Community REMINISCE sports digest SUNDAY Elusive Images photo contest ..........Page A-8 Aug. 12, 2007 ................................Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Monday: Mostly sunny and warm Tuesday: Sunny; high of 89 degrees $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 52 pages, Volume 149 Number 125 email: [email protected] FUN AT THE REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR: DAY 3 Animal Control exec Assignment: Ukiah staying By Tommy Wayne Kramer Well-liked by inland animal advocates The Daily Journal Wishing for Mendocino County Animal Care & Control Director Bliss Fisher is staying on in the real bells county despite tendering her About 20 years ago the old resignation in mid-July. iron bells at the Ukiah According to a press Methodist Church went silent, release issued Thursday by and there was soon a call for Fisher’s boss, newly appoint- contributions to fix them. I ed Health and Human sent in $25, which was $25 I Services Agency Director could have better spent on Carmel Angelo, “We are more crack cocaine. pleased with the programs I love church bells. At that Bliss has started. She has times solemn, at times majes- been working really hard on tic, or melancholy or tri- increasing adoptions of ani- umphant, there is something mals, expanding spay and rich and evocative in their neuter services and develop- clanging, banging resonance. ing a feral cat The pealing of a church bell MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal trap/neuter/release program.” can lift my spirits or bring a Stepping up as a volunteer from the audience, 4-year-old Sierra Gittleman, of Ukiah, answers ques- Angelo was appointed to tear to my eye. They sound tions posed by Michael Searle, aka “Mouse” the clown. On her right is the other member of Snuffy’s run the new combined county grave, profound, important Magical Clown Review, Karen Searle, or “Daisy.” Health and Human Services and timeless. Department June 11. But as you know if you live She said she is looking at within a mile of the Methodist the organizational charts and Church, that’s not what the present-day “bells” sound See ANIMAL, Page A-14 like. The old iron bells — Jr. Livestock Auction with the help of my $25 — were replaced with some sort By BEN BROWN occasional price called out as someone of cheap cassette tape system The Daily Journal 4-H PROFILE makes a bid. Drivers that plays jaunty tunes that In front of the stage, ring men watch t’s hot inside Racine Pavilion, and it the crowd for bids, pointing to the sound like they’re coming only gets hotter as more and more from Minnie Mouse’s music bidders with the same sticks the kids use people take seats in the bleachers to direct livestock. hurt in and chairs inside. Outside, 4-H’ers The grand champion market steer, See KRAMER, Page A-14 and Future Farmers of America raised by Courtney Figg-Hoblyn of the Imembers groom their animals one last Willits FFA sells for $6,210.75 - $5.25- time before they’re shown to bidders. This Hwy. 1 per-pound - to Schuster Logging. is the Redwood Empire Fair Junior “This is the best steer in the world,” Livestock Auction. Williams says during the auction. VOLUNTEER The animals are paraded in front of the In the crowd, buyers appear vastly crash crowd, standing on the same thick pad of outnumbered by spectators, who clap sawdust that covers the floor of the barn. rhythmically during the bidding and Unsafe turn by OPPORTUNITIES Owners lead their animals with halters or cheer loudly as animals are presented and unlicensed driver direct their movements with long Audio slideshow at their owners introduced. blamed for collision Hopland Band of fluorescent sticks in green, yellow, pink Williams plays and tempts the crowd, Pomo Indians and orange. ukiahdailyjournal.com goading them to higher bids. The Daily Journal •Provide activities for The pavilion smells pleasantly of “You’ll never hold a championship An early afternoon trip to youth and seniors (includes wood-chips and farm animals. goat shaking your head like that,” he said during the the beach ended with a head- transportation and chaper- The grand champion animals go first, and the action auction of the grand champion market goat, which sells on collision that resulted in one). of the auction is too fast to follow. Auctioneer Rex moderate and major injuries •Cultural program sedge Williams’ pitch is a burr of sound punctuated by the See FAIR, Page A-14 for the drivers of both vehi- project. Transplanting and cles Thursday. preparing areas for sedge According to reports from root. the California Highway For more information, con- Patrol, Erica M. Saldivar, 19, tact Arlis Steele @744- of Fort Bragg, was south- 1647x1500 bound on Highway 1 at approximately 30 mph in a Mendocino County Releaf 1999 Mazda 626 at 1:50 p.m. •Tree planting in the Ukiah Thursday. area during the months of Saldivar was headed to the December, January and beach with her family and February. was preparing to make a left For more information, con- turn onto North Big River tact Jennifer Puser @ 467- Road when she saw an 9508 approaching 1998 Dodge Caravan. The Salvation Army The Caravan, driven by •Volunteer bell ringers for Laurel M. Moss, 80, of the Temporary Emergency Mendocino, was northbound Assistance Fund starting Nov. (Left) Performing in the small animal Round Robin Showmanship event, Stephanie Standly of the on Highway 1 at approxi- 26 to Dec. 24. Willits FFA displays a chicken while Kara McCaffrey of Long Valley 4-H waits her turn. (Right) mately 50 mph. According to For more information, con- Anderson Valley FFA’s Jonathan Ocampo displays one of two Cornish cross hens at Saturday’s CHP reports, Saldivar thought tact Janet Cetani @ 468-9577 Junior Livestock Auction. The two birds were purchased for $650 by Ukiah’s Jimmy Rickel. she had enough time to make California Conservation See CRASH, Page A-2 Corps •Provide leadership train- ing to 18-23-year-old men and women. •These skills include: inter- Cheney impeachment resolution before supervisors view skills, math, literacy, The Daily Journal there is no question that this trillion dollar debacle home finance and basic gar- The Board of Supervisors will take up a resolu- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS has affected Mendocino County’s ability to deal with ment repair. tion in favor of impeaching Vice President Dick its very real and serious questions.” For more information, con- Cheney at 2 p.m. Tuesday. effect on local economies and as Tip O’Neil, former The House of Representatives accepts petitions tact LaVone Dyer @ 463- Fifth District Supervisor David Colfax placed the Speaker of the House of Representatives famously from local jurisdictions. The petitions are assigned 2822 resolution on the agenda for the board’s considera- said, ‘all politics is local,’” Colfax said. “That’s why to the appropriate committee, which in the case of a tion. it is important for local officials to take positions on See VOLUNTEER, Page A-4 “What is happening in Iraq has had a devastating matters that directly affect their constituents. And See IMPEACH, Page A-14 A-2 – SUNDAY, AUG. 12, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] true chance for better relations between the two nations. “He’s bringing a good brain, good vision and goodwill,” The world briefly Bush said from his parents’ compound, which juts out like a fin- DEATH NOTICE ger pointing into the Atlantic Ocean. •Essie Fielden, 84, of Ukiah, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Bush called Sarkozy a friend who could be counted on to Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Gospel Camera finds ‘survivable space’ in Utah speak frankly. Tabernacle Church, with visitation at 10 a.m. Arrangements “We have had good disagreements — on Iraq, in particular,” are being handled by Eversole Mortuary. coal mine shaft where 6 men are missing Bush acknowledged about the frayed U.S.-France partnership. “But I’ve never allowed disagreements to not find other ways to HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — A video camera lowered into work together.” the mine where six miners have been missing for more than five afternoon: 4, 7, 8. days shows “survivable space,” a federal official said Saturday, CORRECTIONS FANTASY 5: 07, 21, but attempts to signal the miners were met by silence. Newark, N.J. buries 3 who were shot • In a story in Saturday’s 37, 20, 08. The void found by a camera lowered into a new hole showed execution style in schoolyard Daily Journal, Granville DAILY DERBY: 1st an intact ceiling over 2 1/2-feet of rubble mixed with water, said Pool’s name was misspelled. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of New Jersey’s largest Place: 05, California Richard Stickler, head of the Mine Safety and Health The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this Classic. Administration city pounded a podium, yelling “Enough is enough!” at space to correct errors or make clarifica- Saturday’s funeral for one of the three friends killed by shots to tions to news articles. Significant errors in 2nd Place: 01, Gold “We do have a 5 1/2-foot void. We have not lost the space obituary notices or birth announcements the head in a schoolyard. Mayor Cory A. Booker was interrupt- Rush. where the miners could be located,” he said. will result in reprinting the entire article. ed by applause at Metropolitan Baptist Church as he urged Errors may be reported to the editor, 468- 3rd Place: 12, Lucky After the nearly 9-inch-wide hole was drilled into the void, 3526.