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Pearson the RELIGION cornerstone Saturday Faith community news of UNC staff .....................................Page 3 .............Page 8 May 27, 2006 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Partly sunny 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 48 email: [email protected] HOLIDAY FUN SOLDIER IN UKIAH FOR MEMORIAL DAY Boaters urged to Back from Iraq practice By LAURA CLARK The Daily Journal Ukiah High School graduate Luke safety Randolph may be only 21, but he’s By LAURA CLARK old enough to know that Memorial The Daily Journal Day is about more than barbecues, For water enthusiasts, beer and water sports. boating and Memorial Day In fact, the young soldier on three often go hand-in-hand. weeks leave from Iraq arrived in Not surprising then that Ukiah Thursday with his uniform, so campgrounds at the only he could wear it to a Memorial Day power boating lake in service Monday. Mendocino County are Randolph, a private first class -- booked for the weekend. who in June of 2004 signed up for “I am sure we will have a three years in the Army -- is stationed lot of boaters, so we are antic- in Fort Campbell, Ky., but he’s spent ipating a few people,” Lake the last year in Iraq. Mendocino park ranger John “Scary” was the first word he used Stokley said. “Our camp- to describe his experience in the grounds are going to be full; Middle Eastern country, where com- we are already booked-up for bat still is a daily occurrence for the weekend.” some soldiers. “It’s exciting, but Busy holiday weekends scary at the same time,” he said. usually result in problems Combat happened “every day, Submitted photo Randolph, stationed in Fort with alcohol and reckless dri- pretty much, at least six days a vers. The Mendocino County week,” he said, adding, “It depends Campbell, Ky., spent the last year serving in Iraq. Sheriff’s Office is planning to on what your job is; there are some patrol the lake this weekend. people over there who didn’t see any- “We encourage everybody thing. to use good common sense “My jobs in Iraq included trans- and be careful,” acting Sheriff portation, where I delivered supplies Kevin Broin said. “Anytime all over the country, and my second ORIGINS OF you have a larger group of job, what I primarily did, was Force people and it’s a holiday Protection,” he said, noting that job MEMORIAL DAY weekend, generally you are included “doing patrols” in Baghdad going to have some alcohol and surrounding cities. “Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day involved with that. We hope Patrol meant protecting the base people use good common and soldiers on the base, he said. “We of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s ser- sense and judgment and enjoy were pretty much the first line of themselves without having defense,” he said. vice,” states an article on www.usmemorialday.org. any tragedies this weekend,” At least once this meant taking a he said. bullet. “While Waterloo New York was officially declared the “I was in a watch tower and there Drinking and boating was a drive-by ... my tower faced the birthplace of Memorial Day by highway and a car drove by and President Lyndon Johnson in “One of the big problems is opened fire on us, and I caught a bul- May 1966, it’s difficult to alcohol and boating. The let to the chest,” he said. “I was wear- prove conclusively the origins operator, just like when dri- ing body armor, so all I had to show of the day. It is more likely it ving a car, can’t be inebriat- for it was a big bruise. ... It knocked had many separate begin- ed,” Stokley said. However, Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal nings,” states the article, which me off my feet,” he added, noting he Luke Randolph holds a picture of his grandfather, Bill it’s not as cut and dry in a thinks the bullet came from an AK- notes that many towns and boat, as it is in a car, because Charlesworth. Randoph, a private first class in the Army, comes cities -- going back as far as the 47. from a family versed in service to the country. His grandfather there’s no open container law Asked if this had been his most mid-1800s -- honored people in a watercraft, Stokley said. served in the Marines with his grandmother. Luke Randolph’s killed in war. frightening experience in the Army father and uncles were also members of the Armed Forces. “In cars you can’t have an thus far, he said: “Yeah, definitely ... “Memorial Day was official- open container; in boats you one of many.” Seeing civilians and ly proclaimed on May 5, 1868, can have an open container -- soldiers injured were some of the oth- water and Gatorade every hour. Asked if his view of Memorial by General John Logan, nation- in California,” he said, noting ers, he said. “Just the stress of com- Sandstorms were also “real bad,” Day has changed since he joined the al commander of the Grand that while passengers (age 21 bat, pretty much.” he said. “In the winter it rains every military, Randolph said: “I have a Army of the Republic, and was and over) can legally drink on Environmental hazards were also day and there’s mud a couple feet better appreciation of it, and a better first observed on May 30, a boat, the driver of the water- hard to cope with, Randolph said. deep.” understanding for it ... I always did, 1868, when flowers were craft is required to drive “The water, the wildlife -- like spi- With that said, Randolph notes he but it’s a little bit more emotional placed on the graves of Union sober. ders, and scorpions and the heat. Heat made a lot of friends in the Army. now having lost friends over there, and Confederate soldiers at Simply put, it’s illegal to injuries were common. Some people “That’s what it’s all about -- the man too.” Arlington National Cemetery,” drive a boat or any watercraft even died from the heat. If you don’t next to you. That’s what kept me After his leave, Randolph will states the online article. “The with a blood alcohol content drink enough water, bad things hap- going. ... The soldiers over there are head to Fort Campbell. If he isn’t first state to officially recog- of .08 or over. “If you get a pen,” he said, noting soldiers in the doing their jobs good and their deployed again, his service will be up nize the holiday was New York citation for driving under the hot dry heat -- on average more than morale is very high, from all the sup- in November 2007. in 1873.” influence (even on a boat) it 110 degrees in the summertime -- port we are getting. Everyone appre- Laura Clark can be reached at does go on your driving were taught to drink several quarts of ciates it.” [email protected]. record,” he said. Reckless driving Reckless operation of watercraft is also a bigger Proposition 81: a $600 million bond for libraries problem on busy weekends, Stokley said. By HARRISON SHEPPARD don’t expect to air a single ad and hope bonds for library construction and ren- to go after school to do homework, Take Jet Skis or other per- and STEVE GEISSINGER to raise and spend a comparatively ovation projects. according to supporters. sonal watercraft, for example. MediaNews Sacramento Bureau modest $500,000 by Election Day. Libraries are in greater demand for Backers of the measure include “People tend to get tunnel SACRAMENTO -- So far, the cam- Opponents are spending even less. services that go beyond loaning books education groups like the teachers vision ... they are just focus- paign to pass a $600 million bond for Supporters said they hope the issue and now include providing free unions, the state PTA, the League of ing on their maneuvers. They library construction across the state itself is enough to spur voters June 6 to Internet access to poor communities, Women Voters and librarians through- like to jump wakes; some- has been as quiet as, well, a library. back the measure, which would autho- literacy programs for adults and non- Backers of Proposition 81 said they rize the state to borrow $600 million in English speakers, and places for kids See LIBRARIES, Page 15 See BOATERS, Page 15 Driver in crash that killed 15-year-old jailed on manslaughter By BEN BROWN ving under the influence and Eel River at 3:30 a.m. May 17. to the UC Davis Medical Rudy was also injured in but Hosford said officers wait- The Daily Journal causing injury or death by dri- Mason Riley, 15, of Center for treatment. Clifton the wreck, suffering a frac- ed until Rudy was released Brian Alexander Rudy, 19, ving under the influence. Covelo, was killed in the acci- is still being treated at UC tured wrist, lacerations and from the hospital to book him. of Covelo, was booked into Rudy was the driver of the dent. His 17-year-old brother, Davis and has been unable to contusions and was trans- Rudy is being held in county county jail at 7:48 p.m. 1999 Dodge pickup that drove Clifton Riley, also of Covelo, speak with police, said ferred to Howard Hospital for jail on a $100,000 bond.