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Check out Soroptimists LETTERS Wildcat softball in action Skate Park update ..........Page A-8 ............Page A-3 ................................Page A-4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ......Page A-14 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY April 28, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 42 pages, Volume 148 Number 19 email: [email protected] BATTLING GAS PRICES County gets Guzzlers out, hybrids in high marks for By LAURA CLARK its clean air The Daily Journal By BEN BROWN hat goes up, The Daily Journal must come Mendocino County was one of six counties in the Wdown. Redwood Empire to receive high marks for low pollution Says who? levels on the American Lung Association’s State of the Air The current aver- Report for 2006. age price of regular “This is great news because clean air saves lives,” said unleaded gasoline in Barbara Breedon, executive director of the Redwood California is $3.15 Empire Branch of the American Lung Association. “High per gallon, according grades mean fewer people are exposed to unhealthy air.” to Wednesday’s daily Mendocino County was one of six counties to receive AAA fuel gauge top marks for low-levels of ozone pollution. The county report. (The national also received high marks for low particulate pollution, average for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.92 per with only one day above the federal standard of 15 micro- gallon). grams per cubic meter in 2005. The average particle pol- Besides shopping for gas prices, consumers are lution rate for the year was 7.8 micrograms per cubic shopping for cars with better fuel economy. The meter, below the federal standard as well as the lower California state standard of 12 micrograms per cubic See GAS, Page A-14 meter. Ozone pollution is the result of sunlight interacting with the chemical results of combustion, forming smog which can literally “burn your lungs,” said Jenny Bard, director of clean air programs for the Redwood Empire Branch of the American Lung Associations. Particle pollution is actual tiny particles of soot and burned items that are too small to be trapped by the body’s natural defenses. These particles stick to the lungs and can See AIR, Page A-14 False accusations Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal At right, Warren Colombo of Thurston Auto turned his life Plaza shows a hybrid Toyota Highlander to Rawna Heichel on Thursday afternoon. Dealerships have seen the demand for upside down hybrids surge in the past eight months, By BEN BROWN Sully said he has with waiting periods for many models. The Daily Journal Above, Kymco scooters are lined up out- Robespierre Sully accepted an side of Ukiah Cycle Center. With a fuel hasn’t had a very apology from the consumption of 70 to 90 miles per gallon, warm welcome in the they are one option for consumers looking four months he’s lived police department for cheaper alternative transportation. in Ukiah. In March he and holds no grudge Below, smaller cars with fuel economy are was falsely accused of back in vogue. kidnapping and sexual against them. assault by Michelle “I’m not blaming them Nicole Sanborn and Sully blames those for doing their job,” he false accusations for said. the loss of his job at Edge Wireless. “This has put me in a tough situation,” Sully said. “It has literally cost me $50,000 this year.” Sully said Sanborn approached him in at the 711 club on March 24 and flirted with him. He agreed to go out her car and the two drove around for a while and stopped at a convenience store before Sully asked to be dropped off at his home. Sanborn later reported to the Ukiah Police Department that Sully had gotten into her car at the convenience store and forced her to drive around Ukiah while he sex- ually assaulted her. See FALSE, Page A-14 Mendocino County volunteers feted at annual event The Daily Journal Dianne Marshall and is now an Volunteer Group of the Year Award For the past nine years, volun- event presented by North Coast to the Senior Companions Program. teers throughout the county have Opportunities’ Community Action Senior Companion volunteers been honored with Mendocino Agency Volunteer Programs; the Minnie Marschall, Sam Campagna, County Outstanding Volunteer(s) of Retired and Senior Volunteer Joan Martella, Bob Swartz, Joy the Year awards for making their Program and the Volunteer Network Legg, John Rauch, Sara Long, and communities a better place to live. of Mendocino County. Rose Marie Seeberg assist frail Thursday night the MCOVY Tami Bartolomei, NCO’s elders so they can remain indepen- awards were once again presented, Volunteer Program Director opened dent living at home. This small this year in Ukiah. the evening’s event and introduced group of volunteers range from 71 Since beginning this annual the evening’s Master of through 90 years of age. These recognition of those who so tireless- Ceremonies, Jay Gordon. Jay is a amazing senior volunteers spend ly work on behalf of others, 18 out resident of Willits who has traveled of 24 Mendocino County communi- internationally as a trainer for exec- ties have submitted nominees for utives and sales managers. Gordon See AWARDS, Page A-11 the awards; over 3,000 volunteers paid tribute to the volunteers and Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal have been nominated since the then the awards presentation began. Each year the Hoyman-Browe awards began. Joining the prestigious list of for- pottery studio creates the The event was founded by mer winners was the Outstanding MCOVY award plates 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 – FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES [\ enjoyed their trips to Lillian and Frank Hetzel. and deed and remained (302 W. Henry) in Ukiah on Navy, she served tea to First Arizona for collecting. After high school she went active both in her church Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at Edmund served in the US to Washington D.C. where and community until the 1:30 p.m. Arrangements are the Waldorf Astoria in NYC Navy during WWII. He was she worked in the end. She served on the under the direction of the and also christened two a member of the V.F.W. and Department of the Navy. In Board of Directors for the Eversole Mortuary. Navy cargo ships. In 1944 the Willits American 1941 her family moved to Redwood Gospel Mission in [\ she married Herbert Legion. Boise, Idaho and she joined Santa Rosa as well as on the Edward Saxon who prede- Mr. Pietrzak was preced- them there briefly before board of the Ukiah Gospel ceased her in 1990. June ed in death by his wife moving to Oakland, Mission Association. She was a resident of Ukiah for EDMUND R. PIETRZAK Lavonne in April of 2003. California to attend school also worked with youth 57 years since 1949 and co- Edmund R. Pietrzak age He is survived by his at the California College of groups such as the Pioneer owned with her husband the 79, passed away Sunday Grandsons, Anthony Arts and Crafts. After grad- Girls and Awana Club and Saxon Insurance Agency April 23, 2006 in Lakeport, Orozco and his wife Marilyn uating with a Certificate in supported the First Baptist and Realty. She was an avid Ca. Visitations will be of Santa Rosa, and Mike Commercial Art, she Church’s Sack Lunch golfer and a member of the Monday May 1, 2006 start- Orozco of Romeoville, IL. opened her own business in Ministry. She served for Ukiah Women’s Golf Club, ing at 11:00 AM at the He is also survived by his 1950 as a free-lance photog- many years as the local achieving a hole in one 1973 Anker-Lucier Mortuary Granddaughters, Angela rapher and commercial organizer for Angel Tree and was club champion in Chapel. A Rosary will be McClure and husband Rick artist. In October, 1955 she Christmas, which gives 1975. She was also in the recited Monday evening at of Ukiah, and Denell Nunez married Cameron Dunn churches an opportunity to Parent Teacher’s 6:00 PM. A mass of and husband Angel of with whom she had a daugh- share Christ’s love by help- Association and a Camp Christian Burial will be held Healdsburg. He is survived ter. The family, along with ing to meet the needs of the Fire Girl leader. Survivors at St. Anthony of Padua by his brothers Joe and Pete her mother, Lillian, moved families of prisoners. She include her sister Barbara Catholic Church 11:00 AM Pietrzak of Dayton, OH., to Ukiah in October, 1962. was also a member of the EDITH MAY DAUT Saunders of Anacortes, WA, Tuesday, May 2, 2006. and his sister Angie Dunbar Elaine returned to school Mendocino County (JUNE) SAXON a daughter Lauren Reverend Father Bruce of the Bay Area. He has after her husband’s death in Republican Central Saxon, Edith May Daut Eberhardt of Belchertown, Lamb will officiate. Burial seven great grandchildren 1963, graduating from the Committee, providing sup- (June), passed away after a MA, a son Larry Saxon of will follow at the Willits and numerous nieces and California College of Arts port for local GOP cam- long illness at her Ukiah Santa Rosa, two grandsons Cemetery.