Community RELIGION sports digest Saturday Faith community news .............Page 6 Nov. 11, 2006 ...................................Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Fog, then rain 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Periods of rain 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 216 email: [email protected] VETERAN’S DAY 2006 Pot worker Ukiahan Norman Hughey influx stresses remembers brother Paul’s ‘He was lucky’ service to his nation service orgs By BEN BROWN the benefits that would be The Daily Journal available to him after he left By Mike A’Dair of people asking for free food On Veterans Day people the armed services. The Willits News has strained her organization, often take the time to remem- Norman said he wasn’t WILLITS - The large but hasn’t broken it. ber all the brave men and sure why Paul decided to join influx of disheveled youth “God looks out for us,” woman who have taken the the Navy. wandering the streets and Neff said. “Our supplies of time to serve their country, “He couldn’t swim,” sleeping in the creeks and food are more than we’ve ever but for some, like Norman Norman said. “They had to fields in and near this small had before. But the monetary Hughey, the memories are far teach him during training in town over the past two donations are down, and some more personal. San Diego.” months has put a strain on at of our volunteers are calling Norman Hughey’s brother And it was a good thing least two service groups in in sick a lot more than usual. I Paul Hughey served in the they did. Paul was on board Willits. think they’re saying, ‘I don’t U.S. Navy during the second the Lexington during the bat- Both Willits Community think we should be feeding all World War and survived four tle of the Coral Sea when it Services and Our Daily Bread these people.’” significant naval engagements was damaged by a Japanese have felt the impact of the Neff said that the numbers in the South Pacific. torpedo and ordered aban- seasonal surge of young peo- of meals served by Our Daily Paul joined the service doned. Like most of the crew, ple. The surge corresponds to Bread has increased steadily immediately after graduating Paul was rescued 15 minutes the season for harvesting and since the organization began, from Ukiah High School in later by a nearby carrier. trimming marijuana, the but that last month, October, 1941. After the battle, Paul sent a county’s largest industry. saw the group serving more “Our mother had to sign letter home to his family, and Kathy Neff, Executive meals than it ever had before. for him because he wouldn’t while regulations prevented Director of Our Daily Bread, Going through the ODB turn 18 until Sept. 12,” him from telling his family of which distributes hot meals to record books, Neff indicated Norman said. the sinking of the Lexington all comers Monday through that the organization fed 704 Norman said Paul joined he knew it would soon be in Thursday evenings at St. people in October of 1998, the military because, like the news and he wanted to Anthony’s Catholic Church, many people in 1941, he make sure his family knew he Paul Hughey joined the U.S. Navy in 1941, said that the spike in numbers See STRESS, Page 16 could see that war was com- just after graduating from Ukiah High ing. He was also interested in See VETERAN, Page 16 School, and served until 1946. New map higlights charter schools The Daily Journal There are 620 charter Looking for a place to send schools in operation in your child to school? California, according to the A new online interactive CDE -- seven of which are charter schools map can assist located in Mendocino County, you. according to the map. State Superintendent of Willits Charter School, Public Instruction Jack serving sixth through 12th O’Connell this week unveiled grades, is one of them. a new Web tool to help the “We have a wonderful Web public more easily locate and site already,” Principal Sally obtain information on charter Rulison said. “People interest- schools in their communities. ed in moving to the area have The new interactive charter checked us out on the Web schools map can be viewed at: site before they got here, so Charter Schools in California the more information on the Counties or through the Internet the better,” she said. California Department of Charter Academy of the Education Web site at Redwoods’ Schools Director California Department of Kim Logan agreed. Education. “I think it’s wonderful,” “A vast amount of informa- Logan said of the map. “It tion on California’s charter really adds a way for parents schools is now available with to find out what charter a simple click of the mouse,” schools are in their area, and it O’Connell said. “This makes also helps them get informa- the process of accessing infor- tion about how that school is mation about public school options and choices across the doing. One of the most diffi- state much more transparent, cult things to do is to get the easy, and quick.” word out about who we are On the new interactive and what we do and the Web map, people can click on their site is very helpful in that county of residence. This will regard,” Logan said. produce a report on all the “Charter schools are public charter schools in that county, schools that can be models of along with information on innovation, O’Connell said. schools’ academic perfor- “They may also meet the Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal mance, addresses, grade lev- needs of students who are not Local veterans came together Friday afternoon to share stories over cake at the offices of the Daily els served, types of programs well served by traditional Journal. Each year the Daily Journal hosts veterans for cake and coffee to thank them for their ser- offered, and if available, links school settings,” the state vice to our nation. to individual charter school superintendent of schools Web sites. said. Humboldt County authorities say beach bacteria levels rising Rains cause health risks at Luffenholtz and Mill creeks and sorry,” said environmental health said. until the levels come down. Clam, Moonstone, Little River. The county was testing specialist Harriet Hill. The dangerous bacteria or viruses Limited resources also prevent the the Mad River Thursday. Humboldt County’s beaches rate that can accompany the more run-of- county from being able to monitor all Luffenholtz, Trinidad That first flush, as it’s called, as among the cleanest in the state by the-mill bacteria isn’t cheap or easy rivers for fecal coliform and other BY JOHN DRISCOLL often washes fecal matter from yards a nonprofit group called Heal the to culture, one limitation to the tests. bacteria. But if the ones it does mon- The Eureka Times-Standard and farmland into creeks and into the Bay that monitors nearshore pollu- The second is that complicated and itor are experiencing a flush of bac- EUREKA - Humboldt County surf. The Humboldt County tion. All of the county’s beaches get pricey genetic testing would be need- teria, most creeks and rivers are health officials are warning people Department of Health and Human an A or an A-plus rating by the ed to know what species the fecal probably experiencing the same away from the water at the area’s Services tests for bacteria that are most popular beaches, as bacteria group. matter comes from -- determining thing. counts climb with the onset of winter found in the guts of birds and mam- But fecal matter still builds up on whether it’s largely from wildlife, People should stay at least 100 rains. mals, but those aren’t the bugs that land during the dry months. Some of septic systems or livestock, Hill said. yards from any creek or river mouth Clam, Moonstone, Luffenholtz usually make people sick. Instead, the bacteria that gets in the water The department tests water week- for three days after a rain storm, the and Trinidad beaches all could have they are indicators that harmful bac- when the rains wash that material in ly from April to October and every health department says. water polluted by bacteria that are teria may be present. can be tested for relatively cheaply other week from November to “If people just use common sense, harmful to people’s health, especial- “The point is, if we’ve got higher and easily. That is, it’s easy to culture March. When health standards are they should avoid most problems,” ly within 50 yards of Strawberry, levels, it’s better to be safe than samples taken from the water, Hill breached, it puts up signs on beaches Hill said. 2 – SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES The world briefly [\ Jon Exworhty of San [\ Francisco, Mary Gustafson Recording mocks link between lobbyists and otrophic lateral sclerosis, or and her husband legislation.” The city’s veteran ALS, gradually destroys the Bob of Ukiah, Janice President Bush lobbyists know what to expect ability to control movement. Malcolm of Ukiah and Jill Bailey of Castro Valley. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — on Day 2: requests for politi- Patients lose their ability to cal donations from the move or speak, but their Mildred also A new recording Friday attrib- leaves her sisters Alyce uted to the leader of al-Qaida Capitol’s new stewards.