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Thursday, April 16, 1987 LOMPOC RECORD (Lompoc, Callf.) hand Tom Jordan, left, environmental coordinator dr Cities Service Oil and Gas talks with Beverly Van Der Zee, center, supervisor of the Senior Services and Nutrition Center, and Fourth District Supervisor DeWayne Holmdahl, during a visit to the Chestnut Avenue senior center Wednesday. Jordan presented Hoimdahl with. a check for $1,500 to go toward the general support of the Community Action Commission, operators of senior centers in Lompoc and other communities. Holmdahl is chair of the Business Gifts Committee for the CAC and is also on' the CAC board of directors. Holmdahl said the money will go to support a variety of programs including day care centers, Head Start programs for preschoolers, and senior nutrition centers that provide meals for seniors at or below cost.

Former USP inmate convicted of murder By J. Samuel Cope The Record LOS ANGELES A federal jury returned a verdict of guilty Tuesday in the murder trial of Sammy Lee Terrell, 30 of Hollywood and a former inmate of the maximumsecurity U.S. Penitentiary at Lompoc, said a spokesperson for the U.S. District Attorney's office. Assistant U.S.

Attorney Ronald Nessim successfully prosecuted Terrell during a one-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge William Ray, said Mary McMenimen of the U.S. District Attorney's office in Los Angeles. The conviction culminates a investigation by FBI agents. Terrell was charged in the July 4, 1985 murder of another USP inmate, Alexi Suarez Perez, 29 of Tampa, said McMenimen.

At the time of the murder, both men were housed in the segregation, or -down, unit of the penitentiary. Terrell was in the unit for allegedly having slashed another inmate with a razor blade, according to the report. Nessim established that Terrell stabbed Perez in the chest with a knife after the victim "had disrespected Terrell for spitting on him earlier in the day," said McMenimen. Cuban-born Perez was serving a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, said the prison spokesperson. He was first incarcerated in March 1982, serving time in federal correctional facilities in Memphis, Famous New York Style Riccos PIZZA To GO Open Every Day 4 P.M.

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Terre Haute, and Leavenworth, before arriving in Lompoc in October 1984. Members of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white racist prison gang, allegedly supplied Terrell, who is black, with the never-recovered murder weapon, McMenimen said. Formal sentencing for Terrell is scheduled for May 11, McMenimen said. Terrell faces a mandatory life sentence for his crime. Terrell was serving a 12-year sentence for bank robbery in South-, ern California at the time of the Photo by Bill Morson murder, said a spokesperson for USP Lompoc.

Terrell was initially incarcerated in October 1982. He was housed in USP Lompoc until December 1982 and was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, until he was transferred back to Lompoc in July 1983. After the murder of Perez, Terrell was transferred to the federal maximum security penitentiary in Marion, where he is still designated a prisoner. He was held at Terminal Island in Los Angeles during the trial. Study: SAT bias cuts girls' sc scholarship aid By Patricia McCormack United Press International NEW YORK Girls earn better grades than boys in high school and college but score lower on sexbiased standardized exams, costing girls millions of dollars in scholarship aid, educators reported today.

The National Center for Fair Open Testing, or FairTest, reported that exams such as Scholastic Aptitude Tests taken by 2.2 million college-bound students each year discriminate against girls, but are used to predict future academic performance. "The more these biased exams are used as gatekeepers for college admission and scholarship aid, the more discrimination young women suffer," said Phyllis Rosser, an author of the report. The report cited the decreasing percentage of girls given National Merit Scholarships each year, John Weiss, executive director of the Cambridge, center, said at Hunter College. Girls received only 36 percent of the $23 million in National Merit Scholarships in 1985-86, a decrease from 40 percent in 1983-84 and 38 percent in 1984-85, the report said. Dr.

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Deputy Tim Gracey of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff's deputies at the Lompoc Valley Substation said this was the first time a bank had been robbed here. Gracey said the suspect walked into the bank at about 2:20 p.m. and said he had An Hispanic gun, male although about no 5 gun feet 9 was inches seen. tall, a was medium described build at with a dark curly hair, appearing to be a wig, and a moustache.

He was reportedly wearing headphones and a portable tape recorder, a heavy navy blue "Members Only" type jacket sweatshirt and white pants at the time the bank was robbed, he said. The man was last seen traveling south on Constellation toward Burton Mesa Boulevard, Gracey said. Sheriff's deputies and the FBI are investigating the incident. -By J. Samuel Cope Easter color contest winners told LOMPOC Winners of The Record's Easter Coloring Contest were announced today.

Maria Alfaro is the 4-year-old winner. Other winners in their age groups are Shannon Boatwright, age Charlene Coin, age Kara Huggins, age Anne Blaschke, age April Gray, age and Kristie Simpkins, age 10. Winners may pick up their Easter Basket prizes at The Record office, 115 North today or Friday. Eu promoting 'Dimes Against Crimes' LOMPOC As an outgrowth of her own experience as a victim of crime, Secretary of State March Fong Eu is promoting a "Dimes Against Crimes" initiative campaign. Some months ago, Eu was attacked and injured in her home by a burglar.

She will conduct a public hearing in her Sacramento office on April 27 to take testimony on her initiative that would add a 10-cent per half-pint excise tax on all hard liquor sold in California. Proceeds would be allocated to county sheriff and city police departments to supplement their crimefighting budgets. Other political highlights include that the director of the Small Business Administration, Sen. James Abdnor, will be the featured speaker at the Small Business seminar sponsored by Rep. Bob Lagomarsino R-19th, May 1 in Ventura.

"Small business is the backbone of the American economy," Lagomarsino said. "Employment reached a new high in 1986 with nearly 112 millon Americans on the job, many in small business." -By Vaughn Proctor Police reports GOLETA County firefighters salvaged a year-long North American tour by an Australian man whose van caught fire on Winchester Canyon Road at Highway 101 Wednesday evening. The 26-year old Aussie had all of his possessions in his 1976 Volkswagen camper van when a leaking fuel line started the fire at about 6:30 p.m., said Keith Cullom of the County Fire Department. Firefighters were able to break into the van and remove most of the man's property. Loss to the vehicle was estimated at $2,800.

Obituaries Dorothy Berard LOMPOC Memorial services for Dorothy F. Berard, 26 of Lompoc, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Lompoc Elks Lodge No. 2274 under the auspices of the Jehovah's Witnesses East Congregation. Inurnment will be private.

Mrs. Berard was born on Oct. 11, 1960 in Los Angeles and died Tuesday at Lompoc District Hospital. She was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Lompoc. She is survived by her parents, Herman and Vivian Hughes of Lompoc; four daughters, Jessica, Angel, Theresa and Rhonda Berard, all of Lompoc; six brothers, Judge Ripley and William Ripley of Lompoc, Shawn Hughes and Shannon Hughes of Lompoc, Mark Hughes of Orange and Charles Lundy of Virginia; five sisters, Vivian Cruz of Nipomo, Robin Kaiser of Goleta, Ivy Kozel of San Jose, Debra Lundy of Virginia and Doris Reel of Colorado.

Services are under the direction of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Aaron Henry LOMPOC Services are pending at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary for Aaron V. Henry, 79 of Lompoc, who died Wednesday at Lompoc District Hospital. Robert Morris LOMPOC Services are pending at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary for Robert Morris, 71 of Lompoc, who died Wednesday at Lompoc District Hospital. 1133 North Lompoc 735-1133 OFF Levelour Mini Blinds OFF Verticals (Plus free valance from manufacturer with order) 516 N.

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