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obituaries, television, finance, editorials Friday, September 7, 1979 ir The Sun, San Bernardino, California Section lllll mmmmmmmmmmmm I MmmmimMkMmmMmm i Irwin's in the Army now liiiiiiiii mmmmmm 1 -V; joint House-Senate conference in October. However, as Congress is expected to approve the budget by early November, he said it would be risky to wait for joint committee action. Housing was the critical issue delaying the state's approval of the Army's environmental impact statement on the training center. Lt. Col.

Charles Cooper, an Army housing specialist, said 694 housing units will be needed for military personnel, and all officials agreed it will be difficult to meet off -post housing demands for lowest grade (Continued on B-3, column 1) "The Army agrees to form an Environmental Council to mitigate future air quality problems as they arise." State officials were impressed by efforts of the Army, the city of Barstow and the county Housing Authority to provide affordable housing for enlisted personnel. The memorandum says: "The Army analysis of housing-related demographic factors and plans for quarters allocation adequately address the concern of the state of California on this subject and form a basis for resolving that concern." The memorandum concludes with a declaration that other is sues previously raised by the state but not mentioned in the agreement "have been acceptably resolved" by Army proposals. Jack Thompkins, aide to Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-San Bernardino, said Lewis was expected to ask for immediate restoration of the center's $30 million appropriation, withdrawn from the fiscal 1980 budget in mid-July in response to the state's environmental concerns. He said the appropriation committee's "mark-up session," the deadline to make additions to the 1980 budget, is set for the week of Sept.

17. If the funds are restored now, they could be added during a Municipal judges agree on standard sentences By CHUCK MUELLER Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO The state and the Army approved a memorandum of understanding Thursday resolving air environmental concerns overa proposed national military training center at Fort Irwin. State officials are expected to advise the House Appropriations Committee today that they are withdrawing their objections to the center. The agreement means $30 million taken out of the defense appropriation budget may be restored, possibly this month. The memorandum, signed Thursday night by Brig.

Gen. Joseph L. Fant, assistant deputy chief of staff (operations), U.S. Army Forces Command, was expected to be signed today by Deni Greene, acting director of the state Office of Planning and Research, and sent later today to appropriations committee chairman Joseph P. Addabbo in Washington, D.C.

Leo Rachal and Steve Williamson of Greene's office said they coordinated the memorandum with her, following day-long negotiations with the Army. They said she had "approved it in principle" by telephone from Sacramento. "I'm satisfied with the mitigation measures offered by the Army," Williamson said. "They've come a long way, and this removes the state's objections." Rachal said the state's concerns "should be resolved to our satisfaction" by the agreement, hammered put during a nine-hour session among nearly 50 state, Army, San Bernardino County and Barstow officials. The state's key concerns about the environmental and economic impact of the training center involved upgrading the 35-mile-long Irwin Road that links Barstow with the fort, monitoring of air quality, and provision of low-cost housing for enlisted military personnel.

The memorandum says the Army "agrees to have Irwin Road certified as important to national defense so that the Department of Defense will pay for upgrading the road to meet federal aid or county standards required to support anticipated military traffic. "Department of Defense responsibility for maintenance in excess of that conference committee normally provided by the local highway authority will apply to the. National Training Center." In respect to air quality management, the memorandum says: The Army will establish an air monitoring and mitigation system agreed to by the State Air Resources Board and the Air Quality Management District. A first offense conviction for petty theft, usually shoplifting, will carry at least one 24-hour day in the county jail, a minimum fine of $100 or 80 hours of jail to replace the fine, or 50 hours participation in a work-sentence program. Second offenders will get a minimum jail sentence of five days, a minimum fine of $150 or 120 hours of jail time to replace the fine, or 75 hours in the work-sentence program.

It should be noted that a second offense for petty theft can be prosecuted as a felony carrying a possible prison sentence of up to three years. People who don't show up to pay their traffic tickets will be dunned Last weekend of vacation coming mmmm 'A Staff photo by Tom Kasier someone had been shooting rifles near the station. The fireman happened to be alone in the station because of duty schedules. The fireman confronted three people outside the station who appeared to be intoxicated. He asked them to leave the area, O'Neill said.

"Then the fireman said shots were being fired inside the station. So I told him to lock the doors and hit the floor," he said. The snipers were gone before law enforcement arrived. at least $100 and placed on two years summary probation the first time it happens, the judges agreed. The fine will go up to $150 the second time, $250 the third time, and a fourth offense will entitle the individual to several days free room and board at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center, the judges said.

As previously announced, first-offense convictions for solicitation of prostitution will carry five days in the county jail, second offenses will carry at least 45 days in county jail and a fine of $250, and third and subsequent offenses will carry (Continued on B-3, column 1) brushlands and forest is extreme. "All the conditions are right for a major fire," said U.S. Forest Ser: vice spokesman Jim O'Neill. "Fuel moistures are low, temperatures are up the brush and grasses are what we call cured, which means they're totally dry and there is very little green." O'Neill said the weekend weather forecasts his agency receives include a prediction of a build-up of cumulus clouds thunder-heads. There has been no actual forecast of thunderstorms or lightning, but they could occur under such conditions.

"If we get some moisture, it could be good. But usually the lightning comes, too, and that's bad," O'Neill said. The Forest Service uses a rating scale to provide an index of the fire danger in various areas. The scale begins at zero and anything above 81 indicates an extreme fire hazard. On Thursday the index for the Lytle Creek area was 122, O'Neill said.

The area between Anza and Hemet, in Riverside County, has an index of 160. The Forest Service is taking some precautionary measures in light of the situation, including putting a few crews of firefighters on standby when they would normally be on days off, O'Neill said. A few extra aircraft from northern California have also been put on alert, he said. San Bernardino Valley areas will (Continued on B-3, column 4) BACK-TO-SCHOOL BACK-TO-SHOES BRILL'S SHOES 339 W. Highland Ave.

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889-0881 3693 E. Highland at Palm 864-2743 Also in Barstow and Loma Linda Lucerne Valley picked for Edison gas-turbihe plant By ALAN ASHBY Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO What you see is what you get in San Bernardino's Central Division Municipal Court. No longer will sentences handed out by the division's four judges and one commissioner depend in part on which judge hears the case, division presiding Judge Dan Rankins has announced. Instead, the judges have agreed on minimum sentences to be used by all judges for several common misdemeanors. The agreement follows several months of efforts to standardize sentences and streamline procedures.

Earlier, the judges announced standardization of sentences for prostitution convictions for both men and women. The new plan covers other common crimes dealt with by the Municipal Court. Most common of all is drunken driving. First offense drunken drivers can expect a fine in excess of $100 and at least two years on probation, Rankins said. Probation may or may not include jail, alcohol abuse counseling and other terms, he said.

Second offenders will spend five days locked up in the county jail, a fine of at least $350 and at least two years on probation with the possibility of counseling. Persons charged with drunken driving are frequently allowed to plead guilty to reckless driving in non-aggravated cases. Such persons can also expect a fine and probation on terms similar to drunken driving probation, Rankins said. that will control the temperature level. The temperature level has a direct relationship on nitrous oxide emissions, he said.

The proposed power plant will be operated only at peak load times when other electric generating plants are unable to meet the need for power, such as in the summer months when air conditioners draw lots of extra energy, he said. The plant will also operate when other power plants are shut down for repairs or damaged. CAR RADIO STEREOS Repair Installation Auto Radio Inland Stereo Kart R.A.D. CORP. 884-9164 299 So.

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1 P.M.-2:30 P.M., 4 P.M., 7:30 P.M. 1 P.M., 2.30 P.M., 4 P.M. Word's Court Harris' Penney's Wards WoolworHi 102 fine Retail Stores Litter Problem? Call the Litter Hotline: 888-1094 By JAN CLEVELAND Sun Staff Writer The last weekend of school vacation will likely be warm and sunny, with plenty of expensive gasoline available to fuel one last short trip. But officials at mountain and Colorado River resorts said they do not anticipate large crowds of visitors. "Labor Day is usually our last big weekend.

After that it's pretty quiet, I hope," said a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy at Big Bear. Firefighters are also hoping the vacationers will stay home, because fire danger in both the Because the Edison system is interconnected, power generated at the station will be available to all users, he said. There are no plans to expand the plant in the immediate future, Reed said, but if synthetic fuels become available it may be converted to a combined-cycle facility at that time. "We're kind of getting the best of all worlds," Reed said, because the gas turbine will be less ex- (Continued on B-3, column 2) HAWAIIAN CLOTHING, LEIS, FURNITURE LUAU DECORATION RENTALS ISLAND IMPORTS 348 W. Highland S.B.

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4 Block Nor of fedco By JOHN WHITEHAIR Sun Staff Writer Southern California Edison has picked a Lucerne Valley site for its proposed $400 million, 1,290 megawatt gas-turbine power plant, Tom Reed, project manager, said Thursday. If approved by federal agencies, construction could begin on the plant in 1982. It would be operational by 1985. The Lucerne Valley location was picked over another site at Or-mond Beach in Ventura County near Oxnard because it will be easier to meet the air quality requirements in the high desert, he said. Air quality requirements are not any less stringent in the desert, Reed said, but because there is less pollution, no trade-offs of air pollution sources will be necessary.

Reed added that the Lucerne Valley site was also favored because the social and economic impact on surrounding communities will be less there than at the highly populated Ventura County beach location. The power plant was first proposed as a combined cycle plant in which oil would be burned to heat steam that would turn the generator's turbine blades. Large amounts of water would have been necessary for the steam process, Reed said, which was the major reason the Ormond Beach site was considered. However, since the facility will now use a much smaller amount of water, the desert site is more feasible, he said. The only water needed, about 2,000 acre feet per year, will be injected into the turbine burners Eclipse Thursday's early morning eclipse of the moon, in four stages, starting from the top.

Station fired on By LoVAE PRAY Sun Staff Writer ANZA Snipers opened fire on a U.S. Forest Service fire station near here late Thursday night, pinning the firefighter inside for more than 30 minutes. He was uninjured. After shooting at the station, the snipers started a brush fire next to the gas pump building, but it burned away from the structure. Forest Service assistant dispatcher Jim O'Neill said he received a radio call from a firefighter at the Tripp Flat fire station shortly before 10 p.m.

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