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The Ukiah DAILY JOURNAL DAILY JOURNAL World briefly .......Page A-2 INSIDE 38 pages, Volume 149 Number 333 50 cents tax included email: [email protected] ukiahdailyjournal.com Eagles earn BVC honors ..........Page A-6 Tomorrow: Sunshine & clouds; H 71º L 40º Women’s History Gala is Sunday ............Page A-3 ON THE MARKET Guide to local real estate Mendocino County’s local newspaper .......................................Inside FRIDAY March 7, 2008 7 58551 69301 0 By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal Attention Ukiah medical marijua- na patients: if you’re reading this today, you only have around 24 hours left to take advantage of the area’s only medical marijuana dis- pensary before it closes its doors for good. Reflections of Avalon, located at 1490 S. State St., is going out of business Saturday, a mere three months after opening for business in December. Aaron, the owner, who refused to give his surname, said the supply of medical marijuana patients trying to sell to him has far outweighed the demand by customers buying from him. “Business has been pretty slow,” he said. “I’ve been turning people away who have wanted to sell to me. Everyone seems to be growing their own. It’s not like it was a few years ago.” Aaron said the fact that he didn’t own the property the dispensary was situated upon would make it easier to close it down. “I just rent the building,” he said. Ukiah medical pot dispensary closing ‘Business has been pretty slow ... Everyone seems to be growing their own. It’s not like it was a few years ago.’ Comment by Reflections of Avalon owner See MARIJUANA, Page A-10 By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Caleb Flitcroft will spend the next 40 years of his life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Brittany Syfert, Mendocino Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown ruled Thursday. “We have all been denied the potential of one of our community’s children,” Brown said before passing sentence of 40 years-to-life in prison. “No time he can spend in jail will bring her back to us, but the peace of mind of know- ing that he will spend the next 40 years minimum in prison will bring me some comfort,” said Kim Fannuchi, Syfert’s mother. Syfert’s father, John Syfert, said it was hard to speak about the crime, more than two years after his daughter’s death. “I feel he should be sentenced to death for what he did to my daughter,” he said. Flitcroft shot and killed Syfert on Nov. 12, 2005, at her Potter Valley home during her 20th birthday party. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in her death. In an interview that took place a few hours after the shooting, Flitcroft said he retrieved his gun because he wanted to scare three men who had attacked him at the party earlier. Flitcroft said he was shooting at a man in a white shirt, later identified as Rudy Flores, when he fired on a group of people in Syfert’s driveway. Flitcroft fired seven rounds from a Ruger 9mm handgun, according to police reports, hitting Syfert five times and grazing Flores in the arm. The jury deliberated for just over a day before finding Flitcroft guilty of the lesser charge of sec- ond-degree murder. The courtroom was filled with family and friends of Syfert Thursday, most of them wearing buttons or ribbons that read “justice for Brittany.” Several wore shirts with the dead girl’s picture on them. Also present were Flitcroft’s parents. “They are devastated by this,” said Flitcroft’s attorney, Ann Moorman. “Caleb is devastated by this.” “He genuinely hopes there is healing,” Moorman said. “He is very sorry.” Moorman did not argue against the state man- dated sentence of 40 years-to-life in prison, but said she did not believe Flitcroft should be sen- tenced to serve an additional three years for Possible elimination of music and arts programs protested By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal Tear-stained monologues were issued in hushed tones by both members of the school board and the public at a special board meeting Thursday night at the Ukiah Unified School District office as the elimination of pro- grams and employees were discussed. The meeting was held in response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2008-09 budget proposal which, along with declining enrollment in the district, caused the board to investigate cutting $3.5 million from its budget. “This is a night I wish I wasn’t on this board,” said board member Kathy James. “These students were twin- kles in their parents’ eye in the early ’90s when we had to cut programs, and now we’re cutting employees in addition to programs which is even worse.” During the course of the meeting the board unani- mously approved a pair of items that would establish a criteria for establishing an order to termination of employees and a list of the kinds of services being reduced or discontinued, respectively. Teachers, students and their parents concerned about the possible elimination of music and arts programs in the district flooded the cramped board room, with several airing their views on the cuts during public com- ment. “I don’t want to leave Ukiah, but feel I might have to relocate,” said Boyd 40-yrs.-to-life sentence for fatal shooting at PV party IN COURT UKIAH UNIFIED Brittany Syfert died when she was shot five times by her boyfriend at a party celebrat- ing her 20th birthday. By ZACK SAMPSEL The Daily Journal Trash rates went up because com- plaints were down. With fewer than 10 people pre- sent, the Ukiah City Council unani- mously approved a 6.88 percent increase in trash collection rates Wednesday night. The public hearing for the proposed increase ended in less than 30 minutes with no opposi- tion from residents. Last year, more than 8,000 notices of the proposed increase were sent out to homes throughout the city. More than 2,400 written protests were needed to stop the increase, but with just 17 complaints filed ahead of time discussions were almost over before they started. The hearing was the last chance for complaints and comments against the proposed increase, which would help offset the more than $670,000 price tag for state-required upgrades to the waste hauler over the next five years. The California Air Resources Board requires that diesel engine- powered equipment, including waste collection trucks, are brought into compliance with new air quality standards. In addition to truck upgrades, the proposed rates were calculated based on the Waste Collection Contract with the city’s franchised waste hauler, Ukiah Solid Waste. Under that agreement, rates are adjusted by two factors: an increase in the gate fee charged at the Taylor Drive Transfer Station, as well as 75 per- cent of the percentage change in the consumer price index from the previ- ous year. The city calculated the higher pro- posed rate increase by evaluating the annual audit for the period that ended Dec. 31, 2006. Most homes in Ukiah utilize either the 20- or 32-gallon trash bins, which translates to an increase of $0.56 and $1.02 a month, respective- ly. The increase took effect Thursday, and also covers the cost of the recycling and yard waste pickup. The rates will be adjusted during a public hearing every three years. Zack Sampsel can be reached at [email protected]. Council approves 6.88% increase in garbage collection rates UKIAH CITY COUNCIL See SENTENCE, Page A-10 School layoffs and cuts looming See SCHOOLS, Page A-10 By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Dead men may tell no tales, but if you reel in the wrong fish on your line, a dead steelhead can cost you. It is illegal to keep wild steelhead in California, and though it is rare that a fisherman will catch one, California Fish and Game hatchery employ- ee Michael Carlson said it is important that people know the rules. “A lot of it is ignorance,” he said. “People don’t know.” Fishermen can take farmed steelhead in the late winter and spring as they run up the rivers to spawn. Carlson said the way to tell the difference between the two is that the adipose fin, a small fin on the top side of the fish two thirds of the way back from the head, is clipped off by hatchery workers on farmed fish. Carlson admitted that not every hatchery fish FISHING: KEEP IT LEGAL Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal Fish and Game hatchery employee Michael Carlson shows an adult male steelhead to guests at the Coyote Dam hatchery Thursday afternoon. One of Carlson’s duties is to clip the adipose fin on steelhead; this helps to identify wild steelhead from hatchery fish. Keeping wild steelhead a crime in state Carlson points out the clipped adipose fin on this adult steelhead. The dorsal fin, top fin to the far left, will usually be torn or worn down on a farmed fish from being raised in a concrete hatchery pond. If you catch a fish without one or both of these signs present it is likely a wild steelhead, and keeping it is illegal, potentially netting you a hefty fine from Fish and Game. A hatchery employee fills a net with year- ling steelhead. These fish will soon be released from their pond at the hatchery into the Russian River. See STEELHEAD, Page A-10
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DAILY JOURNALDAILY JOURNALWorld briefly.......Page A-2
INSIDE
38 pages, Volume 149 Number 333
50 cents tax included
email: [email protected] ukiahdailyjournal.com
Eagles earnBVC honors
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Tomorrow: Sunshine& clouds; H 71º L 40º
Women’s HistoryGala is Sunday
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ON THE MARKETGuide to local real estate
Mendocino County’s local newspaper
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FRIDAYMarch 7, 2008
7 58551 69301 0
By ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal
Attention Ukiah medical marijua-na patients: if you’re reading thistoday, you only have around 24hours left to take advantage of thearea’s only medical marijuana dis-pensary before it closes its doors forgood.
Reflections of Avalon, located at1490 S. State St., is going out ofbusiness Saturday, a mere three
months after opening for business inDecember.
Aaron, the owner, who refused to
give his surname, said the supply ofmedical marijuana patients trying tosell to him has far outweighed thedemand by customers buying fromhim.
“Business has been pretty slow,”he said. “I’ve been turning peopleaway who have wanted to sell to me.Everyone seems to be growing their
own. It’s not like it was a few yearsago.”
Aaron said the fact that he didn’town the property the dispensary wassituated upon would make it easier toclose it down.
“I just rent the building,” he said.
Ukiah medical pot dispensary closing‘Business has been pretty slow ... Everyone seems to be growing their own. It’s notlike it was a few years ago.’
Comment by Reflections of Avalon owner
See MARIJUANA, Page A-10
By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal
Caleb Flitcroft will spendthe next 40 years of his life inprison for the murder of hisgirlfriend, Brittany Syfert,Mendocino Superior CourtJudge Ronald Brown ruledThursday.
“We have all been deniedthe potential of one of ourcommunity’s children,” Brownsaid before passing sentence of40 years-to-life in prison.
“No time he can spend injail will bring her back to us,but the peace of mind of know-ing that he will spend the next40 years minimum in prison will bring me somecomfort,” said Kim Fannuchi, Syfert’s mother.
Syfert’s father, John Syfert, said it was hard tospeak about the crime, more than two years afterhis daughter’s death.
“I feel he should be sentenced to death for whathe did to my daughter,” he said.
Flitcroft shot and killed Syfert on Nov. 12,2005, at her Potter Valley home during her 20thbirthday party. He was arrested and charged withfirst-degree murder in her death.
In an interview that took place a few hours afterthe shooting, Flitcroft said he retrieved his gunbecause he wanted to scare three men who hadattacked him at the party earlier.
Flitcroft said he was shooting at a man in awhite shirt, later identified as Rudy Flores, whenhe fired on a group of people in Syfert’s driveway.Flitcroft fired seven rounds from a Ruger 9mmhandgun, according to police reports, hittingSyfert five times and grazing Flores in the arm.
The jury deliberated for just over a day beforefinding Flitcroft guilty of the lesser charge of sec-ond-degree murder.
The courtroom was filled with family andfriends of Syfert Thursday, most of them wearingbuttons or ribbons that read “justice for Brittany.”Several wore shirts with the dead girl’s picture onthem.
Also present were Flitcroft’s parents.“They are devastated by this,” said Flitcroft’s
attorney, Ann Moorman. “Caleb is devastated bythis.”
“He genuinely hopes there is healing,”Moorman said. “He is very sorry.”
Moorman did not argue against the state man-dated sentence of 40 years-to-life in prison, butsaid she did not believe Flitcroft should be sen-tenced to serve an additional three years for
Possible eliminationof music and artsprograms protestedBy ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal
Tear-stained monologueswere issued in hushed tonesby both members of theschool board and the public ata special board meetingThursday night at the UkiahUnified School District officeas the elimination of pro-grams and employees werediscussed.
The meeting was held inresponse to Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger’s 2008-09budget proposal which, alongwith declining enrollment inthe district, caused the boardto investigate cutting $3.5million from its budget.
“This is a night I wish Iwasn’t on this board,” saidboard member Kathy James.“These students were twin-kles in their parents’ eye inthe early ’90s when we had tocut programs, and now we’recutting employees in additionto programs which is evenworse.”
During the course of themeeting the board unani-mously approved a pair ofitems that would establish acriteria for establishing anorder to termination ofemployees and a list of thekinds of services beingreduced or discontinued,respectively.
Teachers, students andtheir parents concerned aboutthe possible elimination ofmusic and arts programs inthe district flooded thecramped board room, withseveral airing their views onthe cuts during public com-ment.
“I don’t want to leaveUkiah, but feel I might haveto relocate,” said Boyd
40-yrs.-to-lifesentence forfatal shootingat PV party
IN COURTUKIAH UNIFIED
Brittany Syfertdied when shewas shot fivetimes by herboyfriend at aparty celebrat-ing her 20thbirthday.
By ZACK SAMPSELThe Daily Journal
Trash rates went up because com-plaints were down.
With fewer than 10 people pre-sent, the Ukiah City Council unani-mously approved a 6.88 percentincrease in trash collection ratesWednesday night. The public hearingfor the proposed increase ended inless than 30 minutes with no opposi-tion from residents.
Last year, more than 8,000 notices
of the proposed increase were sentout to homes throughout the city.More than 2,400 written protestswere needed to stop the increase, butwith just 17 complaints filed aheadof time discussions were almost overbefore they started.
The hearing was the last chancefor complaints and comments against
the proposed increase, which wouldhelp offset the more than $670,000price tag for state-required upgradesto the waste hauler over the next fiveyears. The California Air ResourcesBoard requires that diesel engine-powered equipment, including wastecollection trucks, are brought intocompliance with new air qualitystandards.
In addition to truck upgrades, theproposed rates were calculated basedon the Waste Collection Contract
with the city’s franchised wastehauler, Ukiah Solid Waste. Underthat agreement, rates are adjusted bytwo factors: an increase in the gatefee charged at the Taylor DriveTransfer Station, as well as 75 per-cent of the percentage change in theconsumer price index from the previ-ous year.
The city calculated the higher pro-posed rate increase by evaluating theannual audit for the period that endedDec. 31, 2006.
Most homes in Ukiah utilizeeither the 20- or 32-gallon trash bins,which translates to an increase of$0.56 and $1.02 a month, respective-ly. The increase took effectThursday, and also covers the cost ofthe recycling and yard waste pickup.
The rates will be adjusted during apublic hearing every three years.
Zack Sampsel can be reached [email protected].
Council approves 6.88% increase in garbage collection ratesUKIAH CITY COUNCIL
See SENTENCE, Page A-10
Schoollayoffsand cutslooming
See SCHOOLS, Page A-10
By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal
Dead men may tell no tales, but if you reel inthe wrong fish on your line, a dead steelhead cancost you.
It is illegal to keep wild steelhead in California,and though it is rare that a fisherman will catchone, California Fish and Game hatchery employ-ee Michael Carlson said it is important that peopleknow the rules.
“A lot of it is ignorance,” he said. “People don’tknow.”
Fishermen can take farmed steelhead in the latewinter and spring as they run up the rivers tospawn. Carlson said the way to tell the differencebetween the two is that the adipose fin, a small finon the top side of the fish two thirds of the wayback from the head, is clipped off by hatcheryworkers on farmed fish.
Carlson admitted that not every hatchery fish
FISHING: KEEP IT LEGAL
Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal
Fish and Game hatchery employee Michael Carlson shows an adult male steelhead toguests at the Coyote Dam hatchery Thursday afternoon. One of Carlson’s duties is toclip the adipose fin on steelhead; this helps to identify wild steelhead from hatcheryfish.
Keeping wildsteelhead acrime in state
Carlson points out the clipped adipose finon this adult steelhead. The dorsal fin, topfin to the far left, will usually be torn orworn down on a farmed fish from beingraised in a concrete hatchery pond. If youcatch a fish without one or both of thesesigns present it is likely a wild steelhead,and keeping it is illegal, potentially nettingyou a hefty fine from Fish and Game.
A hatchery employee fills a net with year-ling steelhead. These fish will soon bereleased from their pond at the hatcheryinto the Russian River.
See STEELHEAD, Page A-10
Gunman opens fire at rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem, killing 8
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman entered the library of arabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttimestudy session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding ninebefore he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was thefirst major militant attack in Jerusalem in more than four years.
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in astatement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets ofGaza to celebrate.
The day’s violence, which also included a deadly ambush ofan army patrol near Israel’s border with Gaza, was likely tocomplicate attempts by Egypt to arrange a truce between Israeland Palestinian militants. The U.S. is backing the Egyptianeffort.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev harshly con-demned the shooting and said the Palestinian government musttake steps against the extremists — not just denounce theirattacks.
“Tonight’s massacre in Jerusalem is a defining moment,” hetold The Associated Press. “It is clear that those people cele-brating this bloodshed have shown themselves to be not onlythe enemies of Israel but of all of humanity.”
Neither Obama nor Clinton can winnomination without superdelegates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton won’tcatch Barack Obama in the race for Democratic delegates cho-sen in primaries and caucuses, even if she wins every remain-ing contest. But Obama cannot win the nomination with just hispledged primary and caucus delegates either, according to ananalysis by The Associated Press. That sets the stage for apitched battle for support among “superdelegates,” the partyand elected officials who automatically attend the conventionand can support whomever they choose.
Two months into the voting, Obama can claim the most del-egates chosen by voters.
Clinton can claim victories in most of the big states.What should a superdelegate do? Unsurprisingly, the two
campaigns have different takes on that question.
Commander says al-Qaida may beworking harder to attack U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida terrorists may be plottingmore urgently to attack the United States to maintain their cred-ibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military com-mander in charge of domestic defense said Thursday.
Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, chief of the U.S. NorthernCommand, told reporters he has not seen any direct threats tiedto the U.S. presidential elections. But he said it would be impru-dent to think that such threats are not there.
“We need only to look at Spain and see that they’re certain-ly willing to try to do something that is significant that couldaffect an election process,” Renuart said. “I think it would beimprudent of us to let down our guard believing that if there’sno credible threat that you know of today, there won’t be some-thing tomorrow.”
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compiled from reportsprepared by the UkiahPolice Department. Toanonymously reportcrime information, call463-6205.
ARREST -- JordanBlumburg, 20, of Oregon, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence in the200 block of East PerkinsStreet at 3:03 a.m. Thursday.
SHERIFF’S REPORTSThe following were
compiled from reportsprepared by the Mendo-cino County Sheriff’sOffice:
BOOKED -- Peter MarvinBuckner, 43, of Willits, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influence,a probation violation andparole violation by theCalifornia Highway Patrol at1:52 a.m. Wednesday.
BOOKED -- Aaron PaulLarramendy, 19, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of possession of marijua-na for sale and transportationof marijuana by theMendocino Major CrimesTask Force at 9:42 a.m.Wednesday.
BOOKED -- BryanRaymond Hood, 27, of SanFrancisco, was booked into
jail on suspicion of second-degree burglary and a SanFrancisco County warrant fortampering with a vehicle bythe Mendocino CountySheriff’s Office at 11:31 p.m.Wednesday.
Those arrested by law enforcementofficers are innocent until proven guilty.People reported as having been arrest-ed may contact the Daily Journal oncetheir case has been concluded so theresults can be reported. Those who feelthe information is in error should con-tact the appropriate agency. In the caseof those arrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence of an intoxi-cant: all DUI cases reported by lawenforcement agencies are reported bythe newspaper.The Daily Journal makesno exceptions.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OFSHARRON DASHIELL
Sharron a loving wife,mother, grandmother, and friend for 64 yearspassed away at her home on March 1, 2008.
Her spirit and memorywill live on in the hearts of her husband of 48years, Richard Dashiell of Redwood Valley,her children Tammy (Ray) Tollini, ofRedwood Valley, and
Rodney (Bonnie) Dashiellof Ukiah.
Her precious grandchil-dren, Casey Tollini, of Redwood Valley, Brittany,Dustin, and Kaylee Dashiell of Ukiah. HerNiece and Care Provid-er Cindy (Chuck) Hency, ofHailey, ID,
Sisters and Brothers,Darlene Baker, of Chino Hills, CA. Bill (Shirley)White, of Marysville, WA. Charlotte (Jeff)Clinton, of Tahlequah, OK. Shirley (Wayne)Presley, of Gooding, ID. and Danny (Debbie) White,of Hanford, CA.
She will also be remem-bered by many Nieces and Nephews along withdear friends, and her beloved dog Bubba.
She was proceeded inpassing by her son Thad Dashiell, parentsLeslie and Aldean White, Brother EddieWhite and Sister Evelyn Bardahl.
She will be laid to restwith her son Thad in a small family service. A cele-
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wine maker and great loverof math and sci-ence. husband of MarciaPratt father of Bill, Johanna, and Cara; stepfa-ther of Bethany, Esperanza, Jeff, Greg,Travis, and Joe; broth-er of Barbara and Janet;son of Constance, all of whom survive him asdo a niece neph-ews, and many grandchil-dren. Predeceased by his father, John.
We invite you to cele-brate the life of a remark-able man whose spirit andgifts touched so many.
A memorial for Ben willbe held on Saturday, March 8 at 2 P.M. at LittleLake Grange, 291 School Street, Willits,California. If you would like to attend, we ask thatyou call Cindy at 707.459.6091.
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CONTRA DANCE -- Live music by Flashpiont; UkiahMethodist Church; 206 N. Pine St. (back entrance); begin-ners instruction at 7 p.m. , dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m..
COUNTRY GENTS BAND -- Dance music; BartlettHall; 495 Leslie St., Ukiah; dance 7 to 10 p.m.; $8 and $9cover; all adults welcome.
SOL HORIZON -- Reggae; Ukiah Brewing Company;101 S. State St., Ukiah; 9 p.m.; $10 cover; 468-5898.
DJ DANCE MUSIC -- DJ dance music with Patti;Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 10 p.m.
SUNDAY25TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S HISTORY GALA
CELEBRATION -- A variety of public speakers, and asilent auction; Redwood Fairgrounds, Fine Arts Building;1055 North State St., Ukiah; Silent auction begins atnoon, program to run from 1 to 3:30 p.m.; $10 admission;462-7173.
‘ARE WE ALMOST THERE?’ -- Musical comedyrevue; Ukiah Playhouse; 1041 Low Gap Road; 2 p.m.;$12/seniors and students, $15/adult; 462-9226.
MYSTIC THEATRE PRESENTS -- A reading on thesubject of betrayal and freedom; Center for PositiveLiving; 741 S. Oak St., Ukiah; 7 to 8:30 p.m.; $5 donationrequested.
MONDAYMICROPHONE NIGHT -- Sing or play an instrument;
Club 711; 711 S. State St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; 462-7111.
TUESDAYKARAOKE -- Karaoke and DJ dancing; Perkins Street
Lounge; 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 8 p.m.; free.TAHITIAN DANCE -- Every Tuesday night; Mendocino
Ballet Studio; 205 S. State St.; Ukiah; ages 11 to 99; 5:30to 6:30 p.m.; $8 to $11.
ALL-DISTRICT BAND CONCERT -- Live perfor-mance; Ukiah High School Gymnasium; 1000 Low GapRoad, Ukiah; 7 p.m.; free;
WEDNESDAYOPEN MIC NIGHT -- Open Mic; Ukiah Brewing Co.;
102 S. State St., Ukiah; 8:30 p.m.; free; 468-5898.
For Dr. Glenn Langer, start-ing the Partnership ScholarsProgram was a very personaldecision. “I grew up during theDepression,”
Dr. Langer told me recently.“My dad had a good job untilthe company went broke, andthen he was out of work for overthree years. I remember mymother trying to put together the11 cents needed for a loaf ofbread.”
In spite of the obstacles, Dr.Langer was able to attend col-lege on scholarships, and thencomplete medical school atColumbia University and eightyears of post doctoral trainingthanks, in large part, to the gen-erosity of a family foundationthat helped “worthy kids.”
Dr. Langer went on tobecome a distinguished profes-sor at the UCLA MedicalSchool, but he never forgot thegenerosity of others. It was thelesson of his lifetime. ThePartnership Scholars programbecame his personal way ofrepaying the generosity of oth-ers. The mission of the programis to provide a way for brightbut economically disadvantagedstudents to overcome the limita-tions of their environment andbecome competitive for entryinto four year colleges withscholarship aid.
The scholars in Dr. Langer’sprogram are selected through acompetitive process in the sixthgrade. Once they are selected,
they are matched with a mentorand provided with annual dis-cretionary grants for education-al pursuits. This “partnership”lasts for six years. The schol-ar/mentor partnership is not acasual weekly meeting, but amore intense engagement thatincludes counseling, academicencouragement, and enrichmentthrough activities such as tripsto cultural and educationalevents, sometimes far fromhome. In fact this year, four FortBragg scholars went with theirmentors on a Chamber ofCommerce trip to China!
The success of the programis undeniable. Since it startedtwelve years ago, 120 scholarshave graduated from highschool. Of this group, 91% have
The lesson of a lifetime
By KATARZYNA ROLZINSKISpecial for the Journal
The month of March is NationalWomen’s History Month and March 8 isInternational Women’s Day, whenwomen’s achievements in the social,political, and economic arenas are rec-ognized and celebrated. MendocinoCounty has been celebrating Women’sHistory Month since the NationalWomen’s Political Caucus launched thefirst gala celebration in 1983.
Sunday, March 9, marks the 25thAnniversary of the annual Women’sHistory Gala Celebration in MendocinoCounty. Joining with the NWPC tocosponsor this popular event are: TheAmerican Association of UniversityWomen Ukiah branch, SoroptimistInternational of Yokayo Sunrise, and theSaturday Afternoon Club. A majorchange in venue this year is the location:the Fine Arts Building, RedwoodEmpire Fairgrounds, 1055 N. StateStreet, Ukiah. This is the first event inthe upgraded Fine Arts Building withnew carpet and “cushy” chairs.
The Planning Committee for this 25thWomen’s History Celebration is particu-larly honored to present a performanceby Ronnie Gilbert who moved to theMendocino Coast a year ago to be withher daughter and granddaughter. Gilbertgained fame as a member of TheWeavers, an influential folk-singinggroup, who were blacklisted in the early1950s due to their support of social jus-tice issues.
Ronnie Gilbert exemplifies a body ofwork which features her commitmentand courage on behalf of feminism,peace and justice through songs and hertheatre work. Gilbert embodies thisyear’s theme: “Women’s Art/Women’sVision” and will perform a “song-talk:”“A Radical Life With Songs” -- also theworking title of her forthcoming autobi-ography.
Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbertrecorded three duet albums: 1983’s“Lifelines”, 1989’s “Singing With You”
and her 1996 70th birthday tour “ThisTrain Still Runs.” In 1984 Near andGilbert joined Arlo Guthrie and PeteSeeger for the quartet album “HARP.”Gilbert also wrote and appeared in aone-woman show about the Americanlabor organizer “Mother Jones.” In2006, Ronnie Gilbert received aLifetime Achievement Award at theGrammys for The Weavers.
Linda Noel, member of theKoyungkowi (Konkoy) Tribe and UkiahPast Poet Laureate, 2000-2006, willopen the gala event with her words ofinspiration. In addition to RonnieGilbert’s Award, three MendocinoCounty women artists will be honoredfor their particular artforms and contri-butions to their community. The 2008Women’s Art / Women’s Vision Awardswill be presented to Holly Brackmann,textile artist; Laura Fogg, quilt artist;and Jan Hoyman, ceramics artist.
Another honored speaker will beBetty Yee, Vice Chair of the CaliforniaBoard of Equalization, who representsthe First Equalization District with its 21counties in northern and centralCalifornia. Yee will share her views onbeing a responsible steward ofCalifornia’s money and ensuring soundfiscal policy as California moves aheadto meet the challenges in the currentbudget crisis.
Everyone is invited to attend and joinin the celebration of MendocinoCounty’s 25th Anniversary Women’sHistory Gala. Doors open at noon withtime to view the extensive SilentAuction including art pieces from eachof the honorees. The program will befrom 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tickets may be pur-chased in advance: $10, Ukiah at theMendocino Book Company and Willitsat Leaves of Grass. For further ticketinformation, call Arleen Shippey at 462-7173.
25th annual Women’s HistoryGala to feature Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert
Giving BackBy Susanne Norgard
See GIVING, Page 9
I don’t know if you havenoticed, but television pro-gramming has become veryseedy and overly sensational,especially in the past fiveyears. TV is a medium thathas always succumbed totrends, so it shouldn’t surpriseme, but as each season beginsI am more appalled than thelast season.
Is there no end to humilia-tion? Is there anyone whotreasures commitment, loyal-ty, appropriateness, rules ofsociety, or just decency? Is thealmighty dollar so importantthat before millions of view-ers, we would betray ourmate, tell our secrets, hurtthose we love, and allow cam-eras into our homes to see theugliest side of what I hope andpray is not typical life in theU.S.?
In the early days of televi-sion westerns were a hugetrend. Bonanza aired and wasso successful that dozens ofshows were produced result-ing in 20 or more shows witha western theme (Paladin,Maverick, Gunsmoke, andWyatt Earp to name a few). Inthe ‘60s & ‘70s there were thecops and robbers show. Thenetworks were flooded withdozens of tough cops inshootouts and car chases(Charlie’s Angels, Hawaii 5-O, Police Woman). The ‘80sbrought science fiction, andsuperheroes (Star Trek, theHulk, Wonder Woman), andtons of sitcoms (3’s Company,Mork & Mindy, Happy Days,Archie Bunker).
The 90’s seemed to bechock full of sophisticated sit-coms with superb writing:(Cheers, Frasier, DesigningWomen, Home Improvement,Golden Girls) and with theturn of the century, televisonbirthed a new kind of gameshow and the “reality show.”Game shows like Deal or NoDeal make the game shows ofold seem like tiddlywinks intheir simplicity. Rather thanjust having fun with it andmaybe taking home a niceprize or a few bucks, now youcan win a million dollars. Thesuspense of waiting to see ifyou won was taken to a newhigh along with using greed asthe main emphasis.
The producers of the reality
show figured out that somepeople will do anything, stoopto any low, embarrass andhumiliate themselves, theirfriends, family and spouse justto see themselves on TV ifyou toss enough money atthem. I often wondered howor if some of these partici-pants are able to put their lifeback together after exposingthemselves to the world insuch a degrading way. Someof the reality shows exemplifythe worst in human nature.Recently there was a nervousbreakdown and the collapse ofa marriage in one game showalone (Moment of Truth).
I was stunned when I tunedin to see a reality show thatwent on for weeks startingwith a semi-famous malecountry singer who inter-views, wines, dines and bedswannabe girlfriends on cam-era, leaving very little to theimagination. The producersbunk the women vying for his“love” in the same room andfilm their infighting and ugly,sometimes filthy remarks toeach other. The point to this isapparently to set an examplethat sexual intimacy is OKafter knowing someone forjust a few days and that thedesire for momentary fame,and being with a celebrity isworth the price of self worth. Ihave only depicted one showon this low level . . . there aredozens showing families whohave obviously forgotten thatthe video camera is still on orjust don’t care because thefame and the money is worthit. No one should have to viewsuch trash, and trash it is. Is it“real?” I suppose it is, andhopefully not universal.
I just wonder when isenough, enough? Fortunately
I am of an age where I remem-ber when there was some cen-sorship which today, ofcourse, violates someone’scivil rights, so now there isnone. Early television showshad to go through very seriouscensorship which sometimeswent too far for comedy inparticular, but the good partwas that the entire familycould sit there and laughthemselves off their seats withparents having zero concernthat there would be anythingoff-color or inappropriate forchildren during primetime.
I recall with fondness theperfect and creative comedyof the Colgate Comedy Hourwhich aired every Sundaynight and featured DeanMartin & Jerry Lewis, Abbott& Costello, Sid Caesar &Imogene Coca, JimmyDurante and more. Theseshows were the predecessorsfor the Carol Burnett andSonny & Cher variety/comedyshows which ran for years. Ofcourse Lucille Ball and DesiArnaz (I Love Lucy) was sogreat that you can watch itdaily in 2008 some 50 yearslater via reruns.
Censorship has its place.We all talk about how we canprotect our children, andmany parents try to censor, asthey must, because littleminds absorb images andwords so quickly and it sticks.When these shows are viewedwould be an important factor.Rating guidelines, not justwith a flash and warning, butactually denial to air theseshows in primetime would beanother. Or simply not turn onthe television which takes realtough love.
I think that many peoplestill want family program-ming. One has to wonder whyLittle House on the Prairielasted two decades and theWaltons ran for over 10 years.Bonanza is still on the air inreruns. The family-friendlyshows are very popular andhave an audience, but theseedier ones I mentioned ear-lier seem to be growing andmultiplying like cockroaches.I probably sound prudish tomany, and know that somepeople will be offended bythis, but as custodians forfuture of today’s youngsters,we really must consider thelong term effects of televisionprogramming.
I wish there was a localchapter or a group of con-cerned citizens in every townthat would discuss what is onthe air, and together havesome clout to censor thosenetworks and sponsors thatproduce inappropriate pro-gramming. Praising the folksthat offer better choices wouldbe good too.
I understand that a recentlocal gathering of“Caffeinated Comedy” inUkiah was a huge successrecently. They featured cleancomedy suitable for any mem-ber of the family and werevery well attended. Good forthem! Kudos to their sponsorsfor trying to make a differencein our town, and hopefullytheir efforts will be a modelfor others. Remember, Out ofthe Mud, Grows the Lotus.
To feature your organiza-tion or group in this columnemail [email protected],fax 263-5309 or call 263-5319, Monday throughThursday.
Television reaching new lows in programming
Community chatterBy Kathy Davidson
F O R U MEditor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 [email protected]
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On Dec. 29, 1962, 11 months before he was mur-dered by an advocate for Fidel Castro’s regime (LeeHarvey Oswald had distributed propaganda on a NewOrleans street for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee),President John Kennedy, speaking in Miami’s OrangeBowl to veterans of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, receivedfrom them a Cuban flag and vowed, “I can assure youthat this flag will be returned to this brigade in a freeHavana.” In Cuba, too, regime change has turned outto be more problematic than American policymakersimagined.
Even after the Bay of Pigs -- arguably the mostfeckless use of U.S. power ever -- Cuba unhingedsome American officials. In his biography of RobertKennedy, Newsweek’s Evan Thomas reports that onehigh-ranking CIA operative had a plan “to surface anAmerican submarine just over the Havana horizon tofire star shells into the night sky, in the hopes of con-vincing the Cubans that the Second Coming was immi-nent, thus spurring them to get rid of the anti-Christ --Castro.” Skeptics called this “elimination by illumina-tion.”
The question of what should be done now beginswith the matter of the U.S. trade embargo. Cuban-Americans demanded its imposition in 1961, applaud-ed its strengthening in 1996 and largely favor its con-tinuation. Changing it would be politically problemat-ic. The Cuban-American vote can be decisive inFlorida, whose 27 electoral votes are 10 percent of the270 needed to win the presidency. Add the 15 electoralvotes of New Jersey, another state with a large Cuban-American community, and 16 percent of the 270 canturn on policy toward Cuba.
The embargo was imposed when Cuba was a salientof Soviet values and interests in this hemisphere.Today, Cuba is a sad, threadbare geopolitical irrele-vancy. Far from threatening Castro’s regime, theembargo has enabled Castro to exploit Cubans’ debili-tating mentality of taking comfort from victimhood --the habit, more than a century old, of blaming prob-lems on others, first on Spain and then on the UnitedStates.
Those facts do not, however, by themselves makethe case for ending the embargo without some recipro-cal liberalization by (the other) Castro’s regime.Granted, it is arguable that the embargo should beabandoned, or significantly eased, regardless of howthe Cuban regime behaves, because the regime hasmuch to fear from any increased permeation of Cubaby foreign commercial and intellectual presences.
U.S. policy toward Cuba should, however, be con-ditioned, and perhaps haunted, by U.S. policy towardChina. That policy was supposed to result in steady,slow-motion regime change through candid subversionin broad daylight. The premise has been that the curefor communism is commerce with the capitalist world.The assumption is that capitalism brings, because itrequires, an ethic of trust and the rule of law in theform of promise-keeping (contracts). Also, the protec-tion of private property gives individuals a sphere ofsovereignty and whets their appetites for a politics ofpopular sovereignty.
This has been called “the Starbucks fallacy” (seeJames Mann’s book “The China Fantasy”): When peo-ple become accustomed to many choices of coffee,they will demand many political choices. This doctrinemay be being refuted by the emergence of a China thathas become wealthier without becoming less authori-tarian.
Cuba has negligible democratic traditions, and noliving experience with a culture of pluralism and per-suasion. In Iraq, Russia and elsewhere, we have seenhow decades of tyranny degrade a public’s capacity fora democratic culture. We also have tested, and foundquestionable, the proposition that democratic institu-tions can precede and create such a culture.
The embargo is being partially vitiated by dollars --about a billion of them, equivalent to about 2 percentof Cuba’s GDP -- sent to Cuba by the Cuban diaspora,1.5 million strong. That diaspora supports the embar-go, but dollar remittances from abroad can be spentonly in government stores, so they accrue to the bene-fit of the regime.
Castro, whose personal worth is estimated at nearly$1 billion, has sternly -- and proudly -- told Cubans,whose average annual income is less than $200,“We’re not a consumer society.” That is not newswhere shampoo is scarce.
Six years ago, Castro’s regime gathered 8 millionsignatures from among the 11 million captive Cubansfor a petition -- was that necessary? -- to amend Cuba’sconstitution (is it necessary?) to declare communism“irrevocable.” Let us now praise the much misunder-stood Viking King Canute, who commanded the tide torecede in order to demonstrate that it would not obey.
Something funny going on?To the Editor:Had to ask this question.Does anybody else think it strange that
in the past two weeks evidence was thrownout in two high profile marijuana cases?Well I do. In my opinion this seems to beanother example of the abuse of politicalpowers, i.e. Hamburg's daughter, Pinches’daughter. I don’t see well, but I am notblind.
Rich McCormick Sr.Ukiah
Good jobTo the Editor:We would like to acknowledge The
Potter Valley Lady Bearcats Varsity GirlsBasketball Team. The team consisted ofSenior Jessica Rosales, Juniors LindseyMarshall, Kayla Allen, Leslie Elmer andDonny Lee, and Sophomores Sara Kileand Marissa Lawson.
They all played well this year and had agreat season in which they were 21-5.Unfortunately they didn’t make the play-offs. Which we thought they had a goodchance at.
A few of the girls made the top five onMax Prep. Sara Kile was 3rd for threepointers.
Kayla Allen was 2nd for three pointers,3rd for assists and 5th for steals. LindseyMarshall was 1st for rebounds and 4th fortotal points. Also as of 2/19/08 Lindseywas also listed 30th out of 500 in theNational Leaders for the 2007-2008Basketball season for rebounds on MaxPrep. This is amazing considering the sizeof Potter Valley School compared to someof the other schools listed through out thecountry.
All girls made a contribution to a greatseason. We can’t wait to follow them nextyear. Go Bearcats!
Carrie SloanLaytonville
Wants mailbox backTo the Editor:The mail box that used to be on Smith
Street opposite the First Baptist Church,but was removed to facilitate the construc-tion of the new First Baptist Church build-ing, is missed by me. I have been waitingfor it to be put back in that convenientlocation, but have decided there is no suchplan. Besides being convenient for personswith mail to post coming from town, it isalso a safety factor, for now such personscoming from town have to drive aroundthe post office block to post said mailbefore proceeding on home. This givesmore possibility for accidents in the con-gested street in front of the post office. SoI am requesting that the mail box be putback where it was on Smith Street.
Joseph BecknerUkiah
Suggestions for the countyTo the Editor:Regarding the December workshop of
county officials, when they reviewed their“accomplishments” and “priorities,” let meadd some information. The CountyAdministrator is “gravely concerned”about salary expenses, and well he shouldbe. But how about a plan to improveemployee efficiency and reduction? Areview of benefits for government employ-ees versus non-government employees? Acase in point is whether the new codeenforcement officer should be using histime going to building sites and pho-tographing building permits to make surethey are valid. And Health DirectorCarmen Angelo, whose first six monthswere “challenging and a learning experi-ence.” I should say so, if the coastal ani-mal shelter is an example, more learning isnecessary, especially concerning the use ofvolunteers. Planning Director Ray Hallcites reduced building permits but says heneeds more personnel. When it takes acontractor three months to get a permit todo ordinary repairs he may be correct butnot a good administrator. And ourSupervisors have no comment? It is abouttime they start supervising!
Don HowardMendocino
Letters from our readers
GEORGE WILL
These days, it may behard for many people toimagine a time in Americawhen women were consid-ered so inferior that theywere not allowed to vote;when they were legallydenied equal protectionunder the law in such fieldsas employment and educa-tion; or when conventionalwisdom said their properplace was in the home.
It wasn’t until 1920 --almost 150 years after thefounding of our country --that women won the right tovote. As is often the case,California was ahead of thecurve, offering women’s suf-frage in 1911. But the vastmajority of Americanwomen had to wait for theU.S. Congress and Senate toapprove the 19thAmendment to theConstitution, passed in 1919(and approved by three-quarters of the states) in timefor women to vote in thepresidential election of1920.
Two years earlier, in1918, four women had beenelected to serve in theCalifornia Assembly, thoughall four were voted out ofoffice (defeated by men) in1924. Only 10 other womenserved in the Assembly overthe next 50 years, and it wasnot until 1976 that we hadour first female elected StateSenator -- Rose Ann Vuich.
For young people today,those hard facts must seemlike they come from anancient culture on a distantplanet, in a galaxy far, faraway. History -- particularlyunpleasant history -- has away of falling by the way-side and being forgotten bythose of us living in a muchdifferent time.
No one can deny how dif-ferent things are today. InCalifornia, women now playa central role in public life,bringing a new perspectiveto the legislative arena. As aresult, California leads thenation in many family-friendly policies. We were,for example, the first state inthe nation to establish paidfamily leave for workerswho need time off to care fora new child or a seriously illfamily member.
Women are also making abig impact in many “non-traditional” policy areas. Forexample, in the California
State Senate, women headseveral of the most influen-tial committees that dealwith some of our state’smost intractable problems.These include such power-house committees as Energy,Utilities andCommunications; Labor andIndustrial Relations; PublicSafety; Judiciary; Revenueand Taxation; and Budgetand Fiscal Review.
In addition, the newly-elected Speaker of theAssembly -- Karen Bass -- isthe first African Americanwoman elected to lead aLegislative house in thenation. In all, 10 womenserved in positions of leader-ship in either the Senate orAssembly from the outset ofthe 2007-2008 legislativesession.
And our native daughter,Nancy Pelosi, is Speaker ofthe U.S. House ofRepresentatives, putting herthird in the Presidential lineof succession.
California is also home tothe first female astronaut, aswell as the first Chinese-American women ever elect-ed to statewide office in theUnited States.
Still, there are things wecan learn from the past. Thebest-selling author MichaelCrichton has written, “…ifyou didn’t know history, youdidn’t know anything. Youwere a leaf that didn’t knowit was part of a tree.”
That’s why both Housesof Congress passed a resolu-tion declaring March to be“National Women’s HistoryMonth.” It urges Americanseverywhere to honor andcelebrate the role of womenin our society and asksschools, workplaces andcommunities to developinformation programs high-lighting the history ofwomen.
Understanding women’shistory can benefit everyone.It helps give men and boys abetter understanding of thefemale experience by recog-nizing that women have
been fighting for equalrights and recognition sincethe founding of our country.For women and girls, it pro-vides a more expansivevision of their identity andan opportunity to thinkabout their lives on a largerand bolder scale.
There are also more prac-tical reasons to honorwomen’s history. By recog-nizing how far we’ve come,we can get a better under-standing of how far we stillhave to go. Equality has yetto be fully attained.
As recently as 2005,women in the United Stateswere paid only 77 cents forevery dollar that men werepaid in comparable jobs. Thegap is even larger forAfrican American, Asianand Hispanic women.
Such gross inequities can-not be tolerated. More than70 percent of Californiawomen are now in the workforce; that’s almost doublethe number of workingwomen in 1965. Many are inlow-paying service jobs withfew benefits, making paydiscrimination even morereprehensible.
With so many womennow holding jobs, we mustensure that they are notforced to choose betweencare-giving demands andemployment responsibili-ties. That’s why we bothsupported a bill last year toextend paid leave to workersneeding to care for grand-parents, grandchildren, sib-lings, and in-laws. The billreceived strong support inthe Legislature but wasvetoed by the Governor.More must be done.
National Women’sHistory Month should be atime for all of us to jointogether to ensure that noone in American society isleft behind. It would be agood time to remember thewise words of the greatanthropologist MargaretMead. In order to achieve aricher culture, she wrote, wemust “weave a less arbitrarysocial fabric, one in whicheach diverse human gift willfind a fitting place.”
Senator Patricia Wiggins(D–Santa Rosa) andAssemblywoman Patty Berg(D–Eureka) representMendocino County in theState Legislature.
What to do about Cuba?
George F. Will writes for more than 450newspapers and Newsweek and appears asa political commentator on ABC.
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Congressman Mike Thompson:1st District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg,Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311;FAX (202)225-4335. Fort Bragg districtoffice, 430 N. Franklin St., PO Box 2208,Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962-0934;www.house.gov/write rep
Assemblywoman Patty Berg: StateAssembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 4146,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001;Berg's Ukiah field representative is RuthValenzuela. Ukiah office located at 311 N.State St, Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The
office’s fax number is 463-5773. For emailgo to web site: assembly.ca.gov/Berg
Senator Pat Wiggins: State SenateDistrict 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375Email: [email protected]. InUkiah: Kathy Kelley at 200 S. School St,468-8914, email: [email protected]
Mendocino County Supervisors:Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Watten-burger, 2nd District; John Pinches, 3rdDistrict; Kendall Smith, 4th District;David Colfax, 5th District. All can bereached by writing to 501 Low Gap Road,Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221,FAX 463-4245. [email protected]
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Another voiceBY PATTY BERGAND PAT WIGGINS
Willits High School Classof ‘58 reunion set for July 3
The Willits High School class of 1958 50year reunion is being planned for July 3. Theevent is planned to include a school tour and adinner at Brooktrails Lodge. On July 4, partic-ipants can either get together to reminisce orattend Frontier Days’ events.
Those interested in attending are encour-aged to act quickly by the coordinators, asWillits has limited accommodations aroundJuly 4.For more information contact Peter Allen,who is coordinating the event. E-mail him [email protected] or write him at 281Jefferson Drive West, Palmyra, VA 22963.
Even if you cannot attend, contact him so thatinformation about you may be included inreunion materials for other to read.
Ukiah Area CHP offering teendriver program
Motor vehicle collisions nationwide are theleading cause of death for drivers between fif-teen and twenty years of age. California has thesecond highest fatality rate involving teenagedrivers nationwide. “The tragic loss of theseyoung lives is a major concern to me and myofficers and my hope is that this program willreduce the death toll statewide and locally forour teens,” stated CHP Captain Ray Madrigal.
The California Highway Patrol is teaming uplocal teenagers and their parents or guardians tokick off the program specifically geared towardsthe reduction of collisions and injuries involvingteen drivers. The new program is called “StartSmart.”
Smart Start addresses traffic safety issues thatdirectly affect new drivers in a way no other pro-gram does. Start Smart speaks directly to newlylicensed drivers and their parents or guardians.This program entails collision avoidance tech-niques, most common causes of collisions, dri-ver responsibilities, testimonials from parentswho have lost a child in a traffic collision relatedfatality, and local area traffic trends.
Start Smart makes teens and parents or
guardians aware of the responsibilities they faceout there on local and state roadways. It alsogives them information on the precautions theycan take to make them more conscientious dri-vers.
The Ukiah Area CHP will be holding a classon March 5, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The classwill be held at the Ukiah Area CHP Office, locat-ed at 540 South Orchard Avenue in Ukiah.
Contact the Ukiah Area CHP Office in personor by phone to sign up for the classes. The UkiahArea CHP phone number is 467-4040. Space forthese classes is limited, so it is suggested thatthose interested in applying sign up ass soon aspossible.
Survivors of Suicide to meet every Wednesday
The Survivors of Suicide drop-in supportgroup is now meeting every Wednesday, from 6p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 860 N. Bush St., Ukiah, atthe Mental Health Crisis Service Center.
For more information, call 463-2873 or 485-0759.
Weight Loss Surgery SupportGroup to meet tonight
The GR-DS Gastric Reduction DuodenalSwitch Support Group will meet in Ukiah atBartlett Hall, Ukiah Senior Center, 499 Leslie St.On Friday, March 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.
This weight loss surgery has been performedon hundreds of patients, with over 100 in theUkiah Valley alone. DS surgery is the main topic,and will include information on the new, abbre-viated surgery for diabetes patients that is notrelated to weight, but to the disease and the reliefof its symptoms.
This procedure should not be confused with“gastric bypass surgery” or “lap band” surgery,as the DS procedure is not a food reductionsurgery but instead changes the way the bodyabsorbs food and fat. The meeting is part of asupport group which meets monthly. Dr. AraKeshishian, GRDS surgeon, encourages thosewho have had other types of weight losssurgery and investigators of both to attend.
The group says that the surgery results in a90 to 100 percent symptom reduction for dia-betes, and resolves cholesterol, high bloodpressure, sleep apnea, acid reflux and other
chronic health issues, it has changed thelifestyle and longevity of many patients. Forfurther information on this surgery, contact Dr.Ara Keshishian 800- 816-6647. For moreinformation on the meeting or general ques-tions, call Kathy Davidson at 888-263-2005, inLakeport, 468-8763 or e-mail her at [email protected].
Indian Taco Sale set for todayAn Indian Taco Sale will be held today from
11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Indian SeniorCenter, 425 N. State St., Ukiah. Meals areavailabe to-go, with delivery offered for ordersof 4 or more meals.
For more information, call 462-5595.
Potter Valley Health CenterBlood Drive set for today
The Potter Valley Health Center will hold aBlood Drive on Friday, March 7, from 1 p.m.to 6 p.m., at the Green House at 10261 MainSt. It is requested that donors contact MajorieDiaz by calling 743-1188 ext. 109, or e-mail-ing [email protected], or registering online atwww.BloodHeroes.com, with the SponsorCode ‘pvch’ to schedule their appointments.
Donors should be in good health, weigh atleast 110 pounds, eat and drink lots of water/orjuice, and bring photo identification. For moreinformation about donation eligibility, call 1-888-393-GIVE, or visit the Blood Centers ofthe Pacific Web site at www.bloodcenters.org.
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Drug Courts provide judicially supervised treatment to nonviolent offenders who have committed addiction-
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mental health treatment, case management, drug testing, probation or social services supervision and regularly
scheduled status hearings before a judge with specialized expertise in the drug court model.
Established in 2005, FRIENDS OF DRUG COURT is a fund under the auspices of the Mendocino
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not covered by other means. To date the Friends of Drug Court Fund has funded:
Cell phone minutes to make mandatory calls daily to know when to report for random drug testing
A liver scan
Healthy snacks for treatment groups provided by Mendocino County Youth Project’s PASSAGES Program
Textbooks for college classes
Nutrition education supplies for the Alcohol and Other Drug Programs’ OPTIONS Program participants
High school equivalency class and exam fees
Health club passes
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One person at a time, individuals with histories of serious drug/alcohol abuse and non-violent crimes are
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This week:
• TODAY, UHS baseball vs.Montgomery, 3:30 p.m.
• Sat., Mendocino baseball @Napa Valley College, 1 p.m.
• Sat., UHS varsity softball vs.Petaluma, 3 p.m.
• Sat., Mendocino Rugby club @Vacaville
UHS Boosters ClubMeeting
Ukiah High School will host aboosters club meeting on Monday,March 10th at 5:30 p.m. All arewelcome to attend the meetingwhich will be held in the CareerCenter, Building A.
Join the club and help supportour high school athletics program.Our funds provide uniforms for theschool.
Ukiah Babe RuthBaseball sign-ups
Sign-up fees are $75, all play-ers must present a certified birthcertificate, and Cash or CheckDeposit of $30.00 for theMandatory Service DepositAgreement which will be returnedupon working at the concessionstand.
MANDATORY TRY OUTS forALL RETURNING and NEWPLAYERS
Saturday, April 5, and Sunday,April 6, 2008 10:00-12:00...age 13Anton Stadium, 12:00-2:00...age14 Anton Stadium, 2:00-3:00....age 15 Anton Stadium, 16-18 yr old try outs TBA at a laterdate. Players: Bring your baseballgear (baseball glove, batting hel-met and bat. Please label yourgear.) For additional informationor questions call Kris @ 468-3800.
Adult Softball Leagues
Registration for men’s andwomen’s softball leagues are nowopen.
An informational meeting will beheld at 6:30 p.m. on March 20th atThe Pub in Ukiah.
League play is scheduled tobegin in early May. Team fees are$450 for the sponsor fee and indi-vidual fee of $30 for those withouta team (make checks payable toCity of Ukiah).
The priority placement deadlinefor returning teams is March 21stand the final deadline is April11th. Register early, space is lim-ited.
Women’s SlowpitchSoftball
The Ukiah Women’s AthleticAssociation is taking sign up’s forwomen’s slowpitch softball teamsfor the 2008 season. $475 is thecost per team; there are no indi-vidual fees.
Please contact Pokie at 972-1719 us by March 31, 2008.
2008 Girls YouthSoftball League
Registration for the 2008 girlsyouth softball league is now openat the City of Ukiah. Participantsmay register individually and willbe placed on teams according totheir grade level.
The following divisions will beutilized: K-2 in tee-ball, grades 3-4in pitching machine, and grades5-6 and 7-12 will be placedtogether.
League play begins in early Apriland will run through early June.Cost is $50 per player and thedeadline is March 7, 2008. Formsare available at the City of Ukiahoffice (411 West Clay) and onlineat www.cityofukiah.com. For moreinfo call 463-6714.
Girls 6-on-6 Soccer League
Registration for the 2008 girls 6-on-6 youth soccer league is cur-rently open and running throughMarch 28th.
Teams will consist of girls ages13 through 19.The registration feeis $200 per team while player feesof $20 will be collected at the firstgames with team rosters. Teamswill be scheduled for 12 games (6double-headers) on Sundays fromlate April through early June.
For questions regarding theleague or to register your team,please contact 463-6714.
Select “Puma”TeamsLooking of Coaches
The Ukiah Valley Soccer leagueis looking for individuals to coachour competitive teams. Ukiah’sPuma teams are boys and girlsages U10 – U19, Class I andClass III.
These players play at a higherlevel of competition and skill. Ifyou have coached and are inter-ested in coaching at a higherlevel, please contact the soccerhotline 707-467-9797 to receivean application. ALL APPLICA-TIONS ARE DUE MARCH 15th,2008.
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By CHRIS JENKINSAssociated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Sitting byhimself on an airplane ride up to GreenBay on Thursday morning, Brett Favrestruggled to find a sincere and gracefulway to say he was finished with foot-ball.
In the end, his tears told the story.“It’s been a great career for me, and
it’s over,” Favre said, his voice crack-ing with emotion during a news con-ference at Lambeau Field two daysafter he announced his retirement. “Ashard as that is for me to say, it’s over.”
Wearing an untucked collared shirt,blue jeans and several days’ worth ofstubble, Favre said he was convinced
he could still play on Sundays, but hadlost his passion to practice and preparethe way he would need to lead thePackers to another Super Bowl.
Given that fact, he could draw onlyone conclusion: It was time to hang uphis helmet.
“I have way too much pride,” Favresaid. “I expect a lot out of myself. Andif I cannot do those things 100 percent,then I can’t play.”
After a farewell news conferencethat lasted just over an hour, Favre puthis arm around his tearful wife,Deanna, and left the stage — presum-ably for good.
He takes with him a Super Bowlvictory, virtually every quarterback
record worth having and the wide-spread admiration of his peers andfans.
The 38-year-old Favre also leaveswith graying hair and a deliberate gait— signs that the years were quietlytaking a toll on the man who was cele-brated for playing a serious and pre-cise game with the carefree joy of a lit-tle boy.
He cried Thursday as he discussedhis decision.
“I promised I wouldn’t get emotion-al,” he said. But as the tears flowed, headded, “I’ve watched hundreds ofplayers retire and you wonder whatthat would be like. You think you’reprepared ...”
Favre thanked the Green BayPackers for letting him play.
“I hope that with every pennythey’ve spent on me, they know it wasmoney well spent,” he said. “It wasn’tabout the money or fame or records. Ihear people talk about your accom-plishments and things. It was never myaccomplishments, it was our accom-plishments.”
Favre is the NFL’s only three-timeMVP, and leads the league with 442touchdown passes, 61,655 yards pass-ing and 160 career victories. He start-ed 253 consecutive regular-seasongames, more than any other quarter-back in history.
NFL | FAVRE RETIRES
Brett Favre rules out return to playing football
MENDOCINO | WOMENS’ BASKETBALL
Eagles earn All-Conference honors
photo courtesy Mendocino womens’ basketball
Eagles’ sophomores Amber Shepher (5), Ashley Shepherd (middle) and Katie Stiles (far right) sit on the benchtogether during a timeout in a game earlier this season. The three sophomores who led the team to a recordseason, were awarded 1st team All-Conference honors, Wednesday.
Special to The Daily JournalUkiah, CA – Three members from the
Mendocino College women’s basketballteam were recognized for their outstand-ing play this season.
Sophomore’s Ashley Shepherd(Willits), Amber Shepherd (Willits) andKatie Stiles (Willits) were named FirstTeam All Bay Valley Conference.
Ashley Shepherd averaged 12 pointsand almost 7 rebounds per game.
“Ashley really worked hard to step upand fill her position as a sophomore andleader. Her contribution to the team washuge in the post,” Mendocino Head
Coach Jody Steliga said. Amber Shepherd averaged almost 12
points and 7 rebounds per game. “Amber was our tallest player, and
was a threat as a guard and post. Her ath-letic talent was very evident throughmany of her plays,” Steliga said.
Stiles averaged 2.5 steals, 4 assists and13 points per game.
“She was our team captain and reallystepped up taking over our point guardposition. Usually a shooting guard, Katiecontinued to be shooting threat andimportant protector and distributor of theball,” Steliga said.
According to Steliga, all three sopho-mores averaged over 40% shooting per-centage from the field. They started andplayed together in all 26 games exceptone.
“The sophomores really worked hardthis year. They filled their roles on theteam and contributed immensely to oursecond place seating in conference. Theyare unique and competitive youngwomen who will accomplish whateverthey dedicate themselves to, I only wishthem the best," Steliga added.
Mendocino finished the season with aoverall record of 11-15 and finished sec-ond in conference with a 10-4 record.
By JOSH DUBOWAssociated Press
SAN JOSE — The hierar-chy in Pac-10 women’s bas-ketball has been restored.
After spending most of theconference season chasingrival California in the stand-ings, perennial powerStanford finally passed theGolden Bears on the final dayof the regular season and headinto this weekend’s Pac-10tournament as a clear favorite.
It’s a development thateven the 10th-ranked Bears(24-5) are embracing, despitethe sting they felt from a lossat Washington in their regu-lar-season finale that costthem a share of their first Pac-10 title ever.
“We didn’t feel like weplayed our best but we’regoing to come back with avengeance now,” guardLauren Greif said. “We’reback in our underdog positionthat we’ve done well in thepast in. So we’ll try thatagain. We need to show thatour season wasn’t a fluke andthat last game was.”
The tournament beginsFriday in San Jose whenOregon (13-16) playsWashington State (5-24) andOregon State (11-18) takes onArizona (10-19). The othersix teams begin play in thequarterfinals on Saturday,with the semifinals Sundayand the final on Mondaynight.
No. 6 Stanford (27-3) isriding a 15-game winningstreak since getting swept inLos Angeles on the firstweekend in January. But noneof that will matter to starguard Candice Wiggins if shecan’t finish her final collegeseason out strong in the Pac-10 and NCAA tournaments.
“This is the last imprint,the lasting memories that youwill have. The way you leaveStanford is the way you’regoing to remember it,” shesaid. “I’m a senior so youreally have a sense of owner-ship when you’re not lookingup at anyone anymore. Youfeel like everyone is lookingto you.”
Wiggins has been a leaderon the court ever since arriv-ing at Stanford. She has beena second-team All-Americanher first three seasons andbecame the conference’scareer leading scorer lastweekend at Washington State.
The only credential miss-ing in her impressive careercomes in March. Stanford hasnot been to the Final Foursince 1997.
“If there’s one thing thatshe wants to do and I want herto do is put our team on herback and take us to the FinalFour and have a shot at thenational championship,”coach Tara VanDerveer said.“That’s something that shewants and we want for hertoo.”
Stanford and Cal are locksto make the NCAA tourna-ment and are playing toimprove their seeding. TheCardinal will probably be aNo. 2 seed but could have anargument for being a No. 1 ifthey win the tournament,based on having five winsalready against top 10 teams.
The Bears could be any-
PAC-10 | WOMENStanfordheads intotournamenton top
PHOENIX (AP) — JasonMarquis had a crisp outing onthe mound and avoided con-troversy off the field.
Spring training is looking alot better for the ChicagoCubs’ right-hander.
Marquis threw threeshutout innings in the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Oakland Athleticson Thursday, and, afterward,explained his recent dissatis-faction with his role on theChicago staff.
“It’s early in the camp and Ihave faith in my ability,”Marquis said after giving upfour hits, walking one andstriking out one. “I’m workingon things that will help me getouts in the regular season.”
After his last start, Marquissaid he was angry because itappeared that manager Lou
Piniella did not consider him alock in the starting rotation.After his solid outing againstthe A’s, Marquis said it wasjust a misunderstanding.
“We didn’t get to speakwith each other, it was a mis-communication,” Marquissaid. “It’s behind us and it’s allbaseball now. I just wanted totalk to him in person and showhim that we’re both on thesame page.”
Marquis has not missed astart in four years, includinghis first season with the NLCentral Division championswhen he made 33 starts andwas 12-9.
He has allowed one run infive spring innings.
“My goal is to pound thebottom of the strike zone withmy sinker,” Marquis said. I’ll
keep working to get consistentwith that. I’m also workinghard to trust my breakingball.”
The A’s scored twice in thebottom of the eighth on JeffBaisley’s RBI single and firstbaseman Micah Hoffpauir’sensuing throwing error.
“We talk about closers allthe time but do you noticewhat’s happening,” Piniellasaid. “We keep letting theeighth inning get away fromus. You don’t need a closer ifthat happens, you better getsome set-up people in there.”
Kerry Wood threw a score-less inning for the secondstraight time.
“It’s coming out of his handreal nice,” Piniella said. “Theball is live.”
Gio Gonzalez, who came to
the A’s as part of the trade thatsent Nick Swisher to theChicago White Sox, made hisfirst-ever spring start and wentthree scoreless innings. Hegave up a hit and struck outtwo.
“I felt comfortable todaybecause everybody calmed medown,” said Gonzalez, wholed the minor leagues with185 strikeouts last year. “I’mjust getting a feel for things.”
A’s manager Bob Gerenhad read the reports onGonzalez and was impressedwith him.
“Up here he’s been exactlyas reported,” Geren said. “Youcan see why he led the minorsin strikeouts.”
Notes: The Cubs have lostsix of seven and have not
SPRING TRAINING | A’S
Marquis pitches like a starter in theCubs’ 2-1 loss to the Athletics
See FAVRE, Page A-7
See A'S, Page A-7 See PAC-10, Page A-7
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Bart Bryantgot his bad shots out of the way early andbirdied his last two holes Thursday for a6-under 65, giving him a one-shot leadamong early starters who were lucky tobeat the rain in the PODS Championship.
Bryant was thrilled to twice escapewith pars through six holes, and he was-n’t paying that much attention to his carduntil he realized he was 4 under. Thencame birdies on two of the toughest holesat Innisbrook, including a 15-foot putt onthe 18th, and he found himself atop theleaderboard.
“I felt like I got my bad stuff out of theway and I was still even par,” Bryantsaid. “I think that gave me a little confi-dence.”
Ernie Els, coming off a victory in theHonda Classic that ended an 0-for-47drought on the PGA Tour, was part of theafternoon wave that did not finish thefirst round because of a 2 1/2-hour stormdelay.
Els made two straight bogeys when hereturned to the course, and finished hisday with a birdie at No. 11 to return toeven par.
Two-time U.S. Open champion LeeJanzen, who has not had full status on thePGA Tour since 2006, made good use ofhis sponsor’s exemption with five birdiesthat left him one stroke behind with threeholes remaining.
John Daly, another player without acard but no shortage of exemptions, was3 over through 10 holes and still got thebiggest buzz. After ducking into aHooters hospitality tent during the raindelay, he emerged with Tampa BayBuccaneers coach Jon Gruden as his cad-die for the rest of the afternoon. It didn’thelp much, as Daly three-putted from thefront of the 18th green for another bogey.
The first round was scheduled toresume at 7:30 a.m. Friday. It was thefirst time rain has halted play on the PGATour this year.
Rain earlier in the week took some ofthe bite out of the Copperhead Course at
Innisbrook, regarded as one of the tough-est tour tracks in Florida, and rarely has itplayed this easy.
Kenny Perry hobbled around on a hipthat felt like it was shooting volts downhis leg, but he managed seven birdies in around of 66, tied with Jeff Maggert andStewart Cink.
Cink was playing for the first timesince losing to Tiger Woods at theAccenture Match Play Championship,and while he suffered the worst beating inthe 10-year history of the final match (8and 7), he figured this was a continuationof good play.
“I had a lot of confidence after MatchPlay,” Cink said. “Even losing the lastmatch, I was happy to be in the lastmatch.”
Carl Pettersson, who won atInnisbrook in 2005, and Jonathan Byrdwere among those at 67. Jerry Kelly was4 under through four holes when playwas stopped by the storms. When playresumed he missed a good chance at afifth straight birdie, then dropped a shoton the 16th.
Kelly was 3 under through 11 holes.Perhaps it is not surprising that so
many guys in their 40s — Bryant,Maggert, Perry, Tom Pernice Jr. — wereatop the leaderboard. This is a course thatrequires more brain than brawn, andexperience tends to come in handy.
Even the guys with power find them-selves throttling back.
“You can’t hit too many shots withoutputting thought into them,” Byrd said.
The good news for Bryant is that he’shitting shots without feeling too muchpain. It seems every time he recoversfrom one surgery, another body part startshurting, which was the case last year.
Bryant said his right hip was in suchbad shape that he took two months offduring the summer. When he returned,his right elbow was acting up again, andhe couldn’t practice the last three monthsof the season.
“No practice, just playing,” the 45-year-old said. “This year, I’ve been ableto start hitting balls. My health has been
good.”The results are slowly coming along. It
was only three years ago that Bryant’scareer turned the corner with victories inthe Memorial and the TourChampionship, the latter a six-shot victo-ry over Woods.
Last week at the Honda Classic, hewas among the leaders on Friday untiltaking a quadruple-bogey on the sixthhole that sent him back to the pack. Thosebig numbers can happen at PGANational, and Bryant wasn’t too both-ered.
“It showed my game is in the kind ofshape that I can get up there at the top,”he said.
Perry, meanwhile, started feeling asting down his leg only two days ago,which doesn’t affect his swing, only get-ting around. He is 47 and desperate towin, figuring that will get the attention ofRyder Cup captain Paul Azinger.
The Ryder Cup will be held at Valhallain Perry’s home state of Kentucky.
“I just haven’t had that consistency forfour rounds,” Perry said. “I need a winbadly.”
No one needs to win more than Janzen,whose last victory was his second U.S.Open title at The Olympic Club in 1998,has not finished inside the top 125 on themoney list the last three years.
He has been playing well enough athome that he felt overly confident goingto Mexico two weeks ago. Then hemissed the cut.
“The good news is I didn’t leave theretotally dejected,” Janzen said.
Divots: Dudley Hart withdrewbecause of soreness in his neck. KevinNa withdrew after a 76 because of foodpoisoning. ... Sean O’Hair, who hasmissed his last two cuts, was followedaround by swing coach Steve Dahlby.O’Hair was one shot out of the lead untilbogeys on his last two holes for a 69. ...Azinger four-putted the last hole for dou-ble bogey in a round of 79. He had notplayed since Phoenix.
PGA TOUR | PODS
Bryant feeling healthy, takes earlylead in PODS Championship Favre also holds the more
dubious mark of 288 intercep-tions — an indication of thewild streak that only madehim more human to the fanswho adored him.
Favre’s exit comes after aremarkable 2007 season, buthis final pass was one to for-get: An interception in over-time of the NFC champi-onship game, a mistake thatset up the New York Giants’field goal that sent the Packershome instead of to the SuperBowl.
Most folks figured Favrecouldn’t exit that way, espe-cially when he had at least onemore good year left in him.
But barring a change ofheart in the upcoming weeks,months or years, the finalchapter in his storied footballcareer began Monday night.
Favre called Packers coachMike McCarthy and told himhe planned to retire, thenfinalized his decision in a con-versation with Packers gener-al manager Ted Thompson onTuesday morning.
But until the news confer-ence, Favre hadn’t explainedhis decision to his fans. Hesaid Thursday there was noth-ing left to prove.
“I’m going out on top,” hesaid. “Believe me, I couldcare less what other peoplethink. It’s what I think, andI’m going out on top.”
Favre’s retirement came asa surprise to Packers execu-tives, coaches and teammates,virtually all of whom expect-ed him to return. And it was ashock to fans who sat patient-ly, year after year, while Favreflirted openly with retirement— because, of course, henever really meant it.
To a generation of fans whowatched Favre start everygame since taking over as thePackers’ starting quarterbackduring the 1992 season, it did-
n’t make sense. He wouldn’tjust decide he was too tired toplay and walk away.
Would he?Recent comments by
Favre’s agent, Bus Cook,stirred suspicions about the“real” reason Favre was retir-ing.
Had the Packers’ frontoffice not done enough to talkhim into coming back?
Was Favre’s retirement aknee-jerk reaction to the factthat wide receiver RandyMoss, a player Favre lobbiedthe Packers to sign a year ago,had re-signed with the NewEngland Patriots without anapparent effort from thePackers?
Favre’s commentsThursday indicated the deci-sion was much simpler.
“I did it, but it got hard,” hesaid. “I don’t think it wouldget easier next year or the fol-lowing year. It hasn’t up untilthis point. It’s only gottentougher and something toldme ’You know it’s gotten toohard for you.’ I could proba-bly come back and do it. Suckit up. But what kind of a tollwould that take on me, myfamily or my teammates? Atsome point it would affect oneof those if not all of them.Maybe it has already. I don’tknow.”
Some who know Favrehave doubts that he will beable to spend Sundays on thecouch when he still has theability to play.
Favre said Thursday he hadno definite plans for the futureand did not know whether hewould be involved in footballor with the Packers, but ruledout a return to the field.
“I don’t even want to thinkabout next year,” he said.“Will I watch games? I’m sureI will. Will I be involved? Ialways made the joke I’d behere for an honorary coin toss.Well, that time may come, so Imay be back for somethinglike that. But as far as givingadvice, I don’t think that willhappen.”
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Favre
scored more than six runssince beating the SanFrancisco Giants 12-6 in thespring opener. ... Cubs RHPJuan Mateo has retired nine ofhis 11 hitters. ... A’s 1B DaricBarton was to see a hand spe-cialist for an aggravatedinjury on his left hand. ... TheA’s optioned C LandonPowell to Sacramento of thePCL and reassigned RHPArnold Leon, LHP JayMarshall, LHP Ryan Wing,RHP Brad Ziegler to theirminor league camp.NOTE-BOOK: Chavez returns tothe field for baseball activi-ties
PHOENIX — Eric Chavezpopped out of the clubhouseto play catch with assistanttrainer Walt Horn on Thursdaymorning and immediatelycaught the attention of thedozen or so people assembledon the field.
Ten minutes later, theAthletics’ third basemanjogged back into the club-house.
“You just saw the extent ofhis baseball activity for theday,” A’s head trainer SteveSayles said. “We starting hisexercise and throwing pro-gram again.”
It was the first time Chavezdid any kind of activity sincereceiving an injection to helpease inflammation in hislower back on Feb. 29.
“I feel good,” said Chavez,who became a father for thesecond time when wife Alexgave birth to a girl onWednesday. “We’re all on thesame page here.”
He had been progressing
well following correctivesurgery in October after miss-ing the final two months oflast season with lower backspasms. The continued activi-ty, though, caused a setback.
“He’s most definitelybehind by at least a week,”Sayles said. “Even if there areno more snags, it’s hard to saywhat we’re able to do withevery day.”
It appears more and morelikely that Chavez will missthe A’s trip to Tokyo for theirtwo-game season-openingseries against the Boston RedSox on March 25-26.
Sayles would not speculatewhen Chavez might be able toplay in a game, but indicatedthat a 12-hour flight and play-ing on artificial turf “is not thebest of circumstances” forhim.
Chavez, who lives in thePhoenix area, could staybehind and continue trainingat the A’s minor-league com-plex.
“The idea is to end eachday with as little pain as pos-sible,” Sayles said. “We wantto make sure that when hegoes home he is comfortable.”
Chavez won six consecu-tive Gold Glove awards from2001-06. He is in the fourthyear of a six-year contractextension through 2010, witha club option for 2011.
Sayles said that Chavez’sprogram will be regimented asopposed to being stacked.He’ll throw one day and hitthe next day instead of both onthe same day in an attempt toavoid further complications.
———BARTON’S HAND:What seemed like nothing
serious the past few days hasnow turned into some concern
regarding first baseman DaricBarton’s left hand injury.
Barton said he first injuredthe hand while playing forTriple-A Sacramento lastsummer in a collision with arunner. He returned to theRiver Cats lineup after miss-ing a couple of days.
The injury flared up lastSaturday as a culmination oftaking a lot of batting practiceand swinging the bat.
“He’s still day to day,” A’smanager Bob Geren said. “Weneed to get him healthy andthen worry about getting himat bats.”
Barton participated ineverything but hitting beforeleaving to see a hand special-ist.
———SLOW GROUNDERS:
LHP Gio Gonzalez pitchedthree shutout innings in theA’s 2-1 win over the ChicagoCubs on Thursday, and hasfive strikeouts in five innings.“He led the minors in strike-outs last year and you can seewhy,” Geren said. “He isexactly as advertised.” ... 3BJeff Baisley drove in the tyingrun and has hits in his last fourat bats. ... RHP Kiko Calerowill throw off a mound for thefirst time on Friday. The reliefpitcher is recovering fromshoulder problems whichended his season prematurelylast year. ... RHP SantiagoCasilla pitched in a game forthe first time this spring, need-ing just eight pitches for a per-fect inning. His arrival fromthe Dominican Republic attraining camp was delayeddue to visa issues. “He did anice job for us last year,”Geren said.
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A’sTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) —
Jered Weaver and VladimirGuerrero look as if they areready for the regular season tostart.
Guerrero hit his first springhomer, Weaver was sharp inhis second consecutive startand the Los Angeles Angelsbeat the San Francisco Giants9-1 Thursday.
Weaver allowed only a solohomer to Eliezer Alfonzo inthree innings. He pitched twoshutout innings against theChicago Cubs in his first start.
“Even the ball (Alonzo) hitout of the park was not a badpitch,” Angels manager MikeScioscia said. “We’re seeingthe ball come out of his handas it was midseason last year.”
Guerrero hit a two-runhomer off Matt Cain in thefirst. Gary Matthews Jr. addeda two-run double in a three-run third inning off Cain, whoallowed five runs and five hitsin 2 1-3 innings.
Cain pitched three shutoutinnings against the Cubs in hisonly other outing this spring.
“He was a little bit uptoday,” Giants manager BruceBochy said. “But everybody, Ithought, was a little bit uptoday.”
Cain, 7-16 despite arespectable 3.65 ERA last sea-son, said it was no fun pitch-ing to Guerrero, adding heheard someone say that itlooked as if Guerrero wasjammed inside on the pitch hehit out of the park.
“He’s just so strong,” Cainsaid. “You can’t bounce it upthere to him. I’ve seen him hitone of those.”
Matthews and Erick Aybarhad two hits each. The Giantshad only three hits.
Notes: Angels RHP JohnLackey, who missed the earlypart of the spring with a sorethrowing shoulder, threw inthe bullpen Thursday. The LosAngeles ace said he would beable to make four spring startsand be ready by opening day,but Scioscia said four startswould not be enough. “That’snot something were consider-ing,” said Scioscia, who hadsaid five spring starts wouldbe the minimum for one of hispitchers to open the season.“You have to build up stami-na. Unless something unfore-seen would happen, we wouldat least want John to be at 100pitches so that he can pitchdeep enough into his firststart. That’s going to take a lit-tle bit of work.” ... Sciosciamentioned that pitchers havehit a ceiling of 90 pitches inspring in the past and man-aged to work into the sixthinning in their first regular-season start, but added,“That’s not preferable. We’renot really going to considerthat right now. John wants tobe the lead dog. He wants tobe the guy opening day. That’ssomething that we would haveliked to see, too. He under-stands that 33 or 34 or 35starts and if you go into theplayoffs, 37 good starts ismore important than anythingwe’re going to look back on.”
NOTEBOOK: Cain notsharp as Giants get poundedby Angels
Matt Cain is the latest SanFrancisco starter to struggle.
The Giants’ right-handerlasted just 2 1/3 inningsagainst the Angels onThursday, allowing five runson five hits including a two-run homer to VladimirGuerrero.
“I just had kind of a daywhere I was a little up,” saidCain, who struck out one andwalked one. “I noticed I wasin the bullpen that way. I justdidn’t get down in the zoneand I got beat up.”
Cain, who pitched threeshutout innings against theCubs on Sunday before get-ting belted around by theAngels, is the third Giantsstarter to have control prob-lems this spring.
Staff ace Barry Zito gaveup eight runs on seven hits inhis first outing on Saturdaybut rebounded with a strongeffort against Kansas City onWednesday.
Noah Lowry followed thatup by walking nine of 12 bat-ters against Texas on March 3.The lefty was eventually diag-nosed with exertional com-partment syndrome in hispitching wrist and is sched-uled to have surgery onFriday.
Cain gave up the two-runhomer to Guerrero in the firstand a two-run double to GaryMatthews Jr. in the third. Heleft after getting Guerrero topop out to third but wascharged with a fifth run whenreliever Erick Threets wascalled for a balk, whichallowed Matthews to score.
“Everything felt fine,” Cainsaid. “I kind of burnedthrough a good bit of pitchesin the first inning and third.”
Guerrero, Weaver help Angels beat Giants
where between a No. 2 and aNo. 4 seed and are hoping forthe best possible matchup sothey can win an NCAA tour-nament game for the first timein 15 years.
Coach Joanne Boyle hopesthe loss to the Huskies canfuel her team through the tour-naments this month.
“The kids definitely knowwhat was at stake and wecame up short,” Boyle said.“You have to sit with that for aday and know what it feelslike. If you don’t use it formotivation I think it’s awaste.”
Arizona State is also ingood shape for an at-large bid.The Sun Devils (20-9) are 0-8against ranked teams this sea-son but have won five straightsince getting swept in the BayArea last month. They openon Saturday againstWashington (13-17).
“I feel like we have somemomentum,” coach CharliTurner Thorne said. “I feellike we’ve been playing ourbest basketball of the seasonthe last few weeks. I feel likewe’ve gelled a lot as a team.We feel really good aboutwhere we’re at as a team rightnow.”
Southern California’schances have taken a big hitrecently and the Trojans prob-ably need to win the confer-
ence tournament to make it tothe NCAAs. The Trojans (17-12) lost their final three gamesof the season and are withoutleading scorer and rebounderNadia Parker, who sustained aseason-ending knee injury lastweek against Arizona.
USC takes on UCLA (15-14) in the quarterfinals onSaturday, looking for its thirdwin this season against itscrosstown rival.
“It impacts us from a scor-ing point of view, from arebounding point of view andfrom a defensive point ofview,” coach Mark Trakh said.“She changes a lot of shots.She played great against themthe first two games this yearso we have a big hole to fill.”
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SCOREBOARDNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L Pct GBx-Boston 47 12 .797 —Toronto 33 27 .55014 1/2Philadelphia 28 33 .459 20New Jersey 26 35 .426 22New York 18 43 .295 30Southeast Division
W L Pct GBOrlando 40 23 .635 —Washington 29 31 .483 9 1/2Atlanta 24 35 .407 14Charlotte 22 39 .361 17Miami 11 47 .19026 1/2Central Division
W L Pct GBDetroit 44 17 .721 —Cleveland 35 26 .574 9Chicago 24 36 .40019 1/2Indiana 24 37 .393 20Milwaukee 23 38 .377 21WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division
W L Pct GBSan Antonio 42 17 .712 —New Orleans 41 19 .683 1 1/2Houston 40 20 .667 2 1/2Dallas 39 22 .639 4Memphis 15 46 .246 28Northwest Division
W L Pct GBUtah 40 22 .645 —Denver 36 24 .600 3Portland 31 30 .508 8 1/2Seattle 16 45 .26223 1/2Minnesota 12 48 .200 27Pacific Division
W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 43 18 .705 —Phoenix 40 21 .656 3Golden State 37 23 .617 5 1/2Sacramento 27 34 .443 16L.A. Clippers 20 39 .339 22
x-clinched playoff spot———Wednesday’s GamesOrlando 122, Washington 92Charlotte 118, Golden State 109Boston 90, Detroit 78Toronto 108, Miami 83Cleveland 119, New York 105Memphis 100, New Jersey 93Milwaukee 118, Seattle 106New Orleans 114, Atlanta 101Houston 117, Indiana 99Denver 126, Phoenix 111Utah 105, Minnesota 76L.A. Clippers 116, Sacramento 109, 2OT
Thursday’s GamesCleveland at Chicago, 4 p.m.Indiana at San Antonio, 5 p.m.Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Friday’s GamesWashington at Toronto, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Seattle at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m.Golden State at Miami, 4:30 p.m.Chicago at Boston, 5 p.m.New Jersey at New Orleans, 5 p.m.Portland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.Utah at Phoenix, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Denver, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.Saturday’s GamesIndiana at Cleveland, 10 a.m.Atlanta 117, Miami 111, comp. of susp. game,3:30 p.m.Miami at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Golden State at Orlando, 4 p.m.Charlotte at Washington, 4 p.m.Portland at New York, 4:30 p.m.Boston at Memphis, 5 p.m.New Orleans at Houston, 5:30 p.m.New Jersey at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Denver at Utah, 6 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesSeattle at Toronto, 10 a.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 10 a.m.San Antonio at Phoenix, 12:30 p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 5 p.m.Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 38 23 7 83 200 185New Jersey 38 23 6 82 176 157N.Y. Rangers 34 24 9 77 178 168Philadelphia 33 26 8 74 205 194N.Y. Islanders 32 29 7 71 168 196Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GAOttawa 37 24 7 81 219 205Montreal 36 22 9 81 213 190Boston 35 24 7 77 179 181Buffalo 32 27 9 73 206 197Toronto 29 29 10 68 187 212Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GACarolina 35 29 5 75 209 216Washington 32 28 8 72 200 203Florida 30 31 8 68 182 196Atlanta 29 32 7 65 181 225Tampa Bay 26 33 7 59 183 215WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 44 18 6 94 213 151Nashville 34 25 8 76 198 191Chicago 33 28 6 72 194 190Columbus 30 28 10 70 164 177St. Louis 29 28 10 68 165 186Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GAMinnesota 37 25 5 79 181 181Calgary 35 23 9 79 187 185Colorado 35 26 6 76 185 181Vancouver 32 24 10 74 173 169Edmonton 31 31 5 67 183 205Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GADallas 41 24 5 87 208 173San Jose 38 21 8 84 179 161Anaheim 38 24 7 83 173 168Phoenix 34 28 5 73 178 177Los Angeles 26 37 5 57 195 227
Two points for a win, one point for overtime lossor shootout loss.———Wednesday’s GamesCarolina 6, Atlanta 3Detroit 4, St. Louis 1Washington 3, Buffalo 1Chicago 3, Anaheim 0Phoenix 2, Dallas 1San Jose 3, Ottawa 2, OTThursday’s GamesMinnesota at Carolina, 7 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.Montreal at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Ottawa at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Friday’s GamesEdmonton at Columbus, 4 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.San Jose at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Nashville at Calgary, 6 p.m.Saturday’s GamesWashington at Boston, 10 a.m.Dallas at Colorado, 12 p.m.Montreal at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.Ottawa at Phoenix, 4 p.m.Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Florida, 4 p.m.New Jersey at Toronto, 4 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.St. Louis at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Sunday’s GamesPittsburgh at Washington, 9:30 a.m.Edmonton at Chicago, 12 p.m.Nashville at Detroit, 12 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 12 p.m.Tampa Bay at Columbus, 12 p.m.San Jose at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Montreal at Anaheim, 5 p.m.Colorado at Dallas, 5 p.m.
TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHPDavid Aardsma, LHP Craig Breslow, RHP ClayBuchholz, RHP Bryan Corey, RHP MannyDelcarmen, RHP Devern Hansack, RHP KyleJackson, LHP Jon Lester, RHP Edgar Martinez,RHP Jonathan Papelbon, RHP David Pauley, CDusty Brown, C George Kottaras, INF ChrisCarter, INF Argenis Diaz, INF Dustin Pedroia, OFJacoby Ellsbury and OF Brandon Moss on one-year contracts.OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Optioned C LandonPowell to Sacramento (PCL). Assigned RHPArnold Leon, LHP Jay Marshall, LHP Ryan Wingand RHP Brad Ziegler to their minor leaguecamp.National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with LHPBill Bray and RHP Gary Majewski on one-yearcontracts.LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Assigned RHP RickAsadoorian, RHP Fernando De La Cruz, LHPBrian Shackelford, RHP Alfredo Simon, C A.J.Ellis and C Gabriel Gutierrez to their minorleague camp.PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Assigned RHP JoshSharpless and C Carlos Maldonado to their minorleague camp.SAN DIEGO PADRES—Assigned RHP JoshGeer, RHP Edwin Moreno, LHP Mike Megrew,LHP Cesar Ramos and INF Kyle Blanks to theirminor league camp.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueBALTIMORE RAVENS—Agreed to terms with LBBrendon Ayanbadejo on a four-year contract.DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Boss Bailey.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Re-signed OLMaurice Williams. Waived WR Charles Sharon.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed CB LewisSanders and S Tank Williams.NEW YORK JETS—Signed FB Tony Richardson.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Released LB TakeoSpikes.ST. LOUIS RAMS—Re-signed G Adam Goldberg.Agreed to terms with TE Anthony Becht.TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with DEJevon Kearse.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueBUFFALO SABRES—Assigned F ClarkeMacArthur to Rochester (AHL).CAROLINA HURRICANES—Activated D DennisSeidenberg from injured reserve.EDMONTON OILERS—Recalled D TheoPeckham from Springfield (AHL).COLLEGE
For The Daily JournalOn Tuesday Potter Valley
varsity baseball team took onUpper Lake High and fell 14-13 in a close, hard foughtgame.
The young Bearcats squadfought valiantly against UpperLake, scoring three runs in thefinal frame with two outs toclose to within one run andhad the tying run on third onlyto have the runner thrown outtrying to be a little too agres-sive on the base paths.
Steven Giuntini sufferedthe loss for the Bearcats, hisline 5 2/3 innings giving upnine hits, four walks andseven earned runs while strik-ing out nine.
“I thought Steven pitchedreally well,” said Potter Valley
Head Coach Tim Conrad. “Wejust didn’t do a good jobbehind him.”
The leaders at the plate forPotter Valley were centerfielder Jay Tiedemann whowent 3 for 5 with two doublesand four RBI’s as well as astolen base. Catcher WyattMatthews was 2 for 3 withtwo RBI’s and three stolenbases for the day and short-stop Matthew Moore was 1for 3 with three runs scoredand three stolen bases.
“We’re a young teamimproving every time we playbut we gave ourselves achance to win,” said Conrad.“I think the kids are comingalong...I was really proud ofthe effort the kids gave.”
Potter Valley comes upshort against Upper Lake
For The Daily JournalBoys4th Grade D-3St. Mary’s 35, St. Francis
25Ben Carter scored 16 points
to lead St. Mary’s past the pre-viously undefeated St. Francissquad in the championshipgame. Gabe Figueroa addedsix points and Alex Soria andNathan Hale chipped in fourapiece.
8th Grade D-2St. Francis 41, St. Mary’s
40St. Francis made the game-
winning free-throw with twoseconds left to play afterTrenton Higgins tied the gamewith a clutch three-pointerwith just four seconds to go. Ifit weren’t for the foul thegame would’ve been sent intoovertime most likely but, alas,a foul occured and the previ-ously undefeated St. Mary’s
squad was knocked off theperch as No. 1 team in the 8thGrade CYO land.
Girls4th Grade D-1St. Mary’s 12, St. Sebastian
2Cassidy Schutz and Alexa
Avalos scored four points asSt. Mary’s improved to 12-0as they took the title.
5th Grade D-2St. Mary’s 22, OLG 11Jasmine Sprizzo-Hancock
had 13 points and ElianaMalicay contributed a won-derful all-around game with10 steals, eight boards and sixpoints to lead St. Mary’s tochampionship win. The twoteams had split the regularseason contests but St. Mary’swas just too much for OLG inthe final.
7th Grade D-1St. Peter 26, St. Mary’s II
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CYO Basketball Finals March 2nd
photo courtesy St. Mary’s basketball
For The Daily JournalThe Ukiah JV golf team
traveled to Little River GC onWednesday for a CoastalMountain practice match andcame out rather successfully,beating the other six coastalhigh schools with a 458 total.
Gunnar Annis shot a 15-over 86 on the par 71 golfcourse, good enough for 4thoverall out of the 36 playerfield. He was closely fol-lowed by teammate MichaelVilla who shot a round of 87,good enough for 5th overall.
“This was a very goodshowing for their first 18-holematch of the year against thecoastal varsity teams,” saidUkiah JV Head Coach PaulMoore. “The weather wasperfect and the boys were ableto come home with anotherclose two stroke victory.”
Kelseyville took secondplace with a score of 460;Willits 498, Mendocino 502,Fort Bragg 508 and PointArena 529 rounded out thescoring.
In addition to Annis andVilla, Luke Lucchesi carded a91, Scott Cokeley had a roundof 96, Mason Colombo andRyan Morris 98 and TroyMiles shot 110.
The junior-varsity Wildcatsreturn home for a match ver-sus Montgomery High onMonday at 3 p.m.
Wildcats JV golfteam wins CoastalMountain match
By HOWARD ULMANAssociated Press
FORT MYERS, Fla. — JoeTorre got another win over theBoston Red Sox. This onemeant little.
His Los Angeles Dodgersrallied for seven runs in theninth inning Thursday for a 9-6 win over Boston.
But this was just springtraining, far from the intenseYankees-Red Sox gamesTorre saw during 12 seasonsmanaging New York.
“By the time the end of thegame comes, the people who(usually) do the damage aren’tthe ones that are going to beon the field,” Torre said. “It’sstill nice to win, especiallywith a young club that wehave. I think it’s more impor-tant to win as a young club inspring training than it is on aclub that’s had a lot of suc-cess.”
He led the Yankees to fourWorld Series titles from 1996-2000, but none since. Afterthe Yankees offered only aone-year contract lastOctober, he left and signedwith the Dodgers.
Thursday’s key players areunlikely to make opening-dayroster. Dodgers pinch-hitterLuke May hit a three-runhomer that tied the game 5-5and Jason Repko, who missedlast season with two torn ham-string tendons sustained inspring training, hit a grandslam.
“He’s the type of playerthat can really help a ballclubbecause he’s that guy thatcomes off the bench and givesyou a little shot of adrena-
line,” Torre said. “Probablyhis goal for the spring is to letpeople know who he is and hecertainly has done that theright way because he’s justgone after it. If we have to saygoodbye to him, we’re cer-tainly not going to forgethim.”
Dodgers starter DerekLowe, a star in Boston’s 2004World Series clincher at St.Louis, struggled against hisformer team.
He allowed five runs, sixhits with two walks in threeinnings. In his other start ofspring training, he pitchedtwo scoreless innings againstthe New York Mets.
“Any time in spring train-ing, you don’t really want topitch God-awful like I didtoday,” he said.
Boston’s Tim Wakefieldallowed one hit in threeshutout innings in his secondspring-training start.
“I feel good enough that Icould have gone probably onemore (inning),” Wakefieldsaid. “It’s just a matter of get-ting my pitch count to where Iwant it to be.”
Boston’s Jacoby Ellsburywas hitless in his first nine at-bats of spring training beforea ground-rule double in thesecond.
Notes: Boston CF CocoCrisp, sidelined for severaldays with a groin injury, wasscheduled for a root canal andmissed Thursday’s game. ...Los Angeles LF Juan Pierregot his fourth stolen base ofspring training after leadingoff the game with a single.
Former Yankees managertops Red Sox 9-6
gone on to four-year universi-ties, receiving more than $6.5million in scholarships andfinancial aid. “I want to level theplaying field,” Dr. Langer toldme. “We are losing our middleclass, and if we are going to stopthe erosion, it is going to happenthrough education.”
Although many of the schol-ars are from economicallydepressed areas of SouthernCalifornia, Dr. Langer and hiswife have extended thePartnership Scholars program toMendocino County, which hasbeen their home since 1997. Dr.Langer showed me a list of the25 scholars from Fort Bragg,and another ten from
Mendocino. He then announcedthe program is extending toUkiah, where five scholars havebeen selected and the fundingfor the educational stipends($52,000) secured from dona-tions. That’s the good news. Thebad news is that mentors are stillneeded for the young scholarswho have been inducted into theprogram. “This is the mostrewarding thing you can do,”
says Sue Gibson, who is a men-tor and also regional director forthe program. “Mentors often gointo the program wanting toenrich the students’ lives, butsoon find their lives are equallyenriched.”
If you are interested in find-ing out more about how you cangive back as a PartnershipScholars mentor, visitwww.partnershipscholars.org.
The Community Foundationrecently completed a six yeargrant to the Partnership Scholarsprogram, made possible throughsupport of the S. H. CowellFoundation with matching sup-port from local donors. If youwant to find out more about howthe Community Foundationmatches donors’ interests withcommunity needs, visitwww.communityfound.org
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Mendocino announced itsdedication of $45,000 tofund the MendocinoCommunity Gardens Project.
This project will helprelieve hunger and poornutrition in low-incomeneighborhoods by increasingthe availability of fresh pro-duce for young children andtheir families. The FIRST 5Mendocino grant will specif-ically fund the developmentof community gardens inHead Start preschools acrossthe County.
The Community GardensProject, an action programof North CoastOpportunities, directly linksfamilies with young childrento community gardens.Through work in these gar-dens families learn econom-ic development and nutritioneducation -- lessons that lasta lifetime. The gardens alsoencourage families to learnto eat and cook with newfruits and vegetables.
“Supporting TheCommunity Gardens Projectis just one way that FIRST 5Mendocino is fighting child-hood obesity locally,” saidDiane Pauli FIRST 5Commissioner and long timePotter Valley farmer. “Byteaching families aboutnutrition and offering themfresh fruits and vegetables,The Community GardensProject helps young childrendevelop good eating habits.”
With the decrease inphysical activity and anincrease in poor eatinghabits, it is no wonder that35 percent of low-incomechildren in MendocinoCounty are overweight.
“Fresh fruits and vegeta-bles, as compared to junkfood cost more. ManyMendocino County familiessimply can’t afford much”said Miles Gordon,Community Gardens ProjectCoordinator. “TheCommunity Garden’s
Project provides a fresh takeon production and prepara-tion of produce, the benefitsof healthy eating, and achance to beat obesity.”
Current community gar-den projects include “resi-dent gardens” at low-incomeapartment complexes,“youth gardens” for at-risk
youth and a“community/school” gardenat Grace Hudson Elementaryand preschool gardens atState Preschools. “Kids andparents who participate ingardening programs general-ly develop a greater interestin the nutrients of fruits andvegetables simply becausethey have grown them in thegarden” said Gordon.
“By teaching MendocinoCounty residents how toincrease family food self-reliance, we hope to increasethe understanding andawareness of the benefits ofgrowing, buying and con-suming locally grown, nutri-tious foods” said Pauli.
The Community GardensProject partners with theUniversity of CaliforniaCooperative Extension, theMendocino County SchoolsGarden Enhanced NutritionEducation Program, HeadStart, Early Head Start, StatePreschools, The Noyo FoodForest in Fort Bragg and theBrookside School Farm inWillits.
Individual volunteers andorganizations are needed tohelp establish and developthe gardens through labor,expertise, financial andmaterial contributions. Also,community members whoare seeking their own gardenplots are encouraged to con-tact The Gardens Project at462-2596 ext. 103
About FIRST 5Mendocino: Research showsthat a child’s brain developsmost dramatically in thefirst five years and whatparents and caregivers doduring these years to sup-port their child’s growth willhave a meaningful impactthroughout life. Based onthis research, California vot-ers passed Proposition 10 in1998, adding a 50 cents-per-pack tax on cigarettes tosupport programs for expec-tant parents and childrenages 0 to 5.
FIRST 5 Mendocino pledges $45,000to Community Gardens ProjectCommission dedicated to increasingfresh food accessibility across the county
Kayle Mata 3 1/2 she is gardening at a local preschool
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HazMobile to collect waste in Ukiah on Saturday
The HazMobile household hazardous waste site will be openin Ukiah Saturday, March 8 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to accept dan-gerous chemicals that can’t go in the trash.
The HazMobile also features a “free store” with like-newusable products including paint, available without charge to thepublic.
The collection site at 298 Plant Road, located behind theCounty Animal Shelter, is open every Tuesday throughout theyear and the second Saturday of each month. Collection Hoursare 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The HazMobile is free to households but there is a limit of15 gallons per vehicle per day (or 60 feet of fluorescent tubes).The 15 gallons is measured by the capacity of the containers ofhazardous materials. If individuals wish to dispose of more than15 gallons, they must make a special appointment and a fee willbe charged.
Small business waste is also welcome at the collection but anappointment must be made and a fee will be applied per gallonof waste.
When bringing materials to the HazMobile, the publicshould be careful that items are kept in their original containers(except motor oil which can be consolidated), that nothing isleaking, and that all containers are tied down.
Toxic items like paint, antifreeze, pesticides, herbicides,pool chemicals, gasoline, solvents, acids, bases, toxic cleaners,mercury, household batteries and fluorescent light tubes areaccepted by the HazMobile.
Explosives and road flares are excluded.Motor oil, vehicle batteries, computer monitors and televi-
sions can be recycled at the Ukiah Transfer Station, 3151Taylor Drive, open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The HazMobile collects at some location in Mendocino orLake Counties almost every weekend. The schedule and moreinformation is available by calling the local Recycling Hotline,468-9704, or on the Internet at www.mendoRecycle.org.
The HazMobile is a service of the Mendocino Solid WasteManagement Authority. Financial support is provided by theCalifornia Integrated Waste Management Board.
Trail work party at Lake Mendocino set for Saturday
The Ukiah Valley Trail Group is looking for volunteers tohelp build a reroute around a seasonally submerged section oftrail. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the south boat ramp for abarge ride over to the far side of the lake. They plan to finish by2 p.m. The trail group recommends sturdy work shoes, gloves,a bag lunch and some water. They’ll bring the tools and thegoodies.
For more information, call 972-0926 or e-mail [email protected].
Benefit Texas hold ‘em tournament set for Saturday
The Brooktrails Property Owner Association Women’s Clubis sponsoring a Texas Hold ‘em Tournament to benefit theWomen’s Club Education Sponsorship. A buy-in donation of$40 for the evening will be required. The tournament will takeplace at the Brooktrails community center, at 24860 Birch St, at7 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 456-8479.
Lake Mendocino dog hike set forSunday, to benefit Low Gap dog park
Mutt Scouts will host a dog walk on Sunday, March 9, at 9p.m. They describe this hike on the back side of LakeMendocino as being semi-challenging. Participants will meet atthe endof Deerwood Drive. a $10 donation is requested, withthe funds going to the Low Gap Dog Park.
They reccommend that particpants bring hiking boots, water,and snacks.
For more information, visit the web site www.wellman-neredmutts.net, or call Sallie at 463-DOGS.
Jen Lynn to speak at Mendocino Rose Society meeting on March 11
The Mendocino Rose Society will host guest speaker JenLynn on Tuesday March 11. Jen Lyn is a regular at the localFarmers’ Markets and will be speaking on “Season on theFlower Farm.” They invite the public to join them for an infor-mative evening.
The Mendocino Rose Society meets the second Tuesday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m. at the Ukiah Civic Center ConferenceRoom, 411 West Clay St., Ukiah.
For more information about becoming a member of the RoseSociety or about their guest speaker, call Noreen at 463-3550.
AARP Driver Safety Program set for Thursday, March 13
A four and a half hour AARP Driver Safety refresher courseis scheduled to be held in the Big Sur Room at the Departmetof Social Services, 747 S. State St., in Ukiah, on ThursdayMarch 13. The hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This class is a one day, four and a half hour class only forthose who have previously taken the 8-hour class in the lastfour years.
By law, auto insurance discounts are available upon thecompletion of this course. Some insurance companies allowage 50 for the discount. The clas must be repeated every threeyears in order to continue the discount.
Instructors are trained volunteers. Class size is limited by theState of California, to the first 25 persons who sign up. The costof the course is $10. For additional information and to sign upfor the class, call Jan at 462-7314.
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Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Crimi-
nal charges have been filedagainst a company thatallegedly imported and dis-tributed nearly 90,000 tubesof Chinese toothpaste contain-ing a poisonous substance anda wholesaler that suppliedlocal stores with the tubes,City Attorney Rocky Del-gadillo announced Thursday.
Selective Imports Corp.and Vernon Sales Inc. alleged-ly sold toothpaste containingdiethylene glycol, a chemicalused in antifreeze and as a sol-vent.
Selective Imports, based inVernon, sold the toothpaste todistributors throughout thecountry between December2005 and May 2007, prosecu-tors said. Vernon Sales, alsobased in Vernon, is accused ofbuying some of the tubes andreselling them to Los Angeles
stores.The misdemeanor charges
announced Thursday werefiled on Monday, saidSupervising Deputy CityAttorney Jerry Baik.
Vernon Sales PresidentKamyab Toofer, VicePresident Pejman Mossay andthe company itself, were eachcharged with 14 criminalcounts for allegedly receiving,selling and delivering an adul-terated drug.
The companies are liablefor distributing the taintedproduct even if they had nodirect knowledge of the riskbecause they were negligentin not ensuring the toothpastewas safe, Baik said.
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Author Frances Moore Lappé will be at theMendocino Book Company in downtown UkiahSaturday, March 8, as a part of a tour for her newbook, Getting A Grip.
Ms Lappé is the author of sixteen books, beginningwith the 1971 three-million-copy bestseller, Diet ForA Small Planet, which awakened a whole generationto the human-made causes of hunger and thesignificance of our everyday choices. Her newestbook, Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity, & Courage InA World Gone Mad, arrived in bookstores inSeptember, 2007
Getting A Grip is not an ordinary book: It’s morelike a new pair of glasses, allowing you to seeanything around you with greater clarity. Suddenlythe world is more comprehensible, moremanageable, even more beautiful. You won’t want totake them off.
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“I’ll just pick up and do some-thing else.”
He said that besides slug-gish sales, safety was anotherconcern for him and for hisfamily.
“It’s not worth the risk,” hesaid, standing in the steel-reinforced doorway near thebusiness’s chain-link fencedparking lot underneath a sur-veillance camera.
Aaron said not to expect apriced-to-move liquidationsale of medical marijuana asthe venture shuts down.
“I haven’t bought anythingfor about a month and a half,”he said. “By the end ofSaturday I expect we’ll onlyhave a little brown bag left.”
With the folding ofReflections of Avalon, and therecent closing of MendoRemedies in Laytonville inDecember, and its subsequentreopening as an adult bookstore, Mendocino County cur-rently has only one open med-ical marijuana dispensary,Herban Legend in Fort Bragg.
Paula Deeter, owner ofHerban Legend, said her busi-ness hasn’t suffered some ofthe same problems Reflec-
tions of Avalon has.“We work as a coopera-
tive,” she said. “We work withpatients that have extra.Others can’t grow. It workscollectively.”
Deeter said that, in contrastto Reflections of Avalon, thesupply and demand sides ofher business have remainedfairly stable.
“It definitely all worksout,” she said. “There’s cer-tain times of year that there’sa glut. If Aaron had stayed inbusiness a bit longer he mighthave seen that.”
In January, the MendocinoCounty Board of Supervisorstabled a proposal to set strictguidelines for medical mari-juana dispensaries in thecounty. The first ordinancewould have set into place aseries of rigid guidelines per-taining to dispensaries andcapped the number at three,while the second would haveeffectively banned them alto-gether in the county.
Kristi Furman, clerk of theboard, said the item has notbeen rescheduled for a futureboard meeting.
“There’s nothing that hascome to our attention at all,”she said.
Rob Burgess can be reachedat [email protected].
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attempted manslaughter forshooting Flores, because thedeath of Syfert and thewounding of Flores were partof a single event.
“This is a horrible tragedythat happened in the blink ofan eye, and I don’t think it’sthe court’s job to split it up
into milliseconds,” Moormansaid. “Forty-to-life isenough.”
Moorman asked thatFlitcroft be allowed to servethe three years concurrent tohis 40 years-to-life sentence.
Brown also orderedFlitcroft to pay a $10,000restitution fine and sentencedhim to lifetime parole after hisrelease.
Ben Brown can be reached [email protected].
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Gremshaw, wrestling coachand Ukiah High School bandteacher, choking back tears.“Before I go I’ve heard a lotabout yes, the high schoolprograms aren’t cut, but basedon the rules of seniority thetwo high school teachers arein jeopardy. If we’re not herenext year it’s signing a deathwarrant for the high schoolmusic department.”
Letters of support, includ-ing a petition signed by 743students interested in keeping
the choir program, were alsopresented to the board.
“I do not think you shouldcut the high school music pro-gram,” said Ariel Thurman, aUHS sophomore band stu-dent. “A lot of us want to playmusic if the chance is there,but if the chance isn’t there,we won’t be able to.”
Carole Hester said partici-pation in the arts boosted theirperformance in other areas,especially academics.
“It’s unconscionable thatwe always cut arts first,” shesaid. “The arts are much morethan just a fun extra activityfor kids.”
Sherry Sandoval, presidentof the Ukiah Teachers
Association, said the elimina-tion of positions would meanstudents would fail to receivethe same amount of attention,and their curriculum would beleft diminished.
“We recognize that the dis-trict has no choice but torespond to the proposed bud-get and that this is always adifficult situation all the wayaround,” she said. “If there isany way to bring these teach-ers back sooner rather thanlater, it will certainly be betterfor morale and our students.”
By law, teachers slated tobe laid off will receive initialnotices by March 15.
“While we must now planand act based on current pro-
jections, we are hopeful thatour state leaders will be ableto adopt a budget that does notinclude such a devastatingimpact on schools,” stated aportion of the background sec-tion of Resolution 23, whichlisted the programs that wouldbe cut. “In such event, we maybe able to rescind some of theproposed reductions.However, we will not havethat news for several months.”
Ideas and suggestionsabout the current budgetcrunch are currently beingaccepted by the district at [email protected].
Rob Burgess can be reachedat [email protected].
Continued from Page A-1
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always gets clipped, but saidanother way to tell is to checka steelhead’s dorsal fin, whichwill be worn and ragged fromthe fish growing up in a hatch-ery tank.
Carlson said Californiafishermen are legally allowedto take two farmed steelheadof any size.
Most farmed steelhead inMendocino County are foundsouth of Lake Mendocino,where they are released into
the Russian River.Finding and catching a wild
steelhead is still fairly rare,due to overfishing and the siltthat has eliminated fish habi-tat, but Carlson said fishermenhave reported catching greaternumbers of wild steelhead inrecent years.
A copy of all fishing laws isavailable anywhere you canget a fishing license, but it is afisherman’s responsibility toread them.
“It is your responsibility toknow what the laws are,”Carlson said.
He and other hatcheryworkers are trying to revital-
ize the steelhead populationby breeding steelhead torelease into the river.
The hatchery handlesapproximately 200,000 year-ling steelhead per year,Carlson said. In the late winterand spring, the hatcheryreleases the yearlings into theRussian River to make theirway to the ocean.
On Thursday, the hatcheryhad about 20,000 fish left inthe hatchery. Carlson saidhatchery workers wouldrelease them on the next newmoon, sometime around April8.
He said they release the
fish during the new moon sothat the darkness will make iteasier for them to avoid preda-tors.
The yearlings, which areanywhere from two inches toeight inches in length, willreturn in between two to fiveyears to spawn, by which timethey can be up to 30 incheslong.
Spawning steelhead willusually return to the hatcherytwice in their lifetimes, doingtheir part to breed the nextgeneration.
Ben Brown can be reached [email protected].
Continued from Page A-1
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Associated PressSACRAMENTO —
Senator Dianne Feinstein hassent a letter chastising theDemocratic leadership in thestate Legislature for refusingto negotiate a water bond.
The unusual move byFeinstein — the dean ofCalifornia Democrats —comes two weeks after sheand Gov. Arnold Schwarze-negger announced that watertalks had restarted.
In a letter dated Wednes-day, Feinstein says she wasdismayed to learn that herparty’s leadership has refusedto negotiate since then withthe governor and Republicans.
She says their unwilling-
ness to meet violates the spiritof their agreement to restarttalks, which have been com-plicated by disagreementsover building new dams and acanal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Feinstein chastises California Democrats over stalled water talks
LA importers charged withdistributing toxic toothpaste
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California parents withoutteaching credentials cannotlegally home school their chil-dren, according to a recent stateappellate court ruling.
“Parents do not have a con-stitutional right to home schooltheir children,” Justice H.Walter Croskey wrote in a Feb.28 opinion for the 2nd DistrictCourt of Appeal.
Noncompliance could leadto criminal complaints againstthe parents, Croskey said.
The immediate impact of theruling was not clear. Opponentssaid they will appeal.
An estimated 166,000 stu-dents in California are homeschooled, but it was unclearhow many of them are taughtsolely by an uncredentialed par-
ent.To earn a five-year prelimi-
nary teaching credential inCalifornia, a person must obtaina bachelor’s degree from anaccredited college or universityand complete multiple exami-nations.
Until now, Californiaallowed home schooling if par-ents filed paperwork to estab-
lish themselves as small, privateschools; hired a credentialedtutor; or enrolled their child inan independent study programrun by an established schoolwhile teaching the child athome.
The state left enforcement upto local school districts, butthere has been little oversight.
The old system “works so
well, I don’t see any reason tochange it,” said J. MichaelSmith, president of the Virginia-based Home School LegalDefense Association.
The ruling stems from a caseinvolving Phillip and MaryLong, a Los Angeles-area cou-ple whose eight children areenrolled or have been enrolledin Sunland Christian School in
suburban Sylmar and occasion-ally have taken tests there.
The Los Angeles CountyDepartment of Children andFamily Services intervenedafter the couple’s eldest child“reported physical and emo-tional mistreatment” by thefather, court papers said. Thedepartment conducted an inves-tigation and found that despite
the couple’s assertion that theirchildren were enrolled atSunland, they were educated athome by their mother, who doesnot have a teaching credential.
Attorneys for the stateDepartment of Education werereviewing the ruling, and homeschooling organizations werelining up against it.
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNALWEATHER
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Auditions for Sondheim’s ‘Into theWoods’ set for Friday and Saturday
Auditions for Gloriana Musical Theatre’s presentation ofStephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” will be held on Friday,March 7, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, March 8 from 12to 6 p.m., at Evergreen Church at the corner of Laurel St. andCorry St. in Fort Bragg. The score has been described as chal-lenging to learn and perform, and there are roles for older andyounger performers. Some parts will be double-cast. The rolesinclude a Narrator, a Baker and his Wife, and many well-knownfairy-tale characters.
The Gloriana Musical Theatre requests that those auditioningmemorize and rehearse with a piano, if possible a song from theshow. Actors will sing at their first audition, possibly readscenes, and most will be asked to a callback on Saturday after-noon. A pianist is available at the auditions. Prospective actorsare encouraged read the script -- available for check out at FortBragg Library and Mendocino Library. For more information,or to sign up for an audition time, call Marcie Schorg at 937-5257.
One Earth! gallery show opening set for Saturday
One Earth! Studio, Gallery, and Gift announces a new galleryshow, “Pieces.” The show will feature contemprary artwork cre-ated by three local artists. Pieces on display will include quilt-ing by Laura Fogg, mosaics by Elizabeth Raybee, and collagesby Susan Hadley. The opening reception is set for March 8 from4 to 8 p.m. The show will run from March 8 through April 20.
5 percent of the gallery sales will go to Project Sanctuary.For more information, call One Earth! Studio at 467-0200.
Ukiah Contra Dance set for SaturdayThe next Ukiah Contra Dance will be Saturday, March 8,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Caller Kirsten Koths will give beginnerinstruction at 7 p.m. Flashpoint with Howard Booster and JonBerger on fiddle, Rebecca King at the piano will ensure thetunes are lively.
The dance will be held at the Methodist Church, 207 NorthPine Street (back entrance). Children are welcome to attend.This dance is always a mixer (dancers change partners for eachdance), so attendees do not need to bring a partner participate.Admission is $4 for dancing children ages 4 to 11; $6 for ages12 to 17: $8 for 18 years and above. Bring non-alcoholic bev-erage or dessert to share.
For more information, call Ulla at 467-0311.
Gualala Arts PPQG Quilt Challengeopening reception set for Saturday
For over a dozen years on the coast, annual Gualala ArtsQuilt Challenges have delighted residents and visitors with col-orful, creative examples of the art and craft of quilting.
Even before local quilters organized to form PacificPiecemakers Quilt Guild in 1996, they sponsored annual chal-lenge exhibits at Gualala Arts, each with a special theme or arequired fabric or design element. Rules have always been sim-ple, and there’s no judge or jury: it’s all about participation.
In 2006, as PPQG celebrated its tenth anniversary, manyquilts from past Challenge shows were displayed in the foyer ofGualala Art Center. Challenge quilts emerge from such themesas Artistic Expression, The Nature of Things, Beyond ourBorders (Ethnic inspiration), Something’s Fishy, The Beauty ofMathematics, the Millennium, Express Yourself (Self-Portraits), It’s the Little Things, or a specific quilting patternsuch as Log Cabin. In 2006 there was the “Perfect Ten” exhib-it and in June 2007 the “Flights of Fantasy” exhibit paved theway for future challenges.
In preparing their projects for these exhibits, quilters of alllevels stretch to expand their skills and creativity -- and that’sthe essence of “challenge.” The result is an exciting event thatinvolves the wider community, as hundreds of people eitherattend the opening reception, or visit the show afterwards.
PPQG’s 2008 Challenge, “I found it in the Library,” invitedquilters to interpret the theme as broadly or narrowly as theywish. Chairing the event this year is Anna Hines.
The public is invited to join the quilters in their openingreception from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, March 8. The exhibit willbe up through April 6.
Community Concert Association to hold kickoff dinner formembership Campaign on Monday
The grand “Kickoff Dinner” for the Ukiah CommunityConcerts membership subscription campaign will be held at theNorth State Street Café on Monday, March 10. The gatheringwill begin at 5:30 p.m. Diana Thomas is chair of the annualevent and promises some good food as well as lively entertain-ment. However, the main reason for the group to get together isfor the review of the coming four concerts for the 2008-2009season in order to promote their sale.
Al Bellon is once more chair of the membership drive, andwill speak to the volunteers who are going to be working toobtain new members as well as renew current memberships.Bellon suggests, “Don’t wait for a worker to come to you if youare interested in finding out more about joining CommunityConcerts. If you recognize a name on the workers list, you canjust give him or her a call to find out more.”
The four concerts will be: “PianaFiddle,” “A Tribute toBenny Goodman and Peggy Lee,” “Maya,” and“MackMcCray.” For more information, call Maggie Cooper at463-2738 or Maggie Graham at 459-3466 in Willits.
Mystic Theatre to present ‘Timeless Voices’ on Sunday
Mystic Theatre will offer healing stories for wounded arche-types that are shared as part of being in the human race. The sto-ries are told as original monologues in first-person beginningwith the huge issues of betrayal and freedom from oppression,read by Leeya Thompson. Music by Kristine Robin and thesounds of quartz singing bowls by Energy Tones will be part ofthe evening’s performance.
All are invited to help them launch this once a month pro-gram on March 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m., to be held at the Center ForPositive Living, 741 South Oak Street, Ukiah. For more infor-mation or be a participant in future programs, call LeeyaThompson at 467-8456, e-mail [email protected]. A donationof $5 at the door is requested.
“Vegan Extravaganza” set for MondayMendocino Opera Fresca and Stanford Inn by the Sea Resort
and Spa invite the public to the premiere Vegan Extravaganza.
The event will take place on Monday, March 10, at the Raven’sRestaurant, and will feature wines, seasonally inspired cuisine,and a musical presentation from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m., with dinnerreservations available for either 5:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.
Participants will be able to dine either before or after the con-cert, at their pleasure. Admission to the event will cost $45 perperson.
The evening is a benefit for Mendocino Opera Fresca’sSpring Opera Festival 2008, featuring Rossini’s “Il barbiere diSiviglia” (”The Barber of Seville”), on April 18 through 26, atCotton Auditorium, in Fort Bragg. To make reservations for theMonday, March 10 benefit event, call 937-5615.
Auditions for ‘The Man Who Came To Dinner’ set for Monday
Ukiah Players Theatre and Mendocino College announceopen auditions for their co-production of the Moss Hart andGeorge S. Kaufman comedy “The Man Who Came To Dinner.”Auditions will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday,March 10, at the Ukiah Playhouse, 1041 Low Gap Road inUkiah. Rehearsals will begin the following week and will con-tinue through April and early May. This play will be performedThursday through Saturday, May 8 through May 31, withSunday matinees May 11 and May 18. This production will bedirected by David Hance.
A company of sixteen actors will play all 40 roles in thiscomedy. This production of “The Man Who Came To Dinner”will be performed as a near-slapstick farce. The show will runat a breakneck speed with considerable physical comedy. TheSheridan Whiteside character will be at the center of a storm, ascharacters explode flamboyantly on stage around him. Thoseauditioning should be ready to talk fast and loud, be preparedfor quick costume and make-up changes, rapid entrances andexits, and lots of slamming doors.
Director David Hance is looking for approximately 8 menand 8 women ages 16 to 76. Perusal scripts are available at theUPT office at 1041 Low Gap Road, or by calling 462-1210.
Watercolor technique presentation set for March 15
On Saturday, March 15, Patricia Martin Osborne will demon-strate watercolor techniques. Sponsored by Mendocino CountyArt Association, this demonstration will take place at the GraceHudson Meeting Room at 10:15 a.m. Ms. Osborne will encour-age participants to explore new territory using sketching, exper-imentation and creativity.
For more information, call Rosalind O’Neal at 463-2268.
‘Roots and Shoots’ benefit set for Saturday, March 15
The Tree of Life Montessori Charter School’s benefit dinnerand auction, “Roots and Shoots,” will be held on Saturday,March 15, at 6 p.m., at the Lake Mendocino Club House, 1500Lake Mendocino Dr. The evening’s activities will include danc-ing to music provided by the local band, Gigantic, a silent auc-tion, a live auction with a dinner catered by Schat’s Bakeryincluded. Tickets will be $30 per person.
Sor Ensemble to perform on March 16OPUS Chamber Music Series will present the Sor Ensemble,
a string quintet Preston Hall, Mendocino at 3 p.m. on Sunday,March 16. Tickets are $15 general, and admission for thoseunder age 18 is free. Advance tickets are available at HarvestMarket and Tangents in Fort Bragg, Out of This World and SeaCottage Real Estate in Mendocino. For more information, call964-0898 or visit the web site www.symphonyofthered-woods.org.
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Today is the 67th day of 2008 and the 77thday of winter.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1912, RoaldAmundsen publicly announced his successfularrival at the South Pole.
In 1936, Adolf Hitler defied the Treaty of
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In 1965, state troopers attacked 600 civilrights protesters on “Bloody Sunday” inSelma, Ala.
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TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1996, MagicJohnson became the second player in NBA his-tory to reach 10,000 career assists.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “A point of view canbe a dangerous luxury when substituted forinsight and understanding.” -- MarshallMcLuhan
TODAY’S FACT: In addition to being thefirst to reach the South Pole, Roald Amundsenwas also the first to sail the Northwest Passageand the first to complete a trans-Arctic flight.
TODAY’S MOON: New moon (March 7).
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Last week at a family gathering, I found himin a bedroom with the door shut and the lightsout, playing hide-and-seek with my 3-year-oldgrandchild. I have expressed my concerns tothe child’s parents (my son and daughter-in-law), but they think this man is “just a big kid.”
Will you please write something on theactions of a pedophile? -- Seattle Grandmother
Dear Seattle: Most adults who play withchildren are perfectly OK, but if this man islooking for ways to get your 3-year-old grand-child alone, it is cause for concern. Pedophilesusually seem normal, even respectable, butthey often prefer the company of children andarrange to be near them -- through work, activ-ities or adult relationships that enable them to
be around young children on a regular basis.They often “groom” the children by playingchild-centered games, bringing them gifts,making them feel special and creating trust.(With older children, it can include arrangingparties and outings.) Inappropriate physicalcontact happens gradually, and often parentsare unaware anything is going on until it’s toolate. This is why it is so important to educatechildren about good and bad touching, and tomake sure they tell their parents when anythinghappens or if they are uncomfortable with cer-tain people.
Young children should not be left unsuper-
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Dear Annie: I am a 32-year-old gay maleliving with HIV. My mother died last year andall I have left is my dad. He knows I’m gay andthat I have HIV, but he chooses to keep his dis-tance. He talks to me if I call or go see him, butI’m tired of making the first move. He visitsother family members who live two blocksfrom me, but won’t drop by here. I miss mymother and would love to have Dad in my life.
I’ve stopped calling and visiting in the hopethat he will reach out to me. Is that the wrongway to handle it? Should I quit whining andjust be content with a one-sided relationship? -- Missing Dad in Kentucky
Dear Missing Dad: There is no right orwrong way. The question to ask is, “Do I wanta relationship with Dad?” If so, the work willbe on your shoulders. If you miss him and canlearn to accept the little he offers, then contin-
ue calling and visiting. Over time, you mightfind that he’s receptive to a closer relationship.
Dear Annie: I am writing in response to“Mr. Mom,” who is upset because his ex-wifenever wants to see their 13-year-old daughterand he cannot find reliable babysitters so hecan go out with his girlfriend.
Hello? Most babysitters begin sitting at 13years old. I did, and so did my friends. Hisdaughter is too old for a sitter, and if she wentto her mom’s house, she could certainly stay byherself. It’s time for them to realize she is not ababy anymore. -- Kim in Elkhart, Ind.
Dear Kim: It’s true that many kids startworking as babysitters when they are 13 andmost are quite capable. However, states havedifferent restrictions on leaving minor childrenhome alone, depending on the maturity of thechild, the length of time the child is left aloneand at what time of day the parents are gone.Before assuming this particular 13-year-oldgirl can be left alone, the parents should checktheir local state guidelines.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURTBAYFIELD COUNTY
FAMILY COURT BRANCHCase No. 07 FA 12DIVORCE 40101In re the marriage of:BRIANNA ARIELLE SMITH, Petitioner-and-PETER LUKE ADELBERT GRUERWhereabouts unknown, Respondent
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To the person named above as respondent:
You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.
Within 45 days after February 29, 2008, ex-clusive of the date just stated, you must re-spond with a written demand for a copy of the petition. The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this court, whose address is, Clerk of Circuit Court, Bayfield County Courthouse, 117 E. Fifth Street, P.O. Box 536, Washburn, WI 54891, and to Joseph M. Lievois, the peti-tioner’s attorney, whose address is, Atty. Jo-seph M. Lievois, 100 Manypenny Avenue, P.O. Box 551, Bayfield, WI 54814. You may have an attorney help or represent you.
If you do not demand a copy of the petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judg-ment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by gar-nishment of wages or seizure of property.
You are further hereby notified that if you and the petitioner have minor children, viola-tion of the following criminal statute is punish-able by a fine or imprisonment, or both: Wis.Stat. sec. 948.31, Interference with custody by parent or others.
If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document sett ing for th the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Workforce Development under Wis. Stat. § 49.22(9) and listing the factors that a court may consider for modifica-tion of that standard under Wis. Stat. § 767.59 is available upon your request from the clerk of court. You are further hereby notified of the availability of information set for th in Wis.Stat. § 767.105 from the family court commis-sioner.Dated: February 13, 2007Attorney for the Petitioner:Joseph M. Lievois, P.O. Box 551, Bayfield, WI 54814/tel. no. (715) 779-5800State Bar No. 1037570
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Notice of Public HearingNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mendo-cino County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing in their Chambers at 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1070, Ukiah, CA, on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, on the following:
Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Deci-sion on January 17, 2008, Effectively Denying the Following Project:
CASE No.: U16-2007DATE FILED: July 23, 2007OWNER: Michael JacquetAPPLICANT: Edge Wireless, LLCAGENT: Eagle Consulting-Allen Potter APPELLANT: Edge Wireless, LLCREQUEST: Use Permit to Authorize the Con-struction and Operation of a Wireless Tele-communication Facility to Support a Wireless Provider (Edge Wireless), Consisting of a 45-Foot Tall Monopole, Three Panel Antennas, and Ground Based Equipment.LOCATION: 3.5+/- Miles Southwest of Potter Valley Lying on the West Side of Black Bart Trail (Private), 0.2+/- Miles North of its Inter-section with Horseshoe Circle (Private), Lo-cated at 9400 Black Bart Trail; APN 176-060-26.
All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard at this time. Applicants or their agents must appear for their hearings. The Department of Planning and Building Serv-ices has prepared a draft Negative Declara-tion for the project. If you challenge the above matter(s) in court, you may be limited to rais-ing only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. All documents are available for review in the Clerk of the Board’s Office.For further information, call 463-4221.
KRISTI FURMANClerk of the Board
PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE
137-082-29,3-7,14,21/08
FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME
STATEMENTFile No.: 2008-F0065
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:THE BRAD LOVESY GROUP47920 Signal Por t Creek RdPO Box 1118Gualala, CA 95445Bradley James Lovesy47920 Signal Por t Creek RdGualala, CA 95445This business is con-ducted by an Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8/31/04.Endorsed-Filed on01/31/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Brad LovesyBRAD LOVESY
138-082-29,3-7,14,21/08
FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME
STATEMENTFile No.: 2008-F0126
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:CINNABAR CERAM-ICS106 W. Church St.,Ukiah, CA 95482Geoffrey Price Gra-ham760 N. Oak StUkiah, CA 95482This business is con-ducted by an Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. En-dorsed-Filed on02/28/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Geoffrey Pr ice GrahamGEOFFREY PRICE GRAHAM
139-082-29, 3-7, 14, 21/08FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT
File No.: 2008-F0124THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:Pennroyal Vine-yards5601 Hwy. 128 (P.O.Box 47)Philo, CA 95466NAVARRO VINE-YARDS LLC5601 Hwy 128 P.O.Box 47Philo, CA 95466This business is con-ducted by a Limited Liability Company.The registrants com-menced to transact business under the f ictit ious business name or names listed above on 02/26/2008. En-dorsed-Filed on02/27/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Deborah S. CahnDEBORAH S. CAHNLLC MANAGER
468-3500
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“Plant seeds - sing songs!”Come Worship
with us during this
ResurrectionSeason!
CrossroadsChristian ChurchSundays 11 a.m.
UkiahConference Center
The Word of God through Scripture,
Song & Spoken Word.All are welcome
30 LOST &FOUND
Lost 02/10 Cat.Long haired yellow tabby. Yellow eyes.
485-8994
LOST multi-keys this winter w/mini tape measure Reward!!!463-5519.
30 LOST &FOUND
Lost: Btwn Dora Av.& Home Depot, black plastic box containing
CST-laser level.Reward. 489-0033
On Sat. morning 3/1 I was walking with my brother on So. Or-chard St. A Highway Patrol cruiser pulled up next to us, Wow we got so scared we quickly scooted into a drainage pipe. CHP called Animal Control and quick as a wink an officer responded and got us! We are both now safe at the Ukiah Shelter located at 298 Plant Rd. We hope our person will find us or a loving soul will come and adopt us. We are just 3 months old and appear to be a Cattle Dog mix. You can al-so call Sage to find out how we are doing 467-6453
110 EMPLOYMENTWANTED
Housecleaner/care-taker ful l /par t-t ime resp/trustwor thy 1yr exp. Lupita 391-4759
120 HELPWANTED
Accounting PositionF/T Accounting position avail.
w/busy Property Mgt. company.
Must be computer literate, detail
oriented, able to multi-task possess strong organization-
al skills. At least 2 yrs. previous
accounting experi-ence required.
Following benefits available: 401k,
health insurance, paid vacation,
holidays & more.Salary DOE.
Please submit resu-me' & cover letter
or mail to Realty World Selzer Realty
Property Management at 350 E. Gobbi St.Ukiah, CA 95482
Please No Phone Calls
ADMIN. ASSISTANTM-F 12-6 pm$12-$14 hr
Bilingual pref.Resumes to SPACE,
145 E. Church St, Ukiah, 95482 or [email protected]
Closes 03/14
ADMINISTRATOR-Mountain ViewSenior HousingOperator has an
opening for an expe-rienced Administrator at Mountain View, an assisted living and memory care com-munity located in
Ukiah. For more in-formation and to ap-ply for this position,
go to www.smirecruit-er.com and reference Job Code ID #2820
or fax: 503-485-1113 and reference Job
Code ID #2820. EOE
Cabinet finisherneeded for busy
Ukiah area cabinet shop. Prior finishing or painting exp. pref.
For applicationpacket please call
462-6314
120 HELPWANTED
BANK SECRECYACT SPECIALISTThe Savings Bank
of Mendocinois seeking a
Bank Secrecy Act Specialist.
Coordinates and manages daily op-erations for compli-ance with the Bank Secrecy Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and USA Patr iot Act. One year banking exp.required. Proficien-cy in online banking systems and re-search software re-quired. Good work-ing knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act preferred. Mini-mum keyboarding speed 45WPM.Salary Range:$2108 to $3500 monthly DOE.Apply in person at 200 N. School St.,
Ukiah,CA.Deadline to
apply: FridayMarch 14, 2008
at 4:00 p.m.EEO/AA m/f/v/d
CALI KIND CLOTH-ING NOW HIRING.Must have sales exp.707-326-4077
Caregiver. IHSS 9 hrs. day. Fri. to start with Mon.-Fri. starting April 28. 485-7398
Come JoinOur Team
Now accepting applications for
MARKETINGDIRECTOR
Coyote ValleyShodakai Casino7751 N. State St.Redwood Valley
M-F 9-5 EOE707-467-4752
REDWOODEMPIRE SAWMILL
in Cloverdale is seeking an experi-
enced Millwright and an experienced
Electrician. Full-time with benefits.
Please fax your re-sume to 707-894-
4632 or apply in per-son at 31401 McCray Road in Cloverdale.
120 HELPWANTED
Come JoinOur Team
Now accepting applications for
TABLE GAMESwith experience
Coyote ValleyShodakai Casino7751 N. State St.Redwood Valley
M-F 9-5 EOE707-467-4752
Come JoinOur Team
Now accepting applications for
TABLE GAMESwith experience
Coyote ValleyShodakai Casino7751 N. State St.Redwood Valley
M-F 9-5 EOE707-467-4752
CONTROLLER $60k -- $80k
for Mendocino Community Health
Clinic (MCHC),a N/P federally
qualified health ctr w/$18m budget & multiple sites in
Mendo. & Lake Co.Will provide daily
management of all accntg functions.
Directly supervises staff of 7. Must pos-sess at least B.S. in
Business Admin. with a concentration in
acctng. w/5yr+ exp.to incl. supervision.Health Care exp a+! MCHC offers exc.
comp/bfts pkg.For immed.consid-
eration, send resume w/cover ltr.to HR Dept-MCHC 333 Laws Avenue Ukiah, CA 95482
Fax: (707) 468-0793 Email: skenney@
mchcinc.org EEOE
DIESELMECHANIC
3 yrs exp. Gd wages & benefits. 462-6721
120 HELPWANTED
Direct Care WorkNo Experience
Needed!!Morning, evening, graveyard. Drug test required, no test for cannabis, good DMV.Personal care, cook-ing, cleaning, driving and providing living skil ls training to adults with develop-mental disabil i t ies.Three 6 bed group homes, established in 1988. Call for inter-view 485-5168, 485-0165, 468-0602.
DOCUMENTATIONSPECIALIST
The Savings Bank of Mendocinois seeking a
DocumentationSpecialist
Responsible for a variety of tasks re-lated to compiling, developing, and writing bank proce-dures. Excellent grammar and spell-ing skills required.Must have ability to write instructions in a user-friendly, logi-cal, and concise manner. Proficiency using software such as MS Word to cre-ate procedures, re-por ts, memos or forms required.Exp. using Adobe InDesign, Photo Im-pact, and Adobe Acrobat Professio-nal or similar soft-ware helpful, but will train. Minimum keyboarding speed 45WPM. Salary Range: $1916 to $3150 monthly DOE. Apply in
person at200 N. School St.
Ukiah, CA.Deadline to apply:Friday, March 14,2008 at 4:00 p.m.EOE/AA m/f/v/d
Ukiah residential childrens facility
is looking for caring,responsible individ-
uals to come join our team. Some exp. pre-ferred but not neces-sary. Will provide on
the job training. Start-ing sal. $12.12 hr.
403B, great benefits & vacation package.
Fax resume to 463-6957
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 -B-5
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Through March 21, 2008
Excess/ObsoleteInventory Reduction Sale
CASH &
MICROPHOR – WILLITSManufacturer of Public/Private
Transportation Waste Treatment Systems452 East Hill Road
No Phone Calls
Hours are 9 AM - 3 PMMonday - Friday
Plumbing, Hardware, Resins and OtherMiscellaneous Items
Check out the Classified section for more details.
590 S. School St.468-3500
120 HELPWANTED
DRIVERS
$1000HIRINGBONUS
Golden State OvernightF/T & P/T
with insured,dependable van or pickup with shell.Early am route in
Mendo. & Lake Co.Benefits avail.Contact Steven
Koller 866-779-7726 or [email protected]
Food Instrument Specialist
for E Center’s Women, Infant & Children (WIC)
Program in Lake-port, CA. Refer to
job #WIC-2008-03-01; 20-40 hrs/wk.
$11.98/hr w/poten-tial up to $14.60/hr;benefits for 30 hrs
or more a wk;Bilingual (Eng/Span)
pref. HS diploma/ GED, min 1 yr cleri-cal exp or technical training in a health
or edu related; must have CA driver’s lic.Screen appicants
for program eligibili-ty, be responsible for all aspects ofissuing WIC Food Instruments, be
local liaison to LakeCo. WIC vendors.Contact: WIC, 122 “D” St., Lakeport,
CA 95453;707-263-5253; or
www.ectr.org.Deadline: 3/17/08,
5 pm. EOE
Front Desk ClerkMust be willing to
work 2 night audits.Inquire at
Discovery Inn1340 N. State St
Full Time Caregiver,mental health facility.
PT Various shifts$8-$10/hr. 467-0911
HYGIENIST2 days week.
Competitive pay.Fax resume to
463-8632TLC Child &
Family Servicesseeks 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 place-ment. Income tax-ex-empt. Exp. with chil-dren req. Parents will receive training, + So-cial Worker, in-home
support & respite.Need 1 or 2-parent
homes, with 1 parent home full time. Home with no more than 1
biological child consid-ered. Retirees invited to apply. Contact TLC
707-463-1100Lic#236800809
Lic. VocationalNurse or Medical
AssistantMCHC seeks LVN or MA for Hillside Health
Ctr. Exp. nec. F/TCompetitive salary
DOE great benefits! Fax: 468-0793
120 HELPWANTED
MENDOCINO COUNTYTRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENTis accepting applica-tions for the follow-
ing positions:
Sr EquipmentOperator
$2896 - $3522/Mo
EquipmentOperator
$2623 - $3188/Mo
Sr Heavy EquipmentMechanic
$3351 - $4075/Mo
EquipmentSuperintendent$3881 - $4718/Mo
Apply by 03/14/08 to: HR Dept, 579 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482, (707) 463-4261, w/TDD (800) 735-2929. www.co. men-d o c i n o . c a . u s / h r EOE
JANITOR/LAUNDRY WORKER
Responsible for pro-viding Janitor ial/ Laundry services at the Residential Treat-ment Campus. Excel-lent benefits including medical, dental, vi-sion, & tuition reim-bursement. Must pass pre-employment physical, drug test and background check.
APPLY AT 915 W. Church St.,
Ukiah or fax resume to 877-382-7617
www.trinityys.orgEOE
LVN Part time.Tired of high case loads? Provide sup-port to 6 adults with Devel. Disabilities in
their home.Office 485-5168Cell 489-0022
LVN Case ManagerMCHC seeks LVN Case Manager for Hillside Health Ctr.Exp. F/T lic. LVN
Bilingual pref.Competitive salary
DOE great benefits! Fax: 468-0793
Metals Analyst - Swing Shift
Fast paced environ-mental laboratory in
Ukiah. BA/BS in chemistry or related science. Experience in AA, GF, ICPMS and other relatedexperience prefer-
red. 401K plan, good salary, long estab-lished business.No phone calls.Respond with
resume to208 Mason St.
or email [email protected]
Patient ServicesRepresentative
Hillside Health Ctr.seeks receptionist
Bilingual pref.Competitive salary +
great benefits!Fax: 468-0793
120 HELPWANTED
MAKE ADIFFERENCE INTHE LIFE OF A
CHILD! JOIN THETRINITY TEAM!
Trinity YouthServices-Ukiah
A social service agency serving abused & neglected youth in a Residen-tial Treatment Cam-pus is looking for
CHILD CARE WORKERS.
CCW is responsible for the daily care & supervision of cli-ents & living condi-t ions. Swing & Night shifts availa-ble. Star ting at $9.40/hr. On-call $9/hr. Must be 21 yrs old. Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vi-sion, tuition reim-bursement & FREE co-op child care.Must pass pre-em-ployment physical, drug test & back-ground check.
APPLY AT915 W. Church St.
Ukiah or fax resume
877-382-7617www.trinityys.org
EOE
Medical Records char t assembler & analyzers for local hospital. Exp req’d Fax 310-641-1208 or [email protected]
MOTEL MNGR CPL32 units, Point Arena POB 393, Point Are-na , 95468 Exc apt.
NCO Head StartMendo/Lake
Aide-for HS Ctr.Sp/Eng Bil preferred.$8.17/yhr w/bene’s.19-35 hrs/wk. Must submit NCO app:
800-606-5550x302 or www.ncoinc.org.
Closes 3/17 @ 5 PM (postmark not
accepted). EOE
Post Office Now Hiring!
Avg Pay $20/ hr, $57 K/yr, incl. Fed ben, OT.
Offered by ExamServices, not aff w/ USPS who hires.1-866-292-1387
Prenatal EducatorsMCHC’s Little Lake & Lakeside Health Ctr.
seek Prenatal Educa-tors. P/T 1-yr perina-tal exp. req. Bilingual a+ Fax: 707-468-0793 [email protected]
www.mchcinc.org for job description.
PUBLIC SAFETYDISPATCHER-CHP
$3413-4562/mo.plus benefits.
Job descr/app. by 3/15 467-4000 or www.chp.ca.gov
Sales & Marketing Assist. Hopland
winery seeks motiva-tel person to assit in all aspects of wine sales. Computer graph. & website
maint. a +. Must be able to lift 40 lbs.Sal. DOE Email
Satellite Tech. Goodpay. Wiring & com-
puter skills are a must. 707-459-4777
120 HELPWANTED
Telephone OperatorsVery flexible shifts
avail. Apply in person 516 S. School St. Ste
A. Mon.-Fri. after 1:30pm. Background checks & drug test.
Transportation Aide Tapestry
Family ServicesTranspor t children to appts and events.PT as sched. Safe vehicle, exc DMV & ins. $10/hr + mi. re-im. 463-3300, 290 E. Gobbi St, Ukiah.Apply now!
TRAVEL USAPublic Sales Co. hir-ing 18-23 sharp en-thusiastic individuals to travel the U.S.Travel, training, lodg-ing, transpor tation provided. Start today!
1-800-530-7278
Vet Tech/Assist.3-4 days wk. Pref.
exp. Computer/ phone, animal
handling skills nec.N. State Animal Hosp.
2280 N. State St. Ukiah 468-5965
WALMARTnow hiring for F/T
PHARMACY TECHMust be Ca. Cert.Competitive pay,
great benefits. Drug test & background
check req. Apply on line at walmart/careers or at the hiring center at
Walmart.
140 CHILDCARE
Little Friends Pre-school. F/T & P/T. Opening ages 2-5. Monthly rates
between $185-$495.465 Luce Ave.
463-2273
200 SERVICESOFFERED
EXPERTCARPENTRY,
Reasonable rates 468-5937
210 BUSINESSOPPORT.
Make Money Withouta Job! Unemployed? collect Up to $450 a week Unemployment
Insurance! Call 1-800-984-0477
250 BUSINESSRENTALS
2200 sq. ft. officespace for rent. All or part. Contact Paoli
Realty 707-462-4608
2950 sf office space.Remod. to suit. 376 E. Gobbi St. Ext. un-der renov. 462-6506
LEE KRAEMERReal Estate Broker
SCHOOL STREETOFFICE/RETAIL
1300+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
BRAND NEW!BUILD TO SUITOffice or Medical
1974+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
DOWNTOWNHi-traffic loc. Ofc. Ste1600+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
MED. OFFICE orRETAIL
South Orchard3400+/- sq. ft. w/pkng
468-8951
250 BUSINESSRENTALS
Medical Office. 900sf. $900 mo. Luce
Ave. Off street parking. 485-0433
300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED
2bd2ba. Avail. 3/1$1025mo. $1025 sec.
W/D, pool, spa.No sec. 8 or pets.
463-2973
3 upstairs 1bd apts $650mo, $800 dep.HUD ok. 110 Norton 468-5481 leave msg.
NEWER2 BEDROOM
DW/Garage + Pool$885mo. 463-2325
PARK PLACE1 bd. $800, 2 bdr.$910 TH $1050.
Pool/garg. 462-5009
Ukiah-Lrg. nice 3 bd., 1 ba. apartment. Re-cent new tile kitchen.$950+ sec.972-1221Ukiah-Lrg. nice 3 bd., 1 ba. apartment. Re-cent new tile kitchen.$950+ sec.972-1221
330 HOMESFOR RENT
$2100 Beautiful4br/3ba, 3 car gar.Frpl., Extras. No
pets. Ukiah 972-1417
1 bd.1 ba. N/S, N/P.Avail. 4/1/08. $800/
mo. $800 dep.707-489-6508
2bd 1 1/2 bth Twnhse Ukiah dshwshr, pa-tio, wtr/gb pd. no pets $895/mo. 463-3721
3 bd 2 ba only $795/mo! Buy!
5%dn, 20yrs at 8% apr! For listings
800-749-7901 xS622 3BD/2BA Oak Manor area. Avail. now $1600/mo. $2400 dep. Broker 485-1402
3bd2ba. 1750 sf.Calpella. N/S/D.
Sml. dog. $1600/mo.$2000 dep. $500
cleaning. 272-0078Avail. March 15.
3bd2ba. Sml. detach-ed ofc. Off Orchard & Plum. $1750 + dep.
(415)499-0955
491 Kennwood Dr.-4bd.3ba. Near. park & river. 1 fireplace.
$2000/mo. 480-0615
4BD, 3BA-Ukiah29 Creekside Ct.
$1500/mo(415)616-4073
Cute cottage in Lu-cerne 2/bd +bonus rm. deck, hrdwd, dog ok $875 539-8005
Willits 3bdrm 2bth $1500 or Grt Studio w/bath. $700 N/S/P
707-486-7193
370 WANTEDTO RENT
SPACE FORTrailer to garden & live in. Work or cash.391-8941
380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT
Room to RentShare kit, bth, w/d & yd.Qt Fm n/s/d/p refs
+ dep. 467-1467
390 MOBILES FORRENT
RV/TRVL. TRAILERspaces for rent.
$450/mo. Incld’s wtr, sewer & garbage
462-6968
400 NEW & USEDEQUIPMENT
GENERATOR SET45kw, diesel engine, on trailer w/fuel tank,
brakes on 2 axles $4800 489-2934
460 APPLIANCES
Kenmore 19cf upright freezer gls shlvs. Xlnt cond. 2yrs old. $350 obo. 462-8459
USEDAPPLIANCES
& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216
480 MISC.FOR SALE
Dinette set $100, home gym $350,
Redline BMX $400OBO 485-5384
Elect. hospital bed.FREE!
PO Box 1957Ukiah, Ca. 95482
LUMBERLattice tops fence panels. $65 ea.Kindling $25 a pickup load. Lattice panels $3 ea. Decking & fencing. 462-0686
500 PETS &SUPPLIES
A rooster in the Ukiah Shelter? What a laugh. I think I will crow my head off when I hear the dogs bark and the cats meow. If you lost me in Hopland come take me home. I am friendly, so I would make a nice pet and will be available for adoption on 3/10.Please consider adopting me as I pet, I do not want the people in my new home to eat me! Call Sage 467-6453
ADULT HIMALAY-AN OR Siamesecats. ust sacrifice.$200/ea. Mildred (707) 983-6062
AKC Special Red & White male 11 weeks
Shih Tzu pup.Shots, $700 obo to
the right home274-8036
BLUE NOSE/Ameri-can Staf Pit pups. 3 blue, 2 br indle, 3 black, beautiful dogs.All shots. $200 ea.621-1500
Boston Terrier Pups, AKC, ShotsReady 3/8, $600
707-463-2622
Female Pitbull puppies.
$100.707-354-2798 lv msg.
FREE PUPPIES Half Bulldog & half
Bull Masstif.Alicia 367-5169
RARE SHORT HAIRED Tea cup male Chihuahua 12 wks, very small $400.AKC male yellowLab $250 998-0273
Pug puppies-3 fem blk, 1fem fawn, 1m fawn. $500ea ready 3/16 (510) 499-0240
500 PETS &SUPPLIES
It was Tuesday morn-ing 3/4 and off I went to look at the wild-flower along S. State St. Luckily a nice per-son realized that this was not a safe idea and picked me up and brought me to the Ukiah Shelter. I am a gentle, female, tan Pit mix. Am I your? If so please call Sage 467-6453
590 GARAGESALES
FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.
Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi
Garage saleSat 9-2p 1115 W.Standley St. Tools,
camping, bks, fishing
Garage Sale Misc, Hsehld items/furni-ture Sat & Sun 9-3 205 Washington Ave.
MOVING SALE Sat 8-? 280 Burling-
ton Baby items, tools, hsehld misc.
PUBLICINVITED
VFW Post 1900BREAKFAST &INDOOR FLEA
MARKETSat. MAR. 8
Veteran’sMemorial Hall
293 Seminary Ave.Ukiah
Breakfast8am-11am-$5Flea Market8am - 2pm
Table Rentals $5Call 462-7622
EL PUBLICOINVITADO
VFW Post 1900Desayuno y
PulgaSábado el
el 8 de marzoVeteran’s
Memorial Hall293 Seminary Ave.
UkiahDesayuno
las 8am a las 11am$5
Pulgalas 8am a las 2 pmRenta de mesas $5Llame a 462-7622
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SALE Sat 10-?701 N. Bush Street Clothing plus-size & girls size 6mo to 5T shoes, toys, house-hold misc, yard/gar-den items, some col-lectibles, crafts, CDs,
DVDs, electronics, college books & sup-plies. Something for everyone! No early
birds! Cancel if rain
STILL MOVING 5640 E/S
Calpella Rd. Sat.9am. New items!!!
610 REC VEHCAMPING
1994 27GT Kit Com-panion Sunchaser27 ft, Very lightweight for size, sleeps 6, brand new tires, awn-ing, ful l self con-tained, bathroom of-fers separate stand up shower, walk around Queen room with separate en-trance, central AC/heat, Microwave, outside shower, new dual batteries, weight distr ibution hitch, very nice and clean.Specifications:GVWR: 7676 GAWR:3500F 3500R Gross Dry: 4779 Hitch Dry:675 Payload: 2897.$7,000 or will consid-er trade for motor home valued $10K or less- cash difference Located in Wood-land, Ca. Call (530) 908-8545.
650 4X4'SFOR SALE
2001 SUBARU OUT-BACK Wgn, AT, AC, CD, CC, 100k $8500 obo 321-7769
2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER AWD, all pwr, CD, auto, 3rd
row seat. 46k mi.Great cond. $18,300
468-5760
670 TRUCKSFOR SALE
‘99 GMC SONOMAext. cab, sht, bd., 4wd, 4x4, 73,000 mi, loaded, $8,000. 937-5918
Ford F-150 1999 w-113,500 miles 2WD
automatic trans-mission extendedcab cruise control4 new tires andshocks bed liner
bucket seats$7,500 485-7256
GMC 1990 SIERRA 1500 Pick-up w/lear shell, garaged, ex-ceptional condit ion $2900 937-1114
SUV & TRAILER for sale. Dodge Durango
2001 38k mi. Trlr hitch, electric brakes, load leveler. Trailer,
Fireball 25’ 462-2460
680 CARSFOR SALE
BUICK LASABERWagon 83 Ecx.cond., new trans.$2800 462-0349
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License #624806 C27RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIALComplete Landscape Installation
• Concrete & Masonry • Retaining Walls• Irrigation & Drip Sprinklers
• Drainage Systems • Consulting & Design• Bobcat Grading • Tractor Service
Joe Morales(707) 744-1912
(707) 318-4480 cell
CONSTRUCTION
Foundation to finish
Homes • Additions• Kitchens • Decks
Lic. #580504
707.485.8954707.367.4040 cell
MASSAGE THERAPYRedwood Valley
MassageThorough & Sensitive
Deep Tissue & Sports MassageMy work is to reduce your pain,improve your ability to do your
work, and allow you to play harderand sleep better.
1st Visit Special2 Hrs/$65
485-1881By appointment 8am to 6:30pm, M-F
Oolah Boudreau-Taylor
TERMITE BUSINESS
From Covelo toGualala the most
trusted name in theTermite Business!
Call forappointment
485-7829License #OPR9138
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TREE TRIMMING
FRANCISCO’STree & GardenService
Yard WorkDump Runs
Tree Trimming Insured
467-3901
JOHNSONCONSTRUCTION
#460812
Days 489-8441Eves. 485-0731
ResidentialCommercial
PAINTING
40 years experienceFast, friendly service
Free estimatesSenior discounts
GUTTERSPREPAINTED
SEAMLESS GUTTERS
Aluminum • Copper • SteelLimited Lifetime Warranty**
OgeeGutter
CurvedFaceGutter
5 1/2” 5 1/2”4”
FasciaGutter
**To original owner.
462-2468Lic/Bonded 292494
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HOME REPAIRS
Carpentry - Painting - PlumbingElectric Work - Tile WorkPavers & Cement Work
NOW OFFERING• Landscaping/Yard Work• Lawn Maintenance• Sprinkler Valve
HOME REPAIRS
ResidentialCommercial
Lic # 6178 • Insured
(707) 972-8633
ALVAREZ
CABINETS
TREE SERVICE
Full Service Tree CareLicensed • Insured
707-456-9355
Oakie TreeService
REFINISHINGFurniture and AntiqueRepair & Refinishing30+ years experience
LAQUER FINISHES& MORE
Dining Tables • ChairsDressers • Coffee TablesEntertainment Cabinets
FREE ESTIMATESWorkshop in Redwood Valley
Allen Strong707-485-0802
COUNTERTOPS
CL 856023
Bill & Craig707.467.3969
SOLID SURFACE &LAMINATE COUNTERTOPS2485 N. State St. • Ukiah
TREE CARE
Call the professionals at
Matt’s CustomTree Care
for a free quote
A bad haircut lastsa couple of weeks...A bad tree job lasts
forever!
Ca. Contractor’s License #730030Fully Insured/Workman’s Comp.
707-462-6496
(707) 485-0810
HANDYMAN
Work Guaranteed
Escobar ServicesAll types of home repair,sheet rock and texturing,plumbing, tile, windows,doors, electric, painting,fences decks & draining.
Non-licensed contractoror (707) 367-4098
CLEANINGAll StarCleaningService
COMMERCIAL ANDRESIDENTIAL CLEANING
Specializing in• Move in/out • Yard Cleaning
• Post Construction• Extensive cleaning projects• Windows • Trash Hauling
707-463-1657707-391-9618
HANDYMANRafa Llamas10 Years Experience with
Yard Maintenance &Tree Trimming
(707) 621-2552(707) 354-4860(707) 391-5106
1501 Elm StreetUkiah, CA 95482
We’ll BeatAnybody’s Price
HANDYMAN
Free Estimates(951) 907-6822(707) 272-5792
Noe’s HandymanLic. #82955
• Concrete
• Tile
• Painting
• Drywall
• Door/Window Installation
• And much more!
GREEN HOMES
The newest concept in home building –Building with offsite constructed homesFeaturing “PreFabGreen” features.
Advantages of Modularover Manufactured:
• Conventional Financing• Meets Local Building Code• Comparable to site building
Call for more information707-485-7125
www.northcoastmodulars.comNorth Coast HomeInvestments Inc.
CSLB#: 89630
ENERGYFREE WEATHERIZATION
• Save Energy• Lower Your Bills
FREELow IncomeRenters • Owners
FREE• Energy Efficient light bulbs• Door and Window weather stripping• Replacement appliances (qualifying)• Insulation... And More
Call Today for an applicationNorth Coast Energy Services
(707) 463-0303Lic #455152
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