Sunday, June 18, 2006 THE LOMPOC RECORD A3 Central Supreme Court still mulling over Alcox case Man convicted of killing local innkeeper awaits word on possibility of a new trial BY QUINTIN CUSHNER SENIOR STAFF WRITER Joel Alcox will remain at Santa Barbara County Jail while the California Supreme Court weighs whether to reconsider his conviction for killing a Lompoc innkeeper more than 20 years ago, a judge said Friday. Attorneys for Alcox are seek- Alcox king a new trial for the convictted murderer by arguing he is an innocent man who received an 5 inadequate defense during his -1987 trial in Santa Maria. Alcox was convicted in the shooting death of Lompoc Motel owner. Patel on Feb. 16, 1986, during a botched robbery.
During a short hearing Friday in Superior Court in Santa Maria, Judge James Rigali ruled that Alcox should remain at County Jail until the Supreme Court decides whether to hear I the case. The Supreme Court has indicated it would make its decision HAPPY BIRTHDAY To US! from The Lompoc RECORD June 18, 2006 Buck Brockett Michael Terrones, Jr. Submit your July birthdays NOW! FLEA MARKET EVERY SUNDAY HI-WAY, 3170 SANTA SANTA MARIA MARIA WAY PH 937-3515 GEN. ADM $6.00 KIDS 4-11 $1.00 OPENS 8:00 CARS -G- DUSK X-MEN: THE LAST STAND -PG13MOVIES LOMPOC 220 W. BARTON PH 736-1558 NACHO LIBRE -PG- DAILY SAT-SUN GARFIELD: -PG- DAILY A TALE OF TWO KITTIES SAT-SUN FAST FURIOUS: DAILY TOKYO DRIFT THE OMEN -R- DAILY SAT SUN 11: MOVIES GEMINI NORTHSIDE CTR PH 736-1306 CARS -G- DAILY SAT-SUN THE LAKE HOUSE -PG- DAILY SAT-SUN PARKS PLAZA BUELLTON 515 MCMURRAY RD.
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He is survived by companion Christine Kay Kowaleski, Sons: Mark Richard Patton, Jennifer Murray Larry Kowaleski. Grandchildren: Josiah Annika Patton, Great Grandchild: Andrea Murray. Brother: Marion Patton. He was preceded in death by wife June: Louise Hill Patton 1979 brothers: Ken, Keith, Byron Jerry Patton. Donations may be made to Hospice VNA, P.O.
Box 4805, Sonora, CA 95370 or Oddfellows Three Links Camp, 21590 Hwy 108, MiWuk Village, CA 95346. A memorial service will be held June 26 at 10 AM at Terzich Wilson Funeral Home. GAIL LAMBERT (BEASLEY) DILLARD Gail Lambert (Beasley) Dillard, the adored wife of Louis S. (Stan) Dillard, beloved mother of Julia Dillard, Rebecca (Dillard) and Ken Anderson, and Lee Dillard and Paul Adams; grandmother of Devan and Andy Campbell, Kelsey Dillard, and Julianne Anderson, passed into the arms of our Lord on June 15, 2006. She leaves her sister Lynn and brother-in-law Bruce Langley, nieces by July 17.
Rigali also ordered both sides to return to court Aug. 14 for a status hearing, The 2nd District Court of Ap peal in Ventura on March 10 unanimously reversed a 2005 decision by Superior Court Judge Arthur Garcia, who had granted Alcox a new trial. Garcia ruled Alcox's former at- torney, the late Ken Biely, ig. nored a possible alibi and potential inconsistencies in Alcox's confession The judge did not rule on Alcox's guilt or innocence, instead focusing on the issue of inadequate legal representation. With the appeal pending in the case, Alcox is in County Jail with bail set at $1.1 million.
He has spent 18 years in a state prison for first degree murder and firstdegree robbery. "We're going to stick with this until the right thing happens, un- FOOTBALL PLAYER AND CHEERLEADER REGISTRATION Lompoc Youth Football final registration for Bantum, Junior and Intermediate Div. on Friday, June 23rd, from at Ryon Park Concession Stand. Registration packets may be picked up at the Youth Football Pepsi Booth during Flower Festival, Anything Athletic, and the Rec Center. Fees: and Sibling discounts are given.
Call Larry Luna at 588-0350 with any questions. BOBBY COBB AND HIS FAMILY would like to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to the following for making the fund raiser on Sunday, June 11th at the Memorial Building such a huge success. TRAVELLING BBQ TEAM THE ELKS LODGE 2274 HEADED BY PIERRE CHALDUT JOE VASQUES CREW AMERICAN LEGION POST 125 HOSTED BY MARIANE DECKER, KATHY McCULLOUGH, ERNIE HUTCHISON CREW KRAZY BETTY BAND DESSERT BAR MARILYN MENDEK WANDA FALLON SANTA BARBARA FARMS ELKS LODGE 2274 THE MOOSE LODGE 1036 AMERICAN LEGION POST 125 DI's JASPER'S THE WHISTLE STOP Special Thanks to BONNIE BRAITHWAITE for organizing this event and ERIN KOLPAK for selling tickets and selling donations. To all the people who contributed and to all those who donated wood and all other supplies. There were so many other people involved that it is impossible to name each and every one.
We wish to say Thank You Lompoc! til justice is done," said Juliana Drous, Alcox's attorney. Assistant District Attorney Christie Stanley, who prosecuted the original case against Alcox, said she believed the appeals court was correct in denying the man a new trial. Thakorbhai Patel was fatally shot at the Lompoc Motel in the 1500 block of North Street, Alcox and Richard Lothery were convicted of murdering Patel, and sentenced to life in prison. Alcox has said he was high on LSD when he confessed to police and now claims he was at a Vandenberg Air Force Base party during the killing. At the 2004 evidentiary hear- ing.
Lothery testified Alcox was not involved in the killing. Lothery said a man named Sanjay Patel entered the motel with him the night of the killing and shot the motel owner. Sanjay Patel, a family friend of the victim, has never been arrested or charged in the Lompoc Motel case. 0 00 ORCHESTRA For the Love of Music Presents America on Stage Monday June 19, 2006 7:30 p.m. Trinity Church 500 E.
North Avenue FEATURING Gina Bellino Bill Brown TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: Long's Drugs Santa Barbara Bank Trust Owens Music Lompoc Valley Festival Office Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau GENERAL ADMISSION $14.00 Lompoc Valley Florist Children 12 Under $5.00 Village Coffee Stop Sugar Magnollas Students Student ID $5.00 (at the door only) BLAKESLEE DS Ventures SANTA MARIA VALLEY CoastHills WELLS BLAKESLEE FARGO A RECORDI SANTA BARBARA (comcast UNION BANK TRUST Ballard, and Chumash COSTA A SEE. Sant FLORIST Obituaries Obituaries ing). During the Vietnam years she was a Red Cross volunteer and regular blood donor. She always voted and enjoyed teasing Stan that her vote nearly always cancelled his. Gail developed a professional level of expertise in almost any thing she did.
While living in Massachusetts, Gail became a genealogist and began research on her own and Stan's family; with five ancestral lines to the Mayflower, she had deep American roots. She became a member of the American Antiquarian Society and the New England Genealogical Society. She tracked down the stories of lost relatives with the tenacity and curiosity of a good investigative reporter. Stan accompanied her on field trips to search public records and burial grounds in such places as Martha's Vineyard, Salt Lake City, Central California, and Indiana. She documented her research in extensive pages of computerized notes and family trees which she posted on Geneaology.com.
Once settled in California, she joined the Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, and was published in its journal Ancestors West. The need to organize, document, and chart vast amounts of genealogical data, led her to the computer. She was smitten by the computer as a tool but it became for her a doorway to the world. She spent endless hours researching, instant messaging, playing games, and surfing. She was duly proud of her technical know-how and her webpage: Tiger She managed her household local area network, kept Stan's laptop humming, and generously provided technical assistance to friends and family.
Stan, a lifelong golfer, introduced Gail to the sport in 1986 when they retired, to Lompoc. She started playing under his tutelage at the Village Robinson Walker Avenue Flower Graphic de soil Systems and Gift Shop Ca LEa VID.STATE A celebration of her life will be held Monday June 19, 2006 at at First Presbyterian Church, 1600 Berkeley Drive, Lompoc with luncheon to follow. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Marian Hospice, Marian Medical Center, 1400 East Church Santa Maria 93454 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or on-line THEODORE "TED" STEINWEHR Memorial services for Theodore "Ted" Steinwehr, 46 of Lompoc, will be 1pm Saturday, June 24th 2006 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Pastor Jim Mackereth of Bethany Lutheran Church officiating. Private Inurnment will follow.
Ted was born May 9th 1960 in Pasadena, CA to Leslie and Frances Jones Steinwehr. He Moved from Monrovia to Santa Barbara in 1985 and worked: building Radon fishing boats. He most recently worked as a of solid surfaces for Tops Unlimited in Santa Barbara. He was known for perfecting the solid surface thermoforming technique and managed Shower Shapes (a division of GW Surfaces) in Goleta. Ted loved the outdoors, especially camping, fishing, exploring caves, and motorcycle riding.
He also loved watching the local missile launches. He was a loving husband, father, son, grandfather and friend. He is loved and will be greatly Call for more Info 735-6463 and nephews Gailyn, Kim, and Tom Beasley, Michael and Pati and Robert and Mary Langley and their children, and is also survived by her aunt Mrs. Lucile Carroll and her mother-in-law Mrs. Virginia Dillard.
Born on January 22, 1935, Gail was raised in Memphis Tennessee, graduated from Miss Hutchison's School for Girls and East High School. She met. Stan at Memphis State and was married December 18, 1953. Gail and Stan were partners in a journey of 27 years with the U.S. Air Force, serving our country through those anxious years of the Cold War.
Gail orchestrated 21 household moves with Stan, her three daughters, numerous cats, dogs, kittens, puppies, birds and even horses. Their assignments included: Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, California, Hawaii and France. She and Lynn and their 5 children made a home in Seattle while Stan was in Vietnam, and later, she kept the home fires burning. in Nebraska while Stan was in Korea. Many of Gail's early interests revolved around our family and the opportunities she found in each locale.
In Hawaii, she was a Brownie leader, learned to love Chinese food, and made sure the girls learned to Hula. In Texas, Gail rekindled a girlhood love of horseback riding and introduced the girls to the sport. In Seattle, we all learned to downhill ski. Later, in South Dakota, she deftly convinced Stan to acquire horses for the family, one by one beginning with a Shetland pony and ending with 7 horses. She assisted with the 4-H club, supported the girls to ride, show, and rodeo their horses, and did so herself.
Memorable weekends were spent trail riding with friends and family in the Black Hills. She was the cool Mom everyone wanted. Over the years she also enjoyed reading, oil painting, sewing, needlecrafts, and music (piano, guitar, and sing- Country Club. To both their surprise, she quickly excelled as she timed her swing to the first three notes of the song "Moon. Gail played team golf and won local tournaments including the VCC President's Cup in 1990.
While practicing alone one day on the 13th hole, Gail SAID she made a hole-in-one. With no witness, it could not be properly recorded but she regaled us with the story for months afterwards. Gail and Stan enjoyed years of great times golfing and traveling with friends. Her most recent passion was making dollhouse miniatures. Miniaturists often specialize and so did she her flowers and tiny books are exquisite! Her miniature pieces are not only beautiful but also imbued with her sense of humor.
Becoming a proficient digital photographer enabled her to share and sell her work. Among the structures Gail built and outfitted is a Victorian dollhouse for Kelsey and a fishing cabin in the woods for Stan, complete with rustic details like a rocking chair on the porch. She was a member the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts and founding member of the Gold Coast Miniaturists. She made fast friends with a small international group of miniaturists "little dubbing themselves the Steel Magnolias or they use the Internet to "talk" daily. She loved to gather with them at National meetings and conferences to drink wine, trade miniatures, and sharpen skills.
Gail's proudest accomplishment was nurturing, teaching, and loving her three daughters, four grandchildren, and husband. She cherished her home in the Village and her crazy girl friends. She loved to sit in her atrium, drink coffee, and smoke Kools always with a creative project in her lap. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and good friend who will always be missed. missed.
Ted was preceded in death by his father. Ted passed away Friday May 19th 2006 at his home in Lompoc. He is survived by his wife of 15 years Stephanie Steinwehr; sons, Ted Steinwehr, I1, Joshua Habisch, Brian (Casey) Fowler; daughter, Tami Fowler; mother, Frances (Steve) Nestle; step-mother, Donna Steinwehr; mother father in-law, Ralph and Irene McCollumn; sisters, Linda (Jim) Thompson, Linda (Glen)Tebo; brothers, Joseph Steinwehr, John Holt, Ken (Lisa) Holt; grandchildren, Luis Monroy, Siera Alysa Weathers, Deegan Fowler; aunts, Connie Marji Huntington; cousins, Laura, Amber and Leiah McKernan, and several nephews and nieces. Memorial contributions may be made in Ted's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St.
Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For information on placing an obituary, please call (805) 737-9020.
