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Rancho Santa Fe, CA (San Diego Co.) Rancho Santa Fe Times (Cir. W. 500)

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Jlll~n • P. c. B t 888 Manchester Center at USO t9 be dedicated W.4 million Douglas F. Manchester Executive Con- ference Cen,er at the University ,of §an Diego will be dedicated Sunday. The conference center is named after La Jollan Manchester founder of Torrey Enterprise~ and USD's youngest trustee, who donated the first $500,000 to fund the center, according to USD spokeswoman Sara Finn. The 15,658 square-foot center contains a 226-5cat auditorium two classrooms, three semina; rooms, offices and a board of trustees room, Finn said. The design is 17th century Spanish Renaissance, matching the rest of the campus, Finn said. Located on the west end of the campus, the conference center will be used primarily by Conti- nuing Education, which is directed by La Jollan Malachi Rafferty, Finn said. The conference center was paid for entirely with private money Finn said. Other La Jollans mak: ing donations were Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Alessio, Joan B. Kroc, the William K. Warren Founda- tion, Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Woltman and lhe Signal Com- panies, said Finn. She said other individuals and corporations also made donations. The 3 p.m. dedication ceremony will feature Man- chester's 2-year-old daughter Ann Marie cutting the ribbon the Marine Corps Recruit Depo~ Band, the USD chorus ana the traditional presentation of a sym- bolic key to the buildrng to the USO Board of Trustees accor- ding to a news release. ' Speakers at the dedication will be Dr. Ruben F. Mettler, chair- man of the board of TRW, Inc.; Author E. Hughes, USD presi- dent; Bishop Leo T. Maher, chai rman of the USO Board of Trustees , and Manchester. "The Manchester Conference Center Symbolizes the link bet- ween the university and the com- munity. It will serve as the setting for top-level conferences and many of the university's com- munity service programs " says the news release. ' · I.a

:;; ~5. ~rac ful queen will give up her crow 11 Olivia DeCastro Austria steps down in ceremonies on Sunday By ORTO

•o former city offi . former City Clerk Stephanie Malkiewicz, and former Del Mar Days coordinator Bet ·y Milich. are employed by J. David. Malkiewicz is in- volved with the firm' legal department and rnich is in community relations. M1trovich, J. David's community affairs ·pokesman, resigned from the firm Feb. 10. He has reportedly moved from the spa- cious Ninth Street home owned by Hoover and Dominelli, and is i ing elsewhere. Mit- rov ic h could not be reached for comment. l)omm Ill and Hoov-

While the finalrflal woes of Rancho Santa Fe resident J David "Jerry" Dominelli's in- vestment firm are send- ing shock waves through San Diego, Del iar _ a city with close tiestoJ. David-is also feeling the impact. The most visible effect may be the sud- den financial troubles of Vittorio's, tne popu- lar Camino del Mar res- taurant owned by seven partners. The partners include former Del Mar Mayor • ancy Hoover. a J bav1cl partner and clo ·e personal and pro essional associate of pominelli, and Del Mar esident George Mitro- vic h, former J. David ommuni y affair spokesman.

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Besides the •~Faire~ the Fjlir..'..'....All~ria put in guest ap- pearances al several other San Diego pageants and par- ticipated in the Pacific Beach Christmas Day parade, the Mira Mesa Blvd. extension opening, inaugu ration ceremonies of the Mira Mesa DART service, the Mira Mesa Fourth of July parade, Los Penasquitos Canyon Awareness Day and the Seventh annual Hookbill Hob- byists Parrot and aw how at the Mira Mesa Mall. " e is th Olivia has been really wonderful about malting herself available to the community," said mall promotion director Susan Mat- tern. "No matter what or where we asked of her, she was always eager and happy to help." That effort is espectally noteworthy con- sidering that she's now in what she calls her "hectic senior year" at USD and holds down two jobs to support her educa- tion. Upon gradu~ from USQ, she hopes to go into com- puter programming. Despite it all, Austria said she'd be eager to go through it all again at anytime. She ad- mits she hasn't run across any pageants that strike her fancy of late but she still has several years left to qualify. The age limit is usually about 25 or 26, she said. "The most memorable thing about the whole experience, of course, is being crowned," she laughed. "I mean the thrill of. the exact moment of being crowned. My dad was as sur- prised as I was. I tried to get onation ceremony because the father of the winner is suppos- ed to escort her on stage for the traditional crowning. But he wouldn't wear one. "But he was as deliriously happy and proud as I wast said Austria. "He had tears m his eyes." --.....___ him to wear a suit to the cor- •

promising my elf to kill him, he's embarrassing me so. "I was numb," recalled the USD student. "After being crowned, I was supposed to walk around. I could hardly control my legs. On the way back to the stage , I tripped and the crown fell off. r was afraid I'd broken it. I didn't care how it all looked or if the audience was laughing a t me. I was in tears of ecstasy." Be ides icholson and Schlemmer, Austria credits· her aunt, Josefina Ron, as be- ing instrument in her suc- cess. Her aunt, that is, and 16-year-old Marlon. "He's my toughest critic," said Olivia, "and would tell me I was fat and should go on a diet." The diet was probably the toughest part of her prepara- tion, she said. Eating is a kind of hobby, she said. "I like to eat. Besides, I didn't think I was that fat." She said her aunt was fully behind the whole pageant idea from the start. She had been crowned queen herself in the Philippines a few years back and was more excited than Olivia. She took control of the girl's whole Miss Mira Mesa schedule: Keeping her calm, helping her to control the spasms of stage fright, dieting and shaping her self confidence. Austria says that she didn't really get her self confidence entirely together until the May "Fairest of the Fair" in El Ca- jon. She admits to doing "all ri . _~" in tha~ _competitio~ b;1t stIJJ wasn ·t aaeqµatety preapred because it's so much larger than the Mira. Mesa pageant. One interesting part about the El Cajon competition is how close you become with the o~er ~ls in the pageant, she ~ d. Its .as il you•r~ s isters, you ',e working tog ether that closely. Sometimes it's if you're not reall~ competing a t all... until the night of the judging "when you're all nerv()(ij; and scared to death together." ' _)

There' noUung personal. you und rstand, but Olivia DeCa!:itro ustria would have just as oon en the month of 1''ebruary go right on by. ' Olivia is the reigning Mi Mir Mesa and doe n't . pecially r lish having to sur- r nd r the crown Sunday when thi year' queen is crowned in th pag ant at Mira Mesa High '·hool. "It was funny how I became involved." explained the soft- ·pokcn. dark-ha.ired Filipino American. "I had gone to John Nicholson's newly opened Maranatha Photography tudio to h ve a portrait done. I had been out of hool since 1980 and hadn't had one ince I wa · a nior at Mira Me High &:hool." It was then that Nicholson a ked her if she'd be interested in entering the pageant with the studio as her sponsor. Austria said at that time she wasn't all that anxious "becau most of the other girls involved were still in high school." She, in turn, was a junior at USO and had been out of high school for three years. "I thought I was really old," she laughed. She thanked Nicholson for the offer and told him she "was really flattered" but "no, I didn't think so." But Nich olson and Darlene Schlemmer, pageant coor- . ator and member of the · a Mesa J ·or Women's Club, persisted and Austria finally agreed , Olivia wa n't all that confi- dent about her chances. "I had a solutely no idea that I'd win. It came a real surprise when they called me up to be crowned," she saig., , Shocked would have beeJJ a more accurate description. · "There was this total silence as we all waited for the pageant winner to be announc- ed," recalled Austria. "Then, I heard my brother, Marlon, call my name. I remember

an internationally acclaimed group of triathletes, Team J . David, and made hd'ty contributions to a num- cr have made numer- ber of political candi- ou contributions to dates, including San civic activities in Del Die o Mayor Roger Mar and maintain many Hedg c i •k, a former close personal and pro- Del Mai dty al1orney. fessional contacts in ~--~~~~~- c._-" the city.

Although rumors sur- l'aced last week that ittorio's would be shutting down, Del Mar attorney Carlo Coppo. another partner in the restaurant, said Friday the rumors are false. •Coppo said attempts are currently being made to restructure the ownership of the res- taurant and find new partners. But he added, "ll would be untrue to say the restaurant i!' closing." The restaurant. vhich has been closed for a month for remod eling and was sche• du led to open Saturday. will now re-open at a la- (er date, he said. Last Monday, J. David & Co. was slapped with a lawsuit by a group of investors in an attempt to force the La Jolla- based firm into bank- ruptcy. The action ~eeks the liquidation of he assets of Domine! and his foreign ex- change and investment group. The FBI is also dis- cussing possible inves- tigations into alleged criminal complaints. A number of key J. David employees have strong ties to the city and many are current or former Del Mar resi- dents. ~-~- TIMES-ADVOCATE FEB 2 2 1984

In addition to serving as a councilwoman for eight ears, Hoover w s a member of the Del Mar Foundation, the city fund-raising arm which sponsors Del Mar Days, the Seagrove Park summer concerts and other community events. Dominelli and Hoo\• the initial

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Costa Mesa, CA (Orange Co.) Dally Pilot Street Sales Edition (Cir. D. 42,195)

T~omas E. Polakiewicz of Jones, Hatfield and Penfield, E~condid~, ~as elected treasurer of the ~a: flumm Assoc1atJon, University of San Diego c oo of Law, at a recent association meeting. .,,,--

FEB 18 1984 .JI.lien's P. C. B. hr I 888 UCJteam- dvances in tourney z.crs< TIie doubles team of Bruce Man Son Hing and Ken Derr were the lone UC Irvine survivors Friday mthe San Diego lnlercollegiate Tennis Tour- nament at the University of San Diego. -- Man Son Hing and Derr rallied to defeat a team from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3. In singles. Man Son Hing, Derr and Stephen An iston were beaten after each had won the first set of their matches, wh1k 'lei! Amor and Steve Rockowit, also fell 111 doubles after laking a one-set advantage. Meanwhile, 111 Tucson. .\nz., the l.J( I women were beaten b) Okla- homa Slate in the serond da\ of the University of \nwna lnvi1ati onal in Tucson, 7-2 as Lola Trem\llh and Colken Patton registered the lone Anteater victories 111 srnglcs. UCI , now 7-5 overall , 1s gunning for fourth place 111 the C\en1 with another s111gles malch on iap today In commumly college action , Or- ange Coast l ollegc opened ils season wnh a 5' i-3' i victory over LA Pierce. Jefffa"ng, a product ofCorona dcl Mar High, won m smglcs and teamed with Mike Bonfa in doubles for a \'ICIOI)

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D~ocrats ~'S'S Members of La Jolla Democratic Club will hear former judge Bob Simmons at a meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in th_e Cooking School, La Jolla Village Square. Simmons is a professor of law at the University of_San D1~, running for con- gressman for the 41st District.

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tist' a~ exhibition that in- c_l ud,es visual expression of ar- tists protest and social com- ment from the 17th to the 20 th century' will be on display at the Founders Galle Y through March 27. 2_91?-

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Olivio Decastro Austria always had a friend- ly wave and a big smile for her fans during

her reign as Miss Miro Mesa. She gives up the crown at Sunday night's pageant.