Community REMINISCE sports digest SUNDAY Grace Notes ..........Page A-9 July 27, 2008 ................................Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Monday: Mostly sunny; H 87º L 54º Tuesday: Clouds, then sun; H 88º L 55º $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 40 pages, Volume 150 Number 109 email:
[email protected] ‘The financial people are always the last to leave.’ – Cal Fire Deputy Finance Chief RICH BOEHM Ft. Bragg urges water Cal Fire reductions The Daily Journal The city of Fort Bragg is asking resi- settling dents to conserve water because of lower than average storage in city reservoirs. Fort Bragg pulls its water from the Noyo River, Newman Reservoir and Waterfall Gulch, all of which are low accounts already this year because of lower than By BEN BROWN average winter and spring rainfall. The Daily Journal Mendocino County had one of the dri- Though the smoke has cleared and the est springs on record this year and incident command team is gone, one portion California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of the administration that helped Mendocino has declared a drought statewide. County deal with 129 fires that burned The city of Fort Bragg is encouraging across the county for almost a month residents to voluntarily reduce their water remains: the group that pays the bills. use as much as possible, using only as “The financial people are always the last much as is necessary for commercial and to leave,” said Cal Fire Deputy Finance domestic purposes. Chief Rich Boehm. According to city reports, there is cur- Working out of a crowded conference rently enough water in reservoirs to serve room at the Fairfield Inn, more than a dozen the community, but conservation is members of the financial team will be sort- encouraged to make sure water will con- ing bills, making calls and entering payroll tinue to be available later in the season.