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Wednesday, November 23, 1977 V oi. 58, N o. 51 University of California, Santa B arbara Trower No Trooper' 'Obstados' Prompt Concert Cancellation By W. PETER ILIFF tivities Coordinator Jim Curnutt, “ Since Another A.S. concert trauma was I’ve been here, four years with ap ignited Monday night as 2,100 waiting proximately 60 concerts produced in Rob ticket-holders were denied their dosage of Gym, it was totally unexpected. I’ve never rock ‘n’ roll due to the last minute can seen a band waffle like they did. They cellation of the Robin Trower-Joumey were totally unwilling to help.” concert at Robertson Gymnasium. Apparently the lighting trestle could not A press release issued by A.S. Concerts be used due to the special limitations of quoted Steve Miller, Concerts’ ad Rob Gym and the existing staging. ministrative chairman, as saying the “ Everything was okayed as to what we cancellation was due to “ unforeseen and were providing,” claims Curnutt, insurmountable technical obstacles “ Everything was approved by the Trower preventing the use of Trower’s stage road manager. There was a com lighting equipment” munication breakdown between the p i p » — Rumors aimed at scuttling the integrity lighting man and the Trower people” of A.S. Concerts have saturated the con With Robin Trower in the dressing room « K ' t versations of dissapointedfans and critics. at 6:30 p.m., Curnutt said the road Some have cited sluggish ticket sales as manager expressed that he didn’t want to Stage crew workers disassemble the remains of the set that would' > prompting the Trower people to nitpick deal with the situation. “ We have always have been used for the Robin Trower concert, had that show not been through contract technicalities to avoid been able to work around the limitations of cancelled. Disappointed ticket holders can start going for refunds the booking. the building,” stated Curnutt, “ Journey Monday. (Photo by Karl A. Mondon) “ it was not ticket sales,” stated Ac- said that they would have gone on with only two spotlights.” Curnutt, admitting that the gymnasium “ is a fucking nightmare anyway,” said Housing Tops List of Priorities for that if you can put on a Santana-Journey or Boston-Starcastle concert there “ you can do a Trower performance” Federal Grant Projects in Isla Vista “ Rock ‘n’ Roll stars are supposed to be troopers. John McVie of Fleetwood Mac By CATHY NIFONG federally funded Community Develop as a preliminary which will give broke his arm the night before the concert Housing and physical improvements ment Grant money available to Isla Vista, LaGuardia a basis to develop projects for here. He played this and two other dates comprised the priorities that will be it was determined at a public hearing the community, and a town meeting will before having it set.” Curnutt insists that considered in organizing projects using Monday night. be planned for sometime early January “ Trower could have played with the The Community Development Block which will examine progress on the lighting trestle on the floor." Grant comes to the county from the various suggestions at that time and With controversy dragging A.S. Con federal department of Housing and Urban revise or amend priorities then. Sheriff's Investigations certs through the wringer in past months, Development. The amount of $48,000 in In view of the emergency financial Curnutt and Miller were visibly dazed the funding has been speculated on since this situation of the IVCC-MAC, Am y Hodgett ' night of the cancellation. Their repeated Lead to Drug Arrests is the amount that has been received for was appointed interim treasurer for the reply was, “ W e’re looking through the Isla Vista projects the past couple of council until a permanent officer is (Please turn to p .ll, col.l) A t Local Agent's Home years. d ec ted. Communities in the county are asked to ByKIMKAVANAGH suggest programs which may be funded by Santa Barbara sheriffs investigators last week arrested four people, including the block grants. Los Ninos Workers: Representative-at-Large Frank one Isla Vista resident, on various charges Thompson, after listening to the of sale and possession of drugs, according to Lieutenant Don Dicus of the Sheriff’s suggestions made, divided them into four Miracles in Mexico Special Investigations Department. categories: housing, physical im volunteers joined them from various The investigation, which stretched over provements, commercial improvements, By JULIE GORDON and miscellaneous. church groups, high schools and university three weeks, led to the arrest of Lynn Every weekend a group of devoted Los organizations. Snyder, 23, of Isla Vista, Jesus Navarro, Ideas under the heading of housing were Ninos volunteers pile in Paul Weiss’ van to According to one participant, it was a 25, of Goleta, Michael Gilligan, 26, and the purchases of building for housing co drive to Tijuana. What they accomplish very simple barracks-type building about Bonnie Gibson, 22, both of Avalon Beach, ops, leases for co-ops, housing may not seem like much to some people, rehabilitation projects, and an emergency a half-mile from the Mexicanborder. They California. but to those they help it’s like a minor brought sleeping bags and ate mainly Snyder, the Isla Vista resident, was hostel. miracle. tortillas, quesadillas, salad and coffee. charged with one count of sale of cocaine Physical improvements entailed street The Los Ninos participants provide food This helped them get a feeling of the way and Thai stick. Navarro has three counts barriers, sidewalks, handicap ramps, a to starving people, play with love-starved of life for the majority of Mexicans. of possession for sale chargedagainst him. pedestrian mall on Pardall, and public children and give of themselves as they Saturday morning the volunteers split Gilligan and Gibson have each been parking facilities. receive lifechanging experiences. up into three groups. Two were scheduled charged with possession of marijuana in The most important suggestion in the Weiss began making trips about two and to visit orphanages and one headed for the excess of one ounce. commercial improvements category was a half years ago. While visiting Mexico so-called “ garbage dump people” The police report stated that the drugs a commercial cooperative occupying a with his family he witnessed the need for First they all went to Casa de Los seized had a street value of $37,700. building in Isla Vista. It would create jobs, aid to starving kids in orphanages. Thus Pobres, a type of school building with a However, other sources have indicated a tax base, andbringinnew businesses yet began Lo6 Ninos — an organization that kitchen. The kids dung to the car as it that the value is no more than $8,000. The lacking in Isla Vista. provides direct relief to needy people Miscellaneous brainstorms include a In an earlier interview Weiss explained, approached and clamored around for discrepancy lies in the police’s contention piggy-back rides as it unloaded. that the 4.25 ounces of cocaine, one pound community library and a child care “ Los Ninos is a group of people who travel Los Ninos provided peanut-butter and of Thai stick, and a small quantity of center. to Mexico, primarily to Tijuana, on a jelly sandwiches, pears, milk and “ dangerous drugs” confiscated by them, Community Block Grant Coordinator regular basis to bring whatever relief we Clare La Guardia told those at the hearing vitamins. It would be their only m ealof the could be sold to potential buyers at their can to children we find there. We were day and possibly for the whole weekend. estimated prices of $37,700, disregarding that the projects the c aunty would be most incorporated as a California non-profit They ate as much as they could and filled the cost of the drugs when originally likely to fund with block money are ones organization October 31,1975, and we have presenting a maximum feasible benefit to been going to Tijuana for about two years. their paper bags full of food to take home. purchased. Carol Neal related, “ It was so neat to see According to Dicus, search warrants the community. “ Primarily, our operation involves that foe kids were happy. Most had shoes were obtained by the sheriffs after an She added that studies and other leaving southern California on a Friday but were dirty. There was one old man undercover agent allegedly purchased the research projects would probably not evening, spending a weekend in Tijuana, sitting in the gutter though and you could “ $37,700” worth of drugsfrom the suspects receive funding. “ HUD is trying to am sleeping and eating there, and working on see the pain of sickness and starvation in throughout the three week period. plify community development” child-oriented projects. We return Sunday his face. One girl bought him lunch as food The actual transaction of the pound of LaGuardia warned the attendants at the to our own society.” is cheap. His gratitude was worth it.” Thai was made at the home of the un hearing that the block money was not On the last venture, UCSB students Gary Gary Dietrich, who heads the CAB dercover agent, known as “Melvin,” at necessarily guaranteed, explaining that Dietrich, Carol Neal, Gwen Leonard, Hunger Project at UCSB, weht to help the which time the search warrant was ob the input for the various communities is Carolyn Cox, M ary Ann Mcginnis and Jim “garbage dump people.” Amidst the tained. The four arrests were made im evaluated, and price tags are put on the Scboenbom accompanied Weiss across the garbage a group of people were sitting mediately a fter.