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Dad, 60, killed on dream birthday cruise to Alaska


DOUGLAS HARVEY was on a celebration trip to Alaska for his 60th birthday
A FOOTBALL-CRAZY dad has died on a dream holiday to celebrate his 60th birthday.
Douglas Harvey, of Bishopton, Renfrewshire was cruising in Alaska with wife Janette when he fell and hit his head on board the ship.
Sadly, despite urgent medical treatment Douglas, who suffered from motor neurone disease, lost his fight for life in the Alaskan capital of Juneau earlier this month.
He will be laid to rest after a funeral service in Bishopton next week.
Devastated Janette, 57, paid tribute to her "football daft" husband, who dedicated his life to his family and the sport, playing at both senior and junior level and working for the Scottish Amateur League.
She said: "Douglas had always wanted to go to Alaska, and this was his dream trip.
"It was a particularly special holiday it being his 60th birthday, and we were there sharing it with his brother Alan, sister-in-law Joyce and nephew Robbie.
"For this to happen is just devastating and we are all still very much in shock."
Janette also had to break the heartbreaking news to 20-year-old son Graeme, a sound engineer, over the phone.
She added: "It was so hard because we were so far away from home. But Graeme has been very brave and we're all very proud of him."
Douglas, an accountant with Balfour Beatty for more than 20 years, had played and watched football all his life.
A goalie with Carlton YMCA for 18 years, he played 283 times for the side. He also had stints with Queen of the South, Third Lanark and Maybole.
Douglas also served as secretary and treasurer of the Scottish Amateur League, where he made many friends.
Janette said: "So many people in the footballing world and beyond will miss Douglas.
"He had such a wide knowledge of all aspects of the game.
"Douglas truly was football- crazy ... the game was his life."
In 2001, Douglas was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, but according to Janette her husband didn't let the condition limit him.
She added: "Douglas was so full of life, and everyone admired the way he faced his illness.
"He had so much courage and was determined to live life to the full.
"So many people knew and loved Douglas ... he'll be sadly missed by all."
The funeral will take place at Bishopton Parish Church, next Tuesday, at 11am.

Publication date 20/09/06
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West Salem’s ‘Mr. Z’ dies after ALS battle

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Jim Zanter, who taught in West Salem schools for 33 years, died last week from Lou Gehrigs disease. He was 73. Contributed photo


By EMILY WILSON/Staff writer

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Jim Zanter, a retired West Salem school teacher and coach affectionately known as "Mr. Z," died Oct. 11 at the age of 73.

He taught in West Salem schools for 33 years. He and his wife, Delores, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in September.

His longtime friend, Wilbur Johnson, said Zanter was always trying to do something for the community.

He was active in starting the school district's forest, was the first to run the West Salem swimming pool and was active in athletics.

He directed summer athletics and was a wrestling referee for area conferences. He also started Gym Gems, a gymnastics group in West Salem, as well as a slow-pitch softball league.

"I think they'll remember Jim as an excellent teacher, coach and primarily as a craftsman in the latter years," Johnson said.

Johnson and Zanter spent a lot of time during the past few winters building toy trucks out of wood. Johnson referred to Zanter as the "craftsman" while he was the "pupil."

Zanter also was known as "Z."

"He was always giving people nicknames, but I don't know if he picked his or not," Johnson said.

Zanter nicknamed Johnson "The Tweaker" and once gave him an award tomake it official.

"He'd do little things like this all the time for friends,"Johnson said.

Ted Ledman, also a retired teacher and a friend of Zanter's, became friends with Zanter when he and his wife moved to West Salem in 1964.

A year later, they were next door neighbors.

Zanter was a big jokester, Ledman said, doing things like naming himself the sheriff of Gills Coulee and the head of the Gills Coulee Beautification Association, with Ledman as the only member.

"We were pretty much alike," Ledman said. "We were always laughing about something."

For about the past 20 years Zanter, Johnson and their wives went out together every Wednesday night to play euchre.

They also made frequent golf trips. On a few occasions, Zanter organized golf tournaments in which the proceeds would go to charity.

The catch, however, was that the three-person teams had to have a combined age of at least 200 years.

Although Zanter became less active when he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in June, he kept his life as normal as possible, his wife said.

"No one knew what was going on," she said.

The disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, causes progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord, which leads to atrophy and eventually complete paralysis of the voluntary muscles.

Delores Zanter said everybody who talked to him recently said he always had a smile on his face and remained cheerful.

Johnson and Ledmen agreed Zanter never brought up the subject of the disease and he never complained about it.

He kept golfing for as long as he could, and when it was too hard he'd just ride along in the golf cart, Ledman said.

The Zanters and Johnsons continued going out to eat until about a month ago.

"He kept trying to go as long as he could," Johnson said.

Zanter agreed, saying he continued reading the newspaper and watching football games.

"He worked on his computer and worked his puzzles in the paper until the last day," Zanter said.

Ledman said when he saw Zanter a few days before he died, he wasn't able to talk much, but still left a joke on his computer for his friends.

"He was a real classy guy that did a lot of things and I think he'll be missed by a lot of people, Ledman said."There were a lot of people that knew him and liked him."

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ALS walkers remember the Rev. Sam Palmer
ELIZABETH OWENS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER


September 23, 2006



More than 65 people walked today in honor of the Rev. Sam Palmer, who died Thursday at Mercy Hospice in Johnston of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The 74-year-old priest, who retired from St. Pius X Catholic Church in Urbandale in 2001, had planned to be at today’s ALS Walk, which started at Principal Park in Des Moines, until he took a turn for the worse this week.

Mary Durand, 54, of Urbandale, a former parishioner and friend, said she saw him Tuesday night and he wrote on his marker board, “I can’t.”

So the group, Salvatore’s Soldiers, walked for him.

In the group were his brother, the Rev. Frank Palmer, and sister, Mary Grochala, both of Des Moines.

“He was very proud of the folks walking in his honor,” Frank Palmer said.

Friends and family said Father Sam offered spiritual guidance and kept his sense of humor to the end.

“He could still give us hell with his marker board,” said Cyndi Schmidt, 51, of Johnston.

The funeral for Sam Palmer will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 3663 66th St. in Urbandale. A family greeting will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church, with a vigil service at 6:30 p.m.

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Lee Ashton Horner, 67, a former mortgage banker and entrepre-neur in Washington and Northern Virginia, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006, at his home in Montross, from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Mr. Horner was born in Montross and graduated from Oak Grove High School in 1957. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Richmond in 1961.

He co-founded the Hamilton Mortgage and Hamilton Insurance companies in the 1970s in Arlington, and sold them in the 1980s when he branched out into the restaurant business by opening Camp David's Restaurant in Arlington.

Mr. Horner then opened the Ralph Lauren Polo shop in Washington, D.C., the first free-standing polo store in the area. In the 1980s, he started the Alexander Julian Shop in Georgetown, also a first in the metropolitan area. He was a member of both the Arlington and Georgetown chambers of commerce.

He retired in 1990 and lived at Horner's Beach and Marco Island, Fla., until his death.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Sally Broyhill Horner; his mother, Marion P. Horner; his brother, Garnett C. Horner Jr.; two nephews, Clay and Dean Horner; and two great-nieces, Jessica and Josie Horner. He was the son of the late Garnett C. Horner.

A funeral will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Popes Creek Baptist Church in Montross, with interment following in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Welch Funeral Home, Montross, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 7507 Standish Place, Rockville, Md. 20855.


Date published: 9/26/2006

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Sheila Milmore Ong

Sheila Ong
Sheila Milmore Ong, 59, of Plandome and Alford, MA, died on August 8, 2006 after a two-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Sheila was born and raised in the Boston area and received a Master's Degree in social work from Simmons College, Boston, MA.

After graduating from Simmons, Sheila moved to San Francisco, CA and worked as a social worker at the San Francisco General Hospital. It was there that she met her future husband, Dr. Lawrence Ong. After Larry's graduation from medical school, the couple moved to Long Island and settled in Manhasset to raise their children.

Sheila quickly became involved in her community. She served as president of the Munsey Park Civic Association and, following completion of her term, was asked to be on the board of trustees of the Village of Munsey Park. Sheila was a trustee of the village for six years, in charge of tree and road maintenance. She was eventually appointed deputy mayor of Munsey Park. After moving to Plandome, Sheila continued to work as a social worker. Most recently she counseled families with learning disabled children for the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center.

Sheila was the beloved wife of Lawrence and loving mother of James, 27, and Elizabeth, 23. She will always be remembered for her spirit and her sense of humor, which she steadfastly maintained in spite of her devastating illness.

Visitation was held Aug. 10 and 11 at Fairchild Sons in Manhasset.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in memory of Sheila Ong to the Massachusetts General Hospital ALS Research Fund, Development Office, 165 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114.


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Don Thomson Remembered
Written by Dan Acklen
Tuesday, 17 October 2006
We honor a man who touched our hearts in ways beyond description; a co-worker, husband, father and friend to many.

55-year-old Don Thomson passed away Monday night. Don had spent the last 14 years and eight months working and entertaining us at KOBI-NBC5 as an Account Executive.

Don was a native, who graduated from Medford High School in 1969. He spent his entire career in sales and marketing, starting at the former Big Y shopping center in 1968. His favorite hobbies included, fishing, hunting, cars and more cars. He was also a state record holder in power lifting.

Don was diagnosed with ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's Disease a year and a half ago.

Donnie, your laugh still reverberates off the walls here at NBC5, your presence felt and memory honored.

He is survived by his sons Brad and Kyle and his wife Anita.

On behalf of all of us in the KOBI-NBC5 and KOTI-NBC2 family, our most sincere condolences to Don's family.

A memorial service for don will held Monday at 2:00 p.m. At Rogue Valley Christian Church in Medford. A celebration of Don's life will follow at KOBI TV's Studio C Monday afternoon.

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Fort Pierce sea turtle activist, 78, dies


October 17, 2006
FORT PIERCE — Grace Kedziora, 78, a former South Beach resident known as a "Turtle Mother" for her extensive work with sea turtles, died Saturday night in Anchorage, Alaska.
The cause of death was Lou Gehrig's disease, the common name for amyothropic lateral sclerosis.


A native of Pittsburgh who worked as a surgical nurse in Chicago and Miami and a school nurse in Dade County, Kedziora joined the "Turtle Mothers," a group that keeps tabs on — and occasionally rescues — nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings, soon after retiring to Hutchinson Island about 17 years ago.
Since then, her dawn patrol on a stretch of beach between Surfside Park and the south side of the Ocean Village condominiums during turtle nesting and hatching seasons became a daily ritual.

"Being a Turtle Mother was her identity, the thing she was most proud of," said Cristina Gudor of Anchorage, where Kedziora moved in August.

"Every day at dawn, we'd be there, no-see-'ums and all," said Arden Peck, a South Beach resident who for several years was a Turtle Mother with Kedziora. "And if people came up to us, Grace would always stop and give them her pearls of wisdom, to teach them about sea turtles."

Because of her tenure, Kedziora was often referred to as the "Mother Superior."

Kedziora also taught children about sea turtles at summer camps, served on the board of the Conservation Alliance of St. Lucie County, gave brown-bag lectures at the Manatee Center Observation and Education Center, volunteered for the Marine Resources Council and gave flu and pneumonia shots for the St. Lucie County Health Department.

"To me, a community needs a lot more Graces than we have," said Jeanne Hearn, of Fort Pierce, a member of the Conservation Alliance. "I can't say enough about someone like Grace who gave so much of her time and energy when she could have been sitting on the beach reading a book."

Before marrying and having five children, Kedziora lived in Europe and pre-Castro Cuba. Her kids have Spanish names because she was sure they'd return to the island one day.

"Besides being so dedicated to her causes, Grace was fun," said Hearn, recalling Kedziora's colorful outfits. "She was always festive, always stood out in a crowd."

A service on Hutchinson Island is planned but has not been scheduled.


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Joseph Forest, 1932-2006: Lawyer fought for civil rights, shaped land use in Marin
Richard Halstead
Article Launched:10/21/2006 05:16:38 AM PDT


In 1965, Joseph Forest, then a Novato resident, was among 40 Northern California lawyers who traveled to Mississippi to take depositions from blacks who said they had been denied the right to vote.
Some of the lawyers had their windshields shattered and their tires slashed. "We really felt that, in a sense, we were at war with the white community down there," Mr. Forest told reporters when he returned.

Mr. Forest, once a prominent Marin county lawyer and Democratic Party activist, died Oct. 14 at 74 after a brief battle with the neuromuscular disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

"Joe Forest was a fine person, a good attorney and a credible candidate," said former GOP Assemblyman William Bagley, whom Mr. Forest challenged unsuccessfully in 1970 as the Democratic Party candidate.

At the time, Bagley had already served in the Assembly for 10 years and was a political powerhouse who attracted few serious challengers. Even though the Vietnam War was raging at the time, Bagley said it never came up during the election.

"Those were the days of political civility," Bagley said.

Mr. Forest was born in Seattle and graduated from Georgetown High School in Washington, D.C. He grew up all over the country because his

father was a U.S. Navy captain.
Mr. Forest received his bachelor's degree from the Naval Academy and then worked as a Naval intelligence officer from 1955 to 1959. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1962.

After working several years for the San Rafael firm of Riede and Elliott, he went to work for the county of Marin as a deputy county counsel in 1965.

"Joe was a very, very fine lawyer - top of the line," said Douglas Maloney, former Marin county counsel and Mr. Forest's boss when he worked for the county. "He was a great friend and a wonderful guy to be with. I'm very saddened by his passing."

Mr. Forest was active in Democratic politics. He was the Marin co-chairman for the gubernatorial campaign of Edmund Brown in 1966 and the presidential campaigns of Robert Kennedy in 1968 and Edmund Muskie in 1971.

After working for the county for seven years, Mr. Forest left in 1972 to practice environmental and municipal law with the Marin firm of Carrow, Jones, Applen & Forest. He would go on to serve as the city attorney for Larkspur, Novato, Petaluma, Cotati and Calistoga.

While working for Novato, Mr. Forest handled federal litigation that mapped the future land uses for Hamilton Air Force Base. He also handled the land acquisition for the Soulajule reservoir project while working for the Marin Municipal Water District.

Mr. Forest was an amateur winemaker at his home in Black Point. In 1985, he bought vineyard property in Healdsburg and moved there.

Jacqueline Forest Sichel, the youngest of Mr. Forest's three daughters, said her fondest memory of her father is sailing with him on Lake Shasta and off the coast of Maine, where they sometimes took summer vacations.

"He was very passionate about the water," Sichel said.

Sichel said her father's parents were very formal and did not share her father's liberal political views. She said her father's liberalism blossomed after he moved to California.

Sichel said she never learned what her father did while working as an intelligence officer. "He would never tell. He kept to his oath," Sichel said.

In addition to Sichel, Mr. Forest is survived by his aunt, Kathleen Andrews of Brookville, Maine; daughter Cindy Anne Forest, son Benjamin Forest, and longtime companion, Marganne Clay of Kingston, Washington. Forest and Clay met while Clay was living in Marin.

A memorial reception for family and friends will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Empire College at 3035 Cleveland Ave. in Santa Rosa.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Maine Maritime Academy, Student Endowment Fund, Development Office, Pleasant Street, Castine, Maine 04420; or to the ALS Association at 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301.

Contact Richard Halstead via e-mail at rhalstead@marinij.com

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Former Post exec Pattridge loved Denver
By Virginia Culver
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated:10/25/2006 10:35:45 PM MDT


Bob Pattridge was "a moral and honest person to the extreme." Bob Pattridge loved Denver, the West, his country and the Broncos.

And his Denver Post columns often reflected those interests.

Pattridge, who was managing editor of The Post when he retired in 1982, died at his Lakewood home Sunday at age 80. He had fought Lou Gehrig's disease for almost eight years.

A service is planned at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Regis University Chapel, 3333 Regis Blvd., near West 52nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard.

Pattridge came to The Post in 1951 as a reporter and, over the years, was editor of the editorial page, city editor and managing editor. He also started the zoned editions of the paper, weekly tabloid inserts that covered various parts of the metro area.

For some time, he wrote a column, "Pulse of the Post," in which he covered local issues and wrote about interesting local people and community leaders, the Broncos, patriotism and press freedom, always concentrating on the positive.

He wrote a column in the 1970s about a runaway Longmont teenager, chronicling the pain of her parents. The young girl read the column, called her parents from somewhere in the Midwest and returned home.

Pattridge was an easygoing man, said family members, and rarely showed anger.

"On occasion, he got aggravated about something," said his son, Gregory Pattridge of Westminster, "but then he felt bad about it afterward."

One thing that did irritate him was tardiness, said longtime friend **** Hodges of Lakewood. "He could get crisp about it. Sometimes I'd be late intentionally just to tick him off," said Hodges, laughing.

Bob Pattridge's wife, Mel Pattridge, said he was "a moral and honest person to the extreme."

Besides sports, Pattridge was interested in the stock market and kept track of it on the Web until shortly before his death.

The son of Paul Pattridge, a successful Jefferson Country rancher and banker, Bob Pattridge had no interest in being either, but he did work on the ranch sometimes and annually rode with the Roundup Riders of the Rockies.

Robert Pattridge was born July 3, 1926, in Denver and graduated from Lakewood High School and Regis University. He served in the Army infantry in World War II.

On Sept. 13, 1952, he married Mel Livingstone in Bloomfield, N.J. The two had met while Pattridge was attending the University of Wyoming and Livingstone was in training to be a United Airlines stewardess.

In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by two daughters, Laurie Pattridge of Lakewood and Linda Pattridge of Morrison; eight grandchildren; a sister, Joann Andrews of Lakewood; and a brother, Fred Pattridge of Golden. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Colleen Pattridge.

Staff writer Virginia Culver can be reached at vculver@denverpost.com or 303-954-1223.
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David Conn, 56; prosecutor won convictions in Menendez case
By Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer
October 26, 2006


David Conn, the former prosecutor whose successful retrying of the Erik and Lyle Menendez murder case in 1996 won accolades and then an abrupt demotion, has died. He was 56.

Conn died Tuesday at his Dana Point home five months after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, said his wife of 34 years, Rosemary.


A polished, impeccably dressed New York native whom Time magazine once described as a "Clark Kent type," Conn went into private practice in 1997 after spending 18 years in the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

He left the office after a public falling-out with then-Dist. Atty. Gil Garcetti, whose job Conn had acknowledged he "wouldn't mind" having some day.

Conn had successfully prosecuted a number of high-profile cases, beginning with the 1985 conviction for cocaine dealing against Dan Haggerty, the TV actor known for playing "Grizzly Adams." He won convictions in 1988 of serial killer Bill Bradford and in 1990 and 1991 of several people accused in the so-called Cotton Club murder of movie impresario Roy Radin.

"David was one of the most talented prosecutors to serve in this office in recent history," Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said Wednesday. "He was a big-case guy … quite capable of taking on the major cases and handling them as if they were routine."

Leslie Abramson, the well-known defense attorney who faced Conn in the Menendez retrial, said: "As a prosecutor he was incredibly dogged, totally without mercy."

The Menendez case posed the stiffest challenge of Conn's career.

On the first go-round, the case had ended in hung juries in 1994 after the defense portrayed the brothers — who had admitted to the grisly 1989 shooting deaths of their wealthy parents, Jose and Kitty — as long-suffering victims of sexual and other abuse by the father. The defense argued that the brothers had killed their parents out of the same rage that drove some battered women to murder abusive spouses.

The original prosecution team never seriously attacked the abuse defense. Conn took the opposite approach, focusing most of the prosecution's energy on belittling it, while emphasizing the premeditated nature of the crimes and the horrendous injuries the brothers inflicted on their parents.

The son of a factory worker and a homemaker, Conn was born and raised in New York City. At 17 he dropped out of his Catholic high school and joined the Marines, which sent him to Vietnam, where he fixed radar equipment. He told The Times years later that he was disappointed that he never experienced combat.

After completing his military service, he went to Hunter College and Columbia University law school on the GI Bill. Then he moved to Los Angeles, where he was interviewed for a job with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., who later would gain international fame as chief defense attorney for O.J. Simpson. Conn would have a brief involvement with the Simpson case during its grand jury phase.

Until he joined the Menendez case, Conn was best known for his success on the Cotton Club murder case. Radin, a producer, had been shot to death in 1983, and his body was found in a remote canyon. Before he was killed, he had been in negotiations for the movie "The Cotton Club," about the famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub. The trial had Hollywood abuzz, with celebrity witnesses including then-Paramount Studios chief Robert Evans, and ended with several convictions.

Conn was acting head of the major crimes unit in the district attorney's office when he volunteered to lead the second prosecution of the Menendez brothers.

Many of his colleagues thought the case was unwinnable, but Conn began to plot his strategy even before he was officially assigned to the case.

"I recognized in this case they'd put the victims on trial," he told The Times in 1996. "My key strategy was to see to it that the next trial came to be the trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez, and not the trial of Jose and Kitty Menendez."

He bombarded the jury with larger-than-life photographs of the murder victims that left no doubts about how brutally they had been slain.

He also ruthlessly attacked the defendants' assertions that they could not escape their father's abuse or elicit help from outside the family.

"Blame the victim. Isn't that what the defense is all about?" Conn asked the jury during his closing argument. The defense "began accusing the victims of physical abuse and sexual abuse. And it finally ended with blaming them for their own deaths…. It's an abuse excuse, a carefully contrived one, an elaborate one, one filled with details."

The jury deliberated less than four days before returning guilty verdicts against both brothers for first-degree murder as well as conspiracy to commit murder. They are now serving life sentences.

When he left the courtroom after the verdicts came in, Conn was congratulated by colleagues in an office two floors below the Van Nuys courtroom. Included in the crowd of well-wishers was his boss, Garcetti, who publicly praised Conn as "a man who has really defined excellence through his professional performance."

The Menendez victory was seen as a particularly crucial win for Garcetti, who was up for reelection and still smarting from his office's failure to obtain guilty verdicts in the criminal case against Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 in the deaths of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Six weeks after the Menendez trial, after Conn told a reporter that he "wouldn't mind" being district attorney one day, he was passed over for a promotion and removed as acting head of his unit. He was transferred to the Norwalk office, a move that was characterized by a Garcetti spokeswoman as a "routine" reassignment. Within the D.A.'s office, however, it was seen as punishment of Conn.

Nine months later, he announced that he was leaving to join the Century City law firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro. He spent the last five years in his own practice in West Los Angeles.

"He loved the D.A.'s office. It was a wonderful playground for him. He got to do everything he wanted," his wife said Wednesday. But once he left, he "never looked back. He loved private practice and the flexibility it gave him."

In addition to his wife, Conn is survived by two daughters, Jessica and Danielle. Services will be held in New York City. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the ALS Assn., Greater Los Angeles Chapter, P.O. Box 565, Agoura Hills CA 91376.
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Tourism pioneer in Atlantic Canada dead at 66
Last Updated: Monday, October 30, 2006 | 7:47 AM AT
CBC News
David Rodd, who built Rodd Hotels and Resorts into Atlantic Canada's largest privately-owned hotel chain, died Friday. He was 66.

P.E.I. Premier Pat Binns said Rodd made great contributions to Island life, helping to build up his family's business from a single motel in Charlottetown.

Rodd has been a pioneer in the province's tourism industry, Binns said, and has also been a volunteer in many community organizations.

Rodd Hotels and Resorts owns and operates 11 properties in the Maritimes. In 2002, he was named Atlantic Canada's Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year.

In addition to serving on the boards of various tourism-related organizations, Rodd was active in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Heart Foundation.

Rodd was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2005.

David Rodd is survived by his wife Linda and four children.

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Famous Korean Coach Cha Kyung-bok Dies

Cha Kyung-bok, one of Asia’s best-known and most successful coaches has died at the age of 69.

Cha had been suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

The former referee rose to prominence when he took the reins at K-League outfit Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in 1998.

He steered the team to three consecutive domestic titles starting in 2001 and reached the final of the 2004 Asian Champions League.

In 2003, he was named as Asia’s coaches of the year by the Asian Football Confederation.

Current Seongnam coach Kim Hak-bum said: “It is a sad day for Korean football. He was a paragon for all footballers and we were hoping he would contribute more to the game in Korea, especially the K-League.”


2003 AFC Coach of the Year dies

Former Seongnam Ilhwa coach Cha Kyung-bok, who won the AFC Coach of the Year award in 2003, died today. Cha led Seongnam to three consecutive K-League titles from 2001-03 and was in charge of the side when they lost to Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia in the 2004 AFC Champions League Final.

Korean media reported that he was suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease since last May. Cha made his K-League debut as a coach in 1994 with Jeonbuk Motor’s before moving to Seongnam Ilhwa in 1998. Cha made major changes to the team and within a few years Seongnam were one of the clubs to reckon with in the K-League.

The versatile Cha, who participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as an assistant referee, also headed the KFA’s technical and referees’ committees. Current Seongnam coach Kim Hak-bum said: “It is a sad day for Korean football. He was a paragon for all footballers and we were hoping he would contribute more to the game in Korea, especially the K-League.”

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Buildings for God
Architect listened to people's needs in designing churches, schools.
By Eileen E. Flynn

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Don Tew loved churches, and he loved the Lord. For him, there was no better job than to give glory to God with his architectural skills.

Over the past four decades, Tew used his talent to design 68 church sanctuaries and buildings — including his beloved Hyde Park Baptist Church — and some 30 Central Texas schools, his favorite being Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park.



Don Tew 1941-2006


Tew, who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, died at home Monday. He was 65. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hyde Park Baptist, 3901 Speedway, with his former pastor, the Rev. Ralph Smith, presiding.

Stained glass and soaring steeples up and down the Interstate 35 corridor — as well as churches in New Mexico and Florida — attest to Tew's passion for traditional church architecture.

Almost every elementary school in the Leander school district reflects his vision.

Born in Austin on Jan. 3, 1941, Tew grew up as a third-generation member of Hyde Park Baptist Church, where he would later serve as chairman of deacons and a Sunday school teacher.

Tew attended Baylor University for a time, with plans to go to medical school. Smith said Tew earned straight A's but decided to pursue architecture at the University of Texas instead.

Don and Barbara Tew attended UT together and married at Hyde Park a week before graduation in 1966. They would go on to raise two sons, Todd, a lawyer in Southlake; and Monty, a doctor in Austin, and would later delight in eight grandchildren.

They traveled frequently to Maui, Hawaii, where in September 2001, Barbara Tew noticed her husband's inability to keep up on their beach walks. She chalked it up to age, but Don Tew kept getting weaker. He was diagnosed with the disease last year, but he still managed to travel to the Rose Bowl in January and rooted for his victorious Longhorns from his wheelchair.

Family, friends and clients said Tew, who had his own firm, Tew Associates, distinguished himself as an architect because he was a good listener, someone who sought out the church ministers and schoolteachers who would be using the buildings he designed.

"One of his really strong points is he would design what the client wanted," Barbara Tew said. "It's possible to design stuff to win an award from some architecture group. To him, it was more important what the client wants because the client's the one who's got to use it."

Although Don Tew designed and renovated schools in multiple districts, he had perhaps his largest impact on Leander. Tew began designing elementary and high schools and performing arts centers for the district in the 1990s, creating spaces that were conducive to education, architecturally inspiring and mindful of taxpayers' wallets, said Bill Britcher, communications director.

When it came to churches, Tew also found ways to meet clients' needs.

The Rev. Leland Dandridge, pastor of East Side Baptist Church, a growing African American congregation, said Tew did the architectural renderings for a new church that they're planning to build and refused payment, saying, "Brother Leland, you just keep doing the Lord's work."

Sandi Becker, financial secretary for Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown, said Tew brought his spirituality to his work on the sanctuary in 1989 and educational building in 2000.

That was the calling Smith saw in Tew's work. "There's nobody who has done what he's done in building churches," he said. "It's just unreal what he has done."
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In remembrance: Nyssa man remembered for tenacity


By Kristi Coffman
Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: 11/26/06
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Nyssa resident Kalan Morinaka was known by friends and family to be a fearless individual who had a love for life and was a true gentleman.
Morinaka died Nov. 9 at age 22 from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS).

Born Aug. 4, 1984, in Caldwell, Morinaka grew up in Nyssa, Ore., where he excelled in judo, wrestling and football, winning several awards, according to family. "He won every award that our local judo club had to offer," Morinaka's mother Pat recalled.

Morinaka went on to attend Willamette University, in Salem, Ore, where he became president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, often keeping his fraternity brothers out of trouble, according to friends.

"His reputation with the school alone kept us out of trouble," friend and SAE member, Adam Beebe said.

While at Willamette, Morinaka met Rebecca Knight and the two became inseparable, studying together, watching movies and going out for dinner five nights a week, according to Pat.

During Christmas 2005, Morinaka began having trouble with motor skills. After several tests and visits to numerous doctors, he was diagnosed with ALS in June, Pat said.

Morinaka chose to enroll in fall classes for his senior year at Willamette, although his disease had progressed rapidly since June, his mother said. "We told him, ‘any time you are ready to come home, that's fine.'"

Morinaka, who was studying to become a pediatrician, stayed at Willamette until this October with the help of Knight, who took care of him while at school. Though she said it was tough to accept her boyfriend's fatal disease, Knight said Morinaka's strength and courage helped her through.

"He was OK with the fact that he was going to die, so it helped knowing he was OK with what was going to happen," Knight said.

Morinaka's mother agrees that her son's strength was a great help to all who knew him.

"We called him ‘gambaru,' which in Japanese means, when you're faced with a challenge and the odds are overwhelming, you never quit. That's how he faced everything in life, including ALS," Pat said.

In honor of Morinaka, four of his fraternity brothers will ride from San Diego to Miami beginning in January to raise funds and awareness for ALS research. For more information about ALS or the ride, visit coast2coast4kalan.net.

Contact West Treasure Valleynews assistant Kristi Coffman at kcoffman@idahostatesman.comor 672-6742.