Community Ask Doctor Gott Forum sports digest ..............Page 3 Our readers write .............Page 6 ...................................Page 4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 TUESDAY May 29, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 149 Number 50 email:
[email protected] Memorial Day A mix of revelry and somber reflection By LAURA MCCUTCHEON The Daily Journal The patriotic tune, “Proud to be an American,” sounded from DJ Ken Steely’s van as he pre- pared to proceed down a flag- lined School Street Monday during the 2007 Memorial Day parade. Veterans, fancy cars, a flashy Uncle Sam, pretty girls -- like Miss Mendocino, Liberty Egloff, and Miss Redwood Empire Outstanding Teen, Brook Ingram -- the Ukiah High School band, G.I. moms, law enforcement vehicles and a fire truck, too, also made up the pro- cession which started on School Street and winded its way to the Ukiah Cemetery on Low Gap Road. Young spectators, many hold- ing small American flags -- courtesy of Uncle Sam -- could be seen darting into the street to gather candy when tossed to them by generous parade entrants. But sweet treats are not what drew the adults to the event. Ruth Frisbie, holding her lit- tle dog, “Little Bit,” under one arm, attended the parade with her 5-year-old granddaughter, Chancelyn Johnson, to honor her first husband, James Johnson. “He was in the Vietnam war and he is buried up at the Ukiah Cemetery, so I try to go to the Memorial Day parade every MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal year, and put a flag on his Above, speaking at the Ukiah/Russian River Cemetery, Veterans of Foreign Wars Program Chairman Bob Parker speaks to a grave,” she said.