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Battle of RELIGION AL powers Saturday Faith community news ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 Sept. 16, 2006 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Mostly sunny and warmer 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Mostly sunny 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 160 email: [email protected] DUI arrests in MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR city up 500% drinks: We’ll be watching. One officer has Between January and July AND APPLE SHOW made 127 of UPD of 2006, UPD officers have made 283 DUI arrests, an arrests for DUI increase of more than 500 per- By BEN BROWN cent over 2005’s 56 arrests. The Daily Journal “It just goes to show you The Ukiah Police Depart- how many DUIs are really out ment has a warning for all there,” said UPD Capt. Trent Mendocino resident those who might be thinking Taylor. Hannah Daniel about getting behind the grooms her milk goat, wheel after having a few See DUI, Page 16 Savi, before showing her in competition at the fair on Friday. ON THE WEATHER FRONT Events Recent high temps continue way below average through By LAURA MCCUTCHEON “We are almost a full 20 The Daily Journal degrees below average,” An “unseasonably cold meteorologist Mark Burger area of low pressure originat- said Friday, when the day’s Sunday ing from Canada” is responsi- high reached 67 degrees. By ZACK SAMPSEL ble for cooler temperatures “The average value for the The Daily Journal the last couple of days, day this time of year in Ukiah Friday’s chilly, overcast according to meteorologists at is 86 degrees,” he said. skies couldn’t keep the the National Weather Service Mendocino County Fair in Eureka. See WEATHER, Page 2 and Apple Show from be0ing a success in its 79th year. Featuring events such as toddler driving school, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS petting zoos, hypnotists and junior dog shows, the fair had plenty of exciting events for parents and chil- County fire district fee dren alike. 4-H events dominated much of the activities, as ordinance introduced parents and children scur- By KATIE MINTZ fee to be collected before the ried to finish grooming The Daily Journal issuance of building and their animals and polishing The Mendocino County development project permits their projects as judging Board of Supervisors unani- in that district. began. mously approved the intro- A fire district will be able Each year, 4-H helps duction of an ordinance on to adopt such a resolution if it provide children with a Tuesday that, if passed, will does not have existing fire chance to showcase their allow ailing fire districts in protection facilities and talents and dedication. the county to adopt fees in equipment to provide an ade- Some kids choose to raise connection with the issuance quate level of services to new animals for show, while of building permits to be put development projects in its others may build a bird- Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal toward facilities and equip- boundaries, if it does not have house, help out with a recy- ment. enough money to purchase the cling program or even knit Fay Rasmuson, of Navarro, admires her newly painted face on Friday at the 79th annual Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show in Boonville. Currently, in areas of the equipment or facilities and if a dress. But not all 4-H county, property taxes and fire such a lack would create a sit- events showcase merely the Rasmuson’s face was painted by 17-year fair veteran Bill Carson from Lake Tahoe. The fair continues through Sunday. protection assessments col- uation dangerous to public child’s talent; some also lected by the districts are health and safety. show off the talent of the insufficient to provide funds According Mendocino animals involved. showmanship. Competitors Chihuahua, Labrador Dog Show. for expansion or construction County grand jury reports An interesting and popu- in this year’s events were retriever and two border As parents with children of fire facilities and purchase released earlier this year, dis- lar event, the Junior Dog not limited to only 4-H collies. stopped to watch the event, of equipment required by new tricts such as the Piercy Fire Show showcased some of members as FFA members “It’s a great opportunity the sounds of Johnny B & development, according to the Protection District (PFPD) Mendocino County’s most also participated. This for kids of all ages to show The Stingers roared board. and the Leggett Valley Fire obedient canines as contes- year’s Junior Dog Show off their hard work,” said through the air. Despite the The Fire Protection Mitiga- Protection District (LVFPD) tants competed in tests of featured a wide array of Kelly Boesel, the second- tion Fee Ordinance will allow are burdened by small bud- their dogs’ obedience and dogs, including a year leader of the Junior See FAIR, Page 2 fire districts within the unin- gets. For both Piercy and corporated areas of the county to adopt resolutions, setting a See FEE, Page 2 Local roofing company finds it pays to recycle By LAURA MCCUTCHEON jects, and we sell it to local con- The Daily Journal ‘The reason we choose to do this is it’s sumers.” HLR Roofing, a local company HLR Roofing owner Shane reroofing most of the buildings in the cheaper for us to get rid of the Roberts said his company recycles Orchard Plaza Shopping Center, is materials, and in the long run it’s all of the concrete tile roofing, and saving big bucks on disposal costs also wood from its jobs at Granite. and keeping excess refuse out of the easier. ... By recycling it, we don’t have “The reason we choose to do this landfills by recycling. to worry about the landfills getting too is it’s cheaper for us to get rid of the In the win-win situation, the roof- materials, and in the long run it’s eas- ing company takes about 80 percent full. Ninety tons is a lot of material.’ ier,” Roberts said. “It’s easier of its tear-off to Granite Construction because when we take it to the dump, Company -- or in the case of its cur- we can only take so much, and they rent job, about 90 tons of concrete SHANE ROBERTS, owner of HLR Roofing charge by weight, just like Granite, tile roofing -- and disposes of it for but they have to pay somebody to about $50 less per ton than it would resources manager. take it, so we are paying a middle- cost for disposal at the local transfer “To give you a better perspective, man if we take it to the dump. ... station. at our North State Street facility, we With concrete you are never going to Granite Construction then crushes take in about 5,000 tons of recycled get rid of it; you have to reuse it. By down the material and reuses it for asphalt and concrete a year,” Main recycling it, we don’t have to worry road surfacing, and as an aggregate said. “That’s 10 million pounds about the landfills getting too full. Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal base (the layer under the pavement) that’s been diverted from the land- Ninety tons is a lot of material,” he A roofer with HLR Roofing Company works on the Orchard Plaza for roadways, according to Jordan fills. We turn it into a usable product Shopping Center, where some 90 tons of concrete tile roofing Main, the company’s material that we use in our construction pro- See ROOFING, Page 2 will be recycled. 2 – SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] the newspaper.The Daily Journal makes FUNERAL NOTICES POLICE REPORTS no exceptions. The following were [\ 1921. He attended At his request there will time with her family, compiled from reports CORRECTIONS Covelo schools and was be no services. His kayaking and camping on prepared by the Ukiah The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this space to correct errors or make clarifications active in Future cremation is under the the river. She was Police Department. To to news articles. Significant errors in obitu- Farmers of America raising direction of John artistic and always had a anonymously report ary notices or birth announcements will calves and tur- Sparks Memorial Funeral project going. She crime information, call result in reprinting the entire article. Errors keys. Home of Sparks, had a green thumb. Her 463-6205. may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. During World War II Nevada. plants thrived both ARREST -- Christopher Walter saw combat in indoors and out. She also Serris, 24, of Ukiah, was Europe with the United [\ loved to cook for arrested on suspicion of dri- LOTTERY NUMBERS States Army Tank JENNIFER TAIT her family and friends. ving under the influence and DAILY 3: night: 3, 4, 7. Battalion. Jennifer Tait, born Her family would like to for a misdemeanor warrant afternoon: 1, 5, 4. He retired after 32 years November 20, 1961 thank the staff at issued by the Mendocino FANTASY 5: 03, 05, 08, from the United passed away September 8, Ukiah Sutter and Redwood County Sheriff’s Office in the 10, 38. States Army Fire 2006. She is sur- Memorial Hospi- 500 block of South Orchard DAILY DERBY: 1st Protection of Ammunition vived by her husband Ron tal. Street at 2:06 a.m. Friday. Place: 07, Eureka. and Special Weapons at Brady, and 3 There will be a memorial Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty.