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SUNDAY Don’T Ignore Voting Changes SULL has its FORUM day in the sun SUNDAY Don’t ignore voting changes ..........Page A-8 May 7, 2006 ...................................Page A-4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Monday: Sunny with patchy clouds Tuesday: Mostly sunny $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 58 pages, Volume 148 Number 28 email: [email protected] THE Council CLOVER CELEBRATING TRADITIONS rejects FILES grant program The Daily Journal The Ukiah City Council this week decided the citi- zens, not their council, ought to do the Ryan Garner/The Daily Journal giving to At left, two girls perform a local to traditional Mexican dance charities, By Wyatt Matthews Saturday afternoon at the non-prof- Cinco de Mayo festival. its and It’s not just Dances originating from Ashiku arts about livestock... many different regions of groups. Mexico were on display They agreed not to revive the Editor’s note: This is the along with authentic cos- Community Grants Program first effort of new columnist tumes. At top, A Mexican through Wyatt Matthews’ monthly flag flies in the fore- which the columns about 4-H in this ground as Erica city used area. Matthew is himself a 4- Hernandez inspects mer- to give H member in Potter Valley chandise. Above, varying and his column will normally Stephanie Graham amounts run in our community pages. inspects a necklace at of money By Wyatt Matthews one of over 30 booths. to local Mendocino County 4-H organiza- It’s not just about live- tions like stock... Rodin the Ukiah That’s what most people picture when they think about Cinco de Mayo in Ukiah Community Center. 4-H. But each month club By LAURA CLARK Council members had members pledge their 4-H’s -- The Daily Journal varying reasons for dropping head, heart, hands and health Alex Thomas Plaza was alive with the program. Mayor Mark -- to much more than raising festivities Saturday as community Ashiku and Councilman an animal for the fair. The Doug Crane said it would be true focus of 4-H rests on cre- members celebrated a time long ago wrong to make the donations ating better citizens. and far away. from the general fund after Linda Edgington, the Food venders lined a block of convincing the voters they Inland Mendocino County 4- School Street, and others selling mer- absolutely needed every H Youth Development chandise filled the lawn area in the penny of a sales tax hike on Representative, said, “The plaza, during Cinco De Mayo -- the last year’s ballot. three main things 4-H teaches commemoration of the victory of the “I have a hard time taxing are citizenship, leadership and Mexican militia over the French army people then giving their life skills.” While it’s true that at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. money away,” said Mayor raising a hog can be a part of “The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, the Mark Ashiku this teaching, that is only the fifth day of May, is primarily a region- Others felt it simply wasn’t beginning of what 4-H has to al holiday celebrated in the Mexican the city’s duty to shore up give. state capitol city of Puebla and local non-profits. The 4-H program started in throughout the state of Puebla, with “I don’t think the city 1902 in Ohio and has been some recognition in other parts of should be a grant maker, I growing steadily since then. It Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities don’t think that’s our goal,” with a significant Mexican popula- said Councilwoman Mari See 4H, Page A-15 tion,” states an article on Rodin adding later that “it irks me that we’re the safety net. We don’t have the See FESTIVAL, Page A-15 money.” FOCUS Jorge Rodriguez, a native of “(With) this money that we Guadalajara, Mexico, slices pork would be giving to these cooking on a spit at the Cinco do groups, we’re making the cit- Mayo festival Saturday afternoon izens’ decisions for them,” ON FILM at Alex Thomas Plaza. See CITY, Page A-15 MCOE salaries likely going up By LAURA CLARK be addressed at Monday’s Regional Occupational Update on the The Daily Journal meeting. Program, called “Community The salaries of county The Mendocino County Emergency Response Teams.” school’s superintendent Paul Public Health Department The course outline includes Tichinin and his staff will be will present to the board its an introduction to the role of Willits Bypass discussed at Monday’s community health report. CERT, disaster preparedness, By CHARLIE FIELDER fire safety, disaster medical Mendocino County Office of “A lot of the information in Caltrans District1 Director Education board meeting. the report has an impact on operations, light search and Special to By Shelby White Annually an ad-hoc com- school districts and schools,” rescue, CERT organization, mittee reviews the superinten- Tichinin said. “For example, disaster psychology, terrorism the Daily Journal dent’s compensation and alcohol abuse, substance and disaster simulation, I’d like to provide you ‘Mission with the latest information makes a recommendation to abuse, birth rates, child obesi- according to the board packet. Impossible 3’ the board. Tichinin is current- The ROP class -- to be a regarding the Willits ty ... there’s lots of informa- Bypass project. As most of ly paid $108,917 per year. The tion highlighted by that report collaborative effort between Ethan Hunt has been given board will determine his new MCOE and the Ukiah Fire you are aware, the Willits that can assist a school district Bypass project consists of another mission, but this one, salary. and the county office in look- Department -- would be unlike some, gets personal. The MCOE has also offered to students, staff, and constructing a four-lane ing at what its priorities are freeway alignment for “Mission Impossible 3” reached a settlement with its for improving student perfor- community members in gen- directed by J.J. Abrams and union regarding staff salary eral. Route 101 east of town. mance,” he said, adding, “We The new freeway segment starring Tom Cruise (“War of and benefits for this year and know that if kids eat healthy “Ukiah Fire Department the Worlds”), Keri Russell would partner with MCOE is 5.6 miles in length and next year. “We settled for a 5 meals before taking tests, they includes two interchanges. (“Felicityî”TV series), Philip percent increase for all staff,” do better.” with the intent to train as Fielder Tichinin said. The board will also be See BYPASS, Page A-15 See REVIEW, Page A-15 Health and safety will also asked to approve a new See MCOE, Page A-15 10,000 Square Feet of Merchandise North Coast HYDRO GARDENS Now Carrying “Cutting Edge Solutions” Products! 3450 N. STATE STREET, UKIAH (NEXT TO WEEKS DRILLING) • PHONE 707-462-7214 • FAX 707-462-7213 • HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY 9 - 6 • SATURDAY - SUNDAY 11 - 3 A-2 – SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] toward $1 billion, the mayor mostly conservative, with POLICE REPORTS The world briefly and the governors of New titles like “American Evita” York and New Jersey, who and “The Hillary Trap.” And The following were control the interstate Port while most of those collected compiled from reports Authority that owns the site, their material from her eight prepared by the Ukiah Iraqis, British said. ered the front-runner to suc- said the price would have to years as first lady, the latest Police Department. To LaVorgna did not have ceed Goss. (For more on this be halved. batch is being marketed with anonymously report troops spar after more details on why the men story see Page A-13.) Opponents of the an eye to the presidential elec- crime information, call crash were considered suspicious. “Reflecting Absence” design, tion in 2008. 463-6205. The five men remained in cus- 10 U.S. soldiers led by some of the Sept. 11 Publishers’ interest in ARREST -- Glenn Vallier, BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — tody at the airport Saturday victims’ families, say the pro- Clinton is part political, part 53, of Ukiah, was arrested on A British military helicopter evening. The FBI had been killed in posed layout will be unsafe, economic: Several books suspicion of driving under the apparently was hit by a mis- notified and was expected to copter crash destroy the last vestiges of the about the New York Democrat influence at 8:01 p.m. Friday, sile Saturday and crashed in take over the investigation, destroyed Trade Center towers have become best sellers, and in the 300 block of Basra, triggering a confronta- LaVorgna said. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) and send the wrong symbolic her own memoir, “Living Washington Avenue. tion in which jubilant Iraqis — Ten U.S. soldiers died message by directing mourn- History,” has sold over three ARREST -- Rick pelted British troops with Female Calif. when their helicopter crashed ers to an underground memor- million copies since its release Crownover, 41, of Ukiah, was stones, hurled firebombs and during combat operations ial. in 2003. arrested on suspicion of dri- shouted slogans in support of prison staffer aimed at flushing out militants However, the assumption ving under the influence at a radical Shiite Muslim cleric. taken hostage from remote mountains in DeLay office knew that she will run for president 12:57 a.m. Friday, in the 200 Iraqi police said four eastern Afghanistan, officials has invigorated a market that block of East Perkins Street. British crew members died in SACRAMENTO (AP) — said Saturday.
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