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2 Part IITuesday, March 19, 1985 CosAnflelegStuneg Orange County Digest 7-7 3T a Fullerton the policy was terminated because the carrier, Twin City Fire Insurance, no Countywide longer insures municipalities and school districts. Losses suffered by one insurer are often underwritten by other firms, thanks to a special arrangement of "reinsurance treaties," Trudell said. Because of the "high risks" involved in insuring local governments, the reinsuring companies dropped their backing of Twin City policies, he said. Under terms of the current policy, the district is liable for the first $100,000 of damages, and Twin City would pay the rest, up to $20 million annually, officials said. The district's insurance costs rose from $174,000 in 1973 to a peak of $419,000 in 1979.

Since then, premiums have declined steadily, and the district spent $140,000 this year, including the $61,200 for liability insurance. Administrators will present a preliminary 1985-86 budget to the board at tonight's meeting. The plan reflects the 5.9 cost-of-living spending increase suggested by the governor. Last year's budget was $112.3 million. G.M.Bush San Juan Capisfrano Spotted Bull Annex on City Council Agenda A public hearing on annexation of the so-called Spotted Bull neighborhood, near the city's northern boundary, is on the agenda of tonight's City Council meeting.

The annexation was approved Jan. 9 by the Local Agency Formation Commission, which oversees such proposals in the county. City officials said most of the residents of the approximately 30 homes in the 82-acre area favor joining the city. The annexation hearing, required by state law, is to give residents an opportunity to protest the plan. Larry Lawrence, the city's senior planner, said some oppo sition was expressed during LAFCO consideration of annexation, but it seemed to disappear after residents' concerns were discussed.

Most of Spotted Bull is adjacent to Interstate 5 and inside a loop-shaped zone that is surrounded by the city. The neighborhood lies in the San Juan Capis- trano water district and long has had a city mailing address, officials said. Steve Tripoli Anaheim Council Will Reconsider Vote on Fireworks Ban Councilwoman Miriam Kaywood will try again this morning to persuade fellow City Council members to approve a ballot measure so voters can decide whether to ban the sale and use of fireworks in the city. Until now, Councilman Ben Bay has been Kaywood's sole supporter. Bay last November commissioned a survey that found 70 of responding voters favored such a ballot choice, Kaywood said.

She said she has been campaigning for the ballot question since about 1978, after hearing from people who said they were too fearful of the dangers of fireworks to leave their houses on the Fourth of July. She said she is not necessarily urging a ban. "I want to put it on the ballot and let the people decide. I' hoping their (fellow council members') good judgment and their ability to let the people vote on a controversial issue will prevail," she said. Disneyland's nightly fireworks show would not be outlawed, she explained.

"That's entirely separate. It's done by professionals. Nobody has complained about that. Professional displays are fine, everybody likes the i and you don't have the accident factor," she said. The next ballot opportunity for such a measure would be concurrent with the June, 1986, primary, she said.

Susan Loux Monday Discount Bus Fare to End; Cost of Passes to Rise Orange County Transit District direc tors on Monday approved the first major hike in bus fares since 1981 with a plan to eliminate discounts for travel during non-peak hours and to raise the price of monthly passes. The current 75-cent peak hour fare remains intact, but the increase scheduled to take effect July 1 will raise the off-peak hour fare from 60 cents to 75 cents. Until now, peak-hour rates have been in effect from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. Basic fares for senior citizens and the handicapped will remain unchanged, but monthly passes for those riders will have increases ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 each.

OCTD directors approved the fare in creases in the face of a projected $603,614 deficit in fare-box revenues for the 1985-86 fiscal year. The hikes will produce an estimated $687,900 in new revenues, or an overall 5.4 increase, even with a pro jected 3.9 decrease in ridership as a result of the higher fares. Herb Eggett, chairman of the Orange County Senior Citizens Advisory Council's transportation committee, said his group is not opposed to the present fare increases because most seniors ride the bus free of charge during off-peak hours due to subsidies authorized by the county Board of Supervisors. Kim Murphy Gill-Net Fishing Ban Sought to Protect Whales Rep. Robert Badham (R-Newport Beach) has asked federal authorities to declare a moratorium on fishing with gill nets in the migratory path of the California gray whale, as a result of six whales having died from being caught accidentally in the nets.

Argyle Nelson, Badham's administra tive assistant, said the congressman is seeking the moratorium because the gray whale is an endangered species. Badham, a former state assemblyman, sponsored the law designating the gray whale the California state mammal. Nelson said Badham requested the fishing restriction in a letter to William Gordon, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's national marine fisheries service. Gordon was unavailable for comment Monday.

Nelson said that although the commer cial fishermen netted the whales by accident, they nonetheless violated fed eral law. Jeffrey Perlman San Clemente Police Chief Brown Sets Retirement After 8 Years Police Chief Gary E. Brown will retire April 1, city officials said. City Manager James B. Hendrickson said the search for a replacement will begin in a month or two, and that Lt.

Bob McDonell will be interim chief. Brown, San Clemente's police chief for eight years, has spent 25 years in law enforcement. He established the summer beach patrol, the canine and tactical operations programs, neighborhood watch and the retired senior citizens' volunteer programs. He also served as interim city manager on several occasions. After his retirement, Brown will head the executive search division of Ralph Andersen and Associates, a Sacra mento-based executive search and organ izational development firm.

Julie Stutts Talk on Latin America Aftermath A firefighter cleans apartment complex that destroyed causing an estimated $100,000 in Grove Fire Department said firefighters were called to the fire at 12272 Haster Street at 12:01 p.m. Monday. According to fire officials, Deborah Wisely had arrived at the apartment of her sister, Leona Cheslick, and found the living room couch in flames. As Wisely called for help, the flames spread to an adjacent unit occupied by tenant Wage Small, who was not home at the time. An investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing.

Cal State Campus Reports Highest Enrollment Ever Cal State Fullerton this spring has more students than ever before in the university's 26-year history, officials said Monday. Mildred H. Scott, acting dean of admissions and records, said 22,554 students are enrolled this spring. She said the enrollment is a gain of 517 from a year ago and 215 more than the previous all-time spring enrollment figure set in 1982. The record-breaking enrollment at Cal State Fullerton came despite decreasing numbers of high school graduates in Orange County a decrease that has already been reflected in a downturn the past two years in community college enrollments.

Cal State Fullerton's boom also came despite enrollment fees that are almost seven times higher than community colleges. The current enrollment fees at Cal State Fullerton are $333.50 a semester, compared with $50 a semester at community colleges. Scott said that most of the gain in CSUF's spring semester this year reflects higher retention of upperclassmen. There are 7,737 seniors this spring, she said, compared with 7,149 last spring semester. There are also more junior and sophomore students at the university, she said.

Last fall, Cal State Fullerton closed several courses to enrollment in an effort to keep growth to manageable levels. Even so, the university this year has 461 more "full-time equivalent" studentsstudents taking 15 units of course work than state funding in the current budget provides. BiUBtiliter Orange Police Renew Appeal in Woman's Disappearance Orange police, admitting they are sty mied after a four-month investigation, have renewed their public appeal for information on the disappearance of a 35-year-old Riverside woman. Jesslyn Rich, a state Department of Corrections employee and mother of two, disappeared after leaving Charlie's Wild West bar on E. Chapman Avenue on Nov.

11. Friends said she left alone at about 9:30 that nicrM anH Jesslyn Rich police found he'r car in the club's parking lot after she failed to report to work the following day. Anyone with information should call Detective Bob Taylor at 532-0252. Garden Grove School District Facing Crisis in Insurance Costs The carrier of the Garden Grove Unified School District's liability insurance has canceled the district's policy, effective April 2, and new insurance could cost four times as much, school officials said Monday. Elmer Clute, the district's assistant superintendent of business services, said he has received one quote that is four times higher than the terminated policy's $61,200 premium.

"We know we can do better than that," he said, adding that the district's broker is gathering estimates from other carriers. Tonight's Board of Education meeting is the last one scheduled before April 2, and "we will have to have something to take to the board," Clute said. The canceled policy would have been effective until June 30. Clute said the district will receive a refund for the unused portion of the premium. District spokesman Alan Trudell said Smog Levels "WffTTTTTr 1 sp, 1 (VN mmmmmm U) 17 7 7 2 3 6 7 Long 0 ton 77 3 4 TT 1 Hourly ozone Kay: Federal clean 1 1st stage 2 2nd stage No data Source: KEN HIVELY Los Angela Times up after a blaze at a Garden Grove one apartment and half of another.

damage. A spokesman for the Garden Act, designed to preserve agricultural areas. That status exnired nn one of three parts of the land last year, and expires in i8b ana ia on me remaining two. Lamm said the plan calls for "a balanced community." Included would be schools, parks and shopping centers, with the latter generating enough tax revenue to offset the city's cost of providing services, he said, adding, "It will not be a burden at all on the existing residents of the city. Population density on the parcel, which represents one-fourth to one-third of Tustin total area, "will probably be greater" than that in the developed part of Tustin, Lamm said.

The types of housing units would range from apartments to estate homes on two-acre lots, he added. One part of the plan calls for auto dealerships and 1,200 housing units in a 100-acre area bordered by Interstate 5, Bryan Avenue, Browning Avenue and the Jamboree Boulevard extension. The auto center has been approved and is projected to produce $1.3 million annually in city revenues. The proposed housing units, which would include single-family homes, attached single-family homes and apart ments, face a Planning Commission hear ing in April. Liz Mullen Tustin Development Plan Calls for 9,000 Housing Units Residents next week will get their first chance to view a preliminary development plan that calls for 9,000 housing units to be built in the city over the next 15 years.

The Specific Plan for 2,000 acres of Irvine Co. -owned land in east Tustin would add about 25,000 people to the city if the area is fully developed, according to Donald Lamm, city director of community development. Tustin's current population is 41,000. Construction would begin as early as the winter or spring of 1986. Residents will have an opportunity at a March 27 Town Hall meeting to comment and fill out a questionnaire that will be considered during the preparation of the environmental impact report for the project, Lamm said.

The project's site, north of Interstate 5 and bordered by Browning Avenue and Myford Road, is currently a mix of row crops and citrus trees that has remained rural because its development has been restricted under the state's Williamson Calendar Democratic Club Sponsors Writer's averages, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. air standard smog episode; air unhealthful for everyone. smog episode; air hazardous for everyone. available South Coast Air Quality Management District 2-- 1 0 io iT 7 7" San Gabnal MriS fcl I Beachf- i nnfimm kPS5v Vfesiij L.m,lYm.M,M2X I information, call 494-6531.

Gam Show: North Orange County Gem and Mineral Society will hold a gem and mineral show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the La Habra Club House, 200 W.

Greenwood La Habra. Admission is free. Demonstrations, displays, door prizes and home-cooked food will be offered. Fashion Show: A spring fashion show to benefit the Orange County Medical Assn. Auxiliary's medical scholarship fund will begin at 11 a.m.

March 30 at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Tickets are $35 per person and includes lunch. Outfits for the entire family will be modeled. For reservations, call 835-5662 from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.

Schizophrenia Talk: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, author of "Surviving Schizophrenia: a Family Manual," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Anaheim High School, William A. Cook Auditorium, 81 1 W.

Lincoln Anaheim. Alliance for the Mentally 111 of Orange County will host the free event. Julie Stutts "What's Really Happening in Latin America?" is the title of an address to be given at a meeting of the Democratic Club at 12:45 p.m. next Tuesday at St. Andrews Clubhouse, 13533 Seal Beach Seal Beach.

Blase Bonpane, a nationally syndicated writer, will speak. He is director of the Office of the Americas and senior research fellow of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C. For information, call (213) 431-1401. Parenting Workshop: The techniques of assertive discipline for children will be explained to parents from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight at the Newport Harbor Counseling Center, 2900 Bristol Suite 105D, Costa Mesa. Lee Hachey, licensed marriage and family counselor will speak.

The cost for the program is $15 per person or $20 per couple. For reservations or more information call 545-2050. Whits Elephant Sale: Laguna Beach Museum of Art will hold the Great White Elephant Sale beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Items from the museum's vault and donations from museum members will be sold to benefit the museum.

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