FREE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2002 Volume 1, Issue 83 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press Serving Santa Monica for the past 97 days Can’t find a space? Try the best-kept secret downtown director of the Bayside District All city-owned parking struc- City’s new parking Corporation, which oversees the tures, including its newest struc- garage goes commercial district. ture, are open 24 hours a day. Some business owners said From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the first two largely unnoticed finding the new parking structure hours are free, but it costs $1 each can be difficult. The entrance to additional 30 minutes. However, there is a $7 maxi- BY ANDREW H. FIXMER the new garage looks like a small Daily Press Staff Writer alleyway. And the parking struc- mum charge, and all vehicles ture, which is completely under- entering after 6 p.m. are charged a Despite spending $5 million on ground, is covered by a large flat rate of $3. a new downtown public parking apartment building. City officials said the garage is garage, the city has failed to Construction on the 294-space gaining notoriety among motorists advertise it’s open for business, structure ended last July, but not and it’s beginning to make more offcials say. many people knew about the extra money. The garage, located on Fourth parking because the senior hous- “Unless you get right up on it Street just north of Wilshire ing complex above it was still now, it’s still hard to tell if it’s a Boulevard, remains largely empty being built. parking deck,” said Oscar during the day with few signs “When it opened, the place Delgado, the city’s parking coor- dinator. “But it’s beginning to do Andrew H. Fixmer/ Daily Press directing motorists to its entrance. looked like a de-militarized zone,” The bottom floor of the city’s newest parking garage “At the moment it’s the best said Rawson. “But now with all well now.” was completely empty Friday afternoon, though vehi- kept secret downtown,” said the construction over, things When the structure opened, it cles had filled many of the spaces on the top two floors. Kathleen Rawson, executive should pick up.” See PARKING, page 3 Jury endured to hear Californians look to win lawyers suing lawyers $183 million Lotto jackpot of client confidentiality. Should the trial By staff and wire reports ’good-luck’ money,” Shiber said. Judge warns attorneys A single jackpot winner who chose the reach the point where the client is named, Californians looked for ways to boost Letteau said he would order the lawyers to option of 26 annual installments would not to make jury more their luck Friday as the jackpot for receive payments starting at about $4.57 return all of the fees they already have Saturday night’s SuperLotto Plus draw earned due to the breach. million and rising to about $9.33 million, hostile than it already is rose to $183 million. before withholding of 27 percent federal Mike Moini, an employee at Dee’s withholding tax. The estimated cash BY DAVE DANFORTH Diner on Santa Monica Boulevard, said Daily Press Staff Writer the restaurant typically sells between See LOTTERY, page 3 $30-$40 a day. By noon, the diner had A local judge has warned a flock of “In 20 years, I’ve never sold $400 in lottery tickets. lawyers that if their case goes too far, they seen a jury as hostile as “People are on a money hunt,” he will be ordered to cough up about said. $300,000 they’ve already pocketed. this one. These jurors “Play Here” screamed lottery banners Because lawyers rarely battle over at a Chevron station in Los Angeles’ their fees in front of a jury, Superior Court don’t want anything to Chinatown, where the lottery craze was Judge Robert Letteau found it offensive mixing with Chinese New Year tradi- that the case he is presiding has three do with this.” tions. lawyers suing a fourth over the splitting “The last few days has been crazy,” of a “contingency fee.” said manager Joe Shiber, 48, who was — ROBERT LETTEAU seeing many first-time Lotto ticket buy- “In 20 years, I’ve never seen a jury as Santa Monica Superior Court Judge hostile as this one,” Letteau told the attor- ers. neys in Santa Monica Superior Court this Customers usually spend $1 to $5 on week shortly after opening arguments in lottery tickets, he said, but that increased the legal fee case. “These jurors don’t to up to $50 after Wednesday, when no One of the attorneys, Peter Scolney, one won the midweek draw and the jack- want anything to do with this.” Andrew H. 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However, in December — in front of the structure next month that the last month for which the are figures will have an electric message which tells available — the structure raked in more motorists when the lot is full and directs than $29,000. them to the nearest available garage. “It’s just tough right now because it’s The city wants to employ the messag- ing system citywide, so every deck will north of the Promenade, but we’ve seen be able to alert motorists quickly. the fruits of our labor,” said Delgado. “Our plan is to automatically be able “We’re very excited as to how it’s done so to redirect people to the next structure,” far.” said Delgado. “I haven’t seen it any- But it has a long way to catch up to where else in California, but all our peo- other city-owned 300-space garages. On a ple say it’s possible. We’re way out there monthly basis, parking structures on on this one.” Second and Fourth Streets average about Business owners say parking through- $65,000. out the city has historically not been Both the city and Bayside have worked accessible for their patrons. to raise awareness of the new structure, “As long as I have been on Bayside posting advertisements in area newslet- parking has been one our highest issues,” ters, the city’s Web site, and fliers distrib- said Rawson. “A lot of positive steps have uted at other city parking garages. been taken to provide adequate parking, Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press When other parking structures fill up but there is never enough parking down- Procrastinators are just getting around to dumping their Christmas trees during the day, officials said the city has town.” off for recycling at Reed Park. been re-directing visitors to the new Businesses want the city to put up garage. more signs directing motorists from the “Normally structures along (Fourth freeway to available parking structures. Judge’s message to settle Street) hit capacity or run at capacity “The city needs better signs,” said during the farmer’s market days,” said Rawson. “Guiding people to the next Delgado. “Any time they fill up we start structure that’s available sounds simple, directing people north to (the new) but the city hasn’t done a good job of it in case heard loud and clear structure.” the past.” COURT, from page 1 Matt Tamber isn’t enough. Tamber is denying their claim to a 45 percent split of the People on a money hunt “contingency fee” and claims they were paid what their time, at $325 per hour, is worth. The firm of Sherry Spees, Scolney, and Michael Weiss is claiming they’re owed $80,000 more. in state’s largest lottery The dispute arose after the lawyers coaxed a $1.55 million settlement in 1999 in a real estate case. LOTTERY, from page 1 luck” money he’s received from relatives. “I can see this case going sour on you,” Judge Letteau warned the combatants. “If He said he was also picking numbers him- the identity of the client emerges, this is over and you have to give the money back.” option would be $91.5 million, or $66 self, especially those with the lucky num- Tamber objected to the warning, claiming he was being sued and might have to refer million after federal taxes. ber eight. The $183 million jackpot is a record to the quality of work done in his defense. “I don’t believe I will win, because of for California. The previous mark was But Letteau swept away the objection, warning the attorneys, “this is a collective the odds, but I needed to spend my good- risk we’re all going to take.” He said he would avoid blaming the parties and simply $141 million on June 23, 2001. luck money,” he said. At George’s Liquor, a Chinatown store order the fees disgorged if the original client was named. Frank Benin, 37, went out of his way to One attorney recognized the warning as a particularly fierce message to settle the that has sold two winning lottery tickets in buy tickets at George’s. case and send the jury home. the past, the line of customers went out “A gambler in my office told me to the door and down the sidewalk. come here. This is a big jackpot and I felt “No judge wants to preside over attorneys arguing over fees,” said Charles Lindner, Stan Ng, 33, a recreational assistant, I needed to come to a lucky place to get who is representing Scolney and his partners. “It’s bad enough to deal with litigants.” said he stood in line for 10 minutes to buy my tickets,” he said. 10 SuperLotto tickets. Benin said that if he won he would “I seldomly play the Lotto, but since build a community center in south Los YOUR OPINION MATTERS! this is a big jackpot and it’s Chinese New Angeles and help underprivileged chil- Send your letters to Santa Monica Daily Press: Attn. 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Pacific Capital also billed Global Crossing $2 million regulatory filings show. The agreement also involved Global Crossing paying during 1999 for using airplanes in which Pacific had a The special relationships between the firms added an North Cresent $3.2 million toward $7.5 million of reno- stake. Sitrick said the fee was less than Global Crossing undisclosed amount to the personal profits of Winnick, vations. would have paid an independent charter company. who sold $734 million worth of stock before the compa- Global Crossing is formally based in Bermuda, Global Crossing made another large payment to ny began bankruptcy proceedings on Jan. 28. although Winnick and other top executives work out of Winnick’s companies as part of a consulting contract The dealings involved Global Crossing paying mil- Beverly Hills. The company is expected to announce drawn up in 1997, in which a unit of Pacific Capital lions of dollars to a privately held merchant bank and its soon that it will leave its Beverly Hills offices and relo- advised Global Crossing’s wholly owned subsidiary, subsidiaries founded and controlled by Winnick. cate 60 employees to El Segundo and the San Fernando Atlantic Crossing Ltd., on a $482 million loan. The fees paid to Winnick through Pacific Capital Valley. Under terms of the deal, Pacific Capital’s PCG Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries covered real estate leases, The company said an independent real estate consult- Telecom was to receive 2 percent of Atlantic Crossing’s corporate aircraft fees and financial advice, according to ant reviewed the complex transaction and determined it gross revenue over a 25-year period. documents filed with the Securities and Exchange to be “the product of an arm’s length negotiation.” In June 1998, Global Crossing terminated the deal by agreeing to pay $135 million to Pacific Capital, several members of Global Crossing’s own board, including Winnick, and two financial partners: the CIBC and Union Biotech companies scramble to Labor Life Insurance Co. Since Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy protection, shareholders have accused the company of overstating meet pet cloning demand revenue, and past and present employees have com- plained that they have lost the bulk of their retirement BY PAUL ELIAS restore it,” said Arthur Caplan, a 7,000 square-foot cloning laboratory savings. AP Biotechnology Writer University of Pennsylvania bioethi- in College Station, Texas. Matt Fico was laid off by Global Crossing in cist. “Cloning is an echo. It is not a And though Hawthorne says it is November. The 27-year-old customer support manager SAN FRANCISCO — Tundra copy. These companies border on spending millions on research to said he lost about $20,000 in stock options and 401(k) died three years ago, but Susann deceiving people.” produce as close to exact duplicates retirement savings. Rivera never gave up hope that one Even cc looks nothing like her of cats, dogs, horses and cattle as He said knowledge of the multimillion-dollar deals day she would play with her furry surrogate, a calico cat named possible, he concedes that today’s between Global Crossing and some of its top executives friend again. Rainbow. The genes are the same but cloning technology is “crude”. has left him feeling “distrustful.” Her heart soared Friday after she cc’s markings differ substantially “We can’t give you a guarantee “These things might be legal, but they certainly don’t learned that Texas A&M University from Rainbow’s. That’s no surprise that the personality will be the look ethical,” he said. researchers had successfully cloned since other cloned animals have dis- same,” he said. In Washington, a spokesman for the House Energy a little calico kitten named cc, short played similar differences. The kitty clone was the research and Commerce Committee, which is investigating the for copycat. The kitten born in December team’s only success after transfer- collapse of Enron Corp., said the panel has begun look- “Tundra’s coming back,” said looks different because the pigmen- ring 87 cloned embryos into eight ing into the Global Crossing affair. Rivera, the first cat customer of tation pattern of the animal’s coat female cats. “It’s inevitable we’re going to do something” related Genetic Savings & Clone, which isn’t controlled strictly by the lineup Overall, the success rate was to Global Crossing, said the spokesman, Ken Johnson. charges people to store their pets’ of genes. comparable to that seen in other DNA. “This is a reproduction,” said cloned species, the researchers said. The Burlingame woman — who Texas A&M researcher Duane Still, at least three other compa- has kept Tundra’s toys and Elvis Kraemer “not a resurrection.” nies are racing to develop successful Presley costume in anticipation of his That’s a huge hurdle for the suc- resurrection — is on a long list of pet commercial pet cloning operations, cessful commercialization of cloned owners hoping cloning can bring including Cyagra of Worcester, Off Any Watch back their beloved companions. pets given that people like Rivera Mass. Cyagra is a subsidiary of want their Tundra back. Advanced Cell Technology, the Purchase Several biotechnology companies $10 see a lucrative market in the frisky “The idea of cloning is a sham,” biotechnology firm that announced ball of fur that researchers unveiled said Wayne Spacelle, a senior vice in November it had cloned a human SANTA MONICA MALL • SECOND FLOOR • KIOSK, near WetSeal Thursday. They say they’ve been president with the U.S. Humane embryo. inundated with calls since the feline Society. “Their behavior and person- Lazaron Biotechnologies of Baton hit the news. ality will be different. You may have Rouge, La., and Canine Cryobank of Hundreds of people have already a better match personality wise by San Marcos are two other companies paid as much as $1,000 each to going to a shelter and seeing an ani- interested in pet cloning. freeze their pets’ DNA with hopes mal that exists, than by rolling the Cyagra vice president Ron that cloning will someday become dice with cloning.” Gillepsie estimates that up to 10 mil- affordable and safe. The cloned kitty Genetic Savings chief executive lion pet owners would be interested has buoyed those hopes while open- Lou Hawthorne agrees. in cloning their animals for about ing a giant can of worms. “Tundra ain’t coming back,” said $3,000 each. Hawthorne said his “I’m very worried that people are Hawthorne, whose company funded marketing studies show the same putting a piece of Fluffy in the fridge the Texas A&M research and is put- number of interested people, though with the hope that cloning will ting the finishing touches on a new he declined to talk about pricing.

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Call for reservations: bond Friday for a stockbroker who Around the time he fled on Jan. 11, the became a fugitive for a month after admit- stockbroker left a note for the FBI admit- 323-656-1336 ting he’d defrauded his clients. U.S. Magistrate Judge William ting he mishandled his clients’ accounts, 8001 Sunset Blvd. Baughman rejected defense arguments authorities said. He had been renting an that Frank Gruttadauria, 44, should be apartment in Colorado using the name of Hollywood released with electronic home monitoring. a friend who lost millions in the alleged In an affidavit, the FBI said scheme, they said. Gruttadauria kept phony records for about Gruttadauria’s lawyer, Roger HALF OFF ADMISSION 100 accounts held by 25 families. He Synenberg, said the stockbroker decided with this ad allegedly reported inflated account values he didn’t want to live on the run and of $277 million over 15 years while work- returned to Cleveland, where for two days exp. 3/14/02 ing for several firms, including SG he secretly watched his children from out- *Special engagement. No discounts. Cowen Corp. and Lehman Brothers. side his estranged wife’s suburban home. He was charged with making false He surrendered Feb. 9. Santa Monica Daily Press Saturday, February 16, 2002 Page 7 INTERNATIONAL Melee breaks out at start of soccer match in Kabul BY LOUIS MEIXLER and fans cheering on the other. Associated Press Writer “I saw thousands of Afghans pushing against closed doors and climbing to the KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan walls trying to get in,” Pitarakis said. police, swinging rifle butts and firing “Afghan police were beating the rioters, shots in the air, fought back an unruly and the stranded peacekeepers were trying crowd Friday trying to push their way into to block the frantic entrance of the huge Kabul’s main soccer stadium in a melee crowd.” that marred a goodwill game between peacekeepers and an Afghan team. The Afghan crowd responded with vol- leys of stones, bloodying some of the German and Austrian peacekeepers who “Now we are free players. tried to maintain order. Some in the crowd I am very happy and I picked up smoke canisters and hurled them back at the police. will enjoy this a lot.” As a pre-game ceremony went on inside the packed stadium, thousands of — SHARIF people outside tried to fight their way Afghan defender through the gates, and police waded into the crowd. Austrian peacekeepers used fire extinguishers and guard dogs to try to keep back the crowds. The chaos was an ugly start to a match that symbolized the rehabilitation of Police fired warning shots in the air Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press and beat people with tree branches, strips Kabul’s stadium, which under the former An Austrian soldier and member of the international peacekeeping forces in of rubber, the butts of their rifles and — in Taliban regime was used for public execu- Afghanistan, left, beats rioting Afghans trying to get into Kabul's main sta- at least one case — a grenade launcher. tions. The hard-line Islamic militia also dium, prior to a soccer match between peacekeepers and an Afghan team Fifty Afghans were treated for injuries, amputated the hands of criminals in the on Friday. mostly to the head, said German medics. stadium — often displaying the severed another two goals in the second half for a During the Taliban’s rule, athletes were Five peacekeepers were also injured when limbs to the crowd. Last year, two sus- 3-1 victory. forced to wear beards and pants that hit by fist-sized rocks thrown at them by pected bombers were hanged from the The stadium fell into miserable shape reached down below their knees. They were the crowd. goal posts. under the Taliban, who discouraged sports. also forbidden to train after 4 p.m., which None of the injuries was critical, said With the stadium packed to capacity For Friday’s game, the goalposts had been was prayer time. Capt. Graham Dunlop, the British with 30,000 people, several thousand peo- painted, and fresh boundary lines were “Now we are free players,” said Sharif, spokesman for the peacekeeping force. ple were outside pushing toward entrance drawn on a grass field that was mostly an Afghan defender who, like many The match went ahead, and the violence gates. Men used their Afghan shawls as brown due to a severe drought. Afghans, uses one name. “I am very happy started to wane once play began. The makeshift ropes to scale the stadium’s “The fact that there is now a football and I will enjoy this a lot.” peacekeepers won 3-1. walls. Some fell. game in a place where there were once exe- The game was organized by the British Associated Press photographer Lefteris The Afghan team scored first. The cutions is proof that the Taliban reign of ter- Ministry of Defense with the backing of the Pitarakis was on a stadium wall covering peacekeepers’ team — which included ror is finally over,” said Lt. Col. Dietmar English Football Association and the the melee and described the bizarre expe- British, Italian, Danish, French, German, Jeserich of the German peacekeeping force. Premier League. About half of the 3,200- rience of watching a diminishing riot on Dutch, Norwegian and Spanish players — “It’s a good idea to have this game now and member international force in Kabul is one side and a soccer game in progress evened the score 1-1 and then scored show people that these times are over.” British. Yemen is holding five of 17 men on FBI terrorism alert By The Associated Press accidentally exploded a hand grenade after being cor- The U.S. administration also has complained that nered Wednesday by security forces in a suburb of Iran, a neighbor of Afghanistan, has armed and financed SAN‘A, Yemen — Five Yemenis who allegedly San’a, the capital. Officials said he had been under fighters to destabilize the government of interim Prime trained in Afghanistan and were named in a recent FBI Yemeni surveillance for more than a week. His wife, Minister Hamid Karzai. terror alert have been in Yemeni custody for at least a who was captured in the operation, remained jailed Iran has denied those charges. month, officials acknowledged Friday. Thursday. Under heavy U.S. pressure in the form of internation- One of al-Hada’s brothers-in-law, Khalid Almihdhar, al terrorist alerts and lists of wanted Yemenis, authorities was among the five men who crashed American Airlines here were quick to add that they had provided informa- Flight 77 into the Pentagon. Another, Mustafa tion about the men to U.S. investigators. A police official Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, was on the latest FBI alert. in the capital, San’a, said the men were arrested some- His father, Ahmad Mohammad Ali al-Hada, is a time between late December and early January. known al-Qaida operative, a U.S. official said on condi- The men were among 17 people on an FBI terrorist tion of anonymity. In addition, Yemeni officials say that alert issued on Monday that warned of a potential attack one of al-Hada’s brothers — an explosives expert — was on the United States or against U.S. interests in Yemen. killed in Afghanistan. He was not identified further. CONSTRUCTION It was not clear why the names of the five men in cus- Police said at least five people have been detained in tody appeared on the wanted list but the names were the al-Hada investigation, including relatives and & HANDYMAN SERVICES removed on Thursday. friends. 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By The Associated Press Bob Burns 72-70 — 142 BY DOUG FERGUSON at 139. Kaname Yokoo72-70 — 142 AP Writer John Daly had a 69 and also was at 139, AT RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB Stephen Ames 71-71 — 142 Los Angeles, Calif. Bradley Hughes 71-71 — 142 while Sergio Garcia (67) was another shot back. Purse: $3.7 million K.J. Choi 69-73 — 142 Yardage 7,174; Par 71 Peter Lonard 71-71 — 142 LOS ANGELES — is Faxon had a 67 at Riviera Country Club, Second Round Matt Peterson 75-67 — 142 Toru Taniguchi 66-67 — 133 Jay Haas 71-71 — 142 known as the “Japanese Tiger” on his home cir- scene of his greatest PGA Tour round in 1995, Brad Faxon 67-67 — 134 Kenny Perry 70-72 — 142 Scott McCarron 69-65 — 134 Kirk Triplett 73-69 — 142 cuit, but only because he pumps his fists after a when he had a 28 on the front nine and closed Jesper Parnevik 65-69 — 134 Craig Perks 71-71 — 142 birdie and likes to wear red shirts on Sunday. Len Mattiace 69-65 — 134 Briny Baird 71-71 — 142 with a 63 in the PGA Championship to earn a Bob Tway 67-68 — 135 Ben Crane 70-72 — 142 Winning the Nissan Open might help him David Duval 67-69 — 136 Failed to qualify spot on the Ryder Cup team. David Peoples 66-70 — 136 Steve Pate 72-71 — 143 really earn his stripes. Parnevik had six birdies and four bogeys in Tommy Armour III 67-69 — 136 Skip Kendall 71-72 — 143 J.J. Henry 69-67 — 136 Steve Lowery 68-75 — 143 Despite his only bogey in the first two a fun-packed round of 69, while Mattiace Rory Sabbatini 69-68 — 137 Matt Gogel 70-73 — 143 Jose Maria Olazabal 66-71 — 137 Taichi Teshima71-72 — 143 rounds, the 32-year-old from Japan had a 4- birdied his last four holes for a 65. Fred Funk 69-68 — 137 Brett Quigley 74-69 — 143 Scott Verplank 69-68 — 137 Jay Don Blake 71-72 — 143 under 67 at Riviera Country Club on Friday Taniguchi has won only three times on that Lee Westwood 69-68 — 137 Duffy Waldorf 72-71 — 143 Per-Ulrik Johansson 70-68 — 138 Steve Elkington 73-70 — 143 and took a one-stroke lead over Brad Faxon, circuit, and he hasn’t won since 2000. Paul Azinger 69-69 — 138 Woody Austin 70-73 — 143 Rocco Mediate 69-69 — 138 Danny Ellis 72-71 — 143 Scott McCarron, Jesper Parnevik and fast-clos- Still, he is one of several Japanese players Billy Mayfair 69-69 — 138 Brent Geiberger 71-73 — 144 Brian Gay 71-67 — 138 Stuart Appleby 71-73 — 144 ing Len Mattiace. Paul Stankowski 69-69 — 138 who is slowly emerging on the global scene. A 72-72 — 144 Chris DiMarco68-70 — 138 Kevin Sutherland 73-71 — 144 “I’m very happy and surprised to be in year ago, he finished third in the Match Play Jerry Kelly 72-66 — 138 David Gossett 71-73 — 144 Bob Estes 69-69 — 138 front,” Taniguchi said through a translator. Championship in Australia after losing 2 and 1 David Sutherland 68-71 — 139 Frank Lickliter II 69-75 — 144 Scott Simpson 71-68 — 139 Mike Sposa 73-72 — 145 He was at 133, although that didn’t give to eventual champion Steve Stricker, then beat- Matt Kuchar 71-68 — 139 Darren Clarke 74-71 — 145 John Daly 70-69 — 139 Hal Sutton 72-73 — 145 much breathing room. ing Ernie Els in the consolation match. Jim Carter 71-68 — 139 Rich Beem 74-71 — 145 Esteban Toledo 67-72 — 139 Brandel Chamblee 72-73 — 145 Typical with most tournaments at Riviera, Not many recall his third-place finish in a Russ Cochran 69-70 — 139 Carl Paulson 72-73 — 145 the small, knobby greens and punishing bunkers World Golf Championship event. A victory in Charles Howell III 68-71 — 139 Jerry Smith 70-75 — 145 Jeff Sluman 70-69 — 139 Corey Pavin 71-74 — 145 rarely let anyone run away from the field. the Nissan Open would be another matter. Loren Roberts 69-70 — 139 Joe Durant 74-71 — 145 Tom Lehman 70-69 — 139 David Berganio, Jr. 71-74 — 145 The cut was at even-par 142, giving just “America is the top tour in the world. All the Billy Andrade 66-73 — 139 Ian Leggatt 74-71 — 145 Mark Brooks 71-68 — 139 Chad Campbell 74-71 — 145 about everyone a chance. players are in the top class,” he said. “That’s a Robert Allenby 73-66 — 139 Jess Daley 72-73 — 145 Olin Browne 70-69 — 139 Deane Pappas 72-74 — 146 “This tournament always seems to have big difference from Japan. I’m satisfied win- Edward Fryatt69-71 — 140 Robin Freeman 74-72 — 146 Pat Bates 72-68 — 140 Miguel A. Jimenez 73-73 — 146 guys bunched up,” McCarron said after a 65 on ning Japan, but not totally satisfied. I’m trying Pat Perez 71-69 — 140 Luke Donald 68-78 — 146 Michael Clark II 68-72 — 140 Jeff Gove 76-70 — 146 the course he frequently played while on the to win in the U.S.” Scott Hoch 68-72 — 140 Scott Dunlap 74-73 — 147 Mark Calcavecchia 70-70 — 140 Fulton Allem 73-74 — 147 UCLA golf team. His goal is to get his PGA Tour card without Bob May 71-69 — 140 Michael Long 72-75 — 147 going to qualifying school. The simplest way to John Senden 71-69 — 140 Tim Petrovic 72-75 — 147 David Duval was only three strokes back at Andrew Magee73-67 — 140 Bo Van Pelt 73-74 — 147 136 after a 69, and he’s always dangerous when take care of that is to win this week. Steve Flesch 69-71 — 140 Brett Wetterich 75-72 — 147 Dennis Paulson 69-71 — 140 Heath Slocum 74-73 — 147 he comes back from a break. This one was only Taniguchi described himself as a steady Sergio Garcia 73-67 — 140 Richard Zokol 73-74 — 147 Cameron Beckman 69-71 — 140 Jonathan Byrd75-73 — 148 three weeks, but Duval felt recharged and player who can be aggressive, and he used that John Cook 71-69 — 140 Steve Shriver 71-77 — 148 Fred Couples 72-68 — 140 J.L. Lewis 74-74 — 148 excited to be playing. combination well. His only birdie putt longer John Rollins 71-69 — 140 Jason Hill 75-73 — 148 Glen Hnatiuk 69-72 — 141 Brad Bell 71-77 — 148 Michael Muehr 73-68 — 141 “I want to be hungry to be playing,” he said. than 8 feet was a 25-footer on No. 15, and his Tom Scherrer 75-74 — 149 Carlos Franco 69-72 — 141 “I don’t come out here to finish 30th.” only bogey over the first 36 holes came when Tom Pernice, Jr. 71-70 — 141 Paul Gow 73-76 — 149 Stewart Cink 70-71 — 141 Tim Herron 74-75 — 149 Robert Allenby gets to finish, and that puts he missed the green long on No. 18. Jim Furyk 70-71 — 141 Notah Begay III 74-75 — 149 Kenneth Staton 71-70 — 141 Garrett Willis 79-70 — 149 an end to a dubious streak on the PGA Tour. Taniguchi is playing on a foreign exemption, 69-72 — 141 Spike McRoy 71-78 — 149 Vijay Singh 71-70 — 141 Bernhard Langer 78-72 — 150 The Aussie avoided becoming the fifth straight and typically plays the West Coast events when Paul McGinley71-70 — 141 Steve Sear 77-73 — 150 J.P. Hayes 74-67 — 141 Brad Elder 75-78 — 153 defending champion to miss the cut, playing his possible because he is familiar with the courses. Neal Lancaster70-71 — 141 Eddy Lee 76-77 — 153 final three holes in 3 under for a 66 that put him No one gets vibes quite like Faxon. Greg Chalmers 69-73 — 142 Brett Massingham 81-80 — 161

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The Russian pair — the Americans will keep their gold medals. took three more The investigation was continuing, he medals, and have said. already enjoyed their best Winter Games While IOC President Jacques Rogge ever. praised the decision as “one of justice and The worst judging scandal in Winter fairness,” the head of the Russian Figure Olympics history was finally resolved Skating Federation criticized the process. Friday, with Canadians Jamie Sale and “This is an unprecedented decision that David Pelletier declared co-gold medal- turned out to be a result of pressure by the ists with the Russian winners. North American press, and turned out in Pelletier and Sale both agreed that they favor of the fanatically loyal” fans, had earned the medal in Monday’s com- Valentin Piseyev told Russia’s NTV tele- petition. But Sale said the way it was han- vision. dled — a news conference announcement, Far from the dueling news conferences, rather than an on-ice presentation — took the American Olympians continued their something away that will be lost forever. Amy Sancetta/Associated Press record-setting games by adding three Canadian figure skating pair Jamie Sale, right, smiles as her partner David “You bet,” Sale said. “That’s what more medals. Pelletier, looks on during a news conference after they were awarded with a every Olympian dreams of, and that’s all The Americans rolled a lucky 7 — as in gold medal on Friday at the Main Media Center in Salt Lake City. The highly I’ve dreamt of my whole life. ... I was pre- seven straight days of collecting at least unusual decision by top Olympic and skating officials uncovered judging mis- pared for it, emotionally and physically. one medal — as they again exploited the conduct in a controversy that has dominated the Winter Games. They also “And you bet, I was cheated out of that home field advantage they held for the allowed the Russian pair to keep their gold medal. big-time.” first time since Lake Placid in 1980. slalom. “They’re awesome.” The gold went to Olympic rookies The International Olympic Committee, “I got the bronze here in front of all my Klug’s medal was the 14th earned by and of acting on a recommendation from the friends and family and all the American the Americans in the first week of compe- Germany. Since was added to the International Skating Union, announced people,” said snowboarder Chris Klug, tition, one more than its previous Winter Winter Olympics in 1964, the Germans the unusual double medals. bronze medalist in the parallel giant Games best set eight years ago in have won nine of the 11 doubles gold Lillehammer, Norway, and equaled in medals. 1998 in Nagano, Japan. In the luge doubles, the U.S. team • SNOWBOARDING: Nineteen swept to a silver and a bronze — equaling months ago, Chris Klug was a liver trans- their previous best effort, and giving Chris plant patient. On Friday, he was an Thorpe his second medal in as many Olympic medalist. Olympics. “It’s a miracle,” Klug said after taking Germany remained atop the top of the the bronze medal in the giant slalom. “I’m medals chart with 16 (5 gold, 7 silver, 4 so lucky to be here today. And for it to bronze). The Americans were second with have turned out like this is pretty special.” 14 (3-6-5), followed by the 10 medals of Philipp Schoch of Switzerland, the sec- Norway (5-5-0) and Austria (1-2-7). ond-slowest rider in qualifying Thursday, won the gold, defeating Sweden’s Richard • LUGE: For the second straight Richardsson, who took silver. Olympics, the American luge teams fin- After winning his bronze, Klug hit his ished 2-3 — just missing out on an elusive fist against his heart, then pointed over to gold. The Americans have never won a his father, his girlfriend and the dozens of luge gold in either singles or doubles. other overwhelmed friends and family That didn’t matter to the silver medal who came to see him. team of and , who made up for a poor first run • CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: to wind up in second. They were followed Russian Larissa Lazutina won a silver by and Clay Ives, who won medal in the women’s cross-country pur- the bronze and immediately announced suit, bringing her overall Winter Games their retirement. total to 9 — just one short of a Winter “It is our last race,” said Thorpe, a four- Olympic record held by former Soviet time Olympian who became only the sec- cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina. ond slider to win Olympic medals with The gold went to surprise winner Olga different partners. 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Reality Check¨ Speed Bump¨ By Dave Whammond By Dave Coverly

NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard

White supremacy group founder gets booted The leadership of the Aryan Nations white supremacy organization kicked out its founder, Richard Butler, in January for allegedly tarnishing the organization's name, in that, according to one leader, Butler "surrounded himself with idiots." That current leader said the group needed to get rid of the "trouble- makers and riffraff" to "clean up (our) image," though he was the same leader who recently threatened to "leave the dead bodies of the enemy scattered everywhere." (Butler's associates lost the group's 20-acre Idaho compound last year after an incident in which they fired at an innocent motorist whose engine had backfired, thinking the loud noise was the start of a government siege; the motorist's subsequent victori- ous lawsuit for $6.3 million forced the sale of the compound.) Santa Monica Daily Press Saturday, February 16, 2002 Page 11 CLASSIFIEDS

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