The Giants fall YOUR HEALTH to the Marlins Tuesday Striving for Imperfection ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 May 27, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun H 73º L 48º 7 58551 69301 0 Thursday: Partly cloudy; H 73º L 47º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 150 Number 48 email: [email protected] A salute to those who have fallen Memorial Day observed at the Ukiah Cemetery By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal A seemingly endless row of reproductions of Old Glory gave way to a solemn Memorial Day observance to remember the fallen Monday afternoon at the Ukiah Cemetery. “Let them hear our thanks in spirit,” said Lt. Col. Neal E. Worley, a retired Air Force World War II veteran, during his time at the podium. “What price freedom? What price glory? It’s time to give thanks.” Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, partic- ularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. While those who died are also remembered on Veterans Day, Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor all those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. The ceremony honored the lives of those that served their country in the armed forces and made the ultimate sacrifice. Louise Phillips, daughter of the recently- departed Edith Horning, said she was speaking on behalf of her late mother when she said that the ideals she fought for would not be soon for- gotten by future generations. “I’m a military brat from way back,” she said. “My mom died a week ago. I have a mes- sage from mom to one and all: to train children to be proud defenders of our American free- doms. We want our children to be strong in the ways of freedom.” In addition to the speakers, musical arrange- ments were also prepared including a rendition of “Taps” on a single bugle, the singing of the national anthem by Amanda Baguley and a rendition of a pair of patriotic songs, “America” and “God Bless America,” by Rob Burgess/The Daily Journal Carole Hester. Above, Rickey Byers, right, and Fred Innerebner give a solemn salute to fallen comrades Monday afternoon at the Ukiah The American flags that grace the streets of Cemetary. At bottom left, Anstasia Barnes Estrada, 6, gets a groove going Monday afternoon to the sounds of the patriotic the cemetery were set into place by volunteers songs on the nearby loudspeaker at the Ukiah Cemetary. starting at 5:30 a.m. “They were all on the caskets of our fallen the past year were read aloud during the cere- “The Avenue of Flags” was comprised heroes,” said Phil Dow, of the VFW, before the mony before the traditional laying of wreaths entirely of burial flags donated by families of playing of “Taps.” and a rifle salute. those who passed on and was on display until A bell was tolled as the names of each of the Rob Burgess can be reached at 3 p.m. 103 Ukiah-area veterans who had died during [email protected]. Carole Hester belts out the chorus of “God Bless America” Monday after- noon during the “Avenue of Flags” Ukiah High School student Kaysha Isgrigg, 16, sits atop Spirit Monday Memorial Day Observance. The event morning on School Street prior to the kickoff of the Memorial Day parade. was hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Classic cars, high-stepping horses grace the Memorial Day Parade By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal Stars, stripes and smiles were all prominently displayed in front of Alex Thomas Plaza Monday morning for the start of Memorial Day Parade. As members of the Veterans of Foriegn Wars held the colors high while horses decored by the GI Moms made their way into position in front of a fleet of classic cars decorated in red, white and blue. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American To see more photographs of the Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include casualties of any war or military action. Memorial Day formerly occurred on May 30, and some, such as the Veterans of Foreign Memorial Day Parade, turn to Wars and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, advocate returning to this fixed date. Rob Burgess can be reached at [email protected]. page 14 at the back of the paper. 2 – TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] “We have seen that the Myanmar govern- Nationalist Ma Ying-jeou took office as Powerful storms roiling ment is moving fast to implement their com- Taiwan’s president. The world briefly mitment. My sincere hope is that they will “I hope my trip will be conducive to the Midwest kill at least 7 honor their commitment -- that we have to peaceful development of the two sides and people in Iowa and a child see,” Ban told reporters before leaving enhance Taiwan’s security as well as people’s in Minnesota Spacecraft lands near Bangkok, Thailand, for New York on Sunday economic well-being,” Wu said prior to his night. departure Monday from Taipei. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerful Mars’ north pole and beams Ban said he would remain “fully, continu- The Nationalists fought a bloody civil war storms packing large hail, heavy rain and tor- back dazzling pictures ously and personally engaged” in the crisis with the Chinese communists on the main- nadoes made for a deadly Memorial Day of arctic landscape and return to Myanmar “before long.” land, and their defeated forces fled and reset- weekend across the nation’s midsection, tled in Taiwan in 1949. killing at least seven people in Iowa and a 2- PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- NASA’s China aftershock destroys year-old child in Minneapolis. newest outpost in the solar system is a poly- Clinton speaks of faith Iowa Homeland Security administrator gon-cracked terrain in Mars’ northern polar 71,000 homes; soldiers Dave Miller said seven people were killed region believed to hold a reservoir of ice rush to unblock river in the face of setbacks, Sunday by a tornado in northeast Iowa -- five beneath. Obama addresses Wesleyan from Parkersburg, a town of about 1,000 Hours after the Phoenix Mars Lander soft- CHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful some 80 miles northeast of Des Moines -- ly landed Sunday in the Martian arctic plains, aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of University graduates and two from nearby New Hartford. At least it dazzled scientists with the first-ever homes in central China on Sunday, killing six HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico (AP) -- 50 injuries were reported. glimpse of the Red Planet’s high northern lat- people and straining recovery efforts from Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday offered a “Occasionally we have a death but we itudes. the country’s worst earthquake in three have warning system. Seven deaths. It’s been A flood of images sent back by Phoenix spiritual defense for continuing her presiden- decades. More than 500 others were injured. a long time since we’ve had those kinds of revealed a landscape similar to what can be Meanwhile, soldiers rushed with explo- tial campaign, as she sought to put to rest the found in Earth’s permafrost regions -- geo- uproar over her comments about the assassi- injuries and deaths reported,” Miller said. sives to unblock a debris-clogged river Witnesses reported parts of Parkersburg -- metric patterns in the soil likely related to the threatening to flood homeless quake sur- nation of Robert F. Kennedy. freezing and thawing of ground ice. Speaking to a full congregation at the particularly the town’s south side -- were vivors. reduced to rubble, including most of the “This is a scientist’s dream, right here on The fresh devastation came after a magni- Pabellon de la Victoria evangelical church, this landing site,” principal investigator Peter Clinton spoke in measured terms about faith town’s high school and homes. In the Des tude 6.0 aftershock -- among the most power- Moines area, there was heavy rain and light- Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson ful recorded since the initial May 12 quake, in the face of adversity. said in a post-landing news conference. “There isn’t anything we cannot do togeth- ning Sunday night with wind gusts of 70 according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The mph. Phoenix landed on Mars after a 10-month, China National Seismic Network said the er if we seek God’s blessing and if we stay 422 million-mile journey. After a week committed and are not deterred by the set- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver issued a disaster checking out its science instruments, the lan- aftershock was the strongest of dozens in the proclamation for Black Hawk, Buchanan and nearly two weeks after the disaster. backs that often fall in every life,” Clinton der will begin a 90-day digging mission to Butler counties, a move that helps coordina- The new tremor killed two people in said. study whether the northern polar region pos- tion between state and local authorities.