Community The ANGORA WILDFIRE sports digest Commerce File Local Red Cross Tahoe-bound ...............Page 6 ..............Page 3 .....................................Page 1 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Obituaries The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Low clouds, then sunshine 7 58551 69301 0 WEDNESDAY June 27, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 149 Number 79 email: [email protected] 2.4 quake ‘They have ownership of the club. This is their club, they do what they want to do, the club will be what they want it to be.’– LIZ ELMORE, operations director at the Boys & Girls Club near Lake Mendocino By CHRIS MCCARTNEY Summer camp The Daily Journal At roughly 6:45 Tuesday morning, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.4, centered east of Lake Mendocino, shook the northern Ukiah Valley. Another, with an estimated magnitude of 2.9, was registered seven miles south of Willits at 11:23 a.m. These earthquakes are examples of temblors at the low end of what people usually notice. See EARTHQUAKE, Page 16 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS More study of land use alternatives By KATIE MINTZ The Daily Journal The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors directed Ukiah Valley Area Plan consultants Tuesday to further study a range of land-use alternatives for eight areas in the Ukiah Valley designated for potential change. The nearly four-hour discussion resulted in a 4-1 vote, Supervisor David Colfax dis- senting, to move forward with options for- mulated by the county Planning Team and MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal Gabby Villa deals a hand of Slap Jack to, from left to right, Vanessa Matheny, Andrea Nunez and Cynthia Castaneda. consultants Moore Iacofono Goltsman Inc. with a few additions from the board. Now, multiple options for change-areas Calpella, North State Street, Lover’s Lane, South State Street, the Masonite site, the Boys & Girls Club making summer fun Brush Street triangle, East Ukiah Valley and By K.C. MEADOWS South Ukiah Valley will be studied to gath- The Daily Journal er more information about feasibility and impact of each that will guide the board in ontrolled chaos is the phrase that future decisions. pops into your mind when you Colfax, however, said he believed the C enter the Alex Rorabaugh Center on board, because a majority of the supervisors a summer weekday. There you’ll find don’t represent or live within the Ukiah somewhere between 150 and 200 kids of Valley, should not make any decisions about all ages doing what they love to do: hav- its future, and advocated stopping the UVAP ing fun. reassessment immediately. They may be drawing or painting, play- Once adopted, the UVAP is supposed to ing cards, playing ping pong, chatting provide the framework for growth, develop- together, getting ready to run out to the ment and resource protection in the valley playground or basketball courts, or lining over the next 20 years. A draft UVAP in up for breakfast, or lunch or the midday 2003 was not approved by the board snack. But they all have something to do, because of citizen concern that it didn’t ade- and the many counselors looking after quately address impending growth. them and helping them from one activity “I think this process here has to stop at to another take it all in stride. this point, take a deep breath, because it’s After all, every child, preteen or teenag- very clear to me right now, there’s no con- er here is a Boys & Girls Club member. sensus in this community,” Colfax said. “They have ownership of the club,” Much of the contention comes from what explained operations director Liz Elmore. he called an “alien force” -- the large retail “This is their club, they do what they want development proposed for the former to do, the club will be what they want it to (left to right) Juan Ruez, Jesus Martinez, Miguel Macias, Ruben Balandran, Masonite site by Developer Diversified be.” Hugh Toxqui and Lucia Balandran catch some shade during snack time in Realty Corporation -- that he said caused the Every 45 minutes from 7:30 a.m. to the playground of the Alex Rorabaugh Center. previous UVAP to stall. 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, there’s Of the close to 30 people who gave pub- a new activity starting which could also said Caitlin Luke, 11, sitting in a comfy “It’s better than sitting at home watch- lic comment on the land-use alternatives, include puppet theater, a talent show, a armchair with a group of friends who ing TV,” added Sara Ornbaun, 11. most referenced the development at the for- water balloon relay or tether ball. Kids can agreed that the Boys & Girls Club summer The girls, along with friend Rita Valle, 11, mer Masonite site. either join something new or stick with program is both fun and unintimidating. said they’d been going to the Boys & Girls Jeff Adams, senior development director what they were doing. And it’s their “You can be with your friends and you Club summer program for years and love for DDR, advocated that the board pursue choice. can make friends,” agreed Ashley Fitch, mixed-used designation at the Masonite site “They don’t push you to go outside,” 11. See CLUB, Page 16 in line with smart growth principles valued by the community. While a former site plan See COUNTY, Page 16 Local Red Cross volunteers heading for Tahoe The Daily Journal and is only 5 percent contained. The cle driving, feeding and sheltering, “On the Red Cross Web site at “Those who wish to help the vic- American Red Cross volunteers Sacramento-Sierra Chapter of the and client services. The Sonoma and www.redcross.org, there is an exten- tims of thousands of disasters across from Mendocino and Sonoma coun- American Red Cross opened a shel- Mendocino County chapter has been sive section about fire safety and the country each year, disasters like ties are getting ready to help in ter Monday evening at the Tahoe asked if its volunteers are available, response. It includes such topics as the Angora/South Tahoe fire, can do response to the Angora wildfire in Community Center. and now is contacting volunteers to reducing fire hazards, what to do so by making a financial gift to the the South Lake Tahoe area. Red Cross recruiters are looking determine availability. when wildfire threatens your home, American Red Cross Disaster Relief The fire already has resulted in for volunteers already trained by the “This is a strong wake-up call to and what to tell children. We encour- Fund,” Miller continued. “This fund more than 1,000 people being evacu- Red Cross in a number of categories, get and stay fire safe this summer,” age everyone to visit this site to learn ated and 2,000 acres being burned, including: emergency response vehi- said area Red Cross CEO Tim Miller. now how to stay safe.” See TAHOE, Page 16 2 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] call at 2:22 a.m. Sunday from POLICE REPORTS the North Main Street area The following were near Perkins Street in which FUNERAL NOTICES compiled from reports the victim said he was prepared by the Ukiah attacked and hit in the face. [\ registered nurse. will be no services Ukiah. He was a member of Police Department. To Stephen Bugni, 25, of Yuba Carol loved cats and was held. the Masonic anonymously report City, was arrested at the scene well known for her In lieu of flowers, memo- Lodge for over 45 years crime information, call on suspicion of public drunk- invaluable support to rial contributions may and was active in the 463-6205. enness, and Brandon felines in Mendocino be made to the Spay- Scottish Rite and Pomo ARREST - Sabrina Lopez, Montoya, 30, of Norwalk was and Lake Counties by Neuter Assistance Pro- Shrine. 35, of Ukiah, was arrested arrested on suspicion of actively participating in gram (SNAP) or any ani- Virginia was born May Friday at 6:37 p.m. in the assault with a deadly weapon spay and neuter programs mal care facility of 17, 1916 in Fresno 1200 block of South State and robbery. as well as place- your choice. and passed away on June Street on suspicion of domes- ment and adoptions for 21, 2007 in Ukiah. tic violence. homeless kitties. [\ She was a member of the ARREST - Joseph The following were pre- She is survived by her WILLIAM D. AND Order of Eastern Sanchez, 41, of Redwood pared from reports pre- husband of 35 years, VIRGINIA P. MCGINTY Star over sixty years, most Valley, was arrested at 10:47 pared by the Willits Police Tom Harmon, mother A private family memori- recently with the p.m. Saturday northbound on Department. Bertha Terry Laird of al service will be held Kingsley Chapter #58. Highway 101 near Lake EVENT NOTICE - On Ukiah, son Jim Schmidt of for William D. McGinty They leave children, Mendocino Drive on suspi- Wednesday, July 4, the city of Ukiah and wife Mi- and Virginia P. McGin- Betty West of Greshem, cion of driving under the Willits will be hosting the chelle, granddaughters ty, of Ukiah. They were Oregon, Douglas McGinty influence. annual Frontier Days Parade. BETTY ANN “CAROL” Nicole Schmidt of married in Tijuana, of Bakersfield, ARREST - Hector Ortiz The Willits Police Department HARMON Ukiah and Nichole Bridges Mexico on February 27, Becky Costa Of Ukiah Flores, 45, of Ukiah, was hopes local residents who live Betty Anne “Carol” of Kelseyville, 1954 and had moved and Willa Austin of arrested at 9:24 p.m.