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Costa Mesa, CA (Orange Co) Daily Pilot (Cir. D 42,195) (Cir. S 42,2741 1985

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Son Diego, CA (Son Diego Co.) San Diego Union (C,, D. 21 7,324) (Cir. S. 339,788) JUN 1 ._A(lt,i 1J P. C. B rlhe University'of Sa~ Diego will '1lold a seri o ec ures this summer. The first will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on une 11 in the Dougla F. Manch~ter nter on campus q,~ James L. Empereur, esu1t and a teacher at the Jesuit School of Theol- ogy rn Herkeley, i1I d' cuss "Litur- gical Renewal: Where Are W Years Lat 1 ,, R . e 20 . er· egistration for each lecture is $5. Information may be ob- tained by calling 260-4585. ~---~--J.~

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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Kristen Cesario and Cynthia Anne Palmer 1-" >5 RotaryClub honors 2 Newport students High school seniors Kristen

ht. 1888 ~~~hers and her sister L001.a-1ffi~re,s?both of La Jolla grad: uatcd with honors from the uoh,ersi- ty_-.af San Diego last Sunday, Cecilt! wi th a master's degree in education and Lucia with a bachelor's in French. /.'.'.J

Cesari? of Corona dcl Mar and C) nth,a -\nnc Palmer of Newport Harbor were_awarded Rotary Com- mun It} Sen1cc Scholarships bv the 1 ewport Sunrise Rotary Club·at a recent breakfast me~ung. Commun1t) service awards were also presented to Kevin Fell. Carrie Lang and Kirk Romberg of Corona dd Mar and Pauline Hanson and Juhc Feldman of Newport Harbor. Scholarships and awards arc pres- ented annually to recognize volunteer service provided to the community b} the high school seniors at the two schools. San Diego graduates Two _Coast residents were among the l. I )0 students recei,·ing degrees from the University~ Diego at recent commencement e.,erciscs Russell Caine ofHuntington B~ach received the baccalaureate degree 111 busmess administration. He was the president of Sigma p 1 Fraternity

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-f ompoc youth beats long odds in following dream By Gail Steiger Lompoc Bureau LOMPO cholas Gonzales Jr will be a freshman at the Uni- vcr~ · I Sa J1ego In September, Gonzales. The complaint, filed in April , alleges that the slaying oc- curred during a robbery attempt.) After their mother's death. the five Gonzales children moved in for children from troubled homes. That helped, too Gonzales remem- bers. and he was invited to return for two addit10nal years - last year as an aide employed to help camp• ers. helping his aunt and uncle manage the extended family. "I am trying my hardest to make something of myself," Gonzales wrote. ganizations or scholarship funds - including one established in mem- ory of Steve Braun a Lompoc High graduate murdered in 1984 - and

$4,000 from PG&E, one of its two annual "special recognition" schol- arships in the state. Gonzales figures he will still be "a little short" of the approximate- ly $13,000 it will take for a year at USO. But he has faith that work this summer and work-study at San Di- ego will make the difference. The senior was accepted by Loyo- la-Marymount, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UCLA, UC Berkeley and the Air Force Academy, which he dropped when tests revealed he would be barred from pilot training because he is color blind Although the public schools would be cheaper, Gonzales visited the big campuses with their large classes and concluded he needs a small school. "Even now, the whole thing with my mother and sisters - I need to be on a personal basis with people," he said. His goals include graduate school and a career in business, possibly with some aspect of law. They also include his sisters. "Even eight years from now, my youngest sister will still be 13," he said. "I'd like to make a home and take care of my sisters." .1 L

\ 1th their uncle and aunt, Lorenzo and Moll.v Gorizales, ..,, ho have two children of their own /Lorenzo 1s Nicholas' father's brother, an,J Mol- ly is the sister of Ruby Gonzale~. J ' We 're very close,' Gonzales said of the family Such a large family, however, means little money for college. Gonzales remembers being so de- pres~ed last September that he "was lust' until school counselor Phyllis Weaver descriped opportu- nities he could seek . ·'Nick's very special,.. Mrs. Wt>aver satd, speaking of his • ·trong desire to be successful, in- telligence. warm, friendly personal- ity - and great leadership skills. People lrke to follow Nick." He had fought long odds before to wm suc(;ess as a student and ath- lete. Thi time he "put in an awful lot of effort' in the dozens of essays and applications needed to achieve his college goal , !\,frs. Weaver said. Principal Bob Paisola singled out Gonzales and classmate Vondella Lammons. who received Sil' schol- arships, from the 300-member class of 1985 He awarded them the Prin-

fulf1lhng ·1 !,mg-held dream with the airl of a doz n SC'hnlarsh1p gr2nts I ike counttess other high school mvr the 17 vear-o\d 1s reh~hing the pro pc ·t of Cl)Jlege hfc to come \ et he till mourn~ his slain mother \\ho funeral wa Ju t ov'!r a year ago I ·uffered the worst tr.igcdy in mv hfe thu~ far," Gonzales wrot 111 a cholar hip application last fall "l)n ~la} l!l 1984. mv mother was murd!:red a my four younger sL- ters, ages , 13 9, 6 ,,nd 4 watched God h put me through a great le t, b t I hav managed to . ur Vi\C (iunza.e recen•lv rccalled how he returned to the frame home on South '1 Street to fmu hf' bullet rirldled bo

Presenters at a recent awards night - when 60 seniors were given over $100,000 in scholarships plus other honors - noted that he has done so already. Gonzales has a 3.7 grade point average. has been senior class pres- ident and has been active in student government and an assortment of clubs. He's earned varsity letters in track and cross country, played football as a freshman and sopho- more, and was the 1983 Northern League wrestling champion (second in 1984) at 112 pounds, earning third place in CIF Southern Section 4-A. He's also worked, at the camp where he hopes to return this sum- mer; for S.D.C., a Burroughs Corp. equipment firm at Vandenberg Air Force Base; and now at Nardonne's Pizza. "He's just a super-achieving ktd who deserves everything he can get. He's overcome a lot of adversity," noted a spokesman for the Rotary Club. It picked Gonzales for its $500 award. There also were grants from the state, the Catholic university he will attend, nine other community or-