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7 58551 69301 0 MONDAY Sept. 17, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 149 Number 161 email: [email protected] Technology scans forest floors in search of tallest, oldest trees By DOUGLAS FISCHER coast redwood. And if it remains ogy aids in forest management, iden- the forest canopy, giving researchers debate. Most tall tree experts think Contra Costa Times undiscovered to this day, that may tifying the most at-risk spots in the an equally detailed map and a rela- not; some 95 percent of the likely Somewhere deep in an unmapped soon change. forest -- a problematic former log- tively instantaneous way to separate habitat has already been explored. ravine or inaccessible creek bottom Scientists with Save-the- ging road, for instance, or a tract in true titans from mere giants. But redwoods are tough to map, in Northern California hides a secret. Redwoods League are using desperate need of thinning -- and No tree in the world grows taller and the terrain is unforgiving. If it exists -- and it might not -- it advanced new tools to literally scan allowing Save-the-Redwoods and than the California coast redwood. Scientists believe redwoods can would have stood there as long as the the redwood forests of Northern others to prioritize restoration Whether there is a redwood taller grow to beyond 400 feet, and anec- Roman Colosseum is old, yet it has California, hoping to create an ultra- efforts. than the tallest on the books -- the dotal evidence from loggers suggest never attracted much notice. detailed map of the forest floor. Yet the airborne technology car- 379.1-foot Hyperion, discovered and some old-growth trees approached It is the tallest tree in the world, a The goal isn't to find the tallest ries a bonus feature. As it scans the named just last year in Redwood Sequoia sempervirens -- a California tree of the forest. Rather, the technol- ground, it also simultaneously maps National Park -- is a matter of some See TREES, Page A-8

MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR AND APPLE SHOW Senate bill works to make solar mainstream The Daily Journal Following closely on the heels of the internationally significant Million Solar Roofs bill of 2006, the California Legislature has taken another toward bringing about a mainstream solar power market. Last week the California Senate passed the Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 (AB 1470-Huffman). The bill would Capitol launch the nation’s largest report solar water heat- from the ing program, cre- Ukiah Daily ating a $250 mil- Journal lion fund to pro- vide rebates to Zack Sampsel/The Daily Journal homeowners and businesses who invest Petaluma resident, Andrew Grabesen, 4, feeds a piece of straw to a goat at the Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show in solar water heating technologies. The Sunday. Goats, cows and other animals were among the many different species on display at the fair. bill aims at creating a world-class, main- stream market for solar water heating Thousands attend fun-filled weekend See SOLAR, Page A-8

By ZACK SAMPSEL The Daily Journal Coastal cleanup he smell of apples, fried food and animals filled the air at the 80th finds flotsam, Tannual Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show Sunday. This year’s event was the best ever jetsam, more more activities and excitement than ever By JESSIE FAULKNER before. At Sunday’s Kids Peddle Tractor The Eureka Times-Standard Pull, Willits native Emily Bishop, 7, sur- EUREKA -- The 9 a.m. crowd gath- prised everyone in attendance as she eas- ered at the foot of Del Norte Street faced ily pulled more than twice her body a slightly different situation than the vol- weight -- 175 pounds to be exact -- an unteers gathering at beaches throughout astonishing 15 feet to take the title. the North Coast as part of California Just as the sun began to creep out of Coastal Cleanup on Saturday. the clouds and blaze down on the fair, Their janitorial task was the trails and which generated some warm tempera- spurs off those trails that has long been tures on the blacktop, a large crowd gath- temporary home to much of Eureka's ered behind the Home Arts Building for homeless population. Eureka police has the family-friendly event. The premise swept the area in recent days advising for the game was simple: pull as much the dwellers to gather their belongings weight as you can in a little trailer behind and leave, the organizers noted. a peddle-powered mini John Deere trac- The debris left behind ranges from tor. Above, pulling more than paper, cardboard and beverage contain- But it was the size of some of the twice her body weight, ers to used syringes and, in some areas, older contestants versus the size of the Emily Bishop, 7, of Willits, what results when people live outside tractors that ultimately gave the petite competes in the Kids without toilet facilities. Bishop the chance to easily ride off with Peddle Tractor Pull the title. The ages of the contestants Sunday. Right, Betsy the See CLEANUP, Page A-8 ranged from 6-12-years-old. cow, owned by Manny “With any good fair it’s all about the Brazil, of Petaluma, food,” said Fort Bragg resident Paul cleans herself off at the Weinetz while scouring down a corn dog cattle and livestock barn. Got family? Sunday. “For being a fair, there’s quite a Betsy was one of the bit of stuff to chose from.” many animals on display And Weinetz’s comments held true as at the fair Sunday. this year the fair was overran with food

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FUNERAL NOTICES POLICE REPORTS The following were compiled from reports prepared [\ He is survived by nas, Joy Beeler of Ukiah; ing and doing the by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously JAMES TIMOTHY GAMBEE his daughter, Michelle and Robbi Parker of best I can. When it’s time report crime information, call 463-6205. Gambee, Timothy Gambee- Reuter of Virginia. Many loving for leaving, I hope ARREST -- Juan Barrera, 24, of Pacoima, was arrested on James, 57, of Monterey, Oroville; He leaves two nieces and nephews al- you’ll understand, that I suspicion of driving while under the influence and thief of CA., passed away after a brothers, Bruce and so survive him. If Tim had was born a rambling binder chains in the 1100 block of Mulberry Street at 1:01 a.m. lengthy illness on Kenny Gambee of a favorite song the man.” Tim’s final resting Saturday. September 8th, 2007. He Placerville; and three sis- lyrics would go: “Lord, I place will be forever ARREST -- Gustavo Meza, 25, hometown unknown, was was born May 21, ters and their families; was born a ramblin’ in our hearts. arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence and 1950 in Detroit, Michigan. Sandy Wilson of Sali- man, trying to make a liv- probation violation in the 300 block of South State Street at 7:53 p.m. Saturday. ARREST -- Guillermo Gutierrez-Silva, 21, hometown atingly difficult for our soldiers, Marines, all of our personnel unknown, was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the and their families,” said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. “They deserve influence in 200 block of South State Street at 10:45 p.m. the same amount of time back home as they stay in the field.” Saturday. The world briefly ARREST -- Monica Velez-Vazquez, 18, of Ukiah, was The comments represented the latest political clash over the future course of the war. Last week, President Bush announced arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence in the plans for a limited drawdown but indicated that combat forces 1300 block of North State Street at 11:15 p.m. Saturday. O.J. Simpson arrested, faces multiple would stay in Iraq well past 2008. Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. charges in Vegas robbery With the Senate expected to resume debate this week on anti- People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday war legislation, Gates sharpened his criticism of Webb’s pro- case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the infor- and faces multiple felony charges in an alleged armed robbery posal. It would require troops get as much time at their home mation is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrest- ed on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases report- of collectors involving the former football great’s sports mem- station as their deployments to the war front. ed by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal orabilia, authorities said. makes no exceptions. Simpson was arrested shortly after 11 a.m., Capt. James Greek conservatives winning Greek Dillon said. Prosecutors were planning to charge Simpson with two elections, despite anger over fires CORRECTIONS counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s governing conservatives The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this space to correct errors or make clarifications to commit robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of were winning parliamentary elections Sunday, overcoming news articles. Significant errors in obituary notices or birth announcements will result in assault with a deadly weapon and coercion, said Clark County anger over their handling of wildfires that devastated villages reprinting the entire article. Errors may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. District Attorney David Roger. and killed 65 people last month, official results showed. A conviction on the most serious charge, robbery with use of Prime Minister Costa Karamanlis emerged beaming onto the a deadly weapon, could bring a sentence of three to 35 years for balcony of his party headquarters in central Athens and waved LOTTERY NUMBERS each count, he said. “He is facing a lot of time,” Roger said. to cheering crowds of supporters below, but did not make any DAILY 3: MIDDAY: 1, 1, 3 EVENING: 8, 8, 0 statements. FANTASY 5: 18, 34, 35, 36, 37 Suspected Sunni insurgents raid Shiite Thousands of New Democracy supporters thronged the DAILY DERBY: First: 01 Gold Rush Second: 10 Solid streets of the capital in jubilation, blaring car horns, cheering, Gold Third: 07 Eureka Race Time: 1.47.54 villages in Iraq as they step up violence chanting party slogans and waving the party’s blue flags. BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military on Sunday With 40 percent of the vote counted, New Democracy was announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a sheik who ahead with 43.7 percent, while the opposition socialist PASOK spearheaded the U.S.-backed Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in party had 38.5 percent. Initial figures showed turnout at 70 per- Bowl champions, Martin was cheered on by a few dozen vol- Iraq, even as the terror network launched a campaign of vio- cent. unteers Sunday as he stepped onto the pedestrian walkway of lence during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Costas Skandalidis, a socialist leader, said his party had lost. the George Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan and Dozens of suspected Sunni insurgents raided Shiite villages New Jersey. north of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people and setting homes “I’ve been termed a hero for playing a kids’ game at a pro ablaze, police said. A bicycle bomb exploded at a cafe serving Florida woman pursues mystery of level, and that does not rise to the level of heroic,” Martin said tea and food during the Ramadan fast in northern Iraq. Dachau album following dad’s suicide Saturday as he got ready for his journey. “I think of 9/11, when The surge of bloodshed — with 54 people killed or found BAD AROLSEN, Germany (AP) — Deep in Shari Klages’ I saw people respond and put their health, their careers, their dead nationwide — occurred a day after al-Qaida announced a memory is an image of herself as a girl in New Jersey, going lives in jeopardy.” new campaign aimed at countering U.S. and Iraqi claims the into her parents’ bedroom, pulling a thick leather-bound album Walking briskly, he hopes to cover at least 30 miles a day in terror movement is reeling following the U.S.-led offensives from the top shelf of a closet and sitting down on the bed to leaf around the Iraqi capital. a march that, if all goes well, will end at San Francisco’s Golden through it. Gate Bridge in about four months. But the U.S. military insisted it had the group on the run and What she saw was page after page of ink-and-watercolor said a man believed responsible for the assassination of a U.S.- Martin said he was moved by the stories of World Trade drawings that convey, with simple lines yet telling detail, the Center rescue and recovery workers who began getting ill years allied Sunni tribal leader in Anbar province had been arrested brutality of Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp where her north of Baghdad. after the terror attacks. There is evidence that some illnesses father spent the last weeks of World War II. may be linked to the toxic dust of the twin towers. Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, 37, was the leader of Anbar Arrival, enslavement, torture, death — the 30 pictures Awakening — an alliance of clans backing the Iraqi govern- expose the worsening nightmare through the artist’s eye for the ment and U.S. forces against al-Qaida in Iraq that was touted as essential, and add graphic texture to the body of testimony by U.S. cities starting crackdowns on pants one of the success stories of the war. He and three companions Holocaust survivors. were killed in a bombing Thursday outside his heavily guarded saggers; some may face jail time “I have a sense of being quite horrified, of feeling my stom- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It’s a fashion that started in prison, compound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, days after he had ach in my throat,” Klages says. Just by looking at the book, she met with President Bush. and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle — low-slung felt she was doing something wrong and was afraid of being street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the caught. law, including a stint in jail. Plane crashes in rain at Thai tourist Now, she finally wants to make the album public. Scholars destination Phuket; at least 88 killed who have seen it call it historically unique and an artistic trea- Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up in sever- sure. al places. At the extreme end, wearing pants low enough to PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — A plane carrying foreign tourists show boxers or bare buttocks in one small Louisiana town crashed Sunday as it tried to land in stormy weather on the Dow Jones reaches tentative labor deal means six months in jail and a $500 fine. A crackdown also is resort island of Phuket, engulfing some passengers in flames being pushed in Atlanta. And in Trenton, getting caught with while others kicked out windows to escape the smoke-filled with union representing reporters your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but a city cabin. At least 88 people were killed. NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones & Co. has reached a tenta- worker assessing where your life is headed. The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 tive deal on a new contract with the union representing reporters “Are they employed? Do they have a high school diploma? passengers and seven crew members from the capital Bangkok at The Wall Street Journal, ending several months of sometimes It’s a wonderful way to redirect at that point,” said Trenton to Phuket when it skidded off the runway in driving wind and contentious talks. Councilwoman Annette Lartigue, who is drafting a law to out- rain, officials said. It then ran through a low retaining wall and The board of the union, the Independent Association of law saggy pants. “The message is clear: We don’t want to see split in two. Publishers’ Employees, agreed Saturday to send the contract your backside.” Survivors described their escape amid chaos, smoke and fire. deal to its membership and recommend that they ratify it, Tom Lauricella, a Journal reporter who is vice president of the union, The bare-your-britches fashion is believed to have started in “As soon as we hit, everything went dark and everything prisons, where inmates aren’t given belts with their baggy uni- fell,” said Mildred Furlong, 23, a waitress from British said Sunday. Columbia, Canada. The plane started filling with smoke and The union had been at odds with Dow Jones management form pants to prevent hangings and beatings. By the late 80s, fires broke out, she said. A passenger in front of her caught fire, over several issues including pay and health care costs. the trend had made it to gangster rap videos, then went on to while one in the back kicked out a plane window. Lauricella declined to describe the specific terms of the deal, skateboarders in the suburbs and high school hallways. It was not clear how many of the 78 foreigners on board died, which had not yet been announced to the union’s rank and file. “For young people, it’s a form of rebellion and identity,” but they included tourists from France, Germany, Israel, A Dow Jones spokesman didn’t immediately return a call Adrian “Easy A.D.” Harris, 43, a founding member of the Australia and Britain, said the deputy governor of Phuket seeking comment. Bronx’s legendary rap group Cold Crush Brothers. “The young province, Worapot Ratthaseema. The government issued a list Last week, several dozen Wall Street Journal reporters pick- people think it’s fashionable. They don’t think it’s negative.” saying nearly 30 foreigners had survived. eted in front of the newspaper’s headquarters building in lower Manhattan, carrying placards with slogans including “Give us a Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he fair deal.” The union had been working without a contract since would recommend veto of plan January. The Deal of a Lifetime WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates Former NY Giants star George Martin said Sunday he would recommend a veto of a Senate proposal LEASE/OPTION your DREAM HOUSE that would give troops more rest between deployments in Iraq, begins a cross-country march for 9/11 New LUXURY Home on 1/3 Acre branding it a dangerous “backdoor way” to draw down forces. NEW YORK (AP) — Saying he knows what real heroism is, Democrats pledged to push ahead with the plan by Sen. Jim former New York Giants star 4 Bedroom 3 Bath 3200 Sq. ft. 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S e l l e r COMMUNITY MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 – A-3 Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] COMMUNITY CALENDAR 220th anniversary of the signing of the MONTHLY MEETINGS Constitution to be celebrated at the college Knights of Columbus, St. Mary of the Angels #3791: First By ZACK SAMPSEL and third Wednesday; 7 p.m.; 900 Oak St.; call 463-8315. The Daily Journal Caregiver Support Group: Second and fourth Mondays; Just in time for the 220-year 10 a.m. to noon, at 301 N. State St.; call 1 (800) 834-1636. anniversary of the signing of US Retired Federal Employees: National Association of Constitution, Mendocino College will Retired Federal Employees, meets every third Tuesday at noon be making Monday, Sept. 17 a red, at Henny Penny Restaurant, corner of Orchard and Gobbi white and blue day of rememberance streets. Active and retired federal employees are welcome. and celebration. American Assoc. of Univ. Women: 7 p.m.; third Tuesday; With this year marking the 220-year call Sue Mason 463-2164. anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Republican Central Committee, Mendocino County: Constitution by the Constitution Meets third Tuesday at 7 p.m.; Harrah Industries, 42 Madrone Convention delegates on Sept. 17, St., Willits; for information call, 467-8203. 1787, Mendocino College student vol- Salmon Unlimited: Third Tuesday; at 7 p.m.; Farm Bureau; unteers will get the celebration going 303 C Talmage Road, Ukiah; call 463-1272. with voter registration, and more. Hopland American Legion Post 529: Meets third Mendocino College will be celebrat- Wednesday; 6 p.m.; American Legion Hall on Feliz Creek ing “Constitution Day” with several Road. campus-based activities for the special Human Society Inland Mendocino County: Meets third day. Wednesday; 6:30 p.m.; conference room at Realty World Selzer The signing of the constitution is a Reatly; 350 E. Gobbi St., in Ukiah; 485-0123. pivotal day in American history as it Redwood Purls Knitters Guild: Open to all levels of knit- marks the day members of the ters; third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m., at Heidi’s Yarn Constitutional Convention signed the Haven, 180 School St., Ukiah; 462-0544, call Miriam at 485- final draft of the Constitution. Two 7743. days earlier, when a final vote was Disabled American Veterans: Third Thursday; 7 p.m.; called, Edmund Randolph called for Veterans Memorial Hall, 293 Seminary Ave., call 485-7706. another convention to carefully review Bereavement Group: Meets third Thursday; open to the the Constitution as it stood. This community; at 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Phoenix Certified Hospice of motion, supported by George Mason Mendocino County, Evergreen Shopping Center, 1712 S. Main and Elbridge Gerry, was voted down St., Willits; call 459-1818. and the Constitution adopted. United Way Inland Mendocino Community Council: As the product of four months of Third Thursday; from noon to 1:30 p.m.; Ukiah Community secret debate, the Constitution pro- Education to provide education pro- campus, video presentations in The Center Food Bank conference room; call Yvonne Hall at 744- posed an entirely new form of govern- grams relating to the United States Eagle’s Nest during the lunch hour of 8567. ment. Immediately after winning inde- Constitution on Sept. 17 of each year, Supreme Court Justices commenting Ukiah Garden Club: Night meeting open to the public; pendence from English rule, the North which went into effect May 24, 2005. on the Constitution’s impact on land- third Thursday; 7 p.m.; Ukiah Garden Clubhouse; 1203 Clay American colonies were joined togeth- With such a special day to remember, mark rulings, and membership drives St., in Ukiah. er under the Articles of Confederation. the Mendocino College student volun- for various political clubs. Juvenile Justice/Delinquency Prevention Commission: Federal legislation proposed by teers are looking to leave a lasting For more information, go to Third Friday; from noon to 2 p.m.; Conference Room at West Virginian Senator Robert C. Byrd impression. www.Constitution Facts.com or Juvenile Hall on Law Gap Road next to County Administration and passed by Congress requires all Constitution Day activities include www.constitution center.org. Building; call Anne Oliver at 467-8527. educational institutions that receive Mendocino College student volunteers Zack Sampsel can be reached at Low Vision Support Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Fourth federal funds from the Department of conducting a voter registration drive on [email protected]. Monday; at Henny Penny Resteraunt, 687 S. Orchard Ave., Ukiah; open to local seniors; call 523-3222 Christian Motorcyclist Assoc. breakfast meetings: Meets fourth Saturday at 9 a.m. at a local restaurant in Ukiah. There students and their families are invited to attend this event, meet will be a short ride after breakfast; for information call Sam, the new superintendent Dr. Lois Nash, the faculty, and visit the 459-7000 or Jerry, 459-4316. EDUCATION BRIEFS campus. The library will host the scholastic book fair with new, award-winning titles, Spanish materials, and books of interest WEEKLY MEETINGS for adults and children. For more information, call 463-5224 ext. 5010. Alanon: Meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays noon, Fall session registration Fridays noon, and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.; Calvary Baptist open for SPACE Ukiah High School Church, 465 Luce Ave.; for more information call 463-1867 or SPACE’s 13 week Fall Session of performing arts classes to host College Fair on Sept. 24 621-2721. begins Sept. 10. Some scholarships are available. Registration Alateen: Meets Thursdays 8 to 9 p.m.; Calvary Baptist is ongoing. For more information, call 462-9370, visit their Ukiah High School will be hosting a College Fair for par- Church, 465 Luce Ave., enter at east side back door; for more office at 145 E. Church St., Ukiah, or visit their Web site at ents/Guardians of senior and junior students in our community. information call 468-9290. http://www.spaceperformingarts.org. Se habla Espanol. this event is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 p.m., in the Bingo: Non smoking, non-profit, Bingo will be held Ukiah High School Cafeteria. Tuesday nights at 6 p.m. and Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m., at Pomolita Middle School Back-To-School There will be up to 20 four-year universities and two-year the Ukiah Senior Center. colleges represented. This is a great opportunity to personally Card and Boardgame Club: Meets at 8:30 a.m., on Night and Book Fair set for Sept. 19 meet college representatives and ask specific questions directly. The community is invited. Tuesdays in Bartlett Hall in Room 11 and 12 and at 5:30 p.m. Pomolita Middle School will be having their Back-To- on Wednesdays and Fridays, at Carter Hall at the Ukiah Senior For more information, call Alicia Mendoza at 463-5253 ext. School Night and Scholastic Book Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 19. 1008, or Norma Santarelli at 463-5253 ext. 1009. Center; for information call Joyce, 468-8943. The library will host the book fair from 5 to 8:30 p.m.. The Celebrate Recovery: Christ-centered 12-step recovery; Back-To-School-Night event begins at 6 p.m. The community, Fridays at Trinity Baptist Church Hall, South Dora Street and Ukiah Unified School District Luce Ave, 6 p.m. fellowship dinner; 7 p.m. teaching/testimony; school start and dismissal times 8 p.m. men and women’s small group sharing; 9 p.m. dessert/solid rock cafe. Babysitting provided. For more infor- Welcome back to the 2007-08 school year from all of us in mation call 462-6535. Pet of the Week the Ukiah Unified School District Below you will find the start Duplicate Bridge: Meets at 7 p.m., every Monday, and at 1 and dismissal times for each school. Please note that school will p.m., every Wednesday, in the community room at Washington be dismissed at the same time Monday through Friday. There Mutual Bank, corner of Gobbi and State streets. Newcomers will not an early dismissal day on Wednesdays. Have a won- are welcome. For more information call 468-8476. derful first day of school and a great school year! Financial Management Workshop: The schedules will be: Calpella Kindergarten 8:50 a.m. to 3 Noon to 1 p.m. p.m.; Eagle Peak Middle School 9 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.; Frank Wednesdays; Salvation Army Office, 714A S. State St, Ukiah; Zeek Elementary School 8:10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.; Grace Hudson 468-9577. Elementary School 8:45 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.; Hopland Elementary GURDJIEFF Reading and Discussion Group: Meets 7 School 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.; Nokomis Elementary School 8:35 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, call 391-6780 or 485- a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Oak Manor Elementary School 8:45 a.m. to 7293. 2:55 p.m.; Pomolita Middle School 9 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.; Kiwanis Club: Meets at noon, Tuesday, at The Ukiah Redwood Valley Elementary School 8:40 a.m. to 2:47 p.m.; Garden Cafe 1090 S. State St.; for more information call Janet Ukiah High School 7:30 a.m. to 2:22 p.m.; Yokayo Elementary Carlson at 467-2288. School 8:10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.; South Valley High School 7:40 Lions Club: Meets at noon on Thursdays, at Ukiah Garden a.m. to 2:10 p.m. Cafe. Redwood Empire Lions Club meets at 6:45 a.m., every first and third Tuesday, at Zack’s Restaurant. Overeaters Anonymous: In Ukiah – Mondays at 5:30 p.m.; Ukiah Unified School District Saturdays at 11 a.m.; 270 N. Pine St.; 472-4747. Meets in offering new after school programs Willits on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Willits United Methodist The Ukiah Unified School District is offering after school Church, School and Pine Streets, upstairs; No dues or weigh- programs at all elementary and middle schools. UUSD has ins, everyone is welcome; 459-4594. received a 1.2 million dollar After School Education and Safety Peace and Justice Gathering: Meets Sundays rain or shine grant to provide after school programming, that includes edu- at 10 a.m. at Alex Thomas Plaza in Ukiah to drum, dance and cational, enrichment and recreational activities as well as an sing for peace and justice; all ages are invited to bring drums afternoon snack. Each program will begin immediately after and any other instruments; 462-2320. school and will run for three hours and at least until 6 p.m. Rotary Club of Ukiah: Meets for lunch at 12:10 p.m., on The programs will be low cost or free and all UUSD students Tuesdays, at Elks Lodge, 1200 Hastings Road. 467-3674; are welcome to attend. Community partners include the School www.ukiahrotary.org. of Performing Arts and Cultural Education, Nuestra Casa, and Senior Writing Class: Meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the City of Ukiah Recreation Department. Other community Tuesdays, in Room 10-11 in the Admin. Bldg. of the Ukiah agencies are invited to participate. For more information, or to Senior Center. Record memories for children and grandchil- register, contact the local school after Aug. 7, or call Gloria dren. Free and open; for information call Kathie Jones, 468- Jarrell, Director of Intervention Programs at 463-6813. 5006. Sex Addicts Anonymous: Meets at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays, at Local host families 160 W. Henry St., in Ukiah; Art, 360-8479. Photo by MacLeod Pappidas Soroptimist International of Ukiah: Meets at noon, on Oreo must have been planning exactly what needed for exchange students Wednesdays, at Ukiah Garden Cafe. Soroptimist means “Best she’d do if her cage was ever opened. Because ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking for Women” and our mission is “To improve the lives of when it was, she sprinted to the scratch post and local host families for international high boys and girls. These women and girls in local communities and throughout the started scratching. Dangle a string in front of her students are 15 to 18 years of age, and are coming to this area world.” For more information call Joy Beeler, at 463-6729, and she’s after it. She loves to play. She’s three for the upcoming high school year or semester. Tina Rorabaugh, at 744-1514 or Jessica Kimball at 743-1902. months old and spayed. Her people couldn’t The exchange students arrive from their home country short- South Ukiah Rotary Club: Meets at 7 a.m., on Thursdays keep her where they rented, despite her affinity ly before school begins and return at the end of the school year at North State Cafe, 263 N. State St. in Ukiah; for more infor- with kids. Adopt her and the scratch post come or semester. Each ASSE student is fully insured, brings his or mation, call president John Bogner at 467-3620. too. Right now the adoption fee is reduced by 50 her own spending money and expects to bear his or her share of T.O.P.S.: (Take off pounds sensibly): Meets from 9:15 to percent for all adult dogs and cats due to over household responsibilities, as well as being included in family crowding. The shelter is also starting to get a lot activities and lifestyles. They are conversant in English, and 10:30 a.m., every Tuesday, at Calvary Baptist Church, 465 interested in learning about this country through living with a Luce Ave.; Ruth, 462-8440. of kittens. To adopt a pet, visit the Mendocino County Animal Shelter on Plant Road. The hours family, attending high school, and sharing their own culture and T.O.P.S.: Low-cost, non-profit group meets every Tuesday language. at Autumn Leaves, 425 E. Gobbi St., in the community room. are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 The students are screened and qualified by ASSE. Families Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Meeting is from 6:15 p.m. may select the youth of their choice from student applications, to 7:15 p.m.; Linda MacDonald, 467-2391. p.m. On Saturday, the hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the shelter is closed Sundays. View other family photos, and biographical essays. The ASSE encourages T.O.P.S.: Every Thursday at Washington Mutual Building students and families to begin corresponding prior to the stu- community room, 700 S. State St.; meeting is from 8:30 to available animals at www.petfinder.com. For dent’s arrival. more information, call Sage at 467-6453. For more information, or if interested in becoming a host See CALENDAR, Page A-5 family, call 1-800-733-2773. A-4 – MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 FORUM Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Letters from our readers California focus A waste of money To the Editor: “Look what they’ve done to the Ramada. . .” Apparently what the State of TOM ELIAS California has done is to turn an expensive motel into a country club for sex offenders at a cost of $2,300 tax dollars per month; this in a town with aged, blind and dis- abled living on half of what is being paid to the Ramada Inn to house sex offenders; Another form also, there are individuals on Social Security Disability, and others on straight Social Security who have to make do on of deception far less than $2,300. Something is way out of line here. It's one thing for consumer advocates to argue end- Some years ago the Community Center lessly that oil companies are guilty of long-running used to give homeless individuals three collusion in setting prices. There's plenty of evidence they are correct in that contention - the similarly of days in a local motel once a year. And were prices offered by different companies at the same inter- they housed in a five star motel? They sections is one indicator. But no one has yet produced a were not. Mostly, they were consigned to smoking gun to prove such a conspiracy. the unrentable rooms in the back of a less Yet, there's another form of gas pricing deception than first class motel, across from the trash for which there is plenty of proof, even including defi- dumpsters. But, I do know that there are ant admissions from some oil company executives in individuals getting “Three hots and a cot” congressional testimony. in the county jail for comparatively petty Take a close look at the pump, any pump, next time offenses in relation to what the boys at the you pull into a service station to fill up your tank. Ramada Inn Country Club are charged Chances are there will be a seal of approval of some with. type from the county bureau of weights and standards I know -- or at least I hope I know -- land should remain in industrial zoning to whelming. With the benefit Poker Run, attesting that when this pump says it's giving you one that the great State of California, one of the ensure there are places to process timber barbecue and raffle we were able to raise gallon, it really is. finest states in this country, can do better when the industry revives or for other man- enough money for Steve to begin treat- Trouble is, it often isn't. And the pumps at Exxon- than it is now doing in regard to the above ufacturing industries, which pay better than ments that will get his body ready for dial- Mobil stations are the first to actually admit it. situation. I would like to close by saying to retail.” Oh, yeah right, Mrs. Pruden, and ysis. For gasoline expands as temperatures rise. But the whom ever is in charge of the program that when, pray tell, is this miraculous rebirth I would like to publicly thank Frey fuel is sold as if the temperature outside is always 60 there are people in this area who may of the timber industry supposed to occur? Vineyards, Fife Vineyards, Oracle degrees Fahrenheit, the so-called "industry standard." never have committed a misdemeanor, who Undoubtedly somewhere between the time Vineyards and Jepson Vineyards. Also This means that whenever the thermometer tops 60, would consider even one night in the frames of when pigs fly or when Hell donating raffle prizes were: Tan Your Can, motorists are cheated out of a few cents for each gallon Ramada Inn as an unimaginable luxury. freezes over. The Progressives are one of Carl’s Jr., Pizza Etc., Lost Coast they buy. Add this up over hundreds of thousands of J. D. Graham the groups, if not the group, most responsi- Motorcycles, Savings Bank of Mendocino cars and billions of gallons and you end up with oil Ukiah companies cheating customers across the country out ble for the demise, or near demise of the County, Steve Rugg, Harley-Davidson of of approximately $2.3 billion dollars yearly. That's timber industry, so, do you think they are Ukiah, D. William Jewelers, Redwood Tree about a $500 million loss each year to California dri- Editor’s note: As I explained in my blog, going to ever allow that industry to gain a Car Wash, Motosports, Bostwick Electric the state of California has, since our story, vers, or about $40 per year per registered vehicle, since substantial foothold in Mendocino County and Empire Garage Doors. year-round California weather (average temperature: reversed its position on paying for housing again? Or any industry, for that matter, I really need to say thank you to Rich for paroled sex offenders. 74.6 degrees) is 10 degrees above the national average because industry means jobs and jobs mean Venture and the staff of Harley Davidson (64.7). In the hottest weather, the discrepancy can people and more people are definitely a no- of Ukiah, as well as HOG (Harley’s Owner amount to as much as 50 cents per gallon, as gallons Thank you no to the Left Leaners in this county. Group). The poker run was great! Rick and are measured by the pump, when the price of a gallon You’ve got to love our pretentious Susan Smith, who volunteered their time to tops $3. To the Editor: Progressives though, if for no other reason be the barbecue cooks, did a fantastic job. I would like to thank the wonderful sup- If $40 per year per car for nothing but hot air isn't a than the fact that they take themselves so Next, I must thank Tony Taylor of ripoff, it's hard to see what is. porting businesses that helped make this very, very seriously that they can always be Taylor’s Tavern for his generosity. Tony year’s 8th annual Ryan Rones Dickey All that's needed to fix the problem is temperature- counted on to make some kind of hair donated his tavern barbecue area. He gave adjusted gas pumps. But there's been no move by either Memorial Six-a-Side successful. For those brained statement to give the rest of us a of his time, supplies and staff to help of you that are unfamiliar with the non- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger or the Legislature to good laugh. another human being that he didn’t even make sure Californians get what they pay for. profit memorial scholarship program, we David Anderson know. the benefit would not have been the Rather, Big Oil is getting what it pays for via cam- offer scholarship assistance to children for Ukiah success it was without Tony. paign donations. soccer camps, training and numerous pro- In closing, I wish to thank my employer, For the politicians seem to be agreeing with oil com- grams with a completed scholarship form Savings Bank of Mendocino County, and pany executives, who testified this summer that they submitted for consideration. Thank you to Community needs my boss Charlotte Mize for their support. don't plan to do anything about temperature adjust- the following businesses for your contin- to stand up to pot Also, I’d like to thank my friends, Toni ments. Shell Oil vice president Hugh Cooley, for one, ued support: Lucky’s, Frito Lay, Food told a congressional committee that Shell "does not To the Editor: Maples, Amanda Logan, Sue Bostwick, Maxx, Grocery Outlet, Safeway, Schats, Wendy Wright, and Kalvin Goforth, who believe that the American consumers are harmed in Starbucks, Rite Aid and Wal-Mart. It seems that we have a large supply of any way." pot and a short supply of leadership. helped get donations, serve food, and sell Thank you all! raffle tickets as well as Susan Sevier, who That is, unless 40 bucks a year per car for nothing Debbie Hunter Everyone knows what is happening in both represents no harm. Ukiah and Mendocino County, but we stick designed the flyer. Your time and work is a Redwood Valley special gift and it is appreciated. Last, I Plainly, ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil compa- our heads in the sand trying to ignore it. ny has some concerns about this, perhaps fearing a It’s like bootlegging days of the ’20s and would like to thank Shirley Everhart (my Progressives mom) for all her help. class action lawsuit with huge punitive damages for ’30s. David Menasian’s column lays out knowingly cheating the public. the problem with great clarity. When will Thanks to all members of this great make him laugh community who participated in helping to So ExxonMobil in August became the first oil com- our leaders and media step up to the plate pany to place small, unobtrusive stickers on all its To the Editor: and acknowledge what is happening. A save Steve’s Life. When I read the Aug. 30 edition of the Sharon Harshbarger pumps warning that the energy content of a gallon of committee of community, business, school, its fuel will vary by temperature. Ukiah Daily Journal, (a Thursday) I almost law enforcement, and medical leaders Redwood Valley felt I had lost 4 days out of the week and But ExxonMobil also has no plans to do anything should be established to learn the true about this, except print stickers. that I was actually reading the Sunday extent of the problem and propose a solu- "They acknowledge through these stickers that this Journal. I couldn’t believe it, 19 Letters to tion, because there definitely is a problem is a ripoff," says Jamie Court, president of the Califor- the Editor in a weekly edition. Unheard of! that affects all of us and the future of our THANK YOU LETTER POLICY nia-based Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer And, of the 19 letters, 7 were written by communities. Editor’s note: The Daily Journal welcomes Rights. "It's like a grocery store posting warnings that a Progressives protesting the idea of evil big Sherwood Goozee letters of thanks from organizations and indi- produce scale is broken - but you've got to use it any- box stores appearing at the old Masonite Potter Valley viduals. We are glad that so many successful way." site. Do you think this could be the start of events are held here. However, thank you let- Adds Judy Dugan, the foundation's research direc- an orchestrated letter writing campaign to ters must be kept short. For that reason we tor, "(They) owe drivers more than a cheap sticker in block a mall at Masonite? Thank you have a 20-business name limit per letter. If tiny print. The companies have funds that they use to One thing interesting has come out of all your letter lists more than 20 businesses it will help dealers with infrastructure, and which could be To the Editor: not be printed. Shorter thank you letters which the claptrap over the Masonite site, in my What a wonderful community we live used to buy nozzles that adjust fuel volume for higher opinion, and that is that we have a new do not contain lists of participants or donors in. On August 26, 2007, with the help of will be printed more quickly. Those wishing to temperatures." nominee for the Stupid Statement of the others I put on a benefit for our friend, thank long lists of people and businesses are But the oil companies are lobbying hard against a Year Award. This new nominee is a remark Steve Lane, who has inherited kidney dis- welcome to contact our advertising department new bill by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Mis- made by progressive Ukiah City Planning ease. The generosity of others is over- for help with a thank you ad. souri that would require such temperature adjustments Commissioner Judy Pruden, who is fairly nationally. well known for making asinine statements. Meanwhile, oil companies have quietly complied Do you remember her comments that she with a year-old Canadian law requiring all gasoline felt that the Ukiah Rite Aid store would be WHERE TO WRITE pumps there to be temperature adjusted. Of course, the going out of business? Well, this time Mrs. average temperature in Canada is more than 10 degrees Pruden has done an even better job of President George Bush: The White www.house.gov/write rep lower than the overall American average and more inserting her foot in her mouth. She said, House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washing- Assemblywoman Patty Berg: State than 20 degrees lower than California's. “A mega mall is not what we need. The ton, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 2137, Plainly, the companies have no problem in Canada, (202)456-2461. where temperatures don't boost their profits much. But Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; in America, and especially in California, they are fight- LETTER POLICY Governor Arnold Schwarzeneg- Santa Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa, ing any such regulation. ger: State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814. The Daily Journal welcomes letters to the 576-2297. Berg's field representative in Which means that even if you're skeptical about oil editor. All letters must include a clear name, (916) 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633 Ukiah office located at 311 N. State St, companies' price fixing, there can no longer be any signature, return address and phone number. Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Sen- Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax doubt about the fact they are often selling nothing but hot air to California drivers. Letters chosen for publication are generally ate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510; number is 463-5773. E-mail to: assembly- published in the order they are received, but (202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 403- Elias is author of the current book "The Burzynski shorter, concise letters are given prefer- [email protected] Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment 0100 FAX (415) 956-6701 ence.We publish most of the letters we Senator Pat Wiggins: State Senate and the Government's Campaign to Squelch It," now receive, but we cannot guarantee publica- Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100, available in an updated third printing. tion. Names will not be withheld for any Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. reason. If we are aware that you are con- Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375Email: nected to a local organization or are an 20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228- 3954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707; sen- [email protected]. 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Friends of the Library to sponsor a team, golf, or be a hole sponsor for All of these classes are also offered in Santa the event contact Pam Jensen at 468-8824. Rosa. Participants can register in any one of COMMUNITY BRIEFS book sale set for Sept. 21 To help us ensure a shotgun start, teams three ways: visit their Web site at The Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library will must sign up before Sept. 1, 2007. A donation http://www.arcsm.org (click on “Chapter be holding their annual book sale on Sept. 21 of $60 includes green fees and a barbecue Programs,” then Course Registration”); calling Pomolita Middle School to 23, at the Veterans’ Memorial Building, 239 chicken dinner at the Todd Grove Room fol- 463-0112 and asking for Joyce; or E-mailing Back-To-School Night and Seminary Ave., on the corner of Oak and lowing the tournament. [email protected]. Seminary. The Friday hours, 4 to 7 p.m., are for Book Fair set for Wednesday members only, and those interested may join at Red Cross offers free disaster Tzu Chi to offer free medical Pomolita Middle School will be having their the door. preparedness classes Sept. 22 services offered on Sept. 23 Back-To-School Night and Scholastic Book The sale is open to the public on Saturday Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 19. and Sunday. The Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to Those who want to learn how to help the The Tzu (compassion) Chi (relief) The library will host the book fair from 5 to 4 p.m., and the Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 3 community stay safe when disasters takes Foundation is offering free services for anyone 8:30 p.m.. The Back-To-School-Night event p.m. On Sunday, buyers have the opportunity place in Mendocino County can take three free with no medical insurance and low income, begins at 6 p.m. The community, students and to fill a large paper grocery bag and pay only classes from American Red Cross, of Sonoma including blood pressure tests, blood sugar their families are invited to attend this event, $3. and Mendocino Counties. testing, dental, Chiropractic. meet the new superintendent Dr. Lois Nash, the A large selection of books will be available, The classes will take place on Sept. 22 at The services are proved by volunteers at the faculty, and visit the campus. including collectible and unusual books. Books North Coast Opportunities, 776 South State St. Ukiah Senior Center. They can only provide The library will host the scholastic book fair for this upcoming sale may be donated at the Suite 102 B in Ukiah. certain services and treatmetns, and reserve with new, award-winning titles, Spanish mate- Ukiah Branch Library up to Sept. 1. “Fulfilling Our Mission,” from 8:30 to the right to refuse services to unqualified peo- rials, and books of interest for adults and chil- Books for the 2008 sales will be accepted 11:30 a.m., provides a wide range of informa- ple. dren. after Nov. 1. Proceeds from the sale help to pay tion about the Red Cross and disasters. For more information, call 463-5224 ext. for new books and materials for the Ukiah Participants learn about the goals and princi- Literacy Volunteers of Willits 5010. Library. ples of the Red Cross, what is meant by “dis- aster,” the effects of disasters on individuals is looking for English International Peace Day and communities, and how the Red Cross and Gibson Creek cleanup its volunteers respond. language tutors by Sept. 27 celebration set for Sept. 21 set for Sept. 22 They also learn about a variety of ways to Literacy Volunteers of Willits invites the International Peace Day will be celebrated match their interests to activities of the Red public to join them in helping people learn The community is invited to volunteer with Cross. This class is required for all Red Cross English. They’ll train volunteers and furnish at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas on AmeriCorps members and clean up Gibson Friday, Sept. 21, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and volunteers. them with all the tools they’ll need. again that evening between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Creek, on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 “Shelter Operations,” from noon to 3 p.m., The Tutor Training Orientation will be 3 to The community is invited to both events. p.m. gives the participants the skills to effectively 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Willits Everyone is invited to meet at the entrance They will be meeting at the park next to Oak and sensitively operate emergency shelters Library conference room, and their Basic Tutor to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, at the Manor Elementary on Oak Manor Drive. It is while meeting the needs of people displaced by Training Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, east end of Talmage Road, between 1:45 and 2 suggested that volunteers bring work gloves. disasters. Sept. 29, at the library. p.m. for the afternoon event, which will Snacks and beverages will be provided. “Shelter Simulation,” from 3 to 6 p.m. gives For reservations, call Pam at 459-1586, include all the students and children from var- Help keep a local watershed healthy and participants the chance to practice running a leave a message on their office answering ious schools. enjoyable for fish, people and all animals. successful shelter operation. “Shelter machine at 459-5098 or E-mail them at They will all walk, while chanting for peace, Operations” is a prerequisite for the class. [email protected]. to Confucious Hall, where entertainment will Seventeenth annual UVAH be provided. Golf Tourney set for Sept. 22 [email protected]. non-members; call to make a They request that attendees not bring signs Ukiah Community of reservation; 462-4343. with political slogans on them, but instead The Seventeenth Annual UVAH Scramble Calendar Mindful Living: Meets Ukiah Toastmasters bring pictures of doves or peace slogans. Jane Golf Tournament sponsored by NorCoast Life Continued from Page A-3 Monday evenings from 6:30 Club: Meets Fridays, from Goodall started International Day for Peace, Insurance Agency, Full Spectrum Properties, to 8:30; an interfaith 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in the and she encourages everyone to create their Savings Bank of Mendocino County and Ken 10:30 a.m.; it is a low-cost, Mindfulness Practice Group Washington Mutual own peace dove and fly it on this day. Fowler Auto Center will be held at the Ukiah weight-reduction support inspired by teachings of Thich Conference Room, 700 S. Dr. Goodall says, “With the peace doves we Municipal Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 22, group; call 462-4901 or 485- Nhat Hanh; it uses meditation State St., Ukiah; for informa- remind everyone of the truth they sometimes 2007. This four-person scramble will start at 7801. exercises to deepen aware- tion call Carol Crandal, 743- forget -- that peace is possible. We celebrate all 8:30 a.m. T.O.P.S.: Every Friday at that is free and noble in the human spirit. And ness, expand ability to deal 1624. There are great hole-in-one prizes being the Meadows Mobil Court with difficulties, and increase Willits Chess Club: Meets we celebrate all that so many people have done provided by the courtesy of Ken Fowler Auto clubhouse, 8686 East Road, throughout the year -- and will do next year -- joy in life; open to all levels of beginning at 6:30 to 10:30 Center. Team prizes include gift certificates for Redwood Valley; weigh in experience; free; 462-7749. p.m. and playing until people to create a better world.” rounds of golf at Little River Inn, Tayman Park from 9 to 9:30 a.m., meeting Friday evening will be a meditation for Gamblers Anonymous: finish on Fridays, at in Healdsburg, Rob Roy Golf Club, Windsor from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.; call Open group meeting, 7 to 8:30 McDonalds, on Main Street in peace, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the University Golf Club, Buckingham Country Club, Hidden 485-8260 or 485-7795. Building, which is the building left (west) of p.m., every Thursday; Willits; all level of players are Valley Lake Golf Course and Baywood Golf Ukiah City Christadelphian Hall, 23 Oak welcome; for information, call the restaurant at the City of Ten Thousand and Country Club for each member of the win- Councilmember Benj Buddhas. Crystal bowl ringing by Judy Clark Knoll Road, just off S. State Herb, 459-5911. ning teams. There are other prizes for the clos- Thomas will be available for St., Ukiah; free; 467-9326. If an organization changes and music provided by Voices 3, will precede est to the hole and the longest drive on various questions and conversation at the meditation. Ukiah Senior Center a phone number, an address, For more information, contact Heng Yin at holes. Schat’s Bakeries and Café, Luncheon: All are invited to or any information in this cal- 468-3896, or E-mail at [email protected], All proceeds benefit the Ukiah Valley 113 W. Perkins St. on meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m., endar, call Richard Rosier at or Charlene Light at 467-1170, or E-mail Association for Habilitation, a non-profit Mondays from 4:30 to 5:30. Monday through Friday, at the the Ukiah Daily Journal at [email protected]) agency. UVAH serves over 100 adults with dis- He can also be reached at 707- Ukiah Senior Center, 499 468-3520, or e-mail at udjfea- abilities daily in Willits and Ukiah. 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It has the potential to increase lubri- cation in the joints allowing them to Here’s how to get it move with ease.* Until all pharmacies are fully stocked “Using Trigosamine is like tak- this national distribution of Trigosamine ing a can of oil and applying it di- is being conducted on a state-by- rectly to your joints,” said Dr. Joseph state-basis. Those living in the states Dietz, Director of Health Science, listed below with a star ( next to it Research and Development for are authorized to have it sent directly 1 to their home by calling The Regional PatentHEALTH. * Health Hotline now. And thanks to the luck-of-the- draw, readers of this newspaper are Regional Hotline Approval Code: among those who can get it right TG3173 now. That’s because this area has already been assigned a toll-free ( = Call 1-800-924-2109 Regional Health Hotline. But the LINES OPEN at 8:00 am today catch is the hotline is set to close in for the next 72 hours. just 72 hours. “We recommend that those living in ALABAMA: must wait this area call now to get their share,” ALASKA: must wait N STILL ACTIVE AT 86 YEARS OLD: Yuda Miya, 86, who lives in the region near the village of Yuzurihara, just loves to garden and she ARIZONA: call now - 72 hour deadline said Valerie Moore, Director of the ( does it everyday. Researchers believe a special diet increases the body’s production of a molecule called Hyaluronate to keep people Regional Health Hotline. ARKANSAS: must wait in Yuzurihara active. Although no pill can promise a longer lifespan, an over-the-counter joint supplement has developed a proprietary CALIFORNIA: call now - 72 hour deadline “Right now, we’re shipping out ev- ( formula featuring Hyaluronate. This pill, called Trigosamine, will be available in many U.S. drugstores. : call now - 72 hour deadline erything we have on a first-come- ( CONNECTICUT: must wait first-served basis. We may not be able DELAWARE: must wait to meet everyone’s demands as word FLORIDA: must wait continues to spread across the coun- GEORGIA: must wait try,” she said. HAWAII: must wait Trigosamine’s key ingredient is (IDAHO: call now - 72 hour deadline present in ‘human joint oil’, which is ILLINOIS: must wait medically known as synovial fluid. INDIANA: must wait This fluid reduces friction in the IOWA: must wait joints allowing for effortless motion. KANSAS: must wait It not only lubricates the joints but (KENTUCKY: call now - 72 hour deadline it also acts as a comfortable shock LOUISIANA: must wait absorber. MAINE: must wait “Synovial fluid is part of what al- MARYLAND: must wait lows young people to be highly active MASSACHUSETTS: must wait without having sore joints. But, as MICHIGAN: must wait the body ages the production of syno- MINNESOTA: must wait vial fluid declines which can force the MISSISSIPPI: must wait joints to grind together resulting in MISSOURI: must wait nagging discomfort,” Dr. Dietz said. MONTANA: must wait The Trigosamine supplement (pro- NEBRASKA: must wait nounced Tri-go-sa-mean) combines (NEVADA: call now - 72 hour deadline Hyaluronate with the essential blend NEW HAMPSHIRE: must wait of glucosamine and chondroitin. This NEW JERSEY: must wait blend is available without a prescrip- (NEW MEXICO: call now - 72 hour deadline HEALTHY JOINTS: Diagnostic x-rays reveal human joints that have the proper amounts of synovial fluid to lubricate the joints and NEW YORK: must wait N tion in once daily tablets. act as a comfortable shock absorber. The plentiful fluid allows for comfortable and effortless motion. Trigosamine’s key ingredient, NORTH CAROLINA: must wait It has been clinically shown that Hyaluronate is present in synovial fluid. this essential dose of glucosamine NORTH DAKOTA: must wait and chondroitin helps to build healthy (OHIO: call now - 72 hour deadline cartilage in the joints and allows for (: call now - 72 hour deadline OREGON: call now - 72 hour deadline increased flexibility and range of ( motion.* PENNSYLVANIA: must wait RHODE ISLAND: must wait This impressive combination works N ALMOST to alleviate uncomfortable joint dys- SOUTH CAROLINA: must wait GONE: function by promoting elasticity, al- SOUTH DAKOTA: must wait Demand in U.S. lowing joints to move freely and with TENNESSEE: must wait drugstores is TEXAS: call now - 72 hour deadline greater flexibility.* ( soaring for the UTAH: must wait joint pill called A clinical study conducted by the VERMONT: must wait Trigosamine. United States government found that VIRGINIA: must wait PatentHEALTH glucosamine and chondroitin, similar WASHINGTON: must wait officials predict to those present in Trigosamine, had pharmacies will WASHINGTON D.C.: must wait have to scramble a remarkable 79.2% effective rate for WEST VIRGINIA: must wait to keep shelves those with moderate to severe joint WISCONSIN: must wait 2 fully stocked discomfort. * WYOMING: must wait It was also announced at an Ameri- as shown in this photo IMPORTANT: You may be able to can College of Rheumatology meeting reproduction. A find Trigosamine at Rite Aid since that the combination of glucosamine special toll-free they have received the first shipments. and chondroitin showed promise Regional Hotline Otherwise, if you do not live in a state among persons with moderate to has been set up with a star next to it you must wait 2 ( for those unable severe discomfort. to call until future announcements in to find it at their “Even though there is no pill that this or other publications. can make you live longer, the clinical pharmacy. All consumers have trials have been consistent. The es- to do is call sential blend like the one present in Or, visit us online at: www.trigosamine.com 1-800-924-2109 Trigosamine has been proven safe to get Trigosamine and is extremely effective for joint ©2007 PH P00345 OF001188R-1 shipped directly to their homes. 1. Dr. Joseph C. Dietz, PhD currently conducts full-time joint care and nutraceutical research on Trigosamine for PatentHEALTH, LLC. 2. Statements herein are based upon published public information and do not imply affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of Trigosamine by the American College of Rheumatology, the United States Government or any news agency. * THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 -A-7

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3-DAY FORECAST SUN AND MOON REGIONAL WEATHER CALIFORNIA CITIES Shown is today s weather. Temperatures are today s highs Today Tue. Today Tue. TODAY and tonight s lows. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Anaheim 77/59/pc 79/62/pc Napa 80/51/s 78/48/s Antioch 80/53/s 79/51/s Needles 98/69/s 99/69/s 83° Sunrise today ...... 6:55 a.m. Arroyo Grande 74/52/pc 74/47/s Oakland 69/53/pc 67/53/p Rockport Atascadero 80/49/pc 82/47/s Ontario 80/58/s 82/60/p Sunset tonight ...... 7:19 p.m. Auburn 83/55/s 83/53/s Orange 77/59/pc 79/58/p 64/51 Moonrise today ...... 1:04 p.m. Barstow 89/60/s 93/61/s Oxnard 72/58/pc 70/58/p Sunshine Moonset today ...... 10:10 p.m. Laytonville Big Sur 70/51/pc 69/54/pc Palm Springs 93/66/s 95/69/s Covelo 77/43 Bishop 84/45/s 86/43/s Pasadena 77/58/pc 80/61/p MOON PHASES 80/46 Blythe 96/66/s 97/67/s Pomona 78/57/s 81/56/p TONIGHT Burbank 79/58/pc 80/60/pc Potter Valley 81/48/s 80/47/s Westport California City 83/57/s 89/56/s Redding 87/53/pc 86/52/s First Full Last New 68/49 Carpinteria 67/56/pc 68/55/pc Riverside 79/54/s 85/56/s Catalina 67/59/pc 68/52/pc Sacramento 83/52/s 82/51/s 48° Chico 86/55/s 84/53/s Salinas 68/53/s 67/53/s Fort Bragg Willows Crescent City 60/47/pc 59/46/pc San Bernardino 81/56/s 84/58/p Death Valley 104/70/s 107/69/s San Diego 73/64/pc 71/64/p Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 65/49 86/53 Clear Downey 76/59/pc 78/61/pc San Fernando 77/58/pc 80/57/p Encinitas 73/60/pc 74/61/pc San Francisco 66/55/pc 68/54/p ALMANAC Elk Willits Escondido 78/57/pc 81/60/pc San Jose 74/55/s 75/54/s 78/46 Eureka 62/46/pc 62/46/pc San Luis Obispo 74/53/pc 73/51/s Ukiah through 2 p.m. Sunday 61/51 Redwood Valley TUESDAY Fort Bragg 65/49/s 63/47/pc San Rafael 66/52/s 65/51/p Temperature 81/48 Fresno 83/58/s 88/56/s Santa Ana 74/63/pc 73/63/p 81° High ...... 80 UKIAH Gilroy 76/53/s 76/50/s Santa Barbara 73/53/pc 71/52/p Low ...... 57 83/48 Indio 96/65/s 97/65/s Santa Cruz 70/52/pc 70/54/p 47° Normal high ...... 86 Lakeport Irvine 74/63/pc 73/63/pc Santa Monica 72/60/pc 73/61/p Normal low ...... 52 83/50 Hollywood 76/58/pc 79/60/pc Santa Rosa 78/48/s 76/47/s Philo Record high ...... 106 in 1913 Lucerne Lake Arrowhead 75/46/s 78/42/s S. Lake Tahoe 68/32/s 70/33/s 76/49 Boonville Lodi 85/54/s 85/50/s Stockton 84/52/s 86/50/s Sunshine Record low ...... 35 in 1921 77/50 83/48 Precipitation Lompoc 69/52/pc 68/49/pc Tahoe Valley 68/32/s 70/33/s Long Beach 76/61/pc 76/62/pc Torrance 74/59/pc 75/62/p 24 hrs to 2 p.m. Sun...... 0.00" Gualala Los Angeles 78/62/pc 78/62/pc Vacaville 84/53/s 84/52/s WEDNESDAY Month to date ...... Trace Mammoth 64/38/s 68/33/s Vallejo 69/53/s 67/50/p Normal month to date ...... 0.28" 65/52 Clearlake 83/50 Marysville 86/54/s 84/51/s Van Nuys 80/58/pc 81/57/p 76° Season to date ...... 0.12" Modesto 83/56/s 84/54/s Visalia 81/54/s 88/54/s Last season to date ...... 0.00" Monrovia 79/58/pc 81/61/pc Willits 78/46/s 76/45/s Normal season to date ...... 0.47" Cloverdale 46° Monterey 64/53/pc 63/53/pc Yosemite Valley 82/44/s 85/43/s 81/50 Morro Bay 64/54/pc 63/54/pc Yreka 77/40/pc 77/38/s Partly sunny and breezy Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. 2007 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Lake Mendocino – Lake level: 723.83 feet; Storage: 46,917 acre-feet (Maximum storage 122,500 acre-feet) Inflow: 55 cfs Outflow: N/A cfs Air quality – Not Available

“At the moment, ... hikers Darwin's characterization of Alaska and to track deforesta- anyone could take a turn Trees can take a USGS map and go the Galapagos in the 1830s -- tion rates in tropical forests, Fair defying the rules of gravity walk down the hill, and you until Humboldt University among others, for a short time. The popular- could go by a giant landslide professor Steve Sillett and In the tropics, a cut can be Continued from Page A-1 ity of the bungee swing was that's 25-feet tall and it's not colleagues started publishing reforested within 10 years Continued from Page A-1 apparent with kids lined up that height. Until now, howev- on your map,” Porter said. “Or their systematic map the red- and, in satellite or aerial pho- choices ranging from spring all afternoon. er, the only way to find such you could walk by a little wood canopy in 1999. tographs, be indistinguishable rolls to ultimate tacos, all the Making sure there was leviathans was strictly old stream that's full of salaman- Scientists have since dis- from virgin growth, North way to the fan-favorite something for everyone, school: Hike into remote ders, and it's not on your covered a vast and rich said. LiDAR blows that cover, carmel apples. Fairgoers information stations, like the gulches and either climb the map.” ecosystem aloft in the gnarled, exposing a reforested tract as could be seen throughout the one hosted by the Mendocino tree with a tape measure or try Those details are impor- complex old growth crowns: small trees without the struc- grounds walking with food in County Sheriff’s Office, and take a reading from the tant. soil, ferns, bushes and trees, ture or complexity of an old- hand as the Las Vegas-like helped to educate the school- ground. The organization is using lichens, amphibians. In com- growth canopy. sounds of the fair traveled age children in attendance This new technology -- an LiDAR initially to prioritize plexity and animal species, an “It's been very effective at across the air. about 911 and other safety array of lasers strapped to the restoration efforts in a 25,000- old-growth redwood forest being able to get a handle on Across the way, the procedures. Area teachers belly of a plane flying slow acre parcel of Redwood rivals and possibly exceeds an deforestation rates in Brazil CCPRA Rodeo Finals kept could be seen at the Sheriff’s and low over the forest -- has National and State Park old-growth Amazon rain for- and the Amazon basin,” North everyone’s attention in eight- Office display picking up the potential to peel back the known as the Mill Creek addi- est. said. second intervals, while the pamphlets for use in their secrets of the forest floor like tion. The parcel has 300 miles Or did. But can it find an undiscov- familiar smell and sounds of classrooms. a dime store can opener on a of dirt logging roads, each of Ninety-five percent of the ered behemoth -- a tree that the 4-H animals on display “It’s great to see many can of beans. which will eventually fail and old-growth trees have been tops 380 feet? had families walking in and people from different areas “As we look around, we dump its sediment into a felled. Young redwoods have Few know the redwood for- out of its gates all afternoon. gathered together and having realize we know a little bit creek. It has second-growth far simpler tops, and the trees est better than Chris Atkins, One of the new attractions fun,” said Roselyn Sanders. about how these forests work, trees so densely packed 1,000 growing now -- replacements who, with fellow naturalist for this year was a bungee “For me, this is what the fair but there's a lot we don't or more grow in a single acre. for what was harvested from Michael Taylor and Humboldt swing that had kids doing is all about.” know,” said Ruskin Hartley, An old-growth redwood Big Sur to southern Oregon in University's Sillett, has bush- backflips -- literally. For $7 Zack Sampsel can be reached Save-the-Redwoods' execu- forest typically numbers the span of a century -- won't whacked through nearly 95 at [email protected]. tive director. “Everything we between 30 and 50 trees an grow canopies capable of sus- percent of the surviving old do has to be done with a dose acre. Those second-growth taining that diversity until growth stands. of humility. trees will eventually get there, 2500 to 2800, scientists sus- Only four known trees in need of work. “The interesting thing but right now they're in an all- pect. the world top 370 feet, and Much of what past volun- out race, pruning their crowns But some spots may be Atkins and Taylor have found about Hyperion is that even Cleanup teers have found at the brush- after 100 years of crawling in a bid to pop above the developing that necessary them all. All are giant red- around these forests, there are canopy, shade the others and complexity, while others may woods; the three tallest were Continued from Page A-1 hidden campsites is the debris win the day. be stagnating. LiDAR's ability found during a single eight- of people's lives, Sutton said. still discoveries to make.” The Palco Marsh became The laser-based technolo- LiDAR will help pinpoint to penetrate the canopy can week stint last summer while Last year, Sutton's girlfriend gy, called LiDAR, for Light where that is happening faster point scientists in the right the pair was scrambling about part of the California Coastal Shelly Songer said, those liv- Detection and Ranging, is sort than others. direction. in a remote tributary to Cleanup in 2005 through the ing in the marsh bagged up a of a sonar of the sky. It sends “It gives you an objective Save-the-Redwoods has Redwood Creek, in Redwood efforts of Dennis Sutton, considerable amount of trash thousands of pulses of light way to look at a large land- purchased six of every 10 National and State Park. founder of Dads Against before the volunteers arrived. per second from a plane down scape,” Porter said. “We cer- acres of ancient redwood for- Atkins doubts a taller one Meth. This year, members of Sutton said Dads Against through the forest canopy to tainly don't have the money to est protected today in public exists, though he acknowl- AmeriCorp Watershed Meth's involvement is one the ground. restore 25,000 acres, nor parks. But even in the '20s the edges he said the same thing Stewards, AmeriCorps way for the members of the As pulses hit objects -- tree should we if Mother Nature is league's founders wondered if three years ago, after discov- YouthServe and others joined going to take care of it on its these forests rejuvenated. ering what was then the support group to give back to tops, branches, rocks, streams in, sipping coffee and listen- the community. Last year's -- they bounce back. And as a own. With with most of the remnant record-holder, the 370-foot ing to pre-clean-up instruc- “What we're trying to do at old-growth protected, the Stratosphere Giant. effort, he said, volunteers plane flies slowly over the for- tions. Used syringes were to est, millions of returning puls- Mill Creek is recover the nat- league's attention is shifting to “There are still a couple of filled a very large dumpster. es are recorded and coded as ural characteristic and even the second-growth stands, small creeks and unexplored be marked for later pickup Many of the AmeriCorps to whether they're from the the natural processes.” said Hartley, the group's exec- parts that we haven't been to,” and disposal in a sharps con- members present -- several ground, the canopy, or some >A hidden world utive director. he said. “There's still a possi- tainer donated by St. Joseph who brought along spouses place in between. What's amazing about the “We're not under the belief bility of a really large tree and Hospital. and friends -- were fulfilling Global positioning units on redwoods, author Richard that we can restore the ancient certainly a possibility of a few Heidi Klingel addressed the service portion of their the plane and on the ground Preston noted in his recent forest,” Hartley said. “But we more tall trees, but we're pret- the mostly younger volun- enrollment. triangulate the location, pro- book, “Wild Trees,” is how do believe we can help ty much at the end of the teers, stopping briefly to com- “Palco Marsh is a site viding accuracy to within 18 much remains unknown, par- reweave the fabric of the for- road.” ment on the passing of a barge where a lot of service is need- inches, said Dan Porter, Save- ticularly about the biggest est and facilitate growing the “It's nice,” he added, “that stacked high with logs. ed,” AmeriCorp YouthServe the-Redwood's director of sci- trees. old forest of the future.” there are some things we don't Several pelicans sliced the member Mark Allee noted. ence and planning. The forest was never fully Man vs. machine know -- that there is the still gray air. Klingel estimat- Jessie Faulkner can be The best maps currently, “described” -- akin to John LiDAR isn't just used in the promise of future discoveries ed that two miles of trails reached at 441-0517 or jfaulkn- from the U.S. Geological James Audubon's description redwood forest. It is also used out there.” wove through the marsh, all in [email protected]. Survey, are accurate to within of North America's birds in to map old growth stands in Contact Douglas Fischer at 33 feet. the early 1800s or Charles remote stretches of Idaho and [email protected] m or at 510-208-6425. Watch Repair

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This Heating: How California Can needed to meet the state’s Breakfast Special 1470. “Solar water heating is leads to a heavy dependence Reduce Its Dependence on greenhouse gas emissions cap by 2020. another way we can make on imported fossil fuels and Natural Gas”, report by California the Saudi Arabia of Environment California Decreased demand for nat- air pollution. Solar water heat- ural gas saves all rate payers the sun.” ing can reduce the amount of Research & Policy Center Starting $ 95 AB 1470 is very similar to money: some studies have at gas needed to heat water in California imports 85% of its shown that a 5% reduction in the Million Solar Roofs bill natural gas, two-thirds of 3 homes and businesses by 50- demand could shave up to 30- signed into law last year creat- 75%. which is used by homes and percent off California’s ing incentives for solar elec- “Solar power represents a businesses for water and space wholesale natural gas prices. Monday to Friday tric technologies. AB 1470 significant energy resource for heating. AB 1470 passed the Senate 6am to 11am would similarly provide con- California,” said Assembly An expanded solar water today by a vote of 24-16. It Not good with any other offer. sumer incentives, in the form member Jared Huffman heating market could save 1.2 cleared the Assembly in July of rebates, for solar water (Marin), author of AB 1470. billion therms of natural gas by a vote of 44-43. It returns heating systems that displace “California can achieve each year, the equivalent of to the Assembly for concur- 115 S. Orchard St. greater energy independence, cutting 5% of statewide gas natural gas. The fund would rence before heading to the ★ Ukiah come from a small, 13 cent fight global warming, and demand. Star s save homeowners and busi- Solar water heating could Governor’s desk. (707) 462-1622 SPORTS MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 – B-1 Editor: Zack Corns, 468-3518 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] LOCAL Winning bids announced on historic Bonds balls Bonds broke Aaron’s record of 755 after the sale. “It is an honor to be a said he would probably invest some of CALENDAR Experts believe the with a shot into the right-center field part of history and I wish the the money and use some of it to help SEPTEMBER 20 final home-run ball seats on Aug. 7 off of Washington new owner well with whatever they out a cousin who just started college. Ukiah High School Boys Soccer vs. Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik in San elect to do with the ball.” He might also go on a cruise, he said. Cardinal Newman at Ukiah High will go for $1 million School Stadium, 4:00/5:30 Francisco. Experts had predicted the ball that Both buyers did not want to be Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student tied ’s home run record identified, said a spokesman for SCP SEPTEMBER 19 SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Mendocino College volleyball vs. Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home and construction supervisor from New would fetch about $200,000, and that Auctions. Santa Rosa Junior College, 6:30 at York, emerged from a scuffle with the the record-breaker would be sold for While the price for No. 756 exceed- Mendocino gymnasium. run ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the esti- record-breaking ball after paying $100 least $500,000. ed expectations, the ball did not come SEPTEMBER 20 for a $12 ticket during a long layover “I feel like I did the right thing with close to the $3 million that was paid Ukiah High Girls Tennis vs. Piner mates by memorabilia experts. High School, home, 3:30. Home run No. 755, the ball that tied on his way to Australia from his home- it,” said Adam Hughes, 34, a plumber for St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark the record, went for $186,750, accord- town. from La Jolla who came up with No. McGwire’s single-season home run COMMUNITY ing to Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions. Both “I had hoped to keep the ball, but 755 in the left-center field seats in San record ball in 1998. final prices included the winning bid when I determined that was not the Diego on Aug. 4. Most memorabilia experts believe DIGEST plus a 20 percent buyer’s fee, accord- best strategy at this stage of my life, Hughes said that after taxes and Bonds’ last career home run, which ing to the auction houses handling the this definitely was the right decision,” auction house fees, he expects to take will set the new record, will garner Special Olympics sale. Murphy said in a statement released home about $90,000 from the sale. He more than $1 million. bowling practice

Three months of bowling prac- tice begin on September 20 and continue every Thursday after- noon through November 29. H20 Cats Practice starts at 3:30 and ends at 5:00. For more information call to date J.D. at 489-3087. There will be no bowling scheduled on Thanksgiving Day. A quick look at the season: Downtown K-town 3 0n 3 tournament LadyCats

On October 13, in Kelseyville, record: 5-0 there will be a 3 on 3 tournament for all ages. The tournament will be held in downtown Kelseyville and run from 10am to 6pm. Varsity Boys Registration will start at 8am. It is $60 for youth division and $100 record: 4-3 for adults. Time to bowl Upcoming Looking for a great fall/winter sport? Yokayo Bowl needs action: bowlers on several different leagues. Singles and Teams for Monday Mixed 5’s, Thursday Women’s 5’s, Friday Men’s 5’s Ukiah vs. Marin and Senior’s Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings. Academy For more information call 462- 8686. Wednesday, Ukiah co-ed softball September 19. tournament The City of Ukiah is beginning LadyCats 4 p.m. registration for a co-ed slow pitch softball tournament. The tourney Photo by Suzette Cook-Mankins will be held at the Ukiah Sports. The LadyCats Carrie Reid scored four goals in the final game of the Napa High Water Polo Complex Saturday, September Boys at 5 p.m. 22, and Sunday, September 23. Tournament on Saturday. Her team is still undefeated in preseason play. The format will be a three game round-robin with a single elimina- tion playoff to follow. The deadline for registration is Friday, September 14 with a maximum of Ukiah Water Polo teams have winning weekend 18 teams. Team fees are $300 per team (no player fee). For the Journal added three, Allison Grubaugh had whelm Justin Siena 21-1. Travis Neither team had more than a one All proceeds go towards field and facility improvements for the The Ukiah High School Boys two goals while Miley Merritt, Jade Cleland lead all scorers with six, goal lead through 3 1/2 quarters. City of Ukiah Complex. For ques- and Girls Varsity Water Polo teams Barrett, Shelby Cleland, Jessica Chad Williams added four, Nate The game was tied at half 4-4, tied tions or to register a team, please call (707) 463-6714 or come to played in the Napa High School Graham, and Hayley Phenicie all Mack had three, Steffan Moore, after three quarters 7-7. 411 West Clay Street. water polo tournament today, each scored once. Miles Oswald and Paul The Wildcats went ahead 8-7 team playing three games. The Lady Wildcats went on to Riemenschneider scored two each, early in the fourth quarter, but in the Ukiahi Athletic Ladycats Water Polo dominate their third and last game with Eric Enberg and Tommy last two minutes made several cost- Boosters meeting The girls started things off first of the tournament against Rodrigez Stover both scoring once. ly errors leading to easy scores for Become involved and join the with a game against St. Patrick's High School. The second opponent of the day Napa. Cody Ashurst had a good Ukiah High School Athletic High School from Vallejo. The first Carrie Reid and Allison for the boys from Ukiah was St. game in the cage has he had nine Boosters Club. All parents and community members are wel- half was a tightly contested effort Grubaugh played the two meter Patricks and they proved no more saves, but in the end Napa won 11- come and encouraged to partici- which found the Wildcats up 5-3. position throughout the day, and in competition than the first game as 8 leaving the Wildcats 2-1 for the pate. Carrie Reid scored the first two this game they were too much for the Wildcats went on a 17-4 win. tournament, and a 4-3 season This is a fun and long-standing community group which works goals of the game, followed by two the opposition as they scored four Nate Mack had an outstanding record. hard to help local prep athletes goals from Hayley Phenicie. and three goals respectively. game playing the two meter posi- The Wildcats next game and first obtain their uniforms and much needed equipment. Ukiah focused on their defense, Hayley Phenice provided the out- tion, and Steffan Moore was all over league competition will be this The next Ukiah High School and extended their lead in the third side shooting as she also scored the pool as both these players had Wednesday as the Wildcats from Athletic Boosters meeting will be quarter for a 9-4 score, and then three goals. four goals each. Ukiah host the Wildcats from Marin on Monday, September 24, at 5:30 p.m. on the Ukiahi campus coasted to a 11-7 win. Hayley Katie Bishop and Jade Barrett Chad Williams scored three Academy. Girls Varsity Game in the Career Center located in Phenicie finished with three goals, both scored two goals mainly on goals, and Paul Riemenschneider, begins at 4:00 pm with the Boys the Administration Building. Katie Bishop scored three goals, counterattacks. Miley Merritt and who is primarly a two meter defend- Varsity starting at 5:00 pm. Ukiahi Athletic Allison Grubaugh added two goals, two meter defender Shelby Cleland er, found the back of the net twice in “I’d like to thank Paul Stover, Boosters dinner and Jade Barrett scored once. both scored once. this game. Miles Oswald, Sudi Mary Merritt, and Susan Graham The Wildcats were scheduled to Goalie Soriah Sobbizadeh had an Wachspress, and Travis Cleland all for keeping the team statistics dur- Ukiah High School Athletic play back-to-back games, this one outstanding tournament and had six scored once. ing the tournament, and the many Boosters fund raising dinner and auction will be held on Monday, against Justin Siena High School, so saves in the last game helping the The last game of the tourna- parents who made the trip to sup- October 15. they had little rest. Using that first ladies from Ukiah to a 3-0 tourna- ment for the Wildcats proved to be port us,” said Rick Cleland. The community is invited to join game as a warm-up the Wildcats ment record, and a 5-0 season the best one of the tournament as “We need some help at the scor- us for our annual event at a “new” location in the Fine Arts building went out to a 7-0 lead in the first record. they squared off against the host ers table this Wednesday. Four or at the Ukiah Fair Grounds. quarter, 10-1 by half-time and went Varsity boys action team from Napa High School. Napa five people for each game would be Dinner tickets are $30 per per- on to win 14-5. Carrie Reid led all The boys first game of the tour- scored first, but Chad Williams ideal. Girls Varsity first, Boys var- son. For reservations and pur- chase information contact Deni scorers with four, Katie Bishop nament saw the Wildcats over- answered with a nice sweep shot. sity next, and the Boys JV last.” Lee at 468-3736 or Val Jackson at 468-9085. UVAH golf tourney On September 22, the 17th Hall’s fumble costly as 49ers beat Rams 17-16 annual Ukiah Valley Association for Habilitation (UVAH) golf tour- By JIM SALTER third quarter. — everybody was up there,” what would have been the sec- Wilkins kicked second- ney will be held at the Ukiah Associated Press Writer St. Louis lost despite out- Gore said. “I got through and ond-longest field goal of his quarter field goals of 27 and Municipal Golf Course. Participants can enter as a team ST. LOUIS — It was the gaining San Francisco 392 kept pumping my legs.” career. His career best is 57 29 yards to make it 13-7 at the of up to four people, or individual- kind of play Dante Hall has yards to 186. The Rams had The Rams (0-2) went back yards, but he is 24-for-34 in half. ly. Prizes for the first, second, and made many times, camped 20 first downs to eight for the on top early in the fourth quar- his 14-year career from 50 The 49ers had six sacks third place teams, hole-in-ones under a punt, waiting to make 49ers. ter after defensive tackle yards or longer. against a rebuilt Rams offen- and longest putt and longest the catch. “We’ve got to find ways Clifton Ryan swatted the ball Linehan regretted the first- sive line that was without left drive will be awarded to partici- pants. Sign up by September 1, This time, late in the fourth when we’ve got a lead, lead at loose from Smith, setting up down spike with more than a tackle Orlando Pace, out for to ensure a shotgun start. For quarter Sunday, he dropped it. halftime, lead in the third Wilkins’ 53-yard field goal. minute to play, but not the the year with a shoulder more information call Pam Marcus Hudson recovered for quarter, to sustain it,” Rams Hall, a two-time Pro Bowl decision to kick. injury, and guard Richie Jensen at 468-8824. A $60 donation required, $35 San Francisco, setting up the coach Scott Linehan said. return man acquired in an off- “That’s how much confi- Incognito, who missed his for people with yearly member- winning field goal in the “You can’t have opportunities season trade with Kansas City, dence I have in Jeff and he hit second straight game with a ships. All proceeds go to the UVAH. 49ers’ 17-16 win over St. and squander them. And we appeared to have an easy a great ball,” Linehan said. “It high ankle sprain. Louis. did.” catch on Andy Lee’s kick, but just didn’t carry far enough. I Notes: Roger Wehrli, the SAL Boxing “It was a routine play for The Rams were up 13-7 the ball went through his think I’d do it again.” longtime St. Louis Cardinals me,” Hall said. “I fair-catch it late in the third quarter and on hands, setting up Joe Bulger was 24-for-41 for cornerback who entered the Fall hours for SAL boxing are and call it a day.” the verge of another score Nedney’s 40-yard field goal 368 yards and one touchdown Pro Football Hall of Fame this Thursday 6:45 p.m. and Friday The Rams’ Jeff Wilkins when Torry Holt caught a pass with 3:28 to play. and completed passes to seven summer, was honored at a 5:00 p.m. The cost is only $5 a year and classes are ongoing at missed a 56-yard field goal try at the San Francisco 10 and “It was frustrating. I was receivers. Rams running back halftime ceremony, adding his the Redwood Health Club. with 59 seconds to play, the was stripped from behind by just trying to make a play. I Steven Jackson gained 60 name to the “Ring of Fame” To join SAL Boxing athletes must fill out paperwork and have ball falling about a yard short Nate Clements. The ball should have just fair-caught yards on 21 carries. of Hall of Fame Rams and St. a parental signature for those of the goal post. skipped into the end zone, it,” Hall admitted. The Rams scored in the Louis Cardinals. ... Gore left under 18. The class is a mix of a “He’s got a good leg,” then out of bounds, giving San St. Louis had one final first quarter when San immediately after the game levels and ages. Come for a good workout or to seriously study box- 49ers coach Mike Nolan said Francisco the ball at the 20. chance, getting the ball at its Francisco’s Brandon Williams and flew to Miami for his ing. of sweating out Wilkins’ kick. The 49ers’ drive appeared 20 with 1:53 to play and no made an ill-advised decision mother’s wake on Monday “I wasn’t thinking, ’Oh, we to stall with a fourth-and-1 at timeouts. The Rams reached to field a punt that was tailing and funeral on Tuesday. He’ll PumpkinFest 3-on-3 got this.”’ the St. Louis 43, but coach the San Francisco 45 with away from him. Long-snapper return to San Francisco on This hoops tourney will take The 49ers (2-0) won Mike Nolan went for it. Gore 1:15 to play when Linehan Chris Massey recovered at the Wednesday. Liz Gore died place in the Ukiah Savings Bank despite struggling offensively took a handoff up the middle ordered quarterback Marc 49ers 25. Wednesday in the Miami area. parking lot at 200 N. School St. The fee is $20 per player (five most of the game. Alex Smith and got the first down after he Bulger to spike the ball. After Five plays later, Bulger She had suffered from a kid- player maximum). was 11-for-17 for 126 yards. appeared stopped by line- a 7-yard sack, Bulger hit Isaac split two defenders and hit ney ailment. ... Bulger played Team check-in is 9 a.m. There is Frank Gore scored two touch- backer Chris Draft. But Draft Bruce, who had eight catches Holt with a 12-yard scoring the latter part of the game with a three game minimum for all divisions, and there will be team downs and gained 81 yards on lost his grasp of the running for 145 yards, for a 14-yard pass. sore ribs after taking several and individual awards. Call 463- 20 carries, most of those com- back, who ran to the end zone gain. Gore’s 1-yard run on the hits. ... The Rams still lead the 6714 for more information or to ing on a play that helped turn to make it 14-13. Rather than go for it on first play of the second quarter all-time series 59-55-2. The register. the game around late in the “They had nine in the box fourth-and-3, Wilkins tried tied the score. series dates to 1950. B-2 – MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 SPORTS THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

PADRES 5 | GIANTS 1 Peavy fans 10, wins 18th as Padres beat Giants for series sweep fourth. Kouzmanoff hit an RBI dou- Saturday night’s 6-0 win, when he hit Bench-clearing brawl ble in the seventh and scored on a two-run homer. highlights Oakland’s Adrian Gonzalez’s double. Black said LF Milton Bradley Brady Clark hit an RBI triple in isn’t expected to play in the next few game against Texas the sixth. days. He’s been out since straining By BERNIE WILSON San Diego scored an unearned run his right oblique on Sept. 7 at AP Sports Writer in the second on two walks, a two- Colorado. “I think he’s gaining on SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy is base throwing error by it,” Black said. putting together an impressive Cy Guillermo Rodriguez and Bard’s Oakland A’s Young resume. RBI fielder’s choice. Nick Swisher rushed the mound Peavy lowered his major league- Notes: Peavy came in with a 2.44 and tackled Texas starter Vicente leading ERA to 2.39, struck out 10 to ERA. He has four more strikeouts Padilla after getting hit by a pitch for take over the big league lead and than Baltimore’s Erik Bedard. the second straight day, starting a The Padres are 12-3 against the benches-clearing brawl between the pitched the to a 5- Giants this season, with three more Athletics and Rangers on Sunday. 1 win over the last-place San games to be played Sept. 24-26 at Padilla hit Swisher in the ribs with Francisco Giants on Sunday. San Francisco. a full count in the first inning, a day Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits Padres fans might have booed after Bill White plunked the Oakland and an RBI for the Padres, who for the final time. . maintained their 1 1/2-game lead in Bonds didn’t play in Sunday’s series After Swisher raced to the mound, the NL wild-card race. They went finale because of a toe injury sus- both benches cleared and Oakland into the day trailing first-place tained the night before. If Bonds Jack Hannahan dove Arizona by two games in the NL plays next year, it could be as a des- into the pile. West. San Diego swept the Giants, ignated hitter for an American A’s manager got into a winning its eighth straight against League team rather than with the heated argument with the umpires. San Francisco. File photo Giants. Second base umpire Tim Peavy’s 18 wins are the most in San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum continues to struggle as he has not picked up a win in his last five starts. Bonds has 87 homers against the Timmons was bumped to the ground the NL and a personal best. He Padres, his most against any team, during the fray, and plate umpire allowed four hits in 7 1-3 innings and personal best, topping the 216 he had right-hander responded by tipping and 43 in San Diego, his most in any Chuck Meriwether wasted little time won for the ninth time in 10 deci- in 2005, when he led the NL. his cap. road city. He hit his 755th homer at in tossing Padilla and Swisher, who sions. His only loss in that span was Peavy took a three-hit shutout into Heath Bell came on and got Dave Petco Park on Aug. 4 to tie Hank had to be restrained by catcher Kurt at Arizona on Sept. 5 when he was the eighth, when he walked his only Roberts to hit into a double play. Aaron’s record, then became the Suzuki and several teammates. pitching on three days’ rest. batter, pinch-hitter Eugenio Velez, San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum (7- home run king three nights later. Nobody else was ejected. Throwing his usual assortment of with one out. Velez stole second and 5) remained winless in five starts. He He’s holding at 762. Kevin Thompson replaced fastballs and sliders, Peavy (18-6) scored on pinch-hitter Ray Durham’s allowed four runs, three earned, and Bonds is expected to be out five to Swisher, while Jamey Wright came struck out at least 10 for the ninth single to left. Padres manager Bud six hits in 6 1-3 innings with five seven days with an injured right big in for Padilla. time this season — again, a big Black came out to get Peavy, who strikeouts and five walks. toe, manager Bruce Bochy said. Texas led Oakland 11-8 in the league high — and the 24th time in got a standing ovation from the Josh Bard homered off rookie Dan Padres CF Mike Cameron sat out eighth inning, but final results were his career. His 225 strikeouts are a crowd of 34,000. The 26-year-old Giese leading off the eighth, his after tweaking his left knee in not available by press time. American women, mix of youth and veterans, find success at excited now.” disappointments. win over . way!” Alfredsson said. “I think she U.S. players were They did it in rain and wind Because of the brutal Pressel got her first Solheim “I thought we had a lot of knows the rules.” referred to as and cold, the kind of week in weather, the fourball matches Cup win, 2 and 1 over talent on our team but that it For Steinhauer, it resulted which the love of the game — needed to be finished early Sorenstam — in Sorenstam’s would be tough to do it over in a much more satisfying ‘chokin’ freakin’ what the Solheim Cup is all Sunday. And when Creamer home country, no less. here if you go by history,” halve than the one she settled dogs’ by analyst about — is the about only and each The Americans improved American captain for Saturday after missing a thing that could possibly get missed 3-foot tap-ins on No. their winning percentage in said. “I thought we were going slippery, 3-foot putt on No. Dottie Pepper someone out on the course. 17, it cost their team a hole, singles to .602 over the histo- to do it, but I didn’t want to 18. It was that putt that likely And they did it with a bit of the lead and eventually a half- By EDDIE PELLS ry of the tournament. say that before we did it. So triggered the comment from a chip on their shoulders, point in a tie against Linda “Without this sounding now I’m saying it.” Pepper. AP National Writer placed there by Pepper, the Wessberg and . wrong, the feeling was that Through most of the sin- “I don’t think people knew HALMSTAD, Sweden — former American player and The Europeans went into our team had the better play- gles matches, it was the how hard that putt really was,” The Americans were hardly chokers when the stakes were firebrand who is now an ana- the final round with an 8 1/2-7 ers,” said Pressel’s grandfa- Europeans, not the Americans, Daniel said. highest at the Solheim Cup. lyst on the Golf Channel. 1/2 lead, and the Americans ther, Herb Krickstein, who who looked as if they hadn’t King insisted she didn’t Doggone good was more On Saturday, after the — with four rookies on the watched all week from the been in these situations want to make this week about like it. United States turned a couple team — looked like they real- gallery. “When it comes down before. Pepper or her insult. Dominating the singles of looming wins into disap- ly might be too young and to singles, there’s no hiding Maybe the most symbolic The captain tried to take the matches like they always pointing ties, Pepper called nervous to actually win this anybody, and that really scene for Europe was that of high road. But it had been a have, the Americans celebrat- the Americans “Chokin’ event. shows.” rookie long, difficult week. ed one of the most coveted freakin’ dogs” — a comment “But we knew 16, 17, 18, made an 8- stymied by a tree near the 18th “I will say one thing,” King wins in women’s golf Sunday, she made when she thought they’re tough holes,” Juli footer to close out a 3-and-2 green, looking at playing a said. “I’m retired, and usually a 16-12 decision over Europe she was off the air, but wasn’t. Inkster said. “It wasn’t like we victory over left-handed shot. retired people can’t play any- that ended any thought that “It was hurtful, very, very were playing that bad. It was- and make things official, giv- A veteran more familiar more. It’s just an age thing, they might be the “Chokin’ hurtful to all of us on the n’t like we were giving it ing the United States 14 1/2 with the rules might have and as a commentator, I think freakin’ dogs,” that Dottie team,” said assistant captain away.” points to secure its second asked for relief, then been able you forget ...” Pepper said they were. . “Dottie’s been When the singles rolled straight win, but first on for- to move the ball and play Her team interrupted her Led by ’s there. She knows what it’s around, those setbacks were eign soil since 1996. right-handed, because of the with applause. upset over Annika Sorenstam like. Even if she said it off the forgotten and the Americans “None of us feel like stands that blocked her path to “It’s not a slam,” she insist- and ’s air, it was ill-spirited.” took control quickly. losers,” said. the hole. ed. “The older you get, the surprising win over Suzann Back on the air Sunday, At one point, they led in “We lost to a better team But Brewerton never got better you used to be. You Pettersen, the Americans went Pepper said she stood by the eight of the 12 matches with a today.” relief, and after hitting the think you were perfect, and 8-3-1 in singles. They cap- comments. The Americans few more tied. Red dominated After Castrale closed things stands with the left-handed you don’t remember anything. tured the Solheim on foreign insisted they had let the whole the scoreboard and there was out, the Americans piled into a shot, she lost the hole to Sherri I don’t think — I don’t know. soil for only the second time. thing go by the time they went no way the Europeans could big golf cart to watch the rest Steinhauer, who stood there I’m getting myself in trouble.” “I was pretty excited when to bed Saturday night and ignore it. of the now-meaningless laughing with her caddie She was drowned out by we won it in my rookie year,” were just concentrating on Inkster took a big early lead matches. waved an while the scene played out. laughter before she could go said of the winning. for a 4-and-3 win over Iben American flag. Later, they got “I don’t know that it would any further. 2005 win at Crooked Stick in But before the winning Tinning. led almost in a big huddle and cheered have made a difference,” Then again, nothing more Indiana. “I’m even more started, there were a few more the whole way in a 2-and-1 “U.S.A., U.S.A., All the European captain Helen really needed to be said. O.J. Simpson arrested in Las Vegas sports memorabilia robbery Simpson was being held at “The police, since my trou- subjects who had a gun,” collector interested in buying tors involved in the alleged Most serious Las Vegas police offices pend- ble, have not worked out for Dillon said. Simpson’s items. robbery, has said he wants the charges could ing the arrival of his lawyer, me,” he said, noting that Alexander was released Simpson said he was case dropped and that he’s “on who was expected later whenever he has called the without bail on Saturday accompanied by several men O.J.’s side.” bring up to 35 Sunday, Dillon said. police, “It just becomes a night, Dillon said. he met at a wedding cocktail years in prison if “He was very cooperative, story about O.J.” Besides the two firearms, party, and they took the col- ——— there were no issues,” Dillon The Heisman Trophy win- police said they seized other lectibles. Associated Press Writer convicted said. ner, ex-NFL star and actor evidence during early morn- Alfred Beardsley, one of Ken Ritter in Las Vegas con- Authorities said it was lives near Miami and has been ing searches of two resi- the sports memorabilia collec- tributed to this report. By RYAN NAKASHIMA unclear when Simpson would a tabloid staple since his ex- dences, Lt. Clint Nichols said. Associated Press Writer be booked or arraigned, and wife and Goldman were killed “It was evidence of a crime LAS VEGAS — O.J. they scheduled a news confer- in 1994. Simpson was acquit- that was committed,” Nichols Simpson was arrested Sunday ence for 3 p.m. Pacific. ted of murder charges, but a said. “And I believe we recov- and faces multiple felony At least one other person jury later held him liable for ered some clothing that the charges in an alleged armed has been arrested, and police the killings in a wrongful individual was wearing in the Cars, Trucks and Motorhomes robbery of collectors involv- said Sunday that as many as death lawsuit. commission of the robbery.” ing the former football great’s six people could be arrested Goldman’s father, Fred Simpson said auction house Expert Transmission Repair sports memorabilia, authori- for the alleged armed robbery Goldman, said he looked for- owner Tom Riccio called him Advanced Electronic Diagnosis ties said. that occurred in a room inside ward to Simpson being con- several weeks ago to say some Over 27 Years of Experience Simpson was arrested the Palace Station hotel-casi- victed and jailed. collectors were selling some shortly after 11 a.m. without no Thursday. “Sadly, he’s not behind bars of his items. Riccio set up a 265 East Clay Street, Ukiah incident at the Palms hotel- Simpson, 60, has said he for murdering my son. He’s meeting with collectors under (707) 462-5786 • (707) 462-5795 casino, Capt. James Dillon and other people with him not behind bars for murdering the guise that he had a private said. were retrieving items that Nicole,” Goldman told The Prosecutors were preparing belonged to him. Simpson has Associated Press. “This time, to charge Simpson with two said there were no guns hopefully, he’ll get what he MENDO TRUCK Have You Been Laid Off From counts of robbery with use of involved and that he went to deserves. He’ll get jail time.” a deadly weapon, conspiracy the room at the casino only to Police said two firearms ACCESSORIES to commit robbery, burglary get stolen mementos that and other evidence were Work or Separated From the War? with a deadly weapon, two included his Hall of Fame cer- seized at a private residence counts of assault with a dead- tificate and a picture of the early Sunday. Looking for Work? ly weapon and coercion, former running back with J. Walter Alexander, 46, of according to Clark County Edgar Hoover. Arizona, was arrested Looking to Train for a New Career? District Attorney David Simpson told The Saturday night on two counts Roger. Associated Press on Saturday of robbery with a deadly Need to Upgrade Your Skills? 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MENDO TRUCK THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 – B-3 Bowyer scores victory SCOREBOARD By JENNA FRYER onds. San Diego 6, San Francisco 0 Minnesota at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. CD Chivas USA 3, Los Angeles 0 Sunday’s Games Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games AP Auto Racing Writer I’m not going to kid you, I Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago, 4:15 p.m. Real Salt Lake 0, Toronto FC 0, tie Atlanta at Washington, 1:35 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 4:15 p.m. New England 4, FC Dallas 2 LOUDON, N.H. — Clint was about to throw up on Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Kansas City 3, Columbus 2 Pittsburgh at Houston, 2:05 p.m. San Diego at New England, 8:15 p.m. New York 2, Chicago 2, tie Bowyer vowed to use the those last 30 laps,” Bowyer At A Glance at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Monday’s Game Sunday’s Games By The Associated Press Florida at Colorado, 3:05 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. CD Chivas USA at Colorado, 3 p.m. Chase for the championship to said in Victory Lane. All Times EDT San Francisco at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 Houston at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 raise his Nextel Cup profile. “You hear every rattle, East Division Monday’s Games Arizona at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. WLPctGB Florida (Seddon 0-0) at Atlanta (Carlyle 8-6), 7:05 San Diego at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 One race in, and Bowyer is squeak, bang in that thing. I Boston 90 59.604 — p.m. Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. Chicago at FC Dallas, 8 p.m. was watching up ahead. I was New York 84 64.5685 1/2 N.Y. Mets (O.Hernandez 9-5) at Washington Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 NASCAR’s newest race win- Toronto 74 74.50015 1/2 (Bacsik 5-8), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Columbus at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. ner. hoping, praying nobody Baltimore 63 84.429 26 Cincinnati (Arroyo 9-14) at Chicago Cubs (Hill 9- San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. New England at New York, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay 62 87.416 28 8), 8:05 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m. Bowyer raced to his first would crash. Thankfully, the Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-4) at Houston (Albers 4-8), Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Kansas City at CD Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Central Division 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 Nextel Cup victory Sunday, cautions didn’t come and we WLPctGB Philadelphia (Kendrick 8-4) at St. Louis Cincinnati at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. D.C. United at Chicago, 3 p.m. Cleveland 87 61.588 — (Undecided), 8:10 p.m. Jacksonville at Denver, 4:05 p.m. FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. starting from the pole and kept it out front.” Detroit 82 67.5505 1/2 San Francisco (Correia 4-6) at Arizona (Webb 16- Carolina at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. Minnesota 72 76.486 15 10), 9:40 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 4:15 p.m. leading all 221 of the 300 laps Gordon, the four-time Kansas City 63 84.42923 1/2 Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten 0-5) at San Diego Dallas at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. series champion, finished sec- Chicago 63 85.426 24 (Cassel 0-0), 10:05 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 to win at New Hampshire Tuesday’s Games Tennessee at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. West Division L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:05 p.m., 1st game WNBA International Speedway. ond and was followed by two- WLPctGB N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Playoff Glance Los Angeles 87 61.588 — Florida at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Bowyer entered the 12-dri- time series champion Tony Seattle 78 69.5318 1/2 By The Associated Press Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. All Times EDT Stewart. Oakland 74 76.493 14 Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m. SOLHEIM CUP RESULTS ver Chase as the only con- Texas 69 79.466 18 Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:10 p.m. By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND tender without a victory, and Kyle Busch was fourth and L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game ——— At Halmstad Golf Club, North Course (Best-of-3) San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Halmstad, Sweden had never finished higher than followed by Martin Truex Jr., Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Yardage: 6,635; Par: 72 EASTERN CONFERENCE third in his short Cup career. Johnson and Matt Kenseth as Toronto 8, Baltimore 3 Detroit 2, New York 1 Chase drivers took the top Oakland 7, Texas 3 Sunday Friday, Aug. 24: New York 73, Detroit 51 But he’s inched closer and Boston 10, N.Y.Yankees 1 UNITED STATES 16, EUROPE 12 Sunday, Aug. 26: Detroit 76, New York 73 seven spots. Cleveland 6, Kansas City 0 Best Ball (Completion of matches suspended Tuesday, Aug. 28: Detroit 71, New York 70, OT closer to the front of the field, L.A. Angels 2, 1 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Saturday) and thought he had a chance Casey Mears was eighth, Detroit 4, Minnesota 3 Europe 3, United States 1 Indiana 2, Connecticut 1 Tampa Bay 6, Seattle 2 At A Glance Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome, United Thursday, Aug. 23: Connecticut 93, Indiana 88, at a win last week in followed by Ryan Newman Sunday’s Games By The Associated Press States, halved with and Maria 3OT Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. All Times EDT Hjorth, Europe. Saturday, Aug. 25: Indiana 78, Connecticut 59 Richmond but spun his and J.J. Yeley. Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. and Stacy Prammanasudh, United Monday, Aug. 27: Indiana 93, Connecticut 88, OT L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE States, halved with and Iben ——— Chevrolet as he was making a The Chase opener wasn’t Detroit at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Tinning, Europe. Texas at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. East Becky Brewerton and Laura Davies, Europe, def. WESTERN CONFERENCE pass for the lead. so kind to Carl Edwards Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. and Nicole Castrale, United States, WLTPctPFPA Phoenix 2, Seattle 0 N.Y.Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m. New England 1 0 01.000 38 14 2-up. It brought him into the (12th), Denny Hamlin (15th), Monday’s Games Annika Sorenstam and , Friday, Aug. 24: Phoenix 101, Seattle 84 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 14 15 Sunday, Aug. 26: Phoenix 95, Seattle 89 Chase opener as the 12th seed, Kevin Harvick (17th), Jeff Baltimore (Undecided) at N.Y.Yankees (Hughes Miami 0 1 0 .000 13 16 Europe, def. and Morgan Pressel, 3-3), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 14 38 United States, 3 and 2. trailing defending series Burton (18th) and Kurt Busch Detroit (Rogers 3-2) at Cleveland (Byrd 15-6), San Antonio 2, Sacramento 1 7:05 p.m. Singles Thursday, Aug. 23: Sacramento 86, San Antonio South 65 champion Jimmie Johnson by (25th). Although they were all Boston (Wakefield 16-10) at Toronto (McGowan WLTPctPFPA United States 8 1/4, Europe 3 1/2 10-9), 7:07 p.m. , Europe, def. Laura Diaz, Saturday, Aug. 25: San Antonio 86, Sacramento Tennessee 1 0 01.000 13 10 61 60 points and acutely aware of running at the end, it’s going Texas (Volquez 2-1) at Minnesota (Slowey 3-0), Houston 1 0 01.000 20 3 United States, 3 and 2. 8:10 p.m. Pat Hurst, United States, def. Sophie Gustafson, Monday, Aug. 27: San Antonio 80, Sacramento 78 to take top-10 finishes to Indianapolis 1 0 01.000 41 10 ——— his ranking. Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 1-3) at Kansas City Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 10 13 Europe, 2 and 1. (Davies 6-13), 8:10 p.m. Stacy Prammanasudh, United States, def. “Thanks for reminding decide this championship, and Seattle (Batista 13-11) at Oakland (Haren 14-7), Suzann Pettersen, Europe, 2-up. CONFERENCE FINALS North (Best-of-3) the competition is off to a 10:05 p.m. WLTPctPFPA Juli Inkster, United States, def. , me,” was his response every Tampa Bay (Jackson 4-14) at L.A. Angels Europe, 4 and 3. Cincinnati 1 0 01.000 27 20 EASTERN CONFERENCE time he was asked about his tremendous headstart. (Escobar 17-7), 10:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 1 0 01.000 34 7 , United States, halved with Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Becky Brewerton, Europe. Detroit vs. Indiana winless streak. Johnson and Gordon are Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 7 34 , United States, def. Trish Friday, Aug. 31: Indiana 75, Detroit 65 Baltimore at N.Y.Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Johnson, Europe, 3 and 2. Sunday, Sept. 2: Detroit 77, Indiana 63 Now, he’ll never hear it tied for the points lead, and Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. West Morgan Pressel, United States, def. Annika Monday, Sept. 3: Detroit 81, Indiana 65, Detroit Stewart is just 10 points back. Texas at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. WLTPctPFPA Sorenstam, Europe, 2 and 1. wins series 2-1 again. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Denver 1 0 01.000 15 14 Laura Davies, Europe, def. Brittany Lincicome, ——— Bowyer easily beat Jeff Bowyer moved up eight spots Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. San Diego 1 0 01.000 14 3 United States, 4 and 3. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 3 20 Nicole Castrale, United States, def. Bettina WESTERN CONFERENCE Oakland 0 1 0 .000 21 36 Hauert, Europe, 3 and 2. Gordon to the finish line, but into fourth place, only 15 Paula Creamer, United States, def. Maria Hjorth, Phoenix 2, San Antonio 0 Thursday, Aug. 30: Phoenix 102, San Antonio 100 struggled through the final 50 points out. NATIONAL CONFERENCE Europe, 2 and 1. Linda Wessberg, Europe, def. Cristie Kerr, United Saturday, Sept. 1: Phoenix 98, San Antonio 92 laps as his car tightened. Kyle Busch jumped four States, 1-up. ——— At A Glance East By The Associated Press Natalie Gulbis, United States, def. Gwladys Bowyer grew increasingly spots to fifth and is 35 points WLTPctPFPA Nocera, Europe, 4 and 3. FINALS All Times EDT Dallas 1 0 01.000 45 35 (Best-of-5) frustrated with lapped traffic, behind. Truex is sixth, 40 Washington 1 0 01.000 16 13 Detroit vs. Phoenix East Division N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 35 45 Wednesday, Sept. 5: Detroit 108, Phoenix 100 and the setting sun made it points back and Kenseth is WLPctGB Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 13 16 Saturday, Sept. 8: Phoenix 98, Detroit 70 New York 83 64.565 — Tuesday, Sept. 11: Detroit 88, Phoenix 83 difficult to see at times. seventh. Philadelphia 79 69.5344 1/2 South MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Thursday, Sept. 13: Phoenix 77, Detroit 76, series Atlanta 75 73.5078 1/2 WLTPctPFPA tied 2-2 But his Richard Childress Edwards dropped four Washington 66 82.44617 1/2 Carolina 1 0 01.000 27 13 At A Glance Sunday, Sept. 16: Phoenix at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Racing team urged him to spots to eighth, and Hamlin Florida 65 83.43918 1/2 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 3 24 By The Associated Press New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 10 41 All Times EDT Central Division Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 6 20 relax, and the 28-year-old fell three spots to ninth. WLPctGB EASTERN CONFERENCE Kansas native calmly made it Harvick is 10th. Burton 11th Chicago 77 72.517 — North W L T Pts GF GA Milwaukee 75 72.510 1 WLTPctPFPA x-D.C. United 15 6 4 49 48 28 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE to the finish — beating and Kurt Busch plummeted St. Louis 70 77.476 6 Green Bay 1 0 01.000 16 13 New England 13 6 6 45 43 34 Cincinnati 68 80.4598 1/2 Minnesota 1 0 01.000 24 3 New York 11 10 4 37 39 37 Thursday’s Game Gordon by more than six sec- seven spots to 12th. Pittsburgh 66 82.44610 1/2 Detroit 1 0 01.000 36 21 Kansas City 10 9 6 36 40 39 Houston 64 84.43212 1/2 Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 4 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 14 Chicago 8 10 6 30 25 32 Saturday’s Game Columbus 6 9 10 28 29 34 Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2 West Division West Toronto FC 5 13 6 21 18 37 WLPctGB Sunday’s Games WLTPctPFPA Washington at Carolina, 3 p.m. Arizona 83 66.557 — San Francisco 1 0 01.000 20 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Diego 80 67.544 2 Nashville at Columbus, 5 p.m. Seattle 1 0 01.000 20 6 W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Los Angeles 79 69.5343 1/2 Arizona 0 1 0 .000 17 20 Injuries will test Cal Colorado 76 72.5146 1/2 CD Chivas USA 13 6 4 43 38 21 Florida at Calgary, 8 p.m. St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 13 27 San Francisco 66 82.44616 1/2 Houston 12 7 6 42 35 20 Phoenix at Anaheim, 8 p.m. FC Dallas 12 9 3 39 32 35 By GREG BEACHAM “It’s going to hurt us, but ——— ——— Colorado 7 10 7 28 25 29 Monday’s Games AP Sports Writer that’s why we’ve got depth,” Real Salt Lake 4 13 7 19 23 37 Philadelphia vs. New Jersey at Trenton, N.J., 7 Sunday’s Games Los Angeles 4 12 5 17 25 37 p.m. Saturday’s Games Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. BERKELEY — Although said middle linebacker Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta vs. N.Y. Islanders at North Bay, Ontario, 7 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m. x-clinched playoff spot p.m. Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 2, 1st game Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. California certainly isn’t sink- Worrell Williams, who has St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 2nd game NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Carolina, 1 p.m. ——— Florida at Edmonton, 9 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 2 San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. ing, defensive coordinator been solid in Bishop’s place Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 3 Colorado at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Wednesday’s Game Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Bob Gregory now has plenty this season. “If they don’t Washington 7, Atlanta 4 New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Houston 9, Pittsburgh 7 D.C. United 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Atlanta at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Thursday’s Game of holes to plug. come back, we’ll have other Florida 10, Colorado 2 Dallas at Miami, 4:05 p.m. The Golden Bears head guys stepping in, ready to into Pac-10 play this week play. We’ve got a lot of guys with a No. 6 ranking, a 3-0 who have been waiting for record and a wealth of talent that chance.” on a quickly maturing offense. Despite its holes, Cal’s But they’ve also got serious defense is showing signs of concerns about their defensive progress after Tennessee depth after three starters were moved the ball well in the knocked out of a 42-12 victo- Bears’ opener. Cal had four ry over Louisiana Tech with sacks and 12 tackles for loss potentially serious injuries. against Louisiana Tech while Defensive linemen Matt allowing just one play longer Malele and Rulon Davis both than 20 yards. hurt their feet against the While lining up each week Bulldogs, with Malele likely against the Pac-10’s outstand- 22007007 tearing tendons and Davis ing athletes and inventive possibly incurring a stress offenses, Gregory’s defenses fracture. Zack Follett, the usually strive to bend without Bears’ strong-side linebacker breaking, relying on a knack and emotional leader, devel- for killing drives by forcing oped a neck stinger in the first turnovers. half and didn’t return. “We’re always talking Most Cal fans don’t know turnovers — get the ball,” the names of the players who Williams said. “We’re a big replaced them against the opportunity team. We’re Bulldogs, but Gregory pro- going to get to the route fesses confidence in every before you. We want to stop player he coaches. them, but we’d rather have a “I liked the way we turnover than get them to punt responded when guys went it.” down, but we won’t really Cal has forced seven know about us until Pac-10 turnovers in its first three play,” said Gregory, in his games this season, including sixth season as Jeff Tedford’s three by Louisiana Tech, right-hand man. “We’ll see which managed 274 total where our depth is, and I think yards and several sustained guys will step into bigger drives. roles.” “Big plays have been The extent of all three huge,” said defensive back injuries wasn’t known Robert Peele, who had a Sunday, but the game-day drive-killing interception on a prognoses were bad news for tipped ball. “Teams have been a defense that’s still working driving on us, but we some- to replace the top three play- how come up with a fumble or ers from last season’s solid an interception. We have the group. Cornerback Daymeion ability to force teams to make Hughes, linebacker Desmond mistakes like that. We don’t Bishop and defensive tackle care about yards so much. The Brandon Mebane all went to only stat we keep is take- the NFL, leaving Gregory to aways.” TheThe UUkiahkiah rebuild his core. Louisiana Tech and Cal’s line is its greatest Tennessee both had success concern, since Malele already against Cal with a no-huddle DAILY JOURNAL was the only returning starter offense — though Gregory from last season. Gregory couldn’t understand why the filled the holes against officials wouldn’t allow him Publication Dates: The Ukiah Louisiana Tech with everyone to substitute at times during from fifth-year senior John the hurry-up drill, and Allen, who recovered a fum- Williams criticized the The Ukiah Daily Journal - October 21st DAILY JOURNAL ble in the first extensive play- Bulldogs’ quick-snapping ing time of his career, to technique. promising freshmen Derrick “They’re supposed to give Journal Sampler - October 23rd Call your Ukiah Daily Journal Hill and Cameron Jordan. us a chance to get lined up, The Bears hope Follett will and they were doing some- representative to reserve your space be back for Saturday’s home thing that was borderline (ille- online at ukiahdailyjournal.com game against Arizona, but gal),” Williams said. “We still Eddie Young and Michael got it done, and that’s all that Advertising Space & Materials Deadline: Mohamed filled in capably matters. 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CHAOS GRID THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 38 34 33 35 by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion AD IT -13 -10 -6 -2 Unscramble these four Jumbles, ESLO -5 36 31 -6 one letter to each square, LENE to form four ordinary words. -9 37 40 -9 TBFU NYSOW CLUE: MANASSAS ORDER GRID 56

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ANSWERS IN NEXT EDITION © 2007 Robert Barnett www.jumble.com ROHTAU Answers to Previous Now arrange the circled letters Learning Challenger to form the surprise answer, as CELEBRITY OR GLORY suggested by the above cartoon. 55 4 2 50 CELE “ ” -4 56 57 2 Answer here: A BR I T 58 2 -4 55 (Answers tomorrow) YORG Jumbles: LYING BOUND CAJOLE CHROME Saturday’s 249564 Answer: What the boss did in the doughnut shop — LORY 9/15/2007 THE “HOLE” JOB Limited access to grandchildren is causing deep sorrow Dear Annie: When I retired, I wanted to your grandchildren. Please call today. husband also stares and can say very inappro- move closer to my only grandchildren. Dear Annie: Every year I receive several priate things. We also do not have any friends. However, my daughter said I couldn’t live in ANNIE’S MAILBOX graduation announcements, and generally, I am It’s heartbreaking to see this wonderful man “her town” unless I divorced my second hus- pleased to send a card and check to the gradu- judged and shunned by people who have not band. After thinking about my difficult mar- By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar ate. taken the time to find out if there is a problem. riage, I decided to get the divorce, although I Recently, I received a pre-printed thank-you They think he’s strange. He has Asperger’s. have stayed friends with my ex. postcard that was addressed in the familiar My husband is intelligent and loving, but After I moved, my ex came to visit every ate enough to consider suicide if she cuts off handwriting of the graduate’s mother. Is this my access to those boys. They are all I live for. has poor social skills, lacks empathy and few months. My daughter was livid. She acceptable now? Is it old-fashioned to think the comes across as emotionally immature. Yet he wouldn’t allow me to see my grandsons for I asked my daughter to go to a therapist with student should be part of this process? I know me, but she refused, saying I am the one with has the biggest heart and gentlest soul. Every weeks at a time. She said she’s afraid the ex I will receive another announcement in four will murder her family. I don’t know why she the problem. Please help. -- Suicidal in time someone makes a negative comment California years when this young man graduates college, about him, it tears my heart up. I wish people believes this. My ex has never been physically and I may be less eager to send a gift then. -- violent. Dear Suicidal: Did something happen would walk in someone else’s shoes before Now he is planning to move to “her town,” between your daughter and your ex that is Grow Up and Write Your Own Notes assuming someone isn’t worth knowing. I and I haven’t told her. I worry she will never let causing this reaction? If so, she should tell you Dear Grow Up: Of course the recipient admit it isn’t easy at times, but the joy and love me see the boys again. Annie, I can’t control about it. If not, it would be nice if she were should acknowledge the gift personally, he gives me is worth it. -- Indiana where he lives and don’t know why I should be more compassionate. You have given your although too many parents don’t bother teach- Dear Indiana: We realize you may be forced to give up a friendship because of her daughter control over your choices, and it’s ing their children the importance of expressing reluctant to let people know your husband has paranoia. I will never live with him again, so making you depressed and miserable. Go for gratitude, and when those children are adults, Asperger’s, but then you cannot expect them to what business is it of hers? counseling without her. A counselor will help they haven’t the vaguest sense of obligation to be understanding when he behaves in socially I am handicapped and on a limited income, you take charge of your life again and find do so. At least you received an acknowledge- inappropriate ways. If there are people you so I can’t keep moving away, but I am desper- other reasons to get up in the morning besides ment of your gift, no matter how inappropri- would like to spend more time with, tell them ately done. what’s going on and give them the opportunity MONDAY EVENING Dear Annie: I just finished reading about to appreciate your husband’s good qualities the “John and Alice,” the annoying neighbors. 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I did not even etc. Job description & Credit Union gram FT w/benefits, CHILD(REN) DEPENDENT. days & Sundays los fines de semana els: Ability to work Cook, 30 hr/wk. get in the door when I application available PO Box 1410, $30k closing By Direction of the Honorable: Rdwd Vly. D/L req’d. $7.50 la hora con with families of di- Apply 425 N. State was scooped up and Solid Wastes Ukiah, CA 95482 09/22/2007. Get $10/hr. 831-624-8035 [X] Robert W. Inouye, Court Commissioner propinos. 295 S. State verse backgrounds. St. 462-5595 brought to the Ukiah of Willits, Fax 707-468-0350 application & Job KIM EATON Collect calls accept’d Bilingual (Eng/ shelter. I am very 350 Franklin Ave. Description at DRIVERS - $1000 L.I.F.E. Services Clerk CHIP SEALING Span) req; must friendly. 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Perkins St. hiring preference pickup w/shell for Fri. w/paid holidays. Type 50 WPM. E-mail 12 ft. wide. pm 9-24-07 Pursuant to Chapter 10, commencing with applies local morning small Apply at tens!) at 298 Plant [email protected] Ask for Zach or Lisa Contact for detailed 21700 of the Business Professionals Code, package delivery www.ectr.org EOE 990 S. Dora St. Ukiah. Rd. or call Sage at 707-744-1647 x 1341 job requirements: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that C & M routes in both LICENSED 467-6453 Global Manufacturer Robert 707-743-1625 Mini-Storage, 297 Brush St., Ukiah, CA All Shifts FT & PT Mendocino & Lake Front Desk NURSES & CNA’S Since 1869 e-mail robertlucas@ 95482 (707)462-1299, will cause to be sold to Available!!! Counties. Earn a P/T-F/T We have openings WWW.WABTEC.COM wildblue.net or Gary the general public by oral auction at 9:00 No experience need- competitive wage Best Western on our team. A 707-921-3900 a.m., Friday, September 21st, 2007, the ed. 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Assist disabled servation Corps has able includinghealth ● Cashiers Sonja Olsen 403 Family health benefits start day of Maintenance worker, ing down Crystal Ct in their home and on an opening for Resi- coverage & 401k ● 2 Floor Managers Angela Hloucha 408 outings. Call for hire. VERY affordable PPO 80% dential Security posi- building and grounds, Melanie Foster 707 in Ukiah on 9/10 w/company match. ● Exp. promotions interview 485-5168, coverage (e.g., $28/Bi-Weekly for tion. Mature adult & minor vehicle re- Tina McCoy 1162 when the police Contact Steven & marketing 485-0165, 468-0602 empl + children) – Not age driven able to effectively in- Koller 866-779-7726 pairs. Ability to work Julian Sterling 1222 person. picked me up. Now for cost. 401k - 100% match to 3% teract with young or [email protected] with & direct young Araceli Cruz 1433 ASSISTANT Friendly attitude I am in "doggie jail" of Salary plus add’l annual 3% adults ranging from adults a must. Good Jose Escalera 1499 COOK helpful. Willing to contribution. Two Weeks Vacation 18-25 years of age. Drivers-Class A DMV required. $11 and I was not even st train. 984-6800 Must be exp. Grant on January 1 – Use at Swing and Graveyard Night Shift, local haul per hour + benefits. Landlord reserves the right to bid at the sale. jay walking! I hope or come in for Pre-employment anytime. Holiday and Sick Pay. shifts available. Must chips, Current DMV Apply in person at Purchase must be made with cash only and my people come application. physical & drug Competitive Compensation. be available to work printout. Starts at 2600 Old River Road, paid for at the time of sale. All purchased and find me or I will 200 Cahto Dr. testing req’d. weekends. For more $14.00. 459-4131. Ukiah. 463-2822. EOE goods are sold “as is” and must be removed Laytonville be available for Dental, Vision, Prev exp req’d for both positions. information, contact People to work with Sales Rep. Must be from the premises by 5:00 pm on the date of Medical benefits. More details available at ●●●●●●●● sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the adoption 9/15. I am Chris Malinowski at developmentally an energetic, self a guest at the shel- Free co-op child www.Wabtec.com. Physical and 707-463-2822. You disabled adults one Now offering motivated, people even of settlement between Landlord and ob- care. Apply Drug Test req’d. Send resume to ligated party. Auction conducted pursuant to may complete an ap- on one in their own employee person, with own ter 298 Plant Rd or Trinity School [email protected] or fax to 707- Sec.2328 of the Commercial Code and 535 of plication in person or home. All Shifts insurance after vehicle. Fax resume call Sage at 467- 915 W. Church St. 459-8540. Public Code. online at www.ccc.ca. available. Call 90 days. to 462-1208 or 6453 Ukiah An EOE/AA Employer Auctioneer: Robert McCarthy Bond#0347716 gov Cindy 468-9331 [email protected] THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2007 -B-7

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Sal. neg. wood Dr. 480-0615 Pigmy Goats - Buck (Ukiah & Willits) FORECLOSURE! Send resume CVM $25/obo. Does 6 mo. ●Social Worker IV 3bdrm. 2 ba. only PO Box 1709 Hopland-Sml. hse. 1 & 1, 3 mo. 1 Adult. Adult Services $130K. For listings Ukiah 95482 or fax bdrm., yard, no pets, 462-5991 738-5725 (Ukiah & Willits) to 707-462-7839 N/S. $850/mo. 800-749-7901 ●Social Worker IV Ukiah Connie.744-1488 PYGMY GOATS ext.R397 Children Services 1M, 1F. 7mos. old. If you have a Daily Journal WANTED TO (Ukiah & Willits) $100 for both pre foreclosure, 590 S. School St. SHARE RENT ●Employment and 380 485-1649 SAVE YOUR CREDIT Training Worker P/T Customer Downtown Willits Thoroughbred Mare (307)321-5042 Room $500mo. Utils Supervisor Service Rep. 14 yrs. 15.2 hands. Lot Model incl. Nice yard. N/S. (Fort Bragg Only) Must have clean Very sweet, needs Blowout Sale! 590 S. School St., Ukiah Male or fem. 456-9158 For further info go DMV. good home. $1000. 3 homes to choose to:www.mss.ca.gov Apply in person 278-0332 from. We finance. to: “Career Oppor- Circulation Dept. Large room in large GARAGE 459-9588 Top of 468-3500 tunities” Or call the house. $490 + $490 SALES the grade Willits. MCDSS Jobline: Union Rebar Iron- dep. 590 707-467-5866. All workers Alamillo util incl. 718-2110 FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS. close 9/28/07 Rebar, a rebar fab- SHARE NEWER Realty World Selzer ricator and installer home in Willits with is looking for quali- Realty. 350 E. Gobbi MOUNTAIN VIEW 79 retired male. Pri- fied union rebar ASSISTED LIVING vate bedroom, full REC VEH ironworkers to (senior housing) kitchen use, 610 CAMPING work throughout the washer/dryer, cable NOW HIRING!!! Bay Area. Union 35FT SOUTHWIND ✔ TV, Comcast high MAINTENANCE wages & benefits M.H. 1985. Very ✔ speed network. Sep- CAREGIVERS apply. Se Habla Es- good cond. $9,500 ✔MED PASSERS arate phone line 485-9210 panol. Phone 707- $650 for one $750 for ✔BEAUTICIAN 551-7007 Fax 707- couple. No smoking MOTOR- ✔COOK P/T 643-1435 or drugs 291-2204 620 CYCLES ALL SHIFTS Have YAMAHA 250F 2004 Welder. Read prints, Drug test & back- Low hrs, runs great, MIG weld & flux core. BOATS ground check req- 420 clean, vet owned 459-2320 Fax res. uired. Wage DOE 26FT 1979 FORMU- $3200 391-3411 Apply at 1343 S. 459-1415 LA twin eng, 350hp Dora St. Ukiah CHILD $5,900 in/outbrd 4X4'S 140 CARE w/gally & barm Grt 650 FOR SALE NCO/RCCC - Ukiah fishing 530-787-4638 INFANT/TODDLER FORD EXPLORERS Admin Assist ll - (2) 92 Both 4x4 w/ex- AA/two yrs exp pref. DAY CARE. Quality FURNITURE tras. Must sell $950 & computer exp. & Trustworthy Child 440 Care preK Compo- both obo. 485-5534 the Sp/Eng Bil pref. 24- 2, 5 drawer chests. 30 hrs/ wk, $12.71- nent. Playgrnd, Play- $30 & $50. Subaru Outback Ltd. $13.35/hr DOQ & room, Crafts, Stories, 1 computer desk. 2000. AWD. Great bene. For appl & job Sharing. All meals, $35. 485-7701 cond. Lea. 6 disc CD, descrip; contact NCO Fun & Love. 14 yrs 110K. $9200. 463-0905 Beautiful Oak coffee 800-606-5550 x 302 Exp. Low Ratio Lic. tble & end tble. Lead- TRUCKS or www.ncoinc.org 3491. 462-2265 ed glass. Drop leg 670 FOR SALE Closes 5 pm, 9-24-07 Hatch Fmly DaySchl with claw foot. $300 02 Ford F250 Super (Postmarks not BUSINESS for both. 463-0993 Duty V-10, 4x4, tow accepted.) EOE 250 RENTALS Downsizing? Our ex- pckg, 1 owner, Perfect NEW EXCITING SUITE OF OFFICES panding office needs garaged. Only 67,000 POSITION WORK- 4 offices + conf., solid wood desks, a mi. 707-391-7852 ING WITH KIDS A jewel in our crown. table & cabinet. Call CARS 6 wks pd vacation $2040 incl. utils. 462-1818 FOR SALE 403 B. Small home- 680 OTHER OFFICES Chevy Nova II 1968 like environment, WANTED 340sf.$360mo.+dep runs good low good pay & bens. 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