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Home My WebLink About2001-08-26 - Orange Coast PilotI I t._ ...... ~Windows II and let the sunshine in. It's going to be 1 beautiful day. s...,...2 SERVING THE NEVVPOR'T -W.SA C{)t.JMl.JNITIES SlNCE 1907 lnskle NEWS A morning apartment fire in Newport Beach injured two and gutted a bedroom on Saturday. S..Pegel ....... LIFE & LEISURE Tracy Mejia, 7, is one ofthe many students getting low- to no-cost piano lessons from Costa Mesa self help author Judy Leighton. See Page 5 ....... COMMUNITT FORUM Tim Strader Sr. of Koll Center talks about the Koll Center project and the upcoming Greenlight vote with Assis-- tant City Editor James Meier. S..hge11 ....... SPOWIS Daily Pilot Sports catches up with George Y1rdley, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. S..P-.12 SUNDAY STORY • • Ill her Sharon Matson may be legally blind. but that hasn •t stopped her from learning new skills as part of Marriotts employment program Sharon Matson and her husband Dan, both blind, use a Braille typewriter to create labels for Items around their Costa Mesa home. PHOTOS 8Y GREG fl'V I OM.Y fll.OT Sharon Mabon j.s enrolled ln a computer tralning program that wW lead her to a Job u a reservatlo~ agent with Marriott. Mabon must overcome a number of obstacles onber way to and from her tratnlng lnSana. Ana. lndudlng a sizeable flight of stain. o.epa-..ath DMY Plu>T • 'Y ou did it, Sharon! You just did iU- Sharon Matson twued her bead in the direction of the excla- mation from her Matson reads a Bible story~ lated lnto Brallle. instructor. Her face momentartly bore an . expression of shock and disbelief. 'lben, in an instant, she made e fist and let out a whoop of. joy. •1 guess tbAt was it.• the 52-year-old Costa Mefa. woman told ber fellow trainees at the Marriott employment program for the visually impaired. •1 made a reservation. Yes I~ SEE WAY MGE 4 Unndyparents should grow up 2 Sunday, August 26, 2001 II OfFll OF $2•WOI Costa Mesa school officials are still reeling over the possibility of receiving $2 million in educational funds tf the Home Ranch project is approved by the dty. COSTA MESA In an effort to raise community support for the Home Ranch project -proposed for the final piece of farmland held by the dynasty family -the Segerstroms offered Wednesday to set up, or con- tribute to, educational funds for students in seventh through 12th grades. Costa Mesa High School, which serves those grades, will receive $1 million and the other $1 million will be split evenly between Estancia High School and TeWinkle Middle School, offi- cials said. With the $2 million-carrot dan- gling in front of them, principals at both Costa Mesa and Estancia High Schools were making out their Y'Wl lists last week. -Lallta ....,._ cowrs Costa Mesa. She miry be rU<hed at (949) 574-4275 or ~ ....,,., a\ lol/Q.~c:om. llOSIS 10 COllPWllll'I COUlllY. IFFOll There might be a little informa- tion to go with Fashion Island shopping soon. IEWPOIT Newport Beach IEACH officials are consid- ering purchasing several kiosks being used by the county to promote an airport at the closed m Toro Marine base. ·1 think there's still a multitude of misinformation about what is being proposed and what are the options,• said Councilman Gary Proctor. The kiosks, which cqst $9,973 a pop, are an interactive device that herald the benefits of an airport at the base. • The idea, which figures to be popular in City Hall, isn't winning the support of the anti-El Thro aowd. They say such spending is en lnapprop~te use of public funds. -Delfr Piiot ...... To cont.Kt the news- room,uU (949) 642-5680 or~ e-mail at dallypllotOlatimes.com. DIFllSI Pi.1111111 IO THiii CML Costa Mesa Councilman Chris Steel's attorney is not going to let b1s client go down without a fight. Defense attor- 11 lllE ney Ron Cordova COURTROOM says be is poised to make a motion next month to get one of the two felony charges against Steel dis- missed. The Orange County district attorney in May charged the oowvilman wt.th perjury and accused him of allowing resident Richard Noack to sign the 2000 election nomination papers on behalf of his wife and for supply- ing his own signature in place of a legally blind woman in 1998. Cordova said he will base his motion on the Superior Court Judge Tilierry Pabick Colaw's decision to throw out a civil case against Steel. The motion ls scheduled to be 'heard at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 12 in Judge Carla Singer's courtroom at the Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana. -Delly Piiot ..... To cont.Kt the news-room. c.all (949) 642·5680 0( ~ e-mall at dallypllotftlat/macom. DailJ.IPllOa VOLaN0.226 _ .. _ ~ -~ .... ,,., ..... ............. UIM..._ .... J .......... PHOTO OF THE WEEK' 'SAILING AWAY' Tlllllnl ... --. I~ planning on going sailing that day. As a matter of fact, I got •stuck• golng salllng. I was running late and 1n a hurry wlien I arrived at Orange Coo.st College's School of Sailing & Seamanship to photograph beginners rlgglng and saJltng around Newport students' boats and started to get some cool shots. Meanwhlle boats of all kinds were aaiJ.lng, motor- ing, being paddled around Newport Harbor. There was stuff to shoot everywhere, and I was getUng most of JL Harbor. I I was hardly thinking of the photo shoot until I ran into saillng instructor Diane Dewitte. I told her I couldn't stay long. 1 loolced at my watch. JWJt when I was getting wor- ried about retumJng, a huge .ea JJon BU1faoed next to our boat Diane motored around to get me Into posi- tion for a shot. Picture poalbllJUes everywhere. •Guess what,• she sold. •You're coming with us. She was disappointed and seemed surprised I didn't want to take the whole saJI trip. But she agreed to help me get some shots ot_the sfudents starting, with plans to drop me off on the dock afterward. The students didn't get a good start. I can't tum back now.• I started to relax and forgot about what Jt was I had to do bac.lc at shore. Sa.lllng wtll do that We ti.hared stories about our experiences on the water. I reminded her I had a time Umit. She reminded me with a big smile that JJ a atudent needed instruction from the water, a.he would have to atay with it. Diane Dewitte got me out of the gdnd for two hours and made it poalbJe to enjoy a lme after- noon on the water alter a long work week. It's the last t1me I'll decline an otter from '°meone who Is so eager to help, teach and ahare stories w1th. I got in the shadow o/ a huge aaiJ of one of the 1101 E.UCILY I FISH TILE Newport Beach lifeguards dragged a dead 6().foot whale back into the ocean Friday aftemooo to prevent it from was~~· PU.lie said ii was probably the biggest ever marine creature to wash into Newport SAFETY in a Jong time. uteguards dropped ott the dead whale near Sunset Beach. Great white sharks attacked the carcass even as the JO-foot rescue boat lugged the animal. -Donl..-ch In other news, ,three men were thankful they took their cellular phone along on their boating bip Wednes· day night. They used it tp call Coast Guard when their Bay liner powerboat sank 2 miles off the harbor SEAN l«.lER / OAl.Y Pl.OT entrance . Oran9e County Sheriff's Harbor patrol deputies found the men 6.7 miles away frOin tbe harbor entrance drifting away on a life boat. They were brought back ashore and Nleued. On land, a 21-year-old Dana Point man led Costa Mesa aod Newport Beech police CIG a 20-mile chase as he carjacked a delivery truck and drove down the Corona del Mar Freeway before be got lltuck in traffic and was arrested in ,Laguna Niguel. No one was hurt and there were no weapons involved in the inddenl The alleged Cll'jocter, officials said. pulled the driver of the truck out near 27th Street and·Newport Boulevard and drove away. Police said they did not know wby the carjacking took place. -o...,. lhlnth c.owt"S public~ Md courts. She may be rwNd at (949) 574-4226 or~ ..mail .t ~~c:om. I CLUll WAY 10 80 Standing at the mouth of Buck Gully on Wednesday aftemoon, Orange County CoestKeeper Garry, Brown unveiled a pumping system to divert polluted runoff I heading intO llVIRONMllT the ocean ott Uttle Corona. Brown's group ls leading the way on an interim plan to reduce the approximately 150,000 gallons flowing down the gully each day. The pumping system, which ooct about $35,000, 'Will stop urban runoff from nilt:bing the beach and J?'IDlP it back up the hill and lnt2 tJie county's sewer system. The pumping system can stay in place until Oct. 15, when the permits run oul In the m.eanttJne, the Newport Beach chapter of ,...J. ..... MOhttilw (td) 57-MUA BW>EISHODM (949) 642-6096 ~com .... ~ l'lw:ill>~ Cttlt~ liCl'LP' Ola elilll•C!Dlfl ft«xwd YG'M' -ClDl'-m.-,.,.-nts ... ~ h D.tly Pilot or news tipl. AQQltE$$ 0ur .._ .. now . ..,.., c.- Met. CA 926Z7. • .. ··~--1.·.· Surfrlder end dty offid.a1s are workmg band·in-band with Brown to develop a perm.anent solution to the nmoft problem. JUght ~. Buck Gully bas a long-standing bea1tb wamtng 1>0lted due to bigh baderla counts lnthenma8. _..., ~ OIMrl tN.....,.ment lfld John WllfM Airport. He nwy be rMChed at tMtt 7Mo4llO or~ H\111 at pwl.dll*'*9times.com. Daily Pilot ....... QUOT II LES •Alter their partJea, there are condO/fl.I all over the meet. We don't wont my t·year-<>ld little sister to aee that. • _ ............ 19, who resides,...,"'"'* '•lace. on vb/ he's g&ld th.t • judge ruled tt\lt the dub~ dty codes ~ it cNrged an entJY. fee to its swinger parties. The notorious dub Is a 1<>-bedroom ~on a residential Costa Mesa street. •rhose who can handle a 30- foot boat without an engine are truly sailors. " -DIMe Dewttt., beginning saillng Instructor at The School of Salling a Seamanstlip at Orange Coast College, on students grecluatlng up to learning on 30-foot'Shlekls after mastering 14-foot Lidos WIO ClllS AIOIT Tll PlllCISS? "/ WClllt to be the pea." -UemMw .... ~ 5, on what role he wou like to take In the Padflc SdlOOI of Music and Arts summer amp production of "The Princ:ns Mld the Pee· • u a kld tKIW a cart on the street and knew he would get aome caah to return it, I guarantee there would be no more carta on the street.• -a.ts Eric of Costa Mesa. suggesting an incenttve program to get shopping carts t>.ctc to thefr proper stores. The Costa Mesa City Council voted unanlmousty Monday to solldt a company to pkk up abandoned carts while working with the community and store~ to resolve the problem. •Even if 1 win, I don't get my money back. Not only do 1 get my name smeared, but I get my pocket book clobbered.• -a.ta ..... Costa Mesa coundlmlW\ on his ongoing dmnse against perjury • cNrges. ·we saw the whale wm upside down being towed by the boat. The great white aharlca were blUng lt from the back vidoualy and chomping away.• -c..n• 13, from Newport ...,, • describing the Qf'9 wh9n Newport BffCtt llfegulnjs chgged • dHd . 6()..foot wt\9le beet into the O(fff\. Canor\, along with dad Gary, mom Sandi Md 1~~ brother Moto-n fonow.d the llf9guard t>o.ts two miles Into the~ but turned beet when one of the stwts went under u. boat. Doily Pilot Apartnient f rre injures tWo in Newport Beach •,Residents suffer burns to bands and feet, bedroom gutted after duplex goes \JP in flames. Deepa Bhllrath DAILY PILOT NEWPORT BEACH -An early morning structural tire in Newport Beach injured two residents, gutted a bed- room and damaged other rooms of a second floor duplex barely three doors away from the fire station in · the 100 block of Balboa Boulevard\ officials said. Firelighters received the call about 7:30 a.m. and at the same time saw a frantic resident running down the street toward the tire station, said officials at the Newport Beach Fire Department. in the three-bedroom. two- bath apartme nt when the incident happened .. 1Wo people suffered b urns to theit bands and feet, and one of them also suffered from minor smoke inhalation. Officials identified the vic- tims as Rachel Clarke, 26, and Bryan Goland, 26. Both were taken to Hoag Hospital. Officials said one of the residents initially thought the smoke detector was malfunc- tioning when the fire alarm went off, but quickly realized that smoke was filling their home. All residents immedi- ately ran outside. The fire, believed to have originated in the back bed- room that was completely torcheq, was put out in about 15 minutes. Six people were The extent of damages is not known yet. lWenty five firefighters from Newport Beach and Costa Mesa fought the fire. SEAN HtU.ER I DAILY PILOT Newport Beach and Costa Mesa firefighters treat a vtcttm after a Ure destroyed an apartment OD Balboa Boulevard OD Saturday. 1\vo tenants were taken to the hospital. Brieflt_in THE llEWS Dead whale towed safely out to sea ~ It took lifeguards more than five hours to lug a 60- foot dead whale that drifted into Newport Harbor on Fri- day afternoon back into the ocean, officials said Saturday. ·0ur boat went about 15 miles into the ocean and dropped off the whale.• said Newport Beach lifeguard Josh Van Egmond. "That was the last we heard or saw of the whale.• TWo great white sharks, which were attacking the BE decomposing carcass at the Los Angeles officials back harbor and followed the We-into the ocean after it washed guard boat that towed the up near the Los Angeles har- whale, left utter a few hours, bor. Officials are still not sure Yan Egmond said. •what killed the giant sea The 18-and 25-foot sharks creature. caused quite a bizarre specta- cle at the harbor Friday evening as people jumped on their boats and tried to get a glimpse of the whale and the sharks. Officials also said they are not exactly sure what kind of a whale it was. They said Fri- day that it was probably a gray whale but have not dis- counted the possibility of it being a blue whale or a fin or sei whale, a dose relative of the blue whale. Van Egmond said the dead whale initially was towed by Gay rights group to protest Scout base Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights, a Los Angeles- based gay and lesbian rights group, is planning to stage a protest in front of the Boy Scouts of America Sea Base on Coast Highway at about noon today. A Sea Base employee said Saturday that the two build- ings there will be dosed. ·we heard there were going to be quite a few of Get Fit and Sup"rt Newport Harbor High! Six weeks of walking or jogging fun in preparation for the 15th annual Harbor Heritage Run: a SK run/walk and a 2K run run/walk. Walk around the block, to the library, or when you return the rental movie. Walk or run 3 to 4 times a week for 20 to 30 minutes and be ready for race day on October 6. Bring a friend and exercise for fun. www .newportharborhigh.com/ community/hhr them tomorrow protesting on the sidewalks,• said employ- ee Brenda Stewart. Organizers have said they will protest against the Boy Scouts' policies on admitting gays into the organization and against the Orange County Board of Supervisors' decision last year to extend the Scouts' lease on the Sea Base property for 30 years. Sunday. August 26, 2001 3 Crossing the waters of history on the ferry Young a-,.. DAILY PILOT V ery near the carousel and bumper cars at the Fun Zone in Newport Beach, a different sort of ride has carried peo- ple of all ages and genera- tions from Balboa Island to the Balboa Peninsula since 1909. looki!S About BACK ~~t! the Island Fer- ry's passen- gers take the boats for busi- ness -to get from one point to the other. The oth- er half do it to enjoy the ride. said Seymour.Beek. a local resident and president of the ferry. The service started in Newport Beact! in 1909 with a small boat offering only passenger service. ln 1919, residents on the island.lobbied the city for better ferry service. Joe Beek. Seymour Beek's father, was the only bidder who also happened to own a boat. The oow- deceased Beek won a con- tract for $50 per month to run the business. For the first year, J oe Beek carried passengers from the island to the peninsula on an outboard powered boat. After build- ing ferry boats that were big enough to carry one car, then two and eventual- ly three, Beek began trans- porting cars and bicycles too. Ferry managers through- out the years have con- tributed to Newport Beach's history. Evan Jones, who worked for Joe Beek dwing the Depression, is said to have once told Beek, "U you'll JUSt give me enough money to eat, I'll make it worth your while.• •And be certainly did,• said Seymour Beek, who is a retired program manager for Ford Aerospace. •He was a fabulous guy, and he was in charge of building the three boats now operat- ing. and the docks.• Bob Snyder succeeded bun, managing the ferry from 1969 to 1991, and was also somewhat of a local celebrity. "Everybody knew rum,• Beek said. •He was a very popular boss.· Today, three femes run the short JOumey and each of these boats -named the Commodore, Adrrural and Captain -were built in the 1950s on Balboa Island. Each boat hulds three cars and up to l 00 people. Seymour Beek and his brothers -Allan and Bar- ton -grew up with the business. operating the fer- ry dunng college and high school. Allan Bee k, a local envy rorunentallst, still en1oys a crossing about once a month. "Often we JUSl do 1t for a JOY nde, • he said. ·And we take V1S1tmg fnends • • Do you know of a person, place or event that ~ a historical Look Badt1 Let us know. Contact Young Chang by fax at (949) 646-4170; e-mail at young.changOlatimes..com; or mail her at do Daily Pilot 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. 4 SUnday. ,., 26. 2001 MIUC· ·SAFETY POUCI flllS COSTA MESA • w.t ..._ Slir..e: F•lse ldentlflcatlon was reportedly dlspl~ to IN\ officer In the 800 block •t 6:40 p.m. Friday. • 8rtltiol ltnet: Possession of • controUed substance was reported In the 3000 block at 2:49 1.m. Friday. • Oudt Street: Trespassing was reported In the 1900 block It 5:17 p.m. lhtlrsday. • HemlttcN1 Street: Grand theft WU reported In the 600 block It 10:A5 p.m. Thursday. • HartMw' loulev.rd .Mt Mel rlnw: W9y. Vandalism was reported at 8:42 p.m. Thursday. • Ne\fport lloulev.rd: Forgery was reported in the 2300 block at 4:16 p.m. Friday. ......... eoAw:A home burglary was reported In the 500 block at 2:09 p.m. Thursday. • Senta Ana Avenue: Annoying phone calls were reported In the 2400 block at 9:57 a.m. Thursday. •West 19th Street: Drinking In public was reported in the 500 block at 11 p.m. Friday. NEWPORT BEACH • Con:ord Avenue: Jewelry worth about S6,000 was reported stolen from a home in the 300 block at 8:30 p.m. Friday. • Hltv..va: Jewelry worth abot.rt $46,000 was reported stolen from a home in the 600 block at 9:53 p.m. Thursday. • llnd Street .Mt w..t Oc:.9M fnJnt: ~theft was reported at 5:20 p.m. Thursday. • 29th Stre.t: Dlsor~ly con- duct involving alcohol was reported in the 400 block at 11 :SO a.m. Friday. WAY . CONTINUED FROM 1 It is a job easily done by peo.; ple with nonriol eyesight But for someone like Matsoo, it's d coinplex task -one tbat must be learned, understood and studied meticulously for sever- al weeks because of the chal- lenge it presents to a person who cannot see or rea4 a com- puter screen. Matson ls one of ~ l trainees selected by the Maniott from the arame Institute m Anaheim to attend the Pathways pogram. which trains and prepares visu- ally-impaired people few a career at the Marriott's international reservations center in Santa Ana. The class bas students with varying levels of visual impair- ment Matson says she is aJmost blind. She lost her right eye when she was 5 years old because she was born prema· ture and her eyes did not devel-1 op enough. Her left eye has been plagued by a host d prob- lems including catmacts, glau., coma and scar tissue. Matson can see light and very blurry images and shad- ows, but says she is blind for all practical purposes. She uses a cane to walk outside her home. She utilizes Orange County Transportation Authority's Access service for the disabled, which she uses to schedule bus rides in advance. Matson says she is begin- ning to accept the fact that she will soon be ph.mged into a dark world. And irs not easy. ·au\ that's OK,• she said smiling/ "I'm thrilled to be doing wha~ I'm doing.• That pride, sell-esteem and enthusiasm is exactly what the Pathways program hopes to instill in its participants, said training supervisor Lori Warner, Donate your vehicle. 1-888-308-6483 Set hope in motion to improve local lives. • RVs • Boats • Real Estate • Tax Deductible .. who teaches Matson and other trainees to use computer pro- grams specially designed for the visually impaired. The Pathways program itself teaches students "life skills as well as occupa- tional skills,· she said. "We introduce them to Marriott as a company, teach them the terminology widely used in the hospitality indus- try,• she explained. Kellie Perez, who coordinates the program, said the program is equipped to give people who are visually impaired what they value the most -indepen- dence. The Marriott collabo- rates with the Braille Institute and the state Department of Rehabilitation to run the pro- gram. she said. "It's not just an incredible opportunity for the visually impaired,• she said. "It also opens a whole new world for our sighted employees, who get exposed to a whole different issue.· Marriott now employs sev- eral blind people full time. The company has hired from the Braille Institute since 1999. Also included in the curriculum is learning how to pro1ect a pro- fessional image, wrtte and build a resume, take job-related responsibilities and manage personal finances. But that is not the most chal- lenging part of the program. A blind person who makes a reser- vation uses a program called JAWS -Job Access With Speech-that essentially reads out what is on the computer screen. So, the person who is making the reservation w~ GET FIT and GET ON TV A major televlsJ.on fitness company 1$ seeking 75 men and women In this area wno Or& 20 to 60 yeqrs of age and ore 10 to 30 pounds "'8fW9/ght. We ae offering the opporftrlty to try on exciting, new, training $)'$1eml QuollflfkJ ~ts wHI receNe 6 weeks Of more Of ProfessJoni:JI f/frjfj$S Tronlng while testing some of the hottest •new-on- fhe..soene• fitness equipment and hc:Ne the chance of~lngon Nallonol TeleWlon, Oii at llMciMltY no P9'P This could betheflna rnotkJtot mot hePt }QJ get Into the bd shCf;>e of )"Otl llfe--Don't m1$$ this opppr1frrltyl DOVE: Sharon Matson. seated. works with training supervisor Lori Warner to learn the computer prognun,JAWS(Job Access With Speech), which will allow her to become a reservations agent with Marriott Un: Matson puts on IWlglasses as she leaves the Santa Ana building where she is training. PHOTOS BY GREG FRY I DAILY PILOT headphones and hears the oom- puter talking in one ear and the caller in the other ear. "It's like this sensory over- load,• Warner said. "It's exact- ly like listening to two people talk simultaneously and responding to both of them.· Matson says she has been yearning to meet these chal- lenges for a long time and was Uuilled when the Braille Institute selected her for the program. Matson and her husband Dan, who is also legally blind, were no strangers to the Braille Institute in Anaheim. Both had attended the lnstitute's pro- grams and classes for visually- impaired youth several years ago. But Matson went back to the Institute earlier this year with a renewed energy. She enrolled in e computer class, her fust ever. She 5tarted to use Zoom T01t, a program that literally enlarges the type. Soon. the large type was not large enough for Matson. So, she bad to switch to JAWS. The hardest thing in the pro- gram, sbe says, is the fact she cannot see the cursor. "You tend to get lost,• she said with a laugh. ·But I'm ~earning to depend on the guy Ill the computer that does all the talking.· There are days, Matson says, she has walked out in tears. Frustration is part of the exer- cise. The ultimate goal. howev- er, was to overcome these obsta- cles and "make myself a better person,• she said. "I wanted to improve my abilities, sometimes to just get out of the house,• Matson said. •And I've learned through my experience at Marriott that peo- ple appreciate what people can do in spite of their blindness. lt's great to be looked at as a person rather than as a handi-capped person.• The world outside has not always been that easy. She has had to put up with widespread misconceptions. ·Many people think that if you're blind, you're tetarded, • Matson said. "Tbars not true. Our brains work -they work very well. All we need is a chance, u opJ)OflUnlty. • And ahe has constantly proved that to benelf aDd those Daily Pilot arouPd her. ~te her limita- tionS. Mat9ali 11 active 1n her neighbOrbood church. She is a member of their council and taad&Sunday~ She took 18Yeral~ bl 9raoge Coast ~and even got her bech- elors ~ 1n liberal studies from Cal State Long Beach, graduating in 1989. The living room of her Costa Mesa condominium is crammed with her collectibles and items she aafted. A framed wooden quilt pattern bangs on the wall. She won second place for that piece of work at the Orange County Pair two years ago. Matson is also resourceful when it comes to crafts. •see that angel on the sbeU1" she said, pointing to the doll. •Her head is made with Styrofoam and her body is a one-liter soda bottle.· Matson lives with Dan. her husband d 12 years, and moth- er Betty Roedl. •She's achieved remarkable things,. said Roach. • She raised her son all by herself.• Her son, said Matson, is 30 years old now and is in the con- struction industry. Roach finds it hard to accept her daughter is going blind. "I see that she deals with it, and she's a lot braver than I am,• she said. "But it's hard because she enjoys life so much.• She says the Marriott's pro- gram has worked wonders. "She's getting compliments from people,• Roach said. "She knows she can do things'.· At home, Matson and her husband, have started using Braille extensively in day-to- day activities. They use their Braille typewriter to label com- pttct discs, audio and video cas- settes. "We even have the Bible 10 Braille,• said Dan Matson. He also marked up their microwaves and ovens with sil- icon bubbles they bought from the Braille lnstitute's store. "Sharon loves to cook and oh yeah, she can cook,· he said. "She makes great tacos and enchiladas." People like Matson are an inspiration to younger people who have lost ey~ht or are 10 the pr~ of losing eyesight, said John Zamora, coordinator of youth and CMeer services at the Braille Institute. He saJd Matson had the basic capabil- ities, and teachers at the Institute merely prepped her and acted as a catalyst in her success. ·As someone who had been pushed around emotionally, 1t took Sharon a lot of courage just to show up,• Zamora said ·These success stories send out a message to others like her. • Recently a group of blind children, who took a tour of the Maniott reservations office, was inspired, he said. "It meam a lot to a blind child to know that they have a future ahead of them. l.amora said. "That they have the possibility of being gainfully em.ployed.· It is that freedom that Matson says she is struggting to achieve. "I'm still striving for inde- pendence,. she said. • It's impor- tant for me although it's bard to get. That's why I need to stay positive. Because, if I lose that independence, in my mind. I've lost everything.• DON LEACH I OAl.Y PILOT Tracy Mejia, 7, learns song like .. Jazz.waltz• and .. Puff the Magic Dragon• from piano teacher Judy Leighton in her Costa Mesa apartment Young Chang DAILY PILOT A boy who lives on the first O.oor of a quaint Costa Mesa apart- ment complex knows that when visitors inquire about a piano-playing neigh- bor, they're asking about Judy Leighton -the woman whose music floats off of her second-floor balcony. In what she calls her "cor- ner for kids,• which is deco- rated with stuffed Care Bears, Big Bird and a Wumie-the- Poob lamp, Leighton teaches children bow to play the piano regardless of whether they can afford the cost. Self-help author Judy Leighton shares her love of music by giving local children low-to no-cost piano lessons She's taught for free, for very little pay, and often for no other reason than to give children the joy she didn't know early on. "Red Sails in the Sunset" is A little dirt on the landscaµng awards I love to garden, but landscap- ing ii an entirely diff e.rent monster. I have learned the hard way about grade, drainage, soil amendments, bardscape and irrigation. By the way, learning the hard way means failure. A little foresight goes a long way in the garden. Paying a profenipnal to, 1iterally, do the dirty work will pay·ou in spades. Sorry. I inherited the bardscape and irrigation in the house we live in, but when we did a backyard overhaul, I found out that there is a complicated process that needs to be followed to insure land.scape success. What I once took for granted, I now hold in awe. Yards that have the right slope, sprinkler systems, timers, up.lights, plant material appropriate to expo- sure and style, root ben:iers and SEE HOME MGE 6 still audible in her 56-yedr-old memory. Her gredt-aunt played the tune when Leighton was just 6 years old. She remembers wanting so badly to play, but the aunt didn't know how to teach. •And my parents couldn't afford lessons,• Leighton srud. Today she sits m her kids' comer, where the breeze swoops in and rustles her pur- ple flowenng plants. while she and G1ovanru Vasquez play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." She'll play the left hand pa.rt and her 11-year-old stu- dent, one of several she teaches, will play the right. • 1 really like 1t because it brings me love,· G1ovanru said, of practlong the piano. "When I get sad, I play the SEE HEAL PAGE 6 Sunday, August 26, 2001 5 TRAVEL TILES A journey to the top of the world W e said "oh my gosh" and smiled as we looked at a vacation photo of the Cashions and the Fromes holding a recent issue of the Daily Pilot at the North Pole. One of the front-page pieces was an Orange Coun- ty Fair story I had written in July with a big photo , .~·IOU taken by my .., ... ~, rs photograph-\"' • ~ ,~ er tnend. He , ~, and I 1 v • laughed -'--...._1 ___ ~- our story had traveled all the way to the home of Kns Kringle. We've seen our bylines in Africa before -in Switzerland, Argentina, China and Hawaii too. But the top of the world made us giggle. The trip started when Newport Beach friends John and Marcia Cashion and Wally and Mary Frome found a brochure about a tour group to the North Pole. ·we were looking for things a little bit offbeat and different,• John Cashion said. "We're old friends, and we had gone to the Antarctic together too, so we've now been to the Antarctic arid the North Pole." An important difference between the North and South poles, the travelers explained, is that one IS a continent and one is not. The North Pole is frozen ocean surrounded by land. The South Pole is on the Antarctic continent and IS surrounded by ocean. The group flew to Norway from California in mid-July SEE TRAVEL PAGE 6 This charming home on Balboa Island wutbellnt prU.e wbmer lntbe ·....u resldeDUal. landtcape category prelelltedby the Callfonda ....... ..,. Coall'Kton ~ John and Marcia Cashion at the North Pole TRAVEL CONTINUED FROM 5 and caught a charter flight to a Norwegian island where they boarded a Russian heli- copter. The chopper ferried them out to a ship called the Russian Nuclear Period Ice Breaker, which guided the two couples to the spot of frozen water considered the North Pole. navel guides set up a bar- becue on a sheet of ice and the tourists ate and drank, while some went for a polar dip. "They jumped in the water and got right back out again,• said Cashion, a retired real estate developer. The weather was about 32 d09fees Fahrenheit, which was right mound freezing. The scene contained endless sheets of ice, interrupted only by ice ridges and wind- blown ice flecks. And as far as Marcia Cashion could see, there was only white. •I loved just looking out and seeing nothing but the ice and the water and no asphalt and traffic lights,• the 64-year-old said. John Cashion added that his thrill lay simply in being there -at the northernmost tip of the world. Wally Frome, a semire- tired real estate developer, explained why this was a big deal. "In all of history, there have only been 5,000 people that have stood at the pole and another 5,000 that went by submarine,• he said. • Have you, or someone you know, gone on an interest.Ing vacation recently? Tell us your adventures. Drop us a line to TRAVEL TAl.£5, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627; e-mail young.changO latimes..rom; or fax to (949) 646-4170. GRAND OPENING Classical Dance Center Tustin and Newport Beach Elizabeth Huebner, Anistic Director .~allemm <{IJr,.;;./ln/l .~//('I' ... 8)U'<"inlt'xci1fl c'n Cfj,,/JJt-On J If /oJ.Jl'J Ballet "-Tap "-jazz "-Age 2 -Adult Beginner thru Prof~ional NOW OFfEl.ING f v"'"' tttP ttoP TAUGHrBY 4'8UGGY" FOID i ' I ' • • ~.. ' ~ • t I . . CONTINUED FROM 5 seasonal color are an unaz. Jng light to behold. Recently, several local landscaping projects were given recognition for out- standing design and instal- lation achievements from their peen. The Calltomia Land- scape Contractor's Assn. honored 20 local properties, including residences and commercial projects in Bal- boa, CorOM del Mar, New- port Beach and Newport Coast. for landscape ex~ lence. 'IWo of Orange Coun- ty's first-place winners were in our own backyard. First place in the "small residential• category went HEAL CONTINUED· FROM S piano and I feel really good inside." Emotional and mental health are important to Leighton, who is also the pub- lished author of "A Path to Ugbt: How to Not Not Make Healthy Choices.• The book desaibes therapeutic tech- niques discovered by Leighton to release the pain of memories past. She'd rather not get into what this specifically entailed -there's no need. she says. •People have told and told and told stories to let pain go but then it comes back again,• Leighton said. But she will share that in TRADITION CONTINUED FROM 1 future generations,• she said. "For the others, it's an oppor- tunity to learn about another culture, a chance to learn and dispel myths and misconcep- tions about our people and culture.• Essentially, a pow wow is a celebration and social gatl:t- ering, honoring sacred American Indian traditions through dancing, drumming, singing and the gathering of people. Pow wows may also be held to honor individuals or on special occasions. Starr said it is important to let people know that being a Native American is not just about "leather and feathers.• "It's important that our own children know and learn why we do the things we do,· she to Richard Taylor Associates for its work on the Rachael Miller residence on Balboa 1984, a very fast-m'oving arthritis aippled her to the point that she couldn't walk. drive, play the piano or even write her name. •1 was deteriora~ very rapidly, and they dldn t know if it WU fatal,• Leighton said. "Since I thought that I was facing death. I wanted to ae- ate a method so I could die in peace.• 1bat's when she came up with the stress-reduction methodology written about in •Path to Ught.• And though playing the piano isn't directly related to her healing methods, Leighton says it's a cure of its own. She suffered reading com- prehension problems unW she reached her mid-20s. Throughoutcollege,shehad '" wtMlt: 33rd annvat PoWWoW When: 9 1.m. to past noon today --.: Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa Coet: S6 for ad. $3 for seniors and fNI for chifdren under 5 Clill: (714) 962-6113 said. "Why we danoe and sing a certain way.• For Native Americans, a pow wow is a way to feel a sense of belonging, said Victoria Sebanz, a school teecher from Los Angeles and a descendant of the Menominee and Lakota tribes. •It's one of the only times I feel at home,• she said. "It's -&&:we W Restaurant r---Established In 1962 ---- ;. Mo•Je Nitfn SJHdal ~ l'di# PiletM;po.. Diwr1 l'?'°perpmtm ledrn W ,..,tMc. .jtW. ,,.W,.,._ .,.,.. "',.-w.J "'-..,. Ste11lt1 • Se11footl • Cocltt11iu Quality Service • Nightly Entertainment I I •I\ J,. TI I -) ' , I l I I I BECOME A MUSEUM DOCENT TOUR GUIDE Share your interest in art with museum visitors by becoming a member of the Orange County Museum of Nt'a Camille and Eric Durand Docent Council. The nine-month. training programs, ~lch begin· in mi~mber, require no preVious art experience and design.cf lo fit tnto any ichedule. Island, designed by Greg Grtsamore. This small but lush. yard to memorize facts and stories because she couldn't easily understa,nd the words she read. Then she learned to play the piano, at age 26. "When you have emotion- al pain in your life, it's bard to focus when you're reading something,• Leighton said. "Music helped me eoonnous- ly, I think, in developing my brain. Your brain does devel- op further when you use both bands and fingers. I think it helped me so I could figure out a method to heal myself.• And to help her students, she's loaned a couple electric pianos to two of her nine biweekly visitors. ·u plays just like the SOUDfl of a regular piano,• Leighton said. •ft stands just like a reg- ular upright piano.• Tuley Mejia, 7, a1so took great to be here and hear live music and watch the Fancy [War) Dance. It's so powerful.• As a teacher, Sebanz says 5he bas seen a lot of misin- formation about Native Americans. "The most common mis- conception is that we're all dead,• she said. "It's really sad and unfortunate.• Cecllia Gibson of Glendora, who came with her husband Davy and two chil- dren, said this was a time to teach her 4-year-Oki son about his Indian heritage. Her grandmother, said Gibson, was of Native American descent. "Listen to that song they're singing dght nowr she told her son. "They're singing about grandparents.• Several people sat on the bleachers Saturday morning and watched the members of r··--------------, i 10-k OFF : I : At time of purchase : : With thiS CC>Up0n 1\.V : L •••••••••••••••• J Daily Pilot - 11 a~ to behold. You 1-1 ID you're ta a tropical par. die Juit by walking by. With a oamtJIDetk>n of bekJb", ...... and colors, ttdl dlllMn glYe,l a dlminu- ' ttve lpee8 • b6g impact Pint place in the ·medi- um design and build• cate- gory wu Putnam Construc- tion & I .andlcaping for the Brombal residence in New- port Beach, designed by Nancy Putnam. 1b1I backyard features brlclt paths and pads with low maintenance plant material and a large variety of colon and teXtures. The backyard includes an out- door fireplace and dining area. Congratulations to all. • ~ WIC9tT Is a Newport IMdt resident. Her column n.ins ~ lessons from Leighton this week. 1be young~ said her favorite songs a.re Hush Uttle Baby" and •Non.sense ~I grow up, I want to be a piano teacher,• she said. "Because I like music.· Leighton holds steadfast to her theory that music edu· ution for chOdnm fosters everything from a cheerful attitude to improvement in schoolwork. •1 wu driven by the sound of beautiful music,• she said of when she tint played the piano. •1t was a way for me to express deep feelings beca\118 there's a lot of emo- tion in m\.lllc. And with my reading CDD.prebension prob- lem. I didn't know how to use words real well to express feelings.· the Golden State Gourd Dance Society perform the Gourd Dance, a spiritual cer- emony performed by the Kiowa tribe each summer when the red skunk berries bloom. For the non-Native Americans who came to the pow wow, it was a time to •experience something dif- ferent,• said Jim Erlitz. a Hacienda HeJgbts resident. .Everytbing's so fast-paced these days that you get away from the things that matter.· be said. ·vou forget what America ls Ie41ly about. • Erlitz said he believes that these a.re the types of events that bring people together and help build tolerance and understanding. •tt brings us closer,• he said, •and helps us experi- ence a culture other than our own.• Odi~ Pilot BOFFA CONTINUED FROM 1 an assistant coach, of all people, started in on one of the opposing playen, huff- ing and puffing about some disp\lted play, and began poking this poor kid in the chest to emphasize bis major points. Within seconds, more than 30 pa.rents, coaches and oCfid.als began reenact- ing a saloon brawl in a John Pord western, having at each other with fists, feet and anything they could grab. One particularly gifted parent charged onto the field with a piece of re-bar and started swinging at any- thing standing. By the time the army of Sheriffs Deputies finished their paperwork. a number of parents required medical treatment, the genius with the re-bar was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and two others were arrested for resisting arrest. But here's the really interesting part. The kids themselves never got involved and just stood by quietly as the •grown-ups" rolled around in the grass, pulled each others' hair and tried to avoid the guy with the re-bar. The AYSO district voided the contest, banned the assistant coach for life and disbanded the two teams. Some people thought that last part WA$ a little extreme, but we'll get back to that. And if you think that's as bad as it gets, you are IDlS- taken. You've probably beard the accounts of similar incidents around the country in recent years. ln a Massa- chusetts youth hockey league, an irate father beat an opposing player's father to death. In Northridge, a Little Leaguer's father attacked his son's coach and threatened to kill him. Why? Because his IOD only got to play thiee lnn1Dgs ot a m-inning game. Incredibly, the attack- er wu sentenced to a grand total o1 •s days tn Jail. Some informal reMll'Ch with youth sports types in the Land of Newport-Mesa showed that while we haven't seen anything as extreme here, there are more than enough unsettling moments in a typical season to keep our coaclies and officials worried. When did this nonsense start, and wb<>1e idea was it anyway? As usual, I have few answers and the ones I do have are suspect. When we were doing the parents-in-the-bleachers thing. I remember the occa- sional parent who screamed a little too loud, or long, and got on people's nerves, on and off the field. But the general rule was the same, sappy one your mother taught you. ·u you can't say something nice, then blah, blah, blah,• which is still dam good advice, I might add. On the rare occasion that something unpleasant was shouted to an umpire or an official or a coach, there would be quick, censur~ from other parents along the lines of •Come on, settle · down. We don't need any of that.• Of course, in those days, other parents didn't come after you with re-bar either. If I go back even further to my own playing days, just after World War I. I don't have a single memory of any stress or strife between par- ents, coaches or officials, although some definitions might be in ordei:. My "playing days• were entirely baseball, Uttle League through high school JV, and the concept of being upset about playing "only" three innings would have been entirely lost on me. Over some 12 seasons of baseball, I don't think I played three innings total. Equipment managers hit on the ankle with foul tips bad much more coot.act with the ball than I did. But sitting on the bench for 12 years g1ve1 you a keen tense of what's hap- pening in the It.ands behind you, and I just don't remem- ber any of this nonsense we bear about today. In part, the change in b leacher manners from 1961 to 1981to2001 ii, I suspect, a aimple renection of society. One of the downsides of an "anything goes• society is that anything goes. The other element, I think, ii that parents of young kids today are much. much more tightly wound about "star quality• than we were. When we were doing the kid thing, most parents wanted the little darlings to do well in school. find a sport they llked, be polite, don't dress too weird and, mostly, stay out of trouble. Today? Oy. Tue stress lev- el is stratosphe(ic. It has to be the right schools and• the right sports and the right cl4sses. There are a few par- ents who hire hitting coach- es and speed coaches for Little Leaguers. •Doing wen· may be just fine for those other kids, but you, my little cutie, are going to excel. The good news is you're going to be a ~I Is there anything worse than a Little League father who has decided that his son's perlomumce is his last shot at redemption for the ground ball that went through his legs in that big game in 1975? I think not. So let's get this ugliness off the field, out of the park and out of town. And for the youth sports parents out there, here's a quick mea- sure of how you're doing. U the kids are having fun, you're doing it right. lf not, you aren't. I gotta go. • PETER Mlff9' is a former Costa Mesa mayor. His column runs Sun- days. He may be rH<hed via e- mail at Ptr84flaol.com. 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Fast forward a couple months and those same code enforcement officers are telling Westside resi- dent Dave Morley that his Maple Avenue home is far from compli- ant. That is, he's breaking the city code by living in his garage. But Morley's case isn't one of the typical garage converted to a bedroom. No. It turns out that his garage/bedroom has been that way for more than 50 years. And he's only lived at the home since his parents bought i1 38 years ago. So, since the mid-20th Centwy, that home has sat at its Maple Avenue location without a garage and with an extra bedroom. At the beginning of the 21st Centwy, Costa Mesa co'de enforcement offi- cials are doing something about it. So far, they've issued Morley a $7 5 citation for falling to conform. If his house doesn't show signs of improvement by Sept 6, he'll face another fine of $200 to $500. All of a sudden, a man who has been living in a home that lac.ks the standard garage for 38 years has to oome up with the necessary funding to aeate a garage that he's never had. That just doesn't sound right. Is his garage, or lack thereof, bann- ing anyone? ls it unsightly to those walking passed it? No. In fact, unless one goes into Morley's home, they wouldn't even know the difference. Heck. his bedroom's probably even cleaner and more up to code than most garages would be. Should everyone be able to live in their garage? No. But should Dave Morley be able to keep his bedroom and forgo the garage? Yes. After a.D.. he's never had it any other way for, count them, 38 years. As dty officials well know, there can always be exceptions to rules, especially when they come 50 years after the fact. With someone in the rare situation that Morley is, it would make the most sense to grandfather him in. As Morley said earlier this month, •They are asking for such a sacrifice just to put a car in a box.• We couldn't have said it better. Case against. Cancµy Drive raIIlp seems like NIMBYJSID AJbad scene is unfolding along Costa Mesa's. Canary Drive. Residents of the block- long cul-de-sac-including Coun- cilwoman Karen Robinson -are battling plans they say would bring too many people to their lit- tle street Those plans are for an entrance, complete with ramp, to Fairview Park. They claim the ramp will draw people to the easy entrance. These people, the resi- dents say, will park their cars in front of homes, packing the street full. Instead, they want the city to build a staircase and a landscaped wa.D.. changes they say would not limit access to the park because there already are seven entrances, including wheel-dlair aooess at the park's main entrance. Oty st.a.ff, at this point, has agreed and pro- posed the staircase plan to the council earlier this month. The trouble with this argument is that the main entrance ls a half-mile away -quite a distance for par- ents pushing a stroller, not to men- tion people in wheekhairs. But even more disturbing is the idea. the impression at lea.st, that the residents of this street are try- ing to deny an obvious improve- ment to the park that would bene- fit far more people than Jive on this tiny block. lt sure seems like a bad catie of NIMBYism to us. 1b be sure, city offidals say while residents' an:em played a part 1n their dedslon to build stain, more important was the presence of utility and power lines under the ground there, which would have to be moved to put in a ramp. If that is the main reason. it sounds acceptable. But coupled with the pressure from a powerful group of residents, including Robinson, the city faces an unusu- ally high burden of proof. City offi- cials should address this more thoroughly and satisfy the many residents challenging the proposal for stairs instead of a ramp. And it should be done before the council makes a fuial decision on the plans. ·The issue has raised a separate concern. as well. During the coun- cil meeting when the issue came up, Robinson removed herself from the dais because of her dear con- Oi.ct-of-interest But then she pro- ceeded to speak as a resident from the council fioor. Robinson needs to understand that as an elected offidal. she can't have it both ways. While we understand that she received the city attorney's blessing to do this, she can't expect that just because she's not sitting with her col- leagues, she won't be treated as a roundlwoman. Her words are quite naturally going to cany more weight. no matter where she is. And what she really needs to understand is that her word.a need to carry that weJght for the entire community, which she represents, and not IOlely her immediate Mesa Verde neigbbon. . Beek's Beetle not out-of-character .... \ --'Their children go to our schools. They use our I ac111tle11, our beaches, parks and Ubrariea. Over the years, several Newpprt Beach reSJdentB have moved over to Newport Coaat.' -Newport ach City Manager HCMMr 81..UU on reasons to annex the currentty unincorporated r\ Newport Coast area. BOLTON Obily Pilot .. oo£3WT IEI> 1UAN NITT'fflN6 TO YOU{. •• THAT) TH{ THl~D LIG.HT Tlff3 WEEK rt/ ... -- Cosf A MESA aiACK~ DOWH ON RED Ll'HT RUHtJEIU. Unfortunately, Koll project has no chance a resident o. f Newport Beach who strongly pposed the Greenlight ini- tiative, I was ama:zed by the July 22 letter to the editor (•Koll project should pass Greenlight." Robert Griffin) that said •When I voted for the Greenlight initiative last year, I was concerned with the dramatic increase in traffic congestion in Newport Beach .... It was never my intent to stop.development completely or prohibit any new building within our city limits. The proJ>9Sed new Koll Center Newport is a perlect example of a sensible development• Of course Greenlight will stop all significant development in Newport Beach. and the Koll Center project is indeed a perfect example. The Newport Beach Oty Council bas now approved the project and, in a<XOrdanoe with Greenlight. the issue will be decid- ed by the voters at a special elec- tion scheduled for Nov. 20. 'Does anyone want to guess bow many voters will leave their homes for a special election on a cold November day to vote yes for a 10-story office building? My own guess is a small handful. me and very few others. Does .anyone want to guess how many voters wW march to the polls, spuned on by a "Vote No" campaign by the Green.light bade~ ers, to vote against a 10..story Martin A. Brower SOUNDING BOARD office building? Not a great num- ber of people, but certainly enough to easily tum the project down. There is no way that enough voters will go to the polls to vote yes on any new development of the size for which Greenlight requires a positive vote -not for a project with the name Koll. cer- tainly not for a project with the name hvine Co., and not even it I would want to develop an apart- ment building nor if any reader would want to develop a commer- dal building. . In the same issue in which the letter writer stated that he did not realize Greenlight would stop development, another letter ("It's not a good time for Koll project.,• Elaine Unhott) opposed the Koll development because of traffic. But, dear readers, Greenlight will not stop traffic growth in Newport Beach because, except for a few lllaods within the dty, Newport Beach is not an island. nattic through Newport will con:.. tinue to grow as Orange County and Southern California continue to grow. One of my favorite letters to the editor was writtaD some years ago by a iesldent of lAgu.oa Beach who opposed deYelopment of the Newport Cout because ot. traffic. This reader and his wife were both on the faculty of Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. Daily dur- ing the week. the reader and his wife, with different teaching schedules, each drove from Laguna Beach through Newport Beach to Costa Mesa -and then back again. He and his wife were creating the traffic Uuough our city that no Greenllgbt initiative will ever stop. Greenlight. an initiative orcii- nance written by a small group of people -a number ot whom do live on Newport Beach islands - was the wrong legislatlon to pass. But now that it is here, we are stuck with it until It is repealed at some future date. Meanwhile, let's watch the spe- ci41 Nov. 20 election. Certainly, the developers of tbe Koll Center pro- ject will put up a good campaign to get voters to leave tbelr hemes on that rold November day to vote for the office building. And cer- tainly the Greenlight gang will mount a strong campaign against the project. Unfortunately for the project. a well.a:>nceived place to work~ the aiJport in Newport Beach, the special election will be a waste of money. It bu no dlance ot pustilg. I only w:lsb that we could get tbe Greeolight gang to pay for tbe eJectioai Daily Pilot 110 rum.: Tim Strader, Sr. Hometown: Newport Beach since 1970 ~:63 Birthplace: Warren, Ohio Occupation: Real estate developer; one of five Koll Center partners Education: UCLA Law School; bachelor's in social science from John Carroll University in Ohio FMllly: Wife of 36 years, Susan; four chil- dren, Stephanie Lowe, Patrick. Megan and Tim Jr. Hobbles: Golf, water sports such as wave runners and fishing Activities: President of Orange County Per- forming Arts Center when it opened in 1986; UCI Foundation board member; one of the founders of Santa Margarita Catholic High School; in 1970, started the Greater Irvine Industrial League, which has since become the Orange County Busi- ness Council; Newport Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce member, served on Balboa Peninsula Planning Committee for city of Newport Beach lllPlll 1111 SPIRIT Of GllllLlllT 'When the Greenlight initiative passed, these people said let the voters decide. Now, they don't want the voters to decide. They want to tell the voters what they should do. I think that's contrary to the spirit of Greenlight.' . SUndoy, ~ 26, 2001 11 A countdown to Greenlight Tim Strader Sr. of Koll Center talks about the project and the upcoining vote W ith Newport Beach less than three months away from its first Greenlight vote, many are curious as to the election's outcome. Among those are Koll Cen- ter officials who hope the city's voters approve of a 250,000-square-foot expan- sion that includes a 10-sto- ry office tower. The Koll Center is not a new topic in the city. When the original project first sur- f aced in 1972, Green.light initiative author Allan Beek opposed it, just as he opposes its expansion now. Daily Pilot Assistant City Editor James Meler caught up with TlDl Strader Sr., one of five Koll Center partners, to discuss the pro- ject, its benefits to the city and its opposition. You're now less than three months away from being a part of Newport Beach's flrst Greenllght vote. Are you readyf We're in the process of getting ready. What we plan to do is to give the informa- tion to the public so they can make an informed decision. Now, this particular project is what we consider Greenlight-friendly, and I'll explain that. The reason we say that is because the project itsell will gen- erate $3 million in fees for traffic improvements in the city. And something that al,so needs to be pointed out is that it's on the east- erly boundary of the city in the Irvine Business Complex some five miles away from the residential areas of the city, so it's surrounded by two freeways and the city of Irvine. It's an appropriate location for this kind of a use. The general plan pro- vides for office use in this area. There are only two places in the city that do so. It's there and also in Fashion Island. So this is the appro- priate place for this kind of a use. Also, in the planning process, there must be a place for businesses to locate within the city and there must be a place where there can be jobs made available to the residents and this is the right place. Another point I'd like to make is the project does generate positive tax revenue to the city. It will gener · ate $28,400 to the city annually. I also want to try to explain some- thing that I think is misunderstood. That is, the environment impact report for the project indicates that in the year 2020, traffic at the inter- section of Jamboree Road and MacArthur Boulevard -when it's fully built out -will generate dlir- ing the peak hours 30 cars (hourly]. Th.at means one every two minutes or one every traffic cycle. Now I don't believe that's significant Now, there are words of art in the environmental process that utilize the word •significant," but I think you have to look at the facts behind that. The question then is: Why is it deemed significant tn the EIR? The reason ls because the dty has not adopted a study in traffic improve- ments necessary to resolve those issues. That's why we're giving the city $2 million plus $114,000 to do the study and detennine. We think we are mitigating all the traffic prob- lems that someone can contend exist. The electton ls Nov. 20. When wll1 you launch the campaign to educate the public about the expan- sion projedf We are in the process of putting together materials that will list the points that we just discussed, that will be distributed by mail to the voters. And through the press and interviews like this we hope to get people to understand the process and the issues. I think most people that I've talked to indicate that when they find out where the project is, out by the (John Wayne) airport, that they're in favor of the project. They'll be mailed out in the next couple of months. This is a different kind of election. This is an election in the spirit of Greenlight to let the people become educated and cast their vote. Now I want to take issue with some of the previous Greenlight supporters who have indicated that they are interested in projects that benefit the city and they contend that this doesn't benefit the city. I challenge them to tell me how this project, generating S3 million in fees and $28,000 a year in positive tax income, does not benefit the city. When the Greenlight initiative passed, these people said let the vot- ers decide. Now, they don't want the voters to decide. They want to tell the voters what they should do. I think that's contrary to the spirit of Greenlight. And we're in favor of letting the voters decide once they've seen all the facts. That's the difference between us and the peo· ple who oppose this project. We don't want to tell people what to do. We want to educate them and let them make their own decision. What points will you try to rein- force during the ca.mpalgnl We are in the process of putting together the argument in favor of the proposition. Those we spoke of are essentially the points that will be our argument. Koll bas to pay for the special election as well the campaign to promote the projecL How much wll1 that costl We have estimated that the total costs will be about $250,000. That's broken down with the $90,000 out- of-pocket costs for processing the election, and the rest will be spent for educating the voters and other things. Your opponents say long-term traffic bas them worried. What do you say to them 1 My answer to that is the long· term traffic impacts are not signifi- cant and the money we're spending will be adequate to mitigate whatev- er impacts occur. Let me go a step further. This gives the city a chance to take a leadership role because the traffic out of the airport is a regional prob· lem. For example, there's 5 million square feet m the city of Newport Beach. There's 35 million square feet in the city of lrvine. So the real traf- fic generators aren't this one little project on this comer. It's all of these buildings {in Irvine). Most of the people coming out of this project won't even go into this intersection (at Jamboree and MacArthur). So I think it's necessary to under- stand the traffic study process, which is based on a statistical analy- sis, based on assumptions of what will be built. For example, if Conex- ant shuts down here, that will have a total negative impact on the traffic, GREG FRY I DAILY i..OT actually, but I get no credit for that because this statistical analysis gives you no credit for those kind of issues. So, if you look at the size of the city, we are insignificant from the standpoint of the impact on all the voters, the people who live here. If it's not mitigated, it then becomes "significant.~ But it's not the way you and I understand the term. Other projects, such as the Dunes and Coneunt. held oU on becom- ing the first Greenllght vote. Why did you step up to the platel I don't believe that that's the rea-• son th~y haven't gone forward. Conexant right now is facing some corporate issues, and they haven't decided to proceed because they're awaiting resolution of their existing business plan. From the standpoint of the Dunes, I think they undet5tand that they're down here in the heart of the city, and it would be ve:xy difficult for them to get approval of an increase in their density. They can already build a 250-room hotel. They didn't think it was economic, but someone who buys that, whether It be the city or someone else, can come in and build a 250-room hotel tomorrow. We are proceeding because we've been at this request since 1997. This is not a reaction to Green- light. We started this process before Greenligbt was even a glimmer in anybody's eye. We started this pro- ject as the logical evolution for a long-term master planned com- menced In t 972. What happens lf tbe voten doWD the projedl If the voters down the project. at that particular point, we will evalu- ate whatever actions we can take, but we will have to decide where to go from there. We don't know at this point . An educated decision about UO coverage lllllllG .. AT ISSUE: The Daily Pilot recently announced it ~ will again report on UC Irvine. l••••n RESPOND Great news Oft the UCl covsage. Of COW'l8 Costa . ' . '· ' QU01I Of 111 DAY 12 Sunday, August 26, 2001 ,. Groomed and ready tQ . f1y. high in the. PCL Five all-league returners make Estancia team to beat in league competition Tony Altobelli DAJLY PILOT COSTA MESA -For those out there who might have missed ou~ on the success of Estancia High's boys cross country team, fear not. The brigade of standout runners has assembled once again for 2001. Eight retwners, including five All-Pacific Coast League honorees will look for bigger and better things following last year's PCL title, the school's fowth in a row (the Eagles were co-champions in 1999). The Eagles also placed fifth as a team in the state. "We've got the depth and we've got the talent,• Coach Char· lie Appell said . "It's just a matter of getting the entire team together. Some are working and are scat- tered throughout the area. H we can get everyone here and stay healthy, we can go up against any team out there.• Leading the way for the Eagles will be Junior Humberto Rojas. The two-time All-PCL standout fin. ished sixth in the CIF Southern Section Division IV finals (15:43.3) and was 12th in the state (15:59). While most teams feature one, maybe two standout runners, Estanda's team is as strong as any team around. Seniors Mike Casillas (16:08.6) and Luis Segoviano (16:14.7), also two-time all-league selections, fin. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY PRMEW Mike casillas Sr. Panflllo Elias So. Abel Flores Jr. Eric Lopez Sr. Francisco Morales Jr. Gerardo Orozco Jr. Humberto Rojas Jr. Luis Segoviano Sr. Aaron Van Geem Jr. Sean Zic;h Jr. COldt Char1ie Appell ished 12th and 16th, respectively, in last years Southern Sedion finals, while junior Gerardo Oroz. co was dose behind at 17th (16:16.0). Orozco and junior Aaron Van Geem are the other two returning all-leagu~ choices returning to Appell's squad. Plus, with fellow returning lettermen Eric Lopez, Abel Flores and Sean Zich, the leading pack at each race will be heavily populated. "As far as league goes, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa are going ·to be strong,• Appell said. •1t should be a very exciting season.· Eagles growing new feathers Estancia eyes better finish than last year's fourth place effort in the PCL. Tony Altobelll DAJLY PILOT COSTA MESA -Maps and compasses might be in order for some members of the 2001 Estancia High girls cross country team. "We've got four girls who have never run cross co~try before,• Eagles Coach Charlie Appell said. "There is some raw talent there, but there still is a lot of wo.rk to be done.• Those new to the Eagles' squad, only need to look straight ahead for teammates setting the pace. According to Appell. those pacesetters are junior Diana Rosette and seniors Judy Hernan- dez and Aradlia Morales. Rosette, 16th at Pacific Coast League Finals last year, narrowly missed qualifying for the CIF state preliminaries as a sophomore, but still posted a respectable 26th- place finish in the Southern Sec- tion finals at Mt. San Antonio Col- lege (22:07.2). Hernandez is another runner on Appell's squad, with some quality running experience. She joined Rosette at the section Division IV fin.all and posted a time ol 22:31.0. Hanni Geider Sr. Jasmine Geider Sr. Judy Hernandez Sr. Okairy Lomlda Fr. Aracilia Morales Sr. Marilyn Reich So. Diana Rosette Jr. Ludy Valdez Jr. Coech -Charlie Appell 1\vo familiM faces in the track and field circles will join the dis- tance running core. Senior twiDa Hanni and Jumlne Gelder will look to add some mileage to their strong sprtnting sldlll. Hanni was the Pad&: Cout League champion in the 200 meten last year end placed eecoDd in the 100, wbile Jumlne ftnlahed second and third.. re1pec:Uvely. Added to the Eaglel' mix will be freshmen OeJdry tmnld.a, Lut year, the Eaglel, led by current Vanguard UnlYenity fJwbmen Uz Huipe, ftnlfbed fourth in the PCL. After iOOreless first half, Vanguard Nnl out of gas to tbe def~ NCAA Dlvilion·ll ~. CATCHING UP WRH Geoi;ge . Yardley The Brrd is still flying high with many things on the agenda. Rkharcl Dunn DAILY Plu>T G eorge Yardley the engineer vowed to never retire. So farbe's on a good pace. The Stanford-educated 6-foot-5 NBA forward, who once left professional basketball to pursue busin~ interests and make a better living for his family, Yardley has seen life's glamorous side, as well as its school of hard knocks and most difficult times. Since last year, Yardley, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Pamer from Newport Harbor High (circa 1946), has defeated prostate cancer, and, today, acts as il nobody was guarding him in the lane. Nicknamed "the Bird" in bis playing career, mostly with the Pistons, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Detroit, Yardley ts back on the courts once a week at Palisades Tennis Club and plitying golf regularly, while working about • 50 hours a week.• A doting grandfather, Yah:lley, who lost his longtime wife, Diana, in January 1999, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000. But after surgery and 30 days of radiation, Yardley was on his way to recovery. •My life is no different (than prior to surgery)," said Yardley, who lends his name to various Newport Harbor athletic fund-raisers, such as this summer's boys basketball tournament and a golf tournament in June. Yardley, who also sends out 10 signed basketballs to charity each month, has owned and operated the George Yardley Co. in Fountain Valley for several years. 1bree of his four children, Robert, Marilyn and Anne, as well as son-in-law nm Nagle, work for him. Yardley's other son, Richard, who used to work for him. •went off on his own• earlier this yea.r. "I like what I do,• said Yardley, who earned a master's degree at Stanford, and, later, went out JO prove he could make more money off tbe basketball court than on il "I'm very fortunate to be able to go into something. I might not have as much inoney aa the guys nowadafl (in the NBA), but most playen after they retire have nothing_ to capture their interest.• Yardley alwa}"I worked summer Jobi during his 18Ven-year NBA career, which included the 1957-58 campaign. when be became the tlnt NBA player to teen 2,000 points in a seuon, finishing wttb 2,001. One week after Yardley lost his wife, bis daughter, ~. and her two bofl, Kyle, 12, and Cody, 8, moved in with their father after a divorce. ·1rs been a godsend.• Yardley said of living with his daughter and grandsons. •Kyle was just in a basketball tournament at tbe (Harbor Area) Boys Oub and was Player of the Tournament, so it's been kind fun to watch that. He's doing very well. They won the championship the other night ... he's a big boy (5-foot-7) for his age. He's very coordinated and I'm very proud of him." .vwe had 45 years without a tight. We had a great relationship. It could not have been better. We both avoided conflict like the plague, so (the relationship) was good ... .v Yardley still belongs to Big Canyon Country Oub, where be and bis wife would golton Sundays. These days, Yardley can be spotted mostly at ntlega Golf Oub in San Oemente. Nothing, of course, will ever fill the void left by Diana. ·we bad 45 years without a fight,· he said ·we had a · great relationship. It could not have been better. We both avoided conflict like the plague, so (the =-~II Hall relationship) was good.• Inducted into the of Farner Basketball Hall ot Fame in 1996, Yardley averaged 27 .8 points per game, a stagger· ing figure at the time, for the 1957-58 Detroit Pistons. Yardley, w~o grew up in the "back alleys of Balboa Island,. patterned his game after former use and Santa An.a Army Base standout Jack Hupp. After the Pistons drafted Yardley No. 1 in 1950, be didn't joUl them unUl three yean later. The NBA, at that time, wu something ten than the multtmtutm-dollar entity of today, so Yardley decided to play for the San Prandlco Stewart Chevroletl, who won a neUonal AAU dulmpnubip. Yardley, who finally signed a contract with the , Pistons for S9,500 (more than double tbe NBA n•age), also played for~ and waa • m-ttme NBA All-star. mt.~ tie~ 19.2 ppg. ™ Lkilil nluled•d O¥W ..... 08. ne kldC. frelMe AmNR• 0.-. Cid 1 cl9 ._, lloud111•11d Ilia bll tD a w1e ma. Wbo lld,....,.. ........ Miil Hlii& .... bmlld tbe lbol tlm ............. . .. ... Ila tbe 80di ., ...... mt .... w '° 3-1. lut tl,... --. ...... c.'; ''*' HIDl...s ..... ...., ..... . ... ..... .............. - lions add some beef to.attack Senior Annie Jacobs keys offense. Tony Altobelli DAILY hDT COSTA MESA -It's not how many times you fall down, it's how many times you can get up. After a seventh-place finish in the Golden State Athletic Conference, the Vanguard Uni- versity women's soccer team is ready for a trip northbound in the standings. • •we have a great grdup of seniors and ~opefully, they used last year as a learning experience for success this year,• VU Coach kerry McGrath Crooks said. "I hope this is a group with the fire to want to be part of a win- ning team and not settle for losses.• According to McGrath Crooks, the Lions, 8- 9 overall and 2-5 in the GSAC, have added some strength and offensive firepower to help bolster the success of the Lions. Leading the Lions' 4-3-3 offensive scheme Will be senior Annie Jacobs. Last year, Jacobs had five goals and two assists. •Annie is quick. she can get around the defender and bas a great ability to create something offen- sively out there." McGrath Crooks said. "Her speed will also allow her some tugh-quality scoring opportunities.· Even though the calendar hasn't even reached September just yet, the Lions are already dealing with the injury bug. Junior forward Betsy Nienhuis. one of the team lead- ers offensively last year(seven goals, four B.ssists), is sidelined for two to six weeks after brealdpg her arm during a scrimmage with Cal State Los Angeles. •Hopefully she can come back as soon as possible,• McGrath Crooks said. "She's a big part of our offense.· With Nienhuis on the mend, the Ltons are Jook:ing for some goal-sconng from freshm~n :Janae Welch. "She's got great prorruse in terms of her all-around sktlls, • McGrath Crooks said. The Lions' midfield tno of Nicole Avila, Brittany Braun and Jennifer Bir~ will no! only be in charge of keeping order in the middle, but could see some offensive opportunities as well. Index I I ••• .... --- SPORTS ~. ~26. 2001 •3 CO EGE WOMEN'S SOCCER PREVIEW ••••tt••• ....... . THf l.1. •' 00 Kim Becher, S.-6, goalkeeptt So. 1 J0<dan Fredriksen. S.-7, goalkeeper Jr. 2 Amber Waddle, S.-7, forward So. 3 Brittany Braun, 5-4, midfielder Sr. 4 Jennifer Shaver, 5-6, defender Jr. 5 Sarah Higuera, 5-8, fotWard Fr. 6 Kelsey Walton, S.-7, defender Fr. 7 Erin Bongiorno, S.-5, defender Sr. 8 Debra Watson, S.-7, midfielder Fr. 10 Olivia Fick. 5-8, defender Jr. 11 Kayleen Howard, S.-5, defender Fr. 12 Betsy Nienhuis, S.-9, forward Jr. 16 Alise McBrien. S.-7, defend~r Jr. 18 Nicola Avila. S.-7, midfielder Jr. 19 Jennifer Bird, S.-9, midfielder Sr. 20 Annie Jacobs, S.-5. fOf'Ward Sr. 21 Elisabeth McCary, 5-4, midfielder Sr. 36 Janae Welch, 5-4, midfielderlfOf'Ward Fr. Coed1 -Kerry McGrath-Crooks "We e,cpect some outside shots off of rebounds and things like that,• McGrath C rooks said. •All three have nice outside shooting capabilities qnd that will be another way to help boost our offense.• The Lions' defense will be bolstered by a pair of Newport Harbor High standouts, defender Jennifer Shaver and goalkeeper Jor- dan Fredriksen. Shaver was a member of the 1999 state champion team at Cypress College before transferring to VU last year. ·Having a player with championship experience can do nothing but help the team,• McGrath Crooks said. "She's a versatile player who will help us as a marking back.• Fredriksen played two seasons at the Uni- versity of Louisville before coming to VU. "Her Divts1on I experience will really be important for us.• McGrath Crooks said. "She's used to playing at a high level.· Joining the Newport Harbor combination is redshlrt senior Elisabeth McCary. "She's com- ing off a tough injury from last year and she's really stepped up big for us,· McGrath Crooks said. "She'll be one of our captains and a strong leader for us on the field.· With the speed up front, the stabtlity in the middle and the strength on defense. Van- guard looks to move into the upper tier of the GSAC standings, but knows it won't be easy. Sage Hill Lightning set for varsity debut With three club-seasoned starters, Lightning could surprise in the Academy League. Barry Faulkner DAILY Pu.OT NEWPORT COAST -Chemistry. talent, expe- rience and enthusiasm are all things the Sage Hill High girls volleyball team as it prepares for its first varsity season. But expectationsi HI have none,• Coach Merja Connolly-Fre- und said. "I just want us to play bard every match." The Lightning satisfied that requirement last season, according to Connolly-Freund, who guided the then-freelance team to a winmng junior varsity record, including victories over some varsity squads. This season, Sage Hill, which opened last fall and won't have its hrst seruor class until next year, enters the Academy League, which includes perennial volleyball champion St. Mar- garet's, Calvary Chapel of Downey, Capistrano Valley Christian, Brethren Christian and the Oxford Academy. Despite a starting lineup that will include four sophomores. a freshman and one juruor, and also lost last year's go-to hitter (Valerie Westhart has transferred to Corona del Mar), Connolly-Fre- und, formerly the head women's coach at UC Irvine and Cornell, isn't too worried about her young team bemg overwhelmed by varsity com- petition. "Our team is a muous to prove we can com- pete in the Academy League," she said. Three starters have valuable club experience and Connolly-Freund believes their ability to play together will also help them overcome any novelty assoaated with the varsity schedule "What was amcl2Ulg last year was that every- body came from a dtlferent place, but there JUSt seemed to be an 1mmed1ate chem1!>try and fnenclsh1p between the girls," Connolly-Freund said. "That goes a far way. One of our biggest strengths this yedr 1s the players' loyalty and commitment to each other.· Another strength is the aforemenlloned club players, all of whom !>tdrted last year GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PllEVIEW Nicole Notrica, 5-4, setter So. Gina Cossavella, 5-4, oh So. Samantha Burns,S.-8, middle blocker So. Hayden Hutchison. 5-8, outside hitter So. Alexandra Hands. 5-6, opposite hitter Jr. Shelley Smith, S.-7. middle blocker Fr. Molly Potter, S.-2, defensive specialist Jr. Kelly Jewell, 5-6. outside hitter Fr. Casey McMackin, 5-5, outside hitter Fr. Coactl: Merja Connolly-Freund Nicole Notrica, d 5-foot-4 sophomore and vet- eran of the Newport Beach-bai>ed Orange Coun- ty Volleyball Club, returns at setter. . Sophomores Gina Cossavella, a 5-4 outslde hitter also from OCVBC, and Samantha Burns, a 5-8 m.Jddle blocker who plays for the Saddleback Valley club progTan1, dlso add seasoning that belles their sophomore stat~ Cossavella and Bums will proVlde strong ball control and competillveness, accordlng to their coach, wl1o also Wees the lact that Burns is left- handed. . Hayden Hutchison, a 5-8 sophomore, 1s expected to start dt outside hitter, wtule junior Alexandra "Lex.i" Hands, whom Connolly-Fre- und said is one of the school's best athletes, IS another returning starter opposite the setter. Shelley Smith. a 5-7 r reshman out of Harbor Day, wilhound out the starters Molly Potter, a 5-2 Junior defensive speoai.ISt. as well as freshmen outside hitters Kelly JeweU and Casey McMackm. will proVlde depth. 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