The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 33

Levy Sprints Ahead In Funds Race The Fresno Bee Fri April 301976 D1 Other Supervisor Candidates' Drives Lag Behind Public TV Drive At Third Of Goal JD Hallowell a automobile dealer $220 Jewell 'Schoonover of United Glass $170 and Joseph A Farina a developer $120 Donating $100 were Kolligian a farming concern PV Ricchiuti Russell Giffcn and Lois New Other contributors are Melville Willson $80 and Louis Eaton Ed Kashian and Karney Hodge $50 each Moore's biggest contributor has been architect Harry Huey a former chairman of the county Planning Commission who gave $250 He has received $200 from the Association for Industry of Racing (FAIR) and $100 from Fresno State University Professor John Rotstan and his wife Bartlett's largest contributors have been Pete Peters with $200 and rancher GL Harlan with $160 Donating $100 to Bartlett were Leon Peters TA MacMichael Klein Robert Eaton William Crossland Bakman Ranch Robert McMahan Nell Crossland Gene Ford Lynne Ford LW Firstenberger Clovis 6c Sanger Ready Mix Floyd Harlan Beatrice Shelburne James Shelburne Ballantine Produce and Vie-del Co Also contributing to Bartlett were See Funds Page D5 By MIKE LASSITER Bee Staff Writer Sharon Levy her campaign coffers bulging with 331578 can sit back now and watch the other candidates for Fresno County supervisor bite and scratch for campaign funds She has pledged to spend only $15000 in her District No 2 re-election bid and thus has cut off her fund-raising activities with still more than a month to go before the June 8 election Meanwhile her opponent Heyward Moore Jr has raised $816 according to statements filed Thursday with the Fresno County Elections Department The candidates will report on fundraising activities again May 27 and if necessary Aug 12 Next to Mrs Levy District No 5 candidate Paul Bartlett a Meadow Lakes businessman has been the most successful fundraiser Bartlett has raised $10975 includ- ing 36 contributions of $100 or more in his attempt to unseat incumbent John Donaldson Donaldson has' raised $5474 The other six District No5 candidates have raised $1500 or less Incumbent Bruce Bronzan and challenger John Toomasian have both taken out loans in their head-to-head race for the District No 3 qeat campaign committee reports a $3000 loan in addition to $4832 in contributions received as of the reporting date Toomasian has taken out a $4500 loan to go with the $1991 raised including a $228 campaign carryover from the special election last year which he lost to Bronzan by a handful of votes money has come from three separate campaign committees About one fifth $4205 is a carryover from her last campaign From one fund-raising dinner alone she reported contributions of $7860 Most of her contributions which she listed in detail have been $50 or less The largest contributors have been Harriet Glotz and Gunner Andros a commerical real estate firm Each contributed $250 Other major contributors have been By CHARLES WRIGHT The fund drive to raise $25000010 put the public television station KMTF Channel 18 on the air this fall Is nearing one-third of its goal The Fresno County Office which maintains the account for the station reported that as of Thursday afternoon a total of $82278 in cash and pledges had been received That represents just under 33 per cent of the goal The total represents $71728 in cash and another $10550 in pledges The breakdown by county shows Kings County by far the leader in meeting its share of the goal Kings County residents have contributed a total of $12621 or 56 per cent of its share of $22500 Of that only $544 is in pledges Fresno County is in second place with $55488 or 38 per cent of its share of $145000 with $8229 cl that in pledges JamesHBortJr- The Ombudsman The Critic Has His Critics Pig Valves-A New Hope For Many Heart Victims 'Friend Of Tulare County residents have contributed $11726 with $1597 of that in pledges That represents about 17 per cent of the Tulare County share of $67500 Madera County which is slated to raise $15000 has contributed only $1479 or slightly less than 10 per cent of its goal Of that $180 is in pledges The county share of the $250000 is based on the population of each county The Fresno County share is expect-Frank Sanders Leasing Stephen Morris Mrs Rodman George McMahan Milo Rowell Agnes Rowell EL Barr Jr William Shul PR Farms Lyons Magnus Smith-camp Trucking Wawona Frozen Foods Charles Preuss Fred Logan James Herbert Armstrong Home-s Alice Peters and Lyon Transportation Among contributions only a dozen have been for $50 or i See TV Page D3 mitral valve which is highly susceptible to clotting because of the slower bloodflow is getting to be one of the most popular valves Ebert said It has been about six years since the first pig valve was placed in a human but Ebert said experience with the operation is widening every day may have to be replaced at some point but the five-year survival rate with this valve looks very good" he noted Ebert said the rising incidence in heart disease probably is the result of medical science conquering other diseases which often were fatal are not seeing a higher incidence of heart disease in the same age group" he said is just that we are able to control other problems and people are living to the point where they can develop heart Ebert said the most common heart problem is that of a blocked artery See Pig Valves Page D5 the growers' is needed is somebody wil- ling and capable of going back and forth between them and to keep working until a But labor is not biggest problem nor is it even a threat he says when viewed beside the steady incursion of corporate farming in the San Joaquin Valley The state Leas contends can and must take the lead in closing tax loopholes enjoyed by conglomerates at the expense of family farmers has always led the country in developing new legislation and it can do it in this field by applying pressure on Congress to he said A related concern and one Leas has a close association with because of the business he is in is the cost of energy have to get some -meaningful conservation level to work toward and ahead of time not when the crisis is on he says The state with its resources he believes must stir the public provide the facts anticipate should say going to happen next year with energy and its cost unless you stop wasting 1 is what will bring about conservation of His education a degree in finance and his business experience Leas feels are the ideal qualifications for a legislator from a rural-urban district like the 31st But it is more what he than what he is that suits Leas am not a career he said A1 Radka beams his appreciation Thursday night as be receives the ninth annual of the Boy from the Optimist Clubs of theFresno area The award traditionally goes to the parson the Optimists feel has made an outstanding contribution to youth in the area in ther Optimist Larry Buss said Radka had organized the Hot Stove League dinner which was attended by over 2500 persons Proceeds of that dinner are being used for youth league baseball Bee Photo A Grassroots Candidate i Lester Leas: The THERE ARE THOSE in The reading audience who are compelled from time to time to write castigating letters whenever one of the critics reacts negatively to a musical or dramatic performance Music Critic Allen Skei recently was scorned by one letter-writer as a genius a because his published critique of a musical performance was at considerable odds with the opinion Another in an admirably turned phrase called him plumed knight of the A woman called the ombudsman to say she was by the way Skei wrote about the recent Fresno performance of violinist Isaac Stern (Stern's Los Angeles fans also must feel shattered by the rather unflattering remarks of Los Angeles Times reviewer Albert Goldberg following the recital Monday night) 1 s' It would be easy to dismiss the whole thing by saying a work is merely one opinion true but also a rather simplistic answer It should be an opinion based upon more than casual knowledge and experience in the speciality whether music drama art or literature Even I venture to add the newspaper business CREDENTIALS offer the kind of background a music critic ought to have He holds degrees in music and English including a doctorate from the University of Michigan in musicology he has done his share of performing (on the clarinet) he has had several articles published in musical journals along with two major editions of 16th Century music (another article is coming out next month) He also has done some conducting and has studied several other instruments He has been teaching for 15 years and is a member of the Fresno State University music faculty life therefore has not 1 been entirely says Skei But he emphasizes intellectual (or musi- cal or dramatic or whatever) credentials are revealed prima- rily through what he writes His background is important but only insofar as it allows or inspires him to write I from time to time have disagreed with reviews as a former music reviewer I allow myself that privilege I have occasionally found him a bit pedantic' Sometime I have winced at criticism I felt was a trifle extreme and wished it had been tempered by a wind or two of praise BUT ON BALANCE I think his appraisals have shown both musical and journalistic integrity The courage to write honestly contributes in the long run to the health of the cultural life Honest criticism stimulates interest in the arts and it prods audiences to their own independent judgements If it keeps the community informed of what is going on and how well it is being done it serves an educational function Skei views the function as one of reporting facts about a performance (Did the pianist hit some bad notes? Did the soprano ting out of tune?) along with a thoughtful evaluation of -the performance -This latter type of criticism Skei feels an optional though desirable part of the job I happen to think very important just as I think far better to go through life with your brain working than simply to let it rattle around in your head" THAT CRITIQUES drive some performers sponsors and listeners to outraged rebuttal it seems to me should give little cause for concern No one really expects the performers or the sponsors to be satisfied when a critic comes down a little hard Neither should they (or the readers) expect watered-down appraisals or deferential treatment of artists just because they have attained star status in the concert world That kind of review does not serve performer audience or the art of music welL Most critics (Skei included) do observe a double standard In his words should write softer reviews of essentially amateur performances and of performances by unkndwn professionals than you would of performances by established stars A reviewer should try always to be kind and understanding of a prob-' lems but I think there comes a point at which concern for the audience present and future Critics are not infallible of course They can be wrong those cases I deserve criticism" says Skei) But unlike most of us in the audience the mistakes -are out there for all to see It is not a job for the thin-skinned or the To contact the ombudsipan write The Fresno Bee 1626 Street Fresno California 63786 or call (209) 485-8854 at any hour the day or night mm By CHARLES WRIGHT Bee Staff Writer A number of people around the country are alive today because of valves from the hearts of pigs recovered from slaughterhouses And implantation of the porcine valves during surgery to repair faulty heart valves is increasing said Dr Paul Ebert professor and chairman of the department of surgery at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco Ebert was a principal speaker Thursday at the 24th annual Cardiovascular Symposium of the Central Valley chapter of the American Heart Association He said one of the major focal points of heart research is searching for an artificial valve that is durable and compatible with body tissues and does not clot when placed in the body The porcine valve he said is one answer to the search It has a high resistance to blood clotting especially when used as a replacement for the Lester Leas gress he says you need legislators who can keep the competition in An example he cites is the farm labor controversy have credibility with both tides with the grower and the he says good growers out to kill the workers They need them and the workers need Ol The Bo have to move into the district to run" he says Leas a 36-year-old manager of an air conditioning and industrial fan and burner firm said all his activities have been centered in the district that he understands its particular problems I was ever going to run for anything this was Had he run two years ago it would not have been as a Democrat Up until then Leas was a Republican although a non practicing one my efforts up to that point were nonpartisan" he says Now that he is a Democrat he wants to help the party and has party people helping him He has about half his budget raised coming in bits and drabs from a lot of he says think more important than lug hunks out of He is the grassroots candidate Leas says and he dramatized that claim by being the only one who gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot without a filing fee To Leas the overriding issue facing the Fresno-Madera Counties district is competition among a variety of forces and interests competition public There is competition for land between agriculture and those who would build on the land competition between government and public employes competition for energy for water for tax revenue think competition in society is good and necessary for social pro- TMs a on in series erttetes on cendidslfs seeking Itar party's nomination in the 3M Awmtoty District ByEUSETENCICH Bee Politics Writer In an era of political trendiness Lester Leas likes to think of himself astheunpOUtician But only in a sense terms of getting things done as political as anybody else even more of a politician than they he says of his opposition for the Democratic nomination in the 31st Assembly District In speech after speech Leas stands up before his audiences and talks about how he has stood up for unpopular causes how he was a party to the law suit that overturned the 1974 Fresno County Sheriff election' of his leadership it the Committee for Responsible Government have a record of standing up and not for partisan positions but for objective positions that can rectify problems" he said in an interview To Leas politics is good when it does good can use politics to get things done not through grandstanding in the press on issues but in putting coalitions of people together that have he says He has 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