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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 36

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2 Part nnii Co AnfleU Glutei Penny Wrtff 20, said the ihootliif of her father was "the wont thing that ever happened to me." "I'm glad the will be behind ban," Penny said, adding that society ihould be protected from people like Brenda Spencer. Under the settlement, Wragg's widow, Kathe, will re ceive 170,000 while the three children will get $10,000 each. Tom, 17 and Steve, 18, will have their aharea placed in a trust account until they become legal adults. Penny said the will use her share for her education. "At first, i didn't care what we settled for," she said, not' ing that later it sank In how important money would be to the family in the wake of her father's death.

Penny said her mother is considering going back to work as a teacher. Asked whether she harbors animosity for Miss Spencer, Penny replied) "Of course. She shot my father." Sniper Victims Get $350,000 Firm Settles Claims in Brenda Spencer Case LADY BULLOCK Suede-IIke suiting. The rich look of Encron9 Golden Your best investment for day-to-night dressing. Simple.

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Superior Court Presiding Judge William A. Tale approved the Buell settlement Monday and said he will approve the others as they are presented to him. Under law, he must approve any settlement in which a minor is in-volvcd Richard F. Gerry, a San Diego attorney who represents four of the children in the litigation, said the settlements were reached Oct 21 Westfield, which wrote the homeowner policy for Brenda's father, Wallace, initially contended that it was responsible only for $100,000 in damages because it viewed the sniping as one continuous incident The plaintiffs, however, argued that since 11 persons were shot each shooting should constitute an occurrence. Under that theory, Westfield would have been responsible for more than $1 million in damages.

So, a bargain was struck, with each side compromising, and the legal issue was rendered moot Meanwhile, Brenda Spencer, 17, is awaiting sentencing in Orange County Superior Court before Judge Byron McMillan. She pleaded guilty Oct 1 to charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder. She is undergoing a 90-day diagnostic study with the California Youth Authority to determine if she should be sent to a CYA facility until she turns 25 or should be housed immediately at Frontera prison for women. Under state law, the earliest she would be eligible for parole is 1996, when she will be 34. Normal Buell said Tuesday he holds no ill feelings against Miss Spencer.

"She's just a girl that was screwed up," he said. "I told her father it wasn't that little girl shooting that gun, it was whatever she took that made her pull the trigger. "I told him he and his family could be guests in my home any day, including Brenda. We feel no animosity against her. It wouldn't accomplish one thing in helL" But not all the families feel as Buell does.

BY ROBERT WELKOS An Orange County insurance company has agreed to pay a total of $350,000 to settle lawsuits arising out of the Jan. 29 sniper attack by Brenda Spencer on a San Carlos-area schoolyard that left two persons dead and nine injured, it disclosed The largest award $100,000 will go to the widow and three children of Burton Wragg, the principal of Cleveland Elementary School, who was killed trying to protect wounded childrea Another $85,000 will go to the family of Michael Suchar, the school custodian, who also died in the rifle barrage. "It's finally over," said Norman Buell, a restaurant owner whose 10-year-old daughter, Christy, will receive $52,000 from the settlement with Westfield Insurance Co. of Santa Ana, which represents Miss Spencer's father. Buell, who like other parents of wounded children must place the money in a trust account until the youngsters become adults, said he plans to purchase high-yielding Treasury bills with the settlement "She'll need that money," Buell said.

"By the time she can have it, houses will cost a half-million-dollars each. Maybe she'll be able to buy a couple gallons of gasoline withit" Christy was the most seriously injured of the eight children wounded in the morning attack. Her injuries, which put her in the hospital for 35 days, required two major operations of the colon and left her with impaired toe muscles in her right foot "My daughter's doing well now but she has another year (of treatment) to go," Buell said. "She occasionally trips or stumbles when she is barefoot because her toes just hang there." Buell said he is lucky that his daughter is alive. Westfield will pay Monica Reese Selvig $33,000.

Her father, attorney Lee Selvig, was reluctant to discuss the settlement "We're very happy it's over," he said. "She's going to be fine." Other settlements include: $30,000 to Gregory Verner, a youngster who has a bullet from the sniper attack still lodged in his pelvic bone; $19,000 to San Diego police officer CORNING Now back in stock at special sale prices! Everyone loves Counter-Savers by Corningl They're great for cutting salad ingredients, carving a turkey, dicing the leftovers, rolling a pie crust, protecting table tops and counters. They're easy to clean, safe for hot pots and pans. Glass-feramic, non-porus surfaces are sanitary, too. Counter-Savers are availble in two basic sizes and three designs.

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