HUI Tr.mport.ation
Corridof.
TUESDAY '
• The latest on the money voters
~if'lthe ~A bond 9'ecdon to hefp ..... local
schools..
•Profile on new Miit ed900I
........... Dlw Ctr.y of eost.. ~end MkhNI Vossen of
Newport tWbor ................. t--.
MW fllcilitiea 1hat students will
experience this year
WEDNESDAY
• We take a ride on a ldtOOI bus
with local schooktlildren
THURSDAY
• Ruden get .,. Inside look 11t
the d111 oom as we spend the d-v as • tMcher's aide
FRIDAY
•~on the IChool Wtlform
po9cy 1tMt has taken effect .t •
f.w local campuses.
• 1119 Loalr -Piiot flllhlon ~
nist B.W. Cook tels rMdln what's
the ~ In SIChool fashions.
School bell set to rjng at
SAGE HILL
'
1be tint S..,. HID Scbool football team, whldl
ha yet to be Nmed, l'Ulll wind sprints during
a prlldke on the new field.
Danette Goule t
DAILY PILOT
P erched high above
Newport Beach,
overlooking the
city of Irvine and the San
Joaquin Hills 'Iransporta-
tion Corridor -sits a
new alternative to public
education.
Wblle thousands of
students fiood beck into
Newport-Mesa's aging
schools this week -90
ninth-graders and 30
10th-grade students from
SEE SAGE PAGE 5
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MON>AY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2000
MARIANNA DAY MASSEY I DA.lY PILOT
"I bad
built up a
toundatton.
but bad no
dlrec:Uoa.
No career.
But this
school
has given
it to me
with open
arms," says
Orange
Coast
College
student
Julia Sutton.
Public yet to
here official
plans for
Crystal Cove·
• State park officials
were supposed to have
meetings by at least
July; none on horizon.
Alex Coolman
DAILY PILOT .
Pub).ic meetings that were
supposed to have been held
this summer in connection
with a proposed hotel devel-
opment at Crystal Cove have
never taken place, leaving
some local environmentalists :
puzzled• over what behind-
the-scenes maneuvering is
causing the delay.
In May, the San Francisco
d eveloper Crystal Cove
Preservation Partners submit-
ted to the California Depart-
ment of Parks and Recreation
its final plans for building an
upscale hotel and restaurant
on the beach at Crystal Cove
State Park.
At that time, the Depart-
ment of Parks and Recreation
had given a variety of ti.me .
tables for public comment :
sessions on the plans, sug-·
gesting that meetings could ·
be held some time between
July and early September.
But the meetings have
never taken place and have
still not been scheduled. The
proposed $20·million project,
which would see many of
Crystal Cove's ramshackle
cottages converted into high-"
ena'-hotel units, remains a .
vague, undetailed vision in ·
the public eye.
Roy Steams, deputy direc-
tor for communications for the .
parks department. said the ·
department is in the process
of trying to pla.a the meetings.
·we're trying to figure out
the timing for that, and I don't
think we have yet.• Stearns
said, estimating that •an
October-November time
frame• was possible.
•Maybe December:
Steams said •Before the end ot the year, that's for sure.• .
SEE COVE PAGE 5
Watch out &rbot, Newport Harbor principal not done yet
But don't tell his boss, NewJ>Ort-
M..a: Unified School Distrtd Supt.
Robert Barbot.. •
COMNG 10 THI ltESCUE N~ Beach resident Nancy
Joe Prtce'I ~t m lhbling armor
didD't ride up on a white steJUOo .
.... ~ drOf9 . truck
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2 Monday, Sepleml:>er '· 2000
.... .... SUIFICE
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The 22nd annu.1 Lido Yacht EJCpO _ Callfomla's AIHlg Boat Show -will be held at Lido
Marina Village In Newport Beach from Sept. 14-17. Show hours are noon to 1 p.m. Sept.
14. 11 1 m to 1 pm Sept 15· 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 16; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 17. Admlssi~n ·Is SI f~r ~ults.and free for children 12 and younger. Lido Marina '{illage Is at
the corner of Via Lido and Newport Boulevard. (949) 757-5959.
Daily Pilot
Terionce Phdhps
THE .HARBOR COWMN
Tbepeopk
should
come first
I am saddened to report that all
members Qn ttie Newport
Beach q ty Council are afflicted
witb >the same exact ailments .
... It's normal when someone
catches a cold but it seems highly
unusual for an entire group to suf.
fer the same two problems in uni-son. However, at last Tuesday's
Qty Council meeting it was evi-•
dent that our entrusted leaders,
elected to support what is in the
best interest of our community, are
suffering from a severe case of
hearing loss and forgetfulness.
TAYA KAStlJBA I OAl.Y Pl.OT
David Martinez, jlD employee at The Leading Edge shipyard In Newport Beach, checks the bottom of a boat after it had been serviced.
After numerous testimonials
from residents defending the
preservation of the current Amen-
can Legion Post 291 location, the
horrible attlictions swfaced.
Getting in ship shape
The council VQted to move for-
ward with the possibility of build-
ing an Italian-villa type hotel and
spa on the site the legion,naires
have occupied for 60 years. Did
they not bear the testimonials on
Tuesday and did they forget that in
1997 they voted to enter into long-
term lease negotiations with the
American Legion?
Keeping algae, barnacles
off the bottom of boats
can be a rough undertaking.
Alex Coolman
DAILY PltOT .. T he workers at Leading Edge
are taking a wire-wheel brush
to the prop of a 40-foot Thojan
power boat, dabbing ever so gentJy
at the nether regions of the massive
aquatic beast.
The boat is off the ground, in a
sling. It's hanging from a massive
crane called a Thavelift. All 32,000
pounds of it are dangling like a baby
being delivered by a stork.
After a few minutes, lift operator
Wiit's
AF LO IT
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..... ~· ol .... Plrit Fleet-eanvkfSbtpl and the Pounding
.,, AUltralia, • the title ot an open-
lbg pro,gram for the 2000-01 acad-
eDlic year being bolted by the
VOL 94, NO. 211
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David Martinez backs the crane out
over the water and the boat is
plopped back into the harbor, look-
ing considerably tidier than it did
when it came in.
1bis is what they do at Leading
Edge. They make boats look pretty
and then they send them back out to
get messed up again.
On the lot of the company's
shipyard off Coast Highway, a
number of boats await the minis-
trations of the company's sensitive
employees.
There's one vessel whose hull
has been cleaned of muck and mire ·
and sanded in preparation for a new
paint job. There's another -a 34-
foot Sea Ray -that's going to need
much more attention than that. Its
owner ran the poor thing onto the
Friends of the Orange Coast Col-
lege's Norman E. Watson Library,
is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at
the Udo Isle Woman's Club, 701
Via Lido Soud, Newport Beach.
David A. Grant, the college's pres-
ident emeritus, will gtve a lecture
at the event. AdmlnioD is S5'1or
non-merilbers and leolltirig is limit-
ed. (714) 432-5087.
rocks off Laguna Beach, tu.ming the
formerly smooth hull into some-
thing resembling corrugated tin and
the props into pretzels.
•w e do all the cosmetics,• says
company president Rich York,
inspecting the damage. Then he
points to the warped metal prop
shaft and strut. •And we can take
all this stuff out.•
Most of the work the shop han-
dles is pretty simple: boats come in
covered with marine grime, and
Leading Edge cleans them up so
they don't deteriorate. In his years
with the company, York has become ·
quite an expert in this grime.
•There's barnacles, mussels,
tube worms, annelids and algae,•
York said, sounding like a man who
knows his job is secure. "In about
'
center, 1801 W. Coast Highway.
ClaUes continue Sept. 16, 23 and
30. Information: (949) 6'5-9' 12.
A noncledll keelboat ct-lor
women who have been on boats
but are beginning sailers will run
frorri lOa.m . to 4 p.m. Sept 10, 17,
24 and Od. 1 at Orange Cout
CoUege'• ~ Center, 1801 w.
Padflc Coast Highway. The
OnnP Co.ii c.._. .. ScbOol ol coune will covs~. dg-
Sailing arid SeameMblp offers a gini; ballc Mil tbeOry, ~ ol
four-w~ noac.ncut couna for all. ..., onrboud NtlWYal.
people with ~-sailing . It.wing ......... docking ad skillJ bQt little • DO a'parieDai Aiellag. (MO) 845-9412.
witb. add..,-~~
bOat. Tb8 c:oune iit8dll at 9 a.111;
~· 9 at tbil ~·· M1lliig
one month in summer, a boat will be
100% covered with algae:
The kind of relentless, slightly
miserable maintenance that boats
require is too much for some boat
owners to handle, Martinez said.
Sometimes he hoists a tioat out of
the water and finds, like a dentist
~_an untidy mouth, that
the. h~as been ravaged by
neglect.
•1t all depends on the owner,•
Martinez said. •Some of them get
all depressed when they have to
have their boat cleaned.•
But like a compassionate hospi-
tal. Leading Edge tries to keep the
checkups brief. They scrape off a lit-
tle scum, slap on a little paint, and
send the boat -for better or worse
-back out into the open ocean.
an outboard maintenance work-
shop from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 at
OCC's Salling Center. 18()1 W.
Podfic Coast Highway. Newport
Beach. Registration la 125 per
pel'IOll or 14() for couplet. (9C9)
64S.9'12.
The Legion post is and has
been ready, willing and able to
complete those negotiations. The
city has failed to redprpc:ate. Why
has our dty not honored the nego-
tiation commitment?
I'm confident the hotel would be
a stunning piece of architecture,
designed to favor four-day tempo-
rary guests with no vested interest
in our dty. The council stated •the
developer bas the right to try and
climb Mount Everest,• refening to
the many hurdles that would sur-
face before such a plan could be
approved. l immediately wondered
U Sir Edmund Hil.Jary was part of
the developer's team.
The hotel's purpose is designed
to serve tourists, whereas the
American Legion post was
designed to serve our community.
And that they bavel Am we turn-
ing our beautiful harbor into a pri-
vate pool?
In addition to the potential loss
of their physical fad.lity, legion-
naiies would also lose rights to
their docks and marina, docks that
were funded and constructed by
America Legion membership.
We need to pull our community
together. The community doesn't
want more traffic1 it doesn't want
another hotel and it doesn't want
the American Legion moved. dis·
placed or downsized Council
members are ethically bo~ to
honor the decision cast in 1997. It's
time to step up to the cnrmm1nity
aDd overlook the commodity •
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bolllingwrhs. Hlsmlumn runs on Mondlys.
He e»n be reached et (M9) 642-4321 «
via .-mall et ~I.com.
°' ~hefWI can be • reprOduc.td without Wl1ttan pel'•
rnllUon of~ owner.
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·coSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL PREVIEW
On llie
AGENDA
AREF1GHTERS'
SALARIES
The City Council is
scheduled to vote Tues-
day on a resolut~on to
raise firefighters'
sal~ries.
The resolution would
result in raises of apRrox-
imately 3.5%, which
• would cost the city ,
$212,640 in salaries and
$9.i,060 ~ salary-related
benefits.
The new salaries, if
passed, will be adjusted
between now and March
when total compensa-
tion is calculated.
What to expect: The
city and the Costa Mesa
Firefighters Assn. are in
On TH
COUNCIL
FYI
WHERE TO MEET
• WHO: Costa Mesa
City Council • ,
• WHAT: Regular
meeting
• WHERE: City Hall,
77 Fair Drive
• WHEN: 6:30 p.m:
Tuesday
• CALL: (714)
754--5223.
the first year of a four-
year agreement that
began in July and expires
in J,une 2004.
City officials and fire-
fighters association rep-
resentatives met in
August to d iscuss
salaries.
City staff is recom-
mending the council
approve the resolution.
COMMISSIONER'S
RESIGNATION
The City Council will
meet in closed session to
d iscuss Commissioner
M ike Scheafer's resigna-
tion at a parks commis-
sion meeting Aug. 23.
Scheafer said he
resigned because he felt
his freedom of free
speech was violated when
the city attorney's office
recommended he abstain
from voting on the skate-
board park issue.
The recommendation
came after Scheafer
opposed the council's
decision on a location for
a skateboard park.
What to expect: If
the City Council makes
any decisions during
closed session, it is
required to announce
the decisions once the
session ends.
Mayor
Guy
Monahan
IJnda
Dixon
Heather
So men
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Team members
sought for race
Newport Beach Deputy
City Manager Dave Kiff is
sWl looking for a few good
men and women.
Ki.ff is organizing a walk-
ing team for the annual Race
for the Cure. The team will
honor Rosalind Williams,
who led the Confer.ence and
Visitors Bureau before s~
cumbing to breast cancer in
June.
So far, 45 people -most-
ly city employees -have
joined the team. With a goal
of raising $10,000, Kitt hopes
to find 15 to 20 more walkers
to join the race.
In order to accommo-
date everyone interested
.in raising money in
Williams' name, Kiff said
the team decided to join
the walking event rather
than the running section of
the 5K race. "r don't think ,anybody
minds walking," he said.
"We'll just have a good
time.H
Although he only knew
Williams on a professional
basis, Kiff said he respected
her work.
"I wanted to find a way
that the city community can
honor her m a positive way,"
he said.
Proceeds from the race
will go to the Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Foun-
dation, which uses the mon-
ey to fund research as well
as education and preven-
tion programs. Last year,
racers raised nearly $1.4
million.
.. BRIEFLY
The race will take place
at Fashion island on Sept.
24 . To register for the
Williams team, contact Kif1
by e-mail at ~ll@clty.
newport-beach.ca.ua or call
(949) 644-3002. The dead-
line is Wednesday.
-Mathis Winkler
Djstrict budget
hearing moved
The public hearing for the
Newport-Mesa Unified
School District's all-funds
final budget -which was
scheduled for 1\.iesday
evening at 7 p.m. -has been
changed to Thursday at the
same time.
The purpose of the special
meeting is to give the public a
chance to comment on the
district's spencting. The
school boa.rd is also expected
to vote on the budget.
The meeting will be held
at the District Education Cen-
I'm not worried,
my agent Is
Craig Brown
Insurance
Call today for auto & home
owner's insurance!
ter, 2985-A Bear St., Costa
Mesa.
ACCESS has new
telephone numbers
Starting today, ACCESS -
the Orange County Trans~
portation Authority's shared-
ride service for the disabled
-will introduce toll-free tele-
phone humbers. ·
Customers can dial (Sn)
628-2232 (OCTA-ADA) to
reserve or cancel a trip, check
on the status of a ride or ask
for general ACCESS informa-
tion. HearinlJ·impaired users
with TDD devices can call
(800) 564-4232.
ACCESS serves people
who are unable to use regu·
lar, fixed-route buses due to
disability. About 34,000 coun-
ty residents use the service
every month.
For general information,
call (714) 636-RIDE (7433) or
go to Web site www.~ta.net.
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1he time. dnt Md kxatiof\ of the
Mf1t M Wiii as a cont.ct phone
offer a woebbop on •Selling
for People Wbo Hate to SeJl •
at 7 p.m.. at Borden Boob,
Music & Cafe, South Coast
Plaza, 3333 Bear St Pree.
~14) 256-0353.
Cout Plaza, 3333 Bear St, cbildien. This event is held
Colt.a Mesa. Pree. (714) 556-on the second Saturday of
1185. · evefy month. (~9) 644".324.4.
• number. A~ IKtlng Is.-..
ibte at http:llwww.dallyp/Jot..«¥n.
TUISIAY
WWlam Coughlan. author of
"Legacy or Love,• will dis-
cuss and sign h1s novel at 7
p.m. at Borders Books, Music
& Cafe, South Coast Plaza,
3333 Bear St. Free (714) 432-
. 7854.
WIDllESDAY
A Professionals for Hope
montl\ly mixer to promote
business networking and
friendship for Orange County
professionals age 25 to 50 will
meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Tommy Bahamas, 854 Avoca-
do Ave .. Newport Beach. $10.
(949) 622-1911.
Jacque Daniel, a networking
and marketing expert, will
"llllSIAY
A tluee-day cndl and aewtng
festival will be held from 10
a.m. to 5 p .m. at the Orange
County Pair & Exposition
Dr. llalpb Umbrtaco will pn-
sent the first session in a
series of four nutrition lec-
tures at 7 p.m . at Whole
Foods Market, niangle
Square, 1870 Harbor Blvd.,
Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 574-
3800.
Center, 88 Fair Drive . The f RIDAY
show continues the same . ·
hows Frlday and Saturday. The Orange County Fatr-
$7 for adults; free for children grounds & Exposition ~nter ·
12 and younger. (800) 962-will present a PacUic Coast
7238. . ~r Horse Show from 8
a .m. to 5 p.m. through Sun-
day at the Equestrian Center,
88 Pair Drive. Enter through
Gate 8 off Arlington Drive.
(714) 708-1654.
Mother's Market w1ll offer a
free seminar on the natural
healing power of magnets
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Patio Cafe, 225 E. ·t7th St.
(949) 631-4741.
.,'lbe Art and SdftXle of Aro-
matherapy• seminar will be
held at 1 p.m. at Borders
Books, Music & Cafe, South
SATURDAY
1be Oasis Senior Center w1ll
hold a pancake breakfast
from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at 800
Marguerite, Corona del Mar.
Cost is $2 for adults, $1 for
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Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm
•Representing the full
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• Service & Repair
• Insurance Reimbursement
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Tbe Onmge Co.ty F.tr &
Exposition Center will pre-
sent a quilt •how from 10
a.m. too p.m. 1n Building t•,
88 Fair Drive. The show
continues from 10 a .m. to 4
p.m. Sunday. Admission is
$5 for adults, $4 for children
age 12 to 18 ·and $4 for
seniors age 62 and older.
(714) 842-00.U.
niugle SqUare wW pretent
a back~to-school expo with a
day of children's activitiet,
storytelling and educational
infoIJD4tion provided by Cos·
ta Mesa teacheTS from 11 a .m.
to 6 p.m. Organizers are look-
ing for local participants to
coordinate hands-on activi-
ties. The mall is at 1870 Har-
bor Blvd., Costa M~. (949)
722-1600, Ext. 26.
A Race for the Cure Family
Day preregistration will take
7 11 W. l ?ch Sc. Suice A-5
Cosca Mesa
949-642-2010
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Field in Anaheim. Tbe Susan
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Foundation-sponsored tund-rmer ls ICbeduled SePt 24.
Reservations required · for
Family Day. (714) 957-9157.
Author Mltqtell Aselrocl wlll
talk about and sign his book
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Books, Music & Cafe at 1890
Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.
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SUllDAY .
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efit cut-a-thon of1erlng $25
haircuts and $10 manicures
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
fund-raiser ._will support
breast cancer swvivor Chava
Wortrich, who will participate
in the Avon Breast Cancer
Three-Day Walk from Santa
Barbara to Malibu in October.
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cbildren age 8 to 15 to partic-
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The local event will be hoste<I
by Newport Beach Commu-
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schools through Sept. 19. One
Winner from each boys' and
girls' age division will be
selected to represent New-
port Beach in the October
sectional competition. Free.
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to-school tips from 6:30 to
7:30 p.m. "t the Patio Cafe,
225 E. 17th Sl, Costa Mesa.
(949) 631-4741.
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Irvine, 4030 Barrance Park-
way. ~Jiealth and Wellness·
will be the topic. Owners of
home and small businesses
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throughout Orange County
will be entering pristine
classrooms that reek of new
carpets and fresh paint.
They are the inaugural
classes at Sage Hill School.
the first private nondenomi-
national school in Orange
County.
When these students don
their back-to-school dothes
on Thursday, they will not
be tripping on buckled side-
walks and entering stuffy,
leaky classrooms.
At Sage Hill, students
will pass through ledger-
stone archways down to the
the grassy town square
where they will be sur-
rounded by the tranquµ
sandstone exterior of the
school. They will put their
brand new books in spotless
lockers that have never
known the tip of a graffiti
artist's pen.
•rm so excited, I can't
wait,• gushed Lindsay West-
COVE
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Chris Bradley, a New-
port Beach architect w ho is
working as a liaison
between several· environ-
mental organizations that
oppose the hotel develop-
ment, said be found the
delay noteworthy.
•tt amazes me that so
much time bas transpired
and so little bas hap-
peiied," Bradley said.
Bradley said be thought
the missing meetings
might be an indication that
parks department officials
were worried about public
support for the project.
But Michael Freed,
managing partner of Crys-
tal Cove Preservation Pa.rt-
ners, saw the parks
department's approach in
a dilferent light.
•t think basically what
they're doing is just mak-
ing sure they've answered
everybody's questions,"
Freed sai~
He saia he did not thJnk
the-91owed-down meeting
schedule indicated any
problem with public or
parks departme nt support.
Many critics of the
Crystal Cove project have
faulted the project for hav-
ing been contracted out to
the would·be developer in
the mld-1990s with no
public review of the pro·
posal.
With that history in the
background, Susan Jor·
den, a board member of
the League for Coastal
Protection, said the lack of
meetings ls worrisome.
•ne e ntire process
itieU bu not bad what I
conitder to be the appro·
priate level of public
review," Jordan tald. •1
Would certainly hope that
tlley went not mOYing for-
WUd wttbout having pub-
llc~ flnt. •
StMrDt Mid tbl meet·
tngf, tbb~h a1-yet
\lDIC:beclUled, are ttUl OD
tbe pub d.,unent ,..,,
.... lada a hot buUGD.
.... .... &D b'IJ.pOltOt ..... .,. ..... '° dO • ........
ervelt, 14, of Newport
Beach. •t like how it's all
new and everybody will be
new together. I also like that
it's a private school and it
will look really good to be
going on to another private
school"
Lindsay was one of 120
students to pass the rigorous
application process and fork
overSt4,000 in tuition -a
small price to P.6Y for a top-
quality education she and
her parents feel she will
receive there.
When it came time for
Llndsay to graduate from
the eighth grade at Carden .,
Hall, a small private school
in Newport Beach, she and
her parents began an
intense search for the right
school. ·we were investigating
all the options -Mater Dei,
Newport Harbor High
School. Connoly,• said Lind-
say's mother, Kathy. •When
we heard of Sage Hill two
years ago it immediately
assumed the top position.•
For the Westervelts it was
the quality and dedication of
the administrative staff
building the school, the
small private nature, the
strong emphasis on conunu-
nity service and what they
felt would be a challenging
education, that made Sage
Hill attractive to them.
wliile they will teach
English, math, history and
the sciences much like any
other schooJ, at Sage Hill
students will receive one-on-
one instruction, said Clint
Wilkins, head of the school.
•1 think it's a very solid
curriculum that prepares
students for the most chal-
lenging colleges and univer-
sities in the country,•
Wilkins said. "We have a
nationally recognized facul-
ty and small class size so
they will get personalized
instruction . •
Sage Hill is also taking a
unique approach to commu-
nity seivice. lnstead of
assigning a set number of
hours to be completed by stu-
dents, Wtlkins said, it will be
incorporated into every class.
"What -it's so important
that you can do it during the
Constructlon
worken
paint
the curbs
and haul
new chain
as Sage
Hill School
prepares
to open
this week.
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DON LEACH/
OAK.Y PILOT
sUmmer and get it out of the
way,• Wtlk:ins asked.
"We think its very impor-
tant to go out and do it and
come back and reflect on il
Each year it will get more
complex. Ultimately, we will
look at some issue in society,
try to understand the root
causes and look at what role
someone can play in
addressing it."
As Sage Hill's vision
lakes shape and becomes a
reality, it is expected grow
and change.
The $30-million facilities
.. that currently make up the
CamJlUS will be expanded.
Enrollment is expected to
grow to ~during the next
several years. And new pro-
grams are already in the
works, Wtlk:ins said.
But for students like
Lindsay, who will be pio·
neers of the school. it is
about the here and now.
•She'll be part of the first
four-year class to graduate,•
Kathy Westervelt said. "We
knew that would be a once-
in-a-lifetime experience.
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Sutton, a petite blond with
baby-blue eyes, wearing blue
jeans and a black T-shirt "It
was nasty."
Sutton had the resolve to
remain sober for nine months
--with the help of government
agendes,.a rekindled relation·
ship with her mom and a very
good support group.
In 1996, Sutton knew it was
time to get off welfare and
become a role model for her
boy.
She enrolled at OCC, deter-
mined to learn the skills neces-
sary for joining the work force.
Sutton bas maintained a 3.94
grade point average sine~
entering college. Last year she
was named OCC's 'Female
Student of the Year.• ln Janu-
ary, she will transfer to Cal
State Fullerton as a junior.
So far she bas earned two
digital arts-related certificates
while maintaining a part-time
job as a graphic designer for a
local advertising film.
Donating to the school
seemed right, she said. She has
elected to pay $25 a month for
the next three years toward the
OCC's ambitious arts facility.
ln return, four tiles bearing the
names of her loved ones and
one for herself will adorn the
entrance to the building that
will be finished in 2003.
"I had built up a foundation
but had no direction. No
career,• Sutton said. "But this
school has given it to me with
open arms and •yes you cans.·
Advertonal
nm "'CHECK ENGINE"
LIGHT
Uthe *check engine" hght comes
on briefly and then goes out
without any unusual performance
problems. drivers can usUAlly
ignore it. On the other hand, if
the "check engine" light comes
on intcrmlllently and lhere is
something unusuaJ about the way
that the engi.ne is running. a
diagnostic checkup is required.
When the "check engine" light
comes on and stays on. a
diagnostic checkup is absolutely
rcquued. This does llO(
necessarily mean you have to pull
your vehjcle over and shut off the
engine. If the light comes on the
goes out when lhe engine is
restarted. a diagnostic checkup 1s
required if a performance
problem is noced, p:uticularly if
the light comes on rcpeatedJy.
HIN"r. As pan of the diagnostic
checkup. lhe service technician
will examine the vehicle's
computer system for stored
trouble codes.
LOCATING
LEAKS
An euy way to locate and
idefltify leaks from a car is w
part it over clean cardboard.
Leave the car ovemighl. In the
momina, make a mart at each
wheel and drive the car off the
spot. Look for stains on the
cardbomd. If a black IDd pasy
ltain Is found under the enaine
area. the car is leakina oil. A pink
and oily area under the nidilllOr or
Che p111a1p wea iodiclta a
at of • ...,....,;c tnnsmisaion
fluid. A pink and oily mill ..m
die eopnc means thlt ~ ..nn, fluid ii lakina. A dry
lllin or lb'eak. OC.l IO where a
wbeel WIS stlftdina iDdicalel t
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Trio named to All-America p~lo teams
Three Newpart·Mesa standouts have Newport Harbor duo of Sea V\ew
been singled out for honors by the • League MVP Tun Birdsong and Peter
National Interscholastic Swimmlng Belden, a junior. Gentry and Belden
Ccocbes AssodaHnn d. America as mein; are first.team Hlectiona, Birdsong wu
bell d. the AD-America Interscholastic named on the second team,
was a member of the successful U.S.
Jr. National men's team which com·
pe~ in Venezuela this summer,
&Jrdsong; a goalie, and Belden
formed a 1·2 punch in a very strong
Newport Harbor arsenal. The Sailors, •
three·time Sea View League champs,
were 26-3 for the season, exiting in
the DlVision I semifinals.
Water Polo Team for 1999·2000. , Gentry, a freshman at UCI, led
They are Pacific Coast League Corona del Mar to the.CIF Division D
Most Valuable Player Garrett Gentry championship la.st year, sooring twice
of Corona del Mar High, and the in the 8-6 title verdict ovei: SeIVite. He
tilt Daii,tlPilot tilt
SPORTS HALL OF FAME
CELEBRATING THE MILLENNIUM
D
CA
Corona del Mar
• His abilities to get it done on a high level in football
. ·~ .. and wre~tling have moved on to the field of ther"py.
Richard DUnn
DAILY PILOT
D oug Casey never 1111
took the conventional
route to football and
wrestling stardom at Corona del
Mar High, and, decades later,
he's still approaching sports from
a different ang1e.
The 1968 CdM Athlete of
the Year, Casey is a highly
sought-after massage therapist
who works on Olympic and elite
athletes, as well as individuals
who seek him out with more
serious problems, including one
recent patient with Bell's palsy
whose facial muscles are
working again.
-lineman and winning a CIF
Southern Section wrestling
championship at 178 pounds his
senior year.
Casey, though, didn't grow up·
with football or wrestling, learning
both trades in high school after
living in Europe for 3112 years
during an impressionable time
in his life. His sports were rugby,
cricket and judo.
•Judo gave me a good
background for my wrestling,•
said Casey, who attended school
in Spain for one year and a
~g school in England for
two, before his family moved to
Corona del Mar.
As a CdM sophomore, Casey
Peter Belden --Tim Blrdaon .
"I have people come
to me all the time ...
with all kinds of
different problems,•
said Casey, a believer
in micro current
therapy, a toned-down
version from the typical
high current usages.
played football and
wrestled for the first
time in bis life, picking
up the new sports
quickly, and, within a
year, was a star.
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"We're whispering
to (their muscles).
People seem to heal on
their own. Carl Lewis
Considered by some
as CdM's first real
•tough guy,· Casey
earned a football
scholarship to
Washington, where
-he laughs now -be
played defensive
tackle at 205 pounds. used it as a training aid Doug Casey
instead of steroids. Casey was the
freshmen team captain and MVP When you train hard, it's all
about recovery.•
Casey, who has worked on
Olympic athletes such as Mike
Powell. Michael Johnson, Lewis
and fonner Canadian sprinter
Ben Johnson, lives half of the
year in the Portland, Ore., area
and half in Southern Spain in the
middle of golf's Golden ltiangle.
"I have a big client base at
both places,• said Casey, who
served at the Summer Olympic
Games in 1988 at Seoul, '92 at
Barcelona and '96 at Atlanta.
•rm constantly in demand
with what I do, helping people
with soft tissue injuries,•
added Casey, who will work
independently for a wealthy
businessman and his family in
Porto de la Duquesa, Spain, this
autumn.
Casey once spoke at a
convention in Brazil for some
500 sports doctors from' around
the world, telling them of his
techniques.
•1 might go back to Brazil
sometime, too,• he said. •1
wouldn't mind working at a
resort for a season there. I really
liked it down there .•
Early in Casey's Olympic
training circuit, it was not
unUIU4l for him to stand in the
tralnen' room u he watched
Ben Johnson get injected with
tterotdl pd.or to tbe 1988 Seoul
Gamet, where Jobmon wu later
~of bil too.meter gold
medal. •we med micro cummt
tblrapy on (JohmoO'•) inju.des, •
added Qiaey.
Ma footbd p1a,_-, ~
cOuld beri tiled IOIDI loft dliue
dlerapy in bit bMd foDoWln9 a
--"'COllO.'d -at .. tJDtvm:My OI W...-Otan. Wbidl
8aded bit mreer. • IWcnCM9J ........
wtaat JM•Nlllkm mr• bi WM ._.....,_,...,..,OIM =s:--• .. ltD. ................... Ill. .............. .....
· for the Huskies, then was forced
into retirement because of
concussions.
•we were taught to spear
with our heads. I just did
whatever (the coaches) told me,•
Casey said. •(Football coaches
everywhere) eventually stopped
teaching thal •
Casey, however, picked up
rugby again and became a
standout, playing two years for
the Puget Sound Beach Dogs, a
Washington-based club that
competed against some of the _
top rugby teams in the world.
One year, they won the
p~gious Canadian Cup, and
another time placed in the top
five at the Monterey
Tournament, at the time the
biggest rugby townament in the
United States.
At Corona del Mar, Casey
and Costa Mesa'a Gabe Ruiz
(136.pounda) became the first
CIF wrestling champions in the
Newport·Mesa School Pistrlct in
1968, then Cuey's brother, Gary,
won a CIP title at 168 pounds for
the Sea Kings in 1972. casey, captain and MVP of
CoachJ)ave Holland'• first CdM
football team in the fall of '61,
went 35.0 his eenlor year in
wrestling and was an easy
choice for the IChool'• Athlete
of the Year bonOr.
Cuey felt bit European
experieDce with riagby, CJ1cig,t
and judo~ hiiD well for
football and wreltllrig. In the u.s .. but tt.. .,. Ca.ey
mends and,... bodiel lnlt8ad
of tnQicUng bll wrath.
Caley,· the .... boDore8 in
tbe Daily PUol Spaltll Hall of
. Pame to be l.......s. Mril in
• ONgaa In a. .... and
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bi $i*ln ............ -fall. He and bll'W111Gt.2f,....,
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and a daulll!W, Ill II l I~
Diana Hossfeld (left) and Undlay Yourman are two of Corona del Mar's major weapons in their repeat quest.
• Sea Kings cowd be even better than
last .vear's state chqmpionship team-.'
Joseph Boo
DAILY PlloT
CORONA DEL
MAR -Even if there Jiii SU llllfS
was such ,a thing as a
cross country rotisserie
league, you probably
couldn't draft a more
talented group than
Corona del Mar High's
girls cross country
team.
The Sea Kings are
• deep this year as the
season approaches.
Despite the loss of the
graduated Uz Morse,
opponents will have a
better chance out-
smaJ1ing Richard
Hatch on an island than matching up with CdM.
·without trying to offend my little Mone,• Cd.M ~ch
Bill Sumner said of Cd.M's most decorated female runner,
•1 will not miss her in cross country. I will mils her because
she was a great person, but talent wile, we have enough
girls who can move up and fill the gap. I think ttu. years
team ls better than last year's.•
All but Mone and JW Quye retwu from the defending
Padfic Cout League, Orange County, CIP Southern Sec-
tion Division IV and ltAte champions. CdM won every coo·
test it entered in •99 because it wu a well-rounded jug·
gernaut In eveI}' big meet, the Sea K1nga oaly had one
scoring finilh below 30th. 1\m runners return from that
potent ~P· ~ ' ·
•we re virtually the same team from Jut year minus
Quye and Mone,• Sumner said. •lbOM are pretty bJg
shoes tO t'lll, but we have girll wbo have already nnea
them. And the l'8lt of the girll moY9d up. I like to think
we're the same vebk:le wltb a tun9Up. •
Tbel'9 are four leniOl'I on CdM'I squad. ~Y Cum·
IJ'ilm, wbi> could be CdM't nat great female l\IDDlll', WU
tOtb at at.ate, fifth In CIP end liecolxl in league lat year.
Ltndaay Younnu 11 mtertDg ber thtrd ~ Ol .ftnity m.
QOUDlly -,.. McGulnt r9tUlm for Im leeoad year.
S4iaiol' JCad9 Quinlan's tlftb·pl.lce ftm.b WM CdM'I
b1gbe1t aatlll at ..... Sbe WM allo .._th at CIP and
third lD mgue. QUbUll bad ~ IUlv-Y that llmltllct blr = tbe bck MUCID, bUt &!IDMr Mid Iba la bllclf at fUD
~ 0... HclllWtt WM mda al CIP ad_.. tD
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HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW
ls Corona
del Mar's
leader as
the 2000
TAYA ICASHU8A
I OAl.Y I'll.OT
state meet last season with a 16th-place finish. She was
allo 10th ln league. Sophomores Becky Cummins and
Keelan Cµyler have enough talent to ftgw-e Into the Une-
up.
Wlth 10 strong runners and only five scoring spots, com·
petition within the team could be fiercer than any meet. It'•
a luxury for Cd.M, but one Sumner feeil ls well deserved.
_ ~~_!arybody says the ricb gets rk:ber, • Sumer Mid, "but
l w:wi that people could 1ee how Mrd Jenny Cummins
worked for four years. I wilb they could see Seuon or
Diana work. At another place or another time, Diana
wouldn't be t1ia atblMe she it. She ua wbat can Iba Clo to
get better, we tell her, abd lbe doel It. Half our ltkb um't
&om atbleeea. lJke DiarMl. they Work bard to be that way.•
Wltb k>ngtime CIP Mmeids Nordboll .movtng up, Sum·
ns dcMilo't ... a e.m that am (hallell4:le bit tQ\aad In
DlWdon JV, and be CCJl'Po1en tbe sea Klngi one of th. a..
In the CIOUDtry.
lut IMral ~ ~ ~~ ~.
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GIRU TENNIS .
Field nearing
completion for
October event
• Corona del Mar High
girls tourney shaping up
NEWPORT BEACH -The
inaugural Corona del Mar
Pavilions High Schoot Tennis
All-American 2000 Girls
Team Invitational, scheduled
Oct. 6-7 at various Newport-
Mesa locals, has all but final-
ized its 16·team field.
Intended to mirror the boys
national tournament which
debuted in the spring, Tour-
nament Director nm Mang
instead had to settle for an all-
Califomia field, since girls
progranis in tennis hotbeds
Florida, Arizona, Georgia and
Teiras, compete in the spring,
not the fall.
Among the schools joining
CdM and Newport Harbor
will be CIF Southern Section
powers Peninsula, Dana Hills,
San Marino and Woodbridge.
Also committed are Bever-
ly Hills, Foothill, Granite Bay
of Roseville, La Jolla, Menlo
of Atherton, Monta Vista of
Cupertino, Torrey Pines and
Thoy.
SCHEDULE
TODAY
• Soa:et-
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• Costa Mesa's Attila Malek
found~ caJJing in pingpong .
Joseph Boo
DAILV PILOT
-lep God revealed his
ailing to 47-ye(lf-old AtWa
Malek, he did it with
pingpong balls. Not the kind that
determines the weekly Lotto
numbers, but the ones used in the
competitive sport of table tennis.
•1 considered joining the
minisby," Malek said, "but God
said 'no, I have different plans for
ybu.' •
· Instead of the minisby, Malek, a
former U.S. table tennis champion
and currentJesident of Costa Mesa,
founded the Power Pong
Professional Table Tennis Center.
It is the only training center in
Southern California devoted to
advanced table tennis.
Malek's vision portrays table
tennis as the next up-and-coming
sport in America. He feels his
calling is to help kids through table
tennis, and Malek does it through
a program that offers training and
college scholarships to anyone
trying to reach the world-class
level.
For his services, ·Malek was
recognized with a rare opportunity.
He was sel~ed by USA Table
Tennis, along with eight players
and the two national coaches, to go
to China for the 30th anniversary or
the Ping Pong Diplomacy. Malek
will be the team's tliird coach.
In 1971, China invited the U.S.
national table tennis team for
friendlies in Beijing. That team was
the first Americans to visit China
since the Com.qu.,nist revolution in
1949. The event helped spark a
restoration of diplomatic relations,
however unsteady, between the two
natiQns.
There are no diplomatic duties
for Malek and the rest of the
Americans except some public
relations. While Malek opposes
China's human rights record, he
intends to keep his focus on
pingpong and not on politics.
"They first called me and I was
very excited,• be said. "Nobody
ever told me I was up for this and I
never applied for anything. I think
the other coa~~r~ed that 1
worked bMUiil fable teruiis and to
develop my junior program.•
To focus on teaching table tennis,
Malek cwtailed his playing career.
He puts in countless hours
training 26 youngsters at Power
Pong. One of them, Danny Tran, is
the 15-and-under U.S. Open
champion. lluee of his pupils,
Arthur Ascuncion, Michael Amren
and Peter Randall, won the
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• TAYA KASHUBA I DAILY PILOT
Costa Mesa's Attila Malek at his table tennis training center where pingpong is the name of the game.
California State
Junior
Championships in
their respective age
groups.
Malek teaches at
Calvary Chapel High
• in Santa Ana and he
helped popularize
pingpong at that
school. He now finds
himself as a teacher
of pingpong and an
·Acts and Actions#
religion class.
the team.
He came to
America in 11978
when his wife wanted
to join her father in
Chicago. By the next
year, Malek was the
U.S. national
champion. In 1980, he
won the U.S. Open
title and then
dropped out of the
sport.
He moved to
) Orange County in
1988 after an
Pong is the only way for Amencans
to get the proper training.
"There are a lot or lhlngs
happening right now,· l)e srud
·Sometimes, I get overwhelmed
from everything happerung at once.
But there are so many things
happening for the sport of table
tennis. All the klds like playmg, and
more kids are getting into 1t. 1 think
it'~ the next big sport in
America, like soccer. And it will
start from right here, m Orange
County.•
"We have seven or ...._~~~~--~---~--' eight-year stay in Las
Not everybody makes it to the
international level, but Malek still
helps a youngster find c;ollege
scholarships if he or she puts "in the
hard work to attain one.
eight tables set up in Attila Malek
the gym at lunchtime
and it's full of kids
playing table tennis,· .t;ie said .
In the U.S., table tennis isn't
taken that Seriously outside of
basements and dormitories. But in
.. J;Ul'Ope. and.As~.,.seveal.nations
have training programs that groom
promising youth.
Malek is a product of Hungary's
table tennis program. He started
playing when he was 14, which is
a late start compared to the others
who start when they're 7-and
8-years old. Hungary also had one
of the top table tennis programs at
the time and it won a world
championship while Malek was on
Vegas where table
tennis took a back
seat, and Malek, the sport and kids
became an entity in Costa Mesa.
"I've never had a problem
getting kids interested,· Malek
said. "I tell a kid that if they can
return a serve off me, they get a
dollar. Or if they win five points off
me in a game to 11 points. they get
$5. Once I get kids started, they
want to keep playing.·
"We're a nonprofit organization
that provides training and financial
assistants or kids willing to work
hard,• he said.
From those simple goals, Malek
helps kids d.iScover if they can be a
world-class table tennis player. With
USA Table Tennis unable to fund a
junior national program,
organizations like Malek's Power
Malek's love of kids is ObVlous in
his family We. After two of Malek's
sons grew up, he and hiS wife,
Sylvia, adopted a 2112-year-old son,
and they are in the process of
adopting a daughter. The Maleks
also have a 9-year-old daughter,
their youngest biological child.
With Malek working with kids
and table tennis, it's a perfect
combination.
Sort of like seven straight servlce
aces.
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Q I • Aa South, vulncnble. you hold: •
• 11'3J o KU o U3 • IOS
Panner opcN the biddlna with one no
tn1mp. What action do you lake?
A -Your long lplldes mlaJ!t be of no
use co pinner at no trump, but could
be wonh a couple of lricb at least ill
1 spade COOUIC1. Bid two plllies (or
trlNfer into spades If thole arc your
melhodl, then pass IWO spades).
Removing IO the rrwter suit also bu
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Q l -Both vulncrablc. u South you
bold:
• AK 10 O A Q 9 O K Q 42 • J 9 J
The bidding hAs ~;
EAST SOUTH WUT NORTH lo Dbl ,_ 20 Pa.. 2NT ,_ l o
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the best contract. But panncr might
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Q 3 -Both YUlncrablc. b South you
hold:
•852 .., 11.7 K971 •Jll76
'The bidding has proceeded:
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH
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Pa.u ?
Whit acoon do you lllke'1
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might just be compcung. but could
also have a hand with strong playing
potential. With three-card support. a
ruffing value. 1111 ace and a king.
your hand is better than panner can expect-To fail to at least nme to
~ spades would be 1 gross dcrc-hc:uoo of duty.
Q 4 -Both vulnerable. as South you bold: •
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yourself ot blddinf space by jump
shifting In diamonds. Be content
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Q S -Neither vulnerable. as South
you bold:
•AK ;>9115 O Kl •A'87 5J
The bidding has oroceedcd:
SOlfl'H WF.Sf NORTH EAST I• P-Iv ,_
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Q 6 -Both vulnerable. as South you
hold.
• Q J 10954 ._ S AQ4J • 106
1llc btdding has procccdcd: NORTH EAST SOUTH W•:ST
I• Pess I • Pa.u 2• Pau 1
What do you bid now?
A • If ) ou opccd to rebid two spades.
)OU have not yet grupcd a fund>
mental pnnc1pal of bidding as n:spondct Take away your ace of
diamonds. and you would have 10 bid two spades -you have a six-
card ~ult and your hand is unlikely to
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• II 1s. you have to choose between an
invitational iump 10 three spades and
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With 1 suit.this good, express your
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