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A-2 The Californian Friday, January 19, 1990 Community rallies behind girl who may need liver transplant i 4 if 1 4 I i i i 1 1 1 -N i i i ii i i i iini mm II i in I MARK ZELMERrw Caiorm'an J. When the builder of a thoroughbred horse ranch on East Benton Road felled this oak tree, next door neighbor Bernadine Harris began a fruitless search to find out who enforces tree preservation policy. MELANIE IVCHl Staff writer MURRIETA More local residents and businesses are stepping forward to help Vicky Alighchi, a 7-year-old Murrieta girl who may need a liver transplant and whose family may be faced with thousands of dollars in medical bills before she is well. Vicky underwent surgery Wednesday and today her parents, Ruth and Dave Rodda of Murrieta and Bijan Alighchi of Temecula, are awaiting the results of the biopsy, which they hope will tell them why Vicky's liver is failing. Doctors at UCLA Medical Center have ruled out hepatitis and Reyes Syndrome as the causes of her illness but haven't yet determined what the real problem is, said Vicky's mother, Ruth Rodda.

Rodda said that during the surgery, doctors discovered Vicky's liver was much smaller than normal for a girl of her age and are now running tests to learn why it's underdeveloped. She said doctors are 90 percent sure that Vicky will need a liver transplant. "They're going to study the tissue to see if any of the liver cells are regenerating themselves, but that's pretty doubtful because her liver is so Rodda said. In addition to yesterday's surgery, doctors inserted a tube into one of the veins in Vicky's neck, from which they can now draw blood and administer medication. "I had to do a lot of convincing and calm her down because she was terrified of that procedure," Rodda said, "but I think it will make things a lot easier for her.

She's so tired of getting poked all the time and this will cut down on that a lot." Rodda said that Vicky's spirits have been up and down since she was admitted to the hospital. 1 i he frees? 5 ul wli MARK ZELMERSfa writer months pregnant, now spends most her day at the medical center with Vicky, then drives back from Los Angeles each night. Her pregnancy hasn't been easy she is nauseated almost every day. A civil engineer who is employed with Engineering Ventures in Temecula, Rodda said she hasn't been able to work since Vicky has been sick. "I tried to go in on a couple of days, but I couldn't keep my mind on my work," Rodda said.

"A lot of people think that a 7-year-old is old enough to be alone in the hospital, but I can't leave her all day. I want to be there in the afternoons, because that's when the doctors come in and she gets kind of anxious." Meanwhile, friends have been busy contacting media and organizing fund-raisers to help defray the medical bills that the family is facing. Local organizations and businesses have reacted quickly to the news of the Vicky's illness, according to Teresa Little, a friend of the family who is coordinating the fund-raising effort. Those who are stepping forward to help include: E3 Davis Chevron, which is donating free gasoline to cover the Rodda's trips back and forth to UCLA Medical Center. G3 The Red Cross, which is organizing a blood drive for Vicky, to be held from 2 to 7 p.m.

Monday at the Rancho California Apartments, 29140 Stonewood Road, Temecula. EI The Victoria Alighchi Trust Fund, which has been set up at Bank of America, 27489 Ynez Road, Temecula. Donations can also be mailed to P.O. Box 9011, Suite 622, Temecula, 92390. Mail Boxes, which has donated the use of the post office box for donations.

Sir Speedy Printing, which has printed fliers at no charge, to advertise the trust fund and blood drive. Stadium Pizza, which has scheduled a fund-raiser for Feb. 5, with $3 from the price of every large pizza sold going to the Victoria Alighchi Trust Fund. E) KRTM radio, which is mentioning the trust fund on the air each hour and giving updates on Vicky's condition. Calvary Chapel of Temecula and Lamb's Fellowship of Temecula, two local churches which are each holding special offerings Sunday for Vicky.

Others who are discussing ways that they can participate include the Temecula Volunteer Fire Department, Rancho-Temecula Chrysler and the Rancho Elementary School P.T.A. Persons interested in helping or donating may contact Little at 676-5066. Rodda said she is grateful for the support of the community, but added that it has been hard to think of anything lately but Vicky. "I hear about the wonderful things people are doing, but it's hard to really digest them because mentally I'm so focused on what's happening with her," Rodda said. "I haven't been able to spend very much time with Michelle and I'm thinking about that a lot, too." Michelle is the Rodda's 4-year-old daughter, who has been staying with friends during the day while her mom is at the hospital.

Michelle has been to visit her Vicky once at UCLA. "I think it just frightened her," Rodda said. "Vicky had all these tubes in her and she sleeps a lot. I think Michelle is afraid Vicky will go to sleep and never wake up again." Murrieta board delays decision on Shivela grades VICKY ALIGHCHI "She's had good days and bad days," Rodda said. "We haven't told her specifically what's happening, but she knows that she's real sick.

For a while, when people asked when she was going home she would say but now she's telling everybody it will be three weeks." But Rodda said doctors are estimating that it may be as long as two months before a liver will be available for the transplant. "The fact that she'll have to stay in the hospital until they can find one will probably work in our favor," Rodda said. "Children who are in critical condition usually get a higher priority on the list." Life for the family has been in turmoil since the day after Christmas, when Vicky was taken to Fall-brook Hospital, then taken by ambulance to a San Diego hospital and from there, helicoptered to UCLA Medical Center. Rodda, who is almost five coin streets, where 18 portable classrooms already exist. At next Wednesday night's meeting, the school board expects to name exactly which of the grade levels 6-9 will be housed at Shivela.

On Alta Murrieta School, where Rail Ranch School pupils now attend afternoon-session classes, the school board voted to make the two schools' attendance boundaries coterminous for the remainder of 1989-90. In hopes of solving the overcrowding problem, the board also opted to add two classrooms to the school on Whitewood Drive. In addition, principals of the two schools were authorized to come up with their own plan to solve any other overcrowding problems. Proposed solutions included shifting boundaries between Alta Murrieta and Rail Ranch schools, and freezing Alta Murrieta's enrollment with any new students sent to Rail Ranch or Hale Curran schools. District Superintendent Charles van de Wetering said students currently enrolled at Alta Murrieta and Rail Ranch aren't likely to have their schedules altered this school year.

However, new enroll-ees in Alta Murrieta's attendance area might be added to Rail Ranch's afternoon session, or else enrolled at Curran School. According to information at the meeting, MVUSD apparently won't be opening a Rail Ranch School facility on Los Alamos Road as was tentatively planned for March 1. Riverside County and, therefore, further questioning. Temecula grading inspection office, said the department's business dirt," but added that trees more than diameter were the ones usually required designation. Riverside County's "bible" the Comprehensive Plan turned up the statement: natural vegetation of the County is to resource must be managed through process.

provision shall be made for the retention trees and other flora," adds the conservation of vegetation shall be carried such actions necessary to plant communities." communities include freshwater meadows, palm oases, and, according plan, oak woodlands. Specifically endangered plants and those recognized California Native Plant Society and Wildlife Service as candidates threatened, or as "species of special the East Benton road horse ranch for comment. I've seen a lot of flora and fauna there," concluded Bernadine Harris. know who will save the trees." will save down to about the level, with best accumulations in ranges east and southeast of Temecula. State Forestry officials reported three-and-a-half inches of snow on the ground in Warner Springs south of Aguanga.

Snow also covered the Palomar and Agua Tibia mountain areas, and in Idyllwild, 12-16 inches were reported. The high in Temecula was only 57 Thursday, and temperatures are expected to remain below normal, according to the National Weather Riverside County unincorporated deferred from At the county's a spokesman involved "just four inches in for A look in General "If the survive, this the planning "Adequate of existing plan. "The out with Sensitive plant marshes, alpine to the county protected are by the andor U.S. Fish for listing as concern." The builder of was unavailable "In 10 years, disappear out "I just wanted to When Bernadine Harris, a 10-year resident of East Benton Road, saw the stately oak trees she'd once sketched lying horizontal earlier this week, she began calling government agencies in hopes of finding one responsible for enforcing tree preservation. The series of calls, however, proved fruitless, Harris said on Wednesday.

"As I understand it, oak trees more than four inches in diameter are supposed to be recorded in development plans and preserved," said the Temecula real estate agent. "But there doesn't seem to be any teeth to the law." Harris said her calls included a county grading inspector, the state forestry service, the Environmental Protection Agency and various branches of the county Health Department. In most cases, the answer was, "We have no jurisdiction." More calls by The Californian to various county bureaus of planning and grading met with a like response. Finally, comment was offered by local developer Judy Rosen, who just Tuesday got the county's green light to build 73 homes in Murrieta that will require removing several tall eucalyptus trees. "I believe the eucalyptus trees in our project were OK'd for removal because the trees are not native to California," said Rosen, who added that she was far from well-versed on the tree-removal policy for Sunshine back, but more storms on the way MARK ZELMER 'Staff writer MURRIETA Murrieta Valley Unified School District's governing board Wednesday night delayed a decision on Shivela School's 1990-91 grade configuration.

Also during the regular meeting a Murrieta School, the board talked about possible solutions to current overcrowding at Alta Murrieta School. Shivela is planned to open as the district's first middle school in California Oaks in September. MVUSD curriculum supervisor Karin Lynch outlined several options for Shivela, including housing ninth-graders only there. However, trustee Dave Hutt proposed placing six of 16 low-cost relocatable classrooms recently acquired from state sources at rapid-iy-growing Hale Curran School. Hutt reasoned that the extra space would enable Curran School to house its swelling enrollment well into next school year.

Hutt also proposed placing the other 10 state relocatables on the Shivela site at Cal Oaks and Lin- FOOD: Continued from page A 1 his own. "It's less expensive and more convenient to feed double-ses-sioned students at home," he said. "(But) some students skip lunch since they are afraid of missing the bus. Better promotion would attract some students not yet using these services." Brantly said MVUSD might increase cafeteria revenues by raising the meal price to $1.50. "But if we were to raise the price even higher, chances are it would cut our revenue," she said.

"More students would brown-bag it." Index CHUCK HMWEY Staff writer Sunshine returned to Temecula on Thursday, after scattered rain, snow and hail fell in the area Wednesday and created wintry scenes on mountain tops. Hail pelted portions of southern Riverside and northern San Diego counties, especially in Valley Center where an inch of pea-sized hail was reported. Rain generally was light, totaling less than a tenth of an inch in most valley areas. Snow fell in the local mountains BODY: Woman found slain Continued from page A 1 Service. Highs should reach the mid-60s by Sunday or Monday, said Nancy Dean, National Weather Service forecaster at the University of California, Riverside.

Overnight lows will be in the mid- to upper-30s. A low-pressure system that caused the wet weather moved southeast, but a new storm that could bring additional rainfall is forecast to hit the area on Saturday another much-weaker storm is expected to bring showers on Monday or Tuesday. CM AMBER: Continued from pageAl the meeting as the formation committee for the organization. Wildomar resident Pat Lehr, who spearheaded the chamber's formation, told the crowd that another 15 people told they wanted to be a part of the organization but were unable to attend. Lehr called the gathering a substantial turnout and said he just wanted everyone to "get together in a common goal to get the ball rolling." Two common themes expressed during the meeting were the need to keep Wildomar's identity intact and the desire of those persons at the meeting to become involved in the community.

Those who volunteered to be part of the formation committee included Lehr, Jack Smith, Madeline Mikkelsen, Dr. Dennis Peterson, Gary Allen, Ray Notareschi, Robert Cashman, Bob Rusch, Ronda Swain, Harry Yanover, Wes Willhite and Bob Simon. 1 Perris Alberhill uail I ValleyX. JS, pyj- (79) 6 Elsinore Rancho California year when the body of Julie Angel, 36, of Lake Elsinore, was found on a roadside turnout on Temescal Canyon Road in the Alberhill area. That location was about 12 mile west of Lake Street, also near Interstate 15.

Her cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma, authorities said. Angel had previous contacts with sheriffs deputies, her last being an arrest on suspicion of soliciting for prostitution less than a month before her body was discovered. She allegedly solicited a plain-clothes deputy in the Brookstone Plaza parking lot on Riverside. Drive in Lake officials said. On Dec.

13 of last year, the body of Tina Christina Leal, 23, of Perris was found on a Quail Valley hillside near Old Goetz and Rouse She was identified by her tattoos and detectives believe she may have been killed elsewhere and then dumped there. Leal had been last seen alive by her family between 9 and 10 p.m. the night before she was found dead, detectives said. Sgt. Walsh said his detectives have met with authorities from San Diego County to discuss any similarities between these slayings and the rash of killings in that county since 1985.

The bodies of more than 30 women have been found dead in San Diego County, and officials there have said there many of the victims seemed to lead similar lifestyles. Many were prostitutes, transients or drug users, officials. Many also had tattoos, as did some of the six women found in Riverside County. SPORTS Religion G-3 Editorial B-8 LIVING (M Ann Landers C-l TV Listings C-4 Comics C-5 Horoscope C-5 Erma Bombeck C-5 Crossword C-6 REAL ESTATE D-l REAL ESTATE AUTO F-l BUSINESS G-l Classifieds G-3 MWVtVfr.