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Community Chelsea Flower ON THE MARKET sports digest Show program Guide to local real estate ...................................Inside ..........Page A-6 ............Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Windy with periods of rain 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Feb. 9, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 48 pages, Volume 148 Number 306 email: [email protected] SAFETY AT SCHOOL UKIAH CITY COUNCIL The crossing guardian Ashiku claim denied Former Test well mayor drilling says he’ll approved file suit By KATIE MINTZ By KATIE MINTZ The Daily Journal The Daily Journal The Ukiah City The Ukiah City Council on Wednes- Council unanimously day unanimously decided Wednesday to approved the drilling reject a claim filed of a test well at against the city by for- Riverside Park to mer mayor Mark determine the feasi- Ashiku that alleged bility of developing a malicious prosecution permanent water in relation to the remod- source there. Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal eling of his historic The decision came Arnold Harris, a crossing guard at Yokayo Elementary school, stops traffic Wednesday afternoon at the inter- following a meeting section of Dora and Gobbi streets as students cross the street after school. home. According to City in January in which Attorney David Rap- hydrogeologist Mar- port, a portion of the tin Steinpress, an Stop sign-running claim filed Jan. 8, which environmental con- asked for money and sultant hired by the drivers on cell damages exceeding city, suggested both $25,000 to cover Riverside Park and phones among the Ashiku’s attorney’s Oak Manor Park as fees, court costs and the two most promis- job’s challenges provide compensation ing city-owned prop- for emotional distress, erties to test for underlying ground- By LAURA MCCUTCHEON mental suffering and impairment of both his water. The Daily Journal professional and per- At its Jan. 17 sonal reputation, was meeting, however, ain, hail, wind, hot sun ... even denied by the council the council said it drivers on cell phones won’t based on its merits. was concerned that keep Arnold Harris out of the Other parts of the locating wells at the R crosswalk. claim were not consid- parks, should the The Yokayo School crossing guard ered by the council tests be successful, puts on his fluorescent yellow vest every because losses that hap- would not be compat- weekday morning and afternoon, steps pened prior to July 3 ible with the parks’ or off the curb with his hand-held red stop were referenced. Those surrounding neigh- sign, and halts traffic for some 30-plus damages were not pre- borhoods’ current elementary school children who walk to sented in the time uses, and asked that a and from school. Harris, who has been a crossing guard at Yokayo for the past three allowed by state law, neighborhood meet- “I enjoy it. I’ve got an excellent years, said he loves what he does, although drivers who run stop signs which is within six ing in Oak Manor be bunch of kids and they all stay behind and talk on their cell phones are a common annoyance. months of when the held, as well as for me. When I’m not here they want to cause of the damage continued explo- know where I am at,” Harris said on a occurs, Rapport said. ration of other poten- Then, on a more serious note, Harris from here to that post right there,” he tial water sources. rainy Wednesday while waiting for the shared his thoughts on cell phones. said, pointing to a railing about six feet Ashiku, a local den- children to get out of school. tist whose two-year Currently, accord- “The biggest problem is people in front of him. ing to city staff, “They bring me cocoa, candy, running the stop sign and talking on cell “I’d like to see more police cars term as mayor ended in cookies,” he said, smiling. cruise down here when school gets out December, now has six Ukiah’s available phones when they do it. I’ve had four or water supply may be Asked if he had any favorites, he five close calls. It’s a hazardous job,” he months to file a lawsuit. said: “All of them. I love them all.” said. “Last Wednesday, I had one car See CROSSING, Page A-11 He said Thursday that he intends to pursue See WELLS, Page A-11 See ASHIKU, Page A-11 FOLLOW-UP: Drivers in local injury accidents identified By BEN BROWN Kaplan was not identified at scene north after colliding with a large tree. west side of the roadway. The driver Silver 2000 Honda CRV driven by The Daily Journal on Wednesday because her family She suffered major injuries in the of that car was not injured. Julia Ferrigan, 37, of Ukiah. Ferrigan The California Highway Patrol had not been notified. Her age was accident and was transported to The CHP has also identified the collided with Dennett, striking the has released the name of the teenage mistakenly given as 16 at that time. Ukiah Valley Medical Center and people involved in a two-vehicle col- left side of Dennett’s vehicle. girl who suffered major injuries in a According to CHP reports, Kaplan then flown by REACH air ambu- lision that occurred at 12:30 p.m. Dennett’s vehicle continued to single-vehicle traffic collision at was driving at an unknown speed Wednesday on northbound Highway spin and collided with the bridge 2:59 p.m. Wednesday on Eastside- when she came out of a left-curve on lance to Santa Rosa Memorial 101 near the North State on-ramp. railing. Calpella Road. Eastside-Calpella road near the inter- Hospital. There was no information Alicia C. Dennett, 17, of Ferrigan suffered minor injuries Tiffany M. Kaplan, 17, of Ukiah, section with Lake Mendocino Drive on her condition available at press Redwood Valley, was entering the and was transported to UVMC for was southbound on Eastside- and lost control of the pickup. It was time Thursday. northbound lanes of Highway 101 treatment. Dennett was not injured. Calpella Road Wednesday afternoon raining at the time of the accident A second vehicle, a silver Honda from North State Street in a red 1979 Both parties in this accident were when she lost control of the red 1996 and the roadway was wet and slick, CRV that was northbound on GMC pickup when she lost control wearing seat belts, and the air bag in Nissan pickup she was driving and according to CHP reports. Eastside-Calpella Road, narrowly of her vehicle, according to CHP Ferrigan’s vehicle deployed. collided with a tree, according to Kaplan's vehicle spun halfway avoided colliding with Kaplan’s reports. Ben Brown can be reached at CHP reports. around and came to a stop facing Nissan by driving into a ditch on the Dennett spun into the path of a [email protected]. Pick A Free Valentine Look For Our New & Win A Great Prize Party Area Coming children’s shop 463-0628 211 S. State St., Ukiah in March A-2 – FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES The world briefly [\ daughters Andrea Wednesday, February 7, sole Mortuary. Eichner, Sherry L. Crane 2007 with her family at Memorial donations of Ukiah, Veronica her side. may be made to Hospice, and her husband Dan Alice was born August Senior Center or Ukiah Former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Daugherty of Bishop, 10, 1914 in Pulaski, Io- Methodist Church in Smith dies after collapsing at Fla. hotel CA. Stella and her husband wa. She had lived in Alice’s name. Randy Jeffreys of Ukiah since 1941. Arrangements are under HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Anna Nicole Smith, the pneu- South Riding, VA. Sons Alice attended college in the direction of the matic blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid Harvey Eichner Jr. Ohio at Blufton Col- Eversole Mortuary. tale — Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenar- and his wife Michelle of lege. She was head dieti- ian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother — died Sardinia, OH, Scott cian for Ukiah Uni- [\ Thursday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39. Eichner of Ukiah, CA, sis- fied School Dist. She was AVICE MAE MCMAHAN She was stricken while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock ter Donna and her most proud of her Avice Mae McMahan, Hotel and Casino and was rushed to a hospital. Edwina husband Robert Guevara family, travels and her 72, of Kelseyvile, Johnson, chief investigator for the Broward County Medical of Ukiah, CA, life. She was active in passed away at her home Examiner’s Office, said the cause of death was under investi- grandchildren Devlin & the Women’s Circle, February 6, 2007 gation and an autopsy would be done on Friday. Austin Crane, Ana & Election Board, Method- after a period of failing Just five months ago, Smith’s 20-year-old son died suddenly Ryan Daugherty, Lindsey in the Bahamas in what was believed to be a drug-related death. ist Mothers Club, Good health. She was a na- Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said a private nurse & Jason Jeffrey, Sam’s, PTA, Plow- tive of Michigan, and she CAROLE SUE EICHNER Evan, Miranda and Tipton called 911 after finding Smith unresponsive in her sixth-floor Eichner, Kayla, shares and Christian had lived in Lake room at the hotel, which is on an Indian reservation. He said Carole Sue Eichner, 65, Women’s Assoc.