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B4 The Sun SATURDAY, November 16. 1991 Fontana man acquitted of murder charge Hesperia may be site for $2 million recycling plant The Sun ney Margie Powers, who prosecuted the case, could be reached for comment Friday. In her closing arguments, Powers contended Cushenberry made up his self-defense story when he disappeared for eight days after the killing. He then turned himself in to sheriffs deputies and has since been free on his own recognizance. "He shot him three times and killed him.

It was malice," she told jurors. "There was malice. It's not self-defense. It was murder." was accused of the Sept. 10, 1990, killing of William W.

Stracham, 36, in the 17800 block of Taylor Avenue near Fontana. During closing arguments before Superior Court Judge A. Rex Victor, defense attorney Grover Porter told jurors the killing was in self-defense. He also pointed out the victim was found to have traces of alcohol and methampheta-mine in his blood system. Neither Porter nor Deputy District Attor SAN BERNARDINO A Fontana man was acquitted Friday in last year's shooting death of a neighbor during an argument over money and a television.

A seven-woman, five-man jury found John Cushenberry innocent of a second-degree murder charge after two days of deliberations, court officials said. Cushenberry, who testified at his trial, lists schedule of community drives be operating as soon as July, city officials said. By 1995, all cities are required to reduce the amount of trash going to landfills by 25 percent. So far, Advance Disposal, a private company, has fiananced the project without any recycling surcharge to customers, said Ken Hubler, administrative assistant to the city manager. "What we want is a no-frills recycling plant that will not become obsolete or put a major financial burden on residents," Hubler said.

"We want a program that will be in line with the needs of Hesperia residents." Solid waste experts have advised the city to keep recycling plans simple and functional, he said. Two plants similar to the one being planned already are operating in the Southland in Los Angeles and Ventura. Nov. 25, noon to 5 p.m., Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Loma Linda. Information: Candy Filippe, (714) 824-0800, Ext.

8610. Nov. 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Serrano High School, 9292 Sheep Creek Road, Phelan. Information: (619) 868-3222.

Anyone in good health, 17 to 76 years old and weighing at least 100 pounds can donate blood ev cities target farm water supplies The Sun HESPERIA A $2 million state-of-the-art recycling plant could be operating here by the end of next year. Advance Disposal, the (city's trash hauler, has sub-' mitted plans for the seven-acre facility on Mesa Street between I Avenue and Santa Ve Avenue to the city's planning department. After a 30-day environmental review by the state, plans will be submitted to the Hesperia Planning Commission early next year, Associate Planner David Reno said. The facility would have a recycling facility, with 21,700 square feet of office and storage space. Designed to meet new state recycling laws, the plant could State's arid By KATHLEEN GRUBB Associated Press SACRAMENTO California's continuing drought, rapid growth and public concern about the environment are increasing pressure to establish a free-enterprise market where farmers could sell their water to the highest bidder, officials said Friday.

Supporters of farm-to-cities water sales including a state lawmaker from the San Fernando Valley, a giant Southern California water supplier and a bank economist argued that establishing a market price for water would promote conservation and help meet the state's water needs ell into the next century. Critics from an agricultural water agency and the fisheries industries raised fears of water grabs that would devastate farming communities and wildlife habitats. "If we have a drought next year, water trading is going to be the best way to move water around." Assemblyman Richard Katz, D-Panorama City, told an School official strip-search of school boys Blood bank The Sun Community blood drives have been scheduled at various locations this month. Times and locations are as follows: Nov. 18, noon to 5 p.m., Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Loma Linda.

Information: Candy the Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee. Tim Quinn of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California predicted growing support for relaxing restrictions on farmers selling their water. "The fundamental forces are the economic growth of this state and the environmental awareness of this state, which have created scarcity," Quinn said. But Tom Clark, general manager of the Kern County Water Agency, said a dollar-driven market could lead cities to buy up Sacramento Valley rice fields for their water. "The biggest concern I see in agriculture is fallowing of land, permanent fallowing," Clark said.

"We talk about the Owens Valley syndrome. Everybody says, 'No, no, no, this is no Owens Valley. Owens Valley's different. We're talking only about a small fraction of your water this time. We're not talking about all of "Perspective of Owens Valley is a function of where you're sitting," he said.

"If you're a small ROBERT U.VIELMA Pipe layer Robert U. Vielma, 50, of San Bernardino died of a heart attack Sunday at his home. A native of New Mexico, Vielma lived in San Bernardino 50 years. He was a pipe layer with Laborers Local 783 for 24 years. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Marian daughters, Roberta Zavela of San Bernardino, and Ann Marie, Mary Ann and Deann Vielma, all of San Bernardino; his mother, Isabel Young of San Bernardino; five brothers, Rudy Vielma of Hesperia, Joe Mendez of La Puente and Ray Vielma, Fred Young and Ernie Young, all of San Bernardino; six sisters, Loretta Chavez of Colton, Terry Martinez of Barstow and Gloria Humphrey, Anita Casta-neda, Mary Lee Botello and Frances Fuerte, all of San Bernardino; and 13 grandchildren. Mass is 9 a.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 1430 W. Fifth San Bernardino. Burial will be at Mt.

View Cemetery, Highland and Waterman avenues, San Bernardino. Tillie's Memorial Chapel is directing. MAXINE LEE SULLIVAN Salon owner Maxine Lee Sullivan, 59, of Whittier died of cancer Monday at her home. Sullivan, a native of Red-lands, recently moved to Whittier. She was the owner and operator of Maxine's Back Door salon for 30 years.

She is survived by her husband, Robert two daughters, Andi A. Van Horn of Cardiff by the Sea, and Dana L. Wood of Fort Walton Beach, three stepdaughters, Patricia Atherton of Redlands, Nancy Hemphill of Pahrump, and Paula Theraldson of Beaumont; one stepson, Daniel J. Sul- 7 Filippe, (714) 824-0800, Ext. 8610.

Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Yueaipa First Baptist Church, 34784 Yueaipa Yueaipa. Information: Ivah Zapp, (714) 790-1971. Nov.

23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dunlap Elementary School, 72870 Avenue Yueaipa. Information: Kathy Stark, (714) 797-5171. community and all the land around you is fallow, there's a serious issue there for that community." While the measure has potential environmental benefits, a fisheries representative said it could also encourage the sale of water that otherwise would remain in rivers and streams. "If we do not proceed with caution in water marketing, it could very well become a problem, at least in California, of the magnitude on the disaster," said Zeke Grader, executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations.

"Fish and wildlife could be forced to compete on the open market with other potential customers for their water," Grader said. "Where is the money going to come from?" Agriculture uses about 80 percent to 85 percent of the state's water. livan of Santa Monica; two grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. The family will have a time of remembrance from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov.

23 at the home of Patricia Atherton, 10648 Opal Red-lands. ADALINE SARAH SCHNELL Merchandiser, Ferris Bros. Adaline Sarah Schnell, 89, of Yueaipa died of respiratory arrest Thursday at Braswell's Colonial Care in Redlands. Schnell, a native of Hillman, lived in Yueaipa 27 years. She worked as a merchandiser for Ferris Bros, for 25 years.

Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Hughes Funeral Chapel, 33629 Yueaipa Yueaipa. Burial will be at Oakwood Mausoleum in Saginaw, Mich. JOHN REYES LECHUGA Navy supply officer John Reyes Lechuga, 68, of Long Beach died Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Harbor City. The cause of death is unknown.

Lechuga, a native of San Bernardino, most recently lived in Long Beach. He worked as a supply officer at Norton AFB for 20 years and later at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. He received a Purple Heart in World War II. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca; three sons, David, Gilbert and John, all of Long Beach; two daughters, Wanda Spinelli and Rachel Roe, both of Long Beach; four brothers, Frank and Tano, both of San Bernardino, and Car-ion and George, both of Long Beach; three sisters, Julia Garcia of Bloomington, and Margaret Abella and Dolores Suarez, both of Long Beach; and four grandchildren. Services are 1 p.m.

today at St. Barnabas Catholic Church, Orange and Carson streets, Long Beach. Burial will be at All Souls Cemetery, 4400 Cherry Long Beach. Luyben Family Mortuary in Long Beach is handling arrangements. ESTEL L.

TROUTM AN Retired carpenter Estel L. Troutman, 94, of Highland died of a heart attack Nov. 7 at Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda. Troutman, a native of Illinois, lived in San Bernardino County 25 years.

He was a retired carpenter and a World War I ery 56 days. Those over age 69 must have annual written consent from their physicians. Each donor will receive a mini-physical, including checks of blood pressure, temperature, pulse and hemoglobin. Only sterile, sealed, disposable materials are used. It is impossible to contract AIDS or any other disease by donating blood.

papers say, Ray Rey was a very loved man and father. If he was your friend, he was your friend forever. He helped people that others wouldn't help. He was a fun-loving guy. And I and my children and many others are going to miss him very much.

He touched the hearts of many people. He wasn't that bad guy that the cops and papers put him out to be. His past is his past. We all can and do change. We love you, Ray Rey, forever.

(Raymond V. Rey died Nov. 1, 1991, in San Bernardino.) COOKIE AND CHILDREN Tributes Is a new feature on the obituary page. Tell us about someone special to you who recently died. Provide the name of the funeral home, the writer's daytime phone number and the deceased's name, age, place of death and date of death.

Entries should be 150 words or less. No poetry is accepted, and Information contained In obituaries should not be repeated. Tributes can be faxed to The Sun at (714) 885-8741 or sent to Assistant Metro Editor Alan Mittelstaedt, The Sun, 399 N. San Bernardino 92401 for Pacific Federal Bank for 25 years, a member of First Baptist Church of Camden, S.C., and the Highland Women's Club. Survivors include her daughter, Judy M.

Rougeau of Highland, and two sisters, Sybil Duerr of San Rafael and Hazel Ewald of Camden, S.C. Graveside services are Monday at Quaker Cemetery, Camden, S.C. Memorial services are 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 785 N.

Arrowhead San Bernardino. Bob-bitt Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. The family suggests donations to St. Paul's United Methodist Church Choir, 785 N. Arrowhead San Bernardino 92401, or Highland Women's Club, P.O.

Box 221, Highland 92346. In Memoriam Death notices In this column are prepared by The Sun's classified advertising department. For Information, Please call (714) 888-3252. IN MEMORY OF OUR SWEET JEFFIE Son Brother Uncle JEFFREY SCOTT PARISH May 23, 1961 November 29, 1981 We Miss You So Much. Love Always, Mom Dad, Donnie, Judy, Patrick, Page, Jason, Justin and Joshua.

BOBBITT MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1299 E. HIGHLAND AVE. 882-3761 FAMILY OWNED OPERATED FOR 4 GENERATIONS Mildred I. Smith Graveside Service Today 1 1 :00 A.M. Mt.

View Cemetery Memorial Service Today 1 :30 P.M. First Presbyterian Church Fred F. Tautcher Rosory Sunday 5:00 P.M. Chapel Mass of the Christian Burial Monday 8:00 A.M. St.

Bernardine Catholic Church Catherine C. Ponec Rosary Sunday 7:00 P.M. Chapel Moss of the Christian Burial Monday 10:00 A.M. Our lady of the Assumption Catholic Church Melbah A. Goldman Graveside Service Monday 1 1 :00 A.M.

Mt. View Cemetery annual Water Education Foundation briefing. You don't have to build new facilities," Katz said. "It's environmentally sound and sensitive. And it makes economic sense." Katz said he will reintroduce a bill next year which would allow individual farmers to sell their water without the consent of their local water agency.

Under current state law, most water sales require a determination by the water district that the supplies up for sale are surplus. The proposal would prohibit water sales that would fallow more than 20 percent of a community's farmland, ban sales of water from depleted underground supplies, and require each deal to get the approval by the state Water Resources Control Board. It also set aside 10 percent of each water transfer for fish and wildlife and allows environmental groups and public agencies to buy another 10 percent to protect the environment. The bill stalled last year in fired after against the wall, had them turn their pants pockets inside out and drop their pants. McDonald has been asked not to return to the school, the attorney said, pointing out that the PTA president is not a district employee.

"I want to have reasonable assurance when my children come to school that they are in a safe environment, which obviously they are not," said Anne Quinte-ros, whose 10-year-old son was searched. "I think parents should be upset," said school board member David Anderson, who has a daughter in the school. He said the matter could have been "handled by the principal by talking to students in the principal's office." The incident was the second of its kind in the East bay area in about a month. A supervisor in Berkeley was reprimanded for searching 17 seventh-grade boys on Oct. 11 after a student claimed $60 was stolen.

The money was not found. The district was continuing its investigation into the search, said Berkeley assistant superintendent Anton Jungheer. "It's humiliating for anyone to be forced to take their pants off," said Virginia Elizondo, a parent of one of the Berkeley students who was searched. "But particularly at this pre-adolescent age, they're so sensitive." California Stankewitz convicted and twice sentenced to die for abducting Theresa Gray-beal, 22, from a Modesto shopping center, then driving her to Fresno and shooting her in the head in a field on Feb. 8, 1978.

A companion who received immunity testified Stankewitz and another companion giggled after the shooting and Stankewitz boasted "Did I drop her, or did I drop her?" The execution date was set because Stankewitz had not authorized an attorney to seek a stay. However, within hours of the announcement, Wanger was notified that a writ had been submitted on the defendant's behalf. The writ asked for an indefinite stay until a new defense attorney is appointed, but Wanger limited the stay to 45 days. Husband, daughters miss wife, mother who died 1 year ago For the past 28 years I've had the pleasure of celebrating my birthday with my dear wife who I lost a year ago this month. On Nov.

18th, I turn 80 years old. I know she is in a better place, but no birthday or holiday will ever be the same without her. My daughters, Darlene and Sharon, and I loved her and miss her so very much. We will always cherish our special memories of her. (Beatrice "Bea" Agnes Covington, 73, died Nov.

7, 1990, in San Bernardino.) FLOYD COVINGTON San Bernardino If he was your friend he was your friend forever In memory of Raymond V. Rey, known as Ray Rey. In spite of what the cops and Survivors include his wife, Christine; two daughters, Vonda Simmons of Fontana and Vernell of Highland; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services were private. Mark B.

Shaw Mortuary handled arrangements. DOROTHY D.M APES Retired teacher Dorothy D. Mapes, 78, of Grand Terrace died of cancer Thursday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana. Mapes, a California native, lived in Grand Terrace 14 years. She retired as an elementary school teacher from the Rialto School District in 1970.

After that she became a private piano teacher and was a member of the Music Teachers Association of California. She attended Victoria Community Church in Riverside. She is survived by her husband, Roy; one son, James Chap-in of Redding; two daughters, Margi McCormick of Loma Linda and Christine Pastrama of Napa Valley; one sister, Mary Cumberland of Santa Maria; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Victoria Community Church, 5320 Victoria Riverside.

Graveside services are private. La Sierra Mortuary is handling arrangements. GOLDA S. MOSELEY Switchboard operator Golda S. Moseley, 75, of Highland died of liver failure Thursday at St.

Bernardine Medical Center. A native of Camden, S.C., Moseley lived in Highland 27 years. She was a switchboard operator MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1525 No. Waterman Avenue San Bernardino, CA 889-0173 Ramona Delgado Evening Service Monday, 7:1 5 P.M. Chapel Mass: Tueiday, 9:00 A.M.

Christ The King Church 272 E. Rialto Ave. Jose Sanchei Evening Service Tuesday, 6:00 P.M. Chapel Mass: Wednesday, 9:00 A.M. Christ The King Church Associated Press OAKLAND A campus supervisor was fired on Friday in connection with the strip-search of 10 elementary school boys, school officials said.

"There was an improper search and Mr. Allen has been terminated," said Dan Siegel, attorney for the Oakland Unified School District. "It's a very clear issue that school district officials may search students based on reasonable cause, but that strip searches are not allowed." Fired was James Allen, whose job duties included protecting children on school grounds. Ten boys at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School were strip-searched Tuesday when a girl in their class claimed $7.50 had been stolen from her book bag. No girls were searched and the money was later found at the bottom of the bag.

The girls were excused because they were not in the room when the money was believed taken, said Siegel. "All the girls were in a computer class, except the one who said the money was taken," he said. "She was late for that class and dropped off the bag in the room with the boys." According to Siegel, Allen and school PTA President Thomas McDonald lined the boys up Judge delays execution of Associated Press FRESNO With only one week to spare, a federal judge on Friday stayed the execution of a Fresno-area man accused of murdering a Modesto woman, then bragging about it. U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger issued a 45-day stay in the execution date for Douglas Stankewitz that had been scheduled for next Friday.

The judge acted one day after San Quentin Prison officials announced Stankewitz' execution officially was set for next Friday. Stankewitz would have been the first person to die in California's gas chamber since 1967. Stankewitz has twice been.