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Thomas REMINISCE overcomes SUNDAY Elusive Images photo contest great odds ..........Page A-8 Aug. 13, 2006 ................................Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Monday: Sunny with high of 94 Tuesday: Sunny with high of 92 $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 56 pages, Volume 148 Number 126 email: [email protected] FOCUS ON FILM Animal Care elevated to division No longer part of Health, Social Services and executive officer. Mental Health Departments -- MENDOCINO COUNTY “There’s a lot associated with Environmental Health was formed five months ago, its running Animal Care and By KATIE MINTZ internal workings have continued of Environmental Health, which Control,” Glassey said. to receive fine tuning. Now, Animal Care and Control SHELBY The Daily Journal falls within the Public Health Since Mendocino County’s The most recent adjustment -- Department -- was primarily for will be its own entity within the WHITE Health and Human Services moving Animal Care and Control workload reasons, according to Agency -- made up of the Public out from underneath the Division Alison Glassey, assistant chief See ANIMAL, Page A-14 REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR’S JUNIOR LIVESTOCK AUCTION ‘Talladega Nights’ not a winner NASCAR has made a prominent impres- ‘Hey bidder, bidder, bidder’ sion on many people as an anticipated sport. By LAURA Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) has wanted to go fast ever since he was a kid and his dad (Gary MCCUTCHEON Cole) participated in the sport. Now he has The Daily Journal gotten his chance. Pocketbooks were deep “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky during the Redwood Bobby” directed by Adam McKay and star- Empire Fair’s Junior ring Cole (“Cry Wolf”), Jane Lynch Livestock Auction (“Sleepover”), Michael Clarke Duncan (“The Saturday, where bidders Green Mile”), Ferrell (“Wedding Crashers”), showed no hesitation pay- Leslie Bibb (“See Spot Run”), John C. Reilly ing well above top dollar (“Dark Water”) and Sacha Baron Cohen for the grand champions. (“Madagascar”) is about a guy with a dream Within the first 15 or 20 of being fast. When he’s given a race car he minutes, local auto dealer will find his strengths, weaknesses and learn Dennis Thurston paid valuable life lessons. $7,150 -- or $26 per pound Ricky Bobby is part of a NASCAR pit -- for Melissa Baze’s crew. As the driver is coming in for a pit stop grand champion hog and he takes his time and doesn’t get back into the $750 for Omar Ferreyra’s car. When the pit crew chief asks who wants two grand champion to replace him Ricky is the guy to get the job chickens, and there were done. still hours to go before the Over the next few months he becomes very auction would be over. talented, gaining fame all over. He marries a To put things in per- woman named Carley (Bibb) and they have spective, the market value two children. -- or resale price -- of a He continues to race and when a French hog today is about 45 Formula One driver named Jean Girard cents per pound, according (Cohen) starts to make his way up to race to written information in a Bobby something must be done. When every- junior livestock pamphlet. one realizes that Girard isn’t such a bad race- Generally a pen of rabbits car driver, the heat is on to make sure that or chickens these days Bobby can still win. sells for $300 or $400 at Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal When an important race of the year comes the fair auction, according Kaley Wilson, of Covelo, parades her grand champion steer around as auctioneer Seth Seever around, both drivers are put to the test to see to volunteer Melissa announces the bids during the Junior Livestock Auction at the Redwood Empire Fair on Saturday. who the better driver is and who will win. Smith. During that race, as both drivers are com- “You’d be amazed at peting hard for first, Ricky Bobby is spun out the support the community BEFORE THE BIG DAY ... gives these children by and cannot finish the race. •Animals are judged in market classes Now after some problems, will he be able being very generous,” -- which are broken down by weight -- to come back to racing and defeat Girard once Smith said. “Most of the prior to the auction. and for all? money these kids earn puts When judged in market classes, judges “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky them through college,” she determine whether the animals are mar- Bobby” didn’t look like that good of a film said, noting that while the ket-ready or not and then the animals are from the trailer, and after seeing it I don’t real- children get the majority placed, for example, first place, second ly think much more of it. of the proceeds from the place, etc. sale of their animals, they •The first- and second-place winners in The movie had a good moral ending and each weight class come back in to the served as a good lesson to others and children, are required to pay a small retention fee to the Junior champion drive, where a judge selects but might not be suitable for that audience. champions and reserve champions from It was definitely not the worst movie I’ve Livestock Auction both 4-H and FFA. seen, but seems like a movie that could wait Association, and they also •From there, 4-H and FFA compete for to be rented on DVD and not worth the need to recoup the costs of grand champion of the show. ... Then money to see it at the theater. purchasing the animal, comes the auction. Rating: PG-13 feeding it, etc. Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min. “It’s all for the kids,” Pointers, right, find bidders as Editor’s note: Shelby White is a recent gradu- Thurston said, when asked Dennis Thurston signals a bid ate of Ukiah High, who is reviewing new movies at for Omar Ferreyra’s grand the Ukiah theater for our readers. See AUCTION, Page A-12 champion poultry. Magic and music with Ukiah Symphony’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Concert location: Mendocino The Daily Journal College Center Theatre, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” nominated for 1000 Hensley Creek Rd., nine 1994 Tony® Awards and based on the Ukiah. Academy Award-winning animated feature film, Sponsors: Ukiah Valley Medi- will be presented by Ukiah Symphony, Mendocino cal Center and Fetzer College, and Masterworks Chorale Saturday, Aug. Vineyards; 26 (8 p.m.), Sunday, Aug. 27 (3 p.m.), and Monday, Major underwriters: Mendo- Aug. 28, (7:30 p.m.), the weekend following Vivace cino College, Ukiah Daily Arts Alive local children’s production of the same Journal, KWINE/KMKX. show. Tickets in advance at Mendo- cino Book Company, See SYMPHONY, Page A-12 Ukiah; Leaves of Grass, Willits; or at the door. $20 This Hoyman-Browe Photos by Carole Hester Studio bowl is being Adults, $18 seniors, $5 Jarrod McNaughton plays the Beast and raffled to raise money under 18 (or ASB). Margie Rice plays Belle in Ukiah for the Ukiah Sym- Call 462-0236 for informa- Symphony’s rendition of Disney’s “Beauty phony. tion. and the Beast.” HOT TUBS •• FAIRFAIR PRICESPRICES EVERYDAY!EVERYDAY! 509 S. State St. 15 Models Loaded With Top Value Features *Limited Stock Ukiah A-2 – SUNDAY, AUG. 13, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES Texas men arrested after buying cell The world briefly phones arraigned on terrorism charges [\ Soltero of Gilbert, Az, CARO, Mich. (AP) — Three Texas men were arraigned Lettisha Salas of Meza, Saturday on terrorism-related charges after police found about Az, and Shelisa Salas of 1,000 cell phones in their minivan. Ukiah, Ca, eight Some of fiercest fighting of Lebanon A magistrate set bond at $750,000 for each of the men, who grandchildren, Gabriel, war, hours after cease-fire vote are charged with collecting or providing materials for terrorist Lanessa, Ariel, An- BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — More Israeli tanks and soldiers acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target for terrorist purpos- dryes, AnnDrea, es. Officials have declined to say how the case relates to terror- Alexander, Damian, and surged into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest ground combat of ism. No pleas were entered at the arraignment at a District ELSA TONI LOPEZ An- Court in Caro, about 80 miles north of Detroit. Elsa Toni Lopez of naleise. Elsa is also sur- the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan. Maruan Awad Muhareb and Louai Abdelhamied Othman, Hopland, Ca entered into vived by her father both of Mesquite, Texas, and Adham Abdelhamid Othman, of eternal rest on August 8th, Frank Lopez of Oakland, The leader of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah grudg- ingly joined Lebanon’s government in accepting the U.N. reso- Dallas, were stopped before dawn Friday after they purchased 2006. She was 54 Ca, and six brothers 80 cell phones from a Wal-Mart in Caro. Police said they found years old. Elsa was born in and sisters, John Lopez of lution but vowed to keep fighting until Israeli troops leave and hand over territory to a muscular U.N. peacekeeping force about 1,000 cell phones, mostly prepaid TracFones, in their San Antonio Healdsburg, Ca, minivan. Texas on June 13th, 1952. Elma and Rey Cantu of intended to separate the antagonists. She lived most of McMinnville, Or, Ru- Israel also signaled its intention to approve the plan, at a New security threat raises question of her younger years in day and Patty Lopez of Cabinet meeting Sunday, and a senior official predicted fighting Ukiah, and graduated Hopland, Ca, Susie would stop Monday morning, but there was no slowing in the whether airports have enough screeners bloodshed.