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DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO Malibu schools want to split from SM 41 40 12 43 14 Meganumber: 12 Breaking up may be hard to do for Malibu residents, solely to the split. “We’re just a dent district, despite added admin- Jackpot: 7 Million second thought, and we’ve always istrative costs. FANTASY 5 who feel like a ‘second thought’ to district “It’s a very cohesive communi- 13 19 27 34 39 been a second thought.” BY JOHN WOOD the 13,000-student Santa Monica- Made up of mostly parents, the ty and it seems to me that, if they DAILY LOTTO formed their own district, it would Daytime: 9 4 2 Daily Press Staff Writer Malibu Unified School District. Malibu Unified School Team, Evening: 8 8 6 They cite the 30 miles between LLC, has established a board of generate even more community DAILY DERBY MALIBU — Residents of this Malibu and school district head- directors and meets regularly. support for the schools that they 1st: 05 California Classic well-heeled, rural community are quarters, and said that distance is a They also have commissioned a have now,” said Griffin, who was 2nd: 04 Big Ben spearheading a formal push to prime reason for change. 27-page study outlining nine state paid $2,500 for the study. 3rd: 06 Whirl Win “It’s an interesting phenome- RACE TIME: 1:48.16 break away from the local school “They figure that we’ll just take mandates for establishing their district, taking with them more care of ourselves,” said Susan own school district. Thomas M. non that you have the Malibu sec- than $20 million in revenue. Holley, a co-president of the Parent Griffin, a Sacramento educator tion of the district that is not con- NEWS OF THE WEIRD nected to the Santa Monica por- BY CHUCK SHEPARD With only 2,300 pupils in five Teacher Association at a Malibu and former counsel for the State schools, organizers said they’re elementary school, who just weeks Board of Education, said Malibu tion of the district. I don’t know ■ In April, Rocky Sanchez, 36, a for- often overlooked by officials at ago helped form an LLC dedicated could establish a strong indepen- See SPLIT, page 6 mer civic award-winner in El Monte, Calif., was sentenced to 1,002 years in prison on 41 felony counts, including the rape and torture of his wife, with Reeling from city delays, the long sentence reflecting the fact that any one of the counts was Sanchez’s sentence-enhancing “third strike.” Under California law, however, Aero Theatre readies to open if his wife had died during the attack, Sanchez might have received only about 50 years. (That’s because he BY JOHN F. MULLER get permits in Santa Monica, and with the wait- would be subject instead to the capital Special to the Daily Press ing, resubmitting, then something pops up and murder statute and might have gotten you do it again, it’s a long process ... Having life without parole, but then again, he MONTANA AVENUE —Facing delays of might have gotten the death penalty.) gone through a $12 million project in Los more than a year, the historic Aero Theatre is the Angeles, this probably didn’t seem like it would TODAY IN HISTORY latest victim of City Hall’s bureaucratic red tape. be such a big deal to us.” The renovation of the 65-year-old theater was ON JULY 22, 1933, American aviator It took American Cinematheque less time to Wiley Post completed the first originally expected to take about five months. do a $12 million renovation of the historic 1922 solo flight around the world in seven With the nuances of the building department at Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood than it has taken days, 18 and three-quarter hours. City Hall included, the project is expected to last ■ In 1796, Cleveland, Ohio, was found- the organization to complete the half-million dol- ed by General Moses Cleaveland. at least 17 months. Theater officials hope the lar renovation project of the Aero, Smith said. ■ In 1916, a bomb went off during a Aero will be back in operation by September. Cinematheque signed a 10-year-lease with Preparedness Day parade in San Officials from American Cinematheque, the theater owner James Rosenfeld in the spring of Francisco, killing 10 people. nonprofit arts organization that took over the ■ In 1934, a man identified as bank 2003. The nonprofit presents a diverse, year- robber John Dillinger was shot to Aero in April of 2003, originally hoped to open round series of rare and unusual films from all death by federal agents outside the theater last fall after a series of renovations. over the world at the Egyptian Theatre. Smith Chicago’s Biograph Theater. File photo “There’s just been an endless backing and for- said the Aero will feature films similar to those The historic Aero Theatre is expected to QUOTE OF THE DAY thing over things,” said Barbara Smith, director open in September, one year late. Owners of American Cinematheque. “It’s really hard to “The truth is all things seen See AERO, page 7 blame City Hall for the delay. under the form of eternity.” – GEORGE SANTAYANA SPANISH-AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER Gypsy jazz with the French and Latins on SM Pier INDEX By Daily Press staff The group Les Yeux Noirs has realized. Moved by the social and Horoscopes been sharing its brand of all the political issues of their native Los Celebrate with friends, Sag 2 Tonight on the pier, expect to magic and emotion of Gypsy music Angeles and the Zapatista move- hear the sounds of Latin, French around the world for more than a ment of Mexico, Quetzal weaves Local and gypsy jazz. Do it for the survivors 3 decade. 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Northern LA County spots see surf in the knee- Today the and runs continuously until 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 25. to waist-high range off the swell mix, while standout combo spots see chest- Leading up to the event, the Daily Press will highlight volunteers’ stories: high+ sets. South Bay spots see the NW wind swell for knee- to waist-high+ surf water Is: at many breaks. Best exposed NW wind swell breaks see occasional bigger sets. The tide hits a Joanna L. Morales, Esq. 0.5 low at 7 a.m., so expect that to hurt consistency in the morning, with the best Age: 27 waves likely coming through on the tide push through mid morning. Winds are Residence: West Los Angeles generally light to light onshore in the morning, building out of the W in the 8-12 Relay for Life title: Mission delivery chair knot range by the afternoon. 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The legendary songstress was hissed to war games currently being held by and booed while performing her China that simulate an invasion of “Desperado” standard at the Aladdin Taiwan. A security expert at the Institute Hotel in Las Vegas last week after dedi- of Defense and Strategic Studies, Andre cating the song to filmmaker Michael Tan, said, “The largest military exercise Moore. Members of the audience, stirred the United States has ever held is meant to to furor by the mere mention of the Bush send a direct signal to the Chinese. This is antagonist’s name, tossed drinks into the gunboat diplomacy and its point is to air and later tore down concert posters in warn China not to step over the mark.” If the lobby. Aladdin President Bill China would happen to step over the Timmins evicted the singer from her suite mark, well, let’s not go there. It’s only and had her escorted off the property. “It pretend. was a very ugly scene,” said Timmins. ______The ugliest part of it was Timmins’ over- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR reaction. The Dixie Chicks were banned from radio stations across the country, “I call them girlie men,” came the dec- and Whoopi Goldberg lost her Slim Fast laration from the Governor of California Clarification needed endorsement deal for criticizing Bush, but in setting a new standard for civility in Editor: now the bar is lowered. You need not California politics. In the July 20 edition of the Daily Press, writer John Muller in his article about directly slam the president to be blacklist- Faced with deadlocked state budget school board endorsements (page 1) mentions that Ms. Kelly Hayes-Raitt is the ed, to lose your gig, to be thrown out of negotiations, Arnold went straight to the spokesperson for the Ed Coalition. She is not. She may be the spokesperson for the hotels. Merely citing someone’s work, Mr. Universe Official Leadership Manual SMC Faculty Association political action committee but she is not the spokesper- who does, is now enough. and found the part that says, “When all son for SMMCTA. ______else fails, kick sand in 98-pound weak- As the elected president of SMMCTA, I am the only official spokesperson for ling’s face.” He decided the way to get our union. One must ponder what blacklists await this thing done was to question the man- In addition, the article implies that Wisnicki and Vasquez “beat out” retired Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bennice hood of his rivals in the Democratic-con- teacher Jim Jaffe. Mr. Jaffe made it known to our association that he was not able Johnson, who wrote a letter to U.N. trolled Legislature who happen to dis- to make a “committed run” for the school board. Secretary General Kofi Annan on July 1, agree with him on where some of Moreover, it is public knowledge that Mr. Jaffe would like to serve on the finan- asking for international monitors to oversee California’s borrowed dollars should go. cial oversight committee. He would be a great addition to that very important com- the American election in November. “We Last Thursday the governor also took a mittee. SMMCTA will aggressively advocate for his appointment. are deeply concerned that the right of U.S. page from the same manual in exclaim- citizens to vote in free and fair elections is in ing. “I will stay here and I will stay here, Harry Keiley jeopardy.” The measure actually came up and I will stay here. And I will fight like a Santa Monica for a vote before Congress and was defeat- warrior for the people of California.” But ed along party lines, 243-161. Remember instead of staying there and staying there the good old days when it was Banana in Sacramento, trying to hammer the Making the distinction Republics and corrupt dictatorships far from tedious thing out, Arnold showed up at a Editor: America’s shores that required outside mall in Ontario just two days later, where Your July 19 story about relocation fees and the Ellis Act needs correction (page intervention to ensure fair elections? he delivered the challenge to the mas- 1). In it your reporter says that owners can turn their apartment buildings into con- ______culinity of those who oppose him. dominiums, and imply this is a reason that owners go out of the rental housing busi- ______ness under the Ellis Act. The Pentagon announced they are con- Not true. Owners cannot convert existing apartment buildings to condos in Santa sidering extending the tours of National Here on page four, we don’t claim to be Monica. Owners may go out of the rental business, and one option is to pay the nec- Guard troops beyond the 24-month limit experts in the nuts and bolts of California essary fees and apply for the necessary permits to tear down their building and in the bottomless Operation Iraqi budget battles, but we suggest that nuts replace it with a newly built condominium project. Freedom nightmare. “We’re breaking and bolts like the ones Arnold is pulling See the difference? This inability to convert to condos is one reason the amount new ground here,” said Lt. Col. Ellen out of his pocket aren’t likely to hold of Ellising stays relatively low. Krenke, a Defense Department together a movie façade, let alone this spokesperson. The ground they’re break- complex, diverse state. Sen. John Burton, Michael Tarbet ing is the ground directly beneath the fam- 70-year-old leader of the Democrat-con- Santa Monica ilies of the guardsmen and reservists, who trolled state house — and clearly one of already bear the brunt of a military the main targets of the barbs — when Inaction versus action stretched beyond its capacity. Not only do asked if he would contact the Governor to Editor: the meager salaries of the men and attempt to mend fences and restart talks I thought the letter from LeRoy Lauer (SMDP, July 20 , page 6) was hilarious. women who daily put their lives at risk on said, “Are you crazy? I’m a scumbag There was one passage in particular: David wondered what Phil had ever “per- the front lines pale in comparison with the girlie-man, why would he want to talk to sonally done to help the college.” Well, I know what he hasn’t done. hefty paychecks received by contract me?” Hold onto your horses, cowboys, the Congrats LeRoy, you put a smile on my face. workers from Halliburton and the like, but Hollywood ending is nowhere in sight. now ABC News reports that a full 95 per- M. Fred Bailey cent of mobilized reservists are having (Ron Scott Smith is on the edge of his seat Santa Monica trouble getting paid fully and on time. It’s waiting to see how things played. To reach a sad reminder of the self-proclaimed him, e-mail [email protected]). YOUR OPINION MATTERS!

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While Communications between Malibu and says you cannot form a district with non- would be divided and what effect the split per-pupil spending across the state aver- Santa Monica also broke down over a contiguous territory.” would have on the district’s two unions. ages about $5,000, it’s closer to $7,000 in recent school fundraiser at the Santa Deasy said his staff was researching an the Santa Monica-Malibu school district, Monica Pier that included rock musician WHAT ABOUT SANTA MONICA? earlier failed attempt to split up the school Griffin added. Jackson Browne, Holley added. district, and said he expects details soon. “It’s clear that it’ll have some financial Apparently, Malibu officials who helped What effect the move could have on “It’s more common to unify than to impact,” he said. “You have a specific pro- organize the event weren’t told until later local schools is unclear. District officials separate,” he added. gram at $100 million dollars and 20 per- that 50 percent of the revenues were said they had not been told about the plan Griffin agreed it’s relatively uncom- cent of the bills go away, 20 percent of the reserved for disadvantaged Santa Monica and declined to take an early position. mon for a unified school district to split kids go away, 20 percent of the teachers go schools. Holley said organizers probably “There’s no analysis,” schools superin- up, but said it’s not unheard of. Under the away. Santa Monica is then left with a would have agreed to give the money to tendent John Deasy said. “I will form an smaller program, but very self-sustaining.” the troubled schools, but said they Others were quick to point out that if should’ve been consulted. the district did split, Santa Monica would- The push to split Malibu from Santa SAVE MONEY! n’t have to share a $6 million annual con- Monica has been quietly in the making for tribution from City Hall. Still others months. IT’S AS raised further considerations. “We’re trying to be extremely careful “I think it’s great for the students in the (not to say), ‘Oh yeah, we can do this,’ district to have the opportunity to go to and then, ‘Whoops!’” said Holley, who either school,” said Patricia Hoffman, a for- EASY AS... will host a cocktail party Aug. 1 to present mer school board member and City Council details of the possible split to members of candidate. “I like the fact that we have two the Malibu school community. “We want cities with two very different high schools that serve the needs of the district.” to be able to put our money where our Hoffman was on the school board in mouth is.” 1990 when there was an earlier attempt by The group feels an independent Malibu Malibu to break away. Apparently the school district will increase fundraising plan lacked enough students or a sound opportunities, while giving local educa- economic plan. Hoffman said Malibu, tors a chance to focus on gifted and reme- which became a city in 1991, in the past dial education — areas Holley said cur- often has overpaid for its share of the dis- rently are underserved. The idea is to trict, adding she understands the frustra- attract more kids now being home tions of Malibu residents. Still, Hoffman schooled or sent to private schools. $20 FLAT FEE TO LAX said the bottom line is students’ needs Organizers face the task of collecting with ad only should be put first, and unity keeps signatures from 25 percent of residents in options open. Malibu and the surrounding area. The group will then send their petition to the THE BREAKING POINT County Committee on School District Reorganization, which will make a rec- Pushed over the edge by what they ommendation and send it to the State considered disingenuous discussions over Board of Education, which will make a Specializing in Leasing a proposed gift-sharing proposal that final decision, Holley said. Though the would take 15 percent of cash donations group claims it doesn’t need approval and distribute them between all district from the local school board, Holley said it & Selling Office & schools, Malibu residents feel disenfran- hopes to depart with the district’s bless- chised, pushed around and laughed at, ing, adding group leaders plan to meet Industrial Buildings Holley said. with Deasy early next month. Nine down ... A group of Malibu parents are pushing to split Malibu from the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District. 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But Redford’s plan Join us for a lively and complain that getting what should be sim- ple approvals costs them thousands of soon unraveled due to financial problems. sophisticated mexican dollars in time and delayed plans. Rosenfeld then began his search to find dining experience. Officials within the department, who the right operator for his theater. He say they are short-staffed and blame the approached American Cinematheque in slow-down on City Hall’s complex laws 1998 after visiting the Egyptian, but it “Best Mexican food” wasn’t until the end of 2001 that discus- – Angelino Magazine and policies., hadn’t been ready to take 2003 action until recently. sions between the two parties became A consultant, who was paid $75,000 by serious. “Best Ethnic food” City Hall, recently studied the department At the time, the theater ran second-run -Bon Appétit and made recommendations on how to fix blockbusters under operator Chris Allen, 2003 the inefficiencies. Officials have not yet who fell behind on the $10,000-a-month Yucatan style lobster artichoke and mushroom taken any action. rent. By the end of his time at the theater, mousse crépe served with a spicy papaya sauce Mike Gruning, a former chair of the only five or six people were arriving for 12217 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles Tel: (310) 820-2540 Montana Merchants Association and a most showings. member of the Chamber of Commerce, Smith said American Cinematheque’s expressed frustration with City Hall’s programming would be more fitting for policies of “unreasonable delays and the historic theater than its more recent unreasonable costs,” which have kept the offerings. She said neighbors of the the- Did you know? Aero Theatre shut down. ater have been calling her for months ask- “All of us would like (the Aero) ing when the theater will be open and because it’s a major boon to the area and it may be hurting a lot of businesses expressing their support. 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The quake toppled a based Associated Cooperage Industries of nated” by the bee hive of activity. downtown building, killing two people, NAPA — THWACK, THWACK, America estimated at least 42,000 These days, Rennie can often be found and wreaked havoc in area wineries, THWACK! The sound of master cooper American white oak barrels were pro- in his tool-packed van making house calls smashing barrels and sending rivers of red Douglas Rennie hammering metal hoops duced in the United States in 2003. to customers in Northern California, gushing across cellar floors. off a leaky barrel thunders down the long Rennie works for the Napa arm of the which is as far as he goes right now. “It was horrible for the winemaker and corridors of the Stag’s Leap Winery cave. well-known French cooperage Seguin In a coincidental echo of the French- horrible for the barrels,” says Rennie. It’s noisy work, but quick. In minutes, Moreau. The company’s U.S. operation, California wine connection, Rennie’s two Rennie has whipped out the offending Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage, sells stops on a recent run were at the two ■ SEE RELATED STORY stave (the skinny pieces of wood that about 50,000 barrels a year with revenues wineries that bested the French at a MORE WINERIES IN NEW YORK PAGE 10 make up a barrel’s side), replaced it with of $25 million to $35 million, company famous 1976 Paris tasting, Chateau a new one and — WHAM, BANG, officials said. Montelena taking top honors in white Whether he’s fixing one barrel or 20, BANG! — put the pieces back together. Barrels are particularly important to wines and Stag’s Leap in red. Rennie works with the same kind of tools Technology may reign elsewhere in the the premium wine industry, where they It was an atypically gray, chilly day in his great-grandfather did, like the adze, wine business, from computerized inven- are used to impart flavor to the wine. the valley, but all was wine-scented which smooths rough-cut wood, and the tories to aerial photos of vineyard growth, Before they’re filled, cask innards are warmth in the Chateau Montelena cellar croze, used to gouge the groove into but it’s all about tradition for barrel repair, toasted by fire pots placed inside the bar- where Rennie walked slowly along the which the barrel lid fits. a resolutely high-skill, low-tech art. rel, which at that point has no top or bot- rows of barrels, using a head lamp to illu- “It’s nice to have four generations, but “I love the job,” says Rennie, a fourth- tom. The toasting caramelizes the wood minate the barrel ends. it doesn’t make me any better than any generation cooper, the traditional term for sugars, which become the source of the One barrel had a streaky red stain; he other cooper,” Rennie says. “You have to barrel maker. “I’ve been doing it 30 years; flavor. tapped in a wooden wedge to plug the earn that, earn the respect that you’re will- it’s what I know.” Winemakers order the level of toast leak. Elsewhere, a fine spray of sawdust ing to sweat.” Squat and potbellied, wine barrels they want, controlling how the finished caught his eye, the handiwork of another And he does. aren’t the glamor players of the wine product will taste. industrious worker, the bore bug. Rennie At Stag’s Leap, Rennie was red-faced industry but they do play an important “In a traditional winery, part of the sig- filled the tiny hole with a small wooden with exertion as he worked the new shave role. And a well-compensated one — pre- nature style of the house can come from peg, known as a spile. in with its brethren, planing the wood mium French oak casks can cost as much the cooperage,” says Bo Barrett, wine- That was about it for the scores of bar- smooth and sending curlicues of shorn as $900. maker at Chateau Montelena Winery in rels surveyed. “It’s amazing — no nails, wood fluttering to the floor. More than 240,000 French oak barrels Calistoga. “Get this about barrels,” he no glue and approximately 30 staves a For the final step, he whirled the barrel were imported to California in 2002, and adds with a grin, “there’s no sales tax. It’s barrel — how few leaks we get,” says with one hand and brought down his ham- another 59,000 barrels were imported considered an ingredient.” Rennie. mer with the other, wielding the tool with from Hungary, according to a report by Barrels run in Rennie’s family. His It’s not always such a quiet life. a percussionist’s precision as he banged St. Helena-based wine analysts Motto father, grandfather and great-grandfather Last December, Rennie was among the the hoops back into place. Kryla Fisher. all made whisky barrels in Scotland and coopers called to the Central California BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, he was done. seven days alive weekand local...... Your only source of daily news in Santa Monica Call today for a great, affordable advertising rates to propel your business to the next level. 310-458-PRESS (7737) Santa Monica Daily Press 1427 Third Street Promenade Santa Monica Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, July 22, 2004 ❑ Page 9 NATIONAL Schwarzenegger’s performance key to THE SPACE NEWLY Bush success in California, official says RENOVATED WESTSIDE BY ERICA WERNER and chairman of the University of California more fertile territory for Republicans. DANCE CLUB Associated Press Writer Board of Regents, told reporters at a media “This is a guy who predicted victory in 2000 round-table in Washington that and they lost the state by 12 points or 1.3 mil- WASHINGTON — President Bush’s suc- Schwarzenegger’s election has made lion votes,” Mulholland said. “This is a guy cess in California depends on Arnold California friendlier territory for Republicans. who forgets that 9 out of 10 statewide offices FRIDAYS Schwarzenegger’s performance as governor, “The dynamic has changed totally with are held by Democrats.” LIVE MUSIC the chairman of the Bush-Cheney California Schwarzenegger,” Parsky said. Republicans are closing the registration gap FEATURING: campaign said Tuesday. He contended that if Schwarzenegger suc- in California, but there are still 1.1 million FAST TIMES “Nothing is more important to us in the ceeds in getting a budget passed without rais- more Democrats than Republicans in the state, Bush campaign in California than Arnold THE COMPLETE ing taxes, Republicans can capitalize on the and Parsky conceded that “our mountain is Schwarzenegger’s success. Nothing,” cam- success by linking Bush’s economic policies to very high to climb.” ‘80s EXPERIENCE paign chairman Gerry Parsky said. “Because as Schwarzenegger’s — and tying Democratic But Parsky said Schwarzenegger is doing he succeeds, we have the potential to complete challenger John Kerry to the approach voters the process that we are undertaking” of build- plenty to help Bush’s re-election campaign — rejected when they recalled Democratic Gov. even though the governor has made clear he CALL FOR GUEST LIST INFO ing Republican support in the nation’s most Gray Davis. populous state. has no plans to campaign outside of California “If he succeeds without raising taxes then for the president, and has said that California’s Independent analysts say Bush has scant we have the ability ... to demonstrate in support for Bush depends on how much Bush chance of winning Democrat-leaning California what I happen to believe very DJ H2O California Nov. 2, and Schwarzenegger has strongly, that Kerry’s solution is not very dif- does for California. “He is doing exactly what he should be HIP-HOP AND shown lukewarm interest in campaigning with ferent from what you rejected of Gray Davis,” SPINNING 80’S POP the president, who is far less popular in Parsky said. doing, namely succeeding in California,” California than he is. California Democratic Party spokesman Parsky said. “He is honorary chairman of the BETWEEN SETS However, Republican officials in California Bob Mulholland scoffed at Parsky’s analysis, campaign, honorary chairman of the delegation said Tuesday that Schwarzenegger plans to saying that if Bush is counting on (to the Republican National Convention), and attend a GOP fund-raiser with Bush on Aug. 12 Schwarzenegger’s budget success to bring him he will campaign with the president in NO COVER BEFORE 10 PM in a Santa Monica airport hanger. The event is to victory, “then they’re in trouble — 20 days California. 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WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is training in Afghanistan. “We’re willing to sit down, if the president determines pressing Britain, France and Germany for strong mea- A White House spokesman said Monday there was no it’s in our interest to do so, and if we think there’s the sures against Iran in response to its violation of a non- evidence that Iran had prior knowledge of the Sept. 11 opportunity for progress,” Boucher said Monday. proliferation agreement reached with the three last fall, a plot. The commission report is due Thursday. A Council on Foreign Relations task force issued a State Department official said Wednesday. Amid the stepped-up accusations about its behavior, report contending the administration must do more to The issue is part of a deepening American concern Iran has been projecting a benign image to the world. avert another crisis in the Persian Gulf region. over recent Iranian activities that range from weapons Rend al-Rahim Francke, Iraq’s chief representative in “The urgency of the concerns surrounding (Iran’s) programs to terrorism. To head off a potential crisis, some analysts believe the administration should work Washington, told The Associated Press in an interview policies mandates the United States to deal with the cur- harder to promote a dialogue with Iran. Monday that Iran has played a positive role in the post- rent regime rather than wait for it to fall,” said the report The United States believes Iran is developing nuclear Saddam Hussein Iraq. She said Iranian authorities recent- from the panel co-chaired by former national security weapons, a view reinforced by Iran’s recent decision to ly captured 200 Afghan fighters who were en route to adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and former CIA director resume construction of centrifuges. This is a key step in Iraq. Robert Gates. the development of a uranium-based bomb, one that Iran The Bush administration, in addition to lobbying the Brzezinski told reporters Monday that engagement promised the Europeans last fall that it would not take. Europeans, has been attempting to persuade all members with Iran would be a useful step even if it produced no It is not clear what the United States expects the three of the U.N.’s nuclear nonproliferation agency that it is results because it would mold greater international soli- European Union members to do in response. The admin- time to refer Iran’s nuclear activities to the U.N. Security darity in opposition to Iran. istration believes it is imperative that the three demon- Council. Gates said the U.S. military option against Iran must strate to Iran that it must suffer consequences for not ful- John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, never be ruled out. Still, he acknowledged, the costs of filling the agreement. told Congress last month that the Iranian program was a any such step would be exorbitant because key nuclear Iran has said it feels no obligation to honor the agree- “threat to international peace and security.” He said weapons sites are located in or near large civilian popu- ment, alleging that the Europeans had violated a promise Iran’s hard-line Islamic regime, now 25 years old, clear- lations. to ensure that the U.N. nuclear watchdog group would ly has a covert program to develop and stockpile chemi- He added that a U.S. military attack would galvanize give Iran a clean bill of health. cal weapons and probably has an offensive biological support for the Tehran government across the country. Iran insists its nuclear program has nothing to do with weapons program. Iranian authorities, he said, could retaliate by destabiliz- weaponry and is meant to meet domestic electricity Until about a year ago, the United States maintained a ing neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan, countries in needs. low-key dialogue with Iran, then decided it was a waste which, he noted, the United States has an undeniable There are additional American concerns, including of time. strategic stake. Wineries continue to sprout up in New York state BY MARK JOHNSON for growing grapes and for our business.” deregulated the wine industry and made it easier to sell to Associated Press Writer The boom isn’t limited to New York. consumers directly, Trezise said. The U.S. grape crop more than tripled to $3 billion in Millbrook makes more than a dozen wines it sells out MILLBROOK, N.Y. — About 20 years ago, John 2000 from $955 million in 1985. Grapes used to make of its own shop. Only five are distributed to retailers, Dyson bought an old dairy farm here in the rural Hudson wine now represent almost two-thirds of the total crop. Bova said. Valley and started planting grapes in a fledgling effort at With more than 3,000 wineries in all 50 states, wine “Our best business is through the mail or out our front winemaking. pours more than $45 billion into the U.S. economy and door,” he said. Now an award-winning winery nestled among rolling employs 556,000 people, according to WineAmerica, a On the eastern end of Long Island, potato farms that hills, the former agriculture commissioner’s Millbrook trade association representing 800 wineries. were struggling have been turned into 3,000 acres of Vineyards & Winery houses a tasting hall, art gallery and California is the largest wine producer in the United profitable vineyards and wineries. Upstate, former dairy wine making facilities. The winery attracts 15,000 to 20,000 tourists a year to sample its array of chardonnays, States, accounting for 90 percent of U.S. production. farms like Millbrook and Wagner Vineyards in the pinot noirs and cabernet francs, said David Bova, who New York is the No. 3 producer and ranks fourth in the Finger Lakes now grow the delicate European vinifera helped plant the winery’s first vines and now serves as its number of wineries, after California, Washington and grapes used to make high quality libations. general manager. Oregon. Last year, U.S. farms produced $2.5 billion worth of From eastern Long Island to the Finger Lakes, In the mid-1970s, New York’s vintners struggled as grapes, ranking the crop as the seventh-largest in revenue Millbrook is one of nearly 175 wineries that have sprung grape growers were hurt by low prices. nationally, according to Bill Nelson, vice president of up in New York over the past 30 years. Most are small by “It was a failure of the traditional system,” Trezise WineAmerica. industry standards but New York wineries provided big said. “The market was shriveling up. Most of the small But when wine production is added to the calculation, business: The industry generates around $500 million in wineries today were grape growers who had no place else the revenues increase dramatically. annual sales and drew 3 million visitors in 2003, accord- to sell their grapes than to the large wineries.” “Farmers grow the crop and process the crop. For a ing to the New York Farm Bureau. That changed with the Farm Winery Act, signed into smaller operation, that leads to 10- or 12-fold increase in While the total number of farms in New York contin- law in 1976 by then-Gov. Hugh Carey, which made it value,” Nelson said. Including wine production, the grape ues to drop — by about 1,000 to 37,255 from 1997 to viable to have a small winery in New York, Trezise said. crop ranks third in country in revenue, totaling $13 billion 2002 — the number of wineries has grown to 194 from “It let farm wineries sell directly to consumers who to $15 billion. around 20 in 1975, said Jim Trezise, president of the New came to the winery and directly to liquor stores, rather “On a per-acre basis with the value added, that’s York Wine & Grape Foundation. than go through a distributor or wholesaler,” Trezise said. roughly $42,000 an acre,” Nelson said. “A 20-acre farm “You have to have a good climate to grow good “It was the change in the distribution system that first led in New York is producing $1 million a year in farm pro- grapes to make good wine,” Trezise said. “We in New to the boom.” duce and that’s a conservative estimate. 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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Winding up her sum- Beach County restaurant was broken into and burglars The companies’ business licenses were suspended in the mer tour across Europe, Bonnie Raitt drew thunderous made off with over $10,000 in sports memorabilia. late 1960s, according to the California Secretary of State. applause at the Stockholm Jazz Festival for dedicating a Collector jerseys, an autographed football and a pair In the lawsuit against Damo, Tulin alleges the com- classic to President George Bush. of Muhammad Ali boxing gloves were among the items pany owes him royalties from album sales based on a “We’re gonna sing this for George Bush because he’s stolen in the early Tuesday morning heist at the Pete 1966 written contract. out of here, people!” Raitt crowed Tuesday night before Rose Ballpark Cafe, a Boynton Beach police report said. Tulin and Lowe allege in their lawsuit against she launched into the opening licks of “Your Good “I didn’t know about (the robbery) until I got here,” Newcomer that they are owed royalties based on an oral baseball’s career hits leader told WFOR-TV in Miami Thing (Is About to End),” a cover that was featured on agreement they and the company agreed upon in 1967. her 1979 album, “The Glow.” as he surveyed the damage. The Electric Prunes were formed in Seattle in 1965 and According to the report, police responded to the The song, written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, recorded more than a dozen albums. Their biggest hit was has been sung by several notable performers, including break-in at 4:34 a.m. after receiving a call from a secu- the 1965 song “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night.” rity officer at a nearby hotel. Police suspect the break-in Mable John and Lou Rawls. Raitt’s comments resulted in a round of applause and happened between 2:30 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. CARRBORO, N.C.— A popular fan magazine and A broken glass panel on one of the restaurant’s doors even whistles from among the estimated 3,000 concert- Web site devoted to Bruce Springsteen soon will be goers at the Swedish capital’s annual jazz event held on had been smashed, police said. based in North Carolina. the banks of the downtown Skeppsholmen island. TV footage showed several blank spaces on the Chris Phillips, editor and publisher of Backstreets, Swedes are skeptical of Bush, and the Scandinavian restaurant’s wall where jerseys had been hanging. A which has covered Springsteen since 1980, will relocate Johnny Unitas jersey and a Shaquille O’Neal jersey to Carrboro from Washington. country refused to support his efforts in the U.S.-led from his days with the Orlando Magic were among Phillips, 33, and his small staff track and review con- invasion of Iraq in 2003. items not taken. certs, give news updates about Springsteen and his E The Grammy-winning singer is no stranger to political Street Band, sell merchandise and host a lively message activism. Her Web site urges fans to learn more about LOS ANGELES — Two members of the 1960s board where fans can chat and exchange tickets. preserving the environment and she was a founding rock band Electric Prunes sued their record label and a The decision to move south was strictly personal, member of MUSE, or Musicians United for Save Energy. company that published their songs, alleging in two sep- Phillips said recently. He and his wife, Laura, are both arate lawsuits the companies failed to pay them royalties Duke University graduates, and have always considered FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Donald Trump bested two totaling $1 million. relocating to the Triangle area. casino groups — including one backed by hometown hero Bass player Mark Tulin filed the lawsuit Monday in “I’ve seen quite a few Springsteen shows (in North Larry Bird — for the bid to build a casino in this strug- Superior Court against Damo Productions Inc., which Carolina) over the years, and we always thought it’d be gling community where movie stars once vacationed. the lawsuit alleges recorded albums for the rock band. a good place to settle down,” Phillips said. “We’re The State Gaming Commission awarded the contract Tulin and lead singer James Lowe also filed a sepa- essentially just an office.” to Trump on Tuesday, at the end of two days of public rate lawsuit Monday against Newcomer Music The local music scene attracted Phillips to the area. hearings. Commissioners said the billionaire developer Publishing Co., which the lawsuit alleges published the His office in Carr Mill Mall is just a quick walk away had been unanimously endorsed by a local committee in band’s songs. from Cat’s Cradle, a local rock club. the southern Indiana community about 60 miles north- Tulin and Lowe were representing themselves in the “Chapel Hill was on top of my list for all sorts of rea- west of Louisville, Ky.