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ETELESCOPE Clothier holds parent tea

Aviators garner regional second

here Friday Mothers and fathers of infants and children up to three years of age, and expectant parents a re cordially invited to a tea which will be held May 16 at2 p.m ., and hosted by Ruth Clothier in the Palomar board conference room.

Clothier is the instructor for the Child Development Department at the college. She will present the objectives of a new course, Infants and Toddlers,whi ch will foc us on both the mother and her child and which will be offered in September.

A pediatrician will be present to answer questions focusing on the immediate concerns of mothers right after their babies have been born.

"Our aim, " Mrs. Clothier said, ''is to improve environments for infants and toddlers in the North County by providing education, guidance, and support to the care givers : parents, infant center teachers , and family day care providers."

Clothier also pointed out that the tea provides an opportunity for expectant mothers and mothers of infants or children under three years old to ask questions and share immediate concerns such as those experienced after giving birth.

The course will include learning about available support systems, looking at the care giver's own¡selfesteem and realistic expectations, observing and understanding behavior and perceptual-motor development, as well as providing guidelines for planning an environment that encourages social competence and learning ability in the child.

Board selects Ilia Mitchell

The Pi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Eta Rho aviation club at Palomar placed second in the regional Pacific Coast Intercollegiate FlyingAssociation (PCIFA) annual Safecon (safety and flight evaluation co nference) held on March 28-30 at Hem et-Ryan Airport in Hemet, California.

HIGH-Members of the Palomar College flying team placed second in the Pacific Intercollegiate Flying Association Safecon recently. They are )L to R, seated); Dave Wood, Candi Chamberlin; second row; Larry B ell, coach, and Kent Backart, advisor; third row; John Erhardt, Dave Alford, Dean Hicks.

(Photo by Pam Am es)

Job program sets deadline REGY offers youths between ages 14 and 21 the opportunity to work at public agencies during the summer months. The program is operated by the City of San Diego, and is open to youths from . low-income families .

Foster children and handicapped youths are also eligible.

All women interested in trying Over 3500 jobs are available and out for the Palomar cheerleading or youths who meet the eligibility songleading squad should attend a qualifications have an excellent practice session in front ofthe Dome chance of obtaining summer this Wednesday. employment with the program. The 1979-80 cheerleaders J eanette Long, Angela Angel and Linda pay is $3.10 per hour.

Applications a re available at Sweig have been working out with a number of prospects the past few school counseling offices, state weeks, but they encourage any other employment E.D.D. offices and the persons interested to attend the 7 following REG Y offices: REG Y p.m. workout in the foyer of the Central, 1248 Market St., San Diego, 92101, 236-2680; REGY North, 2171 Dome.

The final selections for the cheer Ulric St., Suite 1A, San Diego, 92011 , and song leaders will be made at the 268-8581; REGY South, 590 G St., Chula Vista, 92010, 426-8212. tryouts May 21 and May 28.

San Diego Regional Youth Employment program (REGY) has announced that it will continue to receive applications for summer employment until June 1.

Cheerteader tryouts set

At Hemet, the Palomar students competed with teams from 11 co lleges and universities from California and Arizona. Palomar won the navigation. top community college and top pilot trophies.

Trophi es are won based on

Pink Elephant begins May 15 Featuring items from clothing to garden equipment the "Pink Elephant" returns to Palomar with another beneficial event on May 15 and 16.

This gigantic annual rummage sale has been sponsored for over.30 years by the Patrons of Palomar to raise money for scholarships, campus beautification, and other Patron programs.

The bazaar will be held in the Dome from 8 a .m . to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 8 a.m. till 2 p.m . on Friday.

Reserved parking for customers will be at the main entrance to the college.

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Ilia S. Mitchell of Fallbrook was selected by the trustees to fill the vacancy created by the April 10 res ign ation of Willi a m Froehlich.

The selection was made at the co nclusion of specia l meeting on May 1 and 2.

Mitchell h as been a Fallbrook resident and avocado rancher since 1940, and sa w the need for a community co llege in North Co unty in the earl y 40's. " I was delighted when Palomar opened its doors in 1946," s he remembers . "since we then h a d the beginnings of an intellectua l a nd cultura l community center close to home."

Mitchell sees Palomar as a provider of educationa l opportunities for a ll of the comm unity it serves. A foreign la n guage major when she a ttended the University of Washington Mitchell took a dvantage of the Palomar program to perfect her fluency in Spanish.

Her long volunteer involvement with her particul ar interest h as been with the allocation of funds raised by these agencies .

Mitchell was one of eight candidates selected for interviews by the trustees, from so m e 30 a pplications for the seat. All eight finalists were informally interviewed in open session at the May 1 meeting, and the trustees reconvened May 2 to discuss each applicant and to make their final selection.

She will be seated on June 10 unless a petition for a special election is raised. This petition requires the signature of 1840 of the registk.red voters in the District.

Mitchell 's appointment, if uncontested, will be effective until the next election, November 3, 1981.

San Jose State University placed first and Cypress College third , all three teams qualifying to participate in the National Intercollegiate Fly in g Association (NIFA) Safecon which will be h eld on May 15- 17 at Grand Fork, North Dakota.

cum ul ative points earned by an individual or team.

Dave Wood of Oceanside won the top pilot trophy and three medals by placing second in power-off landings, fourth in short field landings and fifth in navigation.

Other medal winners were Candi Cham berlin, second in the ground trainer event and third in short field landings, and David Alford, fo urth in navigation and fifth in short field landings.

Certificates were presented to John Erhardt and Alford who tied for eighth place in the computer accuracy test. Chamberlin placed seventh in this event. Dave Borgerd placed sixth in the message drop and tenth in navigation. Also in the message drop event. Rick Buckner placed seventh and Joe Yaggi placed eighth. Other competitors with the flying team were Dean Nicks and Kirk Prais. Larry Bell went a long as the team's coach. Bell will a lso accompany the team to Grand Fork.

Dr. Kent Bac kart, Palomar instructor in chem istry and the aeronautics program and advisor to the group explained, "The University of North Dakota is hosting the NIF A Safecon this year. The Safecon is held to promote safety and excellence in flying. At Grand Fork, the team well be competing with teams from 26 colleges and universities who placed in the top three of their regional conferences throughout the United States."

Gene Kropf, president of the n~tional Alpha Eta Rho fraternity and part-time instructor in the aeronautics program , was master of ceremonies at the NIFA awards banquet. With the help of the ASG fund-raising events, the club has helped to pay their expenses to attend the conferences.

NewsScope

"McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan" is the current watercolor exhibit at the Boehm Gallery, showing through today.

The art exhibit is filled with wit and satire by well-known Japanese Pop artist, Masami Teraoka.

The gallery is open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

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"The Last Sunrise" is the title of May's Planetarium show, to be held May 14, 21, and 28 at 7 p.m. The show will cover events which lie beyond the last sunrise ...Red Giants, whose diameters reach hundreds of millions of miles, white dwarfs as small as the Earth, and the fantastic explosion of a nova.

Because of a personnel breakdown, production of the Telescope has been delayed until today. The next issue will appear as usual this Friday.

*** "How to Leave Your Relationship Successfully" is the subject of a workshop to be held Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Lynette Trier will head the workshop, and interested persons may sign up in the Women's Center.

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The next film in the Women in Film series will be Ramparts of Clay, to be shown Wednesday at 4 p.m. in room P-32. Discussion will follow in room P-30.

The film is a drama of a young woman unable to accept the subservient role her people's ancient *** The monthly newspaper drive traditions demand of her, and is set sponsored by the Child Develop- against a magnificently isolated ment Center will be held Wednes- village on the edge of the Sahara. day. A bin will be located in Student *** Parking Lot 12 on the west side of William Norton's Cisco Pike will campus. be shown Thursday at 2 and 7 p.m. in room P-32 as part of the Information, demonstrations and American Motion Picture series. instructions will be presented at a Microcomputer Conference May 16.

A silver Indian bracelet of great McGraw-Hill Book Co. and Palomar College are co-sponsoring the con- sentimental value has been lost. ference to be held at the Eagle One Reward for return: Navajo sterlingBowl and Restaurant in San Marcos turquoise inlay bracelet and Zuni from 8:30a .m. to 4:30p.m. Computer turquoise ear rings of greater users attending will be from in- monetary value and newer than lost dustry, small businesses and educa- bracelet. Call Shirley at 746-7916 or 746-8987 . tion .

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HARNESSING ENERGY-Two students view a solar panel at the recent Earth Fair. Music, talks, workshops and films were part of the day's festivities.

(Photo by Pam Am es)

Ballot Propositions 1, 2, 3 explained

By Rick Bell This is !he firs! inslallmenl of a 3-parl series explaining the propositions du e on !h e jun e ballol.

Proposition 1, if pa ssed, would authorize a $495 million general obligation bond issue, proceeds deposited in Parklands and Renewable Resource s In vestment fund and State Coastal Conservancy.

Appropriati o ns: a. Parklands and Rec reation Element$338 milli o n b.Fisherie s a nd Wildlife Element- $45 million c. Wat er Co nservation Element-$112 millio n TOTAL:$495 milli on Fi sca l Effect: The State Treasurer's office estimates th e proposed issuance of $495 millio n would result in total costs to the General Fund of $807 for repayment of bond principle and accrued interest estimates based on issuance of 20 year (series) bo nd s a t an average interest rate of 6 % Comments: Proposition 1 wou ld provide a sol uti o n to the growing recreational n eeds of Californians. Proponents claim the state's economy is base d large ly on natural resou rces. Proposition 1 wil l assure continued eco nomic strength, create new jobs

and protect existing ones as well as attracting new businesses .

Opposition: Actual costs to taxpayers will be over $800 million. Oppon e nts say Proposition 1 is a blatant attempt to circum vent the "Spirit of 13" spending limi t ation.

Supporting Proposition 1 are The League of Women Voters, The Sierra Club, Califor-

Commentary

Comments : No direct costs to the state due to full support by regular payments made by participating Ve ts.

Chapters 48 and 585, statutes of 1979, increase maximum loans for homes from $43,000 to $55,000 and for farms would increase from $120,000 to $180,000. A similar bill was passed in 1978 for $500 million .

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nia Associates of Realtors , Governor Jerry Brown and The Audubon Society.

Support: Costs taxpayers nothing; it 's self-supporting and self - liquid ating.

Those opposed are The Agricultural Counci l of Ca lifornia , The State Chamber of Commerce and The Ca lifornia Farm Bureau Fe deration.

Proposition 2 recognizes the special debt of honor for those who served in armed services. It strengthe n s the economy by prov iding thousands of jobs for al'l industries, businesses and trades connected with or servicing the housing market.

Proposition 2, if passed, will authori ze $750 million in general obligation bonds, proceeds to be used for Ca l- Vet programs.

Fiscal Effect :Office of the State Treasurer indicates bond rating agencies expressing co ncern about increasing Cal ifornia's debt authorization at over $1 billion a year where sources of revenue are being reduced .

Opposition : Is it fair to operate a specia l program for small percentages of Ca lifornians when the Federal Government provides similar benefits? Should the s ta te continue outdated prog rams for low paid se rvicemen now that the nation has a

professional vounteer military machine? Is it fair to all homeowners to give Cal- Vet buyers a lower interest rate?

SUPPORT: California Chamber of Commerce, Dep't. of Veterans Affairs.

Proposition 3, if passed, would consti tutionall y provide that no bill shall take effect as an urgency statute if it authorizes or contains an appropriation for either 1) alterat ion or modification of color, detail, design,str uct ure or fixtures of historically restored areas of the State Capitol, or 2) purchase of furniture of different design than that which conforms to the historic period of the State Capitol. The Proposition provides that no expenditures shall be made in payme nt for any such purpose.

Com ments;" Yes" vote will help protect the historical integrity and beauty of the Capi tol building a nd will prevent powerful individuals from making cas ual alterations wit hout public knowledge.

Opposed:California Chamber of Commerce .

Should leave state's major constitution alone excep t for major changes in government like Proposition 13.

DOWNFALL IN THE DESERT

'Facts' of helicopter rescue obscured

By Rick Hoff What happe ned last month in the desolati on of "Dese rt One" was a great tragedy, n ot on ly because of the loss of America n lives, but because of the world - wide a hereffec ts th at followed.

Fro m a personal sta nd po int , I can 't think o f a more em barrassing situ ation for our country si nce th e Watergate Scandal. And Watergate was me re ly a political scam. What ha ppe ned in Ira n was much more serious.

Just w ha t effect the aborted rescue had on th e hos ta ges is un sure. And w hether or not th e taking of the Ira nian Embassy in London was related to th e incident in Iran is also un sure . In fact, the Ame ri can public ca n really n ever be sure a bout w hat 's going on in government affairs.

What 's tragic is that we th e people may ne ver know what really happened , or what was s upposed to ha ppen when "Operation

Blue Light," as it was called, invaded Iran . All th at we know is that a helluva lot of eq uipm e nt and the lives of eight people were wasted that night in the desert.

And the reasons for this total failure?

Helicopter malfunction. Not one, or two, but three of the behemoth RH-53 choppers used in the mission suffered from one type of malfunction or anot her . The bottom line on the mis sion, according to our President, is that if the commandos cou ld have carried out the raid with eight helicopters as intended, the rescue would have been a s uccess.

It's unfortunate that we never found out just w hat would have happened had the co mm andos reached Tehran. Apparently, the Americans had a good deal of undercover help awai ting them just outside the Iranian capita l. Realistically, they would

have had to have help. It isn 't easy to send 90 men into an enemy city to rescue 50 people .

But because of the aircraft malfunction, the raid never came off. Now, not only is the United State suffering from the embarrassment of allowing Iran to hold our hostages for over six months , but the U.S. has shown to the world that it could not do what the Isra elis did at Entebbe or what the British did this week in London. That is, take a fir m action as soon as possible and carry it ou t successfully.

Obviously, there are strong and varied opinions circulating as to just what caused the fai lu re of Operation Blue Light .

"I can 't understand those helicopters having those malfunctions right at the crucial time," said a Palomar College staff member who was a veteran flyer of the type

of chopper used in the raid. "We flew those copters on length y trips in VietNam, and my personal experience with them showed a very efficient aircraft. Now maybe the weather had a lot to do with what happened in Ira n, but I don't think the men were as prepared for the situation as they should h ave bee n. The thing is, the government is not goi ng to tell us the whole story. For all know, any thing could have happened to those choppers."

What see ms unusual is that the rescue tea m drilled and drilled over and over in preparation for the mission , and that included long journeys by the aircraft simi lar to the flight from the Indian Ocean to Tehran. According to reports , none of the eigh t copters actually used, or the five standby copters of the same model suffered any mechanical problems .

That's over six months of test-flying with n o malfunctions . Then comes the real thing a nd three helicopters suddenly fail. If you think that's strange, you're not the only one.

A recent report stated that the Israelis were miffed that the U.S. didn' t seek their aid before attempting such a raid . After all, Israe l made out pretty good at Entebbe, rescuing over 100 hostages from a band of terrorists that had the protection of the Ugandan army. The Israelis pointed out a number of blunders made by the U.S. Raiders, mistakes that could have been and should have been corrected .

But it still would have been interesting had the RH-53 s and C-130s been able to carry out their mi ssion . There have been suggestions of internal sabotage that caused the mission to be scrubbed. That may be true, but two facts that we are aware of is that the helicopters flew into an intense dust storm, which could have resulted in e ngine and navigation problems, and that the helicopters used on the mission were doused some 10 hours earlier by a fireretardent chemical while still aboard the carrier off the coast of Iran .

Whether or not the chemical had anything to do with the malfuction is speculation.

According to reports, the choppers were thoroughly cleaned and tested before embarking on the mission. But who among us is to say what actually happened that fateful ni g ht. The mission seemed to be jeopardized from the start, and unfortunately, it came to a flaming and fatal conclusion.

It just seems sa d that a nation that's supposed to be the best country the world ha s ever seen could suffer from such demoralizing incompetence .

Chittock observes Austra lia n lifestyle mistakes in terms of what we've done to pollute our environment.

Their tendency is to m odel us ... and I had this n eed to say 'pick our good ideas but a lso notice the things we've overdone and that we've shown poor judgement in."

Counselor sees male-dominated

society ready for breakthrough

By Derace Orput Getting in touch with his roots has given Palomar counselor and instructor Dave Chittock a new outlook on Australia.

After spending the first half of the semester on a leave of absence in Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Figi, the wry-humored but serious counselor talked about hi~ experiences Wednesday in an informal student gathering.

"I met an Australian psychiatrist at a workshop last year who invited me to Brisbon to do a seminar on self-esteem , and another on relationships and interpersonal communications," he explains.

Since his father was born in Melbourne, Chittock was interested in tracing his roots. In addition, he wanted to "see to what degree the things that I'm doing here have value or are of interest in Australia and New Zealand. I was sort of testing it out to see where they are in their level of awareness about personal growth."

He discovered the Australians aren't as involved in human potential as Americans, especially those in California.

"There seems to be a time lag there, " he says, " They seem to be where we were about ten or twenty years ago. A lot of that is really refreshing because they haven't gotten into such a pace of life that we're into here."

He found a lot of people really identifying with their city and their neighbors.

"I saw the people living a less frantic style of life, and that really felt good to me; I just really felt good being there. I had the feeling that it was still kind of frontier territory down there. '' He also observed that the Australian culture "is a very male dominated society by the very

Photographer takes award Blade-Tribune photographer and former Palomar student Pat Downs has won top honors for editorial illustration in the National Press Photographers Association annual competition.

Downs finished up his photo studies in the spring of 1977 with a course in photo journalism given by Justus Ahrend. Downs is just one of a long list of former students who are working with newspapers throughout the country and California.

Judges from Sports Illustrated, Look and Newsw eek N ewsday magazines decided the winners in 12 different categories , which included entries from some 1150 photographers, the most ever for a "Pictures of the Year" competition.

It was the 37th annual nation-wide competition, and was co-sponsored

by Nikon, Inc. and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Downs, 22, is a resident of Oceanside and worked for the Vista Press before his employment at the BladeTribune. He will be traveling to Missouri to take part in the awards ceremony.

The "editorial illustration" category is for photographs that portray a certain story or message visually, rather than simply verbally. Downs said he was "quite surprised " to win the award.

His photograph, designed to illustrate a story on clothing trends, shows a formal white collar hanging on a wire hangar against a field of white.

A photographer from the Gainesville, Florida Sun won newspaper photographer ofthe year h onors.

nature of its historical past."

During the period when prisoners were being shipped there, the country was mainly populated by men, so "women have always been seen as a bit of a novelty. Men are very respectful and courteous around the women, but they don't quite rel;3.te to them .. .their relationships with men have culturally become much more important."

Chittock believes that our women's lib movement is on the verge of making a breakthrough there, and that women are wanting men to include them in more of their previously male-dominated activities. " What I learned about that was that the Australian men in a way are kind of stuck; they have not been willing to change ... the majority are quite chauvinistic. After work they all head for the pub and come home when they jolly well please."

He found Australian men to be rather insensitive and into the macho image. "Englishmen and American men as a rule are very popular among Australian women because I think they have a degree of sensitivity that Australian men don't have."

In comparing American men with Australians, Chittock sees both pros and cons. He says that Australian men relate well to other m en, and that their relationships with each other "are genuine and very real.

They have a great sense of humor and they use it regularly . It's a little maddening when you get there, but when you get onto it, you see that they're genuinely into having fun."

On the darker side of the coin, Australia has a very high rate of alcoholism, for "the local pub is really the significant institution."

Chittock teaches self-esteem and relationships classes at Palomar, and sees a parallel between the U.S. and Australia in that men are usually reluctant to participate in that kind of thing.

"In my classes here, most of the students who come are women. It seems to be more acceptable for women to deal with their interpersonal feelings and emotions."

Australians look down upon people who are interested in this and describe them as "tropo." The term stems from World War II when men were out in the tropics, and they would tend to go a little nutty." The Australians have stretched the meaning to include "anyone who is acting a little strange."

Chittlock conducts workshops outside Palomar, and he says, "It's fun to take your own stuff and go down and see how it fits in with another culture." His seminars, a few of which he conducted at universities and a place called the Relaxation Center, were received well, and he has been invited back to lecture in July.

He found that the people there "are very eager; they put American know-how and expertise and technology on a pedestal." Although he says Brisbon is thought of as "somewhat back-woodsy, that was one area where they were the most receptive and had the most enthusiastic n urn ber of people in the community.''

He calls his trip to Figi a "seren-

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Australia is a bout the same size as the U.S., but is much richer in natural resources, es pecially coal and uranium .

Mining and agriculture are prevalent, for as Chittock aptly puts it, "there are three million people and 63 million sheep."

"What they have to do is use those natural resources and at the same time not foul up their environment like we have."

Dave Chittock dipity." He had never been there, and confides, "I have a special attraction for island people. They're pretty open people and don't have a lot of phoniness to them. I enjoyed being around them and learned a lot."

He met a couple in Figi who owned an island resort and invited him to stay with them . "I stayed in really a tropical paradise for a week, and I didn't have to pay a cent. It was wonderful,"he sparkles , "and they've invited me to come back and do some seminars."

Chittock worked for the Department of the Interior in Samoa in 1963 and visited there mainly to see what progress they had made. " I was involved in helping them set up a kind of outrageous educational system in 1963, where they used television for the first time and beamed it out to all the little village schoolhouses." He later set up a counseling program in the schools, and did some workshops. " I think we have a lot to learn from Australia and New Zealand. They can take advantage of some of our

He maintains that Australia could "become a leader in a whole new il'end about how you develop a country's resources and maintain the quality of the environment; they're right at the point where they can do something about it."

Australia, like the U.S. , is in a furor over nuclear power. Some of the people don't even want it mined, let alone put into use. "But of course there are tremendous international pressures for them to mine it," Chittock says.

The country is interested in our community college system. They have what they call technical colleges in which they give diplomas instead of degrees, and are not set up for transfer to a four- year university.

"It is essentially set up very much like a community college," he explainr . "I was generally impressed with the quality of the education system, at least at the college level."

The most attractive place to Chittock was Queensland, an Australian state twice the size of Texas. With a sub-tropical climate much like that of California, one can find miles and miles of untainted and unpopulated beaches.

"The Americans who go to

Australia tend to gravitate toward Queensland. It was my favorite part, kind of like a playground," he muses.

C hittock has counseled at Palomar for ten years and has always taught some kind of personal growth classes.

"The Australians would like to see America not get them into a war," he concludes. "The man on the street is very concerned beca use the Australian government tends to follow whatever we do since they feel dependent on us for military protection. They' ve had enough war."

Sitter service needs helpers The North County Sitter Service for the Handicapped, coordinated through the efforts of the Association for Retarded Citizens, is looking for people 18 years of age or older with an interest in helping the handicapped while supplementing their own income.

The Association provides a training program designed to familiarize prospective workers with the needs of the developmentally disabled child or adult, the mentally retarded, the cerebral palsied, the epileptic and the autistic .

Upon completion of their required training, workers are employed by families of handicapped who are in need of a temporary release from their almost overwhelming responsibilities. Sitter Service workers care for the handicapped individual for short periods of time, day or evening, allowing parents or guardians valuable hours away from the home.

For information on training, call the Sitter Service for the Handicapped, 758-7561.

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Softball champs reach Section a Is The second season has begun for the Palomar women's softball team.

The Comets were scheduled to open play yesterday at the Southern California Sectional Tournament, held at Golden West College.

Palomar was scheduled to play two games Thursday, beginning with a first-round contest against Cerritos.

Depending on the results, the Comets would continue play today and tomorrow. The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow.

Palomar closed out the regular season last Friday by romping past College of the Desert, 13-0. Tina Woodring, making only her second pitching appearance of the season, tossed a three-hit shutout for her second win. Woodring also made good use of the bat, as she ripped a grand-slam home run in the sixth

Sanders, Tanaka set for mound duty inning to score Palomar's final four defending state and national JC runs. champion Golden West. Eldridge Cathy Odell also had a hot bat indicated that he would start with a double and three singles, and Sanders on the mound against Sharon Jensen, Jeanna Hallenbeck Cerritos.Ifthe Comets won , they were and Mya Sanders all had two hits to play the winner of the Golden apiece as the Comets finished a West-Chaffey game last night. Dana championship Mission Conference Tanaka was scheduled to pitch season with a 17-1 record.

Palomar's second game.

"We're playing the kind of ball Tanaka made a strong bid to be right now that is necessary for the named the conference player of the caliber of competition we're going to year, both with her batting and face in the Sectionals," said coach pitching abilities. The freshman Mark Eldridge, whose club is 22-3 from Vista High did not allow a overall. "We had all the right in· single run while recording an 8-0 gredients to win the championship: conference record in 49 innings. She pitching, hitting and defense." struck out 79 batters and walked The Sectional Tournament only five in those 49 innings, and her started with eight teams, including win-loss record, strikeout total and

0.00 ERA were all top marks among conference pitchers.

At the plate, Tanaka rapped out a team-leading 22 hits, including four triples, and finished with a .458 conference batting average. Her onbase percentage was an exceptional .617, and overall she is batting .409 in 25 games with an amazing total of six triples.

Sophomore catcher J ody Mitchell followed Tanaka in the conference batting stats with a .444 average, and she led the conference in runs batted in with 20. She also has seven stolen bases on the year. Freshman first baseman Jensen followed Mitchell with a .436 average, and she also belted two home runs and

drove in 15 runs in conference.

On the mound, Sanders gave up just one earned run in 52 innings of conference pitching, rolling up a 7-1 record and an 0.13 ERA. Palomar also chalked up some impressive team stats for the conference season. The Comets' team batting average was .354, compared to .075 for the opponents, and Palomar scored 168 runs compared to only six for the opponents.

Palomar had 31 extra-base hits compared to four, and the Comets stole 29 bases compared to only one steal by the opposition. The Palomar pitching staff compiled a team ERA of 0.06, while the opponents' ERA was 8.50.

Of Palomar's 22 victories going into the Sectionals, 19 had been by shutout.

Sylvia Q. runs wild at Finals In what nearly amounted to a one· woman show, Sylvia Quirk won three events , placed second and fourth in two others and ran a leg on the winning 400-meter relay team last week to lead the Palomar wom en to a second-place finish at the Mission Conference track and field finals.

Quirk and middle-distance runner Marilyn Martin each were multiple winners for the Comets, who qualified 16 entries for the Southern California Prelims, scheduled for May 14 at Cerritos College.

In the men 's finals , held in june· tion with the women's at San Diego State University, Steve Binns and Jesse McKinney each collected first places, but the Comets finished fifth as a team. Binns won the 1,500 meters in 3:58.9, while McKinn ey h ad the top m ark of 47-9 31 4 in the shot put.

Quirk's victories came in the shot put (40-9 112), the javelin (131-3) and the lon g jump (16-11). She also placed second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.42, and fourth in the high jumpat4-10. In the opening running event, Quirk followed Mary Jo Mottino, a nd Chris Grebisz and Cathy Crannell ran the last two legs as Palomar took the 400 relay in 50.21.

Martin remained undefeated in two races, the 800 and 1,500 meter runs. Martin was timed in 2: 20.02for the 800, and 4:53.5 for the 1,500. She also ran the anchor leg of the 1,600 relay team , which placed second in 4:04.6. Other members of the relay included Stacy Panna , Tamy Clark and Grebisz.

"All of our girls h ad a good day,' ' said women's coach Mike Curran.

"Everythin g is working our way as far as the time table is concerned. We gave an indi cation of our potential and I think our marks will continue to improve over the coming weeks."

Grebisz also qualified in the 400 meters with a second-place time of 58.4 a nd in the 200 meters with a fifth place. Mottino qualified in the javelin with a third place, and in the 400 hurdles and discus, where she harl a pair of fourths. Crannell qualified in the long jump with a third, while Clark qualified in the 400 hurdles with a third and the high jump with a fifth. Pat MeN ary placed fifth in the 400 hurdles to also qualify for that event.

In the men 's meet, head coach Doc Marrin was disappointed with the team performance, but pleased with the efforts of Binns and McKinney.

"I don 't know what caused us to have a bad day, but we really should have ran better," said Marrin. '' I expected Steve to win without much trouble, but I was pleasantly surprised to see J esse win. I thought he'd get a second."

Palomar's other qualifiers included Jon Cooper, with a third in the 200 and a fourth in the 100; Mike Fritchman, Ron Reis, and Bill Harris, who placed 2-4-5 in the exhibition hammer throw.

(Photos by Rick Hoff)

PLAYOFF BOUND Jeanna Hallenbeck (left) and Tina Woodring has played a steady third base, while Woodring came on as a pitcher (right) are only two of 14 reasons, the others being coach Mark and tossed two shutouts last week, including the 13-0 romp over Eldridge and the rest of his players, why the Comet softball team College of the Desert in Friday's Mission Conference finale. The advanced to the Southern California Sectional playoffs. Hallenbeck Sectionals continue through Saturday at Golden West College.

Netters advance to Regionals ArchE?rs The entire women's tennis team qualified for the Southern California Sectional Tournament, which was scheduled to begin yesterday and continue through Saturday at Golden West College.

Shannon Mulholland and Rosie Perreault each qualified in singles during the Mission Conference Tournament last week at Saddle back College. The doubles teams of Mulholland-N ancy Meagher, Perreault-Kris Watkins and Michele Lisi-Diana Scaccia all qualified for the Sectional Touma· ment.

Saddleback was the only other Mission Conference team to qualify all of its members. The Gauchos won the conference title and were followed by the Comets, who finished at 11· 3 in the Mission and 12-5 overall.

Mulholland won three straight singles matches before finally los· ing in the semi-finals. Perreault drew a bye in the first round and won her first match before losing in the quarter-finals. She came back to defeat Nikki Lowe of Citrus in a qualifying match.

Watkins and Perreault had early success in the doubles, winning their

firstthreematchesbeforelosingtoa Citrus team in the semis.

"The entire team did a super job," said women's coach Nan Haugen. "I was very pleased that we were able to qualify everyone for the Regionals."

Four players from the men's team also qualified for Southern California. The men's Regionals will be held at Santa Barbara City through tomorrow.

The doubles teams of Steve CoonsBilly Singh and John Trotter-Ed Clancy advanced by winning in the qualifying rounds last week.

Putnam, Bethea gain honors Pete Bethea and Ken Putnam were each named to the All-Mission Conference baseball team, which was released this week following Saturday's final games.

Bethea, a freshman catcher, led the Comets in runs batted in with 19, and his .317 batting average was exceeded only by Randy Burger's .326. Burger and pitcher Rob Schilling were each named to the second team.

Putnam, a sophomore who played for Palomar two years ago, led the Comet pitching staff with a 2.85

earned run average in 91 2/3 innings. Sixteen of those innings came in one game, a 1-1 tie against Riverside City.

"I was glad to see Pete and Ken make the first team, but it's too bad Rob didn't make it," said coach Jim Clayton. "His record was only 2-5, but there's little doubt that he's a better pitcher than the three they selected."

Schilling got very little offensive support this season, including in Saturday's final game, a 3-0 loss to Saddle back. Palomar finished 12-22-

1 overall and 4-19-1 in conference.

"We came up a little bit short this year," said Clayton. "When we were hitting we didn't have the pitching, and when the pitching came on, we didn't have the hitting. That could have been from the lack of continui· ty we faced during the month and a half that it rained so much. But we have a lot of freshmen and that means we'll have some good returnees coming back. Things go in cycles and we expect an upswing next year."

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Eight Palomar archers will begin competiton today at the California State Archery Championships, which will continue through tomorrow at East Los Angeles College.

Representing the men's team will be Lloyd Brown, Brian Clague, Tom Wiebe and Darin Balsley. The Comet women will be represented by Lynda Dixon, Anna Saenz, Lisa Hess and Julie King.

Palomar would have to place second or first at the state tourna· ment if the Comets hope to defend their national championship. The national tournament this year will be held at the University of Miami in Ohio May 14-16. Coach Mildred Ayers indicated that she is confident her archers can rise to the occasion, but she says that they will be unable to raise the money to make the trip.

However, a few individuals may attend.

Brown and Balsley have already qualified for the nationals by shooting four All-American scores.

The archers will be shooting metric 900 rounds, meaning the archer must shoot 30 arrows from 60, 50 and 40 meters.

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Local student-biologists have Baia adventure Eighteen students and two instructors traveled to Baja California during Easter vacation for their annual expedition in Biology 99.

Instructors Nancy Jessop and Lester Knapp offer the course, worth two transferable credits, for those genuinely interested in the area's geography and wildlife. Writerparticipant Richard Schatzman gives a chronological view of the trip.

The Group met in front of Palomar. The rain finally stopped like a good omen, bidding us farewell. We strapped down the tarps over the pickup trucks we had carpooled, which took us to San Felipe. San Diego seemed like the last outpost of civilization before entering a land of primeval beauty and adventure.

Once, crossing the border at Calexico, instructor Lester Knapp's car gave us some trouble, yet we went on and passed through lunarlandscapes that he labeled "doubledecimal desolation."

Next day after spending the night in a motel, we loaded our gear onto "the Poseidon" for our eight-day expedition to the Midrifflslands 300 miles south of here. By 8:30p.m. the boat was loaded and we left the harbor as the tide rose. As we headed south into the majestic horizon, lights from San Felipe and neighboring villages twinkled on the coastline, fading into a starlit black sky.

We docked at Isla Angel de la Guardia for lunch. We rode the ponga (skiff) to shore and examined a tide pool with Dr. Nancy Jessop.

We identified anthropods, and also a zebra-tailed lizard. The curve of the beach was breathtaking, with the slopes sparsely populated by

elephant trees. Some of us hiked to the top ofthe ledge, which one must have a firm solid footing to secure.

The view of the blue- green water as the sea current breaks upon the outcroppings was worth it though.

The next day was spent with Dr. Jessop and other students exploring Sal si puedes ("leave if you can"). We edged up the coast of the mainland of Mexico in a ponga, coming upon a resort; the jet-setters who frequent this resort have found the perfect setting with white sand beaches, palms, and gorgeous desert vistas.

We spotted a fin-back whale not long after as he came up for air.

Whales are shy. They can hold their breath a long time and disappear.

The group got within 30 feet and observed the giant sea mammal of grey-black color, with a large dorsal fin projected upward. Once you see your first whale, you get addicted, and we played cat and mouse games for half an hour. I felt like Captain Ahab with a camera, begging the ponga driver to get closer.

Alberto, who manned our ponga was right out of a Hemingway novel.

Small with brown, wrinkled and leathery skin, he sported a walrus moustache. He was simple, warm, and generous. Though he couldn't speak English too well, he had an instinct for knowing exactly where we wanted to go. Because he worked as a fisherman and guide for 30 years, he was "one" with the sea.

We beached the ponga in a small cove and climbed rocks to where we quietly watched a miracle of life.

There was a nest made of twigs remnants of diving suits, fishing line, and a carcass of a small bird used to feed a baby osprey,which was dressed in down feathers. The mother osprey flew above us in circles , screeching for us to leave.

We went on to Raza Island. In the

months of February and March thousands of Heerman 's gulls come to this island from as far away as British Columbia and Central America, staying to roost. There's a territorial battle in April , which is when the terns arrive.Tems are characterized by white gray bodies with white heads crowned with a black crest. The female terns sat on top of their eggs, while the seagulls inched in to get the eggs by pecking them or flying overhead. The island was completely covered by guano, bird manure, used for fertilizer. I couldn't help but think that guano is the natural equivalent of graffiti in civilization .

Mr. Knapp and students bagged the real prize of the trip. They brought back six red spiny lobsters to celebrate our last dinner together in grand style. There was chicken and salad, pieces of lobster and lots of cerveza. Everybody became rowdy and there was singing of rock favorites like the Eagle 's song, "The Long Run" and everyone including Nancy Jessop joined in and sang " American Pie." The last day was spent exploring the islands , and contemplating what the last six days of "romantic leisure" had done for us . We sat up late one night with Mr. Knapp, and spoke about our experiences. We realized that everyone on this journey was forced to face themselves and others. Because of a lack of luxuries and private space the facades were dropped. We were forced to be cooperative with our fellow man. Because we were so far away from civilization and its pressures , a feeling of comradery formed that rarely shows itself back on the mainland.

Yet the masks eventually went back on, for the "brotherhood" usually lasts only the duration ofthe trip. As Lester said, "It is the bicycle

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BAJA FEVER-Dr. Nancy Jessop (top left) seems to be pointing at a sea lion and gull (top right) in Midriff Island.

Alberto (left) skiff pilot and fisherman, guided the group to many islands. Instructor Lester Knapp and Mark Balderini (right) show off two ofsixspringred lobsters they caught.

of life. You start with training wheels , and one day you find yo ur balance without them. And like the bicycle, you give up that past time for more modern modes oftravellike the car, a nd return to it on ly occasionally with a t in ge of reminiscence."

As the night grew late, we had begun to theorize and give sul:r stance to Thor Heyerdahl's theory that thousands of years ago Polynesians left their homeland in the south Pacific in outrigger canoes. They started colonies up and down the coast of Central America, and even as far north as Baja. He pointed to a Mexican crew member and compared his physique and bone structure to the Samoans'; it sounded feasible .

By the end of this journey through the Sea of Cortez, Mr. Knapp, with his balding head seemed to resemble Marlon Brando in the movie "Apocalypse Now." Yet instead of being at the end of the river, he was with us a ll the time, and I half expected and even awaited his takeover of the "Poseidon," shipwrecking it into one of the Midriff Islands, and going native.

When it didn't happen, I hoped he would at least start chanting, as

"Kurtz" had , the horror, the horror," a we neared civilization .

But Dr. Jessop was the real darling of the journey. Never had students become so enthralled a nd excited¡ by learning the names of wildlife. She seemed to kn ow every species in existence.

In her authoritative manner she convinced us of the importance of sanctuaries like the Wild Animal Park, which she lters ma ny endangered species. As we rode the ponga together to ch eck the tidepools of an island one last time, she explained how more and more people are waking up to the fact that it can be highly desirable to have tidepools filled with littl e creatures like brittle stars and sea urchins or a nest in which a mother osprey protects its young.

"Perhaps,"she added with a note of optimism, "places like the Sea of Cortez could be kept as wild nature preserves where a n en lightened citizenry could come to appreciate more than just a world inhabited by mankind."

With such a crew, one would wish to go around the world on a neverending cruise. We had become an extended family.