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The Arizona Republic SECTION Religion Starts on BIO SATURDAY JUNE 8, 1991 Marduardt: JHet i ifliciary dowe? -it." 1 i 't Swim club Vacates complex Keating-tied group can't afford to stay '1 of bitter pills I have to carry' By Brent Whiting and Susan Leonard The Arizona Republic Former Judge Philip Marquardt, who resigned from the bench Thursday and said he is addicted to marijuana, betrayed the judiciary, said a Texas judge who convicted Marquardt in a 1988 drug case. Marquardt agrees. i Marquardt said Friday that he doesn't blame some of his fellow judges for being upset with him, but he added that many other judges and lawyers have called to praise him for facing up to his problems. But Judge Sherman A. Ross of the Harris County, Texas, Criminal Court in Houston said Friday, "Shame on him.

"You catch a crook, but if the crook is somebody who held the public trust, then it shakes the public trust. "I can't say I'm glad they caught him. It's a sad day, for the judiciary everywhere when one of our own betrays the public trust." Marquardt said he understands Ross' position. "He's said. "I did let the judiciary down.

That is one of the bitter pills I have to carry. "I let my fellow judges down. I will be forever ashamed about that and sorry for that. I hope what I have done starts the healing process. I hope they will forgive me.

Some have. "There are some judges who will never forgive me. That's all right. I can understand that. I don't blame them." Marquardt ended his 20-year judicial career when he resigned from Maricopa County Superior Court and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to possess marijuana.

The charge was filed after a package of marijuana was delivered by mail last week to his central Phoenix home. Marquardt said in an affidavit filed Thursday that the package was sent to him by Barbara Moffett of Albuquerque, but she refused Friday to talk about Marquardt's situation. "It's over with, as far as I'm concerned," Moffett said. Marquardt will face probation or up to 22 months in prison when he is sentenced See EX-JUDGE, page B4 Sherman A. Ross "You catch a crook, but if the crook is somebody who held the public trust, then it shakes the public trust." 0 Ollf t'r Graffiti remover beaten Gang members' blamed in attack i-i'K' 'J fs-l if SS.S if 11 v.

'a Vi.W By Norm Frauenheim The Arizona Republic The Phoenician Swim Club, part of the legacy of financier Charles Keating left its high-tech complex this week because it no longer can afford rent and operating expenses, according to a former member of the club's board of directors. Gary Hall, an ophthalmologist and Keating's son-in-law, said the team has been training at a pool in his home's back yard since Monday. "We just couldn't afford to stay there any longer," said Hall, a swimming medalist in three Olympics. The club, founded by former collegiate swimming champion Keating, had until July 31 to purchase or vacate the complex near 29th Street and Campbell Avenue. Keating built the facility with $1.4 million from his Irvine, Calif.

-based Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. In April 1989, however, the federal government seized Lincoln and its assets. If the club cannot come up with $800,000 to $1.2 million to buy the complex, the Resolution Trust Corp. will terminate the lease and put the property up for sale, said Bob Goldwater, RTC asset manager. The RTC is a federal agency created to dispose of the assets of failed thrifts.

Hall said the team, named after Keating's Phoenician Resort, hopes to return to the facility, which includes an Olympic-size pool, an underwater room for viewing workouts, a film room, a warm-up pool and a weight room. Olympic-size pools are 50 meters long and eight lanes wide. "I sure would hate to see the bulldozers come in," said Hall, who added that he resigned as a club director because the RTC's receiver, Vernon Peckham, refused "to do business" with him. Hall said the club has not been able to acquire corporate sponsorship. The club also asked the U.S.

Olympic Committee for help, but Chairman Robert Helmick did not show any interest, Hall said. In January, the club began bingo games twice a week at Seton Catholic High School in Chandler. The games raised as much as $5,000 a month. "With maintenance and everything else, it just cost too much," Hall said. Rent was $5,000 a month, but the club hadn't paid it in several months.

Hall said that about 18 months ago, the RTC agreed to let the cash-strapped club stay in the facility if it paid maintenance costs. The costs were about $20,000 a month, which included the salaries of four coaches. The club still hopes participation by Phoenix will save the complex. It proposed that Phoenix use funds from parks-and-recreation. bonds for half of the purchase price and part of the operating expenses.

The city and club then would share the pools. The club has talked with officials at Arizona State University about the possibility of using the university's Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex. "But right now, we're using my pool," Hall said. "It's 25 yards long, four lanes wide and the rent is cheap." John SamoraThe Arizona Republic Former members of the Aztec Squadron include (front row from left): nelius Orsatti and Carlos Ortiz, and (back row from left) Julio Calymayor, Genardo Romero, Graco Ramirez, Carlos Garduno, Rafael Navarro, Cor- Justino Reyes-Rentana, Othon Gutierrez, Rodolfo Perez and Sergio Carrillo. AZTECS OF THE A By Abraham Kwok The Arizona Republic A groundskeeper for the Phoenix parks system whose job is to remove graffiti was beaten unconscious Thursday by gang members who accused him of obliterating their marks in a central Phoenix park, authorities said.

Sherman Warbington, 45, who has spent a decade erasing graffiti for the city, also was cut several times at by the five teen-age gang members. "This is the first time we've had an employee assaulted," said L.B. Scace-water, assistant director of operations of the Phoenix parks system. "It was a despicable act, just despicable." Warbington, who was treated at Phoenix Memorial Hospital on Thursday and released, was getting additional medical treatment Friday and was unavailable for comment, his family said. The attack occurred about 7:20 a.m.

inside a storage room at Nuestro Park, Ninth and Pima streets, where street-gang initials such as "LCM" and "WBI" dot playground equipment and the sidewalks. "LCM" stands for Los Cuatros Milpas and "WBP" for Wet Back Power. Five youths, described as Hispanic teens wearing black pants' and black T-shirts, confronted Warbington and began attacking him, police said. Scacewater and city officials said Friday that park employees have been instructed to travel in pairs now and to report to dispatchers if they are confronted by groups of youths, The incident happened as Phoenix is scheduled to add 10 rangers in July to patrol the city's 165 parks and to curb gang confrontations and property damage. At Nuestro Park and other parks, city workers such as Jesus Veladez, 51, spend most of their 8 Vi -hour days removing gang messages, they said It's not uncommon for officials to resort to sandblasting some of the graffiti, they said.

I "I had one teen-age girl tell me just the other day, 'Don't take my name off. I'll be nice to Veladez said. "I tried to explain to her, 'It's! my job. We're doing this for 'Lost' WWII Mexican pilots, U.S. colleagues reunited the 58th." Parsley said he first encountered members of the missing squadron at parties at the U.S.

Embassy in Mexico from 1985 through 1987. In Mexico, Garduno and his colleagues are treated as heroes, Parsley said. They often appear at official governmental functions and are greeted with enthusiasm. Most Americans, he added, don't think of Mexico when they consider U.S. allies in World War II.

Mexico supplied oil and other raw materials in the late '30s as America geared for war and later declared war on the Axis powers after German submarines sunk ships transporting raw materials from Mexico. Flying Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in the Philippines, the Aztec Squadron provided close air support for U.S. ground troops, Garduno said. See page B8 By Art Thomason The Arizona Republic As sleek fighter jets taxied on a nearby runway, Carlos Garduno held a picture of fellow Mexican air-force pilots seated beneath the wings of a bulky World War II fighter-bomber. To about 200 former members of the U.S.

Army Air Forces' 58th Fighter Group who met Friday at Luke Air Force Base, Garduno and his colleagues were the lost squadron. During the war, the Mexican pilots formed Squadron 201, known as the Aztec Squadron. They flew American planes and fought alongside U.S. pilots in the Philippines. After the war, the Mexican aviators went home, fading out of the memories of their American colleagues.

On Friday, they were reunited with the 58th during the U.S. fighter group's 50th reunion. The fighter Members of the Aztec Squadron flying Republic P-47 Thunderbolts (pictured) provided close air support for U.S. ground troops in the Philippines. with the Mexican air force.

"It's a little like finding a diamond in the rough." "For us," said Garduno, 67, "it's very significant to be here with people who say, 'By God, you were with We flew side by side with group was based for a time at Luke. "The 58th didn't even know these people were still around," said Air Force Maj. Duane Parsley, who found members of the Aztec Squadron while he was stationed in Mexico City as an exchange officer Child abuse charged, sibling killing alleged Mom faces count in baby's death Uillil U. 1 DflHIHIIL.I UJUI-m- IlillHU fillip J.H"U 'I i I (rVint 0 will i.y 'k Gunfire from van injures teen-ager! In what may be another random shooting, a 14-year-old girl was hit in the face with buckshot Friday night while riding in a car near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road. Police did not release the name of the victim, who apparently does not live in the area, but said her wounds were not life-threatening.

The girl was a passenger in the front seat of a Toyota traveling on McDowell shortly after 10 p.m. when a man either standing by or sitting in a blue van fired at the car, according to Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson. Three other people were in the car and drove to an Exxon gas station at 43rd and McDowell to seek help, said Johnson, who was riding with the Police Department gang squad Friday night. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.

Officials trying to piece the incident did not know whether it was gang-related, but Sgt. Kevin Robiilpbn said there may have been confrontation. A 'description of-the attacker was not available late Friday night. Rasmussen said questioning by police determined that the 7-year-old, who has a history of violence, was responsible for the death. The baby was beaten severely on the head, authorities said.

The woman's other children are the infant's twin brother and an 11 -year-old boy, officials said. All three children were turned over to the Child Protective Services division of the state Department of Economic Security. Later, they were placed in the custody of the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, of which the children and mother are members. Child abuse is punishable by a mandatory prison term of 15 to 25 years without the possibility of parole. Legal action against the 7-year-old is considered unlikely.

By Fred Smith The Arizona Republic GLOBE A Globe mother whose retarded 7-year-old son killed his 9-month-old sister when the mother left her four children at home alone has been charged with child abuse, authorities said Friday. Dorothy Bush, 39, was jailed Thursday in Globe on the charge, filed by the Gila County Attorney's Office. She was being held lieu of $10,000 bail. The child, Tisha Bush Heatherly, was dead of head injuries when Globe police arrived at the family's home at about 11:30 p.m. May 31.

Tom Rasmussen, investigator for the County Attorney's Office, said Bush, a single mother, left her children alone for at least four hours. Michael MeisterThe Arizona Republic Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson (right) looks over the scene of what may have been a random shooting at 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road, where a teen girl was hit in the face with buckshot..