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A- Friday, April 2, 1999 Sentinel Obituaries Aubrey Bon ham No services are planned for Aubrey Bonham, who died Tuesday in Santa Cruz. He was 96. Mr. Bonham was born in Iowa and received a bachelor's degree in education from Northern Iowa State University and a master's degree from the Uni versity of Southern ed in softball and tennis, and was an avid skier in her early years For the past 11 years she worked at Burger King on 41st Avenue and Whiting's Foods on the Boardwalk. Mrs.

Grellmann was an enthusiastic gardener and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and friends. She is survived by son Gary Grellmann of Santa Cruz; daughter Judy Schellentrager of Soquel; brothejj Irving Pellegrini of Seattle; five; grandchildren; and numerous, nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon Tuesday at Holy Cross-Church, 126 High Santa CrutT Private burial will take place prio to the service at Holy Cross Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Norman's. Family Chapel, Soquel.

Contributions are preferred to the S.P.C.A.; Santa Cruz High School girls athletic and music programs; or the Aptos High School swimming and music programs. engineer before retiring in 1986. Mr. Bianchi was a member of the Grass Valley Assembly of God Church. He is survived by son John Bianchi of Sacramento; daughter Dina Bianchi of El Cajon; sister Emma Dempsey of San Jose; and mother Viola Bianchi of San Jose.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. at Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. Contributions are preferred to Hospice of the Foothills, 12399 Nevada City Highway, Grass Valley, CA 95945. Alice Grellmann Services will be Tuesday for Alice M.

Grellmann, who died Saturday at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 75. Mrs. Grellmann was born in San Francisco. She was raised in the Santa Cruz area and graduated from Santa Cruz High School.

A talented athlete, she participat- 63 years, Phil Dolin of Soquel; sister Irene Barr of Pleasant Hill; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. April 10 at St Joseph's Catholic Church, 435 Monterey Capitola. Burial will be private. Arrangements are by Norman's Family Chapel, Soquel.

Contributions are preferred to St Joseph's Catholic Church, St Clare's Retreat House or your favorite charity. Lytha Ward No services are planned for Lytha Maye Ward, who died Dec. 10, 1998 in Santa Cruz. She was 90. Mrs.

Ward was born in Monticello, and moved to California in 1964. She was in public sales for 40 years, and was also the matriarch of the Allen Family Music Group. Mrs. Ward is survived by daughters BJ. Heitz of Oroville, Patricia Wood and Shirley Jennings of Santa Cruz, and Carolyn Ross of Capitola; sons Robert Roger of Freedom and Jack Wilson of Oroville; sister Carrie Thompson of Monticello, and numerous grand-children and great-grandchildren.

A son, Russell Wilson, died before her. Burial was at Holy Cross Helen Tesdall No services are planned for Helen Irena Tesdall, who died Monday in Watsonville. She was 83. Mrs. Tesdall was born in Dewatto, Wash, and later lived in Oregon, Nevada and California.

She graduated from Heald's Business College. She later became a member of Twin Lakes Baptist Church. Mrs. Tesdall is survived by daughter Patricia Trent of Brentwood; son David Tesdall of Watsonville; sister Shirley Smith of Tigard, brother Allen Betz of Roseville; one grandchild; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband of 40 years, Clyde Tesdall, died in 1985.

Arrangements are by Norman's Family Chapel, Soquel. Contributions are preferred to Twin Lakes Church Memorial Fund. John Bianchi Graveside services will be Saturday for Eraldo "John" Bianchi, who died Tuesday in Grass Valley. He was 65. Mr.

Bianchi was born in Santa Cruz and moved in 1946 to San Jose, where he lived until moving to Grass Valley in 1976. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and later worked for Pacific Bell for 30 years as an lege and with the basketball and track teams at Soquel High School. For several years in the 1980s he served as an advisory coach to Bobby Knight at Indiana University, including Indiana's 1987 NCAA championship team. Mr.

Bonham is survived by daughters Catherine Barker of Boulder Creek and Marilyn Campbell of Friday Harbor, son Dr. Russell Bonham of Chicago, eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. His wife Margaret died in 1982. Arrangements are by Norman's Family Chapel, 3620 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Frances Dolin Services will be April 10 for Frances Helen Dolin, who died March 25 at Dominican Hospital.

She was 93. Mrs. Dolin was born in Concord. Prior to moving to Soquel in 1970 she was a resident of San Leandro, where she was an office worker for the Chevrolet Division of General Motors. She was an active member of St Joseph's Catholic Church in Capitola working for the Altar Society and festival.

She also volunteered at St. Clare's Retreat Center. Mrs. Dolin's favorite hobbies were cooking, reading and crocheting. She is survived by her husband of He began his I career as a teacher and coach 1 11 ll Alunna Hiffh School in Iowa.

In 1932 he became I the physical edu- I -O' I cation director I I for the Whittier I I City School Dis- 1 (t il trict, and was Aubrey Bonham hired as a proles-sor and basket ball coach at Whittier College in 1937. He retired from the college in 1968. As Whittier College basketball coach for 30 years, he won 16 conference championships and 514 games-Mr. Bonham was elected to the NAIA Hall of Fame as well as the Whittier College Athletic Hall of Fame. After retiring he moved to Boulder Creek and later to Capitola.

During his retirement he assisted as a volunteer coach at Cabrillo Col- REMEMBRANCES Cops and Courts Case of missing SLV woman turns out to be no case at all ing at all," said sheriffs Sgt. Dave Deverell. Panetta, who lives in a motorhome in the San Lorenzo Valley, was simply staying at a girlfriend's house and forgot about an agreement to let her boyfriend know where she was, authorities said. The boyfriend filed a missing persons report Tuesday. He told authorities Panetta was last seen leav ing his Boulder Creek home Monday.

He said she was going to run some errands and never returned. Authorities were also concerned because she was once a victim in a domestic violence case involving an ex-boyfriend who was released from jail in January. "She was thankful that we went through all the trouble and effort," said detective Fred Plageman. U.S. may pay to return girl's remains EUNERAIS NOQMANS family chapel AUBREY R.

BONHAM Aubrey R. Bonham died Tuesday, March 30, in Santa Cruz. At his request no services are planned. He was 96. A native of Iowa, Mr.

Bonham received his B.S. degree in education from Northern Iowa State University and his M.S. degree from the University of Southern California. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Algona (Iowa) High School. In 1932, he became physical education director for the Whittier, California city school district.

In 1937, he was hired as a professor and basketball coach at Whittier College where he retired in 1968. As the Whittier College basketball coach for 30 years, he had sixteen conference championship teams. His teams won three national Association of Intercollegiate Athletics titles in 1948, 1959 and 1960. He joined an exclusive group of coaches with 514 victories at Whittier College. He was elected to the NAIA Hall of Fame as well as to the Whittier College Athletic Hall of Fame.

After his retirement, he moved to Boulder Creek and later to Capitola. During his retirement he assisted as a volunteer coach with Bob Bugalski at Cabrillo College and with the basketball and track teams at Soquel High School. For several years In the 1980's he served as an advisory coach to Bobby Knight at Indiana University including Indiana's 1987 NCAA championship team. Mr. Bonham's wife, Margaret, preceded him In death in 1982.

He is survived by daughters Catherine Barker of Boulder Creek and Marilyn Campbell of Friday Harbor, WA, son Dr. Russel Bonham of Chicago, eight grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Norman's Family Chapel is in charge of arrangements, 3620 Soquel Soquel, CA 95073 Charles "Chuck" Undsay Angelo Senices will be Tuesday for Charles "Chuck Lindsay Angelo who died March 28, 1999 suddenly in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He was 52. Born in Santa Clara, California.

He grew up in Santa Clara and was Valedictorian of his graduating class 1964 at Santa Clara High School. He resided on the big island of Hawaii most of his life where he pur- 1 1 SONORA The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to pay the cost of returning the remains of Silvina Pelosso to Argentina once forensic tests are complete and the body is released by the FBI. Other private or public sources might also be used to cover the expenses and airfare for Silvina's parents, who've been staying in California during the investigation, officials said Thursday. "A terrible tragedy befell this young woman while she was a guest in our country," three California legislators Sens.

Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa Valley wrote in urging U.S. help. "Providing her with government transport home will afford her family a measure of A final decision on how the costs will be met has not been made. Funds donated in the name of the victims could help defray travel costs.

A funeral for Carole Sund and. her daughter, Julie, murdered along with Pelosso, will be held April 11 in Eureka, with a community memorial to follow the next day. On April 12, a memorial service will be held in Modesto, where the families of the victims have been staying throughout the ordeal. sued his passion for sailing, fishing and architectural design, he worked as an architect and in commercial fishing. He was characterized by his family as having a deep love for children and was a wonderful storyteller.

He is survived by his daughter, Heidi Nyburg of Santa Cruz; father, Harry Angelo of Santa Cruz; three sisters, Janice Marsha Angelo and Kathleen Angelo all of Santa Cruz and a brother, Patrick Angelo of Watsonville. He is also survived by three-nieces, two grandnieces and two grand nephews. He was preceded in death by his' mother, Geraldine Angelo In 1992. The funeral procession will leave Norman's Family Chapel, 3620 Soquel Soquel, CA on Tuesday, April 6, 1999 at 10:30 a.m. and proceed to St.

Joseph's. Catholic church, 435 Monterey Capitola, CA where a Mass of Burial will be celebrated beginning at a.m. Friends are invited to call at Norman's Family Chapel on Monday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A private crema1 tion and burial at sea will follow.

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You think I believe everything I hear?" Cole says he believes only about 25 percent of the news. "We're just normal people, and we can tell by listening that a lot of it is way off base," Cole says. "There's a lot of assumptions. People are just putting their own theories together. It's just a matter of time before the FBI lets the public know the whole thing." In Modesto, at the SundPelosso command center, the family of Carole and Julie Sund pays little attention to the daily media roar.

Francis Carrington, Carole's father and Julie's grandfather, says they focus on what the FBI tells them. Chicken Ranch theory? He chuckles. Carole Sund never would have never taken two young girls there. Sex predators targeting hotel guests? He smiles. "I hadn't heard that one," Carrington says, adding he puts his faith in the FBI.

Volunteers help shield the family from the suppositions and suggestions that pour into the command center. They sift through dozens of e-mails, phone calls and "scoops" from reporters. "We hear a lot of rumors," says volunteer Bob Tinkey. "Stuff on television, psychics that have their opinion. It sometimes bothers us, sure.

But I think we're all pretty well-seasoned on things that come in here. "Rumors, idle gossip we take it with a grain of salt" Lottery Daily 3 3,1,7 Daily Derby First place, horse No. 1, Gold Rush; second place, horse No. 9, Winning Spirit; and third place, horse No.10, Solid Gold Race time: 1:42.04 Fantasy 5 8, 18.20,24,29 For 24-hour lottery results, call 423-NEWS, selection No. ML Sentinel staff report SANTA CRUZ A woman reported missing this week was never really missing, authorities said Thursday.

Deborah Panetta, 40, was surprised to read in the newspaper Thursday that sheriffs deputies were looking for her. "So she stopped by the Police Department and said she wasn't miss Rumor Continued from Page A1 gerous thing." Officially, on a near-daily basis, FBI agent Nick Rossi begins each recorded news briefing with this mantra: "There are no major new developments to report in the investigation." But not according to some media outlets, which have publicly thrashed out theories and rumors du jour. Early on, FBI agent James Maddock was the media's favorite source generous with his time, willing to hold daily briefings as long as reporters were willing to show up. Now, the most popular source is unnamed, but somehow close to the investigation. Take, for example, last weekend's KMPH (Channel 26 in Fresno) report tying the three murders to the Chicken Ranch Bingo and Casino near Jamestown.

Jamestown, a quaint town with a rich IN DEPTH mining histo- ryi sits in the Tuolumne County foothills midway between Long Barn and Moccasin. Investigators found the bodies of Carole Sund and Silvina, 16, in the trunk of the burned rental car outside Long Barn. Fifteen-year-old Julie's body was discovered at a vista point near Moccasin. Based on a "high-level source," KMPH offered an "exclusive" report detailing how three men singled out the women for a carjacking at the Chicken Ranch. The report said Carole Sund put up a fight and that she and Silvina were shot.

KMPH had a different spin Monday. The Chicken Ranch angle was "one of the theories" the FBI had examined, but it was not the agency's chief focus. Roger Gadley, KMPH news director, said he doesn't regret airing the story because it came from such a reliable source. "In an effort to bring out as much information as possible, sometimes we go a little wrong," Gadley says. "If we had hurt anybody, then I would feel bad.

But information is important We are not making it up. We are not fiction writers. "We find out things and put that on air. We are reporting what we are privy to." To be fair, that isn't the only story FBI officials dismissed as "ludicrous" or "potentially damaging" to the case. Monday, after a new "theory" surfaced involving a group of sexually violent predators who target hotel guests, Rossi logged more than 60 calls for comment after 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, he was busy debunking reports that the FBI had arrested a woman for using one of Carole Sund's credit cards. Wednesday, he was at it again. "Unless you hear information from Tuolumne County Sheriff Dick Rogers, special agent-in-charge James Maddock, Tuolumne County Lt John Steely or myself, it is almost certainly inaccurate or laden with half-truths and speculation," grown frustrated refuting media accounts. "What happens is that oftentimes, there may be a small amount of truth but it gets blown way out of proportion," says Rossi, the FBI spokesman in the case. Inaccurate or half-baked reports lead to a media frenzy: Tensions are heightened and people worry they're missing something, he says.

"We do understand why these things happen," Rossi adds, acknowledging the media wants to fill gaps during the FBI's silence. "The public wants to know, and we've tried to keep people updated. We've said more than we do in most cases, but we still have to keep a number of these things secret." He knows leaks are inevitable. But such tidbits can take on an exaggerated importance, simply because they are the only morsels around. The news can spawn tips from a well-meaning public, calls that waste hours for investigators.

And finally, errant reports can create pain for victims' families and cause trouble in court, Rossi says. Off-base rumors can "create potential defense issues if the facts eventually established through the investigation vary from the theory of the day being reported by the media." Eric Hickey, a Fresno State criminology professor who worked on the Unabomber case, echoes the same themes. And he adds: "The rumor mill is incredible when it comes to these sorts of things." Increasingly, media professionals are questioning their role in spreading such rumors. A survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and Press reveals that journalists think reporting has become sloppier and that too many reporters slide opinion or speculation into articles or newscasts. As for the SundPelosso case, the public clearly isn't swallowing every story the media shovels.

At Ron Cole Powder Plank Snowboard Shop in Sugar Pine, the locals listen to the latest reports with a discerning ear. They can rattle off a number of oddball theories ranging from how the threesome died to rumors that they were lulled because they disrupted a robbery. "On TV, I heard they charged four guys. I heard there's a gang of sex predators that go around to motels," says Sugar Pine resident Mike Men- Rossi said. "Therefore, I would appreciate your restraint in reporting rumors until you've had a chance to confirm them." Repeatedly, the FBI also has refused to name any potential suspects or reveal who they have interviewed.

But journalists have ferreted out some names: Michael Roy Larwick, 42, a Modesto ex-con arrested after allegedly shooting a police officer. Billy Joe Strange, 39, an El Portal parolee who worked at the Cedar Lodge lounge and restaurant where the women were last seen. Darrell Gray Stephens, 55, Strange's roommate, who allegedly failed to register as a sex offender. All three are in jail on charges unrelated to the SundPelosso case. Yet journalists including those at The Bee have reported that the FBI pushed for the arrests of Strange and Stephens and also mounted a meticulous investigation of Larwick's home and car.

All three men have denied any connection with the case. And the FBI has never even whispered their names publicly. Beverly Kees is editor and program director at The Freedom Forum, an independent and nonpartisan foundation that operates programs on the news media and First Amendment issues. From San Francisco, Kees says journalists once wouldn't name a suspect until legal action was taken. "That seems to be a rule that's pretty much ignored these days," she says, citing the case of Richard Jewell, who was branded by the FBI and then by the news media as a suspect in the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics.

He was later cleared. Kees, former executive editor of The Bee, dismisses increased competition as the reason for such intense coverage. Instead, she thinks "the standards have been lowered, and I don't think that's at the demand of the public." Zelezny, however, says responsible reporting can be done about people who have been questioned but not identified as suspects by the FBI. "I think in a case like this, the public is hungry to know exactly what law enforcement is doing," he says. But Just how well-informed are they? Lately, FBI officials have Use the equity in your home to pay off credit cards and other monthly debts.

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