ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT HARBOR OFFICER'S SON.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer Having lost his father in a drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. drowning, n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid. accident last month and his mother to cancer three years ago, 9-year-old Barrett Korber has found a supportive community of surrogate surrogate n. 1) a person acting on behalf of another or a substitute, including a woman who gives birth to a baby of a mother who is unable to carry the child. 2) a judge in some states (notably New York) responsible only for probates, estates, and adoptions. big brothers and sisters. The Ventura County Harbor Patrol is organizing a series of fund-raising activities to benefit the youngster, whose father - Harbor Patrol Officer Paul Korber - drowned while saving a mother and her two children off the South Jetty jetty: see coast protection. . Korber's wife, Cindy, also a Harbor Patrol officer, died of cancer in 1995. ``We're trying to make it easier for him to accept the fact that Paul's gone,'' Merv Larson, a Harbor Patrol officer and Paul Korber's friend for six years. ``Any 9-year-old kid who's lost both his parents needs funds to get through school and continue with his life.'' The fund-raisers include: Harbor Chrysler Plymouth in Ventura will donate $10 in the names of the first 100 people who test-drive a vehicle on Saturday. Skating skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating. skating Sport in which bladelike runners or sets of wheels attached to shoes are used for gliding on ice or on surfaces other than ice. Plus in Ventura, where Barrett plays roller hockey roller hockey n. Hockey played on a hard surface in which two opposing teams of roller skaters, using curved sticks, try to drive a ball into the opponents' goal. , will stage ``Skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). for Barrett'' from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Admission will be $5 per person or free with $25 in pledges. There also will be a barbecue for $5, a silent auction and prize drawing. Proceeds from the fund-raisers and donations from the community will go to the Paul Korber Memorial Fund, Bank of Ventura, 5808 E. Telephone Road, Ventura, CA 93003. For more information, call (805) 644-8136. There is no set fund-raising goal. ``It's whatever people feel they can give,'' said Anita Lambie, accountant for the Ventura Port District, which oversees the Harbor Patrol. Since Paul Korber's death, his girlfriend, Beth Fulsom, has been caring for Barrett. He will likely move away from Ventura this summer to stay with relatives, possibly in Lompoc. ``There's a lot of relatives who want him,'' Larson said. ``So he's not going to have a problem finding a place to stay.'' |
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