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REDWOOD VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPELLING BEE 

B-l-i-z-z-a-r-d a winner 

By STEVE GEISSINGER 

MediaNews Sacramento Bureau 

SACRAMENTO -- Two power 

struggles broke out Tuesday between 

Republican Gov. Arnold 

Schwarzenegger and Democratic 

lawmakers -- one over his $222 bil- 

Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal 

Above, Redwood Valley 

Elementary School fourthgrader 

Dylan Lancaster 

participates in the spelling 

bee Thursday. At left, 

teacher Jerry Burns, with 

second-place finisher 

Mario Reynoso and winner 

Victor Gonzalez, 

addresses all the students 

after the spelling bee. 

Some of the students who 

participated in the bee are 

standing in front of the 

stage. At right, Victor 

Gonzalez, the eventual 

winner of the Redwood 

Valley Elementary School 

Spelling Bee, asks for a 

little guidance while he 

waits for his turn to spell. 

lion public works plan, the other over 

adoption of an assisted-suicide measure. 

Both foreshadow a stormy legislative 

session this election year, analysts 

said. 

Schwarzenegger discounted Dem- 

By LAURA CLARK 


It was a close race 

between two final contestants 

Thursday at Redwood 

Valley Elementary 

School’s spelling bee until 

Victor Gonzalez earned 

victory with eight letters: 

b-l-i-z-z-a-r-d. 

The school’s first-ever 

spelling bee began with 

three students from each 

third, fourth and fifthgrade 

class -- or 36 students 

total -- up on stage 

in the cafeteria. The 

remaining elementary 

school students sat on the 

floor below the stage and 

kept their lips sealed -except 

on a few occasions 

when excitement overcame 

them and they collectively 

whispered “yes” 

when someone spelled a 

word right. 

Words such as “temple,” 

“shingles,” “disapprove” 

and “pleasant” 

were spelled correctly in 

Round 1. Others, like “tornado,” 

“tetherball,” 

“library” and “ooze” 

quickly eliminated students 

from the 90-minute 

competition. 

About 20 contenders 

made it to Round 2, where 

the words got a little more 

challenging: “submarine,” 

“soccer” and “handicap” 

were among those that 

were misspelled. Ten students 

were left by Round 

3, and only five survived 

the fourth and fifth rounds. 

Those who did tried to 

stay cool, but they couldn’t 

keep smiles off their 

faces, and properly spelled 

words resulted in thumbs 

up among contestants, and 

by this point a louder 

ocratic legislative leaders’ objections 

to his infrastructure improvement 

proposal, such as ceding too much 

authority to state bureaucracy. 

Setting the stage for a separate 

showdown, the governor said voters 

should decide whether to adopt 

Fifth-grader Karissa 

Stark reacts as she is 

given the word 

“microwave” to spell 

during the spelling 

bee. 

whisper of the word “yes” 

from the audience. 

“Squabble,” “paralegal” 

and “multitude” 

removed Alyssa Langevin, 

Karissa Stark and 

Madison Klee from the 

fifth round, leaving two 

clearly gleeful boys neckand-neck: 

Gonzalez, in the 

fifth grade, and Mario 

Reynoso, in the third 

grade. 

A nervous Gonzalez, up 

first, misspelled “studious,” 

transforming the 

smile on his face into a 

look of discouragement. 

However, a glimmer of 

hope returned to his eyes, 

and a smile to his lips, 

when Reynoso also misspelled 

his word -- “graduate” 

-- meaning they were 

back to square one. 

Gonzalez was then 

asked to spell “intermission,” 

but was unsuccessful. 

He pondered the word 

See SPELLING, Page A-2 

physician-assisted suicide in 

California. 

The bill’s author, Assemblywoman 

Patty Berg, D-Eureka, and 

Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, flatly 

disagreed. They said the issue should 

be worked out at the Capitol. 

ongoing discussions is Steve 

Roberts, who owns his own roofing 

company and has been in the busi- 

See JAIL, Page A-14 

MEDICAL AIR SERVICES 

NTSB asks 

for stricter 

safety rules 

on flights 

By BEN BROWN 


The National Transportation 

Safety Board issued a new report 

Wednesday, asking the Federal 

Aviation Authority to impose stricter 

safety requirements on all emergency 

medical services flights. 

The report investigated 55 EMS 

accidents over a three-year-span 

ending in January 2005. Among 

those investigated was the crash of a 

Redwood Empire Air Care 

Helicopter in December 2003. 

The flight was on its way back 

from Willits after an aborted attempt 

to pick up a gunshot victim. The 

helicopter crashed into a hillside 

near Redwood Valley, killing all 

three people on board. 

The report found that, when transporting 

patients, EMS flights must 

operate under the same rules as passenger 

planes, but when not carrying 

See FLIGHTS, Page A-2 

McMenomey 

drops out of 

race for DA 


Scott McMenomey, a Mendocino 

County deputy district attorney, has 

taken himself out of the race for district 

attorney, The Daily Journal has 

learned. 

In mid-December, when current 

DA Norm Vroman announced he 

would run for re-election, and not for 

judge as he had declared earlier, 

McMenomey requested a return 

back to the DA’s Willits office. 

McMenomey served as a deputy 

there before Vroman brought him to 

Ukiah with a promotion to assistant 

DA. 

McMenomey originally ran unopposed 

for the June election, with 

near-overwhelming support for his 

campaign before Vroman’s altered 

intentions changed the political landscape. 

Numerous phone calls to 

McMenomey seeking comment had 

not been returned by press time. 

When Vroman announced his decision 

to seek re-election he described 

McMenomey as “understandably 

disappointed.” 

There are 16 deputy DAs in 

Vroman’s office and one assistant 

DA, currently Keith Faulder. 

Governor, Democrats clash on public works, assisted-suicide 

In addressing questions at the 

Sacramento Press Club about criticism 

of his public works plan, 

Schwarzenegger said he is remaining 

flexible -- contrary to Democrats’ 

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FUNERAL NOTICES 

[\ 

ERVIN A. BOSTICK 

Ervin A. Bostick, a longtime 

Lake County resident, 

passed Jan. 17, 2006, in 

Santa Rosa. 

He is survived by his wife 

Madeline Bostick of Nice; 

son Glen Bostick of Ukiah; 

daughter Janet Hamner 

and husband Jim of 

Kelseyville; brother Bill 

Bostick and wife Janice of 

Lakeport; six grandchildren 

and four great grandchildren. 

He was preceded in 

death by son Richard 

POLICE REPORTS 

The following were 

compiled from reports 

prepared by the Ukiah 

Police Department. 

ARREST -- Stephanie 

Bartman, 24, of Redwood 

Valley, was arrested on suspicion 

of causing corporal 

injury to a spouse, and Howie 

Mitchell, 24, of Ukiah, was 

arrested on suspicion of battery 

in the 300 block of Main 

Street at 3:23 p.m. Wednesday. 

SHERIFF’S REPORTS 



prepared by the Mendocino 

County Sheriff’s 

Office: 

BOOKING -- Mendocino 

County sheriff’s deputies 

served a search warrant on 

29555 Mendocino Pass Road 

Jan. 20, and arrested David 

Geurts, 58, and Annette 

Haberger, 48, both of Covelo, 

on suspicion of numerous 

drug-related charges. 

Deputies seized 16.1 

grams of methamphetamine, 

11.5 grams of concentrated 

cannabis and more than four 

pounds of processed marijuana 

from Geurts’ residence. 

Deputies also seized supplies 

of the prescription drugs 

Hydrocodone, Vicodin and 

Oxycodone. 

Geurts was booked into jail 

on suspicion of possession of 

a controlled substance for 

sale, distribution of a controlled 

substance, possession 

of a controlled substance, possession 

of marijuana for sale, 

possession of concentrated 

cannabis, possession of drug 

paraphernalia, possession of a 

dangerous weapon and committing 

a felony while on 

felony bail. 

Haberger was booked into 

jail on suspicion of possession 

of a controlled substance for 

sale and transportation and 

distribution of a controlled 

substance. 

Those arrested by law enforcement 

officers are innocent until proven guilty. 

People reported as having been arrested 

may contact the Daily Journal once 

their case has been concluded so the 

results can be reported. Those who feel 

the information is in error should contact 

the appropriate agency. 

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Bostick and great-grandson 

Lucas. 

“My grandpa was a 

strong and caring man with 

little words to say, but we 

all knew how he felt. He will 

be deeply missed,”-Ryan, 

Kim and Chelsea Sweeney. 

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Jan. 28 at the Kelseyville 

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3529. 

Highway Patrol officers 

responded to a two-vehicle 

collision on Route 1, north of 

Simpson Lane at 2:20 p.m. 

Wednesday. 

Susan Gibbs, 56, of Fort 

Bragg, was southbound on 

Route 1 in a 1991 Ford. 

According to the CHP, Gibbs 

slowed her vehicle in the center 

median and began an 

unsafe left turn into the driveway 

of Shoreline Cottages, in 

front of Christopher Messex, 

54, of Fort Bragg, who was 

driving a 2001 Dodge Messex 

and was unable to avoid 

Gibbs, colliding with her 

vehicle at about 30 mph. 

Gibbs sustained minor 

injuries and declined medical 

treatment. Messex and his 

passenger, William Hiller, 47, 

of Mendocino, also sustained 

minor injuries and were taken 

to Mendocino Coast Hospital. 

Messex’s other passenger, 

Timothy Rickon, 21, of 

Mendocino, was uninjured. 

CALTRANS 

CONSTRUCTION -- 

Work to prepare for the 

widening of Feliz Creek 

Bridge is scheduled for 

Monday and Tuesday from 9 

a.m. until noon. One-way traffic 

controls will be in effect, 

and motorists can expect 15minute 

delays. 

MAINTENANCE -- 

Caltrans will be performing 

routine maintenance at the 

junction of Highway 253/128 

and State Street. Work hours 

are 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. 

One-way traffic control is in 

effect, and motorists can 

expect 10-minute delays. 

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afternoon: 2, 5, 6. 

FANTASY 5: 05, 11, 16, 

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2nd Place: 09, Winning 

Spirit. 3rd Place: 07, 

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Clash 

Continued from Page A-1 

claims. “We’re open to any discussions 

about our position,” 

said Schwarzenegger. “There's 

nothing we’re saying is a deal 

breaker.” 

But in reply, Democrats -who 

feel the public works 

plan’s flaws include inadequately 

addressing areas such 

as affordable housing, hospitals, 

parks and high-speed rail - 

- predicted only parts of the 

plan would make the next ballot. 

“I also don’t think that the 

Democrats are going to agree to 

throwing out environmental 

and labor laws as a ticket for 

Flights 


patients they operate under the 

rules for private planes, which 

do not place restrictions on 

how many hours a pilot can 

fly and have a lower standard 

for bad weather. 

“The very essence of an 

EMS mission is to save lives,” 

said Mark Rosenker, acting 

NTSB chairman. “Operating an 

EMS flight in an unsafe environment 

just makes no sense.” 

The board concluded that 

safety could be greatly 

improved if EMS pilots operated 

under the stricter rules 

reserved for passenger flights at 

all times. Thirty-five of the 55 

accidents occurred when no 

patients were on-board. 

Jennifer Hardcastle, a 

spokeswoman for REACH, 

said the company is already in 

compliance with many of the 

NTSB recommendations. All 

pilots of REACH helicopters 

must fly as though they have a 

patient on-board, operating 

under the stricter safety rules. 

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this bond issue,” said 

Assemblyman John Laird, D- 

Santa Cruz, who chairs the 

Assembly budget and infrastructure 

committees. “I think 

deadlines can be met for a piece 

of it.” 

The Legislature began 

examining the proposal in 

earnest Tuesday, with a March 

deadline to qualify for the June 

ballot. 

In addition, in answering 

wide ranging questions, 

Schwarzenegger said voters 

should decide whether to adopt 

physician-assisted suicide, but 

Democratic authors of the legislation 

flatly disagreed, saying it 

should be decided by the governor 

and lawmakers. 

Schwarzenegger, a Catholic, 

refused to disclose his personal 

view on doctor-assisted suicide 

REACH also restricts pilot 

flight time to 13.5 hours per 

shift, half an hour less than dictated 

by passenger flight rules. 

“We utilize the rules even 

when we don’t have a patient 

on board,” Hardcastle said. 

The NTSB also determined 

that many things, including 

weather, nighttime flight, spatial 

distortion, pilot training and 

experience and the pressure to 

take flights are all risks associated 

with EMS flights. The 

NTSB determined that an environment 

with this many risks 

requires systematic evaluation 

by individual flight-risk evaluation 

programs. 

Weather was considered to 

be the most considerable of the 

risks, which is complicated by 

the fact that most flights are dispatched 

by 911 operators who 

do not have the necessary training, 

or access to the right 

weather information, required 

to make decisions on when it is 

safe to fly. 

The NTSB recommended 

that all EMS operators use formalized 

dispatch procedures 

that include dispatchers with 

aviation experience and up-to- 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD: 

Secondhand smoke 

declared a pollutant 

Associated Press 

SACRAMENTO — 

California became the first 

state to declare secondhand 

smoke a toxic air pollutant 

Thursday, putting tobacco 

fumes in the same category as 

diesel exhaust, arsenic and 

benzene because of its link to 

breast cancer. 

The unanimous decision by 

the state Air Resources Board 

relied on a September report 

that found a sharply increased 

risk of breast cancer in young 

women exposed to secondhand 

smoke. It also links drifting 

smoke to premature 

births, asthma and heart disease, 

as well as other cancers 

and numerous health problems 

in children. 

“If people are serious about 

breast cancer, they have to 

deal with secondhand smoke. 

That’s what this is all about,” 

said Dr. Stanton Glantz, director 

of the Center for Tobacco 

Control, Research and 

Education at the University of 

California, San Francisco. 

“This is a seminal, international 

document,” Glantz said. 

“It’s impossible to underestimate 

what a big deal this is.” 

The report by scientists at 

California’s Office of 

Environmental Health Hazard 

Assessment drew on more 

than 1,000 other studies of 

secondhand smoke and 

blamed the fumes for 4,000 

deaths each year in California 

from lung cancer or heart disease 

alone. 

The most significant new 

finding cited by state officials 

is that young women exposed 

to secondhand smoke increase 

their risk of developing breast 

cancer between 68 percent 

and 120 percent. The disease 

kills about 40,000 women in 

the United States each year. 

That conclusion conflicts 

with a 2004 report by the U.S. 

surgeon general. Sanford 

Barsky, a researcher writing 

on behalf of the R.J. Reynolds 

tobacco company, told the 

board in previous testimony 

that the state report “either 

ignores mentioning or does 

not give the appropriate 

weight” to studies refuting a 

link between secondhand 

smoke and breast cancer. 

California scientists say 

See SMOKE, Page A-14 

-- spelling it silently -- as he 

walked away from the podium, 

again no longer smiling. 

He appeared to be praying 

when Reynoso took his turn. 

Nonetheless, “backstage,” 

was spelled correctly by 

Reynoso. In order to win, 

however, the speller had to 

spell two words correctly, 

which Reynoso did not do. 

Hence, the boys repeated the 

process a few more times -all 

the while their faces 

expressing a rollercoaster of 

emotions -- before Gonzalez 

won by spelling two words 

correctly: “starvation” and 

“blizzard.” 

And again, his smile 

returned, as did Reynoso’s 

when he shook the winner’s 

hand. 

Asked how it felt to win, 

Gonzalez said: “I feel ... I 

don’t know ... I feel glad.” 

The most difficult words 

for him, he said, were “the 

ones I didn’t get right.” 

“Graduate” was the hardest 

word for Reynoso, he said. 

Asked if he were disappointed 

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LOCALLY OPERATED MEMBER 

of the terminally ill -- a practice 

upheld in Oregon last week by 

the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The ruling spurred chances 

of lawmakers sending the governor 

similar legislation this 

election year. There are no initiatives 

in circulation on the 

issue. 

Even so, Schwarzenegger 

said, “This is a decision that 

should be made by the people.” 

After his ill-fated “government 

revamp” special election 

last November, however, the 

governor said he had learned 

that Californians want him and 

the Legislature to work out 

thorny issues. 

The governor said there was 

no conflict between his postelection 

comments and his 

stance Tuesday on assisted suicide, 

considering the different 

date weather information. 

In addition to procedural 

changes, the NTSB also suggested 

technological improvements. 

The report recommended 

that EMS helicopters be 

equipped with terrain awareness 

warning systems (TAWS). 

Investigations revealed that, in 

17 of the 55 accidents, a TAWS 

may have helped pilots avoid 

crashes. 

Hardcastle disagreed with 

the emphasis on TAWS. She 

said the system was designed 

for use on airplanes, not helicopters, 

and often sounds an 

alarm in places where it is safe 

and necessary for a helicopter 

to land. 

“The terrain awareness 

warning systems recognize airport 

locations,” Hardcastle said. 

“We land in many different 

locations.” 

Nonetheless, Hardcastle said 

REACH has overhauled four of 

its nine helicopters and installed 

the system. It is now up to the 

FAA to work with the systems 

creators to rewrite the software 

so that it will be compatible 

with helicopters, Hardcastle 

said. 

Spelling 


circumstances. 

Levine said, “The public said 

the Legislature and governor 

should work together. The public 

(in polls) overwhelmingly 

supports the idea. We don’t 

need to waste time and money 

on an election.” 

Berg said, “Californians 

deserve a reasoned and thoughtful 

debate on this issue, not a 

campaign shouting match 

between fundamentalists and 

civil libertarians, which you'd 

have if it went to the ballot.” 

Moreover, Berg and Levine 

said, the courts have specifically 

mentioned legislatures as the 

place for states to work out this 

issue. 

The developments came as 

supporters and opponents of the 

bill held dueling news conferences 

Tuesday. 

Night vision imaging systems 

might also be useful to 

EMS pilots, according to the 

report, but the NTSB did not 

recommend they be implemented 

because EMS pilots often 

have to work in populated areas 

with ambient light. 

Hardcastle said REACH has 

been working with the FAA to 

have night vision systems 

installed on all its helicopters. 

The company plans to have the 

systems installed by February. 

Hardcastle said REACH has 

implemented strict safety codes 

in advance of NTSB recommendations 

because safe emergency 

helicopter service is 

important for fast and effective 

medical care, especially in rural 

areas such as Mendocino 

County. 

“We, as an organization, are 

accountable for the safety of 

our crew, as well as the patients 

in the communities we serve,” 

Hardcastle said. 

Recommendations will now 

go to the FAA, which will 

decide which to introduce and 

enforce. 

Ben Brown can be reached at 

udjbb@pacific.net. 

because he didn’t place first, 

the good sport smiled and said 

“no.” The boys said they didn’t 

practice for the spelling 

bee. “I just waited for the last 

day,” Gonzalez said. 

Asked if he had fun, the 

winner said, “Yeah, but I was 

nervous.” 

Fifth-grader Alyssa 

Langevin, who made it to 

Round 5, also thought it was 

fun. “I congratulate Victor and 

Mario,” she said. “The last 

word was a little hard. I wish I 

had the word ‘touchdown’; 

that is what Mario had. ... I 

would have made it if I had 

the word ‘touchdown,’” she 

said. 

The spellers each received 

a certificate of participation, 

and the first- and secondplace 

winners will receive 

medals. 

Gonzalez advances to the 

next round on Feb. 25, to be 

held on the UC Berkeley campus. 

Laura Clark can be reached 

at udjlc@pacific.net. 

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COMMUNITY 

FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 – A-3 

Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 The Ukiah Daily Journal 


What’s Playing 

FRIDAY 

‘BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE’ – Set to Bewitch the 

Willits’s Audience; 8 p.m.; tickets are $12; Willits Community 

Theatre; 37 W. Van Lane; Willits; 489-0895. 

‘BOOK OF DAYS’ – Powerful drama by Lanford Wilson; 8 

p.m.; Ukiah Players Theatre; 1041 Low Gap Road, Ukiah; $15/ 

adult, $12 students, seniors, & children; 462-9226. 

BELLYDANCING – Live bellydancing; Himalayan Cafe; 

1639 S. State St.; reservations recommended; 467-9900. 

JE-JEUNE – Singer/guitarist; every Friday; 4 to 6 p.m.; 

Coffee Critic; 476 N. State St.; 462-1840. 

‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ – Performance of 

Roald Dahl’s children’s classic; 7 p.m.; Tickets available at 

Mendocino Book Company and at the door; $8 for children 12 

and under and $12 for adults; 462-9370. 

DJ DANCE MUSIC – DJ Dance Music; with Smokin’ Joe; 

lots of drink specials; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. Perkins 

St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. 

SATURDAY 




‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ – Performance of 

Roald Dahl’s children’s classic; 2 p.m.; Tickets available at 

Mendocino Book Company and at the door; $8 for children 12 

and under and $12 for adults; 462-9370. 

PAULA SAMONTE AND PAUL KEMP– Live jazz music; 

Himalayan Cafe; 1639 S. State St.; reservations recommended; 

467-9900. 

‘BOOK OF DAYS’ - Powerful drama by Lanford Wilson; 8 



COUNTRY GENTS – Country music and dance; 7 to 10:30 

p.m.; Ukiah Senior Center; 499 Leslie St. 

DJ DANCE MUSIC – DJ dance music; with Smokin Joe; 

lots of drink specials; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. Perkins 

St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. 

SUNDAY 




‘BOOK OF DAYS’ - Powerful drama by Lanford Wilson; 2 



DANCE WAVE – Freestyle community dance for fitness and 

release; Mendocino Ballet Studio; 205 S. State St., Ukiah; 

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; sliding scale donation; 489-3345. 

WEEKLY DART TOURNEY – Weekly dart tournaments are 

held Sundays at the Hopland Brewery; 13351 Hwy 101 S., 

Hopland; 3 to 6 p.m.; 744-1361. 

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TUESDAY 




Poems of life’s winter years 

and a bit of local history 

“The more an act of 

honor costs, the more it’s 

worth.” -- Michael 

Josephson 

Doldrums of winter... In 

“Winter Stores,” a poem by 

Charlotte Bronte, born in 

1816, is captured the wonder 

of remembering sunny 

days and good times in the 

midst of the gray days of 

the Winter of life. 

“No; while the sun shone 

kindly o’er us, and flowers 

bloomed round our feet, -while 

many a bud of joy 

before us unclosed its petals 

sweet, 

“An unseen work within 

was plying; like honeyseeking 

bee, from flower to 

flower, unwearied, flying, 

laboured one faculty, 

“Thoughtful for Winter’s 

future sorrow, its gloom and 

scarcity; prescient today, of 

want tomorrow, toiled quiet 

Memory. 

“‘Tis she that from each 

transient pleasure Extracts a 

lasting good; ‘Tis she that 

finds, in summer, treasure 

To serve for winter’s food. 

“And when Youth’s summer 

day is vanished, and 

Age brings Winter’s stress, 

Her stores, with hoarded 

sweets replenished, Life’s 

evening hours will bless.” 

Charlotte’s sister, Emily, 

wrote “Wuthering Heights.” 

Travelin’ along... Almost 

anyone who has been part 

of the travel scene for any 

length of time must surely 

agree that going anywhere 

these days is vastly different 

than “it used to be.” 

“Travel” used to conjure up 

words like “fun,” or “relaxation” 

or “people watching.” 

Just about the only 

constant over the years has 

been the availability of 

Looking 

about 

By Carole 

Hester 

strange people to watch. 

Starting on a recent trip 

to Sarasota, Fla., it began 

with being at the Santa 

Rosa shuttle service stop at 

4:30 a.m. in order to make 

the San Francisco airport 

pre-boarding time requirements. 

While waiting for 

the bus in the dark, freezing 

rain, listening to conversations 

of others, the discussions 

were focused on how 

arduous and challenging 

travel anywhere has 

become. Of course, more 

people are flying hither and 

yon these days and there’s 

that security thing (in 

Sarasota for the return trip I 

forgot to remove my cell 

phone from my belt... that 

caused a frisking and 

intense scrutiny before 

they’d let me through) -- all 

contributors to lessening the 

sense of adventure. 

Perhaps the mantra of 

travel to and from one’s 

destination might be, “I will 

have fun! I will not complain! 

I will remain flexible!” 

Now, if the airlines 

would just cooperate -- like 

removing some of the rows 

of seats to bring back leg 

room, or re-institute food (I 

heard they’re now contemplating 

removing the free 

beverage service)... perhaps 

the actual flying portion 

would be a little more fun. 

Once at one’s destina- 

See LOOKING, Page A-10 

By RICHARD ROSIER 


Yesterday morning at the 

crack of dawn, community 

members gathered for the 

Breakfast of Champions -- a 

preamble to the first-ever county-wide 

collaborative fundraiser, 

the Human Race. 

The Human Race -- hosted 

by North Coast Opportunities, 

the Volunteer Network of 

Mendocino County, Retired 

and Senoir Volunteer Program 

and Community Action -- is a 

county-wide fundraiser that 

provides an opportunity for all 

non profit organizations to 

raise money for their programs 

and enables everyone to support 

the non-profit organization 

of their choice. 

Participating non-profit 

organizations receive 75 percent 

of the monies collected, 

with the Volunteer Network 

receives the remaining percentage 

to coordinate the event. 

The Human Race has been an 

immensley successful 

fundraiser for Sonoma County 

for several years -- raising over 

$1.5 million for non-profits in 

that area last year. 

The meeting started out with 

a bang with the pulse-pounding 

beats of local drumming troupe 

Tremendo. Later in the meeting, 

the Ukiah High School 

varsity cheerleading team performed 

for the group to the 

music of Michael Jackson. 

An inspirational spech from 

Keith Woods had the audience 

rolling in their seats. Woods is 

native Californian who was an 

organizational management 

instructor for the U.S. 

Chamber of Commerce for 22 

years and is currently CEO of 

the North Coast Builders 

Exchange, the largest trade 

association in California with 

nearly 1,900 members. His 

witty and humorous anecdotes 

celebrated the American spirit 

of volunteerism, and shared 

stories of the success of 

Sonoma County’s Human 

Race. 

Tami Bartolomei, project 

director of NCO, shared her 

vision of what the Human Race 

will mean to Mendocino 

County. 

“Peronsally I think it’s a 

great collaborative effort… to 

raise funds for all the programs 

in our county,” Bartolomei 

said. “At the event we’re actually 

going to have a marketplace, 

and for those teams that 

The Human Race 

The Volunteer Network of Mendocino County 

to hold first-ever collaborative fundraiser 

COMMUNITY BRIEFS 

Hospice family volunteer 

training course to be held 

Feb. 6 through March 30 

Hospice of Ukiah presents a Spring 2006 

Hospice Volunteer Training Course on 

seven Thursdays starting Feb. 9 through 

March 30 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This 7-week 

course is designed to prepare Hospice volunteers 

to provide emotional and physical 

support to the terminally ill and their families. 

Areas for focus include a history of 

Hospice, exploring feelings and fears about 

dying, death and grief, spiritual issues, bedside 

care and caring for the care giver, medical 

aspects including pain control and 

symptom management, communication 

skills, bereavement, funerals, and the business 

of dying, legal issues, and community 

resources. 

Course Facilitator is Leah Middleton 

RN,CHPN. Class is held at 620 S. Dora, St. 

in room 101. To register, call 462-4038. 

There is a suggested $5 donation to cover 

the cost of materials. 

Humane Society for Inland 

Mendocino County to hold 

large raffle 

There is still time to get in on the 

Humane Society for Inland Mendocino 

County’s huge raffle. This is a major fund 

raiser to benefit the animals, but it might 

benefit the public as well. Grand prize in the 

drawing is $7,500, 2nd Prize is $2,500, and 

3rd Prize is $1,000. Tickets are $20 each. 

Call HSIMC for tickets at 485-0123. All 

Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal 

Above, Tami Bartolomei, project director at North Coast Opportunities and an 

organizer of the Human Race, speaks Thursday at the Breakfast of Champions. 

Below Ukiah High Varsity cheerleaders perform for the crowd at the Breakfast of 

Champions at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center Thursday morning. 

are participating in the program 

they can put information about 

their organizations at the marketplace. 

I just see it as a great 

way for everyone to come 

toegether and get excited and 

learn about each other and 

learn more about our community, 

and of course raise money. 

I’m hoping to raise $75 thousand.” 

Non profit groups and corporate 

champions raise money 

through pledges, then the team 

runs or walks the course 

through the streets of Ukiah on 

Saturday, May 13 -- fueled by 

the pancake breakfast held 

before the race. There will be 

entertainment every quarter of 

a mile, including dancers and 

the Homless Street Band. The 

track will also include water 

stations and fun games for participants. 

Sponsors of the Human 

Race include: Friedman 

Brothers; Savings Bank of 

Mendocino County; Mendo 

Lake Credit Union; and T.R. 

Eriksen. 

In order to participate in the 

Human Race, contact the 

Volunteer Network of 

Mendocino County at 462- 

2596 ext. 110 or ext. 102 

proceeds benefit the animals at the Humane 

Society for Inland Mendocino’s Redwood 

Valley shelter. HSIMC is a private non-profit 

shelter and adoption center. Remember to 

adopt, don’t buy, and spay and neuter pets to 

save lives. 

Jackson State Forest 

Environmental Report 

available locally 

The State Department of Forestry and 

Fire Protection has contracted with Creative 

Workshop in Ukiah to produce and make 

available to the public for purchase, the new 

Jackson State Forest Environmental Impact 

Report SCH#2004022925. 

The 700 page report is produced in three 

spiral bound books which include 38 full 

color 11x17 map fold outs and 34 additional 

color pages. It is a complete copy and can 

be purchased for the cost of $201.40 per 

report. Cost includes tax, handling and 

USPS Priority Mail. For an additional 

freight charge, the report can be shipped 

United Parcel Service. 

Creative Workshop, a local printing and 

copy firm, is located at 759 S. State St. in 

Ukiah. Major Credit Cards accepted. Orders 

can be made by telephone: 468-0251 or 

800-694-9999; by email: creative@pacific.net 

or in person. Allow a week to ten days 

for delivery. 

Experience Works 

now open Mondays 

and Wednesdays 

Experience Works (formally known as 

Green Thumb) is now open again. It is an 

older worker training and employment service. 

They help low-income people 55 and 

older to update their skills and get back into 

the work force. Participants receive training 

while assigned part-time to a local community 

based business or organization. They 

also get paid a wage while in training. There 

is no cost to the businesses and no fees are 

charged. The office is located in the 

Mendocino Works Building at 631 S. 

Orchard St. Ukiah. Hours are Monday and 

Wednesday 11a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information 

call 467-5952. 

Auditions for the ‘Vagina 

Monologues’ currently 

being held in Ukiah 

The community is invited to explore 

feminist issues of body, mind and sexuality 

culminating in a production of Eve Ensler’s 

“Vagina Monologues” directed by Sarah 

Walker. 

Interested parties should sign up for 

Theater 220, section 4685 at Mendocino 

College. This short-term class meets 

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25. High school students 

can take the class for free, and participants 

can choose their level of participation. 

Performances for the “Vagina 

Monologues” will be Feb. 23, 24 and 25. 

Auditions and an informational meeting 

will be held Jan. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 

Mendocino College Little Theater. Scripts 

will be available in the business office of 

Mendocino College after Jan. 3. For more 

information, call Sarah 272-1035. 

Men and women who are interested in 

being involved with this V-Day 2006 

College Campaign in any capacity (stage 

manager or crew, technical assistants, distributing 

posters, etc.) should call Sarah 

Walker and sign up for the class, or come to 

the audition meeting on Jan. 10. (Only 

women can perform in the performance.) 

All proceeds benefit Project Sanctuary.

A-4 – FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 

FORUM 

Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal 


Letters from our readers 

More about living wages 

To the Editor: 

Alec Rorabaugh’s letter concerning the 

issue of a “living wage” could use some 

clarification itself. In his first paragraph he 

does a pretty good job of describing a living 

wage ordinance, except for those that 

require the paying of benefits. Such ordinances 

do so as a trade off for wages; the 

employers are required to pay a higher 

wage if they do not provide benefits than if 

they do. He also conjectures that a county 

ordinance might cover all employees in the 

county. Though it is possible for a local 

government to pass a minimum wage law 

covering workers in the private sector as 

three cities in the country did in June of 

2004, I feel it is useful at this stage of the 

debate to keep straight the difference 

between minimum wage laws that cover all 

workers and “living wage” ordinances like 

the one previously proposed by Phil 

Baldwin to the Ukiah City Council. 

Living wage ordinances come about 

when we as citizens express the sentiment 

that we want our local governments to set 

an example of only doing business with 

suppliers and/or contractors who pay their 

workers a “living wage.” Part of this sentiment 

involves a sense of fairness as 

applied to bidding and other rules of procurement 

which most local governments 

use. If a business can submit a low bid or 

offer lower prices on goods and services 

because they pay their employees substandard 

wages with no benefits, we may not 

feel it is fair for such an employer to be 

getting our local government’s business. In 

this way the “living wage” ordinance acts 

as a way of leveling the playing field so 

that employers who adequately compensate 

their employees are not penalized. If we 

are in the majority and our elected officials 

reflect our sentiment on this issue, our city 

council or county board of supervisors can 

enact a “living wage” ordinance, if they do 

not, a ballot initiative might be necessary. 

I feel Mr. Rorabough is incorrect when 

he states that “A living wage is really just a 

local minimum wage,” though he is correct 

that they are higher than the state or federal 

minimum wage. The necessity of proposing 

“living wage” ordinances arose in the 

first place because state and federal minimum 

wage laws have fallen so far behind 

the times. Anyone making the federal level 

minimum wage of $5.15 would earn 

$10,712 in a year, a figure which is 12.2 

percent below the 2001 national poverty 

threshold for a family of two, which 

includes many of those single moms he 

would hate to see forced back on welfare 

by an increase in the minimum wage. 

I feel Mr. Rorabough does not really 

have any interest in maintaining a distinction 

between the minimum wage and “living 

wage” ordinances, even though such an 

ordinance affects only the employees of 

businesses that local governments pay for 

goods or services. Rather than being interested 

in providing any clarification which 

he professes in the beginning of his letter 

he really wants to blur any distinction so 

he can feel free to go on about all those 

young folks who work at before ending 

with a word or two about discipline and 

initiative. 

So now it is my turn to conjecture. I will 

suppose that most if not all of the employees 

of businesses that supply our local governments 

with goods and services are not 

“young people earning some extra spending 

money, people with no skills or experience, 

or retirees.” As a working person and 

labor activist, I am aware that since the 

Reagan presidency, changes in this country’s 

fiscal policy has brought about a 

change in the distribution of wealth, resulting 

in rising wage inequality and declining 

living standards for low-wage workers, to 

say nothing of the continuing disappearance 

of the “middle class.” 

This has been a dramatic shift from the 

preceding four decades when a more progressive 

tax code as well as the efforts of 

this country’s first “living wage” movement 

beginning with the passage of a state 

minimum wage law by Massachusetts in 

LETTER POLICY 

The Daily Journal welcomes letters to the 

editor. All letters must include a clear name, 

signature, return address and phone number. 

Letters are generally published in the order 

they are received, but shorter, concise letters 

are given preference. Because of the volume 

of letters coming in, letters of more than 400 

words in length may take longer to be printed. 

Names will not be withheld for any reason. 

If we are aware that you are connected 

to a local organization or are an elected official 

writing about the organization or body 

on which you serve, that will be included in 

your signature. If you want to make it clear 

you are not speaking for that organization, 

you should do so in your letter.All letters 

are subject to editing without notice. Editing 

is generally limited to removing statements 

that are potentially libelous or are not suitable 

for a family newspaper. Form letters 

that are clearly part of a write-in campaign 

will not be published. You may drop letters 

off at our office at 590 S. School St., or fax 

letters to 468-3544, mail to Letters to the 

Editor, P.O. Box 749, Ukiah, 95482 or email 

them to udj@pacific.net. E-mail letters 

should also include hometown and a phone 

number. 

1912, culminated in the various federal 

measures enacted between 1933-36 during 

the Great Depression. At which time that 

great “socialist” whom the supply side economics 

faithful are trying to replace on the 

dime with Ronald Reagan, President 

Franklin D. Roosevelt, stated “no business 

which depends for existence on paying less 

than living wages to its workers has any 

right to exist in this country.” 

Terry Poplawski 

Ukiah 

Against most of the 

criminal justice system 


District Attorney Norm Vroman should 

not be reelected to office. In fact, a judicial 

performance review should be conducted. 

Not only to purge malicious prosecutors, 

but should also include public defenders 

who in many cases seem to be bedfellows 

with the D.A.’s office in hopes of stepping 

into the shoes of vacant positions as we 

have seen on the federal level. The local 

level of criminal justice doesn’t seem to 

comprehend to meaning of the Constitution 

of the United States or respect the decisions 

of the higher state courts. Such fiascos 

as the Judge Lehan incident, the Garcia 

trial and going so far as to try Dean 

Mangeris for the third time, not to mention 

Mr. Vroman not being a team player in the 

issue of dealing with local government are 

just some of the visible examples of the 

iceberg. That Mr. Vroman and his cronies 

are a rogue force in the court houses and 

need to be stopped before the fate of the 

further injustice infects the community of 

Mendocino County. A change needs to be 

made and it needs to be made now! 

As far as Tony Craver. We have lost a 

good man. Fortunately to a good cause. Sir 

go on to enjoy your life. And if you trek to 

the wilderness for fly fish send us a letter 

or two. 

Trent Foster 

California State Prison 

Vacaville 

Thank you 


On January 4, 2006 I was working out 

on the treadmill at the Redwood Health 

Club during the noon hour when my heart 

went into complete cardiac arrest. Luckily 

for me, Cindy Richardson and Laura 

Hamburg happened to be in the room and 

called for help when I collapsed. Trainer 

President George Bush: The White 

House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, 

D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX 

(202)456-2461. 

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: 

State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814. (916) 

445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633 

Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Senate 

Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510; 

(202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 403- 

0100 FAX (415) 956-6701 

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart Senate 

Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. 

(202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228-3954; San 

Francisco (415) 393-0707; senator@feinstein.senate.gov 

Congressman Mike Thompson: 1st 

District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg, Washington, 

D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311; FAX 

(202)225-4335. Fort Bragg district office, 

430 N. Franklin St., PO Box 2208, Fort 

Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962-0934; 

www.house.gov/write rep 

Assemblywoman Patty Berg: State 

Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 2137, 

WHERE TO WRITE 

Tony Rotermund and John Strangio who 

works for the club and Ukiah Valley Fire 

Department were right on the scene to help 

me, joined by Dr. Greg Esselman.What a 

great group to have in the vicinity. The 

group started CPR and used an Automated 

External Defibrillator which was on the 

premises. The AED shocked my heart from 

complete arrest to beating again. The 

attending cardiac surgeon in Santa Rosa 

said I was a very lucky man to have this 

happen where they were prepared and fully 

trained. He stated only 4 percent of the 

people who have this type of cardiac arrest 

survive. My heartfelt thanks to those members 

of the club and all the staff who have 

given me a second chance on a wonderful 

life. 

Ted Kimball 

Potter Valley 

A great beginning 


I was one of the many dozens of people 

who attended the free public forum “Get 

Smart About Smart Growth” on Friday, 

Jan. 20, cosponsored by the City of Ukiah, 

the county’s Building and Planning 

Department, its Public Health Department, 

and the Ukiah Valley Smart Growth 

Coalition. The guest presenters were articulate 

and inspiring, exhorting us to “play the 

ball” of oncoming growth and development, 

rather than let it play us: be 

informed, be involved, think regionally and 

in the long-term (what will this place look 

like in 50 years?). Do it together and do it 

now. 

I was enormously encouraged by the 

city, county and civic partnership that made 

this forum possible; I hope it marks the 

first important step in an essential and 

exciting collaborative process that will 

have ramifications for generations to 

come. For those who want to learn more 

about how other communities have dealt 

with challenging growth issues, don’t miss 

the Monday night film series at the Ukiah 

Playhouse (Jan. 23 through Feb.13, 6:30 

p.m.) sponsored by Ukiah Valley Smart 

Growth Coalition and Ukiah Players 

Theater. Each award-winning documentary 

film will be followed by a discussion to 

clarify local issues and outline ways in 

which community members can become 

involved in shaping the future of this place 

we call home. 

Kate Magruder 

Artistic Director 

Ukiah Players Theater 

Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; Santa 

Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa, 576- 

2297. Berg's field representative in Ukiah 

office located at 104 W. Church St, Ukiah, 

95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax number is 

463-5773. E-mail to: 

assemblymember.berg@assembly.ca.gov 

Senator Wes Chesbro: State Senate 

District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100, 

Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375; FAX 

(916) 323-6958. Ukiah office is P.O. Box 

785, Ukiah, 95482, 468-8914, FAX 468- 

8931. District offices at 1040 Main St., Suite 

205, Napa, 94559, 224-1990, 50 D St., Suite 

120A, Santa Rosa, 95404, 576-2771, and 

317 3rd St., Suite 6, Eureka, 95501, 445- 

6508. Email: senator.chesbro@sen.ca.gov. 

Mendocino County Supervisors: 

Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Wattenburger, 

2nd District; Hal Wagenet, 3rd District; 

Kendall Smith, 4th District; David Colfax, 

5th District. All can be reached by writing 

to 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1090, 

Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221, FAX 463-4245. 

bos@co.mendocino.ca.us 

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THOMAS D. ELIAS 

Will Governor set 

election agenda? 

As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nurses the wounds 

he suffered in a motorcycle accident recently, he has 

time to ponder a question vital to his reelection 

chances: 

Will he decide which issues dominate next fall's 

election season or will that be controlled by whichever 

Democrat becomes his reelection rival? 

The question is so important because for the last 15 

years, it has generally been the party of fresher ideas - 

whichever party that was - that has prevailed. Ideas 

were behind the Republican takeover of Congress in 

1994, ideas propelled Democrat Gray Davis into the 

governor's office in 1998 and fresh ideas - like them or 

not - were one reason President Bush won election in 

2000. 

Will Schwarzenegger be the candidate of fresh ideas 

this fall, or will it be state Treasurer Phil Angelides or 

Controller Steve Westly, the two major Democrats 

vying to face him? 

So far, Democrats are the ones spawning the ideas 

now debated around California, with Schwarzenegger 

backing some of them and spurning others. 

Democrats talked for years about the state's deteriorating 

infrastructure - roads, bridges, ports, schools - 

and the crying need to fix them before Republican 

Schwarzenegger this month proposed the largest such 

building program since the 1960s. 

Democrats decried balancing last year's budget partly 

through increased fees for community college and 

public university students. Then Schwarzenegger 

made a major point of saying he would "ease the burden" 

on students and their families by foregoing any 

increase this year. 

Democrats cried out against fast-rising prescription 

drug prices for years before Schwarzenegger asked 

President Bush to legalize importing unlimited quantities 

from Canada and other foreign countries where the 

same drugs are sold for much less than here. 

In fact, it's seemed at times like Schwarzenegger is 

deliberately trying to adopt some stances of his potential 

opponents even before they can announce them. 

Example: Early this month, Angelides gave 

reporters two days' notice of a press conference at 

which he and state Schools Supt. Jack O'Connell 

planned to demand that public schools this year 

receive the full share of the state budget to which they 

are constitutionally entitled. 

Just two hours before that session began, 

Schwarzenegger's press office announced schools 

would not only receive this year's full share, but would 

also be repaid at least part of what they gave up in a 

2004 budget-balancing agreement. 

The announcement seemed to steal Angelides' thunder, 

as his session drew just four reporters and one TV 

camera. (It's rare for a Schwarzenegger press conference 

to attract fewer than 25 reporters and 10 cameras.) 

If the treasurer minded this obvious 

Schwarzenegger attempt at one-upsmanship, he manfully 

hid the feeling. "I like the fact that we 

(Democrats) are now running the agenda," he said. 

"This is a good thing. If the governor continues his 

retreat from his previous positions, it will be good for 

the schools and good for our democracy." 

Angelides then sought to make himself the arbiter 

of how voters should respond to the ambitious building 

plans Schwarzenegger hopes to put in motion. Within 

two days of the governor's ballyhooed speech, he was 

staging a highly critical "evaluation" for reporters. 

So far, Westly has not joined in the jousting over 

who will set the election agenda. But with almost 

unlimited funds, the former eBay executive (personal 

fortune estimated at over $200 million) will surely be 

heard from extensively this spring. 

In all this, it may be difficult for Democrats to paint 

Schwarzenegger as a hard-line conservative, their 

usual tactic here in a moderate-to-liberal-leaning state. 

But if the governor tries to out-Democrat the 

Democrats, he will surely alienate his hard-line 

Republican base, making them likely to stay home in 

November. Meanwhile, if he performs merely as a 

tepid Democrat, he stands to lose a lot of GOP support 

while only picking up a few Democratic votes. 

On the other hand, if Schwarzenegger had stayed 

with the hard-line conservative agenda of last fall's 

special election, he would likely have little chance this 

November. After all, pursuing the conservative causes 

on that ballot caused his job approval ratings to plummet 

precipitously. 

So Schwarzenegger will be walking a tightrope all 

year. He risks something whenever he proposes an 

original idea and he takes a different risk whenever he 

adopts other people's causes as his own. 

Thomas D. Elias is a syndicated columnist. 

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COMMUNITY 

Pardon my nostalgia part two 

In my last column I commented 

on societal changes 

facing us today. There was a 

time that you were assured in 

most cases that if you worked 

hard and really saved, you 

could buy a home. Not so 

true today. It takes two or 

more solid incomes to afford 

a home, and in many cases a 

decent apartment. 

In 1976, I started my business 

on $40 and an idea. I 

certainly went through trials 

and tribulations, and had to 

go into debt sooner than I 

liked, but I was able to overcome 

these obstacles. I now 

employ 9 people in two businesses. 

I am certain that I 

could not do that today in 

this economy, and that’s a 

real shame. Knowing what I 

know now, I would be crazy 

to even consider such a venture 

today and could never 

afford it while maintaining a 

home and family. 

Attitude plays a big role in 

how well we do for ourselves 

today and how we maintain 

financial security. When I 

was in my twenties and thirties, 

you knew you had to 

work very hard to get a new 

car, nice things, and all the 

perks. In my forties and 

fifties I began to think about 

retirement and would I have 

enough to support myself, so 

I became more conservative 

on my “perks” and deliberately 

waited longer to please 

myself on items I really 

could live without. 

Today it seems like young 

adults are unhappy that they 

have not obtained what their 

parents took 30 years to earn 

and purchase. The purchases 

are made earlier now, even if 

it means getting in great debt 

to have the boats, bikes, cars, 

clothes, air travel vacations 

to Disneyland or cruises, and 

the trappings that Dad 

enjoyed in his 50's and 60's. 

I never had the opportunity 

to live lavishly in my 

youth or adulthood. For 

instance, airplane travel, 

which I now love, did not 

come until my mid 40's. I 

guess I never worried about 

impressing others because of 

the way I was raised. I 

always got more out of reviving 

something old and abused 

and re-creating it into something 

unique and special 

rather than buying it off a 

rack. As a result, I am a big 

thrift store and garage sale 

shopper. 

Instant gratification has 

been taught by television, 

and unfortunately now, by 

example. Young children can 

watch their young parents 

have all the perks and assume 

they can have them too. Most 

12 year olds have been on 

more than one major air trip 

and vacation. I grew up with 

a trip to camping & fishing at 

a lake or river for 5 days as a 

major vacation. It is all in the 

perspective. That is all that 

we could afford and our 

peers were in the same boat, 

so we did not miss anything 

more exotic. 

Times as a young parent 

were struggles. Car breakdowns, 

flat tires, and counting 

your pennies when you 

lived on a tight budget were 

no fun, so today as my earning 

power decreases as my 

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age increases, I work very 

hard to keep my life simple 

and debt free. 

Etiquette is another serious 

social issue today and it is 

rapidly disappearing. There is 

a huge industry growing in 

etiquette consultants because 

although very sharp college 

graduates emerge from our 

colleges, many of them have 

little etiquette skills. 

Employers have discovered 

that many of these 

bright students don’t know 

how to act in a business or 

customer service situation. 

Little things such as how to 

be seated at a dining table, 

how to seat another, what 

utensil to use, removal of 

your hat, especially in a 

restaurant and always when a 

lady is present or the flag is 

honored. The ball cap, a popular 

accessory for both men 

and women was originally 

designed for the ball field but 

now can be found on the 

heads of many diners in most 

restaurants throughout the 

world. 

Diction and profanity are a 

concern to corporations and 

employers as well. I add this 

one because recently when I 

was in Mexico awaiting our 

bus to take us to our hotel 

there was an incident. I had 

my 6 year old grandson with 

me in the front of the bus 

near the door. We were 

parked just outside the 

entrance to the airport. 

Travelers and Mexican 

nationals were streaming in 

and out, and an very attractive 

American woman of 

about 43 came out, did not 

see her friends, and loudly 

yelled a familiar four letter 

word 3 or 4 times to point 

out her distress to the air. 

Then she grabbed a Mexican 

porter and used the same 

expletive to him several 

times. 

She voiced her frustration 

that she didn’t know why her 

friends were late, where they 

were, etc. Meanwhile my 

grandson heard it all before I 

moved him to the other side 

of the bus. There had to have 

been 60 people, like it or not, 

who heard this very vulgar 

word used as an adjective 

over 20 times. I was so 

embarrassed for the porter, 

for the passerbys and for 

myself and grandchild and 

for my country, to have been 

subjected to her tirade. 

But why was I surprised? I 

had heard it all week in the 

pool and in the dining room 

from young people 15-40. 

They used it like I would say 

the word “very” with no 

regard to who was within 

earshot. It apparently is so 

common in their world they 

did not realize that it was 

offensive to many and very 

inappropriate with so many 

children about. 

Poolside has changed as 

well. The bikini is still 

around but the amount of tattoos 

on men and women is 

staggering. No longer is it 

just the simple single tattoo, 

but an array of body art, in 

some cases distorting the 

view of what was once a perfect 

body. Please don’t write 

letters on that remark, 

because the point I am making 

is the differences in 

times. I have adjusted, as we 

all have, to most of these 

changes, some with more 

ease than others. I am merely 

making an observation as to 

differences in behavior from 

40 years ago. 

Many of these changes in 

society are probably without 

solutions. I find that if I keep 

my life simple and uncomplicated 

in a very complicated 

world, and don’t involve 

myself in a lot of drama and 

stress, especially selfimposed 

stress, I can survive 

fairly well. This means less 

television, less negative 

news, less commercials, more 

selective reading, and more 

community interests. 

As I watch another tradition 

go by the wayside, I feel 

like sighing. I do feel the 

loss. My hope is that we 

won’t forget those simpler 

times. That we’ll try to pass 

down our history to our family 

members as many other 

cultures have for centuries 

without fear of feeling silly 

or old fashioned. 

Life is a gift and it doesn’t 

come cheap. We were given 

the past to learn how to deal 

with the future. Maybe there 

are some things from the past 

worth salvaging and reviving 

to make life more comfortable 

for our future. I hope so. 

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SPORTS 

Sports Editor: Tony Adame, 468-3518 The Ukiah Daily Journal 

udjsports@pacific.net 

LOCAL 

CALENDAR 

TODAY 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL 

• Mendocino College at Contra Costa 

College, 5:30 p.m. 

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL 

• Ukiah at Rancho Cotate, 7:30 p.m. 

• Potter Valley at Anderson Valley, 8 p.m. 

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL 

• Potter Valley at Anderson Valley, 6:30 p.m. 

SATURDAY, JAN. 28 

COLLEGE BASEBALL 

• Mendocino College at Diablo Valley 

College, 11 a.m. 

PREP WRESTLING 

• Ukiah Invitational, 9 a.m. 

-Calendar listings are culled from the most 

recent schedules provided by the schools 

and organizations in our coverage area. 

Please report schedule changes or incorrect 

listings to The Daily Journal Sports 

Department at 468-3518. 

TV LISTINGS 

TODAY 

NBA 

Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. (ESPN) 

Minnesota at Houston, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) 

Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30 

p.m. (FSN) 

BOXING 

Francisco Mora versus Kasim Ouma, 4:30 

p.m. (ESPN2) 

TENNIS 

Australian Open, women’s final, 6:30 p.m. 

(ESPN2) 

SATURDAY, JAN. 28 

NBA 

Portland at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. (FSN) 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

Senior Bowl, 1 p.m. (ESPN) 

GOLF 

Buick Invitational, noon (ABC) 


Men 

Cincinnati at Georgetown, 9 a.m. (ESPN2) 

Kansas at Iowa State, 9 a.m. (ESPN) 

Arizona at North Carolina, 10 a.m. (ABC) 

Louisville at Rutgers, 11 a.m. (ESPN) 

Maryland at Temple, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) 

Murray State at Southeast Missouri State, 1 

p.m. (ESPN2) 

UCLA at Oregon State, 1 p.m. (FSN) 

Villanova at Notre Dame, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) 

Washington State at California, 3 p.m. 

(FSN) 

Virginia at Duke, 4 p.m. (ESPN) 

Texas at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) 

Women 

Texas Tech at Missouri, 11 a.m. (FSN) 

TENNIS 

Australian Open, men’s final, 12:30 a.m. 

(ESPN2) 

COMMUNITY 

DIGEST 

Willits Classic 10-mile 

and 3-mile runs 

The North Coast Striders will 

present the 26th annual Willits 

Classic Run on February 19th at 

10am. 

The Run will start and finish at 

Willits Recreation Grove Park. 

Pre-registration prior to Feb 8th 

may be done online at 

www.active.com or by calling 

272-4187 for an application. 

Same day registration will be 

8:30 - 9:30am. 

A portion of the proceeds will 

benefit the Sherwood School 

Project. 

The first 60 registrants are 

guaranteed running hats on race 

day. Fees: $20 for ages 16 and 

older, $5 for ages 15 and under 

(no hat), $3/family NCS member 

discount. 

Pony & Colt League 

sign ups 

Pony & Colt League will hold its’ 

2006 sign ups Feb. 18 and Feb. 

25 from 1-3 p.m. at Mendo-Lake 

Office Products. 

Players must be between the 

ages of 13-17 on or before July 

31, 2006. An original county certified 

birth certificate is required 

for age verification. 

The cost to sign up is $75 for 

the first child and $65 for each 

additional sibling. 

For more information, call Chris 

at 468-3800. 

Sheriff’s Activity 

League offers fitness 

for kids 

The Sheriff’s Activity League 

kids fitness class meets every 

Thursday evening from 5:30-6:30 

p.m. at the Redwood Health Club. 

The class is co-ed, for ages 7- 

12. It is a positive, high energy 

class with ACE certified fitness 

trainer Melissa Johnson of RHC. 

Melissa incorporates fun routines 

and new games to challenge 

children to get up and 

move. 

You do not have to be a member 

of RHC to join, and there is a 

$5 annual insurance/administration 

fee per child. 

For more information, call SAL 

President Mike Tobin at 354- 

0565. 

U.W.A.A. softball 

meeting Feb. 21 

A general meeting for the Ukiah 

Women’s Athletic Association 

2006 women’s softball season 

will be held Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at 

Wright Stuff Pizza. 

All teams and women interested 

in playing softball this season are 

welcome. 

For more information contact 

972-1719. 

City of Ukiah men’s 

softball league 

The City of Ukiah Community 

Service Department would like to 

announce the beginning of the 

2006 men’s softball league. 

There is an information meeting 

at The Pub in Ukiah March 16 at 

6:30 p.m. League play is scheduled 

to begin in early May. 

Team fees are $450 for the 

sponsor fee and $30 per player, 

with checks made payable to the 

City of Ukiah. 

Registration forms are available 

at the Ukiah Civic Center Annex 

at 411 West Clay St., and the registration 

deadline is April 13. 

Player fees will be collected 

from team managers at the first 

See DIGEST, Page A-7 

Giammona’s 22 points not enough for Eagles 


NAPA – Ryan Wessels scored 16 of 

his 22 points in the second half to lead 

Napa Valley College over visiting 

Mendocino College, 69-58 Wednesday 

night. 

“We’re not shooting the ball well 

right now,” said Mendocino head 

coach Kevin Koch. “By winning and 

having some success maybe I’ve got a 

little stagnant with our offense. We 

don’t play for a week and we’ve got to 

regroup.” 

The loss puts Mendocino at 6-4 in 

Bay Valley Conference Play. A win 

would have put the Eagles one game 

out of first place combined with a 

Yuba loss. 

Mendocino trailed 30-27 at halftime 

and was forced to play without guard 

Paul Evans, who was out with the flu. 

“Playing without Paul hurt, because 

he’s shooting good right now and normally 

plays about half the game,” 

Koch said. 

Jared Giammona led the Eagles in 

scoring with 22 points, and hit four 

three-pointers. Steven Polanco scored 

12 points for Mendocino. 

Mendocino returns to action 

Wednesday, hosting Merritt College. 

Game time is 7:30 p.m. 

MENDOCINO (58) 

Bonner 1 0-0 3, Polanco 5 2-2 12, Guastella 2 0-0 4, Rupe 0 0- 

0 0, Rogers 2 0-0 5, Hansen 2 1-2 3, Giammona 8 2-2 22, 

Lukas 0 2-2 2, Novak 3 1-7 7. Totals 23 8-15 58. 

NAPA VALLEY (69) 

Reyes 1 0-0 3, Jeff Larson 5 0-0 15, Oliver 2 5-8 9, Pruitt 2 3-7 

7, Johnson 0 2-2 2, Ryan Wessels 8 6-6 22, Davey Miramontes 

4 1-2 10. Totals 21 12-18 59. 

Mendocino College 27 31 – 57 

Napa Valley College 30 39 – 69 

BASEBALL | MENDOCINO COLLEGE 2006 PREVIEW 

In with the new 

Jeff Trouette/For The Daily Journal 

After going just 16-20 in 2005 and finishing sixth in the Bay Valley Conference, Mendocino College first 

baseman Jeff Reabis one of just a handful of returning starters on a roster with only eight sophomores and 

a whopping thirty-two freshmen. 

Rocky return 

for Woods 

By DOUG FERGUSON 

The Associated Press 

SAN DIEGO — Coming off one of the longest breaks in 

his career, Tiger Woods might get another one sooner than 

he would like. 

Woods went south on the easier North Course at Torrey 

Pines, hitting only one fairway and having to scramble for 

a birdie on his final hole for a 1-under 71 on Thursday in the 

Buick Invitational. That left him six shots behind Brandt 

Jobe and Thomas Levet, but he will be around the cut line 

Friday playing the South Course, which was four strokes 

harder. 

“The driver is fine,” Woods said about a new Nike driver 

in his bag. “It’s the dude holding it.” 

First-round scores are never more misleading than at the 

Buick Invitational, with one course that plays like a pitchand-putt 

at 6,874 yards and the other that will host the U.S. 

Open in two years. 

Jobe made seven birdies — all but one of them outside 

15 feet — for a 7-under 65 and was joined atop the leaderboard 

by Levet, who also played a bogey-free round. 

They were on the North Course, along with just about 

everyone else at the top of the leaderboard. The average 

score was 69.76. 

See WOODS, Page A-8 

Eagles open 

season 

Saturday 

By TONY ADAME 


Matt Gordon looked at his 

team after last season’s 16-20 finish 

and decided some things needed 

to be shook up. 

“We struggled last year,” 

Gordon said. “We made some 

improvements by getting rid of 

some of the guys who brought us 

down.” 

Some, if not all. 

Gordon’s Mendocino College 

baseball team will only feature 

eight sophomores on its 40 man 

roster this spring, including a 

pitching staff comprised of nine 

freshmen and one sophomore. 

This almost new group will 

have a little more room for 

improvement, with eight games 

added to the Eagles preseason 

schedule after two years of budget 

cuts reduced the number of preseason 

games from 16 to eight. 

Also, a Bay Valley Conference 

title may as well be up for grabs 

this year with eight-time defending 

conference champion and 

defending state champion Santa 

Rosa and perennial runner-up 

Diablo Valley gone. 

“It’s up for grabs, definitely,” 

Gordon said. “In the past it’s kind 

of been Santa Rosa’s to lose and 

this year it’s wide open.” 

Fourteen of the 40 players on 

Gordon’s roster will redshirt, a 

group Gordon thinks could help 

Mendocino for some time to 

come. 

“We’ve got a great redshirt 

class,” Gordon said. “Hopefully 

we made the right decisions by 

getting rid of some of the cancers 

on our team. It’s going to take 

some building to recover from 

year like that, but we’re definitely 

taking steps in the right direction.” 

Sophomore lefty Riley 

O’Donnell is the lone returner to 

the pitching staff in 2006. 

“He’s going to be our ace,” 

Lunde sets record with round of 

66 at Silicon Valley Classic 

By TONY ADAME 


Willits native and Ukiah graduate Brett 

Lunde surprises even himself sometimes. 

Take Lunde’s record-setting round of 66 at 

the Second Annual amateurgolf.com/Silicon 

Valley Amateur Championship Sunday. 

“It surprised me a little because it’s winter,” 

said Lunde, 21. “I feel a little rusty right now. 

Golf season is in the summer, and that’s obviously 

where you would want to be playing 

your best.” 

Lunde, who played his senior year of golf at 

Ukiah in 2001, combined his first day score of 

66 with a second day score of 75 to win the 

tournament. 

Last year, Lunde, who shot a 64 at the 2004 

Mendocino County Amateur, another event he 

took first place at. 

“I always think I can win,” Lunde said. 

“That’s what I plan on doing when I go out 

there.” 

In his record setting round at Silicon Valley, 

Lunde shot a two-under on the front nine, and 

on the back nine he had an eagle on a par-five 

and a birdie on the final hole. 

See EAGLES, Page A-8 

Next, Lunde will head to the San Francisco 

City Championship, a match play tournament 

Feb. 11-12 at Harding Park. 

Lunde graduated from Mendocino College, 

is currently working construction. He’s also 

taking a few units of classes at the college as 

he prepares for a shot at his 

tour card in 2007. 

“I’ll probably try to turn 

pro next year,” Lunde said. 

“This year I want to take a 

year off to do amateur stuff.” 

One way for Lunde to 

turn pro is to complete three 

stages of cue school. If completed, 

he’d most likely join 

the Spanos Tour. 

He is playing once every 

other week, and practices on 

Brett Lunde 

a driving range at his father’s house. By the 

time summer hits he’ll be playing up to six 

times a week. 

But turning pro is where his focus is. 

“It’d mean everything to me,” Lunde said. 

“That’s probably the biggest thing I want to 

do.”

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SPORTS 

game. Space is limited. 

For more information, call 463-6714. 

City of Ukiah women’s 

softball league 

The City of Ukiah Community 

Service Department would like to 

announce the beginning of the 2006 

women’s softball league. League play 

will be on Tuesday and Wednesday 

nights and is scheduled to begin in 

early May. 

Team fees are $450 for the sponsor 

fee and $30 per player, with checks 

made payable to the City of Ukiah. 

Registration forms are available at 

the Ukiah Civic Center Annex at 411 

West Clay St., and the registration 

deadline is April 13. 

Player fees will be collected from 

team managers at the first game. 

Space is limited. 

For more information, call 463-6714. 

South Ukiah Little 

League late sign ups and 

tryouts 

Late registration and tryouts for 

South Ukiah Little League will be Feb. 

11-12 at the SULL baseball complex. 

All players except t-ball are required 

to attend one day. 

The times for each age group are 

9:30 a.m. for 12-year-olds, 11 a.m. for 

11-year-olds, 12:30 p.m. for 10-yearolds, 

2 p.m. for 8 & 9 years and 3:30 

p.m. for ages seven years and six 

years how have played one year of tball 

and want to play machine pitch. 

All players parents need to bring all 

of the following: birth certificate (no 

copies, no baptism or hospital certificates), 

current utility bill, current driver’s 

license, and current car or home 

insurance for proof of residency. 

The cost is $55 for each child registering 

and $50 for each additional sibling. 

There is also a $30 cash or check 

mandatory service deposit which will 

be returned upon working at the concession 

stand. 

Players must be five years old by 

April 30, 2006 and no older than 12 by 

April 30, 2006 to participate. 

For more information, visit the South 

Ukiah Little League website at 

www.eteamz.com/SULL or call 468- 

8800. 

Mendocino College HOF 

Dinner tickets 

The Mendocino College athletic 

department will host its first Hall of 

Fame induction at the Redwood 

Valley Cellars wine tasting room 

(7051 N. State St., Redwood Valley) 

on Feb. 18. 

The evening will begin with a nohost 

wine tasting at 6 p.m. A catered 

dinner will follow at 7 and the induction 

ceremony will begin promptly at 

8. 

Tickets for the meal and ceremony 

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Buffalo 70, Ohio 51 

Cent. Connecticut St. 57, Wagner 40 

Fairleigh Dickinson 66, St. Francis, Pa. 49 

Hofstra 82, Towson 70 

Long Island U. 63, Sacred Heart 60 

Quinnipiac 68, Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 62 

Robert Morris 73, Monmouth, N.J. 65 

Va. Commonwealth 56, Delaware 52 

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E. Kentucky 79, Tennessee St. 74 

George Mason 81, William & Mary 58 

Jacksonville St. 91, Austin Peay 86 

Lamar 89, Nicholls St. 81 

Louisiana-Monroe 80, Texas St. 75 

Memphis 73, UAB 66 

Middle Tennessee 86, New Orleans 65 

Murray St. 55, Tennessee Tech 51 

N.C.-Wilmington 83, James Madison 46 

Northeastern 68, Georgia St. 54 

Northwestern St. 70, Texas-San Antonio 59 

Old Dominion 74, Drexel 67 

Radford 101, VMI 77 

Samford 67, Tenn.-Martin 60 

W. Kentucky 94, Louisiana-Lafayette 81 

MIDWEST 

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Bowling Green 79, Kent St. 74 

IUPUI 63, W. Illinois 57 

Morehead St. 60, SE Missouri 55 

N. Illinois 49, Cent. Michigan 43 

Oakland, Mich. 95, Valparaiso 89 

Toledo 88, E. Michigan 58 

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Wis.-Green Bay 72, Loyola of Chicago 66 

Wis.-Milwaukee 78, Youngstown St. 70 

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Oral Roberts 74, Centenary 53 

Texas-Arlington 65, Stephen F.Austin 59 

FAR WEST 

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Denver 69, South Alabama 60 

Louisiana Tech 75, San Jose St. 55 

Montana 98, Portland St. 77 

Montana St. 82, E. Washington 70 

Nevada 82, Boise St. 79 

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Stanford 69, Washington St. 59 

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Utah Valley St. 69, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 64 

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Belmont 72, Jacksonville 56 

Duke 97, Clemson 65 

E. Kentucky 68, Tennessee St. 63 

ETSU 61, Stetson 51 

Florida Atlantic 73, Campbell 63 

Georgia 74, South Carolina 65 

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LSU 75, Vanderbilt 53 

Louisiana Tech 74, San Jose St. 51 

Maryland 79, Georgia Tech 71 

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Mississippi 76, Mississippi St. 71 

Murray St. 82, Tennessee Tech 70 

N.C. State 83, Miami 77 

North Florida 54, Lipscomb 52 

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W. Kentucky 59, New Orleans 49 

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Illinois St. 71, Creighton 68 

Indiana 63, Illinois 48 

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Loyola of Chicago 75, Youngstown St. 65 

Minnesota 79, N. Dakota St. 70 

Missouri St. 66, Bradley 45 

N. Iowa 63, Wichita St. 56 

Northwestern 77, Michigan 57 

Ohio St. 73, Wisconsin 46 

Purdue 73, Michigan St. 53 

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SE Missouri 62, Morehead St. 50 

Wis.-Green Bay 76, Cleveland St. 52 

Wright St. 69, Wis.-Milwaukee 67 

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Arkansas 69, Florida 63 

Lamar 73, Nicholls St. 70 

Louisiana-Monroe 69, Texas St. 63 

North Texas 71, Troy 46 

Sam Houston St. 55, SE Louisiana 39 

Stephen F.Austin 39, Texas-Arlington 35 

Texas-San Antonio 73, Northwestern St. 65 

FAR WEST 

Arizona St. 75, Washington St. 65 

E. Washington 77, Montana St. 50 

Fresno St. 77, New Mexico St. 61 

Idaho St. 82, Weber St. 81, OT 

Montana 81, Portland St. 59 

Nevada 73, Boise St. 69 

Pacific 87, Cal Poly 53 

San Diego 70, St. Mary’s, Cal. 58 

Santa Clara 66, San Francisco 61 

South Alabama 74, Denver 66 

UC Davis 68, UC Riverside 53 

COMMUNITY DIGEST — CONTINUED FROM PAGE A-6 

or Skip Hunter in the college athletic 

office (468-3255 or 468-3165). 

2006 Mendocino College Hall of 

Fame Inductees: special recognition 

awards — coaches Ed Boyle and Dan 

Drew; athlete inductees — Rod 

Dockins, Jerry Ward, Rikki Hayes, 

Paul Cronin, Anne Ibarra, John 

Gastineau, Kurt Ehmann, Dennis 

Willeford, Jeff Burrell, Randy Sondag. 

BAM Wrestling Club taking 

sign-ups 

BAM Wrestling Club is accepting 

sign-ups for youth wrestlers. 

Practices are held Wednesday and 

Thursday nights from 6:30 until roughly 

8 p.m. Attend a practice to sigh up. 

The registration fee is $30. 

Ukiah Women's 

18-Hole Golf Club 

Local lady golfers are invited to join 

the Ukiah Women’s 18-Hole Golf 

Club. Golfers hit the links every 

Tuesday. Those interested in joining 

the club may call Shirley Dietrick at 

485-5540. 

NCRC Raceway 

R/C racing 

NCRC hosts radio-controlled car 

racing on the third or fourth Sunday of 

each month at the Redwood Empire 

Fairgrounds (1055 N. State St., 

Ukiah). Sign-ups start at 9 a.m. 

Racing starts at 11 a.m. sharp. Get 

there early to set up. 

NCRC hosts both road course and 

oval racing for novice to expert drivers. 

For more information, call Eric at 

462-9569. 

Ukiah Community Karate Kids program 

The Sheriff’s Youth Activities League 

is teaching free youth karate programs 

at the Redwood Health Club 

(3101 S. State St., Ukiah) on 

Wednesday nights and Sunday afternoons 

for ages 6 and older. 

Interested parties can register at the 

class and Sheriff’s Activities League 

fees are $5 annually. Membership 

with the Redwood Health Club is not 

required. For more information, call 

the Sheriff’s Activities League voice 

mail at 468-4288, RHC at 468-0441 

or chief instructor Mike Tobin at 354- 

0565 and leave your number. 

Willits Community Karate Kids program 

The Sheriff’s Activities League is 

also teaching free youth karate programs 

at the Body Works Gym (1511 

S. Main St., Willits) on Monday and 

Friday nights for ages 6 and older. 

Interested parties can register at the 

class and Sheriff’s Activities League 

fees are $5 annually. Membership 

with the fitness club is not required. 

For more information, call the Sheriff’s 

Activities League voice mail at 468- 

SCOREBOARD 

NHL 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA 

Philadelphia 30 12 8 68 175 156 

N.Y. Rangers 28 15 7 63 155 127 

New Jersey 26 19 6 58 149 147 

N.Y. Islanders 21 25 3 45 143 176 

Pittsburgh 12 29 10 34 144 199 

Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA 

Ottawa 34 10 4 72 202 112 

Buffalo 31 15 3 65 162 141 

Toronto 24 22 3 51 156 167 

Montreal 22 20 6 50 140 159 

Boston 21 21 8 50 144 159 

Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA 

Carolina 35 11 4 74 189 155 

Tampa Bay 26 20 4 56 147 147 

Atlanta 23 22 6 52 178 179 

Florida 19 24 8 46 131 161 

Washington 17 27 5 39 140 189 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

Central Division 

W L OT Pts GF GA 

Detroit 33 13 4 70 181 129 

Nashville 31 13 6 68 160 145 

Chicago 17 27 6 40 128 170 

Columbus 18 30 2 38 121 181 

St. Louis 11 30 8 30 127 188 

Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA 

Calgary 29 16 5 63 134 127 

Vancouver 28 18 5 61 170 156 

Colorado 28 19 3 59 188 161 

Edmonton 26 18 6 58 165 156 

Minnesota 25 21 4 54 144 126 

Pacific Division 

W L OT Pts GF GA 

Dallas 32 15 2 66 162 131 

Los Angeles 30 19 3 63 178 162 

Phoenix 25 24 2 52 146 159 

San Jose 23 17 6 52 146 140 

Anaheim 21 17 10 52 137 137 

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss 

or shootout loss. 

Wednesday’s Games 

Montreal 5, Philadelphia 3 

Carolina 4, Florida 3, SO 

Pittsburgh 8, Washington 1 

Dallas 4, St. Louis 3, SO 

Edmonton 6, Anaheim 3 

Thursday’s Games 

Carolina 5, Atlanta 1 

Boston 3, Washington 2 

N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO 

Ottawa 3, Montreal 0 

Detroit 2, Vancouver 1 

Buffalo 8, Toronto 4 

Tampa Bay 1, New Jersey 0, OT 

Phoenix 5, St. Louis 3 

Minnesota 5, Nashville 1 

Chicago 2, Calgary 0 

Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m. 

Anaheim at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. 

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. 

Today’s Games 

Minnesota at Columbus, 4 p.m. 

New Jersey at Florida, 4:30 p.m. 

Saturday’s Games 

Detroit at Dallas, 11 a.m. 

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. 

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. 

Atlanta at Carolina, 4 p.m. 

N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 4 p.m. 

Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. 

Nashville at Columbus, 4 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. 

San Jose at Phoenix, 6 p.m. 

Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Calgary at Chicago, noon 

Tampa Bay at Washington, noon 

Edmonton at Phoenix, 5 p.m. 

NBA 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 

New Jersey 22 18.550 — 

Philadelphia 21 21.500 2 

Boston 17 25.405 6 

Toronto 14 29.3269 1/2 

New York 13 27.325 9 

Southeast Division W L Pct GB 

Miami 25 18.581 — 

Washington 19 21.4754 1/2 

Orlando 18 22.4505 1/2 

Atlanta 11 29.27512 1/2 

Charlotte 11 32.256 14 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Detroit 35 5.875 — 

Cleveland 23 17.575 12 

Indiana 21 20.51214 1/2 

Milwaukee 21 20.51214 1/2 

Chicago 18 23.43917 1/2 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

Southwest Division W L Pct GB 

San Antonio 33 10.767 — 

4288, Body Works at 459-0594 or 

chief instructor Mike Tobin at 354- 

0565 and leave your number. 

Tiny Tigers kinderkarate 

Tollow Dojo is hosting the weekly 

Tiny Tigers kinder karate course, 

which utilizes proven techniques to 

teach martial arts to children 4 to 6 

years old. 

The class is held Saturdays from 

12:30-1:20 p.m. The first class is free. 

Call 463-1347 or 621-0714 to sign up. 

Tollow Dojo is located at 3001 S. State 

St., No. 4. 

Willits boxing program 

The Sheriff's Youth Activities League 

"Willits" Boxing Program is currently 

meeting at the Body Works Gym and 

Martial Arts Center (1511 Main St. in 

Willits) on Monday and Wednesday 

nights at 7 p.m. in the aerobic room. 

This program is free and open to the 

public. Ages 8 and above are encouraged 

to participate. 

For more information, call Body 

Works Gym at 459-0594. There is an 

annual $5 insurance/registration fee. 

Boxers wanted 

Boxing classes are offered by 

Mendocino County Sheriff’s SAL and 

are ongoing at the Redwood Health 

Club for all ages and levels. New 

expanded class times for winter 2006 

are: Thursday, 6:45 p.m; Friday, 5 

p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m.; Tuesday 5:30 

p.m. 

Anyone interested in joining SAL 

must fill out the necessary paperwork 

to become a SAL member and pay $5 

a year, and membership is free to 

Redwood Health Club members. 

Minors must have the forms signed by 

their parents. Please allow 10 minutes 

before class to do this. 

Call Cris and Pattie at 463-1339 for 

questions. 

Rusty Bowl BMX 

Bicycle motocross races are held 

weekly at Rusty Bowl BMX, located at 

the east end of Gobbi Street in Ukiah. 

The American Bicycle Associationsanctioned 

races are held Saturdays 

with sign-ups from 9:30-10:30 a.m. 

and racing immediately after. 

For more information, call the Rusty 

Bowl hotline at 462-0249. 

To place an announcement in the 

“Community Sports Digest,” contact 

The Ukiah Daily Journal Sports 

Department by phone at 468-3518. 

You may also mail your listing to 590 

S. School Street, Ukiah, Calif., 95482, 

e-mail it to udjsports@pacific.net, or 

fax it to us at 468-3544. Because the 

“Community Sports Digest” is a FREE 

service, no guarantees can be made 

on the frequency of a listing’s appearance 

in The Daily Journal. To assure 

your event maximum publicity, please 

contact either our classified (468- 

3535) or display advertising (468- 

3510) departments. 

W L Pct GB 

Denver 25 19.568 — 

Utah 21 22.4883 1/2 

Minnesota 19 21.475 4 

Seattle 17 24.4156 1/2 

Portland 14 26.350 9 

Pacific Division 

W L Pct GB 

Phoenix 27 15.643 — 

L.A. Clippers 23 16.5902 1/2 

L.A. Lakers 22 19.5374 1/2 

Golden State 19 22.4637 1/2 

Sacramento 18 24.429 9 

Wednesday’s Games 

Chicago 104, Toronto 88 

Cleveland 106, Atlanta 97 

Detroit 106, Milwaukee 102, OT 

Washington 89, Boston 87 

Sacramento 106, New York 102, OT 

San Antonio 84, New Orleans 68 

Houston 102, Charlotte 78 

Seattle 113, Utah 94 

Memphis 107, Minnesota 87 

Denver 97, Portland 94 

Dallas 102, Golden State 93 

L.A. Clippers 90, New Jersey 77 

Thursday’s Games 

Orlando 119, Philadelphia 115, OT 

Phoenix 107, Miami 98 

Dallas at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. 

Today’s Games 

Phoenix at Atlanta, 4 p.m. 

Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. 

Miami at Charlotte, 4:30 p.m. 

Sacramento at Boston, 4:30 p.m. 

Orlando at New York, 4:30 p.m. 

Memphis at Detroit, 5 p.m. 

Toronto at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. 

Washington at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. 

Minnesota at Houston, 5:30 p.m. 

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 6:30 p.m. 

New Jersey at Portland, 7 p.m. 

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday’s Games 

Charlotte at Washington, 4 p.m. 

New Orleans at Memphis, 5 p.m. 

New York at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. 

Atlanta at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. 

Minnesota at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. 

Utah at Dallas, 6 p.m. 

New Jersey at Seattle, 7 p.m. 

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. 

Portland at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Phoenix at Cleveland, 10 a.m. 

Sacramento at Toronto, 10 a.m. 

Miami at Houston, 12:30 p.m. 

Boston at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m. 

Philadelphia at Orlando, 3 p.m. 

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. 

TRANSACTIONS 

BASEBALL 

American League 

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with 

RHP Gil Meche on a one-year contract. 

National League 

CHICAGO CUBS—Named Carmelo Martinez 

manager and Kevin Green hitting coach for Mesa 

of the Arizona League and Darren Wheeler athletic 

trainer for Boise of the Northwest League. 

NEW YORK METS—Named Bryan Lambe and 

Scott Nethery special assistants to the general 

manager, Adam Wogan director of minor league 

operations and Kevin Morgan coordinator of 

instruction for the minor leagues. 

BASKETBALL 

National Basketball Association 

BOSTON CELTICS—Acquired F Wally 

Szczerbiak, C Michael Olowokandi, C Dwayne 

Jones and a future first-round draft pick from 

Minnesota for G Marcus Banks, C Mark Blount, G 

Ricky Davis, F Justin Reed and two conditional 

second-round draft picks. 

PHOENIX SUNS—Acquired F Nikoloz Tskitishvili 

from Minnesota for a 2006 second-round draft 

pick. 

TORONTO RAPTORS—Fired Rob Babcock, general 

manager. 

UTAH JAZZ—Suspended C Greg Ostertag indefinitely 

for his conduct after a Jan. 25 game. 

FOOTBALL 

National Football League 

HOUSTON TEXANS—Named Gary Kubiak 

coach. 

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Named Fran Foley vice 

president of player personnel. 

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Named Bill Lazor 

quarterbacks coach. 

HOCKEY 

National Hockey League 

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS—Recalled RW 

Dustin Penner from Portland of the AHL. 

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled C Mike 

Zigomanis from Lowell of the AHL. Reassigned C 

Keith Aucoin to Lowell. 

DALLAS STARS—Recalled W Mathias Tjarnqvist 

from Iowa of the AHL. 

EDMONTON OILERS—Acquired D Dick 

Tarnstrom from Pittsburgh for F Jani Rita and D 

Cory Cross, and D Jaroslav Spacek from 

Chicago for F Tony Salmelainen. 

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Activated D Aaron 

Miller from injured reserve. 

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A-8 – FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL 

SPORTS 

Ukiah J.V. girls win second 

straight, Wildcat frosh 6-0 


The Ukiah junior varsity 

girls basketball team continued 

its stellar season with a 

blowout win over Elsie Allen 

Tuesday, 53-8. The Wildcats 

are now 14-4 overall and 5-2 

in league. 

“I was really happy with 

our defense,” said head coach 

Dave Downey. “We never 

stopped playing hard. Also, 

we had our best game of the 

year holding onto the ball and 

not turning it over. Hopefully 

we can continue the intensity 

as we go on the road.” 

A gaggle of Wildcats put up 

big numbers in the win. 

Kindee Ramirez led Ukiah 

with 10 points. Katie 

Dhooghe finished with eight 

points and 10 rebounds. 

Taylor Daly had eight points, 

Lorna Ott scored seven points 

and had three steals, Megan 

Cavalin had six points and six 

rebounds, and Shanel Sayad 

had four points and eight 

boards. 

Against Maria Carrillo Jan. 

21, Ukiah also posted a big 

win, 45-29, bouncing back 

from two tough road losses. 

Ramirez led Ukiah in scoring 

against the Pumas with 14 

points. Dhooghe had seven 

points, nine rebounds and 

three assists, Cavalin had six 

points and five rebounds, and 

Emily Houghton had six 

points and three steals. 

Against Montgomery Jan. 

20, Ukiah lost, 46-38 after 

leading 25-17 at halftime. 

Dhooghe had 12 points and 

seven rebounds in the loss, 

Houghton had 10 points, five 

rebounds and five steals and 

Ramirez had six points and 

four steals. 

All-around efforts 

sparking freshman girls 

The Ukiah freshman girls 

basketball team improved to 

Potter Valley 

loses second 

straight 


POTTER VALLEY – 

Kate Smith scored 20 

points and led Point Arena 

to a 57-49 victory over 

Potter Valley Tuesday in 

North Central League II 

play. 

“We couldn’t stop her,” 

said Potter Valley head 

coach Fred Austin. “We had 

some girls step up but we 

just couldn’t get even.” 

Whitney Phillips led 

Potter Valley (3-2 NCL II) 

with 18 points and Hannah 

Marshall had eight steals 

and 10 rebounds. Whitney 

VonFeldt scored 11 points 

and Kelci Ryan had nine 

points. 

The Bearcats have now 

lost two straight games. 

Potter Valley travels to 

Anderson Valley today. 

Game time is 6:30 p.m. 

6-0 in league play with wins 

over Montgomery and Maria 

Carrillo. Saturday, Ukiah 

defeated the Pumas 50-24 

behind a 12 point, 12 rebound 

double-double effort from 

Ashley Lauer. Also against 

Maria Carrillo, Leah Blue finished 

with eight points and 

four rebounds. 

In a 62-19 win over 

Montgomery Friday, Blue 

filled up the stat column with 

10 points, four rebounds, and 

three steals. Lauer added 

seven rebounds and Adrianna 

Torres finished with eight 

points and four rebounds. 

Pomolita girls win 

Mendocino Tournament 

At the Mendocino 

Tournament, the Pomolita 

seventh grade girls basketball 

team walked away tournament 

champions. 

Against Fort Bragg in the 

girls opening game, Pomolita 

won 39-11. Taylor Graham 

led the team with eight assists 

and 12 points and McKenzie 

Mangino had 14 rebounds and 

12 points in the win. Alyssa 

Waddington and Shelby 

Killen also stepped up for 

Pomolita in the win. In its 

second game, Pomolita 

defeated Willits “B” team, 46- 

8. In the romp, Elisa Vargas 

led all scorers with 16 points. 

Kelley Steliga had three steals 

in the fourth quarter alone and 

finished with eight points. 

In the championship game, 

Pomolita’s conditioning and 

teamwork paid off with a 48- 

34 victory after staking a 41- 

15 lead after three quarters. 

Graham finished with 16 

points and Mangino had an 

incredible 20 rebounds. 

Cheyenne Garret’s effort on 

defense sparked Pomolita and 

Phoebe Hendrie filled in at 

point guard when Graham 

went out and Caitlin Hallman 

Eagles 


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Gordon said. “He’s crafty and 

has good velocity and a good 

change up.” 

Last season O’Donnell 

went 2-4 with a 4.6 era in 

four starts while working primarily 

out of the bullpen. 

Lucas Peters and Chris 

Mills are a pair of right-handed 

freshmen Gordon thinks he 

will have to rely on. 

“They’re both going to 

have to figure out how to play 

in college,” Gordon said. 

“Because there are going to be 

times when we’re running 

freshman after freshman out 

there.” 

Drew Schultz, a sophomore 

transfer from Laney College, 

and Justin Malec, a freshman 

will catch. 

Mendocino returns two 

starters to its infield in first 

baseman Jeff Reab and short- 

was superb in the post. 

Merlene Beaumonte also 

played great defense for 

Pomolita. 

St. Mary’s girls 4-0 

The St. Mary’s sixth-grade 

girls basketball teams 

improved to 4-0 on the season 

by defeating St. Eugene’s 24- 

15, St. Sebastian 32-19, St. 

Rose 33-24, and defending 

champion St. A’s of Napa, 39- 

26. “The girls have started off 

the season playing well and 

improving each game,” said 

coach Steve Mastros. “Our 

press and press break helped 

to defeat last year’s defending 

champions.” 

Against St. A’s, Elisa 

Vargas scored 26 points. 

Taylor Graham had six points, 

Kelly Steliga had four points, 

Lindsay Mauer had two 

points, Kenzie Williams one 

point, and Hunter Carr had 

several assists and steals in the 

win. Sam Shepard controlled 

the boards with rebounds and 

Phoebe Hendry and Rileigh 

Cosmon played hard defense. 

Jackson Hewitt 30, 

Farm Supply 16 

Rileigh De Los Santos led 

Jackson Hewitt with 24 points 

in a 30-16 victory over Farm 

Supply. Brittany Bell added 

four points and Larissa Miller 

had two points for Jackson 

Hewitt and Cassie Brown was 

noted for playing outstanding 

defense. 

Jackson Hewitt 12, 

Century 21 5 

Jackson Hewitt scored 

early in the game and kept 

Century 21 from scoring until 

the fourth quarter in a 12-5 

win. Payton De Los Santos 

led Jackson Hewitt in scoring 

with nine points in the K-2 

game. 

stop Johnny Gonzales, who 

hit .303 in 2005. Gonzales and 

freshmen Dwight Rodio and 

Travis Mather can all play 

either shortstop or second 

base. 

In the outfield, sophomores 

Ryan Lamson and Ukiah 

native Corey Broin return 

after solid freshman campaigns. 

Corey Broin. Broin hit 

.280 in his first season and 

Lamson batted .303. 

“Ryan’s a smart kid, a good 

competitor and a good 

leader,” Gordon said. “Corey 

did a good job last year, and 

we’re looking for good things 

this year.” 

A pair of freshmen from 

Kelseyville, Jared Dellinger 

and Johnny Rojas will be in 

the bullpen along with 

Spencer Ingels, a redshirt 

freshman transfer from Cal- 

Poly Pomona. 

Mendocino opens up its 

season Saturday at Diablo 

Valley College. Game time is 

11 a.m. 

Find It In 

Allen, Moore lead Bearcat J.V. 


Led by double-double performances 

from Terry Allen 

and Michael Moore, the 

Potter Valley junior varsity 

boys basketball team defeated 

Laytonville, 59-18. Allen 

went 9-for-13 from the floor 

and hit two three-pointers to 

finish with 21 points and 13 

rebounds. Moore finished 

with 13 points and 11 

rebounds. 

“We protected the ball better 

than we have all year, 

which minimized our 

turnovers,” said head J.V. 

coach Tim Johnson. “Terry 

finally had his breakout game 

and we look forward to him 

repeating this type of performance 

the rest of the season.” 

Johnson also singled out 

Cody Shepard and Chris 

Watts for playing exceptionally 

coming off the bench. 

Perry sparks Eagle 

Peak “A” team to win 

The Eagle Peak boys “A” 

team improved to 7-5 overall 

and 3-1 in league play by 

defeating Willits, 36-23. 

Eagle Peak went 10-for-13 

from the free-throw line in 

the win. For Eagle Peak, 

Micheal Perry scored 12 

points, Troy Miles scored 

nine points, Matt Hall had 

five points, and Conner Daly 

and Loren Miller each scored 

four points. 

Eagle Peak “B” team 

falls to Willits 

Willits defeated the Eagle 

Woods 


Of the top 40 players, only 

five played on the South 

Course, which measures 

7,607 yards and yielded an 

average score of 73.9. Not 

only was it four shots tougher 

Thursday, it took about 30 

minutes longer for rounds on 

the South to be completed. 

Jesper Parnevik had a 67, 

the best score among those 

on the South. It was so 

impressive that even Jobe 

considered him to be the 

first-round leader. 

“Give me a 5 under on the 

South Course tomorrow and 

then we’ll talk,” he said. 

Stuart Appleby was among 

nine players at 66 — all of 

them on the North — and he 

thrilled a large gallery with a 

shot out of the rough on the 

eighth hole that landed 20 

feet short of the pin, took a 

hard tumble forward and 

gently struck the flag stick 

Peak boys “B” team, 32-28. 

Things went well for Eagle 

Peak in the first half, but the 

team only managed five 

points in the second half. 

Nate Hayes led Eagle 

Peak with 10 points. Brett 

Chapman had nine points, 

and Mark Canto and Chris 

Ward each had two points. 

Quinton Brown scored four 

points and grabbed eight 

rebounds in the loss. 

St. Mary’s drops one 

to St. Rose 

The St. Mary’s Eagles 

eight grade boys basketball 

team lost to St. Rose in a single 

elimination playoff, 45- 

31. St. Mary’s fell behind 14- 

2 in the first quarter before 

rallying to tie the score at 16- 

16 before halftime. 

Andrew Zellman led the 

comeback from his point 

guard position with several 

breakaway layups. 

Duncan Pratt and Michael 

Villa both had key baskets 

while Quincy Oswald led the 

Eagles with 10 points. 

Cole Cupples and Ryan 

Corpuz also helped in holding 

the high-scoring St. Rose 

well below their season scoring 

average. 

Pomolita boys win 

Pomolita Classic 

The Pomolita seventh 

grade boys basketball team 

took first place at the annual 

Pomolita Classic 

Tournament. 

Cesar Mendoza was 

before dropping for eagle. 

The gallery was there 

watching Woods, who went 

24 days without touching a 

club from Dec. 12 to Jan. 5, 

skipping the season-opening 

Mercedes Championships to 

give himself a six-week 

vacation — the longest selfimposed 

break in his 10 years 

on the PGA Tour. 

Woods’ round was going 

fine, 3 under after back-toback 

birdies on the par 5s 

(Nos. 18 and 1), until his 

errant tee shots caught up 

with him. From deep rough 

on No. 4, a wedge came out 

heavy and short, and he took 

bogey. He dropped shots on 

the next two holes, and only a 

good chip on the par-5 ninth 

put him under par. 

“This was terrible today,” 

Woods said. 

Woods has never finished 

worse than a tie for 10th at 

the Buick Invitational, a tournament 

he has won three 

times. 

And there could be one 

ominous sign — the last time 

It may be cold 

and rainy outside 

but it’s warm & healthy in here 

Winter Special 

No Initiation Fee Special 

awarded Most Valuable 

Player for the tournament 

and John Heise was awarded 

all-tourney. 

Other team members 

included: Harlee Annis, 

Carlos Budar, Mason 

Colombo, Dominic Eaquinto, 

Nick Edgar, Aaron 

Goodacre, Adam Harp, 

Nathan Henry, Andres 

Lozano, Zach Parker, Will 

Pateta, Israel Rodriguez, and 

Michael Starkey. 

Nokomis PTO 20, 

Worlwide Travel 15 

Michael Gee had 12 

points, five assists and seven 

steals as Worldwide Travel 

fell to Nokomis PTO in K-2 

hoops action. Tucker 

Hoffman added two points 

for Worldwide Travel. 

Freedom Ballers 83, 

Garbocci-VanHousen 

Realty 3 

In third and fourth grade 

hoops, five Freedom Ballers 

scored in double figures in an 

83-3 win over Garbocci- 

VanHousen Realty, led by 

Dylan Steckter’s 20 points. 

Also for the Freedom 

Ballers, David Mason had 13 

points, 

Brian Sherwood scored 12 

points, Chase Lynch had 11 

points, Khalil Capri had 10 

points, Jordan Jackson 

scored eight points. 

Ezra Montly-Hern seven 

points, and Abraham Rawles 

scored two points. 

he used the new Nike driver 

was at Disney last year. He 

opened with a 68 on the easier 

Palm Course, then missed 

the cut the next day. 

Asked his strategy for the 

South Course, Woods said, 

“Maybe I can play 16 holes 

and walk off.” 

Along with Parnevik, the 

only four players to break 70 

on the South Course were 

Tim Clark and D.A. Points at 

68, and John Daly and 

Woody Austin at 69. It was a 

remarkable round from Daly, 

considering he learned the 

day before the tournament 

that his wife was on her way 

to jail for five months on a 

federal charge involving 

financial transactions from a 

drug and gambling operation. 

For someone playing the 

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Southern Cal, Stanford win 


STANFORD — Matt 

Haryasz had 22 points and 

nine rebounds to help 

Stanford beat Washington 

State 69-59 on Thursday 

night. 

Haryasz scored more than 

20 points for the fourth 

straight game and eighth time 

this season as Stanford (9-7, 

5-3 Pac-10) won its seventh 

consecutive home game and 

fifth in its last six overall. 

Chris Hernandez added 11 

points. 

Josh Akognon scored 15 

points to lead the Cougars (9- 

8, 2-6), who have lost five 

straight after beating 

Washington. 

Kyle Weaver added 14 

points and Robbie Cowgill 

had 11. 

Washington State guard 

Rodney Edgerson missed the 

game after aggravating a back 

injury. Stanford forward Peter 

Prowitt returned to the court 

after missing two games with 

a sore lower back. 

The Cougars took advantage 

of five Stanford 

turnovers in the first 7:13 of 

the second half to draw within 

43-41 on Weaver’s driving 

layin. Stanford also missed 

seven of its first eight shots in 

the half after shooting nearly 

52 percent in the first 20 minutes. 

Haryasz scored five of 

Stanford’s next seven points, 

including a 3-pointer, to help 

give the Cardinal some 

breathing room. 

The Cougars stayed close 

though, and were within a 

basket on several occasions. 

The Cardinal’s biggest lead 

was a 12-point advantage with 

five minutes left in the first 

By JOHN PYE 


MELBOURNE, Australia — And then there 

were none — or so it might seem to Roger 

Federer. 

The top-ranked Swiss went from Australian 

Open front-runner to overwhelming favorite 

when his closest contender, fourth-seeded 

David Nalbandian, lost Thursday to Marcos 

Baghdatis, the exciteable 20-year-old from 

Cyprus. 

As if Federer’s road weren’t already easy 

enough: Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and Marat 

Safin didn’t show up because of injuries, and 

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt lost in the 

early rounds. 

If Federer defeats 21st-seeded Nicolas 

Kiefer of Germany in Friday’s other semifinal, 

he’ll face Baghdatis, a former junior world 

champion, in Sunday’s championship match. 

Baghdatis rallied to oust Nalbandian, 3-6, 5- 

7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, winning 17 of the last 21 

points and enduring a break for a late storm 

when he was three points from winning. 

“Everything is first time here: getting to the 

quarters was the first time, getting to the semis 

was the first time, getting to the final — I hope 

it continues,” said Baghdatis, who had many 

Australians of Greek heritage, all dressed in 

blue, chanting for him inside Rod Laver Arena. 

Nalbandian, the Masters Cup champion and 

2002 Wimbledon finalist from Argentina, is the 

last man — and one of only four in 2005 — to 

beat Federer. 

Baghdatis aims to be the next. 

“I believe it, my coach believe it, the guys I 

work with believe, my parents believe it,” said 

Baghdatis, ranked 54th. “I have worked for 

that ... I’m very proud of myself ... it’s been 

amazing.” 

The women’s finalists were determined 

Thursday, with eighth-seeded Justine Henin- 

Hardenne and No. 3 Amelie Mauresmo winning 

semifinal matches. 

Kim Clijsters, who ensured she’ll replace 

Lindsay Davenport at No. 1 in the new rankings 

when she defeated Martina Hingis in the 

quarterfinals, limped off with an injured right 

ankle while trailing Mauresmo 5-7, 6-2, 3-2 

and 15-love. 

Clijsters left Melbourne Park in a wheelchair, 

and she will be sidelined at least two 

months after tearing a ligament in the ankle. 

Her fellow Belgian, Henin-Hardenne, 

extended her Australian Open winning streak 

to 13 matches by ousting 2004 Wimbledon 

winner Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Henin- 

Hardenne, who had missed two months beginning 

late last year with hamstring problems, 

will be seeking a fifth major title. 

Sharapova, who had missed two months 

with an injured shoulder, said she’d done better 

than expected and had a pointed message 

for critics who say she chokes in tight situations. 

Sharapova also lost in the semis at three 

majors in 2005. 

“Take your note pads, take your pencils, 

take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion 

police, put everything away and just watch the 

match from the fans’ perspective,” she said. 

“I know I’m going to be seeing headlines: 

half. 

The Cougars only lead was 

at 2-0. 

Stanford had trouble scoring 

against the Cougars last 

season, averaging 53 points in 

their three meetings. 

The scoring deficiency was 

even more pronounced in the 

first half. 

The Cardinal was held to 

12 first-half points at home 

last year against Washington 

State, and trailed 18-16 on the 

road. 

Haryasz scored 13 points 

and Stanford led 38-27 at halftime 

— the most points the 

Cougars have allowed in the 

first half, and the second most 

in any half. 

Washington State entered 

the game as the conference’s 

top defensive team. 

Southern Cal 72, 

Oregon St. 70 

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — 

Nick Young hit a 17-footer 

with 0.8 seconds left to give 

Southern Cal a 72-70 overtime 

win over Oregon State 

Thursday night. 

Young made 10 of 16 shots 

and had 19 of his 25 points in 

the first half for the Trojans 

(13-6, 4-4 Pacific-10). 

Lodrick Stewart added 18 

points. 

Chris Stephens and Nick 

DeWitz had 16 points apiece 

for the Beavers (10-9, 3-5). 

The score was tied at 70 

when Stephens made two free 

throws with 14.9 seconds left. 

With 7 seconds left, Young 

got the ball at the top of the 

key, started to drive, then 

pulled up and swished the shot 

while falling away. 

Center Abdoulaye N’diaye 

had 12 points and eight 

rebounds for the Trojans, who 

surpassed last season’s 12 

wins with the victory. 

Sasa Cuic had 13 points 

and Jason Fontenet had 11 off 

the bench for the Beavers, 

whose last three losses have 

come in the final seconds. 

Oregon State went up 10-0 

to start the game but grew 

cold in a turnover-plagued 

first half. 

Southern Cal went on a 16- 

2 run to take the lead and 

increased the advantage as 

leading-scorer Young heated 

up. 

Young made 7 of 8 first 

half shots as the Trojans, who 

shot 56 percent, took a 38-29 

lead into halftime. 

The Beavers regained the 

lead when Marcel Jones made 

the first of two free throws 

and DeWitz tipped in the miss 

on the second to make it 52- 

49. 

Stephens and Cuic hit 3pointers 

to put Oregon State 

ahead 60-59 with 2:05 to play, 

but Gabe Pruitt, who been 

quiet throughout the game, 

countered with a 3-pointer 

with 1:38 left. 

N’diaye made one of two 

free throws to make it 63-60 

for the Trojans, but Stephens 

buried an off-balance 3-pointer 

to tie the game with 28.7 

seconds left. 

USC played for the final 

shot, but Pruitt’s 3-point 

attempt at the buzzer missed 

and the game went to overtime. 

The Trojans entered the 

game having lost three of their 

last four, including 66-45 to 

UCLA last weekend. 

Pruitt, averaging 16 points 

a game, had 10 points and six 

assists. 

Baghdatis rallies to finals 

ANG Newspapers 

Martin Baghdatis rallied to make the 

finals at the Australian Open. 

’Maria can’t get past the semis’ and ’Maria 

can’t finish it off in the third’ but take all that 

away and just look at the tennis that we both 

played.” 

Baghdatis produced some stunning shots — 

chasing into the corners, stepping into serves 

and racing to the net to hit 52 winners and only 

41 errors. Nalbandian had four fewer winners 

and 15 more unforced errors. 

Baghdatis’ winning streak includes victories 

here over No. 2 Roddick and No. 7 Ivan 

Ljubicic. Against Nalbandian, he rallied from 

two sets down and then twice from service 

breaks in the fifth set. 

“I just didn’t think — I was in my own 

world,” said Baghdatis, who lost to Federer in 

the fourth round last year at the Australian 

Open. 

Nalbandian, who said he had abdominal 

muscle pain that affected his serve, was left 

almost speechless by the loss. 

“I got a lot of chances to win the match,” he 

said. “I can’t understand how I missed that 

opportunity.” 

Melbourne has embraced Baghdatis, whose 

idiosyncratic between-the-legs ball bounce 

before each serve and wide, uncontrolled grins 

have endeared him to fans. And Australia’s 

southern port city has one of the highest concentrations 

of Greeks of any city outside 

Athens. 

Baghdatis got slow claps, fast claps, loud 

chants and piercing whistles from sections of 

people in blue soccer jerseys waving Greek 

and Cypriot flags. A dozen bare-chested young 

men, with shirts slung over their shoulders and 

scarves around their heads, linked arms and 

danced, singing in Greek: “Lift up the cup ... 

win in Melbourne o-e, o-e.” 

ANG Newspapers 

Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane (left) stands with the team’s 

newest addition, slugger Frank Thomas. 

Thomas not happy with Sox 

By JANIE McCAULEY 

AP Sports Writer 

OAKLAND — As determined as Frank 

Thomas is to move forward with his new 

team in Oakland, there’s still some lingering 

frustration about how he parted ways with the 

Chicago White Sox. 

Thomas claims he never received a courtesy 

call from team officials to tell him he 

was no longer in their plans after 16 seasons. 

Not to mention no end-of-the-season physical 

to evaluate his health. 

And Thomas, the Athletics’ new designated 

hitter, seriously doubts he’ll make the trip 

to Washington for Chicago’s celebratory 

White House visit with President Bush — 

because that would just be too awkward. 

During last month’s winter meetings in 

Dallas, the White Sox declined to offer him 

salary arbitration, ending a 16-year relationship 

between Thomas and his only major 

league team. 

“I was shocked,” said Thomas, formally 

introduced Thursday by the Athletics a day 

after he agreed to a $500,000, one-year contract. 

“It wouldn’t have been about money 

with me this year. It would have been about 

closure in Chicago. ... They brought in Jim 

Thome, and he was more injured than I was 

last year.” 

A call to White Sox general manager 

Kenny Williams wasn’t immediately returned 

Thursday evening. 

Now, Thomas is just trying to look ahead 

to what he can do to help the A’s get back to 

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the playoffs after missing the postseason the 

past two years following four straight trips. 

Dressed in a gray suit and sporting a 

sparkling diamond stud in his left ear, the 

two-time MVP smiled as he held up his new 

No. 35 jersey and pulled on his green and yellow 

A’s cap — adjusting the brim slightly. 

Thomas brings the powerful right-handed 

bat the A’s were looking for to round out the 

heart of their order, and he is excited to be a 

pseudo hitting coach for his teammates, too. 

“This guy probably represents nirvana for 

us from an offensive standpoint,” A’s general 

manager Billy Beane said. “We see him as an 

incredible acquisition.” 

It’s been since Jason Giambi last played 

for Oakland in 2001 that you could say the 

word slugger and A’s in the same breath. 

Thomas needs 52 home runs to reach the 500mark, 

though he believes he has already built 

a Hall of Fame resume. 

“It’s very important,” Thomas said. “I 

can’t lie, 500 is somewhere I wanted to be 

when I started this journey 15 years ago. It’s 

easier to get to 500 playing for a winning 

ballclub.” 

Thomas’ deal includes up to $2.6 million 

in incentives based on plate appearances and 

not hurting his troublesome left ankle. He 

hopes to be in the lineup opening day, though 

he has yet to run. 

Thomas began last season on the disabled 

list following surgery, played for the first 

time on May 31, then went back on the DL on 

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COMMUNITY 

Looking 


tion, however, perhaps 

that’s the purpose of the trip 

and the fun and real adventure 

begin. For me, getting 

to leave the hotel and meetings 

to go with two friends 

to a beach of white, soft 

sands in the drizzling rain 

and fog searching for prehistoric 

shark’s teeth was an 

adventure. Visiting Pelican 

Bill’s Bird Sanctuary was 

another treat and lessened 

the tedium of days full of 

meetings. 

A little history here... 

Ukiah Conference Center 

has a bonanza of fun publications 

in the lobby. One is 

a pear cookbook, called 

“Pearadise Cookery,” put 

together years ago by a 

group of dedicated pear 

lovers and growers, including 

the still energetic 

Barbara Eversole. Barbara 

was a major motivator, also, 

in the building of the Grace 

Hudson Museum. She and 

hubby Walter now live part 

time in La Quinta and part 

time in Ukiah. 

Barbara was born and 

reared in the Ukiah valley 

in the 1920’s. A lady with a 

“vision,” it was long 

Barbara’s quest to bring 

tourists to the Ukiah area of 

Mendocino County to enjoy 

the simple abundance that 

its residents often take for 

granted. She brought 

together a group of what 

were then called “movers 

and shakers” and established 

the first Pear Cookoff, 

which took place at 

Tips 


Yes, allowed on approximately 

10,000 acres. 


31 MMBF/year. 


Alternative D (Citizens 

Advisory Committee proposal) 

Uneven-Aged 



No clearcutting. Other prescriptions 

restricted to limited 

demonstration. 


25 MMBF/year. 

Herbicide Use: Herbicides 

would not be allowed in site 

preparation or vegetation control. 

There would be a threeyear 

moratorium on chemical 

use for control of invasive 

species. 

Alternative E (Late Seral 

Forests) 

Uneven-Aged 



No. 


8 MMBF/year. 

Herbicide Use: No. 

Alternative F (Older 

Forests Emphasis) 

Uneven-Aged 



No. 


19 MMBF/year. 

Herbicide Use: Use herbicides 

only if other approaches 

fail. 

Alternative D (Citizens 

Advisory Committee proposal), 

in my opinion, appears to 

have the greatest chance of 

successfully balancing environmental 

values, economic 

viability and public support. If 

there is enough public buy-in, 

then perhaps further legal 

wrangling can be avoided. 

Alternative D also best fits my 

vision of public forest management 

because it is strong 

on building inventory, strong 

on selection prescriptions and 

does not suggest incorporating 

herbicide use as a customary 

part of forest management. 

Building inventory and 

improving stand structure are 

cornerstones of sustainable 

forestry, although selection 

prescriptions do not inherently 

imply improved stand structure, 

this is only inherent in 

good decisions made on the 

ground regarding which trees 

will be cut and which will be 

Schat’s Courthouse Bakery 

in September 1996. Cash 

prizes were awarded for 

recipes that included pears 

as their main ingredient. 

Now the pear crop in our 

area has been dwindling -- a 

real shame, and the fun 

Cook-off has passed the 

way of all things. 

Barbara has written two 

children’s books that are 

simply a delight to read -and 

kids in the 7-10 year 

age group seem to like 

them. Using the pen name, 

“Gigi Eversole,” the first 

book is “My Name is 

Zorro” and the second book 

is “Adventures of Zoro.” 

She donated two to our 

local Ukiah branch library 

so you can “check them 

out” there, or contact her 

directly. Her phone number 

in La Quinta is (760) 777- 

1791 and her phone number 

in Ukiah is 462-5194. her email 

address is: beversole@saber.net. 

She’s working 

on another book that’s 

in her computer now. 

Mostly she’s having fun 

with these writing projects. 

Books are $10 each. 

Immense need... Our 

nation is no stranger to 

helping others in distress, 

witnessed by the outpouring 

of support for tsunami and 

hurricane victims. However, 

closer to home, in Willits, is 

a family with huge need for 

support, suffering from catastrophic 

and rare diseases. 

Debra Bryant, 51, has two 

rare syndromes, and her 

husband has one also. They 

cannot afford the medical 

treatments they need. 

Stanford diagnosed 

Debra with Ehlers-Danlos 

left. Selection prescriptions 

done well are opportunities to 

take value from the forest and 

improve the transportation 

infrastructure, at the same 

time keeping pre harvest habitat 

the same as post harvest 

habitat, improving aesthetics 

by maintaining a continuous 

forest canopy and encouraging 

fewer large stems and minimizing 

adverse watershed 

effects through a low level of 

canopy removal. 

Regardless of which 

Alternative best fits your 

vision of the management of 

Jackson Demonstration State 

Forest, make your voice 

heard. 

To view the alternatives or 

any other part of the DEIR, go 

to www.fire.ca.gov/php/rsrcmgt_jackson_deir_2005.php. 

Copies of the report also may 

be accessed at the CDF offices 

in Santa Rosa at 135 

Ridgeway Avenue; in Willits 

at 17501 Highway 101 North; 

in Fort Bragg at 802 North 

Main Street and at libraries in 

Syndrome: Hypermobile 

type, a condition which 

causes joints to be loose 

which can cause them to 

dislocate or sublux. It is 

immensely painful. 

She has been diagnosed 

with another rare disorder 

called Chiari 1 

Malformation, a complicated 

disorder involving the 

brain. In 2004 it was discovered 

that there is somehow 

a connection between 

these syndromes. Most doctors 

have never heard of 

these. 

Another problem being 

investigated on Debra is a 

condition called Spinal 

Cord Tethering. 

The only world specialists 

for the first two syndromes 

are in New York 

(Dr. Milhorat and Dr. 

Bologneses). Research discovering 

the link between 

the first two diseases is so 

new that it has not even 

made print in any journals. 

Web site for one is: 

www.thechiariinstitute.com. 

The first surgery she needs 

is $30,000 and all treatment 

would be in New York. She 

will need more than one 

surgery. 

Insurance does not begin 

to pay the costs of the surgeries 

required to help 

Debra. These conditions are 

genetic. She and her husband 

are rearing two grandchildren 

they have adopted 

and one, age 10, has already 

been diagnosed with Ehlers- 

Danlos and may have Chiari 

1. 

Debra’s husband’s rare 

condition is a tumor behind 

his ear called cholestiatoma, 

which ate away at his skull, 

Ukiah, Santa Rosa, 

Mendocino, and Fort Bragg. 

The 60-day comment period, 

ends on Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. 

Send comments to: Board of 

Forestry and Fire Protection, 

P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, 

CA 94244-2460; or Fax (916) 

653-0989; or email to: 

board.public.comments@fire.c 

a.gov. 

There will also be two public 

hearings at which the 

Board of Forestry will receive 

public and agency comment. 

The first will be in Ukiah on 

Feb. 2 from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 

to 8 p.m. at the Redwood 

Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah. 

The second will be in 

Sacramento on Feb. 9. 

I welcome responses as 

well as ideas for future Tree 

Tips. You can also get an 

email version by contacting 

me at thembi@mcn.org. 

Thembi Borras is a registered 

professional forester living 

and working in 

Mendocino County. 

exposing the covering of 

the brain called the dura. 

He also needs a special 

surgery at Stanford but has 

chosen not to because of 

finances and Debra’s health 

problems. He is at great risk 

for infection of the brain. 

Katharina Gassen, from 

St. John’s Lutheran Church 

in Willits and 

Congregational Service 

Team Director for 

Mendocino County for 

Thrivent Financial for 

Lutherans, is sponsoring a 

love offering fundraiser for 

Debra and her family. The 

first $1,000 donated will be 

matched by Thrivent. 

Checks are tax deductible. 

Checks should be made out 

to Thrivent Financial for 

Lutherans and mailed to St 

John’s Lutheran Church, 24 

Mill Creek Drive, Willits, 

CA 95490. For more information, 

Katharina may be 

reached at (459-2339. 

If Debra can make it to 

New York for surgery in 

May or June, United Way 

will cover the airfare. 

Valentine Brunch... 

Enjoy Ukiah United 

Methodist Church Women’s 

sponsored brunch on 

Sunday, Feb. 12, from 11:30 

a.m. to 1 p.m. in the social 

hall of the church (corner of 

North Bush and West 

Standley). Yummy pancakes, 

ham, scrambled eggs, 

fruit and breakfast breads 

are the fare. Children 4 and 

under are free, ages 5-11 

are $4 and ages 11 and up 

are $8. You can reserve 

tickets by calling Leta at 

485-8166 or Maggie at 462- 

4875. 

19th annual Event of 


The Knights of Columbus have a national 

drive to raise money for people with developmental 

disabilities. 

One day a year local chapter members volunteer 

to collect donations. Knights of 

Columbus members stand outside grocery 

stores at shopping centers and collect donations. 

This effort is called the Tootsie Roll 

Drive because volunteers offer free Tootsie 

Rolls in exchange for donations. 

The local chapter has adopted Ukiah 

Valley Association for Habilitation, as the 

recipient of the donations. This year, 

U.V.A.H. is celebrating 45 years of providing 

services to help people with disabilities meet 

their full potential as individuals and productive 

members of our community. 

The U.V.A.H. Board of Directors, staff 

and over 100 people they serve in their 

Mayacama Industries and Rural Adult 

Programs thank the Knights of Columbus for 

their donation and fundraising efforts on 

behalf of Ukiah Valley Association for 

Habilitation. 

the Heart... This year it’s 

Mendo Blues theme, featuring 

the Ford Brothers on 

Saturday, Feb. 11 at Carl 

Purdy Hall, Ukiah. The 

Event includes a wine and 

hors d’oeuvres reception at 

6 p.m. sponsored by Jeriko 

Estates with live music. The 

four course dinner will be 

prepared by Tamara Frey 

and begins at 7 p.m. The 

live auction begins at 8:30 

and the dance begins at 

9:30 p.m. (Ford Blues 

Band). Dinner/dance tickets 

are $75 and dance only 

tickets are $20. Proceeds 

benefit Mendocino County 

AIDS Volunteer Network 

and this is always a fun 

event. To reserve your place 

at the table, send a check to 

MCAVN, PO Box 1350, 

Ukiah, CA 95482. Tickets 

are also available at 

Mendocino Book Co. in 

Ukiah and Leaves of Grass 

in Willits. 

AMADEUS! 

AMADEUS!... Mozart’s 

250th! Party with friends! 

Ukiah Symphony’s third 

concert of the season is 

Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. 

and Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 

p.m. This concert features 

Jessica Schaeffer, harp, and 

Monique Rance, Flute. 

Concerts are held at the 

Mendocino College Center 

Theatre for the Visual & 

Performing Arts (1000 

Hensley Creek Road, 

Ukiah). For More information 

call the Ukiah 

Symphony Hot Line at 462- 

0235. 

They’re baaaacccckkkk... 

V-DAY 2006 Ukiah - 

- That highly popular show, 

“Vagina Monologues” will 

be performed Thursday, 

Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m. and 

Friday, Feb. 24 at 8:00 p.m. 

or Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2:00 

p.m. in the Mendocino 

College Little Theater (1000 

Hensley Creek Road, 

Ukiah). Ticket sales benefit 

Project Sanctuary’s mission: 

To end domestic violence 

and sexual abuse in our 

community. For more information, 

call 462-9196. 

Gangs -- working 

together… Father Gregory 

J. Boyle, S.J. is a Jesuit 

priest who is Founder / 

Executive Director of Jobs 

For A Future / Homeboy 

Industries, an employment 

referral center and economic 

development program. 

Father Boyle is a nationally 

renowned speaker. The 

Community Coalition for 

Gang Prevention, along 

with AODP Prevention has 

invited Fr.Boyle to be in 

Ukiah in February 2006. 

He will be addressing 

policy makers, elected officials, 

the business community, 

Native Americans, the 

Latino community, parents, 

teachers, social workers and 

criminal justice workers 

about the importance of 

adult attention, guidance 

and unconditional love in 

preventing youth from joining 

gangs. Each session will 

be tailor made to the audience 

he is addressing. There 

will be a large Open Forum 

Tuesday night, Feb. 14 at 7 

p.m. at Ukiah High School, 

1000 Low Gap Rd., Ukiah. 

For more information, call 

Sue Hawley at 744-7585 or 

Carole Hester at 468-8197. 

Cheer-i-o! 

The Knights of Columbus collecting 

donations for developmental disabilities 

Two men working out at the Redwood 

Health Club. The Rural Adult Program 

supports people so that they can do the 

things that they enjoy in the community.


COMMUNITY 

COMMUNITY BRIEFS 

A series of films to be offered 

at Smart Growth Community 

Film Festival in Ukiah 

A series of films will be offered examining 

inspirational solutions to challenging growth 

issues Community discussion will follow each 

film at The Ukiah Playhouse,1041 Low Gap 

Road, in Ukiah. 

Monday, Jan. 30, at 6:30 p.m. “Back from 

the Brink” Examines how three cities used 

community values and design principles to 

build healthy communities, preserving historic 

values while creating livable neighborhoods 

where place matters. 

Monday, Feb.6, 6:30 p.m. “Save our land, 

save our towns” A story of hope, logical reasons 

why America’s towns can be rebuilt and 

its countryside preserved from strip malls and 

subdivisions. 

Monday, Feb.13, 6:30 p.m. “Community by 

Design” Explores the role that design plays in 

community development by visiting some of 

the most progressive thinkers on the subject 

and the communities they have helped transform. 

Also being shown is ‘Building a Healthy 

Community’ An inspiring power point presentation 

in which Mendocino County Health 

Department’s own Linda Helland puts the 

“health” in “healthy community design,” 

reminding us that there’s a healthier, happier 

world possible right here in Mendocino 

County, if we plan for it. Donations at the door 

For more information, contact Evan Johnson at 

462-2018; or visit www.ukiahsmartgrowth.org. 

Festival sponsored by The Ukiah Valley Smart 

Growth Coalition and Ukiah Players Theatre. 

Hurricane Katrina benefit 

dance to be held today 

Hurricane Katrina Benefit Dance this 

Friday, at the Saturday Afternoon Club, 107 S. 

Oak St., Ukiah. Doors open 5:30 p.m.; live 

music begins at 6 with The Freys, PURA 

VIDA, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies. Cajun 

food and silent auction. Tickets: $10 advance 

at Mendocino Book Company, $12.50 at the 

door. Supports volunteer medical and rebuilding 

efforts in Louisiana by United Peace 

Relief. www.unitedpeacerelief.org or 707 462- 

8562. 

Annual Crab Cake Cook off 

and Wine Tasting to be held 

this Saturday in Fort Bragg 

The Crab Cake Cook Off and Wine Tasting 

will be held on Saturday, from 12:30 to 3:30 

p.m. in the big white tent on North Harbor 

Drive in Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. This 5th 

Annual competition features fabulous chefs 

and Mendocino vintners vying for the titles of 

best wine with crab cakes and best crab cakes. 

Entertainment, Razzle Dazzle Raffle, silent & 

live auction items all makes this a fun event. 

This is a fundraiser for Mendocino Coast 

Clinics, providing medical, dental and behavioral 

health care for coastal residents regardless 

of their ability to pay. Call 961-3431 for tickets. 

The 3rd annual Cioppino Dinner will be 

held on Friday in the big white tent on North 

Harbor Drive in Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 

Seatings are at 5:30 and 7 p.m. and will feature 

the international debut of the band called 

“Bandwidth” from the Bay area. This is a 

fundraiser for Mendocino Coast Clinics, providing 

medical, dental and behavioral health 

care for coastal residents regardless of their 

ability to pay. Call 961-3431 for tickets. 

Anderson Valley Senior 

Center to hold spaghetti feed 

benefit on Saturday 

Anderson Valley Senior Center will hold a 

spaghetti feed on Saturday, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. 

at the A.V. Senior Center (veterans building) in 

Boonville. Tickets are $10 per adult, and children 

under 10 eat for $5. Pre sale tickets are 

available for $8 per adult and $4 for children 

under 10. All proceeds benefit the Anderson 

Valley Senior Center. For more information, 

call 895-3609. 

‘Groundhog Day’ 

this month’s free movie 

at A Healing Cooperative 

A free showing of the movie Groundhog 

Day will be Saturday night, at the Ukiah 

United Methodist Church as an activity of A 

Healing Cooperative (AHC), a project that promotes 

healing through community and selfhelp 

support. 

Funny man Bill Murray stars in this zany 

comedy about a man who is forced to relive the 

worst day of his life over and over and over 

again. Phil Connors (Murray) is a cynical 

weatherman reluctantly covering the story of 

the Groundhog Day tradition. After a disastrous 

day, he awakes the next morning to find 

that it’s Groundhog Day all over again. He 

must learn to value life and the people he meets 

in order to break the cycle and create a better 

outlook for himself. This is a funny and heartwarming 

story of the appreciation of the 

importance of life and those with whom it is 

shared 

Admission is free and the film is open to the 

public. There will be lots of free popcorn and 

other refreshments. There will also be a time 

for an informal discussion at the end of the 

film. For more information, call 462-3360 eat 

203, email ahc_sarah@ukiahumc.org, or visit 

our website at www.ukiahumc.org and click on 

AHC Activities. 

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Open Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

Ukiah High School class 

of 1996 reunion planning 

starting Tuesday Jan. 31 

It’s time for the spirited class of 1996 to get 

ready for the 10 year class reunion. Anyone 

interested in helping with the planning can 

come to a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 

p.m. at Wright Stuff Pizza. For more information 

or to update contact information, call 

Katie (Johnson) Ford at 462-1359. 

Help against the fight 

of childhood obesity with 

the American Cancer Society 

The American Cancer Society is looking for 

a few good volunteers to go into local schools 

and teach children some of the principles of 

good nutrition. A number of 35 percent of all 

cancers could be eliminated if everyone ate 5 

servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and got 

30 minutes of exercise. One in four local children 

is overweight and unfit. Schools need 

help to get the message out about healthy eating. 

A volunteer training will be held on 

Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. at the American Cancer Society office, 

115 E. Smith St. in Ukiah. To register, call 462- 

7642 extension 3. Volunteers will work in 

pairs, at schools near their homes. Thanks will 

come in many small increments of love and 

encouragement. 

‘State of Our Values’ 

gathering set for Jan. 31 

The Network of Spiritual Progressives is 

hosting a “State of Our Values” gathering to 

coincide with President Bush’s State of the 

Union address. Join us Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:45 

p.m. to view the President’s address and then 

discuss the content of the address together as 

people of various faith communities. We do not 

yet know what the President will say in his 

address. 

Will the President proclaim his vision for 

reducing or ending poverty in our time? Will 

he advance moral budget priorities? What 

about a plan for peace abroad and in our neighborhoods? 

What about restoring honest government? 

We will explore together our reactions 

to the address and express our own 

visions for the future of our nation, in light of 

our values as people of faith. 

All are welcome, especially persons who 

describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious” 

, and persons who have been alienated 

or marginalized from the political process 

and/or faith communities. The gathering will 

be held at the Ukiah United Methodist Church, 

270 N. Pine St. Bring some snacks/ refreshments 

to share. For more information, call Rev. 

Chris Warner-Carey at 367-1830. 

Great Savings! 

Breast feeding class 

to be held on Feb. 2 in Ukiah 

Expectant parents can learn the “breast 

feeding basics” at a class offered by Care for 

Her. The class will be held at 6 p.m. on 

Thursday, Feb. 2 at Care for Her, 333 Laws 

Ave., Ukiah. Considered the perfect food for a 

newborn, mother’s milk gives a baby the best 

start on a lifetime of health and confidence. 

The class helps families understand the art 

of breast feeding and gives parents tips about 

handling problems that may interfere with successful 

breast feeding. Other topics include 

nutrition during lactation, breast problems and 

lactation aids. Care for Her is a women’s health 

center operated by Mendocino Community 

Health Clinic, Inc. (MCHC). Register for the 

class by calling 472-4603 

Local weight loss surgery 

group to meet Feb. 3 

The Weight Loss Surgery group (GR-DS 

Gastric Reduction Duodenal Switch) will hold 

their Feb. 3 meeting at Bartlett Hall, at the 

Ukiah Senior Center Complex, 499 Leslie 

Street, Ukiah at 6 p.m. 

The DS surgery has been performed on citizens 

90 years old and up in the Ukiah Valley 

and thousands in the world. The procedure 

should not be confused with “gastric bypass 

surgery,” as the DS procedure changes the way 

the body absorbs food and fat, therefore causing 

an obese person to lose weight and keep it 

off. 

Because the surgery results in a 90-100 percent 

cure rate for diabetes, it has changed the 

lifestyle and longevity of many diabetic 

patients. Although the DS surgery is the main 

topic, this group serves as a support for those 

who have had weight loss surgery of all types 

The group meets at 6 p.m. with the discussion 

and information limited to post-op 

patients. Pre-op patients or investigators of the 

surgery are encouraged to come to listen to the 

experiences of the post-op patients who have 

much to teach those who have not yet gone 

through this experience. The floor is open to all 

at 7 p.m. 

Citizens wanting to investigate the procedure 

are welcome. For more information, call 

Ruth Lorain at 485-0455 or e-mail her at letstalk@adelphia.net. 

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lunch, raffle, fellowship; suggested donation of 

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information, call 456 9067. 

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A-12– FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 NATION 

By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ and DON 

THOMPSON 


SACRAMENTO — The California 

prison system’s use of some of its 

toughest, most feared inmates to help 

keep order behind bars led to the slaying 

of a guard, state investigators say. 

And the FBI is looking into whether 

the practice contributed to a second 

killing. 

Although the practice is banned in 

some states, California’s top corrections 

official defends the limited use of 

“peacekeepers.” These influential 

inmates are entrusted to help the staff, 

smooth racial tension and in some 

cases control fellow prisoners. 

Critics worry that the freedom 

accorded peacekeepers lets them run 

drugs, order inmate assaults and commit 

other crimes. Now the practice has 

come under scrutiny following two 

California slayings in which highranking 

gang members serving as 

peacemakers are alleged to have 

played a role. 

Last January, a peacekeeper who 

had been released from his cell to 

mediate following a race riot stabbed a 

guard to death in Chino, said Brett 

Morgan, chief deputy for the prison 

system’s inspector general. 

Just weeks before, a peacekeeper at 

a Sacramento-area prison allegedly 

ordered an assault that ended with a 

guard killing an inmate, according to 

confidential Corrections Department 

reports obtained by The Associated 

Press. 

The peacekeeper in that case had a 

long history of alleged crimes behind 

bars, the reports show. But state investigators 

suspect his peacekeeper status 

gave him access to the yard when the 

killing occurred, according to a prison 

official familiar with the investigation. 

The official spoke on condition of 

anonymity because the official is not 

authorized to speak publicly. 

Federal prosecutors have asked the 

FBI to look into both killings and 

whether the inmates’ peacekeeper status 

contributed to them, U.S. attorney’s 

spokeswoman Patty Pontello 

said. The prison system is conducting 

its own investigation of the 

Sacramento death, and the warden said 

he is trying to rein in peacekeepers. 

In an interview, California’s correc- 

By ANDREW TAYLOR 


WASHINGTON — The 

budget deficit will rise to at 

least $337 billion this year and 

may well approach or exceed 

$400 billion because of tax 

cuts and new spending for 

hurricane relief and the war in 

Iraq, congressional budget 

analysts said Thursday. 

The latest Congressional 

Budget Office data also suggest 

President Bush is unlikely 

to be able to keep his 

promise to cut the federal 

deficit in half by the end of his 

term. 

Even assuming a phasing 

down of the war in Iraq and 

the costs of hurricane relief, 

implementing tax cuts sought 

by Bush and Congress would 

tions chief acknowledged that prison 

officials use peacekeepers to pass messages 

and get feedback, likening the 

practice to street cops’ use of informants. 

He also conceded that the practice 

has its hazards. 

“There’s a role there for peacekeepers,” 

said Roderick Q. Hickman, a 25year 

corrections veteran. “The problem 

becomes when people make errors 

in those processes.” 

With about 168,000 inmates, 

California’s prison system is the 

nation’s largest and has suffered several 

recent scandals. Poor medical care 

and living conditions prompted a federal 

takeover of health services. To 

restore public and employee confidence, 

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 

reorganizing how prisons are run and 

has installed Hickman to help him do 

it. 

Peacekeeping is neither new nor 

unique to California. For decades, 

“trusties,” or trusted inmates, have 

helped manage prison work gangs. 

But forms of peacekeeping are outlawed 

in Mississippi, Alabama and 

other states, said Steve J. Martin, a 

corrections consultant and former 

leader within Texas’ prison system. In 

Texas, the practice led to assaults and 

other crimes before being shut down in 

the 1980s following a lawsuit. 

“Reputable corrections people 

agree it is a very bad idea for prisoners 

to have influence over others,” said 

David Fathi, a lawyer with the 

American Civil Liberties Union’s 

National Prison Project. 

produce deficits exceeding 

$300 billion through the end 

of the decade, the nonpartisan 

CBO says. 

The report and Bush’s 

annual budget submission 

kick off a predictably partisan 

election-year debate over the 

budget, which will play out 

against the backdrop of rising 

deficits, record spending and 

renewed concern about lawmakers’ 

penchant for homestate 

pet projects. 

Bush promised in 2004 to 

close the deficit from a thenestimate 

of $521 billion to 

$260 billion by 2009, and he 

promised again Thursday to 

meet that goal when he sends 

an austere fiscal 2007 budget 

to Congress on Feb. 6. 

“We can cut our deficit in 

half by 2009 and make sure 

the American people still get 

their tax relief,” Bush told 

reporters. 

Bush critics say he routinely 

plays games with the budget 

by leaving out the longterm 

costs of the war in Iraq 

and redrawing the tax code so 

more and more middle-class 

taxpayers won’t get hit by the 

alternative minimum tax. 

Congress typically rejects 

most of his proposals for benefit 

cuts and new fees. 

Even though CBO must 

follow rules that mean its official 

estimate is flawed — by 

reflecting current law even 

when future changes to the 

budget are virtually certain to 

California law prohibits inmates 

from having “control over” one another. 

In practice, however, policies can 

differ from prison to prison and guard 

to guard. 

Some officers interviewed for this 

story said inmates must have a role, 

though it can be a devil’s bargain. 

“Are inmates part of a fix? 

Absolutely,” said Chuck Alexander, 

vice president of California’s prison 

guards union. “But to send an inmate 

out as a quasi-United Nations representative? 

Who’s controlling that? 

Who’s running the damn place when 

you’re using peacekeepers?” 

State Senate Majority Leader Gloria 

Romero, who heads two corrections 

oversight committees, said realists recognize 

the need for some sort of intermediary 

between guards and prisoners. 

“It’s a delicate balance,” said 

Romero, D-Los Angeles. 

The danger was underscored on Jan. 

10, 2005, when a guard at the prison in 

Chino turned to maximum-security 

inmate Jon Christopher Blaylock — a 

Crips gang member serving 75 years 

for trying to kill a police officer — to 

help prepare inmates to mix again following 

a race riot, according to the 

inspector general. Freed from his cell, 

Blaylock stabbed guard Manuel 

Gonzalez in the heart, the inspector 

general said. 

Blaylock should never have been 

allowed out, according to investigators. 

Following the stabbing, the warden 

and her two top assistants were 

removed. 

When the inspector general’s report 

was released in March, corrections 

chief Hickman said officers weren’t 

deliberately negligent but said staff 

tried “to cut corners.” 

Just weeks before, James “Boots” 

Tigar — a 31-year-old convicted murderer, 

white supremacist and peacekeeper 

— allegedly ordered a subordinate 

to stab a fellow inmate at the 

high-security prison at Sacramento, 

according to reports obtained by the 

AP. The assailant, Wade Arthur Shiflett, 

hesitated when a guard fired a warning 

shot, but renewed his attack after Tigar 

shouted, “Hit him again,” according to 

prison documents obtained by the AP. 

This time, the guard shot Shiflett dead. 

Tigar, who has a swastika tattooed 

be passed — its data are 

respected for impartiality. 

CBO’s official baseline 

shows the deficit dropping to 

$241 billion by 2009 and $114 

billion by 2011. But those 

estimates assume Bush’s tax 

cuts expire and the alternative 

minimum tax is left alone. 

That tax, designed to stop the 

wealthy from avoiding all taxation, 

threatens more middle 

class taxpayers every year 

because of inflation. 

Under a more realistic scenario, 

extending tax relief, 

drawing down troop levels in 

Iraq, and phasing out hurricane 

relief, CBO predicts a 

$332 billion deficit for 2009, 

the last fiscal year for which 

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Drug approved to 

fight stomach and 

kidney cancer 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 

new drug that combats both a 

rare stomach cancer and 

advanced kidney cancer won 

speedy federal approval 

Thursday. 

Sunitinib, to be marketed 

by Pfizer Inc. as Sutent, is the 

first cancer drug to simultaneously 

win Food and Drug 

Administration approval for 

two conditions, the agency 

said. 

The FDA granted the medication 

priority review as a 

kidney cancer drug and 

approved it just six months 

later, given its usefulness in 

treating the serious and lifethreatening 

disease. 

A trial of Sutent as a stomach 

cancer treatment was cut 

short after the drug’s ability to 

delay tumor growth prompted 

researchers to give the Pfizer 

drug to patients who had been 

taking placebos, or dummy 

medication. 

Sutent works by depriving 

tumor cells of the blood and 

nutrients needed to grow. 

The once-a-day capsule is 

meant to treat both gastrointestinal 

stromal tumors, a rare 

stomach cancer also known as 

GIST, and advanced kidney 

cancer. Pfizer is studying the 

drug for use in treating other 

cancers, including colorectal, 

breast and lung cancer. 

The approval comes a 

month after the FDA gave its 

OK to sorafenib tosylate, or 

Nexavar, the first new drug 

for kidney cancer patients 

approved in a decade. That 

drug was developed by Bayer 

and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. 

Mayors asked to 

prep for bird flu 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Many of the nation’s mayors 

said Thursday it’s a challenge 

making bird flu preparation a 

priority when their citizens 

are focused on other things 

like jobs, education and transportation. 

“It’s not something you 

hear about when you go to 

Wal-Mart: ’Mayor, we’ve got 

to do this,” said Carlos 

Mayans, mayor of Wichita, 

Kan. 

Still, they say they’re making 

preparations. 

“We’re often confronted in 

local government with the 

fact that we have real, everyday 

needs right in front of us 

that have to be dealt with, but 

we also have the long-term 

kind of planning and investment 

that has to take place as 

well,” said David Berger, 

mayor of Lima, Ohio. “A lot 

of that happens behind the 

scenes, happens quietly.” 

If a global pandemic does 

strike, the nation’s cities and 

towns cannot expect the federal 

government to save them, 

members of The United States 

Conference of Mayors were 

told Thursday. 

“Any community that fails 

to prepare — with the expectation 

that the federal government 

can or will offer a lifeline 

— will be tragically 

wrong,” said Alex Azar, 

deputy secretary for the 

Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

A flu virus currently circulating 

among birds, the H5N1 

virus, has infected 148 people 

and killed 79, mostly in 

Southeast Asia. Scientists are 

concerned the virus could 

mutate and travel from person 

to person, which could lead to 

a pandemic. 

Azar told the mayors they 

should plan for a worst-case 

scenario, the kind that 

occurred in 1918. Using that 

scenario, about 30 percent of 

their community would 

become ill, and half of those 

people would need significant 

medical attention. About 2 

percent of the community 

would die. 

“If you run a small business 

where you employ 100 

people, or you’re a principal 

of a school with 100 faculty 

members, you need to plan on 

how you would operate if 30 

to 40 of your people are 

absent from your work force” 

during each wave of a pandemic, 

he said. 

AP Enterprise: Investigators look into California 

prison system’s use of inmates to keep order 

on his chin, then ordered another 

inmate to kill the guard, Sam Bess, as 

the officer descended from a guard 

tower, according to the documents. 

“I want you to mop him,” Tigar told 

the prisoner, an inmate witness told 

investigators according to confidential 

prison reports. 

The prisoner refused — so Tigar 

allegedly ordered him assaulted as 

well. That inmate was later granted 

protective custody and Tigar was 

eventually moved to Pelican Bay State 

Prison after audio surveillance of his 

cell discovered he was planning more 

retaliation. 

Tigar was familiar to guards as the 

elected chairman of a group that serves 

as a liaison between inmates and management, 

a position that afforded him 

broad access throughout the prison. 

According to confidential prison 

reports, Tigar led the Men’s Advisory 

Council Executive Body even though 

he was accused more than 40 times of 

ordering and carrying out assaults, 

selling drugs, ferrying weapons or 

fomenting race riots, among other 

things. 

Warden Scott Kernan said in a 

prison interview that he was aware of 

Tigar’s “influence over other 

inmates,” but that reports implicating 

him weren’t adequately confirmed and 

that inmates often have that many 

reports of wrongdoing. 

Still, Kernan took “full responsibility 

for not locking him up.” 

In April — five months after the 

Nov. 30, 2004, killing — Kernan 

warned staff against using inmate 

intermediaries unless specifically 

authorized. 

“Inmates will not be used to walk 

the tiers and communicate staff expectations 

to other inmates,” he wrote. 

“Inmates are using, or could use, this 

unauthorized access to move weapons 

and other contraband, involve themselves 

in assaults on inmates or staff, 

and jeopardize the security of the 

prison.” 

Jeremiah Marquez is a reporter in 

the Los Angeles bureau of the 

Associated Press and can be reached 

at jmarquez(at)ap.org. Don Thompson 

is a reporter in the Sacramento bureau 

of the Associated Press and can be 

reached at dthompson(at)ap.org. 

Congress projects deficit at $337 billion 

Bush is responsible. 

For its part, the White 

House reiterated Thursday 

that it thinks the 2006 deficit 

would actually top $400 billion 

because of the costs of tax 

cuts, the war in Iraq and new 

hurricane relief. 

“This administration is driving 

us over the cliff into 

deeper and deeper debt,” said 

Kent Conrad of North Dakota, 

the Senate Budget 

Committee’s top Democrat. 

According to the CBO 

report, the expiration of 

Bush’s tax cuts would return 

the budget to a surplus of $38 

billion by 2012. The record 

deficit in dollar terms of $413 

billion was registered in 2004. 

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NATION 

GOP to try to cut off 

debate, force vote on Alito 

32 Democrats on 

record opposing 

his nomoination 

By JESSE J. HOLLAND 


WASHINGTON — Diehard 

Democratic critics of 

Supreme Court nominee 

Samuel Alito threatened on 

Thursday to block a vote on his 

confirmation, and Republicans 

countered with a move 

designed to force his approval 

by early next week. 

“It is time to establish an end 

point” in the debate over 

President Bush’s selection to 

replace Justice Sandra Day 

O’Connor, said Senate 

Majority Leader Bill Frist, R- 

Tenn. 

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, 

D-Mass., said he and other 

Democrats had refused to agree 

to a timetable for ending 

debate. “There’s some division 

in our caucus,” he conceded. 

Democratic Leader Harry 

Reid signaled as much in 

remarks on the Senate floor. He 

offered no support for 

Kennedy, John Kerry and others 

whose filibuster represents 

a last stand against Alito’s confirmation. 

“There’s been adequate time 

for people to debate,” Reid 

said. 

Alito, 55 and a 15-year veteran 

of the federal appeals 

court, has well over 50 votes 

for confirmation. He gained the 

support of Democrats Tim 

Johnson of South Dakota and 

Robert C. Byrd of West 

Virginia during the day, and has 

the backing of at least 52 of the 

Senate’s 55 Republicans. 

The Senate will vote 

Monday on cutting off debate. 

If Alito’s supporters get 60 

votes in the 100-member body, 

the confirmation vote will follow 

on Tuesday. 

White House spokesman 

Stephen Schmidt predicted the 

Republicans would easily win. 

By MARK JOHNSON 


ALBANY, N.Y. — The disparity 

between rich and poor is 

growing in America as the federal 

minimum wage has 

remained flat for years, union 

membership has declined and 

industries have faced global 

competition, according to a 

study released Thursday. 

The report by the Center on 

Budget and Policy Priorities 

and the Economic Policy 

Institute, both liberal-leaning 

think tanks, found the incomes 

of the poorest 20 percent of 

families nationally grew by an 

average of $2,660, or 19 percent, 

over the past 20 years. 

Meanwhile, the incomes of the 

richest fifth of families grew 

by $45,100, or nearly 59 percent, 

the study by the 

Washington-based groups 

said. 

Families in the middle fifth 

saw their incomes rise 28 percent, 

or $10,218. 

The figures, based on U.S. 

Census data, compare the average 

growth from 1980-82 to 

2001-03, after adjusting for 

inflation. 

The poorest one-fifth of 

families, the report said, had an 

average income of $16,780 

from 2000-03, while the top 

fifth of families had an average 

income of $122,150 — more 

than seven times as much. 

Middle-income families’ average 

income was $46,875. 

Trudi Renwick, an economist 

with the union-backed 

Fiscal Policy Institute in New 

York, said globalization, the 

Alito 

“More than 60 senators have 

signaled their intentions to vote 

against the filibuster and give 

Judge Alito the up-or-down 

vote that he deserves,” he said. 

Frist said he had been unable 

to win a commitment from all 

senators on a time for a final 

vote. Instead, he set the stage 

for cutting off debate Monday 

with what is known as a cloture 

vote. 

Democrats’ concern over 

Alito’s nomination has been 

heightened because he would 

replace O’Connor, who has 

been the swing vote on 5-4 rulings 

that maintained abortion 

rights, preserved affirmative 

action and limited the application 

of the death penalty. 

Conservatives agree that 

Alito could push the court to 

the right, but they welcome the 

prospect. 

Kennedy said, “The nominee 

is deficient in his commitment 

... to individual rights, 

individual liberties, women’s 

rights and racial equality.” 

The senator conceded he 

faced an “uphill climb” in the 

effort to block confirmation but 

said it was possible. 

Asked to name other 

Democrats siding with him, he 

cited Dick Durbin of Illinois, 

the second-ranking Senate 

Democrat, as well as Paul 

Sarbanes of Maryland and 

Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. 

Patrick Leahy of Vermont, 

decline of manufacturing jobs, 

the expansion of low-wage service 

jobs, immigration and the 

weakening of unions have hurt 

those on the lower end of the 

economic scale. 

In 38 states, the incomes of 

high-income families grew by 

a higher percentage than those 

of the lowest-income families; 

Alaska was the only state in 

which the reverse was true. 

The 11 states where the high 

and low incomes increased at 

about the same rate were mostly 

in the West and Midwest. 

The greatest disparity 

between rich and poor was in 

New York, where the top 20 

percent of wage earners had 

average incomes 8.1 times 

larger than the poorest 20 percent 

in the early 2000s. Texas 

had only a slightly smaller gap; 

Wyoming had the smallest disparity 

at a 5.2 to 1 ratio. 

Matthew Maguire, a 

spokesman for the Business 

Council of New York state, 

said the money earned by the 

state’s wealthiest residents is 

“something that everybody 

who cares about New York 

should be pleased about.” 

“New York’s wealthy pay 

huge sums in taxes and those 

wealthy people and their taxes 

make it possible for New York 

to provide the nation’s most 

generous social service programs 

to less fortunate New 

Yorkers,” he said. “It also 

reflects the fact the state is a 

magnet for immigrants who 

come from the four corners of 

the globe to a state they see as 

symbol of economic activity.” 

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the senior Democrat on the 

Judiciary Committee, opposes 

Alito’s confirmation but has 

not yet decided whether to support 

the filibuster, an aide said. 

President Bush earlier in the 

day called for the Senate to 

confirm his nominee. 

Alito “understands the role 

of a judge is not to advance a 

personal and political agenda,” 

Bush said at the White House. 

“He is a decent man.” 

Democrats contended anew 

that Alito’s confirmation would 

put individual rights and liberties 

in danger. Dianne Feinstein 

of California, the only woman 

on the Senate Judiciary 

Committee, said he would join 

justices Clarence Thomas and 

Antonin Scalia in the court’s 

conservative wing and apply 

“originalist” interpretations to 

court decisions. 

“If an originalist analysis 

was applied to the Fourteenth 

Amendment, women would 

not be provided equal protection 

under the Constitution, 

interracial marriages could be 

outlawed, schools could still be 

segregated and the principle of 

one man, one vote would not 

govern the way we elect our 

representatives,” Feinstein 

said. 

Nelson, Byrd and Johnson 

are the only Democrats to 

express support for Alito so far. 

Thirty-two senators — all 

Democrats except for independent 

Jim Jeffords of Vermont 

— are on record against Alito. 

Twenty-two of the Senate’s 44 

Democrats voted against John 

Roberts’ confirmation as chief 

justice last year. 

Alito may be on his way to 

the most partisan Senate victory 

for a Supreme Court nominee 

in years. The closest vote in 

modern history is Thomas’ 52- 

48 victory in 1991, when 11 

Democrats broke with their 

party and voted for President 

George H.W. Bush’s nominee. 

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Mary Clare Jalonick contributed 

to this report. 

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Renwick said the government 

“needs to continue its 

commitment to correcting the 

natural outcomes of the marketplace” 

by raising the minimum 

wage with inflation and 

by tax policies like the earned 

income tax credit. 

Renwick also suggested that 

governments, when giving tax 

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Orders post solid gain in December 

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER 

AP Economics Writer 

WASHINGTON — Orders 

to American factories for bigticket 

goods posted a solid 

gain in December, propelled 

by strong demand for autos 

and machinery, as manufacturers 

closed out a record year. 

The Commerce 

Department reported 

Thursday that orders for 

durable goods rose by 1.3 percent 

in December, the 

third straight monthly 

increase, to a monthly 

record of $228.1 billion. 

For all of 2005, 

orders increased by 8.2 

percent to an all-time 

high of $2.51 trillion. 

Orders for durable 

goods had risen by 10 

percent in 2004 and 4.2 

percent in 2003 after 

declines in 2002 and 

2001, when the country 

was in recession. 

Analysts predicted 

the strength of recent 

months would continue 

into 2006 as businesses 

increase investment 

spending to expand and 

modernize. 

“The manufacturing 

sector ended the year 

with some decent 

momentum that should carry 

it through the first part of the 

year,” said Joel Naroff, chief 

economist at Naroff 

Economic Advisors. 

The better-than-expected 

increase in durable goods 

orders for December helped 

lift spirits on Wall Street on a 

day when General Motors 

Corp. reported it lost $8.6 billion 

for all of 2005, its worst 

annual loss since 1992. 

The Dow Jones industrial 

average rose 99.73 points to 

close at 10,809.47. 

With an expected slowing 

in consumer spending and 

housing sales this year, analysts 

said a pickup in business 

investment will be important. 

“For the economy to stay 

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Global Insight, a private forecasting 

firm. 

He said the December performance 

was encouraging 

because it showed that nondefense 

capital spending 

excluding aircraft shot up by 

3.5 percent. Much of that 

strength came from a sharp 

6.5 percent rise in demand for 

machinery. 

Machine orders have now 

been up for five straight 

months, the longest string in 

two years. 

“This should be welcome 

news for California, Texas and 

Illinois, which together make 

up fully a quarter of domestic 

machinery production,” said 

David Huether, chief economist 

for the National 

Association of Manufacturers. 

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the Labor Department reported 

that the number of people 

filing new claims for unemployment 

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288,750, the lowest level in 5 

1/2 years. 

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Frequency Economics, said if 

the weekly claims applications 

stay at this low level, it 

would mean monthly job 

gains approaching 300,000 in 

coming months, well above 

the increase of 108,000 new 

jobs in December. 

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increase in total orders 

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items expected to last 

at least three years, followed 

even stronger 

gains of 5.4 percent in 

November, a month 

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aircraft soared, 

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unsold cars. 

Orders for commercial aircraft, 

a very volatile category, 

fell by 8.1 percent in 

December, but that decline 

followed huge gains of 139.3 

percent in November and 51.6 

percent in October. Orders for 

military aircraft rose by 30.8 

percent last month. 

Excluding transportation, 

orders rose by 0.9 percent, 

compared with a 0.6 percent 

gain in November. It was the 

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ness since the 1970s. He criticized 

the county for mislabeling 

the project, saying repair 

would be “like a patch job” 

but the jail roof project is outand-out 

new construction. 

“They’re following a fuzzy 

line in order not to follow the 

law,” said Roberts, who was 

one of a handful of contractors 

who originally asked to speak 

off-the-record for fear of 

reprisal, but anger eventually 

convinced him otherwise. “It’s 

not fair to all contractors who 

want to give a bid. What if I 

said I would do it for less? It’s 

public money (and) not their 

call on how to spend it.” 

County Counsel Jeanine 

Nadel agreed the law boiled 

down to little more than a 

judgment call, but firmly stated 

that the county was “just doing 

routine work for the preservation 

of the building.” 

Mendocino County has historically 

seen roof repairs as 

maintenance, she said. The 

definition of maintenance, as 

allowed by public contract 

code #22002, allows for “routine, 

recurring and usual work 

for the preservation, protection 

and keeping of any” public 

facility. 

But the county’s legal interpretation 

of the code has not 

been welcomed by the construction 

community. Keith 

Woods, chief executive officer 

of the 1,900-member North 

Coast Builders Exchange, said 

the primary laws in this case 

were those which demanded 

public projects be put out to a 

competitive bid. Woods called 

Mendocino County’s portrayal 

of the jail project as “common” 

but ultimately wrong. 

“They’re not patching here; 

they’re laying down new materials,” 

Woods said. “In the 

industry, there’s a division 

between repairing corners and 

laying down what is new roofing 

surface.” 

Woods said a lawsuit was 

plausible but not desirable 

because the cost to file and 

carry out such a suit would be 

greater than any potential damages. 

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Sunset tonight ............ 5:28 p.m. 

Moonrise today .......... 6:14 a.m. 

Moonset today ........... 3:11 p.m. 

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Temperature 

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Low .............................................. 31° 

Normal high .................................. 57° 

Normal low .................................... 38° 

Record high .................... 81° in 1934 

Record low ...................... 22° in 1949 

Precipitation 

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Month to date ............................ 5.31” 

Normal month to date ................ 6.61” 

Season to date ........................ 30.63” 

Last season to date ................ 23.24” 

Normal season to date ............ 20.91” 

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“The next time we’re in 

Mendocino, I’d like to sit 

down with the county,” Woods 

said. “We’re disappointed, but 

we’re not out for a fight. We’d 

like a friendly sit-down to see 

if there’s any misunderstanding 

about what the law calls 

for.” 

That call for peace is unlikely 

to soothe Roberts. The county 

hasn’t allowed the last three 

jail projects for competitive 

bid, he said, and he has grown 

tired of officials “twisting the 

law in the way they want it to 

fit.” He asked if it was necessary 

to seek permits and other 

legally mandated paperwork 

for other “preservation” work 

done on residences akin to 

reroofing an entire rubber-andgravel 

roof. After years of providing 

low prices for projects, 

Ukiah’s builders are now seeing 

a cold shoulder from the 

county, he bemoaned. 

“They’re shafting us so they 

don’t have to comply with 

market wages or warranties,” 

Roberts said. “They’re blowing 

smoke ... and they’re making 

us look like fools.” 

The law states that any project 

valued at more than 

$25,000 must be offered to any 

contractor, Roberts said. 

County documentation shows 

the value of the jail project 

above $100,000. If Mendocino 

County adopted the Uniform 

Public Construction Cost 

Accounting Act, the levels of 

bidding see an increase. In that 

case, any project above 

$125,000 needs a formal bidding 

process, officials said. It 

was not known at press time if 

the county has adopted the act. 

Robert Kambak, chief coun- 

ty architect for Sonoma 

County, said his staff talks 

“quite a bit” about what constitutes 

maintenance and complete 

construction. 

“It’s absolutely open to 

interpretation,” Kambak said. 

“Some counties really stretch 

the envelope in a lot of ways.” 

He said reroofing a jail could 

be considered maintenance in 

Sonoma County, but it would 

be an area “certainly open to 

discussion.” 

Seth Freedland can be reached 

at udjsf@pacific.net. 

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B-2 – FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006 

It’s possible in the year 

ahead that you will establish 

two new, but very important, 

alliances. They are apt to be 

unrelated, yet both aim for 

the same objectives as you 

and figure into your life in 

beneficial ways. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- 

Feb. 19) -- It won’t be what 

ASTROGRAPH 

By Bernice Bede Osol 

you do for yourself today, 

but what you do for those 

you love that will provide 

you with the greatest satisfaction. 

Provide what they 

need when you see what 

they lack. 

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 

20) -- If you’re planning a 

recreational break today, call 

up some of your good pals 

with whom you can let your 

hair down. Pretentious people 

will only make you feel 

uncomfortable and stressed. 

ARIES (March 21-April 

19) -- An objective of considerable 

importance can be 

achieved today if you have 

the inclination to do so. It’s 

not like you to let a difficult 

goal scare you off, so don’t 

do so now before you even 

try. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 

20) -- Do not be satisfied 

with the status quo today, 

because if you apply yourself 

you have the faculty for 

making good things better 

for yourself. Strive for 

improvement in big ways. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 

20) -- Chances are you’re 

going to get the chance to 

profit today from a situation 

that another individual has 

already gotten under way. 

This person needs your 

know-how to proceed. 

TIME OUT 



PEANUTS 

ZITS 

DILBERT 

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE 

by Charles M. Schulz 

by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman 

by Scott Adams 

by Lynn Johnson 

THE BORN LOSER 

BLONDIE 

FRANK AND ERNEST 

BEETLE BAILEY 

CANCER (June 21-July 

22) -- This should be a fortunate 

day for you pertaining 

to involvements where you 

are working in close conjunction 

with others in 

accomplishing something of 

value. It pays to be a team 

player. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - 

- Try to devote as much time 

as possible today to projects 

that you deem to be productive 

and worthwhile. You 

will not feel fulfilled if you 

waste this day and aren’t as 

industrious as you can be. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 

22) -- Normally, it’s not a 

good policy to mix working 

on a serious project with a 

pleasurable pursuit, but 

today may be an exception. 

Yours may not be a barn 

raising, but can have as 

much good will. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 

23) -- Do not be overly concerned 

today as to how a 

critical assignment will be 

worked out and get done. 

Proceed as if victory is 

already accomplished, by 

taking one positive step at a 

time. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 

22) -- If you’ve been looking 

for a good day to start organizing 

and putting your 

affairs in order, this might 

be the right one. Clear up all 

the clutter and debris that 

has collected over time. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 

23-Dec. 21) -- Financial 

matters are likely to run 

more in your favor today 

than they might at another 

by Art and Chip Sansom 

by Dean Young and Jim Raymond 

by Bob Thaves 

by Mort Walker 

DOONESBURY by Gary Trudeau HAGAR THE HORRIBLE 

by Dik Browne 

Datebook: Friday, Jan. 27, 2006 

Today is the 27th day of 2006 and the 38th 

day of winter. 

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1924, the body of 

Vladimir Lenin was placed in a tomb in 

Moscow’s Red Square. 

In 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward 

H. White II, and Roger B. Chafee died in a 

launch pad fire. 

In 1973, the Vietnam Peace Accords were 

signed in Paris by delegations representing the 

United States, North Vietnam, and South 

Vietnam. 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Wolfgang 

Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer; 

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), writer; Donna 

Reed (1921-1986), actress; Mikhail 

Baryshnikov (1948-), dancer, is 58; Bridget 

Fonda (1964-), actress, is 42. 

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1991, the New 

York Giants squeaked by the Buffalo Bills, 20- 

19, to win Super Bowl XXV. 

TODAY’S QUOTE: “If you don’t know 

where you’re going, any road will get you 

there.” -- Lewis Carroll 

TODAY’S FACT: The composer Mozart 

was an accomplished player on the clavier, violin 

and organ by the age of six, and at that age 

composed five short pieces that are still played 

today on the piano. 

TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter 

(Jan. 22) and new moon (Jan. 29). 

time. If you have something 

on the burner, turn up the 

fire and get it cooking fast 

now while you can. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- 

Jan. 19) -- Having the freedom 

to operate at your own 

discretion without any interference 

will be of extreme 

importance to you today. 

Avoid people who tend to 

make demands or tie you 

down. 

Know where to look for 

romance and you’ll find it. 

The Astro-Graph 

Matchmaker wheel instantly 

reveals which signs are 

romantically perfect for you. 

Mail $2.75 to Matchmaker, 

c/o this newspaper, P.O. Box 

167, Wickliffe, OH 44092- 

0167. 

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DAILY JOURNAL

Dear Annie: Never in a million years did I 

think I would be writing to an advice column, 

but here I am. 

My mother is 91 and lives in the same house 

I was raised in. Her brother, “Aaron,” also lives 

there and has the entire upstairs to himself. 

Mother always has been very organized and 

keeps her part of the house immaculate, while 

Uncle Aaron has become a hermit. No one has 

been upstairs for years. 

The problem is that in the last few months, 

Aaron’s disregard has permeated the whole 

house. I’m talking about bad odors and the 

accumulating signs of deterioration. I can barely 

visit because of the uncleanliness and general 

decay. Mother is up in arms, saying, “I can’t 

do anything about it. I wish someone could.” 

My uncle was the greatest guy in the world 

when I was growing up, but numerous failures, 

both financial and romantic, have led to this 

lifestyle. He stopped maturing around age 15. 

We still kid about the fact that he’s waiting for 

Archie and Jughead to pull up and go to the 

beach. The flip side is that his IQ is off the 

charts. 

Uncle Aaron has a kind heart and helps 

Mother with groceries, but that’s about it. He 

has isolated himself and refuses to let anyone 

upstairs. I want to get someone in there to 

clean, but Uncle Aaron will have none of it. 

He’s 86 going on 16. What can I do? -- Son and 

Nephew 

Dear Son and Nephew: Is Uncle Aaron 

reluctant to let someone upstairs because he’s a 

packrat? If so, he may be willing to let you 

clean if you reassure him that you will take 

care of his precious accumulations. You also 

TIME OUT 



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THE LEARNING 

CHALLENGER 

by Robert Barnett 

DIRECTIONS: 

A. Using each "Chaos Grid" number with its 

letter one time, arrange the numbers with 

their letters for the "Order Grid" so each 

vertical column, horizontal row, and two 

diagonals each ADD to numbers inside 

thick lined cells. 

B. Some correct numbers with their letters 

have been put into the "Order Grid" to 

get you started. Also, above the "Order 

Grid" is a "Decoded Message" clue. 

C. After you have solved the "Order Grid" 

doing as direction "A" says, put the letters 

from horizontal rows, from left to 

right, under "Decoded Message" and 

make words to form the answer. 

CHAOS GRID 

48 78 78 36 

E V E O 

33 88 -4 68 

V E T S 

93 8 103 23 

A R C R 

21 53 63 11 

A & S E 

CLUE: GORGES 

ORDER GRID 200 

200 

63 

S 

200 

36 78 200 

O E 

23 

R 

200 

200 200 200 200 200 

1/27/2006 

DECODED MESSAGE: 

ANSWERS IN NEXT EDITION 

© 2006 Robert Barnett 

Answers to Previous 

Learning Challenger 

ACCLAIM OR APPLAUD 

24 -5 -6 18 

A C C L 

19 -7 -10 29 

A I M O 

-9 26 22 -8 

R A P P 

-3 17 25 -8 

L A U D 

1/26/2006 

Unscramble these four Jumbles, 

one letter to each square, 

to form four ordinary words. 

UPTIL 

UNFYN 

CROLIF 

BRUNAU 

Yesterday’s 

can contact Adult Protective Services to send 

someone to check out the situation, but they 

may recommend that Uncle Aaron be moved to 

a facility, and we are not sure Mom will agree 

to that. At the very least, you should see that 

Mom’s section of the house is professionally 

cleaned so Uncle Aaron’s problems can be contained. 

Dear Annie: My husband’s parents are both 

deceased, and he has only one sibling, 

“Agatha,” who lives in another state. I married 

into the family just before my mother-in-law 

died, and I was well accepted. 

The problem is that since my in-laws died, 

Agatha never visits, except for an hour 

stopover on her way to her annual vacation 

spot. Yet, when we do get together, we always 

have a good time. 

We have tried visiting her but always come 

up against her “busy life.” My husband has 

never once seen Agatha’s home, where she’s 

lived for 10 years. This past year, Agatha finally 

invited us, only to cancel at the last minute. 

Agatha and her husband travel all over the 

©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 

All Rights Reserved. 

www.jumble.com 

“ 

Answer: 

FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 – B-3 

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 

by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion 

Now arrange the circled letters 

to form the surprise answer, as 

suggested by the above cartoon. 

(Answers tomorrow) 

Jumbles: DUNCE BLESS SPLEEN IMPEDE 

Answer: When the bowler had a bad frame, he was 

left with — PINS AND “NEEDLES” 

Uncle Aaron’s packrat habits make cleaning a chore 


DAILY JOURNAL 

ANNIE’S MAILBOX 

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar 

Dawn Deetz 

Loan Officer 

462-8050 

country visiting college friends and her husband’s 

family, but not us. We e-mail regularly, 

but I no longer have any desire to write her. It 

all seems so phony. Agatha is my husband’s 

only living relative. He says it doesn’t bother 

him, but I can see how hurt he is. Are we 

expecting too much? -- Slighted Sister-in-Law 

Dear Sister-in-Law: The only way you are 

going to know why Agatha can’t find time for 

you is to ask her. Be direct but nice. E-mail and 

say how much you and your husband miss seeing 

her, and ask what you can do to be closer. 

Dear Annie: I have another solution for 

“Rachel in San Francisco,” whose grandmother 

left her 200 journals that she wanted to shred 

because no one had room for them. Tell her to 

scan them onto a disk. Hope this helps. -- 

Midwest Keepsake 

Dear Midwest: A good suggestion -although 

the quality of the documents may be 

iffy, not to mention the time involved in scanning 

200 journals. But this is a good way to 

hang on to the journals without using up so 

much storage space. Thanks. 

We love advertising in The Ukiah Daily Journal 

because it tells our clients where to find us. 

formerly 

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B-4- FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL 


DAILY JOURNAL 

Classified 

468-0123 Mon.–Fri. 

Announcements 

010...Notices 

020...Personals 

030...Lost & Found 

040...Cards of Thanks 

050...In Memoriam 

060...Meetings & Events 

070...Travel Opportunities 

Employment 

100 ...Instruction 

110....Employment Wanted 

120 ...Help Wanted 

130 ...Sales Help Wanted 

140 ...Child Care 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

036-06 

1-13,20,27,2-3/06 

FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME 

STATEMENT 

File No.: 2006-F0027 

THE FOLLOWING 

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) 

DOING BUSINESS AS: 

Sweet Things 

Confections 

3694 Feliz Creek Rd. 

Hopland, CA, 95449 

Whitney Schutt 

3694 Feliz Creek Rd. 

Hopland, CA, 95449 

This business is conducted 

by Whitney Schutt. The 

registrant commenced to 

transact business under the 

fictitious business name or 

names listed above on 

January 11, 2006. 

Endorsed-Filed on 

January 11, 2006 at the 

Mendocino County Clerks 

Office. 

/s Whitney Schutt 

WHITNEY SCHUTT 

037-06 

1-13,20,27,2-3/06 

FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME 

STATEMENT 

File No.: 2006-F0028 

THE FOLLOWING 



Noyo Fishing 

Center 

32450 N. Harbor Dr. 

Fort Bragg, CA 

North Coast Fishing 

Adventures, Inc. 32450 

N. Harbor Dr. 

Fort Bragg, CA 


by North Coast Fishing 

Adventures, Inc. 

California: California. 

The registrant commenced 

to transact business under 

the fictitious business 

name or names listed 

above on January 1, 

2006. Endorsed-Filed on 



Office. 

/s/Don Akin 

DON AKIN 

PRESIDENT 

064-06 

1-27,2-3,10,17/06 

FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME 

STATEMENT 

File No.: 2006-F0065 

THE FOLLOWING 



A STITCH IN TIME ON 

WHEELS 

217 Thompson Street 

Ukiah, CA 95482 

Ann E. Parks 

217 Thompson Street 

Ukiah, CA 95482 


by an Individual. The 

registrant commenced to 

transact business under the 

fictitious business name or 

names listed above on 

January 1, 2006. 

Endorsed-Filed on 



Office. 

/s Ann E. Parks 

ANN E. PARKS 

20 PERSONALS 

If you are Not 

Ashamed that you 

Love Jesus Christ, 

where is his name on 

the back of your car? 

Frances 

❀ Lovely Lass ❀ 

seeks lucky lad 50+ 

for companionship. 

Healdsburg 

PO 792, 95448 

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DAILY JOURNAL 

707-468-3500 

30 

LOST & 

FOUND 

Lost: Scarlet Macaw 

(very lrg. red parrot) 

Rwd. Vly. area. 

485-8452, 391-4823 

Lost: Wedding Band 

Diamond rose with 

2 leaves on gold. 

462-2082 

REWARD $$$ 

Lost-UPS Diad board 

in Ukiah 1/24. Please 

Return!! 462-1261 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

$8- $10.75 hr. 

MORNING, EVE. & 

NIGHT SHIFTS 

No exp. Pd. training 

provided. Cooking, 

cleaning, driving & 

providing living skills 

assist. to adults w/ 

developmental 

disabilities. Will 

consider resp. Hi. Schl. 

Sr. 485-0165, 468-0602 

Re-Announcement 

ASSOCIATE 

BEHAVIOR 

SPECIALIST 

Coastal 20 hrs/wk 

(may increase to 40 

hrs/wk based on 

grant funding) 

$18.02-$22.99/hr. 

Provide support & 

training to parents/ 

guardians, childcare 

providers, 

preschool/agency 

staff in appropriate 

behavior support for 

children ages 

0-5 yrs. Bilingual 

(Spanish) 

preferred. 

Mendocino 

County Office of 

Education 

For an application 

packet call 707-467- 

5012 or email 

hr@mcoe.us 

DEADLINE: 2/3/06 

TEACHER- 

SPECIAL 

EDUCATION 

Long-Term 

Substitute through 

6/15/06 (may extend 

to 

a permanent 

opening) 

FT (7 Hrs/5 Days) 

$26.52-$44.15/hr. 

BA degree & 

appropriate CA Sp 

Ed Teaching 

Credential req'd. 

3 yrs teaching exp. in 

sp. ed. preferred. Exp 

w/autistic children 

highly desirable. MA 

desirable. 

Mendocino 

County Office of 

Education 

For an application 

packet call 

707-467-5012 

or email 

hr@mcoe.k12.ca.us 

DEADLINE: 2/8/06 

ADMINISTRATIVE 

ASSISTANT 

20 hrs/wk. to start. $12- 

$15 DOQ. 

Proficiency in Excel, 

Word, Publisher, 

internet,& office 

machinery. Friendly 

persona, welcomes 

public, recruits & 

organizes volunteers. 

Multitasking required. 

M-F position. Send 

resume and cover 

letter to Ukiah United 

Methodist Church, 

SPRC, PO Box 323, 

Ukiah,CA 95482. 

Closes 2/3. 

Health Secretary 

Guidiville Indian 

Rancheria 

462-3682. F/T 

$10.50 per hr. must 

present clean DMV 

with applications. 

Services 

200...Services Offered 

205...Financial Services 

210...Business Opportunities 

215...Businesses for Sale 

220...Money to Loan 

230...Money Wanted 

240...Investments 

250...Business Rentals 

Rentals 

300...Apartments Unfurnished 

310 ...Apartments Furnished 

320...Duplexes 

330...Homes for Rent 

340...Vacation Rentals 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

ADVERTISING 

ASSISTANT 

Entry level position. 

Candidates will need 

good 

organizational & 

customer service 

skills, basic 

computer knowledge, 

typing & spelling 

skills. 

Duties will include 

assisting sales staff 

with scheduling, 

proofing & clearing 

ads, assisting 

customers, learning 

various software 

programs & many 

other functions of the 

advertising 

department. Must be 

able to learn quickly, 

follow 

instructions & work 

independently. Full 

time position with 

benefit package 

available. Hours are 

Mon-Fri 8-5. Must 

have reliable 

transportation. 

Must pass 

pre-emloyment drug 

test. 

Applications 

available at 

The Ukiah Daily 

Journal, 

590 S. School St. 

Ukiah or email 

resume to 

udjcindy@ 

pacific.net 

No phone calls 

please. 

Auto Sales 

UKIAH DODGE 

CHRYSLER JEEP 

Now taking 

applications to sell 

America’s Hottest 

Products! Full 

Benefits & 

Guaranteed income 

while you train. 

Apply on line @ 

www.applyautojob. 

com/ukiah dodge or 

contact Jack Wright 

@ 707-462-2948 

Baker/Mixing position 

Early,early position, Exp. 

person Apply within 113 

W. Perkins 

BOOKKEEPER/ 

ADMIN. ASSIST. 

Manufacturing Co. 

needs individual exp. in 

all aspects of 

accounting QB’s, Word, 

Excel. 

F/T. Salary DOE. 

Cvr. letter & resume to 

denice@ 

carousel cpt.com 

or fax 485-5911 

CAREGIVERS 

PERSONAL 

ATTENDANTS! 

Home Care Options, a 

regional provider of In- 

Home Assisted Care 

Services is opening a 

new office to serve the 

counties of Mendo., Lake 

& Sonoma. Employees 

have access to family 

medical, vision, dental, 

401K, paid time off, 

mileage, competitive pay. 

Flexible schedules, sleep 

over and live-in shift 

opportunities! Excel 

benefits, paid mileage, 

competitive pay, EOE. 

707-576-0771 

CASEWORKER 

$30K Native 

American social 

welfare program. 

Exper. working 

w/tribal people 

helpful. Work in Lake 

County. Clean DMV. 

Benefits. Applic & Job 

description at: 

www.cttp.net 

or 707-263-4913 for 

info. Closes 2/1/06. 

Indian Hiring Pref. 

Applies. 

350...Rooms for Rent 

360...Rest Homes 

370...Wanted to Rent 

380...Wanted to Share Rent 

390...Mobiles & Space 

General Merchandise 

400...New & Used Equipment 

410 ...Musical Instruments 

420...Boats 

430...Building Supplies 

440...Furniture 

450...Wanted to Buy 

460...Appliances 

470...Antiques 

475...Computers 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

Center 

Director/Teacher for 

E Center’s 

Migrant Head Start in 

Cloverdale. 1 F/T 

seasonal pos; 40 

hrs/week; Starting salary 

$14.84/hr with potential 

up to 

$18.08/hr.Associate 

Degree or higher in 

ECE or Child Dev.; 

Min 3 yrs. exp. & 1 yr. 

supervisory exp. is 

desirable. Bilingual 

(English/ 

Spanish) required. 

Apps. must be received 

by 5:00 pm 1/27/06 at 

West Region Office 

39839 County Road 

17A Woodland, CA 

95695 (530)668-4783. 

EOE. 

COMPUTER LAB 

SPECIALIST 

Assist. students in 

computer use; maintain 

computer lab equip. 

6hrs/day. Beg. Sal. range. 

$10.75-$11.85/hr. 

Info & app. from Personnel 

Commission, Ukiah 

Unified School District, 

1056 N. Bush St., Ukiah, 

CA 95482 707-463-5205. 

E.O.E. 

Community 

Services Officer 

Full-time Position 

Approx. Mo. Salary 

$2512-$3053 

Health Benefits, PERS 

Retirement 

For Job Flier and 

Application 

Contact: 

Willits Police 

Department 

125 E. Commercial St. 

Suite 150 

Willits, CA 95490 

707-459-6122 

Final filing Date: 

February 3, 2006 

Community Health 

Representative 

(CHR) 


Rancheria is seeking a 

CHR-knowledge of: 

Diabetes, health ed., 

vital signs, and IHS 

program preferable. HS 

diploma required. 

Must have clean DMV 

print-out. 

For more info. call 463- 

3693 

Community Health 

Representative 

Mon.-Fri. 8:00-5:00 

Must pass Preemployment 

drug test. 

Job application and 

Description available 

at: Sherwood Valley 

Rancheria Tribal 

Office 190 Sherwood 

Hill Drive Willits, CA 

95490 Closes: 

02/03/2006 5:00 PM 

svrhes@earthlink.net 

DENTAL - RDA 

Little Lake Health 

Center, Willits CA 

$15-$22/hour DOE 

Excellent benefits 

Fax: 707-468-0793 

mklobas@mchcinc.org 

Dog Groomers Asst. 

F/T. Apply in person 

Town & Country Dogs 

1102 S. State St. Ukiah 

DRIVER Needed- 

Requires Class-B CDL. 

Apply @ B&B 

Industrial 463-1223 

ESTHETICIAN 

NAIL TECH 

459-9063 


Rancheria 

Assistant/Secretary 

PT for the Tribal EPA 

GAP Program. Pick up 

appl. & info. @ 401 B 

Talmage Road. Must 

have clean DMV printout. 

Open until filled. 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

FORESTER 

Mendocino 

Redwood 

Company, LLC 

Assists the Area Forester 

with Timber Harvest 

Plans: perform research, 

organize & analyze field 

data, prepare maps, 

analyzing air photos, 

classify water courses, 

mark trees & 

boundaries. Knowledge 

of silvicultural regimes; 

statistical sampling & 

survey design, identify 

plant & animal species, 

simple survey & road 

layout skills. Possess CA 

driver lic. BS degree or 

1+ yr related exp. and/or 

training in the forestry or 

logging field, required.Email 

resume to: recruiter@ 

mendoco.com 

Or fax 707-485-6873 

EEO/ADA 

WWW.MRC.COM 

Forestry Technician 

Mendocino Redwood 

Company, LLC. 

Seasonal position that 

travels through 

out the Mendocino area 

& performs a variety of 

timber harvest plan 

tasks: timber marking, 

flagging, water course 

classifying, surveying, 

etc. 1 yr. cert. from 

college or tech. school 

or 2 yrs. 

related exp. and/or 

training, valid CDL. 

Competitive pay, housing 

provided. 

E-mail resume to: 

recruiter@ 

mendoco.com 

Or fax 707-485-6873 

EEO/ADA 

www.mrc.com 

Front Desk/ 

Assist. Manager 

459-9063 

Graveyard shift 

WORKING with kids, 

small homelike 

environment, good pay 

& benefits. Fax resume 

to 463-6957 

HAIRSTYLIST 

Need a change? Come 

work in a cozy, relaxed 

atmosphere. Booth 

rental.Call Sherry 462- 

4356 

Independent shop 

seeks apprentice 

mechanic, clean up & 

delivery. Clean DMV 

req. 462-0262 

Ins./Secretary. 

Reception, filing, 

phone, people skills, 

no prior exp. needed. 

Fax Res. to 468-0910 

Journey Level 

Machinist. Must have 

exp. in precision parts. 

$31K-$40K/yr + over 

time & benfts. May 

move into Mngmt Pos. 

Fax Res. to 459-1540 

● CARPENTER ● 

Journeyman or 

exceptional apprentice 

for detail oriented 

builder. Concrete exp. a 

plus. Valid D.L., 

transportation, drug 

test mandatory. 707- 

462-4331 


DAILY JOURNAL 

PT DRIVER 

Early mornings until 

noon, 3 days per 

week. Must be 

available weekends, 

have valid CDL and 

pass 

drug test. 

Apply in Person 


NO PHONE CALLS! 

8:00 to 5:00 

480...Miscellaneous for Sale 

490...Auctions 

590...Garage Sales 

Farm-Garden-Pets 

500...Pets & Supplies 

510 ...Livestock 

520...Farm Equipment 

530...Feed/Pasture Supplies 

540...Equipment Rentals 

550...Produce 

Transportation 

600...Aviation 

610...Recreational Vehicles 

620...Motorcycles 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

LIKE 

CHILDREN? 

This might be 

the job for you. 

CHILDCARE 

WORKERS, 

ALL SHIFTS. 

F/T 4 day week. Starting 

salary $9.40 per hour. 

On call $9 per hour. 

Qualifications: Pass 

medical and drug exam, 

TB test, criminal 

background check and 

have valid Cal. Drivers 

license. 

GREAT NEW 

MEDICAL, DENTAL, 

VISION PKG. 

matching 403B TSA 

Plan, paid holidays & 

vacation, paid training’s, 

on duty meals. 

FREE Co-op Day Care 

Provided 

Apply: 

TRINITY YOUTH 

SERVICES 

915 W. Church St. or 

on line@ 

wwwtrinitycfs.org 

Looking for motivated 

friendly people to work 

in fast paced env. 

Counter position Apply 

within 113 W. Perkins 

Ask for Lisa. 

Medical Billing 

Prior exp. preferred 



Fax: 707-468-0793 


Mendocino 

County 

Department of 

Social Services 

NURSE CASE 

ASSISTANT 

(Licensed 

Vocational Nurse) 

Salary 

$1245-$1514/bi-wkly 

Special position for 

candidate with nursing 

background to 

coordinate, distribute 

and update the Health 

and Education passport 

for all children in out-ofhome 

placement. 

Required certificates 

LVN and CPR. Full 

time permanent 

position. 

Closes: 2/10/06. For 

info call 

707-467-5866 

or go to 

www.mss.cs.gov to 

“Career 

Opportunities.” 

Millwright/Mechanic 

Knowledge of mill 

maint. maintaining fork 

lifts & basic elect. 

Apply in person Cutter 

Lumber 1800 Hwy 20 

in Willits 

NEW EXCITING 

POSITION WORKING 

WITH KIDS 

6 wks pd vacation 

401 K. Day & Eve 

avail. Small homelike 

environment, good pay 

& benefits. Fax resume 

to 463-6957. 

NOW 

HIRING! 

Subway 

1307 N. State St. 

130 N. Orchard Av. 

& Inside Wal Mart 

Competitive wages. 

Apply in person 

NOW HIRING 

EXP. MILLWRIGHT 

For night 

shift position 

3:45 p.m.–1:00 a.m. 

Apply at or send 

resume to: 

Windsor Mill 

661 Railroad Avenue 

Willits, CA 95490 

Salary DOE 

630...Auto Parts & Acc. 

640...Auto Services 

650...4X4s for Sale 

660...Vans for Sale 

670...Trucks for Sale 

680...Cars for Sale 

690...Utility Trailers 

Real Estate 

710...Real Estate Wanted 

720...Mobile Homes for Sale 

730...Mobile Homes with Land 

740 ...Income Property 

750...Ranches 

760...Lots/Acerage 

770...Real Estate 

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120 HELP 

WANTED 

ORAL SURGEONS 

looking for dental 

assistant.Mon.-Fri. 

Send resume 

620 S. Dora St. 

Suite 205 

Ukiah, Ca. 95482 

PEST CONTROL 

TECH BRANCH II EXP 

up to $20/hr 401k & 

Benefits Vactn day & 

Night routes avail. Fax 

resume: 554-0191 

PT help 

Apply in person at 

The Tack Room 


R/A WILL TRAIN 

Mountain View 

Senior Living 

Apply within 

1343 S. Dora St. Ukiah 

REAL GOODS seeks a 

strong, experienced, 

dynamic assistant 

manager for its Hopland 

store. Strengths must 

include team building, 

ability to inspire & 

motivate, excellent retail 

skills, knowledge of 

community, marketing, 

merchandising, 

communication and 

conflict resolution. F/T 

salary w/benefits. 28k-38k 

DOE. Please email 

resume to 

jelias@realgoods.com, 

fax to 707-744-1342 or 

mail PO Box 836, 

Hopland, CA 95449 

Receptionist for 

Optometry Office 

Apply @ 716 S. Dora 

462-5361 

Registered Nurse 

HIV Case 

Management 



Fax: 707-468-0793 


Relief Driver, inside 

sales 

shipping/receiving. 

Must have hazmat 

endorsement. Full 

benefit Packaging and 

401k Apply at Ukiah 

Oxygen Co. 3470 N. 

State St. Ukiah. 

Resident Manager & 

Maintenance 

Manager 

RCDC, a wellestablished 

non-profit 

housing corp., is 

seeking a FT Resident 

Manager for 

HUD/USDA/Tax Credit 

Apt. community in 

Ukiah. Management 

experience required. 

FT Maintenance 

Manager requires 

entry-level plumbing & 

electrical skills. Ca. 

Drivers License & 

Insurance. 

Apt+Sal+benefits. 

Teams & individuals 

welcome to apply. Call 

707-463-1975 ext 0 or 

down load from 

www.rchdc.org 

Open until filled. 

Resident Manager for 21 

unit apt. complex, 

Westside Ukiah, ref. req. 

exp. a plus. EOE, call for 

salary & application. 468- 

5426 

RESIDENT 

MANAGER 

needed for 31 units 

on South side of Ukiah. 

Fax resume to 707- 

463-1502 

Attn: Property 

Management 

RN Circulator 

FT. PT, PD, 

Day Shift 

No On-Call, 

No Wknds 

Ukiah Surgery Center 

467-2120 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

Round Table Pizza 

Now hiring for eves & 

wkends. Must be 18 or 

older. Apply in person 

between 1-4 @ 292 S. 

State St. 

Staff Expansion! 

We Need: 

RNs, Medical 

Assistants, and 

Drivers 

Blood Centers of the 

Pacific’s donor site 

located in Ukiah seeks 

to fill the following 

positions immediately! 

Come join our team in 

a healthy work 

environment! All 

positions require a valid 

CA drivers license, 

acceptable driving record 

and ability to interact 

effectively with public and 

staff. 

RNs & MEDICAL 

ASSISTANTS 

Work with healthy 

volunteer community 

blood donors. We offer 

a full training and 

orientation program. 

RNs require a valid CA 

RN license. MAs require 

six months related exp. 

or MA certificate & 

three months relevant 

exp. 

DRIVERS 

20 Hours 

Will set-up/breakdown 

equipment for 

community blood drives, 

transport supplies and 

staff as needed. Must 

be able to lift & carry up 

to 50 lbs. Requires one 

year relevant exp. Class 

B license preferred, but 

not required. 

Send resume to: BCP 

Human Resources, Job 

Code: UK P.O. Box 

591329, San Francisco, 

CA 94159-1329 or 

email: 

resumes@bloodcenter 

s.org or fax (415) 749- 

6620. EOE/AA. 

www.bloodcenters.org 

Support 

developmentally 

disabled 

in their own home. PT, 

FT & wkends. PU 

application at 

Mountain View 

1000 Sanford Ranch Rd. 

Ukiah. 468-9331. 

Telephone Operator 

F/T, all shifts & 

wkends. Typing, 

spelling, phone 

skills a must. 

Benefits offered. 



Ukiah. 

Temp. ASSISTANT 

COOK position. May 

lead to FT. 

Experience needed. 

Pre-employment 

physical & drug 

testing req’d. Dental, 

Vision, Medical 

benefits. Free co-op 

child care. 

Apply: 

Trinity School 

915 W. Church St., 


Weekend pos. 

12-15 hours a week. 

Reliable, efficient person. 

Exp. w/MS Office, office 

equip., and gen. office 

procedures. $10/hr. 

Please mail or drop 

off resume to 

Full Spectrum 

Properties, Ukiah. 

120 HELP 

WANTED 


Daily Journal 

is looking for a parttime 

sports writer 

who can help us 

cover prep sports 

here in the Ukiah 

Valley. The job is 20 

hours per week, 

mostly evenings. 

Writing ability is 

essential. Computer 

skills are a must, but 

we can teach you our 

system. Flexibility 

and a love of sports 

will help you get the 

job. Perfect for college 

students looking for 

a part-time income. 

Contact 


Sports Editor 

Tony Adame at 

468-3523 or 

udjsports@ 

pacific.net 



is looking for a 

part-time 

photographer 

who can help us 

cover the Ukiah Valley. 

The job is 20 hours 

per week including 

weekends and some 

evenings. You must 

have your own digital 

camera equipment 

and computer skills 

are a must but we can 

teach you our system. 

Flexibility and a love 

of community and 

news will help you get 

the job. Perfect for 

college students 

looking for a part-time 

income. 

Contact 


Photo Editor Amy 

Wellnitz at 468- 

3538 or 

udjphoto@ 

pacific.net. 

Therapeutic 

Residential Staff 

for innovative 

shelter program 

working with at-risk 

youth in Willits. 

Looking for 

individuals who 

would like to improve 

or obtain skills to 

move 

forward in a social 

service health 

profession. Excellent 

benefits & supportive 

work environment. 

Accepting 

resumes for F/T, 3/4, 

On-call 

positions. Must pass 

fingerprint clearance, 

pre-employment 

physical & TB before 

hire & clean DMV. 

Fax resume’s to 

Attn: Angie 707- 

462-6994 or mail to: 

PO Box 422, Ukiah, 

CA 95482. Please 

put 

position applying 

for in cover letter. 

EOE. Facility 

#236801878 

Truck Driver (nights) 

Mendocino Forest 

Products, Co. LLC 

Join one of the 

largest local employers 

as a Truck Driver. 

Requires 1 yr. min. 

road exp., Class 

“A” DL, current DOT 

physical exam card, & 

clean DMV. Excellent 

benefits, minimal 

wkends and 

overnights. Please call 

707-485-6749 

for an application. 

EOE/ADA. 

120 HELP 

WANTED 

TRUE TO LIFE 

CHILDREN’S 

SERVICES 

seeks 2 additional 

homes for Shelter Care 

program 

Inland & Coastal areas. 

Applicants need to have 

at least 1 spare bdrm to 

house a child for up to 

30 dys. Guaranteed 

monthly allotment. 

Generous increase upon 

placement. Income taxexempt. 

Exp. with 

children req. Parents will 

receive training, + Social 

Worker, in-home support 

& respite. Need 1 or 2parent 

homes, with 1 

parent home full time. 

Home with no more than 

1 biological child 

considered. 

Retirees invited to 

apply. Contact TLC 

707-463-1100 

Lic#236800809 

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Ukiah, Ca. 

Use side glass door 

on the 

North side 

of building. 

140 CHILD 

CARE 

Quality Fmly Daycare 

w/Presch, component, 

meals, crafts, playground, 

playrm, , fun & love. 12 

yrs exp. Catherine 

462-2265 Lic. 3491 

200 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

PRUNING & 

Winter Gardening 

Call Jen 485-5363 

Salt Hollow Flower Farm 

205 FINANCIAL 

SERVICES 

BANKRUPTCY 

is it for me? 

FREE 

consultation by phone! 

Atty Ed Dechant 

800-823-0600 

DEBT CRISIS! 

Consolidation is the 

key to personal loans, 

mortgages and other 

financial services. 

Available up to $500K. 

Low interest! Call toll 

free: 1-877-768-2854. 

210 BUSINESS 

OPPORT. 

BE YOUR OWN BOSS. 

80 Vending Machines. 

Excellent locations! 

All for $9,995. 

800-440-7761 

Liquor License 

Lake County 

Type 47 “On Sale- 

General Eating Place” 

$35,000/OBO 523- 

8133 

250 BUSINESS 

RENTALS 

Banquet Hall & 

Kitchen Ukiah Senior 

Center 499 Leslie St. 

462-4343 

Great Retail or 

Services Location 

Downtown Ukiah 

116 & 118 N. School 

+ - 2,000 Sq Ft / $1,400 

+ - 800 Sq Ft/ $975 

+ - 10,000 Sq Ft/ $7,000 

309 North Main 

+ - 2600 Sq Ft / $1,350 

720 North State 

+ - 4,000 Sq Ft / $3,000 

Madison Pacific Properties 

707-462-4265/REALTOR 

www.madisonpacific.com 

www.homepages/madison

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 -B-5 

250 BUSINESS 

RENTALS 

Retail/Commercial 

Office Spaces 

Available. Call for info. 

Hathaway Properties 

459-5975 

UKIAH 

RETAIL/OFFICE 

DOWNTOWN 

850, 1020, 1056, 1525, 

1630, 1975, sq. ft. 

OFFICE 

DOWNTOWN 

449, 500, 585, sq. ft. 

OFFICE PARK 

445, 625, 681, 700, 726, 

1355, 2055, 2500 sq. ft. 

SHOPPING 

CENTER 

1400, 3100, 4500 sq. ft. 

DOWNTOWN 

2nd FLOOR 

DANCE STUDIO 

3500 sq. ft. 

WAREHOUSE & 

OFFICE W/YARD. 

2500 sq. ft. 

YARD 

15 to 20,000 sq. ft. 

KIOSK SITE 

*Square footages 

approximate. 

LEE KRAEMER 

Real Estate Broker 

468-8951 

VICTORY THEATRE 

367 N. STATE ST. 

Suites from $400 

per mo. Incl. utils. 

janitor, parking. 

NCR 468-9101 

300 APARTMENTS 

UNFURNISHED 

$875-MARLENE St.TH. 

Lrg. 2BR1.5BA. 

Cent. ht. frplc, yd., 

217-2764, 462-1546 

1 Bd, 1ba $725 

2bd, 1 ba $800 

2 bd. TH $825 

No Section 8. 

LEE KRAEMER 

PROPERTY MGMT 

463-2134 

2 bd. apt. Calpella. 

$750 No pets. 

Very clean. Close to 

school. Laundry rm on 

site. 485-0841 

2BD1BA. 

W/D. $900 mo. 

462-8600 

3bd, 2ba, TwnHs. W/D, 

G/D, D/W, lg. bckyrd, 

N/P. $985/mo + dep. 

707-489-4411 

625 N. STATE ST. 

PARK PLACE 

1 bd. $700-$750 

2 bdr. $825 TH $925. 

Pool/garg. 462-5009 

CREEKSIDE Apts 

1 & 2 bdrms. 1story/ 

yards. $625 & $725 

Mgr. 459-9735 

❤HEART of UKIAH ❤ 

LUXURY TOWNHOME 

2bd2.5ba avail 1/1. 

Sml pet OK. 463-2973 

MOVE IN 

SPECIAL! 

1/2-off 1 mo. rent 

w/6 mo. lease @ 

Sierra Sunset Apts. 

Call Selzer Realty 

468-0411 

Quiet 1 rm. studio 

cabin in town. 

$385/mo + dep. 

463-8642, 462-7527 

Rohnert Park 

Redwood Creek 

Luxury Apts. 

*BRAND NEW 

*Full size W/D in all 

units 

*Central AC 

*Walk in Closets 

*Garages Available 

*24 Hr. Fitness Cntr 

*Lap Pool 

& Much, Much More! 

CALL ABOUT OUR 

TERRIFIC SPECIALS 

888-893-4455 

Studio 

$600/mo+Dep 

1bd- $700/mo+Dep. 

2bd- $900/mo+Dep. 

All Utilities Incl. 

No Pets, No Sec.8 

462-8700 

UKIAH 

1416 S. State St. 

3bd2ba. townhse. 

W/D incl. $985. 

1 bdrm. cottage, 

newly blt. $865 

170 Carolyn St. 

Westside house. 

2 bdrm. $1100. 

CENTURY 21 

Les Ryan Realty 

Property Management 

468-0463 

Why Pay More? 

S. Dora St. 

townhomes 

2 bd., 1.5 ba. 

fenced patio: $725/mo 

Selzer Realty 

468-0411 

Looking for the best 

coverage of the local arts 

& entertainment scene? 


DAILY JOURNAL 

DAILY JOURNAL 

320 DUPLEXES 

2 bd. 351 Creekside, 

Willits. Lndry rm. No 

pets. Sml. bk yd. Garage. 

$800. 485-0841 

2bd1ba. Fen. side 

yd.Wat. Garb. & sewer 

paid. No common 

walls, no pets.$800 + 

$800 dep. 462-1396 

330 HOMES 

FOR RENT 

$1200 

3bd. 2 ba. 

N/S. 2 car garage. Fen. 

yd. 272-0131 

1BD/1BA Cln Mobile 

hm. on 3 ac. utils incl. 

Pets Ok. No Smoking 

$600/mo 272-5824 

1bd1ba. Brooktrails, 

quiet, secluded clean. 

New paint $545. 459- 

4325 

2bd/1ba Garage, Yard. 

No pets. $1200/mo 

462-1257 

3/3 + OFFICE. 

2 car gar. on 7 ac. 

Close to town-$1800. 

707-391-5540 

3bd 2ba Willits $1350 

Nice yd lake & forest 

+more N/S/P 707-486- 

7193/762-4951 

3bd/1ba on quiet 

westside cul de sac 

1275/mo +$1500 sec. 

dep. No Sec. 8 468- 

5788 

3bd1.5ba. D/W. $925. 

2/1. Credit ref. 200 

Beacon, Ukiah 

$500 dep. 462-9041 

3bd1ba. Quiet area. 

$1200mo. + $1800 sec. 

No pets/No smk No 

sec. 8. 463-8640 

3BD2BA. 

$1200/mo.+ Dep. Avl. 

2/1. 463-0354 

No calls aft. 7pm 

Mobile Home for rent in 

Quiet Senior Park, no 

pets $650/mo + $650 

sec dep. 467-9707 or 

462-7630 

New 3bd2ba, garage. 

Front yd. maint. N/S/P. 

Avl. now. $1300+dep 

744-1905 


3bd/1ba 1300 sq ft. 

New carpet, fresh 

paint. Private. No gar. 

No HUD. No Pets! 

$1200/mo, $1500 dep. 

Call eves 485-8254 

Travel Trailer 

in country. 

$400/MO. + DEP. 

468-1257 

W. HENRY 

2 bed., 1 ba. home. 

Garg. W/D hook-up, no 

pets. 

$1200 + dep. 

Beverly Sanders 

Realty 462-5198 

WANTED TO 

380 SHARE RENT 

Bd+Ba. N/S/D/D 

TV & phone incl. 

Furnished. $550/mo. 

489-6661 

Nice quiet home in 

Ukiah Master bdrm, 

own priv. bath, walk in 

closet female No S/D/P 

$520/mo + Util. 650- 

630-0172 

Rm in House Hopland 

w/bath, N/P/D 

Nice view. $475/mo. 

+util & dep. Mature 

female pref. 744-9547 

Roommate 

Wanted 

$550/mo 

Call 217-8652 

MOBILES FOR 

390 RENT 

Covelo Mobile 

Home Park 

has a few choice 

spaces avail. Walk to 

schools & stores. You 

CAN afford to live in 

Mendocino Co. 707- 

485-7857 

410 MUSICAL 

INSTRUMENTS 

PIANO 

Gorege Steck 

Mahogany. 

Great sound. 

$1200 

468-1445 

430 BUILDING 

SUPPLIES 

SLIDER DOOR 

72x80 

Single Paine 

$20 468-1445 

WANTED 

Kitchen counters for 

sink, kitchen sinks, 6 

used 32 inch doors, 6 

used refrigs., 6 elect. 

stoves.489-8600 

440 FURNITURE 

Custom Blue Leather 

DESK CHAIR 

Button tufted. 

New $1795...$300. 

468-1445 

CUSTOM DESK 

Queen Anne style, 

leather in lay. 

Mahogany. 

NEW $2995....$400 

468-1445 

440 FURNITURE 

Custom Maple 

COFFEE TABLE 

30”x50” - draw & glass 

protective top. $150. 

468-1445 

Futon Good cond. 

Cream color. $100. 

OBO. 462-3212 

RECLINER 

Blue Clothe 

good shape. $75 

468-1445 

460 APPLIANCES 

Kenmore extra lrg. 

cap. washer & gas 

dryer. $350. 

462-1491 

USED 

APPLIANCES 

& FURNITURE. 

Guaranteed. 485-1216 

480 MISC. 

FOR SALE 

Fresh shelled 

Almonds. $4.50 lb. 

462-3604 

HOT TUB ‘05 DELUXE 

MODEL Neck jets, therapy 

seat, never used, wrnty, 

can deliver.Worth $5700 

Sell: $1850 

766-8622 

Silver Fibrgls Camper 

shell. 70”x64” W. HD 

Rackit lumber rack. 

74”x77”. $200 ea. 272- 

2916 

SPA-Deluxe ‘05 

model. 30 jets. 

Therapy seat. Never 

used. Warr.Can del. 

$2650.707-468-4300 

Trek 6500, new. $500. 

Excel wetsuit. XXLG. 

Ab pkg. $400 /bo. 466- 

2215 msg. 

Vintage Accordian 

Sale. Demo by 

Don Willis Thurs., Fri. 

3:30-5:30, Sat. 2-4 at 

Frank Short Music 

537 S. Main St. 

462-5386 

PETS & 

500 SUPPLIES 

Bordie Collie Mix 

puppies 2 wonderful 

puppies. Smart, loving, 

and mellow $150/ea. 

485-5565. 

CATS: Looking for a 

cat, or want to find a 

home for a cat? 

Call 462-3929 

Jack Russell pups. 

champion blood line 

Male/fem. $300 ea. 

Wht/Tan707-998-4877 

PASTURE & 

530 FEED SUPPLY 

Grass Hay 3-wire 

bales. $8/per bale. 15 

bale minimum. 

743-1084. 

590 GARAGE 

SALES 

Alert-Senior Center 

Thrift Open Mon-Sat 

10-4, Donations & 

volunteers needed 

462-4343 

My Lucky Day 

Thrift & Gift Shop 

Winter Clearance Sale 

50% off everything. 

26th - 28th. 10am-6pm 

1490 S. State St. 

REC VEH 

610 CAMPING 

1987 Fireball 

29’ Travel Trailer 

Great floor plan 

including couch, 

dining area and rear 

bedroom. Tile sink, 

awning. $4250, will 

consider partial trade 

for auto or boat. 

707-274-1074 

Bounder 39R ‘02. 

Diesel pusher 300 

HP/Turbo. Queen Sz. 

slide -out. Freestanding 

dinette. 2 TVs, 

VCR, CD. Polished 

Aluminum wheels. Dual 

solar panels. $124,900. 

367-4466 

620 MOTOR- 

CYCLES 

2003 

SUZUKI 

INTRUDER 

1400. 

3200 mi. Like new. 

V+H exhaust. 

Corbin seat, shield, 

bags. Black/Silver. 

$5300. 

463-2424, 

489-5205 

Road King Custom ‘05. 

2,450 miles. Extras. 

$17,000 FIRM 485- 

7100 

Yamaha YZ250F ‘04 

FMF Q pipe.Renthal 

sprockets clean & fast 

$4,200 391-3411 

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650 4X4'S 

FOR SALE 

CHEVY SUBURBAN 

1988 Silverado 

4x4 3/4 Ton. 

Very nice cond. 

New tires. 

$2900 Firm 

391-9832 

GMC Yukon ‘04 4x4 

SLT, fully loaded, slvr, 

lthr, DVD rear audio, 

3rd seat, mnrf, 6cd, 

tow, 48k mi, $28,000 

OBO 

272-2266. 

670 TRUCKS 

FOR SALE 

Ford Cabover F-600 

‘70. Need carb. 

Flatbed dump. As/Is 

$2000obo. 272-1434 

GMC ‘76 3/4 T 2wd PU 

w/108,000 org.miles, 1 

owner great cond. 

$2500 744-1728 eves 

only 

680 CARS 

FOR SALE 

Lexus ES300 ‘97 lea., 

sunrf, new Struts, runs 

gd.184K. $6700. 707- 

272-0820 

Ply. Voy. ‘91 Van, seats 

7, a/c, power windows, 

everything works. Good 

old car in good shape. 

$1900 OBO 462-9421 

Volvo wgn ‘90 Gd 

cond. $1800. Volvo 

wgn. ‘81 5 spd. $800 

Make Offers 468-0765 

720 MOBILES 

FOR SALE 

76 MH 12x58 2bd/1ba 

FREE-YOU MOVE needs 

TLC, HUD lic. 485- 

7354 or 489-1221 

770 REAL ESTATE 

Immaculate 2500 sq. ft. 

2 bedroom, 2 bath custom 

home with office/den, 

great room, formal dining, 

and 2 car garage. private 

location, gorgeous 

landscaping, views, over 

3/4 acre fenced lot, lots 

of decks for entertaining 

or relaxing to the sounds 

of the river. 

Priced to sell at 

$650,000 

PAT WILLIAMS 

467-3623 Realty 

World Selzer RE 

1Call Larry Wright 

GOLDEN BEAR 

MORTGAGE 

707-433-9143 

Healdsburg 

Have equity in your 

property? Income or 

credit problems? 

Unusual property 

Interest rates as low as 1% 

Need cash out? Can do! 

RATES STILL LOW! 

2 HOUSES, 1 LOT 

In Ukiah on Jones St. 

Excel. cond. Great 

Westside location! 

$425,000 

Sherrell Simmons 

489-8600, 272-6420 

Century 21 Les Ryan Rlty. 

Newer 2 bedroom, 2 

bath manufactured home 

on over one country 

acre. 

Many upgrades, open & 

spacious floor plan, indoor 

laundry, 2 car garage, 

district water plus well, 

additional mobile on 

property with potential for 

care home. offered at 

$469,000 

PAT WILLIAMS 

467-3623 Realty 

World Selzer RE 

Clearlake view lots. 

$35K total. $7K dn. 

$370/mo. Walk to lake. 

Agt. 262-0122 

FREE weekly lists of 

homes for sale with 

prices, addresses & 

descriptions. 866-472- 

5468 ext. 260. Free 24 hr. 

recorded details. Century 

21, Les Ryan Rlty. 

“LIGHTING THE WAY 

TO LOVE THE PLACE 

YOU LIVE®” 


707-462-4265/REALTOR 


www.homepages/madison 

Next to Schat’s in Ukiah 

Open Sunday 1/29 

1-4pm American 

Canyon, CA 90 

Goldfinch Dr. Almost 

2900sf, 4/3+den 

Diana agt 

707-939-2007 

Ten Units in Ukiah 

Gross Yr. Income 

$75,000 $1,130,000 

Four Units in Ukiah 

Gross Yr. Income 

$34,800 $625,000 


707-462-4265/REALTOR 


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B-6- FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL 

LANDSCAPING 

CREEKSIDE 

LANDSCAPE 

License #624806 C27 

RESIDENTIAL 

COMMERCIAL 

Complete Landscape Installation 

• Concrete & Masonry • Retaining Walls 

• Irrigation & Drip Sprinklers 

• Drainage Systems • Consulting & Design 

• Bobcat Grading • Tractor Service 

Joe Morales 

(707) 744-1912 

(707) 318-4480 cell 

DIRECTORY OF 

PROFESSIONALS 

AUTO 

Fast mobile Service 

*No One Can Beat Our Prices* 

Windshields as low as 

$98 

CALL (707) 573-3031 

for quotes and appointment 

Window Tinting for Auto, 

Residential and commercial. 

Auto Windshield Replacement - 

Rock Chip Repair 

We accept all major credit cards, 

checks are welcome 

Affordable Auto Glass 

CABINETS 

Cabinets, LLC 

CA Lic. #863569 

Built Locally: 

Custom Kitchen 

Cabinets & much more. 

We provide restoration of 

cabinets, countertops, 

flooring & all your 

remodel needs. 

FREE ESTIMATES & 

COLOR RENDITIONS 

3301-B North State St. • Ukiah 

462-5225 

CONSTRUCTION 

Foundation to finish 

Homes • Additions 

• Kitchens • Decks 

Lic. #580504 

707.485.8954 

707.367.4040 cell 

TERMITE BUSINESS 

From Covelo to 

Gualala the most 

trusted name in the 

Termite Business! 

Call for 

appointment 

485-7829 

License #OPR9138 

MASSAGE THERAPY 


Massage 

Oolah Boudreau-Taylor CMT 

Thorough & Sensitive 

Deep Tissue & Sports Massage 

My work is to reduce your pain, 

improve your ability to do your 

work, and allow you to play harder 

and sleep better. 

1st Visit Special 

2 Hrs/$65 

By appointment 8am to 6:30pm, M-F 

485-1881 

Fascia 

Gutter 

Lic. # 292494 

Insured Bonded 

GUTTERS 

Prepainted 

Seamless Gutters 

27 Colors to Choose From 

Ogee 

Gutter 

Curved 

Face 

Gutter 

5 1/2” 5 1/2” 

Aluminum • Copper • Steel 

Limited Lifetime Warranty** 

4” 

FREE 

ESTIMATES 

Family Owned for 40 Years 

462-2468 

**To original owner. 

HANDYMAN 

Escobar Services 

All types of home repair, 

remodeling, construction 

and landscaping — can fix 

almost anything. 

Serving Ukiah, 

Redwood Valley, 

Calpella & 

Willits. 

Work 

Guaranteed 

(707) 485-0810 

Non-licensed contrac- 

NOTICE TO READERS 

The Ukiah Daily Journal 

publishes home improvement 

and construction advertisements 

from companies and individuals 

who have been licensed by the 

State of California. We also 

publish advertisements from 

unlicensed companies and 

individuals. All licensed 

contractors are required by State 

Law to list their license number 

in advertisements offering their 

services. The law also states 

CONSTRUCTION 

• Room Additions 

• Painting 

• Fences/Decks 

• Garage/Shops 

• Solid Surface 

Countertops 

• Kitchen & Baths 

485-8659 

ELECTRICIAN 

SHANAHAN 

ELECTRIC 

Electrical Auger 

Trenching Dump Truck 

420 O.K. 

Free Estimate 

Serving Lake, Mendocino, 

Sonoma Counties & beyond 

707-621-0422 

C-10 #825758 

COUNTERTOPS 

SOLID SURFACE & 

LAMINATE COUNTERTOPS 

2485 N. State St. • Ukiah 

Bill & Craig 

707.467.3969 

CL 856023 

DUMP RUNS 

• Tractor 

work 

• Hauling 

• Clean up 

• Landscaping 

• No job too small 

• Free estimate 

391-5052 cell 

468-0853 mess 

REFINISHING 

Furniture 

and Antique 

Repair 

& Refinishing 

30+ years experience 

Laquer, Varnish, Oil, 

Wax, Water-based finish 

Workshop 

in Redwood Valley 

free estimates 

Allen Strong 

707-485-0802 

HOME REPAIR 

CalMend 

Home Repair 

•Electrical 

Ceiling fans, wall outlets, 

wall heaters (gas & electric), 

Dryer hookups 

•Carpentry 

Doors, windows, fine finish 

trim 

•and more 

• Satisfaction Guaranteed 

Irv Manasse 

456-9055 

337-8622 

No CSLB 

Insured 

WATER STORAGE 

D.A.M. 

WATER STORAGE 

“Providing affordable, 

portable water storage” 

1-800-693-5676 

www.damwaterstorage.com 

COLLAPSIBLE WATER TANKS 

~ Light weight ~ 

~ Easy to transport ~ 

~ Easy to Install ~ 

3K Gal. - $350 • Fire Safety 

• Agriculture 

6K Gal. - $560 

• Flood Control 

12K Gal. - $1099 • Removable Pond 

Ideal for applications in isolated 

or hard to reach areas 

contractors performing work of 

improvements totaling $500 or 

more must be licensed by the 

State of California. 

Advertisements appearing in 

these columns without a licensed 

number indicate that the 

contractor or individuals are not 

licensed by the State of 

California. Further information 

can be obtained by contacting 

the Contractors State License 

Board.

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