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Court hearings scheduledBy ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

A pair of court challenges filed within thepast few days to the county-sponsored ballotinitiative that, if given the OK by voters,would repeal the county’s cannabis personaluse ordinance, have been scheduled to beheard by the Mendocino County SuperiorCourt within the next two weeks.

Both Richard Johnson of the MendocinoCounty Green Party and Edie Lerman, onbehalf of Paula A. Laguna and GeorgeHanamoto, filed separate lawsuits Thursdayand Wednesday, respectively, to try to keepMeasure B off the June 3 ballot.

Measure B, which was placed on the ballotby the Mendocino County Board ofSupervisors on Jan. 8 by a vote of 4-1, wouldrepeal Measure G, which was passed by 58percent of county voters in 2000.

Measure G, the cannabis personal use ordi-nance, instructed law enforcement officers tomake prosecution of anyone growing fewerthan 25 marijuana plants their lowest priority.On Dec. 11, 2007, the Board of Supervisorsagreed to set medical marijuana limits at 25plants in accordance with Measure G.

If passed, Measure B would set possessionlimits for medical marijuana at 12 immature orsix mature plants and eight ounces of driedmarijuana, the same as the limits set by thestate.

“We are not concerned,” said Ross Liberty,the spokesman for the Yes on B Coalition.“We’re a little upset that they are trying to stopthis ballot initiative from going to voters andletting them decide.”

Liberty said the claims made in the suitshave no legal basis to block a vote on the mea-

Lawsuitsaim to stopMeasure B

Bail set at $300,000By ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

Alfredo Martinez Radillo, 36, of Willits,was arrested by Ukiah Police in the 300 blockof Seminary Avenue at 5:08 p.m. Wednesdayon suspicion of continuous sexual abuse of achild.

Radillo was subsequently booked into theMendocino County Jail at 10:26 p.m. andcharged with sodomy with a person under 16years old, lewd or lascivious acts with a child,rape, oral copulation and anal or vaginal pene-tration with a person under 16 years old.

Detective Dave McQueary, who was listedas the arresting officer, said the arrest was theresult of the intervention of a relative of thevictim.

“A family member brought the victim in tothe department on (Wednesday),” he said. “Shewas interviewed.”

McQueary said the reason Radillo’s bailwas set at the relatively high amount of$300,000 was the result of information theUPD received about his flight risk.

“We had information that he was possiblygoing to flee to Mexico,” he said. “ We con-tacted a judge, who issued an emergency pro-tective order on the child and set the bail high-er.”

McQueary said he didn’t believe there wereany additional victims in the case.

The UPD is handling the investigation,which McQueary said is ongoing.

Rob Burgess can be reached [email protected].

UPD arrestsWillits man onsuspicion of sexacts with child

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Gregg DiLiello, left, and Kyle Ornelas wave to passing motorists on Talmage Road Wednesday to promote a localtax preparation company. DiLiello and Ornelas found the work through the Ukiah Valley Association forHabilitation.

By ZACK SAMPSELThe Daily Journal

If you’ve driven along Talmage Road during the past fewmonths, chances are you’ve seen the green robes andliberty spikes of the statuesque greeters in front of LibertyTax Service. These torch-bearing beacons aren’toverzealous accountants; they’re three of the hundreds of

residents who have found employment with help from the UkiahValley Association for Habilitation.

“UVAH has been great to work with,” said Gregg DiLiello,61, who has found employment and independence with helpfrom UVAH for more than 11 years. “It’s fun meeting funny andcrazy people. It’s wonderful standing here. It keeps me busy.”

Employed with help from Mayacama Industries, a project ofUVAH, DiLiello, Kyle Ornelas and Joe Nelson have beendonning the green robes almost daily for the past few months,and the enthusiastic waves and honks from passing trafficindicate a warm response.

“We’ve just had so many positive responses from thecommunity,” said Sandy Stolich, franchise owner. “People liketo see a friendly face. They show up on time and always willingto work. They even show up in bad weather.”

Rain or shine -- and much like DiLiello, Ornelas and Nelson-- UVAH has helped people with disabilities find employmentand reach independence for 46 years through its differentprograms.

“UVAH is like the parent and we have several children,” saidExecutive Director Pamela Jensen. “It’s just such an amazing

thing to see people realize their potential. I think it’s exciting tosee people being included. When you have a job and you’reworking you are included in society.”

Some of the programs and services to the disabled offeredunder UVAH’s umbrella of support include MayacamaIndustries, which provides work training, job placement and

Kyle Ornelas prepares his Statue of Liberty costume inthe back room of Liberty Tax Service.

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Hopland, RedwoodValley, Willits, UkiahButler Cherry Ranch Project

• Volunteers sought to assistwith Community Orchard activi-ties; also to aid with annual fund-raiser in October. For more infor-mation, call 463-2736.

Cub Scouts Pack 64• Cub Scouts Pack 64 is seek-

ing both leaders and Scouts. It

provides a program for boys infirst- through fifth grades. Formore information, call AnnaWebb at 485-5465.

Mendocino County VeteransService Office

• Volunteers are needed toserve as volunteer drivers, drivingveterans from Ukiah to theVeterans Hospital in SanFrancisco. A regular Californiadriver’s license is required. For

more information, call 463-4226between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. onweekdays.

Mendocino County Library --Ukiah branch

• Book wrapper, wrap newbooks in plastic and repair tornbook covers in order to placethem in circulation.

• Book shelver, shelvereturned books and audio-visualmaterials

• Resource sharing assistant,work with delivery of librarymaterials that travel betweenlibraries to give customers theirbooks.

Contact Barbra or Ron atcheck out desk or by calling 463-4490 or e-mailing Barbra at [email protected].

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Bush says recent rash of violencein Iraq is ‘defining moment’for fragile government

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush declaredon Friday that Iraq stands at a defining moment as itstruggles to put down heavily armed Shiite militiasin new flare-ups of violence that threaten to undercutsecurity gains and sway his decision about U.S.troop drawdowns.

In Baghdad, Shiite extremists lobbed rockets andmortars against the U.S.-protected Green Zone,which has come under steady barrages this week.The U.S. sent a Hellfire missile into a Shiite strong-hold in the city. And in the south, fighting escalatedin Basra where the mettle of Iraqi security forces isbeing sorely tested.

“Any government that presumes to represent themajority of people must confront criminal elementsor people who think they can live outside the law,”Bush said at the White House. “And that’s what’staking place in Basra and in other parts of Iraq. Iwould say this is a defining moment in the history ofa free Iraq.”

It’s also a key juncture for Bush in the 5-year-oldwar that has claimed 4,000 American lives, wornU.S. forces thin and dominated his presidency.

Bush said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’scrackdown in Basra against Shiite militias vying forcontrol of the oil-rich region is a positive milestonein the birth of a democratic nation. The Iraqi primeminister’s decision to move against enemy elementsin Basra shows “evenhanded justice” and the Iraqigovernment’s willingness to go after both Sunni andShiite insurgents and outlaws, he said.

Obama gains endorsement ofSen. Casey in Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Barack Obama got a sur-prise boost in the last big state of the longDemocratic campaign Friday with an endorsementfrom Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., while anoth-er Obama supporter sought to nudge HillaryRodham Clinton out of the race.

Clinton leads by double-digits in Pennsylvaniapolls, and Obama hopes Casey’s endorsement will

earn him a second look from the state’s white, work-ing class and Catholic voters — groups that haveleaned toward Clinton in other Democratic conteststhis year.

Clinton, on the other hand, is hoping a victory inPennsylvania will help persuade party “superdele-gates” to support her and allow her to catch Obamain the race for National Convention delegates.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont senator whoendorsed Obama in January, said she was nevergoing to win enough delegates, and he suggested sheshould throw in the towel in “the interests of aDemocratic victory in November.” A number ofDemocrats have expressed concern that RepublicanJohn McCain is getting a head start while Obamaand Clinton fight on.

Undeterred, Clinton said the competition wouldonly strengthen the party in the long run.

Police arrest suspect in series ofVirginia highway shootingsafter storming a farm

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authoritiesarrested a suspect early Friday in a series of highwayshootings after storming a farm and firing at a manwho met them with a handgun, police said.

Slade Allen Woodson, 19, of Afton, was chargedin separate shootings at a home and a credit unionearly Thursday, police said. He was not charged withfiring shots along a rural stretch of Interstate 64, butauthorities said he was considered a suspect andmore charges were possible.

“We’ve taken some mighty big steps toward theresolution of this,” State Police SuperintendentSteven Flaherty said at a news conference Friday.“Everyone can, I think, rest compared to the statethat we were in overnight.”

State and county police searched a farm nearCrozet in Albemarle County just before 5 a.m.Friday. Another man confronted them with a hand-gun, and was shot by a county law enforcement offi-cer, police said. Woodson was taken into custody,and the man was taken to a hospital.

Elaine Paley, who lives on a hill overlooking thehorse and cattle farm, said she was awakened at 4:40a.m. by a helicopter flying with spotlights shining onthe farm and surrounding woods.

Authorities were still investigating whether a sec-ond person was involved in the highway shootings,but had not yet identified anyone, they said. TheAlbemarle County police officer involved in the

shooting is on administrative leave with pay, countyPolice Chief John Miller said.

Obama suggests his ex-pastoracknowledged his controversialremarks were inappropriate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat BarackObama seemed to suggest in an interview airedFriday that his former pastor has acknowledged thathis controversial remarks were inappropriate andhurtful, although there are no public accounts of theminister having done so.

Obama discussed his relationship with the Rev.Jeremiah Wright on ABC’s “The View,” which wastaped Thursday and aired Friday.

“Had the reverend not retired and had he notacknowledged that what he had said had deeplyoffended people and were inappropriate and mis-characterized what I believe is the greatness of thiscountry, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have feltcomfortable staying there at the church,” Obamasaid. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the sena-tor’s remarks did not imply that Wright hasexpressed misgivings about his statements.

“Sen. Obama was clearly saying that were Rev.Wright not retiring, he would need to be assured thatthe reverend understood why what he had said haddeeply offended people and mischaracterized thegreatness of this country,” Burton said.

White House says Bush aideresigned because of improprietiesinvolving grant money

WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to PresidentBush has resigned because of his alleged misuse ofgrant money from the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment when he worked for a Cuban democ-racy organization. Felipe Sixto was promoted onMarch 1 as a special assistant to the president forintergovernmental affairs and stepped forward onMarch 20 to reveal his alleged wrongdoing and toresign, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel saidon Friday. He said Sixto took that step after learningthat his former employer, the Center for a Free Cuba,was prepared to initiate legal action against him.

The alleged wrongdoing occurred when Sixto waschief of staff at the center, where he worked for morethan three years before moving to the White House.

The matter has been turned over to the JusticeDepartment for investigation, Stanzel said.

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compiled from reportsprepared by the UkiahPolice Department. Toanonymously reportcrime information, call463-6205.

ARRESTED -- PedroOrtiz, 18, no hometowngiven, was arrested at10:12 p.m. Thursday in the900 block of North StateStreet on suspicion offelony possession of afirearm.

CHP REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by theCalifornia HighwayPatrol:

ARRESTED -- MarkWebster, 50, of San Mateo,was arrested at 3:36 a.m.Tuesday on Highway 101south of the intersectionwith Burke Hill Road onsuspicion of driving underthe influence.

ARRESTED -- JamesJones, 63, of SanFrancisco, was arrested at7:04 a.m. Tuesday at theintersection of Highway101 and Henry StationRoad on suspicion of pos-session of a controlled sub-stance and violation ofprobation.

ARRESTED -- RemoMcKosker, no age given,of Ukiah, was arrested at10:30 p.m. Thursday onJefferson St. west of SouthState Street on suspicion ofdriving under the influ-ence.

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NEW YORK — Wall Street fin-ished the week with a decline Fridayas the financial health of the consumercame into focus following a report thatshowed personal spending at its weak-est growth in 17 months and a profitwarning from J.C. Penney Co. Themajor indexes turned in a mixed per-formance for the week.

After weeks of concentrating oncredit problems and interest rates, themarket was forced to pay attention tothe consumers who drive economicgrowth. The Commerce Departmentsaid consumer spending ticked up apaltry 0.1 percent last month, in linewith Wall Street’s expectations. Butthat news and the profit warning fromJ.C. Penney raised concerns about thewell-being of consumers.

Investors felt some relief after thegovernment said an important infla-tion gauge tied to consumer spendingrose only 0.1 percent when excludingoften-volatile energy and food costs.The reading — the Federal Reserve’spreferred measure of inflation — is up2 percent over the past 12 months.With so-called core inflation backwithin the Fed’s target of 1 percent to2 percent, it could be easier for thecentral bank to justify further interestrate cuts without fear of adding toomuch money to the economy and dri-ving up prices.

Trading was fairly muted followingdays of volatility that sent stockssharply higher early in the week andthen plunging near the end. Investorswere able to set aside some concernsabout the effects of the credit crisis onthe financial sector, but that gave themmore time to think about the economy.

“I’m viewing a day like today assort of a continuation from where we

were a month or two ago,” said LesSatlow, portfolio manager at CabotMoney Management in Salem, Mass.“The U.S. recession concerns haveresurfaced. They never went away butthere was the beginning of the sensethat this recession was going to beshallow and maybe a bit benign.”

The Dow Jones industrial averagefell 86.06, or 0.70 percent, to12,216.40, suffering its third straightdecline.

Broader stock indicators slipped.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell10.54, or 0.80 percent, to 1,315.22,and the Nasdaq composite index fell19.65, or 0.86 percent, to 2,261.18.

For the week, the Dow fell 1.17 per-cent and the S&P 500 dropped 1.07percent. The Nasdaq, which had asharp rally in recent weeks and trend-ed above the other major indexes, fin-ished up 0.14 percent.

“This has almost been a week ofpause,” said Jack Caffrey, equitiesstrategist at JPMorgan Private Bank,saying investors are witnessing a calmbefore the storm of first-quarter earn-ings in April. “The markets didn’tmove all that much. And more impor-tantly, volumes were noticeablylower.”

Friday’s session was the next to lastfor what has been a dismal first quar-ter. Many investors are likely eager toclose the books on the losses and startfresh on Tuesday.

Investors will have plenty of eco-nomic data to pore over next week asthe market tries to determine if thecountry is indeed in the midst of arecession. Perhaps most watched willbe Friday’s Labor Department reporton payrolls, which economists sur-veyed by Thomson Financial/IFR pre-dict fell by about 50,000 in Marchafter a 63,000 drop in February.

Economists also predict the unem-ployment rate will rise back up to 5percent from February’s 4.8 percent.

The market will also be monitoringthe Institute for Supply Management’snational manufacturing report onTuesday. Economists expect a shallowcontraction for March, similar toFebruary.

Wall Street will also get a snapshotof the service sector with a secondISM report on Thursday. It is alsoexpected to contract in March fromFebruary.

Falling stock valuations sent bondprices higher Friday. The yield on thebenchmark 10-year Treasury note,which moves opposite its price, fell to3.45 percent from 3.52 percent lateThursday. The yield notched down to3.44 percent in after-hours trading.

The dollar was mixed against othermajor currencies, while gold pricesfell.

Light, sweet crude fell $1.96 to set-tle at $105.62 a barrel on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange.

With the near implosion of BearStearns Cos. behind the market,investors have been watching the usualset of indicators — such as oil andother data — to determine the econo-my’s health. And, as Wall Street triesto determine the degree to which theeconomy is slowing, any news thatconsumers are less willing to reachinto their wallets is unwelcome.Consumer spending accounts forabout 70 percent of U.S. economicactivity.

J.C. Penney’s warning gaveinvestors a reason to be concerned.The retailer predicted a first-quarterprofit of 50 cents per share, down froman earlier target of 75 cents to 80 cents.The stock fell $3.04, or 7.5 percent, to$37.48.

It dragged the rest of the retail sec-tor lower. Kohl’s Corp. fell $2.19, or4.9 percent, to $42.33. Higher-endretailers lost ground as well. Macy’sInc. slid $1.39, or 5.9 percent, to$21.97, while Nordstrom Inc. declined$1.97, or 5.7 percent, to $32.62.

Declining issues led advancers by a2 to 1 basis on the New York StockExchange, where consolidated volumecame to 3.59 billion shares comparedto 3.90 billion on Thursday.

The Russell 2000 index of smallercompanies fell 9.21, or 1.33 percent, to683.18.

Overseas, Japan’s Nikkei stockaverage rose 1.71 percent. Britain’sFTSE 100 fell 0.43 percent,Germany’s DAX index fell 0.28 per-cent, and France’s CAC-40 declined0.50 percent.

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ended the week down 144.92, or 1.17percent, at 12,216.40. The Standard &Poor’s 500 index finished down 14.29,or 1.07 percent, at 1,315.22. TheNasdaq composite index ended theweek up 3.07, or 0.14 percent, at2,261.18.

The Russell 2000 index finished theweek up 1.76, or 0.26 percent, at683.18.

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000Composite Index — a free-floatweighted index that measures 5,000U.S. based companies — ended Fridayat 13,255.14, down 81.43 points, or0.61 percent, for the week. A year ago,the index was at 14,365.45.

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HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Services at8:00 a.m. and 10 a.m. First and third Sundays - HolyEucharist. Sunday Services are morning prayer. Nurserycareis available. Wednesdays: 10 a.m. morning prayer. All arewelcome. The church is located at 640 S. Orchard Avenue,next to the DMV. For information: 462-8042 [email protected]

KOL HaEMEK (Mendocino County InlandJewish Community): Shabbat celebrated firstand third Friday evening of every month atour shul, on West Rd. in Redwood Valley,next to Eagle Peak Middle School. Join usalso for annual cycle of Jewish holiday obser-vances, youth education and activities, film

series, social justice commitments. For information, call468-4536.

NAZARENE CHURCH: Ukiah Valley First Church ofthe Nazarene at 604 Jones Street welcomes you to be a partof our loving faith community! Sunday morning worship at10:45 a.m. Wednesday Children’s and Teen’s BibleMinistry at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Jody Hampton. 462-4869

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH: (An EvangelicalFree Church): You are invited to join us at our contempo-

rary, reverent worship service Sunday at 9:30 am.Children will be invited to participate inChildren’s Church and a Nursery is pro-

vided. Classes for all ages meet at 11:00am. Opportunities for children, youth,and adults are available during the week.

Our church is located at 750 Yosemite Drive (behindBurger King); phone 468-9251 or [email protected] formore information.

NEW LIFE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 266East Smith Street, Ukiah, CA. Pastor David Moore. 707-462-3496. Thursday night bible study @ 7:30. Sundaymorning Sunday school @ 10:00. Morning Worship @11:00.

POTTER VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH: Pastor TonyArnds. Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service,11:00a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00p.m. 10501 MainSt., Potter Valley, CA 95469. 743-1598

REDWOOD VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH Sr.Pastor Kevin McDougall; Youth Pastor Justin Talso;Worship Services at 8:30 & 11:00a.m.; Sunday School forall ages, 9:45a.m. Sr. High youth group Wednesday, 7:00-9:00p.m.; Jr. High Youth group Thursday, 6:30-8:30p.m.;College/Career, Sunday 7:00p.m.; Women’s Bible Study,Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. and Thursday, 6:30 p.m.; Men’sMinistry small groups meet at 6:30p.m. Thursday; AdultHome Bible Study’s meet at varying times through theweek. Church is located at 951 School Way, RedwoodValley; 485-8541, website: www.rvcchurch.net

RELIGIOUS SCIENCE CENTER FOR POSITIVELIVING: Minister Dr. Candice Becket; Sunday PowerService 9:00-9:30 a.m., Meditation Service 10:00-10:15a.m., Celebration Service and Youth Church 10:30 a.m.,Teen Youth Group 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday HealingCircle 6:30 p.m. A new way to think, a better way to live.All welcome. Located at 741 S. Oak St., Ukiah 462-3564.

APOSTLES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH(ELS): Pastor Kent Dethlefsen; Phone 462-8201; Sundayworship: 9:30 am; Sunday School: 10:30 am (Sept. thruMay); Communion 3rd Sunday of the month. Church islocated at 710 South State Street, (Washington MutualBank Plaza) in Ukiah. For more info go towww.ukiahlutheran.org

ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Lehman Myatt; SundaySchool, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.;Wednesday Family Night, 7 p.m. Church is located at 395N. Barnes St.; 468-1468.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD, REDWOOD VALLEY:Reverend Kim Harvey, Senior Pastor; Sunday worshipbegins at 10 a.m., with kids’ church available at that time.Nursery available for children under 5. Wednesday isFamily Night, with classes for teens, and children ages 4-12 beginning at 7 p.m. The adults will participate in an in-depth Bible Study. For more information 485-7684.

THE BAHA’I FAITH: For more information call459-3645, 468-8632 or visit: www.bahai.org.

O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorialbeing and in the ancient eternity of Myessence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I

created thee, have engraved on thee Mine imageand revealed to thee My beauty.

--Bahá’u’lláh

CALVARY BAPTIST: pastor David Donnel, Sundaymorning services: 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; SundaySchool 9:45 a.m.; evening service 6:00 p.m.; AWANAClubs Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.; Sept. - May; mid-weekprayer Wednesday, 7 p.m.; jr. high youth Tuesdays, 7:00p.m.; sr. high youth, Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. Church islocated at 465 Luce Ave., call 462-5638

CALVARY CHAPEL OF UKIAH: Pastor Les Boek;Sunday morning service 10AM. Wednesday night biblestudy at the church. 1045 S. State St., Ukiah; For moreinformation. Call 485-1002. Listen to C.S.N at 88.1 FM.

CHURCH OF CHRIST: 25 Norgard Ln. Welcome to aBible based church that worships the Lord Jesus in the 1stCentury Christian way! Please join us: Sunday 10 AM:Bible study and classes; Sunday 11 AM: Sermon andLord’s Supper; Wednesday 6 PM: Private Home BibleStudy available - your home or ours. Phone: 462-5678

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Those seekinganswers to today’s questions are invited to comeand experience God’s presence and realize His

purpose for life through relevant Biblepreaching by Pastor Joe Fry. We meetin the Ukiah Valley Conference Centerat 200 South School Street. Worship

service at 11:00 a.m. with nursery and children’sclasses. An awesome youth group meets Mondayevenings at 6:30 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church

on South Dora. Reach us at 467-8400.

ECKANKAR - RELIGION OF THE LIGHTAND SOUND OF GOD: Introductory Talks,Book Discussions, ECK Worship Servicesand Satsang. Public welcome. FREE bookavailable. For more info please call 468-5870,

1-800-423-0771, or visit our web site atwww.eckankar.org

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: The ReligiousSociety of Friends (Quakers) meets for unprogrammed(silent) worship Fridays at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome. Forlocation and more information call 485-8350 or 463-0266.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST: PastorPaul Hawks and his associate Shawn Paris

invite you to worship with us Saturdaymornings at 1390 Laurel Avenue in Ukiah(462-5455). Sabbath services begin withSonRise Fellowship (8:20 to 9:15 a.m),

followed by Sabbath School (9:30 to10:50 a.m.) and the main WorshipService (11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.).Services in Spanish, 9:30 a.m. to

12:15 p.m. Welcome.

ST. PETER EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCH 190 OrrStreet, Ukiah (at the corner of Orr and Brush streets).Pastor Fr. David Anderson. Schedule of Services:Saturday: Great Vespers 5:30pm; Sunday: Matins- 7:30am; Divine Liturgy- 9:00 am. For information about week-day services, please call Fr. David at 468-4348, or stop bythe church for a printed schedule.

THE RIVER FOURSQUARE CHURCH- Where we‘Connect the hurting with the Healer’ - Please join us at195 Low Gap Road in Ukiah - Morning services eachSunday at 10:00 am with nursery area and Sunday schoolfor children aged 3-11. Midweek Bible study, Wednesdayeves at 6:30pm, where we explore God’s Word hands-on,in an interactive atmosphere. Need more information? Callus at 462-7766. We look forward to meeting you!

UKIAH BIBLE CHURCH: We invite anyone who longsfor a deeper understanding of God through His Word;taught by Senior pastor Dr. Richard S. Oliver andAssociate Pastor David Dick. Adult Sunday School at 9:00

a.m., Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.Nursery care and Children’s Church are

available during the worship service. Youthand family Bible studies, Jr. and Sr. High

youth programs, and recovery minis-tries are also available during theweek. The church is located at 2140Arroyo Rd. (Deerwood), Ukiah. For

information please call the church office at 462-0151 orvisit our website at www.ukiahbiblechurch.org

UNITED METHODIST: Please join us for worship at 10am. Childcare and Sunday School every Sunday morning.Weekly activities include: Youth Group, Adult SmallGroup, outreach and service opportunities, and BibleStudy. Midweek Passage worship begins on Wednesdayswith potluck in the choir room at 5:30 p.m.. followed byworship in the Chapel at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome. Call462-3360 for more information or visit our website:www.ukiahumc.org

UNITY OF UKIAH: Gina Scott, Spiritual Leader;Wednesday meditation 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Sundaymeditation 10:00 a.m.; Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.Refreshments to follow. Church is located at 321 N. BushSt.; 462-4061. All events open to everyone!

INTERESTED IN ISLAM? Contact Malik for Quiranicand Discussions. (310) 500-7444

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR CHURCH OR MINISTRYIN OUR FAITH DIRECTORY CALL OUR CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AT 468-0123 FOR RATES AND INFORMATION.

Faith DirectoryFAITH LUTHERAN (LC-MS) - 560 Park Blvd., Ukiah -Rev. M.L. Schulz. Divine Service 9:00 a.m. Bible Study10:30 a.m. Midweek Bible Study, Wed. 10:00 a.m. Formore information call 462-2618. (Next to Todd Park,Anton Stadium & Golf Course)

FIRST BAPTIST: Steven Zarlengo, Youth Pastor, DennisBeatty, Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, Mike Dobbs;Pastor Emeritus, William C. Duncan. Sunday School forall ages at 9:30 am, morning worship at 10:50 am,Wednesday Awana club at 6:15 pm. The church is locatedat 300 W. Smith Street. For details or other ministries,please call 462-2779.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOPLAND:Fellowship 10:00am; Church service 10:30-11:30am;Guest Speakers, Hispanic Service 12:00-2:00pm. 51 Hwy175, Hopland, CA.

FIRST CHRISTIAN (Disciples of Christ & UnitedChurch of Christ): An Open and AffirmingCongregation. Sunday worship is 11:00. AdultBible Study before worship beginning at 9:45.

We celebrate Communion at the Lord’sTable each Sunday. Our Table is an opentable and all are welcome to share with us.

140 N. Spring Street. Pastor Cherie Marckx. Phone: 462-5830. www.firstchristianchurchofukiah.com

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST (CHRI-STIAN SCIENCE): We welcome you to visit our servicesand our reading Room. Our Sunday service is at 10 a.m.,with Sunday school at the same time for students to age 20.Our Wednesday meeting is at 7:30 p.m. and includes a timefor sharing.The Reading Room is open to everyone onTuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2p.m. 204 S Oak St., 462-6155, [email protected].

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN: Pastor Sherry Budke, Assoc.Pastor Nick Hladek. Are you looking for a church homewhere you can be nurtured in faith, a safe haven where youcan heal from your hurts, a welcoming forum where youcan explore who Jesus is? We have a purpose to shareJesus Christ’s love and truth with all people. Everyone isWelcome! Sundays: 9:00am: Adult Education and Cristo esel Camino (en español); 10am: Worship Celebration(nursery available) and fun, safe education programs forchildren 3 years thru Jr. High. Coffee fellowship followsWorship Celebration. Jr. High Youth Group: Wednesday7:00pm/Sr. High Youth Group: 7pm. 468-9235.www.fpcukiah.org

GRACE LUTHERAN (ELCA): Pastor Keith Miller. Ourfamily would like to meet your family. Please join us forworship conveniently offered at 8:30am with more tradi-tional music and 10:30 am with more contemporary musicand Praise Team every Sunday morning. Supervised nurs-ery care is available at both services and we are fullyhandicapped accessible. Weekly activities include: Youthgroups, adult bible groups, service opportunities and muchmore. The church is located at: 200 Wabash Ave., oneblock west of the airport. Call 462-7795 for more informa-tion or visit our web site:www.gracelutheranukiah.com

First Baptist ChurchThe topic of “Pressure” will be the sermon subject on

Sunday morning at First Baptist Church, as Pastor DennisBeatty preaches from Psalm 107:1-31, 43. All are welcome tojoin the 10:50 a.m. worship service at Smith and Oak Streets.

A New Members class is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the MinistryCenter. At 6 p.m., a report on the recent Cosa Rica Mission Tripwill be given in the Worship Center, with details from thosewho participated.

City of 10,000 BuddhasThe community is invited to attend a guided meditation cir-

cle at the City of 10,000 Buddhas every Sunday. The meditationcircle is open to beginners and advanced practitioners, peopleof different faiths and traditions alike. Instructions, support, andwitnessing of one another’s growth are key to this weekly sit-ting. Conversations about insights gained during meditation,and application of those insights in participants’ daily lives fol-low the sit.

For more information, contact [email protected].

Ukiah United Methodist ChurchPastor Lisa Warner-Carey will preach this Sunday at the

Ukiah United Methodist Church. Worship service will begin at10 a.m. The scripture reading will be John 20: 19-31. MatthewRothstein will direct the music, which will include “We’llUnderstand it Better By and By,” “Here I Am, Lord,” “Open theEyes of My Heart,” “Make Me a Servant,” and “Soon and VerySoon.” Children are invited to attend Sunday School followingChildren’s Time in the worship service.

Childcare is available during the service, and fellowshipwith cookies and coffee follows the service in the Social Hall.

Activities during the coming week include youth groups,Bible Study, and Midweek Passage worship. All are welcometo gather for Midweek Passage on Wednesdays with a potluckin the choir room at 5:30 p.m. and worship at 6:15 p.m. in theChapel.

The church is located at 270 North Pine Street in Ukiah. Formore information about United Methodist Church, visitwww.ukiahumc.org.

Redwood Valley Community ChurchPastor Kevin McDougall will be filling the pulpit with a ser-

mon entitled, “Momentum and Obedience” taken fromNehemiah 12: 44 -- 13: 3. Services are 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.,with nursery and child care provided for both services as wellas during Sunday school, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Also onSunday mornings, at 9:45 a.m., a youth forum is led byAssociate Pastor Justin Talso, entitled “Sunday Morning Live.”This week the group will be led by Janene Talso as the youthare returning from their mission’s trip to Mexicali, Mexico.

A men’s fellowship group has begun, titled “What’s on YourPlate?” The group is led by Tony Huerta, using the LifeRecovery Bible, and meets on Monday evenings, from 7 to

RELIGION BRIEFSSpecial for the Journal

Sitting atop his motor-cycle, speeding down theroad at 90 miles-per-hour,Michael had no idea thatGod was about to begin awork in his life -- or thatit would start with a head-on collision.

Upon impact, Michael,a young man still findinghis way in life, was sentreeling through the airbefore hitting the hardground. Miraculously, hesurvived. Even more won-drous, he got up andwalked away without ascratch.

One might think thatsuch an experience mighthave a life changing effecton its subject. Yet Michaelwasn’t particularly movedby the event. In fact, astime passed, he becameincreasingly bothered thathis near-death encounterhad such little impact onhim.

“I began searching forthe meaning of life,”Michael recalls, “back-packing and living on thestreets of cities likeLondon, Amsterdam, andParis.”

It wasn’t until Michaelreturned to the States thathe got his answer. He hadlanded a job as a steelworker, working for acommitted Christian man.One day his boss looked

him in the eye and said,“Michael, do you knowwhy you are alive? You’realive because Jesus lovesyou.”

The simplicity of thisstatement had a profoundimpact on Michael. He

became an avid followerof Jesus’ teachings.

“I consumed the Word,”Michael said. “I couldn’tget enough. I wanted toreally know the Father.”Michael soon entered col-lege, and began laying the

foundation for his life’swork. It wasn’t longbefore he began feeling adeep burden to help trans-late the Word for thosewho’ve never had theopportunity to read it intheir own language.

Today, Michael is work-ing in Asia as alinguist/translator, helpingto translate the Word formen, women and childrenwho are without it.

“I have been blessedwith the Word in my lan-guage,” Michael says.“And it is a privilege andhonor to act as ambas-sador to a people groupstill waiting to read it intheir language.”

The community is invit-ed to join Michael for abanquet on Friday, April18 at 7 p.m., at the UkiahValley Conference Center,where he will share howpeople of all backgroundsand talents are workingtogether to advance Bibletranslation for the millionsof people who have yet toread the Bible in theirheart language. For moreinformation, or compli-mentary tickets to attendthis event, call 485-5284or 485-0822.

Michael’s last name isbeing witheld because hisministry lies within acountry with an unfriendlyattitude towards Christianmissionary activities.

Man discovers life purpose in Bibletranslation after near death experience

Michael’s work in Asia was a result of his trans-lation of the Bible into another language.

To submit information on religious eventstaking place in Mendocino County, [email protected] or call 468-3520.

See RELIGION, Page 5

F O R U MEditor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 [email protected]

4 – SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008


California focus

Donate your rebateTo the Editor:I know this is early in the year to think

about holidays, but it seems like they willcome again this year, like it or not. Eventhough it is a leap year, and you had anextra day to prepare your taxes. AroundEaster time we start thinking aboutThanksgiving.

And Thanksgiving might be a goodtime to start your Christmas shopping, ofcourse, but it makes a difference if youhave the money or at least it should , butthere are many that are thinking about eat-ing today and where they will sleeptonight.

When I think about these special days,it brings to mind seeing food lines in somearea that has the food to give away, andthere is no shortage of people that need it.When I see a line of people, I wonder howmany of them can take advantage of whatthey get. If they receive a turkey, frozen ornot, and they have a home or some way ofpreparing food for the family, this is verygood. But many are homeless and theseare the ones that are petty helpless in thistime of their lives. They feel lucky if theyget a meal once a day or a place to sleep atnight. I think giving them food is good,but giving them food that must be pre-pared may not be the answer. I think avoucher for a meal or some type of foodthat they can use when they need it wouldbe more useful.

No plan is perfect, and what we shouldthink about is that these many people haveno way to travel, can’t walk that far to thegive away place, or don’t even know aboutit. There are many people that do all theycan in any way they can and I know theydo a very good job. But they need help, allorganizations are limited and lots of youwould help if you know what to do.

Many smart people read this paper, andmaybe someone could give an addresswhere they could send their ideas. I am notvery smart but there are many good peoplethat think about other things besides howmany plants you are allowed to raise and Iknow you are out there. Thinking ahead isa good idea, because it takes time to lookahead and come up with an answer.

Millions of people are going to receivemoney from the President. They did notearn this money, they did not plan on this

money and many do not need this money.If it goes to the banks with their othermoney, it is not being spent and will nothelp the economy at all. The people thatwould use it fast and for a good cause willnot get any. If you do not file a tax returnto the I.R.S., you will get nothing. If someof this money was donated to a goodcause, it would help many without hurtinganyone. If his plan works next year someof the people will not be in line. They willhave a job.

Jim DonaghyRedwood Valley

Letters from our readers

TOM ELIAS

V i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t u k i a h d a i l y j o u r n a l . c o me m a i l u s a t u d j @ p a c i f i c . n e t

HowArnold avoids a recall of his own

Sweet land of libertyNAT HENTOFF

The torturepresident

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renownedauthority on the First Amendment and theBill of Rights.

Tom Elias is a syndicated columnist.

Immediately after 9/11, Colin Powell saidthe terrorists were clearly engaged in a war oncivilization itself. Soon after, as secretary ofState, he prophetically warned the president -- and the lawyers drafting and justifying "tor-ture memos" in the Justice Department -- thatthis country's rejecting the GenevaConventions and our own laws on the treat-ment of terrorism-related prisoners would"undermine public support among criticalallies, making military cooperation more dif-ficult to sustain."

Significant, moreover, is the refusal of FBIDirector Robert Mueller to permit his agentsto engage in such "coercive" CIA-style inter-rogations that often involve torture.

Also opposing the tortured use of languageby high officials of the administration to dis-guise this lawless treatment of prisoners,which would make any such "evidence"thrown out of our federal courts, are Gen.David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. Michael Maples,director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Nonetheless, on March 8, George W. Bushvetoed a bill that includes a mandate that therebe a single standard of interrogation by all ourforces -- very intentionally including the CIA.

As a result of Bush's veto, the UnitedStates, by validating torture as a tool of inter-rogation, has become a less civilized nation.The bill the president disdained (therebystaining his legacy) would have made theArmy Field Manual the standard of all inter-rogations. Among the practices it prohibitsare: placing hoods or sacks over prisoners'heads (as in CIA "renditions"); exposing themto extreme heat or cold (as often reported);and waterboarding (as disclosed about CIAprisoners at "black sites"), a procedure thatmakes the prisoner believe he is about todrown -- and he will drown if it's not stopped.

The CIA has finally admitted it has usedwaterboarding, and though it claims it nolonger does, the White House says that this"specialized interrogation" remains potential-ly permissible in future interrogations.

John McCain has called waterboarding an"exquisitely" painful torture, but he votedagainst making the Army Field Manual thestandard for interrogations, thereby givingcover to some of the members of Congresswho joined him to support the president. Whycriticize them when the Republican presiden-tial nominee has been the icon of those, in andout of our military, who oppose torture? Thishuman rights status for McCain has now beentarnished badly.

In contrast to McCain's current stance,there has been continuing strong support ofincluding the Army Field Manual in the CIAtechniques by 31 retired Army, Navy andMarine Corps generals who insist -- asHuman Rights First reports -- that "the UnitedStates not sanction the use of interrogationmethods it would find unacceptable if inflict-ed by the enemy against captured Americans."

Documented reports of CIA interrogationmethods by human rights organizations, andby both American and overseas reporters,include accounts of barbarous assaults onprisoners that, if practiced on American cap-tives in other countries, would enrage us todemand swift and harsh punishment of theperpetrators.

It has long been evident that the Bushadministration, in addition to giving the CIAextra-legal powers, deliberately incarceratedterrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in itsbelief that the American rule of law would notapply there, any more than in the CIA secretprisons or the torture cells in countries whereCIA captives are sent in "renditions."Currently, as an index of how the CIA hasshamed us among our allies, CBS News andthe Associated Press reported (March 8) thataccording to Newsweek:

"The Canadian government is refusing touse testimony from alleged Al Qaeda leaderAbu Zubaydah (now at Guantanamo Bay) inits prosecution of two terror suspects, becausethe testimony was acquired during CIA inter-rogations in which Zubaydah was water-boarded." The CIA destroyed videotapes ofthat "specialized" questioning to hide it fromour laws.

Human Rights Watch's senior terrorismcounsel Jennifer Daskal predicts that Bush"will go down in history as the torture presi-dent" for his continuing protection of CIA"specialized" procedures. CongressmanWilliam Delahunt, D-Mass., adds: "History isgoing to judge us all" -- including the nextpresident if he or she continues to debase ourvalues as we fight the terrorists.

If the president is so convinced he's right,why doesn't he demand that Petraeus order histroops in Iraq to discard the Army FieldManual, which the general insists they notstray from as their standard. He stronglyrejects the use of torture.

By almost any measure, conditions in Californiatoday are far worse than in 2002, when this columnfirst suggested recalling then-Gov. Gray Davis. Yet,there is no serious consideration today for a recall ofDavis' replacement, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.The reasons have to do with things like public percep-tions and the governor's own optimism.

Under Davis, the projected state budget deficit wasabout $12 billion. Today it's $16 billion and counting,and schools, parks and other state services havealready been cut back.

Back then, the state was just emerging from an elec-tricity crunch, with Davis seen by many as a patsy forthe generating companies that created it with theirmarket manipulations. But almost no new powerplants have been added to the California grid sincethen and Schwarzenegger has not pushed as hard asDavis for such developments.

Back in 2002, the state was beset with a miserablecampaign finance system that made Davis and otherpoliticians beholden to big-money special intereststhat financed their election drives. ButSchwarzenegger is an exponentially bigger fundraiserthan Davis, who was the biggest ever - until Arnoldcame along.

But there was no home foreclosure crisis in 2002.Homeowners felt they could look forward to almostinfinite real estate appreciation, with the prospect ofmore and more credit lines to use for boats, classiccars, flat-screen televisions and other toys.

Now there are record-level foreclosures, with realestate appreciation no more than a memory.

Yet, almost no one blames Schwarzenegger for anyof this, while back in 2002, Davis was a scapegoat fornearly everything that could go wrong.

Asked why the difference, Schwarzenegger said,"We are different. We are doing things to help. Theimportant thing is to pump money into the economyand not taking money away from the people like Davisdid when he increased the vehicle tax. We will pumpbillions into construction from the $29 billion that'sleft of the infrastructure bonds we passed last year."

There's also optimism. Where Davis oftenbemoaned the state's situation, Schwarzenegger trav-els the state saying "We are going to be OK, we justneed to work through this. We are more diversifiedthan other states, so we will do fine. It's just a small,temporary downturn."

When Davis was reelected, just two weeks beforehis recall was proposed here, fully 1.5 million fewervoters turned out than in the election of 1998, when hewas elected four years earlier.

People voted with their feet against both Davis andhis reelection rival William Simon, among otherpoliticians.

With economic conditions and the state's financesworse off than six years ago, things are not all that dif-ferent now in terms of voter turnout.

The only time in the last 10 years that vote totalsapproached the 1998 level of about 8 million votescast came in the recall election of 2003, when 7.9 mil-lion voters participated. Even last month, with hotlycontested presidential races in both major parties, only6.3 million ballots were cast.

When Schwarzenegger ran for reelection in 2006,total votes amounted to only about 117,000 more thanin low-turnout 2002. And the state's population was upmore than 1 million in the meantime.

Schwarzenegger plainly has not spurred any lastingresurgence of voter interest. Yet, there's no push torecall him.

The main reasons are public perceptions created byhis own optimism. No matter how poorly things havegone in California during his tenure, no major opinionpoll has ever shown Schwarzenegger's favorable rat-ings below 50 percent. The only other political figurewith similarly high ratings today is Democratic U.S.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has admirers on both sidesof the political aisle.

Schwarzenegger achieves his continuing popularityby speaking out on almost everything, but rarely tak-ing an unpopular stance. When it became obvious lastfall that the foreclosure tide would soon reach crisislevels, he announced an "agreement" with mortgagelenders to delay bump-ups in adjustable interest rates.Of course, many banks were already doing this, in partbecause each time they foreclose on a home, they losean average of at least $55,000.

When fires ravaged parts of Southern California,there was the governor near the front lines giving peptalks to firefighters and burned-out homeowners. Butno action ensued. The upshot is that being fromHollywood helps a great deal. Schwarzenegger knowsall about image-making and that helps him avoidblame as matters decline in this state.

No wonder he still says, "I love my job. I love beinggovernor."

That feeling itself makes it pretty certain he will getto serve out the 30 months left in his term.

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President George Bush: TheWhite House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX (202)456-2461.

Governor Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger: State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814.(916) 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633

Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Sen-ate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.20510; (202)224-3553; San Francisco,(415) 403-0100 FAX (415) 956-6701

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 HartSenate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228-3954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707;[email protected]

Congressman Mike Thompson:1st District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg,Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311; FAX (202)225-4335. Fort Braggdistrict office, 430 N. Franklin St., POBox 2208, Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962-0934;www.house.gov/write rep

Assemblywoman Patty Berg:

State Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm.4146, Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; Berg's Ukiah field representative isRuth Valenzuela. Ukiah office located at311 N. State St, Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770.The office’s fax number is 463-5773. Foremail go 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 [email protected]

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letters of thanks from organizations and indi-viduals. We are glad that so many successfulevents are held here. However, thank you let-ters must be kept short. For that reason wehave a 20-business name limit per letter. Ifyour letter lists more than 20 businesses it willnot be printed. Shorter thank you letters whichdo not contain lists of participants or donorswill be printed more quickly. Those wishing tothank long lists of people and businesses arewelcome to contact our advertising departmentfor help with a thank you ad.

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8:30 p.m. in the church social hall upper class-room. For more information, call 485-8541.

The AWANA club has its regular programfor Pre-K through 6th grade on Tuesday start-ing at 6:30 p.m. This week the speaker will beBoyd Shelton with a ‘Western Days’ theme asthe evenings highlight.

Encounter Junior High Youth group willmeet this week on Thursday the lesson timewill be entitled “Growing U.” Senior Highyouth group will hear a lesson on, “HABITS”from 7 to 9 p.m., on Wednesday. Both groupsmeet in the youth room.

A men’s Bible study occurs every Thursdaynight at 7 p.m., in the church library classroom.Visitors are welcome to check it out. The newseries continues focusing on “issues of today.”The reading through the Bible in 52 weeks pro-gram continues as well.

The missions committee will hear from theMoirs this evening as they talk about their tripto the Wycliff Bible translator compound inArizona.

Next Saturday, a “Building Communit” bar-becue will be held at noon. The community isinvited to attend.

The annual youth yard sale is set for April12.

ECK Worship Service at TheCenter for Positive Living

The community is invited to the next ECKWorship Service in Ukiah on Sunday, April 13,at 1:30 p.m. It will be held at The Center forPositive Living. The ECK Worship Service isan interactive round table discussion of a spir-itual principle from the teachings of the ECKMasters. This month’s topic will be “LivingLife as a Spiritual Exercise.” For more infor-mation, visit their web site atwww.Eckankar.org or call 468-5870.

Christadelphian Ecclesia ofMendocino County

Starting May 21, the ChristadelphianEcclesia of Mendocino County will present asix week series based on the Bible.

The first, “The Real Kingdoms of God,”will look at the history of Israel as seen by theJewish prophets, Jesus, and his apostles. Nextin the series will be “The Real Christ --Liberation of Israel and the Nations.”

Their rule of Bible interpretation is to read itliterally, unless there is an overwhelming rea-son to believe it is a figure of speech.

Those who have wondered what the bill-board off South State Street and Oak Knoll,Ukiah, is about are invited to join them at theChristadelphian Hall off Oak Knoll Road onWednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m.

For more information, call 744-1835.

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Religion

By RACHEL ZOLLAP Religion Writer

Religion is supposed to beBarack Obama’s strength.

Unlike many Democraticcandidates before him, Obamaspeaks with ease about hisfaith. He attends Sunday wor-ship and knows his Bible. Hissupporters believe he can prysome committed churchgoersaway from the GOP.

But the furor over com-ments by his Chicago pastor,the Rev. Jeremiah Wright,broadcast again and again onTV and viewed by millions onYouTube, is tempering thosehopes.

“It certainly gives peoplepause,” even in theDemocratic Party, saidCorwin Smidt, a CalvinCollege professor who studiesreligion and politics.

All the top Democraticpresidential contenders spokeof their faith this election year.Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,a Methodist and Obama’sremaining Democratic rival,has spent years reaching out totraditional Christians. Butmore than any other candi-date, Obama has made reli-gion a core part of his mes-sage and outreach.

The Illinois senator hasheld faith forums, created agrass-roots support networkof “congregation contacts”and has spoken at evangelicalchurches that Democrats hadrarely visited.

His strategy is rooted in theChristian faith he found as anadult through Wright atTrinity United Church ofChrist, a predominantlyA f r i c a n - A m e r i c a nmegachurch. Obama’s book,“The Audacity of Hope” wasinspired by a Wright sermon.

But last week, Obama dis-tanced himself from his pas-tor, after video circulated ofWright’s most inflammatoryrhetoric from the pulpit.Among the most remarkedupon sound bites was Wrightproclaiming “God damnAmerica” for its racism. Healso accused the governmentof flooding black neighbor-hoods with drugs. In a March18 speech on race that waspartly aimed at damage con-trol, Obama described the his-tory of injustice that fueledWright’s comments, whilealso condemning his pastor’sstatements and acknowledg-ing the resentment of whites.

Shaun A. Casey, an Obamaadviser and a Christian ethicsprofessor at WesleyTheological Seminary inWashington, said the cam-paign will change nothingabout its faith outreachbecause of the controversy.

“We’re months and monthsaway from the general elec-tion. I think that gives Sen.Obama time to lay out his own

views,” Casey said. “Overtime, people will spend a lotmore time listening to whatSen. Obama says than to a fewwell-chosen, cherry-pickedvideo clips from his pastor.”

But at least for now, thecampaign is on the defensive.

No one expects Obama orClinton to draw voters fromthe Christian right, especiallyconsidering the candidates’support for abortion rights.

Still, polls have found thatyounger evangelicals are lesstied to the Republican Partythan their parents have been.As a generation of old-guardChristian conservative lead-ers, such as the late Rev. JerryFalwell, fade from the scene,some evangelicals are pushingfor a broader agenda thatincludes environmental pro-tection and fighting poverty.And Christian right activistsremain wary of the presump-tive Republican nominee,Sen. John McCain.

Democrats view this as arare opening that could winthem the White House. In aclose general election, if theDemocratic nominee can peelaway even a small percentageof the traditional Christianvote, he or she could win thepresidency.

Obama’s focus on racialreconciliation has a specialappeal to traditional Bible-believers. Their concern aboutdiversity has intensifiedrecently, in part because of thegrowth in immigrant churchesin the U.S., and by a newawareness that conservativeChristianity is spreading dra-matically in developing coun-tries. Multiethnic churches area rarity in America.

The turmoil over Wrightcould cost Obama these votes.

Barry Hankins, a BaylorUniversity historian who stud-ies religion and politics, pre-dicted that Christian rightactivists would bombard less-politically engaged evangeli-cals with the message thatthey should be leery of Obamabecause of his pastor.

“That’s where it’s going tohurt him,” Hankins said.

James Guth, an expert onreligion and politics atFurman University in SouthCarolina, said Wright’s com-ments haven’t killed Obama’schances. The candidate hasbuilt up some goodwill and“curiosity” through his out-reach to evangelicals, includ-ing appearing at a ChristianAIDS summit hosted bymegachurch pastor RickWarren and his wife, Kay.

But Guth said he hadalways been skeptical thatObama’s strategy would suc-ceed with traditionalChristians. Wright’s viewsinevitably would receiveextensive publicity, as wouldObama’s denomination, theUnited Church of Christ, oneof the most liberal of themainline Protestant groupsthat theological conservativesdeeply distrust, Guth said.

“I just thought the ’begin-ning of the end’ would comeduring the general election,not the Democratic pri-maries,” Guth said. “I don’tthink Obama has lost all thebenefits of his earlier ’quiet’campaign among evangeli-cals, but this episode is cer-tainly sets back those efforts.”

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This week:

• TODAY, UHS softball in UkiahTourney, 2 p.m. Sat. beginning at10 a.m.

• TODAY, Mendocino baseball @Marin, 1 p.m.

UHS boys soccercoach opening

There is an immediate openingfor the Ukiah boys’ varsity soccerhead coach position. All interestedapplicants should apply at theUUSD Personnel Office, 925 N.State St.

Position is open until filled.Contact Christy Melvin at 463-5253 ext. 1050 for more informa-tion.

Girls Indoor Soccer

Girls indoor soccer is being heldat Skate City every Sunday from5-7 p.m.

This is an open gym format.Bring indoor shoes and shin-guards. If you have questions callAndy Hendry at 463-2488 after 6p.m.

Ukiah Babe Ruthcoaches needed

The new Ukiah Babe Ruthleague is in need of coaches . Toapply visit the website atwww.leaguelineup.com/ukiah-baberuth or call Kris at 468-3800or Linda at 463-0944 for ques-tions.

Tryouts begin April 5th.

SULL umpires andscorekeepers needed

The South Little League of Ukiahis in need of umpires and score-keepers. Contact Tim Schmarekewith South Ukiah Little League at367-1070.

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 spon-sor fee and individual fee of $30for those without a team (makechecks payable to City of Ukiah).

The priority placement deadlinefor returning teams is March 21stand the final deadline is April 11th.Register early, space is limited.

Select Soccer Pumas

UVYSL is holding theCompetitive Soccer Team Tryoutsthe weekend of April 5-6 and theweek of April 7-11.

Tryout times and info as follows:U10 B/G: 4/5-6 1-3 p.m. 4/7 5:30

-7:30 p.m.U12 B/ U12-13 G: 4/5-6 11 a.m.-

1 p.m. 4/8 5:30- 7:30 p.m.U14 B/G: 4/5-6 9-11 a.m. 4/9

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.U16 B/U19 G: 4/5-6 3-5 p.m. 4/10

%:30-7:30 p.m.

Please visit our website atwww.uvysl.org or call our hotline at467-9797 for more information.

UHS Varsity & JVCheeleading andMascot Tryouts

Guys, it’s not just for girls. Canyou lift 100 lbs over your head?Those guys who have little cheerexperience but show potential bybeing strong and athletic shouldcome to tryouts.

The 2008-09 football and basket-ball cheer and mascot tryouts willbe held on April 7th from 5-7:30p.m. and April 8-10 from 5-7 p.m.in the UHS gym. You must attendall 4 nights and a parent orguardian must attend an informa-tion meeting on 4/7 from 6:30-7:30p.m.

All students that attend tryoutsmust bring a copy of their currentreport card and must have a GPAof at least 2.0.

For more info see cheer packetor contact Tami @ 621-3211 orKelly @ 621-1478.

Ukiah LionsCheerleader Signups

This is for cheer only.April 1st from 5:30-7:00 pm at

Rosie's Pizza.The cheerleader must be 7 by

8/1/08 and no older than 15 on7/31/08.

We are discouraging late signups. Please sign up this night.

No cost to join. If you have anyquestions please contactStephanie 485-8848

Coed BasketballTourney

There will be a Coed Basketballtourney held at MendocinoCollege on April 25th & 26th spon-sored by AIA. Entry fee is $200.For info contact Nikcole Whipple at391-2526.

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By JANIE McCAULEYAssociated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — So long tothe longball in San Francisco.

The 2008 Giants are minus homerun king Barry Bonds and the powerNo. 25 provided in the middle of thelineup. Even though the club partedways with Bonds way back inSeptember, his absence will be talkedabout almost every time San Franciscostruggles to score runs this year.

By the looks of it, that could beoften. But this team insists it willinstead be defined by the little things:aggressive baserunning, clutch hits,consistent pitching and defense.

In the pitching-heavy NL West, runsare always at a premium — and the

Giants finished in last place in thedivision last year.

“We’re trying to put up runs,” newcenter fielder Aaron Rowand said.“That’s the name of the game. We’renot going to live and die by the long-ball, but we’ve got some guys who canhit the ball out of the ballpark. It’s notall small ball. It’s inevitable you’regoing to hit some home runs.”

San Francisco sure hopes that’s thecase, or it could be a long season forfans who became so used to seeingBonds splash balls into McCoveyCove beyond the right-field fence ofthe Giants’ waterfront ballpark.

One thing is clear so far: The chem-istry without Bonds was noticeablefrom Day 1 of spring training. Some

veterans have even expressed theymight feel more free to be themselveswithout the 43-year-old slugger’s larg-er-than-life presence in his corner ofthe clubhouse and in the batter’s box.

Bonds was indicted in Novemberon perjury and obstruction of justicecharges and still hasn’t found a jobwith another team. Still, the Giantswill miss his 762 career homers andthe fanfare he brought to the ballpark— but certainly not the drama that sur-rounds his every move and utterance.

They are also ready to move for-ward from the fallout of December’sMitchell Report, which raised ques-tions about whether Giants officialsmight have known that Bonds or otherplayers were allegedly using steroids

and performance-enhancing drugs.Team owner Peter Magowan and

general manager Brian Sabean metwith commissioner Bud Selig or hisrepresentatives about the matter duringspring training.

Everybody is eager for a fresh startnow.

Second-year manager Bruce Bochyhas been saying since late last seasonthat his team must change the culturein the clubhouse.

“We just need to go out there andplay the game the way it should be,and that’s to play hard with a warriorspirit,” Bochy said. “We’re not chang-ing anything, we just want to have thattype of attitude this year.

MLB | GIANTS SEASON PREVIEW

Giants ready for life without Bonds

WARRIORS 111 | BLAZERS 95

Blazing ahead

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Mickael Pietrus collects a full court breakaway pass from Baron Davis of the Golden State Warriors as aBlazers defenders trails the scoring play in the 2nd quarter Thursday night.

Warriors bolster playoffposition with 111-95 vic-tory over Trail BlazersBy JOSH DUBOWAssociated Press

OAKLAND — When the GoldenState Warriors fell behind by 14 pointsafter just 9 minutes of a game that wascritical to their playoff chances, coachDon Nelson let his team have it duringa timeout.

“The last thing I want to do is startyelling and screaming too much,”Nelson said. “That was an exception. Ithought they needed it. We got that outof the way. I hope they didn’t put it onTV. I was miked tonight, but I don’tthink they could have put that one on.”

The national television audiencemight not have gotten Nelson’s mes-

sage, but his players sure did. Theyerased that deficit by the second quar-ter and rolled past the short-handed Portland TrailBlazers in the third quarterof a 111-95 victoryThursday night that bol-stered their playoff chances.

“We were a little flat, butwe found a way to win,”said Stephen Jackson, whoscored 14 of his 24 points inthe decisive third quarter.“We got it going in the sec-ond half. We can’t play likethat on the road though. Wehave to be ready to playfrom the jump. We have some goodteams coming up. I’m glad we got thekinks out tonight and hopefully we’llbe ready against Denver. We will be

ready.”The Warriors maintained a half-

game lead over Denver for thefinal playoff spot in the WesternConference and moved within ahalf-game of Dallas for seventhplace. Golden State’s next twogames are against those teams,beginning with a trip to Denveron Saturday, then a home gamethe following night againstDallas.

“They’re all critical,” Nelsonsaid. “This was the game athand, so this was the mostimportant game of the season.The next game will be the same

and that’s the way we’re trying toapproach it.”

For The Daily JournalTwenty-four competitive

roller skaters from the UkiahSkating Academy recently trav-eled to Rohnert Park to competein a Northern California meet.This meet brought the bestskaters from the Bay Area andSacramento leagues together.

Sara Adams competed in theSophomore A ladies singlesevent and earned the silvermedal while her brother RobertAdams traced his way to a silvermedal in the Freshmen A boysfigure event and a third place inthe Frosh/Soph pairs with hispartner Alexxus Southwick.

Emma Barash dazzled theaudience and judges with herperformance in theJuvenile/Elementary B freestyleevent while bringing home thegold. Miranda Chipman madeher way to the finals in theFrosh/Soph B figure event andalso captured a gold medal in theSophomore B freestyle.

Also during the weekend,Lexi Cristiani earned herself twomore medals, achieving a silverin Juvenile A girls freestyle anda gold in the figure division.Courtney Flynn made it to thefinals for the Elementary C divi-sion in just her second meet, tak-ing home the bronze medal.Meanwhile, Justin Mixon, AmyJackson and Kerida Moates eachearned silver medals for theirtremendous efforts in theirrespective events.

Six year old Michael Miller,joined the ever expanding groupof Ukiah skaters with silvermedals after earning one in boysfreestyle. Savannah Southwickalso did so with a second placefinish in the Super Tot figureevent. Her sister Alexxus, foundherself qualifying for the finalsin the Elementary C figure eventand earning fourth place as wellas the previously mentionedthird place medal in the pairsevent.

Heylee Unangst, 5, earnedherself a bronze medal in theSuper Tot figure event joiningher sister Shyanne who alsoplaced third in Juvenile B whiletheir sister Larissa placed first inPrimary A girls freestyle andsecond in girls figures.

The Southwest PacificRegional Champion in theElementary A girls loop event,Alicia Woodward, once againbrought home gold in the eventto go along with a bronze award-ed in Juvenile/Elementary Bgirls freestyle.

Anita Ortega and RachelMiller both had strong perfor-mances in the Elementary C fig-ure even andJuvenile/Elementary B freestyle.Mark Adams, 3, and SheridanWood, 2, were both awardedstuffed animals and participantpins for their efforts in the SuperTot figure event.

The local skating club willalso be holding their annualspring skating show on Monday,April 7th. For reservations foryour school or group, please call468-8600. All proceeds will ben-efit the Regional and Nationalcompetitive team heading forLincoln, Nebraska in July.

COMMUNITY |SKATINGLocal skaterscompete inRohnert Park

By JOSH DUBOWAssociated Press

ALAMEDA — TheOakland Raiders signeddefensive end KalimbaEdwards to a two-year con-tract on Friday as they try toimprove their pass rush fornext season.

Edwards was cut earlierthis month by the DetroitLions. He will reportedlyearn $5 million in the dealwith the Raiders.

Edwards, a second-roundpick out of South Carolinain 2002, has 26 sacks and 10forced fumbles in six sea-sons in the NFL. His best

year came in 2005, when herecorded a career-high sevensacks.

Edwards played onlyeight games last season as hewas slowed by a knee injuryand eventually lost his jobwith the Lions. His bestgame happened to come inthe opener against theRaiders, when he had twosacks, forced two fumblesand recovered another tohelp Detroit beat Oakland36-21. Edwards had onlyone more sack the rest of theseason.

The Raiders had been insearch of a pass rusher from

the right side to complementleft end Derrick Burgessever since Chris Clemonsleft to sign with Philadelphiaearlier this offseason.Oakland had the fifth fewestsacks in the NFL last seasonwith 27, with eight comingfrom Clemons.

Oakland has beenextremely active this offsea-son trying to upgrade adefense that was ranked22nd in the NFL last seasonand contributed to a fifthstraight losing season. TheRaiders went 4-12 last sea-son and have only 19 wins

the past five years.The team re-signed

defensive lineman TommyKelly to a deal that guaran-tees him more than $18 mil-lion. It also used the fran-chise tag on cornerbackNnamdi Asomugha, guaran-teeing him about $10 mil-lion for next season.

The Raiders also tradedfor cornerback DeAngeloHall and gave him a contractthat included $24 million inguarantees, and signed freeagent safety Gibril Wilsonand defensive tackleWilliam Joseph.

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Raiders bolster pass rush by signing DE Kalimba Edwards

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The Warriors caught alucky break when PortlandAll-Star guard Brandon Roystayed home to nurse a soregroin.

Golden State broke thisgame open with a dominantthird quarter, where its aggres-siveness on offense paid offwith 20 free throw attempts inthe quarter. The Warriorsmade 18 of them after notgoing to the line once in thefirst half. They also shot 9-for-13 from the field, turned theball over only once andoutscored the Blazers 40-20 totake a 91-72 lead into thefourth period.

“You’ve got to containthem, move your feet andforce them to shoot over thetop,” Portland coach NateMcMillan said. “They didn’trun a lot of plays, but whoev-

er got the ball penetrated. Insituations like that you’ve gotto contain them. We’ve justgot to get better at guardingthe ball.”

The big third quarterallowed Nelson to rest starpoint guard Baron Davis forthe entire fourth quarter inhopes of keeping him fresh forthis weekend’s big games.Davis scored just 12 points on4-for-12 shooting after gettingan IV before the gamebecause of a recent illness.But with every game so cru-cial, Davis wasn’t about to sitthis one out.

“It took me a little bit to getmy motor running,” Davissaid. “It was just a weird feel-ing. It was weird. I didn’t real-ly feel like I could do what Ineeded to do. I just wanted totry to make hustle playstonight and try to have a goodfloor game.”

The Blazers never threat-ened after that and the

Warriors avoided losing back-to-back games for the firsttime since Jan. 2-4.

Monta Ellis added 18points and 10 rebounds forGolden State, which has alter-nated wins and losses for thelast nine games. The Warriorsmight need to do better thanthat over the final 11 games tomake the playoffs.

Steve Blake led Portlandwith 22 points. Jarrett Jackadded 19 and LaMarcusAldridge had 17. The Blazers(38-35) are seven gamesbehind Golden State in theplayoff race and now havetheir hopes set on posting theirfirst winning season in fiveyears.

“If the eighth seed is thisgood, imagine how good theNo. 1 or No. 2 seed is,”Aldridge said. “So it shows usto be in that playoff race andto be in the playoffs, you’vegot to be a good team that exe-cutes down the stretch.”


Warriors

“I hope they all look backto last year for a brief time tothink back what they couldhave done differently andlearn from the year that wehad. As an offensive club,hopefully we understandwe’re not going to be a teamthat’s going to hit the ball outof the ballpark.”

Bochy has to be hoping formuch more than what hisGiants did in 2007, his firstyear managing in the BayArea after leaving the SanDiego Padres. San Franciscomissed the playoffs for thefourth straight season and fin-ished at the bottom of the divi-sion. In fact, the Dodgers (82-80) and Giants (71-91)brought up the rear in the NLWest for just the second timesince division play began in1969.

“The key for us is to get offto a decent start and at onepoint in the year you have togo on a good run,” infielderRich Aurilia said. “We’ve got

to do the little things — stealbases, get base hits, sacrificeflies and go first to third. Werealize that’s the type of gamewe have to play. And that styleis what we veterans have toinstill in the young guys.”

This year marks the 50thanniversary of the franchise’smove West to San Franciscofrom New York, so there willbe hype around that — butprobably to a lesser extentthan what surrounded the clubfor the All-Star festivities andBonds’ chase of Hank Aaron’shome run record last summer.

Aside from catcher BengieMolina, who had a career yearoffensively in 2007 and willbat in Bonds’ old cleanupspot, most of the Giants willbe looking to bounce backfrom poor seasons. Namely,$126 million pitcher BarryZito, the 2002 AL Cy YoungAward winner with Oakland.

Zito, whose contract hassince been topped by theMets’ Johan Santana and his$137.5 million deal, had hisfirst losing campaign in eightmajor league seasons, postingcareer worsts with an 11-13

record and 4.53 ERA in 196 2-3 innings. It marked the firsttime Zito hadn’t reached 200innings since he was a rookie.

Zito had his struggles thisspring, too.

“It’s just timing,” said Zito,confident he can bounce backthis season. “Everything inpitching is timing.”

In addition, San Franciscowill start the season without11-time Gold Glove shortstopOmar Vizquel as he recoversfrom left knee surgery. Leftystarter Noah Lowry is out fol-lowing an operation on hisforearm during spring train-ing, and infielder KevinFrandsen is done for the yearafter rupturing his leftAchilles’ tendon last week.

The Giants still plan to becompetitive.

“I think this is a majorleague team, right?” Molinasaid. “We all know that. ...We’re about trying to get agroup of guys going for thesame thing, and that’s to winthat day and not to think aboutthe next day or the nextweek.”


Giants

Hometown hero AlexRodriguez played in Miamifor the first time since highschool, while the scenicwaterfront site of exhibitiongames for more than eightdecades hosted its final gamein St. Petersburg, Fla.

Adam Dunn homered andthe Cincinnati Reds beat theTampa Bay Rays 6-3 onFriday in the final game at AlLang Field.

“I’m kind of a nostalgicfreak,” said Rays manager JoeMaddon, who took in his firstgame at Al Lang after hitch-hiking to St. Petersburg fromTampa, where his collegeteam was playing in the early1970s.

“Believe me, you can’t finda better setting for a springtraining game to be played.For those who never had thechance to encounter it, it’s twobad because this truly is theessence of spring training.”

A different type of nostal-gia reigned across the state.

For the first time since A-Rod was a senior atWestminster Christian High in1993, he finally got to play inhis hometown.

With 150 of his friends andfamily in the crowd — a“world record” player ticketbuy, he said — Rodriguez andhis New York Yankees visitedthe Florida Marlins on Fridayin their next-to-last exhibitiongame of the spring. Dozens offans swarmed the Yankees’dugout in A-Rod’s No. 13 jer-seys, most imploring him inSpanish to sign something forthem.

“Coming up here and beinga part of South Florida highschool sports, potentiallygoing to play football andbaseball at the University ofMiami, it’s nice to come fullcircle,” said Rodriguez, thereigning AL MVP after hitting.314 with 54 home runs and156 RBIs last season. “I never

really thought I would get thisopportunity, being in theAmerican League.”

With interleague play,chances like these are hardlyuncommon.

But Rodriguez has alwaysmissed out on Miami trips —until now.

“This is Alex’s home,” saidYankees manager Joe Girardi,who, like Rodriguez, lives inSouth Florida during the win-ter. “I went and saw a Heatgame this year, I was drivingback, and there was a big bill-board that said,’Congratulations Alex on theMVP.’ This town has reallyembraced Alex and Alex hasreally embraced this town.”

Rodriguez was the fourthYankee to bat Friday night,and got a huge roar when thestarting lineups wereannounced — incidentally,dwarfing the ovation anyMarlins player got before thegame.

He delivered for his faith-ful, too, with a 407-foot homerun in the fifth inning offFlorida starter Andrew Miller— earning him a standingovation in a stadium almostentirely filled with Yankeesfans.

As for baseball in St.Petersburg, the next time amajor league game is playedat the spot where the field cur-rently stands, it may well bethe Rays’ new regular-seasonhome.

Rays owner StuartSternberg revealed plans lastfall to replace Tropicana Fieldwith a $450 million open-airballpark here that partlywould be paid for by the saleand development of thedomed stadium that opened in1990 — eight years before theRays played their first game.

Under current plans, theteam would pay about a thirdof the cost of building the34,000-seat stadium that

would open on the Al Langsite in 2012.

In other news, ArizonaDiamondbacks left-handerDoug Davis was diagnosedwith thyroid cancer.

“We don’t know much,other than he does have thy-roid cancer,” team presidentDerrick Hall said in a tele-phone interview. “It’s sadden-ing. It was a complete surpriseto the entire organization, andto him.”

Jeff Conine signed a one-day contract with the FloridaMarlins so he could retire as amember of the team he helpedwin two World Series.

Chicago White Sox thirdbaseman Joe Crede missed anexhibition game against theTexas Rangers because of abruised left ankle. Crede saidhe hoped to recover in timefor the season opener.

San Diego center fielderJim Edmonds was placed onthe 15-day disabled list,meaning he’ll miss his firstopening day with the Padres.

In spring training games:Pirates 3, Twins 1At Fort Myers, Fla.,

Minnesota’s FranciscoLiriano held Pittsburgh to onerun in five innings beforelearning he will start the sea-son in the minor leagues.

Manager Ron Gardenhiresaid he wanted the left-handedLiriano to get at least twostarts to improve his condi-tioning and his fastball. Atthat point, the team will con-sider calling him up.

Orioles 4, Mets 3At Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,

Orlando Hernandez gave up arun and four hits in fiveinnings in his quest to win thefifth spot in New York’s rota-tion.

Baltimore’s Daniel Cabreraallowed two runs and threehits in five innings. He walkedfive and struck out two.

MLB | SPRING NEWS & NOTESA-Rod plays for hometown crowd in Miami;Reds beat Rays in Al Lang Field finale

By JANIE McCAULEYAssociated Press

STANFORD — MarkMarquess’ desk is covered inpaperwork and lineups. It’s nowonder Stanford’s baseballcoach had no idea he’s aboutto join some elite company inhis 32nd year on the job.

Soon, Marquess will winhis 1,300th game and moveinto the top 10 for career vic-tories among Division Icoaches. He’s already in thetop 10 for active coaches.

“Really, I don’t think aboutit,” the coach said smiling,doing some last-minute prepa-ration a few hours before arecent home game againstPacific. “It’s just a matter ofyou get busy and as a coachyou worry about the next one.You worry about the ones youlost, too much. ... When Ithink about it, it just meansI’ve been coaching a longtime.”

Marquess — or “9” as theycall him on The Farm for hisNo. 9 jersey — is known toarrive on campus in the earlyhours when most are still inbed, then go to sleep whenmany are still eating dinner.

Whatever works. Even hisplayers sometimes can’tbelieve that their coach hasbeen at the same school formore than three decades.

Marquess was at 1,295wins heading into an eight-game homestand and a week-end series with WashingtonState to open Pac-10 play atSunken Diamond. He couldreach the 1,300-win milestonebefore his team visits BayArea rival California inBerkeley on April 7.

“That’s a lot (of wins),”senior starting pitcher ErikDavis said. “Coaching for 32years is one thing. I was actu-ally talking about this a coupleweeks ago when we wereplaying Texas and they wereannouncing their coach in hiswhatever season and he wasup there in the wins and he’sonly coached there 10 years. Iwas on the bench and said,’Do you realize our coach has

been coaching here for 32years?’ When you think aboutthat, it’s just unbelievable, andI don’t see him stopping anytime soon.

“He’s one in a million,that’s for sure.”

The 61-year-old Marquess,a three-time NCAA Coach ofthe Year and nine-time Pac-10Coach of the Year, has estab-lished such a tradition at hisalma mater that the schoolregularly lures a talented play-er to campus for a few yearseven if he’s already beendrafted. The promise of a top-notch education certainlyhelps, too.

John Mayberry Jr. was oneof those.

“That doesn’t happen veryoften, but it happens heremore than a lot of otherplaces,” Marquess said.

The Seattle Marinersselected Mayberry with the28th overall pick in the firstround of the 2002 draft, but hedecided to go to Stanford —taking a different baseballpath than his famous father,who signed out of highschool. Mayberry figured afew years of college baseballcould only boost his chancesof getting selected just as highor higher in the draft the nexttime around.

The Texas Rangers woundup taking him 19th overall inthe 2005 draft and movedMayberry from first base tothe outfield.

“One of the things, at theprofessional level a managercan say, ’Well, I’m just notgetting the players, it’s thegeneral manager.’ You can putblame elsewhere,” Marquesssaid. “In our game, I recruitthem, I do everything, so it allfalls to me. You can’t blame iton somebody else. The nicething about Stanford is it kindof sells itself academically,the campus. I mean, what’snot to like?”

The coaching stability is amajor plus.

Marquess started atStanford as an assistant in1972 at age 24, became head

coach at 29 and has watchedseveral of his former playersgo on to coach against him —Ed Sprague at Pacific, DaveEsquer at Cal and MarkMachtolf at Gonzaga. Theywere teammates in 1987 whenthe Cardinal won the CollegeWorld Series title.

“Certainly the thing thathe’s brought since I’ve knownhim is that his energy levelreally hasn’t varied much,”Sprague said of Marquess.“He’s probably slowed downa little bit since I played forhim, but for the most part he’smaintained that energy leveland that passion to win. Thatcertainly shows with the pro-gram he’s built.”

Marquess, who played inthe Chicago White Sox orga-nization from 1969-73 andreached Triple-A, coachedUSA Baseball to an Olympicgold medal in 1988 when thesport was a demonstrationevent in Seoul, South Korea.Sprague was on that team, andis the only player to win aCollege World Series,Olympic gold medal andWorld Series, which he didwith the Toronto Blue Jays in1992 and ’93.

Marquess has led Stanfordto a pair of College WorldSeries titles and five champi-onship appearances. Andthat’s just the start of his long,accomplished resume.

He played football forStanford during the days ofthe Pac-8 and was theCardinal’s first baseman from1967-69.

“It’s been a good experi-ence for me,” Marquess said.“The amateur baseball is sodifferent, especially atStanford, and having gone toStanford it’s special for me.It’s very unique. I’m veryproud of the longevity part ofit because for the most part inthe years I’ve been here we’vebeen competitive. It surprisedme a little bit to be as compet-itive as consistently as wehave been.”

NCAA | STANFORD

Stanford’s Marquess movingtoward 1,300 victories

THE BORN LOSER

FRANK AND ERNEST

BEETLE BAILEY

BLONDIE

by Art and Chip Sansom

by Bob Thaves

by Mort Walker

by Dean Young and Jim Raymond

Sunday, March 30, 2008Exceptionally fortunate

developments are indicatedin the year ahead, both fromyour own efforts andarrangements beinglaunched by others. Don’thesitate to go all out andwork on things you’venever done before.

ARIES (March 21-

April 19) -- Several impor-tant objectives can beachieved at this time if theyare given priority over yourmundane affairs. A coupleof them will be for you, butthe rest will be for the goodof others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Focus yourefforts and energies onthose endeavors where youfeel lucky going in,because, in fact, you areright now. All indicationspredict you can accomplish

some unbelievable feats.GEMINI (May 21-June

20) -- Joint endeavors lookmore promising than usual,especially if there is somekind of financial gain to bemade. If you can getinvolved in a coalition thatpromises profits, give ityour best try.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- One of thethings you do best is tobring divergent intereststogether for a commoncause that will bring suc-cess to all involved. You’recapable of just such anundertaking right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)-- Take on that undertakingthat you believe would beadvantageous for all thosewho work on the project.Interference should be

absent at this time, makingthe task easier.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22) -- Friends are likely togo out of their way to treatyou in a kind and generousmanner. This is becauseyou’ve done so much forthem, and the timing isright for them to recipro-cate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.23) -- You are now in awonderful cycle where for-tunate results can be made.If there is something youhope to bring to a success-ful conclusion, you won’tfind a better time to do so.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- This is a better-than-usual day to balancethe accounts where socialobligations are concerned.Even if it is an impromptu

invitation, others to whomyou are indebted willrespond favorably to yourgesture.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec. 21) -- This is anextremely fortunate periodin regards to your financialand/or material interests.This is true even forarrangements that arealready producing largeprofits.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your positiveattitude and winning waysare especially contagious. Ifyou truly believe you’recapable of doing somethingbig, it’s more than likelyyou will have all the fol-lowers you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Overall condi-tions look particularly

favorable at this time, butthere is one in particularthat is likely to be a stand-out. It affects your materialaffairs, so try to concentrateyour efforts there.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You possessthe necessary wherewithalto favorably ingratiateyourself with people whocan do big things for yourfuture plans. You’ll get theopportunity to cultivatethese associations.

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by Charles M. Schulz

by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

by Scott Adams

by Lynn Johnson

by Gary Trudeau by Dik Browne

Today is the 89th day of 2008 and the 10thday of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1867, the BritishNorth America Act received royal assent.

In 1961, the 23rd Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution was ratified, allowingWashington, D.C., residents to vote in presi-dential elections.

In 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Averageclosed above the 10,000 mark for the first time.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Cy Young(1867-1955), baseball player; Sam Walton(1918-1992), Wal-Mart founder; Walt Frazier(1945-), basketball player, is 63; ChristopherLambert (1957-), actor, is 51; Elle MacPherson(1963-), supermodel/actress, is 45.

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TODAY’S MOON: Last quarter (March29).

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Dear Annie: I am a 38-year-old divorcedmother with two sons, and I’ve been dating“Tim” for five years. Tim is 40, never marriedand still lives at home with his parents and a47-year-old brother.

Tim and I were engaged (I popped the ques-tion), but while planning the wedding, he start-ed acting odd. I asked what was wrong, and hesaid he was afraid of being a stepparent andconcerned about the amount of fightingbetween us. He also said I wasn’t the womanhe “pictured he would marry.” So I called it off,completely dejected. We reconciled a fewmonths later, started couples counseling andthings seemed to be progressing smoothly.

To figure out if he could handle being a par-ent, he moved in with me six months ago. Lastweek, I again brought up marriage. That led toan argument, and I finally told him to make acommitment or move out.

Tim says he loves me and wants to spend therest of his life with me, but he needs more time.Yet, he never follows through on anything, and

every time I want to discuss our future, heshuts down and runs away to his parents’house.

I’ve told his mother that allowing him tolive there as an adult has stifled him emotion-ally. Tim has no real life experience (payingrent, taxes, grocery bills, etc.) and is petrifiedof adult responsibility. I asked her to not allowhim to return home, but she refused. I’ve alsospoken to his brother, who says I should be lessdemanding and more understanding.

I love Tim and his family, but I’ve beenmore than patient. What else can I do? -- Foolin Love

Dear Fool: Tim is a little boy pretending tobe a man. Of course he’s scared. He will never

be able to commit to you or anyone else (norwould you want him to) until he learns to standon his own two feet. If you are looking for mar-riage in the not-too-distant future, you willhave to find it elsewhere.

Dear Annie: I have a hot-tempered husbandwho is quick to yell, and he tends to be worsewhen stressed or in a hurry. I have put up withthis for over 25 years.

Now I want him to know that if you stabsomeone with your knives (angry words) andyou don’t bother to pull them out and bandagethe wound (saying you’re sorry), then thewounds can’t heal and eventually begin to fes-ter.

I’m not sure if my husband is too proud toapologize or if he never learned how. He seemsto think if he acts like nothing happened,everything will be OK. I’ve done my best toforgive and forget, but there’s an empty spacewhere love used to be. I don’t think he knowshow much this has hurt our marriage, so pleasepass along this message for me. -- Woundedand Not Healing

Dear Wounded: This is one of those mes-sages you really need to pass along yourself.Your husband can’t read your mind and maynot understand how much a sincere apology

can smooth over rough spots that otherwise getbumpier. Ask him to go with you for counsel-ing. It won’t help to suffer in silence.

Dear Annie: “Curious in the East” askedhow kids feel when Mom is the one who leavesthe family.

My mother left when I was 16. She had anaffair with a friend whom we knew well. Shechose him over us, but she still expects us to bethe ones to call and write. She is more con-cerned about the latest fashions and getting hernails done than her children and grandkids. Sheis the most selfish person I know.

Am I still angry? Absolutely. The feeling ofabandonment manifests itself in behavior thatis with you for the rest of your life. -- Don’tWant To Be Like Her

Annie’s Mailbox is written by KathyMitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors ofthe Ann Landers column. Please e-mail yourquestions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, orwrite to: Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190,Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more aboutAnnie’s Mailbox, and read features by otherCreators Syndicate writers and cartoonists,visit the Creators Syndicate Web page atwww.creators.com.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEby Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.

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©2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

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THE LEARNING

CHALLENGER by Robert Barnett

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A. Using each "Chaos Grid" number with its letter one time, arrange the numbers with their letters for the "Order Grid" so each vertical column, horizontal row, and two diagonals each ADD to numbers inside thick lined cells.

B. Some correct numbers with their letters have been put into the "Order Grid" to get you started. Also, above the "Order Grid" is a "Decoded Message" clue.

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I am a beautiful 1 year old female Black Lab. I was found the evening of 3/25 on Fish Rock Rd near Yorkville. The sad-dest part of my story is that I was nursing puppies. I could not tel l the man that found me where my puppies are. Now I am at the Ukiah Shel-ter. If you know any-thing about me please call Sage at 467-6453. I will be available for adoption on 4/1

110 EMPLOYMENTWANTED

Physical TherapistAssistant over 10 yrs.experience seeks po-sition.707-354-4436

120 HELPWANTED

ADMIN ASSIST IIAA/two yrs exp pref, & comp exp, Bil pref.30 hrs/wk, $12.71-$13.35/hr DOQ & bene. For appl & job descrip; contact NCO 800-606-5550x302 or www.ncoinc.orgCloses 5pm, 4/8/08 (Postmarks not ac-cepted). EOE

ALARMTECHNICIAN

Fast growing security company seekinglicensed Burg/Fire

alarm installer w/exp in CCTV/Access

control. 5+ yrs exp preferred. Salary

w/bene. DOE. Faxresume 707-462-

1478 or [email protected]

ASSISTANTCOOK

JOIN THE TRINITY TEAM!Trinity Youth

Services-Ukiah, a social service agency serving abused andneglected youth in a

ResidentialTreatment Campus is

looking for an Assistant Cook

to work full time in a cafeteria style kitch-en. Responsible for

posting menus, using the correct food

quantity and recipes to prepare the

meal(s), maintain all safety standards,

food handling health standards, and all local, county, and

state health require-ments. Excellent ben-efits. Must pass pre-

employment physical,drug test and back-

ground check.APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

to 877-382-7617www.trinityys.org EOE

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]

120 HELPWANTED

CONSOLIDATED TRIBAL HEALTH

PROJECTa non-profit Native American healthcare cl inic is seeking qualified applicants to fill the following posi-tions: Staff Physician, Family Nurse Practi-tioner, Public Health Nurse, Executive Secretary, Mainte-nance/Custodian (24 hrs wk). Competitive salary and excellent benefit package available. All appli-cants considered, Native American preference applied.CTHP is a drug-free workplace. For more information contact the Human Resour-ces Depar tment at 707.485.5115.ADA/EEOC

“Non Profit seeking person with good communication skills who lives in 95490 Zip Code and is dedi-cated to Localization.12 hours / week, $12 to $14 per hour com-mensurate with expe-rience. Call Liam at (707) 459-7076

120 HELPWANTED

COOK AIDEfor E Center’s Head Start Program inKelseyville. Refer to Job#MSHS-2008-03-28; 30 hrs/wk; bi-l ingual Eng/Span) pref ’d; $8.11/hr w/ potential up to $9.88 /hr; HS diploma or GED; or 1-3 mos.related exp. and/or training or equiv comb of educ & exp.Contact: HR, 410 Jones St., Ukiah, CA 95482; 707-468-0194; www.ectr.org;Deadline: 4/7/08, 5pm. EOE

DIESELMECHANIC

3 years exp. Good wages & benefits.

462-6721Human Resource

Recruiter for MendocinoCommunity

Health Clinic Exp. req. with Gener-alist HR, organiza-tional & excel. com-puter skills. F/T DOE.Fax 707-468-0793

[email protected] job description

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. in 1988. Call for interview 468-0602.

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

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 -11

Ad Design & NewspaperProduction

The Ukiah Daily Journal has animmediate opening for (1) part time addesign/production person.

Applicants must be self-starter, quicklearner, computer literate (Mac) andfamiliar with ad design programs andQuark.

Must work well under pressure, bedeadline oriented and have a strong workethic.

The Ukiah Daily Journal offers thepotential for advancement within thecompany to top performers. Drug test isrequired.

Fax resume to 707 462-0710 ormail/deliver to Ukiah Daily Journal,Attention: Sue Whitman, P.O. Box 749,Ukiah, CA 95482 or email [email protected].

No Phone Calls Please.

The Ukiah

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590 S. School St.Ukiah

468-3500

Turn to the Classifieds.

We have postings forpositions in many areas,including Automotive,Clerical, Retail, Serviceand Telemarketing.

Take advantage of theClassifieds and uncover atreasure chest ofopportunity.

When your job prospects are buried...

120 HELPWANTED

EDUCATIONALSPECIALIST

4 yrs. teaching exp.+ 2 yrs curriculum, instruction, assess-ment, or evaluation req. CA Teaching Cred req. Extensive staff dev. exp. -pre-ferred. Admin. or PPS Cred. desired.$68,003-$87,259DOQ + $1380 for Doctorate Degree.FT 220 days/11mos /yr. Attractive benefit package.

Mendocino CountyOffice of Education

www.mcoe.us/d/hr/jobsOpen until filled.

To assure consid-ertion apply by

5pm, April 21, 2008

Executive Directorfor Community Care, a successful non-profit agency in Ukiah provid-ing care management to elderly, developmentally disabled, and persons living with HIV/AIDS in Mendocino/Lake coun-ties. MA in Human Serv-ices field, five years Di-rector experience pref.Care management exp.pref. Job desc at www.communitycare707.com. Compet. sal-ary, excellent benefits.Resume, cover lttr to [email protected] or 301 S. State St., Ukiah 95482 707-468-9347 EOE

Executive Director for Project Sanctuary, a non-profit agency in Ukiah, CA providing services to domestic violence & sexual as-

sault survivors throughout Mendo.

Co. Salary scale $46K – $61K, place-ment doe. Full benefit pkg. EOE. Qual., job desc. & app. at www.projectsanctuary.orgor 707 462-9196.Continuous recruit-ment. Open until fil-led. First screening deadline: 4-11-08.

Savings Bank of Mendocino County is seeking appli-cants for a Real Es-tate Loan Secretary.Performs a variety of secretar ial, ac-counting and tran-scription duties for the Real Estate Dept. Includes a high volume of phone calls. Req a minimum of 2 years experience in a mul-ti-task, detail-orient-ed posit ion, ad-vanced skil ls in spreadsheets and word processing, with a minimum key-board speed of 60 wpm. Experience and/or education in banking or finance are preferred. Sal-ary commensurate with experience.Apply in person at 200 Nor th School St, Ukiah, CA. by 4:00 p.m. on Mon-day, April 7, 2008.AA/EOE m/f/v/d/

120 HELPWANTED

Family Advocate or Family

Service Workerfor E Center’s Migrant Head Start Program in Clove rdale. Refer to Job #MSHS-2008-02-01; 40 hrs/wk; sea-sonal; benefits; bilin-gual (Eng/Span) req’d; must have valid CA driver’s lic req. FamilyAdvocate: $13.88/hrw/potential up to $16.90/hr. Must have AA in social services & 1 yr exp training in social services or comb of educ & exp. FamilyService Worker :Level l: $10.87/hrw/potential up to $13.24/hr College course work and/or community exp. in health, special needs and social service areas & 1 yr exp working in child development, social services or health related agency.Level ll: $11.42/hrw/potential up to $13.91/hr ; AA or higher in social work, human ser-vies or health & 2 yrs exp working n child development, social services or health related agen-cy. Contact: HR, 410 Jones St., Ukiah, CA 95482;707-468-0194;www.ectr.org; Dead-line: 4/7/08, 5 pm.EOE

Full Time Auto Technician. Fullbenefits, 401k.

Apply at www.fowlerfamily

dealerhips.comEmployment

Full Time exp. parts counterperson at

Ukiah Auto Dealerships

Full benefits, 401k.Apply at

www.fowlerfamilydealerships.com/

Employment.

GENERAL OFFICECPU/Customer

Service exp, req.Career position, w/vacation, holi-

days, benefits, 8-5 M-F, must be able to lift up to 50lbs,

good working cond., w/estab., stable company.

Salary range$9-$13.50 + bonus.

Send resume to 1268 S. State St.

GYMNASTICSINSTRUCTORS needed. $8-$30 per hr. 463-3303

PT-FT INCIRCULATION

For right person.Apply at

590 S. School St

The Ukiah


120 HELPWANTED

Hillside Health Ctr.MCHC seeks

Registered Dental Assistant. Comp. sal-ary DOE. Great ben-efits. Fax: 468-0793.

[email protected] more info on this

position visit www.mchcinc.org.

Mendocino CountyHealth & Human Services Agency

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR$7112-$8642/Mo.

Req BA in public or business admin or closely related field, f ive years manage-ment level exp. First screening 03/31/08 apply to: HR Dept, 579 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482, (707) 463-4261, w/TDD (800) 735-2929. www.co.men-docino.ca.us/hr EOE

LEGAL OFFICE CLERK

PT. Front desk re-ception, phones, file, process mail. Must have general knowl-edge of office proce-dures. Office exp.pref. Must be moti-vated, detail oriented, possess good organi-zational skills. Wage DOE. Resume to:Rapport and Marston 405 W. Perkins St, Ukiah CA 95482

Looking for motivat-ed, hard working, & exp. person to f i l l prep cook/line cook position. 459 4774

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. LVNCompetitive salary

DOE great benefits! Fax: 468-0793

[email protected]

MAINTENANCE for mobile home park.Need plumbing expe-rience. 831-238-3206

Winery Tasting Room Manager for

Boutique Anderson Valley winery seeks a hands-on manager to lead our tasting room sales team. Will manage all marketing & sales operations aspects incl. driving new business to our locations, achieving retail sales goals, growing our customer data base thru club & telemarketing sales, & promoting brand awareness in the lo-cal community. Reply to: [email protected]

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

MINI STORAGE ASST. MGR FT/PT9a-3p (flexible) +va-cation fill-in. Mostly clerical and comput-er. Good comm/retail sales skil ls req’d.Some phys/Gen maintenance. Cal.Driver’s Lic nec. Sal-ary + comm. Bene-fits, med, dent, vi-sion, habla espanol a +. Ideal for a mom or retiree. 707/468-0800.

RN’s, ICUAll shifts, FT, PTWilling to train right candidate 2nd in ICU $250 sign-on bonus Intensive via Robot Competitive salary & benefitsFrank R. HowardMemorial HospitalWillits, CAApply Online:www.Howardhospital.orgCall: 707-456-3184

Nurse Care Managerfor community-based, non-profit HIV/AIDS

prgm in Lake Co. Exp.w/ case mgmnt &

HIV/AIDS pref, will train.Mon.-Fri.-34 hrs/wk

$3607/mo w/exc bene-fits. RN req. PHN pref.Resume & cvr ltr to:

Community Care CCHAP, 301 S. State St. Ukiah, CA 95482707-468-9347. EOE

OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE seeks

person for FT assis-tant position. Need exc. communication

skills, some computer skills, be a team

worker. Some bene-fits. Send resume to 102 Scott St Ukiah

120 HELPWANTED

PLANNER IIExcellent Career Op-portunity! The City of Fort Bragg is seeking a qualified individual to interpret and apply planning regulations/ policies to complex planning issues. May act as a project man-ager and liaison with other agencies and individuals regarding technical use and en-vironmental impact.Specific requirements include:•Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or related field; and•Possession of valid Class C or higher California driver’s li-cense; and•At least two (2) years experience in urban/rural and re-gional planning, plan-ning policy develop-ment or environmen-tal review and analy-sis.Full t ime 40 hrs/week. Monthly salary $4,246-$5,161 with comprehensive benefits package. To apply, obtain and submit a City applica-tion (www.for t bragg.com) to the Human Resources Office, City Hall, 416 N. Franklin Street, For t Bragg, CA 95437, 707-961-2823. Faxed applica-tions will not be ac-cepted. Filing Dead-line: April 28, 2008 (Postmarks not ac-cepted). EOE/AA/ Drug Free Work-place.

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

Red Fox CasinoIs Now Accepting

ApplicationsFor the following:

GENERALMANAGER

Wages D.O.E.Please come in & fill out an application at

Red Fox Casino200 Cahto Dr.

Laytonville, CA 95454

ResidentialAssistant.

Swing shift 2-10.Evening

receptionist.Mon.-Fri. 5-7 pm.1343 S. Dora St.

RN’s, ICU● All shifts, FT, PT● Willing to train right candidate 2nd in ICU

● $2500 sign-on bonus● Intensive via Robot● Competitive salary

& benefitsFrank R. Howard

Memorial HospitalWillits, CA

Apply Online:WWW.Howardhospital.org

Call: 707-456-3184

120 HELPWANTED

SALESPERSONMust have knowl-

edge of motorcycles, ATVS, generators.Sales background

req. Gen. knwldge of motorcycles helpful.

Apply in person MOTOSPORTS

OF UKIAH.1850 N. StateSt.

See David or Ben.

Social Worker fornonprofit HIV/AIDS prgm in Clearlake.

Case mgmt for persons w/HIV/AIDS. F/T

compet. pay, exc bene-fits. MSW or MA in relat-

ed field req’d. Case mgmt & HIV/AIDS exp.

pref, will train.Resume to CCHAP

301 S. State St., Ukiah CA 95482.468-9347 EOE.

THERAPISTTrinity Youth

Services-Ukiah, asocial service agen-cy serving abused

and neglected youth in a Residential

Treatment Campus is seeking a ContractTherapist to provide individual, family and group therapy serv-ices. Qualified candi-dates will possess an

MFCC, LCSW, or LPC. APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

to 877-382-7617 www.trinityys.org EOE

Valley View is look-ing for CNAs days and p.m. shifts avail.great work environ-ment, competit ive wages & benefits.Hire-on bonus. Call Dawn @ 462-1436.

We are looking for PARTS DEPT.

person. Must have knowledge of motor-

cycles, ATVS, &customer service

skills. Apply in person MOTOSPORTS

OF UKIAH-1850 N.State St. See Cathy.

140 CHILDCARE

Laura’s Litt le Ones day care full-time M-F “Home away from home” 485-8259 Lic# 230002936

Little Friends Pre-school. F/T & P/T. Opening ages 2-5. Monthly rates

between $185-$495.465 Luce Ave.

463-2273

215 BUSINESSESFOR SALE

VALENASCERAMICS

After 33 yrs, we are retir ing! All molds (5900), greenware, pour ing equip & paints, display coun-ters, Parragon kiln 28”wx22”d 707-485-7075 call for appt leave message.

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

Mountanos Properties

Commercial Rentals707-462-1840 x 195

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

Beautiful dwntwn of-fice 380 sq. ft. suite $750+dep. Also small upstairs off ice $160+dep. 391-4114

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

468-8951SUITE OF OFFICES 4 offices + conf.,

A jewel in our crown.

$2040 Util & janito-rial incl. Very nice

location, 468-5426

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

1 Studio $6851&2bd Apts.$835/$885/mo,

no pets. 462-4759351 N. Main

2BD, 1BA water & garbage pd,

w/washer & dryer462-8600

2bd1ba modern sunny downstairs.

Wtr & garb. pd. Cent.ht/ac. Lndry rm. Cov

prk, walk to town, great neighbors. N/S $850/mo. 433-4040

Century 21 LesRyan Prop. Mng.13471 S. Hwy 101

2 units avl.$600 per month.

1 bd., 1 bath.Please visit our

websiteFor photos & more!

www.ukiahrentals.netHOPLAND Very nice

1 bd, balcony, ccovered parking.

$795/mo. $300 dep.744-1450NEWER

2 BEDROOMDW/Garage + Pool$885mo. 463-2325

Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $850.Also 1bd. $725. Ht.AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075

Se habla espanol.

320 DUPLEXES

2bd 1ba 2-car garage w/d hookup $900/mo $1200dep. 367-3517 or 489-4056

Duplex on Capps & Carrigan, $1175 rent.$1300 sec. 2 bdrm.

1.5 ba 462-4759

Willits-BrooktrailsDeluxe duplex. 2 bdrm. 2 ba. lndry rm., garage, cent. ht & ac.N/S N/P. $800/mo.$1500 dep.

Fax applicationto 707-984-6479

330 HOMESFOR RENT

$600 1BD, CREEK-SIDE CABIN 13mi

west of Cloverdale on 128, Yorkville. NP,

wood heat 894-1854

1BD SUNNYCOTTAGE Boonville.

Small, clean, pro-pane, no dogs, NS $750 1st, last + dep

895-3938

1bd.1 ba. cottage.Horse property-Hwy

20 Potter Vly.$850/mo. 489-1916

2bd2ba. Great View On land-1 mi. from Talmage. N/S, N/P, N/D$1150 mo+dep.462-7419 Call eves.

3bd2ba. 1750 sf.Calpella. N/S/D.

Sml. dog. $1600/mo.$2000 dep. $500

cleaning. 272-0078Avail. March 15.

4 bd 3 ba only$850/mo! Buy!

5%dn, 20yrs at 8% apr! For listings

800-749-7901 xS622

Lrg 2bd 1ba olderhome near St. Mary’s School. 2 gars. & lrg back yard. No pets.$1200+sec.468-0834

Willits 3bdrm 2bth $1500 or Grt Studio w/bath. $700 N/S/P

707-486-7193

370 WANTEDTO RENT

I need space for MYTrailer to garden & live in. Work or cash. 391-8941

Nice couple, nice trailer, looking for nice place to stay.Please call 489-8857

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

$475 bedroom in quiet home.

No S/P/D.468-5556

$520 Ukiah w/mas-ter bd. priv. ba. Walk- in closet.N/S/D. Fem.pref. 650-630-0172

Female, professional.Your share $700/mo + bil ls. Full use of 2,200 sqft home.367-7883

Furn Rm for res.wrkg prof. cbl/frg $475 + 475 util incl N/S/P/D 462-9225

Room to Rent $500Kit, bth, w/d & yd

Quiet emp, fem n/s/ d/p Dep. 467-1467

390 MOBILES FORRENT

RV/TRVL. TRAILERspaces for rent.

$400/mo. Incld’s wtr, sewer & garbage

462-6968

400 NEW & USEDEQUIPMENT

BAKERY EQUIP-MENT FOR SALE

Mixers, espresso ma-chines, bakers ta-bles, deli case, up-r ight commercial dishwasher and much more! 456-9970, 717-395-2375

460 APPLIANCES

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

480 MISC.FOR SALE

2002 Honda 70 Dirt bike2002 Honda 80 Dirt bike 2 QRC Box StockWinged Outlaw GoKar ts with many custom features

Call for details Joe 707-489-2378

WOOD-MIZER LT40 HD SAWMILL

1993 25 HP ONANENGINE, 2700HRS. WORKS

GREAT $15,000459-5055

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

Doberman AKC pups home-raised, ears cropped, all shots $1200 485-5924

YORKIE TERRIERS8wks old. Socialized.Ready to go. M $600,

F $700 894-7511

590 GARAGESALES

1379 DESPINA DR SAT & SUN

8-2Lots of misc.

FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.

Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi

Large Moving Sale Furn, hshld items, collectibles, misc.1270 S. Dora Sat on-ly 8a.

Moving Sale! 2930Millcreek Rd. Sat. & Sun. 10-2. Bdrm set, treadmill, leather love seat, desks, TV, etc.

Multi-family yard sale. Lots of stuff.Sat 3/29 8am-?601 Tahoe Ct

ROCS 8th G & “School for Schools”club fundraiser 555 Leslie St. Sat 8a-1p.

SAT & SUN8-4

Misc. furniture.225 Arlinton Dr

Yard Sale 5 Family corner of

Hastings & Elk.Saturday 3/29 10-?

Yard Sale 1606 S.Dora Thurs, Fri, Sat 9-2p. Portable water

coolers, Misc.

610 REC VEHCAMPING

2Br/1Ba w/SPA Like New. Spectacular Custom Remodel, large yard. Vallejo.Comps @ $90K. 07-552-9992.

620 MOTOR-CYCLES

H.D. SPORTSTER 1200, CUSTOM ‘99,clean 17,000 miles factory saddle bags $5000. 357-1844

620 MOTOR-CYCLES

KAWASAKI Vulcen Mean Streak 1500

2002. Original owner, exc. cond., accesso-ries, 6000 mi. $4,900

Call 367-4451

650 4X4'SFOR SALE

JEEP WRANGLER 95 fair cond., towing brake, wired for warn

wench $6500744-1924

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

GMC Sierra 1994V8, extended cab all pwr clean, runs great! $5,000/obo 272-9949

NISSAN FRONTIER 2001 Crew cab XE.

All power, cruise con-trol $6500 467-1809

680 CARSFOR SALE

55 mpg Honda Insight 2001

$10,900.367-1284.

720 MOBILESFOR SALE

By owner - Dbl. wide modular home w/

numerous upgrades.Quiet Senior Park.Call for directions & details $129,999.

Open House Sun.1-4. 462-8464

745 COMMERCIALREAL ESTATE

PRICE REDUCTION FOR LEASE

GREAT LOCATION970 N. State St. 12K sq ft., good parking.462-4344, 489-0810

770 REAL ESTATE

11 AC.3 places 2 live, or

rent. Hillside toriver-front. $550,000.

Seller financing.Blandford RE 391-7612

741 TOKAY 4bdrm, 3ba, including guest

suite, excellent condi-tion $499,999

Blandford RE 391-7612

I’m still doing mortgage loans,

purchasing & refin.Rates below 6%

Larry WrightGolden Bear Mortgage

707-239-8080

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12- SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

NOTICE TO READERSWe do not affirm the status of advertisers. Werecommend that you check your contractorsstatus at www.cslb.ca.gov or call 800-321-CSLB(2752) 24/7.The Ukiah Daily Journal publishesadvertisements from companies andindividuals who have been licensed by theState of California and we also publishadvertisements from unlicensed companiesand individuals.All licensed contractors are required by StateLaw to list their license number inadvertisements offering their services. The lawalso states contractors performing work ofimprovements totaling $500 or more must belicensed by the State of California.Advertisements appearing in these columnswithout a licensed number indicate that thecontractor or individuals are not licensed.

SERVICE DIRECTORYSERVICE DIRECTORY

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• Concrete & Masonry • Retaining Walls• Irrigation & Drip Sprinklers

• Drainage Systems • Consulting & Design• Bobcat Grading • Tractor Service

Excavating & Deer Fencing

Joe Morales(707) 744-1912

(707) 318-4480 cell

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Foundation to finish

Homes • Additions• Kitchens • Decks

Lic. #580504

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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!

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WEDDINGS

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INJECTION SERVICEIncludes Free• Oil Change• Brake Inspection• Tire Rotation• Under Hood Visual Insp.

of Engineers• Volunteers needed for out-

door work at LakeMendocino; indoor work isalso available, in the officesand interpretive centers. Formore information, contactVolunteer Coordinator LauraSmith at 467-4232.

Ukiah Senior Center• Volunteers to help with

their Thrift Store -- some lift-ing, sorting and pickups.

• Volunteers who can fill infor dishwashers, set up andtake down tables and chairs.

•Any volunteer who mayhave experience in local solic-iting and fund-raising for spe-cial events. Contact volunteercoordinator Carmen Lucchesiat 462-5933 or the center at462-4343.

California ConservationCorps

• Provide leadership train-ing to 18- to 23-year-old menand women.

• These skills include:Interview skills, Math,Literacy, Home Finance, andBasic Garment repair. Formore information, contactLaVone Dyer at 463-2822

Family Strengths Program • This is a wrap-around

program providing support tofamilies to be able to keep aspecial needs child at homeand prevent out-of-homeplacement.

• Mentor Youth • Group Activities Leaders.

For more information contactLaurel Bleess at 463-4341

The Ukiah and WillitsFamily Center

• Provide parenting educa-tion and support for families

• Child care, Play games,Read Stories, OrganizeDonations. For more informa-tion, contact Deborah Lovettat 463-4018

Adult Literacy • Teach adults (16 and

over) to read and write. Formore information in Willitscontact Katherine Moberg at459-6527, in Ukiah call 463-4155

Mendocino CountyVolunteer of the YearAwards (MCOVY)

• Annual dinner event thatrecognizes volunteers (adultand youth) in MendocinoCounty. This event is held inApril. For more information,contact Vicki Sparkman orTami Bartolomei at 462-2596.

CASA (Court AppointedSpecial Advocate)

• An abused or neglectedchild’s voice in court.

• CASA volunteers are

people who work to keep chil-dren in the community safe.They are instrumental inwalking with a child throughthe maze of the child welfaresystems. A CASA volunteer isa part of the larger circle ofadults who care about thechild’s well being. CASA isoffering a 30 hour training tospecial people who would liketo join the program. The coastvolunteer training will be heldon July 12 and 13, and July 19and 20 in F 011 Bragg. Aninland training will be held inUkiah in the fall. For moreinformation, call 463-6503.

American Red Cross,Sonoma & MendocinoCounties

•Actively training (first aid,CPR, disaster preparednessand much more) in Ukiah aswell as on the coast.

•Volunteer & YouthServices Director MaggieO’Brien has weekly officehours in Ukiah onWednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. (people can makeappointments by calling 463-0112 at least the day before, ordrop in) at the offices of NorthCoast Opportunities, 776South State St., Suite 102B.Note: please do not call ormail North CoastOpportunities if you want toreach the Red Cross, as it doesnot have phone or mail there.

•Web site athttp://www.arcsm.org/index.php?pr=Mendocino_County(or just go tow w w . a r c s w m . o r g<http://www.arcswm.org/> ,click on Chapter Programs,then click on MendocinoCounty). Those activities arealso throughout the Web site.

•Prospective volunteers cancall 463-0112, can contactKristy Monti([email protected]) or canwrite to [email protected] forgeneral inquiries.

West Company • Any volunteers available

for the month of January foran annual event called“Celebrate Business,” whichneeds volunteers for serversand help in kitchen, with thefood.

• Also in need for volun-teers at the Commerce Cafefor marketing, accounting,law, financial, and planningexpertise. Also in need forclient tracking, follow up sur-vey and clerical tasks such ascopying, filing, phone relief,plant care.

For more information, con-tact Marlene at 468-3553 orvisit www.westcompany.org.

Willits CommunityServices

• Any volunteers availableto help at the Food Bank tohelp with distribution of food,agency maintenance, andoffice work.

For more information, con-tact Linda Myers at 459-3333.

Mendocino County 4-H• Any volunteer available

from July 1 to 24, to help andchaperone summer camp. Formore information, contactLinda Edgington at 463-4495Or e-mail:[email protected] American Veterans

• Any volunteers located inMendocino County or SantaRosa available to transportveteran patients to SanFrancisco V.A. MedicalCenter. For more information,call 463-4226.

Mendocino County YouthProject

• Any volunteers interestedin working with youth in thedrop in center. Any adult vol-unteers for foster homes. Formore information, contactJerome Bouvier at 463-4915Web site: www.mcyp.org

Project Sanctuary• Project Sanctuary is a

domestic violence and sexualassault crisis center, and iscurrently accepting volun-teers.

For more information, con-tact Janet Larson at 462-9196.

VORP• Any volunteers to work

with juvenile offenders andvictims. Must go through aneight-hour training. For more

information, contact theVORP Office at 462-6160.

Pomolita Middle Schooland Pomolita Club Live

• Any volunteers to help inthe library, computer lab,music boosters and more. Formore information, contactVera Leach at 462-4721.Department ofRehabilitation

• Any volunteers to dosome office work, they willtrain in computer data work,filing and answering phones.For more information, contactLucy at 463-6803; leave amessage, and she will returnyour call. Or visitwww.dor.ca.gov.Willits Seniors Inc.

• Needs volunteers to helpin dining room from 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m. For more infor-mation, contact Nadine at459-6826.

Big Brothers -- Big Sisters• Needs volunteers to men-

tor children ages 6 to 18, andfor its storybook program forchildren of incarcerated peo-ple. For more information,call 463-4809.Redwood Children’sServices

• Needs volunteers to helpfoster youth get their 50 hoursbehind-the-wheel time before

their driver’s license test. Avolunteer needs to have avalid California driver’slicense and insurance as wellas the time and willingness toallow a youth to drive his orher car. For more information,call 467-2000. Ukiah Valley Trail Group

• Will hold trail-buildingclasses and trail days monthly.Volunteers are needed to assistin building approaches andramps to what will be a 50-foot bridge. Volunteers shouldwear sturdy work clothes, andbring water and a bag lunch.For more information, call972-0926 or [email protected].

Ukiah CommunityCenter and Food Bank

• Provides food baskets atThanksgiving and Christmas;needs volunteers to help orga-nize, box and distribute food.

• On Tuesdays andWednesdays, could use volun-teers to assist in distributingfood at the Food Bank. Formore information, call DayleReed at 462-8879.

Fort Bragg andMendocino

Shamli Volunteer Hospice

and Respite • Provide in-home support

to patients and families facinglife-threatening and long termillnesses. For more informa-tion contact Connie Chapmanat 884-4005 ext. 150.

Mendocino CancerResource Center

• Provide support andinformation for those facedwith cancer and their familiesFor more information contactAyn Reymen at 937-3833.

Mendocino Food andNutrition Program

• Assist in inventoryingand distribution of salvagedfood to needy families Formore information contactNancy Hoganson at 964-9404.

Mendocino Area ParksAssociation (MAP A)

• Raises money for educa-tion in local State Parks andSchool Programs

• Ford House VisitorCenter

• Mendocino Exhibits • MacKerrickers State Park

educational program • VanDamme State Park

educational program • Elk Visitor Center • MAPA Abalone Festival

Special event in Oct. For moreinformation contact BirolPolay at 937-5397

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 – 13LOCAL

support services to thoseseeking employment. Lastyear, Mayacama helped 35people find jobs in the area.

For people who havesignificant physicaldisabilities in addition todevelopmental disabilities,the Rural Adult Program,started in 1982, offers daytraining service. Duringtraining, the RAP focuses oncommunicating choices,recreational activities,independence in self-helpactivities and work skills.Jensen said it was amazing towatch people, over the years,grow while developing asense of self-reliance.

“Our work opportunitiesare for people no matter whattheir abilities,” Jensenexplained. “Some peoplebegin needing 100 percentsupport, and continue to growinto different jobs and otherforms of independence.”

Job Coach Suzanne Warnersaid the process of finding ajob appropriate for the peopleUVAH serves was the same asany other job hunt: you figureout what you like and go fromthere.

“We don’t just open up theclassified and point to a job,”Warner said as she chuckled.“Finding the appropriateposition is the same way foreveryone -- disability or not.

You find your passion andcontinue to apply until you gethired. You just keep at it.”

Formerly located inTalmage, UVAH’sheadquarters moved withinthe Ukiah city limits in 1988,and since then Jensen andWarner have not only seenUVAH’s name change, but thegoals increase.

“We want the people weserve invested and enjoyingthe job they get,” said Warner,who regularly visits jobs towork one-on-one with thoseshe has served. “We wantthem to be empoweredbecause we both sat at thekeyboard together and theyhave a résumé now. Whenthey apply for a job, then theyhave the tools in their hands.”

With 46 years experienceand hundreds of successstories to boot, Jensen said sheand the rest of the staff atUVAH would make sureservice continued to reflectthe needs of the people.

“In the future, I see usbeing even more directed bythe people who use ourservices,” she said. “We wantthem setting the tone anddirecting their involvement inwhat we do, while stillhelping them activate theirvoices.”

For more informationabout UVAH or any of itsprograms, call 468-UVAH orvisit its Web site atwww.uvah.org.

Zack Sampsel can be reachedat [email protected].


UVAH


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sure.“They say we, the Measure

B folks, seek to usurp thesheriff’s budget authority byinitiative, which we’re notdoing,” he said. “Measure G isthought to do that. Measure Gis unconstitutional because it’sillegal, because you cannot byballot initiative set budget pri-orities. We’re trying to undowhat was illegally done byinitiative.”

Johnson declined to com-ment on Liberty’s statementsand said the point of the suitswas to prevent the ballotsfrom being manufactured.

“It has nothing to do withRoss Liberty,” he said. “Thelawsuits complement eachother. My suit is aimed atkeeping them from sending(the ballots) to the printer.”

Sue Ranochak, MendocinoCounty assessor/countyclerk/recorder, said Fridaythat the timeline for challeng-ing the ballot initiative haspassed, but that both suitsmade it in just under the wire.

“There are several dead-lines,” she said. “I believethose deadlines have allpassed. These two lawsuitswere filed timely.”

Ranochak said the ballotshad not been printed yet, butthat time considerationswould have to be given toboth the printer and workerswho would be preparing theballots at the county office.

“We are in the process ofcompleting our order,” shesaid. “Have we transmittedthe data to the vendor? No.”

Lerman’s suit is scheduledto be heard April 11, while

Johnson’s is scheduled to haveits day in court at 1:30 p.m.Tuesday in Courtroom E ofthe Mendocino CountyCourthouse.

Meanwhile, the first dayabsentee ballots can be mailedby the county is May 5.

Rob Burgess can be reachedat [email protected].

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNALWEATHER

3-DAY FORECAST

Last New First Full

Mar. 29 Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 20

Sunrise today ............. 7:02 a.m.Sunset tonight ............ 7:34 p.m.Moonrise today .......... 2:41 a.m.Moonset today ......... 11:40 a.m.

Forecasts and graphics provided byAccuWeather, Inc. 2008

Anaheim 66/51/pc 64/50/pcAntioch 68/42/pc 66/36/sArroyo Grande 62/44/pc 60/34/pcAtascadero 64/39/pc 63/35/pcAuburn 62/40/pc 64/41/sBarstow 76/51/pc 71/46/pcBig Sur 58/40/pc 57/42/pcBishop 68/35/pc 68/31/pcBlythe 85/57/s 82/54/sBurbank 64/49/pc 62/46/pcCalifornia City 72/46/pc 68/39/pcCarpinteria 60/49/pc 57/43/pcCatalina 62/50/pc 58/46/pcChico 66/40/pc 69/39/sCrescent City 50/36/c 52/37/sDeath Valley 88/59/pc 85/51/pcDowney 64/51/pc 63/49/pcEncinitas 62/53/pc 61/50/pcEscondido 66/50/pc 64/47/pcEureka 51/30/pc 51/30/sFort Bragg 53/39/pc 55/34/sFresno 70/46/pc 68/44/pcGilroy 61/41/pc 63/36/sIndio 82/56/pc 79/54/pcIrvine 64/54/pc 64/49/pcHollywood 62/49/pc 62/49/pcLake Arrowhead 60/35/pc 52/30/pcLodi 66/42/pc 68/36/sLompoc 58/43/pc 54/38/pcLong Beach 62/51/pc 63/50/pcLos Angeles 66/54/pc 64/50/pcMammoth 46/23/pc 44/20/pcMarysville 65/41/pc 67/35/sModesto 68/43/pc 70/38/sMonrovia 64/49/pc 63/48/pcMonterey 57/42/pc 55/40/sMorro Bay 58/44/pc 55/41/pc

Napa 67/41/pc 65/32/sNeedles 85/58/s 82/56/sOakland 62/42/pc 63/40/sOntario 66/49/pc 63/45/pcOrange 64/51/pc 64/47/pcOxnard 62/49/pc 62/46/pcPalm Springs 80/56/pc 76/53/pcPasadena 64/49/pc 63/48/pcPomona 66/49/pc 63/45/pcPotter Valley 60/32/pc 62/32/sRedding 64/39/pc 67/37/sRiverside 66/50/pc 63/45/pcSacramento 64/41/pc 68/37/sSalinas 62/42/pc 60/37/pcSan Bernardino 66/48/pc 64/44/pcSan Diego 64/56/pc 63/55/pcSan Fernando 66/47/pc 61/45/pcSan Francisco 62/44/pc 62/42/sSan Jose 64/41/pc 65/40/sSan Luis Obispo 64/42/pc 62/38/pcSan Rafael 66/41/pc 62/35/sSanta Ana 62/54/pc 64/49/pcSanta Barbara 60/46/pc 61/42/pcSanta Cruz 62/42/pc 60/40/sSanta Monica 62/51/pc 62/48/pcSanta Rosa 64/33/pc 67/32/sS. Lake Tahoe 48/19/pc 46/14/sStockton 66/40/pc 70/36/sTahoe Valley 48/19/pc 46/14/sTorrance 62/51/pc 62/51/pcVacaville 69/39/pc 69/35/sVallejo 65/43/pc 61/35/sVan Nuys 66/48/pc 64/45/pcVisalia 70/45/pc 71/41/pcWillits 56/30/pc 59/29/sYosemite Valley 68/36/pc 67/33/sYreka 50/24/pc 53/21/s

City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/WToday Sun. Today Sun.

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

ALMANAC

SUN AND MOON

MOON PHASES

REGIONAL WEATHER CALIFORNIA CITIES

Precipitation

Ukiah through 2 p.m. FridayTemperature

24 hrs to 2 p.m. Fri. .................... 0.04"Month to date ............................ 0.84"Normal month to date ................ 5.51"Season to date ........................ 27.77"Last season to date ................ 19.95"Normal season to date ............ 35.05"

High .............................................. 49Low .............................................. 37Normal high .................................. 66Normal low .................................... 41Record high .................... 87 in 1930Record low ...................... 28 in 1908

UKIAH61/30

53/39Fort Bragg

55/39Westport

58/30Covelo

56/30Willits

60/32Redwood Valley

60/34Lakeport

61/35Clearlake

59/33Lucerne

66/39Willows

51/42Elk

55/42Gualala

63/35Cloverdale

58/34Boonville

52/40Rockport

61°

TODAY

Times of clouds and sun

30°

TONIGHT

Near record temperatureswith patchy clouds

65°

32°

SUNDAY

Sunny much of the time

66°

36°

MONDAY

Mostly sunny

Shown is today s weather. Temperatures are today s highsand tonight s lows.

Laytonville57/28

57/34Philo

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Lake Mendocino – Lake level: 744.96 feet; Storage: 81,089 acre-feet (Maximum storage 122,500 acre-feet) Inflow: 348 cfs Outflow: 121 cfsAir quality – Ozone: .043 ppm (State standard .090 ppm) Carbon monoxide: .53 ppm (20.0 ppm) Nitrogen dioxide: .022 ppm (.25 ppm)

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