Community FORUM sports digest Pet of the week Our readers write ........Page B-1 ..........Page A-3 ...........................Page A-4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 MONDAY March 12, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 337 email: [email protected] County will receive $2.5 million grant for water and habitats The Daily Journal Plan grant awarded to the County jurisdictions and Delbar, serves on the policy North Coast region, of which Del Norte, Siskiyou and Mendocino County Chief North Coast region by the agencies because of our suc- review panel for the North Mendocino County and the Modoc Counties. Executive Officer Al Beltrami State Water Resources Control cessful collaboration with Coast Integrated Regional Mendocino County Water “Our rural counties here in Board in January through partners in the North Coast Water Management Plan Agency are a part. Northern California are habit- announced last week that the ually left out of many funding county would receive a nearly Prop. 50, a water bond mea- region,” County Board of (IRWMP), which has spent The North Coast IRWMP, sure passed by voters in 2004. Supervisors Chair Kendall the last two years working to which was developed by a sources as we have seen lately $2.5 million grant for water with other bond measures,” infrastructure and habitat The board also awarded five Smith said. “Hopefully this is create a plan that will enhance coalition of cities, counties, other $25 million grants just the beginning for the beneficial uses of water, tribes, special districts, non- Delbar said. “We must contin- improvement projects. governmental organizations, ue our collaborative efforts to The money comes as part throughout the state. Mendocino County.” recover salmonid populations “Nearly $2.5 million will Smith, along with First and promote intra-regional watershed groups, also ensure we are recognized for of the $25 million Integrated includes Sonoma, Humboldt, Water Resources Management be coming to Mendocino District Supervisor Micheal cooperation throughout the See GRANT, Page A-8 Deadline approaching Locals helping make for Garden Grants By LAURA MCCUTCHEON schools funded directly The Daily Journal through the California women’s history more... With new money available Department of Education, as from the state, and a deadline opposed to a school district.) approaching, now is the time “These grants will provide for schools to apply for gar- seed money for schools to den grants. develop a school garden or to The Instructional School expand existing school gar- Garden Program funds -- dens for academic instruc- authorized by Assembly Bill tion,” State Superintendent of 1535, authored by Assembly Public Instruction Jack Speaker Fabian Nuñez (D-Los O’Connell said. “School gar- Angeles) -- are available this dens can be a vehicle for school year through June teaching standards-based sci- 2009. California public ence, mathematics, social sci- schools, county offices of ence, and English-language education, and direct-funded arts courses, as well as gar- charter schools can use the den-enhanced nutrition, grant money to create, main- health, agricultural and visual tain, and expand instructional art education. School gardens school gardens that can serve reinforce healthy food choices as a learning laboratory to and lifestyles in an experien- support academic instruction. tial learning environment. (Direct-funded charter schools refer to charter See GARDEN, Page A-8 Ridgewood grade repairs to start this summer, maybe The Willits News The road failed in two sec- WILLITS - CalTrans hopes tions, one area involves a slip- to start construction this sum- out and the other a failed cul- mer to repair Highway 101 vert. Both failures are slightly along Ridgewood grade just south of the extensive work south of Willits. done along the roadway in The damage occurred dur- previous years. ...present ing the winter storms of 2005- The prior work is holding 2006. The roadway is restrict- up so well, CalTrans intends ed to one lane in both direc- to use a similar technique to tions for several miles. repair the slipout, employing K.C. Meadows/The Daily Journal Although CalTrans expects large Styrofoam-like blocks to Keynote speaker state Sen. Pat Wiggins discussed legislation she is sponsoring this year. Below, Lillian to complete the design for the Vogel, talked about her secret to longevity. help stabilize the slope, repairs by May, they can only according to CalTrans proceed with construction this spokesman Phil Frisbie. miles,” she said. “We can’t fight ... we summer if they get federal Local women honored don’t have an army of legislators (in The blue clay Franciscan- approval for an emergency type soils along the for community the north) to fight. I’m sorry about contract. that.” Ridgewood grade are very If the federal government unstable, resembling a "blue service; Wiggins the Earlier in the program, Lillian Vogel does not cooperate, construc- got a standing ovation for her vitality in tion will not begin until sum- goo." The soil conditions have keynote speaker been a challenge for road and The Daily Journal the face of longevity. Born in 1909, mer 2008. Federal Emergency three years before the sailing of the Management Agency funds railroad builders all along the Long time local residents Ana M. North Coast Range. Araiza and Arleen Shippey were hon- Titanic, Vogel said she would travel to are helping pay for the repairs. China this year to an international ored Sunday at the annual Women’s women’s conference. She discussed her History Gala at the Ukiah Civic Center. new book “What Is Your Secret: Living They were presented with the a Vital Life After 90.” Generations of Women Moving The secret, she said, was “What you Thompson, Obama History Forward Award in recognition do with what you’ve been dealt.” of their contributions to the communi- She said her personal secrets includ- ty. ed daily walks, keeping fit and flexible, tout Iraq bill Newly elected State Sen. Pat eating right, playing piano, making Authors hold con- tout their Iraq legislation, Wiggins was the keynote speaker. She sure she had one activity of interest to even in the face of bills from discussed legislation she is sponsoring her scheduled each day and keeping a ference call to their party leadership that this year, including a bill to clarify state positive outlook and the ability to laugh push legislation threaten to consume all the election laws concerning the death of a at herself. oxygen in their respective candidate during election season. Wiggins also told the audience there The honorees that offers sched- chambers. Mendocino County will go to the polls was little she could do to fight the loss Araiza has lived and worked in HR 787, which restricts the April 3 for a special District Attorney of the funding for the Willits by-pass. Ukiah for 31 years. Her human service ule for war president's escalation of the election because of the death of incum- She explained that although her rural career has included three years at the By JAMES FAULK Iraq War and sets firm dead- bent DA Norm Vroman last year. Senate district covers a vast area and California Human Development The Eureka Times-Standard lines for redeployment, has Conflicting election codes resulted in a multiple counties, urban legislators are Corporation; 13 years at North Cost EUREKA -- Sen. Barack gained dozens of co-sponsors lawsuit and the court-ordered special thick on the ground. Obama, North Coast Rep. over the past week, but seem- election. “LA has a legislator every two See HISTORY, Page A-8 Mike Thompson and ingly lost out recently when Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick leadership in both the House Murphy took part in a confer- ence call Friday to continue to See IRAQ, Page A-8 Time To Get Ready For Spring Cleaning. Call For Details On UUKIAHKIAH And... Our Sizes and Prices. ® SSTORAGETORAGE TRUCK RENTAL 707-468-0800 A-2 – MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] and the Constitution even when the president should not want it kind of political grief that pardons for those four men brought to be so,” Schumer said. the presidents who granted them? The world briefly “And so this department has been so political that I think for Nixon resigned the presidency over the Watergate scandal. the sake of the nation, Attorney General Gonzales should step Felt was the FBI man convicted of ordering illegal break-ins. down,” he said. Weinberger was the defense secretary charged in the Iran- Video captures attack on 101-year-old Contra scandal. Rich was a fugitive financier. NYC woman, who suffered fractured Hundreds of homes evacuated in south- All received presidential pardons processed outside normal channels. cheekbone in mugging ern California as fast-moving brush fire As in those cases, Bush would have to bypass the regular NEW YORK (AP) — For a moment, the man in the grainy burns near homes clemency process to pardon Libby for the four felonies he was convicted of on Tuesday. video looks like a good Samaritan holding the door open for an ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire elderly neighbor. Then he turns and delivers three sharp punch- Such pardons historically have gotten presidents into politi- scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards cal trouble. es to the 101-year-old woman’s head. Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, “The next thing I knew, I had a big bang on the side of my Orange County fire officials said. face,” said Rose Morat, who suffered a fractured cheekbone and At least one home in Anaheim’s Hidden Canyon neighbor- Comedian Richard Jeni found dead at lost her purse and $33 to the mugger.