News Scrapbook 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 7,415)

Anaheim, CA (Orange Co.) Anaheim Bulletln (Cir. D. 14,405)

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p_ c. a , ., 1888 ~ounty LawLibrarians ~75? Get The Weirdest Queries County law librarians handle some of the oddest requests. Here's a sample: • If my attorney dies does that mean that my will's no good? • Does a paralegal hypnotize people? • Is euthanasia an injection or a pill? • Is there a law agamst bemg under a bridge? • How do I get a common law divorce? "I always write a nice thank you letter, especially to those out of town attorneys," says Werner. • * * Noteworthy: You won't want to miss the Jan. 14 luncheon of the County Bar's Workers' Compensa- tion Section. Quoting from the second paragraph of its flier: "Our first speaker will be Dr. Mark Slonim, who will speak on the topics of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and

Mutilation 1s more o a concern. Rather than pay 10 cents to use the copying machines, people will remove pages and try to walk out by beating the alarm system. "It's the binder that's magnetized," says Werner. "Pocket parts have disappeared." People have been caught and sometimes they say rather cavalierly, "Oh, I didn't get by with it." Financial woes aren't nearly as bad today as they were two years ago. "There are a pretty good number of gifts," says Werner, which help supplement the reve- nue that comes out of civil filing fees. Then there's a practice which has been going on for three or four years, according to Werner. In lieu of contempt for, Jet's say, being late for a court appearance or not showing up at all, an attorney is given the option of making a library donation. Usually it's be- tween $50 and $100, sometimes $150. Many of the attorneys who make those donations are from out of town, particularly Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Dally Transcript (Cir. 0. 7,415)

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Ramona Schnelder of Tustin was recently elected the 1986 chairman of the Mental Health Advisory Board. Last year, Ramona served as the board's vice chairman. Other North Orange County residents on the 17-member board include Beverly Cun- ningham of Orange, Eileen MIiier of Placentia, Dick Rich- ards of Anaheim, and carolyne Rutlldge of Garden Grove. All are in the midst of three-year terms. Orange County Superior Court Judge James A. Jackman of Orange, however, is just beginning his three-year term after being elected to the board last month. The board serves as a liason between the commu- nity, the Department of Men- tw_ Bea)tb in the Orange County Heal th Care Agency, and the county Board of Su- pervisors. Women honored recently for 30 years of service to the Woman's Civic Club of Gar- den Grove are Ann Clark, Lois Garinger, Betty Glenn, Mary James, Dorothy Lockwood, Jessica Murrow and Helen O'Mohundro. Several other women were honored for 25 years of ser- vice to the 65-year-old club. Della Arcuri, Thelma Benoit, Rachael Capps, Mary carpentierl, Pat Cresap, Nell Farrow, Carol Heydlauff, Mar- garet Lennon, Alberta Mandie, Dorris Motschman, Dee O'Reilly and Kay Roberts. Recognized for 20 years of service are current president Lilia Arthur, Maureen Atkins, June Cosmos, Julia Dovey, Mimi Edgar, Harriet Erickson, Lois Grose, Margaret Henry, Aileen Hodgson, Edith Honold, Sophia Livingston, Annelles Romagnlno, Bettie Shaw, Mar- guerite Smith, Rosemarie Smith, Sarah Talbot and Ruth Whitson Bill Pate Continued from page 1 Y.5tt:;' of the state Bar and a founding member of the Lawyers Club, a feminist professional organization. Like many superwomen these days, Chr s also comes home and cooks dir ner for their sons many evenings. Bill says he helps out with the cooking occasionalJy but admits his knowledge of cuisine barely surpasses spaghetti dinners. Pate actually followed his wife into the law profession. While she was attending the ~y of San Diego Law School, he was att'endmg night school there while finishing his tour of duty at Camp Pendleton. "Chris and I would see each other for sandwiches and that was about it," Pate recalls . Pate says he and Chris, who specializes in family law and estate planning, now work in the same office building but seldom actually work together on a pro- ject because of their separate specialities. Being members of the same firm can have its advantages, though, especially when it comes to handling parental responsibilities. "The office is very used to see- ing us storm out the door together at 4: 15 to catch the kids' Little Leagu'! games," laughs Pate. (Their sons range in age fro,n 7 to 16.) I ')... I

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Cityside Cal ~iJe~~;erton music professor M'lou Dletzer of Santa Ana gave a lecture-re- cital on the piano music of Chopin at Cypress, Rancho Santiago and El Camino col- leges. She also performed for the Music Teachers' Associa tion of California in Laguna Hills and Lakewood. CSF communicationr pro- fessor Carolyn Johnson of Pla- centia was selected by the International Federation of University Women's board of directors as a voting delegate to the group's 1986 convention in New Zealand. Anaheim Chamber of Com- merce office manager Fran Morgan celebrated her birth- day on Dec. 7. It's not hard to remember Fran's birthday if you can remember Pearl Har- bor. The chamber staft sur- prised manager Allan Hughes with a rather unique Christ- mas present. It was a litho- graph of the Skyfcst poster used in connection with the launching of a million bal- loons on Dec. S to mark Walt Disney's birthday and Disneyland's 30th year of op- eration. For the first time in some five years, JoAnn and Buford Barnett of Anaheim had their four grown children home for Christmas. They celebrated Christmas on Dec. 27 because daughter Susan Bar tt of Oxnard had to work Christmas Day as a California Highway Patrol of- ficer, said JoAnn, who works as an Anaheim Union High School District trustee. Susan has been with the CHP for a year. Their other daughter Marga- ret Barnett, also of Oxnard, is a junior high school reading teacher. Kathleen Barnett has one semester to complete her law degree at the University of ~Diego. And son Brian Barnett'onrnaheim is a stu- dent and works at Disney- land.

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* * UCAN directors have ap- pointed ~l%1j;" for three hoard mr 1~:l~o'resigned this fall. ppomted are: USO lliw pro• fp or Robo:rt L. Simmons; Frank Dl>mson, a Leucadia attorney pec10lmng in non-profit agencies; and Wayne Kohagen, a retired Marine officer active m La Me a community affairs. Simmon, and Kohag n will complete the re-

LawBriefs by Martin Kruming

• If I have a dog for 30 days can I cep 1t? • How long do you have to live together before palimony starts? One persou wanted all cases re- lating to people who died in bed dur to sexual intercourse; and anc,thtr needed to know about ser- vice outside San Diego because he wanted to sue the Pope and an archbishop. Perhaps one of the strangest questions came from a prisoner us- ing the direct line at the county Jail's library: Seems this fellow was making a citizen's arrest and was in the pro- cess of hauling him to the police department. Before he got to the station the caller decided lo mete out his own punishment by having the man head home stark naked. The caller was arrested for kid- nappmg. His question? What's the definition ofcitizen's arrest? Jim Werner, who's been library director since 1972, certainly doesn't have the problems that beset the main city library on E Street, especially with transients. But he's not immune either. About six months ago a rule went into effect that if three people complain about a smelly user, he can be ordered out. "It's only happened once," says Werner, "but it worked." Since then Werner has seen the person on the street and mentioned that if there's another complaint about smells the marshal will be called. Slet-ping al the tables or in the stacks is out. "We don't allow people to sleep," says Werner. "They have to use the books." Since there 1s a $50 deposit re- quired to open an account, fines aren't much of a problem. Stolen books aren't either, ex- cept about three years ago when "lots of legal history books" were disappearing.

Ergonomics (whatever that is!) as they relate to workers' compensa- tion matters." There's also a choice of chicken salad or tortellonj, which the flier does explain as pasta stuffed with cheese and topped with basil cream sauce. * * * More worthy notes: On Feb. 3 the U.S. Bicentennial Commission will hold an open session at 1 p.m. in USD's Camino Theater. The foll;;;fng judges will serve this year as judges of the Appellate Department of the Superior Court: Thomas Duffy, Presiding, Ben Hamrick, Barbara Gamer and Gilbert Nares. Jane Alshuler has joined the Escondido law offices of Garth Reid. The Bar Foundation is $2,025 richer because of the 10-k race held during last year's State Bar Con- vention in San Diego. The State Bar is offering a short, fill-in-the-blanks will for $1. Law firms, banks, financial planners, charities and other businesses and institutions may purchase bulk orders at rates of $15 for 25 copies and $50 for 100. In November the San Diego Crime Victims Fund gave $3,153.57 to victims. Crimes in- cluded seven purse snatchings, five robberies, two molestations, one ssault, one burglary and one hit- and-run accident. * * * TV WATCH: Harvey Levine will talk about bad faith insurance litigation during Channel 5l's At the Bar program this Sunday at 8:30a.m. /

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Profile d-"~ 7 { Bill Pate: lawyer, school board member and father of four by Gayle Grimes physical improvements at a lawyer, his position on

of the credit for running the family and house, while at the same time maintaining her own career. Besides her wifely duties, Chris gets just as involved as her hus- band in professional organiza- tions. Both husband and wife have served on Bar Association committees and boards. Chris is currently on the board of direc- tors of the County Bar Associa- _tion, on the executive committee Continued \ page IO

the school board and his duties as a member of the Rotary Club and father of four sons can be difficult. "I have very little free time anymore," says Pate. "The days of being able to sit down and pick up a book are few and far between." But he's quick to point out that his wife Chris, a lawyer in the same firm (Jennings, Engstand & Henrikson) should receive much

ing in more teachers who can help students keep up with with to- day's high-tech society through quality math and science courses. As vice president of the school board, he'lJ also be in on the planning of the new elementary school, would like to see an in- crease in the academic at- mosphere and discipline at the middle school and will be study- ing the possibility of an adjusted school-year. . Juggling his responsibilities as

the schools. Pate cans redevelopment "one of the most exciting pro- jects" he's worked on since he's been a board member. "I'd like to think I've done my duty," laughs Pate. "That (redevelopment) wilJ be an im- petus for me to stay on though." Pate looks forward to tackling educational issues facing the school board next year, including an attempt to increase pay levels for incoming teachers and to br-

President of the board for three or four of those nine years, Pate, 42, is now serving as vice president of the board this year. Even though it's apparent his in- terest in educational issues hasn't waned, he says he hasn't decided yet whether he'll run again in June when his term ell.ds. He admits though he wouldn't want to be left out next year while the board continues planning how to spend redevelopment funds the district will receive for

School board vice president and civil trial lawyer, William Pate, relaxes on the couch in his large home on Glorietta Boulevard while he discusses the issues facing the Coronado Unified School District next year. A member of the school board for the past nine years, Pate has immersed himself in the problems facing the Sl 0 .ool district since he fir t was elected to a position in 1977.

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