Pet of SPORTS the Week Monday A’s split series with Whitesox ...................................Page 6 .............Page 3 July 7, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tuesday: Mostly sunny; H 103º L 58º 7 58551 69301 0 Wednesday: Mostly sunny; H 103º L 57º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 150 Number 89 email: [email protected] FIRE UPDATE 46 fires still active in the county The Daily Journal The cost, number of acres burned and the num- ber of injuries was up from Fire facts the day before as firefight- Engines: 160 ers once again battled Crews: 40 against the uncontained Helicopters: 16 portions of the county’s Water tenders: 63 numerous lightning fires. Dozers: 44 As of 7 a.m. Sunday, the Overhead: 336 46 active fires and 81 con- Total personnel: 1,749 tained fires of the Fixed wing aircraft: 3 Mendocino Lightning Complex had burned Incident Facts approximately 41,215 acres Burned area: and were 45 percent con- 41,215 acres tained, according to Cal Contained: 45 percent Fire. Injuries to date: 24 “Planned firing opera- Fatalities to date: 1 tions have been successful Residences and may occur in other threatened: 335 areas of the county as nec- Residences destroyed: 2 essary,” stated the Cal Fire Commercial property release. “Residents are threatened: 0 reminded that they may see Number of increased fire and smoke in active fires: 46 the areas of planned firing Total number of fires: 127 operations. GIS Estimated costs Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal (Geographic Information to date: $20,335,870 Gaio Bullshields assists in a SPACE dance class taught by Ryan Johnson, Wednesday afternoon. Gaio is a System) mapping opera- sophomore in high school and part of Spaces’ teacher training program. tions are being conducted throughout Mendocino County. Residents may see low-flying rotary aircraft for the purposes of mapping fire perimeters. Fixed wing and rotary aircraft continue to operate on the fires.” Evacuations Learning to teach Effective immediately, the evacuation warning for Montgomery Woods/Orr Springs Road to Running Springs Road area has been lifted. Evacuation warnings remain in effect for: S.P.A.C.E. teacher training program trains • Community of Rockport • Red Mountain Road -- From the intersection of Red Mountain Road and Bell Springs Road to 13600 Red Mountain young adults to teach younger students Road and Bell Springs Road ? From Hwy. 101 to the intersec- tion of Red Mountain Road and Bell Springs Road. By SARA HOUSE • Community of Cummings The Daily Journal • Town of Leggett School of Performing Arts • De Haven Creek and Howard Creek drainage, North of and Cultural Education pro- Westport ducers Laurel Near and (Additional evacuation warnings and orders may be issued.) Paulette Arnold have given teens and young adults not Evacuation centers only a chance to learn the per- forming arts within their orga- • Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana St., Fort Bragg. Phone: nization, but to teach perform- 813-0345 (Placed on standby.) ing arts as well. • Willits High School, 299 N. Main St., Willits. Phone: 486- Using their motto 8674 (Placed on standby.) “Growing Leaders of Hope,” • Large animals (A call must be made prior to delivering ani- Near and Arnold have taken mals): Redwood Empire Fairgrounds, Ukiah. Daytime phone: another step in supporting 462-3884. After business hours: 972-8340. Albion Headlands, leadership with youth by cre- Albion. Phone: (650) 322-1070. Covelo Rodeo Grounds, 22335 ating an intern program within S. Airport Covelo Road, Covelo. Phone: 272-2966 and 983- S.P.A.C.E that teaches these 6860. teens and young adults to • Small animals can be taken to the Mendocino Animal Care become teachers themselves. and Control Ukiah Shelter. After business hours: 272-4337. Throughout their internship and thereafter, the interns are assistant teachers for many classes and performing arts BY THE NUMBERS camps within S.P.A.C.E. “Good leaders create other leaders to replace them- selves,” states S.P.A.C.E pro- Mendocino Lightning ducer Laurel Near. A young teacher-in-training practices lines and teaches ways to use your voice in This internship program a SPACE drama course, Wednesday. came into action out of need Complex Fire statistics of teacher assistance with the to rise to this challenge of These interns learn about they may not know. This many classes and perfor- making each child feel includ- and practice specific tech- exposes them to a variety of The Daily Journal • The Cliff Fire in the mances produced by ed and to help them be the niques of connecting with the other students’ ideas and by These are the current sta- Cold Springs Area has S.P.A.C.E. The interns are best they can be in the perfor- kids. Using methods such as doing so, allows them to feel tistics related to the largest burned 4,561 acres, has a taught to connect with the kids mance. “inclusion questions” address- included and possibly develop blazes in the Mendocino “Moderate” current threat to in the S.P.A.C.E classes and “A challenge of being an es the issue of cliques and new friendships. Lightning Complex Fire residences and has a camps, teach effectively, and intern is to make sure every child exclusion. Each day Another method is “cred- from Cal Fire as of 8:30 a.m. “Substantial” containment become a leader and role student gets the right experi- there is a different “inclusion its,” which allows the students Sunday: level. model to the students, all the ence with dancing. It is my job question” in which the stu- to give a note of appreciation, • The Orr Springs Series • The Jack Smith Fire in while facing the challenges of to help the kids go through the dents are placed into random or a “credit” to someone. In Fire in the Orr Hot Springs the Greenfield area has these new responsibilities. program and teach them what groups to discuss their the world of performing arts, area has burned 3,772 acres, burned 1,538 acres, has a Many of the kids in S.P.A.C.E they need,” said 15-year-old answers. This gives the stu- where the student actors has a “High” current threat “High” current threat to resi- Gaio Bullshields, S.P.A.C.E dents a chance to voice their receive much constructive come from different back- to residences and has a dences and has a grounds, different lifestyles intern and teacher assistant at opinion to whatever the daily criticism, giving and receiving the Performing Arts Summer question may be, and to make “Substantial” containment “Substantial” containment and have different wants and level. needs. The interns are taught Camp. conversation with other kids See SPACE, Page 14 See NUMBERS, Page 14 Come Check Out Our Public Auction UKIAH To Be Held Friday, 7/18/2008 At 9:00 AM STORAGE TRUCK RENTAL 707-468-0800 2 – MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] secretive slaughter believed to have killed Veterans Court in Buffalo 100,000 or more leftists and supposed sym- pathizers, usually without charge or trial, in helps servicemen The world briefly a few weeks in mid-1950. and women cope Extensive archival research by The Rafael Nadal wins riveting insurance coverage for their workers Associated Press has found no indication with life outside military because of his tax policies? Far East commander Gen. Douglas BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The first clue 5-set marathon to end The Republican presidential nominee-in- MacArthur took action to stem the summary that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 Roger Federer’s 5-year waiting has proposed that everyone buying mass killing, knowledge of which reached of Buffalo City Court is not like other crim- reign at Wimbledon health insurance get a refundable tax credit, top levels of the Pentagon and State inal proceedings comes just before it starts. $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for fami- Department in Washington, where it was Judge Robert Russell steps down from his WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Rafael lies. At the same time, he would treat classified “secret” and filed away. bench and from the aloofness of his black Nadal ended Roger Federer’s five-year reign employer contributions toward health insur- Now, a half-century later, the South robe. He walks into the gallery where men at Wimbledon on Sunday, winning a rivet- ance like income, meaning workers would Korean government’s Truth and and women accused of stealing, drug offens- ing, five-set marathon to claim his first title have to pay income, but not payroll, taxes Reconciliation Commission is investigating es and other non-violent felonies and misde- at the All England Club and signal a chang- on it. what happened in that summer of terror, a meanors fidget in plastic chairs. ing of the guard in men’s tennis. McCain’s Democratic rival, Barack political bloodbath largely hidden from his- “Good afternoon,” he says, smiling, and Nadal held off a stirring comeback by Obama, says the plan would “shred” the tory, unlike the communist invaders’ execu- talks for a minute about the session ahead. Federer from two sets down to prevail 6-4, employer-based system that provides health tions of southern rightists, which were wide- With the welcoming tone set, Russell ly publicized and denounced at the time. 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. He became the insurance to about 158 million workers. heads back behind the bench, where he will first man to win the French Open and Most health analysts won’t go that far, but In the now-declassified record at the U.S.