Wildcats try Earthdance ON THE MARKET for first win brings people Guide to local real estate at Eureka together for peace ..........Page A-6 ...............Page A-3 ...................................Inside INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Sunny and warm 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Sept. 22, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 44 pages, Volume 148 Number 166 email: [email protected] CITY OF UKIAH ‘We’ve lost a good friend in the passing of Norm Vroman. He was a wonderful guy.’ – Former Sheriff TONY CRAVER Police aim to recruit DA Vroman dies officers via Vroman By BEN BROWN ‘It is with deep regret and television The Daily Journal District Attorney Norman sorrow that I have to inform By BEN BROWN Vroman died Thursday The Daily Journal afternoon at a Santa Rosa the people of Mendocino Starting next week, the Ukiah hospital of complications Police Department will be using a due to a heart attack. County that District Attorney new tool in its effort to recruit The 69-year-old Vroman Norman L. Vroman passed qualified applicants onto the force: was rushed to Sutter Valley television. Memorial Hospital by heli- away this afternoon, “The ultimate idea is to get peo- copter Tuesday morning, ple talking about it and considering after suffering a heart attack Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006.’ a career in law enforcement,” said at his home. UPD Capt. Chris Dewey. His condition was KEITH FAULDER The commercial will air on five described as critical by hos- assistant district attorney, cable stations during a two-week pital staff on Tuesday when in an announcement Thursday from period. The commercial was he was admitted to the filmed using UPD officers and pro- intensive care unit, where he the District Attorney’s Office duced by Ukiah resident Kirk died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Fuller of Fuller Digital Media, at a Assistant District A two-term district attor- total cost of $200. Attorney Keith Faulder said The 30-second spot depicts ney, Vroman also worked as Tuesday that he would be an assistant district attorney, UPD officers going about their taking over the duties of dis- duties, performing traffic stops, a public defender, a police trict attorney in the interim. officer and a judge in a At the courthouse, the career that spanned more See UPD, Page A-11 business of the court contin- than 40 years. ued Thursday afternoon, Vroman was known for although a sign on the door his “open door” policy at the of the District Attorney’s District Attorney’s Office City names Office stated that the office and also for his political was closed Thursday and stances, which were some- would reopen during normal director hours Friday. See VROMAN, Page A-12 of finance Despite spending past years in Canada, he’s no stranger to Ukiah By KATIE MINTZ The Daily Journal Measurements are taken in inch- es and feet, the Pledge of Allegiance is spoken in schools and French is just a class taught in high school here, but it’s still like home to the city of Ukiah’s new finance director, Brent Smith, though he and his family have Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal lived in America’s neighbor to the The District Attorney’s Office in the Mendocino County Courthouse was north for the last seven years. closed Thursday afternoon following the death of DA Norman Vroman. Smith began work as the city’s Vroman suffered a heart attack Tuesday morning at his home near Hopland finance director a week-and-a-half and was airlifted to a Santa Rosa hospital, where he died at 12:30 p.m. ago, moving to Ukiah earlier this Thursday. Flags at the courthouse, as well as other government offices in summer from Vancouver, B.C., to Ukiah, were at half-staff Thursday afternoon in honor of Vroman. Assistant take over for former Finance District Attorney Keith Faulder has been in charge of the DA’s Office since Director Gordon Elton, who’s been Tuesday, and issued a statement Thursday afternoon, thanking “the entire serving as interim since Mike community of Mendocino County for their outpouring of love and support” McCann departed early this sum- for Vroman. See FINANCE, Page A-11 City of 10,000 Buddhas celebrates International Day of Peace By LAURA MCCUTCHEON common goal, as they The Daily Journal ‘Peace in the world begins with peace marched with other com- Developing Virtue munity members from the Secondary Girls School stu- in the minds, and meditation is a really entrance of the city to the dents carrying a large white good way to calm the mind.’ Hall of 10,000 Buddhas. fabric dove led a procession Once inside the temple, Thursday at the City of HENG YIN, principal of the girls school girls school Principal Heng 10,000 Buddhas in obser- Yin led the guests in a short vance of International Day of Peace. meditation. Elementary school children from Instilling “Peace in the world begins with peace in the Goodness followed closely behind, holding a minds, and meditation is a really good way to banner depicting peace, with the word itself calm the mind,” she began, after instructing written in large black letters, set against a color- everyone to close their eyes. ful backdrop of peace signs, doves, butterflies and flowers -- all the while chanting for their See PEACE, Page A-11 Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal Kindergarten and first-graders at the Instilling Goodness girls school at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas walk with a peace sign during a short peace march Thursday, the International Day of Peace. Ukiah Valley Mortuary 468-8446 195 Low Gap Rd., Ukiah “The Mortuary With a Heart!” We own and operate our own crematory FD 1680 A-2 – FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Death notices are free for FUNERAL NOTICES Mendocino County residents. DEATH NOTICES Death notices are limited to [\ Born May 30 1918 in lifelong, avid reader, she Ukiah, brother Harold name of deceased, home- Larry Neil Salisbury, 72, town, age, date of death, FAITH BERNICE Ukiah, Bernice graduated absorbed knowledge and Christy of Redding, grand- date, time, and place of ser- CHRISTY DENHAM from Ukiah High School and traveled the world through children Aaron Denham of of Redwood Valley, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. vices and the funeral home Graveside services for worked as a payroll clerk her books. Bernice will be Arroyo Grande, Steven handling the arrangements. for Ukiah Unified School remembered for her strong Denham of Ukiah, Brandon Per his request, no services For information on how to Faith Bernice Christy will be held. Arrangements Denham of Ukiah will be District personal spirit, incredible Denham of Portola and one place a free death notice for 20 years. She married wisdom, compassion and great-grandchild Sydney are being handled by Eversole please call our editorial held on Friday, September Mortuary. 22, 2006 at 11 am at Ukiah Daniel Denham September perseverance. She will be Denham. She was preceded department at 468-3500. Cemetery. 12, 1936. After retiring she missed. in death by her husband Bernice passed away on was able to travel to Bernice is survived by Daniel Denham and by her September 19, 2006 at a Canada, Europe and her sons, Donald and grandson Gary Denham. BOOKED -- Shane local hospital surrounded by Australia with friends. Her Roderick Denham of Ukiah, The Eversole Mortuary is CORRECTIONS Russell Scroggin, 40, of her family. passion was reading. As a sister Lucille Miller of in charge of arrangements. The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this Ukiah, was booked into jail on space to correct errors or make clarifications to news articles. Significant errors in obitu- suspicion of battery at 3:56 ary notices or birth announcements will a.m. Wednesday. Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid announcements. For information on how to result in reprinting the entire article. Errors Those arrested by law enforcement may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. officers are innocent until proven guilty. place a paid funeral notice or make corrections to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468-3529. People reported as having been arrest- ed may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the LOTTERY NUMBERS results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should con- DAILY 3: night: 9, 5, 1. tact the appropriate agency. In the case afternoon: 0, 6, 8. of those arrested on suspicion of dri- Fire break completed with BLM funding ving under the influence of an intoxi- FANTASY 5: 03, 07, 20, cant: all DUI cases reported by law The Daily Journal The project, which had been discussed an adjacent landowner, also participated 28, 29. enforcement agencies are reported by The Mendocino County Fire Safe for seven years, was finally brought to in the project, according to Rogers. DAILY DERBY: 1st the newspaper.The Daily Journal makes Council, working with the California fruition through a $35,000 grant from the Since 2003, the California Fire Safe Place: 09, Winning Spirit. no exceptions. Department of Forestry and Fire Bureau of Land Management. The Council has administered a Grants 2nd Place: 02, Lucky Protection and Anderson Valley Fire Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Clearinghouse designed to streamline the Star. FIRE AND RESCUE Department, recently completed a 2.5- applied for the grant in 2004 and began grant application process, making it easi- 3rd Place: 03, Hot Shot.