Community RELIGION sports digest Saturday Faith community news .............Page 6 April 29, 2006 ...................................Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Lots of sunshine 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 20 email: [email protected] School officials urge kids to stay in school Monday students to skip anticipated protests Representatives would make it a posed federal immigration law,” Tina heard what the consequences were,” But many and stay in school on Monday, May felony to be in the United States ille- Jung, information officer at Jung said, noting students faced will opt for 1. gally and a crime to offer aid to ille- O’Connell’s Office said. “When the being labeled as truant, or getting So is the Ukiah Unified School gal immigrants. A different Senate last protests occurred throughout the suspended. She said schools faced nationwide protests District. version giving citizenship to some state, the vast majority of students the potential of losing funds. Throughout the country large illegal immigrants is still under listened to their teachers and admin- On March 30 about 100 Ukiah By LAURA CLARK community protests are planned for debate. istrators (and stayed in school) ... High students joined another 100 or The Daily Journal May Day in response to proposed “There’s a community leader in Some kids even arranged their so activists -- adults and children -- State Superintendent of Public federal immigration measures. Southern California calling for a day protests to occur before or after Instruction Jack O’Connell is urging Legislation passed by the House of of protest in connection with the pro- school, or on weekends ’cause they See PROTEST, Page 15 REC CENTER PROGRESS Alleged scammers operated in Ukiah Appear to be The scam operated through a business called Manex shut down now Capital which purported to By BEN BROWN offer loans. Victims are asked The Daily Journal to send an amount of money, An interstate loan scam usually between $300 and that may have been based out $900, as insurance on the loan of Ukiah has tricked at least to a third party in Canada. 15 people out of their money Manex promises to transfer and attracted the attention of the loan once the insurance is the FBI. received, Taylor said. Ukiah Police Capt. Trent A search for Manex Taylor said the UPD has been Capital’s web site reveals that getting calls from victims and the account has been suspend- local law enforcement across ed, but a cached page indi- the United States about cates it was operating as Manex Capital, the company recently as March 30. The that is alleged to have been phone number listed on the defrauding customers with the site connects to an answering promise of loans. machine and an IP trace of the On its website, Manex web site comes up out of state, Capital claims to be operating Taylor said. out of an address on West So far there have been no Perkins Street in Ukiah. reported local victims of the Currently, a local lawyer is scam and Taylor said it was working out of the address. unknown if anyone in Ukiah Taylor said the lawyer doesn’t or Mendocino County was know anything about the involved. The case remains scam. under investigation and the “There’s nobody there police have turned over their doing business under that information to the FBI name,” said Ukiah Police Ben Brown can be reached Capt. Trent Taylor. at [email protected] Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal SOLO PROTEST Alex Rorabaugh Gymnasium Cultural & Recreational Center Executive Director Richard Shoemaker looks over the floor plans for the cultural and recreational side of the center which he hopes will be completed in August. Seeing the finish line The Daily Journal Eight years ago the Ukiah Valley Cultural and Recreational Center was only a vision. Construction began on what has since been renamed the Alex Rorabaugh Gymnasium-Cultural & Recreational Center in 2003. Phase II of the project -- the cultural and recreational side of the center (which does not include the gymnasium) -- is now well under way and expected to be complete sometime in August, according to facility Executive Director Richard Shoemaker. That means by Fall, the local Boys and Girls Club should be moved in. “This is wonderful since they already have 445 children signed up with the Boys and Girls Club who will have access to the center,” fund-raising consultant ZoeAnna Thies said. The total cost of Phase II is $1,953,000 , according to Thies who said another $250,000 is needed to completely finish the Richard Rosier/The Daily Journal cultural and recreational side of the facility. Utah Haley stands outside of the Chevron on This portion of the center will provide a the corner of Talmage Road and State Street, spacious indoor games area, community ringing a cowbell in protest of the steadily Construction indoors is under way and by Fall the local increasing gas prices. Haley seeks to send a See CENTER, Page 15 Boys and Girls Club hopes to be moved in. message about the, as he puts it, herd mentali- ty of those who line up to be taken advantage of by oil conglomerates. Grand jury agrees on consolidating criminal justice system By BEN BROWN that don’t lock, roofs that leak, evidence room staff were 46 correctional deputies as office received funding for The Daily Journal GRAND JURY REPORT aging plumbing and inade- insufficient to purge large well as an uncounted number five new service technicians In its annual report the quate storage space. quantities of out-dated evi- of additional support staff. to work in booking and allevi- Mendocino County Grand the employees at the jail for The evidence room at the dence. The turnover rate of jail staff ate pressure there. Jury has added it’s voice to maintaining a safe environ- county jail, which is used by Staffing levels at the jail was 13.6 percent. Mendocino Pay incentives were avail- those calling for the Board of ment for staff and inmates in both the Mendocino County were found to be adequate to Sheriff’s Capt. Tim Pearce able for those officers who Supervisors to consolidate the the face of the enormous chal- Sheriff’s Department and the its needs. There are 57 budget- said that rate of turnover was were bilingual with greater jail and other criminal justice lenge of working in an anti- Mendocino County Major ed positions at the jail includ- normal for the jail. incentives available for those facilities into one building. quated facility that is in poor Crimes Task Force was found ing one captain, two Acting Sheriff Kevin Broin The grand jury commended condition and included doors to be well maintained but that sergeants, eight corporals and recently said the Sheriff’s See JURY, Page 15 2 – SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] The world briefly FUNERAL NOTICES A fantastic cook, her life- MacKellar of Santa Rosa; made us laugh”. long dream of restaurant her sisters Kirsty Burns of Evelyn is survived by her IAEA: Iran and invest in renewable ownership was realized dur- San Rafael and Megan Smith husband of 65 years Albert sources of energy. ing her last two years as pro- of Rohnert Park, her broth- Ames of Ukiah, daughters defying call prietor of the “dish” restau- er Duncan MacKellar of Bette Fairbairn of Ukiah, rant in downtown Ukiah. Santa Rosa, nieces Elizabeth Yvonne Decker of Santa to stop enrichment Al-Qaida leaders She also helped many people Burns and Alex Smith and Rosa, a son Albert Ames of VIENNA, Austria (AP) — losing control, U.S. through her work at CASA, nephews Elliot Smith and Covelo, a sister Wilma Iran has defied a U.N. Headstart, Project Mack Burns. Luders of Piedmont, niece Security Council call to freeze says Sanctuary, Youth Project, A Memorial Service to Wilma Leather of Piedmont, uranium enrichment and is WASHINGTON (AP) — Plowshares and UVAH. celebrate Marta’s life will be nephews Gary Luders of stonewalling efforts to deter- Leaders of al-Qaida lost some Marta loved her children held, Monday, May 1, at 4 Piedmont, Jim Luders of mine if it is developing and family. She was bap- P.M., at the United Santa Rosa, grandchildren control of the terror network tized a Methodist and was a Methodist Church in Ukiah. Katie Wojcieszak of Ukiah, nuclear arms, the International last year due to the arrests and [\ Atomic Energy Agency said member of Kiwanas. She Wes Fairbairn of Potter deaths of top operational plan- enjoyed scrap booking, EVELYN C. AMES Valley, Nancy Moak of Santa Friday in a report that ners, but the group remains [\ cooking, playing with her Evelyn C. Ames entered Rosa, Marc DeMatteo of strengthened Western calls for the most prominent terror granddaughter Eva, deco- into rest in Ukiah on Napa, Joanie Gregg of sanctions. threat facing the United States MARTA ANN TURNER Marta Ann Turner, 54 rating, parties, family gath- Thursday April 27, 2006 in a Covelo, Lisa Boggs of Mad The United States and its and its allies, the State erings and making a won- local hospital. A native of River, 9 great-grandchildren allies reacted quickly, with Department said Friday. never gave up fighting the cancer that took her from derful home. Oakland, Evelyn was 96 and 1 great-grandchild. Britain pledging to introduce a In its annual report on Marta is survived by Steve years old.