News Scrapbook 1988

Sac ramento, CA (Sacramento Co.) Recorder (Cir. 5xW. 587)

San Diego, CA ( San Diego Co.I Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 10,0001 OCT 2 6 1988

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It is unclear at this IJ?int what will happen next The Franchise Tax Board had voluntarily agreed to delay printing of next year's tax forms until after the Nov. 8 election. But one news source says several other legislators also have filed lawsuits seeking to support their views of The state Supreme Court eventually may have to unravel the issues, the news the two initiatives.

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volunteering for the Domestic Vio- lence Prevention Program will staff a small room in the family court -erv1c ·s building adjacent to uperior courthouse where women can go for advice and help m fillmg out the initial TRO forms. A femini. t professional organi- zation who.· m mbership includes both men and women, the Lawyers Club 18 particularly enthusiastic aboul thi pro bono program be· cau e of its focus on a problem af- fecting women and families, said Maria T. Arroyo-Tabin, head of the Lawyers Club pro bono committee. The Domestic Violence Preven- tlon P ro•"ct i also a perfect proJect for the Volunteer Lawyer Project bccau. e poor women are one of the ...,.0up most in need of legal help, the ,, Poirot also hop"" the proiect will snag lawyers who are interested in pro bono work, but don't have the time to take on full blown cases. Domestic violence prevention vol- unleers will attend a brief training session and then need only volun- t "or two hours a month m the pro• ,~ , More• than 3,000 women file TRO ,pphc t10ns at Superior Court do" ntown each year, but Lawyers Club member Helen Rowe said that number "underrepresents woefully" the actual number of women who gwe up their efforts after an initial trip to the court- a or don't even try to get a TRO becau.e they don't know how hou " lo ·tart th e proce · · Elly Newman, coordinator of " YWCA Battered Women's Services. is enthusiastic about the new prOi,'Tam, which she said will help m.iny women start to break the cycle of violence and v1climiza- twn "The need has been very evi dent for the I.1st 10 or 11 years," The program will take some of the pre ·ure off Battered Women's Services, which would rather focus on social and psyc o og1ca services for the , women and their child- h 1 . l . The YW A 8t· s a hotl ne, a 24-bed ijhelter, and offers ~upport groups and counseling. It has asked the San Diego Bar Assa- riation for $3,500 to support a part time re80urce aide to help bat- tered women at the courthouse as - our The Center for Women 's Studies nd Services, a feminist social ser- •· llccordlng to Poirot. 11..,.,_ ject office, he said le"al support services at the sh<' a1d ren, she · 1d. C afT 24 h part of the legal proJect.

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the surface" of the problem. "The legal aspects of it are juS t one part of the wh?le picture," he said. "We're trymg to pull all th e ser- recurring problem, Poirot legal intervention is a firS t st ep in halting the cycle, which affects women of all income levels and ages. According to figures compiled by the Women's Resource Center, 70 percent of all assault cases m- said The San Diego Police Depart- ment recorded 3,231 repo s o O· rt f d months of 1988, a 22 percent in- crease over the first half of 1987, according to the San Diego Associ- program will help the non-profit agency attract more volunteers to take on family law cases once they get involved in the domestic vio- lence program. Pro bono attorneys Judges, Yavendilti and Poirot said, because the judges know how des- peratc the need is after seeing so many women coming into court without legal counsel. Judges tend to be more patient a nd helpful, be- cause "they want people to help. It's better for the courts and better for ju st ice,.. Poirot said. Although 850 attorneys have agreed to dohate their expertise O the Volunteer Lawyer ogram helping indigent San Diego res1- dents, few of those come from the c1ty·s largest firms. Poirot's recent focus on recruiting the heavy hitter · · t Pr by the Volunteer Lawyer Program since its inception five years ago has shown some initial results. The pro bono program sponsored by Legal Aid Society, University o San Diego Law Center ana'San Dieglf"Coiinty Bar Associat10n as recruited 50 new volunteers int e f - • h h "The numbers ar~ just part of it," said Poirot. Partners at the larger firms are meeting and de• vcloping policies on pro bono work by the associates. he said. "I'm op- timistic. I think there's a growing awareness in the (legal) communi- ,, vices together Because domestic violence is a volvebpouses. I d · th fi st six e tr mestic vio ence urmg ation of Governments. Yavenditti predicted the new are respected and assisted by law firms - the first undertaken last month .

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ASANT OF EL SALVADOR" Two actors c arac ers in a s ory of ow one farmer and 1s am, y struggle to maintain their way of life amid the recent turbulent events in El Salvador Presented at 7 p.rr. on Thursday Oct. 27, 1n Cam no Theatr.13 at USD. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door For ticket information, call Judy Rauner at 260-4798 Fo! ~m..QW information call John Nunes at 260-4682. «1~ ___,.- "THE ODD COUPLE" The rewrite of ttie Neil Sim'5"n comedy, wi th women in th e lead roles of the dueling thrni 1nh f\lrn, ?0....At Th,::i, P~I n RJ&:1vhoi rc;e t 16 h t · t rea e h f I rl1 ll"'I ,1 ,n n

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College Roundup ve,rsity of San Diego (9·7-1. 1-3-1) in a West Coast l\uileuc ConferenC'e match. VOLLEYBALL: San Jose State (19-6, 7-3) was upset 15-13, 15-2, 10-15, 15-12 hy UC-Santa Barbara (12-12, 5-7) in a Big West Confer- ence match in Goleta. Kim Hicks had 13 kills for the Spartans. and freshman Leslie Page had 10 kills and four blocks. In Pullman, Wash., second- ranked Stanford (19-1, 11-1) rolled to a 15-13, 15-9, 15-12 victory over Washington State (18-13, 2-9) in a PacifiC' 10 Conference match. At Toso Pavilion, Santa Clara (14-10, 7-1) won 11-15, 15-5. 15-11, 13-15, 15-11 over Loyola Mary-

lynn Hartsch and Katie Hunsaker had 14 kills each. TENNIS: Three Stanford players -: second-seeded Tami Whitlinger, Lisa Green and Sandra Birch reached the semifinals of the wom- en's _All·_Ameri~an Tennis Champi• onsh1ps m Pac1f1c Palisades. Tami Whitlinger and Teri Whi- tlinger advanced to the semifinals in doubl~, where they are the top seeds. WOMEN'S SOCCER: Wendy Jo- hanson posted her ninth hutout as Santa Clara (11-6-1) defeated UC- Irvine 4-0 in a non-conference match in Santa Barbara Jenni Sy- mons had two goals for the Bron cos. The Anteaters are 4-12-1.

San Jose State's r urst was the individual lea der and the Spar- tans shared the team lead after the opening round of the Stanford Invi talional worn n's golf tom nament Friday at the Stanford cour'Se. Hurst shot a 2-under par 71 for a one-shot lead over Southern Cal's Kim Cathrein, who led the Trojans to a share of th team 1 ad with SJS at 301 Among four pla y rs in third place at 73 was San Jo~ State's Denise Philbrick. Host Stanfo d was in ninth place among the 21 participating teams. The tourn m nt continu(.'s today and Sunday. MEN'S SOCCER: Steve Robert• son scored the gam w..nrmg goal with 7 minutes, 11 ~onds remam• ing to giv Sar t Clara (11 2-4,

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