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Veggies in
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MARIJUANA RAIDS
Additional 35,304 plants seized
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WEDNESDAY
July 25, 2007
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Couple uninjured when plane crashes in lake DA election
bill signed
by governor
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A failure to bring up tarmac landing gear
before making a water landing was the cause
of a plane crash on Lake Mendocino at 9:25
a.m. Sunday that two Ukiah residents walked
away from.
According to reports from the Mendocino
County Sheriff’s Office, Greg Beaver, 60, and
his wife, Wendy, 61, both of Ukiah, had taken
off from the Ukiah Airport intending to fly to
the lake.
The plane, a Quicksilver Sprint MK II
Ultralight, is equipped for water landing, but
See PLANE, Page 14
UPD adds to force
MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal
After graduating from the Sonoma County Junior College District Police Academy this spring, officers Jeff Andrade,
left, and Tyler Schapmire have joined the Ukiah Police force.
Sales tax revenue funds 2 more officers
By BEN BROWN
The Daily Journal
Funds from the city’s half-cent sales tax
continue to provide the Ukiah Police
Department with the ability to hire high
quality officers who are dedicated to staying
in the community, said Ukiah Police Capt.
Chris Dewey.
Jeff Andrade, 25, originally of Hesperia
in Southern California, and Tyler
Schapmire, 21, of Ukiah, graduated second
and fourth respectively in their class of 35 at
the police academy. Both chose to come to
Ukiah to be the city’s newest police officers.
“Without Measure S funds I wouldn’t
have been able to hire Jeff and Tyler,”
Dewey said.
Andrade is a former military police officer with the United States Air Force. He
spent the last four years working with the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization in
Germany, teaching sections operations security.
Law enforcement was
always what Andrade
wanted to do, but after
six years in the military,
he said the travel started
to wear him down.
“It’s nice to have a
home,” Andrade said. “I
saw the world; it’s time
to come home.”
Andrade
Andrade had the
option to work in Ukiah
or the greater Los Angeles Basin. He chose
to make Ukiah his home, where his wife’s
family lives.
“I like where it’s green,” Andrade said. “I
like small towns.”
Schapmire is a local boy, born and raised
in Ukiah. After high school he enrolled in
the administration of justice
program
at
Mendocino College and
then went to work at the
Mendocino County Jail.
In the summer of
2006, he signed up with
UPD, which sent him to
the academy.
Schapmire said he
wants to be a police officer in Ukiah because he
wanted to have the Schapmire
opportunity to give back
to and serve the community where he has
lived his entire life.
Schapmire said he is looking forward to
the job’s challenges.
“I like how things are different every
More than six years after the Mendocino
County Board of Supervisors adopted its
Return to Work Program, the results of the past
four years showed a reduction in litigated
claims, total claims and lost days of work.
The Return to Work program, initiated in
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
January of 2001 and written by Risk Manager
Kristin McMenomey, acts as a means of helping return employees to “meaningful, productive employment following injury or illness.”
The program helps injured employees return
to work by consulting with the employee’s doctor to determine what accommodations would
be necessary for the person to continue his or
her job, or to perform an alternate duty position.
One of the benefits of the Return to Work
program is that employees are able to get back
See COUNTY, Page 14
Town Hall meeting planned on local energy use
By ZACK SAMPSEL
The Daily Journal
In an effort to focus attention on the increasing energy consumption throughout the county,
members of the Energy Working Group, including Steve Heckeroth, Brian Corzilius, Kate
Collins and Cliff Paulin, will host a town hall
meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Washington
Mutual Community Room.
Paulin said the group will discuss the energy
group working report, as well as getting people’s input about the group’s findings. He said
the meeting is in preparation for work with the
county planning commissioners during its spe-
By BEN BROWN
The Daily Journal
North Coast Sen. Patricia Wiggins’ elections bill has been signed into law. The legislation is designed to bring an end to the
chaos caused by the death of incumbent
Mendocino County District Attorney
Norman Vroman during the 2006 election.
“I’m
happy
that
Governor
Schwarzenegger signed my bill into law,”
Wiggins said. “This important legislation
will prevent costs, delays and confusion for
voters.”
The bill was written to avoid the scenario that occurred following the death of
Vroman, who succumbed to a heart attack
in September of 2006 while in the middle
of a run for DA against then-Fort Bragg
attorney Meredith Lintott.
According to Wiggins, this new law will
clarify the situation by making it clear that
California Elections Code section 8026
applies only to primary elections while section 15402 applies to general elections.
Vroman died within 47 days of the date
the election was to be held, prompting the
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
to apply section 15402, which states that if
a candidate dies within 68 days of an election, the candidate’s name remains on the
ballot.
Under section 15402, if the deceased
candidate wins the election, it is up to the
Board of Supervisors to fill the seat until
the next election.
Former Assistant District Attorney Keith
Faulder, then acting as interim district
attorney, disagreed with the board’s interpretation and said section 8026 applied in
this scenario.
Under section 8026, if there are not two
qualified candidates in an election, the state
must cancel the election and hold an open,
special election.
Faulder took the board to court over the
interpretation, and the California First
District Court sided with Faulder, nullifying the November 2006 Mendocino
County district attorney’s election and sealSee ELECTION, Page 14
MARIJUANA RAIDS
COMMET
seizes 35,304
more plants
The Daily Journal
See UPD, Page 14
Return to Work Program paying off for county
By ZACK SAMPSEL
The Daily Journal
Legislation changes state law
governing elections in which
candidate dies during race
cial Aug. 2 meeting at the Board of Supervisors
Chambers in the County Administration Center
at 501 Low Gap Road.
The report, which the group was authorized
to begin in the fall of 2006, was finished in June
See ENERGY, Page 14
The County of Mendocino Marijuana
Eradication Team has seized an additional
35,304 marijuana plants, for a total of
77,514 plants seized so far this month.
Between July 16 and July 20, COMMET, with the help of officers from the
statewide Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting, eradicated plants from 25 sites in
the areas of Dunlap Pass near Fort Bragg,
Dewarren Creek in Willits, Devils Den
near Covelo and Sheldon Creek in
Hopland.
The plants ranged in size from six-inches and five-feet. Officers also seized a
sawed-off shotgun but made no arrests.
Earlier in July, officers raided 10 gardens in Potter Valley and Laytonville, eradicating 42,210 plants, seizing $2,500 and
six weapons. Officers also made one arrest
at that time.
So far this year, COMMET has seized
124,126 plants. In 2006, COMMET raided
189 marijuana gardens and destroyed
190,541 plants, as well as seizing 36
weapons and making 14 arrests.
According to the California Attorney
General’s Office, 1,675,681 marijuana
plants were seized in California in 2006.
2 – WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007
DAILY DIGEST
Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517
The world briefly
Bush warns that al-Qaida
threat persists, sees link
with al-Qaida in Iraq
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President
Bush, trying to justify the Iraq war, cited intelligence reports Tuesday he said showed a link
between al-Qaida’s operation in Iraq and the
terror group that attacked the United States on
Sept. 11, 2001. Democrats dismissed Bush’s
argument.
“The merger between al-Qaida and its Iraqi
affiliate is an alliance of killers and that is why
the finest military in the world is on their trail,”
Bush said at Charleston Air Force Base, a
launching point for cargo and military personnel headed to Iraq.
Citing security details he declassified for his
speech, Bush described al-Qaida’s burgeoning
operation in Iraq as a direct threat to the United
States. Bush accused critics in Congress of
misleading the American public by suggesting
otherwise.
“That’s like watching a man walk into a
bank with a mask and a gun and saying, ‘He’s
probably just there to cash a check,”’ Bush told
troops at Charleston Air Force Base.
Bush is up against highly skeptical audiences with 18 months left in office. The public
has largely lost faith in the war, Congress is
weighing ways to end it, and international partners have fading memories of the 2001 attacks
against the U.S. Six years later, terrorist leader
Osama bin Laden remains at large.
Senators question Gonzales’
honesty in blistering hearing
over terror, legal disputes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry senators
suggested a special prosecutor should investigate misconduct at the Justice Department,
accusing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
on Tuesday of deceit on the prosecutor firings
and President Bush’s eavesdropping program.
Democrats and Republicans alike hammered Gonzales in four hours of testimony as
he denied trying, in 2004, to push a hospitalized former attorney general into approving a
counterterror program that the Justice
Department then viewed as illegal.
Gonzales, alternately appearing wearied and
seething, vowed anew to remain in his job even
as senators told him outright they believe he is
unqualified to stay.
He would not answer numerous questions,
including whether the Bush administration
would bar its U.S. attorneys from pursuing
contempt charges against former White House
officials who have defied congressional subpoenas for their testimony.
“It’s hard to see anything but a pattern of
intentionally misleading Congress again and
again,” Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., told
Gonzales during the often-bitter Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing. “Shouldn’t the
attorney general of the United States meet a
higher standard?”
U.S. envoy blasts Iran but
agrees to security
subcommittee on stability
BAGHDAD (AP) — The American ambassador scolded his Iranian counterpart in a
groundbreaking meeting Tuesday for Tehran’s
alleged arming and training of Shiite militias.
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But he agreed to set up a subcommittee with
Iran and Iraq to work on stabilizing the country.
South of Baghdad, a suicide tow truck driver killed at least 24 people with a huge bomb
in the Shiite city of Hillah. Police and morgue
officials said a total of 58 people, including the
Hillah victims, were killed or found dead
nationwide.
Speaking to reporters after a second session
in two months with the Iranian envoy,
Ambassador Ryan Crocker called the sevenhour meeting “full and frank,” diplomatic language for difficult.
The Bush administration does not appear to
expect much if anything from the talks but
seems willing to go forward with them because
the high-powered and bipartisan Iraq Study
Group, in a report late last year, recommended
contacts with both Iran and Syria in a bid to
end or ameliorate outside influences in Iraq as
part of a plan to end the conflict.
For its part, Iran appears to be enjoying the
spectacle and prestige of negotiating with
world’s only superpower after more than a
quarter-century freeze in open diplomatic contact.
No indictment against doctor
accused in patient deaths
after Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A grand jury
refused on Tuesday to indict a doctor accused
of murdering four seriously ill hospital patients
with drug injections during the desperate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, closing the books
on the only mercy-killing case to emerge from
the storm.
Dr. Anna Pou acknowledged administering
medication to the patients but insisted she did
so only to relieve pain.
Pou (pronounced “Poe”) and two nurses
were arrested last summer after Attorney
General Charles Foti concluded they gave
“lethal cocktails” to four patients at the flooded-out, sweltering Memorial Medical Center
after the August 2005 storm.
The decision was a defeat for Foti, who
accused the doctor and the nurses, but it was
the New Orleans district attorney who presented the case to the grand jury, asking it to bring
murder and conspiracy charges.
“I feel the grand jury did the right thing,”
said District Attorney Eddie Jordan.
Obama offer to meet rogue
leaders touches off firestorm
and clashes with Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama’s
offer to meet without precondition with leaders
of renegade nations such as Cuba, North Korea
and Iran touched off a war of words, with rival
Hillary Rodham Clinton calling him naive and
Obama linking her to President Bush’s diplomacy.
Older politicians in both parties questioned
the wisdom of such a course, while Obama’s
supporters characterized it as a repudiation of
Bush policies of refusing to engage with certain adversaries.
It triggered a round of competing memos
and statements Tuesday between the chief
Democratic presidential rivals. Obama’s team
See BRIEFLY, Page 14
The following were
compiled from reports
prepared by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s
Office:
BOOKED -- Dean Allen
McConnell, 41, of Willits,
was booked into jail on suspicion of driving under the
influence and hit-and-run
with property damage at
10:49 p.m. Thursday.
BOOKED -- Theresa
Anne Calderon, 19, of
Ukiah, was booked into jail
on suspicion of inflicting
corporal injury on a spouse
at 10:54 p.m. Thursday.
BOOKED -- Stephen
Dale Dangler, 58, of Ukiah,
influence at 1:09 a.m. Friday.
BOOKED
-Noel
Anthony Murray, 37, of
on suspicion of seconddegree burglary, knowingly
receiving stolen goods, possession of burglary tools and
trespassing at 1:09 a.m.
Saturday.
BOOKED -- Ronald Dale
Duke, 26, of Ukiah, was
booked into jail on suspicion
of inflicting corporal injury
on a spouse and a probation
violation at 2:24 a.m.
Saturday.
BOOKED
-Juan
Manuel Sandoval, 33, of
on suspicion of driving
under the influence at 3 a.m.
Saturday.
BOOKED -- Benito
Rosales Salazar, 49, of
on suspicion of driving
under the influence at 3:49
a.m. Saturday.
BOOKED -- Timothy
Russell Ryan, 25, of Willits,
influence at 10:17 a.m.
Saturday.
BOOKED -- Shawn
Wayne Hernandez, 39, of
Coral Springs, was booked
into jail on suspicion of driving under the influence at
11:32 a.m. Saturday.
BOOKED -- Reginald
Delos Faber, 27, of Ukiah,
influence, driving with a suspended license and a warrant
for a probation violation at
12:50 p.m. Saturday.
BOOKED -- Alexander
Wade Lyon, 21, of Redway,
was booked into jail on suspicion of taking a vehicle
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Saturday.
BOOKED -- Austin Paul
Cassidy, 21, of Talmage, was
of disorderly conduct, a probation violation and on a
Richmond
Police
Department warrant for
assault with a deadly weapon
at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
BOOKED -- Travis Lee
Mills, 23, of Nice, was
of causing corporal injury to
a spouse, making terrorist
threats and possession of a
switchblade at 6:09 p.m.
Saturday.
BOOKED -- Miguel
Ramirez, 44, of Ukiah, was
of driving under the influence at 1:09 a.m. Sunday.
BOOKED -- Horatio
Padilla Reyes, 23, of
Talmage, was booked into
jail on suspicion of driving
under the influence and driving without a license at 2:22
p.m. Sunday.
BOOKED -- Robert
Edward Robinson, 36, of
Willits, was booked into jail
on suspicion of assault with a
deadly weapon, battery and a
probation violation at 12:31
p.m. Sunday.
BOOKED -- Lewis
Edward Wright, 35, of
Lakeport, was booked into
jail on suspicion of drawing
or exhibiting a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon in
a vehicle and carrying a
loaded firearm at 7:03 p.m.
Sunday.
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FIRE AND RESCUE
The following were
compiled from reports
prepared by the fire and
emergency services.
STRUCTURE FIRE -- A
minor structure fire in the
700 block of Kunzler Ranch
Road destroyed a fork-lift
and a wooden structure but
did not spread Monday
evening.
According to reports from
the Ukiah Valley Fire
District, UVFD firefighters
were called out on an autoaid with CalFire on reports
of an unknown type of fire
behind Mendocino Forest
Products.
When firefighters arrived,
they found a small wooden
structure behind North-Cal
Wood Products/Yokayo BioFuels. The wooden structure
was fully involved, and the
fire had spread to a metal
structure containing a forklift.
The fire was quickly contained and extinguished, but
the fork-lift and wood structure were a total loss, according to UVFD reports.
No injuries were reported
in the fire.
The fire is not considered
suspicious but the cause
remains under investigation.
EXPLOSION -- Two
men sustained minor to moderate injuries when a CO2
air line at The Bunker of
North State Street exploded
at around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Both men were transported to Ukiah Valley Medical
Center for treatment. The
Ukiah Fire Department
responded to this call.
VEGETATION FIRE -A small vegetation fire
burned less than an acre in a
riverbed off of Old River
Road at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday
afternoon. CalFire and the
Hopland Fire Department
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Front-yard veggies make food
and friends, but can rile neighbors
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007 – 3
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By ELLEN SIMON
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK -- A dedicated
group of vegetable gardeners is
ripping out their front lawns and
planting dinner.
Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens,
are a source of food, a topic of
conversation with the neighbors
and a political statement.
Leigh Anders, who tore up
about half her front lawn four
years ago and planted vegetables,
said her garden sends a message
that anyone can grow at least
some of their food. That task
should shift from agribusiness
back to individuals and their communities, said Anders, of Viroqua,
Wisc.
“This movement can start with
simply one tomato plant growing
in one’s yard,” she said.
While people have been growing food in their backyards forever, front-yard vegetable gardens
are a growing outlet for people
whose backyards are too shady or
too small, as well as those who
want to spread their beliefs one
tomato at a time.
Many hope their gardens will
revive the notion of victory gardens, which by some estimates
provided 40 percent of America’s
vegetables during World War II.
The topic has gotten more buzz
nationally as bloggers chronicle
their experiences and environmentalists have scrutinized the
effects of chemicals and water
used to grow lawns. A book called
“Food Not Lawns,” published last
year, inspired several offshoot
groups.
Fritz Haeg, an artist and architect, has done yards in Kansas,
California and New Jersey as part
of a project called “Edible
Estates.”
Haeg, who is working on a
book, due out in 2008, called
“Edible Estates: Attack on the
Front Lawn,” says he’s been overwhelmed by the response. He gets
hundreds of e-mails every month
from people who want to be next.
“People are obsessed with their
homes, creating these cocoons
that isolate them,” he said. “This
project is about reaching out, getting them connected to their
streets.”
Some of the neighbors are less
than thrilled. Some municipal
codes limit the percentage of a
yard that can be planted with anything other than trees and grass.
“Especially in the first three
years, I got a lot of code violations,” said Bob Waldrop of
After our story about the volunteer
Energy Working Group which had released a
report to the Board of Supervisors about the
energy future for our county, I was asked if I
would print a list of the names of the group's
members. So here they are:
Energy Working Group Participants: Kate
Collins (Laytonville/Willits); Steve Heckeroth
(central coast); Jim Koogle (south coast); Doug
Livingston (Boonville); Janet Orth (Willits);
George Reinhardt (north coast); John Schaeffer
(Hopland); Cliff Paulin (Ukiah); and Brian
Corzilius (rural central interior).
Oklahoma City. He planted his
corner lot almost entirely with
fruit trees, berry bushes and vegetables.
“Now that the plantings have
matured, it’s pretty,” he said. “It
wasn’t so pretty the first couple
years.”
Shannon McBride, 47, of
Huntsville, Alabama, kept grass
borders around her front-yard
vegetable beds.
“We promised our neighbor we
wouldn’t grow corn, because that
looks kind of tacky,” she said.
The neighbor also thought
tomatoes looked “untidy,” so
McBride and her husband are
growing bell peppers, carrots,
chives, herbs, two kinds of beans,
beets, okra, lettuce and cucumbers. Her corn is off to the side of
the house.
An anonymous complaint
about Karen Baumann’s frontyard garden in Sacramento, Calif.
led to a fight by local gardeners
against the city’s landscaping
code, which stated that gardens
could take up no more than 30
percent of the front yard.
After a public hearing where
Baumann’s 11-year-old twin sons
testified, dressed as a carrot and a
tomato, the city changed the law.
“I’m always asked, ’What will
it look like in the winter?”’ said
Rosalind Creasy, a landscape
designer who has been writing
about edible landscaping for 25
years. “If you design it well and it
has an herb garden, it will look
fine. One of the dumbest things I
see is dead lawns in the winter.
They’re brown for six months of
the year. How beautiful is that?”
Some front-yard gardeners say
that ripping out the sod and
putting in vegetables gave the
neighbors their first-ever excuse
to speak to them.
“It’s kind of like having a
dog,” said Nat Zappia, 32, a graduate student. “No one talked to us
until we had a dog.”
Zappia turned the front yard of
the home he and his wife rent in
Santa Monica, Calif. into a vegetable garden, with his landlord’s
permission. He estimates it supplies 35 to 40 percent of the food
they eat.
Zappia took a master gardening class at the East Los Angeles
University of California extension program that was focused on
growing food. Other gardeners
were inspired by books they’ve
read, such as “Gaia’s Garden: A
Guide
to
Home-Scale
Permaculture” and “The Year I
Ate My Yard.”
The gardens don’t cost much to
plant. Zappia estimates he spent
about $100 on the garden and
says he and his wife save about
$200 to $300 a year on their food
costs.
Waldrop, in Oklahoma City,
said the garden’s organic fruit
allowed him to eat in a way he
could never afford if he bought
everything at the grocery store.
“It’s like money growing in
your yard,” he said.
Creasy has a 1,000 square-foot
edible garden that surrounds her
Los Altos, Calif. home. Among
the things she grows: Wheat,
sesame, paprika peppers and
alpine strawberries.
Every July 4, as part of her
neighborhood block party, she
harvests wheat, lays it down on a
tarp on her driveway, covers it
with a cloth and has all the neighbors do what she calls, “the tennis
shoe twist” to thresh it.
Next, she puts it in a deep
wheelbarrow and blows off the
chaff with an electric leaf blower.
Then she grinds it with an attachment for her mixer, bakes bread
and serves it to the neighbors,
warm from the oven.
“It’s like a sacrament,” she
said.
Creasy also keeps eight hens
and one rooster in her yard and
grows sorrel to feed them.
“I would say they’re visited at
least once a day by some child,”
she said. Her garden gives kids
what grandparents gave children
during a more rural time, Creasy
said.
“I remember my grandfather
slaughtering a chicken and showing me the insides where the egg
was growing. I remember finding
a potato,” she said. “There’s a
reality to it that sitting and watching TV and watching video games
don’t have.”
And it’s a reality people can
plant and cultivate themselves,
she said.
“People tell me they went to
Tuscany and ate outside under a
grape arbor,” Creasy said. “Well,
they can grow their own grapes in
their yard... People want meaning
in their lives; you don’t have to go
to Tuscany to get it.”
Stolen milk crates feed black market for recycled plastic
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- For decades, college
kids have used stolen milk crates as the
basic building blocks of coffee tables and
dorm room shelves.
Now, a new breed of crate rustler is
cashing in by swiping thousands of the
containers from loading docks and selling
them to shady recyclers.
The containers are chopped into bits
and shipped to booming factories in China
to be made into a variety of products, from
pipes to flower pots.
Facing an estimated $80 million in
annual losses from the thefts, dairies
across the country are moving to stop the
plastic pilfering. In California, companies
are even hiring private detectives and staging sting operations.
“We saw them disappearing into this
black hole,” said Rachel Kaldor, executive
director of the Dairy Institute, a trade
group in Sacramento. “We just don’t know
who’s stealing these crates off the loading
docks.”
In the past two years, the high-density
polyethylene has joined a growing list of
materials that are being stolen and sold via
a thriving underground recycling network.
Among other things, thieves target copper, aluminum bleachers, beer kegs, even
cemetery vases and nameplates.
It took a while for dairies to determine
what was happening to their crates.
“If it were just college kids taking them,
the dormitories would be overflowing with
milk cases,” said Stephen Schaffer, general
manager of Alta Dena Dairy near Los
Angeles.
The crates are made of petroleum-based
plastic that has increased in value along
with gasoline prices. The material now
sells for 22 cents a pound, compared to 7
cents a pound in 2005, said Patty Moore, a
recycling consultant in Sonoma, Calif.
Consumers can spend as much as $10
for an “authentic” dairy crate at retailers
such as the Container Store. Dairies pay
about $4 when they buy in bulk.
Last year, the industry lost about 20
million crates to thieves, said Clay
Detlefsen, vice president and counsel of
the International Dairy Foods Association.
California, the nation’s largest dairy
state, has taken the lead in the fight
against plastic poachers.
Already hurt by the theft of milk-producing hormones and incidents of cattle
rustling, the state dairy industry convinced
legislators to pass a law last year that
allows dairies to sue recyclers accused of
accepating stolen crates. No cases have hit
court yet, Kaldor said.
“Businesses are trying to control costs
in very tight market conditions,” Detlefsen
said. “And it’s not just us, the baking
industry and soft drink industry is affected, too.”.
After the law went into effect last
January, the Dairy Institute hired private
investigator Chuck Wall to educate recyclers about documenting purchases and to
conduct sting operations against suspected
offenders.
Wall, the CEO of Creative Security of
San Jose, began his efforts close to his
home in Santa Clara County, building on a
previous local law enforcement crackdown
on the theft of copper wire from construction sites.
He and undercover agents shopped
around a truckload of milk crates. The 11
recyclers who took the bait were arrested.
Wall expanded his operation and now
works with law enforcement officials in
Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles counties.
He said his biggest bust targeted E.S.
Plastics in the Los Angeles suburb of
Maywood.
In April, he said, he and his colleagues
recovered 24,000 pounds of ground-up
plastic from crates belonging to dairies,
bakeries and beverage companies.
“It took a 50-foot trailer to haul all the
stolen property out of there -- at least a
quarter-million dollars of plastics,” Wall
said.
Orlando “Alex” Bran, the owner of the
company, and another person were arrested for investigation of grand theft and
receiving stolen property, said Maywood
police Sgt. Scott Anderson.
Los Angeles County prosecutors are
considering whether to file charges. Bran,
who is free on bail, declined comment.
Individual dairies, meanwhile, are
adding security staff to solve the milk
crate mystery.
Alta Dena Dairy, located east of Los
Angeles, hired Edmund Woods, a former
police officer, to find its stolen containers.
A tip led Woods to Santee Alley in the
downtown Los Angeles Garment District,
where he recovered more than 300 containers from merchants using them for
storage.
“We don’t take a large SWAT team in,
just one or two officers for a uniformed
presence,” Woods said. “We’re very polite
and we go in real soft.”
Wood hopes the busts encourage college
students and homeowners to voluntarily
return any stolen milk crates they might be
using. Alta Dena’s has even set up a “milk
crate abuse” hotline at (800) 457-6688 for
people to surrender the containers, no
questions asked.
“People look at milk crates like they’re
nothing,” Woods said. “It says right there
on the crate that this is private property ...
It’s clearly marked so there’s no mistaking
it.”
North Coast State Senator Patricia
Wiggins (D- Santa Rosa) announced today that
she has hired Kathy Kelley as her new field
representative for Lake and Mendocino counties. She replaces Joe Louis Wildman who has
gone back to working for the SIEU union on a
regional basis. Kelley had previously worked
for Assemblywoman Patty Berg (D – Eureka)
since late 2002, and before that, she served as a
field
representative
for
former
Assemblywoman Virginia Strom-Martin. Prior
to working in the Legislature, Kelley served in
various capacities with the Mendocino Private
Industry Council. She has three children and
two grandchildren, and has lived in Mendocino
County since 1976.
Kelley is based in the Senator’s field office
in Ukiah (200 S. School St.). The telephone
number is 468-8914. Wiggins represents
California’s large 2nd Senate District, which
stretches from Solano County to Humboldt
County and includes portions or all of Lake,
Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties as
well.
Fetzer Vineyards has been recognized by
the United States Environmental Protection
Agency with the award of a 2007 Best-of-theBest Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award in
celebration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montréal Protocol, a signature event
in climate protection endorsed by 190 nations.
The
California
Integrated
Waste
Management Board has also awarded
Fetzer its 12th WRAP (Waste Reduction
Award Program) award for reducing landfill
waste through innovative recycling and waste
reduction programs that allow the winery to be
a zero-waste facility.
Fetzer first earned the EPA award in 2002 in
recognition of its banning during the 1990’s of
methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting soil fumigant, in Viticultural practices. Methyl Bromide
is known to erode the ozone layer, contributing
to global warming. Fetzer’s first WRAP award
was earned in 1993.
The new EPA award is among several given
to “the highest caliber recipients from over 500
award winners from 1990 to 2007” according
to the US EPA. The Best-of-the Best award
nominees were evaluated by the US EPA staff
and judged by an international panel representing industry, government and non-governmental organizations, with the leadership of the US
EPA making the final selection of winners.
Fetzer’s award notes the phasing out of
methyl bromide, and the winery’s broad use of
sustainable practices including organic farming
of estate vineyards, integrated pest management, use of cover crops, composting and related vineyard practices, solar and other renewable energy usage, reducing waste and other
Earth-Friendly practices. An award ceremony
will take place in September in Montréal during a meeting of the Parties to the Montréal
Protocol, representing more than 190 nations
who have signed the agreement.
Among other winners are nine additional
winners in the corporate/government/military
sector; five from associations; six team winners
and 31 individuals. Fetzer is the only winery
among the group.
In other Fetzer news, the winery has set
up what it's calling the Fetzer Green Tour. This
is ayear-long traveling exhibit where traditional wine sampling will set the stage for sharing
insights about sustainable vineyard practices
that can be taken from “the vineyard to your
backyard.”
“The time is now right to educate wine consumers not only of Fetzer’s great portfolio of
Earth Friendly wines, but of the added dimension of sustainability that Fetzer brings home in
every bottle,” said John Tichenor, BrownForman Group Brand Director.
Consumers visiting the Fetzer Green Tour
booth will sample wines and also learn about
Fetzer’s sustainable practices. A hybrid vehicle
will be awarded at the conclusion of the tour to
a consumer in a sweepstakes, where legal. A
pair of Fetzer Green Tour Toyota Hybrid
Highlanders will be wrapped with Fetzer vineyard and sustainability images, carrying the
sampling booth and materials for each tour
stop, which will be managed for Fetzer by
RedMoon, a marketing agency.
Fetzer is partnering with The National Arbor
Day Foundation to reduce the carbon impact of
the various Green Tour events by planting trees
to offset emissions. A $20,000 donation will
help plant trees in every tour stop, and the first
100 eligible consumers who register at each
event will receive a tree to plant at home.
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Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526
From the desk of ...
Letters from our readers
Energy usage plan a good
piece of fantasy writing
To the Editor:
I have just finished reading what has to
be, in my opinion anyway, the best piece of
fantasy writing I have ever seen. Even a
classic like “Alice in Wonderland” couldn’t
hold a candle to this piece of work. This little item is a draft titled “Energy Usage and
its Impact on Mendocino County” and it
was produced by something called The
Energy Working Group. What this report
is, I think, is what the so called “progressive” people of Mendocino County want
added to or deleted from the latest county
General Plan to combat the terrible problem, in their eyes at least, of global warming.
Just a few of the ideas/ recommendations in this report are as follows (1) in
Section 5, “Solutions for the Future” they
recommend mixed use buildings with businesses on the ground floor and apartments
above, a seemingly good idea. But then, in
the same paragraph, they recommend the
leasing of rail access to allow electric trolleys to run between Brooktrails and Ukiah.
Further on in the report, they state that the
trolleys are needed because “a substantial
percentage of county workers working in
Ukiah live in Brooktrails.” So, I guess living above your place of work is good
enough for us common folk, but county
workers get their own transit system. I
would guess the people making these
grandiose plans have never seen the condition of the railroad bed and have no idea
what it would cost to bring the railroad up
to par.
(2) Sec. 3-16C states “Freeway construction encourages continued reliance on
cars as the primary mode of transportation,
and is not compatible with sustainability
and conservation of resources.” Therefore
they recommend to “delete Hopland,
Willits Bypass text.” Also, cars mean more
people and our poor little progressives definitely don’t want any more people in their
Little Eden of Mendocino County.
(3) Sec. 3-25e states “The development
of a new in-county landfill facility will be
considered a priority. The Landfill will
reduce county resident’s solid waste costs
(through reduced processing and shipping
costs) while providing a local energy
resource from the methane capture.” Now,
maybe I’m just getting old and forgetful,
but didn’t we just do away with our landfill
a few years back? And while the landfill
was still being used, did not someone propose a methane powered power plant, and,
did not the Progressive/ Environmental
types scream like mashed cats until the idea
was dropped because the Progressive/
Environmentalists claimed it would be too
polluting? But, I guess now the power plant
idea is OK, because it appears to be a progressive idea.
In closing, I would like to take a page
from the progressive handbook and give
you an Internet address where you can
obtain a copy of this report, because it has
to be read to be believed. The address is
http://www.greentransitions.org/papers/ew
g2007_freport.pdf.
David Anderson
Ukiah
Board of Supervisors
way out of bounds
To the Editor:
Well, here they go again! Just weeks
after the Board of Supervisors gave themselves a 40 percent raise and days before
the Grand Jury reported serious abuse of
the Supervisors’ travel budget, the Board of
Supervisors have come up with and
approved their own new travel policy. In
this new policy, they will be paid 48.5 cents
for each mile they travel on county business. In addition, they will give themselves
a vehicle allowance of $750 each month
depending on distance traveled. I think
that’s outrageous!
So, what can we do? Remember this,
fellow voters, Election Day can be
Judgment Day!
Richard Mazzanti
Ukiah
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ROBERT SAMUELSON
The politics behind
buying a Prius
Other opinions
From around the nation
The Watertown
(N.Y.) Daily
Times
On firing of federal
prosecutors
Two White House aides
have been placed in a difficult position that may take
a court ruling to sort out.
Congressional committees
have subpoenaed former
White House aide Sara
Taylor and White House
counsel Harriet Miers to
testify on the administration’s firings of federal
prosecutors.
... President Bush has
ordered current and former
aides not to discuss any
deliberations about the firing and replacement of the
prosecutors.
Ms. Taylor struggled to
satisfy both Senate interrogators and remain loyal
to President Bush’s directive. ...
Ms. Miers decided not
to appear before a House
Judiciary subcommittee at
all, causing the panel to
begin contempt proceedings against her. ... The full
Judiciary
Committee
would have to find her in
contempt for the matter to
go forward.
House Democrats want
to ask Ms. Miers, a longtime friend of the president, about the White
House’s role in the firings.
But the president ordered
her to skip the hearing,
invoking executive privilege. Mr. Bush said that he
needed to keep confidential the advice he receives
from aides.
A congressional subpoena should not be ignored.
But does a presidential
order trump that?
A court should decide.
Los Angeles
Times
On aftermath of a
$660 million
settlement for
victims of abuse
... For the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles, the price
tag of a “global settlement” with victims of sexual abuse is $660 million.
...
In announcing the settlement, Cardinal Roger M.
Mahony offered “my personal apology to every victim who has suffered sexual abuse by a priest, religious, deacon or layperson
in this archdiocese.” We
have no doubt that the
apology was a heartfelt
one. But the cardinal also
bears responsibility for his
excessively defensive legal
strategy. As recently as last
year, the L.A. Archdiocese
was asking the U.S.
Supreme Court unsuccessfully to rule that it had a
1st Amendment right not to
provide the personnel files
of two accused priests to a
grand jury.
... He (Mahony) also
points out fairly that, in
step with the national
church, the archdiocese
now takes elaborate measures to prevent abuse by
clergy and church workers
and to report it to law
enforcement when it does
occur. This is a sea change
in the church’s attitude.
Unfortunately,
as
Mahony recognizes, it
comes too late for the victims. And it will be credible with men and women
in the pews only if the
church in Los Angeles and
elsewhere owns up in the
most forthright way possible to the sins of the past.
Morning
Journal, Lisbon,
Ohio
On U.S.-Russian
relations
Russian
President
Vladimir Putin clearly has
studied his history -- in
particular the relationships
among great-power leaders
during World War II. In
doing so, he probably has
noted
that
Winston
Churchill, then prime minister of Great Britain, was
able to talk amicably with
then-Soviet dictator Josef
Stalin, but remained wary
of Stalin’s motives. At the
same time, U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
seemed to have been won
over, at least to some
extent, by Stalin.
It
developed
that
Churchill’s viewpoint was
the correct one. ...
Earlier this month, Putin
met with President George
Bush at the Bush home at
Kennebunkport, Maine.
Analysts noted that it was
not the first time the two
leaders have held meetings
stressing their personal
friendship. Bush has made
no secret of the fact that he
believes he understands the
Russian leader. “I looked
the man in the eye. I found
him to be very straightforward and trustworthy,”
Bush has said of Putin. ...
Policy, not personality,
is the key to U.S.-Russian
relations. We hope the
president continues to
remember that.
WHERE TO WRITE
President George Bush: The White
House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX
(202)456-2461.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814.
(916) 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633
Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510;
(202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 4030100 FAX (415) 956-6701
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart
Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.
20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 2283954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707; [email protected]
Congressman Mike Thompson:
1st District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg,
Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311;
FAX (202)225-4335. Fort Bragg district
office, 430 N. Franklin St., PO Box 2208,
Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 9620934;
www.house.gov/write rep
Assemblywoman Patty Berg: State
Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 2137,
Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001;
Santa Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa,
576-2297. Berg's field representative in
Ukiah office located at 311 N State St,
Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax
number is 463-5773. E-mail to: [email protected]
Senator Pat Wiggins: State Senate
District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,
Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375Email:
[email protected].
Mendocino County Supervisors:
Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Wattenburger, 2nd District; John Pinches, 3rd
District; Kendall Smith, 4th District;
David Colfax, 5th District. All can be
reached by writing to 501 Low Gap Road,
Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221,
FAX 463-4245. [email protected]
My younger son calls the Toyota Prius a “hippie
car,” and he has a point. Not that Prius drivers are
“hippies.” Toyota says that typical buyers are 54 and
have incomes of $99,800; 81 percent are college graduates. But like hippies, they’re making a loud lifestyle
statement: We’re saving the planet; what are you
doing?
This helps explain why the Prius so outsells the
rival Honda Civic Hybrid. Both have similar base
prices, about $22,000, and fuel economy (Prius, 60
miles per gallon city/51 highway; Civic, 49 mpg
city/51 highway). But Prius sales in the first half of
2007 totaled 94,503, nearly equal to all of 2006. Civic
sales were only 17,141, up 7.4 percent from 2006. The
Prius’ advantage is its distinct design that pronounces
its owners as environmentally virtuous. It’s a fashion
statement. Meanwhile, the Civic hybrid can’t be distinguished from the polluting, gas-guzzling mob.
The Prius is, I think, a parable for the broader politics of global warming. Prius politics is mostly about
showing off, not curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Politicians pander to “green” constituents who want to
feel good about themselves. Grandiose goals are
declared. But measures to achieve them are deferred - or don’t exist.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the
champ of Prius politics, having declared that his state
will cut greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
(about 25 percent below today’s levels) and is aiming
for an 80 percent reduction below 1990 levels by 2050.
However, the policies to reach these goals aren’t yet
formulated; that task has been left to the California Air
Resources Board. Many mandates wouldn’t take effect
until 2012, presumably after Schwarzenegger has left
office. As for the 2050 goal, it’s like his movies: makebelieve. Barring big technological breakthroughs, the
chances of reaching it are zero.
But it’s respectable make-believe. Schwarzenegger
made the covers of Time and Newsweek. The press
laps this up; “green” is the new “yellow journalism,”
says media critic Jack Shafer. Naturally, there’s a
bandwagon effect. At least 35 states have “climate
action plans.” None of this will reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from present levels.
Even if California achieved its 2020 goal (dubious)
and the United States followed (more dubious), population and economic growth elsewhere would overwhelm any emission cuts. In 2050, global population
is expected to hit 9.4 billion, up about 40 percent from
today. At modest growth rates, the world economy will
triple by midcentury.
Just to hold greenhouse emissions steady requires
massive gains in efficiency or shifts to non-fossil fuels.
The McKinsey Global Institute predicts that, under
present trends, worldwide energy use will rise 45 percent from 2003 to 2020. China accounts for a third of
the increase, all developing countries for four-fifths.
Even after assuming huge improvements in energy
efficiency (better light bulbs, etc.), McKinsey still projects an increase of 13 percent in global energy
demand.
But we’ve got to start somewhere, right? OK, here’s
what Congress should do: (a) gradually increase fuel
economy standards for new vehicles by at least 15
miles per gallon; (b) raise the gasoline tax over the
same period by $1 to $2 a gallon to strengthen the
demand for fuel-efficient vehicles and curb driving;
(c) eliminate tax subsidies (mainly the mortgage interest rate deduction) for housing, which push Americans
toward ever-bigger homes. (Note: if you move to a
home 25 percent larger and then increase energy efficiency by 25 percent, you don’t save energy.)
I support these measures, because we should do
them anyway. We should limit dependence on insecure
foreign oil. Tax subsidies cause Americans to overinvest in oversized homes. But practical politicians
won’t enact these policies, except perhaps for higher
fuel economy standards. They’d be too unpopular.
Prius politics promises to conquer global warming
without public displeasure. Gains will occur invisibly
through business mandates, regulations and subsidies.
That’s why higher fuel economy standards are acceptable. They seem painless. It sounds too good to be true
-- and is. Costs are disguised. Mandates and subsidies
will give rise to protected markets. Companies (utilities, auto companies, investment banks) will manipulate rules for competitive advantage. There will be
more opportunity for private profit than public gain.
The government’s support for ethanol is instructive.
In 2006, 20 percent of the U.S. corn crop went for
ethanol; the share is rising. Driven by demand for feed
and fuel, corn prices have soared. With food costs
increasing, inflation has worsened. The program is
mostly an income transfer from consumers to producers and ethanol refiners. Americans’ oil use and greenhouse gases haven’t declined.
Deep reductions in greenhouse gases might someRobert Samelson explores political, economic and
social issues for the Washington Post Writer’s Group.
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The million-dollar program will be integrated into
all aspects of Fetzer’s marketing going forward, according to Tichenor, under the
broad banner of “Doing What
Comes Naturally.”
The Green Tour kicked off
in Atlanta and will stop at 30
food, wine and sustainable
living festivals across the
U.S. over the next 12 months.
Fetzer’s
Director
of
Sustainability, Dr. Ann
Thrupp, will be on hand at
many stops.
Among the Green Tour
stops will be Chicago
Botanical Garden Wine
Festival,
Cooking
for
Solutions in Monterey, CA.
and the Colorado Home &
Garden Show. A complete
and continually updated listing can be found at
www.Fetzer.com/greentour.
Here are the latest recalls
from Recalls.org gathered
from state and federal
sources. To find out more
about any of them, go to
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Milwaukee
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Milwaukee Power Plus,
Chicago Pneumatic, and
Extractor 14.4 and 18 volt 2.4
Ah NiCd battery packs sold
nationwide from July 1999 to
February 2004. If a vent on
the battery cell is damaged or
compromised during use, the
battery can explode and pose
a laceration hazard.
COOKING
TORCHES
CAN LEAK FUEL: Meyer
Corporation is recalling
BonJour
Professional
Culinary Torches sold nationwide from October 2006 to
May 2007. Butane fuel can
leak from the torch assembly
near the nozzle, posing a fire
hazard.
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Gilbert Guide doesn’t
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“People deserve to be educat-
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Gilbert began the San
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1,440-plus reviews of the topranked facilities in those six
territories.
When asked to tell us the
most important elements people should look for when
they’re checking out facilities
for their loved ones, Gilbert
named three: (1) Is there
enough well-qualified staff,
and how much are they
involved in the facility’s dayto-day activities? (2) Are there
enough socialization activities
for the residents? (3) Is the
facility clean? For nursing
homes, Gilbert adds a fourth
element: Is there a high-level
quality of care? You can test
this, she says, by noticing how
staff and administrators interact with residents (for example, do staff members respond
quickly to call lights from residents?) and by determining
staff training and turnover
rates.
After an initial visit to the
facility, Gilbert suggests
doing a second visit when the
staff doesn’t know you’re
coming. “It’s not to be
sneaky,” she says, “but you
care about where you or your
loved one is going to live. You
don’t want any surprises.”
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requests stored in its computers every 18 to
24 months.
Last month, Google narrowed its time
frame for depersonalizing search requests to
18 months -- a standard that’s now being
adopted by Microsoft, which runs the third
most popular search engine.
Yahoo, the No. 2 search engine, will
scrub the personal information within 13
months, the same duration adopted by Time
Warner Inc.’s AOL, whose search engine
ranks fifth in the United States, according to
comScore Media Metrix. AOL spokeswoman Amy Call said Monday that the Web
site adopted the 13-month standard late last
year without publicizing the change.
InterActiveCorp’s Ask.com, the No. 4
search engine in Media Metrix’s standings,
is going even further with a new tool that
will allow people to block the retention of
specific search terms and the Internet
address identifying a user’s computer.
Microsoft and Ask.com also called upon
its rivals to join in a collaborative effort to
establish industrywide standards.
“People should be able to search and surf
online without having to navigate a complicated patchwork of privacy policies,” said
Peter Cullen, Microsoft’s chief privacy
strategist.
Contacted Monday, representatives for
Yahoo, Google and AOL reiterated their
commitment to user privacy but gave no
indication they would join Microsoft and
Ask.com in a joint crusade.
Q: My 84-year-old mother
came to live with my husband
and me 10 years ago when
Dad died. Her physical health
has deteriorated due to diabetes, high blood pressure,
heart palpitations and, most
recently, a leg muscle damaged in a fall, making it difficult for her walk. She has also
become increasingly forgetful, which her doctor believes
is a symptom of dementia.
We’ve started looking for a
facility that will be an appropriate fit. We live in a medium-sized city in Pennsylvania
but are confused about which
place to choose. Is there a way
of gauging these facilities
independently before we sign
on the dotted line for Mom?
A: It’s little wonder that we
have received dozens of emails and letters from readers
who are having the same
problem. As America’s aging
population grows, there are
literally tens of thousands of
nursing homes, assisted-living
facilities and adult day-care
providers across the country
that would like to provide care
to loved ones. Choosing the
best one for your loved one
can be a daunting task.
One solution is to hire an
experienced professional geriatric care manager to help you
decide how to best care for
your mother. First, they assess
your loved one’s particular
situation -- finances, medical
and mental health, family
dynamics, etc. -- and then recommend resources for inhome care or the best facility
in your area. Kaaren
Boothroyd, executive director
of the National Association of
Professional Geriatric Care
Managers (NAPGCM -www.caremanager.org) tells
us that it is a “huge advantage” to retain an experienced
geriatric care manager who
knows the resources in your
area and can help you decide
how to best care for your
loved one.
While hiring a geriatric
care manager is not cheap -between $80 and $200 an
hour, depending on where you
live, the scope of services you
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Hopping on the privacy-protection bandwagon, Microsoft
Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are limiting how long
their Internet search engines retain potentially sensitive data about their users.
With the safeguards confirmed Monday
by Microsoft and Yahoo, all of the Internet’s
largest search engines have changed the way
that they handle the personal information
collected about the millions of Web surfers
who use their free services each day.
The search engines all appear interested
in staying a step ahead of regulators as the
industry mines personal data to customize
online ads tailored for the tastes and interests of each individual visitor.
Those efforts have focused attention on
the potential for intrusions into people’s privacy if the data amassed by search engines
is subpoenaed in a legal investigation or
stolen by computer hackers.
The more sophisticated data mining also
has prompted federal antitrust regulators
and lawmakers to take a harder look at
Internet search leader Google Inc.’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of ad-serving
service DoubleClick Inc.
Privacy worries don’t seem to have
affected Web surfing habits so far, but that
could change as people begin to see even
more personalized online advertising and
realize the search engines are profiling
them, said Danny Sullivan, a veteran industry analyst and editor in chief of
SearchEngineLand.com.
“If there were to be a big public outcry,
that could hit (the search engines) in the
pocketbook,” Sullivan said.
The search engines all compile lists of
requests being made by specific users with
personal log-ins. But even for users who do
not log in, the search engines track the
requests coming in from individual computers based on their Internet addresses.
The search terms one uses can provide
insights about that person’s health, sexual
preferences and other intimate details.
Historically, the major search engines
have been vague about how long they hold
on to the personal information.
Facing pressure from European regulators, Google got the privacy ball rolling in a
new direction four months ago when it
announced plans to remove key pieces of
personal information about the search
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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2007
Lady Cats 14-U fastpitch softball team in
Angels Camp Tournament. First game time
and opponent to be announced Thursday.
-Calendar listings are culled from the
most recent schedules provided by the
schools and organizations in our coverage area. Please report schedule
changes or incorrect listings to The
Daily Journal Sports Department at 4683518.
COMMUNITY
DIGEST
Soccer Camp
Scholarship
The Ryan Rones Scholarship
Committee is looking for applicants for the scholarship fund to
benefit players wanting to attend
soccer camps. Applicants must
be dedicated to the game of soccer, hard-working, and have a
good team attitude. Pick up
applications at 601 N. State
Street, or call 468-5711. Please
submit the application at least
two weeks before the start of the
camp. Donations toward the fund
are gratefully accepted at the
address listed above.
Mendocino College
Volleyball Camp
Mendocino College will host a
week-long volleyball camp for
area girls beginning Monday,
August 6. This is a general skills
camp put on by the Mendo-Lake
Spikers Volleyball Club.
Girls going into grades 7-9
should sign up for the morning
session (9a.m.-noon). Girls
going into 10-12th grades should
sign up for the later session (1-4
p.m.) for the more advanced
players.
Local coaches will teach fundamental skill in a low player to
coach environment. This camp is
perfect for girls trying out for
teams in the fall, or just for fun.
The cost is $80. To register call
Ori Polkinghorne at 463-0451
and receive a camp flier.
Registration is also available the
first day of camp.
All Sport Camp
Offered in August
The City of Ukiah is offering an
All-Sport Camp which will cover
basketball, softball, volleyball,
soccer, and flag football over the
course of a five day span. The
camp costs $125 and will be
held at the Pomolita Middle
School Gym.
Derek Heath is the instructor,
and the camp hours run 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. August 13-17.
Sign up now
for NULL Fall Ball
Season
North Ukiah Little League Fall
Ball is available for players ages
10-12 years for the upcoming
2008 season. The season
begins August 27 through
October 27.
Sign ups end July 31. Contact
Sonny Garza 707-456-9302 for
more information. Registration is
$55 per player.
Jr Giants Car Wash
Ukiah Junior Giants is having a
carwash on Saturday, July 28,
from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the
Rite Aid parking lot in Ukiah. All
benefits pay to take 100 local
kids to a professional baseball
game (the San Francisco Giants)
at no expense to them. For more
info or to help out call Kim
Garroutte at 462-4501.
[email protected]
Latest mews in Vick case changes image as American icon
By ALLEN G. BREED
AP National Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. — The
image of the American pit bull
terrier was once the smiling
dog living in a shoe with
Buster Brown, or the lovable
pooch with the circle around
one eye that used its powerful
jaws to pull members of the
“Little Rascals” from danger.
But today, many see the pit
bull as something very different: As either the center of a
rural, Southern white tradition
of animal baiting, or the
vicious devil dog snarling on
the covers of rap CDs or
mauling other dogs for bigtime purses, as in the recent
indictment of NFL star
Michael Vick.
“It’s important to understand that this isn’t about race,
but it is about culture,” said
Cindy Cooke of the United
Kennel Club. “One is rural,
and the other is urban. But
both are equally horrible.”
The colors they have in
common, says Cooke, an
attorney and legislative specialist for the Michigan-based
group that first officially recognized the breed nearly 110
years ago, are the red of blood
and green of money.
The blood sport has operated underground for years, but
many agree the hip hop use of
pit bull images moved it out of
the shadows — and the Vick
case placed it at center stage.
The star quarterback for the
Atlanta Falcons, who is black,
is scheduled to be arraigned
Thursday in U.S. District
court in Richmond, Va., on
charges of sponsoring, along
with three others, a brutal dogfighting ring on property he
owns in Smithfield, site of
their Bad Newz Kennels.
The document outlines a
cruel operation in which dogs
with names like Maniac and
Big Boy are forced to do battle in carpeted pits for purses
as high as $26,000.
The men allegedly “rolled”
young dogs in test bouts, and
those animals lacking the
desired killer instinct were
“executed” — shot, drowned,
electrocuted, hanged or, in one
case, bodyslammed to the
ground.
It describes a world of
“break sticks” used to separate
fighting dogs and “rape
stands” meant to make aggressive females easier to breed.
“People have this image of
them as some kind of uberdog,” Cooke says. “More
powerful, more fierce, more
terrifying.”
This could not be further
from the description put forth
by the United Kennel Club.
“The essential characteristics
of the American Pit Bull
Terrier are strength, confidence, and zest for life,” the
group’s Web site declares.
“This breed is eager to please
and brimming over with
enthusiasm. APBTs make
excellent family companions
and have always been noted
for their love of children.”
The American pit bull was
developed in the late 19th century by British breeders crossing bulldogs with terriers.
They were “looking for a dog
that combined the gameness
of the terrier with the strength
and athleticism of the
Bulldog,” the kennel club
says.
But to a dogfighter, “gameness” is code for a dog’s ability to keep struggling, even as
its body goes into shock from
blood loss.
The
breed’s
image
remained largely positive until
the late 1970s, when some
widely publicized attacks on
children started to turn the
public’s perception, says
Karen Delise, a veterinary
technician who has studied
fatal dog attacks for 15 years
and is the author of the book
“The Pit Bull Placebo: The
Media, Myths and Politics of
Canine Aggression.”
Every generation has had
its guard dogs — the German
shepherd, the Rottweiler and
others over the years, she
says.
She blames the music
industry — in concert with the
media and the Internet — for
making the pit bull the devil
dog du jour.
“It’s all tied into the hip hop
culture, the image and projection of a dog as an extension
of your manhood,” she says.
“The pit bull is the ultimate
accessory.”
It’s not just white people
like Delise saying that.
“Hip-hop culture put Vick
in this bind,” declared the
headline on a recent column in
The Kansas City Star. Staff
columnist Jason Whitlock,
who is black, said he hoped
Vick’s troubles would “serve
as yet another wakeup call for
black athletes to reject the hiphop/prison culture that glorifies much of the negative
See VICK, Page 7
Being home sure beats the road for Bonds
By NANCY ARMOUR
AP Sports Columnist
SAN FRANCISCO — Not
since Dorothy and Toto has
anyone been so eager to get
home as Barry Bonds.
And rightfully so.
Not that San Francisco is
silent. The fans here are
rowdy and raucous and
unabashedly rooting for
Bonds as he closes in on Hank
Aaron’s all-time home run
mark. While the rest of the
country mocks and jeers him,
San Francisco is his safe
haven, the one place he can
truly feel at home.
“We’re really the only ones
who love him unconditionally,” Giants fan Matthew
Mertens said.
Like it or not, Bonds is
going to be the new home run
king. He’s already at 753
homers, just two shy of the
Hammer. Whether it’s days or
weeks from now, he will eventually match, and pass, Aaron.
When he does, I hope he
does it at the Giants’ waterfront stadium. For his sake.
For the sake of the fans
who’ve stood by him.
For the sake of baseball,
really.
“I would hate for it to be an
issue where we’d look back in
history and have it be a negative experience with the fans
and him,” fan Kevin
Grassman said.
That’s exactly what will
happen if Bonds, who turned
43 on Tuesday, catches Aaron
in any city other than
San Francisco. The
grandest record in
baseball — in all of
sports — will be “celebrated” with boos
and catcalls.
Bonds has yet to
test positive for performance-enhancing
drugs, and he’s denied
knowingly
using
them. Still, enough
has been written, said
and alleged that most
of the country considers him a cheat. He
becomes a pariah the
minute he sets foot
outside the Bay Area.
When the Giants
were in Milwaukee
during the weekend,
he was razzed when
the starting lineups
Aric Crabb /The Oakland Tribune
were
introduced,
taunted in left field Barry Bonds grounds out during the sixth inning of the
and jeered whenever Giants game against the Atlanta Braves on Monday in San
he stepped to the Francisco.
plate.
The only time he was tion every time he came to the reach.”
Oh, Giants fans know
cheered was when he trudged plate Monday night, and the
fans stayed on their feet Bonds carries enough baggage
back to the dugout.
for an around-the-world trip.
Granted, Milwaukee is the throughout the entire at-bat.
Even Hall of Fame quarter- Some even admit they think
city where Aaron began and
ended his career. But don’t back Joe Montana got in on he used steroids.
But they don’t care.
think the reaction won’t be as the love fest, saluting Bonds
“The guy’s going to be the
ugly anywhere else. Someone in a message played on the
all-time home run leader, and
tossed a syringe at him in San scoreboard before the game.
“Congratulations on a great he’s in your town. It starts
Diego last year.
Here in San Francisco, career and good luck on the with that,” Giants manager
though, it’s as if all that ugli- road to history,” Montana Bruce Bochy said. “But he
ness doesn’t exist. The major- said. “And remember don’t loves this city, and I think the
ity of fans in jerseys are wear- just break that record, give fans know it.”
There’s history to this
ing his. He got a standing ova- ’em a number that no one will
bond. His father, Bobby, was a
Giants star and his godfather
is Willie Mays.
More than that, though, it’s
what Barry Bonds done for
the city and the team.
The Giants were toiling in
mediocrity in the early 1990s.
There was that World Series
appearance in 1989, but mostly it was a string of third-,
fourth- and fifth-place finishes. Bonds arrived in 1993, and
the Giants promptly won 103
games.
He’s led San Francisco to
the playoffs four times, and
took the Giants to the World
Series in 2002. He’s won five
of his seven MVPs as a Giant,
and he set the single-season
record with 73 home runs in
2001.
Even when the Giants are
losing, Bonds makes them relevant. Ballhawkers come
early to stake out the best
spots for balls. McCovey
Cove is filled with kayakers
hoping for splash hits.
The crowd of 42,679 on
Monday night was the 22nd
sellout this season — for a
last-place team that hasn’t
been above .500 since the end
of May.
“He is the Giants,” fan
David Gallagher said. “That’s
why the record should be broken here. You can say anything you want about his personality, but I wouldn’t trade
the 2001 season, going to all
those games, seeing all the
highlights.”
Six-a-Side Soccer
Tournament
The Ukiah Host Lions and
Ryan Rones Dickey Memorial
Soccer Fund are sponsoring a
six-a-side soccer tournament for
high school age boys and girls
on Saturday, August 18, at the
Pomolita Middle School track.
Games begin at 8 a.m. and will
end about 5 p.m. Entry fee is
$150 per team.
Applications can be picked up
at 601 N. State Street, via email
at [email protected] or call
468-5711. Applications for the
tourney are due by August 1.
Hopland Bears
The Hopland Bears will begin
sign-ups and conditioning beginning August 1, at 5:30 pm (at
Hopland Elementary School).
Those interested should attend
the sessions with copies of their
birth certificate, their most recent
report card, and the $70 sign up
fee.
Applications may be completed
at that time, or players may
request that one be mailed to
them by calling: Coach Rick 2919457, or Coach Pete 463-8800.
Ukiah Lions Football
and Cheer sign-ups
Ukiah Lions Youth Football and
Cheer wil be assigning players to
their teams on Saturday, July 28,
in Anton Stadium, at 9:00 a.m.
All players must attend. They will
also be accepting new sign ups
at the same time.
Regular practice will begin on
Monday, July 30, 5:30 p.m. at
Anton Stadium. For more information call Chuck Thornhill at
485-7600.
Continued
on page 7
The first step for Garcia is to learn how to lose
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland
— Sergio Garcia now has
played in the final group of a
major championship three
times, the same number as
Phil Mickelson before he
finally broke through at the
2004 Masters.
Garcia is only 27 and
blessed with enormous talent,
and it would be foolish to
think he will never win a
major.
But that’s not his problem.
He first has to learn how to
lose.
It might help to listen to
Gary Player talk about his
favorite subject this side of
steroids. Player rarely gets
through a dinner speech without taking a crack at longtime
friend Jack Nicklaus, referring
to him as golf’s greatest
champion — and greatest
loser.
Part of that is the record
times Nicklaus finished second in the majors, and part of
that is the graciousness
Nicklaus invariably showed
when someone beat him,
whether it was Tom Watson at
Turnberry or Lee Trevino at
Merion.
That is sadly lacking with
Garcia.
As much courage as
Padraig Harrington showed
Sunday at Carnoustie in win-
ning the British Open, Garcia
showed as little class when he
pointed the finger in every
direction but himself.
“I should write a book on
how to not miss a shot in the
playoff and shoot 1 over,”
Garcia said.
Guess that means he was
trying to hit that approach in
the bunker on the first playoff
hole, leading to a bogey that
put him two shots behind
when Harrington made birdie
from 8 feet. And if he didn’t
miss a shot, why was he
screaming so much at his golf
ball?
Look at all his bad luck.
There was the ball that
struck the base of the pin on
the 16th hole in the playoff
and caromed 18 feet away. No
telling how far the ball would
have gone by the hole had it
missed the pin. He had to wait
too long in the 18th fairway as
the bunkers were raked, a
delay that began when
Harrington twice hit into the
Barry Burn.
There were conspiracies
everywhere, and this being a
links course, no shortage of
grassy knolls.
“I guess it’s not news in my
life,” Garcia said, who surely
sees himself as the most
cursed man who ever played
the game.
No, this is nothing new.
Garcia has been pouting
since he was a teenager, and
his rant at Carnoustie was
only the latest in a growing
list.
— 2002 U.S. Open at
Bethpage Black.
Tiger Woods played in the
morning and shot 68, the only
round under par among early
starters. The cold rain got
worse, and Garcia felt there
was too much water on the
greens and in the fairway late
in the day. He shot 74 and
fumed at the USGA for not
stopping play.
“If Tiger Woods would
have been out there, it would
been called,” Garcia said. “It
wasn’t easy this morning, but
it was almost impossible this
afternoon. It’s tough to beat a
buy when ... he gets breaks
and makes putt.”
— 2001 Greg Norman
Holden International in
Sydney.
Garcia had a two-shot lead
when his opening tee shot in
the third round stopped next to
a pine cone, and he was entitled to relief because a billboard was in his line of sight.
But the drop was incorrect,
and European Tour chief referee John Paramor had no
choice but to assess a two-shot
penalty.
“Hopefully, without John
Paramor’s rules, I’ll be able to
win,” Garcia said.
He didn’t win because
Aaron Baddeley made a 20foot birdie putt in the playoff,
after Garcia missed from
inside that distance on the
final two holes of regulation.
Surely, that had nothing to do
with the outcome.
— 2004 Masters.
Garcia shot a 31 on the
back nine for a 66 that moved
him up to fourth place, still his
best finish at Augusta
National. He used his occasion to rant about how the
press only pays attention to
him when he’s doing well.
Go figure.
“When we’re playing well,
we’re the best, and even when
we’re playing well and things
are not going our way, we can
be shocking,” he said. “So it’s
nice to see how fair you guys
are.”
— 2007 British Open at
Carnoustie.
Much ground has been covered already, but the most
staggering statement from
Garcia was how the golfing
gods were out to get him, and
him alone. “I’m playing
against a lot of guys out there,
more than the field,” he said.
Was he watching in 1999
when Jean Van de Velde’s second shot to the 18th ricocheted off a tiny railing on the
grandstand and back across
Barry Burn? Wasn’t he at
Torrey Pines in 2005 when
Charles Howell III hit a shot
that landed in the cup for
eagle, only to bounce out and
into the water? That turned
eagle into bogey, and Howell
finished three shots behind.
“Crazy game,” Howell said
that day, leaving out any mention of conspiracy.
— 2007 CA Championship
at Doral.
Garcia was so disgusted by
a three-putt in the third round
that when he retrieved his ball,
he spit into the cup a gob of
saliva easily picked up by
television. Beyond disgusting,
it was rude to the guys playing
in the groups behind him.
“Don’t worry. It did go in
the middle (of the cup) and
wasn’t going to affect anyone
else,” Garcia told NBC
Sports.
PGA Tour commissioner
Tim Finchem was in Miami
that week, and he was either
looking the other way or not
paying attention when he suggested the spitting incident
was a “one-off” for Garcia.
This has been going on since
Garcia was 19, and he threw a
shoe that nearly hit a rules
official at the World Match
Play Championship.
Garcia would do well to try
to
emulate
Nicklaus,
described by his friend as the
greatest champion and greatest loser.
Because right now, Garcia
is neither.
LOCAL
CALENDAR
2007 Fall Men’s
Softball sign-ups
Ukiah Men’s League Softball
play is scheduled to begin in late
August and run through October.
Sponsor fees are $350 per team
and $30 per player.
Registration forms are available
at the City of Ukiah Recreation
Department or at www.cityofukiah.com. The sponsor fee is due at
the time of registration. Player
fees will be collected from team
managers at the first game.
Co-Ed Softball
sign-ups
Ukiah Co-ed Softball League
play is scheduled to begin in mid
August and run through October.
Sponsor fees are $350 per team
and $30 per player. Registration
forms are available at the City of
Ukiah Recreation Department or
at www.cityofukiah.com.
The sponsor fee is due at the
time of registration. Player fees
will be collected from team managers at the first game. Teams
must have at least five men and
five women to begin play (age 16
and up).
Women’s softball tournament sign-ups
The City of Ukiah would like to
announce the beginning of registration for a women’s slow pitch
softball tournament. The tournament will be held at the Ukiah
Sports Complex on Saturday,
August 25. The format will be a
three game round-robin with a
single elimination playoff to follow.
All players on the roster must be
18 years or older at time of registration. The deadline for registration is Friday, August 17, and
there is a maximum of 12 teams.
Team fees are $250 per team (no
player fee). All proceeds go
towards field and facility improvements for the City of Ukiah Sports
Complex. For questions or to register your team, please call (707)
463-6714 or come to 411 West
Clay St.
Shane Huff Norcal
Soccer Academy
Ukiahian Shane Huff is offering
his 8th annual soccer camp for
youth from ages 5-12 at Pomolita
Middle School track from July 30
to August 3. A full day session is
offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for
ages 10 and up, fee $135 (cost
includes ball and t-shirt); there is
a half-day session for 7-9 year
olds from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for $80
(cost includes ball), and a halfday session for 5-6 year olds from
9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. for $70 (cost
includes ball).
Registration is underway. Call
Pam at 468-5088 to register or
email for an application at
[email protected]. Bring a
team? Be sure to inquire about
available discounts.
Ukiah High footballcamp
The fourth annual Ukiah High
School football camp will be running August 12-15. Incoming
freshman through seniors are
invited to come.
The camp will comprise of conditioning and contact and will
have guest speakers. The camp
is free, but you must have a physical prior to entering the camp.
For more information please call
Russ at 489-0963.
Willits Basketball
Camp
Open to boys and girls ages 7
–17. This week long summer
basketball camp offers players an
opportunity to build a solid sports
foundation.
Each day is filled with fundamental skill progression drills,
easy to understand instruction, as
well as games and fun competitions.
Campers learn in a safe, supervised environment from knowledgeable and enthusiastic local
coaches. All campers receive
great instruction, a basketball,
and a free T-shirt!
Rusty Bowl BMX summer hours
Starting July 23 and running
through September 30, BMX racing will be on Sunday at a new
time. Registration will be from
5p.m. until 6:30. Racing follows
the close of registration.
Practice is Thursday evenings
from 5p.m. until 7. Come out and
experience bicycle Moto-Cross at
its best. For additional information
call 462-0249.
Humboldt Classics
Senior Softball
Invitational
The Humboldt Classic Senior
Softball Association will be hosting a senior's and open age division softball tournaments August
11th and 12th at the Arcata
Sports complex.
There will be two separate divisions for 50's and 60's besides
the open age. Each team will be
guaranteed three games. The
cost per team will be $200. For
more information contact Richard
Marks at (707) 445-3432 or email [email protected].
Lewiston Softball
Invitational
Samoa Athletics will be hosting
an open age division softball tournament August 18th and 19th at
Lewiston Ball Park.
Each team will be guaranteed
three games. The cost per team
will be $199. For more information contact Richard Marks at
(707) 445-3432 or e-mail
[email protected].
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007 –7
Tour reels from doping
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press Writer
PAU, France — Cycling
and its premier event, the Tour
de France, were reeling
Tuesday from yet another
blow that threatened what was
left of the event’s credibility:
a failed doping test by one of
its biggest stars.
Alexandre
Vinokourov
tested positive for a banned
blood transfusion after winning last weekend’s time trial,
prompting his Astana team to
pull out and sending police on
a raid of the team hotel.
The Tour director said that
although the race would go
on, the latest drug case
showed cycling’s testing system doesn’t work.
“It’s an absolute failure of
the system,” he said. “It is a
system which does not defend
the biggest race in the world.
This is a system which can’t
last.”
Blond-haired, blue-eyed
Vinokourov, who placed third
in the 2003 Tour, is a fan
favorite, admired for his grit,
determination and string of
stage wins at this and previous
Tours.
He had been considered a
pre-race favorite to win, but
crashed in the first week of
the three-week race. With
stitches in both knees, he
struggled for a few days but
recovered to win stages
Saturday and Monday — a
turnaround that now seems
too good to be true.
Pat McQuaid, president of
cycling’s world governing
body, the UCI, said he couldn’t comment as long as the
backup B-sample result wasn’t confirmed.
“We have a process in
place, and we have to see this
process through,” he told The
Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Many of cycling’s recent
stars have been tainted by
drug allegations.
Jan Ullrich, the 1997 winner, retired after he was linked
to a doping ring in Spain.
Italian Ivan Basso, once seen
as the next big thing after
Lance Armstrong, is serving a
doping ban.
And Armstrong’s seven
consecutive wins are widely
viewed by many in France
with suspicion.
A senior French anti-doping official confirmed to The
Associated Press that there
was a positive test for a blood
transfusion taken from a rider
at the Tour on Saturday, but
said he didn’t know the name
of the cyclist involved. He
said the test found two different types of blood, one from
the rider, one from a donor.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because
no official announcement had
been made.
Vick
English
and
AfricanAmerican
studies
at
Washington University in St.
Louis, thinks there is some
truth to the argument that rap
and hip hop music have
helped make the pit bull the
“tough dog of the day.”
Early, who is black and has
written extensively on athletics in black culture, says football is a macho sport dominated by black men, many of
them raised on rap and “fired
up by the sort of romantic
image of being a gangster.”
Some arrests of players has
brought an NFL crackdown
effort.
“Vick, of course, becomes
a perfect storm,” Early says.
“Because just as they’re trying to deal with this image
problem, this whole thing
comes up.”
The Humane Society of the
United States points to CDs
such as DMX’s “Grand
Champ” — code in the dogfighting world for an animal
that’s won five straight contests — or to the video for
Jay-Z’s “99 Problems,” which
features a pit bull lunging at
the camera.
But rap impresario Russell
Simmons, founder of Def Jam
Records and manager of such
acts as Run-D.M.C., Public
Enemy and the Beastie Boys,
says those images are just
Doping expert Michel
Audran, of the University of
Montpellier in southern
France, said he was stunned a
rider would resort to a blood
transfusion — a technique
that has been detectable since
2004. That was when U.S.
rider Tyler Hamilton was
caught and suspended for two
years.
Blood transfusions work by
increasing an athlete’s count
of red blood cells, which carry
oxygen to the muscles.
“Performance can increase
between 5 and 20 percent,”
depending on how much is
injected, Audran said.
Condemnation
of
Vinokourov was particularly
vehement from French teams,
whose riders have struggled in
this and previous Tours
against competitors they have
long suspected of doping.
French teams and laws are
more rigorous than most when
it comes to fighting doping.
“It’s pitiful,” Roger Legeay
of the Credit Agricole squad,
said of Vinokourov’s case.
“It’s proof that the fight
against doping is working. ...
There’s no pity, even for the
big names, and that is great,”
he told RTL radio.
British rider David Millar,
who came back from a twoyear doping ban himself and
now lobbies for a clean sport,
said: “With a guy of his
stature and class, in cycling’s
current situation, we might as
well pack our bags and go
home.”
Around 30 police officers,
some in plain clothes,
descended on Astana’s La
Palmeraie hotel in Pau and
sealed it off, preventing more
members of the team from
leaving.
The Vinokourov news
broke just hours after Danish
rider Rasmussen fielded questions about why he had failed
to inform cycling officials of
his whereabouts for drug
tests. The 33-year-old mountain expert said he was guilty
only of absent-mindedness.
“I have made a mistake.
UCI has given me a recorded
warning for that administrative mistake. And I accept that
and take full responsibility for
that,” Rasmussen said.
“I am sorry that the situation is coming out now at the
moment that I wear the yellow
jersey, and it’s harming a sport
that I really love, and it is
harming the Tour de France,”
he said.
Yet Patrice Clerc, head of
Amaury Sports Organization,
which owns the Tour, said it
“never crossed my mind” to
halt the race after the latest
revelations about Vinokourov.
“Everyone
will
feel
betrayed,” he said. “The public wants to see a credible
winner.”
reflections of what is happening on our streets.
“That’s the reality,” he told
the AP in a telephone interview. “That’s why we have
poets, have always had poets
and artists in society, to say
things that sometimes people
don’t say otherwise.”
Simmons says the Vick
case “is a blessing in the fact
that he’s brought this to light,
that this is happening in our
society.” The question now is
“how we handle it now that
it’s on the front page.”
Caught in the middle of this
whole thing is the breed itself.
Cooke says research has
disproved common myths
about the pit bull, such as the
one about its bite force being
greater than that of other
breeds. “It can’t really be the
T-rex in a dog suit that it’s
portrayed as in the media,”
she
says,
noting
it’s
Americans’ 30th most popular
breed, ahead of even
Dalmatians and collies.
But the breed’s image problem is not helped when Web
sites such as www.gamedogs.org carry links to kennels with names like Hellz
Comin’ and Death Before
Dishonor. Many breeders take
great pains to distance themselves from the blood sport.
Authorities say North
Carolina has become something of a center for pit bull
breeding
and
fighting.
According to the indictment,
several of Vick’s dogs came
from North Carolina.
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Runner David Smith crosses Highway 101 in the Legends of the Redwoods run
on Saturday, July 21. The race started at the Sun House Park
Fourth Annual Legends of the Redwoods Results
Women’s 10k Run(Top five)
Sarah Sumpter
Suzanne Hernandez
Courtney Cannizzare
Jendi Coursey
Rita Mackubbin
Hr/Min/sec
38.38
50.21
52.26
54.30
55.55
Women’s 5k Run(Top five)
Susan Knight
Coleen Kamoroff
Jessica Graham
Enca Gonzalez
Kaitlin Roberts
Hr/Min/Sec
21.51
24.22
25.22
25.46
25.59
Men’s 10k Run(Top five)
Kenny Smith
Andrew Zellman
Josh Woods
Jamie Herrera
Soledad Martinez
Hr/Min/sec
36.48
37.38
42.17
42.22
42.25
Men’s 5k Run(Top five)
Colin Phillips
Arthur Bowlds
David Smith
Eric Graham
Andrew Knight
Hr/Min/Sec
18.40
19.24
21.16
21.32
21.50
NASCAR crash had smoke in cabin
By TRAVIS REED
ORLANDO,
Fla.
—
Witnesses
reported
the
NASCAR plane that crashed
into two homes, killing five
people earlier this month, was
trailing smoke and wobbling
as it flew low and fast before
banking and plunging to the
ground, federal investigators
said Tuesday.
The
National
Transportation Safety
Board said it will take
months to complete the
investigation into the
July 10 crash.
The agency’s five-page
preliminary report issued
Tuesday did not speculate on
a cause of the crash in a residential area of suburban
Sanford.
The report said NTSB
inspectors found several
breaks in the twin-engine
Cessna 310’s right wing and
fuselage control cables. It did
not specify what parts of the
aircraft those cables would
have controlled.
NTSB spokesman Ted
Lopatkiewicz said the cables
weren’t necessarily a factor in
the crash because they could
Tom Garner, who lives outside of Raleigh, is a leading
breeder. A 1985 dogfighting
conviction, he says, was the
result of being in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
In an e-mail response to the
AP, Garner said he would not
knowingly sell to someone
who wanted to fight one of
these “magic animals.” But
dogs are out of his control
once they leave his yard.
“I am aware that some dogs
from my bloodline are
fought,” he wrote. “This is
analogous to criminals using
Toyotas for getaway cars
because of their reliability.
Certainly Toyota doesn’t set
out to build getaway cars, but
nevertheless the criminal will
often find a way to get the
item that serves their purpose.”
have easily snapped upon
impact. It’s still too early to
tell, he said.
A longer factual report
won’t be issued until later this
year or early next year,
Lopatkiewicz said.
Witnesses had reported
seeing smoke trailing from the
plane as it sped low over the
neighborhood and seeing its
wings “rocking” before it
sharply banked, clipped treetops and slammed into the
homes, the report said.
The crash killed both people aboard the plane,
NASCAR Aviation pilot
Michael Klemm and Dr.
Bruce Kennedy, the husband
of International Speedway
Corp. President Lesa France
Kennedy.
Three people in the homes
that were hit and gutted by fire
also died: a 24-year-old law
student, her 6-month-old son
and a 4-year-old neighbor.
The 4-year-old’s parents
and a 10-year-old boy were
rescued by an off-duty fire-
fighter living nearby and were
hospitalized with severe
burns, officials said.
The plane was traveling
from Daytona Beach to
Lakeland, a 100-mile trip.
The pilot reported smoke in
the cockpit shortly after reaching 6,000 feet, and air traffic
controllers at Sanford Orlando
International Airport gave him
clearance to land on any runway, according to
the report. The last
radio transmission,
about a half-minute
later, was cut off in
mid-sentence.
The plane’s landing gear
and flaps had not been
deployed, indicating the pilot
was not prepared to land, federal officials have said.
Investigators still aren’t
sure who was piloting the
plane. Kennedy had a pilot’s
license but was authorized to
fly this plane only when
accompanied by Klemm,
according to the report.
The plane was registered to
Competitor Liaison Bureau
Inc. of Daytona Beach, which
is registered under the name
of William C. France, the
NASCAR chairman who died
last month at 74.
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Stern believes betting allegations an isolated case
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK — David
Stern blamed a “rogue, isolated criminal” Tuesday for a
betting scandal that has devastated the league and threatened the credibility of every
referee.
A subdued Stern said he
felt betrayed by former referee
Tim Donaghy, the target of an
FBI investigation for allegedly betting on games, including
some he officiated, over the
last two seasons.
Stern said he believed no
other officials or players
would be implicated in the
betting scandal.
Pausing often and carefully
choosing his words during the
packed, 1-hour, 10-minute
news conference, Stern compared Donaghy to someone
who’s committed treason.
“I feel betrayed by what
happened on behalf of the
sport, regardless of how protective I’ve been,” he said.
“This is not something that is
anything other than an act of
betrayal of what we know in
sports as a sacred trust.”
Besides allegedly placing
his own wagers, investigators
also are examining whether
Donaghy provided inside
information to others, including the referee’s schedules,
according to a person familiar
with the investigation.
“Not only aren’t they permitted to either gamble or provide information to people,”
Stern said, “they may not even
provide other than to their
immediate family the details
of their travel schedules or the
games they are going to
work.”
The FBI first contacted the
NBA on June 20 to talk about
a referee alleged to
be gambling on
games, and the two
sides met on June 21,
Stern said. Donaghy
resigned July 9,
though Stern said he
would have fired him
sooner but was told it
might affect the
investigation.
A l t h o u g h
Donaghy has not yet
been charged with a
crime, Stern said the
referee’s lawyer told
the league his client
is contemplating a
plea.
But as far as Stern is concerned, “If you bet on a game,
you lose the benefit of the
doubt.”
Donaghy’s attorney, John
Lauro, declined comment
when reached by telephone.
Donaghy is expected to surrender late this week or early
next week.
Stern said he believes the
NBA will recover from the
damage, noting college basketball and German soccer
had overcome their own
point-shaving scandals. But
he wouldn’t deny the league is
in trouble.
“I can tell you that this is
the most serious situation and
worst situation that I have
ever experienced either as a
fan of the NBA, a lawyer for
the NBA or a commissioner of
the NBA,” said Stern, who has
held the top post for 23 years.
Stern said there was nothing suspicious about
the frequency of
Donaghy’s
foul
calls, the size of his
bank account or
anything else that
would have tipped
off the league. And
though the NBA
stresses its system of
monitoring referees
gives it the best officials in sports, Stern
said he wasn’t
shocked Donaghy
slipped through.
“I’ll only invoke
the earlier reference
to the CIA, the FBI and people
who get away with doing dastardly things,” he said. “If
you’re intent upon engaging
in criminal activity, and if you
are acting alone in many cases
without the knowledge of
even your family, it’s possible.
Our history is replete with
examples of that. So it doesn’t
come as a surprise that you
could go undetected.”
Donaghy was an NBA referee for 13 years, and Stern
said he was rated in the top
tier of officials. But this wasn’t the first time he was in
trouble with the league.
In January 2005, Stern said,
the NBA investigated a dispute between Donaghy and a
West Chester, Pa., neighbor.
The neighbors, Pete and
Lisa Mansueto, sued Donaghy
for harassment and invasion
of privacy, and accused him of
vandalizing their property and
stalking Lisa Mansueto. In
their lawsuit, the Mansuetos
also alleged that Donaghy set
fire to a tractor they owned
and crashed their golf cart
from Radley Run Country
Club into a ravine.
During the NBA investigation, there were allegations
that Donaghy was gambling
— not on sports — in Atlantic
City. Stern said the league
contacted every casino in
Atlantic City and Las Vegas
and found no evidence of
gambling by Donaghy.
NBA referees aren’t even
allowed in casinos. Stern said
the only betting they can do is
at the racetrack in the summer.
Donaghy wasn’t allowed to
officiate the second round of
the 2005 playoffs because of
the incident with the neighbors, Stern said.
But after Donaghy moved
to Florida, Stern said there
were no other complaints or
allegations that turned up in
any of the NBA’s background
checks.
Tuesday, Stern vowed to
review the league’s procedures to make sure this wouldn’t happen again, and asked
fans to give the NBA the
“benefit of the doubt based
upon what we have done,
what we stand for and what
we pledge to continue to do.
SCOREBOARD
New York
Chicago
Washington
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
By The Associated Press
All Times EDT
East Division
Boston
New York
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
W
60
52
49
44
38
L
39
46
50
53
60
Pct
GB
.606
—
.531 7 1/2
.495
11
.454
15
.388 21 1/2
W
59
58
51
43
43
L
38
41
48
55
55
Pct
GB
.608
—
.586
2
.515
9
.439 16 1/2
.439 16 1/2
W
57
54
47
43
L
41
42
52
56
Pct
GB
.582
—
.563
2
.475 10 1/2
.434 14 1/2
Central Division
Detroit
Cleveland
Minnesota
Chicago
Kansas City
By STEPHAN SAVOIA
BOSTON — A jury found
against Notre Dame football
coach Charlie Weis on
Tuesday in his malpractice
lawsuit against two doctors he
claimed botched his care after
he had gastric bypass surgery
five years ago.
The jury deliberated for
less than half a day before
finding
Massachusetts
General Hospital surgeons
Charles Ferguson and Richard
Hodin were not negligent.
Weis, 51, who won three
Super Bowls as the offensive
coordinator for the New
England Patriots, accused the
surgeons of negligence, saying they allowed him to bleed
internally for 30 hours before
performing a second surgery
to correct the complication.
Weis nearly died after the
2002 surgery. He testified that
he still has numbness and pain
in his feet and sometimes has
to use a motorized cart.
Weis was stoic as the ver-
dict was read and left the
courtroom without comment.
His lawyer, Michael Mone,
did not immediately return a
call seeking comment.
The doctors declined to
comment as they left the
courtroom, referring questions
to their attorney, William
Dailey Jr.
“They and all of the staff
down at the Mass. General
wished Coach Weis well,”
Dailey said.
Ferguson, director of
Massachusetts General’s surgical residency program, and
Hodin, a surgeon and professor at Harvard Medical
School, said internal bleeding
was a well-known complication of the stomach stapling
surgery. They said they
believed the bleeding would
stop on its own and were concerned about performing a
second surgery because of the
risk
of
a
pulmonary
embolism.
Ferguson testified that Weis
ignored his advice and pushed
to have the operation done
quickly rather than going
through a recommended sixweek preoperative program.
Lawyers for the doctors
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The first trial ended in a
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Weis decided to have the
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
San Antonio
14 7.667 —
Sacramento
12 9.571
2
Phoenix
13 10.565
2
Seattle
12 11.522
3
Los Angeles
8 13.381
6
Houston
7 16.304
8
Minnesota
5 19.20810 1/2
———
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
.
Wednesday’s Games
Phoenix at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Indiana at Sacramento, 2:30 p.m.
New York at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
West Division
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland
Texas
———
Monday’s Games
Boston 6, Cleveland 2
Toronto 6, Minnesota 4
N.Y. Yankees 9, Kansas City 2
Detroit 9, Chicago White Sox 6
Texas 8, Seattle 7
Oakland 12, L.A. Angels 6
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota (Silva 8-10) at Toronto (Litsch 2-4),
12:37 p.m.
Oakland (Blanton 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 126), 3:35 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 13-3) at Cleveland (Carmona 124), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 1-5) at Baltimore
(Bedard 9-4), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 4-7) at Kansas City
(Meche 7-6), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Rogers 3-2) at Chicago White Sox
(Contreras 5-12), 8:11 p.m.
Seattle (Batista 10-7) at Texas (McCarthy 4-7),
8:35 p.m.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
New York
8 6
New England
7 3
Kansas City
7 5
Columbus
6 5
D.C. United
7 6
Toronto FC
5 8
Chicago
4 8
T Pts GF GA
3 27 26 21
6 27 29 20
5 26 29 24
7 25 23 23
3 24 26 22
4 19 18 26
4 16 13 26
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
Houston
10 5
FC Dallas
9 6
CD Chivas USA
7 5
Colorado
4 8
Los Angeles
3 5
Real Salt Lake
1 8
T Pts GF GA
4 34 28 13
3 30 24 24
3 24 20 16
6 18 16 24
4 13 17 18
6
9 12 24
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
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Thursday’s Game
CD Chivas USA at New York, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
New England at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday, Aug. 2
Kansas City at New England, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Chicago at Toronto FC, 3 p.m.
CD Chivas USA at Kansas City, 7 p.m.
At A Glance
All Times EDT
Saturday, Aug. 4
Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
East Division
New York
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Florida
Washington
W
55
53
50
48
42
L
43
47
48
52
56
Pct
.561
.530
.510
.480
.429
GB
—
3
5
8
13
W
55
51
45
42
41
42
L
44
46
50
57
56
58
Pct
GB
.556
—
.526
3
.474
8
.424
13
.423
13
.420 13 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
West Division
Boston jury finds against Notre Dame coach
10 12.455
7
10 13.4357 1/2
9 13.409
8
Los Angeles
San Diego
Arizona
Colorado
San Francisco
W
56
53
53
50
41
L
44
45
48
49
56
Pct
GB
.560
—
.541
2
.525 3 1/2
.505 5 1/2
.423 13 1/2
———
Monday’s Games
Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1, 12 innings
L.A. Dodgers 10, Houston 2
Colorado 7, San Diego 5
Arizona 4, Florida 3
Atlanta 4, San Francisco 2
Wednesday’s Games
San Diego (Germano 6-4) at Colorado (Cook 66), 3:05 p.m.
Washington (Chico 4-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels
11-5), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 9-5) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine
8-6), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Suppan 8-8) at Cincinnati (Lohse 512), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 8-9) at Houston (Albers 2-4),
8:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 10-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright
9-7), 8:10 p.m.
Florida (Olsen 8-7) at Arizona (Webb 8-8), 9:40
p.m.
Atlanta (James 8-7) at San Francisco (Lowry 107), 10:15 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.
San Diego at Houston, 8:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 9:05 p.m.
Florida at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
WNBA
At A Glance
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Detroit
17 5.773 —
Indiana
16 6.727
1
Connecticut
12 11.5225 1/2
Sunday, Aug. 5
D.C. United at New England, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
Second Half
At A Glance
North Division
Modesto (Rockies)
Visalia (Diamondbacks)
x-San Jose (Giants)
Bakersfield (Rangers)
Stockton (Athletics)
W
19
19
16
13
11
L
12
12
15
18
20
Pct.
.613
.613
.516
.419
.355
GB
—
—
3
6
8
W
21
19
15
14
8
L
10
12
16
17
23
Pct.
.677
.613
.484
.452
.258
GB
—
2
6
7
13
South Division
Lake Elsinore (Padres)
x-Lancaster (Red Sox)
Inland Empire (Dodgers)
R. Cucamonga (Angels)
High Desert (Mariners)
x-won first half
———
Monday’s Game
Visalia 13, Stockton 10
Wednesday’s Games
High Desert at Lancaster
Lake Elsinore at Bakersfield
Rancho Cucamonga at Inland Empire
Stockton at Modesto
Visalia at San Jose
GOLDEN BASEBALL LEAGUE
Second Half
At A Glance
Yuma
Long Beach
Reno
x-Chico
Orange County
St. George
x-won first half
———
Tuesday’s Games
Long Beach at St. George
Orange County at Chico
Yuma at Reno
Wednesday’s Games
Long Beach at St. George
Yuma at Reno
Thursday’s Games
Yuma at Reno
W
5
4
3
2
2
0
L Pct.
0 1.000
2 .667
2 .600
3 .400
4 .333
5 .000
GB
—
1 1/2
2
3
3 1/2
5
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Today is the 206th day of 2007 and the 35th
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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1952, Puerto
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In 1978, the first “test-tube baby,” Louise
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THE LEARNING
CHALLENGER
by Robert Barnett
DIRECTIONS:
A. Using each "Chaos Grid" number with its
letter one time, arrange the numbers with
their letters for the "Order Grid" so each
vertical column, horizontal row, and two
diagonals each ADD to numbers inside
thick lined cells.
B. Some correct numbers with their letters
have been put into the "Order Grid" to
get you started. Also, above the "Order
Grid" is a "Decoded Message" clue.
C. After you have solved the "Order Grid"
doing as direction "A" says, put the letters from horizontal rows, from left to
right, under "Decoded Message" and
make words to form the answer.
CHAOS GRID
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I
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R
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A
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion
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Unscramble these four Jumbles,
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
DITIO
CLUE: LIZARD
ORDER GRID
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All Rights Reserved.
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ANNAAB
DECODED MESSAGE:
ANSWERS IN NEXT EDITION
www.jumble.com
© 2007 Robert Barnett
HAWLIE
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.
Answers to Previous
Learning Challenger
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(Answers tomorrow)
Jumbles: TAFFY HUMAN PARDON THWART
Answer: Deep sea diving can be this —
HARD TO “FATHOM”
7/24/2007
Brother-in-law’s behavior keeps woman from family events
Dear Annie: My husband has a brother,
“Cory,” who is lazy, foul-mouthed, has been
arrested several times on illegal weapons
charges and is involved with a white supremacist group.
At one point, Cory threatened to rape and
kill me, and put a realistic- looking gun to my
head. I was scared to death. I spoke to the
police about Cory’s threats, and they said it
will boil down to my word against his. My inlaws do not believe my allegations. They continue to bail their son out of jail whenever he
gets into trouble and always take his side.
I finally had enough and said I never want to
be around Cory, nor do I want my daughters
anywhere near him. I have made it clear that if
Cory is invited to family gatherings, I will not
attend, although my husband may go alone.
My in- laws are not happy about this and often
“forget” to tell me Cory is coming. Numerous
times, we have been assured he will not be present, only to discover otherwise. Since I cannot
trust them, I have decided my daughters and I
ANNIE’S MAILBOX
By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
will no longer attend any family gatherings
held at my in-laws’ home.
My husband wants me to put my feelings
aside and go there for his father’s birthday. My
pastor told me my husband should not make
this request, since seeing Cory causes me so
much emotional anguish. Last year, I attended
a family function to please my husband and
had difficulty sleeping for days afterward.
I am willing to work on alternatives to celebrate my father-in-law’s birthday, and am hoping you have a solution. -- Trying to Save My
Sanity
Dear Trying: There’s no reason for you to
tolerate the company of anyone who threatens
to harm you, and if your in-laws do not respect
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your concerns, you are right to stay away. Tell
your husband you would be happy to celebrate
with Mom and Dad and your immediate family at another time and place. If he doesn’t like
it, too bad.
Dear Annie: I am married to an obstinate
cigar smoker. I have brought him literature on
secondhand smoke and warned him that I will
leave if he continues to smoke around the kids
or me. He has promised to quit twice, only to
make excuses.
He has no problem closing the doors to the
den and lighting up with his 10-year-old son in
the room. I have already battled cancer and
have no intention of allowing his habit to take
me to an early grave. He refuses to smoke outside. He says it’s his house and he can do as he
pleases. He has a smoker’s cough, and his doctors have told him to quit.
Why should I stay married to a man who
doesn’t respect his own health or that of his
family? I can’t believe smoking is more important than we are. What should I do? -- Ready to
Walk in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Dear Plattsburgh: Your husband is addict-
ed, but it is unconscionable for him to deliberately endanger the health of his family. Tell
him he smokes outside, or you’ll make an
appointment to see a marriage counselor and
maybe a lawyer. Be sure to follow through.
Dear Annie: “In the Dark on the East
Coast” was upset because her mother refused
to discuss her medical care. I am a nurse, and
believe me, there are times the doctors I work
for would love to call families to tell them their
loved ones are no longer fit to take care of
themselves, but we can’t because of HIPAA
(Health
Insurance
Portability
and
Accountability Act) regulations.
I am often faced with elderly patients who
should not be living alone, but if they tell me I
cannot speak to their family members, I am
obliged to respect their wishes. -- Frustrated
Nurse
Dear Frustrated: Some patients have an
adversarial relationship with their children and
do not trust them with this information. We
wish there were a better solution to balance
physical needs and privacy requirements.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND
AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Mendocino
County Planning Commission at it regular meeting on
Thursday, August 16, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., to be held
in the Board of Supervisors Chamber, 501 Low Gap
Road, Ukiah, California will conduct a public hearing
on the following project and the Draft Negative Declaration
at the time listed or as soon thereafter as the item may
be heard.
1. CASE#: MS 1-2007
DATE FILED: 1/3/2007
OWNER: EVERET & JOAN WITZEL
REQUEST: Minor subdivision to create 2 parcels of
1.16+/- acres and 1.87+/- acres
LOCATION: In Redwood Valley, lying south of Road
E (CR#232) approximately 1/4 mile east of its intersection
with East Road (CR#230), located at 2323 Road E;
AP# 163-020-12.
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
MARY LYNN HUNT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Department
of Planning and Building Services has prepared a Draft
Negative Declaration for the above project (no
significant environmental impacts are anticipated which
cannot be adequately mitigated). A copy of the Draft
Negative Declaration is available for public review at
501 Low Gap Road, Room 1440, Ukiah, California and
at 790 South Franklin Street, Fort Bragg, California.
The staff report and notice are available on the
Department of Planning and Building Services
website at www.co.mendocino.ca.us/planning.
2. CASE#: MS 30-2006/B 84-2006
OWNER: JOHN & BOBBIE TILLEY
AGENT: RAU & ASSOCIATES
REQUEST: Boundary Line Adjustment (#B 84-2006)
to transfer approximately 3,589 square feet from AP#
162-090-07 into AP# 162-271-05 and a minor
subdivision (#MS 30-2006) of the reconfigured 5.05
acre parcel to create two parcels containing 0.918 acres
(40,000 square feet) and 3.9 acres.
LOCATION: Approximately 1 mile north of Redwood
Valley town on the east side of West Road (CR# 237)
and the northwesterly terminus of Virginia Circle located
at 9001 West Rd. & 526 Virginia Circle; AP#’s 162090-07 & 162-271-050.
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
DENNIS CHATY
3. CASE#: MS 2-2007
OWNER: LES & PRISCILLA RYAN
AGENT: RON FRANZ
REQUEST: Minor subdivision of a 10.41+/- acre parcel
to create 2 parcels of approximately 5.2 acres apiece
LOCATION: Approximately 3+/- miles south of central
Ukiah, lying .04+/- miles west of South State Street
(CR#104A) at the terminus of Zaina Lane (Private),
located at 3340 Zaina Lane; AP# 184-130-34
PROJECT COORDINATOR: JOHN SPEKA
Your comments regarding the above project and/or
the Draft Negative Declaration are invited. Written
comments should be submitted to the Department
of Planning and Building Services, at 501 Low Gap
Road, Room 1440, Ukiah, California 95482, no later
than August 15, 2007. Oral comments may be presented
to the Planning Commission during the public
hearing.
The Planning Commission’s action regarding this item
shall be final unless appealed to the Board of Supervisors.
The last day to file an appeal is the 10th day after
the Planning Commission's decision.To file and appeal
of the Planning Commission’s decision, a written
statement must be file with the Clerk of the Board with
a filing fee prior to the expiration of the above noted
appeal period. If you challenge the project in court,
you may be limited to raising only those issues you
or someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the Department of Planning and Building
Services or the Planning Commission at, or prior to,
the public hearing. All persons are invited to appear
and present testimony in this matter.
Additional information regarding the above noted item
may be obtained by calling the Department of Planning
and Building Services at 463-4281, Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Should you desire
notification of the Planning Commission’s decision you
may do so by requesting notification in writing and
providing a self-addressed stamped envelope to the
Department of Planning and Building Services.
RAYMOND HALL, Secretary to the Planning
Commission
553-07
7-22,25,29/07
NOTICE THAT THE UKIAH VALLEY SANITATION
DISTRICT IS SEEKING
PROPOSALS
CONTRACT GENERAL MANAGER
JUNE 2007
The Ukiah Valley Sanitation District is requesting proposals
from experienced and qualified individuals or firms for
a Contract General Manager. The Mendocino
County Executive Office is the authorized Request For
Proposal (RFP) administrator.
On June 27, 2007, the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District
Board of Directors approved the advertisement of an
RFP for Contract General Manager.
Proposals are due Friday, August 3, 2007 @ 5:00
p.m. (PDT).
All questions regarding this RFP, or requests for the
RFP document should be addressed to: Mr. Paul Cayler,
Deputy County Executive Officer
Mendocino County Executive Office
501 Low Gap Road, Room 1010
Ukiah, CA 95482
FAX: 707/463-5649
E-Mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 707/463-4441
Sincerely,
Albert P. Beltrami,
Chief Executive Officer
562-07
7-20,24,25/07
PUBLIC NOTICE
North Coast Opportunities, Inc. announces that the
Community Action Plan is available for public review
and comment at North Coast Opportunities, 776 S.
State Street, Suite 102B, Ukiah California. There will
be a public hearing on Thursday July 26, 2007 for
interested parties to make public comments.This hearing
will be at North Coast Opportunities, Inc. 413 N. State
Street, Ukiah, CA at 5:00 pm in the NCO conference
room. Please contact 707-462-2596 x102 or 1-800606-5550, if you have any questions.
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573-07
7-25,8-1,8,15/07
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No.: 2007-F0480
THE
FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
WASOPP
SERVICES
281 Observatory Ave,
Ukiah, CA 95482
Brian Sopp
Ukiah, CA 95482
Sheila Sopp
Ukiah, CA 95482
This business is conducted
by Husband & Wife. The
registrants commenced
to transact business under
the fictitious business
name or names listed
above on July 15, 2007.
Endorsed-Filed on July 12,
2007 at the Mendocino
County Clerks Office.
/s/Brian Sopp
BRIAN SOPP
509-07
7-11,18,25,8-1/07
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No.: 2007-F0456
THE
FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
PETES POWER WASH
AND MINI STORAGE
1404 South State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Douglas Pete Carter
Ukiah, CA 95482
Gloria Maria Carter
Ukiah, CA 95482
by Husband & Wife. The
registrants commenced
to transact business under
the fictitious business
name or names listed
above on July 3, 2007.
Endorsed-Filed
on
7/3/2007 at the Mendocino
County Clerks Office.
/s/Douglas Pete Carter
DOUGLAS
PETE
CARTER
511-07
7-4,11,18,25/07
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No.: 2007-F0459
THE
FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
KINDER RANCH
1700 East Hill Rd.
Willits, CA 95490
Melanie Hernandez
20960 Beachtel Rd.
Willits, CA 95490
Paulette Petrovic
25961 Hawk Ter.
Willits, CA 95490
by a General Partnership.
The
registrants
commenced to transact
business under the fictitious
business name or names
listed above on August 27,
2007. Endorsed-Filed on
July 3, 2007 at the
Mendocino County Clerks
Office.
/s/Melanie
Hernandez
MELANIE
HERNANDEZ
555-07
7-18,25,8-1/07
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
UKIAH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADOPTION OF 2007-2012 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 15, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the City of Ukiah, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California, 95482,
a public hearing will be held to consider adoption of the Ukiah Redevelopment
Project 2007-2012 Implementation Plan.
The Ukiah Redevelopment Agency is required to adopt an Implementation Plan
in connection with its Project Area pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section
33490. The adoption of the 2007-2012 Implementation Plan will consider Agency
goals and objectives, programs and projects, and revenue and expenditure levels.
The proposed 2007-2012 Implementation Plan is available for public inspection
and review online at www.CityofUkiah.com and at the following locations:
Ukiah Civic Center
Ukiah Public Library
300 Seminary Avenue
105 N. Main St
Ukiah, CA, 95482
Ukiah, CA 95482
Civic Center Annex
Ukiah Valley Conference Center
411 W. Clay
Street
200 S. School Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Ukiah, CA 95482
All persons desiring to be heard on the Implementation Plan review may appear
before the Ukiah Redevelopment Agency at the above-described public hearing,
and be heard thereon. If you are unable to attend the hearing, written comments
will be accepted up to the date of hearing. Written comments may be submitted
to the City of Ukiah, Ukiah Redevelopment Agency, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah,
California, 95482. if you have any questions regarding this hearing, please contact
Sage Sangiacomo, Director of Community/General Services, at (707) 463-6221.
If you plan to attend the public hearing and need a special accommodation because
of a sensory or mobility impairment/disability, please contact the City Clerk’s office
at (707) 463-6213 to arrange for those accommodations to be made.
Linda Brown
City Clerk
City of Ukiah
Published: July 18, July 25, and August 1, 2007
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NOTICES
Climbing The
Mountain Together
FREE Educational
Lecture
Sat. Sept. 8, 2007
10-11:30 am
Grace Hudson
Museum Community
Room in Ukiah
“All you ever wanted to
know...” Featuring Joan
Davis
Alzheimer’s Assoc. for
the Bay Area.
Limited seating Get your reservation in
510-07
7-4,11,18,25/07
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No.: 2007-F0457
THE
FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
L&L
CONSTRUCTION
SERVICE
197 Wiyat Dr.
Ukiah, CA 95482
Michael Dean Lewis
197 Wiyat Dr.
Ukiah, CA 95482
by an Individual. The
registrant commenced to
transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on July
3, 2007. Endorsed-Filed on
July 3, 2007 at the
Office.
/s/Michael Lewis
MICHAEL LEWIS
552-07
7-18,25,8-1,8/07
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No.: 2007-F0482
THE
FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
TOSI FAMILY
VINEYARDS
1400 Hwy. 175
Hopland, CA 95449
Brutaco Cellars
1400 Hwy. 175
Hopland, CA 95449
by a General Partnership.
The
registrants
commenced to transact
business under the fictitious
business name or names
listed above on July 1,
2007. Endorsed-Filed on
July 13, 2007. at the
Office.
/s/Leonard J. Brutaco
LEONARD J.
BRUTACO
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NOTICES
TODAY!
Deadline 08/31/07
Learn how you and
your family can make
preparations for
caregiving before the
need arises. Also,
discover lifestyle
change you can adopt
NOW to maintain
wellness and reduce
stress if faced with the
task of caregiving.
There will also be
many fun prizes given
away. RSVP to
Redwood Caregiver
Resource Center @ 1800-834-1636 or 707542-0282
Respite care available
by reservation only
by calling above phone
numbers.
Climbing
The Mountain...
Together
Alzheimer’s
Caregiver Benefit
Grace Hudson
Museum
Sat. Sept. 8
2-6 pm
Tickets $25
Several dynamite
local artists will
perform. Sponsored by:
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans &
Soroptimist
International of
Yokayo Sunrise.
Tickets: Mendocino
Book Co., Ukiah
or any Committee
Member or Carole
Hester @ 707-9252795. To donate to this
event, send checks
payable to: Thrivent
Financial For
Lutherans
75 N. Main St., #116,
Willits, CA 95490
What time the mighty
moon was gathering
light,Love paced the thymy
plots of Paradise,
And all about him roll’d his
lustrous eyes;
When, turning round a
cassia, full in view,
Death, walking all alone
beneath a yew,
And talking to himself, first
met his sight.
‘You must begone,’ said
Death, ‘these walks are
mine.’ Love wept and
spread his sheeny vans for
flight; Yet ere he parted
said, ‘This hour is thine:
Thou art the shadow of
life, and as the tree Stands
in the sun and shadows all
beneath, So in the light of
great eternity Life eminent
creates the shade of
death. The shadow
passeth when the tree
shall fall, But I shall reign
for ever over all.’
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
20
PERSONALS
Mailboxes
Available to rent
Creative Workshop
759 S.State 468-0251
30
LOST &
FOUND
Found- Boater’s
Inner Tube at Lake
Mendocino on 7/18.
Call to identify.
485-8758
I was thinking I would
go down to the creek
for a drink. But the
creek was dry and all I
got were 1000's of
stickers. Then I went
to a house on
Robinson Creek Rd. It
was the night of 7/17.
They brought me to the
Ukiah shelter and now
I wait. Unless my
owner finds me I will
be put up for adoption
on 7/24. I am a female
West Highland Terrier.
Come to 298 Plant Rd.
or call Sage at 4676453
120
HELP
WANTED
GOVERNMENT
Mendocino County
Department of Child
Support Services
Child Support
Specialist I
Monthly Salary:
$2,546 – $3,095
Application deadline
for this position:
08/10/07
Close of business.
Apply online at
www.mss.ca.gov
or contact
Merit System Services
at (916) 263-3614.
EOE
12- WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007
120
HELP
WANTED
Administration
NORTH COAST
OPPORTUNITIES
Chief Financial Officer
Oversee fiscal activities
of $20M/yr Community
Agency. BA in Acctg or
Finance + 5 year incr.
resp mgmt exp. w/min.
2 yrs supv exp pref in
public or govt-funded
non-profit human serv
org FT. Starts at $5,083$5,337 mo. DOQ +
ben. NCO app req.
Open until filled. First
revw of applications
8/1/07
Human Resources
Officer Administers all
HR functions for nonprofit, human serv org.
250 emp, multiple
locations,
par tly
unionized. Req BA + 5
yrs prog resp exp in
managing HR Dept,
pref in non-profit. HR
prof’l cert pref. Min 2 yrs
supv exp. Knowledge of
labor law, collective
barg environ, safety,
best HR practices. FT.
Starts at $3,885-$4,079
mo. DOQ + ben. NCO
app req. Open until filled.
1st
review
of
applications: 8/1/07.
Fiscal Manager Rural
Communities Child
Care. Exp/educ equiv
to BA in Acctg + 4 yrs
exp. Pref. knowl. Of nonprofit acctg & exp w/MIP
software. FT. Starts at
$19.31-$21.31 DOQ +
ben. NCO app. req.
Closes: 7/30/07
NCO
CONTACT
INFORMATION for
positions listed above.
[email protected]
OR call 1(800)6065550 x302 for NCO
app/job desc. Postmarks
not accpt’d. EOE
Administrative Asst.
needed at
RespecTech Inc. F/T.
Comp. wage. Call
Rosemary at 462-8098
or fill out app. at 245 E.
Perkins St.
All Shifts FT & PT
Available!!!
No experience needed.
Higher wage with
experience This year's
seniors
welcome. Full training
provided. Drug testing
required, cannabis not
tested for hire. Assist
disabled in their home
and on outings. Call
for
interview 485-5168
Asisst w/ houscleaning.
4hrs/mo. $9/hr.
Productive people.
lv. messge 274-2303
ASSISTANT
COOK
Must be exp.
Pre-employment
physical & drug
testing req’d.
Dental, Vision,
Medical benefits.
Free co-op child
care. Apply
Trinity School
915 W. Church St.
Ukiah
Bookkeeper/HR
Specialist-Tapestry
Family Services
Accts payable &
receivable, payroll,
bank reconcile,
invoicing, grant
monitoring, general
office tasks and HR
resp. Min. 2 yrs.
computerized
accounting exp; prefer
QuickBooks exp. Selfmotivated fast learner
w/ good organizational
& multi-tasking skills.
Salary negotiable
based on skills & exp.
463-3300 for app, or
send resume to
Tapestry Family
Services, 290 East
Gobbi St., Ukiah.
Apply by 7/26/07
GET A
JOB!
Find It In
The Ukiah
DAILY JOURNAL
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HELP
WANTED
BUSINESS
MANAGERDISTRICT
SERVICES
$60,387-$78,992
F/T 220 days.
Attractive benefit
package offered.
Mendocino
County
Office of
Education
For an application
packet visit
www.mcoe.us/jobs or
call
707-467-5012
DEADLINE:
July 30, 07
CALSTAR is hiring!
We are a fast growing
company in need of (1)
P/T A&P
Mechanic.
A&P MECHANICSwith Augusa 109MKII,
Eurocopter, BO105,
and/or Bell 222
experience preferred
but not required. I.A.
ceritifications/EMS
experience a plus. We
have 1 P/T opening in
Ukiah, CA. Salary
commiserate with
experience.
Competitive wages,
Please email resumes
to
[email protected]
Caregiver for mental
health facility, various
shifts avail. and fill in
$8-$10/hr. 467-0911
Chevron is Now
Accepting applications
for motivated
employees for Full
Time and Part Time.
Please apply in person
at 50 West Lake
Mendocino Drive.
CNA
Day shift available.
Apply in person
1162 S. Dora. St.
Come Work With Our
Team
with
developmentally
disabled adults. F/T,
P/T in home setting. Pick
up application 1000
Sanford Ranch Rd. Ukiah
or call 468-9331
Contestants
Wanted
August 4th & 5th
Rodeo
Fort Bragg 964-0401
Cooks position:
Comp. wages, pd. vac.
Days nights & wknds.
Exp. pref. Apply in
person at Club
Calpella. 6175 N. State
St.
COORDINATOR
REGIONAL
OCCUPATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Full Time/220
days/12 mos/yr.
$65,703-$84, 308
Admin Srvs Cred or
eligible to enroll in
intern program visit
www.mcoe.us/jobs
call 467-5012 or
email [email protected]
Mendocino County
Office of Education
DEADLINE:
07-30-07
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HELP
WANTED
CSR 10-key, data
input. Great benefits,
401K. Apply at
Pro-flame Gas or fax
resume to 459-2178.
DIESEL
MECHANIC
5 yrs. exp. Good pay. +
benefits. Clean DMV.
462-9318.
Director of
Finance:
Total annual
compensation
package up to
$124,089.54
($6,865.27$8.344.79/mo.)
Complete job
description/ application
available at City of
Ukiah, CA 95482 or
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5 pm,
7/31/07.
Driver-Delivery
in our van M-F. 8:305:30 Starts $8.25 hr.
+ med.
Raise in 90 days.
Call 489-5115
DRIVERS - $1000
HIRING BONUS
Golden State
Overnight is hiring
full & part time
drivers with insured,
dependable van or
pickup w/shell for
local morning small
package delivery
routes based in
Ukiah. Earn a
competitive wage
plus mileage
reimbursement plus
additional
reimbursement for
fuel cost.Routes
available Mon-Fri. &
Tues-Sat. Benefits
available including
health coverage &
401k with company
match.
Contact Steven
Koller 866-779-7726 or
[email protected]
Exp. Medical Billing
Clerk. Please send
resume to box 03091,
c/o Ukiah Daily
Journal, P.O. Box 749,
Ukiah, CA 95482-0749.
Experienced Store
Manger needed at
RespechTech, Inc. F/T.
Food service &
technology exp. a +.
Comp. wage. Call
Rosemary at 462-8098
or fill out app. at 245 E.
Perkins St.
F/T Clerk for Hopland
convenience store gas
station. Apply in person
or 744-1948 MarkPetro America
FIRE CAPTAIN:
$4,507 - $5,478 per
month, plus benefits.
Application &
complete job
description
w/education,
experience &
necessary
requirements available
at City of Ukiah, 300
Seminary Ave., Ukiah,
Coordinator,
Community Integration
Program, for sm.
groups of 18-22 yr. old
students with
developmental
disabilities, for school
year starting 8/07.
Supervising exp. req’d.
4 days/wk. 2:00-8:00
p.m. Starts $14.07/ hr.
Open till filled.
Aide, for after-school
program for young
adults with disabilities,
3-4 days/wk, 2:30-7:30
p.m. Dinner included.
$9.00/hr.
Resume and cover
letter to Independence
Plus, 301 S. State St.,
Ukiah
463-8725 EOE.
FIREFIGHTER/EMT
Entry Level or
Lateral:
$3,712 - $4,512 per
Application &
complete job
description
w/education,
experience &
necessary
requirements available
at City of Ukiah, 300
Customer
Service/Sales
Progressive
Manufacturing
Company has an
excellent opportunity
for qualified individual.
For Details and how to
apply - Please visit:
www.webtec.com
Corporate
Information/Careers/Op
portunities. Locations:
USA, CA Willits
Front Desk Night
Audit Postions
Available. Fairfield Inn
& Suites 1140 Airport
Park Blvd. Pick Up
Application
Sutter Lakeside Hospital
Seeks a Full Time
Radiology Technologist
Must possess valid licensure, a great
attitude, and the desire to work in a
beautifully remodeled department.
Apply in person
CA 95482 or
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5 pm,
8/10/07. EOE
Seminary Ave., Ukiah,
CA 95482 to
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5pm,
8/10/07. EOE
General Shop Person
Grinding, cutting,
assembly, cleanup, etc.
M-F 743-1300
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HELP
WANTED
GROUNDMAN/
GROUNDWOMAN:
$3,196 - $3,885/mo.,
plus benefits; Assist
electric utility line crew
as ground helper;
Complete job
description/application
Ukiah, 300 Seminary
Avenue, Ukiah, CA
95482. Deadline 5pm,
7/30/07. EOE.
Growing Company
seeks self-motivated,
honest, hardworking
individual with basic
office skills. Entrylevel. Part to full time.
Will train. Salary
D.O.E. Must have
good driving record,
dependable
transportation. Over
21. Submit handwritten cover letter
with resume. Mail or
Fax only to: 707-4628885. Germain-Robin
Brandy. PO Box 1059.
Ukiah, CA 95482
HEAVY DUTY
SEWING
Exp. needed. M-F.
743-1300
Home Care Options
seeks caregivers for PT
& FT & live in. EOE.
462-6888
HOST HOMES
needed for teens!
Short term 1-4
days avg. Teens are
housed while family
mediation occurs, or
more permanant
housing is arranged.
Stipends, incentives
provided.
For information call
Mendocino County
Youth Project
463-4915 x 157
Inst. Asst. for severely
disabled student. F/T,
w/ benefits.
$11/hr, start at 8/20.
Sandra 468-8658
INTEGRITY
DIRECTOR- Central
Office, Nice, CA
Native American Cash
Assistance Program.
F/T w/Benefits, Salary
Negotiable Closing
7/29. Application & Job
Description at
www.cttp.net or contact
Colleen Pete at 707262-4404, Fax to 707274-4233 Resume &
Application. Indian
Hiring Preference
Applies.
CLIENT
SERVICES
SPECIALIST
$2950-$3586/Mo. The
position will work in
Adult, Crisis,
Wraparound, Children
or Parent Partner
programs within the
Mental Health Branch.
AA/AS degree and
one year of experience
providing client
advocacy, outreach
work, basic
counseling, or other
services; in mental
health or community
services agency. Apply
immediately to HR
Dept, 579 Low Gap,
Ukiah, CA 95482,
(707)
463-4261, w/TDD
(800)735-2929.
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr EOE.
HEAVY
EQUIPMENT
MECHANIC
Mendocino County
Transportation Dept.
$2950-$3586/Mo., plus
benefits. Vacancy in
Ukiah. Performs skilled
maint and repair on
autos, trucks, tractors,
graders, cats, gas &
diesel eng. Welding
cert a plus. Req valid
CA lic - Class B with
airbrake endorsement
within six mos of hire cert from an
accredited college or
tech school; and four
to six years of related
exp. Apply by 07/31/07
to: HR, 579 Low Gap
Road, Ukiah, CA
95482, (707) 4634261, w/TDD (800)
735-2929. EOE.
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr
COMING SOON
2 AND 3 BEDROOM
HOUSES FOR RENT
Applications and information
available at
At SLH’s Human
Resources Department
Beverly Sanders Realty
320 S. State Street
Online: www.sutterlakeside.org/employment
or fax at 707-262-5119
707-462-5198
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HELP
WANTED
Front Desk
30hrs/wk $10/hr.
Housekeeping
Supervisor
30+hrs/wk. Pay DOE
Asst. Housekeeper
30+hrs/wk. $12/hr.
Call Orr Hot Springs
462-6277
MENDOCINO
COUNTY
HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES
AGENCY
MENTAL HEALTH
BRANCH
Complete your
internship hours with
the Mendocino County
Mental Health Branch.
MENTAL
HEALTH
CLINICIAN I/II
I: $3768-$4581/Mo., II:
$4155-$5049/Mo.
Multiple positions
available to license
eligible applicants in
Fort Bragg & Ukiah,
(MFT & ASW interns
registered with BBS).
To perform
professional level
counseling services
including managing
cases, initiating crisis
mgmt, & conducting
therapy sessions. I:
Req’s licensure by the
State of California as
LCSW or MFCC,
master’s degree in
social work & I: one to
two yrs II: two to three
yrs of full-time work
exp in a Mental Health
setting.
Also accepting
applications for:
CLINICAL
SERVICES
ASSOCIATE
$3099-$3768/Mo.
Make a change in a
child’s life in a lasting
way by becoming a
Wraparound mentor
that supports children
and families; learn the
skills they need to be
independent in the
community and at
home. Positions also
available in Adult
Services. Req BS in
Social Work, Psych, or
related; four yrs exp
providing rehab
services in a MH
setting. For more
details on minimum
requirements see
flyers posted on the
Human Resources
website:
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr
Prevention
Coordinator
Mendocino County
HHSA/Public Health
Branch. $3478$4229/Mo. This
position will
oversee/implement
work plan to enhance
disaster preparedness
with Public Health
employees. Requires
strong initiative and
leadership skills,
public speaking,
grant/budget reporting.
Req BA in Health or
Social Sciences and
one yr of related exp.
Apply by 08/1/07 to;
HR, 579 Low Gap Rd,
Ukiah, CA 95482,
(707)463-4261, w/TDD
(8000 735-2929.
www.co.
mendocino.ca.us/hr
EOE
STAFF
ASSISTANT III
Mendocino County
$2,35-$2,858/Mo.
Performs clerical
functions as a lead
worker in support of a
Department. Req. HS
diploma or GED and
three yrs of
related exp. Apply by
8/10/07 to: HR Dept,
579 Low Gap Rd,
Ukiah, CA 95482,
(707) 463-4261,
w/TDD (800) 7352929. www.co.
mendocino.ca.us/hr
EOE
120
HELP
WANTED
LIBRARY
TECHNICIAN
Mendocino County.
$14.69/Hr. On-call
extra-help needed for
backup coverage at
libraries Current need
in Fort Bragg. Req AA
degree and one yr
exp. Apply with HR
Dept, 579 Low Gap
Rd, Ukiah, CA 95482,
(707) 463-4261,
w/TDD (800) 7352929. EOE. www.co.
mendocio.ca.us/hr
JAWS DRIVE IN NOW
HIRING
for all positions.
Apply in person
1200 N. State St.
Live In Position in
Ukiah. 5 days/wk, exc.
pay. Ref’s req’d Call
Patty at A Family
Friend, 937-1298
MAINTENANCE
ASSOCIATE
Established property
management firm is
seeking motivated,
dependable
individuals to join our
maintenance team.
Basic maintenance
and/or landscaping
skills, tools, &
transportation are
required (mileage
paid). Benefit pkg.
avail. Applications
available at Realty
World Selzer Realty,
Prop. Mgmt. 300 E.
Gobbi St., Ukiah
Millwright Welder
Ukiah. Full time.
Benefits. Fax resume
to 462-5258
NCO Head Start
Mendo & Lake Co.
HS/ Asst./Assoc. Tchr.
$8.80-$11.28/hr
HS Aides - must be 18
yrs. $8.04 -$8.45/hr
Prefer Sp/Eng bilingual.
Close: 8-02-07, 5 PM.
Complete
NCO
application req. 462-1954
x 302. Postmarks not
accpt’d. EOE
NEW EXCITING
POSITION WORKING
WITH KIDS
6 wks pd vacation
403 B. Small
homelike
environment, good
pay & bens. Starting
sal $11.76+ hr. On the
job training prov. Flex.
F/T, P/T pos. avail.Fax
resume to 463-6957
P/T Cook, 26hrs/wk,
eve. wknds.
Caregivers and
Medpassers, must
pass drug test and
fingerprinting. 1343 S.
Dora St. Ukiah.
120
HELP
WANTED
PRODUCTION
Perm. P/T Mon-Wed.
(1) 4 am-noon, (1)12
noon finishing work.
Apply in person
Cheesecake Momma
corner of
School & Henry
RDA/DA Dental
assistant w/exp. in four
handed dentistry w/xray lic. Competitive
salary & bene. Fax
resume
707-463-8632
Reception/Data
Entry
Progressive
Manufacturing
Company has an
excellent opportunity
for qualified individual.
For Details and how to
apply - Please visit:
www.wabtec.com
Corporate
Information/Careers/Op
portunities. Locations:
USA, CA Willits
Receptionist/Office
Help P/T, M-F., 10 to 3.
Office & Computer
skills a must. Valid CDL
& Ins. Send reply to box
03087, c/o Ukiah Daily
Journal, P.O. Box 749,
Ukiah, CA 95482.
Red Fox Casino
NOW HIRING
Auditor - P/T
● Kitchen
● Tech
● Security,
● Cashiers
● 2 Floor Managers
● Exp. promotions
& marketing
person.
Friendly attitude
helpful. Willing to
train. 984-6800
or come in for
application.
200 Cahto Dr.
Laytonville
●
●●●●●●●●
Now offering
employee
insurance after
90 days.
Schat’s Bakery
Counter staff
positions available.
Friendly & fast paced.
Apply within at 113 W.
Perkins ask Lisa or
Erica.
Scheduling
Secretary. Computer
skills needed for
dental office. Bright
energetic person with
good people & phone
skills. Knowledge of
Dental terminology
a +. Fax resume
463-8632
120
HELP
WANTED
Maint. Mechanic
for heavy equip. F/T
year round. Benefits.
Cold Creek Compost
485-5966
School Counselor
Middle and High
School Students. One
FT position split
between Laytonville
and Potter Valley or 2
positions. Req. valid
CA PPS Credential
OR be eligible to enroll
in a university intern
program for same.
$36,067-$60,037 +
$1,082 for MA, PhD or
EdD.
www.mcoe.us/jobs
707-467-5012,
[email protected] Open
until filled.
Seeking Prep Sports
Fan
The Ukiah Daily
Journal needs a
sports editor/page
editor who can
maintain excellence in
prep sports coverage
while helping
transform our sports
desk into an Internet
powerhouse. Should
have Quark XPress (or
equivalent) skills, copy
editing and writing
skills. Recent grads
welcome if skills are
there. We are looking
to make sports key to
our Web presence so
be ready to make
audio and video part
of your life. We are
part of an innovative
media company
looking confidently into
the future of
journalism. Includes
benefits. We are
looking to hire right
away so get your
resume to us quickly.
Send
resume and clips to
[email protected] or
to KC Meadows,
Managing Editor,
Ukiah Daily Journal,
PO Box 749, Ukiah
CA 95482. No phone
calls please.
SHOWROOM SALES
Filling Part time position
for tile showroom. Need
a person with great
customer service skills,
design and organizational
skills. Please inquire at
169-A Mason St., Ukiah.
Open M-F 8-5 & Sat. 103.
Sign Language
Interpreter
Cloverdale School
6-7 hrs/day
Easter Seal
1-800-234-7325
120
HELP
WANTED
RN/LVN, F/T Days and
PM shifts. Apply in
person 1162 S. Dora.
See Deana
Taylors Tavern
P/T Bartender
Apply Mon-Thurs.
before 4pm. 485-5108
The Hopland Band of
Pomo Indians
is accepting
applications for
SURVEILLANCE
OBSERVER.
Drug test & gaming
license required.
Applicants must be at
least 21 years of age.
Applications accepted
through August 1. For
more info call
(707)744-1647 ext.
1341 or email
[email protected]
TLC Child &
Family Services
seeks 2 additional
homes for Shelter Care
program
Applicants need to have
at least 1 spare bdrm to
house a child for up to
30 days. Guaranteed
monthly allotment.
Generous increase upon
placement. Income taxexempt. Exp. with
children req. Parents will
receive training, + Social
Worker, in-home support
& respite. Need 1 or 2parent homes, with 1
parent home full time.
Home with no more than
1 biological child
considered.
Retirees invited to
apply. Contact TLC
707-463-1100
Lic#236800809
TRINITY YOUTH
SERVICES
Child Care
Swing & graveyard
shifts available.
Starting $9.40 per hr.
On call $9 per hr.
Qualif. 21 years old,
Med. & drug exam, T.B.
test, criminal
background check.
Great benefit pkg.
Apply
915 W. Church St.
Ukiah 95482
Ukiah
Daily Journal
590 S. School St.
DRIVER F/T
Early AM
Must have clean DMV.
Apply in person
Circulation Dept.
UTILITY
LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE FT,
union, clean DMV,
Drug screen. Call Dan
at (707)235-2305 for
application
120
HELP
WANTED
Redwood Empire
Fairgrounds. F/T
Temp. general maint.
work. Apply at 1055 N.
State St.
Utility Supervisor
Big Valley Rancheria is
hiring for a Utility
Supervisor to manage
its drinking
water/wastewater plant.
P/T, Salary DOE. DHS
Grade 3 or higher,
Treatment &
Wastewater. Min. of 10
yrs exp in water
systems operations.
Fax resume to 2633977, attn: Sarah
Ryan. More info 2633924. EOE.
Youth Worker: Fort
Bragg/
Mendocino area.
20-30 HRS WK.
Benefited. Crisis
intervention, youth/
family conflict, self
harm, runaway or at
risk, substance use,
and other issues.
Work closely with
schools, help recruit
Host Homes. Some
group work, youth
development
projects. Salaried
$9.16-13.04 p/h.
Application pack 707463-4915 MCYP
250
BUSINESS
RENTALS
Commercial Property
For Rent or Lease.
810-A N. State Across
Fomr Redwood Tree.
2400 sq. ft. Garbage &
H2O Inc. Ample off
street parking. 4623062 or 468-5223
OFFICE SPACE.
202 W. Perkins.
$350/mo.
272-7388
OFFICES
340sf.$360/mo.+dep.39
0sf.$425/mo.+dep.
300sf. $300/mo+dep.
Util & janitorial incl.
Very nice location,
468-5426
Quality New 900 sq. ft.
comm. build.; high
traffic loc., ideal for
sales/office/other.
$975/mo. D. Shell 4621896 (owner-agent)
300
APARTMENTS
UNFURNISHED
$825 modern cozy 2 BR
wtr/garb pd. A/C, lndry 232
Mason St. Ukiah 707-4334040
1BD, SM YARD Avail
Aug. 15. $600/mo. +
dep. Indoor cat only.
N/S. 468-5661
People to work with
developmentally
disabled adults one on
one in their own home.
All Shifts
available. Call
Cindy 468-9331
PROGRAM
SECRETARY
P/T 4 hrs/day,
5 days/wk.
$13.72-$17.51/hr visit
www.mcoe.us/jobs
call 467-5012 or
email [email protected]
Mendocino County
Office of Education
DEADLINE:
07-27-07
Propane
Delivery Driver
Hazmat, tanker, air
brakes, Class B.
Great salary &
benefits. 401k. Propane
or fuel exp. pref
Fax resume to
459-2178 or apply
in person at
Pro Flame Gas Co.
1580 Main St. Willits
PURCHASING
TECHNICIAN:
$2,625 - $3,191 per
Job
description/application
Ukiah, 300 Seminary
Ave. Ukiah, CA 95482
or
Narrow
Your
Search
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5 p.m.,
8/1/07. EOE.
APARTMENTS
1 Bedrooms
$700......................................New Interior, W/D hookups
$875......................................Upstairs, new carpet
$825......................................Custom interior, downtown
location
$900...................................... Brand new, MUST SEE
2 Bedrooms
$650................................Country Cottage,
Potter Valley
$760................................Large balcony,
W/D hookups
$785................................Nice, some utilities paid
$825................................Upstairs, laundry on site
$825................................Good Area, quiet complex
All rents subject to discount upon timely payment!
Applications available at
Beverly Sanders Realty Co.
320 S. State Street
707-462-5198
Place your ad today and
get results! Call 468-3500
300
APARTMENTS
UNFURNISHED
2-1BDRM APT $675
Dwnstrs 1-1BDRM APT
$650 Upstrs. No dogs,
wtr., grbg & swr pd.
Natural gas. Call 707-4685481 lv mesg. apts @ 110
Norton St.
LEE KRAEMER
PROPERTY MGMT
Spacious 1bd1ba.
$750.
POOL, LAUNDRY,
CARPORTS
No Section 8.
463-2134
NEWER
2 BEDROOM.
DW\Garage+pool
$850 mo. 463-2325
Nice large 3bdrm
1bth, new tile kitch. No
pets. Laundry. $900 +
sec. 972-9221
PARK PLACE
1 bd. $750-$775
2 bdr. $850 TH $950.
Pool/garg. 462-5009
Spacious 2bd1ba.
w/W/D. N/P. WTR.,
GARB. PD.
462-8600
Spacious 2bd. Pool.
H20, trash pd. $825.
Also 1bd. $700. Ht. AC Pd.
N/P. 462-6075
UKIAH
APARTMENT
2000 S. Dora
2 bdrm., 1 ba.
$775/mo.
MOVE IN SPECIAL
at 1416 S. State St.
3bd2ba. townhse.
440
FURNITURE
ANTIQUES 4 Oak
chairs w/wicker. Oak
bar, old cabinet, pinball
mchn 463-8896
Hand-made log beds,
any size. Rustic furn.,
made from old barn
wood. 459-1088
460
APPLIANCES
USED
APPLIANCES
& FURNITURE.
Guaranteed. 485-1216
480
MISC.
FOR SALE
Commercial
Restaurant Stove &
Pool Tables for Sale
485-7003 Ask For Ed
CENTURY 21
Les Ryan Realty
Property Management
468-0463
320
DUPLEXES
3 bdrm 1.5 bth
Townhouse. Fireplace,
W/D hu. gar. yd.
$1100/mo. $1600 dep.
(707) 433-6688
3bdrm 2bth Duplex, in
Ukiah. 2yr old. Nice.
$1300/mo. + dep. 7441905
330
HOMES
FOR RENT
2bd. dbl. wide mobile in
quiet Senior Park.
No pets. $850/mo. +
$850 sec. dep. incl. wtr.
sew garb. 468-5607 or
462-7630
Attchd/upscale
W/side Beauty
Bdrm suite/2 bth
Offce-den. Grge.
Quiet. No Pets/Sm.
$1285. 468-9003
Carriage Home
Beautiful, W/side
Colossal 1-Bd.
No Pets. N/S. $1085.
468-9003
Don’t lose
your house
to foreclosure.
I can keep you in it!
Call Burk for details
at (707) 462-9999
✫ DON’T LOSE ✫
YOUR HOUSE TO
FORECLOSURE.
I can keep you in it!
Call Burk for details
at (707) 462-9999
New deluxe
townhouse. 2bd. 1.5
ba. 111 Cleveland Ln.
$1100/mo. 272-7388
WEST SIDE UKIAH
Near city park.
2bd/1ba, office, util
room, W/D, gar. NP.
Avail 8/1. Refs.
$1250/mo. $1,000 sec
(707) 961-6248
380
WANTED TO
SHARE RENT
$475/mo. furnished
room, kitch. privelages.
No S/P/D, sec. dep.
468-5556
RM w/cbl/frg, kit, bth
priv, quiet indiv.
N/S/P/D $475 + dep
util incl. 391-2206
Roommate wanted. N.
Ukiah house. $500/mo.
Utils.incl.
707-490-7157
400
NEW & USED
EQUIPMENT
Gas Generators
Honda EM 3500S
$700 OBO
Kawasaki OHV
GE4300A $700 OBO
Like New Condition
463-7786 M-F 8-5
420
BOATS
14ft 25hp Johnson,
steering console, troll
mtr, fish-finder & more.
$1k obo.
462-9469
590
GARAGE
SALES
YARD SALE
530 Rd N Rdwd Vly
Fri. 7/27 9-3pm Sat.
7/28 9-12pm
YARD SALE
Multi Family. Lots of
stuff 1038 W Standley.
Sat. 7/28 8-2
Yard Sale,
342 Wabash.
Fri & Sat 8-12.
All great stuff!
610
REC VEH
CAMPING
Nomand Park modle,
32ft, dble-expando, ruff
cond., $1500 obo. 2721743
620
MOTORCYCLES
1999 YAMAHA 250
BEAR TRACKER
Recent tune-up, 2 new
tires, runs gd. $1700
obo 485-1286
630
AUTO PARTS &
ACCESSORIES
Extra parts, fenders,
hoods & grills. 194648. Dodge Pickup
485-5438
650
4X4'S
FOR SALE
4X4 CHEVY TAHOE
1997
$6000
972-6643
COVELO ORGANIC
VEGETABLES
offers weekly home
deliveries. 983-6562
Hot Tub ‘07 Deluxe
Model. Many jets.
Therapy seat.
Warranty. Never used.
Can deliver. Worth
$5700. Sell $1950 with
new
cover. 707-766-8622
Kiwi Kayak &
2 new Paddles
$250 Firm
Karen 467-1805
Workout Bench
w/ Bar & 130 lbs. $150
OBO
468-0750
500
PETS &
SUPPLIES
Beagle-AKC shts,
wrm, dws, Fem.
$450 POB
1651, Mendocino,
CA 95437
www.curtisbeagle.com
140 Zinfandel
1bd1ba. $660
Hud OK.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007 -13
Beagle/Fx Terrier
Puppies 9 wks old
for apt call Brian
(707) 272-4674
Beautiful Kittens. Box
Trained and Have Their
First Shots. 462-6818
CHIHUAHUA
PUPPIES
2 males $300 Firm.
272-0987 Jim
CHIHUAHUA, rare
pure bred long & short
hair pups.
Must see! $500+4890553 or 489-0500
German Shepherd
pups, German
bloodlines, blk/red,
blk/tan, 3m, 3f. AKC.
$1600-$1400. 4857327
GORGEOUS
FEMALE FAWN Boxer
2yrs. old, needs boy
boxer to breed. Fee
and/or pup. 707-4890461
Jack Russel Terrier 2
mo. old Puppies 4 Male
Black & White $200
each 463-8810
Jack Russell Terrier
puppies $200. Brown &
white
707-272-3007
MCNAB 10MOS.
Spayed, all shots,
sweet dog. Too busy,
needs ranch to work.
Free 485-7567
Miniature Daschund
Pups
$300 up
Call 485-7371
Pure Rednose
Pitbulls 1 female,
1 male, $150.
489-5541
YELLOW AKC
LAB PUPPIES.
1 male. $400 ea. 707972-8111
590
GARAGE
SALES
Estate Sale
1100 W. Standley St.
Sat Only
9am-2pm
FREE GARAGE
SALE SIGNS.
Realty World Selzer
Realty. 350 E. Gobbi
FRI 7/27 9AM-1PM
Sat 7/28 9am-3pm
2 1/2’. w,5 1/2’ tall new
shower $250 obo. 6x8
1/2’ linoleum 3901
East/S
Calpella Rd
Furn., & misc. items.
Lots of good stuff.
Fri. 4-7pm & Sat. 8-4
5050 Eastside
Calpella Rd.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Contents of 11 storage
units. Must bid for
entire contents of ea.
unit, no partial sales.
Friday,
July 27 @ 9am
C&M Stg. 297 Brush
Sat. July 28 8-3 LOTS
OF TOP QUALITY
ITEMS. From Pottery
Barn, Habitat, Pier 1.
Washer/Dryer, toys,
decorative.
160 Gibson St
650
4X4'S
FOR SALE
SUBARU Forester 01
4X4 #750839 $7900
Marinos Auto Sales
485-0499
670
Toyota ‘96 T-100
4x4 X Cab. $8900.
#025508. Warr.
670
CARS
FOR SALE
2003 Lexus IS300
white/tan leather
46,000 mi $21,000
480-516-3978 Amy
Toyota, ‘82, pickup,
runs good, current
DMV, very rusty ugly
body. $350 obo
272-1743
Marino’s AS 485-0499
TRUCKS
FOR SALE
Ford 1 Ton 1977, 4x4,
460 eng. 4.88 gear
ratios. $2500
485-5438
680
TRUCKS
FOR SALE
GMC SIERRA ext. cab
2wd, runs good, new
rad. & muffler $3600
367-3354
680
ACURA CL 99 4cly
A/T #005101 $6900
Marinos Auto Sales
485-0499
CARS
FOR SALE
'66 MUSTANG.
200c. i. strght 6cyl.
motor runs, strght
bdy. perfect project
car. $1,500.
(707)459-6004
680
CARS
FOR SALE
HONDA CRV 99 2WD,
A/T #013465 $6900
Marinos AS 485-0499
Mercedes 88 300e
Good Condition
$2500, 462-9473
DODGE STEALTH
1991 180K
$3000
391-9618
Toyota Camry 1991
4dr 5sp good cond.
smogg & reg.
$1,900 obo
743-2007
HONDA ACCORD
2000. Moon roof,
P/W/L. Exc. cond.
(707) 391-8600
TOYOTA CAMRY LE
99 #361428 $7300
Marinos Auto Sales
485-0499
745
COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE
BAKERY FOR RENT
in Hopland .
99 cents/sq ft.
415-271-5300
760
LOTS &
ACREAGE
COMMERCIAL LOT
Approx. .68 ac.
flat S.W. Ukiah.
In city limits. Elect.
there. Deeded
easement for water &
sewer. Great spot for a
mini storage. By owner.
770
REAL ESTATE
FSBO Great Location
on Upper West Side of
Ukiah 3Bd 1 Bth High
Ceiling, New Hrdwd
floors, new windows,
new ktchn, lndry rm,
detached grge, large
fenced yard, w/
wrkshp, $420k Call
462-8402
462-5667 Gary
SERVICE DIRECTORY
HOME REPAIRS
CONSTRUCTION
ALVAREZ
HOME REPAIRS
• Landscaping/Yard Work
• Lawn Maintenance
• Sprinkler Valve
Residential
Commercial
Lic # 6178 • Insured
(707) 972-8633
CLEANING
All Star
Cleaning
Service
COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL CLEANING
Specializing in
• Move in/out
• Post Construction
• Extensive Cleaning Projects
• Windows
• Yard Cleaning
• Power Washing
• Trash Hauling
Foundation to finish
Homes • Additions
• Kitchens • Decks
Lic. #580504
707.485.8954
707.367.4040 cell
Thorough & Sensitive
Deep Tissue & Sports Massage
My work is to reduce your pain,
improve your ability to do your
work, and allow you to play harder
and sleep better.
1st Visit Special
Mr. Terry Kulbeck
564 S. Dora St., Ukiah
Occupational Science Degree
Holistic Health Practitioner
National Certified (ABMP)
Massage Therapist
1 hr. - $40
1 and a half hour - $60
Swedish & Lymphatic Oil Massage,
Tui-Na & Shiatsu Acupressure,
Cranial Sacial & Polarity,
Neuromuscular Assisted Stretching
40 years experience
Fast, friendly service
Free estimates
Senior discounts
JOHNSON
CONSTRUCTION
#460812
GUTTERS
Serving Ukiah,
Redwood Valley,
Calpella &
Willits.
Work
Guaranteed
(707) 744-1912
(707) 318-4480 cell
(707) 485-0810
AUTOMOTIVE
MECHANIC
HOME REPAIR
Non-licensed contractor
CalMend
Prepainted
Seamless Gutters
27 Colors to Choose From
Fascia
Gutter
Ogee
Gutter
Curved
Face
Gutter
5 1/2”
4”
5 1/2”
Aluminum • Copper • Steel
Limited Lifetime Warranty**
FREE
ESTIMATES
Family Owned for 41 Years
Lic. # 292494
462-2468
**To original owner.
Insured Bonded
ELECTRICIAN
Auger
Electrical
Trenching Dump Truck
420 O.K.
Free Estimate
Serving Lake, Mendocino,
Sonoma Counties & beyond
Foreign & Domestic
“There’s no job too
big or too small!”
425 Kunzler Ranch Road #J
Ukiah, CA
Tel: 707-463-2876
Fax: 707-463-2803
E-mail:
[email protected]
DUMP RUNS
• Tractor work
• Hauling
• Clean up
• Painting
• Fences
• Decks
468-0853
Home Repair
• Electrical
Ceiling fans, wall outlets, wall
heaters (gas & electric),
Dryer hookups
• Carpentry
Doors, windows, fine finish trim
• and more
• Satisfaction Guaranteed
Irv Manasse
All Local Numbers
707-313-5811 office
707-456-9055 home
707-337-8622 cell
Lic # 884022
REFINISHING
Furniture
and Antique
Repair
& Refinishing
30+ years experience
Laquer, Varnish, Oil,
Wax, Water-based finish
Workshop
in Redwood Valley
free estimates
707-621-0422
(707) 391-8440
C-10 #825758
391-5052 cell
Allen Strong
707-485-0802
EXCAVATION
& POWER
DISMANTLING & SCRAP
CONSTRUCTION
CASH FOR
JUNK CARS
B&B
Yard Work
Dump Runs
Tree Trimming
Insured
467-3901
Terra Firma
Exc. & Power
Residential & Commercial
Specializing in Small Area
Excavation
• Private Power line Const.
& Maint. 12KV
• Underground Utilities
/PG&E Consulting
• Storm & Water Systems
• Septic Systems
• Road Construction
• Demolition •
• Lot Prep. & Cleaning
• No Cost Estimate
Office: 485-7536 • Cell: 477-6221
General Engineer • Lic.#878612
3621 Copperhill Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 546-7553 ext. 205
Fax (707) 546-5183
Backhoe Service
SPECIALIZING IN:
• Culverts
• Foundations
• Septics
And More
10 Years Experience
Free Estimates • Insured
707.972.3747
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Days 489-8441
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.
3-DAY FORECAST
SUN AND MOON
REGIONAL WEATHER
Shown is today s weather. Temperatures are today s highs
and tonight s lows.
TODAY
93°
Sunny
TONIGHT
CALIFORNIA CITIES
Sunrise today ............. 6:07 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............ 8:32 p.m.
Moonrise today .......... 5:30 p.m.
Moonset today ........... 1:39 a.m.
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73/53
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Clear
ALMANAC
THURSDAY
92°
56°
Plenty of sunshine
FRIDAY
95°
55°
A full day of sunshine
Ukiah through 2 p.m. Tuesday
Temperature
High .............................................. 93
Low .............................................. 59
Normal high .................................. 92
Normal low .................................... 56
Record high .................. 110 in 2006
Record low ...................... 43 in 1922
Precipitation
24 hrs to 2 p.m. Tue. .................. 0.00"
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Normal month to date ................ 0.04"
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Fort Bragg
68/52
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97/65
Willits
88/54
Elk
62/53
UKIAH
93/56
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82/55
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90/57
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92/58
Lucerne
94/59
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85/57
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67/54
Clearlake
94/59
Cloverdale
89/57
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, rrain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
Lake Mendocino – Lake level: 730.93 feet; Storage: 57,748 acre-feet (Maximum storage 122,500 acre-feet) Inflow: 142 cfs Outflow: 245 cfs
Air quality – Ozone: .010 ppm (State standard .090 ppm) Carbon monoxide: .30 ppm (20.0 ppm) Nitrogen dioxide: .005 ppm (.25 ppm)
UPD
Energy
day; it’s really challenging,”
Schapmire said.
Work in law enforcement
was not Schapmire’s only
ambition when he was growing up.
“I wanted to be a math
teacher or a cop,” Schapmire
said. “I chose to be a cop.”
Dewey said Andrade and
Schapmire are young, highly
qualified officers who both
plan to make Ukiah a home
for a long time and are
emblematic of the type of
officer UPD has been trying
to recruit.
“We’re investing our training money in officers who
want to stay in the community and serve the community,”
Dewey said.
UPD currently has four
open positions, Dewey said
UPD is continuously going
through the process of testing
and background checks to hire
new officers and has information both at its offices in the
Ukiah Civic Center and at its
Web site at http://www.cityofukiah.com/pageserver/?page
=police_main
after nine months of work. As
part of the report, the Energy
Working Group did an energy
inventory that shows where
Mendocino County’s energy
is being spent right now.
According to Paulin and
the report, nearly 50 percent
of the county’s energy is
being spent on automobiles.
Paulin said that figure motivated him and the rest of the
group to find a means of making people less dependent on
their cars. He also said the
county spends $300 million
annually on energy, and that
virtually all of that leaves our
economy.
“Finding a way to generate
energy locally will help us to
capture those dollars and bolster the local economy,”
Paulin said. “The amount we
are spending on energy in the
county is increasing dramatically. In 2007, 31 percent of
after-tax income is being
spent on energy. That figure
has risen from 19 percent in
2002.”
Paulin, who not only participates in the Energy
Working Group, but is also a
member of the Greater Ukiah
Localization Project, said the
Energy Working Group tries
to encourage the county to
take conservation measures
first while finding ways to
generate more energy within
the county.
Paulin also said the Energy
Working Group focuses on
land use development that
encourages less dependence
on oil while trying to encourage land use policies that promote small-scale sustainable
agriculture.
“I feel like this is a unique
opportunity in the county’s
history to become a leader in
energy planning,” Paulin said.
“The general plan is the perfect vehicle at the perfect time
to show that innovation.”
Those interested in learning more about the Energy
Working Group and its
research
can
visit
http://www.mendoenergy.co
m to read the full report or to
sign the online petition supporting the group’s recommendations.
Ben Brown can be reached at
[email protected].
County
to their job as well as their
regular rate of pay. In addition, the employer is also able
to retain the productivity of
previously-trained workers.
Human Resources Director
Linda Clouser, who has
worked with the Return to
Work program since its inception, made a presentation of
the results to the board
Tuesday morning.
“The Return to Work program allows you to come
back in some capacity,”
Clouser said. “It’s a benefit to
workers. They are a good idea
for the employee, and everybody wins.”
Clouser said all county
departments have cooperated
with the program, and that
recent workers’ compensation
reforms lowered the county
employee injury rate as well
as the costs associated with
workers’ compensation.
The total number of days
county workers spent on temporary disability during the
fiscal year dropped from
nearly 3,500 in 2004-2005
down to less than 1,200 days
in 2006-2007. As well, the
total dollars paid during the
fiscal year in temporary disability dropped 67 percent
between 2004 and 2007.
Zack Sampsel can be reached
at [email protected].
Zack Sampsel can be reached
at [email protected].
Election
ing the results.
The decision was upheld
on appeal by the California
State Supreme Court.
The decision led to a special
election
contested
between Faulder, Lintott and
Mendocino County Public
Defender Bert Schlosser -- a
race won by Lintott.
Ben Brown can be reached at
[email protected].
Default notices at highest quarterly level in 10 years
By ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES — Mortgage defaults
in California soared on an annual basis in
the second quarter to the highest level in
10 years, the result of weak home sales
and sagging home prices, a real estate
research firm said Tuesday.
A total of 53,943 default notices were
sent to homeowners between April and
June, up 158 percent from 20,909 in the
second quarter of 2006, according to
DataQuick Information Systems.
The notices serve as an early indicator
of possible foreclosures.
The latest default figures represent a
15.4 percent increase since the first quarter, when 46,760 defaults notices were
sent out statewide, the firm said.
The last time more default notices
were recorded in the state was between
October and December of 1996, when the
Briefly
portrayed it as a bold stroke;
Clinton supporters saw it as a
gaffe that underscored the
freshman senator’s lack of
foreign policy experience.
“I thought that was irresponsible and frankly naive,”
Clinton was quoted in an
interview with the Quad-City
Times that was posted on the
Iowa newspaper’s Web site on
Tuesday.
In response, Obama told
the newspaper that her stand
puts her in line with the Bush
administration.
Study promising
for babies infected
with HIV
SYDNEY, Australia (AP)
— HIV-infected babies given
antiretroviral drugs in the first
weeks of life were four times
more likely to survive than
those left untreated, raising
hopes that more young lives
can be saved, new research
suggests.
Drugs given to infected
infants in South Africa —
even though they appeared
healthy — helped them live
longer than babies who started
therapy after showing signs of
disease, according to early
results of a study sponsored
by the U.S. National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases.
World Health Organization
guidelines now call for medicines to be administered only
after signs of disease or a
weakening immune system
are observed. But the South
African study was so promising that its findings were
being released to the WHO
and other health officials so
they could consider modifying the recommendations.
“It’s very good news for
young patients and parents,”
co-author Dr. Avy Violari of
the University of the
Witwatersrand
in
Johannesburg
told
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behind on payments to sell their homes
and clear the debt.
The median amount of primary loans
in default was $342,200; the median
amount homeowners fell behind was
$11,126.
On lines of credit, borrowers owed a
median of $3,457.
Most of the default notices were sent
to Southern California addresses.
Homeowners in Los Angeles County
received the most at 10,393, an increase
of 126.6 percent from the year-ago quarter. That increase was still well below the
number of default notices seen in the
county in 1996, the firm said.
The counties of Riverside, Contra
Costa, Sacramento and many of the
state’s Central Valley area each posted a
record number of default notices in the
most recent quarter.
figure reached 54,045. Defaults peaked
in the first quarter of 1996 at 61,541, the
firm said.
Many of the mortgage loans that went
into default in the most recent quarter
were taken out between July 2005 and
August 2006, DataQuick said. The median sale price of the homes was $445,500.
The number of foreclosed homes was
17,408, compared with 1,936 in the yearago period.
In recent months, the mortgage industry has been rocked by defaults and foreclosures, primarily driven by borrowers
with subprime loans and adjustable rate
mortgages.
Mortgage defaults have been on the
rise statewide since fall 2005, coinciding
with a slowdown in sales and lagging
home appreciation that began that year.
When home appreciation slows, it
makes it harder for homeowners who fall
Associated Press on Tuesday.
She was to present the findings Wednesday at an
International AIDS Society
Conference in Sydney.
“We were not expecting
such short-term benefits,” she
said.
Lohan arrested on
suspicion of DUI,
cocaine possession
SANTA MONICA (AP) —
The troubled saga of Lindsay
Lohan took another turn
Tuesday when police booked
her on suspicion of drunken
driving and cocaine possession after a frightened woman
dialed 911 to report being
chased by Lohan’s SUV.
Less than two weeks out of
rehab, with another drunkendriving case pending, Lohan
had a blood-alcohol level of
between 0.12 and 0.13 percent
when police found her about
1:30 a.m., Sgt. Shane Talbot
said. The legal limit for driving in California is 0.08.
Lohan attorney Blair Berk
said her client had relapsed
and was again receiving medical care. Her appearance
Tuesday on “The Tonight
Show” was canceled.
“Addiction is a terrible and
vicious disease,” Berk said.
Authorities received a 911
call from the mother of
Lohan’s former personal
assistant, said Lt. Alex
Padilla. The assistant had just
quit hours before, he said.
Wall Street
retreats amid
disappointing
earnings reports
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall
Street pulled back sharply
Tuesday as investors dealt
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with disappointing earnings
reports and rising concerns
about the mortgage market.
The Dow Jones industrials fell
more than 200 points.
DuPont Co. was the Dow’s
biggest loser after the chemical maker reported flat second-quarter profit, as improving sales abroad balanced the
ongoing weakness in the U.S.
housing and automotive markets. Fellow Dow component
American Express Co. said
late Monday its quarterly
profit climbed 12 percent on
record card member spending.
However, the nation’s thirdlargest credit card brand said
cardholders are also shirking
more payments.
Tuesday’s retreat was not
surprising, given that the market’s recent move into record
territory above 14,000 came
before companies began
reporting quarterly results in
earnest. Many investors bet
that results would be better
than has been the case. A profit warning from mortgage
lender Countrywide Financial
Corp. Tuesday also reminded
investors that troubles in the
subprime market persist.
Plane
Greg Beaver told sheriff’s
deputies he forgot to take up
the tarmac landing-gear
before attempting to land on
the lake’s surface.
When he attempted to land,
the plane came to a sudden
stop on the surface of the
water, flipped over and began
to sink.
The couple managed to get
out of the aircraft and swam
to the surface, where they
were pulled to safety by nearby boaters, according to sheriff’s reports.
Neither of them were
injured in the crash. The ultralight was recovered from
Lake Mendocino, and the
National Transportation Safety Board was notified.
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