Santa Maria Times from Santa Maria, California • 1

WEDNESDAY MORNING FOOD SPORTS CRANBERRIES GREYHOUtJ SflATOEI UIGTOOY Santa Maria i 4 I 3 FROM warriors, 57-55 i page C-1 1 1 111 page B-1 50 cents Wednesday, December 23, 1998 Our 117th year No. 246 SLiJ J.ffJ.l! I 1 U. J.Tl.T NIPOMO 7 in' Ik i -JA-V. 1 Other shoe drops on farmers Willow Road interchange on Hwy 101 could further dissect ag lands 7' By Tom Murphy Times Staff Writer Is .41 would bisect the nursery. A public hearing on the project before the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is tentatively scheduled for March 23.

"We would favor Alignment Two, which would come out to the north of us," Moore said. "Alternative Four would cut through our growing blocks. That would severely curtail our operation and close off two-thirds of the growing grounds. We need to be able to move semis back and fourth." With all the potential growth in residential housing, the county general plan calls for better circulation on the still largely See WILLOW, pageA-4 Moore and Cavaletto became the leading opponents of the Nipomo High School site which borders Nursery on its southeast comer. Placing the school for 2,000 students on property zoned for agriculture would eventually interfere with surrounding ag practices and increase residential growth pressure in the area, according to Moore and Cavaletto.

Just before the Lucia Mar Unified School District cleared a major regulatory hurdle for the high school's development, San Luis Obispo announced the beginning of the Willow Road Extension project. One of the project's two alternative routes NIPOMO Just as Nursery finished its battle against one development project came the announcement that another troublesome project was on the horizon. Mike Cavaletto and Mark Moore operate the nursery along a narrow strip of leased property that lies parallel to northbound Highway 101 between the Teffit Street and Thompson AvenueLos Berros Road interchanges. Most motorists can distinguish the operation by the greenhouses next to the highway. The firm ships small trees to retail outlets all over the West Coast.

SLO County SLO County is looking to extend Willow Road from its end point in the middle of the Nipomo Mesa, across Highway 101 and over to Thompson Road through the middle of an agricultural area. The map indicates the two alignments being studied. WEATHER IMPEACHMENT DRAMA AH Clinton wants for Christmas is censure Mi fete White House pushing hard for an alternative impeachment trial By John Solomon Associated Press Writer WfOSrW -s Plants and pipes bear brunt of damage as record lows hit coast From Times staff and wire reports A wave of Yukon weather is bringing cold and not gold to the Lower 48 from the Midwest to the Great Basin to the Central Coast. Temperatures in the 20s froze the coast Monday night, with Santa Maria tying a record low of 21 degrees set in 1990, while the Santa Ynez WASHINGTON After miscalculating in the House, President Clinton's defenders have moved legalistic maneu-' vers to the background for now in favor of an aggressive lobbying effort to stop a Senate impeachment trial and promote censure instead. And like Monica Lewinsky, who shelved her first lawyer last summer for two Washington insiders who won her an immunity deal with prosecutors, the White House is likely to turn to senior statesmen in both parties to make a case that senators will heed, advisers say.

"You have to have the wise men go up people with the stature and instant credibility to be heard by 100 senators," said one adviser to the White House involved in the emerging strategy dis- cussions. I The decision to press more aggressively for censure has its complications, as Sen. Robert Byrd, made clear. The Senate's leading authority on history and protocol, Byrd said Monday he believed the Constitution allows for a censure, but he also warned that any 'such deal must not originate with the White House and must flow from "the current membership of the VS. Senate." That's where big-name surrogates fit in, presidential aides said.

Former Senate Majority Leader 'George Mitchell is already taking an increased role in the White House effort, and his advice on dealing with the Sen-'ate and his ability to contact key players -is viewed by most advisers as critical to success. Mitchell was picked Tuesday to head a U.S. Olympic Committee investigation of bribery allegations in Salt Lake City's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games. Asked whether the new job would affect his ability to assist the president, AP wife, left, have been appearing at various events showing their solidarity and commitment to values in the face of his Impeachment trial In the Senate. Nanna Chen, 8, smiles as President Clinton reads "A Visit from Saint Nick" to a group of Washington, D.C.

schoolchildren Tuesday. The president and his Baby, it's cold outside Some Monday-night lows Santa Maria 21 PasoRobles ..16 Atascadero ...15 San Luis 16 Pismo Beach .....33 Arroyo Grande ..28 rover BeachOceano 31 Los Alamos. ...........30 Cuyama ......16 Vandenberg AFB 23 Lompoc ..25 SotvangSanta Ynez 1 8 Santa Barbara 34 Valley reached a numbing 18 degrees. There were freeze warnings through Wednesday in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley as well as the coast and Southern California, which was expected to get colder readings by dawn, dipping another 4 degrees, the National Weather Service said. The ripening navel orange crop, flowers, avocados and strawberries could be in peril.

There was minor damage to strawberry blos message that the "politics of personal destruction" mat has hurt both Republicans and Democrats must end. His spokesman sounded that note anew on Tuesday when he issued a statement on behalf of Clinton attacking Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt's campaign to expose infidelity by members of Congress. The president despises the politics of personal destruction that Larry Flynt and others practice," press secretary Joe Lockhart said. "He believes it should stop." Senators, many of whom say they See CENSURE, page A-4 served presidents in both parties, as the type of figures who could aid the president's cause. White House aides have also been encouraged by comments made by Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, who some aides believe, could influence several Republicans lo sign on to censure.

Vice President Al Gore, a former sen- ator, is also making a very public case for censure and privately has worked to find others to join him. The president, meanwhile, is striving to send a public message that he won't let his impeachment affect his presidential duties. Instead of further apologies for his conduct, Clinton is striking a new Mitchell answered: "No, it does not." Advisers say there is a desire for additional senior statesmen to step forward, both inside the Senate and among power brokers in the capital, to make a case for censure and to suggest language and terms of a deal that would attract enough votes to set aside a trial in the Senate. While two-thirds of the Senate would be required to convict Clinton and remove him from office, only 5 1 votes would be needed to set aside the trial and opt for another form of punishment. Several advisers cited former White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler and former Ambassador Robert Strauss, who have soms in Santa Maria, said Dominique Jordan of the California Strawberry Commission.

The growers are more concerned about the next couple of days. They're worried about the calm, cold nights," said Guy Tingos, deputy agricultural commissioner for Santa Barbara County. There was some damage to the avocado blooms and they are waiting for the frozen broccoli to thaw so they can harvest. But they aren't expecting damage to See COLD, back page 1 AIRPORT BROADCASTING KCOY may change hands; fourth time in four years Board paves the runway but will Dan Hoback land? Inside BUSINESS C-5 CLASSIFIED D-4 COMICS B-4 CROSSWORD D-6 DEAR DR. GOTT B-2 MOVIES J.B-3 OBITUARIES A-4 OPINION D-2 By Eric Flrpo Time Staff Writer By Janene Scully Time Staff Writer Today's forecast separation agreement that prevents him from seeking or accepting employment with the district.

"I just wanted to eliminate that," Klucker said. Hoback worked 15 years for the district? 10 as general manager, before a sharply! divided board fired him in 1994. Since being! fired, Hoback hasn't been far from airport district business: he recently wrapped up a three-year term on the airport board. "I think we have an opportunity to move" Dan Hoback can come back. At least to apply for the Santa Maria Public Airport's general manager job.

Maybe. Tuesday night, the Santa Maria Public Airport District Board of Directors voted 4-1 to have staff prepare an amendment to the separation agreement between the public agency A Highs in the I table it's not official and it will take approximately four to six months to enact a transfer." The deal requires the review and approval of the Federal Communications Commission, he added. One source estimated the deal to be worth several million dollars, though KCOY declined to give a figure. The sale was done mainly for reasons having to do with their respective regional and geographical markets. Hogetvedp said.

The Seattle-based Ackcrley Group owns the National Basketball Association's Supersonics as well as See KCOY, page A-4 mtd-50s. Lows 7 a television station swap, the media corporation that owns the Seattle Supersonics has reached an agreement to become the new owners of Santa Maria's CBS affiliate, JCCOY, the station's vice president acknowledged Tuesday. "It would be a station trade between Benedck Broadcasting (current KCOY owners) and the CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs, KKTV, currently owned by The Ackerlcy Group," said Charles Hogetvedp, vice president and general manager KCOY. There's a proposal on the in the and the former general manager. Director VkDan Hoback tori a Adams voted no.

The district's sixth general manager, ahead and to right what in my estimation was! George E. Perry died last month. a wrong and that is to have a man terminated (re-t Director Jim Klucker requested that the item be on hired)," said Klucker. For complete weather picture, see page A -6 the agenda after he asked Hoback whether he intended to apply for the job he once held. Hoback noted the See HOBACK, back page I.