Times-Advocate from Escondido, California • 11

TIMES ADVOCATE i Wednesday, June 29, 1983 Briefly PI a me irs OK flats, but cSom't like them therefore commonly known as granny flats, Escondido planners consider that title a misnomer. They call the flats accessory dwelling units. At the recommendation of its staff, the commission removed the granny provision and ignored a suggestion in the state law that the flats be restricted to residents age 60 or older. That limitation was considered both unrealistic and unenforceable. In approving the ordinance, commissioners expressed concern that a profi-leration of such structures would alter the environment of single-family suburban neighborhoods.

By Steve Hawk The Times Advocate ESCONDIDO An ordinance that would allow Escondidans to build one-bed-room rental units on single-family lots wasendorsed Tuesday by the city Planning Commission. Prompted by a state law passed last fall to stimulate construction of low-cost housing statewide, the Escondido ordinance received unanimous, if hesitant, approval from the commissioners. It will now be forwarded to the City Council for final approval. Although the structures are often built as homes for aging relatives, and are "My feeling is, I would like to do whats necessary to discourage it, said Commissioner Mike Rider, shortly before voting in favor of the ordinance. Only a belief that the flats are not likely to pop up throughout town kept commissioners from banning the them altogether.

Its our feeling that we wont have a massive number of requests for these, said Senior Planner Randi Coopersmith. In approving the ordinance, the commission Imposed a number of restrictions that will make the construction of such units difficult for many and impossible for some. If adopted by the council, the ordinance would: Limit the size of the flats to 640 square feet or one-tenth the size of the existing home, whichever is greater. Limit the units to one bedroom and one story. Allow the units to be either attached to or detached from the main house.

Detached units, however, could be built only on parcels that are twice as large as the minimum size required by city zoning codes for their particular region. Require that the new units conform wiht the citys existing land-use restric- Please see Granny, page B2 Palomar College cuts to the bone By Lynn Steinberg The Times Advocate SAN MARCOS With only two days left in this fiscal year, Palomar College trustees Tuesday unanimously approved a $23.9 million preliminary budget for 1983-84. Just over $3.1 million is targeted for special projects and may not be used to cover operating expenses or the cost of regular instructional programs. In preparing the $20.7 million general fund budget down some $830,000 from the current year college officials projected the state will at least match the revenues allocated for 1982-83. However, since virtually all other costs are rising, college adminstrators were forced to cut some $1.3 million worth of programs funded during 1982-83 and dip into a $1 million reserve to the tune of $500,000.

Please see Palomar, page B2 Waiting is the hardest part By David Ogul The Times Advocate VISTA Its not easy sitting alone in an apartment, 1,500 miles from home, waiting for a new heart. But thats what Vista resident Harold Silverwood has been doing since mid-May, and hes about ready to pack it in and go home. Silverwood was recently accepted by St. Luke's Hospital in Houston for a heart transplant. The retired Navy boilermaker, however, has no money, and the hospital is still looking for a heart.

If things dont make a move one way or another, I may just turn around and come back home," Silverwood said Tuesday via telephone. "All things considered, it's really a rough time. Because his retirement benefits will not pay for Silverwoods needed heart transplant, North County residents have band- Escondidan found dead ESCONDIDO A 31-year-old man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday evening in the back yard of his parents southern Escondido home, according to a spokesman at the coroners office. Robert Leonard Pratt Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene.

SM holding its first holiday fireworks show SAN MARCOS The Fourth of July will be celebrated with a bang in San Marcos this year, as the city holds its first fireworks show. Festivities begin at San Marcos City Park, the comer of Rancho Santa Fe Road and Linda Vista Drive, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 4, with music by Kaleidescope. Food and beverages will be available, and family picnics on the lawn are encouraged. San Marcos man, 47, impaled on metal bar OCEANSIDE A San Marcos man was in critical condition at Tri-City Hospital this morning after being impaled on a four-foot metal reinforcing bar Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said.

Charles Barbano, 47, was injured at 4 p.m. when he fell from the 12-foot roof of a car wash on to the bar which stuck out of a building foundation, said Oceanside Fire Department Batallion Chief Brian Serafini. Suspects tell police pipe bombing done at wife's request By Kathie Swoverland The Times Advocate Two Escondido men charged in the attempted murder of a Poway man told police they did it at his wifes request, according to arrest documents given to the Los Angeles District Attorneys office. Kenneth Stubblefield, 35, and Gordon Casteel, 28, were interviewed by detectives investigating the May 23 pipe bombing of Poway auditor George Neeld. Stubblefield and Mrs.

Neeld both worked at an Escondido electronics firm. Casteel was Stubblefields roommate. In a police report written by Glendale homicide Detective John Perkins, Stubblefield quoted Patricia Neeld as saying, I want George dead and out of (my) life permanently. Can you find a way? In another court document, Perkins wrote Ken said that Patty could not tolerate (her husbands sexual) behavior and had asked Ken during a break one time how to make a bomb. The two men and Mrs.

Neeld were arrested last week on suspicion of attempted murder by using explosives and on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. Stubblefield is being held in Glendale City Jail on $300,000 ball following his arraignment Monday on those charges. Casteel, who is unemployed, is in San Diego County jail on unrelated charges. Glendale police have issued a $300,000 warrant for his arrest and are negotiating with San Diego County for his extradition. Mrs.

Neeld, who has worked with Stubblefield since January, was booked into Glendale jail Friday. She was released Sunday evening, however, after her husband posted a $60,000 bond. Mrs. Neeld was at her Poway home, Neeld said this morning. He declined to comment further comment.

The district attorneys office has not yet filed charges against Mrs. Neeld. However, police have an additional two weeks to present their case to the district attorney because she is free on bond, Ms. Rubin said. Neeld, a finance auditor for Pacific Finance Corp.

in San Diego, received second-degree bums when his car blew up in Please see Bombing, page B2 v.wvj- r-'V'i 7 Dan RiosThe Times Advocate Soothing savage beasts With cameras rolling and elephants looking on from the corner, Kay David Johnson and his bass performed in the elephant arena at the Bradford, a guest artist with the Mormon Youth Symphony, calmly Wild Animal Park during taping for a film of the Saint-Saens piece, plays a piece from the light classical masterpiece Carnival of the The production is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Animals" by Saint-Saens. Bradford and his baby grand piano and Latter-day Saints and features the Mormon Youth Symphony. Long-shot bid wins couple a sailboat By John Nunes The Times Advocate Joseph and Elizabeth Ninno of Escondido have finally got their live-in sailboat, and it doesnt matter that the 46-foot vessel was once used to smuggle marijuana. On Tuesday, the Ninnos became the proud owners of the Ransom a sailboat with not only a criminal record but also a racing history when they submitted the sealed bid of $17,000 at a U.S. Customs auction in San Diego.

Ninno said this morning he was shocked that he was able to acquire the boat at such a low price. I thought there would be 50 or 100 bids, but there were only two. I put in the bid as a long shot. One reason for only two bids, he said, was because Customs required a cashiers check for the full amount. Ninno rather likes the idea that his vessel has a colorful background.

Mrs. Ninno feels the same way. It came in second in some big races. The Ninnos plan to live aboard the Ransom once they restore the sloop. Her 61-year-old husband, a semi-retired investment counselor with Felix Associates in Escondido, said life aboard a sailboat is a lifelong ambition.

The idea, of course, came from his wife. In her younger days, I did a lot of sailing in Gloucester, with my father. I got my husband interested in sailing. Besides, he likes to fish. Customs officials seized the Ransom last August when it was anchored off La Please see Sail, page B2 Please see Heart, page B2 Jury hears self-defense argument in shooting death trict Attorney Mark Pettine in his opening statement to the jury.

It is in that key time frame that you will have to decide whether she was acting in self-defense. That is what this case boils down to. In a statement to police after she was arrested, Miss Flowers said that she and Duncan, a 29-year-old gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps, had a stormy relationship. They met in 1981, while Duncan was stationed in North Carolina and when he was transferred to Camp Pendleton, she moved with him. The couple argued frequently, according to the 22-year-old Miss Flowers.

Duncan often visited a local bar after work was called master and slave and she would do whatever he wanted her to do, whenever he wanted her to do it. He told her that if she ever left again, he would kill her." What followed was four hours of physical and sexual abuse, the likes of which Miss Flowers had never seen in Duncan before, Patterson said. She was raped, tied up, burned with a cigarette and struck repeatedly, he added. According to Patterson, Duncan finally either passed out or fell asleep on the bed. Miss Flowers slipped into the bathroom.

Please see Trial, page B2 and would return home drunk. There was no physical or sexual abuse during this time, she told police. During 1982, the couple broke up twice and Miss Flowers returned to her native Mississippi. But each time, they reconciled and she moved back to the Vista apartment on Hill Drive. On Jan.

28, Duncan come home drunk at 3 a.m. Miss Flowers told police she pretended to be asleep, but he pulled her out of bed by the hair and ordered her to fix breakfast for him. According to defense attorney John Patterson, Duncan then told Miss Flowers, They had a new relationship. It By David Hart The Times Advocate VISTA There is little disagreement over the evidence in the manslaughter trial of Deborah Flowers, accused of shooting her live-in boyfriend last January. Both the prosecutor and the defense attorney agree that Miss Flowers guilt or innocence stems from whether the jury believes she acted in self-defense when, after being physically and sexually abused for four hours, she shot Ricky Duncan as he slept.

"The time frame between when Ricky Duncan fell asleep and was shot, was about three minutes, said Deputy Dis- Mow deadlock ffoir mew supervisor was broEceo I jr- jr s. 'I am certainly as familiar, I suppose, as the average well-informed person about what goes on in this Patrick Boarman, new supervisor 4 i County's No. 2 official to join private sector SAN DIEGO Ruben Dominguez, the countys No. 2 administrator, has resigned effective July 15. He is the fifth high-ranking administrator to leave the countys employ this year.

Dominguez, 44, had been acting as assistant chief administrative officer since Frank Panarisi quit that position earlier this year. He worked for the county since 1974, and in recent years was responsible for the logistics of plans to contract out county landfill operations and to build a county-owned microwave phone system. Like the four administrators to leave before him, Dominguez plans to take advantage of an opportunity in the private sector, according to a letter submitted Tuesday to Chief Administrative Officer Clifford Graves. Dominguez would not say what his new opportunity was, but Graves reported that Dominguez was looking into positions in real estate development and road construction. Dominguezs first job with the county was as head of the Human Resources Agency.

He then became a deputy administrative officer in Graves' office. His resignation has been expected for some time, as rumors to that effect began circulating last year. Graves said this morning that Dominguez's position will be filled shortly after he leaves. He said an assistant CAO to replace Panarisi will be named before July 15. tial board vote in which 34 applicants were pared to five finalists.

Eckert agreed to check out Boarman, and said he read one of Boarmans articles on economics and talked about him with National University Dean of Students Fred Huber, a mutual friend. As a result, Eckert said, I found him to be satisfactory. From Huber, Eckert said he learned personal things and things of that nature which I think are a lot more important than all that quote-unquote experience and background." From the article, Eckert said he learned that Boarman is a supporter of supply-side economics the only thing that he does different is he supports higher taxes. He says theres no evidence that we pay taxes excessively." During Boarmans maiden press conference Tuesday, which the new supervisor scheduled and then missed by 37 minutes, he explained his economic philosophy in these words: I dont believe theres any such thing as a free lunch. Theres no magic formula whereby you lower taxes and generate a bunch of revenue, he added.

"I think weve learned our lesson in that regard." Asked if that was thinly veiled criticism of President Reagan's supply-side economic policies, Boarman said, I have to be careful there. I think the president has done great good. I do have problems with the particular supply-side ideology, but I prefer at this point in time not to get specific. Boarman did say that he felt higher taxes, as well Please see Boarman, page B2 By Gerry Braun The Times Advocate County Supervisor Paul Eckert, who joined two Democratic colleagues in appointing a Republican as interim Third District supervisor Tuesday, said he was persuaded by Patrick M. Boatman's reputation, conservative economic philosophy and his promise not to seek election to the seat next year.

After weeks of deliberation and 50 deadlocked ballots, the board voted 3-1 Tuesday to appoint Boar-man, a 61-year-old business consultant and National University professor of economics, to the seat vacated when Roger Hedgecock became mayor of San Diego in May. The dark horse candidate, who has lived in the county only four years, was pulled from a list of seven applicants who promised not to seek election when the current term expires in 1984. Through 50 ballots earlier this month, Eckert and his fellow Republican on the board, Supervisor Paul Fordem, had steadfastly voted for former television newsman Richard Carlson, also a Republican. Democratic supervisors Leon Williams and Tom Hamilton supported Democratic Deputy District Attomy Michael Pent. Eckert said he decided to break the stalemate because the board had other work to do.

And under the circumstances, I think the only proper way for that decision to be made is at the polls, Eckert said. Fordem, who began Tuesdays meeting by defending the board's deadlock, later admitted he had no idea that the other three supervisors had cooked up a compromise. Eckert said he never discussed the i matter with Fordem, but added, I dont think anybody breathes deeply here that you dont know about it. Eckert said the compromise was reached last week after he met privately with both Williams and Hamilton and was assured that neither man would ever vote for Carlson. So I was open to whatever they were willing to suggest as an alternative, Eckert said.

Williams suggested Boarman, a self -described fiscal conservative and moderate on social issues who had received only Williams support during the ini.