TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 Volume 1, Issue 254

FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues Ballots are big bucks for signature gatherers BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON $20,000, which then contracts with peo- Daily Press Staff Writer ple to hit the pavement and collect the required amount of signatures for a ballot There she was, panhandling for regis- initiative. It’s a fairly common practice in tered voters at $1.50 a pop — in an Santa Monica, where most of the signa- upscale neighborhood, no less. ture gatherers are paid based on how One recent afternoon a woman sta- many registered voters they get to sign a tioned herself in front of Pavilions on petition. To get the petition signed, organ- Montana Avenue, asking people to sign a izers have long known, they need to petition for an initiative that didn’t make “buy” voters’ signatures. it on this fall’s ballot, but is eligible for a During the city’s controversial minimum special election early next year. wage debate two years ago, signatures were For every signature that she gets by a reportedly fetching up to $25 each. registered voter, the woman will receive And that’s not all. The woman in front $1.50. She’s being paid indirectly by the of Pavilions said she was receiving $2 Homeowners for Voluntary Preservation, for every person she could register as a a committee made up of homeowners Republican. fighting to protect their property rights The California Republican Party refers from Santa Monica city government. to such activity as the “Bounty program.” The committee so far has paid a firm See BALLOTS, page 6 Consumer group says one

Andrew H. Fixmer/Daily Press gas grade could curb prices Before (above) Caltrans began a “beautification” project along the Santa Monica freeway, lush green trees lined its sides. Now residents are faced By staff and wire reports with a barren lunar landscape devoid of vegetation. A Santa Monica-based consumer pro- tection agency has found that Californians could save billions of dollars if oil com- Residents say Interstate panies were forced to offer only a single grade of gasoline. A law requiring stations to offer only 10 facelift is an eyesore one grade of gas with an octane of 87 or 88 “would greatly reduce the ability of oil BY JOHN WOOD New trees and other decorations were companies to create price spikes” by arti- Special to the Daily Press planted in their place, along with a new ficially lowering supplies of the most automatic irrigation system. But less than A botched effort to spruce up Interstate sought-after gas, said the study released a year after the $850,000 project began, 10 between Fourth Street and Cloverfield last week by the Foundation for Taxpayer many of those new plantings began to die, Boulevard in Santa Monica has turned the and Consumer Rights, which has offices apparently because of a lack of water. once-green corridor into a brown lunar on Ocean Park Boulevard. A California Department of landscape. By eliminating underused premium and File photo Transportation spokeswoman said the mid-grade varieties, the state could free A report says Californians could save big if only And those who live next to the freeway general contractor for the project, Tapuz storage space for a public fuel reserve that one grade of gas were offered at the pumps. want it fixed. Enterprises, Inc., had defaulted on the job, “It was like a virtual forest,” said could be used to cushion higher future in place. and Caltrans was at the tail end of getting prices, according to the two-year study. Richard Martin, 56, a writer who has a new contractor. California’s clean air regulations have lived on the south side of the Santa “Rather than drill in the Arctic, let’s required refiners to make costlier clean- She couldn’t confirm whether anyone Monica Freeway at 21st Street for six clean the pumps of the 50 percent of high- air formulations of gasoline. But the study was tending to the area in the interim, but years. “Then Caltrans or the state or some er-octane fuel that is not used,” Jamie concluded “inflated refiner profit mar- added that the new contractor would be genius decided that this rich greenery was Court, executive director of the founda- gins” are really to blame for most gas paid from bonds that Tapuz held. no good, that it was going to die in the tion, said in a statement. price hikes in the state. “They were not doing the work that next 20 years or something, so they tore About 95 to 97 percent of California cars “West Coast gasoline refiners have they were contracted to do,” said out every last leaf.” could use the single grade and motorists manipulated supplies to keep gasoline Caltrans’ Chief of Public Affairs Deborah And nothing has grown in the once whose vehicles need higher octane could prices artificially high,” the study alleged. Harris. But she said she didn’t know why lush hillside since. use additives, the study argued. John Felmy, chief economist with the Tapuz had stopped work on the project. Two state bureaucracies and an errant The study, conducted by a gasoline American Petroleum Institute, denied the The Department of Labor Standards industry consultant, concluded that allegation. landscaping contractor played roles in the upheaval, which began in the spring of Enforcement said the Encino-based con- Californians could have saved about $2.8 “The oil industry has been the subject of tractor, who also operates the Gali billion for gas last year, or about 16 cents dozens of investigations over the years, and 2001 with the removal of 35-year-old a gallon, had its recommendations been they all have exonerated us,” Felmy said. trees from the freeway’s embankments. See CAL TRANS, page 5

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Boy drowns in backyard pool Andrew H. Fixmer/Daily Press Julio Martinez, right, and Jose Cabral, far left, build a sand castle Monday on By Daily Press staff a stretch of beach near the Santa Monica Pier. Thousands packed onto Santa Monica beaches Labor Day to escape the high temperatures found around the A two-year-old Santa Monica boy died after he was found floating in a backyard Los Angeles region. While many areas hit triple digit temperatures, Santa swimming pool Tuesday. Monica stayed in the high 70s. Santa Monica Fire Department paramedics responded to a home on the 300 block of 15th Street at 4:39 p.m., where they found two adults had already begun Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on the boy. Paramedics continued CPR as they transported the boy, who was in full cadiac arrest, to Santa Monica-UCLA hospital, where doctors also unsuccessfully attempted to revive the child. Fire Department spokeswoman Jill Barnes said children playing in the backyard, Information compiled by Jesse Haley where a holiday party was taking place, first noticed the boy was in the pool. She said the pool had a fence around it. We saw pretty small surf this long weekend past. A Santa Monica Police officers continue to investigate the incident southeast swell was hitting OC, but LA doesn't have the Today’s This is the second time this year a Santa Monica child has drowned in a swimming exposure to take advantage of that swell angle. pool. An unsupervised five-year-old boy drowned in the pool of a home on the 300 The good news is south swell ramps up today as we Tides: block of 20th Street on June 26. start to see waves from Hurricane Hernan. Surf should Low- 1:48 a.m. -0.01' begin to grow, and north bay spots will be in waist to chest level waves later in the day. High- 8:30 a.m. 4.04' Wednesday, hurricane swell should fill in and south Low- 1:03 p.m. 2.66' exposed breaks can expect chest-high waves, with occa- High- 7:11 p.m. 6.02 sional pluses.

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[email protected] (Editor’s Note: Borsch first read this prayer at a mid-August labor rally in front Santa Monica, CA 90401 of the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel at 1700 Ocean Ave. He submitted it to the [email protected] letters page in honor of Labor Day.) Living wage full of unintended consequences (Editor’s note: This is one of a series of The ordinance, now Proposition JJ, actually contributed. Depending upon the some employees will be less than $1.75, weekly columns editorializing on the hotly defines “Health Benefits” to be: “A pay- nature of the plan, the cost for health cov- meaning that absolutely no credit is given contested living wage ordinance. The city ment towards the provision of health care erage for a young, single worker may against the $12.25 wage, while the cost council passed an ordinance last July benefits for employees and their depend- well be significantly less than $1.75 per for others will be more than $1.75 even requiring businesses that generate more ents in the amount of $1.75 per hour [dur- hour. (First beginning at $295 per month, though only the credit is limited to $1.75. than $5 million in annual revenue to pay ing the first year] . . .” The required and then increasing to $433 when the The employer cannot really escape this their employees $12.25 an hour. Those “Minimum Wage” is an hourly wage of required threshold benefit goes to $2.50 result. If coverage is enhanced in order to businesses and their supporters have either $10.50 per hour with Health per hour.) As a result, the employer is place the young, single employees at or asked for the ordinance to be rescinded, Benefits or $12.25 per forced to pay the full above the $1.75 threshold, then the which is before voters this November.) hour without Health $12.25 minimum wage employer’s cost for family workers will Benefits.” (The health Guest for this employee as if increase as well. Similarly, if coverage is One of the inherent risks in any leg- benefit threshold goes to no health insurance reduced in order to bring down the cost islative action is to avoid introducing $2.50 after one year and Commentary were provided at all, for workers with families, coverage for incentives that run contrary to the origi- both amounts increase By Tom Larmore thereby incentivizing young, single workers will also be nal intent. While many of the proponents annually based upon the employer to drop reduced. The only way out of this dilem- of the City’s Minimum Wage Ordinance changes in the Consumer Price Index.) health coverage for this employee. ma would be to allow a greater credit have laudable motives, good intentions The amount contributed by an On the other hand, if health coverage against the minimum wage in order to do not necessarily make good laws. Part employer toward health benefits for any for a particular employee costs more than give the employers an incentive to pay for of the legislative process is to craft laws particular employee depends on the $1.75 per hour, as it might with an older dependent coverage, if they are not which introduce the right incentives nature of the health plan, the employee’s worker with a family, the employer already doing so, or increase the nature of while regulating conduct thought to have age and the number of dependents cov- receives no more than $1.75 credit the benefits. However, the ordinance does negative social implications. For a vari- ered, with the lowest rate being for a against the mandatory minimum wage. not permit this rather logical solution. ety of reasons, the City Council failed young, single worker. As a result, the employer is given a finan- The result is that the employer’s this fundamental test. The perversity of this scheme results cial reason to drop health coverage for incentive, at least with respect to the One of the major flaws in the ordi- from the fact that the employer gets no these workers and pay the maximum ordinance, is exactly opposite from what nance is the fact that it will discourage credit against the $12.25 minimum wage $12.25 per hour wage. would represent good social policy. employers from providing health insur- unless at least $1.75 per hour is spent for Therefore, the employer is motivated ance, thereby potentially contributing to health benefits. But no more than $1.75 is to at least consider dropping health cov- Tom Larmore is a Santa Monica resi- one of society’s primary problems. permitted irrespective of the amount erage altogether because the cost for dent and a property rights attorney.

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Repair warranty service for Norelco, Remington, Wahl, Grundig and Eltron The Tapuz telephones are no longer listed and numerous messages on their old CUTLERY • SHARPENING • GIFTS business line were not returned. A woman “At the least this thing is a answering the home telephone number of Come in and see our new Remington Tomer Rotholz — the president of Gali portrait of incompetence Microscreen Intercept Landscape & Maintenance Company, and bureaucratic idiocy. which has been barred from public works 821 Wilshire Blvd. (310) 393-3291 projects along with Tapuz — first said to At the worst it’s a serious call back in the evening, but later said he was “out of the country.” boondoggle.” Caltrans officials said they removed the trees because they were dying, though they admitted the trees appeared healthy — RICHARD MARTIN Dharma Art.LLC Santa Monica resident to the untrained eye. asian art & decorative accessories “The plantings had outlived their life cycle,” Harris said, adding that the trees Deets wouldn’t comment. Arts and Antiques from were planted in the late ’50s and early ’60s “I’m certainly not going to talk to a and had a life span of 20 to 25 years. “They reporter,” she said. Tibet • India • Nepal were crushing under their own weight.” Caltrans’ Harris couldn’t confirm if After uprooting the old trees, Tapuz anyone is currently watering the trees, but 2443 Main Street • Santa Monica • 310.392.9035 workers then began planting. Caltrans’ she did say the irrigation system is Behind Peet’s Coffee [email protected] plans called for more than 500 new trees, designed to be automatic and new con- 1,500 shrubs and vines, and 38,000 tractors would begin working on the situ- ground coverings. ation “shortly.” But Martin, who’s apartment looks out In the meantime, Martin and his neigh- upon the freeway embankment, said the bors are waiting for the plants to grow again. new plantings didn’t take root. “At the least this thing is a portrait of “The weeds grew lush and little else,” incompetence and bureaucratic idiocy,” he said, pointing out that more than half Martin said. “At the worst it’s a serious of the Jacaranda trees on the embank- boondoggle. 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But when officers attempted to pull the Both suspects were taken to the Santa CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT and CONSULTING car over, the suspect vehicle exited the Monica Jail. Umanzor, the alleged driver freeway at 9th Street in Los Angeles and of the stolen car, was booked on armed ✻ Project Management ✻ Value Engineering tried to evade police. A vehicle pursuit carjacking and other related offenses. His ✻ ✻ ensued until the driver of the vehicle bail has been set at $100,000. The female Claims Evaluation Retention Processing struck a parked car near the intersection of suspect, who was the alleged passenger of ✻ Damage Analysis ✻ Insurance Negotiation 8th Street and Hoover Avenue, just a few the vehicle, was transported to Eastlake blocks west of MacArthur Park. Juvenile Hall, located just behind the Los ✻ Litigation Technical Support & Analysis Both suspects in the vehicle attempted to Angeles County USC Medical Center. 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If homeowners and select areas of West LA, Venice and Brentwood. “The California Republican Party took want to make an alteration to the exterior on a lot of aggressive registration pro- of their home, they have to go through a Hundreds of copies can be found in news racks at these local businesses: grams at the beginning of the year to gear rigorous public approval process. up for this year’s election season and Homeowners of older homes feel it November, 2004,” said Karen Hanretty, doesn’t make sense that the government Pico Blvd. Locations: spokeswoman for the California has more rights over their property than Republican party. “It’s fairly common they do. They want to be able to decide statewide and even across the country • Super Style • Winerschnizels for themselves what can and can’t be done where people go from state to state and do to their homes. it for a living.” • SM Youth Center • Trader Joe’s Hanretty said people in certain districts throughout the state can garner up to $10 per signature, especially where a push is “This is a classic example • Gigi’s Liquor • Airport Rx being made to register more Republicans. In Santa Monica, however, the ratio of of people taking things into Democrats to Republicans is a not a sig- • Goodyear Tire • UnUrban Coffee House nificant gap. Forty-nine percent are regis- their own hands. We’ve got tered Democrats while 31 percent of a response because the • Ultra Mart • McCabe’s Guitar Santa Monica’s citizenry has registered Republican, she said. homeowners feel it is very “Republicans never need to be even • Foster’s Freeze • Nancy’s Nails with Democrats because we tend to vote important to them.” more,” Hanretty said, adding Santa • Santa Monica College • Rae’s Restaurant Monica is not a high priority for the party right now. “Districts that aren’t targeted — TOM LARMORE just don’t get as much money.” Homeowners for Voluntary Preservation • Union 76 on 20th • Kentucky Fried Chicken People have the right to ask the signa- ture gatherer if he or she is a volunteer or is being paid, which by city law they have • A&E Liquor • Discount Tires “This is a classic example of people to disclose. They also can ask how much taking things into their own hands,” they are making per signature, according Larmore said. “We’ve got a response • Lazy Daisy • Virginia Park to an information sheet that signature because the homeowners feel it is very gatherers are required to give people. important to them.” Many of the signature gatherers come The city procedure was prompted by a • Cloverfield Chevron • Pizza Hut from outside of the city and therefore are recent survey conducted by Hollywood- not Santa Monica registered voters. That based Historic Resources Group, which • Jiffy Lube • Eddie’s Jr. Mart makes the cost of collecting signatures was hired by the city. The study concluded even more expensive because the firm that the north of Montana Avenue area also must hire a “witness” eligible to vote, includes some of the oldest and most sig- • Toma’s #1 • Karla’s Hair said Tom Larmore, a member of the nificant historic resources in Santa Homeowners for Voluntary Preservation. Monica. The report said less than 1 percent The committee is trying to put the • Yoshinoya • Abbot’s Pizza of the potential historic properties in the Homeowners Freedom of Choice Initiative area have been designated or preserved. in front of voters. If it passes, it would allow Consultants who prepared the report • Sunset Plaza Liquor • A&R Books homeowners of historic homes a choice as characterized Santa Monica as losing its to whether their homes should be classified older historical properties and said city as landmarks, or structures of merit. officials need to make important decisions • Auto Zone • BBQ Garden The group needs 9,300 signatures about how they want to preserve the before Oct. 1 to place the initiative on a remaining buildings before they are special election ballot. demolished or significantly altered. • Mandarin Chinese • Moor’s Liquor “We’ve got enough signatures for a Overall, the consultants looked at the special election,” said Larmore, who owns 3,900 homes north of Montana. They a home north of Montana Avenue and is a • Classic Pizza • Hungry Pocket found that about 9 percent, 358 homes locally-based property rights attorney. Right now the group has collected were of historical merit. • Yum Yum Donuts • Ed’s Liquor between 8,000 and 8,500 signatures. “We The number of homes on the inventory will be working hard through the end of didn’t change very much from 1986, the last time a similar survey was taken, • McDonalds • Four Points Hotel (September) but I think we have enough.” Santa Monica City Clerk Maria because many of the older homes were Stewart said the committee needs 15 per- taken off the list and replaced with homes This is not a complete list. You can find more copies in these areas: cent of registered voters to sign the peti- that have reached the 50 year-old bench- mark for consideration. • Montana Avenue Commercial Zone tion to force a special election and 10 per- cent will get the initiative on the The last survey on the subject recom- • Santa Monica Boulevard November, 2004 ballot. mended the city preserve about 158 • the Downtown Commercial Core Committee members believe that the homes from Palisades Avenue to Georgina Avenue. (including Third Street Promenade) city’s current ordinance imposes restric- tions on private property which consti- Because those homes were not pre- • Wilshire Boulevard tutes an unwarranted intrusion on person- served 20 years ago, nearly two-thirds of • Lincoln Commercial District. al freedoms. them have either been demolished or The city allows the landmarks commis- altered enough to render them historically Additional circulation points include: sion to designate single family homes as insignificant, consultants said. • Major Hotels on Ocean Avenue • Retail businesses on the Boardwalk and Santa Monica Pier districts Santa Monica Daily Press • Commercial zones on Pico and Ocean Park Boulevard. ADVERTISE! If you are interested in becoming a distribution point (it’s free and gives your customers just one more reason to come in), please call 310-458-PRESS (7737) x 104 310-458-7737 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ❑ Page 7 STATE HEALTHY MEDITERRANEAN FARE IS WORTH FINDING Cathedral opens amid ... Lincoln Bay Café’s storefront with colorful stucco walls, mellow piano player nightly and light jazz on weekends is an honest-to-good- troubled times for church ness neighborhood place, great for low key BY SANDRA MARQUEZ evenings with friends or someone special. Associated Press Writer Your doctor may appreciate it too.” LOS ANGELES — The newest U.S. — L.A. Times cathedral opened Monday amid incense, prayers and controversy as protesters con- Open Daily 5-10 pm 20% demned the $195 million cost and Roman DISCOUNT ON MEAL Early Bird Special 5:00-6:30PM Present coupon when dining. Not Catholics continued to struggle with the applicable with other discounts. 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OR UNCH The stock market decline also has F New HoursL 11:30am til Closing The cathedral’s austere, modernistic taken a deep bite out of the archdiocese’s look has been compared by critics to a budget, forcing cuts for ministry and edu- Pub Quiz Wednesday Night 8pm prison or a shopping mall. cation by as much as 30 percent and a But the adobe-colored walls, lit by sun- scaling back of the opening celebrations. Quiz winner receives a $75 Gift Certificate light streaming through alabaster win- Dozens of people gathered outside the dows, became less stark with the presence cathedral to protest the church’s handling of *Live Music Nightly Santa Monica’s Longest Running Comedy Store of parishioners and a choir. the abuse scandal and the cost of the building. Pint O’ Funny Thursday Night @ 8 pm “My friends, welcome to the city’s, and A large papier-mâché effigy of your new cathedral,” a beaming Mahony said Mahony held a sign saying: “Suffer the as guests settled into the new cherrywood little children.” pews. “It is truly exhilarating to see it filled Signs urged “No fat cat cathedral.” with people ... this is what it is all about.” Demonstrator Alice Callahan said the Pope John Paul II sent a special mes- money for the cathedral should have been 2941 Main St., Santa Monica • (310)396-4273 • www.obriens-frobar.com sage that was read in the ceremony, say- used to help the poor and homeless. ing the cathedral represents the diversity “I think the church would begin to look of Los Angeles. very redeemed if it would take all the art- “May this cathedral always remain an work it just bought, that alone was $30 eloquent symbol of communion and fra- million, and sell it,” she said. ternity, of mutual respect and understand- Tod Tamberg, spokesman for the arch- ing,” said the Pope’s messenger, Cardinal diocese, said the cathedral was mainly James Francis Stafford. funded through private donations and The Mass and dedication included ele- “not one dime” was taken from church ments as diverse as Vietnamese singing, social service programs. African drumming and children in tradi- Money raised from a 6,000-space mau- tional Mexican costume. soleum, built beneath the cathedral, along Supporters consider the cathedral a with a gift shop, restaurant, conference symbolic new beginning for the archdio- center and a 600-car parking garage are cese, one of many that has suffered from expected to help cover ongoing expenses. October 23-27, 2002 Union workers rally in LA Asilomar Conference Center Pacific Grove, California to support dockworkers (on the beach!) BY PAUL WILBORN erbate the dispute,” Hahn wrote. Associated Press Writer The contract for workers who handle trade at 29 major West Coast ports LOS ANGELES — With labor unrest expired July 1. Both sides had kept goods looming at West Coast ports, the Rev. flowing with short-term extensions, but Jesse Jackson told thousands of union the latest extension expired Sunday. members Monday to “stand your ground” Without a deal, dockworkers could in a rally in support of dockworkers. stage work slowdowns as early as President Bush, who has been consid- ering possible federal intervention in case Tuesday. Shipping lines that employ the of a walkout, “wants to make an example dockworkers have threatened a lockout if of you,” Jackson said in a park a few there is a job action. miles from the Port of Los Angeles. Union workers ranging from dock- The ports handle more than $300 bil- workers to pipefitters to schoolteachers lion in trade annually, and a work stop- joined in the solidarity demonstration and page would ripple through an already picnic Monday, where talk centered on fragile American economy. the possibility of a strike or lockout. 2400 MAIN STREET • A2 • SANTA MONICA Mayor James Hahn sent the president a “If there is no contract, there will be no letter Monday urging him to stay out of the business as usual at California’s ports,” conflict between 10,500 members of the said Jerry Acosta, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse AFL-CIO. Union and the Pacific Maritime On average, a full-time longshoreman 310.314.6472 Association, which represents shippers. earned $80,000 last year and a full-time “Federal intervention at this critical foreman averaged $167,000, according to juncture is not needed and may well exac- maritime association records. Page 8 ❑ Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press STATE Immigrants thrive where DEGRADABLE* DISPOSABLE DIAPERS little English is spoken • High Quality and BY SANDRA MARQUEZ Allen said. Associated Press Writer In San Francisco, the 3,000 mostly Asian High Performance Diaper immigrants who live in census tract 114 — LOS ANGELES — Ask Odalia tucked between Pacific Avenue and Clay Ramirez if she speaks English and the Street and Stockton and Kearny streets — • No Leakage (Great for Guatemala-born housewife will tell you frequent a Chinese hospital, day care centers Night Time Sleeping) “un poquito,” or a little bit. and banks that cater to speakers of $ .99 But that doesn’t limit Ramirez, 40, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Thai. per case from getting by in Pico-Union, a predom- “The newer generation, the mom and • Contains Vitamin E M — (38 ct.) inantly Central American neighborhood 9 L — (34 ct.) kids will move out and leave the grandpar- and Aloe Vera XL — (30 ct.) where you can eat steamed corn “pupusas” ents there. 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Sometimes I don’t,” said Ramirez, speaking (323) 848-4200 Demographers say the trend of immi- in Spanish, who moved to the United States WEST LOS ANGELES grants clustering in neighborhoods with with her welder husband 15 years ago. 11666 National Blvd. their peers is an age-old phenomenon She noticed the language gap last week (310) 996-8840 that has steadily increased in California when her youngest son refused to go to during the past decade, driven by high high school on his second day after gang levels of immigration and a lack of members threatened to beat him up if he affordable housing. didn’t dress and style his hair like they California has the nation’s highest per- did, she said. centage of foreign-born residents — 26 Ramirez said she wanted to discuss the percent of the state’s nearly 34 million problem with a school administrator, but Santa Monica Daily Press residents. Almost half of Californians she had to wait until one of her older sons Santa Monica Daily Press were either born in another country or are could request time off from work to trans- the children of foreign-born parents. late for her. “The underlying concept is that people “I feel frustrated,” she said. Has an E-dition!’ in these households are isolated from Although the family is considering mov- America at large, whether they can’t read ing to a suburb in the San Fernando Valley or their cereal box or access the media,” said Pasadena to escape gangs and drug violence, Home delivery by E-mail Andrew Ruppenstein, a research analyst Ramirez said the change would require her who interprets census data for the to leave her linguistic comfort zone. California Department of Finance. “The best thing is that I can communi- But he notes a paradox facing those in cate with everyone here,” she said. “But Check the day’s headlines, news stories, transition. once I leave, it gets difficult for me.” “If they move somewhere where they Ramirez said she would miss leaving classifieds, comics, horoscopes and ads weren’t among their peers, then they would behind the Liborio supermarket, an ethnic certainly be linguistically isolated,” he said. emporium specializing in sweet breads, Tucked in major urban centers, neigh- banana leaves, sodas and statues of saints all before you leave the house! borhoods such as Pico-Union in Los from Central America. Angeles and Chinatown in San Francisco Inside, Lorena Paz, a sales manager serve as entry points for the newly arrived, who sells retirement property in El a place to get a foothold in a new society Salvador from her tiny office wedged in while preserving one’s culture. Immigrant front of the cash registers, gets a firsthand children typically learn English quickly look at the neighborhood’s demographics. and as adults move to the suburbs, return- According to Paz, most of the restau- ing to their original neighborhoods to shop rant owners, auto mechanics and seam- at ethnic grocery stores, attend church and stresses who stop to gaze at the promo- FREE connect with their roots. tional videos flaunting lakeside haciendas Living a life entirely in Spanish or in their homeland have lived in the United SUBSCRIPTIONS Mandarin Chinese can ease a family’s States between 10 and 20 years. Many of transition to American life, but some say them don’t speak English. AVAILABLE! the isolation can become a limitation “Almost 90 percent speak only when immigrants remain monolingual. Spanish,” she said. “We explain every- “If people in the family do not have thing to them in Spanish. All the paper- anyone speaking English, that is just work is in Spanish.” going to make their adjustment here more But Martinez, who moved to California difficult,” said James P. Allen, a professor with her family from Nicaragua 19 years of geography at California State ago and speaks fluent English, said learn- University, Northridge and co-author of ing a second language is a key to the com- “Changing Faces, Changing Places: munity’s long-term success. For more information, please call: 310.458.Press (7737) Mapping Southern California.” “Otherwise, they will do the work that or e-mail to: [email protected] “My perspective is that immigrants our Hispanic brothers traditionally do, want to do well, and when you are lin- working as house cleaners, cooks and gar- guistically isolated, that is harder to do,” deners,” she said. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ❑ Page 9 NATIONAL Wisconsin declares welfare changes a success BY CARRIE ANTLFINGER an easy time trying to keep up with the state’s work a nursing assistant, and it helped her deal with alcoholism. Associated Press Writer requirement. She received cash assistance from W-2 “They give you the training, the computer knowl- from February 1998 until June, when she became eligible edge,” said Siebers, a single mother raising a 13-year-old MILWAUKEE — Five years ago, Gov. Tommy for disability benefits. boy. “Before, it was never much of that, now it’s more Thompson took a radical step in changing welfare in skills to get a job and help you keep a job.” Wisconsin: He eliminated it. No longer would families Alexander said officials are working to strengthen W- be entitled to help simply because they were poor. “It gives people hope. It gives 2’s education program, which will help participants get In the years since Wisconsin Works was implemented, better jobs. thousands of people have left the welfare rolls, and the them opportunity. It gives In 2001, she appointed a reform group after critical program has been hailed as a national model, propelling state audits found W-2 helped relatively few clients out Thompson to U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. them the chance for a better of poverty and two W-2 providers misspent money A handful of state studies have found that those who lifestyle, and by working you are intended for the poor. left the program did not necessarily leave poverty behind. The state is implementing most of the panel’s recom- Two studies found that those who left in 1998 were able to get out poverty.” mendations, including seeking federal permission to allow earning an average of $7.95 an hour. Another study, which people who are staying home with disabled family mem- tracked families for a month after they stopped getting — TOMMY THOMPSON bers to also receive cash benefits and studying how to bet- cash assistance, found that more than a third who had jobs Governor of Wisconsin ter train and educate participants in low income jobs. earned below the federal poverty level, and more than Jack Tweedie, a welfare expert at the National two-thirds received other government assistance. Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, said the pro- Critics say the program needs to place more emphasis “I was struggling really, really hard,” said Anderson, gram needs to improve the way it deals with substance on education and training to help people get ahead. who has a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old. “Just the disabil- abuse problems, mental health issues and disabilities. While acknowledging there are improvements to be ity is a job, and then add the children and work require- Tweedie said it has helped low- income families take made, officials still say the gamble has worked. ments, they expect us to work around the clock.” positive steps toward work. “In the five years it has existed it’s made a significant Lana Jean Siebers, 31, of Oshkosh, said W-2 helped “Wisconsin has gone further than any other state to make impact, great gains,” said state Department of Workforce her get the training and education she needed to work as their cash assistance program look like work,” he said. Development Secretary Jennifer Alexander. “It also has helped thousands of people into the work force who have had little or no work experience.” Wisconsin Works, or W-2, requires adults to work or Seven dead after small airplane get job training in exchange for a check and subsidized child care. Participants also may receive food stamps or medical assistance. The program has a five-year lifetime crashes in NH woods near airport limit on cash benefits. Wisconsin was the leader among many states doing wel- BY STEPHEN FROTHINGHAM There were no survivors in the You could see there was nothing they fare experiments that laid the groundwork for the 1996 fed- Associated Press Writer crash, said Federal Aviation Adminis- could do.” eral reform of welfare. The state saw one of the country’s tration spokesman Jim Peters. Peters said there was no distress most dramatic drops of those receiving cash assistance. SWANZEY, N.H. — Seven peo- Peters said the plane was appar- call before the plane went down. When W-2 began Sept. 1, 1997 — it replaced Aid to ple, including at least six members of ently attempting to return to the He said the pilot filed a flight plan Families With Dependent Children, which had around in one family, were killed Monday Dillant-Hopkins Airport, about two for Charleston, W.Va., but it was not different forms since the 1930s — 34,491 Wisconsin when their small plane crashed in the miles from where the craft went known if that was the final destina- families received cash assistance. woods outside a southwest New down. Witnesses said there was a tion. The plane, a twin-engine Beech Hampshire airport, authorities said. In December 2000, a low of 17,196 families received large fireball and the plane burned Baron, was registered under a corpo- Keene Mayor Michael Blastos up, Peters said. such assistance. As of June, the most recent data avail- rate name in Wilmington, Del., able, 19,189 families were receiving cash assistance. said the parents, grandparents and “It’s pretty much just a burnt Peters said. “It gives people hope. It gives them opportunity. It two young children had been visiting mass,” said Alan Dobrowolski of the gives them the chance for a better lifestyle, and by work- relatives in nearby Newfane, Vt., and state Division of Aeronautics. No commercial flights operate ing you are able to get out poverty,” Thompson said. had been staying in Keene. He said there were no recogniza- from the Swanzey airport, which has Ellen Bravo, director of Milwaukee-based 9to5, Authorities said the pilot was from ble plane parts. no control tower. Instead, the plane National Association of Working Women, said: “I know Lafayette, La. They did not disclose The plane crashed about 500 feet had been in routine contact with the too many of the people, the rolls went down because they his name. Blastos did not know if he from the home of Charlotte Kendall. Boston FAA center in Nashua. were driven out not because they became self sufficient.” was a member of the family. “I heard a boom — it shook our Officials from the FAA and National Mary Anderson, 42, of Milwaukee, was diagnosed Identities of the victims were being house — and then another boom,” Transportation Safety Board were trav- with a congenital heart disease in 1995 and didn’t have withheld until relatives were notified. she said. “It was too hot to get near. eling to the crash site Monday.

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In October 2000, the Web site had cial injury rather than physical injury.” retirement money. About 18 percent of 410 hits. Last month, it had 19,000. Almost all such cases are heard by arbi- ORLANDO, Fla. — Squeezed Florida’s population is over age 65. “When the market falls, all of the mis- tration panels rather than the courts between a political ad and a weather update “Most of the grandmas and grandpas in conduct is revealed,” the Sacramento, because of arbitration agreements from the local news station, a bearded Florida who lost money in the market Calif., attorney said. investors sign when they hire a broker. attorney in a yellow shirt and a lime-col- think it’s their own fault or God’s will. Because of high hurdles to filing finan- “Arbitration doesn’t have the same ored tie appears on the television screen. We’re trying to educate them that they cial lawsuits, investors’ claims are unlike- power as class action,” said Georgetown “So you worked hard and socked your may have a claim,” Hooper said. ly to be the next frontier for trial lawyers money away so that you could enjoy Hooper has yet to file any claims, who have found gold mines in asbestos, University securities law professor retirement,” James Richard Hooper says. although his law firm has received hun- tobacco and defective tire cases, legal Donald Langevoort, a former special “You selected a major Wall Street broker- dreds of calls since his four radio and tel- experts said. counsel at the Securities and Exchange age firm to invest and protect your money evision ads began running in Florida two “You’re talking about a different situa- Commission. “It’s not the same mega- and now, now you’re left holding the bag. weeks ago. About half appear to have tion than Firestone or asbestos,” said money that class action produces. You Your money is gone.” some merit, he said. Carlton Carl, a spokesman for the don’t get a global settlement. You fight He blinks. Across his chest is a white Not everyone who loses money in the American Trial Lawyers Association in one-on-one.” graphic listing a toll-free number. stock market has a legal case. But Hooper “Your dreams are shattered, but you said a case could be made if an investor might just have a claim against that trusted tells a broker to invest conservatively and brokerage house,” the Orlando attorney says. the broker puts the money in high-risk The NY Times runs its first Hooper is one of a number of trial stocks or if the broker ignores specific lawyers who are finding a niche in mining instructions. the discontent of retired investors. 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Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, “Economic interests were allowed to a plan Monday to protect the environment Developing countries had sided with who had been wavering on whether to rat- maintain their primacy over other global and fight poverty. the United States and Japan against ify, confirmed he would submit it to par- priorities,” said Kim Carstensen of World “Humanity has a rendezvous with des- including the targets. liament by the end of the year. Wildlife Fund International. tiny,” French President Jacques Chirac South Africa’s environment minister, But the accord cannot go into effect World leaders, who have yet to formal- declared. Alarms are sounding across all Valli Moosa, said such targets were a rich the continents. We cannot say that we did unless Russia — the crucial holdout — ly adopt the nonbinding agreement, had not know!” country’s luxury. “We will not support signs on too. The EU issued a “solemn insisted the most important measure of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan binding targets for renewable energies for appeal” to Moscow to join them in ratify- success would be whether the summit urged the more than 100 world leaders in developing countries,” he said. ing, but Russian Prime Minister Mikhail ends with concrete plans to tackle the Johannesburg to commit to firm action to Japanese foreign ministry official Kasyanov said his government was not problems first identified in Rio 10 years solve problems identified a decade ago at Hidenobu Sobashima said: “It is very ready to decide. ago. the first Earth Summit in Rio. important for a country to have flexibili- Negotiators agreed to texts on trade Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi “The focus from now on must be on ty.” that urge countries to reform subsidies announced Italy was prepared to cancel implementing the many agreements that U.S. officials said the final wording that are environmentally harmful, such as $4 billion in debt to poor countries. have been reached,” he said. “properly reflects” how a “diversity of those for the fishing industry that con- Germany offered $500 million over five Though President Bush declined to clean energy resources” will contribute to tribute to overcapacity. years for renewable energy projects. come — sending U.S. Secretary of State sustainable development. They also committed to reducing the Japan promised $30 million in emergency Colin Powell in his place — U.S. officials “The document clearly highlights the number of people living without sanita- food aid for children facing famine in say they are firmly committed to the sum- need to increase access to modern energy tion from 2 billion to 1 billion by 2015, southern Africa. mit’s success. services and signals the valuable role diplomats said. “This is not charity, it is an investment “We’ve reached a real breakthrough renewable energy will play in the future,” The United States accepted the new in our collective future,” said British with the summit in our collective attempt said Undersecretary of State Paula timetable despite earlier insistence that Prime Minister Tony Blair. to ensure that this is a successful gather- Dobriansky, head of the U.S. delegation. the way to get results is through concrete As delegates finalized their plan, for- ing of the global family,” said Assistant Compromises were also reached in projects, not paper agreements. mer South African President Nelson Secretary of State John Turner. three other key areas: climate change, Negotiators agreed to emphasize the Mandela said he had urged the United After more than a week of bargaining, trade and sanitation. need for good governance to achieve sus- States not to “introduce chaos in interna- the European Union lost its push for tar- Despite the Bush administration’s tainable development, but did not make it tional affairs” by attacking Iraq. gets on the use of wind and solar energy refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on cli- a condition for receiving aid as advocated “No country should be allowed to take by the United States, diplomats said. the law into their own hands,” especially Turner said the text went “beyond any- the United States, “because they are the A soldier mourned thing the world community had done only super power in the world today, and before” in stressing the need to fight cor- they must be exemplary in everything ruption and promote democracy and the they do,” he said. Report: al-Qaida members have found refuge in Lebanon with Syria’s permission BY RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Qaida found a comfortable refuge in Associated Press Writer Damascus like other organizations,” Gissin said. JERUSALEM — Nearly 200 al- Last month, fighting erupted in the Qaida operatives, including several senior refugee camp, wounding at least one person. commanders, have settled in Lebanon Officials in the camp said the clashes were with Syria’s permission, taking refuge in a between members of a radical Palestinian large Palestinian refugee camp there, an faction and Lebanese militants who were Israeli newspaper reported Monday. hiding from Lebanese security officials. A source in Jerusalem, who spoke on But Haaretz said the fighting erupted condition of anonymity, confirmed the when al-Qaida operatives tried to gain report, saying the information comes from control over the camp, which is off-limits Israeli and Western intelligence agencies. to Lebanese authorities and is run by var- A Lebanese security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, denied al- ious Palestinian factions who often settle Qaida members were in the refugee camp, their differences with arms. The camp is saying 10 to 15 Islamic militants are hid- home to some 75,000 Palestinian refugees ing from authorities in the camp. The mil- and their descendants. itants were involved in clashes in which Mohammed Atta, who commandeered nine Lebanese soldiers were killed. the first airplane to hit the World Trade Zeev Schiff, a prominent Israeli jour- Center on Sept. 11, visited Syria two or nalist who covers the military, reported in three times, but Syrian intelligence agen- Haaretz daily that Damascus has allowed cies did not voluntarily offer this informa- between 150 and 200 al-Qaida operatives tion to the United States, Haaretz reported. to settle in the Palestinian refugee camp of In addition, Osama bin Laden’s son, Ein el-Hilweh, near the Lebanese coastal Omar, and his mother, Nagwa, were living town of Sidon. in Syria until three weeks before the The group includes senior command- attacks, leaving when they received instruc- ers who arrived from Afghanistan through tions to flee, the newspaper reported. Damascus and Iran, the newspaper report- Haaretz said the son returned to Syria ed Monday, attributing its information to at least three times after Sept. 11. “various intelligence services.” Bin Laden’s wife and son are not in Associated Press Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Israeli Syria now, according to Haaretz. Unidentified Israeli soldiers and friends of the deceased grieve at the grave of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, refused to Syria was considered a place where al- Israeli Sgt. Ofir Mischal at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on confirm the report but noted that several Qaida activists could move with relative Monday. Mischal, 20, died of his wounds Sunday after was seriously injured freedom and served as a transit point Thursday when Hezbollah guerillas in Lebenon shelled two Israeli military out- radical groups, including militant PLO posts in the disputed Chebaa Farms area along the Israeli-Lebanese border. factions, are based in Damascus. where they set up infrastructure before “It was only a matter of time before al- Sept. 11, Haaretz said. Page 12 ❑ Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press SPORTS Rain prevents many matches to proceed in U.S. Open BY HOWARD FENDRICH are as he tries to figure out a way to get all AP Tennis Writer the matches in. No day’s action will start before 11 a.m., for example, and players NEW YORK — Andy Roddick napped won’t have to play more than one singles in the trainer’s room. Gustavo Kuerten match in a day, unlike at some lesser tour- tried his hand at video tennis. Lindsay naments where weather interrupts action. Davenport sat in a stuffed chair by the window, watching the drops fall. Unlike at Wimbledon, there aren’t Another wet day at a Grand Slam tour- indoor practice courts made available to nament. players during the two weeks of the U.S. Nope, not Wimbledon. The U.S. Open. Open. Instead, that space is handed over Rain that fell through the night contin- to sponsors and an area called ued into Monday, meaning not a single SmashZone, where fans can measure how shot was hit on the courts of the National fast they serve or play the role of sports Tennis Center until Davenport and Silvia broadcaster by calling action from a Farina Elia started their fourth-round match on tape. match at 6:20 p.m. — a delay of more And unlike at the Australian Open, than 7 hours. Organizers postponed 60 there is no court with a retractable roof. doubles and junior tournament matches “When rain pushes back the schedule, but were still hoping to be able to fit in a that’s more of an argument for a dome big schedule of main draw singles action. here, like they have in Australia,” John “The bad news is: We’re behind in McEnroe said. matches, doing the best to make them up,” At Wimbledon and the French Open, tournament referee Brian Earley said. tarps are used to cover the courts when it “We’re certainly hopeful to get where we rains. Not at the U.S. Open. need to be. We know it’s a hardship.” Roberto Borea/Associated Press Pete Sampras of the United States returns to Britain's Greg Rusedski on “They take up room, you have to have The worst potential backlog was in the very good drainage at the side of the lower half of the men’s draw, which Sunday at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Heavy rains prevent- ed many matches from proceeding on Monday. court, they look bad at the side of the includes four-time U.S. Open champion court,” Earley said. “We don’t think that it Pete Sampras, 1997 finalist Greg take a lot out of a guy,” Earley said. “We Monday it’s “not a factor when he gets on really helps a lot.” Rusedski, third-seeded Tommy Haas, and know the bottom half of the draw is going the court” — and another player in that half three-time French Open winner Kuerten. to be a struggle for somebody.” of the draw, fifth-seeded Tim Henman, has Some idled away the waiting time Their third-round matches got under It certainly wouldn’t make things any been fighting right shoulder problems. Monday in the players’ lounge by playing way Sunday, but they were halted in easier for the 31-year-old Sampras, who “We’re not even thinking that far cards, reading newspapers or books, play- progress, with Sampras serving down 5-4 has been struggling with his game of late. ahead,” Ayme said, referring to the chance ing video games, surfing the Web or send- to Rusedski, Haas up a set against Thomas He hasn’t won a tournament since July that there could be a jammed schedule. “If ing e-mail. Others rode stationary bicycles Enqvist, and Kuerten a set ahead of 2000, when at Wimbledon he claimed his we lose one, Tommy’s on a plane, and he or lifted weights. Nicolas Massu. If they were unable to fin- record 13th Grand Slam title. watches the rest of the tournament at “Both players have to go through it,” ish Monday, it would set up the possibili- Others have more pressing fitness home on TV.” said the 11th-seeded Roddick, waiting to ty of a men’s finalist having to play five questions. While pushing the men’s final back a play his third-round match against No. 18 matches in six days. Haas has had pain in his right arm — day to Sept. 9 could happen, Earley said Alex Corretja. “It’s just kind of a time to “We know best-of-five (set matches) though his coach, David Ayme, said there are some limits to what his options try to relax.” Boston Red Sox trim Yankee’s division lead to 6 games BY MIKE FITZPATRICK returned to the mound after a sixth-inning AP Sports Writer rain delay of 1 hour, 29 minutes and got out of a bases-loaded jam. NEW YORK —With a little less than a “We leave it to him. We were not going month to make a run at the playoffs, the to send him out there, but he said `Give Boston Red Sox gave themselves a good me a chance to try and warm up,'” reason to believe they can keep playing Yankees manager Joe Torre said. into October. Hillenbrand tripled to left-center with Nomar Garciaparra drove in three runs, two outs in the seventh and scored on and Casey Fossum won for the first time Garciaparra's single his 1,000th career hit. in seven starts this season as Boston beat Garciaparra, who finished 3-for-5, is the New York Yankees 8-4 Monday. the fastest Red Sox player to 1,000 hits, “This is pretty much knock time,” doing it in 746 games. Wade Boggs pitcher Dustin Hermanson said. “There's accomplished the feat in 747 games. no giving up on winning our division. Garciaparra kept the ball from his This is a big series for us. We know if we 1,000th hit, as he often does when he can come in here and take three games, reaches a milestone. we're right in this thing.” “I just put them in a drawer,” he said. Shea Hillenbrand had three hits and “Maybe one day I'll look back at all of scored twice for the Red Sox, who them.” trimmed New York's AL East lead to 6 Trot Nixon's bloop double fell in front games on a rainy day at Yankee Stadium. of sliding left fielder Rondell White in the Bill Kostroun/Associated Press Rey Sanchez and Jason Varitek added eighth, putting runners at second and New York Yankees' Alfonso Soriano (12) slides into second with a stolen base two-run singles. Boston, outscored 13-0 third. Sanchez followed with a two-run as Boston Red Sox second baseman Rey Sanchez is unable to handle the in two home games against its longtime single to make it 6-3. throw Monday at Yankee Stadium in New York. rivals last week, is 4 games behind Varitek added a two-run single in the ERA in six starts against Boston this season. enth and two-out RBI single in the eighth. Anaheim in the wild-card race. ninth, with Manny Ramirez sliding neatly “I was curious why the game started at Jeter went 0-for-5 and left six runners After this series, the Red Sox don't play around Jorge Posada's tag at the plate. all,” Mussina said. “I was told they were on base. The Yankees stranded 11 in all. a team with a winning record the rest of The first five innings were played in a going to delay it, and then told later it was An error by Hillenbrand at third base the season. steady drizzle as the grounds crew worked going to start on time. It was raining from allowed Soriano to reach in the first “We're not sitting here saying let's go to keep the infield dry. With a puddle the time I warmed up. The mound was inning, and the Yankees took advantage for the wild card,” Hermanson said. “We forming in front of second baseman muddy for six innings.” with two-out RBI singles by Posada and still want to win this division. We want Soriano in the top of sixth, play was final- Making his first start at Yankee Ron Coomer. bigger things than the wild card. If you're ly halted. Stadium, Fossum (3-3) fanned Derek Jeter Mussina lost his control in the third, just going for the wild card, you're not Across town, the Mets and Marlins were on a high fastball with the bases loaded to walking two batters before Hillenbrand hit pushing yourself.” rained out before they even got started. end the fourth. The left-hander went five an RBI single. After a wild pitch put run- Alfonso Soriano hit his 35th homer, The right-hander matched a career high innings, allowing two unearned runs and ners at second and third, Garciaparra stole his 38th base and knocked in two with six walks in 6 2-3 innings, giving up six hits. He struck out six. reached out with two strikes and poked a runs as New York lost for the fourth time four runs and seven hits. After throwing a Hermanson replaced Fossum after the two-run single over shortstop for a 3-2 lead. in five games. three-hit shutout at Fenway Park last rain delay and worked three innings, giv- “The rain killed us,” Posada said. “It Yankees starter Mike Mussina (16-8) Wednesday, he dropped to 4-2 with a 3.12 ing up Soriano's leadoff homer in the sev- was a long game.” Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ❑ Page 13 COMICS

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Cornfield, Elvis style “People are getting pickier. Dogs are a part of the By The Associated Press family now, and people are able to indulge in things that they couldn’t do as a kid,” Scrimpsher said last week. WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Here’s one more Elvis At Scrimpsher’s resort, lodging in the suites ranges impersonator making a corny impression. from $19 to $41 a night. There’s also day care for up to Elvis Presley’s image appears in a new cornfield $39 a day. Massages — for the pets, not their owners — maze across the state line from Memphis, Tenn. It was are $25 for 30 minutes. designed by friends Justin Taylor and Chris Taylor, who Some kennels have piped-in music and phone jacks last year attracted 8,000 visitors to a seven-foot tall, so guests can hear their masters. Separate areas are available for “special-needs” pets, cats and birds. Pet 28-toed cat goes for record two-mile corn maze designed to resemble the Memphis By The Associated Press psychiatrists are on duty to handle behavior problems. skyline. The design invites customers to “Get Lost Memphis OAKLAND, Maine — Mooch the cat has nine lives Style” in a three-mile maze patterned after Presley. A meeting of the ‘New Castles’ and 28 toes. By The Associated Press Two other new mazes, one near Munford, Tenn., and Bob and Becky Duval say the large, yellow feline has the other in Jackson, Tenn., depict the Statue of Liberty. more toes than any other cat in the world. The Duvals NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A New Castle by any other The maze fields are designed and mapped on scaled have submitted evidence they hope will earn Mooch a name — even Neuchatel or Neuburg an der Donau — is graph paper, in some cases with computers. Corn is place in the Guinness Book of Records. still a New Castle. “This is your 15 minutes — suck it up,” Bob DuVal planted at about twice the normal density to create the For the third time in six years, representatives from said to Mooch as the feline struggled out of Becky visual effect of a wall. towns and cities around the world called New Castle or Duval’s lap. Visitors wander through the twists, turns, and dead- Newcastle will converge. This year’s International New At the couple’s home, a nervous Mooch padded ends of five-foot-wide paths. Castle Summit of the World begins Sept. 29 in the New defensively across the kitchen floor, avoiding visitors All three mazes are affiliated with The Maize, a Castle about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. and the clicking camera. Utah-based maze franchise that has attracted more than Representatives from about 75 New Castles will Those who manage to catch a glimpse of the cat two million maze-goers in nearly 400 mazes throughout share ideas about government, products and tourism. before he dashes off are stunned when they see his toes. the world since its inception in 1996. Participants include Newcastle, South Africa; “Usually, their first remark is, ’Oh, my God, look at Neuchatel, Switzerland; Neuburg an der Donau, that cat’s feet — what’s wrong with him?”’ Becky Luxury pet resort upgrades facilities Germany; and two English cities, Newcastle-under- DuVal said. By The Associated Press Lyme and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DuVal said he was listening to the radio last week and New Castle Mayor Tim Fulkerson, who has partici- heard about the world record for most toes on a cat, cur- SAN ANTONIO — Some pet owners will go to any pated in the biennial celebration since it began in rently held by Paddles, a black cat in Ennismore, length to spoil a pooch, as Caryl Scrimpsher can attest. Shinshiro (New Castle), Japan in 1998, promises a good Ontario, who has 27. Scrimpsher runs the Rob Cary Pet Resort, which time “like the biggest wedding we’re going to have in “Mooch has 28 claws,” Becky DuVal said Friday. “He opened in 1976 and recently underwent a $750,000 the city.” has 28 pads, but two of the pads are partially fused.” expansion that doubled the number of indoor-outdoor After spending four days in Pennsylvania, the New Mooch’s big feet have an advantage in Maine. suites — some with heated floors, televisions and Castle-ites will finish up the weeklong celebration by “They’re good snowshoes,” Bob DuVal said. miniature four-poster beds. spending three days in New Castle, Ind.

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