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7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY May 19, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 22 pages, Volume 148 Number 40 email: [email protected] Nursing home group sued over care ness practices, violations of the health and “There is a direct correlation between the Company owns safety codes and violations of the Consumer level and quality of care a patient receives and Legal Remedies Act. the direct nursing staff available at the facili- Ukiah Convalescent The suit, filed May 10 in Los Angeles ty,” Garcia said. By BEN BROWN Superior Court by Stephen M. Garcia of the The suit is being filed on behalf of Barbara The Daily Journal Garcia Law Firm, alleges that many of the 29 Davidson, a former resident of the Shoreline Twenty-nine nursing homes, including one nursing homes owned by the Ensign Group Healthcare Center in Long Beach, the in Ukiah, have been named as a party in a Inc. have failed to provide the state-required class action lawsuit alleging unlawful busi- 3.2 nursing hours per-patient per-day. See LAWSUIT, Page A-13 Flood rescue award Ukiah swiftwater rescue team to receive national honors

By LAURA CLARK Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal The Daily Journal Heidi Vaughan, a Ukiah resident, Four Ukiah firefighters will helps prep the daily meal at receive the 2006 Higgins and Plowshares community kitchen on Langley Swiftwater Rescue Thursday morning.Vaughan has been Incident Award in honor of the volunteering at the kitchen for more successful rescue of more than than 20 years. 50 residents from the flooded Oak Manor subdivision on New Year’s Eve weekend. STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT Three Laytonville volunteer firefighters -- Capt. Terry Guerrero and firefighters Daniel Zumkeller and Ryan Grand jury says Smith -- will also be honored for assisting Ukiah Fire Capt. Charlie Miller, firefighter/para- local safety net medic Nathan Vagt, volunteer firefighter/emergency medical stretched thin technician Tyler Bushby, and volunteer firefighter/EMT Ron The Daily Journal Roysum in their last and most The Mendocino County grand jury this dangerous rescue. week issued a report lauding the work of After some four dozen res- four longtime inland empire nonprofits and cues, Miller’s team needed help warning that they will need help to continue with one “major rescue,” so the serving the community. group requested mutual aid, and “If it were not for them, local government the state sent in the trio from would be expected to bear even more of the Laytonville. burden than it already does,” wrote grand “We had two people stranded Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal jurors. at the very end of Gobbi Street. (Above) Ukiah Fire Depart- They referred to the Plowshares The river was flowing through ment Capt. Charlie Miller Community Dining Room; the Ukiah that area with very strong cur- (left), volunteer firefighter/ Community Center and Food Bank; the Ford EMT Tyler Bushby (center), Street Project, which runs the homeless shel- ter and housing programs for people in sub- See RESCUE, Page A-13 and firefighter/paramedic Na- than Vagt perform mainte- stance abuse recovery; and Project nance on UFD’s inflatable res- Sanctuary, with programs for battered Photo courtesy of the Ukiah Fire Department cue boat.The three, as well as women and men and rape victims. (Right) Volunteer firefight- volunteer firefighter/EMT Ron “In times of financial cutbacks in er/EMT Ron Roysum, one Roysum and three members Mendocino County, the demand for the ser- of the team leaders on the of the Laytonville Volunteer vices provided by these agencies rises dras- Ukiah Fire Department’s Fire Department will receive tically while their funding is cut back,” the Swiftwater Rescue team, the 2006 Higgins and Langley report notes. practices rescue drills with Swiftwater Rescue Incident Citing recent studies that estimate home- an unidentified student Award for their efforts during lessness at about 6 percent of the population during a swiftwater rescue the New Year’s flood. in Mendocino County, 22 percent of the pop- training. ulation on Medi-Cal, 38 percent out of the workforce and 16 percent below the poverty See GRAND JURY, Page A-11 School transfer requests spark discussion Rattlesnake By TONY REED “She’s always had a peer group that’s more Fort Bragg Advocate-News ‘There’s this mindset that the only place you’re Mendocino,” she said, “and hasn’t really set up FORT BRAGG -- Saying they’re not happy going to get a quality education if you’re a middle peers here.” anti-venin to find parents trying to get their kids trans- Frasier noted that even though her daughter ferred into Mendocino schools because they class Caucasian kid is to go to Mendocino. That’s has always lived inside Fort Bragg School are perceived as better institutions, Fort Bragg District boundaries, she has always attended in stock here Unified School District board members what we keep seeing, and that is what I have a schools in the Mendocino geographical area. The Daily Journal approved a limit of 127 students to transfer to problem with.’ When asked, Frasier said she had toured The Ukiah Valley Medical Center other school districts for the 2006-07 year. Fort Bragg Middle School, talked with the reports that its pharmacy has eight vials Although the transfer limit adoption seemed TRUSTEE JENNIFER OWEN principal and plans to attend a school open of rattlesnake anti-venin in stock at the quick and procedural, two requests for student house. hospital and if needed the hospital can transfers touched off an outpouring of discus- “I hate to be the monster here and deny and get more. sion on the issue by trustees. McColley went on to say that his family lives turn your own children away from their It has agree- FOLLOW-UP Parents John McColley and Carla Frasier near the border between the districts, actually friends,” said Trustee Jennifer Owen. “I just ments with other each came to the May 11 board meeting to closer to Mendocino than to Fort Bragg. think that there is this mindset that the only area Adventist hos- explain the reasons behind their transfer Frasier said her daughter was moving on to place you’re going to get a quality education if pitals, including Howard Hospital in requests. middle school from the K-5 Mendocino satel- you’re a middle class Caucasian kid is to go to Willits, Redbud in Lakeport and Sutter “We enrolled our son in pre-school when he lite school in Caspar, and hopes that she can Mendocino. That’s what we keep seeing, and in St. Helena to provide anti-venin was 2; he is now about to start in kindergarten,” transfer with her peers to Mendocino. that is what I have a problem with.” when needed. The cost of each vial is McColley told the board. “We have established Frasier said she is in the process of appeal- She said her children attended Fort Bragg $1,500. relationships with parents and friends there ing a previous denial for her daughter’s trans- who are basically our sole support here.” fer. See TRANSFERS, Page A-11 SSAYAY NNOO TTOO HHIGHIGH Create Your Own 509 S. State St. • Ukiah FFUELUEL CCOSTS!OSTS! Backyard Vacation 462-7305 A-2 – FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected]

sion of methamphetamine for FUNERAL NOTICES DA REPORTS sale. The following were Those arrested by law enforcement [\ cargo under hazardous up-beat, life-affirming ter. officers are innocent until proven guilty. compiled from reports People reported as having been arrest- conditions. person with a wonderful He graduated from prepared by the Ukiah ed may contact the Daily Journal once After the war Franklin sense of humor and Jefferson High School in Police Department. To their case has been concluded so the became a legal stenograph- an encyclopedic knowledge Portland in 1951, enlisted results can be reported. Those who feel anonymously report the information is in error should con- er recording court proceed- of facts both important and in the Army in crime information, call tact the appropriate agency. In the case ings and administrative trivial. He was an accom- 1952, and served in Kenai, 463-6205. of those arrested on suspicion of dri- hearings in American plished Alaska, where he ving under the influence of an intoxi- Samoa and pianist and a witty conver- met Esther. After leaving cant: all DUI cases reported by law SENTENCING -- Judge enforcement agencies are reported by South Korea. Following his sationalist with a the Army, he David Nelson sentenced the newspaper.The Daily Journal makes return to the Unit- wry sense of humor and an worked at Boeing Airplane Diane Sheila Sodosky, 40, of no exceptions. ed States he worked as a oft-expressed Co. in Renton, Fort Bragg, to three-years and court reporter for empathy for the oppressed. Washington, and then eight-months in state prison the California court system He was a fre- returned to Anchorage for charges of possession for CORRECTIONS serving in San quent and generous giver to where he became involved sale of methamphetamine, The Ukiah Daily Journal Francisco, Ventura, San many charities in accounting and possession for sale of cocaine reserves this space to correct Diego and Oakland. and a long-time member of real estate. After twenty and vandalism. errors or make clarifications During his career he the American Civil years in Alaska, he Sodosky was found in to news articles. Significant recorded many high-pro- Liberties Union and the and his second wife, Irene Albion Oct. 25, 2005 in pos- errors in obituary notices or file trials including that of Sierra Club of which H. Moore, relocat- session of 100.3 grams of birth announcements will Elizabeth Ann (Ma) he was one of the oldest ed in Ukiah, California. It crystal methamphetamine, result in reprinting the entire Duncan. She was the last members. was there he met 41.8 grams of cocaine and an article. Errors may be report- woman to be executed in In addition to Kevin, his last wife, Virginia unspecified amount of ed to the editor, 468-3526. California in 1962 for hir- Franklin is survived by Caprice Morehouse. MDMA. Sodosky will serve FRANKLIN RODIEK GREENE ing a man to his nephews David and They moved to Florence her sentence at the California Franklin Rodiek Green murder her daughter-inlaw. Peter Dezzani, sons Oregon in 1998, Rehabilitation Center, where LOTTERY NUMBERS passed away on March 22, Franklin’s last of his sister Henryetta. where Virginia died she will receive treatment. 2006, at the age of 94, at assignment as official Kevin was at Franklin’s February 9, 2002. SENTENCING -- Judge DAILY 3: night: 3, 8, 8. the Ukiah Valley reporter for the noted bedside during his final James’s forte was singing David Nelson sentenced afternoon: 6, 3, 2. Convalescent Hospital. Judge Martin Pulich in hours. He has asked that Barbershop. He Raymond Lester Gifford, 59, FANTASY 5: 01, 02, 06, He was born in Alameda County lasted for any remembrances be sent joined the Barbershop of Ukiah, to seven years and 19, 21. San Francisco on August many years during which to the Ukiah United Harmony Society while eight months in state prison DAILY DERBY: 1st 29, 1911, the third he and the Methodist in Anchorage back in the for sale of methamphetamine, Place: 01, Gold Rush. 2nd child of a sea captain, John judge became close friends. Church. Franklin spent 1980s, where he possession for sale of Place: 06, Whirl Win. 3rd Stewart Greene In the early 1970s many hours there and started his Quartet career. methamphetamine with a Place: 12, Lucky Charms. and his wife Henrietta Franklin married Melva church members were very In Ukiah, he sang prior conviction for posses- Race time: 1:49.05. Zangenberg, a nurse Smith. The couple lived in supportive during in numerous quartets and who had emigrated from Oakland until his final illness. A memorial also directed the Denmark in 1891 at Franklin retired at which service and celebration of chorus. After moving to the age of 12. His oldest sis- time they moved to Franklin’s long and pro- Florence, he got involved Nervous stock market ter Meridian, a Burke Hill Road in south ductive life with the River City retired Professor of Ukiah. In 1987 Melva’s will be held at 11 am on Rascals, who Bacteriology at UCLA, grandson Kevin came to Saturday May 20, talked him into getting a victim of late-day selloff died in 1983. The middle live with them 2006 at the church 270 chorus started there. Associated Press ments were reported on news child Henryetta, a when he was just three North Pine Street in James was a 20 year mem- NEW YORK — Wall services, investors were clear- retired teacher and house- months old. Throughout Ukiah. ber of the Barbershop Street extended its losses ly not in a mood to buy. Data wife, passed away his infancy, childhood and [\ Harmony Society. Thursday, a day after an infla- showing a moderating econo- last year at the age of 98. teenage years JAMES PAUL WARMINGTON Survivors include his sis- tion scare sent the Dow Jones my had little impact on trad- Franklin graduated from Franklin raised Kevin with James Paul Warmington, ter, Priscilla May Do- industrial average on its ing, including an unexpected UC Berkeley, with love, companionship, guid- formerly know as ble Jeffries, of Riggins, biggest one-day drop in three drop in the Conference honors in English, in 1933 ance and support. Paul James Doble died May Idaho, sons Roger B. years and put the Nasdaq Board’s index of leading indi- and earned his After Melva died in 16th 2006. He Doble, Donald W. Doble, composite index in the red for cators and an upswing in job- Master’s Degree there two 1999, Franklin and Kevin was 73 years old. James and daughter Marcia 2006. less claims. years later. moved from Burke Hill to was born in Albany, Louise Lyson, and numer- Stocks drifted in a narrow Meanwhile, a fresh rise in Throughout the 21 Highland Drive Oregon, September 9, 1932 ous grandchildren and range through most of the ses- oil prices fueled inflation Depression he worked at near downtown Ukiah. As to Oscar W. Doble and great-grandchildren, all in sion but took a sharp turn fears, overshadowed the bond vari- he entered his 90s Lora Belle Warmington the Seattle area. lower in the last hour of trad- market’s rebound and a stabi- ous jobs until the outbreak Franklin remained active Doble, who James will be buried ing, when a market already lizing U.S. dollar after its of World War II. in the Ukiah Meth- both taught in the Florence next to Virginia in Pacific nervous about interest rates recent tumble. He volunteered for sea odist Church. Frequently High School back Sunset Cemetery. Memorial was unsettled by comments “This market is just scared duty with the Merchant he could be seen in the early 1920s. Oscar services are held from Federal Reserve Bank of right now,” said Ryan Larson, Marine. During the war he riding his electric scooter to was the high School at St. Andrews Church in St. Louis President William an equity trader at Voyageur served as church and the Principal. In 1954, James Florence Oregon Poole, who reiterated that the Asset Management. “People pharmacist mate and ship’s supermarket. married Esther Ella Tuesday May 23, 2006 at central bank’s future rate are taking money off the table purser on many Those who knew Schultz who died July 26, 1pm. Burns Riverside hikes will depend on econom- and no bets are being made convoys crossing the Franklin remember him as 2005. They had Chapel is in charge of all ic conditions. because no one knows what to Atlantic with troops and an extremely optimistic, three sons and one daugh- arrangements. Concerns that rising infla- do right now.” tion would send rates higher At the close, the Dow propelled the stock market dropped 77.32, or 0.69 percent, Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid announcements. For information on how to sharply lower Wednesday, to 11,128.29. On Wednesday, place a paid funeral notice or make corrections to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468-3529. carrying the Dow down 214 the Dow had its worst session points in the process. Death notices are free for Mendocino County residents. Death notices are limited to name of deceased, hometown, age, date of Even before Poole’s com- See STOCKS, Page A-14 death, date, time, and place of services and the funeral home handling the arrangements. Call our editorial department at 468-3500.

either of two competing proposals in Congress Envoy’s kidnappers want — one approved by the House that would build The world briefly 700 miles of fencing and one in the Senate that Iraq embassy shut would build half that. Instead, he said the CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The kidnappers of a Border Patrol should guide the decisions. United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq Hayden insists NSA a concern — constantly,” he told the Senate “Right here we’re at a place where we’re demanded the closure of the country’s Intelligence Committee. “And it’s a concern in using fencing,” Bush told Fox News in an Baghdad embassy in a video shown Thursday surveillance is legal this program. It’s a concern in everything interview with a Border Patrol truck and fenc- on Arab television. WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA nominee we’ve done.” ing in the background. Al-Jazeera television did not air any audio Michael Hayden acknowledged concerns Hayden said he decided to go ahead with the “And it makes sense to use fencing here. It with the video, but said the kidnappers about civil liberties even as he vigorously terrorist surveillance program in October 2001 doesn’t make sense to use fencing in other demanded the closure of the UAE Embassy defended the Bush administration’s warrant- after internal discussions about what more his parts of the border. And the best people to help and the shutdown of an Iraqi Shiite television less eavesdropping program as a legal spy tool NSA could do to detect potential attacks. He us design the program are those who are in station. The video showed a man said to be the needed to ensnare terrorists. believed the work to be legal and necessary — charge of enforcing the border.” hostage. Peppered with tough questions at a daylong an assertion Democrats and civil liberties Naji Rashid al-Nuaimi, 28, was seized groups have aggressively questioned. Earlier, Bush spokesman Tony Snow told Tuesday night in Baghdad by gunmen who confirmation hearing Thursday, the four-star reporters that the White House supported the Air Force general portrayed himself as an inde- shot and killed his Sudanese driver. Senate measure, which would build 370 miles The man said to be al-Nuaimi, wearing a pendent thinker, capable of taking over the Bush says border fencing of fence in areas “most often used by smug- CIA as it struggles with issues ranging from makes sense glers and illegal aliens” as determined by fed- nuclear threats to its own place among 15 other eral officials. See BRIEFLY, Page A-12 spy agencies. YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Bush said Hayden spoke of his own concerns about the Thursday it makes sense to put up fencing • Ital Love ian Fam no-warrant surveillance program and other along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border but not With ily de Sty eavesdropping operations he oversaw as to block off the entire 2,000-mile length to Ma le National Security Agency chief from 1999 keep out illegal immigrants. until last year. During a visit to one of the busiest crossing “Clearly, the privacy of American citizens is sectors, Bush did not declare his support for

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State St.; 6 to 9 p.m.; reservations subject matter was serious at recommended; 467-9900 Mendocino County’s first ANNUAL TROUT DERBY – Catch a trout; children 12 CodePink-sponsored and under; noon to 6 p.m.; Raley’s Parking Lot; North Mother’s Day peace parade State St. held in Willits May 13. THE COUNTRY BOYS – Country music and dance; 7 About 150 people gath- p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Ukiah Senior Center; 499 Leslie St.; ered at Main and San $8 for members, $9 for non members; 21 years and older Francisco Avenue at 2 p.m., only. most of them wearing pink. THE JULIAN TRIO – Irish and originals; Ukiah Some had outlandish wigs, Brewing Co.; 745 N. State St; Ukiah; 9:30 p.m.; $5 cover hats, scarves, and pink ten- charge; 21 and older only. nis shoes. Many children DJ DANCE MUSIC – DJ dance music; with Smokin' were given pink balloons Joe; lots of drink specials; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. with tassels and paper peace Perkins St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. doves to wave. A giant peace dove puppet was held aloft by students from City SATURDAY of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Some people had hand-made DON WILLIS – Continental Accordion; 9 a.m. to noon; signs calling for bringing the at the Farmers’ Market; on School and Clay St.; downtown National Guard home from Ukiah. Iraq, ending the war, and ANNUAL TROUT DERBY – Catch a trout; children 12 funding human needs. The and under; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Raley’s Parking Lot; North Veterans for Peace bus -- bedecked with pink cloth State St. over its red, white and blue PASTELS IN THE PLAZA – 5th Pastels in the Plaza; décor -- also accompanied 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; hundreds of children, adults and artists the gathering. Then four Submitted photos will join together; Alex Thomas Plaza; Ukiah. long pink banners were Entertainers for the Mothers’ Day parade, the “Pink Singers,” from the left, are: CLAN DYKEN – World Rebel Rock; Spring Planting gradually unfurled, stretch- Nancy Horrocks, Diane Smalley, Kate Black, Freddie Long, and Madge Strong. Tour benefit for Big Mountain; Ukiah Brewing Co.; 745 ing nearly a city block on N. State St; Ukiah; 9:30 p.m.; $10 suggested donation; 21 both sides of Main Street the resources to our schools, Other speakers included months ago, but is already and older only. (Highway 101), and the libraries, the environment Willits City Council member planning many other activi- KARAOKE – Karaoke at Yokayo Bowl; 1401 N. State throng moved north along and other critical needs. Karen Oslund, Cheri Pierre, ties after the successful St.; Ukiah; 9 p.m.; 462- 8686; no cover charge. the sidewalks, arriving a Nancy Horrocks, a local minister of the Willits Mothers’ Day Parade. They DJ DANCE MUSIC – DJ dance music; with Smokin half-hour later at City Park. poet, read an excerpt of Julia Methodist Church, and will have a table at the Joe; lots of drink specials; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. The paraders formed a Ward Howe’s Mothers Day Betsy Bruneau, pastor of the upcoming Pride Faire June Perkins St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. spiral with the pink banners, Proclamation of 1870. Willits Presbyterian Church. 11th and a float in the annu- as people sang “Circle Spurred by the carnage of Particularly moving was 12- al 4th of July Frontier Days Round for Freedom.” Then the Civil War, Howe called year-old Windy Graham, parade in Willits. Sometime SUNDAY the rally began with an on mothers to demand that who spoke of losing her in August, the group hopes introduction to CodePink by our children “shall not be father as a result of the Viet to have national CodePink DANCE WAVE – Freestyle community dance for fitness Melinda Clarke, a founder taken from us to unlearn all Nam war. founder Medea Benjamin and release; Mendocino Ballet Studio; 205 S. State St., of the new Willits chapter. that we have been able to The rally also featured come to speak in Willits. Ukiah; 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; sliding scale donation; She explained that CodePink teach them of charity, mercy several songs and group Women wishing to join 489-3345. is a woman-directed organi- and patience. Let women sing-alongs led by the “Pink these efforts are welcome at ANNUAL TROUT DERBY– Catch a trout; children 12 zation working for peace in bewail and commemorate Singers” -- Nancy Horrocks, the planning meetings on the and under; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Raley’s Parking Lot; North a spirit of creativity and the dead [and] then solemnly Diane Smalley, Kate Black, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of State St. humor -- which certainly take counsel with each other Freddie Long, and Madge each month, 7 p.m., at the WEEKLY DART TOURNEY – Weekly dart tournaments was reflected in the day’s as the to means whereby the Strong. Willits Methodist Church are held Sundays at the Hopland Brewery; 13351 Hwy. parade. They seek not only great human family can live CodePink of Willits was (upstairs). For more infor- 101 S., Hopland; 3 to 6 p.m.; 744-1361. to end the war but to redirect in peace.” only formed about two mation, call 459-3780. MCMLK CITIZENSHIP AWARD CEREMONY – Featuring entertainment by Danny Barca; Todd Grove Clubhouse, in Ukiah; 6:30 p.m. MEDITATION ON THE INNER LIGHT AND SOUND – Meditation instruction and weekly group practice; 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Willits; free; call for directions; 459-4444. Girl Scouts rally to aid Hopland TUESDAY KARAOKE – Every Tuesday; Perkins Street Lounge; Elementary School with cookie sales 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 8 p.m.; no fee.

Submitted photo Hopland Junior Girl Angel with a gift Scout Troop 189 wanted to help out Hopland Elementary School, which sus- for giving back tained devastating damage from the New Sometimes the Community Year’s Eve flooding. Foundation’s Angel Fund Hopland’s students helps a person who might be and staff have been characterized as “angel” in relocated to two other her own right. This seems to area schools and are be the case with Kathie, who hoping that the recently received an Angel rebuilding will be Fund grant to assist with her done in time for the Certified Nursing Assistant next school year. This (CNA) training. small, four girl strong When I talked to Kathie, troop decided to she immediately told me, “It donate a portion of was perfect to get help from their troop's cookie the Angel Fund because my sale proceeds to help house is full of angels.” She the little community went on to explain that she school. Pictured has images of angels through- Giving Back clockwise from the out her house, and even has By Susanne Norgard top are Hopland included a reference to angels Principal Jeanne in her email address. family member contributed $200 for birthday and Yttreness, Shelby Kathie, now in her fifties, Moore, Erin Bacik, has a lifelong appreciation of Christmas presents, and Arlene Case of MCDH Taylor LaDelle, and older people. “Even as a Manuela Alvarado. teenager I’d go to the conva- Hospice in Fort Bragg sug- lescent hospital and put the gested the Angel Fund for the ladies’ hair in rollers on rest of the money she needed. Saturday. Then I’d come back Kathie reports that when the on Sunday morning to comb it Angel Fund came through, out before church,” she “all the walls were knocked recounts. Although she has down and it all connected.” been employed as a “caregiv- When Kathie called to talk Miss Mendocino County to sing at Ice Cream Social about this column, she had er” for the past six years, she The Daily Journal Social go into the General and Russ Johnson. Eric realizes now that it is what she just passed her CNA certifica- tion test. Having the certifica- Ice cream and toppings, Fund to support senior Larson is the M.C. This has been doing for most of her delicious pies, door prizes activities. month’s “Celebrity life. “I had a janitorial service tion opens the doors to employment in hospitals, clin- and Kathleen Quarles, Miss A special drawing from Scooper” will be District in Sacramento for 23 years,” Mendocino County will be an anonymous “angel” for Attorney Norm Vroman. she says, “and most of my ics and convalescent homes. She also became certified as a the sweet draw at the next $50 cash will be held. A special jewelry sale clients were elderly. When I Ice Cream Social hosted Watch for the Magic Red from the Sack’s Fifth would go to clean their house, CPR instructor. She asked me to especially mention her and benefiting the Ukiah Tickets on sale for 6 for $5. Avenue Thrift Shop, Several I would also help them with Senior Center on Monday, their medicines or whatever appreciation of Brenda Admission is $1 for mem- door prizes include two full else they needed. I was actual- Howard, RN, her CNA May 22 from 2:30 to 3:30 bers of the Senior Center breakfasts from the ly a caregiver all along.” She instructor, saying she was an pm in Bartlett Hall. and $1.50 for non-members Windmills Café (door prizes adds that her step-mother “awesome” teacher. Brenda Donations of ice cream, which includes a door prize tickets are free with admis- when hearing about her new will be helping Kathie when paper products, pies, coffee ticket. Those members hav- sion). career exclaimed, “Honey, she starts teaching the CPR and all it takes to run the ing a birthday in May are This popular event bene- you’ve finally found what you classes. social are provided by admitted free. Membership fits the Ukiah Senior Center are supposed to do.” For now, Kathie is happy Safeway Stores, Kathy is open to the public. while providing a social working with in-home When Kathie knew it was Davidson, John Bogner, Kaleena Quarles Entertainment will be opportunity for the commu- time to get her CNA certifica- patients. She thinks each Gary Nix, Inez Hosea, provided by Miss nity. For information call tion, she did not have the Floyd Knox, Pat Nicholson pool together funds for the Mendocino County, with Nancy at 485-5231. money to pay for the class. A See GIVING, Page A-5 and several seniors that event. Profits from the music by Dolores Carrick A-4 – FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 FORUM Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Letters from our readers VIEWPOINTS Stop wasting money on our local railroad To the Editor: Another 7.8 million dollars has been THOMAS D. ELIAS put toward the “operation” of our local railroad. This is akin to paying an embalmer to keep a loved, but dead, rela- tive presentable for years in case a resur- rection occurs. The NCRA has and continues to Demos feature in all promise income that has will never be seen, and underestimates expenses consis- tently. Their own business plan estimates the tight June races that they cannot be profitable unless more "I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm than twice as much freight as was carried a Democrat." when SP gave up on the line in 1992 is - Will Rogers, 1935. billed and paid for, for every year of oper- A look at the ballot for next month's California pri- ation to come. Without the lumber once mary shows that little has changed since the heyday of hauled their projection relies on a specious Rogers, the cowboy comic whose one-liners were just estimate of gravel to be mined from the as nifty as his rope tricks. Eel River, and an imaginary concept of Republicans are definitely organized. They've got the worth of a port, 200 miles away from contests for just two out of eight races for major the Bay area, which is accessed by the statewide office this spring, while Democrats have “most difficult to maintain railroad in the tight and interesting campaigns going for all but three USA.” FEMA, never an agency to overes- of the eight posts. timate, says that it would take 700 million The only Democrats facing no serious competition dollars to upgrade the Eel River right of are U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, going for a third full way so that it is reliable. NCRA guesses term, and two termed out veterans hoping to switch maybe 50 million, because they can, no chairs. Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante wants to move into kidding, “make the dirt think it is sum- the insurance commissioner's office and Attorney mer” in winter. Their many promises General Bill Lockyer is after the treasurer's slot. since 1997 to start up part or all of the line Most of the attention these days is rightly focused are a story in themselves. Suffice to say on the contest between current state Treasurer Phil that if your child came home from school Angelides and Controller Steve Westly for the right to with such a record you would buy a dog challenge Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make sure there was an excuse for the Other opinions this fall. That one features occasional mudslinging and lack of homework. a disagreement over what makes a good Democrat. The NCRA has wasted more than $100 From around the nation But there are plenty of interesting faces and races million dollars since its inception attempt- flying under the media radar screen. ing to create the illusion that the impossi- In the run for lieutenant governor, termed out state ble can be done. I have spoken to individ- Arizona Republic On President Bush and immigration policy Sens. Liz Figueroa and Jackie Speier, both from San ual board members who admit that the Francisco Bay area districts, are contesting current railroad “will probably never start up.” I Troops don't make an sonable. But keep in mind Putting additional eyes on Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in a race do not blame those individuals for keeping immigration policy, and that enforcement alone has with few differences of opinion. The only quibble a profitable sideline alive. the southern Arizona border lame ducks don't usually not fixed this problem. The this summer may wind up among the three appears to be over who is the most lib- Paul Newton eral, who might be the most articulate spokesperson Redwood Valley inspire a following. Border Patrol roughly dou- saving a few lives. The death But if President Bush bled in size since 1995, but toll of migrants trying to against Schwarzenegger, if he's reelected. Throw them out keeps the pressure on for the apprehensions actually fell cross the desert's searing Whoever wins, and Garamendi's myriad labor union kind of comprehensive 10 percent, according to endorsements seem to make him the favorite, will face heat is an annually recurring off against termed out Republican state Sen. Tom To the Editor: reform he talked about analysis by Transactional human tragedy. McClintock of Ventura County, long the Legislature's Throw these liars and thieves out of Monday night, a realistic Records Access As beneficial as that office. Let’s start with impeaching Bush most effective conservative, in a race where neither immigration policy could Clearinghouse. would be, it is not enough. side will likely do much pandering for votes by and Cheney! result. Nevertheless, Arizona Impeaching them and convicting them Troops alone would simply attempting to become a temporary centrist. is the only way we have of redeeming Yet the 6,000 National wants its share. The Guard buy into the enforcement- The race to succeed Lockyer as attorney general is America’s reputation as an honorable Guard troops Bush wants to will be deployed based not only strategy that has failed completely different. Here, ex-Gov. and current nation. Invading Iraq was an act of aggres- send to the border represent on the population of border for years. Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown faces Los Angeles City sion. the only part of his immigra- states but on the level of the What's needed is compre- Attorney Rocky Delgadillo in a contest that may hinge Jay Twigg tion proposal he can control. problem, so Arizona will hensive reform that includes on how much north-south animosity remains among Ukiah The rest is up to Congress. likely do well. a guest-worker program, Democratic voters in the party's two strongholds - the The president's move to Gov. Janet Napolitano, San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles County. tough workplace enforce- As mayor, Brown lived down much of his old flaky Thank you fortify the border with the who previously asked the ment and eventual legaliza- National Guard now and "Gov. Moonbeam" image. But does enough remain to To the Editor: Pentagon to send and pay for tion for the current illegal more Border Patrol agents throw the November race to conservative Republican On May 20 the annual Tip a Cop more National Guard troops, population. Even without state Sen. Chuck Poochigian of Fresno, who has no fundraiser was conducted at the Broiler later may satisfy some of the said this will save Arizona additional law enforcement, serious primary election opposition? Steakhouse to benefit Mendocino County hard-line opponents in taxpayers from picking up those strategies would help Meanwhile, if termed out state Sen. Debra Bowen Special Olympics. As a Sheriff’s Congress who are blocking the tab for a federal respon- alleviate the chaos at the of Marina del Rey wins the Democratic nomination, Department employee and parent of a comprehensive immigration sibility. border by channeling work- the main issue in the run for secretary of state will be Special Olympics athlete, I want to thank reform. His call for a guest- Both she and the ers into a legal, orderly voting machines and the decision by appointed the Broiler management, staff and won- worker program and a Legislature have proposed process for entering the Republican incumbent Bruce McPherson to certify derful patrons for making this a great suc- several types for use in California elections. Bowen "rational, middle-ground" state expenditures to deal country. Then the Border cess. approach to the 11 million to has been a leading critic of certifying the machines, with the federal failure at the Patrol would have a clear We also wish to thank the following 12 million undocumented many proven susceptible to computer hackers. Her pri- border. Much of this is more mission to go after illegal law enforcement staff for their donated immigrants in this country mary opponent, fellow termed out state Sen. Debra about plucking political border crossers who have time to such a special cause: Kevin Cline, will please the business Ortiz of Sacramento, has said little on the issue. Rusty Noe, Scott Poma, Cyndi advantage than enacting nefarious goals, rather than The most interesting Republican race - for the job of Richardson, Darrell and Sally Forrester, branch of his party. good policy. If Bush can bring those the current fuzzy goals that state controller, California's chief check-signer - pits Dan Lockart, Kayle and Qunicy Cromer, If Bush takes responsibil- include rescue efforts when Central Coast state Sen. Abel Maldonado against for- Kevin Broin and Tom Allman. sides together and gather ity at the federal level, the mer Assemblyman Tony Strickland of Ventura County, support for the bill the migrant workers succumb to A final thanks to the Ukiah Daily wind inflating some of those the desert's extremes. whose wife now holds his old legislative seat. Many Journal’s personnel who featured this Senate brought back for dis- desperate measures in the Republicans are furious with Maldonado for backing cussion this week, his Bush's speech offered event with front page coverage in assis- Legislature could cool and Schwarzenegger's proposed increase in the minimum tance to support our Special Olympic speech will rank among the hope that he's willing, final- dissipate, giving Arizona a wage. This helps Stickland, a former McClintock aide efforts in the wonderful County of most significant of his ly, to really push for compre- chance to do the state's busi- who raised eyebrows when local newspapers revealed Mendocino. administration. hensive reform. that he and his wife each have paid campaign funds to ness, not the federal govern- Kurt Smallcomb As a short-term strategy, We only wish he had consulting firms owned by the other. ment's. Ukiah putting troops on the border spent some of his political The GOP winner will face either termed out Orange to achieve some stability The Guard's role will be capital on this issue when he County state Sen. Joe Dunn, perhaps the leading con- to provide support and free THANK YOU LETTER POLICY while comprehensive reform had a little more political sumer advocate in the Senate, or Board of Equalization is implemented sounds rea- up Border Patrol agents. capital to spend. member John Chiang. Dunn would likely be the Editor’s note: The Daily Journal welcomes favorite, but a Maldonado nomination could cut into letters of thanks from organizations and indi- the Latino votes that ordinarily go to Democrats. viduals. We are glad that so many successful Termed out Assemblyman Keith Richman, like events are held here. However, thank you let- WHERE TO WRITE Maldonado a moderate Republican, faces the far more ters must be kept short. For that reason we conservative Claude Parrish, now a Board of have a 20-business name limit per letter. If President George Bush: The White Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; Santa Equalization member in the other GOP contest, for your letter lists more than 20 businesses it will House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washing- Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa, 576- treasurer. not be printed. Shorter thank you letters which ton, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX 2297. Berg's field representative in Ukiah do not contain lists of participants or donors If having no primary contest makes a candidate will be printed more quickly. Those wishing to (202)456-2461. office located at 104 W. Church St, Ukiah, stronger in the fall runoff, the advantage here is to the thank long lists of people and businesses are Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: 95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax number is far more organized Republicans. But Democrats often welcome to contact our advertising department State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814. (916) 463-5773. E-mail to: feel surviving the test of a hot primary makes the can- for help with a thank you ad. 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633 [email protected] didates tougher to beat in the fall. Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Senate Senator Wes Chesbro: State Senate It's rather like the debate over whether a baseball LETTER POLICY Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510; District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100, team that wins its pennant early is better off in the (202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 403- Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375; FAX playoffs than one which has to fight until the regular The Daily Journal welcomes letters to the 0100 FAX (415) 956-6701 (916) 323-6958. Ukiah office is P.O. Box season's last day. editor. All letters must include a clear name, Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart Sen- 785, Ukiah, 95482, 468-8914, FAX 468- The only sure thing here is that because the signature, return address and phone number. Democrats, as always, are far less organized than the Letters are generally published in the order ate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. 8931. District offices at 1040 Main St., Suite they are received, but shorter, concise letters (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228-3954; San 205, Napa, 94559, 224-1990, 50 D St., Suite GOP, there is much hotter action on their primary bal- are given preference. Names will not be Francisco (415) 393-0707; senator@fein- 120A, Santa Rosa, 95404, 576-2771, and lot this spring. withheld for any reason. If we are aware stein.senate.gov 317 3rd St., Suite 6, Eureka, 95501, 445- that you are connected to a local organiza- Congressman Mike Thompson: 1st 6508. Email: [email protected]. Thomas D. 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near the Ukiah Veterans Memorial Building The breakfasts are open to Chamber mem- travel are paid for by Devil Pups, Inc. They (293 Seminary Avenue) at 10 a.m. Step-off is at bers at $15 and non-members at $20, to include urge people to call local volunteers at 621- COMMUNITY BRIEFS 10:30 a.m., with the parade proceeding to the breakfast. Non-members wishing to join the 0041 or 489-7948 for more information on the cemetery. The proposed route is School Street Chamber can pay at the lower rate. Zack’s will orientation night as well as the encampment. to Standley Street, North State Street, Low Gap provide a choice of two different breakfast Memorial Day weekend Quilt Road, then into the cemetery. The route is to be menus. Learn about safety with finalized by April 28 after discussions and For more information call the Chamber Show set for May 26 to 28 coordination with the Ukiah Police and Fire office at 462-4705. children and dogs from Kelly The Ocean Wave Quilters and Soroptimist Departments. Boesel from Blue Ribbon Pets International of Fort Bragg invite everyone to Bob Parker, VFW program chairman, said, Orientation night for youth their 11th Annual Memorial Day Weekend “We are grateful that Myrna Hurst, an auxiliary Have children? Have dogs? Learn how to quilt Show. summer camp try-outs manage the chaos without losing one’s mind. member of the Military Officers Association of Also learn techniques to teach children so they It all starts on Friday evening, May 26 at 7 America (MOAA) has volunteered to serve as to be held this Tuesday know how to be safe around dogs (and how to at Town Hall on Main and Laurel, and at the parade coordinator this year. Contact Myrna at keep dogs safe from the kids.). Learn what to Recreation Center on Laurel at Franklin with a 468-0146 if anyone would like to be in the Come join at the parent/ applicant orienta- tion night for all that are interested in a summer do if a child is approached by a loose dog that “Meet the Quilters” Preview Party including parade or they are interested in helping facili- may not be as friendly. If anyone has a dog and refreshments and foods donated by local tate the parade.” challenge that they will never forget. The infor- mation night for parents and applicants will be no kids, learn what and how to teach a dog to wineries and restaurants. Placing flags for the Avenue of Flags at ensure the dog enjoys the company of children. There is a beautiful opportunity Quilt to Ukiah Cemetery will commence at 5:30 a.m. held at the Veterans Memorial Building, 293 Seminary Ave. in Ukiah on May 22, at 6:30 This class session is a continuation of the win, demonstrations, vendors, challenge quilts on May 29 and volunteers would be appreciat- behavior lecture series taught by Kelly Boesel, and over 100 colorful quilts to see and enjoy ed. The Avenue of Flags — comprised of flags p.m. Devil Pups, Incorporated is sponsoring its certified pet dog trainer and owner of Blue made by full-time and part-time locals. donated by families of veterans who have Ribbon Pets. Class starts Tuesday May 23 at 6 The price is $10 inclusive for three days or 2006 Youth Summer Camp to be held at Camp passed on — will be on display until 3 p.m., Pendleton Marine Base. The dates of the youth p.m. in the Ukiah Valley Conference Center $5 for Saturday and/or Sunday from 10 to 5 when volunteers will take the flags down and (enter through the rear entrance). Register in p.m. Free admission for children 11 and under. camp will for 10 days in late July into early advance or at the door. For information call store them for next year. August, 2006. This program was first devel- So bring the whole family to stroll around A separate Memorial Day observance will Blue Ribbon Pets at 485-8454 or register Downtown Fort Bragg on the Quilt Walk, then oped in 1954 and is a youth-citizenship devel- through the City of Ukiah Parks and Rec be conducted at the Potter Valley Cemetery on opment program where youth will learn leader- come and see the newest creations at the Quilt May 29. Members of various service organiza- Department. This is a lecture only class, no ship and team building skills. Attendees will pets are allowed. Show. tions will take part in the ceremony, which will meet with other youth from all over California For more information, call Ada at 961-1746, commence at 9 a.m. and Nevada and learn how to live, work, and or go to www.soroptimistfortbraggca.org During the Ukiah observance, several ser- have fun with others, in a military setting. Rural Roads design, building www.soroptimistfortbraggca.org . vice organizations will participate: Veterans of Under the guidance of Marines who have vol- and maintenance workshop Proceeds stay in the community helping Foreign Wars, American Legion and possibly unteered to chaperone the youth, boys and girls local people through Project Sanctuary, schol- Korean War Veterans. Carole Hester, local ages 14 through 17 will experience a variety of to be held Friday June 2 arships and awards. artist, will sing the National Anthem and exciting activities that are designed to build The Mendocino County Resource Kaleena Quarles, 2006 Miss Mendocino self confidence and their ability to work with Conservation District and Pacific Watershed Memorial Day Parade County, will sing a number just before the others. Associates is hosting a free Roads Workshop in coordinator seeks public VFW ritual. As part of the ceremony, a memo- Try-outs for the Devil Pup Youth Summer Anderson Valley Friday June 2, at 9 a.m. to 4 rial bell will toll as the names of those veterans Camp will be held on Saturday, May 27 at 10 p.m. This Progressive Road Design and participation for May 29 event who have died in the past year are read aloud. a.m. at the Ukiah High School track area. Construction Workshop is conducted by Danny Applicants must be healthy, non-delinquent Hagans, co-author of the Handbook for Forest This year on Memorial Day, May 29, there boys or girls ages of 14 and 17 at the time they will be a Memorial Day Parade. The parade Breakfast Phishing with & Ranch Roads. Landowners and Heavy depart for the camp in July. The try-outs will Equipment Operators will benefit from hands- coordinator, Myrna Hurst, is looking for local the Chamber on Tuesday consist of a competitive physical fitness test on instruction in designing, building and main- participation among citizens, businesses and and an interview. At present we have a few taining rural roads, emphasizing road run-off organizations. Hurst is looking for a wide vari- Internet phishing and scams are the subject openings for Lake, Mendocino, and Humboldt sediment reduction and erosion control. Meet ety of talent and representation, from horse of the “Good Morning Ukiah” breakfast from 7 youth. The try-outs are open to both boys and at the Boonville Firehouse and bring lunch, mounted flag carriers to Boy and Girl Scout to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday of the Greater Ukiah girls, and candidates will be ranked in order of water, hat, sturdy shoes, etc. To register or for marchers, and musical entertainment -- be it Chamber of Commerce. their fitness test scores and their age at time of more information call the Navarro River marching band or wandering kazoo player. The featured speaker will be Jim Persky, departure. Once the openings are filled, other Resource Center at 895-3230. Sponsored by: Setup for the parade will be at 10 a.m., and founder and manager of Pacific Internet, a qualified candidates can be held on a waiting the MCRCD, the State Coastal Conservancy, parade will begin in downtown Ukiah at 10:30 local Internet service provider. He will talk list. Most of the costs of food, lodging, and and the Navarro Watershed Working Group. a.m. ending up at the Russian River Cemetery about “Cybercrime at a Glance,” phishing and with a Memorial Day service. To be involved various worms. in this patriotic event, contact Hurst at 468- Persky is a Ukiah High School graduate Watch Repair 0146 for more information or an application. ELECTRONIC with a bachelor’s degree in computer science PROTECTION Customized Wireless Security and a master’s degree in business administra- BY For Your Individual Needs Memorial Day Observance tion. He worked for 10 years in engineering DEEP and management positions in Silicon Valley. Need a watch battery to be held at Ukiah Cemetery Also on the agenda are Aline Brown, or watch band? VALLEY Security Pro Continuing an annual tradition, there will be Marketing Officer for Savings Bank, who will SECURITY discuss how banks are warning their customers Stop By today... Authorized Dealer a special Memorial Day observance at the (707) 462-5200 Ukiah Cemetery (940 Low Gap Road) on they will never be asked for information over D. William Jewelers 960 N. State Street, Ukiah Monday, May 29, 2006, beginning at noon and the Internet. www.deepvalleysecurity24.com She will be followed by Marlene Ruiz, Pear Tree Center sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) LIC.#AC031951-800-862-5200 CONT. LIC.#638502 Post 1900. Business Banking Specialist for Wells Fargo 462-4636 Prior to the ceremony, a parade will form up Bank.

With the CNA certification gives back to others much complete, Kathie is already more than she receives for Giving thinking about the next steps: herself. If you would like qualifying for an in-home more information on the Continued from Page A-3 health care license and a phle- Angel Fund, visit our Web site client is special and appreci- botomy license. In the mean- at: ates the fact her patients have time, she is exuberant about www.communityfound.org. seen so much history and wit- her work. “This is where I am If you would like to con- nessed so many changes. supposed to be,” she says, tribute to the Angel Fund, “They all have wonderful sto- “and I couldn’t have done it donations may be sent to the ries,” she says. “I never get without you guys.” Community Foundation of tired of hearing them.” Kathie The true gift of giving Mendocino County, 135 W. also acknowledges her hus- occurs when you can help Gobbi St., Suite 204, Ukiah, band’s support and contribu- someone like Kathie, who CA 95468. tion to her work with the elderly. “He sometimes is able to fix things at a patient’s home, or make a pot of soup that I can take with me,” she says.

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LOCAL Athletics 6, Mariners 3; Seattle team confers afterward By GREG BEACHAM and the A’s tuned up for Barry Francisco Giants visiting the which has kept them in a first- CALENDAR AP Sports Writer Bonds’ arrival by finishing a Coliseum for three games. place tie with Texas in the AL OAKLAND — While the three-game sweep with a 6-3 Bonds has been stuck on 713 West. Oakland has won six TODAY Oakland Athletics finally got victory Thursday — a loss homers since May 7 in his straight against Seattle after PREP BASEBALL • Montgomery at Ukiah, 6:30 p.m. on a roll, the Seattle Mariners that prompted an hourlong quest to surpass Babe Ruth’s opening the season series with • Anderson Valley at Potter Valley , 4 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL resorted to desperate team meeting for the con- career total. a loss. • Anderson Valley at Potter Valley , 4 p.m. PREP DIVING postgame measures to slow cerned Mariners. But the A’s are headed into “We’re playing the game • Ukiah at North Coast Section Diving their downhill slide. The first Bay Bridge Series the series with the momentum the right way, and wins start to Championships Frank Thomas and Bobby of the season begins on Friday of their second-longest win- -Calendar listings are culled from the most recent schedules provided by the schools Crosby hit two-run singles night with Bonds and the San ning streak of the season, and organizations in our coverage area. See As, Page A-7 Please report schedule changes or incorrect listings to The Daily Journal Sports Department at 468-3518. TV LISTINGS NHL

TODAY YOUTH SPORTS MLB Atlanta at Arizona, 6:30 p.m. (TBS) San Francisco at Oakland, 7 p.m. (KICU) NBA PLAYOFFS Four Detroit at Cleveland, 4 p.m. (ESPN) San Antonio at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) NHL PLAYOFFS Edmonton at San Jose (if necessary), The 6 p.m. (OLN) and out COMMUNITY HOT Sharks waste DIGEST CORNER golden Ukiah Rod & Gun opportunity Club Annual Trout Valley Little League for Cup chase Derby May 19-21 News By GREG BEACHAM The Ukiah Rod & Gun Club will hold its annual Trout Derby from AP Sports Writer May 19-21 at the Raley’s parking SAN JOSE — Although lot on North State Street. the San Jose Sharks seem des- The event runs from noon to 6 Padres p.m. on May 19, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tined to be a postseason play- on May 20, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. come back er for years to come, they on May 21. wasted an opportunity this Children ages 12 and under are spring that might never come welcome to attend for free, and to win 6th prizes will be awarded for the again. biggest fish caught. Team Teal’s roller-coaster straight Gavin Lewis slides into 3rd in the Dodgers loss to the Padres 13-10 on season flew off the tracks ACS 3-on-3 The McDonalds Padres Monday night. Wednesday night, with a 2-0 were down 10-5 with 2 outs loss in Edmonton, capping a Basketball Tourney Sheehy single and scored 3 Conner Franz. Thurston Davis Head and McDonalds set for June 24 in the 6th inning against the stunning playoff collapse for Thurston Dodgers on more in the second when came right back in the bot- had cut the lead to 1. Davis many experts’ favorites to The fifth annual American Monday night before Max Oswald hit a leadoff tom of the 4th with 4 more Head would later score on a reach the club’s first Stanley Cancer Society 3-on-3 mounting a miraculous double followed by a single runs on hits by Hector ground ball by Sean Dewey Cup finals. Tournament will be held June 24 by Brenden McNerlin and a Delgado, Bradley Sheehy to tie the game at 10. Adam from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ukiah comeback to tie the game Four straight losses were High School outdoor courts. and go on to defeat double by Gavin Lewis, and Taylor Yanez. The Harp shut Thurston down in perversely fitting for the Boys and girls from grades six McDonalds got 1 back in score would stay 10-6 until the bottom of the 6th retir- through nine are welcome to Thurston 13-10 in extra Sharks, who flopped out of innings. McDonalds (6-1) the second on a 220ft solo the top of the 6th when ing 3 in a row and the the gate last fall before finally compete in the event, and each home run by Dominick Cody Davis led off with a Padres scored 3 in the top team will consist of 3-4 players. won their 6th straight to set picking up momentum with Each player will be required to Brutocao and cut the lead to single and Dominick of the 7th on an R.B.I sin- raise $30 in sponsorship dona- up a showdown with the their tremendous play down undefeated Taco Bell 6-5 in the top of the 4th Brutocao drew a walk gle by Conner Franz and a the regular-season stretch. tions, with all proceeds helping when Cody Davis hit a tow- before the Dodgers would 2 run triple by Adam Harp. to fight cancer. Angels on Thursday night. They cruised through the first Registration forms are due Thurston got on the board ering 2 run home run and retire the next 2 batters. Davis Head would strike round against Nashville while June 15. For more information in the first when Gavin Kevin Leonard hit an R.B.I. Adam Harp then singled out the side in the bottom all four top Western call Matt Ferrick at 485-8270 or double who would later and D.J. Smith drew a walk of the 7th to secure the vic- the ACS office at 462-7643 x3. Lewis scored on a Bradley Conference seeds were elimi- score on an R.B.I. by to set up a 2 run single by tory for McDonalds. nated, and the Sharks won the Ukiah Dolphins Swim first two games at home Team Novice Swim With 12 strike outs and not Pony League Mendosa also hit a triple and against the eighth-seeded Camp May 23-25 allowing a runner past sec- Rockies improve to 5-1 collected 2 RBI’s. Larry Oilers. IN OTHER ACTION But they obliterated that The Ukiah Dolphins Swim ond base. With great defense The Ukiah Lions Rockies Pinnegar, Chris Tow, and Team will hold a three-day by Josh Gerber and Ben improved to 5-1 by beating Clayton Brown also had hits mass of good fortune with novice swim camp beginning on NULL Miller. Cameron Bowman the Willits team in Pony for the Rockies. Will Tollini four defeats over eight days. Tuesday, May 23 at Ukiah High McDonalds 3, went 1 for 3 and a run,Ben League action last Thursday walked and scored a run. After returning from School pool. NW Construction, 0 Edmonton on Thursday, the Parents are required to register Miller 2 for 3 with 2 run and night. First baseman Miles Tyler Mendosa pitched 4 camp swimmers at 4:30 p.m. on McDonalds defeated JT Rorabaugh went 2 for 3, Murphy led the Rockies by strong innings, striking out 8 players had a day off to begin Tuesday, and the camp will be Northwest Construction by 2 rbis. This game was going 3 for 3 with a triple batters to pick up the win. absorbing their disappoint- held from 5-6 p.m. on May 23-35. the score of 3-0. With ments. Water safe novice swimmers, played in an hour and 10 and 2 RBIs. Austin Ryan Sam Stump pitched the final ages 5-18, are invited. Camp Warren Foster Pitching the minutes. Next game Friday continued to hit well, going inning, striking out two to “Our goal has never registration fee is $28. complete game shutout. 19 with Savings Bank. 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs. Tyler close the game out. changed throughout the year,” For more information call Sue said Jonathan Cheechoo, who Maurer at 391-8277 or come to a won the Maurice Richard tro- New Parent Information Meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 22. phy with an NHL-best 56 goals, but had just four in 11 Ukiah Dolphins Water playoff games. “It’s always AREA SPEEDWAY ACTION going to be disappointing Polo starts practice May 23 at UHS when you don’t win the Cup.” The Sharks’ season went The Ukiah Dolphins Water Polo sour in a week after four grad- Team will begin practice May 23 Bob Strauss ual months of improvement. at 5:30 p.m. at the Ukiah High School Pool. Boy and girl swim- The turnaround started with mers from ages 8 to 18 are invit- inducted their brilliant four-player ed to join the team. The Dolphins trade for Joe Thornton, who practice three times a week throughout the summer, and sev- Speedway joined the team from Boston eral games are planned against on Nov. 30 and proceeded to neighboring clubs. Practices are win the league scoring title, a planned for Tuesday, Hall of Fame Wednesday, and Thursday from first for him and his new fran- LAKEPORT – Long-time race car dri- chise. 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ver and track manager Bob Strauss of Monthly dues are $35 and the But the Sharks didn’t fully USA Water Polo Registration is Lucerne was inducted into the Lakeport capitalize on Thornton’s bril- $50. For more information call Speedway/NCRA Hall of Fame at the Rick Cleland at 463-1551. liance until an eight-game Lakeport Speedway Saturday night dur- winning streak late in the reg- ing the 15th Annual NCRA Founder’s Mendocino College ular season, catapulting them- Cup Race. selves from 10th place to fifth Commuter Volleyball Strauss was called up into the grand- Camp Aug. 7-11 in the conference standings. stand after winning the trophy dash in his The Sharks had lost four #11 modified to receive his award. A very Mendocino College is offering a games in a row just once since commuter volleyball camp in shocked Strauss said he was “very sur- his arrival — until the Mendocino county the week of prised and blown away” when he learned Aug. 7-11. Edmonton stunners, also the that he was inducted into the Hall of club’s first four consecutive The camp is divided into two Fame. sessions: Grades 7-9 from 9:30 playoff losses since 1995. a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and Grades 10- “Most of the other members of the Hall The Sharks will lament the 12 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The camp will be held at 2-for-35 performance by a Mendocino College and run by See STRAUSS, Page A-7 power-play unit that was fre- local coaches. Fee for the camp quently brilliant earlier in the is $80 and the camp will limit the year, with captain Patrick numbe of participants. For more North State information and a brochure call Marleau on the point and Ed Schweitzer at 462-3382. Challenge Series Thornton providing sublime passes from the wing. They Trucking Club Race 2 also got less-than-stellar goal- softball tournament Melo Gordon Motorsports tending in Games 4 and 5 May 27-28 returns to Ukiah from Vesa Toskala, who stole REDDING – Looking to rebound from the starting job from Evgeni The James Hill Trucking Nabokov in February and Softball Club will be hosting the a disappointing debut in the North State James Hill Trucking Memorial Challenge Series, Melo Gordon starred down the stretch. Weekend Invitational. The men’s Motorsports and driver Neil Gordon are But nothing fully explains softball tournament will be held this disaster after the Sharks at Lowden Park in Weaverville looking to put the No. 5 Prime Financial May 27th and 28th. Chevy in the thick of the competition this were one post away from an Teams are guaranteed three Saturday night at the paved quarter-mile overtime victory in Game 3 games. Entry fee is $250. and a 3-0 lead in the series. There is an unlimited height Ukiah Speedway at the Redwood Empire pitch. Camping and Gem show at Fairgrounds. Thornton hit the post twice the park. For more information The tough debut came on April 29 at before Shawn Horcoff’s call Richard Marks at 707-445- triple-overtime goal ended the 3432 or Perry Price at 707-443- Redwood Acres Raceway when a fluid 6854 or e-mail: leak caused the No. 5 to go out of control Jared Martin, Bomber Division, Noel McCormack, Modified Division, and longest game in San Jose’s [email protected]. and crash early in the Main Event, result- AJ Randall, Real Stock Division are all 15-year-olds who beat the adults history. ing in an 18th-place finish. That was a in their divisions last Saturday at the Ukiah Speedway. With them is General manager Doug youth racer and Bandoleros winner,Trevor Christiani. Not shown is Mike Wilson and coach Ron Wilson See SPEEDWAY, Page A-7 Lovell, winner of the Late Models. See SHARKS, Page A-7 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 – A-7 Bonds ready as designated hitter against A’s By JANIE McCAULEY one of tying Ruth for second 34-5 in three games at hitter 715, 716 and we win 7-3, I’ll said it would be strange to see AP Sports Writer place on the career list. friendly Minute Maid Park. be happy going home. If Bonds break Hank Aaron’s SAN FRANCISCO — The next three games could “Everybody in the Bay there’s nobody on, I’m obvi- career home run record of 755 Barry Bonds might end up serve as an audition of sorts. Area should be excited,” ously going to challenge him. in another team’s uniform. tying the Babe in the Bay Area With Bonds’ contract up at the Oakland manager Ken Macha If there are people on base, “That would be up to them, after all — only it could come end of the season, he hasn’t said. “It’s history in the mak- I’m not going to let him beat not me,” Bonds has said of across the water in the ruled out a switch to the ing.” me.” coming back. unfriendly confines of American League for 2007 to The 41-year-old Bonds did- The Astros made sure He’s pretty sure he could Oakland. be a DH and reduce the wear n’t play in the series finale in Bonds didn’t make history on play about 155 games if he Bonds should be well rest- and tear on his surgically Houston on Wednesday night this trip to Texas. didn’t have to stand in left ed as he resumes his pursuit of repaired right knee. — the Giants’ second 10-1 He got plunked in the right field for nine innings. Bonds Babe Ruth in a weekend inter- He would like nothing win in three games — to give shoulder by Russ Springer in a has hit eight of his home runs league series against the more to get this over with, and him plenty of time to rest. wild, five-pitch at-bat as a designated hitter, batting Athletics in which he will be preferably in San Francisco’s “The amino acids in my Tuesday that was still the talk .247 with 43 walks in 81 at- the designated hitter, perhaps own stadium. And that is still head are going to explode if I of both clubhouses a day later. Bonds bats. a preview of the slugger’s a realistic possibility consider- talk to you,” Bonds joked in The Giants are convinced “Whew, just a DH? What? I future beyond 2006. ing the Giants return home the dugout Tuesday. “I’ve got the pitcher did it on purpose, could do that,” he said. “Oh, Bonds’ home run drought he hit No. 713 on May 7 at Monday for six games against to conserve my energy.” but Springer was out of state Philadelphia to move within yes.” has reached eight games since St. Louis and Colorado. Bonds had started eight in Louisiana to be with his And Alou has said Bonds “That was the most impor- straight days, his longest such wife as she had surgery. could probably total 800 veteran contributor at the tant thing for me,” Bonds said. stretch since starting 10 con- “One of these days there homers if he didn’t have to Sharks position after completely stay- “San Francisco is my biggest secutive days from June 18- will be a time we’re going to play the outfield. ing out of the free agent mar- supporting cast. I’ve been able 27, 2004. While he was avail- have to go on the field,” man- to do it for them forever since able to pinch hit, San ager Felipe Alou said. For now, the Giants hope ket last summer. they can build off their three Continued from Page A-6 And San Jose must decide I’ve been here. There’s noth- Francisco again jumped to a It was recently that Bonds, what to do about its goalies. ing more gratifying than, you big lead early and playing an eight-time Gold Glover in wins in Houston — where now must begin contempla- Toskala and Nabokov both know, having them able to Bonds never became neces- left field, acknowledged his Bonds did plenty even without tion of the future — and signed contract extensions catch a ball, on your turf. The sary. future could be in the hitting the ball over the fence. despite a dismal present, it this season, but Nabokov is way I’m swinging, it looks Bonds is 0-for-4 with a American League no longer Bonds is 4-for-26 (.154) seems bright in San Jose. due $21.5 million over the like I can wait.” walk in his career against playing defense once his five- with nine walks and two RBIs Thornton, Cheechoo and next four years — a figure Bonds and the Giants Oakland’s starter on Friday, year, $90 million contract is since 713. Marleau are under contract, that could guarantee his start- return to Northern California Dan Haren, and Bonds has up after this season. “He’s going to get back to and center Alyn McCauley is ing job or hasten his depar- with some long-awaited never faced Brad Halsey or He has always said retiring being a good hitter,” Alou the only veteran who will be ture. momentum following a three- Joe Blanton, who go Saturday with the Giants would be his said. “And then the long ball an unrestricted free agent this But even if the Sharks game sweep of the Houston and Sunday. wish, though he knows there will take care of itself.” summer. The Sharks used come back with another Astros. San Francisco “For him, it’s a milestone. are no guarantees the Giants AP Sports Writer Greg seven rookies extensively in strong year for a team just outscored the defending For me, it’s another game,” will make it happen — even if Beacham in Oakland, Calif., the postseason, including ris- entering its prime time, they’ll National League champions Haren said. “If I give up 714, owner Peter Magowan has contributed to this story. ing scorers Steve Bernier and lament the wasted chance to Milan Michalek, and they all cap this strange NHL season got valuable experience. with their first championship. Crosby’s bases-loaded sin- in every inning, but showed innings. Seattle added an The Sharks must sort out “I thought we had the team As gle highlighted the A’s three- off the resourcefulness that unearned run when Jose their glut of young defense- to win the Stanley Cup,” cen- run first inning against Pineiro got him back in the starting Lopez drove in Yuniesky men, perhaps even signing a ter Mark Smith said. (4-4), who walked two and hit rotation when injuries side- Betancourt after Crosby’s Continued from Page A-6 two batters in his second lined Rich Harden and error in the seventh. straight loss after opening Esteban Loaiza. Saarloos won The 26th four-hit game of come,” Kirk Saarloos said. May with two impressive vic- 10 games as Oakland’s fifth Suzuki’s career extended his in the North State Challenge “We’re starting to score more tories. starter last season before get- Speedway Series. We are definitely hitting streak to 12 games, and runs, and as a pitcher, you Nick Swisher, who reached ting bumped to the bullpen he went 8-for-14 in the series. determined to show what this don’t feel like you have to be base for the 35th straight this spring. team can do.” “Yes, we had more of these Continued from Page A-6 perfect.” game with a first-inning sin- The Mariners closed to 6-3 kinds of meetings in Japan,” Part of the equation will be Saarloos allowed eight hits gle, had a sacrifice fly in the in the ninth on Suzuki’s RBI tough pill to swallow for the the return of crew chief Jason Suzuki said through an inter- but just one earned run while second. Thomas drove in two single, but Huston Street got preter. “It’s not unusual at all. team after driver Neil Gordon Fensler who was not with the pitching into the seventh more runs in the fifth with his the final out for his sixth save You have to do it.” was the top qualifying rookie, team in the opener because of inning for the A’s, who had first hit since missing four in seven chances. That’s when starting seventh on the grid in a previous commitment. another outing of cool effi- Notes: Betancourt, Carl games with a strained right manager Mike Hargrove Everett, Raul Ibanez and his series debut.He will enter Fensler‚s experience as one of ciency for their fourth straight quadriceps. locked the doors for a heart- this week‚s race sixth in the the top drivers in the area will win. Kenji Johjima all have six- The A’s finally have some to-heart talk. game hitting streaks for Victory Circle Rookie Points be very helpful to Gordon as The Mariners were pro- offensive life after big strug- “Today we let down a little Standings. the duo will take to the track foundly inefficient, stranding gles in the season’s opening bit, and that concerned me,” Seattle. ... Before the game, After some intense work on on Friday for a practice ses- eight more runners despite weeks, and they’re focused on Hargrove said. “Our bench got Oakland reinstated LHP the Chevy Monte Carlo over sion. four hits by Ichiro Suzuki. keeping that momentum quiet for the first time this Randy Keisler from the the last couple of weeks, team “We look forward to hav- Their fifth loss in seven games through the three-ring circus year. We sat around and had a bereavement list and optioned owner Marty Melo believes ing Jason with us to call the prompted manager Mike of attention accompanying lot of people talking. I can’t RHP Matt Roney to Triple-A his driver and crew will be shots and help get the car pre- Hargrove to keep the club- Bonds this weekend. talk for an hour. I’m good for Sacramento. Keisler, who left ready for round two on the pared for Neil,” Melo said. house closed for 57 minutes “He’s the greatest hitter 55 (minutes). We feel like we the team last week to be with NSCS schedule. “He’s very respected and has after the final out. ever, (and) it’s a tremendous have a good ballclub, and we his ailing grandmother, “A lot of hard work has proven himself as a top com- “A little team thing we had accomplishment,” said Eric can still be in this thing.” relieved Saarloos in the sev- gone into preparing the car petitor behind the wheel. He going on, a little team thing Chavez, who went 1-for-3. “I Suzuki singled, stole a base enth and escaped a jam. ... and getting us ready to go rac- will provide valuable insight we needed,” said Joel Pineiro, don’t want to say I’m looking and eventually scored in the Lopez’s 31 RBIs lead AL sec- ing,” Melo said. “We would to our team in helping us be who yielded seven hits and forward to it, but I look at it first inning, but Saarloos ond basemen. ... Saarloos really like to thank the guys at competitive right from the five earned runs in the loss. like I’ve got a pretty good spot mostly shut down the rest of made his 100th career appear- Dan Gamel RV and their paint start.” “We talked about things that to see it. ... If he was chasing the Mariners for the next five ance. department who have the car Saturday’s qualifying at happened and don’t happen. It this number or not, he’d still looking brand new again. We Ukiah is scheduled for 5:30 was good for us, for the team. be booed. It’ll just be a little had some tough decisions to p.m., while the main event is Hopefully we’ll see the differ- bit louder.” make over the last couple of slated for 8 p.m. Tickets for ence.” Saarloos (2-1) allowed a hit weeks in regards to not run- the event are $15 for general ning the car at the Southwest admission. For more informa- Tour Race in Redding but tion on Melo Gordon focusing on the bigger picture Motorsports visit www.melo- of competing the entire season gordonmotorsports.com. Lake and Mendocino Co.

miere division at Lakeport Strauss Speedway. He also developed LARGEST the L.A. Cruiser class and was ~ PICK-UP ACCESSORIES ~ the one responsible for bring- Continued from Page A-6 ing the “boat races” to Lakeport Speedway. Lakeport Camper of Fame are great friends of Strauss has driven almost mine,” Strauss said. “And I’m every type of race car at very proud to be a part of their Lakeport Speedway and other Featuring group.” race tracks, including a Strauss has been a member Thunder Roadster last week- of Northern California Racing end. He raced Floyd Alvis‚ Association since 1968. He midget, Fred Kohlmeier‚s began his racing career in super modified, George 1969 in a $159 Claimer where Beavis‚, as well as his own, Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm •263-7755 he shared driving duties with legend car, Lloyd Burton’s his brother-in-law, Jack sprint car, a formula vee car, Humphrey, and his friend Brian Yates 1938 nostalgic car Lawrence Frazier. and the list goes on. His next car was another In the pits he is known as 1959 Plymouth that was “Doctor Bob.” He offers painted green with purple advice, loans parts, lends a WE’VE flames. It was known as the helping hand to anyone who batmobile. The following year needs his help. his paint scheme was exactly He served 12 years on the jeans cuisine. the opposite: A purple car NCRA board of directors with green flames. And from before taking over the the beginning, Strauss’s car Lakeport Speedway track MOVED! casual weekend brunch buffet number was number 11. management. He and his wife, He graduated to the stock Nadine, were voted RPM – $12.5o – car division in 1973 and Promoters of the Year in 2003. (behind Lost Coast Motorcycles) earned “Rookie of the Year” Although it has been hard on • 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, honors that season. Strauss him, he still takes care of the excluding holidays won his first championship in track maintenance and is cur- 1974 where he was the rently driving both a modified • Enjoy all the brunch favorites. Price includes coffee, Lakeport Speedway Campion, and an L.A. Cruiser and he Redding’s juices, sodas, tropical drinks and smoothies the Ukiah Speedway champi- will be 62 years old on July 1. on, and the overall NCRA Strauss is the tenth person champion. to be inducted into the Car And Truck Rentals His other championships Lakeport Speedway Hall of came in 1976, 1977, 1980 and Fame. The other members are 1989 in the super stock divi- Jim McKinney, Gus Schnabl, sion and 1993, 1996 and 2003 NCRA founding fathers Jim 468-0902 in the modified division. Daniel, Ted Neilson, Vic Strauss introduced the Henry, Bill Robison, Bill (707) 857-2777 • (877) 883-7777 toll-free IMCA modified to the state of Deschamp and Darrell 1125 So. State Street Visit www.riverrockcasino.com for driving directions California in 1989 and started Billups. Long-time speedway An enterprise of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians the class the following year supporter Bill McVey was the which has become the pre- last inductee in 2004. Ukiah CA 95482 A-8 – FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 SPORTS THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

West Division Southern Cal 4, Virginia Commonwealth 1 W L Pct GB Doubles BASEBALL San Diego 23 18 .561 — 1. Dianne Matias and Carine Vermeulen, SCOREBOARD Arizona 22 18 .550 1/2 Southern Cal, led Olga Borisova and Marianna Friday, April 28: Sacramento 94, San Antonio 93 Tuesday, May 9: Detroit 97, Cleveland 91 American League Colorado 22 19 .537 1 Yuferova, Virginia Commonwealth, 6-4 DNF. Sunday, April 30: Sacramento 102, San Antonio Saturday, May 13: Cleveland 86, Detroit 77 At A Glance Los Angeles 21 20 .512 2 2. Luana Magnani and Lindsey Nelson, Southern NBA 84 Monday, May 15: Cleveland 74, Detroit 72 By The Associated Press San Francisco 21 20 .512 2 Cal, def. Vera Petrashevitch and Tatsiana Tuesday, May 2: San Antonio 109, Sacramento 98 Wednesday, May 17: Cleveland 86, Detroit 84, All Times EDT Uvarova, Virginia Commonwealth, 8-2. Daily Playoff Glance Friday, May 5: San Antonio 105, Sacramento 83 Cleveland leads series 3-2 East Division Wednesday’s Games 3. Judy DeVera and Anca Anastasiu, Southern EASTERN CONFERENCE Friday, May 19: Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m. W L Pct GB L.A. Dodgers 3, Colorado 2 Cal, def. Viktoria Konstantinova and Gabrielle De Detroit 4, Milwaukee 1 Phoenix 4, Los Angeles Lakers 3 Sunday, May 21: Cleveland at Detroit, 3:30 p.m., if Boston 23 15 .605 — Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 2 Beaucoudrey, Virginia Commonwealth, 8-2. Sunday, April 23: Detroit 92, Milwaukee 74 Sunday, April 23: Phoenix 107, Los Angeles necessary New York 23 16 .590 1/2 Atlanta 6, Florida 4, 11 innings Singles Wednesday, April 26: Detroit 109, Milwaukee 98 Lakers 102 Toronto 22 17 .564 1 1/2 Chicago Cubs 5, Washington 0 1. Tatsiana Uvarova, Virginia Commonwealth, def. Saturday, April 29: Milwaukee 124, Detroit 104 Wednesday, April 26: Los Angeles Lakers 99, Miami 4, New Jersey 1 Baltimore 19 22 .463 5 1/2 Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 7 Lindsey Nelson, Southern Cal, 6-4, 6-2. Monday, May 1: Detroit 109, Milwaukee 99 Phoenix 93 Monday, May 8: New Jersey 100, Miami 88 Tampa Bay 17 24 .415 7 1/2 San Francisco 10, Houston 1 2. Luana Magnani, Southern Cal, def. Marianna Wednesday, May 3: Detroit 122, Milwaukee 93 Friday, April 28: Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix Wednesday, May 10: Miami 111, New Jersey 89 Central Division St. Louis 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Yuferova, Virginia Commonwealth, 7-5, 6-2. 92 Friday, May 12: Miami 103, New Jersey 92 W L Pct GB San Diego 14, Arizona 10 3. Dianne Matias, Southern Cal, def. Viktoria Miami 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, April 30: Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix Sunday, May 14: Miami 102, New Jersey 92 Detroit 27 13 .675 — Thursday’s Games Konstantinova, Virginia Commonwealth, 6-3, 6-2. Saturday, April 22: Miami 111, Chicago 106 98, OT Tuesday, May 16: Miami 106, New Jersey 105 Chicago 26 14 .650 1 Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 8 4. Olga Borisova, Virginia Commonwealth, led Monday, April 24: Miami 115, Chicago 108 Tuesday, May 2: Phoenix 114, Los Angeles ——— Cleveland 20 21 .488 7 1/2 Atlanta 9, Florida 1 Anca Anastasiu, Southern Cal, 7-6 (6), 3-2 DNF. Thursday, April 27: Chicago 109, Miami 90 Lakers 97, WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota 17 24 .41510 1/2 Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 4 5. Carine Vermeulen, Southern Cal, def. Vera Sunday, April 30: Chicago 93, Miami 87 Thursday, May 4: Phoenix 126, Los Angeles San Antonio vs. Dallas Kansas City 10 28 .263 16 St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Petrashevitch (VCU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Tuesday, May 2: Miami 92, Chicago 78, Lakers 118 Sunday, May 7: San Antonio 87, Dallas 85 West Division Washington 5, Chicago Cubs 3 6. Gabrielle De Beaucoudrey, Virginia Thursday, May 4: Miami 113, Chicago 96 Saturday, May 6: Phoenix 121, Los Angeles Tuesday, May 9: Dallas 113, San Antonio 91 W L Pct GB Friday’s Games Commonwealth, led Judy DeVera, Southern Cal, Lakers 90 Saturday, May 13: Dallas 104, San Antonio 103 Oakland 21 19 .525 — Chicago Cubs (Maddux 5-2) at Chicago White 6-4, 6-6 DNF. New Jersey 4, Indiana 2 Monday, May 15: Dallas 123, San Antonio 118, Texas 21 19 .525 — Sox (Buehrle 4-2), 1:05 p.m. ——— Sunday, April 23: Indiana 90, New Jersey 88 Los Angeles Clippers 4, Denver 1 OT Los Angeles 17 23 .425 4 Cincinnati (Claussen 2-4) at Detroit (Bonderman Miami 4, Fresno State 2 Tuesday, April 25: New Jersey 90, Indiana 75 Saturday, April 22: Los Angeles Clippers 89, Wednesday, May 17: San Antonio 98, Dallas 97, Seattle 17 25 .405 5 4-2), 4:05 p.m. Doubles Thursday, April 27: Indiana 107, New Jersey 95 Denver 87 Dallas leads series 3-2 Pittsburgh (Duke 2-4) at Cleveland (Sabathia 2- 1. Melissa Applebaum and Audra Cohen, Miami, Saturday, April 29: New Jersey 97, Indiana 88 Monday, April 24: Los Angeles Clippers 98, Friday, May 19: San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games 1), 4:05 p.m. def. Lucia Sainz and Katharina Winterhalter, Tuesday, May 2: New Jersey 92, Indiana 86 Denver 87 Monday, May 22: Dallas at San Antonio, 5 p.m., if N.Y.Yankees 4, Texas 3 Boston (Clement 3-3) at Philadelphia (Lieber 3-4), Fresno State, 8-4. Thursday, May 4: New Jersey 96, Indiana 90 Thursday, April 27: Denver 94, Los Angeles necessary Detroit 2, Minnesota 0 4:05 p.m. 2. Audrey Banada and Monika Dancevic, Miami, Clippers 87 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 0 Baltimore (Benson 5-3) at Washington led Tinesta Rowe and Magdalena Tokarska, Cleveland 4, Washington 2 Saturday, April 29: Los Angeles Clippers 100, Phoenix vs. Los Angeles Clippers Baltimore 4, Boston 3 (MicO’Connor 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Fresno State, 6-1 DNF. Saturday, April 22: Cleveland 97, Washington 86 Denver 86 Monday, May 8: Phoenix 130, Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y.Yankees (Johnson 5-4) at N.Y. Mets 3. Caren Seenauth and Patricia Starzyk, Miami, Tuesday, April 25: Washington 89, Cleveland 84 Monday, May 1: Los Angeles Clippers 101, Los Angeles Clippers 123 Oakland 7, Seattle 2 (Gonzalez 0-0), 4:10 p.m. def. Melanie Gloria and Jacqueline Haskett, Friday, April 28: Cleveland 97, Washington 96 Denver 83 Wednesday, May 10: Los Angeles Clippers 122, Toronto 3, L.A. Angels 0 Florida (Moehler 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Fossum 1- Fresno State, 8-3. Sunday, April 30: Washington 106, Cleveland 96 Phoenix 97 Thursday’s Games 2), 4:15 p.m. Singles Wednesday, May 3: Cleveland 121, Washington Dallas 4, Memphis 0 Friday, May 12: Phoenix 94, Cleveland 6, Kansas City 5 Texas (Tejeda 1-1) at Houston (Oswalt 5-3), 5:05 1. Audra Cohen, Miami, def. Melanie Gloria, 120, OT Sunday, April 23: Dallas 103, Memphis 93 Los Angeles Clippers 91 Texas 6, N.Y.Yankees 2 p.m. Fresno State, 6-0, 6-1. Friday, May 5: Cleveland 114, Washington 113, Wednesday, April 26: Dallas 94, Memphis 79 Sunday, May 14: Los Angeles Clippers 114, Detroit 5, Minnesota 3 Minnesota (Liriano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Davis 2-2), 2. Katharina Winterhalter, Fresno State, def. OT Saturday, April 29: Dallas 94, Memphis 89, OT Phoenix 107 Oakland 6, Seattle 3 5:05 p.m. Melissa Applebaum, Miami, 7-5, 6-4. ——— Monday, May 1: Dallas 102, Memphis 76 Tuesday, May 16: Phoenix 125, Tampa Bay 5, Chicago White Sox 4 St. Louis (Carpenter 3-2) at Kansas City (Redman 3. Monika Dancevic, Miami, def. Lucia Sainz, WESTERN CONFERENCE ——— Los Angeles Clippers 118, 2OT Toronto at L.A. Angels, late game 0-3), 5:10 p.m. Fresno State, 6-2, 6-0. San Antonio 4, Sacramento 2 QUARTERFINALS Thursday, May 18: Los Angeles Clippers 118, Friday’s Games Toronto (Towers 1-7) at Colorado (Cook 4-3), 6:05 4. Magdalena Tokarska, Fresno State, def. Audrey Saturday, April 22: San Antonio 122, Sacramento (Best-of-7) Phoenix 106, series tied 3-3 Chicago Cubs (Maddux 5-2) at Chicago White p.m. Banada, Miami, 7-6 (3), 6-5. 88 EASTERN CONFERENCE Monday, May 22: Los Angeles Clippers at Sox (Buehrle 4-2), 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (Thomson 1-3) at Arizona (Batista 3-2), 5. Patricia Starzyk, Miami, def. Jacqueline Tuesday, April 25: San Antonio 128, Sacramento Detroit vs. Cleveland Phoenix, 6 or 7 p.m. Cincinnati (Claussen 2-4) at Detroit (Bonderman 6:40 p.m. Haskett, Fresno State, 7-5, 6-2. 119, OT Sunday, May 7: Detroit 113, Cleveland 86 4-2), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (CYoung 3-2) at Seattle (Washburn 2- 6. Caren Seenauth, Miami, led Bruna Paes, Pittsburgh (Duke 2-4) at Cleveland (Sabathia 2- 5), 7:05 p.m. Fresno State, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 DNF 1), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Lowry 1-0) at Oakland (Haren 3- ——— Boston (Clement 3-3) at Philadelphia (Lieber 3-4), 3), 7:05 p.m. Notre Dame 4, Kentucky 0 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Sele 1- Doubles Baltimore (Benson 5-3) at Washington 0), 7:40 p.m. 1. Kim Coventry and Carolina Escamilla, (MicO’Connor 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Kentucky, led Catrina Thompson and Christian No-hitters rarer than in past eras N.Y.Yankees (Johnson 5-4) at N.Y. Mets N.Y.Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 1:020 a.m. Thompson, Notre Dame, 8-7 DNF. (Gonzalez 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 10:20 a.m. 2. Lara Maurer and Joelle Schwenk, Kentucky, Florida (Moehler 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Fossum 1- San Francisco at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. def. Brook Buck and Kelcy Tefft, Notre Dame, 8-6. By GUY CURTRIGHT by Dwight Gooden three 2), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. 3. Lauren Connelly and Kristina Stastny, Notre Texas (Tejeda 1-1) at Houston (Oswalt 5-3), 5:05 Texas at Houston, 4:05 p.m. Dame, def. Danielle Petrisko and Caroline Cox News Service years earlier. p.m. Cincinnati at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. Winebrenner, Kentucky, 8-5. ATLANTA -- It's been two "It's nerve racking," Girardi Minnesota (Liriano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Davis 2-2), Minnesota at Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. Singles MLB 5:05 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. 1. Kim Coventry, Kentucky, led Catrina Thompson, years today since Randy said of a no-hitter, let alone a St. Louis (Carpenter 3-2) at Kansas City (Redman Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Notre Dame, 7-6, 3-2 DNF. 0-3), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore at Washington, 4:05 p.m. 2. Christian Thompson, Notre Dame, def. Lara Johnson's perfect game perfect game. "You start Toronto (Towers 1-7) at Colorado (Cook 4-3), 6:05 St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Maurer, Kentucky, 6-3, 6-1. p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m. 3. Brook Buck, Notre Dame, led Joelle Schwenk, against the Braves at Turner with Mark Wohlers and thinking, 'Don't let me be the San Diego (CYoung 3-2) at Seattle (Washburn 2- Toronto at Colorado, 5:05 p.m. Kentucky, 6-4, 2-0 DNF. 5), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. 4 Kelcy Tefft, Notre Dame, def. Danielle Petrisko, Field. Since then, a lot of hit- Alejandro Pena. one that screws this up.' But San Francisco (Lowry 1-0) at Oakland (Haren 3- San Diego at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. Kentucky, 6-1, 6-2. 3), 7:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games 5. Carolina Escamilla, Kentucky, led Kristina ters have gotten their revenge. "Guys who throw a lot a it's great. It's exciting. It's one L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Sele 1- Cincinnati at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Stastny, Notre Dame, 6-2, 5-5 DNF. 0), 7:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. 6. Katie Potts, Notre Dame, def. Jessica Guiggioli, Johnson's masterpiece was strikes and are always around of my fondest memories." Saturday’s Games Baltimore at Washington, 10:05 a.m. Kentucky, 6-3, 6-2. not only the last 27-up, 27- Of course, it's embarrassing N.Y.Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 10:20 a.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 10:15 a.m. ——— the plate don't seem to pitch Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 10:20 a.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Baylor 4, Vanderbilt 2 down game in the majors, but being the team that is victim- San Francisco at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Texas at Houston, 11:05 a.m. Doubles no-hitters," Sutton said. "It L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 11:05 a.m. 1. Zuzana Cerna and Daniela Covello, Baylor, def. the last no-hitter. The gap is usually takes a guy like Randy ized. It especially was for the Texas at Houston, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 11:05 a.m. Taka Bertrand and Amanda Fish, Vanderbilt, 9-8 Cincinnati at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. (5). the longest since World War Johnson, who gets hitters to Braves two years ago because Minnesota at Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Colorado, 12:05 p.m. 2. Iva Mihaylova and Klara Zrustova, Baylor, def. Boston at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Caroline Ferrell and Amanda Taylor, Vanderbilt, 8- II. chase pitches and gets a lot of they had struck out 18 times in Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. 4. Baltimore at Washington, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. 3. Courtney Ulery and Liberty Sveke, Vanderbilt, "It doesn't really surprise strikeouts." the previous game against St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 1:40 p.m. led Zuzana Krchnakova and Zuzana Zemenova, me at all," said Braves pitcher Milwaukee's Ben Sheets. Florida at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 5:05 p.m. Baylor, 8-7 DNF. Nolan Ryan, who pitched a Toronto at Colorado, 5:05 p.m. Singles Tim Hudson, who threw a "I think you can say, with- San Diego at Seattle, 6:05 p.m. 1. Zuzana Zemenova, Baylor, def. Amanda Fish, record seven no-hitters, fell Sunday’s Games Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-4. one-hit game early this month. into that category. So did out a shadow of a doubt, Cincinnati at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. 2. Zuzana Cerna, Baylor, def. Taka Bertrand, Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. NCAA Vanderbilt, 7-5, 6-2. "Hitters are good nowadays. I Sandy Koufax, who pitched we've reached a new all-time Baltimore at Washington, 10:05 a.m. 3. Amanda Taylor, Vanderbilt, def. Daniela Florida at Tampa Bay, 10:15 a.m. Women’s Tennis Results Covello, Baylor, 6-4, 6-3. wouldn't be surprised if there no-hitters in four seasons in a low," Chipper Jones said then. Boston at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Thursday 4. Courtney Ulery, Vanderbilt, def. Klara Zrustova, Texas at Houston, 11:05 a.m. At Taube Tennis Center Baylor, 6-2, 6-3. wasn't a no-hitter all season or row, including a perfect game "Randy's always tough. The Minnesota at Milwaukee, 11:05 a.m. Stanford, Calif. 5. Iva Mihaylova, Baylor, led Caroline Ferrell, none next year." guy's a first-ballot Hall of Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 11:05 a.m. Round of 16 Vanderbilt, 6-2, 5-5 DNF. in 1965. St. Louis at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Northwestern 4, Georgia Tech 0 6. Zuzana Krchnakova, Baylor, def. Maggie Braves manager Bobby Famer. But it doesn't take Toronto at Colorado, 12:05 p.m. Doubles Yahner, Vanderbilt, 7-5, 6-3. Asked why no-hitters have San Diego at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. 1. Cristelle Grier and Alexis Prousis, ——— Cox feels the lack of no-hit- become so rare, Cox joked, away the disappointment we San Francisco at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Northwestern, def. Kristi Miller and Lyndsay Florida 4, UCLA 3 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Shosho, Georgia Tech, 8-4. Doubles ters has a lot to do with pre- "Ryan retired and Koufax got have over here." N.Y.Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 5:05 p.m. 2. Feriel Esseghir and Georgia Rose, 1. Laura Gordon and Riza Zalameda, UCLA, def. Northwestern, def. Kelly Anderson and Whitney Whitney Benik and Alexis Gordon, Florida, 8-6. sent-day pitching philoso- a sore arm." In this hitters era, however, McCray, Georgia Tech, 8-3. 2. Elizabeth Lumpkin and Alex McGoodwin, National League 3. Kacie Anson and Alison Silverio, Georgia Tech UCLA, def. Lolita Frangulyan and Diana phies. Johnson fanned 13 in his 2- it has more often than not def. Nazlie Ghazal and Jamie Peisel, Srebrovic, Florida, 9-8 (0). "A lot of guys now are just been pitchers who have taken East Division Northwestern, 8-2. 3. Keri Robison and Nina Suvak, Florida, def. 0 gem for Arizona against the W L Pct GB Singles Ashley Joelson and Tracy Lin, UCLA, 8-5. Singles used to going seven innings," their lumps. New York 24 16 .600 — 1. Georgia Rose, Northwestern, led Kristi Miller, 1. Alexis Gordon, Florida, def. Laura Gordon, Braves, whiffing Chipper Philadelphia 22 18 .550 2 Georgia Tech, 3-6, 6-1, 2-0 DNF. UCLA, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Cox said. "They aren't used to Jones three times. Pinch hitter The last no-hitter in the Atlanta 21 20 .512 3 1/2 2. Cristelle Grier, Northwestern, def. Lyndsay 2. Diana Srebrovic, Florida, def. Riza Zalameda, Washington 14 27 .34110 1/2 Shosho, Georgia Tech, 6-4, 6-3. UCLA, 6-3, 7-6 (5). the pitch counts it would take Eddie Perez struck out to end American League was thrown Florida 11 28 .28212 1/2 3. Alexis Prousis, Northwestern, def. Alison 3. Tracy Lin, UCLA def. Whitney Benik, Florida, 7- Central Division Silverio, Georgia Tech, 7-6, 6-1. 6 (3), 3-6, 7-5. to get a no-hitter, plus some of the game on Johnson's 117th by Derek Lowe for the Red W L Pct GB 4. Tarryn Rudman, Georgia Tech, def. Jamie 4. Boglarka Berecz, Florida, def. Alex St. Louis 26 15 .634 — Peisel, Northwestern, 6-3, 7-5. McGoodwin, UCLA, 6-2, 6-2. the ballparks are so small now pitch, prompting catcher Sox against Tampa Bay in Cincinnati 24 17 .585 2 5. Feriel Esseghir, Northwestern, led Whitney 5. Ashley Joelson, UCLA, def. Nina Suvak, that fly balls become home Boston on April 27, 2002. The Houston 22 19 .537 4 McCray, Georgia Tech, 2-6, 6-3, 5-2 DNF Florida, 7-6, 6-3. Robby Hammock to jump for Milwaukee 22 19 .537 4 6. Christy Striplin, Georgia Tech, led Nazlie 6. Alex Liles, Florida, def. Elizabeth Lumpkin, runs." current gap in the majors is Chicago 17 23 .425 8 1/2 Ghazal, Northwestern, 7-6 (3), 4-4 DNF. UCLA, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. joy before dashing to the Pittsburgh 13 28 .317 13 ——— Only seven no-hitters, one mound. the longest since Lon of which involved six Marcus Giles was hurt and Warneke's no-hitter for the Houston pitchers, have been Jones, who normally had suc- Cardinals at Cincinnati on thrown since 2000 and none in cess against Johnson, was Aug. 30, 1941, and Jim the American League in more coming back from a ham- Tobin's for the Boston Braves than four years. There were string injury, but Cox says that at home against Brooklyn on eight no-hitters in 1990 alone he doesn't think it would have April 27, 1944. in the majors and 37 in that mattered who the Braves had "It's hard to throw a no-hit- decade, including four of in the lineup that night. ter," Girardi said. "I'm not sur- baseball's 16 official regular- "We weren't going to hit prised it's been so long." Despite winning 324 season perfect games. him if we had Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron and Joe Adcock," games, Sutton never even "I don't really think that took a no-hitter into the ninth there is a logical explanation, Cox said. "He was that good. inning. Two years ago was the because no-hitters have never Johnson made you chase first time he was doing play- been predictable or logical," pitches. None of those sliders by-play with a no-hitter on the said Hall of Fame pitcher Don he throws end up as strikes, line. Sutton, now a Braves broad- but you don't know that." Sutton said he was as anx- caster. "There is so much that Johnson, at 40, was the old- ious on radio as he would goes into a no-hitter, including est to throw a perfect game have been on the mound him- a lot of luck." and it came 14 years after he self. "I was so nervous that I The Braves run of division had a no-hitter for Seattle. thought I was going to wet titles was built on pitching, The only postseason per- myself," Sutton said. "I've but neither Greg Maddux, fect game was by Don Larsen been around baseball a long Tom Glavine nor John Smoltz of the New York Yankees time, but a perfect game does- have pitched a no-hitter. The against Brooklyn in the 1956 n't come very often." only individual no-hitter dur- World Series. Lately, neither does a plain ing the streak was thrown in Florida manager Joe no-hitter. 1994 by Kent Mercker, who Girardi caught David Cone's Guy Curtright writes for was also part of a combined perfect game for the Yankees The Atlanta Journal- no-hitter three years earlier in 1999, as well as a no-hitter Constitution. Clip Your Way Saturday, May 27 at 9 pm To Savings! Bill Engvall Reserved Seating $40 Get Your Tickets Today! 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(including health centers in Ukiah, Potter Abuse Prevention Commission meeting. The and it’s an opportunity for People for People to Valley, Gualala, Fort Bragg, Laytonville, Mendocino County Policy Council on raise money to help support the long-term care COMMUNITY BRIEFS Willits and Boonville) in the areas of health Children and Youth (PCCY) and PCCY Child Ombudsman program, at the same time giving education, outreach and patient advocacy. The Abuse Prevention Commission The Council is something directly to the seniors. mission of the HealthCorps Program (a divi- a collaborative group of agency and communi- Ombudsman are those who advocate for Dam Dog Walks to take place sion of ty representatives that are working together to others, going into every long-term care facility the national Americorps Program) is to improve the quality services provided to chil- in these two counties advocating for residents’ Sundays at Lake Mendocino engage community members in service with dren, youth and their families in Mendocino rights and dignity issues. Additionally, the This is no ordinary dog walk. Inspired by the goal of improving access to comprehen- County. The meetings are open to interested Ombudsman investigates elder abuse and other Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisper, this is a struc- sive, affordable and culturally appropriate members of the public. For additional informa- complaints concerning the elderly in these tured one-hour dog walk designed to get dogs health care. The program is an excellent oppor- tion, visit the PCCY web site at: facilities. There are 42 licensed long-term care moving in a migrating pack mode to promote a tunity for community members to gain valu- www.mcclss.ora/PCCY/index.htm facilities in Lake and Mendocino Counties, more balanced pooch. It’s good for the humans able professional skills and to make a positive The notices, minutes and agendas for this housing approximately 1,100 full-time resi- as well. All dogs must be on leash and under impact on the health and well-being of their meeting are available in alternative formats for dents, of which more than 70 percent do not control. communities. In exchange for 1700 hours disabled persons. For disability-related modifi- have family or friends. Meets every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. at of their service to the community, HealthCorps cations or accommodations including auxiliary Anyone that would like to sponsor a frail the Lake Mendocino Dam Lake Mendocino Members receive a modest living allowance of aids for a person or persons with a disability elder, or donate much needed flowers or vases Dr. (Time will change to 8:45 a.m. June 18 to $10,200, an education award of $4,725, health that requires these aids or services in order to or filler material for the event, or help deliver “beat the heat”.) Pack leader is Sallie Palmer of insurance, child care benefits, training in com- participate in the meeting, call the Department flowers (a very rewarding experience.), contact Well Mannered Mutts 463-3647. Cost $1 dona- munity health issues, and excellent of Social Services at 463-7874 at least four full 468-5882 or (800) 997-3675. Ombudsman is tion to the Humane Society for Inland opportunities for professional and personal business days prior to the date of the meeting. located at Ukiah Senior Center, 499 Leslie St. Mendocino County. a 501C3 non-profit orga- development. The next program cycle begins Ukiah. nization. in September 2006. Applications are due June 15, 2006. For more information about the pro- Cattlemen’s Association gram and to download an application, visit to hold annual horse auction Diversity Dinner and MLK Lobster sale fund raiser www.ruralcommunityhealth.org or email On Saturday, at the Ukiah Livestock Center Citizenship Award Event orders end June 17 Megan Van Sant, Program Coordinator, at in Ukiah, CA (4500 Burke Hill Road), the The 9th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. [email protected]. How about some live Maine lobsters in time Mendocino County Cattlemen’s Association “Citizenship Award” presentation and the 4th to celebrate Father’s Day and graduation, and and the Mendocino County Farm Bureau will annual Mendocino County Multi-Cultural benefit a service club at the same time. Celebrate Older Californian be holding their annual horse auction, This sale Diversity Dinner event will be held on Sunday, The lobsters average 1-1/4 pounds each and Month during May is open to the public and people who wish to at 6:30 p.m. at Todd Grove Clubhouse, 599 the cost is $18 live. Pick-up is Saturday, June buy or sell a horse are invited to attend. Park Blvd. in Ukiah. 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 303 Talmage (next May is Older Californian Month. The Lake Registration of horses is from 8 a.m. until The MLK citizenship award is presented to Mendocino County Farm Supply) in Ukiah. and Mendocino Counties Elder and Dependent 10:30 a.m. Preview 10:30 a.m. to noon with the each year to an individual in Mendocino Cooked lobsters are an additional cost of $1 Adult Abuse Prevention Coalition is presenting auction beginning at 1 p.m. Enjoy a Tri-tip bar- County who is working toward the struggle for each. The deadline for pre-ordering the lob- their annual public awareness conference at the becue beef lunch with large portions and the peace, justice and equality for all persons in sters is June 1. Ukiah Conference Center on Tuesday, May 23. cattle women’s famous homemade desert bar, Mendocino County. Preference is given to the Profits from Soroptimist International of This year’s conference is entitled “Today’s Guarantee of soundness of the animal is the unsung hero. Yokayo Sunrise’s semi-annual lobster sale go Elder Abuse: Financial Protection for responsibility of the consignor and a veterinar- The multi-cultural diversity dinner event is back into the community. Deadline for pre- Seniors”. The day-long event will feature Dr. ian will be available, For consignment and sale in support and recognition of Mendocino ordering the lobsters is June 1. To order, con- Larry Pickard, UC Davis trainer on Adult information, call, 983-8269. County May’s Diversity Month. Celebrating tact Marta Hernandez at 367-1481 or 468- Protective Services, Prescott Cole, Senior Staff diversity through the culinary arts in one 8631, Sandy Dow at 467-4106 or any member Attorney for (CANHR) California Advocates Children 7 years and older method among many that provides an opportu- of Soroptimist International of Yokayo for Nursing Home Reform speaking on scams, nity to experience, appreciate and support Sunrise. predatory loans and annuity fraud targeted at are invited to learn about diversity. “We have so much fun being together and the elderly, Special Agent Chip Roberts of the bugs at the RVOEP Saturday Event tickets ($10 donation) are available at selling these guys,” stated one SIYS member. Secret Service, Humboldt County DA the door on the day of the event. Lobsters are picked up at 6:30 a.m. at San Investigator, Chris Andrews and Mendocino On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The MLK citizenship award project and the Francisco airport. All were caught and shipped County Sheriff Detective Kevin Cline address- Bugs, Bugs, Bugs. What could be more fun multi-cultural diversity dinner event are two of the day before from the Lynch Lobster Co. in ing investigations and forensic evidence gath- than learning about insects in the springtime the many activities provided to the public by Beverly, Maine. Lobsters are placed in ering on high tech (computer/E-Bay) crimes. when they are all over the place? Children Mendocino County Martin Luther King, Jr. Styrofoam-lined boxes, stuck in their proper Registration is $20.00 and includes lunch. over 7 years old and their parents are invited to Organization (McMLK) and friends. little slots like wine bottles, tails down and Scholarships are available and CEs for MFT a morning of hands-on insect study at the McMLK’s mission is to move beyond toler- claws banded. They are covered with ice packs and LCSWs. The conference will runs from RVOEP. Learn what makes a bug a bug, ance. McMLK‚ goal is to enhance the innate and shipped. Members of Soroptimist 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact the Department become Ant Detectives, meet Mother Natures spirit of human kindness through events and International of Yokayo Sunrise will also cook of Social Services, Leatha Anderson at 463- Recycling Crew, get to know some aquatic projects. the lobster for the customer on site for an addi- 7924. insects, and become a genuine bug hunter. tional cost of $1 each if desired, or, cooking Participants should park at Redwood Valley UVTG to re-route Valley instructions will be provided. Profits from their GULP to hold monthly Elementary School and walk up Pine crest semi-annual lobster sale go back into the local Road to the RVOEP (a 10 min. walk). Pine View Trail on Monday and community for scholarships and special pro- meeting on the first crest is located directly across from Redwood June 3 at Lake Mendocino jects, including Project Sanctuary, Plowshares, Tuesday of every month Valley Elementary School. It is strongly rec- Senior Center, the Young Parent Program, and ommended that participants wear long pants The Ukiah Valley Trail Group will be hold- a variety of other community projects. Greater Ukiah Localization Project, general and a hat. An adult must accompany children. ing its final trail days before a summer break meeting: First Tuesday of the month at The workshop is free, but donations to the on May 21 on Valley View Trail and on June 3 Washington Mutual Bank Bldg. 7 to 9 p.m.; RVOEP are encouraged. For further informa- at Lake Mendocino. Volunteers are needed on UHS class of 1966 looking Third Tuesday of the month, Eagle Peak tion call 485-0690 (ext. 138). Check the May 21 to build a reroute around a section of for missing classmates Middle School, Redwood Valley (location may RVOEP web site at www.rvoep.org Valley View trail that washed out this winter. change) 7 to 9 p.m. All people interested in www.rvoep.org for directions and information The washout and work site are less than a half The Ukiah High School class of 1966 is strengthening the local economy to meet cur- about other RVOEP activities. mile up the trail. Volunteers will meet at the looking for missing classmates for it’s upcom- rent and future challenges are welcome to join. Valley View trail head which is located at the ing reunion on Aug. 12. Call Ron Wegesser at For more information, call Cliff Paulin 463- upper Mill Creek reservoir on Talmage Rd. 462-5959 or Lawrence Mitchell at 4652-8778 2921 or Scott Cratty 462-7533 The annual Ford St. Project The June 3rd work day will be at Lake to update mailing addresses. Spring carwash and Soapfest Mendocino and volunteers will meet at the Boy Scouts to meet at Eagle to be held this Saturday South boat ramp. Both trail days will start at 9 Experience Works now open a.m. and volunteers should bring work gloves, Peak Middle School Tuesdays This Saturday come to the annual Ford St. water, a bag lunch, and sturdy shoes. For more Monday through Thursday Project Spring Carwash and Soap Fest fro 10 information, or directions call the UVTG info Boy Scouts of America’s Troop 77 has a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a suggested dona- Experience Works (formally known as openings for boys between the ages of 11-17 line at 972-0926. Green Thumb) is now , open more days and tion $5. Come to 139 Ford St. This is to bene- years old who are interested in outdoor adven- fit R.T.P. clients. hours for people’s convenience If they are over tures and camp outs, Youth can earn merit The Loving Support Breast 55 with low Income people could qualify for badges in archery, rifle shooting, camping and this program, (Federal Title ,5-Older American in 100 other hobbies and vocations. Troop Brighten an Elder’s Day Feeding Program to hold Act). Weather they are, returning 10 the work - meetings are held every Tuesday in the Eagle “Family Day” Monday force or have never worked they put their expe- to be held on Saturday Peak Middle School auditorium at 7 p.m. Call The Loving Support Breast feeding Program rience to work in the community. Participants 463-2861 for more information. April showers bring May flowers and will be able to train and work 20 hours a week there’s a great way to share love of gardening. is presenting “Family Day” on Monday at Alex at minimum wage while assigned part-time to This year there is a real need for flowers, vases Thomas Plaza from noon to 4 p.m. featuring a local Business or organization and no fees are Meetings to be held to discuss or filler material for Ombudsman’s annual live music from The Freys and Patrick Nagel charged. The office is located in the child abuse prevention today “Brighten an Elder’s Day.” and a performance by Ballet Folklorico. This Mendocino Works Building at 631 S. Orchard The challenge this year is finding enough event is free of charge. Table displays will pro- St. Ukiah. Experience Works is an equal oppor- The Policy Council on Children and You the blooms that got through the rainy season. vide information about the benefits of breast tunity Employer. For more information, call (PCCY) and The PCCY Child Abuse On Saturday, communities have an opportu- feeding and related available community ser- 467 -5952. Prevention Commission will be held Friday, nity to cheer up a senior’s day by sponsoring a vices. There will be fun activities for kids and May 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ukiah Job beautiful bouquet of flowers for $25 per bou- families including a bounce house, kids’ yoga, Community HealthCorps Alliance/Mendocino Works Building 631 quet, while supporting local long-term care story time, and flute and fiddle for kids. The South Orchard Ave. in Ukiah. Mendocino Ombudsman. This is the fifth annual “Brighten Loving Support Breast feeding Program is a Program seeks applicants Conference Room an Elder’s Day” sponsored by People for collaborative project of Mendocino County for new program cycle Video conference to Ukiah will be held at People in Lake and Mendocino Counties. 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elderly and disabled in the ing at any one time and 25 administrative costs of 10-15 grand jury recommends that: services and other govern- Grand jury Ukiah area. new cases contacting it for percent,” says the report. • Contracts made by the ment-operated programs to • In a nine-month period, this service each month. An additional problem for county should provide for aid the needy. Project Sanctuary served 190 The grand jury also found these agencies, the report higher administrative costs. Continued from Page A-1 “If it were not for them, people with crisis interven- that many of the people who adds, is the flow of money • Agencies should use the local government would be line, these four institutions, tion, 135 who had been sexu- use the services of these four from government sources, funding they get for “core” expected to bear even more of ally assaulted, and sheltered agencies have common prob- often in fits and spurts services and publicly says the grand jury, are filling the burden than it already a critical need for those who 450. In this same time period, lems: mental illness, alcohol depending on state budget announce which services will it provided intervention coun- and drug addiction, and many cycles, forcing them to borrow need to be discontinued until does,” the report concludes, are on the margins of society, adding, “The quality of life in usually without enough food seling to 1,625, and rape pre- with a dual diagnosis (mental money to keep going during additional funding is received. or wherewithal to survive. vention education to 3,703 illness and substance addic- the year. • The Mendocino County the county depends in no Combined, these four agen- through group presentations. tion). “Methods used to meet CEO and the Board of small measure on the work of cies have 118 years of service • There are currently 323 Like most nonprofits these these shortfalls include reduc- Supervisors should release these agencies. These finan- to the community in providing Food Bank clients who quali- days, they work together when ing salaries, reduction of over- funds for approved grants, cially strapped non-profits shelter, food, counseling and fy for special federally funded possible and with other non- time for holidays, and encour- contracts, or reimbursement help the citizens of our county crisis assistance. food commodities. Recent profits as well as aim for any agement of voluntary leaves requests in a more timely at a cost far below what a The grand jury noted that: cutbacks of federal funds now governments grants available of absence without pay. manner. county government agency • During 2005, Ford Street allow for only 249. The Food to keep the dollars flowing Agencies also borrow money • The BOS should create a would require. Moreover, as Project provided multiple ser- Bank must choose which 74 beyond what cash donations to cover slow reimbursement program to provide for travel these agencies have been vices for 954 individuals. clients will no longer receive they may get from the com- from government contractors, vouchers for the elderly, dis- forced to reduce services, gov- • In January 2006, these commodity foods. The munity. cut staff hours, and even lay abled and needy individuals Plowshares served a daily Food Bank also provides gen- “Grants and contracts off employees. Board mem- requiring transportation. ernment has not filled the vac- average of 101 meals to adults eral food assistance to approx- received by these agencies bers have made personal con- Without more attention to uum. With the wholehearted and 5 to children. In the same imately 3,000 people each rarely provide more than 5-6 tributions to carry their the health of these agencies, support of the community in month, its “Meals-on- month. percent for administrative agency through a shortfall,” the grand jury concluded, the the form of money and time, Wheels” volunteers delivered UCC has an average back- costs and sometimes none. the report says. community will find itself the vital work of these agen- a total of 1,626 meals to the log of 110 cases seeking hous- This is far below the actual In view of all this, the spending lots more on social cies can continue.”

She added that the stu- trustees, the board places Seven requests for Transfers dents who remain in the itself in a position of con- transfer were received by district are negatively sidering transfers on a the district, including the BORDER PATROL SHOOTING affected, which prompted case-by-case basis. Continued from Page A-1 requests by McColley the board to develop the “I really don’t appreci- and Frasier. Of the total schools, and never con- interdistrict transfer limit. ate being in this position. requests, four were rec- Following some dis- I truly have always loved San Diego border crossing sidered transferring ommended for approval; because they were very cussion, Trustee Linda our families’ ability to Rosengarten continued choose where their kids one was based on the fact satisfied. She suggested that the student has a sib- shut following fatal shooting that Fort Bragg should Owen’s topic, saying she go to school,” she said, has also observed a trend “but that resulted in what ling already enrolled in Associated Press bound toward Mexico, said Rooney. not be immediately ruled Mendocino School SAN DIEGO — A busy U.S- As traffic backed up near the bor- out by parents, and felt related to students trans- we know to be ‘white District. Board members Mexico border crossing was shut der, the vehicle stopped on the shoul- there is no logical advan- ferring to Mendocino. flight’ in our district, “It doesn’t dawn in the which I do have a prob- felt that denying a kinder- down for hours Thursday after feder- der. When agents approached, the tage to driving to al authorities shot and killed the dri- suspect “began to drive off and he Mendocino every day. life of the family that the lem with.” garten student the ability Fort Bragg School She said that even to transfer out of Fort ver of a car headed for Mexico, offi- veered hard to the left, trying to get Board president cials said. back in traffic,” said Rooney. Two District is an option, and though she agrees with Bragg would have less DeeLynn Carpenter that it exists, and it’s the transfer limit, she rec- The shooting occurred on south- agents then opened fire, he said. recalled that, in her impact than denial of a bound Interstate 5 around 3:30 p.m. Five passengers in the vehicle, where you’re supposed to ognized that some parents transfer into the sixth youth, her class was split feel strongly enough to about 50 feet north of the San Ysidro whose identities were not released, be going according to grade. up in grade school, but these rules,” she said. come to the board to Port of Entry, the world’s busiest bor- had been taken into custody and were found strengthened “There’s a perception that make a case for their After a considerable der crossing, which links Tijuana, being interrogated, said Rooney. friendships when reunited (FBUSD) is less than child’s transfer. amount of discussion on Mexico with San Diego. The black Durango sat in the mid- in high school. (other districts), and of “I don’t think it’s my policy issues, the board The driver, who was identified, dle of the roadway late Thursday with “Does it hurt the dis- course, we’re here to say job to put one kid in that voted to approve Frasier’s was pronounced dead at the scene a shattered driver’s side window. The trict financially?” Car- that it is not less than kind of jeopardy,” she request, deny McColley’s with multiple gunshot wounds, said California Highway Patrol sealed off penter asked hypotheti- (other districts). This said. “If the kid is con- request, and adopt the Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the southbound access to the border and cally. “Every student who school district is good vinced that they are not remaining requests as San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. rush-hour traffic was backed up over transfers to Mendocino and it has wonderful chil- going to be happy in one No other injuries were reported. a mile. Police redirected drivers to the recommended. Lund told U.S. Customs and Border nearby Otay Mesa crossing. affects all of the students dren and incredible expe- school or the other, then I McColley that he also has that we are educating and riences. am not comfortable mak- Protection agents began following a Anna Valderrama of Tijuana, are providing services the option to appeal the black Dodge Durango sport-utility Mexico, who was about four vehicles “What hurts, what ing them do it.” board’s decision to deny for, and as the dollars “We are so caught vehicle after a citizen reported seeing back when the shooting occurred, really hurts, is that there his request for transfer. become less and less, the is this perception that between a rock and a hard the vehicle pick up suspected illegal said she regularly crosses the border board is looking at the big because a couple of place,” said Rosengarten, Trustees also approved immigrants near the U.S.-side of the and had never seen any such distur- picture. Are we going to friendships have been adding that it seemed the the transfer recommend- Otay Mesa border crossing, said Lt. bance. cut art and music and ath- made, that this district Frasier family had fully ed by staff, for sibling Kevin Rooney of San Diego Police “I was going to eat with my fami- letics because we are let- wouldn’t do as well by considered their daugh- reasons, bringing the total Department. ly,” said Valderrama, stuck in her car ting students transfer their child.” ter’s education and best of 2006-07 transfers to The car went westbound on for over two hours. “I feel desperate out?” Owen said that, as interests. 129 students. Interstate 905, then on I-5 south- to go home.”

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He was not been found, and no one has as standard-issue gear for Port Authority sented to those who demonstrate extraor- involved in shutting down a biological ever been charged in the case. blindfolded or bound. police officer Donald McIntyre, who was dinary bravery in the face of possible weapons lab in Afghanistan, responding Al-Jazeera said a previous- But investigators have long killed in the line of duty on Sept. 11, death. McHale got the award for the two suspected that he was killed to a deadly bomb attack on a church in ly unknown group calling 2001. months he spent in Pakistan and Pakistan and identifying a number of al- itself the Banner of Islam by the mob to keep him from When the cuffs were discovered in the Afghanistan in early 2002, working with reclaiming the Teamsters Qaida safehouses. claimed responsibility for the rubble of the World Trade Center, they the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He told authorities in Pakistan and abduction. presidency after he got out of became a keepsake for his widow. The cuffs, engraved with the name prison for corruption. Afghanistan about the officer’s widow, By the time McIntyre’s co-worker “Mac,” were collected from McIntyre’s Jeannine, and her daughter, Lauren, who The farm, just outside began slapping the same handcuffs on widow before McHale headed overseas. Spokane diocese was born after McIntyre’s death. Detroit, used to be owned by a terrorist suspects four years ago, the gear By the time he returned, they had been sex abuse deal Teamsters official. And mob that once hung from McIntyre’s belt took placed on about 70 suspected al-Qaida “You could see the compassion in rejected figures used to meet at a barn on an almost mystical caste. and Taliban supporters. these guys’ eyes,” said McHale, who is there before Hoffa’s disap- “It became a spiritual thing,” said Abu Zubaydah, one of Osama bin from Middlesex County, N.J. “Once SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — pearance, authorities said. Thomas McHale, a detective with the Laden’s top lieutenants, was the highest- they’d seen Jeannine with the newborn, A federal judge rejected a Investigators began scour- Port Authority of New York and New profile arrestee to wear the cuffs. The they acted as if they knew Donnie $45.7-million settlement ing the area Wednesday, and Jersey who took the handcuffs to cuffs were placed on suspects after their McIntyre personally.” Thursday for 75 people who the search continued Afghanistan while chasing terrorism sus- arrests or during interrogations. McIntyre of New City, N.Y., was one have filed sex abuse claims Thursday and included the use pects. “I thought, ‘You’re helping us “Before we’d hit al-Qaida, we’d hold of 37 Port Authority police officers killed against the bankrupt Roman of heavy construction equip- down here, Donnie.”’ the cuffs and say, ‘OK, this is for Mac,”’ when the twin towers collapsed. He was Catholic Diocese of Spokane. ment. Roberts said it would On Thursday, McHale received a McHale said. “Then we’d kick the doors 38. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge probably involve the removal Patricia Williams threw out of a barn. the agreement during a tele- phone conference hearing. 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when asked if the current was gain,” Jennings said. swiftwater and flood rescues, Rescue really that strong, said: “It “We had to bring them out states an article on higginslan- pushed a cinder block rock of there through multiple cur- gley.org. wall completely down ... the rents, traveling a third of a “The awards were estab- Continued from Page A-1 river was moving 10 to 15 mile each way,” Miller said, lished in 1993 by members of rents ... We trudged through miles per hour down Washo not mentioning the fact it was the Swiftwater Rescue treacherous currents for about Drive.” also pitch black at this time of Committee of the National a half mile and then we loaded Putting things in a different the morning. “We didn’t know Association for Search and them into our boat,” Miller perspective, Bushby said: “It if we could make it,” he said. would lift small cars up onto What Miller does know, he Rescue in honor of Earl said at the time, when describ- Higgins, a writer and film- ing the two-hour rescue. the curb and into people’s said, is that Ukiah Fire yards.” Department’s swiftwater res- maker who lost his life in On Thursday, looking back 1980 while rescuing a child to the only flood he’d worked Vagt said: “Toward the end cue team -- whose members of the night it got up to the top rescued victims in various who was swept down the on that required him to swim of my chest -- or about four- locations throughout the city - flood-swollen Los Angeles down a city street, Miller said: and-a-half feet deep. It got - couldn’t have done it alone. River, and Jeffrey Langley, a “When we got there the flood- where the current was so “We weren’t down there by Los Angeles County Fire ing was about a foot-and-a- strong you couldn’t walk any- ourselves that night. We Department firefighter/para- half deep on Washo Drive. ... more. The current would pick couldn’t have done it without We weren’t called down there medic and swiftwater rescue you up off your feet ... you Ukiah Valley Fire District and pioneer, who lost his life in a for flooding; we were called had to swim across.” the Ukiah Police Department. for a line down in the area, or helicopter incident in 1993,” The riskiest rescue -- at the ... We did at least 10 rescues the article states. an explosion.” end of East Gobbi Street -- with Ukiah Valley Fire Firefighters never found Of several award cate- was saved for last. District,” he said. gories, the Higgins and any downed wires, but would “We knew the people were The New Year’s Eve week- soon learn that what at first semi-safe in their house and end flood, like other major Langley Award for seemed like “a stable condi- we weren’t able to get to them disasters throughout the state, Outstanding Achievement in tion” was about to change as because of the dangerous cir- brings to light the importance the Field of Swiftwater swiftly as the current they cumstances ... because of the of being prepared for an emer- Rescue is the highest award would later be battling. force of the water, which at gency. presented. Early on -- around 6 p.m. this point was flowing through “Preparedness is the job of The local swiftwater rescue on Dec. 30, when rescues a vineyard behind Oak Manor every citizen in this county,” team will receive its award began -- emergency personnel subdivision,” Miller recalled. Miller said, before giving the during the annual conference were able to walk people out, It was also unsafe due to a CERT (Community of the National Association Miller said, but as the night limited number of personnel, Emergency Response Team) for Search and Rescue, May went on, the circumstances Photo courtesy of the Ukiah Fire Department he said. “We had called for program a plug. Ukiah Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue Team 24-27 in Austin, Texas. changed. mutual aid early in the day ... “CERT teaches people to Unfortunately, the trip is not “The water kept rising; Leaders Ron Roysum (bottom), Nathan Vagt (right) and then Laytonville showed understand how to take care of in the Fire Department’s bud- within an hour it was up to and Charlie Miller, as well as team member Tyler up about 2 a.m. (Dec. 31),” he themselves in an emergency three feet,” he said, referring Bushby (not pictured) are to receive the 2006 Higgins get and it will cost the team said. and not depend on emergency several thousand dollars in to the Washo Drive area where and Langley Swiftwater Rescue Incident Award. Ukiah Fire Department services,” he said. he and his division were Battalion Chief Kevin Miller’s final words of airline fees, hotel fees and working. Dozens of other fire- block,” Bushby added, noting move to the south it was easi- Jennings referred to the East advice: “If flooding ever other travel expenses. fighters performed rescues this was his first experience er to swim and let the water Gobbi Street incident as a occurs again -- leave. A new boat is also needed that night in other parts of working a swiftwater rescue take you downstream,” Miller “very technical” rescue. Evacuate the area prior to it by the department, because Ukiah, and throughout the incident. said. “The decision could have becoming an emergency situa- the rescues essentially took county. Before long, the water on Vagt agreed. “It was incred- been made not to attempt the tion.” the life out of its inflatable “The battalion chief decid- Washo Drive rose to about ible to me how fast the water rescue. If we didn’t have The Higgins and Langley boat. ed we needed to start evacua- four-and-a-half feet deep and came up.” mutual aid or adequate per- Memorial Awards in To donate to either cause, tions,” Bushby said. “I never reached speeds of 10 to 15 “How fast it moved,” sonnel, I wouldn’t have sent Swiftwater Rescue honor out- call 463-6261. thought I’d be swimming miles per hour. “People were Bushby added. members down there. The risk standing achievement in the Laura Clark can be reached at down Washo Drive or any city calling out to us ... if we had to Miller, who at first laughed wouldn’t have been worth the technical rescue discipline of [email protected].

many instigated by the copy of the lawsuit. day. The inspection also found skilled nursing home facilities times the thousands,” Garcia Lawsuit Service Employees According to the lawsuit, that the home did not have a who are abusing our relatives said. International Unions United the Ukiah Convalescent registered nurse on staff eight Ben Brown can be reached at and by the hundreds, some- [email protected]. Continued from Page A-1 Healthcare Workers-West in Hospital provides 3.09 nurs- hours per-day seven days per- an effort to punish the compa- ing hours per-patient per-day. week but noted that the home California Alliance of Retired ny for hiring non-union Calls to the hospital were redi- had received a waiver for that. Americans and the Service employees. rected to Stapely. Garcia said he took the The Journal Delivers! Employees International “The union is behind it; According to Medicare, an case, not just for individual Union United Healthcare they have been for a long inspection in April of 2005 justice, but to address a wider Workers-West. time,” he said. “It’s a common revealed that the Ukiah problem. To subscribe call: Greg Stapely, speaking for tactic and it’s a cheap shot.” Convalescent Hospital was “As horrible as the individ- the Ensign Group Inc., said Stapely said Ensign has not providing 2 hours and 28 min- ual cases are they can’t com- 468-3533 the lawsuit was just one of been officially served with a utes of care per-patient per- pare with these so-called

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This is my garden, dirty, to run property line Delphinium Hill. down 100 percent slopes, to Up on a hillside with crawl or throw yourself at views of Redwood Valley and old growth huckleberry and vineyards below, sits a long to run cruise lines through rambling house and a large poison oak. These experi- Tree Tips gently sloping meadow that ences are badges of merit. By Thembi Borras for the last 3 years I’ve been However, having chewed the transforming into an English field challenges of the “dirt” er or later most people’s garden. forester, I could do without immune system develops We’re on the five-year the poison oak. Oh I suppose some degree of distinct bio- plan and most of the big beds I could also do without the logical distaste for the are up and running. These 100 percent slopes, but urushiol spawned antigen. curved beds are about 80 to everything else I embrace At that point, whenever the 125 feet long and about 20 to and is balanced by the per- antigen’s presence is detect- 25 feet wide. Some of them fect spring days spent on ed -- T-cells rush to the hated are deeply slanted; some are gentle terrain in the woods. invader and attack, releasing on different levels, all are When people find out I chemicals that literally raised and intensely planted am the poster child for poi- destroy the surrounding skin with flowers. There are roses, son oak sensitivity, their first -- better known as poison of course, and my favorite, question is how can you be a oak dermatitis.” delphiniums as well as forester here in poison oak The most frustrating dahlias and monkshood for country. A rigid multi step aspect of contracting symp- later color. There are peonies, routine, supported by a type toms is questioning the iris, salvias, daisies, asters, A personality and obsessive source. Since there is a lag campanulas, columbines, and Photo by Haunt Rama compulsive disorder gener- of as long as 4 days from the so much more. The meadow The garden of Rebecca Landrum-Rama, called Delphinium Hill, is one of the ally keeps me poison oak time you encounter the is on fire with blooms in late secret gardens of Redwood Valley that will be on display for the public during the free unless it is above shoul- chemical to the time symp- spring. Ukiah Garden Club’s annual garden tour, to beheld on Sunday, June 11. der height. toms manifest you can imag- I have a rule; if it doesn’t plant from the garden I creat- ful hobby. Just when every- world, but it does make a lit- The culprit is a chemical ine the speculation. Was it bloom, it doesn’t get into my ed at our old rental. It had thing looks dead and gone, tle piece of it more beautiful called urushiol found in the the dog I petted three days sap of poison oak. Ironically, garden. been made clear to me that here comes a little shoot pop- and more hopeful. And after ago? A perfect ending to this Behind one curved bed no one wanted the garden but human bodies, which defend story would be a cure, but ping out from the ground, living all over and watching against urushiol, contract the there are twenty-two standing me, so I potted up over 2000 lifting itself up to the sun and world leaders come and go, I after having tried pharma- lodge poles waiting for a top plants and up they came. aggravating symptoms, ceuticals and homeopathic sending my heart soaring. choose to put myself on my whereas the bodies of the 3 to make it an official pergola I was a Master Gardener in How can you be depressed knees in my garden helping remedies there is no magic while the climbing roses and percent of humans that are cure and unless I want to Marin so I had a lot of gar- with all this new, wonderful the next flower start to “immune” do not defend wisteria shoot for the sky. dening friends and they hap- life showing up? And our bloom. move to Nevada the only Near the house, is a newly against the chemical. State entirely free of species pily gave me their empty growing season is so long, it Years ago I heard an old According to Terry established shade garden. pots. I would get topsoil in feels like I’m gardening in Chinese saying; containing urushiol I will There are plans for a huge Kratwurst in her article on the back of my pick-up and slow motion. Flowers just “If you want to be happy this subject in the June/July live with it, buck up and stop covered patio in the center as use that as my “potting shed.” complaining. well as a few more flower keep coming. Plus, there’s for 10 minutes, eat an orange. issue of Mother Earth News: It took months but it was such a short winter here, that If you want to be happy “Within 15 minutes after you I welcome responses as beds, and some plantings worth it since those plants are well as ideas for future Tree around the pond, too. With there’s something coming up for six months, get married. get the substance on you, it’s the foundation of this garden. almost every month. But, if you want to be carried into the dermis (the Tips. You can also get an time, they’ll come but for email version by contacting right now, when the beds are I was surprised and relieved And seeds! Don’t get me happy for all your life, plant a inner skin layer) and bonds that they adapted so well to started, I could go on and on garden.” with skin protein to form an me at [email protected]. in full bloom, it takes my Thembi Borras is a breath away. the very different climate: about them for days! I took their advice. antigen. The first time this When we moved up here much hotter summers and Gardening may not be the Tickets for the June 11 occurs, nothing obvious hap- Registered Professional in mid-December 2003, I colder winters. most important job around, it event are on sale at Mendo pens -- no one is “born sen- Forester living and working brought with me almost every Gardening is such a hope- certainly isn’t saving the Book Co. in Ukiah for $15. sitive” to urushiol.But soon- in Mendocino County.

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THE LEARNING CHALLENGER by Robert Barnett

DIRECTIONS: A. Using each "Chaos Grid" number with its letter one time, arrange the numbers with their letters for the "Order Grid" so each vertical column, horizontal row, and two diagonals each ADD to numbers inside thick lined cells. B. Some correct numbers with their letters have been put into the "Order Grid" to get you started. Also, above the "Order Grid" is a "Decoded Message" clue. C. After you have solved the "Order Grid" doing as direction "A" says, put the let- ters from horizontal rows, from left to right, under "Decoded Message" and make words to form the answer.

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48 200 & 49 54 200 TO 51 200 P 200 200 200 200 200 5/19/2006 DECODED MESSAGE:

ANSWERS IN NEXT EDITION © 2006 Robert Barnett

Answers to Previous Learning Challenger THE NUCLEAR WINTER

739-4 THEN -9 14 11 -1 UCLE 7-2-818 ARWI 10032 NTER 5/18/2006 Chain-smoking roomies should be shown the door Dear Annie: Last spring, my mother and Dear Annie: My best friend, “Larry,” and I We think Larry was under a great deal of her boyfriend, “Art,” moved in with my hus- used to have a great relationship and shared all family pressure to keep the ceremony family- band and me. We’ve been married a year and our thoughts. Larry’s cousin, “Bart,” was a only and have The Dirt Bag as the best man. would like to start a family, but our two room- ANNIE’S MAILBOX mutual friend of ours, sort of. He was untrust- He undoubtedly felt terrible about it and tried mates are chain smokers, and I fear that would By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar worthy, a backstabber, and, as Larry called to make it up to you by inviting you to be a wit- be bad for our child. him, “a giant dirt bag.” ness. Instead of being understanding and show- I would like to ask Mom and Art to move Ten years ago, Larry met a great gal and ing support, you became angry and ended the out, but they are financially unable to make it to protect your health and that of any future proposed. I was happy for him and excited friendship. It still gnaws at you because you on their own. And they would take it as an children, tough luck. She is addicted and will about being a best man for the first time. As regret it. Forgive Larry for not having more insult if I asked them to smoke outside. use whatever excuse she can to smoke. Don’t time passed, however, Larry never mentioned backbone, and then forgive yourself for allow- Whenever I bring up the subject, Mom says let her get away with it. anything about the wedding to me. When I ing this to come between you. she smoked when she was pregnant with me Tell Mom you are happy to provide her with finally asked, Larry nervously said Bart would Dear Annie: You printed a letter from and I turned out fine. temporary lodgings until she and Art can afford be his best man, because the wedding was “Ashamed of Our Legal System,” who said her Also, we are a little short on room, and their own place, but you don’t expect them to “family only.” He invited me to attend the father’s estate lawyer forged her name on a when I asked Mom where the baby will stay, stay indefinitely and they absolutely are not reception. That was the last time I spoke to warrantee deed. You told her to sue the lawyer she replied that the baby will sleep in her room. permitted to smoke inside your home. Larry. Two months later, I got a special invitation and have the deed nullified. She also needs to She acts as if our current living arrangements Naturally, you understand she may want a file an ethics complaint against the lawyer with will last for years. This troubles me. place that is more accommodating, and you to attend the wedding as a witness. I never replied, nor did I go to the bachelor party or the the state agency that oversees disciplinary Do you have any advice on how to get our will be more than willing to help her look for actions. For a list of the disciplinary agencies new tenants out without damaging the relation- low-cost housing. The longer you let them stay, reception. After all this time, I still can’t get over being replaced by “a giant dirt bag.” How in each state, she can access abanet.org/cpr/dis- ship? -- Lost in My Own Home in Wisconsin the harder it will be to get them out and the ciplinary.html. -- S.W. 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Bring yrs. exp. in Govt. & cino, State of California, on Tuesday, the 6th Ukiah, CA 95482 EDUCATION 2 positions Lane mid April, The Ukiah Daily DMV printout Come FUND ACCTG A day of June, 2006, between the hours of 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION North Haven, $52,620-$67,519 2006. Please make Ukiah annually. Journal is seeking join our team. Apply MUST, will consider a.m. and 8 p.m. and that hereinafter is stated OF: Staci Alison Vela a news assistant. confidential call: FT (7 Hrs.5 Days) Add $1270 3080 N. State St. 2 yr. degree & 5 yrs. the legally designated polling places. THE COURT FINDS that Petitioner(s) Staci This is an entry- 463-2856 $27.84-$46.36/hr. annually for PhD. exp. Preference giv- Alison Vela has/have filed a Petition for level clerical posi- Drivers - Class A Assist County of- F/T (8 hrs/dy, 5 en to Native Ameri- Consolidated No 100001, THURSTON AUTO Change of Applicant(s)’ name FROM Staci tion, but basic Night & day shifts fice, district & site dys/wk, 10 mos/yr, can. Send resume to PLAZA, 2800 N STATE ST, UKIAH. Alison Vela computer literacy avail. Bay area deliv- staff in assessment 185 dys/yr). LCTH PO Box 1950, TO Tchiya Amet Hambric-Vela El Maat 20 PERSONALS is a must. ery, year round. of student perform- Provide psychologi- Lakeport, CA 95453 Consolidated No 100002, COYOTE VALLEY THE COURT ORDERS All people interested God our Creator by Applicants should Good equip. 401K, ance & learning cal services to stu- or fax to 707-263- ED & REC CENTER, 7751 N STATE ST, in this matter appear before this court to show the Holy Ghost wants have fast typing medical, doubles en- styles. Assist in dents & support 0329. Open until filled. UKIAH. cause why this application for change of his children to learn and good organi- dorsement a plus. identifying, devel- schools. 1 yr Spec Ford 2001 Lariat name should not be granted on: about Electro- zational skills and Fax to 707-894-2916 oping & implement- Ed exp. (internship F150. 5.4 L, V8, lea., Consolidated No 100003 & 100004, FIRST HEARING DATE: June 9, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. magnetic fields. be able to work DRIVERS - Golden ing appropriate use ok), MA in ed psych loaded, shell, Xtras, BAPTIST CHURCH (USE WEST RD EN- in Dept E, located at Court House, 100 N. Frances. independently. State Overnight is of resources for in- & PPS cred req. only 56K mi. $14K TRANCE), 642 ELLEN LYNN ST-REDWOOD State Street, Ukiah, California 95482 This 40-hour a hiring drivers with Looking for woman structional applica- For more info Blue Book.472-0645 VALLEY. Dated: April 2, 2005 week position van or pickup in her 40’s, slim to tions. MA deg.& ap- contact Paula Miller /s/ Richard J. Henderson includes benefits. w/shell for local Graveyard shift med. build to get out prop. CA Sp. Ed. @ 467-5172 Consolidated No 100005, UKIAH BIBLE RICHARD J. HENDERSON morning small pack- WORKING with kids, of this rain go to mov- Teaching Cred. Mendocino County The news assis- CHURCH, 2140 ARROYO DR, UKIAH. Judge of the Superior Court age delivery routes req’d. 5 yrs. teach- Office of Education tant works directly small homelike envi- ies and dine out, likes based in Mendocino ing exp in sp. ed. or For an application for the editor but ronment, good pay & Consolidated No 100006 & 100008, KEN to have fun & motor- County area. Earn closely related field packet visit also assists sports benefits. Fax resume FOWLER MOTORS, 1265 AIRPORT PARK PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE cycle rides. PO Box $10.00 per hour 1872, Willits, Ca. 95490 w/training in teach- www.mcoe.us/jobs and features edi- to 463-6957 BLVD - UKIAH. plus mileage reim- Leave phone number. er mentoring &/or or call 707-467-5012 tors as well. Hotel Front Desk 357-06 DEADLINE: 6/2/06 bursement plus ad- 361-06 staff dvlmnt. Duties include re- Positive outgoing Consolidated No 100007, COUNTY ADMIN 5/12,16,26,6/2/06 LOST & Interviews 6/8/06 ditional reimburse- 5/12,19,26,6/2/06 Resource Specialist writing and typing dependable person. BLDG (CONF ROOM A), 501 LOW GAP RD, FICTITIOUS 30 FOUND ment based on local FICTITIOUS Cert. of Compe- up news releases, 3-12 pm shift. UKIAH. BUSINESS NAME Lost Black Mix Chi- fuel cost. Benefits BUSINESS NAME tence or be eligible TEACHER - letters to the editor Apply in person STATEMENT huahua male Last available including STATEMENT to obtain. ALTERNATIVE and other material, Baechtel Creek Inn. Consolidated No 100009, POTTER VLY File No.: 2006-F0342 seen Lake Mendo Dr. health coverage and File No.: 2006-F0344 Mendocino County EDUCATION organizing weekly 101 Gregory Ln. HIGH SCHL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, 10401 THE FOLLOWING 401K with Company THE FOLLOWING 972-4051 468-1618 FT (7 Hrs/5 Days) calendars, distrib- MAIN ST, POTTER VALLEY. PERSON(S) IS Office of Education Willits PERSON(S) IS For an application in Ukiah uting mail and fil- match. (ARE) DOING BUSI- Lost Female Cat HOWARD HOSPITAL (ARE) DOING BUSI- packet visit $27.84-$46.36/hr ing. The news as- Call Steven Koller NESS AS: White with red ears & POSITIONS Consolidated No 200001, NEW LIFE COM- NESS AS: www.mcoe.us/jobs Instruct at-risk, sistant also helps 866-779-7726. BONTERRA, tail. Part Siamese. ●RN, ICU, FT & MUNITY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RM-750 REAL ESTATE or call 707-467-5012 adjudicated youth maintain Daily BONTERRA Last seen Friday 5- Drivers-Class A. per diem YOSEMITE, UKIAH. FINANCIAL DEADLINE: 5/31/06 in a self-contained Journal archives VINEYARDS, 12-06. Lake Mendo- Night shift, chips, ●RN, SURGERY, FT SERVICES, REALTY classroom, using and Web site. BONTERRA WINE- cino Drive. Days 468- local haul. Current ●RN, ER, per diem Consolidated No 200002, 200003 & 200004, WORLD FINANCIAL ROP TEACHER group & individual Candidates should RY 3533 Eves 462-9377. DMV printout ●RN, M/S, PT ST. MARYS CHURCH PARISH HALL, 900 S SERVICES, REALTY AGRICULTURE teaching strategies apply in person at 12901 Old River 459-4131 ● OAK ST., UKIAH. WORLD SELZER HELP PT (4 hrs/day, aligned to State the Daily Journal Occup. Ther. FT Road (PO Box 611) ● REALTY, SELZER 120 WANTED 5 days/wk, 185 content standards. office at 590 S. ELEM. 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Ex- Mendocino County hiring CDL Delivery TRUCK DRIVER ducted by a Corpo- providing living skills IMMEDIATE PROPERTY assist. to adults w/ perience w/FAA de- Office of Education Drivers Must be 21+. 2 positions open. OPENING Consolidated No 300003, 300004, 300005, ration. State of in- MANAGEMENT, developmental disa- sired. Reg. teach- For an application Apply in person at Must be able to pass P/T Receptionist/ 300006 & 300007, WILLITS COMMUNITY corporation: Cali- SELZER REALTY bilities. Will consider ing cred not req’d. packet visit 455A Kunzler Ranch drug test to operate Clerk Duties incl. CTR-REC HALL, 111 E COMMERCIAL ST - fornia. The registrant PROPERTY Desig. Subj. Cred www.mcoe.us/jobs Rd. Ukiah heavy equipment, commenced to trans- resp. Hi. Schl. Sr. phones, mail, filing, WILLITS. MANAGEMENT issued based upon call 707-467-5012 class A drivers act business under 485-0165 BREAKFAST COOK typing,errands. 350 East Gobbi work exper. OR DEADLINE: 5/25/06 1-2 yrs exp. pref. lic. Will train motivat- Computer skills a Consolidated No 300008, OLD HIGH the fictitious business Street MANAGEMENT possess Sngl Subj. Creativity a plus. ed person. Reliable plus. Must have own SCHOOL - WEIGHT ROOM, 200 BRAN- name or names listed 1. HVAC Installer. Ukiah, Ca 95482 INFORMATION cred in Agriculture. Apply within transportation need- transp.,Dr. lic., auto SCOMB RD., LAYTONVILLE. above in 1992. En- SYSTEMS LIAISON 2. Plumber with hyd Richard Paul Selzer Mendocino County Schat’s Bakerie’s ed. No smoking on ins, references. dorsed-Filed on May 4 hrs/day, 5 days/wk Office of Education exp. Good pay & 1500 Meadow Drive 113 W. Perkins St. site. $15-$25 per hr. 10, 2006 at the Men- in Ukiah and benefits. Liz 964-4025 Send appl. to Consolidated No 400001 & 400002, BEST Ukiah, CA 95482 For an app packet Call 984-8376 lv msg. docino County Clerks Countywide Admin. Assistant ask for Lisa or Phil PO Box 1389 WESTERN VISTA MANOR, N HWY 1 & This business is con- visit www.mcoe.us/ Office. $16.31-$20.82/hr. P/T, 5 days/wk. Carpenter, experi- EXP. Medical Ukiah, Ca. 95482 PUDDING CREEK RD - FORT BRAGG ducted by an Individ- jobs or call /s/Sandy O’Ferrall Maintain county- Apply in person 1199 ence only. Must have Billing Specialist or bring to ual. The registrant 707-467-5012 SANDY O’FERRALL wide MIS systems; S. Dora Ukiah. valid CDL and Knwldg.of curr ICD9 455 E. Gobbi St., Consolidated No 400003, 400004 & 400005, commenced to trans- DEADLINE: BUSINESS prepare req’d State reliable transporta- & CPT coding, super- Ukiah OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL PARISH act business under 5/25/06 ADMIN. ASST. MANAGER Special Ed reports; tion. Foreman experi- visiory exp.pref. Jack Cox & Associates HALL - 630 MAPLE ST., FORT BRAGG the fictitious business email resume to provide training and ence helpful but not $15-$19 DOE bens. Inst. Asst. for disa- 358-06 name or names listed ROP TEACHER - [email protected] or tech support to necessary. Pick up Fax 468-0793. bled student, 6/20- Consolidated No 400006 & 500001, ST AN- 5/12,16,26,6/2/06 above on May 11, OFFICE fax to 707-744-1682 SELPA and school application at 2000 [email protected] 7/20 4 hrs/day, THONYS PARISH HALL, 10700 LANSING STATEMENT OF 2006. Endorsed-Filed OCCUPATIONS ALBERTSONS district employees. Industry Road, Ukiah. Experienced Painter 8/21/06-6/15/07 7.5 ST - MENDOCINO. ABANDONMENT OF on May 11, 2006 at FT (7hrs/dy, 5dys/ wk, Now hiring, Meat 3 yrs exp w/data- with transportation hrs/day, $11/hr.Apply USE OF FICTITIOUS the Mendocino Coun- 185dys/yr) in Ukiah. Clerk, General Mer- Child Care Assis- base applications $27.84 - $46.36/hr Pay DOE 813-7615 by 5/31/06. Tree of Consolidated No 500002 & 500004, THE BUSINESS NAME ty Clerks Office. chandise Clerk, tant Mon, Wed,Fri, plus course work in OR 895-2235 Life Charter School, WOODS CLUBHOUSE, 43300 LR/AIRPORT The following person Provide instruction Customer Service occas Tues, Thurs in /s Richard Paul computer science 462-0913 RD, LITTLE RIVER. (persons) have aban- in general office oc- Clerk & Service Deli Rwd Vly Rebecca LVN/RN Come join Selzer req’d. doned the use of the cupations. Must 485-2401 NEW EXCITING RICHARD PAUL Mendocino County Positions. Apply: our family at Valley Consolidated No 500003, CHAPEL OF THE fictitious business have knowledge of POSITION WORK- SELZER Office of Education Online or in our CNA’s F/T, P/T, View Skilled Nursing REDWOODS, 31201 COMPTCHE/UKIAH name: basic computer op- ING WITH KIDS For an application Ukiah store. days & PM’s. Clean, friendly envi- RD-COMPTCHE. R.H. JONES 384-06 erations, Word/ 6 wks pd vacation packet visit Great working cond. ronment LVN $23/hr COMPANY 5/19,26,6/2,9/06 Powerpoint/Excel. ATTORNEY 401 K. Day & Eve www.mcoe.us/jobs Apply in person RN $30/hr. Medical, Consolidated No 500005, MENDOCINO 2820 Boonville Rd FICTITIOUS Bilingual pref; exp Criminal Defense avail. Small homelike call 707-467-5012 Valley View Skilled Dental, Vision, 401K COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS DINING ROOM - Ukiah, CA 95482 BUSINESS NAME in medical or dental Firm seeks associate environment, good DEADLINE: 5/25/06 Nursing Center, $1000. sign on bonus BOONVILLE. Michael A. Bazzani STATEMENT office pref. Reg. for contract work in 1162 S.Dora, Ukiah Contact Deana or pay & benefits. Fax 2840 Boonville Rd. File No.: 2006-F0359 teaching cred, not Ukiah; 10-20 hrs/wk. CONST. SUPER. Dawn at 462-1436 resume to 463-6957. Ukiah, CA 95482 THE FOLLOWING TEACHER Consolidated No 500006, VETERANS ME- req’d. Desig. Subj. Three+ years mini- Commercial GC The fictitious busi- PERSON(S) IS ALTERNATIVE MORIAL BLDG, 451 SCHOOL ST., POINT Cred. issued based mum F/T Fel/Misd seeking supers for ness name referred (ARE) DOING BUSI- EDUCATION upon work exper. 100 ARENA. Summer criminal defense work in Ukiah & to above was filed in NESS AS: Mendocino County Independent experience required. Willits areas. Fax Kawi Consolidated No 500007 & 500008, COM- County on Novem- MERRY MAIDS Living Skills Office of Education Fax resume/letter to 3571 Tollini Ln., resume to HR Dept. MUNITY CENTER - MAIN HALL, 47950 ber 6, 2003. This Program For app. packet visit (707) 571-5521 or Place Ukiah, CA 95482 www.mcoe.us/jobs 530-674-4141 CENTER ST - GUALALA. business was con- PT (4 Hrs/5 Days, call (707) 462-5950 ducted by a Califor- Johanna Boardman 6/21/06-8/2/06) call 707-467-5012 COOK - Nights & Willits Available Jobs; nia Limited Partner- 3571 Tollini Lane in Ukiah. DEADLINE: 5/30/06 Wknds. Paid Vac. Consolidated No 500009, BRUTOCAO Retail, General labor, 459-7330 ship. This statement Ukiah, CA 95482 $27.84-$46.36/hr Competitive Wages. SCHOOL HOUSE PLAZA LIONS DEN-13500 Provide instruction Assembly, Forklift, was filed with the John Boardman COOK NCO HS/ Club Calpella S HWY 101, HOPLAND. to Foster Youth Bar Coding, Clerical, HELP WANTED County Clerk of Men- 3571 Tollini Lane EHS - Ukiah/Wlts 6175 N. State St. enrolled in Inde- Machinist. docino County on Ukiah, CA 95482 pendent Living No phone calls. • Director of Finance Dated this 16th day of May, 2006 Cook I-II for Regular Call 467-0117 May 10, 2006. This business is con- Skills Program Copier Technician Marsha A. Wharff & Sub Openings. Exp • Marketing Manager /s/Michael Bazzani ducted by Husband through DSS. AVUSD Full-Time Oce Imagistics is Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Foster Youth will MICHAEL BAZZANI & Wife. The regis- in large scale cooking Bus Driver/Mechanic looking for a copier • Floor Manager be dually enrolled trants commenced to & basic math skills. Salary TBA. Apply technician to work in transact business un- in summer work • Casino Host program. BA Sara I., Anderson Vly the coast city area. der the fictitious busi- HS Cook I-II $10.01- • Cashier degree & valid CA District Office, Good benefits & Looking for the best ness name or names $10.95/hr. EHS Cook Teaching Creden- Box 457, Boonville, 401K, incentives • Security Officers listed above on July I-II $9.82-10.73/hr coverage of the local arts tial req’d. 3yrs. CA 95415 possible for right • Technician 1, 2006. Endorsed- teaching exp. w/bene. Must submit & entertainment scene? Filed on May 18, w/at- risk students Calfiornia Mentor person. Fax resume • Housekeeping 2006 at the Mendoci- desirable. NCO app: 800-606- P/T coordinator to 707-665-9992 The Ukiah no County Clerks Of- Mendocino County 5550x302 or work with adults with Office of Education EMPLOYMENT Paid Full Benefits fice. developmental disa- For an application www.ncoinc.org. bilities. Potential to TRAINING Please contact the Casino at /s/Johanna DAILY JOURNAL packet visit Closes 5/30 @ 5 pm become F/T. BA req. POSSIBILITIES Boardman (707)459-7330 www.mcoe.us/jobs (postmark not ac- with exp. in human Youth Ages 17-21. JOHANNA call 707-467-5012 Ft. Bragg/Willits area Applications may be picked up DEADLINE: 5/26/06 services. Fax re- BOARDMAN cepted). EOE sume to: 442-4505 call 456-3778 at the Casino. B-6- FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

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Support develop- 140 Zinfandel 8-11 AM pool hot tub ments, clean DMV, MOTOSPORTS 707-894-8535 household, jewelry, Please mail resumes mentally disabled 1bd1ba. $640 kennel crib mower Sat 9-3 ElDorado current medical card. OF UKIAH Attn:HR/Asti Harvest 460 APPLIANCES great clothes. to Personal P.O. Box in their own home. Hud OK. MORE! Estates 1210 Vista Positions are Full- Parts Sales & USED Fri. Sat. & Sun. 9-3 118, Ukiah Ca 95482 PT, FT & wkends. PU 2 FamilyYard Sale Verde. Hshld goods F/T Mechanic. SERVICES APPLIANCES 351 Lover’s Ln. time, year-round. The application at CENTURY 21 8686 East Rd. Spc books, clothes furn. shift works 5 days See David for app. Resident Manager 200 OFFERED & FURNITURE. HUGE PARKING 1850 N. State St.Ukiah & Maintenance Mountain View Les Ryan Realty 39 Rdw Vly Sat & Sat,Sun 9-3.1300 on/3 off with rotating Busy Bees Guaranteed. 485-1216 LOT SALE @ 1000 Sanford Ranch Property Management Sun 5/20 & 5/21 8am Sequoia El Dorado NCO Head Start- Manager Redwood Health start days. Shifts Rd. Ukiah. 468-9331. Housecleaning MISC. Est. Tools, tbl saw, Ukiah Family Well established 468-0463 5/20 & 21 9-4 Club Parking Lot available are swing SURVEILLANCE services inside & out. FOR SALE 5000 wt generator, Services Specialist Property Manage- 480 619 N Pine St Ukiah Weather Permitting and grave. $19.25 hr MANAGER 272-0441 Qu matress set, (after training) $20.50 B.A/B.S +2 yrs exp in ment firm seeks a UP TO 1 MO. 7ft Couch, Baby Bldg materials, 3101 S. State St. For full job desc Landscaping, Dump clean. antique potbel- after 6 months. Quar- family Svs. $17.31/hr PT Resident Man- RENT FREE!!! 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Free Estimates Selzer Realty commercial car lift & Avon Sale (postmark not 707-463-2252, Attn: 468-0411 more 485-8101 Redwood Valley Fairview Ct 8:30-3 Ukiah. Tasting Room Sales 468-8170 Sat 5/20 9-2 accepted). EOE CM111. Download 391-8113 485-1856 Community TONS OF TOOLS Upscale Hopland FINANCIAL 450 School Way NCO Head Start- announcement Church. & Misc. Something JOIN THE winery is seeking SERVICES Antique dry sink & No Early Birds! packet from 205 951 School Way-RV. for all. Fri. & Sat. 8-5 HELPFUL Ukiah Program retail sales associate. 320 DUPLEXES butterchurn and other Backyard Sale Assistant III BA +2 www.rchdc.org. BANKRUPTCY Benefit for 825 Helen Ave. HARDWARE Wine knowledge a 2 bd. 351 Creekside, antique items. Sat & Sun 8-3. Large yrs computer exp. Individuals may is it for me? youth mission trip plus. Fax resume to Willits. Lndry rm. No 459-0426 3 Family Sale YARD SALE! FOLKS $15.67/hr w/bene’s. apply. EOE. FREE Moving Sale! 744-1348 or call pets. Sml. bk yd. Ga- Jet jointer like new 225 Arlington Drive Fri. & Sat. 9-3 AT MENDO MILL 25 hrs/wk. Must sub- consultation by phone! 744-1140 rage. $800. 485-0841 $125.00 12” Delta 50 N. Court Rd. 760 Rd. N. Rwd. Vly. WILLITS SOCIAL Atty Ed Dechant Big sale 135 Marlene mit NCO app: Teacher for planer $100.00 8” Fri. & Sat. 8-5 Furn., fountain, misc. Bring your previous (800) 606-5550 x302 800-823-0600 2 bdrm triplex fenced Sat 8-3. Antiques, WORKER E Center’s Migrant Sears Drill press Moving/Craft Sale Yard/Barn Sale off exp. and help our or www.ncoinc.org yd no common walls, collectables lots more III-IV-V Head Start prgrm BUSINESS $50.00 485-7756 Sat. only 8-4 Lake Mendo Dr. at customers. Closes 5PM 5/22 stove ref AC H20, Don’t miss!No earlies Mendocino in Kelseyville: 250 RENTALS Oriental Rugs, Beaut. 885 S. Orchard #6 in Red Carpet Mini Yard Sales (postmark not Sew & Gar pd. N/P Daily Moving Sale County 40 hrs/wk; 90 day 2400 sq’ in retail mall Quality, many sizes. garage. Park on St. Storage. 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Level III re- County Rd. 17A, OBO, Hilti gun, good WORKERS, Crushed Grape DOWNTOWN beach $995 459-0449 quires BA or 30 Woodland 95695 condition $100 OBO. ALL SHIFTS. 13500 Hwy 101 2nd FLOOR 2bd1ba.Ukiah-Gar. 530-668-4783. Call: 272-1236 F/T 4 day week. Hopland units in a related DANCE STUDIO &shop. Util rm. N/P/S Deadline 5/22/06, 5 SPA-Deluxe ‘06 Starting salary PACU/PRE-OP RN field. N/sec. 8. $1100/mo. pm. EOE 3500 sq. ft. model. 30 jets. California /Nevada $9.40 per hour. Per Diem For info call Credit chk. 485-0433 Therapy seat. Never On call $9 per hour. & OR RN 707-467-5866 to Thurston Honda LEE KRAEMER 3 bdrm 2bth used. Warr.Can del. Qualifications: FT, PT,PD apply online: Seeking office Man- Real Estate Broker 3 Fireplaces, Rogina $2750.707-468-4300 Pass medical and Day shift No On-Call, www.mss.ca.gov ager for growing auto 468-8951 Hts $1550/mo. Wine Barrell Halves drug exam, TB test, No Wknds. “Career Classified Advertising Network dealership. 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Road is Ukiah. 95482 one red male & 2 applications for the TOW TRUCK No Sec 8 No pets 15min pvd/15min From the scenic Bay Area, to the sunny shores of L.A., Looking for Frame or fax to 462-6583 black females 11wks part-time position of DRIVER NEEDED. 743-1953 dirt/gravel. Ref to the glittering lights of Las Vegas, C.A.N. offers you Carpenters all levels SECRET old $300ea 485-1968 ● Parks and Facilities Exp. nec. 462-5667 625 N. STATE ST. $1350/mo. $1350 Must have tools & SHOPPERS JACK RUSSELL maximum exposure in three of the West’s richest, Aide. Under gener- ask for Gary PARK PLACE dep. 530-432-5500 trans. 326-1940 al supervison, the Needed to Evaluate PUPPIES ● most densely-populated areas: TRUE TO LIFE 1 bd. $725-$775 Studio - $520 Maintenance Parks & Facilities Local Bussinesses 4 males 1 fem. Born CHILDREN’S 2 bdr. $850 TH $950. w/$250 dep. 1 bd ● ● Associate Aide provides Flex hrs, E-Mail April 9. 489-8727 ● ✓ SERVICES Pool/garg. 462-5009 house, $720 w/$400 ● Northern California: Make the most of your media budget by Busy Prop. Mgt. firm general care and Req’d 800-585-9024 seeks 2 additional ALDERWOOD APTS dep.After 6 485-7589 Jack Russell Fox tapping the enormous potential of the nation’s wealthiest market! seeks motivated, maintenance of ext 6520 ● homes for Shelter 1450 S.State St. Studio House Terrier Mix Puppies. dependable, individ- parks, recreation ● ● Our giant combo package includes papers in and all around the SECRET Care program NEW OWNERS $525/mo $650 Sec. Born April 1. $250 ● ual w/basic con- facilities & land- Applicants need to ● San Francisco Bay area, as well as the well-known cities in SHOPPERS Refurbished 2 bd. Dep. 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Gobbi St., Ukiah SERVERS/CASHIER from high school. empt. Exp. with chil- 463-2973 All untils pd. & cable Now including NEVADA!! affluent, upscale adults who live, work and

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*0.0% for 72 months is on approval of credit through GMAC on new 2006 Chevrolet Tahoes and Suburbans. Special financing and rebates cannot be combined. Call dealer for details. All vehicles subject to prior sale. All prices 2800 North State St. • Ukiah www.thurstonautoplaza.com plus government fees and taxes any finance charges and any dealer CREDIT document preparation charge of $45, and any emissions testing charge UNION and CA tire fee. Sale ends 5/21/06. 1-866-2-THURSTON DIRECT (707) 462-8817 LENDING