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Fires continue to burn throughout California SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that charred 20,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest showed no signs of slowing down Wednesday as firefighters regrouped and resi dents prepared for possible evacua tion. The blaze, aided bv daytime tem peratures reaching 100 degrees and low humidity, has fed for four days on brush and timberland in the rugged terrain in Santa Barbara County about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Officials warned residents that they could be forced to abandon dozens of homes, cabins and ranches in Happy Canyon, Foxen Canyon, Figueroa Mountain and other areas north of Highway 154, said U.S. Forest Ser vice spokesman Larry Hornberger. ‘‘We’ve removed our valuables and taken care of our animals to get them to safety and we’re really prepared to leave the house,” said Pamela Kaplan Brown, who lives in the Woodstock area near the western edge of the fire. “It’s pretty grim; eveiybody’s on their toes,” said resident Doc Severinsen, former bandleader of NBC’s “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Celebrities such as Michael Jack son and John and Bo Derek own ex clusive ranches in the Santa Ynez Valley, about eight miles from the fire. Firefighting forces increased from 1,500 to about2,400, Homberger said. There was no containment estimate forthe fire, which began Saturday and apparently was caused by a deer hunt er’s cigarette. Firefighters were backed by air tankers, water-dropping helicopters and dozens of engine companies. The cost of battling the blaze has reached $1.2 million. In Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, firefighters worked to control a handful of smaller blazes. No structures were damaged, and all were expected to be controlled by Thursday. HP The largest was a 700 acre fire near the San Diego County town of Poway. -SPORTS WIRE Lou Holtz looking to get even with Stanford, player says SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Lou Holtz says he doesn’t need to beat Bill Walsh to feel good about himself as a coach. Still, at least one Notre Dame player believes Holtz badly wants to get even with Walsh. Stanford ruined Notre Dame’s national championship hopes last year for the second time in three seasons with a stunning win in South Bend. Holtz was careful to avoid talk of revenge, but defensive end Brian Hamilton said the Fighting Irish and their coach are eager to atone for last year’s loss. “I would say that it’s in the back of his mind,” said Hamilton, one of seven seniors who will start on defense Saturday for No. 4 Notre Dame. “A lot of people are talking about (Walsh) is a genius at what he does. Coach Holtz gets his respect also,but I'm pretty sure this is a big game for him because the one last year that got away from us.” Holtz won a national champion ship at Notre Dame in 1988, and said he is comfortable with his own reputation. “I have tremendous respect for Bill Walsh, but I’m also a very insecure person in alot of respects,” said Holtz, in his eighth year at Notre Dame. “But I’m rather se cure as a football coach.” Walsh returned to Stanford last season and led the Cardinal to their second straight win at Notre Dame Stadium. Walsh called it the big gest victory of his entire coaching career. “No one ever outcoached our team,” Hamilton said in defense of Holtz. “We lost concentration last year, and that’s not coach Holtz’s fault, that’s our fault.” Holtz said he hopes his team is not awed by Walsh’s record when the Irish (4-0) travel to play Stanford (2-2). “1 don’t want our players sitting there saying,4 Wow. They got Bill Walsh and look who we got,’” Holtz joked. -STATE WIRE North Platte boy saves sister from attack NORTH PLATTE (AP) — Eight year-old Jesse Jorgensen said Wednes day he doesn’t feel like a hero. The third-grader is credited with saving his 5-vear-old sister in a dog attack when the twd visited a city park on Saturday. “I just thought I have to get him off because he might have killed her,” Jesse said. “If I hadn’t been there she might have died.” Jesse said a black Labrador re triever came up to him and his sister, Alisha, in the park and he patted the dog. When his sister began petting it, the dog attacked her and took her to the ground, he said. It then grabbed her by the back of the skull and began ~ shaking her. Jesse grabbed the dog and tried to pry its mouth open but it turned on him. The dog bit him around the left temple and began to shake him. About then other people in the park started throwing rocks at the dog and it ran away. fhe dog was caught and quaran tined at a local veterinary clinic for rabies testing as required by Nebraska law. Alisha spent two hours in surgery to repair her wounds. Jesse also re ceived stitches from his dog bite. “We were lucky,” said police chief Martin Gutschenritter. “We could have had a real tragedy if it had not been for the bravery of an 8-year-old boy." ■ i Triangle Jason Armintrout Dustin Dudley Jason Durrie Kevin Franz Chris Glaesman Max Greenwell Chad Jurgensen Kamran Malik Adrien Mason Tim Menke Rick Provaznik Brent Reis Greg Schaffer Brian Stander Jed Wolkins Christina Brozovsky Jennifer Larson Kristi Stables Stephanie Christensen Jerl League Renee Stockland Alethia Cline Carrie Lee Stacy Stumpff Laura Crooker Katie Love Courtney Thompson Shelly DeAnda Erin McAvoy Stacy Wawenberg Sara Devine Marcie Mendenhall Kimberly Watson Stacy Dolezal Cindy Montanez Susan Zink Elizabeth Downey Julie Morrison Brooke Fleck Beth Navans Christy Gohr Anne Obon Elizabeth Hennemann Stephannie Rydberg Dorene Johnson Pamela Ronne Melinda Johnson Robyn Seibert Ingrid Jordon Teresa Shaw Janice Labenz Kimberly Sheaff Phi Mi i Sonya Lammli Jeannie Smyth rni *v»w Jennifer Lanham Elizabeth Nelson Alpha Phi Jennie Cole Andi Farris .. Wereten Yanken Danielle Brester Jaime Reeves Jenl Sickert bankas Andrea Tatr Sarah Maser Lea Wright Jennifer Suchy Emily Sharar Halite Keenan Janet Ebert ^my 800 Tara Gelstring " Michelle Eckley Sarah Guti Christine Addison Nlkl Anderson K0ndra Coufal Jessica Brusaw_Steph Harley Sigma Phi Epsilon Mike Baifany David Boyer Scott Braswell Jamie Bucfcdnski Jason Bynum Kelly Carl Ryan Rasmusson Greg Champion Ron Rath Ryan Dowd J®ff Shuey Brad Duff Eric Southward Kevin Flohr Robbie Stefka Chad Herman J®ff Theisen Jeff Herz Scott Waterman Pat Hibbs Brad Hilton Andy Hofeling Greg Jenkins Ryan Jennings Darren Moncrlef Shawn O’Donnell Kirk Odermatt | Pentagon expected to delay Clinton’s policy WASHINGTON (AP)—The Pen tagon may delay enforcing President Clinton’s policy on homosexuals in uniform while Congress completes an alternative approach that discourages gays from serving in the armed forces. The president’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” is to go into effect Friday, and the Pentagon has drawn up three regulations for military commanders dealing with recruitment, separation from the ser vice and investigations of suspected homosexuals. Pentagon sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Clinton administration may allow the interim plan to continue as the De fense Department deals with court challenges and pending House and Senate action on the defense budget. “We probably will not issue them Friday,” a senior Pentagon official said of the directives. Both the Senate and House have adopted identical policies on homo sexuals in the military, with the House on Tuesday embracing the legislation that discourages gay enlistment. The vote was 301-134. Earlier this month, the Senate, and then the House, adopted a policy craft ed by Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., the Armed Services chairman who fougjit the president’s initial attempts to lift the ban outright. Nunn’s policy makes no mention of three major tenets of the Clinton plan — orientation is not a bar to service, an end to witchhunts to ferret out gays and evenhanded enforce ment of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for homosexuals and hetero sexuals. In its place, Nunn’s policy lays out a series of findings that military ser vice is unique, operating under rules not found in civilian society, and ho mosexuality creates an unacceptable risk to unit cohesion and order. The policy continues Clinton’s change of not questioning recruits or service members about their sexual orientation, but allows a future de fense secretary to reinstate the prac tice. 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