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   SAN DIEGO BUDGET FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 18
   By City News Service

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contacts on individual criminal court cases, Denise Walker Vedder of the
District Attorney's Office can be reached at (619) 531-3536.)

   /// 8:15 a.m. SAN DIEGO - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Gilbert
Harrison, a former Navy pilot from Scripps Ranch accused of molesting four
boys over an eight-year period, when they came to visit him on vacations.
Harrison pleaded guilty to 79 counts, but was allowed to withdraw those pleas.
Dept. 11, San Diego County Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway. Contact: court clerk,
(619) 531-4005.

   /// 8:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - A motions hearing is scheduled for David
Westerfield, who is accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Danielle van
Dam. Defense attorneys want a judge to allow them to look into the personnel
files on police officers working on the case. Dept. 40, San Diego County
Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway. Contact: court clerk, (619) 531-3834. (NO
TELEVISION CAMERAS ALLOWED IN THE HEARING; STILL CAMERAS ONLY

   8:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The International Association of Culinary
Professionals' annual conference will continue through Saturday. At 6:30 p.m.,
``Star Chefs: Cooking in Concert'' will feature Emeril Lagasse, Jacques Pepin,
Martin Yan and others demonstrating techniques and presentation at Copley
Symphony Hall, Seventh Avenue and B Street. A reception will follow the
performance. The conference is being held at the Marriott Hotel & Marina, 333
W. Harbor Drive. Contact: Jamie Estes or Whitney Vogel, IACP, (502) 581-9786.

   8:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Medical volunteers will leave for Lithuania to
provide neonatal and obstetrical clinical training for doctors there. The five
local volunteers, including an obstetrician and neonatal nurses, will depart
at 8:30 a.m. on Northwest Flight 68, Lindbergh Field, Terminal 2, 3707 N.
Harbor Drive. Contact: Barry La Forgia, International Relief Teams, (619) 284-
7979.

    /// 9 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Pretrial motions are scheduled for Calvin Parker,
who is accused of torturing, raping and killing a female roommate before
cutting off her fingertips. Parker will face the death penalty if convicted.
Dept. 55, San Diego County Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway. Contact: court clerk,
(619) 531-3860.

   /// 9 a.m. VISTA - The prosecution will continue presenting its case in the
trial of Christopher Merrick, an alleged drunken motorist charged with murder
in the highway death of a CHP officer. Dept. 18, North County Regional Center,
325 S. Melrose Drive. Contact: court clerk, (760) 806-6302.

   /// 9 a.m. VISTA - The prosecution will begin its case in the competency
trial of Hugo Alcazar, who is accused of strangling his half-brother's 14-
year-old girlfriend with a coat hanger while she was babysitting a 2-year-old.
Dept. 23, North County Regional Center, 325 S. Melrose Drive. Contact: court
clerk, (760) 806-6307.

   9 a.m. SAN DIEGO - A federal court hearing is scheduled for Brett Jensen,
Steve Esteves, Peter Marshall and Travis Delgadillo, who are accused of
getting past security officers at Camp Pendleton, then earing or destroying
more than 400 pounds of food in the mess hall. The four men are expected to
enter pleas to misdemeanor charges of trespassing and malicious mischief. Two
of the accused allegedly kept their ID cards after their Marine Corps career.
Courtroom of Magistrate Ruben Brooks, U.S. District Courthouse, 940 Front St.
Contact: court clerk, (619) 557-3404.

   9 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The USS John Young will return to San Diego from a
deployment that included participation in Operation Enduring Freedom. Media
must have arranged coverage ahead of time, and meet at 9 a.m. for the 10 a.m.
return. Naval Station San Diego Public Affairs Office, 32nd Street and Harbor
Drive. Contact: Lt. Joe Walker, (619) 437-2735.

   9 a.m. OCEANSIDE - Police officials will preside over a swearing-in
ceremony for two new officers. California Room, Oceanside Police Department
headquarters, 3855 Mission Ave. Contact: Karen McDonough, OPD public affairs,
(760) 435-4494.

   9 a.m. CAMP PENDLETON - Military officials will present the base's 14 Area
Mess Hall administrators with a first runner-up award as part of a worldwide
Marine Corps food services recognition program. First Force Service Support
Group headquarters, Camp Pendleton, off Interstate 5 north of Oceanside.
Contact: base media relations, (760) 725-5043/5044. Note: News crews
interested in attending the hourlong event must arrange for coverage in
advance and meet by 8:30 a.m. at the USMC station's San Luis Rey Gate off
State Route 76.

   9:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary will hold the ``Walk
and Roll for Literacy'' parade, featuring students and teachers dressed as
their favorite literary characters. They will be joined by the Marine Band and
a color guard School, 6991 Balboa Ave. Contact: Steven Baratte, district,
(619) 725-5578, or cellular, (619) 806-1287.

   ++10:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Councilman Ralph Inzunza and the Tia Juana Valley
County Water District will announce the construction of the North Valley Flood
Berm Protection Project. Pollution activists also will attend the event.
Contact says the berm should help protect residents from floods. Wardlow
Avenue and International Road. Contact: Jamie Rice, Inzunza's office, (619)
236-6688, or cellular, (619) 787-1607.

   11 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Councilman Brian Maienschein and the Metropolitan
Wastewater Department will unveil a high-tech device designed to help reduce
the risk of sewer spills. The new ``mobile data unit'' will include Global
Positioning System technology to better track sewer manhole covers. Tecolote
Nature Center, end of Tecolote Road, at entrance to Tecolote Canyon. Contact:
Scott Crider, Maienschein's office, (619) 743-9988; Michael Scahill, MWWD,
(858) 292-6403.

   11:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Aerospace Museum will commemorate the
60th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. A ground ceremony will be held at the
museum at 11:30 a.m., with a flyover by vintage World War II era aircraft at
noon. The aircraft will also fly over San Diego Bay and Marine Corps Air
Station Miramar, then land at Brown Field at 12:30 p.m., and leave at 3 p.m.
Contact: Ruth Varonfakis, PR, (858) 273-0928, or mobile, (619) 980-0928.

   11:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The County of San Diego will hold its first Public
Health Champion Awards ceremony to recognize ``those who protect and promote
the health of San Diego County residents.'' Supervisor Greg Cox will present
the awards. County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 358.
Contact: Leslie Ridgeway, county, (619) 685-2239; Dr. Wilma Wooten, (619) 515-
6519.

   Noon EL CAJON - El Cajon Valley High School will hold a disaster response
drill, including a full evacuation of classes and a simulation of ``injured
and/or missing students.'' The 40-minute drill will happen about noon, during
third period, which begins at 11:45 a.m. El Cajon Valley, 1035 E. Madison Ave.
Contact: Mark Pettis, district, (619) 644-8082.

   1 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The University of San Diego will hold its first
``American Indian Celebration: An Educational Festival & Marketplace.'' The
event will begin with a welcome message. World War II Navajo ``code talker''
Albert Smith will speak on Thursday and Friday. The event will continue
through Sunday. Contact says participants are available for live shots and
interviews. USD, 5998 Alcala Park. Contact: Liz Harman, USD, (619) 260-4682.

   1:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO - Sentencing is scheduled for Jason Phillips and Ben
Pospisil, who pleaded no contest to conspiracy, mayhem, attempted murder,
assault, robbery and attempted robbery in the beating of an Orange County man
in a border area parking lot. Dept. 31, San Diego County Courthouse, 220 W.
Broadway. Contact: court clerk, (619) 615-6899.

   /// 2 p.m. SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court arraignment is scheduled for John
Saunders, who is accused of killing a fellow homeless man during an argument
over a blanket. Dept. 11, San Diego County Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway.
Contact: court clerk, (619) 531-4005.

   /// 2 p.m. SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court arraignment is scheduled for Lisa
Golden, a high school physical education teacher charged in an alleged plot to
kill the father of her 2-year-old daughter. Golden was arrested outside a
downtown hotel where the man was staying with the child. Dept. 11, San Diego
County Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway. Contact: court clerk, (619) 531-4005.

   /// 2:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO - A status conference is scheduled for Manjit
Basuta, a former day care provider who faces a retrial in the death of a 13-
month-old boy. The Carmel Valley resident is accused of shaking the toddler to
death when he refused to come to her to get his diaper changed. Basuta's
assault on a child conviction was reversed by an appeals court. Dept. 37, San
Diego County Courthouse, 220 W. Broadway. Contact: court clerk, (619) 531-
3827. (NO CAMERAS ALLOWED; AUDIO ONLY)

   5 p.m. SAN DIEGO - Centre City Development Corp. will hold a ``The Best is
Yet to Come'' party to celebrate individuals who have made ``significant
contributions to downtown's revitalization.'' Horton Square, Broadway Circle.
Contact: Derek Danziger, CCDC, (619) 533-7103.

   5:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Humane Society will present a workshop
on ``Dogs and Babies: Play It Safe,'' to help ``your dog and baby live in
harmony.'' 887 Sherman St. Contact: Gigi Bacon Theberge, Humane Society, (619)
299-7012, ext. 277; Kristi Atkinson, ext. 237.

   6 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The Regional Public Safety Training Institute will hold
a graduation ceremony for its 51st academy class, composed of police and
sheriff's personnel from throughout the county. The graduates completed a 25-
week regimen of academic study and physical conditioning. Base theater, U.S.
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Barnett Avenue at Pacific Highway. Contact: SDPD
Lt. Mike Barletta, (858) 537-5111.

   6 p.m. SAN MARCOS - Violist Matthew Funes will perform in honor of his late
father, Donald Funes, who founded the Cal State San Marcos arts program. The
performance will be at the university's Academic Hall 102, 333 S. Twin Oaks
Valley Road. Contact: Paige Jennings, university, (760) 750-4048.

   6:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Public Library will hold ``Day of
Remembrance'' to observe the 60th anniversary of the executive order that led
to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The event will
highlight the work of children's librarian Clara Breed. Central Library, 820 E
St., third floor auditorium. Contact: Lynn Whitehouse, library, (619) 236-
5821.

   8 p.m. SAN DIEGO - Cirque du Soleil will present ``Dralion'' at the Del Mar
Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Contact: Kathy Swank, (858) 487-4474;
Stephen Kougias, (619) 543-9229.

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