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MAY 2, 2004
TRAGEDY ON THE PLAYGROUND : FIVE YEARS LATER
Five years after the unthinkable actions of a man who intentionally ran his car into a
preschool, murderjng two children and injuring others, the pain and memories are still fresh.
DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT
Pam Wiener keeps the memory of her son, Brandon, alive five years after he was killed on a Costa Mesa preschool playground.
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OE EPA BHARATH • f • DAILY PIL OT STAFF
T hat day is painfuJJy tattooed
in Pam Wiener's memory.
It was a Monday: May 3,
1999 . ./
Wiener had just gotten off
work and was going to pick
up her son from his preschool.
She waited to see 3-year-old
Brandon run toward her with open
arms, smiling, his beautiful, blond
hair bouncing up and down as he
jumped up and called out to her:
"Mommy! Mommy!"
people ru. he could ln the end, he had
hun nine ochers. including a teacher's
aide.
I n August 2000, a little more than a
year after the tragedy unfolded, a
jury comprising 10 women and two
men found Abrams guilty of all charges
-twO counts of murder. seven counts
of attempted murder and three counts
of causing grievous bodlJy injury.
But she decided to stop at the
office and pay off tuition, have a
word with the director and sign off
for the day. Brandon was playing in
the sand with his friends. He was
laughing. He seemed to be having a
good time, Wiener thought to herself.
JUSTIN WARREN I OAllY PILOT
Sarah Redman (far rightJ and other Ensign
Intermediate students shared a tearful embrace
outside the memorial service held after the tragedy.
Defense anomeys said Abrams was
crippled by mental illness and that he
suffered from paranoid schl.7.ophrenia.
They saJd Abrams heard voices in his
head from a group of conspirators
calJed the ·brainwave people; who
existed only in his psychotic fantasy.
Abrams WdS ordered by these people to
go out and kill the "innocents.~ in this
case children. the attorneys said.
She walked into the office, paid the
money, had a brief chat and took a pen
in her hands. She signed her name on
the paper and wrote the time -5: 15
p.m.
Wiener heard the noise that ha'i
resonated in her head for the last five years.
When she ran out of the office. it was over.
Steven Aflen Abrams had gunned his
dilapidated Cadillac into the preschool's
playground. plnnlng Brandon and
4-year-old Slerra Soto under the car.
He hadn't stopped there. Abrams stepped
on the gas and brought down as many
The prosecution argued chat Abrams'
psychosis was induced by consistent drug
abuse. The jury decided chat Abrams was
legally sane al the time of the incidenl,
voting unanimously not to give him the
death penaJty. Abrams is serving a life
sentence In a tate prison.
BANG! See SOMBER, Pace A7
THE STORY UNFOLDS : A TIMELINE
May 3, 1999: Steven Alen Aue. 25, 1999: Costa Mesa Crty Aua. 17, 2000: Jury trial begins.
Abrams steers his 196 7 CaOlac Manager AHan Roeder decides a
Into the playiJ'(ltlld at the n~ constructed watt at the Aua. 24, 2000: A jury consisting
Southcoast Eai+t C'*h>od preschool will remain, despite of 1 O women and two men mds
L~ Center, lt.iq two ctti"en, opposition from neighbors. Abrams guilty of an charges -two
4-year-Old Sierra Soto al(! 3-year-Old cOtllts of murder, seven counts of
Brandon Wiener, and i;.q two Nov. 30, 1999: The Costa Mesa attempted murder and three
others and a teachef's aide. CityCouncdapprovesapermctfor counts of causing grievous bodily
memorial plaque to be placed on injury.
May 5, 1999: A memorial seNice the preschool's wall.
for the slain chilci'en is held at the Oct. 23, 2000: The jury also finds
Uehthouse Coastal Commoorty Jan. 22, 2000: More than 100 Abrams "legaly sane,• that
Ctuch. Preschool Director She~ people attend pCaq\Je dedication Abrams delibef atety plowed his car
Hawkklson c*ses of an ceremony at the preschool. into the playgrwld With the intent
apparent heart attack prior to the to mt.l'der the chilcten.
service, eventuallY recovering. Jan. 27, 2000: The Wieners,
whose son Brandon was kiHed in Nov. 1, 2000: Jurors steer clear
A photo collage of Sierra May 12, 1999: The center the playaround traaedy, file a cMI of the prosecution's request to
Soto adorns the wal of a reopens, with many of the schoof's laWStMt naming Abrams as wel as give Abrams the death penalty.
dance studio in Costa Mesa. students and teachers returning. Hav.i<lnson and the ctuch. Instead, they give him llf e in
Sierra was one of two prison without the possibility of
children kited five years ago Au«. 17, 1999: The mother Of M1teh 15, 2000: The Sotos file a parole.
when a man drove his car Siefra SOto, CmJ Soto Beckett, simlar lawsOO. ~ throutta preschool fence. creates Stena's Liatit. a foundati<>n Oec. 15, 2000: Abrams is
The o of Sierra in the ~safety auldefines for March 24, 2000: Abrams Is senteqced to life in prison without
center was .-en the day chticare flClities il memory of format; arraigned, pleadilg not parole by Orange County Superior
before she was kled. herdqhter. guilty. CM Judie John Ryan .
Soldier
with area
ties dies
in Iraq
Family and neighbors
mourn the loss of Trevor
Win ' e, who grew up in
Costa Mesa and attended
Calvary Chapel High.
Lolita Harper
Daily Pilot
COSTA MESA -The war m Iraq hit
hdme Saturday (\)> another local man
was killed during his military service,
family and friends said.
News of the death of 22·year·old
Trevor Wm'e, originally of Costa Mesa.
left his grief·stricken mother, Deborah
win· e, too choked up to talk.
"It is just very, very fresh right now,"
she said.
The brancH of the armed forces In
which Win'c i.erved was not available,
as the family did not commenl and De-
paronent of Defen'ie officiab had not
released nam(.'4, of the most recent fa-
talities.
Susan »rown. a family friend and for-
mer neighbor. ~d Wm'e wru. in the
Army, stationed in Mosul.
ul tlJ.ought he was safer there ... she
said.
Unldentified fatalities reponed by the
defense department Saturday included
an Army soldier killed Saturday mom·
mg whtm a roadside bomb exploded
neor a convey just south of Quaray-a
city just 45 miles north of Mosul.
Members of the Wm'c family gather·
ed Saturday afternoon in their charm-
ing homt' in Old Towne Orange. where
they have recently moved. Stuck in a
planter that sat on the front porch of
the Oeveland Street home was a sign
that read, "Pray for our President and
our troop'I." A yellow ribbon was tied to
a poi.t. Family members declined com ·
ment.
Trevor Win'e graduated from Calvary
Olapel 1 ligh School in 200 I, where he
played lnlme roller hockey. Mesa Verde
neighbor. on Mandarin Drive where
the family lived remembered him as
friendly, handM>me and very. very po·
lite.
Mahea I lookano, 16. who Uved right
acroi.s tJ1e street from Win'e before he
left for the military. was charged with
caring for the family's boxer dog. Betty.
"I alway<; took care of her when they
See SOLDIER, Paa• A4
INSIDE
THE PILOT
COMMENTS&
CURIOSITIES
Peter Buffa makes a wish. s ..
PapM
FORUM
Jerry E. Mandel of the Orange
County Performing Arts Center
disc:usses the center'• role In the
community. SM Page M
SPORTS ' Corona det Mar wins et tNt
Gerden Grove IOftbett
toum.m.nt .... ~ 11
NEWPORT BEACH .
• Tree changes leave nothing
to residents' chance
Clty Council rnemben appl'l'.Md c:hanlN to the poUcy that (P'emS
malnteNnce oC the dty'a .C0.000 b'eel,
~ lt easler' to get a problem tnle
nmowd and aavtog money for residents.
who often must pay for CJee rer:noY9l and
replacement The revisions took an ad
hoc commJttee months to aaft and
tipaWned houri of public debate on bow
'°~the desire for raster tree
relD0'4I procedures with tree protecdon.
•The city will consider climbing
aboard the &m0ke·free beach
bandwagon after council members
were petJdoned a second time by
students who want a beach smoking
bin.
Other coastal cities including l.A>a
Angeles. Santa MonJca and San
Oemente have adopted similar bans.
and two Newport Beach council
members asked dty stalf members to
research the Issue.
• Council members also voted co
(orward comments Crom the city's
Environmental Quality Affairs
Committee on an Irvine development
to officil.IB In that city.
Alter a contentious relationship for
many years. Newport Beach Is hoping
to get better ttSuJts using the soft touch
ln deallnp with its neighbor.
lb that end, council sent comments
on an environmentaJ report on Irvine's
C'.entnl Part project but heid off on
demandlng a report that takes
Newport's concerns Into account
-Alicia Robinson
EDUCATION
Parent Help event highlights
awareness of child abuse
Parent Help USA used NatJonaJ OtlJJ
Abuse Awareness Month to highlight
the mue. and Orange County Superior
Court Judge James Gray, a Ubertarian
candidate for the U.S. Senate, spoke
with parents and ataff members at the
c.osta Mesa offit.e on Tuesday.
The organization &eeb to prevent
abuse through parent education. a
resoun:e library and donations.
They are seeking volunteers and
donadons offood, baby Items and
children and adult clothing.
• Corona del Mar ffigb ScbooJ senior ev.n Hinlc:b was one or four county
atudents to l't'Cd\1! a $10.000 8Cholarship
Crun the lrvfne Co. la.st week.
"I was really surprised.· Hirsch said.
·1 didn't aee It corning at all.·
Hirsch tw been involved In various
acdvldes during high schooJ, Including
drama. peer assistance and the barbor
patrol.
The 18·year-old just finished wortlng
on the school's musical, "Into the
Woods.• and next is co-directing a
abtch comedy show.
-Marisa <YN~l
COSTA MESA
Revision makes planning
decision an easy one
RevlsJons to a housing project at the
former Calvary Orurcb Newport Mesa
lite enabled ha approval by the AanntngcbmmlsslononMonda~
The Olson Co. modified the project it
deUgned for the comer of 23rd Street
and Orange Avenue, reducing the
density or the slngle·family housing
project.
-Ddrdr-. Newman
POLITICS
Babies make five for
Huntington congressQlan
Rep. Dana Rohrabec:htti
congraslonaJ aaJary suddenly isn't
going to go as far as it uied to.
'lUelday nJgbt. the Huntington Beach
congiasman's wife, Rhonda Clttnony,
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-.-EK IN ~VIE"
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
'LEAP OF FAITH'
KENT TREPTOW I !>MY PILOT
It's diftlcult to argue with the pleasing impact of a photo
of cute animals. Thb yow-pick: puppies, kittens. bunnies
or. In thJs cue, ducklinp. Almost any baby animal will elicit
a smile and a chuckle.
more active. There's almost a sense of adven ture as a one
month-old duckling taltet a great leap of faith lnto the
fountain stream at South Coast Plaza's Garden Terrace. And
there's the questJon, "Will her siblings follow?"
Here. though. we had something a bit unusual. a bit
PUBLIC SAFETY
AND COURTS
A true traffic jam halts
Thursday commute
name snarled along the San
Diego Freeway on Thursday after
a big rig crashed Into the center
divider and bU11t into Dames.
A SigAlert was issued and was in
effect for more than three boutS
for southbound lanes heading to
the site of the crash, Just south of
Harl>or Boulevard.
A car involved In lhe accident
was pinned beneath the big rig.
Drivers of both vehicles escaped
without major Injuries.
• One person was injured last
week at The Wedge during the first
big south swell of the aeasoo...
-SJ. <Ahn. managing editor
Sud, combined with record bot
temperatures, crowded the
beaches. making lifeguard&' jobs
unusually busy.
Waves at The Wedge topped 15
feet and a rarely breaking spot. El
Morro, also dld a passable
imitation of Hawaii's Pipeline.
KENT TREPTOW /OM.Y Pt.OT
Truck driver Roger Alegria, 35, of Torrance, stands by the wreckage of
his semi after it crashed and burned on the San Diego Freeway. Traffic
had to be diverted off the freeway while the wreckage was removed.
• Elementary school students
escaped without Injuries after a
sport utility vehicle crashed lnto
their bus Thunday momlng.
The collision happened at the
intersection or Newport Coast
Drive and Vista Ridge at about
8:15 a.m. as the 28 children were
beading to school.
No one on the bus, Including
the driver, was hurt. Paramedics
gave birth to triplets llt SaddJeback
Memorial Hospital ln Orange.
Born a month premature, the two
girls and one boy were reportedly
healthy and soon to bead home.
Daughter Annika Brigit Rohnblcher, 4
pounds 6 OWlces, wu bom 6rst around
monJtored the Newport Coast
Elementary School children for
about 20 minutes and then
released them to school
administrators. The children were
only a btoclc away from the school,
so they walked to their classes,
school district officials said.
• A jury has been .elected in a
high-profile gang rape case In
which three teens are accused of
5: 15 p.m. Her brother, Christian August
Robrabacber, 3 pounds 15 ounces. and
her alster, 'D1sten Francis Rob.rabacber.
3 pounds 7 ounces. followed.
• Rep. Chris Cox sent two letters to
the cbJd' Defense .Department ofliclaf
ln duuge of the former PJ Thro Marine
raping an unconscious
16·year-old girl in a Corona del
Mar home.
The jury consisting of eight men
and four women will hear opening
statements from attorneys on
Monday.
Four jurors -three men and
one woman -were selected as
alternate jurors.
-[!eepa Bharath
Air Base reuse in a continuing effort to
air the concerns or military £a.milles
regardJng opening a~ and
ra.Wng the housing. But some military
family t.dvocates !eel like Cox ls more
talk than action.
-Alida Robinson
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NOTABLE
QUO TABLES~
"7MT an Mfln'r.ly
W<>M jobs In the world.•
-Shawn~on
getting to apend all day
around beer, mJ.xing the
ingredient&, brewing the
beer, making sure h's
ready, tasting It. and
ftnally, kegj.ng lt (or Karl
Strauss Brewery
Restaurant at Metro Pointe
In Costa Mesa.
"SM u.w screaming In
Mr' car ~n SM got the
call. SM nwer wt.W«I me , :
to p)ay, growing up.
because slN dldn'I imnt a
skinny IJlt/4 kid lib TM to
get hurt. But. nom she's
pretty e:xdt«L"
-Andre SommertelJ,
on his mother's reaction to
bis being the 255th and
final selection In the
NadonaJ Football League's
draft -and by virtue
becoming Mr. lnelevant
XXIX.
"I'm just going to sdll be
out talking to peopk and
trying to find whaJ is rrwst
important to the voters.
And right now. I ddnk
what's most important to
tJw voters is making sure
du! cl.ty co/frrs are
prot«ted so we can
otJfllinW to enjoy the
services and programs that
webelieveourdty
governments should
providl! ...
-Katrina Poley, Costa
Mesa Planning
Commissloner and Clcy
Council candidate, on her
strategy for the November
2004 elections.
'1'1le~s been a lot of
discussion about SO·oalled
moderate Rtpubllca11
groups wanting to reocll
oUI, and I think a lot of
mainstream Republican
groups don't aa:q>I thal
there's something wrong
wilh the ~publican Pony."
-Xu:rt J1.QFlsb. the
president of the new club
Newport Beach
Republican Assembly, on
the various GOP
oiganizadons In the area.
. .
"We'w TfJ4lJy not had ; ; : • ·.· many applJcanu for
{generaJ plan/
amendments In tM ream : :
past. and I think that'1 •
~o/Gtetml/gflL". .;:·
-Bob Bumbam.
Newport Beach city
attorney, on the fact that
dewlopen are apparently
daunted by the posslbWty
of pitchlng a project to ~:
every voter In the city, as
required by the Greenlight
lnida.tive.. -•.
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PJrlodlcally In the Daily Pilot on a
rotating basis. For Information on
adding your organization to this
list, call (949) 674-4298.
LUY-A-PET CENTER •
Volunteers who love to wort with
cata and kittens are needed at the
luv-a-Pet Center et PetaMart In
Costa Mesa. (949) 461·3272.
MASTER CHoRALE
OF ORANGE COUNTY
The performing arts organization
needs volunteers for computer
. Input, ticketing, fillng and
, handling phones. (714) 666-6282.
MENTOR PROGRAM
YMCA Community Services
needs mentors to make a lasting
effect on a young person's life.
Students 10 to 18 years old are
matched with mentors to
Improve their school
performance and self-esteem
whlle developing positive peer
and adult relationships. (7141
549-9622, ext 35.
MOBILE MEALS
Volunteer drivers are needed to
help deliver nutritious meals to
homebound, frail or elder1y
clients incapable of shopping and
Tbe Alr.hebner'• Aun. or Oranp
County and UC lrvtnff Instil\lte for Brain
cooking for themselves. (949)
646-8050.
MOZART CLASSICAL
ORCHESTRA
Orange County's only nonprofit
resident chamber orctieatra
needs volunteers for ticketing,
ushering, phones, malling and
help with receptions. Nominees
ere also being sought for the
board of directors. (949)
830-2950.
• NEIGHBORS FOR NEIGHBORS
The City of Costa Mesa will hoa1
ltl annual community cleen-op
event on Saturday, April 24.
Those Interested In volunteering
or making donations of cash or
In-kind donations of auppllea for
the event can call the Neighbors
for Neighbors hotline at (714)
764-4892. (714) 764-4870.
NEW DIRECTIONS
FOR WOMEN INC.
The recovery center for women
with alcohol or other chemical
dependenciet seeks volunteers.
(9491648-9927 or (949) 648-8764.
NEWPORT BEACH 1/1 ADOPT
A MARINE BATTALION FUND
The 111 Adopt A Marine Battallon
Fund was created to accept
donations and to provide
financial support for ongoing
programs and events planned to
show appreciation to the 1 It
Battalion 1atMarines, based at
Cemp Pendleton. (949) 644-3124.
NEWPORT BAY NATURALIST
The Upper Newport Bay Nature
Preserve is looking for volunteers
to assist with naturalist-led tours
and programs, special events and
habitat restoration projects. The
Interpretive ~nter Is at 2301
University Drive, Newport Beach.
(714) 973-e829.
NEWPORT BEACH PUBUC
U8RARY FOUNDATION
The library foundation needs
extra hands to perform cferlcal
duties, such as flllng, organizing
and stuffing envelopes, at the
Central Library, 1000 Avocado
Ave. (949) 717-3890.
Or. Janet Yu
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M Ike a wtah. No. not you.
We're talldng about
"Make·a·Wi&b." l'm
sure you know wbo they are and
what they do. but here's a few
things you m.lgbt not know.
smarty pants.
The other day, I learned a lot
about this outstanding
organization from Mart Pilon.
who happens to be the chief
executive of the Make-a-Wish
Foundation of Orange County.
which ls just a tone's throw
from here. The group's mission
statement Is so simple ft fits
njcely on the back of Pilon's
busin~ ca.rd: "The
Make-a·Wlsh Foundation grants
the wishes of children with
life-threatening medJcal
coodilions." Is there a mission
more noble? I say there Is not
The Orange County chapter,
which ls one of 71 national and
22 international Make-a-Wash
chapters, is funded strictly by
private donations and giants.
without a drop of government
a.s&stance. Since 1983, the
Orange County chapter has
granted the wishes of more than
1.700 ldds. Tuday, they help
about 160 kids a year, with ·a staff
of only 10 people, which Is not a
lot, and about 200 volunteers,
which Is. Not only do they
deliver drea.rm to kids and
families who can desperately use
a lift, but about 409' of the lcids
they help gd on to lead full,
productive lives.
Marie aJso wanted me to know
that South Coast Plaza and the
Segerstrom £amily have been a
huKe help over the years. I told
him he was singing to the
preachers. Preaching to the
choir. It's one of those. As
everyone around these parts
knows, the Segerstrom family's
heart is about the same size as
their mall.
And that brinp us to Isabelle
-Boch, that is. She 16 the lady
who puts the •Boch" in Vtlleroy
& Boch -prodigious purveyor
of premier porceJaln, china and
cryslal -and one of the
marquee names at South Coast
Plaza. lf you snoop around the
china cabinets In palaces across
Europe and the Vatican, you'll
find them dripping with Vllleroy
& Boch. You'll also get arrested,
but that's another story.
SOLDIER
Continued from Al
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go out." Mahea saJd "Devor and
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and I thought that was cool that
he wanted me to watch her after
he left/
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since 1748,
the same year
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Austrian
SUccessJon
mded,aslf
you didn't
know that
This Friday,
notonlywW
Isabelle Boch-an ardent
supporter of Make-a-Wish -be
at her South Coast Plaza store
from 1 to 4 p.m., but the store
will donate a portion of its sales
to Make·a·Wish of Orange
County, which fs a very good
thing. Jsabelle will give you a few
tips on how to accessorize your
dinner table, and you might
even learn whether the 6sh fork.
goes to the left or the right of the
dinner forte -a nightly
argument at our house.
So what do kids wish for these
days? Among Orange County
kids, the most wished·for wish is
a shopping spree. What a
surprise. Not only are the kids
and their families squired
around ln limos, but they get a
few thousand bucks for the
bling-bling.·
Interestingly, most lcids spend
almost all their drachmas on
stuff fur their family and friends
and very linJe ou themsel'ves.
Meeting celebs -rock stars.
actors, athletes and the like -is
also a big favorite. Big deal big
names like Britney Spears and
Mia Hamm have been very
generous with their time. and
•No Doubt" lead singer Gwen
Stefani -an Orange County girl
herself -has performed above
and beyond the call of starriness.
Prior to •No Doubt" concerts.
Stefani has had dinner with a
number of Make-a-WLSh kids,
given them a catbird seat in the
wings and dedlcated a song to
them in the course of the
evening.
Some wishes are not
giantable, such as anything risky
or against doctor's orders. One
16-year old boy, who had
obviously been spending too
much time on the Internet,
wished for a visit to Nevada's
infamous Chicken Ranch. He
Mahea said Trevor Wln'e was
"very welcoming" and always
made people feel at ease. He had
a genuine tone to his voice and
you could tell that he was sincere.
He was not unlike the rest of his
family members -notably sister
Thlcy and brother Todd -who
would drop by the Hookano
house on holidays.
~As neighbors they just weJ.
corned us, right off the bat."
Mahea said. "They dido~ have a
bad bone In their body."
A few blocks over, in another
Mesa Verde neighborhood the
Wln'e family called home at one
time, news of the soldier's un-
timely death spread quickly -
catchin3 the close-knit residents
off guard.
was gently refocused.
But the story of one Yorba
Unda teenager and her wt.sh
provides perhaps the best
explanation of what
Make.a·Wl.sb does for kids and
their families.. Nicole was a
young girl who dreamed long
and bard about her high school
prom and wbarshe would wear
and who would be her date and
on and on, down to the smallest
detail. She even made a
scrapbook of dresses and
hairstytes and shoes that caught
her eye. She was pretty and
petty and just like every other
girt who dreams about her prom
night except for the illness that
was making it almost certain
that she would never see It The
Make-a-Wish folks stepped in
and decided that if Nicole
couldn't go to the prom, the
prom was going to her.
They booked a mighty big
party yacht in Newport Harbor,
created a floating ballroom that
would have made a 6ve-star
hotel proud and invited a few
hundred of Nicole's best friends.
Nicole her dream designer gown
and just the right Steve Madden
shoes to go with it.
On the big day. she was fluffed
and folded and fussed over by a
hair stylist and a ma.Ice-up artist.
Nicole's dad had played in a
garage band for years and they
rehearsed long and hard so they
could provide some of the musk
for the big night He was
especially concemed with one .
song, WBunertly Kisses ... a
popular Ouistian music number
about the bond between a father
and his daughter. It was the song
he had planned to dance to with
Nicole at her wedding. There
wouldn't be a wedding for
Nicole, so their dance would
have to happen that night It did.
Three weeks after her special
prom, Nicole passed away.
So there you have it. That's
what the Ma.Ice-a-Wish people
do. why they do It and why you
should drop by Vtlleroy & Boch
on Friday. Is there a better way
to start your weekend? 1 say
there is not. J gotta go.
• PETER BUFFA is a former Costa
Me.a mayor. His column runs
Sundays. He may be reached by
e-mail at ptrb4@aol.com.
racy mother was worried bul up-
beat
-He was just a really nice man
and I am sure his parents are
avercome with grief," Brown said
"We will keep them in our
prayers. ..
Dale Deadey, whose family
bought the Mindanao Drive
house that Rick Wm'e. "fie'Vor's fa.
ther, built into a two-story home.
desaibed the family as -just the
nicest people. ..
"It is just so tragic that their
90n is gone," she said
Wm'e is the second Costa Mesa
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Of all the thousands of soldiers
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No infonnation on services for
1\"evor Win' e have been released.
Brown. whose oldest daughter
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Wm'e, saJd he came to say good·
bye to her daughter before he was
deployed. Brown sa1d she had
just bad lunch with Deborah
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Vivid images
of chaotic day
• BY DON LEACH
SfAFf PtiOTOCRAPHER
I was looldng at photo
neptlVa on our Daily Pilot
light table when I heard a call
come awl' the scanner about a
car goin, Into a ltnlCtW'e. I
8gured I should go check lt out
since lt WIS right down the street.
It could be an Interesting shot.
I thought.
It turned out to be much more
than that. an ev\mt that left me
shaken for all l 'd teen and heard.
OUr editors~ at a meeting
so I didn't tell anyone J wu
leaving-I just walbd out the
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door with my gear. It WU late In
Che day, the linking llDl cut
shadows OYer the oetgbborhood.
I remember thinking a car must
have gone througtl a houle. Rl8bt
tllell. another c:.n. came OYer the
radio saying the car bad gone
Into the lide o( a 8Chool and e
perlOn WU atlJl trapped. with
people trying to lift the car. My
pulle quickened as I parked. ran
up to the scene and walked past
bystanden gathered 00 the cwb.
Alr..ty paramedlca were
franticllly woddng on a small
boy who lay on a backboard as
police talked to someone In a
gold. older-model Qtd!Oac.
Someone crubed th.rough the
school fence, I thought, hitting some kids. A& I surveyed the
tcene. police were 1eanlog into
the window o( the~ speaking
to the driver who ltOl sat In the
drtvm' teat. People stood
behind police tape and sat on
the curb aytng u teachers
hlJ88ed and parents ran Into the
achooJ aaeamlng for
lnfonnatioo.
The cbaoe of eauma. cries
and af.Mns just went on and on as
paiiuoedica frantically tried to
saw the life of Brandon Wiener.
DON LEACtt I DAil Y PILOT
Ian Griffin sobs outside the school vmere Sierra Soto and Brandon Wiener lost their lives.
Parents were nmnins into the
school letting nothing and no
one get in their way. Sometimes a
aaum would Jet out from
behind the wall. and then a
saeam from behind me directed
at the driver. AntJY residents
were yell1ng at Abrams as he aat
ln the car, aaamtog at police to
let him go 10 they could deal
with him personally.
When they took him away In
cuffs people yelled "murdem"
several times, and a police officer
stood neaiby to make sure no
one made a run at hlm as they
led him to a waiting car. 1 kept
looking at my cameras, having
nowhere to hide as I stood there
among residents. panu:nedics.
teachm and parents moving
back and fonh.
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equipment Uttered the
scboolyard. A aew of firemen
from Costa Mesa knelt down
next to the body of Sierra Soto ln
the middle of the yard. They
seemed to be guarding her body
and soul to make sure she was
not disturbed ln any way ln the
midst or the ugly acene.
There wu nothing left to do.
They had done all they could do.
I figured the same and walked
back to my ~ staring at the
ground, the aaeams still fresh ln
mind.
When I returned to the
newsroom. I looked at the film.
refreshing my memory of the
tragic event 1 didn't care what
picture was used. shock and
sadness was all that I Celt as
reporters and editors came by to
look at the film to learn what had
happened.
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F Ive yean after Steven Allen
Abrams barreled his
Cadillac onto a preschool
playground, pinning two
chlldreo under bis car and
ldUing them, a court battle
continues between the children's
parents and the school's director.
The Ogbt centers on a
wrongful death dvU lawsuit.
filed by the famllles of Siena
Soto and Brandon Wiener, that
accuses the di.rector of
Southcout Eady Olfldhood
l.eam1ng Center, Sheryl
Hawkinson, and the Ughthouse
Coastal Community Oiurch. or
negljgeoce. The case has meandered its
way through the legal system
and Is now awaiting the decision
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of the state supreme Court.
which ls expected to rule any
day If the case should go to trial.
An Orange County Superior
Cowt Judge ruled for the school
and church. But the Appellate
Court reversed that dedsion,
noting that the parents did have
a leglttm.ate case. The school
and church then appealed that
dedaion, tending It to the high
court.
School authorities put the
children 1n danger by allowing
them to play in an area that was
four feet away from a busy
street said Evan Glruburg,
attorney for the Wieners.
"The children were separated
from the street by a chain-link
fence that was inadequate," he
saJd. "If Mr. Abrams bad died in
the Incident. the school would
have been liable. But just
because he lived and admJned
to doin, it on purpose, It's not
fair to say that (the school or the
church) cannot be held
responaible."
The preschool closed about a
year after the Incident and
Hawkinson ls said to have
moved out of the area. She could
not be reached for comment.
Jon McKay, attorney for the
church. said It Is against the law
to hold property owners liable
for a aime that occurred on
their premises.
The pare~!:& remain steadfast
in their belief, however, that
both the school and the chwch
must be held responsible.
"lbls case needs to go 10
trial,• said Brandon's mother,
Pam Wiener. "ll was clearly
something that could've been
prevented had the school
thought about putting up a
block wail or some bollards to
protect the children.·
The lawsuit is "not about
money." she said.
"It's about changing public
policy," Wiener said. "It's
nothing personal against
anyone.•
Siena's mother, Cindy Soto
Beckett, said she is pursuing the
lawsuit because she "couldn't
see another way to enhance
safety standards."
"J don't want to see another
parent go through what l had to
go through," she said. "My
motive here ls to make a change
and unfortunately, the only way
I can do that Is by going through
thi"system. •
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" Dally Pilot T RAG EDY ON TH E PL AY GROUND : FIVE YE ARS LATER Sunday, May 2, 2004 A7
-Tragic
moment
::·.captured
EDITOR'S NOTE
I t is often called the best photo the Daily Pilot
never published.
But no more.
On that fateful May day In 1999. emotion-filled
edlton and photographers entered into a debate.
Should we run a photo that contained n tarp
covering the dead body of 4'-year~old Siena Soto as
It lay next to a kneeling, somber firefighter. Gregg
Steward?
As the five-year anniversary or the p~
murders loomed. the lobbying bqan again to
publlah the photo and let the rudm ftnally tee tt
After dlacussing It with the mother of Siena Soto,
whose lhougbt.s appear below, we decided to
publish the photo.
Again, we believe this is lhe right decision.
-1bny Dodlro
SIERRA'S MOTHER
C indy~to Beckett. said she feJt a sense or
comfort when she saw a fire8ghter sitting
near her daughter's covmd body.
"When I saw him sitting there that was the
moment I felt OK.• she said ·1 felt comforted that
my daughter was not lying there by herself-
alone."
She saJd she was shocked when she saw
television l'ootage of that scene for the Ont time.
"But Its OK. I would want your readers to see it
because I don't want anyone to ever forget that th.ls
happened. l don't want anyone to forget Siena."
THE FIREFIGHTER It was a dramatic moment and one that was sure
to leave an indelible memory with our readers. The
arguments pro and con went late into the night
The answer ultimately that night was no.
The reason WdS a noble one. We dJd not want to
lnllict more pain on the parents by publishing a
photo that showed their dead child on the front
page of their communlty newspaper.
OONLEACtt/DAILYPILOT
On May 3, 1999, a man drove his car onto a preschool playground, killing two children. Amid the
chaos of the scene was one silent moment, when Costa Mesa Fire Deputy Chief Gregg Steward,
then a captain, paused beside the covered body of one of the victims, 4-year-old Sierra Soto.
C osta Mesa Fire Deputy Otief Gregg Steward.
a captain at the time, watched over Sierra's
body as his colleagues cleared the scene.
·When l was sitting there by her side, I be8rd her
mother, Cindy, scream." he said. •1 was thinking
maybe she wanted to be sining where I was sitting.
but then I thought maybe she didn't want to be
there. I felt like I had to be there because her
parents couldn't."
Many that night disagreed with that verdict
They believed the photo, shot by longtime
photographer Don Leach, should have ran. There the past Why should this one be different?
was precedent for such photos being published in It's a difficult debate ..
SOMBER
Continued from Al
A t about 5:15 p.m. that Monday. Costa Mesa
Fire Battalion Olief Jim Ellis was drivmg into
the fire station on Vanguard Road A radio
broadcast caught his attention. He turned it up.
"I hean:t that there WctS a car that had gone
• through a preschool and children were trapped,·
~ ' said Ellis, who is now the city's fire chief.
He turned to go toward Orange Avenue and toolt
the role of incident commander when he got 10 the
scene.
•When I got there, 1 saw the Cadillac,• Ellis said.
"l'he firefighters helped pull the car up and get the
children out The girl was dead on scene and the
boy was taken to Hoag Hospital.·
Abrams was still behind the wheel at that point
A riwlet of blood lriclded down his lip. Ellis
observed. No one knew what had gone wrong. if he
had a heart attack or stepped on the gas by
mJstaJce.
•But we soon found out there was no mistake,"
Ellis said "He had done it on pwpose and he i.aid
so himself as one of our paramedics went to help
him out"
I le saw fear, chaos and immeasurable grief grip
that littJe plaYgJOund.
·Pnrent.s were coming 10 piclc up their children."
Ellis said. ·And I heard people from the crowd
scream. 'My baby, my baby! Wheres my baby?'"
It was the worst he had seen in Costa Mesa In 24
years as a fireman, Ellis said.
"It took a tremendous emotional toll on
firelighters and law enforcement." he sald.
"Everyone was visibly shaken. h's bad enough when
:-littJe children are hun or when they die in traffic
: accidents. The fact that this ~ intentional was
: absolutely aggravating."
• • • ... • • • .. -.. .. . . . . .. . • -• 4 . • • .. ..
•
C indy Soto Beckett still can't talk about IL
"Has it been five years?" she~ -Really'?
Has Sierra really been gone longer than J've
had her1 That feels weird"
Beckett has come a long way in her life since the
tragedy. She has remarried She has a new baby .
Beckett moved out of Costa Mesa and sold the
dance school she had
owned for 16 years. She
is getting a doctorate in
evah.!jtion studies.
And~ she's happy.
"I can never be
'happy happy,'" she
sald. "You never get
OYel' something like
that. Never.·
ended and a new life began.·
The pain from the abrupt end to her "previou."i
life" still remains. Some of that pain goes away
when she sees her 3-month-old daughter, Beckett
said.
"She is so different from Sierra,· she c;aid. "Siena
had dark.er slcin, hair and eyes and this one had
tight skin and blue eyes. They're different, but 1 see
Sierra in her. They have the same smile.•
Her new baby is a precious gift. Beckett said.
"I don't know ifl'U ever put her in preschool." she
added. "Thal's something I don't thinJc I can deal
with again..
But no one can ever take Sierra's place, Beckett
said, choking up.
"YotJ can't replace a Sierrct." she said.
"Sometimes, I feel scared that I'll forget her. But in
my heart, I know that it'll never happen. She'll
always be my baby.·
P am Wiener lies in her bed awake every
morning. Getting up and talcing on the world
is tough for the mom, who is still grieving five
years after her sons brutal killing.
She knows that sinking feehng will never go away.
·1 can't forget what I saw.· Wiener said. "l relive ii
everyday and I see it all in my head every single
day."
She ponders the "what ifs."
"What if I hadn't stopped by the office for a chat,"
she said "What if I had gone up to the playground
and picked him up first He would've been here
with me. My baby would've lived."
There was some guilt initially, but Wiener knows
better than to beat herself up.
"No, l don't do that to myself," she said. "But I
can~ help wondering ~metimes."
Her heart bleeds when she looks at other
children who were the same age ru. Brandon.
"I thinJc about how Brandon would've looked a l
8." she said. "What would he be into? I see UttJe
boys who look like him, all the time. It's han:t."
Wiener says Mie and her husband, Aron, who still
live in the same Costa Mesa home, need to pick up
the pieces and keep going for their two other
children -Justin and Shaya.
"I miss Brandon." said 6-year-old ShaycL "I don't
remember hin\. But I've seen him in a picture
where he's holding me."
Shaya cringes when
her mom talks about the
day Brandon died. She
buries her head In her
hands and shakes her
head. begging her mom
to s1op. Shaya was 18
months old when
Brandon died
• • • • • •
A memorial to Sierra,
a star-shaped collage of
pictures. hangs in the
dance school's hallway.
It's a mbute to her little
piece of sunshine -
her g!owing smile, her
tittle ballerina feet, her
Indomitable spirlt and
her twinkling,
mischlevous eyes.
STEVE McCRANI< I DAILY PILOT
Cindy Soto's 4-year-0ld daughter, Sierra, was
one of two children killed when a man
intentionally drove his car through a fence at the
Southcoast Early Childhood Learning Center .
Wiener wanted to
channel her grief in a
positive direction, she
sald. She started the
Brandon Cody Wiener
Scholarship Fund and
raises money to send
children grieving the
death of a loved one 10 a
summer camp. Last
summer. she sent three
Bec:kett started Sierra's Light Foundation right
after her daughter's death. The foundation was an
advocacy group for preschool safety and gave
money to many schools to build block walls and
b()Uards.
Now, Beckett is not active In the foundation, she
says. She has a new life, one that is extremely busy.
"It's like I had a fracture,· she said. "That life
chlldren and this summer seven kids will go to the
camp. Wiener said.
"I'm trying to focus on the scholarship fund," she
said. "I thJnJc Brandon would have been proud to
have bis name IWOCiated with something like that•
Wiener goes to karaoke with friends at least once
a week. Belting out a few M~ Etheridge and
Oler numbers is,. good as therapy, she said
"And," she added, ·1 collect angels.·
T he memories come Oooding everyday for
Ouistina ShokrollahL Her son, Daniel, had
jus1 turned 4. He was in the same class as
Brandon and Siena
When Shokrollahi got to the preschool to pick up
Daniel, she saw fire engines aU over the place. She
panicked.
Shokrollahi took the side street and called tJ1e
school's office on her cell phone. She learned
Daniel was safe.
"But he was in that same playground," she said
·Anything could've happened.·
Daniel twned 9 on Friday. He still ta1k.s about
Abram~ often referring to him as the "bad man."
He still remembers the slain victims. his mother
said.
"We talked about it every day for a year after it
happened," she said. "I took my son to counseling
seMions We11 always talk about it"
Shokrollahi can
011ly hope the
traumatic incidenr
has not left any
deep scars in her
son's psyche, she
said.
But, he said. there has not been another
preschool on the site after Hawidnson closed her
school.
"lbe property has been used mostly for church
activities." he said. "That space has been used for
Sunday school and other children's programs."
OJster called the Incident ·a tragedy."
"The parents and families of the children always
remain in our thoughts and prayers,· he said
C arrie Mc01mey helped Hawkinson start
Southcoast E!arty Oilldhood Leaming Center.
The teacher was mere the very first day the
school threw its doors open.
McOuskey went to coun when Abrams was
sentenced to life in prison without the possibWty of
parole. She made eye contact with him and glared
at him. McOuskcy hopes she communicated to
Abrams what she really meant to say to him:
"You're side."
llle afternoon of May 3, 1999, McOuskey had
driven off to Triangle
Square to drop off a
friend's child When
she got back to
school. It had
already happened.
·1 got out of my
truclc and ran, .. she
said "I went
through the back
gate..
The scene hit her
on the head like a
sledgehammer.
"It's a shame
that children had
10 learn at such a
young age that
there is such evil
in this world," she
said. "That there
are such horrible
people in this
wortd·
I t was the sheer
evil that got to
Co ta Mesa
DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT
Costa Mesa police officers and firefighters talk to Steven
Allen Abrams, who is seated in his Cadillac, shortly after
Abrams plowed through a fence and into the playground .
"It was the most
horrific scene,• she
said. ·11 was like a
warwne."
She saw frantic
parents and kids
crying.
Mayor Gary Monahan. who was also the mayor at
the time.
He was right in the mJddle of a City Council
meeting. Monahan recalled.
"When we heard, we finished it up as fast as we
could." he said.
He rode up to the scene in a police car wjth one
of the officers. It was abour 9:30 p.m. and mosl of
the mes.s had been cleaned up. But Monahan felt
the poignancy of the moment
"It was kind of a surreal feeling," he said. "l'w
n~r been involved in something as ridJcuJously
tragic and evil.·
There were hellcoplers Dying overhead and
reporters buzzing around with their noteboob.
Monahan said.
"My kids were about the same age as the
children that died," he said. "That's why it felt so
emotional and personal. It could've been my kids.·
S outh Coast F.arly Ollldhood Leaming Center
dosed Its doors on Sept l, 2000. Director
Sheryl Hawkinson said she made the decision
for "personal reasons."
She and the church still face a wrongful death
and negligence lawsuit from the families of the
slain children.
The 5t.ate Supreme Coun is expected to rule on
whether the case should go 10 trial The civil lawsuit
was thrown out by a Superior Court Judge. but
upheld by the Appellate Court. The final decision
now rests with the high court.
O\urch Pastor Prank Custer declined to comment
about the lawsuit and was reluctant to talk about
what happened five years ago.
"It was a hard situation," she sald. "It was a tough
time and thinking about it even now, after all these years. Is hard.
McOuskey rni5..'ied having Brandon and Siena in
her class.
"Brandon lik.ed 10 hang out with the teachers,•
she sald "He'd wave~ to me every~
day as I drove off ln my truck.·
Brandon was close to bis mom, Mc<luskey said.
"He'd ding to her leg every morning as she
dropped 1'iim off. .. she sald. "But he knew he had to
st.a)' here for the day.·
McOuskey would hold him near the window and
he'd watch his mom drive away. It was their daily
ritual.
Brandon always ~ked her how to pell bis baby
sister's name, McOuskey said.
"I'd help him write 'Shaya' and he was very
happy," she said "He was a great kid. He was
outgoing, friendly and always smiling.·
Sierra was "upbeat and verbal· Mc<luskey said.
"She was a dancer," she said. "She was into
acting. She was spunJcy. outgoing and popular wtt:b
friends."
Both children were •very sped£.· McCluskey
said.
"And we realiud that even more after they_~
gone.• she said. "They are two children who will
never be forgotten."
Every year, McOuskey leaves Oowers and
balloons in the area where the school once was, she
said.
"This time. the ann1versa.ry falls on a Monday,
fwt the way it was five years ago." she said. ·it's
going to be a somber day." I • • • •
HAUNTING MEMORIES: THOSE WHO RESPONDED
: COSTA MESA • ; FIRE DEPUTY CHIEF
scene," he said. ·1 saw the yellow cover
blowing in the breeze. I Just felt I needed
to sit with her thne. •
changed to disbelief, frustration and
anger." be said. COSTA MES A
POLICE CHIEF
daughter and I couldn't lie to her. J
told her what had happened to 5'tna."
I t was five years ago. but Costa Mesa
Plre Deputy Chief Gregg Steward
remembers that day like it was this
morning.
Steward m:aDs waJk1ng on to the
preschool playground. wbidl had been I tran.Vonned lnto a battleground littered
• with casualties.
I Steward was a alJ)taJn with the Fire
~ent then end helped tUs
colleagues take care of the injured.
"The little boy WU taken to the
hotpitaJ and I hoped he WU going lo be
• OIC." be Aid. r But 3-year-old Brandon Wiener ncYer
• made It out of Hoag Memorial Hotpltal • • Preebyterl.an.
: M he WIS ec:anning the ground to tee
wbo die~ hdp, Steward loobd
back and MW & dnd' child who had r beer\~ In • yelkM' tarp.
L lt WM 4-ytm"'Old S6ena Soto.
J ·~WM buly ftnWllng up the
Then Battalion O'lld Jim El& walked
up to Steward and asked h1m tf the child
undtii the tarp was a boy or a girl.
Steward dldn~ know at the dine. So. he
lifted the CXM?r to look.
"That wu when l saw Sierra for the
6m time," he said. "I told the ch.it{, 'It's a little pt••
Steward Mid be had a lot of mlxed
feelings on the scene. He wondered
what Sierra's 8naJ mommts were Uke.
•Here ahe was in the playground
having run. swtnain8 In the awtng.
playing wtth her frlendl and ~a
good time,• he eaid. •And thm
&Ud~ h's all avtt"
Stewant mnemben ~at Steven ADetl Abnmt and
·0oea this man eYeD know what 'I
doner
Al flnt he thou8ht IMybe Abnms bad
a eeliln or a t.rt ·~ Steward l8ki.
"But when one ot the al.,. told me t1
WM intendonll, all thole feeltnp '
Steward said he has been on a lot of
tough calls In more than 1.8 years as a
flmlgbter.
•1've been on murders, suicides and
trafftc acddenca, • he said. •eut
IAbrams'l Intent was the hardest for me
to take to. 'Ibe9e wa-e little children who
had no Idea what was going to happen
to them. There was no reason £or this to
happen to them..
W hen former Co6ta Mesa Police
Clllef Dave Snowden got to
Southoout P.ady Oilldhood
LeamJng Center on May 3, 2001,
officers were intel'Vlewtng Steven Allen
Abrams, who WU 5tilJ Mated behind
the wheel of the car be bad driven
through the prachool's playground.
He saw 4-year-old Siem Soto
pinned under the Cadillac.
•At first l thought ft was a terrible
accid<'nt," Snowden Wd.. "When 1
heard lt wuo'l. t was~ 1 wu sad
-all ofthote feeUngs rolled into ocae.~
Snowden also had the c11mcuJt tm or breaking the news o( ~ughter'I
death to be.r mother. Sierra's mother.
C1ndy Soto 8ed:ttt, WM sobbing when
Snowden met her and took her into
one of the daMrooms.
"She was crying on my llhouJder, •
he llld. cl\otlog up. .She ubd ~ it
anything had happened to her
Abrams' lntentJon. to~
murder innocent chiJdren,
him, Snowden said.
"The evil Intent of this man and the
innocence of the victims made me
mad," he said. ·Moments before lt
happened, the c.b.iJdten were~
In an instant they're pinned wider the
vehide of some Insane idlotl lt'a
ridiculous."
Snowden aald he doesn'\ remember
haw long he stayed at the p&aypound
that evening.
•I didn't th1nk about leavlng," be
Aid. "I WU there to offer IUpport to
anyone Who oeeck-d lt."
1be incident took a toU.
emodondy1 on h1m and ewrygne •
wbo WM dle'fe that ntpt. Soowden
aakl
•Many ol thml were )'O'U'I and hid
kkts that .... be llkL "1!wJryone
could mate to It and a>Uldn\ help tu
wonder what lflt hid bem ttm
child."
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EDITORIALS
War games
are anything
but a game
G uns, and the violence
they can cause, are
not a matter of fun
and games. Toy guns
and boys' seemingly
instinctual attraction to them Is.
So what happens when an
innocent game c;an potentially do
a lot of harm?
That is the question concerning
the war games being played
behind the Newport Aquatic ·
Center by a group of
Newport-Mesa boys. These boys
liken their simuhned weapons -
airsoft guns -to the BBs and Red
Ryders of yester-year and say their
,.>astime is oot unlike the
time-tested game of cops and
robbers.
Of course, boys will be boys, and
their love for guns, whether
fashioned out of a stick. or dJe-cast
metal meant to look like an AIC-47,
transcends generadons. But while
the simple joy of fighting the "bad
guy~ persists, the times in which
we live have changed dramadcally.
Evidence of this lranSfonnadon
can be found alJ around us, be It
in the increased violence on
television. in movies or in video
games. The fact that simple toy
arms such as BBs and Red Ryders
are no longer appealing-instead
replaced by simulated. high-tech
assauJt weapons that shoot
projectiles -is evidence, itself, of
our new and more aggressive era.
Coincidenlally, the Daily Pilot's
feature story on these boys ran the
day after the fifth anniversary of
the Columbine massacre, in which
two high school boys wandered
through their school shooting
tbelr classmates. lt ls perhaps the
most poignant example of tragic
gun violence.
And because of the murderous
acts of a few, society in generaJ is
more aware and more sensitive to
the potentiaJ for violence among
children, as are our law
enforcement officials. Which
brings up another valid concern:
Whal if a police officer mistook
these very reaHstic airsoft guns,
which are so risky they are onJy
legal to seU to adults, for a real gun
and reacted with the use of deadJy
force?
Cosla Mesa Police Officer Doug
Johnson says that is onJy 11 matter
of tJrne. Another concern is the
etrect of plastic pellet casings.
used in these types of toy guns,
that Utter the Back Bay and cause
environmental damage.
Without pointing a finger at
these boys, their actions cannot be
divorced from the environment in
which they are living and playing.
Is it really responsible to have
camouflaged warriors running
around a public nature preserve,
toting replica automatic weapons?
We believe the answer is no.
But we also know we cannot
simply shut off boys' desire to play
with guns. And clearly the airsoft
industry is popular. Perhaps a
solution is to create a controlled,
recreational environment m which
10 play war games or any other
high-tech version of cops and
robbers.
That way. the message is clear
that this is just a game.
Festival becoming
box-office bonanza
T he Newport Beach Film
Festival marked its fifth
year this go-round.
For an event that once
seemed headed for the cutting
room floor, that's a story itself
worth telling on the silver screen.
The festival drew 25,500
_...filmgoers this year, a 21 % increase
from 2003, and It screened a mJx
of big-budget, Independent.
documentary and short films that
hasn't yet been seen this far south.
"Were really excited," Director
of Marketing Todd Quartararo
said. "We really kind of view year
five as our breakout year. We've
tut that critical mass and we're
already starting our planning for
next year."
Move over SUndance7
Well, It's not quite there yet, but
it appears It could be on its way.
The festival's inaugural •deja
viewings," re-screenings of some
of the most talied-about Wms
during the closing weekend, was a
wonderful idea that will only
blossom In the coming seuons
when filmgoers have a better Idea
that they're coming, And with
"Lawa or Attraction," starrtng such
big names as Pierce Brosnan and
Tulianne Moore. electing N~rt
as the vessel for Its world
premiere, It's clear that indie
filmrnaJcers wrestling with
mlnimaJ budgets aren't the onJy
ones with their eyes on the
festival that boasts the most
beautiful, scenJc backdrop in its
field.
nus season did reveaJ that few
JQingon-ga.rbed l'rekkies" have
Newport Beach pegged as one of
thelr can't-miss spots, but it's
fairly safe to say the festival won't
be needing the all-important
"Trekkie" vote to stay running.
Alan Arkin was honored by
organizers with this yea.r's Ufetlrne
achJevement award, and let's
hope the festival continues to
grow and dazzle enough over the
years that It might consider itself
a candJclate in. say, 2034.
Fesdval organlurs are learning
more every year, film lovers will
keep showing up at the box oftlce
in increasing numbers as the
festival'• success grows and the
city will keep 1millng about the
gem that's being created here.
And we'll be here to cover It
•
THE LAST WORD
An epic beginning
even out of April.
Wh1le lt was awful to read o(
injuries caused by the crashJng
IUlf, that twell baa visions of warm
wtter and thick peaks dandng In
our._. An epic summer IW'dy
IWIJ1ll. or ooune. u any surfer mow..
~ llld word one about the ,...,. mmm dllSe won't be
.... ~\ad ...... ...
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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY
Arts center provides wealth
of benefits to Costa Mesa
By Jerry E. Mandel
T he Ornngc County l'erfonning Aru
Center would like to thank and
applaud the member,, of the Coi.ta
Mesa Ci1y Council and others who arc
focusing on the benefit., our community
will receive with the success of our
expansion. Ille City C.oundls far-seeing
decision to waive traffic fcei. for the
Center's expan.c;ion of a {'Oncert hall,
music theater and education center
represents a win for the city -nol a Joss.
There is no denying that Costa Mesa.
whose city M!aJ bears the phrase "The
City of the Arts," benefits greatly from
being the home to the Orange County
Performing Arte; Center, a nonprofit
organization. Not only ha'i the Center's
presence brought the ci1y positive local.
national and lntematiu11al press, but It
has also contributed dramatically to the
local economy.
lhe mo'>t recent study from the
Orange County Business Committee for
the Arts reports that the direct and
indirect spending on the arts contributed
$408 million to our local economy in
2001. The performing arts aJone
generated more than $64 million in
indirect audience spending on
restauranis. hotels. transportation,
parldng and other goods and services.
'
Nearly all of this spending generates tax
revenues to local governments: na1.1onaUy
this amoun1ed to more than S6 billlon in
revenue for local govemmenL'>, according
to a 2002 study by Americans for the Arts.
These figures rose nearly 45% from the
previous survey.
It is clear that the economic impact of
the expansion will drive this income to
even greater amounts, concributing
additional revenues to the city for
decades to come. Add to that the positive
benefit we provide to any employer who
struggles to recruJt and retain lop-notdl
talent. A world-class arts center provides
incredible incentive for luring potential
employees to the region and enables us
to bring the best and brightest talents to
work here.
The Center also actively continues to
fill the gap created by funding cutbacks
that have all but eliminated arts
education from our schools. Last year
alone, more than 300,000 school children
enjoyed live arts experiences through the
Center's education and community
programs department These numbers
will grow exponentially with our
additional facilities, allowing more young
people to develop critical cognitive
thinking skills and other benefits derived
from exposure to the arts.
Local and state governments a~
the cowilry, from Los Angeles to
Philadelphia to Miami to New York.
reguJarly invest in projects .. uch as 1he
Center's original facility or our current
expansion to add a concert hall, theater
and education center. They understand
the economic and civic Importance of a
vital arts center, contributing cash to the
sum of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Unlike all of these other centers, the
Orange County Performing Arts Center is
the onJy performing arts center in the
country to be built and to operate solely
"' with private funding.
As is common in cities throughoul the
world that understand the benefits that
an investment in a cultural center can
bring. the city of Costa Mesa has
previously waived fees for other culcural
projects benefiting the public. lhe
Center, a nonprofi t organi1.ation with a
mission of providing performances and
education opportunities for our
community, is without question wonhy
of such consideration.
We look forward with great
anticipation to fulfilling the dream of a
completed art cenier for our community
and serving the needs of the area for
generations to come.
• JERRY E. MANDEL is the president of the
Orange County Performing Arts Center.
READERS RESPOND
-Hey, leave those kids alone
AT ISSUE: Critical reactions to the ~pril 22 article,
..Wars rage in the Back Bay," which highlighted a
group of boys who play pmea With all'Boft guns
behind the Newport Aquatic Center.
First of aU, if the adults want to shut
down the Newport Aquatic Center,
where will we go to airsoft for free? We
get guns out of our systems early,
unlike kids that don't have airsoti guns
and pjay wlth real ones. Those kids
don't get the enjoyment of playing
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Ecological Reserve and Nature Preserve by photographer Kent Treptow.
May 15 · June 20, 2004·
Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2300 Un iversity Drive , Newport Beach ,
Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m . Admission is FREE .
Artwork is for sale . Limited Editions. Proceeds to benefit the
Newport Bay Naturalists & Friends.
Join Artist Kent Treptow at a r~ception, Friday, May 14 from 5 to 8 .. p.m.
r at the Interpretive Center.
For · additional information, visit www.newportbay.org or call (949) 640-1742. ·
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"It was a hiner's
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COLLEGE
BASEBALL
UClbats
h~atup
• . .
in victory
'Eaters launch five home runs
to claim slugfest, 21-16, in
stifling heat at N orthridge.
Barry Faulkner
Daily Pilot
NORTHRIDGE -It reached 100 degrees
by the ~ond inning Saturday at Cal State
Northrldge's Matador Field, but the hottest
place In the yard may have been the UC Ir-
vine baseball team's bat rack.
For the ,econd straight Saturday, the Ant·
eaters exploded offensively, amassing 22 hits,
including e season-high Ove home runs, to
outmuscle the Bfg West Conference hosts,
21-16.
"It was a hitter's paradise
today," said UCI Coach John
Savage, who watched bis
five pitchers, like the eight
Northrldge hurlers, struggle
In the cozy confines and
warm, windless alr. "I've
seen this ballpark play like that and enough
Is never enough. It really turned Into survival
of the fittest and we bad enough offense to
put the game away." lf It was offense they
wanted, the 128 in attendance came away
from the four-hour, 25-mlnute slugfest with
enough to hold them for at least a week.
In addition to the 37 runs -the highest
combined single-game total In the 26-season
history of ~e UCI program, the two lineups
produced 41 hits, nine home runs and nine
doubles. UCI's run total was Its best of the
season, but four shy of the school record.
Among the homers, Including two eachby
UCI's Mark Wagner and Matt Andemm.~re
three grand slama. Home·runs alone pro·
duced a combined 24 runs as bitters consis·
tently too~ advantage of the 360-foot power
PHOTOS BY MARK C. DUSTIN /DAILY PtLOT
Corona del Mar's Hoity Van Hiel winds up in Saturday's semifinal victory over Magnofia in the Garden Grove
tournament. Teammate Michelle Totta pitched a shutout in the championship game over Santa Margarita. . .
alleys. •
Wagner.:a sophomore whose heroics were
enhanced'1Y sweating out half the game In
catcher's aear behind the plate, hit a grand
slam and fl two-run blast on his way to a 4-
for-6 performance with six RBis and three
runs.
Pitching rich
"It was quite a long day," said Wagx:ier, who
with fellow catcher Jeff Werhun ls out lndefi·
nltely with a facial fracture sustained In the
University of the Pacific series la.st weekend,
will be counted upon to carry more of the
catching load. wBut I was definitely glad to
contribute offensively."
Sophomore first baseman Jaime Martinez
also went 4 for 6, Including a three-run, first-
Inning homer that gave the Anteaters (28·
12-1, 5·6 In conference) the first of several
leads that, as In Nortbridge's dramadc ninth-
Inning comeback victory Friday, the Mata-
dors made dlsappear. Martinez collected
four RBis and three runs.
Junior outfielder Jordan Szabo went 3 for 4
with two wa1b and Is now 9 for 12 with
seven RBla in three gamea this week, while
senior second baseman Matt Fisher went 3
SMUCl,Paae83
Corona del Mar's Sarah Stern
makes contact in the Garden
Grove tournament semifinals.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Corona deJ Mar captures first tournament title
in recent memory behind ToJfa's 2-0 shutout.
Steve Vlr1en • Grove. Daily Pilot Thlfa, who was named
the toumamen(s Most
GARDEN 'GROVE -In a Valuable Player, delivered a
tournament championship two-hit· shutout wilh seven
game that could have gone strikeouts and two walks.
ellher way, lhe Corona del She also contributed on of-
Mar High softball team made sure fense, helping provide CdM's first
to point lhe advantage in the Sea run.
Kings' direction Saturday. Nichole Thompson, lhe Sea
. C.Orona del Mar, led by hshman Kin~ ftrst-year coach. said it was
Michelle Tulfa's s!luij>ut pitching C.Orona del Mar'a biggest victory of
performance and dutch hits, as well the season, because her players
as freshalen Holly Van Hlel and Al· made the clutch plays and the win
lie Dueriiberger, defeated Santa came against a CIF Southern Sec-
Margarita. 2--0, to win the Garden don Division I opponent (7-14),
Grow tournament amid a hot day
at Madt 1Wain School In Garden See SOFTBALL, P11e 83
Vikings control Pirates' ship
Long Beach defeats
Orange Coast in five
games to reach state final.
Bryce Alderton
Daily Pilot
COSTA MESA -Orange Coast Col·
lege men'• wlleybd pllyen munched
on pm.a, wore Hawatiut leis around
their oecb and liltelled to music, cele-
brating the md to a IMIOD.
A much more \'OCal 1*1J tbouthi
took pllce al the ... time In oc:x;. ~
tenon Gymna8hJm s.&urday for a team
tblt hlm't been du. far In more than a
decade ~ uw ha eeuon mend one
more match. VWdas Lone Betdi denied Cout a
lhoc to play for lta Uxd> ate tide wft;h a
28-30, 30-28, 30-25, 21-30, 15-10 victory
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Long Beach Coach Randy Tu·
torp said. •it's been a long time
lince Long Beach bu had this
type of teUOn. The last time we
reached a llnat was 1992 and the
Jut state championship was
1985.*
The Vikings (14-3, 9-l), champions of
the Western Statet C.Onferenoe, finished
2·14 In the conference last season.
The state playofti, shortened to a one-
day, four-team draw because of Callfor-
niU budpt aata, are famlUar territory
for Colat (lS-5, 7-3 In the Orange Em-
pire Confeteoce. good for second place),
wb6ch tm lllCbed the state dtle match
In he ot oa: Coach OJUck C:Utenese~
12MllOOI.
But the VDdnp. who lost to the Pirates
In the pmee In the regular leUOO. used
tbetr alhleddsm to thwart any hopes
C.oalt hid of re.china the atate ftnal.
"lpns a.ell .. the mOlt pbyslcal1y
stftlcl -Wldl 1he lllOlt athletic pay·
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Coast stayed allve with a
sound fourth game, but couldn't
keep one of Its biggest weapons
on the floor in lhe pivotal fifth
game.
"Losing [sophomore outside
hitter Jon LarsonJ hurt us. It took
away one more person who could have
swung the ball."
Larson finished with 11 lcills and three
blocks and was one of Coast's main hit·
ting options before exiting the match.
Long Beach seemed to feed o« its
fan.a' cheers. 1eorlng four straight pol.nta
to take a 6-4 l.n the ftf\h pme. .
OCC aopbomore KaJmana JCamalan1
ded the fifth game, 8-8, wltb one ol his
three blocb, but the Vlklnp apln
scored four atralght points to pull away.
"You can't aJrord to allow three or four
polnta on one rotation l.n [the flftll
game)," Cutene.e Slkl. "The unforced
erron hurt ua. We were 10 cleut and
abarp tn 11JDe1 one and four."
CA>ut took a 21·15 lead In pme two,
but committed (our ICJ'lfght unfotted
erron, llawtna lpng 8"dl to pu'1 evel1.
23-21 ReftrWI cded 1 llft • two tiha
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Sunday, May 2, 2004 11
THE BIG EASY
A tribute
. night to
remember
G eorge Yardleywu always
known as a "gamer," and
Thursday's night's lrlbute to
George Yardley at the Big
Canyon C.Ountry Oub proved the
nodon again as he went the dlstanoe
and might have been ready for ·
overtime, If necessary, in his continuing
battle with what ls commonly known as
Lou Gehrig's disease.
The man who broke the 2,000-polnt
barrier in one season in the National
Basketb&ll Association and a member of
the Naismlth Hall of
....-----, Fame in Sprinsfield,
Mass., was once
again the man of the
hour as family,
&iends and fans of
the fabled "Bhd"
paid homage with
words and deeds.
The big guy, a ___ _. product of Newport
ROGER Harbor High, arrived
at6 p.m. and
CARLSON well-wishers
surrounded his fraU
frame.
And, with the help offellow Hall of
Farner Annie Meyers-Drysdale, he got a
second-wind at 7 p.m. and lasted out
the two remaining hours of accolades
in a moving demonstration of affection
from a blue-ribbon crowd, including
Peter Ueberroth.
"I loved it," he said at lhe conclusion
of the evening. bJghlighted by a recently
taped Interview of George by Bob
Costas, the national spokesman for AlS.
In years past, and one or the reasons
he was a darling of the media. all you
had to do was push the button and
Georgewasoffandrunnln~often
beyond the scepe of .hat ende<l~p in
print •
It's not quite that easy anymore, but
Costas, with his silk-liked~ took
over and It was a presentation wblch
left thJs veteran audlence tn awe.
George told of his lad: of strength In
his anns and told C.Ostas, "I'd like to live
a little longer."
"We'll be writing a check for
$100,000," said George's daugbtt!t,
Anne, In lhe aftermath. with the Ludwig
Institute at UC San piego and the AlS
Association Orange County chapter, the
twin benefactors in their quest for
"Hope In the future."
AlS ... Lou Gehrig's disease ...
amyotrophic lateraf sclerosis.
It's all one In the same, a disease
which attacks the patient's speech,
swallowing. breathing and muscles,
with life expectancy ranging from 2·5
years after dlagnosls.
For every 100,000, one will be singled
out, as was George In, roughly, early
2003.
George didn't do a lot or talldng
Thursday night, but a lot of others did.
Carl Bennett. an 88-year-o&d from the
Fort Wayne Pistons days, recalled when
the Plstom were able to sign George In
SM EASY, Pqe B3
Orange Coast
College's Jon
Larson
appe•stobe
lookil&
straight Into
thee-a
lens•he
launches a kil
in Satwdly's
state semifinal
match 111inst Lona Belch,
~
defutedthe
host Pntes in
tNeaamesto
a<Mlnce.
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SPORTS
BRIEFLY
Season opens for Costa Mes~ Speed Way
Fans of all ages and
walks of life cheer
racers Saturday.
The 36th sea.son opener of
the Cotta Mesa Speedway at the
Orange County Fairgrounds
brought an eclectic mix or fan
The parktng lot had 1 lummers
and Harleya, convertibles and
campers, BMWa and barbecues.
The atands were filled with
cheering fan from eight to 80
and every age in between.
Mark Lane bas been com.Ing
to the apeedway slnC'~ 1969, the
first year of Its existence.
"That wu when they didn't
have mumers,"' Lane said. who
has brought bis daughters Dan·
leUe and Blaque to the races for
over 15 yea.rs. Motorcycle riders
themaetves. Oan.leUe and
Blaque aa.id they like watching
the compelltloo and look for·
ward to watching crashes.
Speedway racing ls an es·
press<> shot of adrenaline com·
pared to other types of ntclng
because the track ls mall and
the bikes don't have beak,
Brad OXJey. a former star racer
and cw:rent speedway pro-
moter. thinks that Intensity ls a
big draw 10 the fanea.
·1n two houn and Meen
minutes we pack In 35 lndMd·
uaJ races. .. OXiey aald.. •1t tabe 1
lo1 of effort to alt through a
NASCA.ft race, bur the speedway
ls so fast-paced."
Another advantage the speed·
way has over other racing la the
l.ntlmacy ol the rlden and the
crowd. A race will shake your
chest. pop your ears, sting your
no e and defy your eyes. The
ac;robatlc maneuvers sidecar
riden perform during a race
would make any Cirque du
SoleU performer applaud con-
ldering the apeed the cars
travel.
Jae.le Wood brought his grand·
son Derrek. l2, and godson Dy·
Ian Ro , IO, becauee It o«en
positive family envtronmeot
Orange Coast Middle CoDese
lligb School
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• Weather penalttlas
• Saturday, May" I004
9:00 a.m. • 1:00 p.m.
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Panela to be used for edueatloaal
Reid trips and other learallll
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of claaroom. ~ o "'-~ ~~~ 0 • • 0 ~ ~ ••
"Bverybody treata everybody
ve.ry nice, and the kids can get
down and meet the riders ln the
dirt." Wood II.Id. '"lbete kids
wW tee what • aood time la
without any problems or any-
body Ktlng out•
-Rick~
Becker, Tanamal to state
• nNNlll Orange Coaat Col·
lege eopbomoret Leab Becbr
and Sebrina 'Janama1 qualified
fo_r che ttate women'• doubaet
champlonablpe with Yktorfea
ln the round of 18 and quarter-
ftnala ln the South.em cautor·
nla l'e(ltonal tpumament Satur-
day at Pullerton College.
Becker, who hu been nunmg
ah1n aplinte, and Tlnamal.
seeded tbird, dd'eated a te.m
from San Diego Meta. 6-1, 7-5,
ln the round of 16 and then
downed 1 duo from El Camino,
8·0, 6-1, In the quarterftnala.
Becker. the aewnth teed, &o.t
to Irvine Valley'a Andrea Ngu· rm. 1-6, 6-3, 10·7 (tiebreaker),
ln the ari8'et round of 16 Satw'·
day.
Quarterftnallata bl both lln·
glee ud doubles draws quaU-
fted for the atate dwnplon·
alUpe, ICbeduJed Friday and
Saturday at Monterey Country
Oub in Palm Deaert.
Pirates advance to finals
• ROWING: The Orange
Coast CoUege rowing teama ad·
vanced to the SUndly ftnaJa In
the Western Intercollegiate
Rowing Alsocia.tion Rowing
Olamplontbipa In three ~ta
Saturday at Lake Natoma in
Rancho Cordova just outside of
Sacramento.
lbe Pin.tea were aeeded Ont
in each beat and won the men'•
novice eights (6:14.2), second
varsity el.gb.ta (6: 18.2) and var-
sity eights (6:13.3). lbe varsity
etgb.t.s will tab on Gonzaga,
Pudgent Sound, UC Davis, San
Diego State and UC San Diego
Sunday beginning at 9:10 a.m. . .
Eagles finish fifth .
• VOu.BYBALL: The F.stancfa
High boys voUeyball team
earned fifth-place ln the Re-
dondo Union Varsity Classic, a
32-team tournament, Saturday.
The Eagles (21-6) defeated
Rancho Senra Margarita, 25·22, went 2 for 3 with three runs and
25-21, in lbe ftfth·place match three RBis to help lead the Van·
aga.lmt Rancho Santa Marga-guard University baseball ream
rita. Scott Sankey led wlll\ dgbt .to a 10·3 win over vlsltlng Con·
lcWa. cord.la. which spill a Golden
Kri9 Hartwell reoorded 10 State Athletic Conference
kills. leadin& the Blglee to a 25· doubleheader Saturday.
19, 25-20 wln over O\allWOrtb, lbe Uona (13-33, 6·21 In
which advanced P.ltaDda to the confe~nce) lost the first game,
quartet1lnalt of the aold bradt· 7·2. Adam Yoder led Vanguard
et. Westlake defeated the Eagles with two hits. Yoder was 2 for 4
in the quarterfhiala. 25·19, 23· with three runa scored in the
25, 15·12, u JOlh Kornegay, nightcap. ConcordJa (20-21. 15·
Who earned all-tournament 12) had 16 hits in the first game,
team booon. alammed 10 lcWa. while the Uona produced 14 In
Devor Holmea amaaeed 74 as-six Innings in the second con·
alata in the three matches. test
&tanda, which had 29 ace
eervea Satunlay, will boat
Oranle Tueaday at 4:30 p.m ..
1be l!aglee c.a.o clinch the Gol-
den West League champlon.ahJp
with a vk:tory.
Hwang propels'Pi.rates
SWDOONG: Juon H~
tied for ftnt ln the 100-yard
bubtrob and Sara NatalizJo
came In aecond in the SO-yard
buttedty to hJgbligbt the
Orange Coast College men's
and wom en's awimmlng teaD'ls
ln the ftnaJ day or lbe &tale
cbamplonabli» Saturday at
Ventura College.
Coftcorda 7. V11n9uard 2 lcofe bv lnnlftaa
C'cordla 140 ~ ~ -1 " • Vanguard ooa ooo ooo -2 a 1
Brunaaao, Abdelkarim (91, Fuji 191
and Hubbell; Searle, Ericlcaon (3),
Conrad (9) and Welterfeld. W -
Brunauo, 8-1. L-Searle, 2· 10. 28 -
Untlne (C), FuentN (Cl.
Va1t9uud 10, Concordia 3
SCON bv Innings C' cord la 002 'oot ll -3 2 1
Vanguard 013 •20 " • 10 •• 2 Duhemel. Avila (3), Larson (3).
Farquher (4), Abdelkarim (4), Fuji (5)
• al'ld Hubbell, Moltonl; H1ml1 and
Westerfeld. W -Harris, 3·2. L -
Duhamel, 2·8. 28 -Yoder (VI,
Hudgins (V), Martin (V), Crouch (V).
HR -Conenbach (C) .
The Coast men flnlabed sixth
out of 29 teama with 272.S
polnta while the OCC women,
last year's state champions,
took eighth with 187 points.
Hwang, who alto won the 200 Wyman leads Estancia indfvldual medley Friday, and
Ventura's Nate JabeU flnisbed
the 100 bacbtroke in 52.12 sec-
ond&
Hwang, Roger Wong. Max
Wong and Chrl'a Hunter tea.med
to wtn the 200 medJey relay
(1:50.17), a day after lhe quartet
clalmed the 200 free relay.
Natalizjo (26.75) edged out
ICelly lbonl (26. 78) for the silver
in the 50 butterOy. Natalizio
also anchored the OCC gold 800
freestyle relay team. Crystal
Carroll, Sharon Maxfield, J(Jm
Doll and Natalizio finlahed in
8:08.52.
Golden West (438 points)
won the men's competition
while Santa Rosa (496) claimed
the women's title.
Vanguard splits pair
• BASEMU: Scott Martin
• SOPTBALL: Sophomore Al·
Uson Wyman went 2 for 3 to
help lead the Estancia High
softball team to a 9·4 Golden
West 'League victory over hos!
Saddleback Friday.
Sophomore Muriel Mason, a
first-team· All-Golden West
League performer last year,
played in her first full game of
the season, as she has been re·
babllitatlng from a knee injury.
She contributl!d a double, as
did sen.lor Michelle McDanlels.
Estancia pitcher Oielsea Ka-
plan recorded four strikeouts
and allowed five h.lts to improve
to 6·9. The Eagles are now 5· l l,
3·6 in league.
Golden West U.111•
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S'badt ooo 130 o -• s s
C. Kaplan and Odley; Sanchez and
Bell. W -C. Kaplan, 6-9. L -Sanchez.
28 -McDaniel a IEI. Maton (E). HR -
Bell (S).
&ickson invited to trials
• BASBBALL: USA Baseball
has extended one of 19 invita·
tions to UC lrvlne •freshman
pitcher Blair Erickson, who
leads the country in saves with
13, to participate in this year's
national team trials, June 20-26,
In Durham, N.C.
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UC Irvine, 10 a.m.
The U.S. national team will
be selected from a pool of 36
players, of wbJch an adflltional
17 have ye1 to be determined..
The official 20-man roster
will be determlned June 27.
Erickson. a right-hander out
or Fair Oaks, broke the UGI a.In-
gle-season save record with bis
eighth save and ls one shy of ty·
ing the Big West record for a
freshman, set by Fullerton's
Oiad Cordero lo 2001.
Erickson is fourth on UCI
with 40 strikeouts In 21 appear-
ances. He has blanked the op·
ponent in 21~ of 2'ffi innings
and has allowed eight runs and
21 hits in postlng a 2.28 BRA.
Cesar Ramos, a left-hander
from Long Beach State, was the
only other Big West player in·
vited to the trials.
Two Pirates honored
• SOPTBALL: Freshmen
Oirlsten • D'Alessandro and
Yvonne Diaz represent Orange
Coast College on the All-Orange
Empire Conference softball sec-
ond-team. selected Thursday
,by the conference's coaches.
'IWelve of D'Alessandro's 29
hits came in conference play
whUe Diaz went 2·6, allowing
66-hits in 61 innings pitched in
the OEC. Diaz allowed 58 runs,
but 21 were unearned.
Diaz, an outfielder when she
wasn't in the circle, finished 5-
10 with a 4.70 ERA overall. She
struck out 71 in 104~ innings
whUe allowing 118 hits.
D'Alessandro, a shortstop,
stole 1 O bases, being caught just
twice. She finished with a .271
average with 19 runs scored for
OCC (11-25, 2·15 In theOEC).
Shon.stops Nicole Moojen
(Cypress) and Celina Rubalcaba
(FuUerton) were named the
conference's Co-Most Valuable ,
Players. ·
Cypress, 39-3 overall, finlahed
first in the OEC with a 17·1
mark. ·
Gravelle leads Ducks
• ROllBR HOCICEY: In ~
cenr sixth-grade play, the Ducks
defeated the Sharks, 5-3, as qy.
Ian Gravelle scored four goals
and Logan Newett netted an·
other. The Sharks answered
with rwo goals by Jake Palanjian
and goaltender Joey Schuster
blocked multiple shots.
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YOUTH BASEBALL
Home runs in full Bloom
•
Cardtnal h its three
in three at-bats in
f 0-3 win over
Yankees in NBLL
Majors action.
M1cliael Bloom'i. three home
runs in thret! at-bats led lhe
Cardinals to a 10·3 victory
over th'e Yankees in a Newport
Beach Uttle League Majors
Oivision game April 24.
Bloom now has a
league-high 11ix home runs
this season, hits in 11 straight
Jt:bats and h~ raised hh
aftrage·ro .629.
l lt> also limited lhe Yankee!\
to one hit in three shutout
innings on the mound.
The Cardinals scored five
runs in lhe third to build on a
;!-0.leod. Bloom led off wilh
his·sccond home run,
followetl Wlth singles from
Jake Starnes, Cory Vitalo,
Stephen McAfee, Andrew
Dunlap and Billy McDonald.
'Yankee pitcher Sam Cubicro
linritcd·the Cardinals to two
runs through the first two
innings,
Riley Conroy, Zach Cabln
and ()ark Cashion led lhe
C.:ardina! defen:.e, which held
Yankee runners at second and
third in the final inning.
Conroy, playing third,
('Orralled a hard-hit grounder
uc1·
Conti~ued.trom Bl
ror 6 with two double1> a nd four
rw1s'fol' the winners.
Arrcterstm went 2 for 4 dnd
t.lrove in four, while also \curin~
twu ntn<;, and 1u111or outfielder
Anctr Amata, who was 5 for 5 10
the 16·~ home win over uor
J\pnl 24. continued his Saturday
nrngk hy going J for 3 with two
t.luuble\, a walk, and three run"
Jfll'T'pffl('h-hi11i11g in the firth.
tJ<ll freshman Cndy Cipriano
al~o came off lhe bench to go l
for 2. driw 1n one and score
tWICC.
and fired to AJex Morrison at
first to end the game.
Ollp ZUcbr and Brian
Ford each reached with
slngles.
Ford played Oawless
shorti.top while Erle Morris,
C\Jbiero and Nico NapoUtano
all played weU for the Yankee~
In other Newport Beach
Majors action:
• Mariners 2. Red Sox O:
The Mariners won, despite
tallying just one hit, an infield
single by Chris Freeman.
Both runs were unearned.
The Red Sox. who tallied
five hits, had the tying runs on
base in the fifth inning, but
John Doering relJeved
Freeman to stop the threat.
Doering made a strong
defensive play earlier in the
game at shortstop. I le caught
a pop up in short right-center
field and threw to fir'it for a
double play.
Weston Nielsen, J.B. SaJem,
Zach Habel';-Dylan Plevac
and David Adamson each had
hits for the Red Sox.
• Dodgers 6, Mariners 3:
Ben Capaldi threw a
two-hitter while Donald
Dalton singled and doublet.I
for the Dodgers.
Andrew Machoslde added
two singles and two RBis
while Tanner Thau then
singled and walked twice.
Sophomore first baseman Mi
chael Paulk led the Nonhridgc
attack. going 5 for 6 with two
homer:.. a double, six RBis and
three runs.
I le followed John Voidu's
grand slam wilh a solo homer in
the third and lauched a slam of
his own in a five-run sixth that
gave Nonhridge a short-live<.!
12· II lead.
Wagner's slam capped a
<;even-run '>eventh for the vi<11·
tors, for whom freshman David
Huff earned 1he pitching victory
with some timely relief.
Freshman closer Blair Erick
son, who took the lo~ friday in
o nly his second blown save m
15 chances lhi\ season, got lhe
~tag
Cluil freeman doubled and
had an RBI for the Mariners.
Bvan Daniele pitched well
for the Mariners..
• Catdlnals 7, Mariners 3:
Vitalo pitched a five -hitter
In leading lhe CardJnals to the
win.
Bloom continued his torrid
hitting, going 3 for 3 with two
RBis.
Starnes, Dunlap and
Morrison also tallied RBl 's.
Vitalo's slxlh-lnning single
scored McDonald and Stame:.
to break open a 2-2 game.
Vitalo and Marlner hurler
Doering were locked in a
pitchers' duel through five
innings until the Cardinals
scored five runs in the sixth to
build a lead lhe Mariners
couldn't overcome.
Freemap, Connor GaaJ and
Doerlng provided must of tlw
Mariners' offense. Freeman
doubled in lhe sixLh and
Gaal's :.ingle brought him in.
•Cardinals 13, Angel<> 2:
Nick Treadaway ha<.I 1wo
hits and cabin's two HBb led
the Cardinals.
McDonald also had a pair
of hits and pitched three
scoreless innings with
defensive help from catcher
Starnes. centerfielder Cashion
and Conroy, who aJl made
outstanding plays to hold off
the Angel bah.
final two outs on <1tnkeouts Sat-
urday lo leave tJ1e potential ty-
ing run in the on-deck circle.
Northndgc fell to 14 30, 1-10
Bis West Conference
UCI 21, C.I State Northridge 16
Score by Innings UCI JOO 233 731) 21 22 1
CSUN ~ ois ()I() 16 19 o
Swanson, (5). Nicoll 151. Huff 16).
Schroer (8), Erickson (9) and
Wagner, Rocd110, Jean (4), Lopez
(6), Brettl 17), Campbell (7),
Eberhardt 18). Goforth (9) Polanco
(9) and Fleener W ~ Huff, 2 0 L
Brett!, Q.J 28 Fisher IUCI) 2.
Cipriano (UCI), Amara IUCll 2,
Rykebosch (UCll. Quintana (CSNI.
Vona (CSN), Paulk (CSNI HR
Anderson (UCI) 2, Wagner IUCI) 2.
Mar11ne1 IUCI). Voita (CSNI. Paul~
(CSN) 2, Riordan ICSN1
~hoot
Wednesday, May 5
Prado Olympic Shooting Park
Chino, California
7 Official Events
Sporting Clays I & II
Trap Doubles
Tabor's Doubles
Continental Trap
Duck Tower
Flurry
Optional Events
Olympic Trap
2-Man Flurry
Five Stand
> •
SOFTBALl
Cootinued from B 1
which plays In the Semi league.
"We kepr our intmsity the
whole game.• said Thompson.
whOlie team improved to 12-7.
"I've heard this might be the first
[aoftballl tournament the team
has won at the school This gives
them 11 boost or confidence.•
Corona del Mar, which lost lhe
game-opening coin Oip and wa!
the visitor. i.cored its two runs in
the SlXth inning. Van l llel. lhe Sea
Kings' leadofT hitter, opened the
frame wilh a single to left field.•
111en Ducmberger came up wilh
an incredible at·bal. She batded
back Crum an 0·2 count. fouled
five pitches. took three balls and
St!llt tJ1e l l lh pitch to right for a
ba-.c hit
rolfa folJowed with J base hit,
talcing an 0-1 pitch to the gap in
left-center field. The l:.agles' cen-
ter fielder then committed a
throwing error, and Van I hel dis-
played sman basen111111ng by
scoring on the Santa MargariLa
mistake.
Sarah Stem, the CdM senior
catcher, readied on an emir to
load lhe l~ f~hman Ann
Klunder. who abo comrwtes for
the Sea Kin~ girl~ track and field
team (\bot put), reat·hl-d on a
fielder's choke and her wuund
ball gave tll'r an HHI. IL'> Duem ·
herger ruilll' aero-.... to wve Co-
rona tht' 2·0 .1dvantagc
The Sea Kings also aune up
with eome heroics defensivdy in
the bottom or the slxth. With run-
ners oo &ee0nd and third nod two
outs, lllompson called timeout
befcn lhe Eagles' Annie C.Ondas
came up to bat. Tutra then
pitched two tralght strikes and
induced a pop fty that Duem·
berger gkNed lo end the lhnlng.
1blfa retired the side In order to
end the game ln the seventh.
The Sea ~who committed
no errors Saturday, scored four
runs with two outs ln the second
Inning on their way to a 7 • I 6emi-
final win over Magnolia (2-10)
earlier ln the day. Magnolia's run,
lhe only one allowed by the Sea
Kings ln lhe tourney. came Wl-
eamed. Van l liet who recorded
two no-hitters last Wet!k. tossed a
rwo-h.itter. She recorded 13 strike-
outs and ruJowe<l just two walks.
~r.r-~
~
Corona del Mar 2.
S.m. Margat1ta 0
CdM SC:bv~
S Marg ooo ooo o
Tolfa and Stom, Dopud1a and
Cllusgrove. W Tolfa, 6-5. L
DopudJa~ 28 -Smith (SM)
SemillNI
2 • 0
0 2 2
Corona del Mar 7, Magnolia 1 Score bv Innings Magnolia 010 · boo o 1 2 ~
CdM 041 020 • I I o
Flore9 and l.Dpel, Van Htel and Stem
W Van H1al, &2 L Floras, 2 4 28
SlemlCdM)
EASY
Continued from Bl
1953 and said. "tr George could
come back to Fon wayne today
he would be elected mayor."
UCLA'.s George Stanich, Cal's
Thndy GUils and one of Estancia
High's great products.. Ray Orgill.
came forth with reveJatJona, u
well as UCLA'a Ron Uvlngi;ton,
Newport Beach's Buck Johns. lhe
Palisades Oub's Ken Stuart,
longtime noted official Jim
funney, Stanford's John 1 laU and uses Bill Shannan.
SaJd Orgill: "George's
lbusinessl secret was to
encourage those not ln the
limelight. He lnvested in
people."
11iere was NBA great Al Attles,
double-gold medal winning
diver Sammy Lee and one or the
show-stoppers, Dolph Schayes of
Syracuse Nationals days. ·or all the guys ln the NM.
you're my be t friend," said
Schayes, who revealed his salary
at Syracuse ln 1957 was SIS,000
a year.
"George was maldng $25,000 a
year at Detroit and when they
wdnted to trade him to Syracuse
[for lhe 1958-60 seasons! there
was a problem. Syracuse didn't
haw that much money. So
Detroit paid $7,000 of George's
..alary and Syracuse pick.ed up
the remaining S 18,000.
-------
•'they told me at Syracuse
they couldn't pay George more
than lhey were paying me," "8.id
Schayes, "so they gave me a
$3,000 raise. I loved you lhen.
and I love you now.~
PIRATES
Continued from Bl
on cx:c <.lunn~ tlldt ... pan, draw-
111~ <.utent">t' 11111 uf lw. chatr wuh
a confu .,ed look 11n ht~ face.
Coast's only lea<.I 111 tht: third
game <:<ulil' at I O J' l.ong
lieach's 6 foot 7 fn">hman mid
die binder 1.a rry laylor u..ed hh
'>t.1ture to pound ~t'Wrt nf his 16
kills.
"II ton~ llaylurl the fir.1 game
to get loo">t· h<•c.:auo;e lw 1<1 not at
llX>%. but h14' pt'rformance
hC'lpt:<l out big lime." lotorp !>aid.
laylor had hl'lp from ~01>ho
morc ouL<;ide hiller MJlu Sciuli
talhe<l 15 kill>. 15 dig<. and five
block!..
Kamalarti slammed a match-
lugh 21 kill'> to go wi1h IO digs
while fellow -.ophomore outside
huter Poyt•r l'oia tallied 16 kills.
five dig. and three c;ervice aces.
!>ophomorc setter Mike Mur-
phy am~ 62 <L\!>i!>t~ and four
blocks while Matt Skolnik led
Coru.t wilh 15 digs. Unah Seui tal-
lird 10 kill:. and ..even block.'>.
Poia nouced a different Long
Heach lineup than the one in the
teams' prior meeting. but !Ml.id
c uas1's errori. proved the down-
fall.
"They SW1td1l'<l one o f their
outside hillen. to middle block·
t'r," Puia said. "We gave them free
point<.. We gave them the
match."
DEEP SEA
Saturday •s counts
N9wport ........ -8 bolQ, 106
englers. 5 benacuda, 140 Cllllco
baa, 37 Nnd bell, 10 toUlpln, 32
rodcfletl, 31 --.-IMC!. t
~ 12 borilo, 43 Pllf'd'I, 3
bladi croeker 1 ~
Sc.:hayes said George Yardley
was tl1e one player in those day<>
who wa.:. as athlellc as lhey are
today.
It's difficult for Cieorge Yardley
to Oash that familiar smile, but
Sammy Lee's spiel brought forth
lhe beam for which he's known.
George's son, Rob, Newpon
Harbo r High product Peter Jason
and the one-and-only, PauJ
Salata, kept things moving.
Ry any standard, a great
night and one which George
Yardley can hold on to a:. he
continues the ba11le down the
slretch.
1 ley! See you next Sunday
• ROGER CARLSON 1s the former
sports editor for the Daily Pilot H11
column appears on Sundays. He
can be readled bye mail at
rogeranddorothea a-msn.com.
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ouo~•~ 11 15th StrMI, Costa 0,.N SAT & SUN 1-4
MeSI 12Xl2, Clun, Qui.t SBr. 281, $629.900
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l'rlMt -Office S•lt•
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HOMES FOR SALE
ORANGE 5400
COUNTY
NIWUSTING
onNSUN 1-4,
40t De Sele Terrece
Octtn Vinrsll 5br 4b1
hmrm. home
Sl .100,000 the land a.
loc our worth th• price
Jim & Petty COM HOMES
t4t-7st-to70
~ lllw 114-2fi6416
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2J706,.,.. CM
lmmac hunlley lbr 2 Sb•
lown home,1419,000
Jot & Ellen Rocce
949 533.9517 (J)
949-633·9517 ([)
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llplc's, cour ~Itch. offer•
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S 1,850.000 wlll be
con11dered Broiler Co/op
949·466·5797
IWffS TOWNHOMI
CWIN SUN 1-4
4br wsllDm modi! prild.
2 Fam Rm's, over 2600
sq. on areenbell Sellers
will consider off•• h'om $969K lo $9991( Nor1lee ""*°" ,.., 96Q2.4j&
Lee, lee 2t>r 2b• fenced
y11d. clubhouaa, over-
loob h1tt1d pool, b1y,
marln1 a. pvt bch Crt
2nd home yeer around
$75,000/obo Act Mary
Wood 949-584-5811
Of'IN SAT 12·4
'• aln1la lave f1m home. 4br 2.5ba, crenlle k1tch,
hdwd firs ove1 $ZOOK In
up111desl Sl,695,000
lofl Mortenson •ct
949·689-77 21
2br 2be aln111 f1m
home, 2 c c11, comm
pool/sp1. 82 Shttrw1ter
S2~/mo P1trick fen·
ore N1lionwlde USA
t4t456-t70S
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esllt•. pool, st>• .. ct•d entry $5,995,000 P1trlcl
Tenote 949-856-9705
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Ct"""Y V11te11 New Homn From S269K
w/11500 lHH C1ll
Shiny Been 881 969-9667
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3Br, 2B1 + 8 11 Studio.
Paul/Act 949 290.3053
WATl.UUH
caYSYAlCOVI
8t111 SOr S..Sbl home.
P1nor1mlc ocn' Pelican
Hiii Golf Courae views. ~onus rm. SA,500.000 w.idln96-~
11-f tt-/4.p(HOl
360i>sf 3/48r, bonus
room a. office 3.5Bt
httltd pool & 1p1 l ·cer
C1t•c•. $1,799,000 for
Silt By Owner Call
(714) 272-11119
SUMMIT 2br 2b1 condo.
Formtt model. Ip, 2
b1lconles. licht a. b11cht.
$699,995 Lori M«ltnson
11t M9-689-1n1
TMa '• • ..-"-•• retoc.te just lbttd tor
yo11< f1mily 4br 2 3/4 b•
323711 Home Sl.1!>0,000
C11t 888-4S9·2200 Aat
Hlatwlc S-te Alte Wt. o,_ Set·Sv11 1-S
2 IS Mlll1t St, Live ind
work 1n lh11 l1bulous
ntw development. min·
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PIHi. Stef1nl1 Maurer
Pl1llnum Propertl11
949-715-3156
MISCfl.lMB)US
RENTALS
Yt1rly 3b< 3ba duplu
upj141( unit. crHt loc, I atr _ apac•. laund tac,
$2800/mo Lore Vance
RHltora, 949.735 7~
w ••• ,,, ... , •• ,, ••••
canals, La p1tlo, lbr.
1 b• w/otfice + cftt1ched
lbr, lb•. car + 2 x
prkn1. 1wail 5/1 yrty
$2650/mo for both uhls
incl t4t-U0-12'0
boll dock also IWlll
Corona dtl Mir
Tiie Terrecu lmm1c:u·
l1t1 2Br P1ll0 Home 5~
Community $2000/mo
1.... (949) 7!>9·9590.
2lr 2le •· recently rehlbbed. prtl ,,_ w/1·
car .. • ii. to i-11 no
.,.. S2195m ~Uilll
lovtly 3br 2.Sb1 town
hm, fp, cerpet. pvt p•tio,
I cer spi ce. no pats
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()can front bide. pr 11111 loc w/ocn llllWI 330 Cliff,
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from the bHch, park1ne
provided. SlZOO,lmo C.11
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t4t..271-7toS
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from the beach, p1rk1n1
proviOed, Sl 200/rno C.11
Sim betwffn 9am·5pm
t49-271-7toS
IAYSIDI VIUAGE
Rtmodelld Mobile Home
281 281, appb. c11port,
porch. pool, sp1, M111n1
$1350 949 723·1200
2br lb• lriplu, ctr. C ........... 2~ Cott~. l1undrm, 1802 Cl1y St.
-'&ii •boul our move·1n K11atin Avail late June
spec:11ls Se.1breel V1llu Sl400/rno 949 223 8820 lll E lfieh St 949-548-2421
M.... Aptt I br nr lrt
sq. prrv 111d bale.,
berbe< crpt, upsltS S97!>
Klein M1mt 949-642· 1800
r.it1t c~ w• 2br
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skyhte, ded. l\/ptl I~ E
2l&t Sll4Srn ~ 7n6
21r • D .. Ol, fenced
y11d. deck. w/d, dw, Bl
Rnc. ,., s l ,495 327 E
21st SI t8-714·S45·0442
CANYON •-Sj>ec lbr 2b1, pr, p11v l1und.
$1625/mo. Nr pirk Quiet
lbr ev1ll now $800/mo,
Studio unit 1va1I S710 no
pets Henry 714-719-4425
Clue to H-1 2br 2ba
2 cu p11kine. paho.
laundy ioom . •at Sl550
949 293 4632
l'OU STaHTS 4br 2ba
2 r ar prkln&, patio,
l•unJry rm •at $1550
•ttnl 949 293 4631
lbr 2b• bayfront condo. OomestJEmpl.....!.,..
1ppro1 890sf, park1n1 "'"'""' $1595/mo. Aull now
Paul 9"9·675 8120 IAIY SITTING, fT
Ol'E NINOS S 110/WK
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2br Condo/Pr .. 11n1 1242 ll4•960·5I05
:'.'~~$~~ Employment
Rlnlal To Sbw'I I030 l•at Shi• .._ 2br 2ba l'Mln111lo 3 bedroom,
..... Is prof n\lle M8ks Qllldo Yd eek. Ip lb1lh, l ·Cll flllle. Aat
llmillr to shl<e 4br hse. zci'* clldls. P,. Aval s. i $2100/mo 949 67 3 7 800
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hont olfa ~son w/eood
comrnunicallon. people &
AIR 9\ils F ul bMefits ind
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191JSements 714-636-3296 ,...._,.,., ••• room
In lukury Townhome
newly ttmodeled Musi
Ml $750/mo 1v1U 4/30
714·321 ·2S82
f.....,lalie4, ptof ftm. ....-oom UC. W/Vlt blth
-view pool, laaazl. club, Sll50m 949-:zM.332-4
UDO ISU IAYf•o•n
ahare hous. + own room
& b1th, p11kln1 IVlll.
$1000/mo 949·2~·7326
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w/v•ulted c11l1ncs, ..,,. ,_ srril preflrrld
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RESIOENTIAl RENT A1.S
ORANGE 7400
COUNTY
4lw 2:11.. ........ new 1B1. 2·c pr 8100sf lot.
Cirpll, lresh l*'l. hutle new/PlfllVCMpel S2l50m
ywd. ~ dip, 8S2 IWlll 5/1 949·488 7653
Loma c.. Blv ~9913
Hlthfy 11we4t4 2br
Iba, condo w/ocun
views. balcony. w/d, Aat
$2800/mo 949 293 4632
0.-T_.... 2br 2 5ba,
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wrn..pvt fdn, wd th. Ip,
GE~ w/slrlltlf. ec, wd.
SZ150/mo 949 642 um lAS TIW ff :b 2.Sba fuly
Hr, 2 .. , ,...1, '"°' remod. 2 c p , Ip, wd
new carpet & p1lnl, no ~ S28X> )'fly CW8W1 ~
pets, $2400/mo nur 949675-4822a11 occ (714) 5-46 3909
MH• Ver ... Slor, 2t..,
He1111. New cerptl,
lloorine & p11nt. all
'f.'phancu. $2450/mo 7 4-567~ 562""'21 'B1l
Ye11ly• l11se 180 decree
b1y vttw, I story 3br
2.Sba 2200 sf, house
w/llu11 pvt yard. RV
access prof landsc only
$3600 pets ok 2323
Irvine Ave, cell P1l11ck
Tenore 949-856 9705 la•t Shit darhn& house
3br 2ba hdwd llr, Ip, incl
yard Cir~ rm $2500
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2525 Oeeen Blvd COM
$4900/mo 714·879 2267
Ot-frem, wh1l1 water
vttw, 3br 2b1 2 c perk,
la p1llo, w1tct1 sunset
$5500949·293 7800
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on Peninsula. Sellar wi
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MW people to ~ OU' hVl
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toe F'el'ret °' erm1ne 110 Spy ml$elona
112 "Pilay Wom11n• 11M
113 OOoee-burnpy
115 Alln
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111 Redhead'a tmt
118 JUr'Qfrau, e.g.
120 Proof WOfd
122 Crusty desserts
123 Cheap lodging
124Vacandy
128 Small ctWd
129 Lubber'• •Y9
, 30 Rock8f -Bon Jovl
131 Fastjet
132 Go on hor8eback 133 l<lutl •
135Lurch
137Coactt
139 Apple nval
140 Publsher'a glitches
142 Fly catctlef
144Charm
148 Ambition
150 "Potpie Rain" alngef
153 Up and about
155Willowy
156 Turnstiles
157 Cream puff kin
t 58 Milplaoee
159 Slfll1ef Billy -
160 Mountain CUMtl
161 Sill depocb
162 UNnOYing
163 No9&-beg bdbits
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2Moult\pert
3 Foul IUel
4Swagger
5 Coort CIOWnt
8 Mean and nasty
7Aef'uges
8Coo11'1 qty
9 Nut. .auelly
10 c.nc.I • l8l.llCh
11 Rage
12 K.n neighbor
13 Phoenlc:lan deity
14 Flower-petal oil
15 Conaldered
16 Strllce callers
17 DunOee refusal
18 Wets a fine
19 Cooceft bonUs
20 Think•'" 30 Gigantic one •
32 Vegas altefnatlve
34 NYSE rival
38 Panhandle
39 Theater part
41 WOIUhatd
42Sweepet
43 Fund-ralslng game
44 Ntle City
46 Platitude
47 Verdi'I pnooess •
49Throogs 51Newer~
53 Pedicure subject
54 Act!onable wrong
56 -ct'"99 dr899ing
59 Durocher et al.
61 Tiny 1umper
63 Cover story
64 Talce lnght'
65 Hearty kiss
67 Pipe down!
68 Melodlous
69 More succulent
70Fem saint
73 Wiich-hunt locale
75 Stared rudely
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81 SU\ . G Eledioc'I mo.
84 Power piotl6eln9
85 FolloW upon
/t6 Bl-* eye, alangily
87 Oogpatch resident
91 Work on a qull1
92. Verv, tor PlefT9
93 Oala ioc.i.
94 Ouiz..rto# ham
95 F8fber Of fletiof'I
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99 t1ang optf'I
102 Bllllona ol year.
103 T emponwy niters
104 Marioe birds
105 DiltrbQd CWdS
107 Keaton Of Sawyer
109 Psychic -Cayce
11 1 Duoommun or
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114 ~elndeef retatlve
117 Esteem
119Tacuc
121 Tnbute lf'I verwe
122 ,JoumaHat Ernie -
123 Most 14Jltry
124 Overpaaa
125 Some September
folk
126 Concede$
IV Barlted
130 Old vehlc:le
134Coerce
136 Wastlstand items.
137 Pea1M
138 Matti lenn
140 Dick Tracy's love
141 Threshokt
143 ExOCJC Island
145 Zip
146 Thk:t<en, as cream
147 House wings
149 Goo.a tonnation
. 151 -"King" Cole
152 Huth-hush org.
154 Waa YICtOfious
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