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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840) APR 15 1988

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By Lorie Hearn Slaff Writer -; The national debate over the poli- tics of judging judges came to life in San Diego yesterday as hundreds of high school students listened to the experts do some Monday morning quarterbacking over Robert H. Bork, Douglas M. Ginsburg and the historic 1986 election defeat of three state Su- preme Court justices. Among the experts at the UCSD symposium were three people in po- sitions to know about how politics are injected into the judiciary: a re- tired California Supreme Court jus- tice, a judge sitting on the Court of Appeal and a candidate for Munici- pal Court. Predictably, their opinions con- flicted - and when pressed, retired Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Ricbarison, appointed bv former 1

Jin, who is a Municipal Court candi- date in the June election, summed up her opposition to Bork simply: "I am black and I am a woman." And although she said Ginsburg's past use of marijuana could raise a moral question, Franklin said she not believe it "would have interfered with his ability to interpret the Con- stitution." Sheldon Krantz dean of th~ vers o an iego law school, and dlffense attorney Alex Landon indi• cated that Ginsburg's use of marijua- na should not alone have disqualified him. Krantz and Landon also indicated they were disturbed with the role politics played in the confirmation and retention processes, a subject to be discussed by Richardson and for- mer state Supreme Court Justice Jo- seph Grodin 1t UCSD tonight at 8 7

Supreme Court, did not talk about a need for changing the system. "It is a political process, and I think that has to be accepted from the outset," she said, expressing con- fidence in the public's ability to choose and in the prospect that the recent furors over judicial candi- dates are unusual. Benke wouldn't criticize the Sen- ate's rejection of Bork for a U.S. Su- preme Court seat. It was clear, she said, that "he was totally out of step with current jurisprudence." Of Ginsburg, who withdrew his name for the same seat after his use of marijuana was publicized, she said: "We should not have a person on that court who has admitted - mvoluntarily - that he bas violated the law." Confining her comments to the na- tional scene, attorney Mary Frank-

Gov. Ronald Reagan, declined to ex- press his views about the state Su- preme Court election or the nomina- tions of Bork and Ginsburg to the U.S. Supreme Court. In an interview after the panel dis- cussion, however, Richardson said that generally he did not believe state high court justices should be subjected to frequent retention elec- tions, and that he worried about the ethical dilemma of judges who must raise funds to fight well-financed op- position. "I can say I feel the people ... have the right to do what they did" in the 1986 judicial election, Richardson said, adding the qualifier: "Leave it to the people to decide whether what they did was right." Patricia Benke, a justice of 4th District Court of Appeal who was considered for a place on the state

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meets on Mesa Rim Road m Mira esa • Tl Church of the Good Samari- tan will hol a parking lot sale from 7·30 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Saturday Proceeds will go to the building fund. • Tom Johnson of the West Valle) church of Religious Science wil present a class on healing througl spiritual mmd treatment from 7 to I .m. Thur day at the $an Dieg Church of Religious Science o Georgia Street. Call 291-6132 for i formation. South Bi hop Robert Miller will preac at the 9 a.rn. worship service tomo1 row at Victory Lutheran Churcl which will be officially received mt Pacifica Synod of the Evangelica1 Lutheran Church m Arn lea by the ishop. 'I'he 120 member m congre- gation meets at Bonit \ !Sta Senior High School at Olay I Road and HStreet ID Chula Vista and the Rev. Larry Rehlander is the p tor. A festival will follo th service and a noon poUuck ii: be held at El Rancho del Rey Park The Pacifica Synod IS one of 65 synod in the 5.3 million-member ELCA. the largest Lutheran body m the United States. East First United Methodist Church of El Cajon will present the cantata "Living Witnesses" at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow at the church • Christian dramatist C lon- inger will perform at the 9·30 a.m. service tomorrow for Community Covenant Church. He also will dlS· cuss the role of drama ID worship at the followmg Sunday School hour. The congregation meets in the Sev- enth-day Adventist Church on Lake Jennings Park Road, Lake ide. • Lemon Grove Umted Methodist Church women will hold a rummage sale at 8 a.m. today in the church fellowship hall. North He has been at Rancho Bernardo since last year as a supply pastor to fill a vacancy. He is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary and earned a doctorate of ministry and master of divinity at San Francisco Theologi- Garvin spent more than three years with the Hoopa Indians and 10 years at Pasadena Presbyterian Church before coming to Rancho The church's children's choir will present a musical, ''We Like Sheep," at 4 p.m. tomorrow. A reception will • St Peter's Episcopal Church will be selling hundreds of books the retiring rector's library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the church in Del Mar. Proceeds will benefit the Fawcett Library. • The Rev. Jim Nisbet will lead a day of renewal at St. James Parish in Solana Beach from 9a.m. to 4:30 p.m. next Saturday. Call 459-3255 for in- Bernardo. follow. from cal Seminary. The Rev G. Woodin Garv·n has ac- rnaroo Commumty Church,

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Rabbi David Sap rstein Temple's guest scholar .m rvice tomorrow for n y newborn babies in a group baby shower. The gifts will be distributed through the Clairemont Christian Service Agency. • A m1Dar on lead1Dg evangeh • tic home Bible studies will be led by Billie Hanks Jr next weekend at First Baptist Church, Pacific Beach. He will speak at 7 p.m. Friday and at 9 a.m next Saturday. The program 1s ponsored by the San Diego Southern Baptist ASSOC1ation • Organist Janice Stewart will give a recital at 4 p.m. tomorrow at La Jolla Pr byterian Church where he has been associate orgamst for even years. Her program will in- luJ works of Vierne, Bach Saint- Saens, Dupre, Tournemire and Messi- aen • The Chancel Choir of Pioneer United Church of Christ will present Schubert's "Mass 10 G" at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at the church. • The Lutheran Express,on of Marriage Encounter has openings for the "ee end session of May 13 to 15. Marned couples of any faith or non- church members are welcome to at- tend. Call Ron or Emily Hubbard at 270-4975 for information • College Avenue Baptist Church will present "A Family Affair," with J. Allan Petersen, author and speak- er on marriage and family matters, April 24 to 26. Call the church or • Linda Hills, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Umon will lead a discussion titled "A Necessary Medicine· The ACLU's Purpose, Policies, History and Fu- ture' at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at First Unitarian Church's Bard Hall. A re- • The Stauffer Wind Quintet will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the First Unitarian Church Meet- • Tamar Frankie!, professor in the Department of Religious Studies at UC Berkeley, will give a talk ti- tied "Who Reads the Bible?" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in SDSU's Hepner Hall, Room 221. The lecture is pon- sored by the Lipinsky Institute for ception will follow ing House. • San Diego Church of the Inner Light will observe its third anniver- sary at 9 and 11 a.m. services tornor- row with the Rev. Mike Graham-Al- corn, founding minister The church worship hour Judaic Studies.

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singles matches, and Dave Ste".'la~-t and Scott Patridge teamed to wm m doubles. The Toreros are 15-11. UCSD tenni• Hunter Gallaway defeated Gordon Hammond 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles as the sixth-rank~? Tritons beat Brigham Young-liawan, 5-4, in Honolulu. Bob Hampton beat Sig Huber 6-2, 6-3 in No. 2 singles. Hammond and Hampton beat Gallaway and Huber

division. Jose Palos, at 1:32:57, and Lila Steinberg. at 1.52:43, were the winners in the 60-and-over division. Jennifer Larking bea.TICl'isllKern 6-4, 7-5 to win at No. 1 doubles, and the host Toreras beat University of the Pacific, 5-4. Aby Brayton defeated Leslie Powell 6-4, 6-0 to win a singles match for USD (12-9). The men's team lost to top-ranked Pepperdine, 6-3, in Malibu. John Mat- tera and David Edwards won their USO tennia -

Laurie Crisp of El CaJon was the overall women's winner with a course-record 1:17:06 in the La Jolla Half-Marathon yesterday. The former women's record, 1:19:16, was held by Canadian Sylvi- nae Puntous. Sean Evans was the men's winner with a time of 1:09:12 over the 13.1· mile course. Edward Cordova was second overall in 1:09·42. Triathlete Scott Tinley was third at 1:10:52. Sandra Mitchell had a 1:33.01 and Tom Daly a 1:22:36 to win the 40-49

crew - The USO men's varsity eight came in fir"sraf5]8 in the San Diego City Championships at _Teco- lote Shores. SDSU was second ID 5:13 and UCSD finished one second later. The SDSU women's varsity eight won, followed by UCSD and .USJ?. The USO freshmen eight were first ID 4:59, followed by SDSU (5:04) and UCSD (5:09).

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*Lawyers \ :;;:JI/ _..,. could kill the bill, Presley said. Presley's bill would also add $20 a year to a lawyer's _dues for the Client security Fund, br1Dg1Dg the total to $165 above what Assembly Speak~r Willie Brown, D-San Francl:ico, IS proposing in separate legislat_1on for the State Bar's normal operations. Brown said he was proposing a $30 to $35 dues increase and would_ n~t support Presley'F three-year d1Sc1- pline fund surcharge unless the State Bar persuades him that every dollar is necessary. Combined, the Presley and Brown bills would increase annual member• ship dues to about $470 for lawyers with more than three years of prac- tice· $402 for those with one to three yea~. and $371 for thos~ i':1 th_eir fi:-lt year. Presley said that 1s m line with what doctors, ours~ and othe~ pro- fessions or labor unions charge man- nual dues. Presley said his bill would replace the current system of more than 450 volunteer attorney judges who con- sider cases and replace them with as many as 10 professional h~ari~g judges appointed by the California Supreme Court. 6 Cantinued From A-9

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row • Fir t Presbyterian Church Con- cert Series presents Carol eblett, oprano, in a recital at 7:30 p.rn. to- morrow. • The Congregational Church of La Jolla and the Bach Society of La Jolla will pr ent the Orpeus Ensem- ble m an All Bach Concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church. • The San Diego Friend of Father Wasson's Orpha , newly formed to help Si ter Virginia McMonagle and her friend establish an orphanage and Ad Hospice for chlldren in Haiti, will gather for Mass at 6 p.m. Apnl 24 at All Hallows Catholic Church followed by a dinner and in- formal information-sharing session. For mforrnation call 459-5084 by Monday. • The women of University City Umted Church of Christ will bring layette and baby food to the 10:30

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. 0. 123,092)

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GraduatE! Degrees In M·arine Sci_ences ;1,-°tp"? SAN DIEGO-In a move that is hoped to strengthen the region's marine-related business and re- search activities, the Ul'Uller.aiUJ)f San_Diego bas announced the es- tablishment of graduate degree programs in marine science and ocean studies. The new graduate degree pro- grams, master of marine science and master of ocean studies, are designed to complement USD's three-year-old marine studies un- dergraduate program. "San Diego is a major national oceanographic and marine re- search and business center, and 'fast becoming an international center. We fully expect that our graduate and undergraduate de- _,A

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C 8 USQ Theatre Arll pre- sents Lerner and Loewe's mus,cal about mythical lnsh town that comes to l11e on~e every hundred years. and young romantic- minded man who happens upon It. 8 P:m. April 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. April 24. Camino Theater. Tickets: general, $5; students, senior citizens and military. $3: children J,2 under. $2. Information: 260-4712.277~ UCSD panelists ask: Who snoufd judge judges? Ry BR I> (,RAVK C, c; . . . . for Judges not to be _elected by uon year. And JUd~es have t_o col- I t t8BB ..., "Brigadoon" - /,lght.',taff Writer Court Justices - Frank Richard-

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