News Scrapbook 1989

San Diego. CA. (San Diego C~.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217 ,089) (Cir S. 341,840) JUN2 0 ,989

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Con,,nued from 0-1 ~£ to meet baby sea crea'fures'i~ the "Baby Shamu and Friends" class. Second-graders will get squirted by walruses and spla hed by dolphins in "Let's Get Wet ' Eighth-graders will le rn how Sea World trainers do their thing in "How to Turn a Sea Lion Into a Star." Costs average $40 for a weeklong class. The Sea World education department has informa- tion on dates and times. Call 226- 3903.

in San Diego, from June 26 through July 7and from July 24 through Aug. 4. One two-week session will be available in Escondido from July 10 through 21. The program is open to children 6 through 18. For informa- tion on costs and locations, call 588- 0206 in San Diego and 743-7392 in orth County. Adifferent type of artistic experi- ence will be available at the Arts and Craft• Center of Mi11lon Hilla. Five-year-olds through teen-agers wlll make sand-castings, papier- mach mmals and origami mobiles in eight one-week 10ns that rang from "By th Beautiful Sea" to ''Talk the n ls" o "Thi Land i Your Land." Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and extended care will be available. Costs range from $115 to $180 per week. Call 297-ARTS. Scoop the news, write the head- lines and let the presses roll in the " 'xtra1 Extrn! Write All About It" clas at the Unt~ity of San Diego. USD's continu~on department 1s sponsoring that and a wide range of other classes as part of its Creative Kids '89 program. ''Com- puter Creations," "Clay, Collage and Creativity," and "Flights of Fancy" are among other possibilities. Kids entering grade 2 through 7 may choose among the various classes that meet each morning and stay for the afternoon enrichment program, as well. The cost for a two-week IS $65. Afternoon enrichment costs 165 per two-week session. Call 260-4585. class

teach basic chemistry and physics to fourth- through sixth-graders at the Windsor Learning Center in La Jolla Village Square shopping center. Other summer classes at the center will include preschool math and computer keyboarding. Call 452-9300. Do you belong in the %00~ Find out through a variety of classes offered by the San Diego Zoo this summer "Reptile Rendezvous" and ''Leopard Claws to Constrictor Jaws" are among the offerings for first- through ninth-graders. High school · 's ike to wor at the zoo through a tw ay "Keeper Coon gra . [' San Diego al Park a will featur c , from ''Wild Watcbamacal- lits" to "Primarily Primates." Call the zoo at 236-0163 or the wild animal park at 740-9383. Hike on the beach, build sand cas- tles and learn to boogie-board during Fi n nt wnmer day- camp at the Plunge in Mission Beach. The camp is open to children ages 4 through 12 and will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Fri- day. Extended day care Is available for those who need it. Besides beach fun, there will be swim lessons and water play at the plunge. Two-week sessions start June 26 and cost $225 for 4- and 5-year-olds and $215 for 6- through 12-year-olds. Call 488-3110. Got a ham in the house? Send him or her to San Diego Junior The- atre's day camp in Balboa Park. Two-week sessions start June 26 and will include drama, singing and dancing for kids 6 through 18. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with extended care available. Cost: $150 per session. Call 2W-131 l. Mvre drama. voice and dance, along with gymnastics, mime and horror makeup classes, will be of- fered by Christian Youth Theatre here will lie two, tWO· We

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Children ill be encouraged to 'm- vest1gate and experience their own intellectual capabilities" at GroHmont Hospital's Brain Power nri.ch111e1~t C mp. The La program, for 6- to 12-year-olds, will run from 8·30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday and feature comput- ers, creative writing and arts. The fee for each two-week session: $300. Call Karol Holmes or Charlotte Lopes, 589-4108 Ever thought of becommg an as tronaut' Third- and fourth-graders can learn what it is like to live in a weightless environment m "It's Fun to Be an Astronaut," offered by the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater in Balboa Park. Dozens more unusual classes are planned for children en- tering kindergarten through grade 8. "Mad Scient1Sts," "Rocket Riot'' and "Robotics" are just a few. Costs av- erage 10 to $15 per class: most classes last two hours. Call the muse- um's education department for more information: 238-1233, ext. 247 or 208. Classes are filling fast. Go on an expedition through Los P rasq i · g e natural envi onment and the people who once lived there during two ses- sions m July. The first session will meet from 9 ... m. to noon July 10 through 14 for chlldren in second through fourth grade. The second ,;ession will meet from 9a.m. to noon July 17 through 21 for children in fourth through sixth grade. The cost is $40 per session. The expeditions will be sponsored by the Friends of the Los Penasquito1 Canyon Pre- erv Call Elberta Fleming, 271- 6710, for more information. Try Japanese flower arranging, experiment with patchwork quilting or make a ceramic mural in classes : offered by the Children's Muaeum of San Diego at La Jolla Village Square shopping center. Woodwork- ing, cooking and magic lessons also , will be featured for school-age kids. , Call 450-0768. , Want to stay away from fun and games this summer and get involved in something a httle more serious? "Science for Serious Students" will - ourt yesterday. ling three first- Jil)s July 10.

The San Diego Union James Skovmand Heather Pauly, 10, gets to know a tarantula in a summer class at the San Diego Natural History Museum. preschool age through grade 12, the cour e lnclud The Mysteries of Egypt,' Children of the Midnight Sun," 'Saudi Arabia A agic Carpet Ride," of 31 branch libraries throughout the city starting Thursday.

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committed by one person. Yesterday, Deputy District Attor- ney Williams declined to comment either about the verdicts returned or about his penalty phase strategy be- cause further proceedings are sched- uled. Defense attorneys Steven E. Feld- man and Alex Landon also declined comment for the same reason. Swanke's 1984 murder was the last in the series for which Lucas was charged. Her car, which had run out of gas, was found near the intersec- tion of Fletcher Parkway and Jack- son Drive in La Mesa. Her nude body was found four days after her Nov. 20 disappearance in a remote industrial area of Spring Val- ley, about two miles from Lucas' home. Yesterday, her father, a USO phi- losophy professor, said he was con- vmced that Lucas was his daughter's ~urderer from the time the prosecu- tion presented its initial evidence in a 1985 preliminary hearing. "I am still standing in front of a television camera not because I am a good singer ... but because I am the father of a murder victim," Swanke said. He said he looks forward to the finality of sentencing so he could "go back to remembering the good things about (his daughter's) life instead of her tragic ending." Staff Writer Lorie Hearn also con- tributed to this report. __.,,,

Ever grow your own crystals? Exca- vate dinosaur bones? Handle a tarantu- la? Kids can do all of those things and more during the summer program at the San Diego Natural Hiatory Muaeum in Balboa Park. Classes for 4- through 12· year-olds include "Creepy Crawlies," "Dinosaur Detectives" and "Rock Hound Alert." One-day, two-day and week-long courses are available. Costs range from S10 to $40 Call 232-3821 ext. 20 Kids can "Dive mto ~rn rg' of World'a b rrel-of-fun m mer program Kindergarteners will be able See Summer on Page D-3

nd "Mummies." C ts range from $12 for a one-day get-lo ether to $30 for a week-long clas-. The museum 1s located in Balboa Park, 239-2001.

End the summer participating in a . stage production of "Sleeping Beau- estif1ed dur- ty" when you sign up for the arts Jodie Santi- camps at the Children's Creative ieattle, who and Performing Arts Academy in ashing inju- Clairemont. Dance, drama and music md identify will all be offered. Students 5 through ,he testi~ed 16 may participate in half-day or n El CaJon full-dav rograms· costs ran e from • her to his 65 to ·95 per week. Call 279-4744. re she said ciousness. ·gers found • • v • alongside a Mt. Helix roadside the morning of

curnented alien, who testified in 1973 she was raped while Luc s held a The woman testified that in a struggle for the knife, she was cut on the throat and fingers but managed to wrest the knife from the then 18- The victim testified Lucas came up behind her as she sat outside a house and placed a knife to her knife to her throat. year-old Lucas.

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June 9, 1984.

During the trial, Deputy District Attorney Daniel T. William de- scribed Lucas as a man "who carved the necks" of his victims 'like a

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"These·killings . . . were not ran- dom killings," Williams said at the trial. "They ·were not poisonings. They were not gunshot killings. 'Jlhey .-.,were deliberate, premeditated, dts- l j gusting throat cuttings_''

Lucas' attorneys sought to place the blame for the killings on others, while the prosecution argued the cir- cumstantial evidence in each of the crimes strongly pointed to Luca as the perpetrator The defense argued that Lu ·as was a victim of mistaken identity in the attack on Robertson, the only survivor of the series of throat slash- ,,. ings that the prosecution said was

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f l~acBell: Funds aid minorities Cc ntinued from 0-2-;q c; ·$669 000 to od t · · · . . t, ../ J , ?~ uce rammg p~o- migrant farmworkers, family coun- pu 1hc_ mterest law 1rm tliat helped grams for offic!als and workers of its seling centers, and elected officials m• est1gators for the state commis- member agencies. in area with low income and minori- sion in uncovering the deceptive sell- Robert Feraru, public adviser for ty populations. The Calilfornia Rural ing practices. the commission, said other grants Legal Assistance Program will dis- The largest grant of $838,000 went will be made each year until the tribute pamphlets on phone use and to the highly-regarded Consumer Ac- funds run out. With interest, the com- pricing in English and Spanish. lion organization in San Francisco mission expects to pay out $22 to $ 23 Advice will be given on how to se- headed by Ken McEldowney. It is t~ million over a five-year period. lect a phone service, how to get the be spent developing educational ma- best deal when discussing prices, terials for use by other recipients. Grants totaling $ 5 milion were dis- what services are desired and their The next largest went to the Cali- tnbuted yesterday to groups value ~o the customer as well as the fornia-Nevada Communit A f throughout California with emphasis c?mmiss1on rules that govern all ser- Associa tion which w1·1y1 spce1nodn on education. Grants were also given vices from any communications , groups that target senior citizens, firm. --~--- ..-----:'

San Diego. CA. (San Diego C~.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217 ,089) (Cir . S. 341,840) JUN 2 2 1989

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PacBell pe alty funds to educate mino 1ties its customer service representatives, said Tom McNaghten, PacBell spokesman.

of Pan Asian Communities jointly received $535,000 to provide communications issue and consumer training to leaders of Spanish, Vietnamese, Hmong, Lao and Khmer com- munity groups. • The USD Center for Public Interest Law and UCAN, the Utility Consumer Action Network, jointly received $176,300 to edu- cate residential phone users on the effects of deregulation of the industry and the impact of the change in ownership of phone wiring inside private homes. • ·• The San Diego State University Foun- dation was given $132,000 to develop a com- puter program on telecommunications skills to assist mpilot program testing and teacher traming. • The San Diego County Office of Educa- tion received $65,000 to develop a telecom- munications program to feed into a teachers' computer network. "(The penalty is) a very creative and posi-

as call-waiting, speed-calling, call-forward- ing and conference calling, which doubled and tripled the usual much-smaller basic fee. Several top PacBell executives were forced to resign and the state ordered a com- plete revision of the company's operating and sales practices as well as mandating that every California customer for the first time be sent an itemized bill each month in order to understand what they were paying for. The PacBell customer reps, operating under instructions to maximize profits, also refused to allow the poor to order the cheap- er, half-price lif!!line telephone service, and required upfront cash deposits from the poor despite state criteria that none was required. The unique penalty-education plan arose from a suggestion by Bob Gnaizda, head of a

live outgrowth of an unfortunate incident,' said Mitch Wilk, president of the state Public Ut1lilles Commission, which ordered the spending as well as the earlier penalties. "This is the perfect solution to something that was disappointing to us in regards to how our business was conducted," said Terry Churchill, PacBell vice president. He char- acterized the overpricing as a period when the company fell short of its ethical stand- ards. For almost two years, PacBell customer service representatives - following compa- ny-prepared word-for-word scripts - con- vinced prospective customers they had to buy many new services as part of a package, all in violation of state rules. Many custom- ers had unwanted sel')/ices put on their bills without talking to PacBell operators, who had to fill sales quotas while competing for prizes. Services added to bills included such items

The company al o paid $16.5 million to the tat a a penalty, which was calculated on the basts of a multiple of the salaries of the managerial personnel who supervised the cu omer rep - bringing the total impact n PacB II to $93 5 million. It is this penalty that the state began distributing yesterday. The money goes to 32 non-profit organiza- llons - mcluding ix from San Diego - and will be used to explain American telephone and telecommunications practices and pric- in to the Chinese, black, Korean, Viet- Mm e, Cambodian, Hispanic, Hmong, Lao- tian, and Khmer communities, as well as any group unsophisticated 1n commumcations in- dustry busin ·s practices. San Diego organizat10ns receiving funds, mcludc: • The Chicano Federation and the Umon

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