A’s lose ninth COMMUNITY game in a row Friday Local happenings .................................Page A-3 ..........Page A-6 Aug. 8, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Saturday: Partly sunny; H 88º L 52º 7 58551 69301 0 Sunday: Sunny H 93º L 53º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 38 pages, Volume 150 Number 121 email:
[email protected] UKIAH CITY COUNCIL AT THE REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR: AUG. 7-10 Farm animals race Smoking ban GASCAR: for the finish line at 3 city parks moves forward By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal Attention outdoor smokers City to state: of Ukiah: puff it up while you can. Don’t take At its regular board meet- ing Wednesday, the Ukiah our money City Council approved the By ROB BURGESS introduction of an ordinance that would ban smoking in The Daily Journal three of the city’s parks. On Wednesday, the If the ordinance is Ukiah City Council sent a approved at a later meeting, clear message to state smoking will be prohibited in lawmakers as they contin- Alex R. Thomas Plaza, ue hammering out Carpenter Hudson Park and California’s budget: the Ukiah Sports Complex. hands off our pockets. “The purpose of this ordi- At its regular meeting, nance is to reduce the risk of the council unanimously fire and/or smoking-related approved a resolution safety issues, reduce smok- opposing the proposed ing-related litter and pollu- borrowing of local funds. tion, and protect the right of “The League of Cali- non-smokers to breathe fornia Cities is requesting smoke-free air within certain that all members consider city-owned parks and/or city- See STATE, Page A-10 See SMOKING, Page A-10 Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal Sherry Galvik opens the starting gate for one of the first Great American Crazy Animal “GASCAR” Hackers take over races at the Redwood Empire Fair Thursday afternoon.