Pomona

A 25-year-old Pomona gardener who pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the decapitation of his brother was ordered Friday to be sent to Patton State Mental Hospital in San Bernardino County. Charles Bowshier pleaded guilty Aug. 13 to bludgeoning and decapitating Donald Bowshier, 29, with pruning shears during a Feb. 5 argument in the family home. Bowshier, who was captured by police after fleeing the murder scene, told them the person he killed was not his brother.

The California Transportation Commission on Friday approved funding for a $77-million interchange connecting the Corona Expressway and the Pomona Freeway aimed at alleviating traffic that has nearly doubled in the past decade. The four-level interchange will connect the freeways in Pomona and provide a smoother transition between the two major arteries, which converge near the borders of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, said Caltrans spokesman Russell Snyder.

Some teams run the ball because they can. Others do it because they must. Pomona and Canyon filled those roles Thursday night, when the visiting Red Devils raced to an 18-7 season-opening victory in front of 550 at El Modena High School. Pomona running back Eric Shyne carried the ball 18 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns, including an 85-yard jaunt with 8:39 remaining to put the game out of reach.

The Foothill AIDS Project, a nonprofit community agency, has opened at 1255 N. Park Ave. to provide support for AIDS patients, to educate people who are at high risk of contracting the disease and to operate a speakers' bureau. The agency will serve the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino County. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The phone number is (714) 620-0359.

Councilman Mark A. T. Nymeyer announced at this week's City Council meeting that he will not seek reelection when his term expires next spring, nor will he run for mayor. But Nymeyer, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 65th Assembly District this year, said he might run for office at the state or federal level after legislative districts are reapportioned next year.

A $13-million equine auction complex with sales pavilion, show rings and nine barns for 504 horses is being developed in Pomona on a 13.5-acre parcel along White Avenue in the Fairplex Park. The complex will be developed and built by the Sahadi Construction Group, headed by Fred N. Sahadi, a thoroughbred owner and breeder. Infrastructure construction is already under way, and completion is expected of the barns in September and the sales pavilion in January.

When Richard Alvarez, an art instructor at Mt. San Antonio College, and his wife, Laura, a school office employee, were house-hunting almost two decades ago, they combed the suburbs of San Gabriel Valley. Their search ended when they found a three-bedroom ranch-style house in the Ganesha Hills neighborhood of Pomona. "We looked and looked and finally decided this is where we wanted to be," Richard Alvarez said, as he looked out over his large tree-filled yard.

I am against card clubs. However, drive through Pomona and try to avoid being depressed. It seems like half of the buildings are unoccupied. To think of a card club as bad news compared with the other things that have occurred in this town is impossible. PHIL WESSELS Pomona Are you aware of the campaign that is being waged in the city of Pomona by the potential owners of the card club called Champs? As this issue is being decided by ballot on April 18, a very intense lobbying campaign is under way to reach community activists and sway their opinion to vote for the measure.

A 15-year-old boy who climbed a 35-foot sign overhanging the Corona Expressway in Pomona to allegedly spray-paint it with graffiti found it was easier to climb up than to scamper down, authorities said. A motorist who noticed the boy spraying black paint on the sign near 2nd Street on Monday night called police. By the time officers arrived, a second boy who had been standing beside the sign had fled, but the 15-year-old was still there, apparently afraid to climb down. Lt.

Two boys, 13 and 14 years old, were taken into custody by Pomona police Thursday in the murder of a 16-year-old who was shot while walking a few blocks from his house Wednesday evening. Lt. Leon Sakamoto said Yoeun Yem, a Cambodian immigrant who attended Garey High School in Pomona, was shot in the upper body on Phillips Boulevard, east of White Avenue. Sakamoto said police found no witnesses at the scene but made the arrests after an investigation. He declined to elaborate.