San Diego County (Vista)
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
VISTA - Judge Michael Kirkman was in elementary school when he made a promise to his grandfather, a San Joaquin Valley rancher.
"He made me promise I'd go to college," Kirkman said.
The old man, a decorated World War I vet, was "a tough, grizzled guy ... who loved things I loved - mostly baseball," the judge said.
Kirkman was not about to let him down. "He was the most ... (continued)
