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2-Santa Varia, Times, Tuesday, June 5, 1973 (: Ecology Ob ituarws City Councilmen To Study 73-7Budget Small Builders Major programs; proposed for the year include reorganizing the planning department to meet environmental impact report requirements and to provide long-range planning, a new computer tally system tor elections, remodeling of the police completion of improvements at Simas Park and Elks Field, completion of landscaping at Preisker Park, replacement of the irrigation system at Buena Vista Park, planting of 500 street trees, and acquiring right of way for a water transmission main from the 6-million-gallora reservoir. Proposed revenue increases include a $255,000 jump in sales tax, $364,520 in federal revenue sharing, $143,000 increase in sewer fees, and a $242,000 increase in gasoline taxes. June 18 meeting. The council will, meet at 7 half an hour early, to start the budget talks. The new budget includes pay raises granted employes in January, and Grogan said personnel costs represent 71.9 per cent of the total budget, up from last year's 70.5 per cent.

However, the city has only 736 employes per 1 ,000 population," compared to trie national average of 8.74, Grogan reported. Capital improvements recommended total $1353,730, a jump of $982,620 over last year, with a substantial part of the money coming from federal revenue sharing programs. The jump in capital outlay accounts for most of the $1393,070 increase in the budget over last year. insurance for all employes and life insurance policies lor ponce, aianaara Insurance Co. was given i a contract to provide $5,000 life insurance policies for other mployes and disability insurance for all employes.

Hobbs reappointed four commission and board members, and the council concurred in one new appointment to the' library board with the new member's name kept secret until the post is accepted. Reappointed were Joseph long-time chairman of the planning commission; Winston Wickenden and' Councilman Elwin E. Mussell to the board of museum trustees and the advisory landmark committee; and Chester Langenbeck to the library board. Beth May, a time library board member, asked not to be reappointed this year, Hobbs said. Hobbs said each councilman approved his unnamed nominee to replace Mrs.

May in Marsden Poulton Military graveside service for Mr. Marsden (Dinger) Poulton, 62, former Santa Maria resident, was at Sawtelle Veterans Administration Cemetery, Los Angeles. Mr. Poulton, born Aug. 8, 1910, in Oakley, Idaho, died May 26 following a long illness.

He was a 1929 graduate of Santa Maria High School. tJ Survivors are four sisters: Mrs. Jennie Openshaw Groo of Santa Maria, Mrs. Melba Colgan and Mrs. Zelma Finney, both of Los Angeles, and Mrs.

Myrtle Barnard of Twin Falls Idaho, and four nephews in Santa Maria. Jerry L. Evans Funeral for Mr. Jerry Lee Evans, 1371 Via Del Carmel, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Newhart Family Garden chapel with the Rev.

Ira Patishall, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Santa Maria Cemetery. Mr. Evans, born Feb. 10, 1956, in Ariz.died Sunday afternoon at his home.

He was a sophomore at Righetti High School. Survivors are his parents, Alfred L. and Patsy A. Evans, of the home; three sisters, Debra, Kristie and Lisa Evans, all of the home, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Beasley of Lompoc. Pallbearers will be: Dennis Cota, Stan Miles, Kim Simpson, Rick Bridges, Jerry Collins-and Tony Holland. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today and until service time Wednesday. Four Victims -Of Crash Identified School District Seeks Bids On Two Buildings Report telephone hefore Monday's vote.

The city council also: Agreed to eliminate two parking "stalls in the city lot on West Cypress Street to leave a loading zone, for Little Something shop on Main Street and to facilitate garbage pickup. Extended for 60 days a contract to provide the Santa Maria' Public Airport with a policeman to meet federal anti-hijacking requirements. Ordered construction of a sidewalk along West Stowell Road between Broadway and Thornburg Street. Issued a resolution honoring the late Ray Koyama for his community services. Adopted a plan offered by Aetna Life Insurance Co.

for deferred compensation to participating employes. The retirement benefit plan costs the city nothing, City Administrator Robert F. Grogan said. The readvertising came after conferences between the district's architectural firm, Anthony and Langford of Whittier, and the State Allocation Board. Meanwhile, a study will be made on how to reduce costs in the event that bids are over the maximum a second time.

The project "was set up to cost about $734,000, with about $500,000 being paid through a state loan and the remainder coming from district funds already raised by an override property tax. The new buildings will replace old structures vhich are unsafe from earthquake under provisions of the state Field Act. Hobbs with a historical painting, depicting Columbus's ship Santa Maria with a whiskered Hobbs in the crow's nest. C. Clayton Kyle gave Hobbs a sail from the Santa Maria, closely resembling a bedsheet, which bore a painting of the city's new Seal featuring the ship Santa Maria.

Mayor Pro Tern Elwin E. Mussell, wearing a blue postal type cap, closed the briet rites with some anecdotes about Hobbs' tenure as mayor. Identification of f6ur persons killed recently in an auto accident in northern San Luis Obispo county has been established by the, sheriffs coroner department. A fifth victim still is unknown. Dead are David Louis Turns, 18, Los Angeles; Kim Ann Coton, 17, and Kenneth James both of Schenectady, New York, and Richard Wayne Robinson, 25, West Covina.

The fifth person, a male negro, is believed to have been in ruY-early 20's and was wearing blue levis, a long-sleeved brown sweater and black tennis shoes. Of Bothers Moved by a protest by a small businessman against the city's $150 fee for environmental impact reports, the Santa Maria city council londay night voted unanimously, for a staff, report as soon as possible to modify the fee for small projects. i David Souza told the council he needs a use permit to build Souza 's Body Shop at 1131 W. Cypress but can't get the permit until he pays $150 for the impact report. Souza said he wants to get a favorable impact report before laying out money for it.

"If I give them $150 and they deny me the use permit, I don't get a refund," he said. City Attorney John A. Van Ryn explained that the city has little option in the case at present, because state law and court decisions have mandated procedures -dealing with environmental impact reports. When'a use permit is required, the impact report is required, and before any ruling is made on use permits, the city must take the impact report into consideration, Van Ryn said. Councilmen admitted the $150 fee is an arbitrary figure, but said the city hasn't had enough experience with impact report (EIR) costs yet to set a different figure.

Mayor George S. Hobbs Jr. tossed out a motion to lower the fee to $35' for projects with less than 100 feet of frontage, but that, was beaten 3-2. Thg. council then agreed t.o ask for the staff report as soon as possible.

Souza was told he can pay his $150 under protest in order to get on with use permit, and thaf hei might be in line for a partial refund if a lower fee if set later. In another action, the council awarded two contracts for insurance. Founders Life 1 113 IdlllC contract to was given a-- provide health Four Plead Guilty To Drug Counts Four men who were involved with eight kilograms of marijuana on May 16 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Monday to marijuana charges. Michael Bryan Thompson, 25, of Oceano, pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana. Gregory Barnes Pedigo, 24, Emory Robertson Pedigo, 20, and" Earl Graham Ward III, 22, all of Santa Maria, pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana for sale.

All are to appear June rnday in Superior Court The four were arrested after undercover narcotics agents arranged to buy a large quantity of the weed. OBONPRACTICES Obon dance practices will place twice weekly from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Santa Maria Community Center, 134 N. Western in preparation for the annual Obon Festival coming to Guadalupe July 22. Joe Honda, general chairman, has invited the public to the practices.

Cost The Santa Maria Elementary School District Board of Education Monday ordered readvertising for bids for replacement of two schpol buildings, one at Fairlawn School and the other at Miller School. The board, in special, session, rejected two bids received May 16 and ordered the readvertising. The May 16 bids, by Thilman Co. of Santa Barbara at $898,000 and Tri-Central of Fresno at $839,900, were more than $100,000 higher than the maximum limit set, down as a condition for a state loan to pay about two-thirds of the cost. 1973 -JUNE 1973 $MTWTFS 3 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gourley To Join Local Law Firm A Maria city budget showing total revenues of $6,722,940 and expenditures of $6,655,200 was plopped on the- 'desks of city councilmen Monday night.

The figures are a big boost from 1972-73 figures of $5330,650 revenues and $5,262,130 expenditures, but City Administrator Robert F. Grogan proposes to hold the property tax line at $1.07 per $100 valuation, with the additional money largely coming from increased, sales tax revenue and federal revenue sharing. The council turned down Grogan's request for budget sessions every Monday this month, and went along instead with Mayor George S. Hobbs suggestion, that councilmen study the budget alone and confer with 'staff on any questions they have before the councjl takes up the budget at the Developer Reservations Are Arriving Reservations are beginning to arrive at the Santa Maria Valley Developers office for the 1 2th Annual Dinner-Dance Meeting to be held Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge 1538 of Santa Maria.

The evening's activities will include a formal, brief installation of executive officers and members of the Board of Directors, a cocktail function, dinner, followed by dancing and entertainment as performed by "The Gallions," and vocalist Janie Tartaglia. TWO COMMITTED Two men arrested in March 15 drug raids in Guadalupe were determined in Superior Court Monday to be drug addicts and were committed to the California Rehabilitation Center at Corona.r Edward Barron Escalante, 24, and Fred Lopez Armenia, 18, were charged with selling heroin. Criminal charges are suspended during their treatment. $300 FINE James G. Jackson, 25, of Lompoc, was fined $300 in Superior Court Monday and placed on five years' probation for possessing marijuana.

Jackson was arrested in Lompoc during mid-March drug raids in the north county. YEAR IN JAIL Junior Ray Hines, 18, was ientenced in, Municipal. Court to a year in jail for possessing marijuana on March 18. The term is to be served concurrently with a term Hines is serving for petty theft and possessing beer in public on May 8. NAME WRONG Linda's Lassies baton corps, of Paso Robles was a first place winner in Saturday's Elks Rodeo The parade list indicated it was the Linda Lassider group, which was incorrect.

HYPERTENSION CLINIC Santa Maria Hospital will sponsor a' hypertension detection 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the Outpatient Clinic on the south side of the buifding, Parkview between W. Park and Morrison Aves. The service is free to persons all ages. Nurses will take blood pressure readings and them on file cards with other pertinent information.

Those needing medical attention for elevated blood pressures Hobbs Target Of Council Hijinks The five died either late Thursday or early Friday' morning when their southbound vehicle plunged over a steep cliff near Ragged Pt. on Highway 1. The auto tore out 60 feet of guard rail, before dropping 450 feet to a beach below. Authorities recovered the victims' bodies by utilizing a helicopter and identified the victims through cooperation with police departments of Los Angeles and New York. Ownership of the wrecked auto is being traced and it appears to have belonged to Robinson, deputies said.

The vehicle was in Berkeley late last week. 4 G. BRUCE GOURLEY Municipal Court judge here. Gourley is a graduate of Northern Arizona and received "his law degree from Southwestern University College of Law. He retired from the Los Angeles police department as a lieutenant, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was a Navy intelligence officer in World War II.

Gourley and his wife Hejcn have two sons, Bruce a graduate student at San Diego State, and Greg, a Junior at Northern Arizona. The new law firm will have offices in Santa Maria and Lompoc. t. Teruko S. Mun Funeral for Mrs.

Terukd S. (Terry) Mun, 43, of 1206 S. Western will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday in the chapel of the Magner Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth E. Nelson, chaplain, U.S.

Air Force, officiating. Burial will, be in Santa Maria Cemetery. Mrs. Mun, born March 14, 193Q, in Tokyo, Japan, died Monday in a Vandenberg Air Force Base hospital. She had been a Santa Maria area resident since 1961 and was, employed at the Vandenberg Exchange.

Survivors are her husband, Harry Mun, and a daughter, Miss Pamela K. Mun, both of the home. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today and through Rosary time Wednesday. Linda K.

McKee Rosary for Miss Linda K. (Mimi) McKee, 14, of 317 E. Camino Colegio, will be recited at 8:30 p.m. today in the chapel of the Magner Funeral Home with Requiem Mass to be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. Burial will be in Santa Maria Cemetery. Miss McKee, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E.

McKee, owners of McKee Furniture, was born June 15, 1958, in San Luis Obispo and died June 2 in a local hospital. A freshman at St. Joseph High School, she was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and the YMCA. Miss McKee-was on the honor roll at St.

Joseph High school and taught at CCD, a Catholic organization. Survivors are her parents, two brothers," John E. McKee 1 Jr. and Larry Bill McKee, both of the home. Pallbearers will be: Paul Riehle, Greg Brent Rodenburger, John Donati, Brian Hosp and Bob kiemba.

Friends may cajl through Rosary time today and may make memorials to St. Joseph High School. Cecil Thompson Mr. Cecil Thompson, 64, died today in an Arroyo Grande hospital. Funeral is pending at Wood Funeral Home, Arroyo Grande.

Matt Hammond Funeral for Klr. Matt Hammond, 53, of 25 Broadway, Orcutt, will be at II a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary with the Rev. Berry Woods of St. Peter's Episcopal Church officiating.

Cremation will follow. Mr. born July 30, 1919, in Santa Maria, died Sunday in an Arroyo Grande hospital. He attended local schctols and graduated frota Santa Maria High Schiool in 1937. Mj.

Hammond was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. He was employed with Coit Drapery. Cleaners arc! was an avid sportsman. Survivors are his widow, Mrs.

Dorothy Hammond of' Orcutt; two daughters, Mrs. Helen. 'Brady of Santa Barbara and Mrs. Ann Blackwell of Santa Maria; a brother, Harry Hammond of Santa Maria, and threte grandchildren: Honorary pallbearers will be: Albert Rice, Tony Gomes, Parnell Tilleyv Bud Cooper, Mark Gomes, Lloytf Isham, Bernie Wilson, Bion Campbell, Michael Gomes, John Grihdle, Jack Burke, and Bill Cooper. Friends may call until 9 p.m.

today. Friends, if they wish, may make memorials to the Heart, Fund. UMtt BAMt ROBERTS. MA'CEE Publisher FRED L. SENTERS Executive Editor.

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Chapel St Telephone A S-2691 A I PTTW arwt ill rvi uw AXXYJ.JUkJ His fellow city councilmen threw a little surprise party for Mayor George S. Hobbs Jr. Monday night. The low-key hijinks began near the meeting's close when freshman councilman Thomas B. Urbanske pulled a large, dirty mail bag from under his desk, and pulled out two letters.

One noted if was Hobbs' 20th anniversary with the Post Office, and the other0 patently spurious -proposed Hobbs be named postmaster or some other less demanding job. Dan Firth then presented Bruce Gourley, formerly assistant district attorney in the Santa Maria D.A.'s office, has joined attorneys Gary J. Dunlap and Rodney S. Melville as a partner in their law firm, it was announced today. Gourley returns to Santa Maria after a year and a half as a proiessor ol police science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, where he taught criminal law and related subjects.

Before joining the district attorney's staff, Gourley was a partner in the firm of Gourley1, Minier and Kirkpaffick. David D. Minier is now district attorney for Santa Barbara County, while Richard C. Kirkpatrick is a Society To Sponsor Lectures The International Meditation Society is sponsoring a second in a series" of lectures on Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The meeting will be held in the Nelson Rotfrn of the Public Library, Wednesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Michael Porter, of Santa Barbara, guest lecturer and. feacher of the technique of Transcendental Meditation, will explain in detail the advantages and the beneficial effects of the simple The public is invited to the meeting ana admission is free. Fort further information call 925-7613. GRADUATION Today's Briefs VOLUNTEERS NEEDED "I Care" is seeking, new volunteers who are interested in people and who are willing to listen. Interested persons are asked to contact I 2-7878, as soon as possible and leave their name, address and telephone number.

4-H LEADERS Orcutt, Sisquoc and Los Alamos 4-H area leaders meeting will tbe at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in home economics room of Orcutt Junior High School. Leaders and parents are invited. WARRANT ISSUED A bench warrant was issued in" Superior Court Friday for Stacey Singleton, 20, after she failed to appear on charges ot possessing marijuana, possessing cocaine fof sale, and possessing drug paraphernalia on April 3. CAKE, GARAGE SALE The Santa Maria Marine Corps Auxiliary" will have a combined cake and garage sale' Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. "at 3815 Mono off of Los Padres Road. Proceeds will benefit the Orcutt School District art program. REUNION MEETING Members of the Santa Maria High School graduating class of 1968 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at'Denny's Restaurant, 1019 E.

Main to discuss final plans for the Class' five-year reunion. $360 FINES Two motorists were fined $360 apiece in Municipal Court Friday for drunken driving. Jerry, William King, 32, of Santa Maria was fined for an offense of April 26. Stephen Roger Engel, 22, of 224 E. Foster as fined for an offense of March 24.

mav lAiicn nrnw fb LK, 24, of the Nipomo mesa on suspicion of grand theft auto after he allegedly was Apprehended in at 8:01 p.m. Monday driving a car reported slolcn by Edward Peters Banks, 1566 Atlantic City Grover City. I. 4 Samsonite be referred to their private' physician. Sentenced For Marijuana Possession Classic Attache COMMUTER 3" size-Reg.

S32.50 SALE $2745 MAGISTRATE ft 55" size Reg. 835 SALE DOWNTOWN. Star Cleaners and Coit Drapery Cleaners will, be closed all day IP ednesday, June 6, 1973 in loving memory of -Matthew Matt" Hammond. Star Cleaners CoitDrapery Cleaners 217 Eat Main. Four young persons were sentenced in Superior Court Friday for possessing marijuana in a SOlvang residence on April 12.

RobertAIIan Wachs, 22 was fined 500 arid placed Jhree years' probation, nffna -The a felony 1 I 17 offense was ruled a for three other defendants, Gary Lynn Tonda, Wifliam This test pattern is part of Johnson, -23, and Thomas jne 1M W. MAIN nraes quality printing nations finest newspaper. Bolduc. 24 "who were fined controt program to give you the $250 apiece and placed on a year's probation..