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INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ...... Page A-2 Monday: Mostly cloudy with showers H 72º L 46º Tuesday: Mostly cloudy; H 70º L 45º $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 56 pages, Volume 149 Number 202 email: [email protected] Candidate Fright night nears profiles Election day is Nov. 6 ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ Mendocino-Lake Community College District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 3 Vote for one

Larry MacLeitch and Joan Eriksen are campaign- ing for the Area 3 seat on the college board. Larry Joan MacLeitch Eriksen For Larry MacLeitch, Joan Eriksen has served running for a seat on the with the board for 12 years, board of trustees of Mendo- and in this November’s Lake Community College election she is once again District is nothing new, but running for Area 3 represen- this year is the first time tative. According to he’ll be running for repre- Eriksen, she plans to contin-

MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal sentative of Area 3. ue as an advocate for col- Halloween can’t come soon enough for siblings Jack, 9, and Jamie Speka, 6, who insisted to their A clerical error at the lege involvement with the parents that they decorate their home on Oct. 1. County Elections Office community and local from 2005 surfaced this schools. As well, Eriksen summer, forcing MacLeitch said she wants to see the See MACLEITCH, See ERIKSEN, Haunted houses They feel no fear, Page A-14 Page A-14 why should you? ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ close to home Mendocino-Lake Community College District By KATHLEEN CAMP By ROB BURGESS Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 7 Special to the Daily Journal The Daily Journal Vote for one ’ve always been interested in the spirit world, (This column originally appeared in and with Halloween just around the corner I the Martinsville, Indiana Reporter- thought it would be fun to unearth the history Times on June 10.) behind a few haunted houses in our area. I here’s a scene in the movie also sought the advice of Janice Culliford, a “The Bourne Identity” where Ireal-life “ghost buster” or “energy worker” to get T the amnesic main character, added insight into this phenomenon of “spirits Jason Bourne, played by Matt Damon, trapped on the earth plane.” is sitting at a diner trying to figure out The most known haunted house in Willits is the who he is. Burgess “Hathaway House” on Redwood Avenue. According “I can tell you the license plate Jerry DeChaine, left, and Gary Taylor are cam- numbers of all six cars outside,” he paigning for the Area 7 seat on the college board. See HAUNTED, Page A-3 tells his only friend, Marie. “I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows how to handle Jerry Gary himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking.” DeChaine Taylor Bourne is actually a spy, and this scene is supposed to Chemistry instructor Area 7 incumbent Gary show he was trained to scope out every new situation for Jerry DeChaine is keeping Taylor is running for re- perceived threats. The thing is, I know exactly how he the focus on his years of election to the Mendo-Lake feels. teaching experience as he is Community College I love zombie movies. I am enamored with them taking his first steps into the District board of trustees because they allow me to contemplate survival political waters, running for and wants his tenure to techniques for a zombie uprising for hours on end. the Area 7 (Kelseyville) focus on working with the Whenever I enter a building I’ve never been in, I usually representative in board, the community and take a second or two to consider my plan of action if a November’s Mendo-Lake the students. zombie attack were to kick off at that moment. As Max Community College Dis- “I think a good board Photos provided courtesy of Kathleen Camp Brooks outlines in his book, “The Zombie Survival Guide,” rule number one in the “Top 10 Lessons for See DECHAINE, See TAYLOR, The Hathaway house in Willits is commonly Page A-14 Page A-14 referred to as haunted. See ZOMBIES, Page A-3 Profiles by Zack Sampsel/The Daily Journal; photos by MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal Please turn to Page A-4 for additional candidate profiles.

INSIDE UDJ By Editor K.C. Meadows A sampling of this week’s blog postings Posted Friday Russian River. Mr. Vinson's family moved into that the harvest season, and he recalls one year, as he and Farmhouse memories farmhouse in November, 1942, just days before gas others were picking pears, an airplane was landing at Got a call from a local resident who read our story rationing went into effect. He says he remembers the the Ukiah airport and had some trouble. They all on the historic farmhouse that's being dismantled adults around him were talking about the rationing scattered as the plane came careening right toward and put into storage until someone comes along that program. He says the ranch had a 2,000 gallon gas them and stopped just before it crashed in the orchard wants to move it somewhere. You can see the house tank on the property near the house so they didn't where they were working. He also recalls that there from Highway 101. It's just north of the Mendocino worry too much about gas. was no Coyote Dam or Lake Mendocino flood con- Brewing Company building. It looks pretty sad to His family stayed on at the farmhouse through trol project at that time and in the winter, the Russian tell the truth. about 1947. The old farmhouse you see now, he says, River came within 10 feet of that farmhouse each Anyway, the gentleman who called me is Eddie is just the home's four bedrooms, two downstairs and year- but luckily never flooded it. Vinson, who lived in that farmhouse as a kid. Born two upstairs. He doesn't know what happened to the in 1929, Mr. Vinson's Dad worked the Dutton rest of the farmhouse but it used to have a living Posted Wednesday The blog is at Ranch, which is what that parcel of land used to be room, dining room, kitchen and bathroom on the Marijuana study will be controversial ukiahdailyjournal.com before the highway. He says the Dutton Ranch used front, as well as a garage in the back. Part of the farm to range from the top of the Western Hills to the work was picking pears, which he helped with during See BLOG, Page A-4 A-2 – SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES

The world briefly [\ her husband, Charles R. ter the death of her par- ELENA BELL MERRICK Bell, where she was ents she married the Died October 18, 2007, active in club work. After late Doug Merrick and Fueled by Santa Ana winds, daily violence. Elena Bell Merrick, a divorce she worked at retired from working at fires cut a weeklong path of A bomb struck a mainly Shiite town south- daughter of the late Mendocino State Hospital the Olympic Club County east of Baghdad on Saturday for the second Martha and Anton Roma- as Coordinator of Club, returning to destruction, devastation time in less than a week, the deadliest attack on nov, Mother of Loelia Volunteer Services. She serve as director of volun- a day in which at least 23 people were killed or returned to San Francisco teers at the 1986 US SAN DIEGO (AP) — They know what the Kumaran of Soquel, found dead. Mother- in-law of T.W. in 1973 to be with her par- Open. At her request, winds can do. They forecast them. Fight the In northern Iraq, clashes broke out between ents. there will be no serv- fires the winds fan. Ready for evacuations that, Kumaran, grandmoth- al-Qaida in Iraq fighters and a rival Sunni er of Jai and Hara She was active in the ices. Interment will be in in years past, never came. They thought they group near the volatile city of Samarra, and Volunteer Council of the Gordenker fam- knew, until seven days of fury began a week Kumaran. A native of San police said some 16 militants were killed. Francisco she moved to the Fine Arts Museums of ily plot in Mountain ago. San Francisco. Af- Cemetery, Sonoma, CA. From almost the beginning, this Santa Ana Ukiah in 1948 with was different somehow. Obama accuses Clinton, Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid announcements. For information on Meteorologist Philip Gonsalves recognized other candidates, of dodging how to place a paid funeral notice or make corrections to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468- it when he saw the smoke through the picture questions on Social Security 3529. windows of the National Weather Service sta- tion in Rancho Bernardo, closing in on the DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic POLICE REPORTS of Redwood Valley, was office itself. He had helped forecast the tem- presidential candidate Barack Obama on arrested on suspicion of dri- LOTTERY NUMBERS pest: an ominous combination of strong gusts, Saturday lashed out at rival Hillary Rodham The following were ving under the influence at the DAILY 3: night: 4, 8, 8. low humidity and soaring temperatures. In Clinton, accusing her of dodging tough ques- compiled from reports intersection of South Dora afternoon: 9, 9, 7. weather speak: red flag fire conditions. tions about Social Security. prepared by the Ukiah and Jones streets at 11:39 p.m. FANTASY 5: 24, 26, 35, Fire Battalion Chief Tom Zeulner under- Obama, campaigning at a senior center in Police Department. To Friday. 36, 39. stood it, too, when en route to his first blaze of Des Moines, said all the presidential candi- anonymously report Those arrested by law enforcement DAILY DERBY: 1st the week, his wife called to tell him five more dates need to talk honestly about Social crime information, call officers are innocent until proven guilty. Place: 10, Solid Gold. had begun. Security instead of sidestepping the issue, but 463-6205. 2nd Place: 11, Money Dan Crane thought it was “situation nor- he singled out Clinton — the front-runner for ARREST -- Javier Ceja CORRECTIONS Bags. mal,” his words for the Santa Ana fire season the nomination — for special criticism. Diaz, 22, hometown not list- 3rd Place: 03, Hot Shot. Obama’s criticism of Clinton comes as she ed, was arrested on suspicion The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this that torments Californians every October space to correct errors or make clarifications Race time: 1:46.27. through February, when blustery winds blow has been increasing her lead in national polls, of driving under the influence in the 100 block of Norton to news articles. Significant errors in obitu- LOTTO: 8, 9, 13, 22, 24. out of the desert. He’s lived through a half-cen- leaving him and other Democratic candidates ary notices or birth announcements will Meganumber: 26. Street at 10:18 p.m. Friday. result in reprinting the entire article. Errors tury of them, and never once had to evacuate lagging far behind. Jackpot: $23 million. — not even during the two-week onslaught of Obama’s campaign arranged for him to be ARREST -- Ryan Sees, 19, may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. 2003, when fires burned 750,000 acres and introduced at the event by Tod Bowman, a killed 22 people. teacher from Maquoketa, Iowa, who tried to Since 1893 This time, he awoke to neighbors honking pin down Clinton during a debate in Iowa ear- and smoke wafting through his windows. lier this month on whether the government Eversole Mortuary should tax workers’ earnings above the present Service CENTER cap of $97,500 to help pay for Social Security Crematory & Evergreen Memorial Gardens UAW members approve 859 N. State Street benefits. Outdoor crypts at reasonable rates. 4-year contract with Chrysler Clinton sidestepped the question in public, (707) 462-4472 despite significant dissent telling Bowman privately afterward that she Ukiah’s only Mortuary & Crematory didn’t want to put an additional tax burden on at one site DETROIT (AP) — Despite significant dis- the middle class, but would consider a “gap,” TIRES sent among some of its workers, United Auto with no Social Security taxes on income from Personal Service 24 hours a day Workers members narrowly passed a four-year $97,500 to around $200,000. Anything above 462-2206 FD-24 contract agreement with Chrysler LLC on that could be taxed. Her answer was overhead Saturday. by an Associated Press reporter. The contract covers about 45,000 active workers at Chrysler and more than 55,000 Chrysler retirees and 23,000 surviving spous- Sudanese government opens es. It will expire on Sept. 14, 2011. Darfur peace talks with Delbert Leroy Phelps “Our members had to face some tough cease-fire declaration choices, and we had a solid, democratic debate June 30, 1930 - October 24, 2007 about this contract,” UAW President Ron SIRTE, Libya (AP) — The Sudanese gov- Gettelfinger said in a statement. “Now we’re ernment committed to an immediate cease-fire Retired Redwood Valley Fire Department Fire Chief going to come together as a union — and now in Darfur at the opening of peace talks on Delbert Phelps passed away on Tuesday, October 24, it’s on the company to move ahead, increase Saturday, but the expected announcement was 2007 at UVMC. their market share and continue to build great not met by similar pledges from rebels, who He was born in Redwood Valley in a house across the cars and trucks here in the U.S.” largely boycotted the U.N.-brokered negotia- street where the “Delbert Phelps Firehouse” stands. tions. He attended grade school in Redwood Valley and “The government of Sudan is proclaiming U.S. to give Iraq security as of now a unilateral cease-fire in Darfur,” graduated from Ukiah High control in Shiite region of said Nafie Ali Nafie, who was heading an School in 1948. Delbert spent a total of 64 years dedi- Karbala, despite violence important Sudanese delegation to the talks in cated to his love of fire fighting. He began going to fires the Libyan coastal town of Sirte. “We shall not in 1943 at the age of 13. At that time up until 1953 everyone in the valley was more or less BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. forces will turn be the first ones to fire arms.” a volunteer fireman. 1944 he began working for the California Dept. of Forestry for a year over security to Iraqi authorities in the south- The U.S. special envoy for Sudan, Andrew when they raised the age limit for employment and he resigned but then resumed dedicat- ern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the Natsios, praised the government for its pledge, ing more time as a volunteer with the Redwood Valley Fire Dept. until 1945. 1946 thru 1947 American commander for the area said, despite but cautioned that there had been dozens of he was a fire fighter for C.D.F. 1948 thru 1949 a fire truck driver for C.D.F. 1950 thru 1952 fighting between rival militia factions that has previous cease-fire declarations in Darfur bro- C.D.F. Fire Crew Foreman. In 1953 the year the Redwood Valley-Calpella Volunteer Firemen killed dozens. ken by both government troops and rebel fac- organized he became a charter member. Karbala will become only the eighth of tions. He was appointed Fire Captain and Training Officer in 1959. 1977 Delbert was appointed Iraq’s 18 provinces to revert to Iraqi control, The talks are aimed at ending over four Assistant Chief of the volunteers and continued as Training Officer. 1977 he received State of despite President Bush’s prediction in January years of fighting that have killed more than California Teaching Credentials-Fire Science. that the Iraqi government would have respon- 200,000 people in the western Sudanese region On May 19, 1978 he completed 25 years of service for the Masonite Corporation at which sibility for security in all of the provinces by of Darfur. time he retired from Masonite. November. With no major rebel players, however, there He owned along with his wife Jeannie , Phelps Fire Extinguisher Service a for 25 years. But the target date has slipped repeatedly, was little hope that Sirte would lead to a quick February 1978 he was appointed paid Assistant Fire Chief of the RVFD and was appointed highlighting the difficulties in developing Iraqi peace agreement and mediators said the goal to paid Fire Chief in July 1978 and held that title until October 1, 1995 when he retired. From police forces and the slow pace of economic “create conditions” for effective peace talks to Oct. 1, 1989 until May 1, 1993 his son David Phelps was his Assistant Chief and for 13 of and political progress in areas still troubled by take place. those years his son-in-law Ken Wilson was a volunteer. In 2005 Delbert was honored and surprised that the Redwood Valley Firehouse was dedi- BIKRAM YOGA cated and named “The Delbert Phelps Firehouse.” 6 months after retiring he was diagnosed D. WILLIAM JEWELERS with cancer and fought a strong courageous battle for eleven years and six moths. UKIAH Has New Arrivals During his retired years, Jeannie and he took cruises to Alaska and did other traveling as well. He and Jeannie would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on November Winter 30 of this year. Delbert is survived by Jeannie , Redwood Valley, his daughter Linda Phelps-Wilson and is Coming • Mens Watches & Wallets husband Ken , son David Phelps and wife Sue also of Redwood Valley. Grandchildren Emily Warm up • Womens Watches Wilson of Redwood Valley, Christian Wilson and wife Brenda of Hutto, Texas, Paige Allen of Napa, Catina Haugen and husband Jeff of Petaluma and Amy Binkley and husband Brian of with Yoga Fun • Fashionable • Affordable Redwood Valley. 115 W. Church St • Ukiah • 468-YOGA Pear Tree Center • 462-4636 Eight great-grandchildren also survive him. Diem Marie Wilson, Redwood Valley, Lensey, Bailey, and Brooklyn Wilson of Hutto, Texas, Joshua and Jacob Haugen of Petaluma and Sydney and Makenzie Binkley of Redwood Valley. Siblings Donna Parker, Ukiah, Gary Borgna and wife Julie of Fallon, Nevada, Walter Broiler STEAK HOUSE Borgna and wife Liz of Woodland, along with many cousins, nieces and nephews. His father Philo Phelps, mother Violet Borgna and Stepfather Joe Borgna and sister Beverly Borgna proceeded him in death. DINNER FOR 2 Services will be at the “Delbert Phelps Firehouse” in Redwood Valley on Tuesday, October Deep Fried Prawns 30, 2007 at 11 a.m. A procession to the Russian River Cemetery on Low Gap Rd. in Ukiah or will follow. There will be a gathering back at the firehouse following Rib Steak the service at the Cemetery. 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Sometimes lights are mysteri- Haunted ously turned off at the MacCallum House Inn and Continued from Page A-1 Restaurant in Mendocino. Could it be Daisy MacCallum, to former resident and the home’s namesake, who died in 1953? Sue Hathaway, it is the ghost of Captain Selfridge who dwells there. He made himself known with the usual “things that go bump in the night” shortly after her family moved into the home in the 1970s. The Captain appeared as a recognizable figure in the background of photos taken during a housewarming party. Captain Selfridge was from San Francisco and the president of the North Western Redwood Company established in 1902. The house was built for him in 1905 to showcase the mill’s redwood products. He was quite a fright to the town’s children, with a large birthmark covering half of his face. His wife and daughters never mingled with the rustic locals and rarely left their property. This rambling 4,000-square-foot two-story house has long drafty hallways and many creepy nooks and closets perfect for your typical Hollywood horror flick. Sue stated she Photos provided courtesy of Kathleen Camp also heard feminine moans and believes the It is said that the spirit of Emma Stout, who died at the turn of the century, continues to source was that of a daughter of Captain inhabit the Pieta Creek Hotel. Selfridge who was severely mentally, and/or physically handicapped. The last house I researched is now The artificial light vibrates at a higher level which Next, I investigated a former stagecoach MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant in is painful to them,” she said. stop and hotel south of Hopland at Pieta Mendocino. This house was built in 1882 for Maybe Daisy and Donald are wondering Creek. It is the spirit of Emma Stout, the wife Daisy MacCallum by her parents, the Kellys. what all these strangers are doing in their of John Stout the manager of the Pieta Hotel Daisy lived in the house with her son Donald home, or maybe Daisy is just doing what she during the late 1900s, that haunts this place. It until her death in 1953. Donald also remained did every night before she retired, turned off is rumored that Emma died in the home of stairs.” in the house until he died in 1960. Room the lights? pneumonia around 1905. I asked Janice Culliford, the energy worker, No. 4 in the inn was Donald’s room from the Ghosts, goblins, phantoms, specters, According to Greg Israel, a former tenant, “what’s up with these spirits, don’t they know time he was a baby until his death. Sensitive trapped spirits, poltergeists, or doppelgangers, “she appears dressed in a long white lacy they’re dead or what?” visitors in Room No. 4 report “noxious odors” whatever you want to call them, they’re here dress, typical attire of that day, and always “Exactly, some of these earth bound and “things being moved around.” Others tell to stay; some are welcome and others not. does the same thing, clean. She follows the entities just don’t know their body has of lights turned off in the upstairs, even As Sue Hathaway said, “We’re mostly same pattern from the living room, down the transpired, or they had such a strong though no one, human that is, was in the spirit just visiting this body, and the spirit hall and up the stairs. The house was attachment to their property that they don’t vicinity. world lovingly surrounds us at all times. It’s remodeled sometime ago and there is no want to leave. Others die suddenly and feel I asked Janice why ghosts only appear at just a wink away.” longer a staircase in the hall. But, I guess they have unfinished business. This Emma night? Happy Halloween Emma doesn’t know this because she walks Stout is sort of stuck in a loop, not too much “These negative spirit entities vibrate at a Thanks to the staff at the Held-Poage Research right through the wall and up the nonexisting has changed for her.” low energy pattern, and sunlight and strong Library and The Kelly House.

gun? a machete? a cricket Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” transported back into, say, ourselves. Sure, I can unlock We don’t even have any Zombies bat?) and supplies (food? You can laugh if you want pioneer times, I wouldn’t last my car, sit down and turn the natural protection. We don’t vitamins? DVDs?). I also have to, but don’t come knocking more than a few days. The engine over, but if you gave have horns to gore attackers Continued from Page A-1 to consider whether or not the on my steel-reinforced door recent spinach, peanut butter, me all the parts a car is made with, we can’t electrocute undead are the fast-moving when some animal liberation pet food and toothpaste recalls of separately and told me to predators that touch us and we Surviving a Zombie Attack” kind seen in the 2004 remake group accidentally releases a have shown just how helpless start assembling them, I don’t even have a tail to swing section is “Organize before of “Dawn of the Dead,” the bunch of lab monkeys we really are. I mean, do you wouldn’t have a clue. We from trees with. Without all they rise.” traditional, more lumbering infected with the RAGE virus know how to make toothpaste know how to use stuff. the things we’ve surrounded I continuously vary my variety from “Night of the on the general public. from scratch? I know I don’t. Sometimes we even figure out ourself with, we’d all just be plan based on circumstances, Living Dead” or if they know I enjoy considering these We rely on others for how to expand on other soft, pink, mostly hairless such as my location (a how to perform scenarios mostly because I almost everything, and we’ve people’s advancements, but animals lost in the woods. supermarket? an indoor mall? choreographed dance moves came to the conclusion a long forgotten or never learned when it comes down to it, Rob Burgess can be reached an Army base?), weapons (a in unison like in the video for time ago that if somehow how to do things for we’ve got nothing. at [email protected].

not yet recovered from the nervous shock. 25 years ago She brought suit for damages, and the attorneys settled the Thursday, Oct. 28, 1982 matter out of court last Saturday. It seems that Mr. Fuller has Ukiah Daily Journal THIS WAS NEWS had enough damage suits and accidents to last him for awhile. BUMPER CROP AND BIG BUCKS FOR COUNTY POT GROWERS. By Ron Gluckman, *** Journal Staff Writer. You may not see them riding around town this winter in brand new four-wheel UKIAH ATHLETES WIN THIRD PLACE. At the A. A. L. drives with expensive stereos and CB’s, but local field day at Berkeley last Saturday the Ukiah boys secured Apot growers will be pulling in a bumper crop this year and JODY MARTINEZ third place. Berkeley won first place, and Oakland took raking in the big bucks. second. Ukiah has not the brawn she once had, yet the boys Local pot growers will get the lion’s share of the harvest did well. Ernest Ruddick was the star athlete for the home because law enforcement has lacked sufficient funding to team and took first place in the high hurdles and the high mount as fierce an eradication campaign as they have waged jump and second place in the 12 pound shot put. He made the in previous years. high hurdles in 16 and three fifths seconds and is looked upon But next year growers may be up against computers as the as a record breaker for next year. domestic marijuana war is expected to escalate another notch The S. M. A. A. L. meet takes place at the Ukiah race track little over one year ago and has 90 members. Its purpose is to on Saturday, Nov. 2, and the local boys expect to win this with a renewed infusion of federal financial support. explore and preserve county history for future generations. Winter rains turned back the military style raiding parties contest, as they only have to compete with the Sonoma county that made sweeps through Humboldt and Del Norte counties boys. earlier this month. Though they never made it to Mendocino 100 years ago *** County this pot season, they are on the drawing board for next Friday, Oct. 25, 1907 year. Dispatch-Democrat COX-GIBSON WEDDING. Last Sunday Lester Cox and ...Jerry Smith, a California Department of Justice PETITION BOARD TO STAND PAT. At the last meeting Miss Alice Gibson were united in marriage at the home of the spokesman, told the Journal his agency still had funds for the of the board of city trustees it was proposed to repeal the bride in this city, by the Rev. Crooks, of the Episcopal church. military-style raids but will be turning its attentions elsewhere ordinance limiting the number of saloons to eight and forever The bride is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.B. because of the rain. revocing a license whenever the owner violated the law. The Gibson and is quite a favorite in social circles. The groom is The raids garnered huge media attention once the question of repealing the ordinance will be brought up at the the son of Joe Cox, of Talmage, and is a young man of sterling unpublicized activity was discovered. Smith hesitated to term next meeting of the board. Petitions in favor of keeping the worth. The young people took the afternoon train for the the raids a new style of anti-pot warfare, but admitted this was ordinance intact are being largely signed and will be presented metropolis where they will spend a short honey moon. Upon the first time officials went after the pot rather than the to the board at that time, and a number of ladies and their return they will make their future home here where the growers. gentlemen are expected to address the board on the subject. groom has a good position. 50 years ago *** Jody Martinez can be reached at [email protected]. MAN’S ARM SAWED OFF IN MILL. Leo Stradley came Monday, Oct. 28, 1957 very near losing his life yesterday morning in the Bittenbender Ukiah Daily Journal saw mill in Sherwood valley. He was oiling the machinery and FLOCK OF SHEEP HIT BY TRUCK NEAR HOPLAND. some of his clothing caught and he was dragged into the saw. Eight sheep of a flock belonging to Jame Milone of Hopland The right arm was sawed off at the shoulder and the left hand were hit this morning at 1:45 as they crossed the Redwood badly lacerated, two fingers of which had to be amputated. Mendocino County highway one-half mile south of Hopland. Drs. Woeffel and Blodgett were hastily summoned and James Sharpley, Jr., of San Jose was driving north on the prevented the unfortunate man from bleeding to death. He is Historical Society general highway when the sheep came into view through the fog and now out of danger and will doubtless get well. was unable to stop his truck before plowing into the flock. No meeting set for Nov. 4 damage was done to the Peterbilt truck and tractor. *** The Mendocino County Historical Society’s next general meeting will be held Nov. 4th at the Ukiah *** HERSCHEL CLELAND SEVERELY BURNED. Last Wednesday morning Herschel Cleland was quite severely Garden Cafe, 1090-A South State Street across from the SALERNO MANAGES KARL’S STORE IN NEW burned about the head and face by the explosion of the peanut intersection of Talmage and State streets. LOCATION. A veteran of nine years in the retail shoe roaster. He came down to the store early and lit the roaster, The meeting will begin at noon, and lunch will be business, three of which he has spent with Karl’s, George and it went out. He made an attempt to light it again when it served at 12:15 p.m. Lunch costs $12 with choice of Salerno is managing the new Karl’s Shoe Store on S. School blew up in his face, badly burning him. The eye lashes and Chicken Teriyaki, Filet of Snapper, Vegetarian Stir Fry Street, one of five new businesses to be opened in the 200 hair, and the whole face and ears were badly burned, as were or Chef's Salad. block. also his hands. He rushed into Laughlan’s store and Marvin The speaker will be Frank Milone of Hopland. His Salerno stressed that the new location is featuring a larger immediately took him to Gibson’s drug store where his burns subject is Early Agriculture in Hopland and will include stock of shoes for men, women and children. Additional were properly treated. He is now getting along as well as both hop farming and viticulture. employes have been added, all experienced in the shoe could be expected. Make reservations by Monday by calling the Held- business, he said. Poage Research Library at 462-6969 or e-mail *** [email protected]. If there is an addition or drop after *** that date, please call Dr. Poulos at 462-4141, or leave a DAMAGE SUIT COMPROMISED. The damage suit message on his phone and the Historical Society will MRS. EGLIN TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. brought by Mrs. George W. Lawrence against W. P. Fuller for try to make additional arrangements, if possible. The Mendocino County Historical Society has called a injuries received in the automobile accident last summer has meeting at Brooktrails Guest Ranch, Willits, for Sunday, been compromised by Fuller giving her $400. It will be November 3, with luncheon at 1:30. remembered that Mrs. Lawrence was up to John Day’s last Mrs. Myrtle Eglin of Ukiah will be the speaker and her summer when Mr. Fuller came along in his automobile and topic will be Schools of Mendocino County. scared her horse. The buggy was upset and Mrs. Lawrence Visit our web site at ukiahdailyjournal.com The Mendocino County Historical Society was organized a thrown violently to the ground and severely injured, and has email us at [email protected] A-4 – SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 LOCAL THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL Blog supports the legislation. Posted Tuesday Candidate profiles Inside UDJ Former Ukiah scoutmaster Continued from Page A-1 died A new debate about med- I got an email letting me Election day is Nov. 6 ical marijuana will be brewing know that former Ukiah resi- ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ starting today as the American dent Richard Vernon Hacke Society of Anesthesiologists had died Oct. 19 in Grass issues its study in which it Valley. He was 86 years old. Mendocino County Office of Education concludes that smoking mari- By UDJ Editor K.C. Meadows He moved away from Ukiah Member, Trustee Area 6 juana in large does not only back in 1974 but some local Vote for one does not ease pain, but may The Blog is at residents may remember him increase it. The study con- ukiahdailyjournal.com from Boy Scouting. Known cludes that a "moderate" affectionately as ‘Dick’ to amount of marijuana does three generations, Hacke was reduce pain in healthy volun- cannabis, but not to the an leading member of the teer subjects, but pain increas- increase in pain with high- teams that purchased and built es with the marijuana dosage. dose cannabis. The volunteers' the summer camps of Marin, The study is featured in the sense of feeling 'high' Sonoma and Mendocino November issue of the journal increased with each dose of counties, where he served for of Anesthesiology. cannabis, even though the the majority of his long career According to a press pain-relieving effects did not." as a professional Scouter. He From left, John Pegan, Jim Rickel and Robert Shugart are running for the Area release from the ASA: The ASA calls for more was a recipient of the 6 seat on the MCOE board. "'Our study suggests that study of the use of pain and Distinguished Eagle Scout, an there is a therapeutic window marijuana but concludes that given these findings, ASA award given to fewer than one for analgesia, with low doses in 10,000 Eagle Scout holders John Jim Robert being ineffective, medium cannot recommend marijuana for pain relief. in recognition of more than 25 doses resulting in pain relief, years of outstanding service to and high doses increasing Go to www.anesthesiolo- Pegan Rickel Shugart gy.org for more info. the community and nation. In In November’s election, Outreach specialist Jim pain,' comments lead author There are three people run- Dr. Mark S. Wallace of that he stood among a select attorney John Pegan consid- Rickel has lived in Ukiah There's a hearing in group including former ers himself “the new kid on since 1952, and after 50-plus ning for the Area 6 seat at the University of California, San Mendocino County Office of Diego. Washington D.C. today on a Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the block,” having only lived years firmly planted in the bill coauthored by Rep. Mike former FBI director William in Ukiah since 1999, but it Mendocino County commu- Education in November’s "Dr. Wallace and col- election, but for incumbent leagues evaluated the effects Thompson to expand the Sessions, and film director isn’t stopping him from run- nity, Rickel is running for the boundaries of the protected Steven Spielberg. ning for the Area 6 represen- Area 6 representative with Robert Shugart he’s just con- of smoking cannabis on pain tinuing a life dedicated to responses in 15 healthy volun- ocean area known as the Gulf Hacke was born in 1921 in tative seat at the MCOE. the Mendocino County of the Farallones and Cordell San Francisco and from his Pegan, a parent, explained Office of Education in education and community teers. On different days, the service. research subjects smoked low, National Marine Sanctuary early boyhood days he was at the Oct. 11 Mendocino November’s election. drawn to Scouting, having County Candidate Forum that Rickel came to Ukiah from Shugart moved to Ukiah in medium, or high doses of north to Point Arena. 1968, where he owned and cannabis (based on the con- According to the Defenders started as a cub scout in San he will bring knowledge from Tucson, Ariz. and attended Francisco in 1929 at the age of his work with labor relations, Mendocino College as well operated the Mendocino tent of 9-delta-tetrahydro- of Wildlife, who support the Animal Hospital. Continuing cannabinol (THC), the main legislation, "The Point Arena seven, After WWII Hacke children and the law to help as Sonoma State. At the Oct. create a balanced candidate 11 Mendocino County with his love of animals, active chemical in cannabis), upwelling source, one of only returned to California, and Shugart began a large-animal or an inactive placebo. Pain four mid-latitude coastal helped found and build Camp who works closely with Candidate Forum, Rickel said Superintendent Paul Tichinin. he’s been “an involved com- practice -- something he was induced by injecting cap- upwelling systems that natu- Tamarancho in Fairfax, Marin found useful in getting to saicin, the "hot" chemical rally occur worldwide, brings Sierra in the Tahoe National As a former high school munity citizen since 1971.” teacher, Pegan recognizes the “Basically I’m an outreach know his community. found in chili peppers, into the nutrients from the deep ocean Forest region of the northern At the Oct. 11 Mendocino skin. Capsaicin injection is a to surface waters where they Sierra, and Camps Noyo and importance of the board and specialist,” Rickel said. “I’m its service to local students. a Vietnam vet, a public- County Candidate Forum, standard technique used in form the basis of a rich marine Navarro in the redwood Shugart explained that his pain studies. food chain. Although these groves of Mendocino. “If a student has been access producer and I’m a expelled, where do they go? community advocate.” time spent in animal care "Five minutes after smok- four global upwelling centers He moved to Ukiah and to helped him to become firmly ing, none of the three doses of occupy less than one percent the Sonoma Mendocino The Office of Education is While working within the the office to take care of community, Rickel has used rooted in the Mendocino cannabis had any effect on of the ocean, together they Council (now the Redwood County community. pain responses to capsaicin. have historically supplied Empire Council), where he that,” Pegan said. “There’s a firsthand experiences to focus whole host of things the his priorities for MCOE, and “In that time I got to visit However, 45 minutes after approximately one-half of the built and directed Camp and know a lot of people from smoking the moderate dose of world's fish catch. The Point Office of Education does and it all starts with education. Navarro. In 1974 he returned it helps all the school dis- “My main concern in the the community,” he said. cannabis, pain was signifi- Arena oceanic upwelling sys- to Marin Council and resumed Shugart was previously on cantly reduced - approximate- tricts. It’s essential and fills a county is education,” he said tem supplies nutrients to the his position as Camp Director the board until 1988. That ly six points lower on a 100- federally protected marine necessary function.” at the Oct. 11 forum. “They of Marin Sierra, a position he year, he and his wife joined point scale, compared with the ecosystems of the Monterey If elected, Pegan said he say the schools are failing in filled for all but two years looks forward to becoming a English, math and science. the Peace Corps and went to inactive placebo. Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, Honduras. In their time "In contrast, 45 minutes and Cordell Bank National until 1990. constituent of the county. I’ve always felt that ROP- In line with Hacke’s “It would be my hope, if type programs help, and stu- abroad, Shugart taught at the after smoking the high dose of Marine Sanctuaries. These University of Ecuador, his cannabis, pain scores were nutrients help maintain impor- requests, no memorial ser- elected, to be a constituent of dents have a better chance to vices are to be held. His fami- the county. You’re not just find jobs and work experi- tenure lasting a year and a increased - about eight points tant commercial and recre- half. higher than with placebo. ational fisheries as far south as ly requests that all contribu- representing a geographic ence that will help them later tions made to Scouting in his district,” he said. “I think this in life. Following their work with "The low dose of cannabis the Monterey Canyon." the Peace Corps, Shugart and had no effect on pain scores. Resolutions of support for name be sent to The Dick is exciting; it’s something “I think it’s important that None of the three doses affect- HR 1187 have been adopted Hacke Foundation, an endow- that is across the board and ed the extent of secondary by the Boards of Supervisors ment whose sole purpose is to more narrow.” See RICKEL, Page A-14 See SHUGART, Page A-14 hyperalgesia - that is, the of the California counties of support the maintenance and spread of pain beyond the area Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino development of the Boy Scout Profiles by Zack Sampsel/The Daily Journal; photos by MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal injected with capsaicin. and San Francisco, in addition summer camps in Marin and "Levels of THC measured to the California Coastal Sonoma-Mendocino scout Please see Monday’s edition for profiles of water district candidates. in the blood were significantly Commission. The Pacific councils. For further informa- related to reduced pain scores Coast Federation of tion, please see www.dick- Watch Repair at the moderate dose of Fishermen's Associations also hacke.org Visit our web site at ukiahdailyjournal.com Need a watch battery or watch band? Stop By today... D. William Jewelers Pear Tree Center 462-4636 United States Marine Corps 232nd Birthday INVITATION November 9, 2007 Ukiah Elks Lodge, 1200 Hastings Road, Ukiah Local 1130 to 1500 Hours Business & Entrepreneurs Prime Rib Luncheon presented by Ukiah Elks Lodge #1728 Please make reservations before November 1, 2007 $30 per person. Invitation is open to all former and present A conference designed to give entrepreneurs military members and their guests and businesses valuable information to increase opportunities, resources and profits. Reservation Form

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But Attorney General Southern California created an Schwarzenegger has been ical positioning on the envi- what was perceived as a Jerry Brown is expected to go initial state of suspended at his best this week, racing ronment. botched federal effort, scarred to court next week to force the political animation in which across the state in his private But none of that was in evi- Bush’s presidency. Environmental Protection Gov. Schwarzenegger could plane to comfort fire victims dence as Schwarzenegger But Schwarzenegger’s rap- Agency to decide whether reign without opposition. and cheer on their rescuers. toured charred neighborhoods prochement with the president California and 11 other states Now the goodwill is end- He was a ubiquitous presence with the president in tow. The is likely to come to an end can impose stricter vehicle ing, and second-guessing the on television, conveying such governor praised Bush “for next week, when California standards to reduce green- state’s emergency response is compassion and concern that his tremendous support and files an environmental lawsuit house gas emissions. fair game. Conservative Re- political analysts on CNN said for his immediate help in this against the feds that it had California has been waiting publican congressmen like it was a pity Schwarzenegger terrible disaster, and for taking delayed because of the fires. for almost two years for a Dana Rohrabacher, R- couldn’t run for president. the time out to come here to “Arnold may be making response. Huntington Beach, have criti- He appeared with California to see firsthand nice right now with George W. The end of the fire emer- cized the fire response, forc- Schwarzenegger Democrats like Sen. Dianne what the people of our state Bush, because there’s federal gency means Schwarzenegger ing Schwarzenegger to answer Feinstein, who lauded are going through.” money at stake,” said Garry will also have to return to tough questions about how cabinet in front of television Schwarzenegger in a state- Bush returned the favor, South, a Democrat who everyday business in effectively firefighting equip- cameras at the state’s emer- ment for being “on the scene saying what a difference it advised former Gov. Gray Sacramento, where his pro- ment was deployed. gency operations nerve center virtually around the clock.” made to have a governor who Davis. “But you can bet the posals to reform health care On Friday, the governor outside Sacramento. He spent a day with his fre- knew what he was doing in a minute Bush leaves and address the state’s critical convened a meeting of his “Of course, after this, we’re quent political nemesis, natural disaster, an apparent California, that lawsuit is water needs have been stalled. California wildfire vignettes Bush reiterates his pledge to help Associated Press we take care of each other, so if someone ARROWBEAR— Firefighter Debbie needs help we’ll open our doors.” Californians reeling from wildfires Clevinger’s house looks out onto ash now, ——— but she hasn’t started mourning the loss of FILLMORE — As winds gusted and Associated Press Bush also singled out her neighborhood in the San Bernardino embers rained down on the hills west of the WASHINGTON — state officials for praise, Mountains. town of Piru on Monday, state forestry fire President Bush touted even though there has been Clevinger, a 37-year-old mother of three Capt. Paul Gaines singlehandedly beat back his administration’s sniping about bureaucracy from Running Springs, has slept every night the flames to save a research station where response to the and state rules preventing at her station alongside her firefighter hus- researchers monitor four nearby nesting sites California wildfires on the deployment of suffi- band since the Slide wildfire began raging of the endangered California condor. Saturday. cient aerial support in the Monday. “They had water hydrants and a tank at the “I made a pledge to blazes’ first hours. When her engine arrived at a blaze engulf- ranch,” he said. the people of California “State and local authori- ing a home Saturday in Arrowbear, about a As a blaze grew below, Gaines drew upon on behalf of all ties in California were well mile from the Slide’s front lines, she was the his 24 years of firefighting experience and Americans: We will help prepared for this crisis, and first to drag out a hose to drench the flames. decided that it would difficult but not impos- you put out the fires, get they responded quickly and It took her crew another hour and a half to sible to prepare and defend the buildings. through the crisis, and The president had said that a effectively,” Bush said. put it out. “Fire blew through there and just kept rebuild your lives,” he main aim of his trip was to The president had said “We were up front and we could here all going,” he said. “I was outside running said in his weekly radio inspire weary firefighters and that a main aim of his trip these popping sounds, and then the utility around like a chicken without a head. It address. others pitching in to help. Bush visited was to inspire weary fire- line just came down,” said Clevinger, the would have burned to the ground if someone fighters and others pitching only female volunteer on the Arrowbear Lake hadn’t been there.” California on Thursday to see for himself the damage from fires that have burned in seven in to help. Fire Department. It wasn’t until 4 a.m. Tuesday that he fin- “Many of these brave men and women have The fire scorched pine trees, sending ished cleaning up spot fires and realized he counties since Sunday. In the radio address, with many of the fires still threatening and battled the blaze in triple-digit heat. Some have flames at least 30 feet high above the home, had just spent was his 42nd birthday fighting worked around the clock. And more than once, where only the wall supports and shingled the Ranch Fire. unpredictable, the president said the federal government has responded to state pleas for firefighting teams were forced to take emer- roof were left standing. Investigators later It was nothing new for Gaines, who has gency shelter in their fire tents when threat- determined the fire was sparked by an elec- spent half of his last 24 birthdays on fire help. trical line under the deck when the power lines. On Saturday he was working on the Among Washington’s contributions that he ened by approaching walls of flame,” he said came back on in the area. Harris Fire near San Diego. ticked off were the contribution of federal fire- in the address. “I was grateful for the opportu- Power lines in Clevinger’s Running “That’s what happens when you’re born in fighters and aircraft and swift emergency dec- nity to meet them, and I thank them for their Springs neighborhood have still not been October and go into fire service,” he said. “It larations to help speed federal aid. courage.” restored. makes you feel really good knowing that you “I look out there and I feel like I’m saved anything. When it’s identified as a visit us online at ukiahdailyjournal.com blessed, thank you,” said Clevinger. “Up here national interest, it’s even better.”

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Good agreements for local governments To the Editor: Two major agreements between handful in the state hosting its own federally There’s lots of craziness in today’s Mendocino County and local tribes should recognized police department, had no access world, but the response of the county coun- go along way to providing better coopera- to a local jail. sel to two requests for certain e-mails to tion between the separate governments and As a result, when someone was arrested and among the supervisors wins a prize. improved service for county citizens and after hours by tribal police, they were kept in Believing that there was a right to know tribal members alike. squad cars until the U.S. Courthouse in San Assignment:Ukiah what our local government was up to, both In Redwood Valley, the Coyote Valley Francisco opened. Now, with an agreement the Ukiah Daily Journal and I requested e- Band of Pomos has a major expansion of its with the county Sheriff’s department, sus- By Tommy Wayne Kramer mails pertaining to the proposed re-zoning Shodakai Casino on the drawing boards, pects can be housed in our county jail on the Masonite property. which will create additional traffic, light, instead and the tribe will pay the booking Why did we bother? Well, there are three noise and demands on local resources. fees, just like the city of Ukiah does when it laws that say we should be able to get those The tribe, doing its own environmental brings someone to the jail. A ‘comic book’ e-mails. “Should” is the operative word impact review, believes those impacts can be This agreement will mean tribal police here, as I explain. mitigated and will be spending upwards of will be freed up to continue to provide law First, the Brown Act requires that the $16 million in partnership with the county to enforcement on the Hopland Rancheria like no other deliberative process be open and available make improvements to roads and surround- rather than babysit suspects in squad cars. ing infrastructure. The tribe will also be Both of these agreements show a matura- Time was when I was both hip and hep plus cut- for public scrutiny. Under the Brown Act ting edge and knew all kinds of trendy things, like whenever more than two supervisors get funding increased police and fire services tion of the relationships between local tribal and giving money toward gambling addic- governments and local county government who played drums on Blonde on Blonde and which together, their meetings must be noticed Posh Girl was first into rehab. and in public. Getting together can include tion counseling. and we applaud the efforts that brought them The Hopland Band of Pomos, one of a to fruition. Now I’m old and my cultural reference points span exchanging e-mails and acquiring informa- about six inches. I can’t pronounce the word tion. Second, the Public Records Act is sup- “Beyonce.’ I wouldn’t know the Back Street Boys posed to allow us to monitor the function- from the Bay City Rollers. I missed The Sopranos by ing of our local government by giving us several years, catching up only when she-who-con- access to documents. The usefulness of that stantly-threatens-divorce rented it and locked me in Act, however, was compromised by a 1991 the room with the TV. My daughter advised me of the decision of the California Supreme Court, beauty and the splendor of South Park in the mid-‘90s which found the governor’s appointment and I politely declined. calendars to be exempt from disclosure Here’s another I missed - published back in 1985 - under the ‘deliberative process privilege.’ but being late is better than being later yet, or missing Yes, the very same deliberative process that it altogether, or some other slogan like that. It’s a under the Brown Act must be public. book called “Watchmen” and you can get yourself a Our county counsel found the delibera- copy for 20 bucks at Gateway Comics on North State tive process privilege that was applied to a Street, right across from the Palace Hotel. request for the governor’s calendars under the Public Records Act also applied to the It’s what is now known as a “graphic novel” which requests for the e-mails of the supervisors. is what you and I have called “comic books” all our Keep in mind that the Brown Act covers lives. But this ain’t no comic book. This is a big and the supervisors but not the governor. The loaded novel with eye-popping visuals. The writing is county counsel, however, said the Public some of the cleanest and cleverest I’ve read. The Records Act trumped the Brown Act. illustrations force you to go back and look again, Hmmm. because you’ve always missed something. Third, in 2004 Californians passed an Author Alan Moore is some kind of hero to those initiative that was supposed to clarify the who read graphic novels. I understand completely. He law. “The people have the right of access to is not working with the same crude, limited formula information concerning the conduct of the used in Peanuts and Doonesbury and Blondie. Nor is people’s business, and, therefore, the meet- it comparable to the (somewhat) more adventurous ings of public bodies and the writings of writers and artists doing Spiderman and Green public officials shall be open to public Lantern, neither of which I’ve ever read. scrutiny[,]” reads the initiative’s first sen- tence. Exactly. But it’s not that simple. Watchmen is off in the future, but exists almost What the first sentence gives, the next equally in the past, detailing the lives of the story’s proper demolition and remediation steps newly designated Yuki Wilderness Area. occupants via faded newspaper clippings, intra-office sentences of Proposition 59 take away, are taken, the permits were properly condi- Perhaps this was a case of miscommunica- apparently preserving the deliberative tioned to protect the public health and safe- tion, or maybe the Forest Service employee memos, old magazine interviews and snapshots from process privilege. Or at least that’s how the ty. really didn’t know the rules he is responsi- family albums. county counsel sees it. The unfounded and supported allegation ble for enforcing. Whatever the case might At bottom, Watchmen is the story of a handful of If the county counsel is correct, we will that a long list of toxic chemicals were used have been, Mr. Courtney is incorrect in former “super heroes” who are now middle-aged never know what those e-mails contain. over 50 years without saying what they stating that it is illegal to camp in a wilder- folks. Their vigilante-style crime-bustin’ shenanigans Janie Sheppard were is the usual crying with alarm and ness area. Camping (and hunting) is every from long ago bring them either rueful memories and Ukiah hoping to raise a problem where none is. bit as legal within a federal wilderness area embarrassed reveries or, in the case of a select few, a If they have evidence of unknown chem- as on any other National Forest land. renewed commitment to rid the world - or at least this Never misses icals they should say so to the proper agen- In fact, the only forms of recreation that downtown city block - of petty crime and cruelty. To the Editor: cies so they can take appropriate action, not are forbidden within National Forest But of course it’s the future. And some super cry with alarm and hope someone will wilderness areas are those that involve the Boy, this TWK fellow certainly is stirring heroes and more superheroic than others, and the come forward with more unsupported alle- use of motor vehicles or other modes of world’s fate hangs in the balance and the seconds are folks up! I tried to read an article of his once gations. mechanized transport (i.e. those that but for me it was rather like eating a stale ticking by, oh yes they are. I and my family have lived down wind involve something other than a horse, mule Watchmen also brings readers brilliantly exposed rice cake; dry, tasteless and devoid of any of the Masonite site and the fairgrounds for or your own two feet). Mr. Courtney is free nutritional value. In his defense however, I more than 30 years and miss seeing the to camp (and with a valid campfire permit psychological personalities, ruthlessly hacked and must say that my canary loves him and never large steam plumes on a cool morning. build a campfire with downed wood) and delicately sliced in both print and pictures as this ver- misses one of his columns. We have suffered no ill effects from the hunt to his heart’s content within the newly bal film unrolls in your lap. This is a big, challenging Robert Lavioux work, audacious and successful. Ukiah presence of the facility, and have noticed designated Yuki Wilderness, as long as he no cloud of toxins from the demolition leaves his jeep on the shoulder of road M1. For those who care about such things (I do) False alarm sounded efforts wafting across the river. The new wilderness designation should Watchmen was named one of the 100 best English John Mayfield in fact provide Mr. Courtney some piece of language novels recently by Time Magazine. I’d To the Editor: Ukiah mind. What it means is that the area he has never read a graphic novel before Watchmen but now I, along with my neighbors along come to know over 28 years of hunting I’ll read another. Redemeyer Road, in Deerwood, El Dorado trips is now permanently closed to logging, and Knob Hill area received a letter from What wilderness mining, and other forms of commercial ***** the Mendocino Environmental Center really means resource extraction that could permanently regarding the demolition and remediation Sports-minded readers know the American League To the Editor: scar the land. It means that he will never playoffs are over and the Cleveland Indians have been of the former Masonite Plant site. return to this spot only to find that a new This letter is in response to an Oct. 8 eliminated, four games to three. For me, ‘twas a mer- This letter is, in my opinion, nothing UDJ letter written by Bill Courtney. Mr. road had been bulldozed through the mid- other than a crude attempt to delay any dle of his favorite deer camp. It means that ciful end. That last game (58-3 I think the score was) Courtney asserts that on a recent hunting nearly killed me; if it had gone into extra innings it activity to get the property back into some trip he was informed by a U.S. Forest the piece of country he is fond enough of to productive use. Service employee that it was illegal to want his ashes spread across after his death would have. This group helped eliminate the contin- camp anywhere within Mendocino National Veteran drinkers certainly know their hangovers, ued operation of the Masonite Plant and the Forest west of road M1 and within the but I’ll bet much has been forgotten if that drinker jobs there. See LETTERS, Page A-7 hasn’t had one in the past, oh, 15 or years. Like me. The regulatory agencies involved in the Sure there’s the headache and the queasy stomach and current effort are capable of seeing that the the blotto blahs, but oh my friends, there is lots and WHERE TO WRITE lots more. 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E-mail letters should also Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962- Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221, Publisher: Kevin McConnell Editor: K.C. Meadows include hometown and a phone number. 0934; FAX 463-4245. [email protected] Office manager: Yvonne Bell Circulation director: Melanie Doty ON EDITORIALS Visit our web site at ukiahdailyjournal.com Group systems director: Sue Whitman Daily Journal editorials are written by Member Member California Editor K.C. Meadows with the concurrence Audit Bureau Newspaper Publishers of Publisher Kevin McConnell. email us at [email protected] Of Circulations Association FORUM SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 – A-7 Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] SUNDAY VOICES ON THE STREETS Mom’s apple pie Coming up from Ukiah, it was foggy just been up to the Sierras where he’d Does a candidate’s on Booneville Road, but as we cleared bought his first apple tree. By the time he the top of the mountains we could see was back here he’d forgotten the variety patches of clear powder blue sky above Sunday view so he named it Sierra Beauty after his trip religion matter? Boonville. My 88-year old mother, who to the mountains.” she doesn’t mind if I give her age, was BY TONY ANTHONY “We just bought a bag of them,” I told riding shotgun in my pick up. At the end Mr. Gowan. “I’m going to make a pie,” I of the summer when the weather begins laughed, only half believing it. I looked Terry Lingenfeller to cool I think of taking Mom up to over at my mother, who looked doubtful Retired Boonville where there are trees with pumpkin patch,” I heard Mr. Gowan say. - as if she knew she was going to end up Ukiah leaves changing color - not quite like “You mean - you’d take us for a trac- making the pie. New England, but pretty nonetheless. We tor ride?” I asked, sounding like a Jim was forthcoming with information “I’d like to know. might not see colors as bright as back in teenager - something I’m definitely not. about his family’s long history of truck Because there are certain Connecticut but at least the apples will be “That’s what it’s here for,” he smiled. and fruit farming their 265 acres. They religions I don’t believe in. red. It’s the time of year when we both “We do it every year. The kids seem to grow berries, pears, cherries, persimmons And in a position of power have thoughts of apples and cider pop- like it.” and on and on. Plus one apricot tree. He that could be a life-threat- ping into our heads. It seemed like the I was about to say that I wouldn’t mind mentioned he and Jo, a native of New ening situation.” right day to drive up to Gowan’s Oak it either, when my mother, usually shy, Mexico, met when he was stationed there Tree farm in Philo. chimed in. “You mean, kids like me?” in the Army. When the road cleared the Gowan’s roadside farm stand brings Daniel, the tractor driver, was on his end of the orchard it turned south towards back memories of Rippe’s Farm, which hands and knees on the floor of the buck- the river and into a large open meadow. was the last orchard in our town back board. He positioned a short board on the On our left side was a pumpkin patch - Scott Jones East, now long gone buried beneath the floor covering a place where a knothole acres of bright orange suns hiding in had rotted through. Brewer pewter gray buildings of a condominium vines as far as the eye could see. Daniel Ukiah development. But we both still remember “Yeah, I guess that’ll insure the safety brought the tractor to a halt and Jim said, of our guests,” Jim laughed. the smell of the apples gathered in bushel “help yourself. Pick a pumpkin.” “It doesn’t affect me. baskets. It’s something to do with the Daniel pulled a 4-penny nail from Daniel jumped down and handed me a between his lips. After he’d hammered What matters is their over- smell that makes me think apples are the pair of clippers and in less than a minute all view for the people’s most perfect food on earth. that one in, he pulled out another one. I was walking back proudly carrying a “I’d put it down that end,” said Jim. future. I think It does affect The farm was still blanketed by the beautiful round pumpkin in my arms. most people though.” coastal fog as we pulled into the parking “I guess you’re right,” Daniel agreed, “You picked a good one,” Jim said, lot. The window boards were up on the obviously assuaging his boss. obviously an expert at making the cus- farm stand and a few customers studied “How ‘bout one over here?” Jo had tomer feel satisfied. the bags with several varieties of apples stepped up beside her husband and point- “That’s the way I shop,” I told Jim. “I set out on the counter. Gowan’s harvests ed to another corner. Without hesitation, just zero in on something and go for it. Daniel banged one in at the spot. Tami Bivens 65 different kinds of apples. I had only I’m in and out of the store in record Mother one thing on mind when we walked in - “That should do it,” Jim smiled. time!” an apple pie. Although I’m not a cook, Obviously, as the owner displaying his “Or the pumpkin patch,” my Mother Ukiah my plan was to buy a store-bought crust frugality by saving unneeded nails, as an added. when I got back to town, dump in the owner would. Back in my seat again, we followed “It’s important to me that apples fresh from Gowans, throw in some “I think it needs one more.” Daniel the road around the patch through a corn- they have Christian values, sugar and cinnamon, stick it in the oven had pulled a last nail from his pocket - as field and headed back through more but not necessarily on and there I’d have it, the pride of Ukiah! if he’d read the script of the play before- apple trees. Jim told us that when the specific issues or how When I asked which were the best hand and knew he’d need that extra nail. river floods the water covers the field we many times they go to apples for baking a pie, the young woman Before Jim or Jo could utter a word of were in. “We have to cut the corn stalks church. Religious liberty is behind the counter automatically reached complaint, Daniel had hammered the nail otherwise they catch all the branches important to me.” towards a bag of Sierra Beauties, so with in. He tested the board by trying to shift from the river.” By then the fog was no my mission easily accomplished I it to show it wouldn’t budge. where to be seen and the sun was high reached into the refrigerator for a quart of “There’s a man who knows how to fix overhead. Back at the stand, Jo was cider, and paid my tab. As we packed our things,” Jim said proud of his employee. standing at a table with a cash box and a bounty into the truck I looked over where I joked that there were really not one, but scale. My pumpkin weighed in at 25 Trevor Ruff a man, who looked about as much like a three people, putting those nails in. pounds. Courtesy Clerk farmer as anyone can look, stood by a “Daniel has been with us sixteen years After I”d dropped off my mom, I head- Ukiah picnic table. Having outgrown my shy- - isn’t that right, Daniel?” ed home and proudly carried my pump- ness years ago, I walked over to him. “Yessir. I came up from Mexico in kin into the house and set it on the dining “Not at all. Because it “I’m guessing you’re Mr. Gowan.” 1988 to pick apples and stayed. Then my room table. Before I left, she asked that I really doesn’t change their “That’s right.” We shook hands. “This wife came and my father came and my leave four or five of the Macintosh apples outlook on how they should is my wife Jo - Jim and Jo, easy to children.” In addition, Daniel’s uncles, I’d bought. run our country. . . Or at remember.” Well, so’s my name,” I aunts and cousins all work at the farm. When I carried the pumpkin into my least it shouldn’t.” smirked, and told it to them. He looked at me with a sparkle in his eye. house and set it on the dining room table The timing couldn’t have been more “We like it here, working for Mr. and my wife took one look at it and smiled. perfect when a well used John Deere trac- Mrs. Gowan.” “The perfect pumpkin,” she said. tor pulling a trailer swung around and “Well, let’s try her out,” Jim said. I When the phone rang early in the stopped within spitting distance of where helped my mother onto the seat, I sat morning the next day, it was Mom. “Your we stood. The trailer, I noticed, was a flat down beside her and Jim climbed on and pie’s in the oven, you can come get it in a Renee Williams buckboard with rails with two-by-twelve sat across from us. Daniel was already in few hours.” The thought made me feel Disabled seats running along each side. Could it be his seat on the tractor and we were off. warm all over. When I drove over to pick Willits possible, I wondered, that the tractor The dirt road headed down a small hill it up and she opened the door the smell of might‚ve pulled up in order to take us for into the rich bottomland of the Navarro a fresh baked pie filled the house. There’s River. Jim gave credit to the land, saying “It matters. People a ride? Just then the sun peeked over the nothing quite like the smell of a fresh- should care. I’m Christian edge of the fog and lit up the orchard. something like, “the river is what makes baked apple pie, especially one that Mom the farm.” We made a sharp right hand and I wouldn’t want anoth- When I looked up, it was as if “someone bakes. er Hitler in there.” up there” was tugging on the curtain of turn and were travelling down a muddy I’m glad I never had to buy that frozen fog, pulling it back towards the ocean. path besides a line of apple trees. “These store-bought crust. That pie just wouldn’t Mmmh? are Sierra Beauties. My great grandfa- have been the same. “Looks like a good day to see the ther, who bought this land in1876, had Tony Anthony is a Ukiah resident.

then I know why you are so frustrated and angry. I happen to Roy Hartley Letters think Americans have been attacked outside her shores and the Retired United States has been attacked within her shores by an unre- Ukiah Continued from Page A-6 lenting enemy that wants us destroyed or changed to a dracon- ian religious tenant that allows no personal freedoms of “Well, he’s got to have will never be turned into an open-pit mine. Wilderness desig- thought or action. some religion. He can’t be nation means that Mr. Courtney’s son will have the opportuni- There is no negotiation with them. There is no common a criminal. I think what he ty to carry on the same annual hunting tradition long after his ground to stand on for such negotiations but that is not the stands for should well- father is gone, and experience the woods as they were when choosing of the United States. If America did not get that known and I think religion his father was a young man. when Ahmadinajad spoke before the student body of plays a part of that.” Wilderness advocates, I will add, include not only the so- Columbia University then it just was not listening. called tree-huggers and urban executives who may never set We all hate war. That is why those that support it grow tired foot in the woods, but also otherwise conservative-leaning and discontented. They begin to doubt the prosecution of the Photos and interviews by MacLeod Pappidas. hunters and equestrians. What all these people share is the war even though they do not know how to do it themselves. belief that there are certain exceptional pieces of our public Then the people that hate all war and think they are unneces- lands that deserve to be spared from the ax and bulldozer for sary draw them into their net and before the discontented Our agricultural and food processing practices, and the the sake of wildlife, scientific research and the passions of know it, they are anti war folks. Their numbers are quoted by level of chemical environmental pollution are damaging those of us who cannot imagine a world without truly wild others and by members of Congress that want party change. human and planetary health to the degree that these actions are places to escape to. I’m betting that Mr. Courtney shares that When it brings about a party change the only thing that a not so subtle form of genocide. admiration for wild places, otherwise I cannot imagine what changes is how tax payers money is spent. It is appropriate to recognize “genocide” as a sociopolitical would keep him returning year after year to such a remote Wars go on until they come to an end. The war America is event. It is equally important to look at the many ways we as a place. now in will end only when those that attempt to use terror to country are destroying ecosystems and destroying humans -- I hope Mr. Courtney will reconsider his opposition to bring about change realize that it only makes the United States through denatured foods which lack the vital nutrients needed wilderness preservation and instead join Senator Feinstein and angry and we will pursue them until they realize they are not to sustain life, and the methods used to produce them. other wilderness advocates in defending the wildest corners of dying as martyrs but as terrorists, and stop. Is this action by Congress a situation of “the pot calling the our public lands from the ravages of commercial resource I do not think it is just the United States that does not want kettle black?” Genocide is not only outright killing, mass extraction. And as a side note, I seem to remember reading Iran to become the holder of a nuclear bomb. Iran has extermination, of an ethnic group of people. Current main- somewhere that it is illegal to spread the ashes of the deceased expressed the willingness to eradicate Israel and their leader- stream agricultural and food processing practices and environ- on public land. If that is true, I’d be happy to join Mr. ship’s hatred for the United States as, a free, truly free nation mental damage from the rampant, thoughtless production of Courtney in a letter-writing effort aimed at changing this poli- consumer goods and materials that wind up poisoning land cy. I too would like my final resting place to be in a remote had also been clearly expressed, In addition they would then threaten the entire Middle East. If there are those that think fills, have contributed to the annihilation of many species of forest, preferably one that is permanently protected as federal plants and animals. As well, these actions contribute to human wilderness. that is okay, then while I stand behind their right to feel that way, I think the United States is still a part of the world. Even chronic illnesses which eventually result in astronomical med- Chris Ineich ical costs and preventable deaths. Potter Valley if Nancy Pelosi said, “They are not ours to worry about,” they really are honorable people that not only need our assistance I challenge Congress to start addressing these foundational but deserve it should they ask. issues -- which are very real, present threats. These are daily Kudos to Cheesecake Momma Chas Moser threats -- more pervasive than ‘terrorism.’ Ukiah Where will anyone live when the planet wears out? Is To the Editor: humankind to be considered a failed experiment? Failed Kudos to Cheesecake Momma and the crew. Take heart, because of refusal to take responsibility for the environmental you did not deserve to be challenged for trying to bring people Ag proccessing is genocide and human genocide which occurs daily as part of our together for a little fun in this world of those that know what To the Editor: lifestyles. It is time for all of us, to look at how we contribute is best for us always haranguing us. I really don’t think you to this form of genocide. It is time for all of us to make human went out to hurt anyone and that is what people used to think After reading about the early 1900s treatment of the Armenian people being labeled as genocide, I want to offer an and planetary health a priority. What are each of us doing -- of instead of critiquing what you do. today -- to take action to stop this rampant genocide. Susan Bechtel, if you really believe, with others, that the expanded view of genocide that is being done today in this country -- that touches all of our lives. Marcela Ries United States just wages campaigns of death and destruction Ukiah A-8 – SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 SPORTS Editor: Anthony Dion, 468-3518 [email protected] Sky’s the limit

file photo Lamont Jordan and the Raiders hope to be able to find running room against the stout Titans run D. NFL| WEEK 8 Titans start 3- game home stand against Raiders By TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Oh, the com- forts of home. Sleeping in the same bed, no bags to pack or flight times to check. The roar of a friendly crowd. Now if only the Tennessee Titans can make it work to their advantage. Tennessee started this season playing four of its first six games on the road. The Titans (4-2) return to LP Field on Sunday, hosting the Oakland Raiders to start their first three-game homestand since 2000. That season, the Titans finished with the NFL’s best record, 13-3. None of these Titans are looking that far ahead, but they do know the importance of getting on a roll, or down to business, according to linebacker MacLeod Pappidas/ The Daily Journal Keith Bulluck. Ukiahi’s Whitnney Vau is headed to the North Coast Sectionals (NCS) Tournament in Berkeley, CA on Monday after finish- “We have to win all WEEK 8: ing second in NBL play with a 7.75 scoring average. Vau, a junior, will be making her third consecutive appearance in the three of these games. Raiders at NCS Tournament, second straight as an individual. Good teams that usual- Titans ly get into the playoffs Today, 10 a.m. By ANTHONY DION TV: CBS and go that far, they Radio: 560 AM The Daily Journal “When the senior girls grabbed their cell phones have a great home Standing atop the green on hole 18 at Ukiah’s and keys and headed out, Whitney would come up record. I think we’re 1- Municipal golf course, Chris Philbrick knew immedi- to me and ask if we could stay another hour to 1 at home, so we have to be 4-1 at home ately when he saw a young girl off in the distance, that when our three-game stint is over,” work on her game. That’s all you can ask for as a Bulluck said. she would be special. The timing couldn’t be better for Playing with her dad that day, young Whitney Vau coach.” Tennessee after blowing a 32-7 lead last didn’t know it yet but she had just made the Ukiah High --UHS golf coach Chris Philbrick weekend in Houston before pulling out a School girls’ golf team without even trying out. That excitement is what drives her to continue to play 38-36 victory behind Rob Bironas’ league- “I knew I had to have her the moment I saw her,” said record eight field goals. Vince Young also the game. It’s a game that she loves because of the should be back at quarterback after sitting coach Philbrick. rewards that it provides. It’s what keeps her coming out that game with a strained right quadri- After finishing his own round, Philbrick parted ways back after the tough days on the course and all the prac- ceps. with his group and sought an introduction with the tice time that she must put in. Time that takes her away Young said it’s nice to finally get before young girl who was playing with her dad. He found out from her friends and family. the home fans for an extended period. He’s that she wanted to try out for the team later that fall and seen the excitement with fans once again “Golf, if you play good, it’s so rewarding,” she says driving around with Titans flags flying he assured her she’d have a spot. earnestly and then pauses. “But then also it’s crazy from their car windows, hoping for a play- That year, as a freshman on a team with mostly off berth after three straight non-winning seniors she helped carry the team to a North Coast seasons. Sectionals berth and was recognized as the teams’ most “We want to keep doing what we’re valuable player with Ukiahi Blanket Award. She again doing,” Young said. received the prestigious award, given to the MVP of This is an important game for the Raiders, as well. Having already matched each team for the year, in her sophomore season and is last year’s win total, they come to undoubtedly the front-runner to win it for a third con- Nashville having lost two straight, includ- secutive time. ing last week’s 12-10 home loss to Kansas On Monday, Vau, now a 16 year old junior at Ukiah City despite having fourth-quarter leads in High School, will be making her third appearance in the three losses. First-year Raiders coach Lane Kiffin NCS tournament, second as an individual. After finish- isn’t happy at coming close. ing the year with the second lowest scoring average in “It’s about winning. We need to do that. the North Bay League, she secured one of three auto- We need to learn how to finish these matic berths to the tournament held in Berkeley, CA. games,” Kiffin said. “Obviously, we’d like “I was so excited [Monday, when she qualified],” said to start better than we have been and not put ourselves in these holes where we have Vau with a big smile. “I’ve never played that course to play so well in the second half to get before [Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA] so I’m not really MacLeod Pappidas/ The Daily Journal back and to get ahead.” sure what to expect but usually I play well on courses See VAU, Page A-10 that I’ve never played before.” See RAIDERS, Page A-9

NFL| WEEK 8 Eric Johnson leads Saints against former Niners teammates INSIDE:

By GREG BEACHAM from their own early-season While Johnson thrives, San Francisco has Associated Press stumbles with consecutive fallen to the bottom of the NFL in most statis- Oregon wins Pac-10 SAN FRANCISCO — Perhaps a backup victories. They’ll return to a tical categories during its four-game losing tight end was the lynchpin that held the San familiar West Coast stop streak. showdown vs. USC Francisco 49ers’ offense together last season. from their days in the NFC The 49ers would seem to be easy pickings Maybe Eric Johnson’s departure for New West with plans to continue for Will Smith, Charles Grant and the New ...... Page 9 Orleans is the reason the Niners can’t move their comeback after reach- Orleans defense. They already showed their the ball anymore. ing last season’s conference WEEK 8: ineptitude against strong pass-rushing linemen It’s an unlikely scenario, but San Francisco title game. last week in New York, when the Giants Saints at 49ers has ventured just about every other explana- “They are a team much sacked Trent Dilfer six times and forced four UHS Water Polo Today, 1:15 p.m. tion for its offensive ineptitude this season. So like ourselves that has been TV: FOX turnovers...... Page 9 Johnson’s return to Candlestick Park with the struggling,” Saints coach Radio: 680 AM But Alex Smith returns to the starting line- Saints on Sunday hardly seems likely to be the Sean Payton said. “There up this weekend after a three-game absence first step in the 49ers’ recovery. are some similarities with with a separated right shoulder. Though Now excelling in New Orleans, Johnson the two teams, just in regards to trying to find Smith’s numbers weren’t any better than left the 49ers (2-4) a year after they drafted their rhythm offensively.” Dilfer’s stats, he won two of his first three UHS Volleyball Vernon Davis to replace him. The former sev- Johnson already has found his rhythm in the starts. His leadership and playmaking could enth-round pick from Yale has been surprised Big Easy. He has 28 catches, seven more than make a difference...... Page 11 to see the 49ers’ offense fall so far so fast, any 49ers receiver, and 16 more than Davis, “I think we can definitely get it turned despite returning almost every important play- for 194 yards and a touchdown. around,” Smith said. “To have to sit out the er from last season — except Johnson, of After rejecting an offer to remain Davis’ last few games and not be able to help out your course. backup, he’s still getting adjusted after his team, it’s tough. When you get to this point in “I thought we had a good thing going last move from Silicon Valley’s temperate subur- the season, you’re playing for the guys next to UHS Tennis year,” said Johnson, who caught 34 passes bia to the humidity and hubbub of downtown you. It feels good to be able to go to battle ...... Page 10 from Alex Smith in 2006. “Obviously they had New Orleans. But he’s enthused by the Saints’ with them.” the injury to Alex, and things just didn’t go revival. The Saints are making their first trip to San their way. You can’t worry about that too “I’ve been a starter most of my career, and Francisco since leaving the division six years much when you’re six games in, but hopeful- I wanted to see if I could come here and do the ago. The Niners have been to the Superdome ly they’ll get things turned around after they same,” Johnson said. “I knew when we draft- three times since then, losing in all three trips, NCAA Scoreboard play us.” ed Vernon Davis, it wasn’t looking great. I just The Saints (2-4) already have recovered want to be out there playing football.” See NINERS, Page A-9 ...... Page 11 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 – A-9 NCAA| PAC-10 SHOWDOWN Stewart and turnovers lead Ducks over Trojans 24-17 By ANNE M. PETERSON John David Booty, completed 26 of 41 quarter. It was Dixon’s eighth straight Associated Press passes for 277 yards and two touch- game with a rushing TD. EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon can start downs, but the misthrows hurt him. USC’s David Buehler kicked a 30- seriously thinking about a national title Trailing 24-10 with 4:44 left in the yard field goal to narrow the gap, but run. As for Southern California, just win- game, Sanchez narrowed the gap with a Matt Evensen added a 41-yard field goal ning the Pac-10 could be a long shot at 14-yard touchdown pass to David for the Ducks to put Oregon up 10-3 at this point. Ausberry. halftime. Jonathan Stewart ran for 103 yards and Sanchez led the Trojans to the Oregon Sanchez hit Patrick Turner with a 9- two touchdowns and the fifth-ranked 33 on their final drive, but he was inter- yard touchdown pass early in the second Ducks knocked off No. 9 USC 24-17 on cepted by Matthew Harper — who had half to tie it at 10. Saturday. also intercepted another key pass earlier Oregon capitalized on a turnover to go Dennis Dixon completed 16 of 25 in the quarter. ahead 17-10. Defensive end Will Tukuafu passes for 157 yards. He also ran for 76 After the interception, fans rushed stripped the ball from Trojans fullback yards and a touchdown for Oregon (7-1, onto the field and even Dixon appeared Stanley Havili on the USC 16 and recov- 4-1). The Ducks, who came into the game headed to the locker room. But there ered the fumble. Two plays later, Stewart ranked second nationally in total offense, were still 9 seconds on the clock, so the ran 16 yards for the score. had 339 yards against the Trojans’ third- celebration was delayed while they Stewart, a junior, became the first ranked defense. But it was turnovers — cleared the field and played the game out. Oregon player to run for 1,000 yards or including a fumble recovery and a pair of It was the first time in Autzen more in a season since Terrence interceptions — that gave Oregon the Stadium’s 41-year history that two top-10 Whitehead in 2004. advantage over the Trojans (6-2, 3-2). teams played. The game drew a stadium Harper intercepted Sanchez’s pass USC, which came into the season record of 59,277 fans. intended for Anthony McCoy and ranked No. 1 and a heavy favorite to play Booty, nursing a broken middle finger returned it 27 yards, and the Ducks went for a national title, now will need lot of on his throwing hand, was suited up on on to score on Stewart’s 1-yard run to help to defend the Pac-10 crown it’s the sidelines but the Trojans did not go to make it 24-10. owned at least a share of for five straight him. USC had won the last three games seasons. Dixon faked a handoff to Stewart and against the Ducks, including last year’s Mark Sanchez, making his third start ran 3 yards for a touchdown to put the 35-10 victory in Los Angeles. for the Trojans in place of the injured Ducks up 7-0 with 2:50 to go in the first

UHS| WATER POLO Ukiah teams achieve mixed results in league championships The Daily Journal the Wildcats ahead 1-0. Championship final against Ursuline as The Redwood Empire water polo The lead was short lived as Cardinal their only game on Saturday. league championships were held at the Newman would score three in the quarter The game was also an intense battle as Ukiahi pool on Saturday with mixed to take the lead 3-1 at halftime. neither team enjoyed more than a two results for the home squads. The boys from Santa Rosa played very goal lead until the fourth quarter. The boys played first in a semi-final physical and did not allow the Wildcats to Hayley Phenicie and Carrie Reid both game against Sonoma Valley High get anything going in the third quarter scored in the first quarter but Ukiah School. The Wildcats scored early and holding them scoreless while scoring two found themselves behind 3-2. Shelby often and were never really challenged of their own. Cleland would score her only goal in the scoring 19 goals by half-time, and even- Williams picked up his third ejection second quarter but the Wildcats were still tually winning 27-1. late in third quarter so the senior who behind at half-time, 4-3. Chad Williams led all scorers with scored seven goals in the previous game Soriah Sobbizadeh had five of her 12 seven, Nate Mack, Steffan Moore, and was now done for the day. saves in second quarter to keep her team Travis Cleland all had four goals apiece. With the score 5-1 and a quarter to go, in it. Things started to turn around for the Eric Enberg added three goals while the Wildcats really needed pick up the home team in the third quarter as Phenice Miles Oswald and Sudi Wachspress both intensity. would score three of her four goals in this scored twice, and Tommy Stover added They were able to score two goals in period and the Wildcats would forge one. the fourth quarter, but allowed three. ahead 7-6. The other boys semi-final game had Cody Ashurst did his best to keep the Freshman Miley Merritt and junior Cardinal Newman playing Marin Wildcats in the game as he had eleven Jessica Graham would score the last three Academy. This was a very close game saves but Cardinal Newman was just too goals for the Wildcats in the fourth quar- throughout with Cardinal Newman pre- much, winning 8-3 and handing the var- ter. With the defensive intensity picking vailing 6-5. sity team their first and only loss of the up, and Soriah playing a solid game in The boys Championship final season. the cage, the Wildcats went on to win the between the Wildcats and Cardinal Cardinal Newman would go on to win Championship with the 10-8 victory, Newman proved to be a real battle right the Championship for the first in their receiving an automatic bid into NCS in from the start as neither team scored in history, and earn an automatic bid into the process. the first quarter. the North Coast Section tournament. This is the third consecutive season the Oswald was able to score and break The Wildcat girls were seeded first as Lady Wildcats have have been Redwood the ice early in the second quarter and put the boys were, and played in the Empire water polo league champions.

Niners Led by QB Dally, Cal Poly defeats Idaho St. 48-28 The Daily Journal only Seth Burford’s 566-yard Eddie Thompson, the first Continued from Page A-8 POCATELLO, Idaho – game against Northern Iowa punt return for a score against and providing the perfect foil Junior quarterback Jonathan in 2000. Cal Poly since 2003. for Reggie Bush’s breakout Dally passed for 453 yards Dally now has 23 touch- But the Mustangs scored game last season. and five touchdowns and down passes this season, tying the next four touchdowns of Smith’s high school team- rushed for 119 yards and Burford for the school record. the game to open up a 27- another score as Cal Poly mate from San Diego tied the Barden’s 10 catches and point cushion at 41-14 and defeated Idaho State 48-28 in 268 yards are career highs. held on for the win, Cal Poly’s New Orleans franchise record a non-conference Football The catch total is No. 10 all- third straight against the by scoring four touchdowns Championship Subdivision time at Cal Poly while his Bengals. while gaining 168 total yards game Saturday afternoon in yardage total is No. 3. Barden Barnett, averaging 98 yards in the Saints’ 34-10 victory Holt Arena. now has 129 career catches per game rushing, was held to last December. He had 131 Dally completed 16 of 24 (No. 5) for 2,728 yards (No. 12 yards on five carries in the passes for 453 yards and 2) and 29 touchdowns (No. 1). first half before finishing with yards on his receptions, and rushed 23 times, accounting the 49ers are well aware of Barden cought touchdown 117 yards on 22 trips. Hill for 672 of Cal Poly’s 687 total passes covering 27, 85 and 79 completed 11 of 24 passes for their inability to tackle the yards as the Mustangs yards from Dally. 227 yards and two scores. slippery Heisman Trophy improved to 5-3 on the year. Idaho State, held to just two Dally’s first two touch- Thompson caught five passes winner. down passes were to junior for 52 yards while Taylor “Guys have got to swarm first downs in the first half, fell to 3-5. wide receiver Tredale Tolver added four catches for 149 to the ball, and that’s what Cal Poly led 34-14 at half- spanning 38 and 62 yards. yards. we’ve been practicing all time and opened up a 27-point Tolver finished with four Defensively, Cal Poly was week,” 49ers safety Michael advantage on 79-yard pass catches for 154 yards. led by linebacker Mark Lewis said. “He’s one of the from Dally to junior wide The Mustangs compiled Restelli with nine tackles.. 687 yards of total offense, sur- Safety Mark Cordes added best players I’ve seen when receiver Ramses Barden early in the third quarter. passing the 500-yard mark for eight tackles and his first he’s out in space. His agility the fourth consecutive game. interception of the year. is amazing. When you play Idaho State cut the deficit to 13 points at 41-28 on an 11- Idaho State mustered 379 total Ryan Phipps and Brad Rife against a guy that’s a make- yard pass from Russel Hill to yards. each notched 11 tackles for you-miss kind of guy, you Jaron Taylor and a two-yard The Mustangs trailed 7-0 in Idaho State. have to attack him and trust run by Josh Barnett. the opening minute when Cal Poly plays the last of the other guys are going to be The Bengals almost scored Russel Hill hit Jaron Taylor four consecutive road games there.” another touchdown with 10 with an 81-yard scoring pass. next Saturday, visiting Cedar minutes to play, but Ken After Tolver caught his two City, Utah, to take on At least the 49ers have touchdown passes, Idaho Southern Utah for a Great shored up their punt-return Cornist fumbled the ball at the Mustang 1-yard line. Senior State tied the game at 14-14 West Football Conference game with an assist from the defensive end Louis Shepherd on a 78-yard punt return by contest at noon PDT. Saints. Another Michael notched his fourth fumble Lewis, the former beer-truck recovery of the season and Cal driver from New Orleans who Poly marched 99 yards on 16 We Buy became a folk hero by making plays for the clinching score. the roster of his hometown The Mustangs capped the & Sell team, has been solid since 8-minute, 40-second drive joining San Francisco as a with a one-yard sneak by Gold & Silver Dally with 2:10 to play for a free agent. 48-28 lead. Coins “Of course I want to bust Dally earned his second one on them,” Lewis said consecutive 100-yard game of “Since 1980” 468-0640 with a grin, “just so I can let the season and his 453-yard them know.” passing performance is No. 2 Full Service 303 ‘A’ Talmage Rd., Ukiah all-time at Cal Poly, behind

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Denver at Detroit, 10 a.m. Colorado 3, Calgary 2, OT Continued from Page A-8 Carolina at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Saturday’s Games Major Scores NFL San Diego at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 This game on paper pits the Washington at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Columbus 2, San Jose 1 AMERICAN CONFERENCE Raiders’ strength against what EAST San Francisco at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Ottawa 4, New Jersey 1 East the Titans do best. Oakland Albany, N.Y. 24, Wagner 10 Top 25 Fared Cincinnati at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO W L T Pct PF PA Assumption 10, La Salle 7 No. 1 Ohio State (8-0) at No. 24 Penn State. Next: Jacksonville at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Carolina 8, N.Y Islanders 3 (2-4) brings an offense aver- New England 7 0 01.000 279 120 Green Bay at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 aging 145.8 yards rushing per Brown 31, Penn 17 vs. Wisconsin, Saturday. Buffalo 2 4 0 .333 84 132 Arizona at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 3, OT game, while Tennessee is Buffalo 26, Akron 10 No. 2 Boston College (8-0) beat No. 8 Virginia N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 136 192 Seattle at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Nashville 4, Florida 3 Colgate 36, Lafayette 27 Miami 0 7 0 .000 156 231 allowing a league-low 59.7 Tech 14-10, Thursday. Next: vs. Florida State, Houston at Oakland, 1:15 p.m. Atlanta 3, Chicago 2 South yards rushing. The Titans Connecticut 22, South Florida 15 Saturday. New England at Indianapolis, 1:15 p.m. St. Louis 4, Washington 3 W L T Pct PF PA have held three of their last Delaware 59, Navy 52 Dallas at Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, Late No. 3 LSU (7-1) did not play. Next: at No. 22 Indianapolis 6 0 01.000 193 95 four opponents to 39 yards Fordham 33, Marist 0 Open: Miami, N.Y. Giants, Chicago, St. Louis Edmonton at Los Angeles, Late Alabama, Saturday. Tennessee 4 2 0 .667 132 108 Harvard 28, Dartmouth 21 Monday, Nov. 5 Sunday’s Games rushing or fewer. Jacksonville 4 2 0 .667 107 87 No. 4 Oklahoma (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. Texas Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 12 p.m. Bulluck said Oakland will Holy Cross 45, Bucknell 21 Houston 3 4 0 .429 169 174 Edmonton at Anaheim, 5 p.m. not be able to run on them Iona 28, Duquesne 23 A&M, Saturday. North Detroit at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. even with LaMont Jordan, Lehigh 45, Georgetown, D.C. 0 No. 5 Oregon (7-1) beat No. 9 Southern Cal 24- W L T Pct PF PA Monday’s Games Maine 20, Northeastern 14 Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 160 78 Dominic Rhodes and Justin 17. Next: vs. No. 7 Arizona State, Saturday. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Baltimore 4 3 0 .571 124 119 NHL Fargas. Monmouth, N.J. 51, Cent. Connecticut St. 36 No. 6 West Virginia (7-1) beat No. 25 Rutgers 31- Washington at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland 3 3 0 .500 167 183 “We’re looking forward to New Hampshire 49, Rhode Island 36 EASTERN CONFERENCE San Jose at Dallas, 5 p.m. 3. Next: vs. Louisville, Thursday, Nov. 8. Cincinnati 2 4 0 .333 164 187 St. Francis, Pa. 35, Sacred Heart 30 Atlantic Division this game. It’s another great No. 7 Arizona State (7-0) vs. No. 18 California. West challenge to test our run Stony Brook 30, Bryant 0 W L OT Pts GF GA Next: at No. 5 Oregon, Saturday. W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 6 3 0 12 33 21 defense, and hopefully, we’ll Villanova 35, Hofstra 31 Kansas City 4 3 0 .571 102 113 No. 8 Virginia Tech (6-2) lost to No. 2 Boston N.Y. Islanders 5 3 0 10 23 25 TRANSACTIONS just make a long, long trip for West Virginia 31, Rutgers 3 San Diego 3 3 0 .500 137 119 Pittsburgh 5 4 0 10 27 29 Oakland coming out here this Yale 28, Columbia 7 College 14-10, Thursday. Next: at Georgia Tech, Denver 3 3 0 .500 106 164 New Jersey 3 5 1 7 21 30 BASKETBALL week,” Bulluck said. SOUTHWEST Thursday. Oakland 2 4 0 .333 126 140 N.Y. Rangers 3 5 1 7 15 17 NBA Josh McCown, who started Arkansas 58, Fla. International 10 No. 9 Florida (5-3) lost to No. 20 Georgia 42-30. NATIONAL CONFERENCE Northeast Division East CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Waived G Hassan the first three games, returned Colorado 31, Texas Tech 26 W L OT Pts GF GA Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday. W L T Pct PF PA Adams and F Darius Rice. to practice this week from his Prairie View 26, MVSU 21 Ottawa 8 1 0 16 30 18 No. 9 Southern Cal (6-2) lost to No. 5 Oregon 24- Dallas 6 1 0 .857 227 158 Boston 6 3 0 12 24 22 DENVER NUGGETS—Re-signed G Mike Wilks. broken left big toe. But Sam Houston St. 45, Stephen F.Austin 17 17. Next: vs. Oregon State, Saturday. N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 187 149 Montreal 5 2 2 12 31 24 NEW YORK KNICKS—Exercised their 2008-09 Daunte Culpepper appeared Texas 28, Nebraska 25 Washington 4 2 0 .667 122 88 No. 11 South Florida (6-2) lost to Connecticut 22- Toronto 4 4 3 11 42 44 options on the contracts of F David Lee, G Nate headed toward his fourth Tulsa 29, SMU 23 Philadelphia 2 4 0 .333 116 101 Buffalo 4 5 0 8 32 31 15. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Saturday. Robinson, F Renaldo Balkman and G Mardy straight start at quarterback, SOUTH South Southeast Division Collins. and he said the Raiders must Alabama A&M 13, Alabama St. 9 No. 12 Kansas (8-0) beat Texas A&M 19-11. W L T Pct PF PA W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 4 2 0 .667 123 110 SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Waived F Marcus work together. He’s also curi- Appalachian St. 34, Furman 27 Next: vs. Nebraska, Saturday. Carolina 6 2 3 15 39 28 Tampa Bay 4 3 0 .571 124 110 Williams. ous to see how Jordan runs Auburn 17, Mississippi 3 No. 13 Missouri (7-1) beat Iowa State 42-28. Tampa Bay 5 3 0 10 29 23 New Orleans 2 4 0 .333 101 152 Washington 4 5 0 8 21 25 FOOTBALL against the Titans. Bethune-Cookman 24, N. Carolina A&T 20 Next: at Colorado, Saturday. Atlanta 1 6 0 .143 95 153 Florida 4 6 0 8 24 30 NFL “He’s a great competitor, Clemson 30, Maryland 17 North No. 14 Kentucky (6-3) lost to Mississippi State Atlanta 2 8 0 4 21 43 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Activated DL and he wants to be good. I Delaware St. 17, S. Carolina St. 16 W L T Pct PF PA WESTERN CONFERENCE 31-14. Next: at Vanderbilt, Saturday, Nov. 10. Richard Seymour from the reserve-physically think he knows he’s got to E. Illinois 38, Tennessee St. 35 Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 142 107 Central Division No. 15 South Carolina (6-2) at Tennessee. Next: bring his hard hat because E. Kentucky 46, Murray St. 35 Detroit 4 2 0 .667 140 171 W L OT Pts GF GA unable to perform list. Chicago 3 4 0 .429 137 165 East Carolina 41, UAB 6 at Arkansas, Saturday. Detroit 8 2 1 17 40 27 NEW YORK JETS—Placed LB Jonathan Vilma (Tennessee) is a team that’s Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 115 114 been able to stop the run. I Edward Waters 24, Savannah St. 7 No. 16 Hawaii (7-0) vs. New Mexico State. Next: Columbus 5 3 1 11 26 19 on injured reserve. Activated LB Matt Chatham West St. Louis 5 3 0 10 23 17 from the reserve-physically unable to perform list. think he does relish that,” Elon 38, Chattanooga 28 vs. Fresno State, Saturday, Nov. 10. W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 5 5 0 10 27 29 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived LB Hannibal Culpepper said. Gardner-Webb 29, Charleston Southern 25 No. 17 Texas (7-2) beat Nebraska 28-25. Next: at Seattle 4 3 0 .571 137 108 Nashville 3 6 0 6 21 30 Navies. Signed FB Zak Keasey from the practice The Raiders will have to Georgia 42, Florida 30 Oklahoma State, Saturday. 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CAROLINA HURRICANES—Assigned LW Ryan Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m. Pacific Division utes a game, second best in Next: vs. Troy, Saturday. Bayda to Albany (AHL). the NFL. Louisville 24, Pittsburgh 17 Oakland at Tennessee, 10 a.m. W L OT Pts GF GA Marshall 34, Rice 21 No. 21 Virginia (7-2) lost to N.C. State 29-24. Cleveland at St. Louis, 10 a.m. San Jose 5 4 1 11 24 25 MINNESOTA WILD—Recalled G Nolan Schaefer LenDale White is coming Philadelphia at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Massachusetts 48, William & Mary 34 Next: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday. Los Angeles 5 6 0 10 35 37 from Houston (AHL). off the first 100-yard rushing Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Memphis 28, Tulane 27 Dallas 4 3 2 10 23 21 NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Recalled C Rich performance of his career for No. 22 Alabama (6-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 3 Indianapolis at Carolina, 10 a.m. Mississippi St. 31, Kentucky 14 Anaheim 4 7 1 9 25 32 Peverley from Milwaukee (AHL). the Titans. They may be with- LSU, Saturday. Buffalo at N.Y. 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UHS | VOLLEYBALL Varsity falls, but JV succeeds against Maria Carrillo The Daily Journal other two. Set assists came Ukiah varsity falls to Maria four from Lower and five Carrillo from Eggertsen. Ukiah High varsity girls The third and final game volleyball team lost to Maria was more to the same with Carrillo on Thursday. Ukiah fighting gamely, both Maria Carrillo is a very offensively and defensively tough team and currently but just not quite able to undefeated in the league. match Maria. Ukiah lost the Ukiah (7-4) fought hard final game 25-19. against them and did quite Berndt let Ukiah’s scoring well, particularly in the last effort with three kills and two two games. blocks. Lower added two The effort just wasn’t more kills and Houghton and enough though as the White each added one. The Wildcats could not overcome aces went one each to Maria’s strong defense and Eggertsen, Metcalf and Reyes offense and lost the match. and the set assists went three “We need to push hard and to Eggertsen and two to win the next three games to Lower. Houghton, Reyes and make our bid for the NCS Hale provided the back row work. Championships” said Ukiah The Wildcats JV volleyball coach Valerie Psara. team showed that their future Maria’s defense really is bright as they did what the stymied the Wildcats in the varsity team could not and first game, keeping them to defeated Maria Carrillo in only three kills and a block. three games Thursday night. Ukiah’s defense squeezed The first game was very seven misses out of Maria, but closely contested eventually ten points were not nearly reaching a tied score of 25-25 enough and Ukiah lost 25-10. before Ukiah (7-4) took the The three kills went two to next two points to score a vic- Melissa Berndt and one to tory over Maria. Megan Metcalf off one set The Wildcats faltered in the assist each from Ashley second game letting Maria get Lower and Caroline away from them and losing Eggertsen. Gaby Kong had the game 25-14. But Ukiah the block. Back row work was back in the driver’s seat came from Emily Houghton, for the third and final game. Kong and Melissa Reyes. Although very closely fought, The Wildcats did much bet- Ukiah maintained the lead ter offensively in the second throughout the game and took the win 15-12. game generating ten kills and Lead scorers were four aces. It also put up a real McKenzie Mangino with strong defense making Maria three kills, two blocks and one work hard for its points. This ace, Shayne Mattern with time the score was much clos- three kills and Sami Ruddick er, but the Wildcats were still with two aces. defeated 25-20. “Olivia Polkinghorne pro- The kills were spread two vided great setting and all each to Brooke Ingram, Kong, around play” said Ukiah Metcalf and Shelby Hale and coach Bobbi Whyburn. one each to Reyes and Nicole Both squads next face White. Metcalf accounted for Piner at home Oct. 30th and two of the aces while then go on the road to Houghton and Reyes had the Ursuline on Tuesday. THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SCIENCE & NATURE SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 – A-13 Wolves kill a Running around with robots half-dozen sled dogs Students The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A half-dozen sled dogs in display their the village of Marshall were killed by a pack of wolves roam- ing the Yukon River village, according to villagers and Alaska technical State Troopers. The wolves were chased off but not before they killed three prowess in adult dogs, including a female with pups. About three of the pups were also killed. Several other dogs were injured. “They were running through the whole town here,” said competiton Dewayne Cooper, the housing improvement officer for the By Melanie Carroll Native Village of Marshall. “They’re not just hanging out by The Palo Alto Daily News the dog teams. I don’t know what they’re looking for, but Unlike in the defunct tele- they’re obviously not scared.” vision series “Battlebots,” Marshall, with a population of about 390, is a largely subsis- dozens of robots gathered at tence village about 400 miles west of Anchorage on the Yukon- Woodside High School on Kuskokwim Delta. Saturday were not there to A group of about 15 people killed at least one of the wolves destroy one another. and wounded several, said Maureen Larson, who works for the Instead, the machines con- Marshall Traditional Council. The wolves appeared in town Wednesday evening, when structed by teams of high they were seen skulking near housing in the northeast portion school students were forced of town, Larson said. to work together in the com- Some kids shot at them and scared them off, she said. petitive “Rack ‘N’ Roll” But around 8:30 p.m. they were back to begin their assault event. on three of the village’s five dog teams, said musher Clem The 2007 Northern Kameroff, whose dogs were attacked. California Robot Games drew Konstandinos Goumenidis/The Palo Alto Daily News Kameroff said he keeps 11 dogs and seven pups and uses his more than 30 teams from Above, a robot picks up a ring during the 2007 Northern California Robot Games team for fishing and hauling wood. Most of them were inside a California and Oregon, said held at Woodside High School in Redwood City. Students from 30 schools brought fence, but two were in kennels outside the barrier because it Eugene Brooks, president of their robots to compete in the games. Below, Monte Vista High School students was too crowded, he said. the nonprofit Western Region make repairs to their robot. “I heard the dogs barking real hard, but I thought it was just Robotics Forum. a dog that got loose,” Kameroff said. The school gymnasium He went outside and found the exposed dogs had been was packed with hundreds of attacked. One was a 2-year-old male that was slightly injured. cheering onlookers as trios of The other was a 10-year-old female. machines competed for “That was sort of my leader,” Kameroff said. “Now it’s all points. Applause erupted each bloody and can’t move around. I might have to get rid of it. It’s time a robot lifted itself off too painful watching it barely move around.” the playing field at the end of Troopers got the report of the invading wolves Thursday a heat, a move worth a bonus morning, said wildlife trooper Sgt. Matt Dobson. point. Students used software “I said, ’Go and get ’em. It’s season,”’ Dobson said. “We animation programs and encourage people to hunt predators legally.” remote control devices to Dobson said the area near Marshall is rife with wolves command the 120-pound because the moose population is exploding. But wolves are still machines. generally shy and reclusive, he said, and a pack wandering into The robots, equipped with a town is “extremely unusual.” extendable arms, scored Information from: Anchorage Daily News, points by placing inflatable http://www.adn.com pool rings on the 24 swinging “spider legs” of a wooden rack. 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Award at the Silicon Valley 5th Annual team prevailed in the compe- “The whole object is not to Regional competition in San tition with its robot, “Tube-a- see which robot wins,” said Jose and the Motorola saurus-Rex.” It can move as Randy Lam, Northern Quality Award at the Davis- fast as 15 feet per second, California assistant regional Sacramento Regional compe- said 15-year-old team mem- director of the program. tition, according to its Web ber Haley Valetta. “We’re trying to show and Valetta, who hopes to be a promote an interest in science journalist or engineer one and math.” day, said she gets a good To that end, one of the Look Better workout carrying Tube-a- dozen or so categories a team saurus-Rex’s heavy batteries. could win Saturday was “gra- Naked... Saturday’s off-season com- cious professionalism,” for petition served as a venue for demonstrated sportsmanship. 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at the Mendocino County MacLeitch Candidate Forum Oct. 11. “My view is that establishing Romney predicts Giuliani’s support will fade reflections and priorities is Continued from Page A-1 Associated Press City. Romney said that’s not enough. both appropriate and respon- JOHNSTON, Iowa — Mitt Romney “Those of us who represent that base “I think being pro-life is more than to run for representative at the sive.” says the campaign for the Republican will find that we can get that support and saying you’ll appoint strict construction- Area 3 spot although he is Recognizing the effect the presidential nomination will come down ultimately face up one-to-one with ist judges,” Romney said. currently serving as the Area 2 surrounding community has to Rudy Giuliani and a more conservative Mayor Giuliani,” Romney said. “At that He spoke during a taping of Iowa incumbent. He said he’ll step upon the college and his work challenger. Like Mitt Romney. point he’ll have a more challenging time Public Television’s “Iowa Press” pro- down from the Area 2 position as a trustee, MacLeitch It’s no surprise that Giuliani is doing because I do not believe the Republican gram and later during a meeting with following the election. explained at the forum that he well in national polls of Republicans, Party is going to keep Hillary Clinton out reporters. But MacLeitch, a former is a trustee for the people and Romney said Friday, because candidates of the White House by acting like Hillary with more conservative views on social Clinton.” “I hope it comes down to me and teacher at Mendocino by the people. Mayor Giuliani,” said Romney. “I think College, isn’t letting the cler- “I think community col- issues such as abortion and gay rights are Giuliani supports abortion rights and Mayor Giuliani will likely be one of the ical error throw him off track. leges are the only branch of splitting the support of like-minded vot- has favored gay rights and gun control. With knowledge from his higher education that has ers. On abortion in particular, Giuliani has last two as well. If I’m successful in this teaching career and experi- locally elected members At some point, the former sought to ease the worries of conserva- effort then I’ll be one of the two.” ence with the board, because there is a process, and Massachusetts governor said, the party’s tives by pledging to appoint judges in the For now, he said, Giuliani has main- MacLeitch is working to I think the process ought to be conservative base will coalesce around a mold of Supreme Court Justices Antonin tained his lead in polls because so many smooth the gap between the followed. I think the role of single candidate, making it tougher for Scalia and Samuel Alito and Chief candidates are vying for support from community and the college. the trustee is to fit the role and Giuliani, the former mayor of New York Justice John Roberts. social conservatives. “I take pride in being a needs of the community.” trustee who acts as a bridge Election Day is Nov. 6. between the community and Zack Sampsel can be reached Shugart said at the forum. the college,” MacLeitch said at [email protected]. Shugart “One of the biggest problems facing MCOE is the fiscal answers. I’m careful with the Continued from Page A-4 health, and with declining Eriksen taxpayers’ money. In fact, I enrollment in the county we Join us for our annual refused the recent salary raise his wife returned to have to keep the district in and in-district travel supple- Mendocino County, where he good financial space.” Continued from Page A-1 ment approved by a majority SAFE once again ran for the MCOE Understanding that balanc- completion of the projects at of the board,” Eriksen said. board. Not only does Eriksen find ing the budget is only one part Mendocino College that are Having previously served of the equation, Shugart TRICK OR TREAT & financed by the Measure W her experiences with the with the board for much of his board to be a valuable tool to stands behind the idea of sup- bond. time in the county, Shugart porting vocational education Eriksen’s relationship with serve the community, but she has been able to focus his COSTUME CONTEST the college has spanned more also thinks her perspective as thoughts on the requirements programs, and thus creating than three decades as she a female is a useful asset to of an MCOE board member. more skilled workers. Wednesday, October 31st pushed for the establishment the board. At the candidate forum, he “What we need is more of the college that was put to a “I’m running for re-elec- explained that the main func- vocational education,” 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. vote in 1972. Now Eriksen tion to my trustee seat because tion of the board is to main- Shugart said. “We need Trick or Treat the friendly has seen the college drastical- I believe in Mendocino tain and balance the budget -- mechanics. We need skilled ly change from the days when College and because I feel I something he finds of para- office workers and that’s what Pear Tree Center Merchants! classes were offered in trail- bring a valuable perspective mount importance. we should emphasize.” Costume Contest - Win Prizes! ers. Since then, Eriksen has to the board,” Eriksen said. “The Office of Education is Election Day is Nov. 6. seen the college’s nursing pro- “First, I’m one of only two unique in the fact that every- Zack Sampsel can be reached Starts at 5 p.m. gram continue to grow, some- women trustees and women one is elected officials,” at [email protected]. in Plaza area thing she’s “particularly constitute 63 percent of our by Baskin Robbins Lots of Gift pleased with.” students. Second, while my BEST Eriksen said her passion for fellow trustees offer the useful for students with substance Age Groups: Certificate Mendocino College comes viewpoints of professional Rickel abuse problems. COSTUME Youngest 0-5 Years Prizes! from her personal experiences educators or corporate admin- “I think from the fifth $50 Cash at the school as a re-entry stu- istrators, I bring the view and grade on down, students are Youngsters 6-10 years dent, working to juggle chil- vision of the local citizen who Continued from Page A-4 suffering in English, science Older Youngsters 11 and over dren, classes and full-time grew up here, attended education continues. Even at and math. I’m concerned 5 p.m. Meet in the plaza area in front of Baskin Robbins employment. With her experi- schools, worked in local busi- my young years, I still partic- about character of students Parade by judges in age groups ences as a student and 12 nesses and raised a family ipate in school activities.” and I’m concerned about sub- years on the board, Eriksen here. Third, I pursued my Looking to keep education stance abuse in schools,” he Plenty of Free Parking! said service to her community higher education in our local said. “Whatever MCOE can Over 20 stores in one convenient location. as a trustee is of paramount community as a re-entry stu- going while also focusing on the revitalization of English, do to provide training and importance. dent, just like a great many of grants will go a long way to “I take my responsibilities our student body. My agenda - math and science Rickel said round out an individual’s as your trustee very seriously. - my only agenda -- is quality at the forum that he wants to capabilities.” Visit our web site at ukiahdailyjournal.com I prepare carefully for each education for as many stu- improve student attendance. Election Day is Nov. 6. meeting. I have a near-perfect dents as Mendocino-Lake As well, Rickel said he wants Zack Sampsel can be reached attendance record. I have College can serve, whether to offer continued education at [email protected]. email us at [email protected] always welcomed the oppor- for vocational training, uni- tunity to serve as a conduit for versity transfer courses or community concerns and lifelong learning.” questions. I never hesitate to Zack Sampsel can be reached ask questions and get at [email protected].

Mendocino College through DeChaine the years,” DeChaine said. “I have been the Academic Continued from Page A-1 Senate president more than once, and I feel very comfort- trict elections. able about this institution. DeChaine has taught at “We have over 1,000 stu- Mendocino College for 33 dents who graduate from our years and said at the high schools every year. I Mendocino County Candidate want us to put together a very Forum on Oct. 11 that in his strong transfer program for time he has worked continu- ously to improve the quality students. Mendocino College of education at the college -- has done a great job in so something he plans to contin- many ways. It’s a community ue if elected. college that has something for “One of the things that I’ve everybody, but I want to push pushed for through my career for more transfer programs.” is quality in education, and I Election Day is Nov. 6. believe that I have brought Zack Sampsel can be reached quality to the students of at [email protected].

worth of renovation and pro- Taylor jects at Mendocino College. Recognizing the need for more vocational training at Continued from Page A-1 the college, Taylor explained member is a team player with at the forum that he wants to the thought of the board and increase vocational education community in mind,” Taylor programs at the college, but said during the Mendocino he also said that it has to start County Candidate Forum Oct. in the high schools. 11. “The most important job “I think the thing that has of the board is hiring a super- hurt the vocational education intendent/president to run the programs at the college has college and evaluate that per- been the lack of vocational son. The board also helps set education in the high school level,” he said. policy and sets fiscal priori- Taylor said he understands ties. I have 16 years of experi- that the bureaucratic needs of ence doing that. I’m an advo- the trustees will always be cate for student athletes, and I present, but he said he wants think most importantly I was a to keep his focus on the stu- big advocate for Measure W.” dents. Measure W is the initiative “The bottom line is the stu- passed by voters in the dents, and to that end I’ve November 2006 election, always had the best for which has helped -- with Mendocino College in mind.” The Ukiah matching funds from the state Zack Sampsel can be reached Publication Dates: -- to fund nearly $95 million at [email protected]. Ukiah Daily Journal - November 22 DAILY JOURNAL Got family? 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(MS) — With winter on the vehicle life.” Ironically, ASE-certified the horizon, now is is the Valvoline offers premi- Master Automobile time to give your car the um products that makes Technicians overwhelming attention it deserves. engine care easy and eco- said — at 97 percent — that Relying on the innova- nomical for the do-it-your- delayed care will cost an tion and quality of the right selfer and ‘real car guy’ owner much more in the products means consumers who understands the impor- long run, as problems left can feel safe in the preven- tance of a healthy engine. unattended can multiply tative maintenance they Today’s premium motor and lead to other issues. provide for their vehicle. oils provide superior per- “Car owners can be pas- The first place to start is formance enhancements, sionate about their pride under the hood making sure cost savings and longer and joy,” added Dr. your vehicle’s engine is engine life, with a complete Lockwood. “They often ready for the all-important line of conventional, syn- have a special attachment to upcoming travel season. thetic products specifically their car or truck and don’t The solution — provide designed to extend engine want to buy a new model; your vehicle a well- life. In fact, more ASE-cer- they want to keep their deserved oil change that tified Master Automobile favorite car running as long will help prevent perfor- Technicians choose as possible. Changing your mance blues. Valvoline for use in their oil is the perfect place in “It’s important that con- own cars and trucks than taking care of such an sumers understand the any other brand. investment.” importance of regular ser- The 2006 Valvoline/ASE Whether it’s your vice to the engine of their Poll of the American favorite old-school classic, Changing your oil regularly can be a cost-effective investment — preventing high vehicle,” says Dr. Fran Mechanic underscored high-performance street rod repair bills in the long run. Lockwood, senior vice recent Car Care Council or daily commute vehicle, president of technology for findings that Americans are treating your engine with Valvoline. “Motor oil and pushing the envelope on the right motor oil and ensure that your car oper- ible cracks so you can Chances are a competent engine detergents are the basic maintenance. The sur- engine detergent helps con- ates at peak efficiency. advise your mechanic that service pro will come up ‘lifeblood’ of your vehicle. vey revealed that the vast sumers keep and drive their Proper maintenance they need replacing. When with a recommendation on By changing their vehicle’s majority of mechanics — vehicles longer. Change of doesn’t start and stop just at you take the car in for its work that needs to be done motor oil regularly, con- 87 percent — said they season equals a change of an oil change. For those tune-up and/or fluid as well as a timeline within sumers are protecting a crit- believe American car own- oil. Changing your car’s oil DIYers who want to start changes, ask the mechanic which you can function ical element of their ers are putting off routine and filter every three getting to know their engine to check the major systems, safely. engine’s performance and maintenance, mostly for months or 3,000 miles, compartment better, check such as the brakes, trans- For more information log investing in the longevity of cost reasons. whichever comes first, will hoses and belts for any vis- mission, and suspension. on to www.valvoline.com. B-2- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL Take it easy, take care and save gas money!

(MS) — With gas prices soaring, drivers fles your engine’s ability to breathe and to your next refill. everywhere are feeling the pinch at the reduces fuel efficiency. Flush out your fuel pump. Let’s face it — your gas dollars system, including the fuel injector, intake 5. Remove excessive weight. Remove aren’t going nearly as far as they used to. valve and combustion chamber with a spe- any unnecessary objects in your vehicle, However, there are a number of things you cialized tank additive, such as 3M™ Fuel especially heavy items. An extra 100 can do to help improve your car’s fuel effi- System Cleaner. Better yet, have your fuel pounds in your vehicle could reduce fuel ciency. Consider these six tips from the system professionally cleaned by shops efficiency by as much as two percent. car-care experts at 3M to maximize your that use the complete 3M Fuel Injector Lighten up and your mileage will go up! car’s performance. Cleaning System. By keeping your fuel system clean, you’ll improve your vehi- 6. Use your air conditioning sparingly. 1. Check your tire pressure. Improperly cle’s fuel economy. Don’t just run your air conditioner out of inflated tires can greatly reduce your fuel habit in the summer. If it’s not too hot out, economy, so make sure your tires are 4. Take it easy and slow down. Driving try using the fan setting alone. This will inflated to the manufacturer’s recommend- your car at high speeds, “jack-rabbit starts” help you get more miles to the gallon. ed pressure level. The right tire pressure and aggressive driving in traffic can great- will provide you with a safer ride and help ly reduce fuel efficiency. The U.S These tips will not only help you reduce wear on the tires. Department of Energy says “As a rule of improve your car’s performance and save thumb, you can assume that each 5 mph money, but will help you save time as well, 2. Maintain your vehicle. Replacing a you drive over 60 mph is like paying an because you won’t be running to the gas dirty, clogged air filter will go a long way additional $0.20 per gallon for gas.” And station to fill-up quite as often as before! to improving your car’s fuel efficiency. every time you “hit the gas” you get closer According to the federal government, your car’s gas mileage could improve by as much as 10 percent with a clean air filter. In addition to the fuel savings, the new fil- FULL LINE OF PRODUCTS AND Curb gas prices by taking steps to ter will help protect your engine as well. improve car performance, such as BIKE RACKS cleaning your fuel system. 3. Clean your fuel system. Carbon and resin buildup in your car’s fuel system sti- CARGO CARRIERS TRUCK RACKS

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REPAIRS AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE Here at Thurston Honda Service we offer all the required services that your service manual requires. With our thorough inspection it allows us to monitor your car and it’s parts for optimum life and at the same time maintaining the integrity and safety of your vehicle, that is what we strive for every day and it will save you money in the long haul. Remember this can only happen if we see each other on your recommended service intervals. SERVICE DEPARTMENT When it comes time for service of your Honda vehicle, the only logical place to have the work done is at your local Honda dealership. At Thurston Honda, our factory-trained specialists will make sure your vehicle remains in tip-top condition. Whether you need minor or major, scheduled or emergency work done, our state-of-the-art service department is ready and

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1400 Hastings Rd • Ukiah www.thurstonhonda.com HONDA 1-800-287-6727 707-468-9215 UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 -B-3 Some suggestions for cutting car insurance costs

monthly premiums. If your your insurance provider it. Anytime you buy a new current homeowners insur- about ways you can lower car, you should always get ance company doesn’t pro- the cost of adding your son full coverage. In fact, if vide auto insurance or vice or daughter to your plan. you’re leasing or financing versa, shop around. You • Car pool to work. Car a car, chances are the lend- might be surprised at how pools not only help the ing institution will mandate much consolidation can environment, they can help you get full coverage on the save you each month. your wallet as well. vehicle. But once you own • Encourage good grades Whenever you begin a new your car outright and the from your kids. Young dri- policy, one of the first ques- car is getting older, gradual- vers are among the most tions a provider will ask is ly reduce the coverage. high-risk and expensive to how much you drive your Collision coverage is often insure, as most parents of vehicle each day. In gener- dropped by drivers of older drivers are well aware. al, the less your drive, the cars because the value of However, you can reduce lower your rates. That’s the car isn’t worth the cost rates even if insuring your because it’s hard to get your to insure it. This doesn’t driving youngster. If a child car into an accident when mean you should discard has good grades, that’s it’s sitting in your garage or your vehicle, but a general often worth a discount to driveway. If you car pool to rule of thumb is that if your most insurance companies. work (or take public trans- car is worth less than 10 Similarly, kids (and even portation), mention that to times what it costs to insure adults) who take courses in your provider. it, it’s time to reduce your defensive driving often earn • The older your car gets, coverage. discounts as well. Consult the less you should insure Because they’re more likely to withstand an accident, SUV’s are often less costly to insure than some smaller cars. (MS) — Depending on have nothing to do with you’re accident prone or where you live, car insur- you, the driver. In the live in a densely populated ance can be astronomical or Civic’s case, the size of the area, but it will help you entirely reasonable. Drivers vehicle likely plays a role. save a substantial amount in the Northeast tend to pay Insurance companies look of money each month. By the highest premiums, at how well a vehicle will increasing your deductible, while those in the South or stand up should it get into you’re increasing the initial the Midwest tend to enjoy an accident. In essence, amount of money you’ll more reasonable rates. insurance companies don’t have to pay should you get One thing all drivers want to pay for a new car. in an accident. This simul- have in common, however, With more and more SUV’s taneously decreases what is the desire to lower their on the road, a Civic doesn’t your provider has to pay, Nelson Auto Glass has been serving Lake and Mendocino counties automobile insurance costs. stand too great a chance of hence lowering your since 1986. Regardless of how expen- survival if it gets into an monthly rates. We would like to thank all of our customers and friends for our sive your insurance bill accident with an SUV. • Consolidate, consoli- success in the twenty one years we have been in business. might be, there’s always Another consideration is date, consolidate. Most Nelson Auto Glass takes pride in what we do. We use only the room for a bargain. a vehicle’s rate of theft. insurance companies want highest quality materials to ensure your satisfaction, and most Fortunately, there are plen- Each year, CCC all of your business, not just importantly, your safety. ty of ways drivers can save Information Services, some. If you need more We are proud of our establishment and the services, we have to offer. a few dollars. which provides technology than one type of insurance • Before you buy a car, to the automotive claims (i.e., homeowner’s, auto- do your research. Some and repair industry, puts out mobile), your provider will • Windshield Repairs • Direct Insurance Billing vehicles raise red flags for a list of America’s most likely give you a discount if insurance companies and stolen vehicles. While the you insure both your home have traditionally cost more Civic failed to crack CCC’s and your autos with them. • Windshield Replacements • Pick Up & Delivery to insure than others in or top 10 list in 2005, Hondas This also works in house- outside of their vehicle were the fourth most stolen holds with more than one • Custom Auto Glass • Mobile Service class, regardless of sticker make of vehicle on CCC’s vehicle. Newlyweds are price. For example, in 2005 list. So while the Civic often advised to put their 953-A North State Street, Ukiah and 2006, the relatively might be great on gas, don’t vehicles on the same auto inexpensive Honda Civic assume its small size will insurance policy because it 463-2717 was the fourth-costliest help you with your insur- can drastically reduce their vehicle to insure. But why ance company. Do your would such a small car with research first and avoid such a low sticker price cost being stuck holding the so much to insure? bag. Insurance providers take • Ask for higher several things into consid- deductibles. This is a big Presenting Our First Holiday Section eration, many of which risk to take, particularly if Caught in the headlights: Simple tips to help avoid deer collisions

(MS) — With the deer crashes were unbuckled at population increasing across the time. the country, and living space For additional information for wildlife on the decline, on wildlife collisions, the number of incidents MetLife Auto & Home is involving a deer jumping into offering to the public a free the path of a car has been new brochure, “Deer steadily on the rise. This is Collisions: How to Avoid especially true from October Becoming a Statistic.” The through December when brochure provides useful male deer activity dramati- information, including other cally increases, resulting in a tips on how to avoid a deer significant rise in the number collision, and is available by of vehicular collisions. calling 1-800-MET-LIFE (1- A deer can literally come 800-638-5433). out of nowhere, leaving only seconds to react. Even worse, the collision can result in sig- nificant property damage and even life-threatening situa- RWT tions. Redwood Tree Center To stay safe, consider the following: “Put Some Pride • Watch the clock. Deer are most active from sunset to in Your Ride” midnight, and during the hours just before and after ✭ EXPRESS DETAIL sunrise. $100.00 - 3 Hours • Watch your speed. It’s ✭ INTERIOR DETAIL not just the speed of the ani- $160.00 - 4 Hours mal that plays a factor — it’s ✭ DELUXE DETAIL the speed of the vehicle. $225.00 - 6 Hours Think about it: if you are dri- ving your vehicle at a speed ✭ULTIMATE DETAIL of over 60 miles per hour, $300.00 - 8 Hours you’ll cover the length of a WHILE YOU WAIT: football field in the same time it takes to change a CD. • Keep your eyes open. Deer don’t run alone. If you Publication Dates: see one, there are likely oth- RWT The Ukiah ers nearby. 15 Minute Ukiah Daily Journal - November 18 • Don’t swerve. If a deer is Oil Change suddenly in front of you, DAILY JOURNAL sound your horn to frighten it Journal Sampler - November 20 away. Brake firmly, but stay ✭ WINDSHIELD Call your Ukiah Daily Journal in your lane. Serious crashes REPLACEMENT happen when drivers swerve representative to reserve your space ✭ TIRES online at ukiahdailyjournal.com to avoid a deer, only to hit other vehicles or lose control ✭ BATTERIES & of their cars. MAINTENANCE Advertising Space & Materials Deadline: • Wear your seatbelt. Most 859 N. State Street • Ukiah November 12, 10:00am 468-3500 people injured in deer/car (707) 462-4472 B-4 – SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 TIME OUT Editor: Chris McCartney, 468-3524 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected]

ASTROGRAPH

By Bernice Bede Osol

to work out a deal that has- n’t looked like it was going anywhere. Operate in this area. TAURUS (April 20- Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 May 20) -- Of all the signs, In the year ahead, any you are the one who most involvement you have with prefers to work alone and a social group or large orga- tends to dislike partnership nization could start to pro- arrangements. However, duce peripheral benefits teaming up with another is that’ll be a source of joy to what’ll be the most fortu- you. It’s a year when it pays nate for you. to be a joiner. GEMINI (May 21-June SCORPIO (Oct. 24- 20) -- Your earning poten- Nov. 22) -- Innately, you tial looks exceptionally are good with concepts and promising, especially when ideas, but you don’t always you mix ingenuity with know how to implement productivity. Devote your them. Your reasoning skills energies to the area that will be in good working offers the greatest gains. order, and you’ll use this CANCER (June 21- gift effectively. July 22) -- Fortunate cir- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. cumstances could help to 23-Dec. 21) -- It might not revitalize an old relation- be easy for you to do, but a ship you once valued dear- gentle reminder to that per- ly but has been sagging for son who is indebted to you quite some time. Expect could work wonders. Your successful results. chances for getting what is LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) owed you are better than -- It may take a bit of an usual. imagination to visualize the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- way you would like to see a Jan. 19) -- Something for testy development which you’ve been hoping resolved. But if you con- is attainable, provided you centrate in this area and take practical steps to actually use your vision, it achieve it. Use your logic can be done. to figure out ways to make VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. your dreams and wishes 22) -- Treat an arrangement realities. that you know could be bet- Puzzle AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- ter organized with the seri- Feb. 19) -- You have a cou- ousness it deserves, and it ple of exceptionally good will reward you in more answers things going for you when ways than you ever thought overcoming challenging possible. Systemize disor- developments. One is your der. on the next persistency; the other is LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. your ability to regroup and 23) -- In commercial deal- try a better way. ings, you should be able to page PISCES (Feb. 20- negotiate terms that are far March 20) -- There isn’t better than you ever any reason why you could- thought possible. Just pre- n’t be successful in a situa- pare yourself for a lot of tion where you experienced give-and-take. victory previously. Instead Major changes are of being negative, follow ahead for Scorpio in the the same procedure you did year following your birth- before. day. Get your Astro-Graph ARIES (March 21- predictions by mailing $2 April 19) -- Financial to Astro-Graph, P.O. Box trends look encouraging, 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092- especially in a situation 0167. Be sure to state your where you have been trying zodiac sign.

researcher; Charlie Daniels (1936-), musician, Indians in the World Series. is 71; Jane Alexander (1939-), actress, is 68; TODAY’S QUOTE: “Prosperity is not Datebook: Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 Dennis Franz (1944-), actor, is 63; Annie Potts without many fears and distastes; and adversi- Today is the 301st day of 2007 and the 36th In 1919, Congress overrode President (1952-), actress, is 55; Bill Gates (1955-), com- ty is not without comforts and hopes.” -- day of autumn. Woodrow Wilson’s veto of the Volstead Act, puter-software pioneer, is 52; Andy Richter Francis Bacon TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1793, Eli which provided for enforcement of alcohol (1966-), comedian/actor, is 41; Julia Roberts TODAY’S FACT: Iceland also had alcohol Whitney applied for a patent on the cotton gin. prohibition. (1967-), actress, is 40. prohibition, between 1915 and 1922. Beer In 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedi- TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Evelyn Waugh TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1995, the Braves remained a prohibited substance until 1989. cated the Statue of Liberty in New York (1903-1966), writer; Francis Bacon (1909- became Atlanta’s first team to win a major pro- TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon Harbor. 1992), artist; Jonas Salk (1914-1995), medical sports championship, defeating the Cleveland (Oct. 26) and last quarter (Nov. 1). Let’s all just take a holiday from the holidays this year Each year the retailers start occurred to us. And when we like little devils and go around invited to your “People’s Choice pushing the holidays on us earlier went trick-or-treating, you were blackmailing adults into giving Awards” night feast? Have you and earlier. This year, the ads Village lucky if you got two or three them treats, which is pretty much sent out your Cinco de Mayo started showing up in September. candy bars the whole night. I what we did every other day of cards yet? What’s the matter with The kids are already talking about think my mother gave out candy the year, but without the cos- you? It’s only seven months what they want to get, parents are Idiot corn one year -- one kernel per tumes. away. Better get cracking. already putting up outside lights child. I don’t remember anyone I don’t want to sound like the And don’t forget, if retailers and decorations and planning big By Jim Mullen complaining. ghost of Halloween Past, but have their way, you’ll have to buy dinners and spending money like Not that my brothers and sisters when did this fun, minor holiday presents for every one of these there’s no tomorrow. Of course, I were there to see her dole it out; get blown up into New Year’s holidays. Not just for your chil- am talking about the biggest holi- engraved onto their pumpkins? we were all long gone trying to Eve, Christmas and Thanksgiving dren, but for your spouse, for your day of the year -- Halloween. Who cannot remember Mom buy- score as much swag as we could. combined? If the greeting-card siblings, for your in-laws, for Who doesn’t fondly remember ing bags of $2 candy bars for the The good houses, the ones that companies and the retailers can your co-workers and your boss. their parents spending hours neighborhood ghouls? gave away entire candy bars, do it to Halloween, they can do it Not just any old present, but hanging up fancy, expensive out- Yeah, me neither. we’d hit two or three times. I to any holiday. something you had to obsess over door Halloween lights, addressing The way I remember it, we would visit first as a ghost with an How long before we have to for weeks and weeks. and mailing their Halloween carved a pumpkin the weekend old sheet over my head, then as a start buying our kids presents for If you give your sister the waf- cards, and buying “Lord of the before. A big toothy thing, obvi- Roman senator in a sheet toga, the Summer Solstice? How are fle iron for Groundhog Day Rings”-quality costumes for all ously done by enthusiastic but and for a third time as Lawrence you decorating your house this instead of the neck massager she’s their kids. Who doesn’t recall unskilled children, not something of Arabia with the sheet secured year for Arbor Day? You say you been asking for, it could cause with a warm glow downloading that looks like Martha Stewart to my head Bedouin-style with a don’t have the time? Well, I don’t bad feeling for years. And isn’t jack-o’-lantern patterns off the spent a week on it. Hanging belt. have the time, either. I make the that the point of most holidays? Internet and then having the spooky holiday decorations in the Halloween was the one day of time. Face it, if it’s not stressful, is it images of Freddy Kruger photo trees outside our house never the year when children could act How many people have you really a holiday. The Ukiah More advertisers for you Mendocino County’s L o c a l N e w s p a p e r DAILY JOURNAL to choose from! ukiahdailyjournal.com YOUR MONEY SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 – B-5 Editor: Chris McCartney, 468-3524 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Digital cameras zoom in on fun By the Editors of Consumer cameras to be among the most Reports reliable products in its sub- Frugal Living Consumer reports ✔ scriber surveys. About 5 per- This season, you’ll see small digital cameras not only cent of those purchased By Sara Noel in sober black and silver but including the Kodak • Don’t overspend on the between 2004 and 2007 have also in hues such as wasabi EasyShare C653 (6 megapix- specs. While some 5- ever been repaired or had a green and sunset orange. In a els) at $140, the Nikon megapixel models might serious problem. Yet in its lat- recent study, Consumer Coolpix L10 (5 megapixels) at linger in stores, most new est electronics buying survey, Reports found that even mod- $120, the Pentax Optio M30 cameras now offer at least 6 or CR found that more than 70 estly priced models are offer- (7 megapixels) at $190 and 7 megapixels. A growing percent of digital-camera buy- ing more and more features, the Olympus FE-210 (7 number of point-and-shoots, ers were pitched an extended Keep your bread such as image stabilization, megapixels) at $140. or cameras with built-in lens- warranty in stores. which can compensate for The Polaroid T737 (7 es, offer 10 and 12. Six • Best times to buy. Camera camera shake and minimize megapixels), at $180, proved megapixels provide all the prices don’t fluctuate season- too slow for action-packed resolution most people need. fresher longer blurring and face detection, ally, but most new models scenes. It has the biggest LCD If you often crop or dramati- which aids in portrait shots. reach the market during two of the group, at 3 inches, but cally enlarge your images, get The touch-screen technology periods: March through May DEAR SARA: How do you store your bread? It seems found on the iPhone and other its image quality is fair to at least 7 megapixels. middling. Next-shot delay is a • Weigh zoom trade-offs. and September and that many people have breadboxes. Do they serve a pur- smart phones is showing up November. During those pose? -- Michele, Kentucky on more digital cameras’ LCD full five seconds, longer than Another feature to consider any rated model. Shutter lag is carefully is an optical zoom times, many older models are screens, and those screens are replaced by more capable DEAR MICHELE: In my home, I have a cabinet getting bigger. also on the slow side, at 1-1/2 range that’s greater than the seconds. 3x found on most cameras. (A ones than often cost about the “garage” in which I store bread and various pantry items. Prices have dropped, too, same. To catch the wave of the especially for compacts and HOW TO CHOOSE zoom lens’ range is the ratio I think most people use this cabinet to house small appli- Here’s what you need to of its highest telephoto focal latest models, buy between ances. We go through a loaf of bread fairly quickly, so I SLRs. In recent ratings, CR November and February or rated two compacts priced at know to choose the camera length to its lower wise-angle don’t get concerned about its getting stale. If I find that a that’s right for you: length. For example, a zoom May and August, when older loaf of soft bread hasn’t been consumed as quickly as I or near $200 among its Best models might be discounted Buys. And you can now find • Don’t buy too big or too lens that’s considered equiva- would like, I simply pop it into the freezer. I don’t store it small. Almost all the cameras lent to a film camera’s 35mm before they disappear. But respectable compacts with scrutinize offers that are too in the refrigerator, as I find that it doesn’t stay as fresh familiar brand names for less that CR rated took decent pic- to 105mm lens has a range of there. tures. Your choice will depend 3x.) Greater zoom means good to be true, since some than $200. dealers use them to unload You live in a fairly warm climate, so I don’t suggest According to CR, the best a lot on whether you favor greater weight and bulk, refurbished cameras. using a breadbox; it might encourage mold. Traditionally, budget choices overall are the small size or extra photo- though a few pricey compacts The Samsung L77 is a a breadbox was made to hold in moisture and keep bread Canon PowerShot A550, with graphic power and flexibility. manage to squeeze 10x into a Compact cameras, too big for package just a few ounces Consumer Reports’ Best Buy, from going stale. Most modern breadboxes seem to be 7 megapixels, at $150 and the designed more to prevent pests or pets from gaining Canon PowerShot A460, with a pocket but small enough to heavier than many basic com- with 7-megapixel resolution, fit easily in a bag, remain the pacts and slightly larger than an electronic image stabilizer access to the bread and to de-clutter the countertop. A fru- 5 megapixels, at $130. Several gal alternative, when climate isn’t an issue, is to store models proved competent best choice for most people, many subcompacts. and a non-protruding 7x opti- though slower than most, especially if your budget is • Forgo the extended war- cal zoom -- rare in a camera bread in the microwave. tight. ranty. CR has found digital less than an inch thick. DEAR SARA: What is a good way to store pet food? - - Sari, Florida Hints on how to get your money back DEAR SARI: I know that many people store their pet It happens to all of us: We make a pur- • made as part of your request for the food in the garage. The problem is, pet food can go rancid chase and soon discover that the mer- seller to do repairs or maintenance on in temperatures above 90 F or below 50 F. I wouldn’t store chandise is damaged or the service is Truth about your personal property; it in a basement, either, because of the moisture. Storing below acceptable standards. money • pertaining to real estate, insurance or the food in its original paper bag can cause it to go stale The best way to protect yourself is to securities; and may encourage pests. make all purchases with a credit card. By Ric Edelman • automobiles, vans, trucks or other That way, the Fair Credit Billing Act cov- motor vehicles sold at temporary loca- I store pet food much as I store some people food -- in ers your purchase. To qualify, the pur- tions, provided the seller has at least one an airtight container. When choosing a container, consid- chase must be for at least $50 (although permanent place of business; and er ease of access, dispensing and cleaning as well as dura- many credit card companies will consid- • arts or crafts sold at fairs or such bility. Many people have had luck storing their pet food in er disputes for lesser amounts), and the not necessarily have the right to return locations as shopping malls, civic centers a metal trash can with a tight lid. purchase must have been made in your the item. Instead, the store’s policy gov- and schools. home state or within 100 miles of your erns. For qualified transactions, sellers must home. You also are covered when making Purchases of $25 or more that are not give you a cancellation form at the time DEAR SARA: My boyfriend and I go through a lot of Internet purchases from your home com- made in a store fall under the Federal of purchase. If you mail it to the seller, breakfast cereal and have tons of cereal boxes. Every time puter, and when placing catalogue orders. Trade Commission’s Three-Day Cooling- make sure it is postmarked before the I throw one out, I think, “There has to be something I can As soon as you decide you want a Off Rule, which gives you until midnight deadline. Keep a copy. If you do not have do with this,” but I can never think of anything. I was curi- refund, contact the merchant and explain of the third business day after the sale to a cancellation form, write a letter stating ous as to whether you had any ideas. -- Christi, North the problem. Give the merchant the cancel the transaction and receive a full that you are canceling the transaction. Carolina opportunity to resolve the situation. If refund. (Saturday is considered a busi- Within 10 days of receiving your form, you are not satisfied with the merchant’s ness day; Sundays and federal holidays the seller must: response, contact your credit card compa- are not.) You do not have to give a reason • cancel and return any promissory DEAR CHRISTI: You can reuse the liner as well as ny. The law requires that you send a let- for canceling your purchase. The rule note or other negotiable instrument you the box. Liners can be used to crush nuts for baking. ter (I suggest that you send it certified applies everywhere including purchases signed; Simply put nuts into a liner and crush them with a rolling mail, return receipt requested) explaining made inside your home, at work, in a dor- • refund all your money and tell you pin. You can use the liners instead of paper or plastic bags the nature of the problem and how you mitory, motel, restaurant, or fairgrounds, whether any product you might have will when coating meats or poultry to make breaded pork have attempted to resolve it. You must even if you asked the salesperson to con- be retrieved; and contact the credit card company within tact you at such locations. • return any trade-in. chops or fried chicken. Cereal liners can also be a frugal 60 days of the purchase, and you should The rule covers sales for: If you received any goods, you must substitute for waxed paper. maintain a record of communications • home improvement (home equity) make them available to the seller in as As for the cereal boxes, you can cut them up and use with the merchant, the credit card compa- loans; good condition as when you received them to hold magazines, mail and coloring books, or ny, and others involved in the transaction. • health club and discount buying them. The seller has 20 days to pick up unfold them and use the unprinted side to write on. You the items or reimburse you for mailing In most cases, the credit card company clubs; can also use them as gift boxes by covering them with will issue a credit for the amount you are • campground association member- expenses, if you agree to send them back. disputing. If the credit card company ships; If you encounter problems, contact contact paper. Alternatively, use them to store plastic gro- sides with the merchant, you can contact • instruction or training courses. your local consumer protection office. cery bags; cut and make bookmarks out of them; or use the Better Business Bureau and the office The rule does not cover sales: Some states offer rights beyond the them to house bulk or bagged cereal. They can also store of your state’s attorney general. • for goods or services not primarily FTC’s rule, so it’s worth investigating. plastic lids, be cut down to make drawer dividers or hold However, your best remedy is probably intended for personal, family or house- Financial Adviser Ric Edelman is the crafts such as ornaments and puzzles. small claims court. hold purposes; author of several best-selling books What if you are merely experiencing • made entirely by mail or telephone; about personal finance, including “buyer’s remorse?” Sometimes, there’s • that result from prior negotiations at “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal Village (www.fru- nothing wrong with the product. Instead, the seller’s permanent business location Wealth” and “Discover the Wealth galvillage.com), a Web site that offers practical, money- you’ve simply changed your mind. If you where such goods are sold regularly; Within You.” You can e-mail him at saving strategies for everyday living. To send tips, com- made such a purchase in a store, you do • needed to meet an emergency; [email protected]. ments or questions, write to Sara Noel, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or e- Payments still due on a broken-down clunker mail [email protected]. DEAR BRUCE: Two years ago, my The loans have a prepayment penalty of daughter purchased a 1994 van. She had MART ONEY six months' interest if paid within the to get full coverage on the vehicle S M three-year-note anniversary. The first lien because she was still paying for it. The Y RUCE ILLIAMS is an ARM, with adjustable rates starting PUZZLE ANSWERS van cost $3,600, and she still owes B B W in the third year. The second lien is a bal- $1,600. She took it in for maintenance, loon due within 15 years. The three-year and the garage installed a new gearbox -- anniversary is March 23, 2008. Should which had to be replaced for a second we wait until then to refinance, or should time. When she pulled out of my yard have nothing to repossess. But they can we refinance now and get hit with the recently, she heard a pinging noise. She still come after your daughter, as they penalty? What is our best move? -- R.E., got out and looked under the hood. The should. The next question: Can the main- via e-mail gearbox had broken away from the tenance company be held responsible for DEAR R.E.: Six months' interest is a frame, creating a big hole. The entire the damage? If she can demonstrate that severe penalty and acknowledging that front end had collapsed -- it's no more their carelessness or incompetence the three-year anniversary is fast than six inches off the ground. Does she caused the damage, the garage may have approaching, I think that would be the have a legal leg to stand on when it some responsibility. Someone will have time to refinance. There is nothing to pre- comes to paying for this van? It can never testify to this, such as a mechanic. Her vent you from looking for a more favor- be driven again. She is worried that the best course would be to discuss the situa- able financing arrangement now, but bank will still want their money, even if tion with the company that did the work understand that, with the chaos in the the van is a total loss. What is the best and, if they disavow any responsibility, way to handle this? -- J.W., via e-mail mortgage market, this may be a painful small-claims court is the next step. Make experience. You haven't outlined the DEAR J.W.: Let's separate things no mistake, the full coverage has nothing quickly. Your daughter is concerned that terms of the balloon that is due in 15 to do with this, and the fact that she owes years, but unless it's an extraordinarily the bank will want to be paid. Well, of money to the bank is in no way dimin- course it will. The fact that the van is not high rate of interest, it is not an immedi- ished because of the condition of her car. ate concern. The ARM very likely will be worth a dime does not in any way dimin- DEAR BRUCE: Three years ago, my ish your daughter's responsibility by a going up considerably next March. You husband and I refinanced our home to should be shopping now for a refinance penny. The fact that the collateral on the procure some cash to start a business. loan is worthless is another story. They to begin on March 23, 2008.

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EOE Hosted by: Mark Hanes - 272-2310 Hosted By Chamise Cubbison Brand new carpet and fresh paint inside & out. Landscaped CARE WORKERS MOVIE EXTRAS Hosted by: Mark Hanes - 272-2310 CCW is responsible Well cared for, nearly new home in a great neighborhood. 3 Last Chance Open House. Hurry to this home that shows front and backyards with auto sprinklers. Seller says sell needed! Earn up to bed, 2 bath home features master with patio access, maple like new. Tenants are going to move in unless seller gets an quickly before tenants move in. Be first to walk barefoot in for the daily care & $100-$300/day, all cabinets, tile counters and floors, fully landscaped yards, and offer. Get in while the gettins good. Stop bye and see what your newly remodeled home. Ready to move into today. supervision of clients plenty of off street parking. Don’t miss this opportunity! you can afford today! Reduced to $315,000 E-1 Don’t miss out! Reduced to $369,000. Submit all offers! S-3 looks, types and Motivated Seller. Price Reduced - $485,000 & living conditions. ages. TV, FILM, Swing & Night shifts PRINT. 800-340- 510 S. School St. • 707-489-5082 463-2570 463-2570 320 So. State St., Ukiah available. Starting at 8404, ext 2962 mendoproperties.com 320 So. State St., Ukiah $9.40/hr. On-call $9 /hr. Must be 21 yrs Nurse Manager (RN) old. Excellent bene- for rural health ctr in OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Oct. 28, 11-1pm OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, October 28th, 1:00-2:30pm OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Oct. 28, 12:00pm - 2:00pm fits, including medi- Laytonville. Respon- 1035 Zephyr Cove 460 E. Gobbi St. #33, Ukiah • $44,900 1430 Wildwood Road cal, dental, vision, tui- sibilities incl. training Directions: South State Street to Washington, left on Helen Avenue tion reimbursement, & supervision of & FREE co-op child nursing staff, assist care. Must pass pre- providers w/ direct employment physical, patient care, knowl. drug test & back- of Infection & Quality ground check.APPLY AT 915 W. Church Control procedures, St. Ukiah or fax re- develop policies & re- Building your family or your future this delightful home has it all! The sources for efficient perfect 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath floor plan with combo kitchen and sume 877-382-7617 dining room, new stainless steel appliances, beautiful cathedral Hosted by: Richard Hurst, cell 478-8628 BY OWNER www.trinityys.org EOE hlth services & pro- ceiling, sweeping staircase that leads you to the generous master · Immaculate & Charming 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Secluded custom contractor’s home on 1.6 acre in Deerwood Park. grams for community suite and bedrooms, park like setting that draws you into the cool · Located in Desirable Harold Square Senior Park 2,930 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 3 bath, office, formal living and dining room, and shady backyard with mature landscaping. Close to schools and MAKE A Hosted by · Completely Remodeled Bathroom large family room with built-in cabinets, spacious kitchen, opening to educ. F/T. Days on- shopping. $454,000 DIFFERENCE IN Kathy Pomilia · 2 Storage Sheds & Low Maintenance Landscaping large deck with hot tub. Custom built verticle grain fir cabinets, doors & THE LIFE OF A ly. No calls. Full trim. See thru river rock gas log fireplace. $729,000 Benefits. $62,400 - 462-5400 CHILD! JOIN THE 462-1600 169 Mason St. Suite 300, Ukiah By Owner • 272-2629 TRINITY TEAM! $68,640 per yr. Seeking a Application & job Team Supervisor description, Duties include, but www.longvalley.org not limited to: manag- or Anne Gary at ing treatment plans, 984-6137 x 146 for supervision of child- more information. care workers & team leaders. Salary DOE OFFICE POSITION & degrees. M-F 8-5. in chiropractic clinic. Excellent benefits, in- PT 20-30 hrs/wk cluding medical, den- $10-$12/hr DOE. tal, vision, tuition re- Bilingual necessary. imbursement, & FREE 462-7093 co-op child care. Must pass pre-em- On-line Sales ployment phy-sical, Position for high- drug test & back- traffic web site. ground check.APPLY This is for an AT 915 W. Church independent St. Ukiah or fax re- commissioned only sume to 877-382-7617 contractor. Ukiah www.trinityys.org EOE area, email only: Mechanic Position udjpublisher Diesel engine exp. @pacific.net Hunting for something in particular? Turn req'd. Welding exp. pref. F/T + benef. Job Part time LVN description & applica- Tired of high case to The Ukiah Daily Journal Classifieds tion avail. at 351 loads? Provide sup- Franklin Ave. Willits port to 6 adults with Or call 707-459-4845 Devel. Disabilities in and discover a harvest of useful PT DISPATCHER their home and su- will train, nights & pervise staff. weekends. Apply in Office 485-5168 items. From new and used person at 960 N. Cell 489-0022 State St. Ukiah vehicles to well-preserved electronics and clothing, we SELZER REALTY have the listings. 350 E. Gobbi St. Ukiah 468-0411 Remember, if you’re looking APARTMENTS 13120 First St. – Upstairs 2 bd., 1 ba. apt. located in Old Hopland, includes a stove, to unload things that just refrigerator, a/c, and on-site laundry facilities. $675/mo. 104 Laws Ave. – Newly renovated 2 bd., 1 ba. keep getting in the way, apt. equipped w/ new carpet, interior paint, stove, dishwasher, and blinds; also includes covered parking and on-site laundry facilities. $725/mo. it’s easy to place an ad TOWNHOUSESTOWNHOUSES 1119 S. Dora St. - 2 bd., 1.5 ba. townhouse w/ in the The Ukiah Daily stove, refrigerator, microwave, a/c, carport parking, patio & on-site laundry facilities. $750/mo. . HOUSES HOUSES Journal Classifieds 586 N. State St. - Cozy 1 bd., 1 ba. house in downtown location, w/recent renovations, w/d hook-ups, off-street parking, & small yard. $700/mo. 696 Willow Ave. - Cozy 1 bd., 1 ba. house w/small yard and w/d hook-ups, located on the west side of Ukiah near the city park & golf course. $800/mo. 518 Railroad Ave. – 3 bd., 2 ba. home with a small yard and carport; conveniently located in downtown Willits. $900/mo. 517 S. Oak St. – Cozy 2 bd., 1.5 ba. home in a central location, equipped with a stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, swamp cooler, carport and yard with landscaping services included. Call today to start $950/mo. 500 Grove Ave. - Light & airy 2 bd., 1 ba. home on a Westside corner lot w/ yard, your subscription or detached 2-car garage & more. Must see! $1150/mo. 8225 Uva Dr. – Lovely 2 bd., 1 ba. home in Redwood Valley, equipped with central to place an ad. heat/air, vaulted ceilings, granite countertops in bathroom, large yard w/ landscaping included, and single-car garage w/ opener. $1300/mo. 24019 Azalea St. – 3 bd., 2 ba. two-story home situated in Brooktrails on large corner lot featuring vaulted ceilings, central heat, woodstove, refrigerator, oven, cook top, microwave, and washer and dryer. $1350/mo. 1310 Chateau Pl. - Expansive 4 bd., 2.5 ba. home w/ hardwood floors, newly remodeled kitchen w/ granite countertops and newer appliances, also includes mature landscaped yards; located in El Dorado Estates. Must see! $1995/mo. WE HAVE MANY RENTALS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL & STORAGE UNITS! FOR MORE INFO. CALL 468-0411 Find us on the web: 590 S. School St., Ukiah • 468-3500 www.realtyworldselzer.com THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 -B-9

HELP HELP BUSINESS 120 WANTED 120 WANTED 250 RENTALS People to work with SOCIAL WORKER Lg. 2 story new office developmentally TLC Child & Family building. N. State St. UKIAH AREA REAL ESTATE OFFICES disabled adults one Services seeks a per- & Main St. frontage. on one in their own son with an MSW or $2200/mo.+dep. home. All Shifts related Master’s de- NCR 468-9101 ▲ POTTER VALLEY available. Call gree for foster care & ✪ SUITE OF OFFICES WILLITS Cindy 468-9331 adoption work, UKIAH MUNICIPAL FORD STREET P.V. primarily in inland 4 offices + conf., GOLF COURSE REALTY PRESS OPERATOR A jewel in our crown. Mendo. & Lake UKIAH The Reporter in Va- Counties. 463-1100 $2040 incl. utils. FAIRGROUNDS HWY 20 caville is seeking an www.tlc4kids.org OTHER OFFICES experienced Press 340sf.$360mo.+dep GROVE AVE. Tasting Room is Operator. Prior expe- 390sf.$425mo.+dep SCOTT looking for a person STREET rience on an Urbanite endocino Drive Util & janitorial incl. WALNUT AVE. PREMIER Lake M or similar web sized to work P/T in wine PROPERTIES Very nice ET ✪ press required, 4 sales. Must be 21, E location, 468-5426 TR HENRY STREET 304 N. STATE ST. RIVER years preferred. Abili- able to work both S

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A willingness NEWER 462-0211 River and Lake Mendocino. These homes are sited on large level Lic#236800809 From Covelo to Gualala the Most Trusted Name lots. Choose from different plans, both single and two-story with Willits, CA 95490 to learn the scientific •Professionalism MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE 2 BEDROOM. in the Termite Business! architectural detail smart floor plans with 3-car garage. Starting at MLS •Confindentiality ® terms, able to lift up $625,000. Open Friday thru Monday 1pm - 5pm. Ukiah residential DW\Garage+pool •Expertise Call for appointment Helen McKeown office: (707)-459-9315 • cell: (707) 292-3196 Realtor-Associate to 50lbs without re- childrens facility $850 mo. 463-2325 CAL-BAY MORTGAGE, 215 WEST STANDLEY ST. UKIAH 485-7829 For more information please call 707-462-2825. residence (707) 463-8355 • [email protected] strictions, bookkeep- is looking for caring, ing skills a plus. This PARK PLACE TONI PAOLI-BATES Garbocci - Van Housen Realty Kelly Vogel - Tellstrom a Nose for responsible individ- 1 bd. $750, 2 bdr. (707) 462-4608 Loan Officer position is full time. uals to come join our Mona Falgout $860 TH $1050. 1(800) 55-PAOLI (707) 272-1650 Real Estate Good benefits and team. Some exp. pre- Realtor® 401K. Salary DOE. Pool/garg. 462-5009 Fax (707) 462-5746 I Go the Extra Mile! 950-A Waugh Lane ferred but not neces- Ukiah, CA 95482 PV Realty Inc. Mail resume to Alpha Senior. 2 bdrm apt. 950-A Waugh Lane 707-272-5887 sary. Will provide on INVESTMENTS • MORTGAGES • REAL ESTATE LOANS Labs, 208 Mason St., Quiet loc. 1 block Ukiah, CA 95482 [email protected] 743.1010 the job training. Start- INVESTMENTS • MORTGAGES • REAL ESTATE LOANS www.paolimortgage.com Ukiah or fax to 707- ing sal. $12.12 hr. from post office. $725 468-5267 or email to 403B, great benefits + sec. 463-8896 This space is This space is Chamise Cubbison sspeaks@ ® & vacation package. Spacious 2bd. Pool. Real Estate Broker/Realtor alpha-labs.com available available Fax resume to H20, trash pd. $825. Professional, Independent, NO PHONE CALLS 463-6957 Also 1bd. $700. Ht. Call 468-3513 Call 468-3513 Local, Hometown Service PLEASE. Where You are #1 Warehouse Position AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075 For more Info For more Info 707-489-5082 or [email protected] Seeking exp’d Immediate Opening Se habla espanol. Servers/Cooks. Sal Heavy lifting, forklift, WESTSIDE 1-888-750-4USA DOE. Apply at Crush- inventory exp. pref. Lg. 2bd/1ba. Upstairs ed Grape 13500 Carol Myer, Agent 707-485-5759 Clean DMV. $10- Quiet/clean + AC. CPCU, CLU, ChFC Termite Control Lic. ODO5161 Locally Owned Hwy 101, Hopland $11/hr. Redwood Pa- Exc. area. $925+ •Inspections •Structual Repairs By Gerald Boesel SERVICE per & Packaging 130 State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. dep. N/S/P. 621-1936 •New Construction P.O. Box 389 Calpella, CA 95418 Home Office: Bloomington, Illinois (707) 489-1812 Cell COORDINATOR Christy Lane. Ukiah 400 E. Gobbi St., Ukiah, CA 95482 •Remodels General Contractor, Lic #752409 Off: 707-462-4936 (707) 462-6701 Office Pat Williams Realtor® (Case Mgr) 463-1343 DUPLEXES Fax: 707-462-7158 101 So. School, Ukiah Email: [email protected] •Foundations Structural Pest Control, Lic #OPR9000 FT-Lakeport, CA. 320 CHILD Adult caseload. 3bdrm 2bth with CARE Requires M/A in 140 garage. 2 yrs old. human services or WOOD B DAYCARE Very nice. $1300/mo. related field & 1 yr. lic#3610 Nxt Oak 744-1905 related exp. OR a Manor School Amy HOMES B/A & 2 yrs. relevant 489-6995 330 FOR RENT exp. working w/per- SERVICES $763/mo! Buy a 3bd Featured Properties sons w/dev disabili- 200 OFFERED 2ba! 5%dn, 20 yrs at ties or RN lic & 3 yrs EXPERT 8% apr! For listings Featured Property relevant exp. Salary 432 McPeak St., Ukiah 1045 S. State St., Ukiah CARPENTRY, 800-749-7901 xS6222 range- $2749 to Directions: East Perkins Street to Vichy Spring Drive to Watson Road 460 East Gobbi Street #26 Reasonable rates Directions: Uva Drive to BelArbres to Ballou Terrace to Oman Road $3868/month + exc. $763/mo! Buy a 3bd 468-5937 ben. Closes 11/5/07. 2ba! 5%dn, 20 yrs at Lease Option Send resume & letter BUSINESSES 8% apr! For listings of interest to HR- 215 FOR SALE 800-749-7901 xS6222 RCRC, 1116 Airport CAFE/DELI FOR 1BD1BA, YARD Park Blvd., Ukiah, CA SALE In Ukiah, turn- 103 Leslie St.-Ukiah 95482 or e-mail HR@ key. Call 456-1239 $800mo.+$1000 dep. redwoodcoastrc.org 4 to 10pm $45,000 No/S/P/D/Sec. 8. or fax 462-4280. 462-6648 “EOE/M/F” BUSINESS Offered By: Nancy Borecky Affordable Senior housing in a desirable senior park. This 2 bedroom, Charming two bedroom, two bath home complete with bonus loft perfect Excellent income property conveniently located on major thoroughfare with 250 RENTALS 3BD/1BA home 2 bath mobile has an open floor plan, it is close to shopping and the SHOP for a home office, guest bedroom, or media lounge. Remodeled from top easy access to freeway. Long-term tenants, 63% NNN, $5800+/-/mo. plus Senior Center and sits on a large corner lot with. $59,500 A quiet offc. dwntn. close to school & to bottom. Includes an attached single car garage, front porch and rear scheduled increases is listed for $1,100,000. Possible owner financing. SUPERVISOR/LEAD shopping. Lg yard patio. Motivated Seller. Price Reduced - $479,000 MECHANIC heavy 359 N. Oak, waiting rm., bus. ctr., kit., No pets $1285/mo + 676 S. Orchard Ave, Ukiah 161 Rupe St., Ukiah Selzer Realty • 467-3630 duty diesel exp. dep. 272-5306 req’d. FT w/bene. $400 incl util. 463-1081 3BD/2BA N. Ukiah Job application avail LEE KRAEMER Featured Property at 351 Franklin Ave, Central air/heat, 1510 Madrone Drive Real Estate Broker fenced back yard. Lg Willits or call Directions: Uva Drive to BelArbres to Ballou Terrace to Oman Road 707-459-4845 storage area $1200/ SCHOOL STREET mo + dep 489-3953 SIP! Mendocino OFFICE/RETAIL 586 N. STATE ST. looking for 1300+/- sq. ft. w/pkg. Cozy 1bd., 1ba knowledgeable house w/small yard in person to work wine BRAND NEW! downtown location. bar in Hopland. P/T BUILD TO SUIT Commercial Property - includes main building divided into two units, 20x40 Vacant Commercial Lot with easy access to freeway and Seller financing $700/mo. Call Realty garage with offices and large carport all on 1/2 acre. Lots of potential available. Neighboring parcels also for sale. This one for just $200,000 Resumes only: Office or Medical World Selzer Realty uses. Do not disturb occupants. Call listing agent for appointment to see. 1974+/- sq. ft. w/pkg. $595,000 PO Box 886, 468-0411 Offered By: The Bogner Group Hopland CA 95449 Charming 3bd, 2ba home located on a quarter acre lot in the Knob Hill area. Beautiful spacious tile kitchen with adjoining laundry room. Cozy DOWNTOWN House for rent: 3bd Offered By: Chamise Cubbison, Owner/Broker living room with hardwood floors and sliding door opening to spacious TRAVEL USA rear yard. $369,500 Hi-traffic loc. Ofc. Ste 2ba. 1750 sq. ft. Sml. 510 S. School St. • 707-489-5082 Publication Sales Co. 1600+/- sq. ft. w/pkg. dog. No S/D. mendoproperties.com hiring 18-23 sharp $1600/mo. $500 Selzer Realty • 462-PEAR enthusiastic individu- MED. OFFICE or cleaning. $2000 sec. als to travel the US. RETAIL dep. Calpella Featured Property Featured Property Travel, training, lodg- South Orchard 272-0078 ing, transportation W/side/Upscale 333 Stutsman Road 3400+/- sq. ft. w/pkng Directions: Uva Drive to BelArbres to Ballou Terrace to Oman Road 6855 W. State Hwy 20, Upper Lake provided. 2bd/2bth. 468-9003 1-800-781-1344. 468-8951 Offered By: Jason Van Housen No Pets/No Smkng Here’s the property you’ve been waiting for! Breathtaking 42+ acres with beautiful

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Full Service Tree Care Licensed • Insured to subscribe 707-456-9355 A-12 – SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 SCIENCE & NATURE Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Tax credits, state mandates Astronauts fuel interest in solar power attach addition By JUDITH KOHLER to space station The Associated Press LAFAYETTE, Colo. -- By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Writer Daniel Glick was The Associated Press putting together a list of things HOUSTON -- Astronauts using a robotic arm attached a bus- people could do in their every- sized addition to the international space station Friday, with day lives to fend off climate help from a pair of spacewalkers. change, part of his contribu- The live-in compartment carried up aboard shuttle tion to an upcoming book, Discovery -- called Harmony -- weighs nearly 16 tons and increases the space station’s living and working area by more when it hit him: What was he than 2,500 cubic feet. going to do? “Now the crews that are hot on our heels have a place to “It sounds corny, but the come,” spacewalker Scott Parazynski said. light bulb went on for me that He and Douglas Wheelock got the Italian-made Harmony I lived in this pretty progres- ready for its move out of the shuttle cargo bay. Then Daniel sive place,” Glick said. Tani and Stephanie Wilson, working inside, used the station’s Economics motivated busi- robotic arm to slowly move Harmony toward its new home. ness consultant Jim Mason, Earlier Friday, the spacewalkers removed a broken antenna and he reached the same con- from the station and packed it aboard Discovery for its return to clusion as Glick: Solar power Earth, and got a giant girder ready for relocation later in the was the way to go. mission. Both say the extra push to Parazynski encountered a few ammonia ice crystals that go solar came from federal tax floated his way while he was disconnecting the girder’s cooling credits and rebates offered by lines, but his spacesuit did not seem to be contaminated. Just in Colorado’s largest utility after case, he followed safety procedures once he was back inside the voters mandated that more space station, which involved taking a contamination test. renewable power be sold in “Great day in outer space,” Parazynski said as the spacewalk the state. wrapped up. “We’ve got almost 90 kilo- “It is growing very signifi- $7.7 million at the end of last the federal tax credits for Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who joined Discovery’s watts being generated by the cantly, 20 to 30 percent per year. solar. The credits will expire crew to personally deliver the pressurized chamber, coordinat- sun largely because of these year,” said Gary Schmitz, a “It’s been a successful pro- next year unless extended as ed the six-hour spacewalk from inside. rebates,” Glick said of the co- spokesman for the National gram,” Stutz said. “We want proposed: eight more years for Harmony’s location on the station is temporary. The station housing development he lives Renewable Energy to continue it.” businesses and six for homes. crew will move it to its permanent spot once Discovery leaves in east of Boulder. “It’s gov- Laboratory in Golden. Some rural electric cooper- Credits and incentives “are in just over a week. The chamber will also serve as the docking ernment policy that actually More utilities are investing atives in Colorado offer incen- hugely important” for the port for European and Japanese laboratories that will be deliv- ered on the next three shuttle flights. works.” in solar because of mandates tives, too. industry, said Stephen Kane of and customer interest, said The rebates from Xcel Boulder-based Namaste, an The shuttle launched from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday and Mason installed a solar sys- linked up with the space station Thursday. It was the first time tem on his Boulder home Julia Hamm, executive direc- Energy and the federal income employee-owned solar elec- tor of the Washington-based tax credit -- 30 percent of the tric company that is working two female commanders met in space: Retired Air Force Col. more than a year ago and said Pamela Melroy is commander of Discovery, while Peggy he’s been generating more Solar Power Electric cost, capped at $2,000 for with Glick and his neighbors. Association, a nonprofit that homes -- helped sell Glick and Solar costs roughly double Whitson is the station’s skipper. The 10 astronauts aboard energy than he uses since. He Discovery and the space station face the most challenging con- got a small check at the end of works with electricity his neighbors in the Nyland what coal does per kilowatt struction tasks ever attempted in a single mission. the year for electricity he con- providers. co-housing development in hour to produce, but that will They may get a little more time to tackle their to-do list tributed to the grid. “Currently, there are about the quickly growing suburb of change as solar technology because engineers have not spotted any significant problems “I can brag to my green 2,500 megawatts of large- Lafayette, just east of Boulder. continues to advance and con- with the shuttle’s thermal shield. The crew set aside three hours neighbors in Boulder that I’m scale power plants under con- Sixteen of the 42 homes ventional fuel costs continue Saturday for a focused inspection of any trouble spots, but mis- green, but it was dollars and tract,” Hamm said. “Almost already have solar panels on to increase, Kane said. He dis- sion management team chairman John Shannon said that exam- cents,” Mason said. on a weekly basis, we’re see- their roofs and installations misses complaints about sub- ination probably won’t be necessary. Renewable energy has ing that number increase.” are planned for 11 more. sidies for renewable energy. NASA has made damage inspections a priority since the dis- gained more support in the One megawatt serves Systems are also being “Fossil fuels have tax cred- integration of the shuttle Columbia in 2003. A piece of foam West as Colorado and other roughly 1,000 homes. installed on two of the devel- its and incentives,” Kane said. broke off Columbia’s external fuel tank during liftoff and states have directed utilities to Xcel Energy, Colorado’s opment’s common buildings. “Our subsidies are out in pub- gashed a wing. get more of their electricity largest electricity provider, is The homeowners’ association lic and very well known to Further analysis is needed before NASA can say for sure that from such sources as the wind building an 8-megawatt solar is making loans to residents everybody.” Discovery suffered no significant launch damage. But given all and sun. Colorado voters power plant in the San Luis who can’t afford the upfront Mason, the Boulder busi- the construction work on this mission, “We are extremely lucky became the first in the nation Valley in the south-central costs. ness consultant, studied the that we have a vehicle that is in such incredible shape,” part of the state. The utility “It’s not pie in the sky. It’s tax credits and rebates and Shannon said. to set a renewable energy On the Net: NASA: NASA:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov standard when they approved also pays customers who not 1973 anymore,” Glick decided it made economic a ballot measure in 2004 install approved systems said. “It’s on the roof and my sense to install a 10-kilowatt requiring the state’s largest $4,500 per kilowatt. meter’s spinning backward.” residential system. utilities to get 10 percent of Xcel Energy spokesman The digital meter shows What started as a roughly FINANCIAL FREEDOM FOR SENIORS their power from renewable Mark Stutz said a typical resi- lines going in reverse when $75,000 system ended up Reverse Mortgage May Be The Answer! energy by 2015. dential system generates from his 2.6-kilowatt system pro- costing about $29,000. Mason A new Colorado law cham- two to three kilowatts. duces more electricity than he considers the money spent an To Learn More Call pioned by Gov. Bill Ritter The utility will also pay uses. Glick bought a new investment akin to a munici- 707-467-3646 or visit boosts the requirement to 20 non-customers $2,500 per energy-efficient refrigerator pal bond since he isn’t paying www.allcalreversemortgage.com percent by 2020. Of that, 4 kilowatt because it counts and light bulbs to help reduce electric bills. He said the sys- percent must come from solar toward the renewable energy his demand. tem also greatly increases the energy. target. He’s also monitoring the value of his home. Solar power accounts for So far, Xcel Energy has progress of federal energy leg- “I thought getting free elec- less than 1 percent of the elec- paid $18.4 million in rebates islation that would provide tricity and locking in a price tricity produced nationwide, and renewable energy credits more funding for developing now was probably a good but its share is rising. to 1,100 applicants, up from renewable energy and extend idea,” Mason said. Ray Hansen Branch Manager 707-467-3646 Office • 707-462-0969 fax With brain imaging, scientists [email protected] pinpoint area that activates 350 East Gobbi Street • Ukiah, CA 95482 with optimism in future By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON -- A person’s optimism in the future SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid- (Reparaciones de MAQUINA de COCER) brain, according to a study that used brain imaging. That area deep behind the eyes activates when people think good thoughts about what might happen in the future. The more optimistic a person is, the brighter the area showed up in brain scans, the scientists reported in a small GRAND OPENING study published online Thursday in the journal Nature. That same part of the brain, called the rostral anterior Saturday, November 3rd cingulate cortex (rACC), seems to malfunction in people suffering depression, said the study co-authors, Elizabeth 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Phelps of New York University and Tali Sharot of University College London. She’s Back... with a new Partner! Researchers gave 15 people functional magnetic reso- nance imaging scans while they thought about future pos- sibilities. When the participants thought about good events Over 25 both the rACC and amygdala, which is involved in emo- tional responses including fear, were activated. Years But the correlation with optimism was biggest with the Experience cingulate cortex. The same study also found that people tended to think Ann Parks Bonnie Austin that happier events were closer in time and more vivid than the bad ones, even if they had no reason to believe it, Phelps said. SHOP NOW FOR CHRISTMAS Psychologists have long known people have an “opti- Sewing Machine, Cabinets, Tables and More mism bias,” but the new study offers new details. When researchers asked the subjects to think about 80 New & Used Machines different future events that could be good, bad or neutral, they had a hard time getting people to think negatively, or SPECIAL GIFT GIVEAWAY even neutrally, about the future. For example, when people were asked to ponder a future haircut, they imagined get- Enter to Win! ting the best haircut of their lives, instead of just an ordi- Name: nary trim, Phelps said. The study makes sense and pulls together new and dif- Address: ferent parts of research on optimism and the brain, said Sell It Fast Phone: Dan Schacter, a professor of psychology at Harvard With University who wasn’t part of the research. Need Not Be Present to Win Drawing • Held Saturday, November 3rd Having our brains wired to optimism is generally a Ukiah good thing because “if you were pessimistic about the Daily future you would not be motivated to take a lot of action,” Journal 707-462-2134 Phelps said. Classifieds 1681 Talmage Road • Ukiah, California On the Net: www.nature.com/nature Next to the Quilters Cottage B-12- SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2007 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

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#536622 #580707 MSRP ...... $17,595 MSRP ...... $28,955 GM Consumer Cash...... $2,500 MSRP...... $33,389 GM Consumer Cash...... $3,500 Thurston Discount...... $151 Thurston Discount...... $2,000 21mpg/hwy GM Consumer Cash ...... $3,500 mpg/hwy Thurston Discount...... $2,000 19 $ $ Net Price 23,455 Net Price 14,944 Net Price $27,889 2007 Tahoe 4WD LT or get 0.0% financing New 2006 Monte Carlo New 2006 Uplander Van or get 0.0% financing for 60 mos. in lieu #397773 or get 0.0% financing for 60 mos. in lieu of rebates! SS Coupe for 60 mos. in lieu #165000 of rebates! of rebates! #344106 MSRP...... $30,145 mpg/hwy GM Consumer Cash...... $2,000 30 Bonus Cash...... $1,000 MSRP...... $29,480 Thurston Discount...... $1,395 GM Consumer Cash...... $2,000 Bonus Cash...... $1,000 Thurston Discount...... $2,800 MSRP ...... $53,140 28mpg/hwy GM Consumer Cash...... $4,000 $5,800 Thurston Discount...... $4,000 $4,395 $ $ In Savings! In Savings!Net Price 25,750 Net Savings 8,000 Net Price$23,680 USED CAR CLEARANCE ZONE 2002 Mazda Miata 2006 Toyota Highlander 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara 2006 Toyota Sequoia 2002 Chevy Suburban 2005 Dodge 2006 Toyota 2006 Mazda 6S 2004 GMC Sierra 2006 Toyota Matrix 2004 Toyota Prius 2004 Chrysler Sebring #M22540 #596345 #221030 #159820 #102554 #275248 #130283 Magnum Tundra 126353 #017614 #169887 Low Miles Prior Rental Convertible! Prior Rental Prior Rental DVD & NAV #119940 #474020 Tricked Out 2WD Prior Rental Hybrid Economy Convertible GTC! $13,993 $29,999 $17,997 $42,992 $22,943 $20,990 $23,993 $17,997 $16,596 $16,986 $15,466 $13,993 2006 Mazda 3S 2005 Honda Civic 2005 Toyota Camry 2007 Nissan Maxima 2003 Hummer H2 2005 Subaru 2007 Dodge Nitro 2006 BMV 330i 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan 2005 Lincoln LS 2004 Dodge Neon 2006 Chevy Traiblazer #502202 #811724 #528284 #R79046 #583577 #004280 #059610 #146741 Forester #680037 #600521 #101214 Prior Rental Prior Rental Prior Rental Stylin’! Prior Rental Hybrid Prior Rental Go Everywhere! #745177 Prior Rental Prior Rental 4WD LS! $17,408 $14,994 $17,997 $23,981 $34,994 $19,999 $19,999 $33,995 $15,995 $22,532 $7,999 $21,991

*0.0% for 60 months is on approval of credit through GMAC on new 2006 Monte Carlos, Uplanders, and new 2007 Tahoes. Other financing and rebates cannot be combined. $16.67 per $1000 financed. Call dealer for details. All vehicles subject 2800 North State St. • Ukiah www.thurstonautoplaza.com to prior sale. All prices plus government fees and taxes any finance charges and any dealer document preparation charge of $55, and any emissions 1-866-2-THURSTON testing charge and CA tire fee. Sale ends 10/28/07. (707) 462-8817