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If you’ve had too much to drink, Barry Schleider has one goal: To get you off the road.
Schleider, a doctor by day and a Costa Mesa reserve police officer by night, is one of the county’s top drunken driving enforcers and has dedicated his moonlighting police career to getting so-called deuces off the road.
In the last reporting year — from July, 1993 through July, 1994 — they numbered 124. Continue reading “Doctor by Day, DUI Cop by Night”
WEST SIDE – The first thing you’re likely to notice about Officer Ed Sutton’s black-and-white is that it’s got only two wheels and runs on pedal power.
The second comes in the form of hellos and smiles from those he passes as he propels the 21-speed Raleigh bicycle along his patrol route.
That positive reaction is in stark contrast to the way many police officers feel they’re perceived by members of the community – especially in areas such as Costa Mesa’s West Side because members of immigrant communities often are reluctant to interact with police. Continue reading “Riding Along with the Bike Patrol”
NEWPORT-MESA — Spotted on Thursday: Sun.
Albeit though fleeting glances masked by often-dark cloud cover, Southern California’s top attraction marked its return to the sky after nearly a week’s hiatus. Continue reading “Lost Gem Returned to Rightful Owners”
These were supposed to be Supervisor Tom Riley’s glory days.
Instead, the retired Marine Corps brigadier general is back in the thick of battle as his 20-year tenure on the county Board of Supervisors comes to a close. Continue reading “OC Supervisor Tom Riley’s Final Days Tarnished by Bankruptcy”
SUNSET BEACH — Koll Real Estate Group officials are fighting flier with flier.
HUNTINGTON BEACH — As one of 12 men to walk on the moon, you’d think that Pete Conrad would recall the event like a giddy teen remembers his first kiss.
Instead, the retired Navy captain routinely answers the question with the smooth, calm demeanor of a Right Stuff-era test pilot.
It was just a job, something he spent several years training for, he said. Continue reading “Moon Walker Pete Conrad Still Pushing the Envelope”
MARC S. POSNER
North County News.
Orange County Register
19 Aug 1993: b02.
Barbara Leon is the kind of person who immediately makes you feel at ease.
Perhaps that’s why she has countless friends – some of whom don’t know her name, or even of her.
Take, for example, neurologically disabled students who attend specialized classes because Leon fought for them in the early 1970s.
Then there are the high school dropouts she charms into returning to independent-study programs, where many earn their diplomas and go on to college.
Tonight, for her volunteer efforts, Leon will receive The Register Angel Award before the game between the California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers. The award is a monthly joint effort of The Orange County Register and the Angels to honor people who make an extraordinary effort to help others. Continue reading “School worker teaches teens self-worth PEOPLE: Barbara Leon of Fullerton works to keep students in school by telling them to believe in themselve”
MARC S. POSNER
North County News
Orange County Register
05 Aug 1993: 04.
Life goes on for Stewart Nickless.
Nearly three months after his wife was killed when another motorist struck the family’s station wagon head-on, the U.S. Marines second lieutenant is learning to be both father and mother to three young girls.
“I’m kind of overwhelmed working full time and being a single father,” Nickless said. “The house is pretty empty without my wife.” Continue reading “Samaritan helps family adjust to loss”
DENICE A. RIOS
The Orange County Register
MARC S. POSNER
North County News
Orange County Register
16 July 1993: a01.
Sunny Hills High School officials failed to notify police for more than nine months after they first learned of sexual-misconduct allegations against teacher George Fairchild, police and court records show.
Fairchild, 51, allegedly molested an additional four students from September, when the first student reported him, until May. A school official told police that no formal investigation had been conducted. Continue reading “School waited 9 months to report sex allegations INVESTIGATION: Teacher allegedly molested an additional four students after the first report was made”
DAN FROOMKIN
The Orange County Register
MARC S. POSNER
North County News
Orange County Register
14 July 1993: b01.
It had “student prank” written all over it, but the booby-trapping of toilet seats that disrupted finals for 4,000 California State University, Fullerton, students was the work of a chemistry professor.
Campus police said Tuesday that Assistant Professor Wayne Taylor, 44, was responsible for the May 28 prank, which led to small explosions in two campus restrooms.
Police said Taylor smeared an explosive chemical onto the bottoms of some toilet seats in McCarthy Hall in an attempt to get back at a group of seniors who had filled professors’ offices with balloons and baby wading pools. Continue reading “Professor was brains behind toilet prank EDUCATION: Two small explosions disrupted May 28 finals at Cal State Fullerton”