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CHAMPIONS! Comets win bowl game

By Scott King Sports Writer Palomar quarterback Scott Barrick is usually in the thick of things when the game is on the line. On Dec. 2, in the biggest football game this school has ever been involved in, Barrick could only watch from the sideline as kicker Lino Persi set up to decide his team's fate.

With less than two minutes left, Persi nailed a 38-yard field goal to give the Comets a 21-20 victory overVenturain the 5th Annual Hall of Fame Bowl at Balboa Stadium.

(Photo by Patrick Walter) "All I could think about was hitPalomar's football squad celebrates after their 21-20 victory over Ventura in the Hall of Fame Bowl. The ting it straight through," said Persi, victory marks the Comets' first bowl game ever. a transfer from Canada. "I couldn't

go back to Canada after missing that one." With the kick Persi atoned for an earlier miss in which his kick sailed wide left with six minutes remaining.

It was the passing of Barrick that put the Comets in position to win the game in the first place. Barrick exhibited the poise that made him the Mission Conference's Southern Division Offensive Player of the Year, completing 36 of 55 passes for 399 yards and two touchdowns, both to tight end Eric Hansen.

The defense of Ventura confused Barrick and the Palomar offense early in the game. Punter Bill Kushner was busy as the first four Comet (see CHAMPIONS • page 12)

Palomar trapped with rat problem

By Mark Hopkins Opinion Editor More than just the squeak of chalk on blackboards is emanating from rooms that comprise the life sciences wing, according to people associated with that department.

Botany professor Wayne Armstrong, his students and staff members of life sciences contend that a pack of rats are making a home for themselves within departmental rooms that include LS-2 and Armstrong's office.

According to Armstrong, the rodents are

especially active at night and on weekends.

"The time to hear them is at night or on the weekend, the noise they make is unbearable . . . it sounds like Highway 78 when they crawl through the attic," he said.

Armstrong said that he was recently working in his office when he noticed that some of the ceiling tiles were starting to buckle. He adds that the tiles were moving up and down as if they were alive and breathing.

"I then heard a loud crash and a cat fell down (from the crawl space) through the ceiling," he recalls.

He speculates that the feline was looking for rats to eat and had somehow managed to fmd its way inside the attic, possibly through an air conditioning vent, Departmental members have expressed concern because the rats are eating botanical specimens and are leaving behind droppings as well as the stench of urine.

According to life sciences technician Lisa Nelson, a request to the Buildings and Grounds Department to eliminate the pests was filed in October. Life Sciences Chairman, Gary Alderson said that traps set out in

response to the October request do not appear to be working, so another request for stronger measures has been filed.

Director of Buildings and Grounds, Mike Ellis, said that an off-campus exterminator came to put out bait and set traps after the latest request.

"Right now we are on a contracted service.

The cafeteria has pest control services on a regular basis for the roaches and ants. We had a guy come out that did handicapped services

(see RATS- page 3)

Music instructor plans Soviet tau r

By Wendy Williams Entertainment Editor For someone who has been called a neo-Nazi and a bleeding-heart liberal, David Chase is a study in dualities.

Chase has taught music at Palomar for 16 years.

For 17 years, Chase has also been the chorale director of the La Jolla Civic University Symphony and Chorus, which operates out of the University of California at San Diego.

"It's like having two wives," Chase says of his involvement in both academic institutions.

Not only does he operate in two academic circles, but he also works dually as conductor and teacher for both centers of higher learning.

This spring, Chase has been granted a sabbatical from Palomar College. He will spend a month in New York and then in May of 1990, Chase will be taking the La Jolla Symphony Chorus to the Soviet Union.

"This is a marvelous opportunity. We will be giving concerts in the best halls- Krakow and Warsaw in Poland; Moscow, Leningrad and Tallinn in the Soviet Union," said Chase.

For two weeks the group will perform mostly American music.

"We'll do a variety of music from the serious to the contemporary, like Elliott Carter and gospel.

"We'll also do some classical works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. We will be performing a Palestrina mass from the Renaissance period. The Russians don't get to hear much of that," he said.

The mass will be held in a Catholic church in Warsaw, Poland.

"This opportunity is indicative of the political thaw - of glasnost," Chase commented.

The connection for this trip came from Russian cello soloist, Ivan Manighetti, who performed at Palomar last spring. Brenda Montiel, an associate professor of music at Palomar, invited Manighetti and his wife, who accompanied him on piano, to perform at Palomar and UCSD. "Ivan made the arrangements for the concerts," Chase explained.

"Because of glasnost, he can travel more freely. He is a lucky person among musicians who can go and find out what's going on and bring back as much as he can."

Mter Chase's sabbatical is over, it's back to teaching and conducting at Palomar and UCSD, and jamming with his friends on the piano.

His chorale conducting duties for both schools challenge him in different ways. ''The La Jolla Symphony has a music committee composed of members with strong musical backgrounds," said Chase.

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MEETINGS CAMPUS CLUBS Campus Advance: Meets Dec. 15 at noon under the clock tower.

Black Student Alliance: Meets Dec. 15 at 12:30 p.m. in room SU-20.

Radio and TV Student Organization: Meets Dec. 14 at 4 p.m. in room Q-1.

FINALS

(Photo by Roman Koenig)

Members of The Telescope staff display awards won at the Southern California Journalism Association of Community College's divisional conference.

Student newspaper wins top divisional awards Winning more awards than any newspaper in its division, Palomar College's student newspaper, The Telescope, won 15 awards at the Journalism Association of Community College's Southern California Conference, held in Ventura on Dec. 3.

The Telescope staff took more awards than any other competitor in the category of large college, tabloid format. Pima, Ariz. took nine; Long Beach took seven; Cerritos took seven; and West Los Angeles took three.

News Editor Larry Boisjolie won flrst place in the mail-in competition for investigative news.

Boisjolie won his award for a series of stories on the toxic emissions of Signet Armorlite and how students may be affected by them.

Boisjolie also was honored with a flrst place in the on-the-spot competition in news writing.

Staff writer Tracy Wilson's commentary on the American Civil Liberties Union earned her a flrst place award in opinion writing.

Feature editor Jeff Tuttle took fourth place in the same category.

The Telescope was also honored for its front page design with a flrst place award.

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Young took second place in on-the-spot competition in front page layout.

Entertainment Editor Wendy Williams was awarded a sixth place in on-the-spot critical review competition. Williams was the only ftrst time competitor on The Telescope staff to win an award in on-the-spot competition.

"I'm surprised we did so well in on-the-spot competition," said Young. "Only Larry (Boisjolie) and I had ever competed before.

Coming home with three on-thespot awards is very impressive."

In on-the-spot writing competitions, students attend an hour press conference and then have an hour to write a complete story.

In page layout, one hour is given to design and produce a camera-

ready page using provided materials.

Photographers are only given three sheets of photo paper to use and given ten minutes to print one photo for submission into the competition.

Other mail-in awards won by the staff include: fourth place, headlines; fourth place, best use of photos; and fifth place, general excellence.

Mail-in awards won by individuals include: Fred Tracey, news feature, sixth place; Mark Hopkins, feature photo, honorable mention; Boisjolie, editorial writing, honorable mention; Tuttle, news feature, honorable mention; and Scott King, sports news, honorable mention. ''The 12 awards we won in mailin were rewarding," Young said. ''These 12 show the newspaper and the journalism program at Palomar is growing. The Telescope had won six in the last state competition and five in last year's southern California competition."

"Competition isn't everything," said adviser Susan Deacon. "But it sure lights a fire under the students.

I'm delighted we did so well."

Staff members who competed in the conference include: Michelle Van Aalst, Janice Davies, Roman Koenig, Williams, Boisjolie and Young. Deacon accompanied the students to the conference.

First Place Awards: Larry Boisjolie, Investigative News & on-the-spot News Tracy Wilson, Opinion Staff, FrQnt Page Layout Second Place Awards: Jonathan Young, on-the-spot Front Page Layout Fourth Place awards: Jeff Tuttle, Opinion Staff, Headlines Staff, Best Use of Photos Fifth Place awards: Staff, General Excellence Sixth Place Awards: Wendy Williams, on-the-spot Critical Review Fred Tracey, New Feature Honorable Mentions: Larry Boisjolie, Editorial Jeff Tuttle, Opinion & News Feature Scott King, Sports News Mark Hopkins, Feature Photo

Dec. 16: Finals for Saturday classes will be held during the regular class meeting time.

Dec.18: 8 and 8:30a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and dailyclassesat8-10a.m.; lOand 10:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 11 and 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 2-4 p.m.

Dec.19: 8 and 8:30a.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 8lOa.m.; lOand 10:30a.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 11 and 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday and Thursday classes at2-4 p.m.

Dec. 20:9 and 9:30a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and dailyclassesat8-10a.m.; 12and 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 2 and 2:30p.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 2.-4 p.m.

Dec.21:9and9:30a.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 8lOa.m.; 11 and 11:30a.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 1, 1:30,3 and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 2.-4 p.m.

Dec. 22: 7, 7:30a.m., 1 and 1:30p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 8-10 a.m.;3,3:30and4p.m.Monday, Wednesday, Friday and daily classes at 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 7 a.m., 7:30a.m., 2 and 2:30p.m. Tuesday and Thursday classes at 2 p.m.-4 p.m.

SPRING SEMESTER Registration: Mail-in registration ends tomorrow, Dec. 15; the adjustment day is Jan. 10 by appointment only. Appointment registration is Jan 11, 12, 15, 16

The Telescope A Publication for the Student Body

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SPECIAL EVENTS Christmas Sale: Palomar's Bookstore is having a Christmas sale through Dec. 22. Students may receive 20-50 percent off bookstore merchandise. Free gift wrapping with purchases of $5 or more.

Blood Drive: Palomar's Blood Drive, which started Dec. 13, will continue through Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union. Provided by the Community Blood Bank of North County, the bloodmobile is sponsored by the Student Health Services and the InterClub Council.

MEChA: On Dec. 16, MEChA will sponsor its 19th annual Christmas program. This program is for low-income children throughout the community.

The non-profit organization sponsors the event in which club members will volunteer their time to help needy children.The program is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

For donation and other information, call Ext. 2219.

COMMUNIT~ BLOOD BANK OF NORTH COUNTY

"Toys for Life": For all donors who give blood to the Community Blood Bank of North County through Dec. 24, PlayCo. will donate a toy for each blood donation received to Casa De Amparo in Oceanside.

KFMB Channel 8' s Larry Mente, KKOS Radio and Dimension Cable are other sponsors. For more information and blood drive locations, call 7392918.

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Rats (continued from page 1)

and all the LS buildings because of the rodents in there. We had been setting traps with no results," said Ellis.

"We only have the authority to use traps because of the requirements of the Department of Agriculture to license someone on campus as a pest control applicator.

Because we don 'thave anyone with the license, we cannot apply bait or use other chemicals to kill pests," said Ellis.

Armstrong confirms that traps have been placed, but he asserts that none are up in the attic where he believes the rats are congregating.

He, along with some of his students who have seen the rats, are concerned that the pests may be carrying diseases which are transmissible to humans.

Biology 10 student Evelyn Sooter recently opened a drawer during a lab in LS-2 and screamed when she saw a rat. The rat was apparently after seeds which were stored in plastic containers in the drawer.

Armstrong commented that he has voiced his concerns about the rats to a number of key people, including President/Superintendent George Boggs.

"He seems more concerned about shopping centers," Armstrong said, referring to district

plans to house the Escondido satellite campus at the former Ardan catalog showroom.

Boggs disagrees. "There is no relationship between the two," he said. Boggs added that he is aware of the damage that has been caused not only by rodents such as rats, but also from mice and ground squirrels and a course of action is underway. ''I'm an environmentalist, as many people are. I don't like to destroy plants or animals, but I would recommend to the Governing Board that the animals be destroyed if they were causing significant damage to college property or if they pose a danger to the college's staff or students; I don't think rats or mice are on the endangered species list," said Boggs.

The Governing Board approved Nov. 28 to spend over $85,000 to repair the tennis courts. Ground squirrels are partly responsible for damage to the courts reported Ellis at the recent meeting.

Life sciences is not the only place vermin have been seen. Student Jennifer Gallo said that she has seen rats "running on top of the P-building and on the sidewalk in front of the photography department" In addition to life sciences' rat infestation, the bookstore has been experiencing rodent problems of

Plastic containers, carrying seeds for the cultivation of botanical specimens, have been gnawed through by rats in the Life Sciences Department. their own. Bookstore Assistant Director Michael Schaeffer said that, "We've had a problem with mice here since the store opened."

According to Schaeffer, mice tookoverwhatwas the bookstore's back-up photocopier. "Mice were nesting inside the Xerox machine.

Squirrels found the baby mice and ate them; I guess the squirrels helped to relieve the store's mice problem," said Schaeffer.

Ground squirrels are also credited with eating wires inside the

photocopier. ''I'm thankful that no one plugged-in the Xerox; the Bookstore's electrical system could have been blown-out or a fire could have started within the machine," said Schaeffer.

He said that the copier has been declared a total loss, but because of the age of the machine, he could not comment on the value of it; there are no plans to replace the copier.

In addition to the loss of the copier, mice have been gnawing holes in sweat clothes that are for

sale in the bookstore.

"The clothes are made of cotton and the mice like to make their nest out of the material," said Schaeffer.

He estimates the loss to micenibbled sweats at around $50 per year.

Armstrong believes that part of the reason behind why the campus has been infested with rodents, such as rats and squirrels, is because they are being displaced from areas now occupied by new construction.

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Tour (continued from page 1) "But the problem arises in programming.

"There are factors of balancing a single concert with traditional music and new music. And there should be a balance with what has been presented throughout the year.

"There should also be a balance of time to prepare the program and a balance of what brings people to a concert.

'The La Jolla Symphony emphasizes the traditional in an effort to make enough money to stay afloat, but a university or college is responsible to develop the intellectual capacity of the performers and get people in the seats," said Chase.

His teaching philosophy is universal, however. Chase teaches classes in music theory, music skills, chorale, introduction to music, music fundamentals and improvisation.

"The real job of teaching is to set the standards and instill a sense of quality," Chase explained. "We help people discover the essential ingredient in music is quality which changes everything else.

"The professors I loved as a student didn't impart lots of information, but rather opened doors to things I always sensed were there.

"What matters in the classroom is what matters everywhere else strive for quality, but don 'tgethung up in perfection and there is a difference," he said.

Mary Jaeb, music major at Palomar College, has taken four classes taught by Chase. "He taught me the fundamentals of music, the technical aspects and technique and style," Jaeb said.

"He encourages his students to excel - to go beyond ourselves. He expects the most and won't settle for the norm," she said.

Jaeb classifies Chase as being "demanding, but fair. He has been extremely supportive of my career and he's been there when I needed advice about music."

Claudine Saye participated in concert choir last semester under Chase's direction. "He is always saying that if we want something we need to work on it," Saye said.

"He says we should put our attention on our goals and not coast."

"He's fun, but he can be serious," Saye continued. "He makes us bring out the feeling in the music and not just sing the notes."

Chase learned his conducting technique and teaching theory in the East, specifically in Ohio where he grew up.

Music always came naturally for him. "I don't remember it being a conscious decision," he said.

Chase has two other brothers. One is an engineer and one is an agriculturalist. "I was the black sheep of the family," he said. "My parents weren't really musical either."

Chase attended the University of Ohio, where he majored in theory and composition. It was there that he started conducting, even though ¡ the university didn't have a conducting program.

After graduate school, he directed a touring company of"Jesus Christ Superstar," which traveled the country for many months.

"It was a terrific experience," Chase says. "We had a very talented cast, including Dorian Harewood, who played Judas. But people change on the road and things unraveled with drugs."

Chase has also dappled in avant garde music, which he says is a love of his. ''I've been active in the lunatic fringe of the music department," he explained.

"For a while, I joined a 'junta' for music which was concerned with political consciousness and bloodless coups."

In 1973, Chase moved to California from Ohio on a train with his wife and five boxes of possessions.

"I was interested in new music and UCSD was the center of new music.

There are five or six places really renown for that," he said.

Chase was hired as a conductor and chorale director at the La Jolla Symphony that year.

"In 1973, the 60s were just winding down. UCSD was rebounding from an experimental and social situation. They had tried courses without grades and it was different musically.

"When I called a rehearsal, I expected people to show up," he said.

Many of the students weren't used to that kind of regiment.

"One student accused me of being a neo-Nazi because I was requiring a dress code," Chase remembers. "I thought it was funny because I was considered a bleeding-heart liberal in Ohio."

"I don't have any great desire to be the world's greatest anything anymore," he said.

"But I would like to do what I'm doing now, more successfully and with less energy. I like what I do, but it takes a lot of energy. "''d like a better support system musically with conducting and teaching. I'd like to do enough great music and just eliminate the bull" "With good, serious music, there is so much in it and about it," Chase said. "I never stop discovering things about even familiar pieces."

Scholarships available Over $100,000 in scholarships will be available through the Financial Aid Office.

Applications for spring scholarships begin Jan. 29. For more information, contactJudi Fischer at Ext. 2213.

Speech team honored The Palomar college speech team won ten championship awards and the second place sweepstakes award at the Dixie Sunshine Invitational in St George, Utah on Dec. 1-2.

Joy Noel was the first place winner in

Nature paintings Supervising Library/Media Technician Jane Murray tends to an exhibit of nature paintings by David Totten, an associate professor and chairperson of the Earth Sciences Department at Palomar. The exhibit, located on the second floor of the library, runs through the end of semester. Other works

by Palomar instructors are currently on display in the Boehm Gallery through Dec. 22.

(Photo by Roman Koenig)

Disabled Services director to retire after 16 years

By Amy Alexander Staff Writer After 18 years of working at Palomar, Gene Zevin, director of and founder of Disabled Student Programs and Services, will retire at the end of next January.

Zevin started the disabled students program 15 years ago. "I recognized that it was something that was needed," said Zevin. "So, I threw my hat into the ring and got the job of beginning it all." Before that Zevin was special projects director.

Combined, Disabled Student Services and the Special-Education Department provide services for about 420 students. "Our primary roleis counseling and instruction," said Zevin.

What are Zevin's plans after retirement? ''I'm going to help my wife with a (text) book she's writing," said Zevin. "Free time, after so many years of working, is hard to

oratory and second place winner in the speech to entertain catagory. Mary Jaeb won second place in poetry. James W oeber place third and fifth in impromptu and dramatic duo respectivley.

Palomars' readers theatre entry won second place. Evelyn Robinson placed fourth in poetry and fifth in communication anal ysis and dramatic duo. Kristen Scanlan won fourth and fifth places in informative and impromptu speaking.

Center hosts fund-raising concert The Palomar College Child Develop-

'I'd like to see the effectiveness and efficiency of the program maintained.'

Gene Zevin, Founder and Director of Disabled Student Program contemplate. We have an obligation to do something or be somewhere ... for most of our lives. Suddenly there isn't anyone taking roll call to see if you're there. Everyone (retirees) tells me retirement is delightful."

One thing Zevin would like to see continue is the commons room for the disabled on campus. "That distinguishes this program from many, if not all, others in the state," says Zevin "I'd like to see the effectiveness and efficiency of the program main-

ment center and its Parent Advisory Council (P.A.C.) will present their first fundraising event of the year on Saturday, Jan. 27 in the Palomar College Community Theatre.

A concert by Nels and the Peanut Butter Cookie Band will perform a one-hour show at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. The cost is $5 per person, children and adults.

Tickets for the concert may be purchased at the Child Development Center business office. The P.A.C presents informative meetings on issues of interest to parents and raises money to help purchase supplies and materials.

tained," said Zevin. "The department is well integrated. The staff has been together for a long time.

The period it takes to get a new director will not be a detriment to the college," said Zevin. "It's a superb staff. It's not just good, it's superb.

"I'll be back," says Zevin. His retirement plans include taking some courses at Palomar. "There's a lot to learn here," he says. And so, even in retirement, someone will still be taking roll call to see if he is there.

For more information about the concert or sponsorship, interested persons may call the Palomar College Child Development Center Office at 744-1150, ext. 2575, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Influenza vaccine available Limited vaccines for influenza are available to students at no charge and to faculty for a fee of$2.00 at the Student Health Services Center. To be eligible to recieve this vaccine, you must be a health care professional or an adult with a chronic disease or a healthy adult over the age of 55.

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Greenpeace actions threaten nation's security Greenpeace is not living up to its name.

Members of Greenpeace ambushed the Navy off the Florida coast, attempting to again stall the test launching of the Navy's new Trident 2 missile.

The Navy, armed with the memory of Greenpeace's similar and once successful attempt in July, used everything within their power to insure that the planned test launch would not be halted again. By ramming Greenpeace's ship and using helicopters and motorized rafts against the activists' high speed rafts, the Navy successfully foiled Greenpeace's mission. Once setata safe distance away, the "anti-nuclear" activists peacefully viewed the successful launch.

The Navy, as a force in our military, has a responsibility to protect the United States. This involves the use of high-tech military equipment that can be used against aggressors. It can be said that this launch was a peaceful mission since it was a test to insure the safety and reliability of a weapon, not to aggressively attack a country.

As an environmental agency, Greenpeace has taken noble and valiant steps to insure the safety of whales and other life in our waters, but to interfere in the activities of an organization that helps insure the safety of our country, is not only absurd, but also a misuse of the prestige Green peace once warranted.

What must be remembered is that anti-nuclear is not necessarily propeace.

Greenpeace should stick to real injustices and not meddle in the responsibilities of our navy.

Tracey Wilson, Staff Writer

Telescope's last issue This issue is the last issue for the Fall Semester. The Telescope will not be printed during finals or over the holidays. The Review magazine scheduled for Dec. 12 has been cancelled.

The journalism program will resume publication of The Telescope at the first of the spring semester. News releases, letters to the editor, or any other correspondence for the next issue can be brought or mailed to the newspaper office, TCB-1, on the north side of campus, or call 744-1150, Ext. 2450.

Other publications planned for next semester include the Tellascoop on April1 and the yearly A Year in Review.

Reporter's dream of riches, wisdom It was a reporter's dream .

There I was, sitting at a dinner table with three of the richest men in history. I was ready for the interview of my life.

At the end of the 8-foot table was Diamond Jim Brady. He had before his massive bulk a heaping plate of Maine lobsters.

To Brady's right was Howard Hughes pecking at a lowcholesterol dinner of dry toast and fruit. Across from Hughes sat Donald Trump, staring at his reflection in a silver spoon and sipping slowly at a glass of Dom Perignon.

I took a long drink from my black coffee and prepared to ask these money-moguls the million-dollar question.

"What's in store for the world in the 90s?" I asked.

Diamond Jim was the first to reply. He brushed aside a spent lobster shell and wiped a stream of butter from his chin with his cuff. "The 90s," said he, "will be a decade of selfishness and excess."

I put down my pen and pad and thought for a moment about Brady's words of wisdom. At first I was inclined to disagree, but I felt, deep in my gut that his words had some credence.

Brady himself was a larger than life example of human excess. He was a living testament of what overindulgence can dotoaman. He livedandateas three men would, and this style ofliving was evident in all Brady did. In the end this lifestyle killed him.

I couldn't help but think that there was a Diamond Jim Brady in all of us waiting to emerge. Given copious amounts of money maybe anyone could become overindulgent and self-absorbed like him.

But society as a whole suppresses the urge to glut itself into oblivion. If anything, our world is breaking free from the clutches of the "me" philosophy.

The October earthquake in San Francisco demonstrated, if

Editor's Commentary Larry Boisjolie anything, the willingness of people to work together to help their neighbors. Brady might be right that people are indeed selfish, but they are also empathetic. This feeling overrides our elemental selfishness.

There are other examples. The war on drugs, for instance, is a break from th(( characteristically selfish demeanor of past generations. By trying to stop drug usage, society is working together to eliminate one particularly fatal excess.

I then turned my attentions to Hughes. He looked like an anorexic Rasputin with his hermit-like beard and his crazed eyes. He speared a grape with his fingernail on his right index finger and contemplated the question as if, in some way, I might be trying to gamer some of his millions with it.

"It will be a decade ridden with paranoia," he said.

Of all the things Howard Hughes had, paranoia was possessed in the most copious amounts, so his remark was not surprising. Here was a man who lived and died by the sword of paranoia. He lived in constant fear of losing his precious riches.

But, in assuming the world will follow his trend of paranoia, Hughes was mistaken. If anything, citizens of the world today should be more trusting of each other than a decade ago.

With the cold war officially over, the threat of nuclear

annihilation grows smaller and smaller each day. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is now a man who must be taken seriously when he says his quest is for world peace. We are long past the era ofMcCarthyism. Maybe the next decade will prove that the Soviet Union is no longer the big, bad bear it used to be.

Donald Trump was the last to reply . He sat pensively staring into his glass of Dom Perignon organizing, no doubt, a plan to take over the company. "The 90s will be a decade of takeovers," he said.

Of all the tycoons, Trump spoke with the greatest sense of conviction and was probably the most correct. Undoubtedly, the man who has his name on everything from airlines to board games had great plans for the next 10 years. I could tell that what Trump wanted was a monopoly on the world.

Granted, in the 90s, Trump may indeed own many things but the world will never be his. The human spirit is one commodity not for sale on the market.

Perhaps the biggest takeover will be one, not of businesses, but of government. The winds of change have already whipped through Eastern Europe. Maybe those winds will continue to blow, causing the spirits of those oppressed to rise up and follow their dreams to fruition.

I finished my coffee in contemplation. All three men, each of which held more money in his sock than I will ever see, painted a grim picture of the world tomorrow. Yet, with all my poverty, I still maintained a positive outlook.

I left these three neurotics with a feeling of emptiness. For some reason I thought that, due to their riches, they would be able to share some important insight with a poor reporter.

What I found was that, even though it can purchase many things, money cannot buy wisdom.

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Right: Zabriskie Point is home to another wonder of Death Valley's terrain.

taff Photographer Alison Lake took these photographs in Death Valley this semester while participating in Photography 94: Field Studies. A photography field studies class is offered every semester and is taught by instructor Tom Young.

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THEATER The Foreigner: This comedy is about an English professor who pretends to be a foreigner and ends up learning everyone's secrets. Playing at MiraCosta College tomorrow through Sunday.757-2121, Ext. 451 The Hasty Heart: John Patrick's comedy-drama is set in WWII and concerns a wounded soldier in a convalescent ward in southeast Asia. North County Repertory Theatre. Runs through Jan. 6. 481-1055 Mainstage Premiers: The Progresive Stage Company in San Diego presents a series of new plays by new playwrights, runs through Sunday. Also showing is After Hours, the answer to latenight boredom. Now through Saturday. 234-8603 Mystery of the Rose Bouquet: Manuel Puig presents performances of his play starring Jane Alexander and Anne Bancroft.

Runs through Sunday. (213)4101062

1986: James Woods in 'Salvador'

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Decade's 10 best pictures the film industry had to offer

By Jeff Tuttle Feature Editor It is impossible to generate a list of events, people, ideas, or even films which, by themselves, encapsulate a decade, the smallest meaningful unit in the scope of history.

Yet, the temptation is irresistible for those who have the opportunity.

Staggered by the prospect of selectingjust 10 films from as many years to represent the best of so many fine achievements, I decided to lay down some ground rules to make the process simpler, as well as allowing me to excuse my omissions.

Instead of generating an all-encompassing, 10 ultimate best list for an entire decade, I have chosen one film from each year, 1980-89.

In addition to cinematic and artistic quality, films were chosen for their representation of American characters, events, and ideas. No rules regarding genre have been imposed, but to ensure a richer mix, no more than one film by a single director will be chosen.

1980: Woody Allen's first effort

in what was to be the most successful decade for an already accomplished man was anything but a success, critically or commercial! y.

My selection for this year is his film Stardust M errwries . Fans and critics alike were put off and even genuinely offended by this offering, which they felt was an affront to them . It takes guts to slap your audience in the face.

The slap he dealt I feel was welldeserved, although it was not intended as such.

In Stardust Merrwries , Woody expresses his own plight as an accomplished comedian who wants to set his past aside and deal with darker issues.

One who is hurt or angered by Stardust would seem to either be insecure about their basis for appreciating Allen or insensitive to his situation. I feel a filmmaker with a large body of work behind him has the right to indulge himself, as long as it is in a manner which is rewarding to his audience. This film is certainly more than that.

1981: With Body Heat, director

Lawrence Kasdan produced not only a masterful tribute, but a vital addition to the genre of American film noir.

Combining all the elements of greed, passion, mystery and murder, Kasdan creates a tale worthy of inclusion with other dark masterpieces such as Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice (original version).

Director/screenwriter Kasdan fills this film with an incredible wet, steamy heat. He uses his color stock to create a lurid atmosphere as masterfully as his predecessors used black and white to contrast good and evil. Look for Ted Danson as Hurt's crude colleague, and a brief, but striking, performance by Mickey Rourke.

1982: Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is a rare combination of incredible technological vision and humanistic insight. The world Ridley creates is one where technology has advanced greatly, but actually little has changed. There is high-tech filth, futuristic poverty, and steamy, tangible pollution fouling the air.

The special effects and cinematography are stunning, but not overpowering. And as is so often the case in this type of genre, they are not the meat of the film .

Harrison Ford turns in a gripping performance as a 21st-century Sam Spade. He is a "Blade Runner," a cop who specializes in tracking down run-away androids. It is Scott's treatment of these beings which sets his film apart from many of this type.

Ford's character has quit this job once before because he sees the (see FILMS¡ page 9)

Nutcracker: This Christmas special is being presented by the California Ballet Company for the 19th consecutive year at the San Diego Civic Theatre Dec. 1517 and 20-24. 560-6741 or TM The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket: This outdoor production at the Winston School in San Diego is about a boy who can fly .

696-0458 Uncle Vanya: The frestrations of unrequited love is the theme of this play by Checkhov. Runs Jan. 11 through Feb. 18, 1990. at the Old Globe Theatre. 239-2255.

The Granny: This black comedy examines a cultural and political system in deetail. At Cassius Carter Centre SStage of the Old Globe Theatre Jan. 6 throughjFeb. 18, 1990.239-2255.

The Taming of the Shrew: This comedy by Shakespeare will be presented by the Moonlight Amphitheatre. The performances will be shown at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista. The play will run Jan. 25 through 28 a nd Feb. 1 through 4. 724-2110.

La Traviata: This opera, set in Paris, is a story of love, honor and sacrifice. Performed by Opera Pacific at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa,i trunsJan 14, 14, 18,19,20 and 21, 1990. Opera Pacific, , 3187 Red Hill Ave., #230, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

FILMS Chronos: Ron Fricke's IMAX film will show at the Mitsubishi IMAX Theater at the California Museum of Science and Industry

for an indefinite run. Screenings areat9p.m.daily.(213)744-2014

MUSIC Palomar Holiday Concert: Student recitals will be performed today. The free concert hour isl2:30 to 1:30 p.m. in room D10. Ext. 2317 or 2316

CLUBS The Bacchanal: BeatFarmers, Dec. 30-31 560-8022.

The Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach: Rebel Rockers, Dec. 15 and 16, Midnight Soul Patrol and Savery Bros. Band, Dec. 18; Irie, Dec. 19; Romy Kaye and the Swinging Gates and Bed Breakers Holligans, Dec. 20; John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Dec. 21; Woodpeckers and Jerry McCann Band, Dec. 22; Borracho x Loco and Common Sense, Dec. 23; International Reggae Allstars, Dec. 26; Limbo Slam and The Campers, Dec. 27; Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dec. 28; The Paladins arid The Trebellls, Dec. 29 and The Mar Dels , Dec. 30.4819022orTM. The Belly Up Tavern: Jazz band Tobacco Road, Dec. 20 and 27; Dixieland swing band Chicago 6, Dec. 15, 22 and 29; and Big band swing Chicago 15, Dec. 16. 481-9022.

ART SHOWS Palomar: Through Dec. 22, the Boehm Gallery will show an exhibit of faculty art. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 744-1150, Ext. 2304 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art: An retrospective of Robert Moskowtiz' s art will show through Jan. 7. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday.

454-3541 Felitcita Foundation for the Arts: The arts foundation is showing five collections of folk art that includes toys, puppets, masks and religious objects representing six different cultures. The exhibit shows now through Dec. 29 in Escondido. 743-3322

SPECIAL

EVENTS Images in Time and Space: The California Museum of Science and Industry in Exposition Park in Los Angeles is hosting an exhibit of 3-dimensional imagery and holography, showing now through Mar. 25, 1990. 213)4794997.

Holiday Dance Concert: The Palomar College Music Department will present a concert with the Dance Department today through Sunday at the college theater. 744-1150 ext. 2453.

TM =Tickets available through TicketMaster at 278-TIXS.

Calendar Editor: Donna Harrison

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Films (continued from page 8) inherent evil in what he does. While most view the androids, or "replicants" as they are called, as mere devices or property, Ford sees their humanity and sees no difference between himself and the slave-trackers of the old South.

He also falls in love with an ultimate replicant prototype played by Sean Young, before being supremely tested by the leader of the android rebellion, played hauntingly by Rutger Hauer.

Scott's ability to create a fascinating world, and then to unfold a thoughtful, humanistic drama in it is what makes Blade Runner entertaining. It also ends on a very captivating, hopeful note which lets one leave the experience feeling fulfilled.

1983: Martin Scorsese created a fascinating duality in this year with his film King of Comedy, a drama/black comedy about two obsessed people, one obsessed with comedy, and the other with a comedian.

Robert De Niro plays the former, Rupert Pupkin, a horrible comic who dreams constantly of attaining the same success as his idol, a talk show host played by Jerry Lewis.

Unable to get a break in show business, De Niro embarks on a plan to kidnap Lewis and hold him until Pupkin is allowed his rightful shot on Lewis' show - not just as a guest stand-up, but as host.

DeNiro's accomplice, a wealthy, neurotic young woman, is played delightfully by Sandra Bernhard. The wonderful quality of this film is the essence of these two characters and their joint-venture The film ends with a twist reminiscent of Taxi Driver, which serves to add to the blackness of the humor in the film .

1984: "There's such a fine line between clever and stupid," says Spinal Tap leadguitarist Nigel Tufnel in the mock "rockumentary" This is Spinal Tap. Director Rob Reiner walks this line perfectly in this, the best straight parody ever made.

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1989: 'Do the Right Thing' Reiner plays TV commercial director Marty Dibergi, a man who has set out to capture the essence of one of England's "loudest and most punctual" metal bands.

His film documents the 20-year history of the band through their 37 different line ups and countless name changes, during which time they ripp-off every successful rock act.

Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Rhythm guitarist/lead singer David St.Hubbins (Micheal Mckeon) are the only two original members and do a wonderful send up of the Jagger-Richards type of creative relationship. The comedic tapestry here is so intricately woven that one can watch it 30-plus times (as I have) and fmd new things to laugh at with each viewing.

1985: I have seen Terry Gilliam's film Brazil classified by critics and video store proprietors in almost every traditional film category-drama, comedy, science fiction, and horror. This is a testamentto this remarkable film which defies classification.

For those who must classify, I would call Brazil a horror-comedy. A chilling tale of the loss of human rights and dignity in world more similar to our own than we would care to admit.

Our hero in this film is Sam Lowry, played

by British stage actor Jonathan Pryce. He is shaken from his complacence when he learns that the beautiful woman from his recurrent dream is a reality. Lowry forces her to allow

him to join in her quest for a small shred of justice and decency in this surreal netherworld.

Robert Dinero plays William Tuttle, a renegade air-conditionerrepairman, and one of the most heroic icons in recent films..

The final sequence of the film is amazing.

It presents a remarkable combination of crushing, final dehumanization, as well as ultimate escape from oppression.

1986: OliverStone'sSalvador, which was released in the same year as his epic Platoon, is also a masterful presentation of the chaos created by the ugly side of U.S. foreign policy. I chose it over Platoon as Ifeel this film deserves a much larger audience than it received during its limited theatrical run. Also, there are many good films about the Vietnam conflict, told on many levels, and Salvador is one of the few to tell of another foreign entanglement.

James Woods plays a whorish, yet humane photojournalist who has returned to El Salvador after his luck has run out in the states. Jim Belushi provides necessary comic relief as Wood's traveling companion, a down-andout FM DJ from San Fransisc.

Stone's drama has the realism of a documentary, as well as a vital human element which makes it work on many levels.

The realism, Wood's performance, and the non-storybook ending combine to make this film a lasting chronicle of a time which is not yet history.

1987: Films like Tim Hunter's River's Edge comealongrarely. Thisisbecausethey tell the story of a generation, usually a young, lost one. River's Edge tells the story of a generation perhaps more lost than any before it, youth made cold by the pursuit of momentary amusement. Their's is a world in which they see no greater causes, causes which they would probably not commit to even if they were made evident. This is my generation.

As the film opens, John (Daniel Roebuck) has just raped and strangled a girl, a friend, primarily for the experience of it. When he makes his friends aware of it, they are not sure how to react. The fact that one of their friends has killed another seems more of a welcome break in the routine than a tragedy.

The most vocal of the group, Lane (played with rare intensity by Crispin Glover), seizes the moment of his friends ' confusion, and convinces them that they must help John escape detection, arguing that John's arrest would cost them one friend and not bring back the other.

The characters in this film are so real, and so ruthless in their pursuit of sensation and diversion, thatRiver' sEdge will surely stand as an artful chronicle of a generation driven to savagery by boredom and lack of vision.

1988:RainMan is one of those rare "blockbuster" films where the popularity and earnings are matched by its quality. Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise both give their career-best ¡performances in this Barry Levinson film.

Rain Man is a wonderful journey film. A film where the characters grow personally as they advance geographically. The magnificent dynamic in this film is the change in Cruise as Charlie Babbit, brought on by the stasis of his autistic brother, Raymond (Hoffman).

The performances and the writing make this film very rewarding on video, but it is the cinematography, they way Levinson captures this huge country and uses it as a backdrop for his character's self-discovery, which mustbeseenon the big screen to make the experience of this excellent film complete.

1989: With Do the Right Thing, only his third commercial release, Spike Lee has almost perfected his technique. His films will surely dominate the next decade. He has forced Hollywood to deal with him on his own terms, and has been successful thanks only to his own will to succeed.

Do the Right Thing tells the story of one hot day in Brooklyn, one very hot day in Brooklyn. Lee's camera moves playfully around one block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of town and we meet a cast of characters who we will see consumed in a conflagration before the sun rises again.

InDo the Right Thing he deals with racism, the lines drawn between different races and classes. He shows why the lines are there and when people will cross those lines and when they will not.

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House San Diego's historical landmark welcomes both visitors and ghosts

By Roman Koenig Staff Writer It is a quaint brick house on San Diego A venue in Old Town, and it is the place where some of San Diego's most colorful history was created. The Thomas Whaley House is a place where the past meets the present in more ways than one, for not only is it a major focal point of Old Town history, it is a location where the figures who shaped the past come to haunt the present.

The historical landmark is home to "resident" spirits that include members of the Whaley family. Both scientists and psychics have lead investigations in the house to determine the legitamacy of the home's claim to fame as a highly-active house of haunting.

But the unusual activity experienced in the house would never have been discovered had the building not been saved from demolition in 1956.

Built in the years of 1856 and 1857 by Whaley, the house was saved from demolition by the Historical Shrine Foundation, founded by a group of concerned San Diego citizens, among them June and Jim Reading.

"We had a group of people in Old Town that had known Ms. Whaley and the Whaley family and they were very interested in the house," said June Reading of how the house was saved. "''There was a lot of newspaper publicity and I had been interested in it for a long time. In fact, I had come down here to try and meet Ms. Whaley before she died."

The last Whaley to live in the house was Corinne Lillian Whaley, the youngest of six children. She died in 1953 at the age of 89.

SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION "I was very concerned about this house.

The family had put the house up for sale because they wanted to settle the estate," she continued. "This man had come along and he was interested in industrial and commercial development here. At that time this whole area (today's Old Town) was zoned for commercial and industrial development."

At that time, according to Reading, the people of San Diego did not recognize the importance of preserving the area. Those that were concerned for the area, and especially the house, didn't have the vehicle (financial resources) to purchase and restore it.

"These people around Old Town were not able to do anything by themselves, but they knew Ms. Whaley and they knew that this was a distinctive house and it was going to rack and ruin."

From that group of people, the Readings helped to form the Historical Shrine Foundation, a non-profit, tax-free corperation that enabled the group to preserve relics of the past.

"That was the first step," continued Reading. "Once it was established, which I think was 1955, the first order of business was to get it (the house) out of the hands of this man."

By this time, the developer had purchased almost the entire block, with intentions of tearing the house down and salvaging the brick.

The foundation then set out on its goal to purchase the building from the developer.

"When we finally received our incorporation we had formed a board. The first order of business for the board was to see what we could do about purchasing the Whaley House

and mark it so that this man couldn't destroy it.

"So we bought the house to keep it from being tom down," she continued, "Our board members put their own money into it, so 'it was a real grass-roots effort."

Since that time, Reading has served as director of the Whaley House, her husband Jim serving as president of the Historical Shrine Foundation until his death last year.

Full restoration commenced in 1956 and took four years to complete. The house opened on May 24, 1960 as a public museum.

THE EARLY YEARS

Thomas Whaley was a well-known San Diego businessman, who owned many businesses including a brick yard and a store. For many years, the pioneer's home served as a church, theater, county courthouse, and dance hall. It was the center of most major activity in the early days of San Diego.

Whaley and his wife Anna moved to San Diego from New York City.

It was during the building' s service as a county seat of government that one of the most significant events in San Diego history occurred.

The north room of the house, orginally built as a granary, was converted into the courthouse and used by the county from 1869 to 1871. During this time, most of the city had its sights on "New Town," now San Diego's modem-day downtown.

In 1870, the county wanted to move the courthouse and county records to 6th and F streets in "New Town," the current site of today' s county courts. A legal battle pursued with Whaley arguing the fact that the lease on his home would not run out for another year, and that he had gone through considerable expense to furnish the facilities . Judge Thomas H. Bush ruled that the county records would stay at the house, ordering the sheriff to resist, by force, any attempt to remove them.

"The records were seized at midnight, March 31, 1871, illegally, without a search warrant," said Reading of the county's determination to move the records. The home was broken into while Thomas Whaley was away on business, leaving his wife and children to tend the house.

"They broke into the house and threatened Mrs. Whaley on the stairs at gunpoint and forced thier way up, took the records, took quite a bit of the courtroom furniture, and moved out in two Wells Fargo wagons."

HISTORIC COLLECTIONS In more recent times, the house has served as a passage way back to the days when San Diego was just beginning to take shape.

Inside the house-turned-museum there are many special antiques ranging from original Whaley furniture to relics from presidents such as Ulyses S. Grant and Andrew Jackson.

The original Whaley House courtroom furniture was uncovered years ago when the courthouse on 6th and F streets in downtown was slated for demolition.

"We were asked by the county to do an inventory of the old courthouse because it was slated for demolition," said Reading.

"And so we went over and started inventorying the contents of that old courthouse and we got up into the tower and there was the original furniture."

Some of the other interesting and important artifacts can be found in the home's

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Whaley House Director June Reading, left, and tour guide Sheila Furness stand on the flight of stairs where spirit activity is often experienced.

"Presidential Collection."

Included in the collection is a life mask of Abraham Lincoln, and a settee which was in the White House during the Jackson administration. Carved on the back of the sofa is the official seal of the United States. The set was purchased by the Whaleys.

Another prominent feature of the collection are the rosewood bookcases belonging to President Grant, which are located in the courtroom.

"They were an inaugural gift to him from the people of Illinois and brought to California by his son who designed and built the U.S. Grant Hotel," said Reading.

In the courtroom, there are many other artifacts linked to the history of the United States. Some of these items include original paintings of President George Washington and General Robert E. Lee, and a hand-made American flag dating back to 1864.

In the room are several displays of early San Diego history. Included in this collection are photographs of old San Diego and the Whaley House, and various local artifacts found in archaeological digs, including items from an investigation in the back yard of the home, which uncovered parts of dolls, money, shoe buttons and other small objects.

Another one-of-a-kind artifact in the house is the original piano used in the film "Gone with the Wind." Made from myrtlewood, it appeared in two scenes.

"Melanie was seated playing it," Reading described. "If they show the movie again you might be able to find it. It's beautiful under lights and it photographs very well.

SPIRIT ACTIVITY These items are not the only outstanding features in the Whaley House.

Since the home's existence as a public museum began, there have been many reported incidents of spirit activity. Visitors who take photographs have r::ontinually returned with prints showing unusual features

not visible when the photo was taken. Many of the pictures contain what is known as ectoplasm, or spirit energy. A display of these photos is located in the courtroom.

June Reading recalls the first time she experienced contact with "the other side."

"Early on, one of the first visitors that was here, even before we really were established as a museum, was a doctor and his wife from British Columbia and she apparently was psychic; very psychic.

"The reason they came in was because we had a medical exhibit and he got very interested in that and she kind of wandered around the house by herself. When she came back downstairs, she said to me, 'You know your house is occupied.'

"I thought, 'Boy. How lucky can I be to have a visitor like this.'," she said with a laugh. "And I looked at him and he looked very serious. He didn't say, 'Oh, you're kidding, ' or 'This is ridiculous.' I figured he was doctor, you know. He must know something.

"We started, then, to walk towards the courtroom and we got to the threshold of the room. Shesaid, 'There'ssomebodyoccupying the courtroom.' She described this whole figure and she said, 'This woman lives in this room.' I said I didn't remember seeing anything in the records that show it being a room (living quarters). It was a public room, but she indicated that it was a bedroom. Well, that really confused me.

"She said, 'I get the distinct impression that we are invading her privacy.' And she went on to tell me how she was dressed. She then asked me if any of the Whaleys were dark complected. I said no. She said this woman was dark complected. Well, I racked my brains. I couldn't figure out how she could describe this.

"You know, six months after they were

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Comets wrestle to third in state Ken Baurmeister Staff Writer

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Lino Persi (15) unloads the winning field goal in Palomar's 21-20 Hall of Fame Bowl victory.

Canadian kicker boots winning_goal

By Larry Boisjolie News Editor For every athlete, there exists a moment of glory.

Lino Persi' s moment came in the last two minutes of the Hall of Fame Bowl.

It was there that he split the goal posts with a 38yard kick that gav~ Palomar a one-point edge over Ventura in the championship game.

"I knew as soon as I kicked it that the ball was in," said Persi.

The goal made the 20-year-old kicker an instant hero.

"After the game, there were reporters grabbing me by the arm to ask questions. I just wanted to share the victory with the guys," said Persi. " .. , it was an entire team effort."

With the end of the season, Persi kicked off the beginning of a dream. A citizen of Canada, he said it was his childhood dfeam to play college football in the United States.

"Hockey is the primary game of Canada," said Persi. "If you're not scouted by the NHL by the age of 16, you don't have a chance of making a hockey team. Hockey was out, so I decided on football."

Persi played for Holy Trinity High in his home town of Edmonton and continued kicking for the community college there.

"We had a good team (in high school)," he said.

"I wasn't the one you would have expected to go

on."

While looking for a good college for which to play, Persi was directed to Palomar by Fresno State coach Pat Hill. Palomar not only offered a good team, it was also less expensive than the larger schools.

"Canada doesn't offer scholarships as big as in the U.S.," said Persi.

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here I was looking through the (Whaley) daughter's journal one night, and all of a sudden in the middle of the journal she starts talking about the help. And there was the woman. She was a Christianized Indian that was brought in from the (local) mission to work.

"She worked for the American families, and she was a character.

Apparently, when Frank Whaley

Once at Palomar, Persi found himself tending the bench for the first two games. He found stiff competition in veteran kickers Roan White and Bryan Wilson.

"At the very beginning I was homesick," said Persi. "I knew nobody but the guys on the team. After not kicking in the first two games I wondered, 'Is it worth it?'" "' Once Persi started kicking, he said he knew the trip to the United States was not in vain. He finished the season converting three-of-five kicks, missing second team all-conference by a .01 percent margin.

Persi said he finds inspiration and support in his family in Canada, whom he talks to weekly via telephone. After the Dec. 2 bowl victory, Persi tried calling home but received no answer.

"I experienced the same joy as everyone. I just wish I had my family and friends to share it with," he said.

Persi fmds local support with the Schram family, with whom he lives, and his girlfriend, Shelly Petersen.

"With Shelly," said Persi, "I know I actually have someone to share this with."

Persi tries to downplay the significance of his winning field goal and gives his teammates equal credit.

"It's flattering to say I kicked the winning goal, but it was a total team effort," he said.

The successful kick, that clinched the Comets' victory over Ventura, followed a missed attempt four minutes earlier by Persi. According to Persi, time elapsed too quickly for him to feel pressured about his final kick.

"If I missed that goal, I would have been taking the red-eye flight home," he said.

Now Persi will be taking a flight home fueled by victory and riding the wings of a dream.

did the remodeling on this house between 1904 and 1906, he hired her to help keep house and to cook his meals.

"I never did have an opportunity to tell those people that the lady she (the visitor) described was right" Reading and tour guides Sheila Furness and Candy Brabant have other experiences in the house, most of which have been the sound of footsteps upstairs, Thomas Whaley's laughter, the smell of Anna Whaley's perfume and her husband's cigar s~9ke, and the feeling of "cold spots" mainly upstairs. Many visitors to the house also acknowledge experiencing such phenomena.

It has also been noted by Reading that the activity in the house is stronger when children are present.

The Whaley House presents field trips for elementary schools. One spirit, in particular, is that of a little neighbor girl, who.was killed when she ran into a clothesline or fell and hit her head near the home. Reading said that there have been many versions of how the girl died.

One other spirit which is felt at the house is Yankee Jim Robinson, who was hanged on the site for stealing a pilot boat from the San Diego Harbor before Whaley bought the land, which was public hanging ground prior to its sale.

Reading says that the Whaley fam-

Superbowls, World Series and championships are supposed to be fun, and the crowning of a winning season. It is time to relax and to have some fun in the finals. For wrestling coach Roye Oliver the finals held in Fresno were business as usual.

On Dec. 1, at the state regional tournament at Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana, nine wrestlers advanced to the Fresno finals.

Oliver listed the winning athletes and their corresponding weight class.

"Sam Bailey at 126-pounds, Chris Winkler 134, Frank Millsap 142, RJ. Fairless 150," said Oliver taking a breath before continuing, "Aaron Gaeir 158, Charles Leptich 167, Steve Clemmer 177, Anthony Dasilva who is our alternate at 190 and Phil Jones our heavy weight."

As Oliver predicted, Fresno was the team to beat, but no school, including Palomar, succeeded.

"Fresno came in first, Cerritos

and Moorpark tied for second and we came in a real close third," said Oliver. "We missed second place by only 2 and one-half points.

"Fresno had 111 points. Second was shared with 79 each and we had 76.5."

Out of the nine wrestlers that made the trip, six were able to place themselves into the top five of their weight classes.

Gaeir was a champion for the second year in the row. Bailey took second. Winkler along with Clemmer clinched third. Fairless and Jones wrestled themselves into the fifth place.

"We had a team capable of placing higher, but we didn't get some breaks when we needed them," said Oliver, "butl'mstillproudofthem.

We just have to come back stronger next year.

"Right now our main concern is how to get the guys into four-year schools like Iowa, Arizona or Michigan on wrestling scholarships ... then we start working on the next semester."

Women prepare for preseason rebound Height jeopardizes basketball team

By Fernando Ricardez With the opening of league play one month away, the women's basketball team is struggling to put together a competitive team on the court.

As their 3-6 record shows, things have not all gone well for the Comets so far this year.

However, coach John Cnossen is hopeful that the team can turn it around.

"We have played three tough, out-of-state teams that have overmatched us," said the coach. "Despite this, I think these games helped us improve. We hustled very hard against them. One strength this team has is that it never gives up."

One problem which may prevent the team from becoming contenders is its lack of height.

"We are short and we are slow," said Cnossen. "Four of the girls are

wearing knee braces and this is slowing us down."

According to the coach, a further hindrance to the team is its lack of leaders.

"We need players like all-league center Mila Kiracofe and guard Karen Cook to stand up and become leaders. We have too many followers on this team and not enough chiefs," Cnossen said.

The Comets have five more preseason games. This will give them time to improve and work out the problems from a team.

"Our goal in the preseason is to turn things around," Cnossen said.

"The record does not matter as long as we learn to play as a team and be competitive by the time league starts.

"This team does not realize its potential. They haven't learned that with a little bit of work things will happen for them. The key to this season will be whether I can motivate them into doing this."

ily felt a presence while they lived there.

"Mr. Whaley saw the hanging," she said. He often pointed out to his children where Robinson was hanged, between the music room and the front parlor. "They seemed to feel that there was something here, but they didn't say particularly what it was."

Over the years, many people have come to investigate the Whaley House phenomena.

Among those people was a group of researchers from Duke University, and famed English medium Sybil Leek. Psychic Hans Holzer published a book entitled Ghosts of the Golden West, which has a section

devoted to the Whaley House phenomena.

Reading, herself, has seen Thomas Whaley. "One of the guides called to my attention to the fact that there was a man standing up there (the landing to the stairway) that we knew hadn't come through the front door. He was about the size we figured him to be, about 5 feet6 inches, and he was wearing an old-fashioned frock coat, pantaloons, and a frog-rimmed hat. And he just faded away."

With the many events she has seen in the house, Reading is convinced that there is spirit activity, "There's definitely something going on here."

Sports Writer

Thursday, December 14, 1989

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drives resulted in punts . . "At the.start of the game, it was frustrating," said Barrick. "I knew we could do it, but I was cold .. I knew we could move the ball on them, it was just a matter of time." .

Coach Tom Craft was proud of the way his Mission Conference Southern Division Champions responded to the early defensive pressure.

"We were frustrated and a little tight to start the game," Craft said.

"We made some bad decisions at the start, but we adjusted." · Running back Fernando Green opened the scoring for the Pirates on their first drive of the game when he scored from a yard out. An extra point and field goal by Ventura kicker Ty Hewitt resulted in a 10-0 lead after the first quarter.

Starting with their worst field position of the day at their own 10yard line, it was time for Barrick and Hansen to go to work.

Mter three key plays by running back Mark King, the Comets found themselves at the Pirate 41-yard line. Barrick then hit Hansen over the middle, to give the Comets the score and the m·omentum.

The defense held on the ensuing Ventura possession, but Bryan Wilson let the punt go through his arms and the Pirates took over at the Palomar 12-yard line. · Pirate quarterback Todd Paffhausen bootlegged around the right side on the next play and Ventura was up by 10 points again.

Instead of folding, Barrick rebounded by hitting wide receiver JohnMarrugg across the middle for a 43-yard gain down to the seven yard line. The play was made possible by excellent protection from

the Comets' offensive line.

Barrick then found a sliding Hansen in the comer of the end wne for the score. Persi' s extra point was blocked, but a penalty on Ventura gave the Comets a second chance. This time, Craft elected to go for the two-point conversion and was successful when Sean Davis scampered in to pull the Comets within two points at 17-15.

Hansen was named the Offensive Player of the Game for pulling in 15 passes for 163 yards. "As soon as we had that first score, it was wide open and I knew we had the win," said Hansen.

The Palomar defense held tough in the second half, limiting the Pirates to a Hewitt field goal.

Barrick found wide receiver Chris Chiarappa on two big receptions to set up Persi' s winning boot.

Chiarappa finished the game with seven catches for 111 yards.

After Persi' s heroics, Roan White boomed the kick off out of the end zone and the Pirates had 80 yards to go and just about two minutes to play.

Defensive linemen Casey Malauulu and Paul Goldberg pursed Paffhausen, but the elusive quarterback managed to get a first down at the Comets' 45-yard line. Wilson made up for his muffed punt return by burying his helmet into Paffhausen's chest, forcing an incompletion.

Mter two incomplete passes, the Pirates had one play left. Under pressure, Paffhausen unloaded a desperation pass that was picked off by defensive back Clarence Reese and the Comets ran away with the game and the Hall of Fame Bowl trophy.

TOP: Mark King (33) breaks through the Ventura defense for extra yardage.

MIDDLE: Bryan Wilson (16) holds his arms up in victory after Palomar's 21-20 victory over Ventura in the Hall of Fame Bowl held Dec. 2.

BOTTOM-LEFT: Cornerback Clarence Reese (25) separates a Ventura receiver from the ball.

Reese intercepted a last-second Ventura pass to seal the victory.

Photos by Patrick Walter