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Montgomery Weekend COMMOTION edges Ukiah entertainment Special section ...................................Inside ..........Page A-6 ............Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Obituaries The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Morning rain,then sunshine 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Jan. 26, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 147 Number 292 email: [email protected] Ukiah High adopts more modest dress code Dress for Success Guidelines code, effective Feb. 1. Student Body and the Leadership go into effect on Feb. 1 Things like holes -- in inappropri- Class with the concept of creating a acceptable. ate places -- in blue jeans, and bare new dress code. He set three perime- New guidelines: • No clothing will promote or By LAURA CLARK midriffs disrupt the learning process, ters and then the students -- under the • Any apparel, including advertise violence of any sort. The Daily Journal according to those who came up with direction of Bob Dieffenbach -- did emblems, buttons or other orna- • Clothing, jewelry and person- Excessive cleavage and boxer the Dress for Success Guidelines. the rest. mentation, which is provocative, shorts must not be exposed by Ukiah In October, Principal Ken Mon- suggestive or profane is not See GUIDELINES, Page A-10 High School students per a new dress toya approached the Associated See DRESS, Page A-10 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ‘James & the Giant Peach’ Yearlong The Daily Journal halt to PACE (Near & Arnold’s School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education) and the Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department are presenting “James and the Giant Peach,” a fantasy adventure featuring a building cast of 23 young people, ages 10 through 15. SThis award-winning play is based on Roald Dahl’s classic book and is family entertainment that’s fun for all ages. The show is produced in cooperation with Mendocino College proposed Community Extension and is underwritten by Lucinda and Tom Segar and Thurston Auto Plaza. Discussion about staffing The story tells the amazing tale of James, a lonely young boy who lives with Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the in Building and Planning most revolting aunts in England (and two of Dahl’s most Department brings surprise delightfully horrible creations). They make James work and clean all the time and never let him play with other children. motion from Wattenburger Then one day an accident with a bag full of magic near an By SETH FREEDLAND old peach tree makes some truly incredible things start to The Daily Journal happen. James’ adventures begin and take him both up in the A proposal to bring all building in sky and across the sea. He meets many wonderful insect Mendocino County to a screeching halt characters and together they face danger and difficulties with for an entire year hit the Board of a giant peach. Supervisors with a heavy thud Tuesday, See PEACH, Page A-2 before quickly being amended to allow for more options to deal with staffing con- straints. Joshua Murphy, playing James Henry Trotter, reacts Supervisor Jim Wattenburger’s motion as he finds himself inside a giant peach occupied by -- made after a lengthy discussion on the giant insects. The play, presented by SPACE and the need to move forward with the county’s Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department, has outstanding half-dozen planning matters - two public performances, Friday at 7 p.m. and - drew open-jaw stares from his fellow Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mendocino College Center supervisors and many members in the Theatre. audience. Even Supervisor Mike Delbar, a frequent political ally, sat stunned before admitting, “I’m speechless.” What surprised no one entering the conversation was the need to redefine the role of the county’s Building and Planning Department, which is about 50 percent staffed in both its Ukiah and coastal offices. The county has pledged to revamp the current staffing to better focus employees on priorities, and officials have Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal suggested raising wages to help bring “James and the Giant Peach” cast members perform this experienced planners to Mendocino week atop the namesake fruit. Pictured, from left: Devon Near County. Hill (Grasshopper), Bronwynn Millisor (Spider), Brittany Bass One fix, recommended by county staff (Earthworm), Joshua Murphy (James), Chloe Newman to the supervisors, would be a 45-day (Ladybug), Luna Enriquez (Glow Worm) and up top Jack moratorium for the Ukiah Valley to allow Morgan (Centipede). the Building and Planning employees to See BUILDING, Page A-2 Pump, alarm problem 2,500 striped bass blamed for fish deaths released into lake By BEN BROWN facility personnel checked them at 7 By BEN BROWN partment of Fish and Wildlife The Daily Journal a.m., the fish were dead. The Daily Journal drove the fish from the hatch- A faulty pump and a dysfunctional “It only takes a couple of hours for The Ukiah chapter of the ery to the lake. The bass aver- alarm were to blame for the deaths of fish to suffocate,” Or said. California Striped Bass Asso- age in length between eight- 100 adult and 100,000 yearling steel- At this time of year, staff live at the ciation Wednesday released inches and one-foot. head Friday at the Coyote Valley Dam facility full-time. Under normal cir- 2,500 striped bass into Lake The fish are still juvenile imprinting facility, officials from the cumstances an alarm would have Mendocino from the south and will not be ready to catch Army Corps of Engineers said gone off to notify facility staff of the boat ramp. This represents legally for a year, at which Wednesday. pump’s failure, but, electrical prob- half of the 5,000 fish the time they should weigh “The alarms and pump have been lems prevented the alarm from sound- group plans to release this between six pounds and 12 fixed, but the real question is why the ing. The alarm has since been year. pounds. pump failed,” said Merle Griffen, repaired but is still being checked The chapter purchased the Eddie Vincent, president of park manager. daily. 1-year-old fish from Profes- the Ukiah chapter of the Cali- The pump is used to exchange the Or said the alarm and the backup sional Aquiculture Services in fornia Striped Bass Associa- water in the tank that holds the fish. system may have been damaged by Chico for $15,000. The De- See BASS, Page A-2 When it stopped working around 2 the flooding that occurred during the a.m. Friday, the water became stag- New Year’s weekend. Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal nant and the steelhead asphyxiated The Coyote Dam facility has been Fish and Wildlife Technician Francisco Cabral releas- overnight. Army Corps of Engineers es 2,500 striped bass into Lake Mendocino spokeswoman Maria Or said when See PUMP, Page A-2 Wednesday morning at the south boat ramp. Year End bb Stop by HotHot TuTu 509 S. State St., Ukiah UNWIND SSaalele A-2 – THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] rant out for his arrest from Assessor/Clerk-Recorder FUNERAL NOTICES SHERIFF’S REPORTS Napa County for alleged drug Marcia Wharff, instead, made The following were possession. the patriotic cross-stitch. [\ Linda was the loving wife Brenden, Bobbie Anne, compiled from reports Those arrested by law enforcement The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this officers are innocent until proven guilty. space to correct errors or make clarifications LINDA GAYLE MASON of 38 years to George Alyissa, Brandt and Cole. prepared by the People reported as having been arrest- to news articles. Significant errors in obitu- Linda Gayle Mason, Mason, also survived by Linda was preceded in Mendocino County ed may contact the Daily Journal once ary notices or birth announcements will beloved mother and wife her sons George Jr., Bobby death by mother Gail Sheriff’s Office: their case has been concluded so the result in reprinting the entire article. Errors and Dean Mason, brother Heath. results can be reported. Those who feel may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. passed away Monday, ARREST -- Andrew James the information is in error should con- January 23, 2006 in Ukiah, Dean Johnson, sister in law Her love for life and joy Slaight, 31, of Ukiah, was tact the appropriate agency. In the case Ca. after a long struggle Opel Johnson, daughter in in her family will be sadly arrested Tuesday on suspicion of those arrested on suspicion of dri- laws Elsa, Lori and Toni, missed by all. Arrangements of domestic assault. Sheriff’s ving under the influence of an intoxi- LOTTERY NUMBERS with an illness. Linda was cant: all DUI cases reported by law born November 22, 1947 in grandchildren Alma, are under the direction of deputies were called to the enforcement agencies are reported by DAILY 3: night: 9, 6, 8. Washington. Andrea, George III, the Eversole Mortuary. 1700 block of Despina Drive the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes afternoon: 3, 4, 4. at 8:10 p.m. by a woman who no exceptions. FANTASY 5: 06, 19, 26, reported that her boyfriend, 31, 35. Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid Slaight, had assaulted her with DAILY DERBY: 1st announcements. For information on how to place a paid funeral notice or make correc- his fists. CORRECTIONS Place: 01, Gold Rush. 2nd tions to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468-3529. Slaight had left when In an article on deputies arrived but was Wednesday’s front page, a Place: 02, Lucky Star. 3rd reported to be headed to the patriotic quilt complimented Place: 09, Winning Spirit.