Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona • Page 8

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC COUNTERS NEEDED Census delayed by lack of head-counter applicants. B2. BLUES BROTHERS Clinton, Gore sing at Sunset Strip blues club. B6. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1995 Editor, Steve Knickmeyer 271-8222 BEHZiEn5HEBT5I5l3ET5T5HI5I5T5 20 million in water rights sought by Scottsdale That payment would likely have increased the price of the water, he said.

Under the tentative, deal the following parties will receive these amounts: Prescott, $7.8 million for 7,127 acre-feet. Nogales, $4.3 million for 3,949 acre-feet. Rio Rico Utilities, $2.9 million for 2,683 acre-feet. Cottonwood Water Works, $2 million for 1,789 acre-feet. Camp Verde Water System, $1.6 million for 1,443 See SCOTTSDALE, page B6 by the City Council on Tuesday, with avote expected Oct.

2. Scottsdale officials have been negotiating the water deals since early last year. But City Manager Dick Bowers said the negotiations had little or no role in driving the threatened moratorium. The purchase would not be going through at this time without the settlement that resulted from the moratorium. "The timing is very good," Bowers said.

"Now we have the money, and the price is right. If the water rights hadn't been sold by the end of the year, the cities would have to pony up another payment to preserve their allocation." individual family or other customer with nearly 900 gallons a day for a year. "This is a major deal," said Roger Klingler, the city's general manager of water resources. "The thing we want to make sure people understand is that the payment is coming from the water-resources development fee. It's not coming out of their water rates.

It's not coming out of taxes." The development fee money was freed up in June after the city threatened a moratorium on building permits. The city has collected roughly $28 million, but the money was tied up by a lawsuit filed by developers. The plan to buy the water rights is scheduled for review By Jonathan Sidener Staff writer The city of Scottsdale plans to spend nearly $20 million to buy Central Arizona Project water rights from Prescott, Nogales and a handful of other cities. The additional 17,000 acre-feet of water should quench the growing city's thirst through the first couple of years of the next century, officials estimated. To put the new water rights in perspective, the city used a total of about 57,000 acre-feet of water last year.

An acre-foot of water is the volume of water required to cover an acre to depth of of one foot and would provide an Official accused of smuggling cocaine Suspect in fatal DUI vanishes Drunk-driving foe killed in '94 crash By Jerry Kammer Staff Writer A Mexican immigration official from Nogales was arrested Thursday night near Casa Grande and charged with smuggling 233 pounds of cocaine with a street value of about $7 million. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Gilberto Perez Ibarra, 43, after they stopped his Dodge truck on Interstate 10, said Ron Sanders, head of the Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol. Sanders would not say why Perez was stopped. Richard Canas, head of the Phoenix office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Perez had been taken to he Pinal County jail, where he faced charges of possession, and possession of a narcotic drug for sale.

Canas said the DEA would investigate whether Ibarra was part of a drug-smuggling organization. "We are investigating his background," Canas said. "Any time you come across this large an amount (of cocaine), it opens up questions. Canas said that memorandum "between the DEA and the Border Patrol provides for the DEA to investigate drug cases stemming from arrests made by the Border Patrol. Meanwhile, Mexican federal police report they have seized 10 tons of marijuana in a house in Nogales, but no arrests have been made.

Ml II limn ff i By Karen Fernau Staff writer The motorist charged with the drunken-driving death of anti-DUI crusader Angela Maher has disappeared days before she was go to trial. An official with Students Against Driving Drunk blames the judicial system for the disappearance of Gloria L. Schulze, 31. "I understand the accused have rights, but how about the rights of the victims?" Donna McBride, SADD's state coordinator, said Friday. "The family never wanted this woman released and now she's gone." She said the disappearance of Schulze, who was released on her own recognizance shortly after her arrest Aug.

10, 1994, sends a distorted message to drunken motorists. "It says that you can do something terribly wrong and not face the consequences," McBride said. "This has got to be so hard on the family. You wait for the trial to end so you can start piecing your life together. Now this." Family members could not be reached to comment.

On Sept. 15, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge signed an arrest warrant for Schulze after she failed to appear at a court hearing that day. Her trial had been scheduled to begin Monday. Schulze is charged with manslaughter and drunken driving in a July 1994 accident that killed Maher, then 21, who founded the SADD chapter at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix in 1990. Schulze's attorney, Larry Kazan, refused to comment Friday on his client, who had shown up for all previous court appearances.

Police said Schulze had a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent, 0.05 percent over the level at which Arizona drivers are presumed intoxicated. If convicted, she faces a five- to. 1 5-year prison sentence. Maher, a senior at Creighton University in Omaha, was southbound on Scottsdale Road near See SUSPECT, page B6 Russell GatesStaff photographer At the Men of Color Conference in Phoenix, William Gray III of the United Negro College Fund urges conferees Friday to continue the quest for racial justice. Men of Color extend helping hands Conference raises funds to expand scholarships Policeman shoots man in struggle ready for the next century.

William Gray III, a former congressman from Pennsylvania who made headlines when he gave up his seat in 1991 to take the helm of the United Negro College Fund, said America must be ready to compete on the economic front. And being ready means being inclusive so that everyone has a chance to compete in the job market, Gray said. "How are we going to compete if we don't draw the circle wider to include women and minorities?" he asked, adding that those groups have made "minimal" progress in breaking through the glass ceiling. Gray, a former college professor, attacked the stereotypes of minorities and urged the enthusiastic crowd to continue the quest for racial justice. And, he said, everyone should look for new ways to serve the community.

"What we need is for men of color, after they've made it, to reach back." Orleans. Members of the Delta Tau Lambda Chapter of the fraternity, which is a non-profit international group with graduate and undergraduate chapters, organized and sponsored the event with support from businesses and the community. They hope to make it an annual event. The conference, which was held all day Friday at Phoenix Civic Plaza, drew more than 1,200 people, far more than its organizers had hoped for when they began planning it a year ago. The event also caught the attention of Black Entertainment Television, which taped part of a session on male youth of color for later broadcast.

With sessions ranging from religious roots to education to setting up businesses, the conference was geared to developing leaders to take the nation into the 2 1 st century. One of the keynote speakers, who also knows a little something about the importance of education and scholarships, agreed on the need to be By Pamela Manson Staff writer When Roderic Webb injured his knee and no longer could attend college on a football scholarship, the United Negro College Fund came through. On Friday, he helped return the favor. As a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Webb helped organize the Men of Color Conference in Phoenix, an event designed to develop responsible and visionary leadership and raise a little extra money so the group can increase the number of college scholarships it awards. "This is my way to give something back," said Webb, a supervisor with Chase Manhattan Bank and a 1982 graduate of Dillard University in New To catch a fish, you have to think like a fish Resort grand dame to show off a new face Buyer signs deal for Royal Palms Inn By William Hermann Staff writer A Phoenix police sergeant shot and critically wounded a burglary suspect while the two struggled early Friday.

A police spokesman said. Sgt. Donald Sherrard, 33, shot Justin Monroe, 31, after Monroe struck the officer in the head with a bag of coins and threw him against his patrol car. Detective Mike McCullough said Sherrard was at Fifth and Grant streets about 2:30 a.m. looking for suspects in a burglary that had happened only minutes before at Sky Harbor Check Cashing 758 E.

Buckeye Road. Sherrard saw a man on foot and a woman on a bicycle on Grant Street and stopped to speak with them, McCullough said. "He (Sherrard) got out, and the woman took off on the bike," McCullough said. "The man refused to answer any questions and then he tried to leave, and Sergeant Sherrard grabbed him by the shoulder." Monroe "swung a bag full of coins and hit Sherrard on the side of the head," McCullough said. "Then the fight was on.

"Monroe pinned or pushed Sherrard against the side of his car, and Sherrard drew his weapon and shot Monroe in the left side of his chest." Monroe was taken to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition Friday evening, a hospital spokeswoman said. McCullough said Monroe had a knife in his possession during the fight, but it wasn't clear whether he had tried to stab Sherrard. McCullough said the woman who fled the scene was caught later in the morning and is being questioned i i .1,. nouveau imitations of an earlier, more gracious time. For generations, its Orange Tree Restaurant, with its large dance floor, was the favorite gathering place for devotees of big-band music and swing dancing.

Unger plans to restore Royal Palms and include a restaurant as successful as the one in the Hermosa Inn. He said the two properties will not look alike, however, as they are worlds apart in character. The Hermosa has an adobe, hacienda look surrounded by desert vegetation. The Royal Plams has lots of grass and flowers, Unger said, and is Spanish Colonial in architecture. While exact refurbishing plans are not definite, he said, the job will be a challenge.

"There's a real fine line between modernizing it but not junking it up," he said. "What we want to do is save the features and, if we add anything, make it look as if it's been there for years." The purchase price, which was not divulged by Jarvis or Unger, does not See ROYAL PALMS, page B6 By Gail Tabor Staff Writer The Royal Palms Inn, last of the grande dames of longtime, local resorts, is about to get a face lift. Rod Jarvis, attorney for the property's owners, said that Fred Unger has signed a contract to purchase the landmark resort. Unger said he expects the transaction to close by Oct. 6.

Unger is the owner of Hermosa Inn in Paradise Valley, another of the Valley's original, upscale resorts, which he remodeled. The main house at Royal Palms, 5200 E. Camelback Road, dates from the early 1930s. Unger said the facility is one of seven small resorts, called "the Seven Sisters," built during that era. Hermosa Inn was another, as was the Jokake Inn, which was leveled except for its bell towers by developers of the Phoenician resort.

With 34 acres and 118 rooms, the Royal Palms was a holdout in the resort battle of "bigger and newer is better." It retained its old-Phoenix, traditional charm while its Spanish Colonial buildings were surrounded by fake adobe and red tile roofs of the jw; gig." i 1 'mi iiMiiiniiinniMriiiiiniT i rir-f- "-in 'ii iiii iitiT'Wiiimlii nnMiiiirm i 111 revaluing mc uuigmiy. nc oaiu mk i i i i Mark HenleStaff photographer Ed Wiland isn't about to let the best fish pass him by. The Phoenix man, who was fishing in the Tonto National Forest, kept casting for bass Friday even as he crossed from one bank of the Verde River to the other. nas a record oi ourgmry uncais. Sherrard will be placed on administrative leave pending psychological counseling and a probe of the incident by the police Professional Standards Bureau and by homicide investigators..