High School Exit Exam Reinstated by LAURA CLARK Instruction Jack O’Connell on Judge Blocked the Requirement That Action
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Finley finds Phoenix Hospice ON THE MARKET a home ninth annual Guide to local real estate with Giants garden tour ...................................Inside ..........Page A-9 ............Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Partly sunny and cool 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY May 26, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 52 pages, Volume 148 Number 47 email: [email protected] High school exit exam reinstated By LAURA CLARK Instruction Jack O’Connell on judge blocked the requirement that action. Meanwhile, the exit exam pleased” with the Supreme Court’s The Daily Journal Wednesday said the California public school students pass a high still stands, which comes as good decision. Students struggling to pass the Supreme Court has reinstated the school exit exam in order to gradu- news to O’Connell and local county As is Tichinin: “I am very encour- California Exit Exam won’t get a exit exam. ate. schools’ Superintendent Paul aged by (the ruling). It will be hard break this year after all. A ruling handed down May 12 by The high court has sent the case to Tichinin. State Superintendent of Public an Alameda County Superior Court the state Court of Appeal for further O’Connell said he is “extremely See EXIT, Page A-13 PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN YOU DRIVE 3 MILLION MILES A YEAR Hull, Piffero flagpole vote ends in a tie City Council will decide whether permit will be granted By JAMES ARENS The Daily Journal The Ukiah Planning Commission couldn’t agree Wednesday on what to do about a 45-foot flagpole erected in the Western Hills. An emotionally charged discussion about the flagpole ended in a 2-2 tie on whether or not to grant a use permit to Ric Piffero and Dave Hull, owners of the property in the west hills subdivision. Now the Ukiah City Council will have the final say on the flagpole. ‘We built this Commissioner Kevin flagpole after 9/11 Jennings was absent because he was in Texas accepting a and it was inspired national award with members of the Ukiah Swift Water by this tragic event, Rescue Team. Piffero and Hull said they and everybody sees were unaware of the need for a permit when they built the the flagpole Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal structure. They applied for a Mendocino County sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Welch talks with Mendocino County General Services Garage permit after concerns were differently.’ Manager Steve Thatcher as he fuels his patrol car Thursday morning at the county garage. raised. Within a single-family residential zone, a flagpole DAVE HULL cannot exceed the height of the home, up to 20 feet. City Planning staff said County grappling with fuel costs they got questions about the ‘This is an eyesore.’ By BEN BROWN gallon, including four- flagpole, at 335 Janix Drive. The Daily Journal wheel-drive trucks and “Some people inquired if there STEVE SCALMANINI High fuel prices are a chase cars, county vehi- were permits needed for the growing burden on dri- cles use approximately flagpole and whether or not vers across the country. 190,000 gallons of gaso- they had them,” said Charley According to the line each year. Stump, director of Planning American Automobile County agencies are and Community ‘It annoys me Association, the average billed for gas by the miles Development. “So we started greatly.’ price of a gallon of gaso- they drive, so money can an investigation and found line in California rose 52 also be collected for main- that they hadn’t and here we cents to $3.38 per gallon tenance, Halstad said. In are.” LAURA FOGG between April and May. order to compensate for Piffero and Hull built the For consumers, hybrid higher gas prices, General 45-foot tall flagpole on a con- cars, mass transit and sim- Services has been raising crete foundation fixed with lighting to illuminate both ply driving less are all the charge per-mile for all the pole and flag. “We built this flagpole after 9/11 options for reducing the county vehicles. and it was inspired by this tragic event,” said Hull, money spent on fuel, but County vehicles sit in the garage lot. Combined, the 275 “It didn’t make sense “and everybody sees the flagpole differently.” for those who drive for county vehicles log 3 million miles a year, with sheriff’s for General Services to “We put the flagpole up in recognition to the police the county, options are far vehicles accounting for 1.2 million of those miles. absorb the cost,” Halstad and fire departments and the armed forces,” said more limited. said. Piffero, “and I think it’s a beautiful structure.” Other than buying the cheapest possible fuel, there is little The price county agencies have to pay for fuel has a direct But that doesn’t fly for many who attended the else that can be done to reduce the cost to county agencies, impact on those agencies, Halstad said. The Sheriff’s Office, meeting. said Pete Halstad, general services director. which accounts for 1.2 million of the 3 million yearly county “This is an eyesore,” according to Ukiah resident The county provides fuel and maintenance for 275 county miles, could end up paying as much as $50,000 more a year Steve Scalmanini, one of about a dozen in the audi- vehicles, including those driven by the Mendocino County for gas if prices continue to rise. ence opposed to the flagpole. “It annoys me greatly,” Sheriff’s Office, county Public Health, Social Services, build- “It goes directly to putting deputies on the street,” Halstad said Ukiah resident Laura Fogg. ing inspectors and a host of others. said. However, there were some in the audience who These vehicles are driven about 3 million miles a year, were for the structure. “I am in total favor of it,” said Halstad said. With an average fuel economy of 16 miles-per- See COUNTY, Page A-13 Ukiah resident Janice Evans. Scalmanini, as well as others, made his displeasure with the Planning Commission known, saying that frequently permit violations are almost routinely glossed over with after-the-fact permit approvals. “I believe this is a textbook case of where the Planning Commission doesn’t have the guts to stand BuShay opens for camping in time for holiday by the city code,” he said. Flood cleanup completed January may be in better spirits this week have been working since April to clear the Because of the tie vote, the permit request was for- after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers access road of mud and clean up debris that warded to the City Council for a final decision. The By BEN BROWN announced the popular campsite has covered the 174 campsites as well as the target date for this discussion is the June 21 City The Daily Journal reopened in time for Memorial Day week- Mesa day-use area. Council meeting. In the meantime, Hull and Piffero Campers whose reservations were can- end. Crews also had to remove a tree that had will not be fined, but their fees for the use permit will celed after a mud slide closed Lake Volunteers from the National Guard and be doubled if it is granted by the council. Mendocino’s BuShay campground in a maintenance crew working for the Corps See CAMPING, Page A-13 James Arens can be reached at [email protected]. SSAYAY NNOO TTOO HHIGHIGH Create Your Own 509 S. State St. • Ukiah FFUELUEL CCOSTS!OSTS! Backyard Vacation 462-7305 A-2 – FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] errors or make clarifications to CORRECTIONS news articles. Significant errors in FUNERAL NOTICES obituary notices or birth In the May 24 article announcements will result in [\ Born November 5, 1939, and active with her Peters of Hulls Val- “Methadone clinic to close reprinting the entire article. EVELENE A. MOTA Evelene graduated grandchildren in preserv- ley, sister Louella Peters of due to lack of funding,” the Errors may be reported to the edi- Funeral services for from DQ University with ing their Native Round Valley, Opiod Treatment Program tor, 468-3526. Evelene A. Mota of Cov- Associate Degrees in American culture. eight grandchildren and 1 was referred to as a Federally elo will be held on Literature and Community Evelene is survived by great grandchild on Qualified Health Clinic. The Saturday, May 27, 2006 at Development. She her children Damon the way. She was preceded OPT is a program run through LOTTERY NUMBERS 10 am at the family home was an accomplished pub- Lewis Mota of Round in death by her mother Eva the Mendocino Community Health Clinic -- which is fed- DAILY 3: night: 6, 2, 8. on Nomalacki Road lished author. Eve- Valley, Tania Lee Mota Peters, by her father afternoon: 8, 0, 1. in Covelo. Burial will be in lene was one of the original of Willits, Felecia Lynn George Downey, by her erally qualified -- under con- tract with the Alcohol and FANTASY 5: 06, 11, 13, Pine Grove Ceme- people who or- Mota of Orland and brothers Edwin and 14, 20. tery. Evelene passed away ganized the NomeCult Walk Antone LaMarr Downey of Leonard Peters and by her Other Drugs Program. The story should have said DAILY DERBY: 1st on Wednesday, from Chico to Round Valley, sister Phyllis Azbill. Place: 02, Lucky Star. 2nd May 24, 2006 at her home Round Valley which is now brothers Fred Downey of The Eversole Mortuary OPT treats chronic opiate addicts for whom methadone Place: 05, California in Covelo sur- in it’s eleventh Round Valley, Elvin is in charge of Classic.