North County Blade-Citizen from Solana Beach, California • 17

AROUND NORTH COUNTY WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2003 (PSE) North County Times D3 LOCAL BRIEFS Mother remembers plane crash victim rO'rA ters, Ashley, 11, and Bailey, 9, and a son, Johnny, 5. As her children began attending St. James Academy in Solana Beach, Spinnler became involved in their school, coached their soccer league and started the first girls soccer team at the academy. The whole idea was to have a good time at soccer, Otis said. It was about fun.

Otis said Spinnlers nursing duties were often difficult emotionally as well as professionally in the cardiac catheterization lab and day surgery at the hospital. She dealt with it very well, upbeat for the patients relatives and family, said Otis. She gave a lot of confidence to people with very serious (ailments). The only place mother and daughter really seemed to differ, the doctor said quietly, was in their sense of humor. She could make anyone laugh, said Otis.

She made a party out of anything. We were very close, but Im a much more serious person. She was very outgoing. She used to kid me about that. JO MORELAND Staff Writer Shirley Otis shared many things with her daughter, Sheiha Spinnler, including a love of medicine.

Otis, a neurosurgeon who lives in Del Mar, and Spinnler, a registered nurse, worked at the same hospital, Scripps Green in La Jolla. But that ended April 6 when the single-engine Piper plane carrying Spinnler, 34; her best friend, 42-year-old Therese Conlin of Carlsbad, and Conlins friend, Kevin Michael Foley, 42, of San Diego crashed into a mountain shortly after taking off from the Big Bear City Airport. Spinnler, a Carlsbad resident, died in the crash. Only Conlin survived the shocking end to the ski trip. She was in my life every day, Otis said of her daughter Tuesday, the day before Spinnlers ashes were to be scattered over the Pacific Ocean.

They were not only friends, but near neighbors, Otis said of her daughter and ceipts indicate Foley took on 6 gallons of fuel before takeoff. Foley had said they would stop at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad to fuel up before continuing to Montgomery Field in San Diego, Conlin told investigators. The report also said Conlin thought the flight seemed normal until seconds before the crash when she thought that they were low over the land. She was leaning down to get a pencil, and they crashed, Otis said. Tossed from the plane on impact, Spinnler and Foley died at the site.

Conlin, who was injured, used her cell phone to get help. Vivacious, lit up peoples lives, very outgoing, Otis said, describing her daughter. She was like the Pied Piper with kids. A competitive rider and jumper as a young horsewoman, Spinnler decided while attending Torrey Pines High School that she wanted to be a nurse. Spinnler later shared her love of sports with her daugh 7, Van crash delays Interstate 15 traffic ESCONDIDO A van rolled over Tuesday morning on northbound Interstate 15, trapping the driver and backing up traffic for some distance south of Escondido, authorities said.

Fire Capt. Russ Knowles said the van crashed just before 10:30 a.m., blocking the two and three lanes just south of Via Rancho Parkway. The van landed on the drivers side. We were able to get her out through the sun roof, said Knowles. An ambulance took the driver to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of shoulder and arm injuries.

PUSD board approves job cuts POWAY The Poway Unified School Districts trustees unanimously approved a resolution Monday that clears the way for nearly two dozen employees to be laid off or have their work hours cut. The move is one step in a budget reduction plan designed to cut $14.5 million from the districts annual budget. Employees affected by the cuts fall into the classified category, which covers administrators, office support workers and other nonteachers in the district. Those whose positions are affected include a department director, two assistant department directors, three supervisors, and several warehouse, maintenance and office employees. Unveiled by Poway schools Superintendent Don Phillips on Monday, the budget reduction plan also calls for 60 teaching positions to be cut in the coming weeks.

18 to graduate from fire academy SAN PASQUAL Eighteen firefighters will graduate Sunday from the seventh an- GAVEL TO GAVEL Community Calendar Courtesy Photo Sheilia Spinnler, pictured here with her daughters Ashley and Bailey, died in a plane crash April 6. Conlin. Its very difficult for Therese. Authorities are still investigating the crash. Foley, a commercial pilot who also had a certified flight instructor certificate, was at the planes controls when it crashed, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.

There were 107 pounds of luggage on board the aircraft, owned by a friend of Foley. The NTSB report said fuel re merce mixer, Union Bank, 16880 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo. (858) 487-1767. 6 p.m., San Marcos Civi-tan meeting, Bakers Square Restaurant, 1650 Descanso Ave. (760) 734-3678.

6:15 to 10 p.m., Bingo, Temple Adat Shalom, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway. (858) 451-6806. 7 p.m., Escondido Camera Club, Room 1, Joslyn Senior Center, 210 Park Ave. (760) 749-1421. 7 p.m., The Escondido Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 270, and the auxiliary will meet, Veterans Memorial Building, 230 Park Ave.

The auxiliary will meet in Room 5 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 210 Park Ave. (760) 746-7931 or (760) 747-7635. 7:30 p.m., Escondido Elks Lodge No. 1687, 2430 S. Escondido Blvd.

(760) 745-1687. A fifth Edward John Morales, the former owner of the repair shop, pleaded not guilty last week to eight felony charges, including theft of more than $400 from an elderly adult and theft by false pretenses. Staff and wire reports TODAY: 7:30 a.m., Soroptomist International of North County Inland, Carrows restaurant, 510 W. Valley Parkway, Escondido. (760) 597-4956.

10 a.m., Wee Wigglers Story Time, Escondido Library, 239 S. Kalmia Escondido. (760) 839-4837. 11:15 a.m., California Retired Teachers Association, Division 63, Escondido Country Club, 1800 Country Club Lane, Escondido. Noon, Poway Rotary, Brigantine restaurant, 13445 Poway Road, Poway.

(858) 748-6300. 1 to 4 p.m. San Marcos Historical Society, 270 W. San Marcos San Marcos. (760) 744-9025.

4 p.m., Escondido City Council meeting, Council Chambers, 201 N. Broadway, Escondido. (760) 839-4617. 5:30 p.m., Rancho Bernardo Chamber of Com 1 -fi -A v. i -1 fJ 0 ij nual San Pasqual Firefighter Academy.

Twenty-five students started the course nine weeks ago, said Division Chief Dawn Pettijohn of the San Pasqual Volunteer Fire Department. The public is invited to the graduation ceremony at 9 a.m. at the San Pasqual Fire Station, 17701 San Pasqual Valley Road. Fog leads to 2nd night of fly spraying VALLEY CENTER The latest round of aerial spraying against the Mexican fruit fly infestation continued into a second night on Tuesday. The spraying, which is usually completed in a single night, began Monday evening.

Planes involved in the task were forced to land early, though, after heavy fog rolled in, California Department of Food and Agriculture spokesman Jay Van Rein said Tuesday. All but a few areas within the 28-square-mile spray area were treated before Mondays spraying session was cut short, he said. The rest of the area was sprayed Tuesday night. Man fatally hit by train in Encinitas ENCINITAS A man was killed Tuesday morning after he apparently stepped in front of an oncoming commuter train during rush hour, authorities said. The 7:33 a.m.

incident occurred on railroad tracks parallel to North Coast Highway 101, just south of La Costa Avenue, sheriffs Lt. Jenene Mi-lakovich said. The victim was walking parallel to the tracks as a southbound Coaster train approached, she said. The engineer sounded the horn but the male walked onto the tracks, Milakovich said. It appears he intentionally walked onto the tracks.

The unidentified man was pronounced dead on scene. An investigator from the coroners office said he believes the victim committed suicide. had argued earlier at the mall and traded insults met outside the mall in the south parking lot near Macys and a second argument started. Patterson took out a knife, and one of four suspects pulled out a gun and fired three shots, police said. Witnesses later identified the 16-year-old as the shooter, police said.

Scott Marshall Auto shop employees deny swindling customers VISTA Three men who worked at an Escondido auto repair shop pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges stemming from an investigation of allegedly unnecessary work sold to customers, especially the elderly. Deputy District Attorney Deborah Thomas said that To $725 x. window Suspected mall shooter denies murder charge CYNDY SULLIVAN PhOTaiRAPHER Brownie troop gives away bears Arianna Rabago snuggles up with the Teddy Bear that she was given by girls from Escondido Brownie Troop No. 4359 on Tuesday at St. Clares Home's Little Angels Daycare Center.

The Brownies delivered about 19 of the handmade bears as an act of kindness for the children. KEARNY MESA A 16-year-old Oceanside boy on Tuesday denied a murder charge and allegations that he used a gun in a fatal shooting at a Carlsbad mall and that the shooting was gang-related, a prosecutor said. At a Juvenile Court detention hearing, the youth was ordered held at Juvenile Hall without bail. Deputy District Attorney Annette Irving said. Prosecutors will seek to have a judge order that the youth be tried as an adult, Irving said.

The youth was arrested Friday in connection with the Thursday night shooting death of 21-year-old Melvin Patterson of San Diego. Patterson was shot once in the head at 7 p.m. Thursday at Plaza Camino Real. Police said two groups that tal Quality Motors, 151 N. Rose Escondido, was conducting illegal smog and repair work.

Complaints to the states bureau of automotive repairs prompted an investigation that included four undercover operations, including one in which the company amassed $2,552.91 in mostly unnecessary repairs, Thomas said. Rodney Dale Murphy, 54, is charged with three counts of theft by false pretenses and attempted theft by false pretenses. John Edward Hermes, 55, and Gregory Gene Ward, 51, face one charge each of accessing a computer to defraud and wrongfully obtain money. The arraignment of a fourth suspect, Jorge Mendoza Refugio, 25, on a charge of accessing a computer to defraud, was postponed to April 28. 11th annual L-i TWO FULL DAYS OF FAMILY FUN, BEAUTIFUL ART, EXCITEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT! iD LoJoJU 5Qp' In and around Oceanside City Hall April 26 27 10-9 Saturday 10-5 Sunday After 6 Saturday only Food and Entertainment And its all FREE except food purchases 101 award-winning painters, sculptors and photographers Digital Art for the first time anywhere discussed, demonstrated, and free use of computers to paint your own work of art! Stage performances both days bands, dancers, specialty numbers.

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