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Nov. 25, 2007
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Fuel prices
taking a toll
on residents
TODAY: City of 10,000 Buddhas YESTERDAY: State Hospital
By ZACK SAMPSEL
The Daily Journal
Places
with a past
Part 3 of 4
Today The Daily Journal continues a series of
articles that provide a
glimpse into the previous
lives of a few local landmarks.
MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal
Tourist David Huang of
Fremont takes a snapshot of his family in front
of the Jeweled Hall of
10,000 Buddhas Saturday
on the grounds of what
was once the Mendocino
State Hospital.
Buddhist city at hospital site
By ROB BURGESS
The Daily Journal
O
n Saturday afternoon, David
Huang’s family stopped on their
way to the Chun Kang Vegetarian
Restaurant at the City of 10,000 Buddhas
in Talmage to snap a quick family photo
in front of the Jeweled Hall of 10,000
Buddhas.
“We’re from Fremont,” he said,
crouching in front of the smiling group in
front of him. “The last time I came here
was in 1999.”
If it were 40 years ago though, when
the Mendocino State Hospital still called
this complex home, it’s safe to say the
Huangs probably wouldn’t even have
slowed down their car as they passed, let
alone stopped to capture a family
memory in front of it.
The hospital, originally called the
Mendocino State Asylum for the Insane,
was founded in 1889, and the facility’s
original main building was completed
four years later where it stood until 1952.
Debra McCann, who operates the
Sonoma County Genealogy Site, said that
at times the hospital held up to 3,000
See PLACES, Page A-3
Zack Sampsel can be reached at udjzs@pacific.net.
Willits supports
plastic bag ban
A statue of the Buddha sits on top of the Jeweled Hall of 10,000 Buddhas,
protected by one of two lion statues.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
Hopland, Redwood Valley,
Willits, and Ukiah
Lake Mendocino
Army Corps of Engineers
• Volunteers wanted for outdoor work at
Lake Mendocino. For more information, contact Volunteer Coordinator Laura Smith at
467-4232.
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By Editor K.C. Meadows
The blog is at
ukiahdailyjournal.com
The woes at the pump continue for Ukiahans
as unleaded gasoline prices hover between
$3.37 and $3.43 a gallon citywide -- more than
30 cents above the national average of $3.09.
In October 2006, the statewide average for a
gallon of gasoline was $2.60.
According to the Energy Information
Administration, in statistics compiled Nov. 19,
the average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in California is $3.39, with prices increasing as you travel from the south to the north.
The $3.39 average is a 90-cent increase over
this time last year, according to the EIA.
San Francisco residents pay the highest
average price for gas in the nation at $3.50 per
gallon, while the average price in Los Angeles
is $3.36 per gallon -- and it appears crude oil
prices aren’t expected to dip anytime soon. The
cost of oil continued its march toward $100 a
barrel Friday, rising to a new record close in
light holiday trading, and Ukiah residents are
feeling it.
“Well it hasn’t changed much other than my
budget,” said Jay Fordster at the Shell station
on Airport Park Boulevard. “But that doesn’t
mean I’m happy with it either.”
Fordster continued to voice his thoughts on
gas prices while filling up his truck with $43
worth of unleaded gasoline. He lives in
Redwood Valley and said that while working
construction jobs all over Mendocino County
it’s hard not to be on the road. He went on to
explain that while his gas budget continues to
change he sometimes grudgingly makes up for
it by buying fewer groceries or cutting back on
other things.
Aimee Othesby faced a similar situation,
with driving to work a necessity in her life. She
said the frustration over climbing gasoline
prices was almost too much for her as she filled
up her Toyota Camry Friday afternoon.
“The gas prices haven’t changed how much
I drive to work, but it sure has changed what I
do in my free time,” she said.
To view the national averages for gasoline
prices online, visit http://www.eia.doe.gov.
Ukiah Senior Center
• Volunteers to help with their Thrift Store - some lifting, sorting and pickups.
• volunteers who can fill in for dishwashers,
set up and take down tables and chairs.
•Any volunteer who may have experience
in local soliciting and fund-raising for special
events. Contact volunteer coordinator Carmen
Lucchesi at 462-5933 or the center at 4624343.
Mendocino County Releaf
• Tree planting in the Ukiah area during the
months of December, January and February.
For more information, contact Miles Gordon
at 462-0244.
The Salvation Army
• Volunteer bell ringers for the Temporary
See VOLUNTEERS, Page A-4
A sample of this week’s blog posts
Posted Friday
Pot activity heating up
Marijuana growing and the burgeoning backlash
against the marijuana industry that is taking over
Mendocino County are going to be under discussion
again both at the county and city levels in the coming
couple of weeks.
On Dec. 5 the Ukiah City Council plans to make
growing pot outdoors a criminal offense. Already the
council has by ordinance required that all pot be
grown indoors or inside locked garden sheds and
limited growing to 12 plants per parcel.
The problem is that since this ordinance isn’t
much more than a zoning code, it’s being widely
ignored by the pot growers and city zoning enforcers
don’t want to deal with the vicious dogs and handy
weapons the growers harbor at their city addresses
and who can blame them? So making it a criminal
offense gives the Ukiah Police something to hang
onto legally in order to go in and take illegal outdoor
plants. You may recall that the city acted on its ordinance when former DA Norm Vroman was in office.
Vroman made it clear he wouldn’t be prosecuting any
of the city's proposed pot restrictions. Now, however,
the city feels it may have a better chance.
(How I’m not sure, when DA Meredith Lintott's
own employee is found with 39 pounds of pot and
she gets administrative leave rather than a trip to the
booking room ....)
See BLOG, Page A-4
By LINDA WILLIAMS
The Willits News
WILLITS - Plastic carryout bags will be
banned throughout Mendocino County if the sentiment of the Willits City Council is echoed by
other county jurisdictions.
Mayor Tami Jorgensen requested input from
citizens and the council prior to the vote. Willits
was the first county jurisdiction to discuss carryout bags as an agenda item. The Mendocino Solid
Waste Management Authority will likely wait to
vote on the ban until early 2008, after all other
jurisdictions in the county have reviewed the
issue.
Members of the public who spoke at the council meeting supported a future ban, although Lynn
Kennelly of the Willits Chamber of Commerce
requested businesses be given time to transition to
the new requirement.
A Pine Mountain resident spoke of his constant
efforts to remove litter from the area, citing three
areas in particular where the flimsy bags tended to
congregate. Others spoke of the desire for everyone to transition to reusable bags. One person
wrote a letter to the council, describing creeks in
the area after winter rains being festooned with
the bags. Gerry Ward of Solid Wastes of Willits
advised one council member that he supported a
ban; the plastic bags fouled machinery and were
nuisances when placed in recycle containers.
Most of the discussions by the council centered
on global issues associated with the plastic bags.
Allowing retailers to charge customers a fee of 10
to 12 cents for each paper bag used to recover
their increased costs was considered a reasonable
future step.
If MSWMA votes to support the proposed
countywide ban on plastic carryout bags in early
2008, the next steps will be to pass ordinances at
the county level and within each city to make it
the law in Mendocino County.
2 – SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
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RUTH ROSALIE RESPINI
1920-2007
The youngest daughter of
Edward and Elizabeth Kinzel, Ruth Rosalie,
was born in Davis,
California, on May 4, 1920.
Soon her family
relocated to Berkeley,
where Ruth spent an
active and happy childhood
despite the early
loss of her father. She love
sports, and excelled at basketball and tennis
throughout grammar and high school.
“Always running” is how
she recalled her youth,
which she spent singing in the choir, participating in Girl Scouts
and Girls’ Friendly Society
of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and dancing
away Saturday
nights with friends.
After graduating from
high school, Ruth
worked for the Berkeley
Public Library and
studied to become a legal
secretary. As
World War II approached,
her new career
took her farther afield, and
she commuted to
San Francisco for Several
years. During the
war, Ruth volunteered her
time and energy to
support the USO.
In the spring of 1947,
Ruth met the love of her
life, Richard (Mick)
Respini, while water-skiing
at Clear Lake. They married just three months
later, on August 10, and
Ruth moved to Lakeport, California. The following August, Richard
- the first of her three children- was born. Her
first daughter, Ruth Ellen,
followed her son a
year later. Ruth threw herself into mothering
with the energy and enthusiasm that characterized every phase of her
life - and she still
found time to do the bookkeeping for Mick’s
fledgling logging truck company.
1951 saw Ruth and her
young family move to
Coyote Valley, in Mendocino
County. They
soon made their way to
Ukiah, where daughter Rhonda was born in
1954. Ruth joined
Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, where all three
of her children were baptized. For many years
she enjoyed singing in the
church choir and
made lifetime friendships
that she cherished.
During that time, Mick
became a member of
the International Order of
Odd Fellows, and
Ruth joined the Rebekah
Lodge. Ruth also returned to her career during
the ‘50s, working
as a legal secretary with
B&M Lumber Company and Redwood Empire
Production Credit
Association until the late
‘70s.
In 1959 Ruth and Mick
bought their beloved
home in Redwood Valley,
California. Over the
next 40 years she converted
more than an
acre of their land into gardens. It was there,
among the roses, iris, fruit
trees, and tomatoes, that Ruth nurtured
her passion for gardening and earned the nickname Mick gave
her: “Ruthie of the
Flowers.”
In addition to raising
flowers and children,
Ruth also found time to
work as a tireless
supporter of the Ukiah
Community Concert
Association, serving as
Chair in 1974-75. She
also served as a 4H leader
and a member of
the PTA.
Once her two eldest children were grown,
Ruth changed careers.
When Mick was made
Assistant Chief of the
Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department, she
took on the job of
emergency dispatcher from
1972-78. Simultaneously, she and Mick started a family business. In 1979 Ruth became
an enthusiastic
member of the Ukiah chapter of Soroptimists
International. She was especially supportive
of their scholarship program that enabled older women to return to college. Ruth and
Mick's son Richard joined
the family business
after graduating from college, enabling his parents to work part-time and
eventually retire.
Ruth and Mick enjoyed
an adventurous decade of RV travel during
retirement, spending
their winter fishing in
Mexico, and touring the
United States during the
rest of the year. In
1994, Mick passed away.
After a year of
grieving, Ruth became
determined to enjoy
her remaining years. She
continued to follow
the sun in wintertime, eventually meeting Bob
Hanes in Arizona. They
were married at Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church
on New Year’s Eve,
1997. Together, they shared
several happy
years traveling and enjoying
life.
When Ruth’s health
failed, she moved to Oregon, where she enjoyed the
company of her
daughter Ruth Ellen and
her grandchildren,
Cyrena and Darius.
Wishing to spend her last
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years near her daughter
Rhonda, Ruth
moved to Carlsbad,
California, where she
passed away peacefully on
September 26,
2007.
Ruth will be remembered
for her dedication to
her family and community,
and her irrepressible zest for life. She will be
greatly missed by
those surviving her, who
include her sister-inlaw, Rose; her son Richard
and his wife,
Pam; her daughters, Ruth
Ellen and Rhonda;
her niece, Martha; and her
grandchildren, Jason, Nicole, Cyrena and
Darius. Ruth was
preceded in death by her
brother Edward and
her sister Dorothy.
A memorial service and
reception will be held
at 11:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, November 28,
at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, 640 S. Orchard Avenue, Ukiah,
California. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made
to the church or to the
Redwood Valley Fire
Department.
And now these three
remain: faith, hope and
love. But the greatest of
these is love. -1 Corinthians 13:13
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JO ANN GANDEE SALISBURY
Died peacefully in her
sleep from Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with her
best friend and husband Dave by her side on
November 14,
2007.
Services to be held
November 27, 2007 @
2:00 p.m. @ Eversole
Mortuary, Ukiah, CA officiating Reverend Dennis
Beatty.
Born on May 4, 1940 to
Clifford Taft Peterson
and Virginia Lee Turner in
Grants Pass, Oregon. She graduated from
Grants Pass High
School in 1958 and has
attended all her class
reunions, since.
She met and married J.
Gandee in June of
1962 and moved to Ukiah
from San Francisco. During that time she
worked or the Savings Bank of Mendocino
County, the Mendocino State Hospital and the
California Highway Patrol. She was an avid
bowler and a
member of the Children’s
Home Society.
During the next phase of
her life she moved
around a bit and worked at
various jobs with
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MARY B. LAYNE
Mary B. Layne, born
August 18, 1915, passed
away peacefully on
November 15, 2007.
Mary leaves her son Sam
and wife Judi,
grandson James (Jimmy),
granddaughters
Sadie (Burns) and husband
Matt, Hannah
(Frease) and husband
Russell, sister Ava L.
Davis and husband Chuck,
Nancy Fulsom
and husband Dick, daughter Melissa, 4 greatgrandchildren, and many
nieces and nephews.
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and received her teaching
credential from
San Francisco State in
1938. She later received a Masters Degree at
Sonoma State as
a reading specialist. Beth
started her teaching
career in a one room school
in 1938 and retired from her beloved
years of teaching in
1976. After retirement she
and her husband
enjoyed 20 years of traveling in their various
R.V.’s, visiting family and
friends in the United
States. Throughout her life,
Beth was devoted
to her community and was
an active member
in the Boonville Methodist
Church, Unity Club,
American Legion, Historical
Society and life
member of Delta Gamma.
She also volunteered many hours in the
Anderson Valley
Lending Library, Anderson
Valley Historical
Society and the Senior
Center. In 1987 she
was voted Mendocino
County Woman of the
year. At age 80 she bought a
computer and
wrote a book called The
Grandma Stubblefield Rose, the Life of Susan
Stubblefield, a
pioneer, who was her great
great great great
grandmother. The book was
published in
2000.
Funeral services will be
held on Wednesday,
November 28, 2007 at 1 PM
at the Anderson
Valley Methodist Church.
Internment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.
Contributions
may be made to the
Anderson Valley Historical Society, the Anderson
Valley Senior Center, the Anderson Valley
Health Center or the
Anderson Valley Elder
Home. The family
would like to extend a special thank you to Dr.
Mark Apfel.
The Eversole Mortuary is
in charge of arrangements. 707-462-2206.
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MARJORIE H. JENSEN
Marjorie H. Jensen born
January 1st, 1930
passed away peacefully 1119-07 after a brief illness,
surrounded by family.
Survived by husband of
56 years Philip W.
Jensen of Ukiah, sons
Donald B. Jensen of
Hopland, Paul H. Jensen of
Florida and Bruce
P. Jensen of Hopland,
brother Tobin Hansen,
grandchildren Bret, Brian,
Olivia and James,
and daughter-in-laws
Debbie, Nancy and Candy.
Memorial service Sat 128-07 11:00 AM Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church
640 South Orchard
Ave., Ukiah.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made
to the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church Building
Fund.
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Valentine, Nebraska, and
grew up in Purdum and
Thedford, Nebraska.
After her discharge, she
returned to Oregon
to resume her nursing
career and met James
Richard Layne whom she
married and moved
down to Northern
California with. She was director of nurses at the thennew County Hospital in Ukiah. After earing
her masters at
U.C.S.F., she became the
school nurse for
the Ukiah School District,
beginning programs
for hearing tests and dental
care instruction
for children in the schools.
After retirement, she
operated ‘Mother Mary’s
Cat Condo’ at Tu-Layne
Kennels.
Mary led a full life helping people which she
did with a passion whether
as the “school
nurse lady” or “Mother
Mary”. Mary was preceded in death by her husband James Richard ‘Dick’ Layne, son
James Richard Layne
Jr. and grandson Joseph. A
memorial celebration of her life will be
held on Dec. 2, 2007
at 2:00 in the Senior Center
located at 497
Leslie St. in Ukiah. For
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EDNA BETH TUTTLE
On Thanksgiving Day,
November 22, 2007,
Edna Beth Tuttle, age 91,
passed away at her
home in Boonville with her
family at her side,
leaving behind her loving
and devoted husband of 67 years, Walter
Tuttle. Beth is also
survived by her younger
brother Porter Willis
and her sister-in-law
Averyel Willis. She also
leaves her loving daughters
Linda Stewart
and husband Chuck
Stewart, Doris Vaughn
and husband Ron Vaughn
and Betty Hiatt.
Grandchildren Nancy
Bellen, Toby Vaughn,
Brian Witherell, Nathan
Vaughn, Rachel Henderson, Laura Hiatt,
Natalie McMilian and
step grandchildren, K.C.
Stewart and Kelly
Weaver. Great grandchildren Wiley Bellen,
Colton Henderson, Andrew
Vaughn, Madison
Vaughn, Bryce Henderson,
Daphne Witherell,
Bennett Witherell, step
great-grandchildren
Nicole Weaver, Derek
Weaver, Samantha
Stewart and Kyle Stewart.
She is also survived by numerous nieces
and nephews.
Above all else she loved her
family. Beth
graduated from Anderson
Valley High School
in 1933, Santa Rosa Junior
College in 1936
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Then, her life changed
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she retired with
the City of Ukiah, as a
Police and Fire Dispatcher. This is where she
met and fell in love
with Dave. They married on
Dec. 2, 1989 and
enjoyed sharing their lives
together very
much.
She loved being on committees. She served
on the board of the City of
Ukiah Credit Union
for many years; she was
part of the local
Mendocino Quilter’s Guild,
a former member
of Soroptomist and the
Republicans Women’s
Association and First
Baptist Church of Ukiah.
She also enjoyed, boating,
toll painting, collecting Avon bottles, dolls,
golfing and sewing.
She is survived by her
husband David Salisbury, her son, Jared
Gandee of Willits, her
daughter Julee and husband Grant Howell of
Ukiah. Her grandchildren,
Dusting and his
wife Jessica Howell of
Hopland, Darin and his
wife Lindsay Howell of
Killeen, Texas, Dillon
Howell and Drew Howell of
Ukiah, And her
great-granddaughter Alexis.
She is also survived by
her brother Gary and
his wife Marianne and their
family of Grants
Pass, Oregon.
She was predeceased by
her father, step-father, mother and grandparents.
In lieu of flowers please
send donations to:
Phoenix Hospice Willits.
In memory of Jo Ann
Salisbury
1 Madrone Street
Willits, CA 95490
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charge of arrangements.
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Places
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patients and that those who are searching for
records of their ancestors who may have been
clients are often disappointed because of poor
record-keeping.
“Sometimes old newspapers would be the
only record of these people being sent there,”
she said. “They’ll say when they went away
and then sometimes when they would come
back.”
McCann said the facility originally accepted
only male patients and was home to thousands
of clients over the years until it closed its doors
in 1972.
In 1974, the Dharma Realm Buddhist
Association purchased the 488-acre site and
within two years had established the basis for
what would later become the center.
John Chu, who works behind the front desk
at the visitor’s center, said the campus looks
much the same as it did three decades ago.
“All the buildings are original,” he said.
Shr Heng Chan, who was on a break from a
three-day-long meditation taking place in the
Jeweled Hall of 10,000 Buddhas, said the
building being guarded by a pair of menacinglooking marble statues was formerly used for
something very different.
“I believe it used to be a gymnasium,” she
said. “The male and female lions that sit in
front of it now are similar to the ones that guard
palaces and temples in China.”
Rob Burgess can be reached at
udjrb@pacific.net.
File photo (originally provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library)
The main building at the former Mendocino State Hospital, as it looked when it was known as the State Asylum for the
Insane.
100 YEARS AGO AT THE STATE HOSPITAL IN TALMAGE
Editor’s note: The high cost of fuel is not a new development, but a
century ago it was wood that had gotten too expensive. This article
about the state hospital at Talmage appeared in one of the local newspapers 100 years ago this month. It is reprinted here in its entirety.
Dispatch Democrat
Friday, Nov. 8, 1907
WILL USE OIL AT STATE HOSPITAL. Wood will no
longer be used for fuel purposes at the state hospital as it has
become too expensive. State engineer Ellery is expected here
today to make an inspection. An oil tank is to be installed at
once and oil will hereafter be used as fuel at the institution. Mr.
Ellery will draw plans for the construction of the plant and
made arrangements for placing it. Wood is too costly and
impracticable. In fact it is very hard to secure wood, and for the
past few years slabs, taken as refuse from the Willits saw mills,
have been used instead of wood. Good wood is now worth
$6.50 per cord.
Oil is a third cheaper.
Too loyal to kiss and tell? Some White House press secretaries don’t mind
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — White House
press secretaries, who speak for the
president and appear before the nation
on his behalf, have traditionally kept
their secrets while their bosses are in
office.
That unwritten rule has faded in the
face of big advances for political tellall books.
Scott McClellan, who served as
White House press secretary for nearly three years of the Bush administration, surprised his former colleagues
last week when his publisher released
three teaser paragraphs from his
upcoming book. The excerpt seemed
to blame President Bush for
McClellan’s false statements during
the early days of the CIA leak scandal.
“The old rules and old standards of
what was considered proper and what
25 years ago
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1982
Ukiah Daily Journal
AIN LOSSES COST COUNTY GROWERS
$500,000. A half million dollars worth of damage
was sustained by county grapegrowers as a result
of the sudden and fierce September storm,
according to Mendocino County Agriculture
Commissioner Roberto A. de Grassi.
But that was just a tiny drop in the bucket when compared
to statewide losses from the rains and rot that followed.
Revised estimates of the state’s crop losses due to the early
storm were released last week, showing damages totalling
$370 million -- with the great majority of it reported in
vineyards.
R
***
EEL WATER DISPUTE NEAR SETTLEMENT. The 10year dispute over diversions of Eel River water to the Russian
appears on the verge of a settlement.
A complex legal agreement allowing enough continued
diversions to adequately supply southern Mendocino County
agricultural and domestic water use projected through the year
1998 was signed by county supervisors after a last-minute
scramble to get a copy of the document.
The long-term agreement varies only slightly from an
interim flow schedule set by a Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) judge last September. After reviewing
the settlement, Supervisor Tom Crofoot termed it “something
we can live with.”
The agreement allows diversion of roughly one third of the
Eel River through the Potter Valley tunnel into the Russian.
The diversions have provided power to PG&E’s Potter
Valley Powerhouse since the 1920’s, but were challenged
when the utility applied to the FERC for relicensing in 1972.
Opponents of the diversions claimed the reduced flows in
the Eel had severely depleted stocks of salmon and steelhead
that spawn in the river. The State Department of Fish and
Game, Humboldt County, and the North Coast Salmon
Trollers intervened against the license, while Mendocino and
Sonoma County, who depend on the flows for water supplies,
backed PG&E.
***
GOLFERS EARN TURKEYS IN FUN TOURNAMENT.
In keeping with the Thanksgiving season, some 60 Ukiah and
visiting golfers enjoyed a “Turkey Shoot” fun tournament over
the weekend on the Ukiah Municipal Golf Course, with nearly
two-dozen turkeys given away.
LOW GROSS honors went to VERL STEPPE, with his
one-over-par 71; two strokes ahead of Carl Morgensen; three
up on Paul Shimmin; and four ahead of Don Rones, Sr. and
Mark Sparso.
LOW NET laurels went to DAVE THOMPSON, with a net
of 63; with Bob Hildebrand, Ken Edmonds and Don Rones,
Sr., tied for second at 64-net.
Other Low Net turkey shoot leaders included: Keith
Tiemann, Clif Richards and Frank Turner, each with a net of
66; Ron Ledford, Gus Larson and Carrol Ornbaun deadlocked
at 67; Rowland Nielson, 68; and “Scrooge” Austin, Gil
Snyder, Walt Wilcutt, Newt Bassler and Arnold Bray, locked
at 69.
was not are less and less abided by,”
said Jody Powell, who served as
President Carter’s press secretary.
“That’s true in all walks of life.”
Plenty of press secretaries have
written behind-the-scenes views of
the West Wing. But such glimpses
have traditionally been available only
after the president has left office.
George Christian, for instance, published “The President Steps Down,”
about the end of President Johnson’s
administration, a year after LBJ left
the White House.
Others waited even longer.
President Kennedy’s press secretary,
Pierre Salinger, wrote several books
about the administration but only after
the president’s death. The diaries of
James
Hagerty,
President
Eisenhower’s press secretary, were
published after Hagerty died in 1981,
THIS WAS NEWS
JODY
MARTINEZ
50 years ago
a dozen years after Ike’s death.
Once the president is out of office,
the stories belong to history, said
Marlin Fitzwater, who served as
White House press secretary under
Presidents Reagan and Bush and published his memoir in 1995 .
“In this day and age, there are so
many books, the public hardly blinks
an eye on the question of loyalty,”
Fitzwater said.
and drive them out into the corral. He had succeeded in
getting out ten or twelve of the animals, when the employes of
the barn were awakened and started in to investigate the cause
of the disturbance.
The midnight prowler retreated and got into the yard back
of the postoffice, climbed a tree and crawled onto the roof of
the building occupied by Ames’ shoe store. From there he
went through the window into the law office of J. E.
Pemberton, where he proceeded to disrobe, and started to get
out again, but this time he got the wrong window and fell to
the ground, about twenty feet below. Not being hurt by the fall
he proceeded to climb the tree again and re-entered the law
office and finished dressing. The officers were on his track by
this time and he was brought up with a short turn. It was
simply a case of drunk, and the offender was allowed to go his
way when sobered up.
***
Monday, Nov. 25, 1957
Ukiah Daily Journal
CRAWFORD SUBMITS LOW TIMBER BID. WILLOWS
- Supervisor Robert E. Dasmann, of the Mendocino National
Forest, has announced that Crawford Lumber company of
Ukiah submitted the high bid for government timber in the
Howard Lake unit.
This unit, from which about 45 million board feet will be
logged during the next four years, lies in the Eel River
drainage on the coast side of the Mendocino National Forest.
This will be the first major timber sale in that area. The logs
will be hauled to the company’s sawmill in Covelo.
Total sale price will amount to about $343,000 of which
twenty-five per cent will be returned to the counties within the
Mendocino National Forest for roads and schools.
***
UKIAH ROTARIANS MEET TOMORROW. H. W. Karbe
of Pacific Gas and Electric is program chairman for
tomorrow’s Rotary meeting, according to George Bartlett,
secretary and public information chairman for Ukiah Rotary.
Rotarians will meet tomorrow at the Palace.
***
FOR SALE $175 down, $67 per mo. will buy two bedroom
home with rental on back of lot.
100 years ago
Friday, Nov. 22, 1907
Dispatch-Democrat
REMODELING THE TOWN HALL. Work on the
remodeling of the old city hall was commenced this week by
Contractor LaPorte. Four feet of the brick work on the front of
the building has been torn down. A new modern front will be
put in and the building strengthened and completely refitted.
When finished the town hall will present an up-to-date
appearance and add to the general metropolitan character of
the city. The hall has long been an eye sore, and since it was
condemned a year and a half ago has not been used.
***
INTOXICATED MAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE. A
drunken man wandered into the Fashion stables last Friday
night at about 12 o’clock and proceeded to untie the horses
HAND SEVERELY INJURED. Vic McClure, an employe
of the local State Hospital, had the misfortune to have his left
hand caught in a pulley last week while hoisting material up
into the new building and that member was badly crushed. It
will be some weeks before he can have the use of it again.
***
GONE TO HIS ANCESTORS. An aged Chinaman died at
the wash house near the electric light station last Saturday
morning. Coroner Taylor held an inquest over the body of the
Chinese that afternoon, and the result of the investigation was
that the deceased was a victim of consumption. He was an old
timer in this locality. Years ago he was chef de cusine of the
Ukiah House when that hostelry was under the management of
W. A. Hagans.
***
BOXING EXHIBITION. The Ukiah Athletic Club will give
their second exhibition of the manly art of self defense next
Saturday evening, November 23, at Marks’ opera house. The
principal event will be a ten round contest between Pedlar
Palmer of this city and Geo. Moore of Santa Rosa. Several
preliminaries will preceed the main event.
***
NEW AUTO STAGES. The proprietors of the auto stage
line between Pieta and Lakeport have purchased a 45-horse
power Columbia, and during next summer they plan to put on
several more up-to-date cars for the tourist travel.
***
TELEPHONE LINE COMPLETED. The new telephone
lines from Lakeport to Cloverdale by way of Pieta has been
completed. Messages to Lakeport can now be sent direct to
that city instead of by this city as had been the way for many
years.
***
The revival meetings that are being conducted at the
Christian church are arousing much interest and large crowds
are in attendance at each meeting.
Jody Martinez can be reached at udjjm@pacific.net.
LOCAL
A-4 – SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
Blog
Continued from Page A-1
Meanwhile, the county
supervisors on Dec. 11 are
supposed to discuss a new
ordinance on pot from Jim
Wattenburger and Mike
Delbar, the board's Criminal
Justice subcommittee. The
ordinance is a 27-page regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the county. It
would limit the number to
three, one on the coast, one up
north and one in the Ukiah
Valley. It would limit them to
commercial and industrial
zones only and bar them within 500 feet of a church,
school, school bus stop, senior
center and other such traditionally protected spots. It
would also prohibit any pot
smoking or alcohol in or outside the dispensary and
require background checks of
all dispensary employees and
prohibit felons from working
at them. There will be also a
discussion of banning dispensaries altogether in this county. Currently there are two and
a third is hoping to open under
the auspices of this new ordinance.
Finally, I understand that
there are two ballot measures
moving forward to reverse
Measure G in this county that's the measure passed by
voters several years ago to
protect mom and pop growers
in the county from being prosecuted by local sheriff's and
police by allowing anyone to
grow up to 25 pot plants in
their back yard. However, it is
also the measure by which the
marijuana industry has gained
hold here and from which
supervisors David Colfax,
Kendall Smith and John
Pinches are hanging their
argument that 25 plants per
patient is the right amount for
medical marijuana and 25
pounds of dried pot would be
OK to transport - that part at
least they withdrew when they
realized how ludicrous it was.
Anyway, Measure G really
started the whole out-of-control pot industry here since we
announced basically that we
weren’t going to prosecute pot
growing any more. And with
both Sheriff Tony Craver, and
DA Norm Vroman in charge
to make it stick, the pot industry grew and grew until now it
has overwhelmed neighborhoods, and made our county
and especially the inland
county a dangerous place to
live.
Anyway I hear that both
Supervisor Mike Delbar and
local resident Jimmy Rickel
have ballot measures in the
works (I’ve seen Rickel's).
The problem is that they are
both likely to want to press for
their own and it would be a
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bad thing if two ballot measures ended up on the ballot
since it would likely divide
the vote and none would be
successful. I am hoping that
Delbar and Rickel can get
together to agree on one version. Delbar no doubt wants to
be the champion on this as he
faces a tough run for reelection against Carre Brown and
perhaps Rickel has political
motives as well (although the
recent elections should have
given him all the message he
needs on his political future).
Either way if such a ballot
measure is to succeed it needs
a united voice.
Posted Monday
How to get them to read?
There’s a new report out
from the National Endowment
for the Arts which concludes
that young people who don’t
read regularly get lower
grades overall, even in math
and science. The study, drawn
from a variety of sources of
information from the Labor
Department to the Census
Bureau, indicates that young
people whose parents don’t
read and who live in homes
with no or few books, are likely to do worse in school even
if those parents are college
educated. In other words, the
kids whose parents had only a
high school education but
whose homes were filled with
books, got better reading and
other scores than those in
higher earning homes where
books were not present.
The question of course is
how to get kids interested in
reading.
I am a lifelong reader and I
can’t imagine a home without
books. I read voraciously and
I am always astounded when I
go to someone's home - say
my own sister's - where books
are simply not present. Sure,
there’s a big reading orgy
when a new Harry Potter
arrives, and that's fine, but
what about the rest of the
year?
I have been trying with
some success to encourage
what looks like a burgeoning
reading habit in my 12-yearold niece. I introduced her to
Little House of the Prairie
series when she was 8 and the
Lemony Snicket Series of
Unfortunate Events books a
year later. What I found discouraging, however, was that
her public elementary school
in Fresno forced its students
only to read what was on its
approved reading list. Each
student had to earn a certain
number of "reading points"
every year. But those points
could only be earned by reading books the school had on
its approved list - the list was
also categorized by age group
so even if my niece wanted to
and was ready for more
advanced reading, it would
not count. So when I would
take my niece to the book
store and suggest a book to
her that I was sure she’d love,
she’d look at it and sigh, and
tell me it wasn’t on the list. In
her mind it wasn’t worth reading a book that didn’t count
against her quota at school. I
couldn’t argue with that but it
occurred to me that while the
school thought it was encouraging reading, it was really
discouraging students with an
urge to read and it was limiting the scope of their reading.
Of course, all the electronic
materials in kids' hands these
days are taking up time a child
might otherwise use for reading a good book.
Are books for young people any good these days?
That's a question I don’t know
a lot about since I don’t read
most of them - except Harry
Potter which I love. To be
honest, when I read reviews of
young people's literature and a
new book is about a young
person whose life is a misery
of drug culture, or street violence or some other 21st century family sorrow, I have to
say I avoid it along with the
popular/unpopular girl travails set in suburban America.
On the other hand I did
check for a copy of The Diary
of Anne Frank for my niece
this year on a well-known
book club web site and they
don’t stock it.
So here are two questions
to the readers out there:
1. What are your ideas for
instilling a love of reading in
our children?
2. Share your suggestions
for good books for young people.
Comment: One of the neat
things I thought my parents
did, early on in my life, was
buy a set of World Book encyclopedias. I used to read
through them all the time.
Every time I’d watch a TV
show about something, say
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., when
the show was over I’d often
go to the encyclopedias and
read about the Marine Corps,
or whatever other subject
piqued my interest.
Did a lot of reading
because of that.
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Emergency Assistance Fund
starting Nov. 26 to Dec. 24.
For more information contact
Janet Cetani at 468-9577.
California Conservation
Corps
• Provide leadership training to 18- to 23-year-old men
and women.
• These skills include:
Interview skills, Math,
Literacy, Home Finance, and
Basic Garment repair. For
more information, contact
LaVone Dyer at 463-2822
Family Strengths Program
• This is a wrap-around
program providing support to
families to be able to keep a
special needs child at home
and prevent out-of-home
placement.
• Mentor Youth
• Group Activities
Leaders. For more information contact Laurel Bleess at
463-4341
The Ukiah and Willits
Family Center
• Provide parenting education and support for families
• Child care, Play games,
Read Stories, Organize
Donations. For more information, contact Deborah
Lovett at 463-4018
Redwood Valley Rancheria
• Provide financial literacy classes. For more information, contact Hai-Lee Sun
at 458-0361.
Adult Literacy
• Teach adults (16 and
over) to read and write. For
more information in Willits
contact Katherine Moberg at
459-6527, in Ukiah call 4634155
Mendocino
County
Volunteer of the Year
Awards (MCOVY)
• Annual dinner event that
recognizes volunteers (adult
and youth) in Mendocino
County. This event is held in
April. For more information,
contact Vicki Sparkman or
Tami Bartolomei at 4622596.
CASA (Court Appointed
Special Advocate)
• An abused or neglected
child’s voice in court.
• CASA volunteers are
people who work to keep
children in the community
safe. They are instrumental in
walking with a child through
the maze of the child welfare
systems. A CASA volunteer
is a part of the larger circle of
adults who care about the
child’s well being. CASA is
offering a 30 hour training to
special people who would
like to join the program. The
coast volunteer training will
be held on July 12 and 13,
and July 19 and 20 in F 011
Bragg. An inland training
will be held in Ukiah in the
fall. For more information,
call 463-6503.
American Red Cross,
Sonoma & Mendocino
Counties
•Actively training (first
aid, CPR, disaster preparedness and much more) in
Ukiah as well as on the coast.
•Volunteer
& Youth
Services Director Maggie
O’Brien has weekly office
hours
in
Ukiah
on
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. (people can make
appointments by calling 4630112 at least the day before,
or drop in) at the offices of
North Coast Opportunities,
776 South State St., Suite
102B. Note: please do not
call or mail North Coast
Opportunities if you want to
reach the Red Cross, as it
does not have phone or mail
there.
•Web
site
at
http://www.arcsm.org/index.
php?pr=Mendocino_County
(or
just
go
to
www.arcswm.org
<http://www.arcswm.org/> ,
click on Chapter Programs,
then click on Mendocino
County). Those activities are
also throughout the Web site.
•Prospective volunteers
can call 463-0112, can contact
Kristy
Monti
(monti@sonic.net) or can
write to info@arcsm.org for
general inquiries.
West Company
• Any volunteers available
for the month of Jan., we
have an annual event called
"Celebrate Business" which
needs volunteers for servers
and help in kitchen, with the
food.
• Also in need for volunteers at the Commerce Cafe
for marketing, accounting,
law, financial, and planning
expertise. Also in need for
client tracking, follow up
survey and clerical tasks such
as copying, filing, phone
relief, plant care. . . For more
information, contact Marlene
at 468-3553 or visit our web
site: www.westcompany.org.
Willits Community
Services
• Any volunteers available
to help at the Food Bank to
help with distribution of
food, agency maintenance,
and office volunteers. . . For
more information, contact
Linda Myers at 459-3333.
Mendocino County 4-H
• Any volunteer available
from July 1 to 24, to help and
chaperone summer camp.
For more information, contact Linda Edgington at 4634495 Or e-mail: ledgington@ucdavis.edu.
Disabled American
Veterans
• Any volunteers located
in Mendocino county or
Santa Rosa available to transport veteran patients to San
Francisco V.A. Medical
Center. For more information, call 463-4226.
Mendocino County Youth
Project
• Any volunteers interested in working with youth in
the drop in center. Any adult
volunteers for foster homes.
For more information, contact Jerome Bouvier at 4634915
Web
site:
www.mcyp.org
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GOVERNMENT
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 – A-5
GPS devices help cities save on gas and catch employees goofing off
By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press Writer
ISLIP, N.Y. — GPS tracking
devices installed on governmentissue vehicles are helping communities around the country reduce waste
and abuse, in part by catching
employees shopping, working out at
the gym or otherwise loafing while
on the clock.
The use of GPS has led to firings,
stoking complaints from employees
and unions that the devices are intrusive, Big Brother technology. But
city officials say that monitoring
employees’ movements has deterred
abuses, saving the taxpayers money
in gasoline and lost productivity.
“We can’t have public resources
being used on private activities.
That’s Management 101,” said Phil
Nolan, supervisor of the Long Island
town of Islip.
Islip saved nearly 14,000 gallons
of gas over a three-month period
from the previous year after GPS
devices were installed. Nolan said
that shows that employees know they
are being watched and are no longer
using Islip’s 614 official vehicles for
personal business.
Some administrators around the
country emphasized that the primary
purpose of the GPS devices is not to
catch people goofing off but to
improve the maintenance and operation of the vehicles and to design
more efficient bus, snowplow and
trash-pickup routes. Among other
things, the devices can be used to
alert mechanics that a car’s engine is
operating inefficiently.
Still, in Indiana, six employees of
the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health
Department lost their jobs last year
after an administrator bought three
Global Positioning Satellite devices
out of her own pocket and switched
them in and out of 12 department
vehicles to nail health inspectors running personal errands on the job.
Employees were caught going to
stores, gyms, restaurants, churches
and their homes. (And the administrator was reimbursed the $750 she
spent.)
One of those who got in trouble,
27-year employee Elaine Pruitt,
decried what she called “sneaky”
methods. She said she had fallen ill
and stopped at her home for a long
lunch break, returning to work just
38 minutes late.
Previously, “as long as we got our
work done, there was never any
problem. All of a sudden, it became
wrong if you stopped at a grocery
store for some gum,” she said.
In Boston two years ago, a snowplow driver was accused of hiding
his GPS device in a snowbank and
then going off to do some private
plowing. The driver pleaded guilty to
a misdemeanor larceny charge and
was fined $300.
In Denver, 76 vehicles equipped
with GPS this year were driven 5,000
fewer miles than the unequipped
fleet had during the same period the
year before. Denver plans to outfit
police cars, snowplows and trash
trucks with GPS soon.
“It’s growing by leaps and
bounds,” said Chris Ransom of
Networkcar, one of the country’s
leading providers of GPS systems.
“I’d say we’re seeing double-digit
growth among the municipalities,
whether it’s statewide or down to the
local county.”
In Delaware, GPS was used to
confirm two employees using state
vehicles were going home early, said
Terry Barton Jr., fleet administrator
for the state. He would not say what
action, if any, was taken against the
employees.
“If they’re in charge of the car and
they decide to go visit their Aunt
Mary, we’ll know that they went
someplace they weren’t supposed to.
It has a chilling effect,” he said.
Barton said Delaware paid $425
per unit for the GPS devices, as well
as $24.99 a month per vehicle for
tracking services. Information from
each car is sent back to a central
location, where things like fuel consumption and speed are recorded. He
estimated the investment will be
recouped in 3 1/2 years.
“If we’re getting fuel reduction,
less accidents and have our people
slowing down, it more than pays for
itself,” Barton said.
The Teamsters are negotiating
more contracts that protect workers
from being spied on or punished as a
result of the devices, union spokeswoman Leslie Miller said. She said
the union’s tentative contract with
United Parcel Service prevents the
company from firing any employee
for a first offense uncovered by GPS
unless there is proof of intent to
defraud.
Sean Thomas, chief of staff for the
Manchester, N.H., mayor’s office,
Struggling California GOP to cut county aid
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — On the
verge of a presidential election year, the California
Republican Party is slashing
funds for key operatives as the
party struggles to overcome
lackluster fundraising and lingering debt.
At the end of the year the
state party will eliminate what
is called its county executive
director program, which distributed about $260,000 a year
among about a dozen counties
to assist with fundraising
activities and grass-roots
organizing.
Its finances are so shaky,
the state party faced the
choice of ending the funding
or possibly laying off workers
from its staff, according to one
official.
In an era of multimilliondollar presidential campaigns,
the amount at issue is relatively small. Indeed, some larger
local GOP committees, like
Watch Repair
San Diego and Orange counties, expect to have enough
funds available from their
own accounts to fill the gap.
But others will face cutbacks at a time when candidates are trying to attract voters in a political environment
defined by an unpopular
Republican president and the
Iraq war. An Associated PressIpsos poll last week found
roughly one of three adults
approve of President Bush’s
performance, about the same
as his all-time low.
The cuts are “really going
to hurt the party statewide,
there’s no doubt about that,”
said Jack Duncan, whose job
with the Kern County GOP is
financed in part with the state
dollars.
“A lot of people think volunteers will step in and take
care of a lot of these issues.
That’s stretching it, I think,”
Duncan added. “Someone is
going to have to ... take care of
the fundraising activity and do
all those kinds of things. For
some of the counties, that’s
going to be pretty tough.”
According to state records,
the California GOP was $1.7
million in debt at the end of
October, the most recent figures available. Its federal
committee
was
nearly
$430,000 in the red, records
show.
An e-mail sent by regional
vice chairman Jon Fleischman
to other party officials, which
was obtained by the AP, pointed to a shortage of cash.
“I don’t know how to sugarcoat this,” Fleischman wrote
in the e-mail. The party “is
going through a very fiscally
challenging period.”
Warned by the party’s chief
operating officer that state
GOP layoffs could follow if
the county funding was continued, “I was forced to vote
to end a program that I believe
is a good one, simply because
we are faced with a situation
of
limited
resources,”
Fleischman wrote. He later
predicted finances would
improve.
SUNDAY TV NEWS SHOWS
Associated Press
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.;
Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
CBS’ “Face the Nation” — retired Marine Gen. Anthony
Zinni.
NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Republican strategists Mary
Matalin and Mike Murphy; Democratic strategists Bob
Shrum and James Carville.
CNN’s “Late Edition” — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee,
R-Ark.; Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi;
Palestinian envoy Saeb Erekat; Miri Eisen, spokeswoman
for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
“Fox News Sunday” — Former Sen. Fred Thompson, RTenn.; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Carl Levin, DMich.
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“some union push-back. “They said,
‘You are watching us like Big
Brother,”’ Thomas said.
GPS is helping improve efficiency
in other ways.
Houston officials say they have
used GPS on garbage trucks to
design more efficient trash-collection routes, reducing fuel costs and
other expenses.
This winter, the New Hampshire
Transportation Department will
begin testing GPS devices in some
sand spreaders.
“It’s so when Mrs. Smith on
Warren Street calls and says we
haven’t plowed her street, we can
say, ‘Yes, we have,”’ said Phil
Bilodeau, Concord, N.H., deputy
director of general services. “It’s not
to check up on drivers, although they
would say it is for that purpose.”
Boston’s school system uses GPS
devices on its buses — technology
that proves useful when worried parents call because a bus is late.
“It’s hugely helpful for us to say,
‘The bus is five blocks away,”’
schools
spokesman
Jonathan
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and son Ashton 3, and a full time student at
Mendocino College. She was on her way to a night
class at the Willits campus when the accident
occurred. Her husband, Zack, has been driving back
and forth, from their Brooktrails home they rent, to
the hospital, and taking care of the kids. Zack works
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begun. They are paying on a used car only a few
months old to the couple, and with all the hours at the
hospital, Zack has virtually no income due to no time
to work.
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Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526
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The Ukiah Daily Journal
Letters from our readers In our opinion
On Masonite and politics
Shop locally this season
To the Editor:
I have been watching, with interest, the
hubbub over the old Masonite site. Clean
up, future use, and just general complaint
about “Do it my way or else.” Sounds like
good old Ukiah/Mendocino County business as usual. Consider My Ranch, Class K
suite, grading ordinance, marijuana, and so
on and so on. Every one has an opinion but
no one seems to have a solution except
“Do it my way!” We are going to have to
reach some consensus on this matter in the
near future, or it will be decided for us. But
please give consideration to some of the
following issues. If you wish to see some
kind of industry at this site, remember that
“everyone” complained about the pollution
from Masonite. Not to mention the other
mills. Remember the formaldehyde spill
from a tanker outbound from the fiber
board plant north of town. Few of you
have been here long enough to remember
how polluted the valley was with 10 mills
within three miles of town. I do, as I was
born here in 1943.
Industries left Ukiah because there was
no economical way to ship their product to
market. The railroad is gone, trucking
charges a surcharge to come to Ukiah as
the price of diesel has gone up along with
gas. UPS and FedEx are too costly. The
roads are poor at best. There are no incentives to locate here. There are no workers
to take the jobs in a heavy industry like
manufacturing or engineering. No or few
engineers, welders, machinists, electronics
workers, computer programmers and so on.
Even if a new business wanted to move
their workers to Ukiah there is little housing for them. Try to find 100 nice homes
for sale that educated, well off people
would be willing to move into. Even the
Sheriff lost lots of good deputies over the
years because there was no shopping here
for the wives. We could not even keep
Blue Shield, the National Guard Armory,
FlangeCo, Masonite, Klamath Machine,
Durable Fir and Lumber Co., to name a
few. Some went out of business as the lumber industry died, others because Ukiah
and California were “Bad for Business”
and there was no transportation for their
products. What has changed? Not one single thing. The “Business Park” on Hastings
does not have a single new manufacturing
plant in place. Just box stores and tons of
traffic. There is the brewery and that is just
about it. The mill is for sale and will be
closing soon. So we will add another
restaurant and maybe another motel. Not
likely businesses for high paying employment. The only business attempting to
move into the area the past few years is the
proposed slaughter plant. Maybe they will
take a look at the Masonite site. There is
lots of room there along water and a settling pond for their effluent. Take a sniff
now, you may not like the future air at the
North end of town!
Now Jim Mulheren, John McCowen,
and Estelle Palley want to jump into the
seat for the second district. If any of you
want a single vote, or my vote, you had
better have a concrete plan for Masonite.
All of you are using it as a reason to run.
Don’t do a Nixon on us and say “Well I
have a plan.” You will have to do a lot better than that.
The bottom line is Masonite is not the
only issue facing this county. Housing,
good medical care, local mental health
facilities, future water, road repairs, county
wide growth, there are lots of things. So I
caution you don’t let this become a single
issue election. To the voters I say “Give
’em all h---, don’t let any of them off the
hook.” Ask questions, but not just about
Masonite. One is “why would any sensible
person want this job in the first place?”
Make sure you candidate is a well rounded
one. Make sure they are not a single issue
candidate.
Ron Parker
Ukiah
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ON EDITORIALS
Daily Journal editorials are written by
Editor K.C. Meadows with the concurrence
of Publisher Kevin McConnell.
Now that the holiday shopping season is
officially upon us, we’d like to remind all
our readers that it is important to shop locally. Local businesses provide merchandise
and services here in the Ukiah Valley that
mean jobs for local citizens and a good circulation of local dollars.
And, it’s certainly easy to do. We have
local stores selling toys, electronics, furniture, clothing, shoes, sporting goods, books,
musical instruments, housewares, cutlery,
BBQs, tools, gardening supplies, appliances,
bedding, pet supplies, jewelry, cars and
much more. We also have places where you
can buy a loved one a haircut, a manicure, a
massage, a delicious meal, a night at the
movies or a day at the skating rink or bowling alley.
We have big stores and little stores. We
have restaurants serving breakfast, lunch
and dinner - ready for anytime you’re out
there shopping. There will be holiday cheer,
sales and specials.
And you won’t use very much gas if you
shop right here at home.
Buying local tells shopkeepers and store
owners that you appreciate them and the
effort they make to have you as a customer.
And it strengthens our community’s economy during a season our retailers count on to
make it through the year.
If you’re one of the people who gets in
the car and heads straight to Sonoma County
to shop, make a change this year. Make your
dollars count locally. Take a look around.
There’s plenty to shop for right here.
(And buy a toy for a needy child for the
Christmas Effort while you’re at it.)
New people,
same second income
from this breed of bandits. It is either that
or we the people will need to take up this
cause and solve it our selves.
Ms. DA and Mr. Sheriff, have your people give up their second incomes and serve
and protect the law abiding people and nail
the grower’s hides to the barn door. If Ms.
District Attorney Meredith J. Lintott or
Sheriff Thomas D. Allman wish to discuss
this matter, I’m not hard to find.
Tim Bradford
Ukiah
To the Editor:
We the people of Mendocino County
should not be surprised that someone in the
DA’s office had thirty-nine (39) pounds of
processed marijuana and no arrest. Even by
Mendocino standards that is a lot of dope. I
am sure the person with that much marijuana in her home was shocked and had no
idea how it got into her home.
Ms. DA and Mr. Sheriff, why no arrest?
As I hinted last year maybe somebody or
somebodies in the DA and Sheriff ’s offices
has an extra income coming in from the
growers. I guess I wasn’t far off. Medical
marijuana in Mendocino County and the
State of California is a joke. Everyone
knows if you want to get rich come to
Mendocino County and grow pot. The
local law enforcement won’t do a thing
about it.
With all the illegal activities being carried on by the “growers,” is it any wonder
normal people can not afford to buy property is this county, and those who own
property are being sued and squeezed out
by growers who have unlimited amounts of
cash to spend on lawyers and law enforcement protection?
It may be time for law abiding people to
go to the United States Attorney General
for help in getting a handle on the lawlessness of Mendocino County as neither the
DA, the Sheriff’s Department, nor the State
of California is willing or able to protect us
It’s not all Caltrans’ fault
To the Editor:
In response to the letter by Michael
Toivonen, I’d like to say that speed limits
are posted on Highway 101 and Highway
20 but not everyone drives within those
limits. If CalTrans were to change the
speed limits, what makes you think people
who now drive above the current speed
limits are going to slow down just because
a lower limit is posted?
Accidents are generally the result of
one’s carelessness in adhering to the rules
of the road. If one were to examine traffic
accident reports, I’m sure it would be clear
that the ‘accidents’ are caused by lack of
attention as drivers chat on their cell
phones, use the computers, drive under the
influence of drugs and/or alcohol, speed,
tailgate, pass in a no passing zone, etc. All
of which shows varying degrees of carelessness and lack of respect for others on
See LETTERS, Page A-12
WHERE TO WRITE
President George Bush: The White
House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX
(202)456-2461.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814.
(916) 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633
Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510;
(202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 4030100 FAX (415) 956-6701
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart
Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.
20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 2283954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707; 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 9620934;
www.house.gov/write rep
Assemblywoman Patty Berg: State
Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 4146,
Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001;
Berg's Ukiah field representative is Ruth
Valenzuela. Ukiah office located at 311 N.
State St, Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The
office’s fax number is 463-5773. For email
go to web site: assembly.ca.gov/Berg
Senator Pat Wiggins: State Senate
District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,
Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375
Email: senator.wiggins@sen.ca.gov. In
Ukiah: Kathy Kelley at 200 S. School St,
468-8914, email: kathy.kelley@sen.ca.gov
Mendocino County Supervisors:
Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Wattenburger, 2nd District; John Pinches, 3rd
District; Kendall Smith, 4th District;
David Colfax, 5th District. All can be
reached by writing to 501 Low Gap Road,
Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221,
FAX 463-4245. bos@co.mendocino.ca.us
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Assignment:Ukiah
By Tommy Wayne Kramer
Giving thanks
for Patty Berg
Imagine a vague and shapeless world without form,
a world with no center and no meaning. Imagine, if you
can, a world without Patty Berg.
Think of an existence without Patty Berg, our best
and brightest, the highest and most exalted of our local
elected officials, our heroic champion in the California
Assembly.
She is our voice and our vision. For a brief instant,
contemplate how empty and hollow life in the
Redwood Empire might be without Patty to demand
that Sacramento politicians heed the needs of her people. Without her we would be lost and adrift.
It is easier to imagine a world without air and water
than one without Patty Berg. Suppose for an awful
moment that instead of the mighty and intrepid Ms.
Berg we had nothing but an empty shell to lead us.
Or, not an empty shell, but ... an inflatable doll. Yes!
Consider the possibility that instead of the towering
intellectual who today strides forcefully through the
halls of power on our behalf we had nothing more than
an inflatable doll, albeit one with a lousy hairdo,
unfashionable garb and that cheesy Goldie Hawn smile
that gets plastered on her face whenever a photographer comes near.
Oh, you say, an inflatable doll might be able to
duplicate Patty’s funky mannish wardrobe, and might
even take up space in the Assembly chambers like
Patty, but what about the thoughtful diligence which
Patty applies to the massive problems confronting
California?
How could a mere plastic sack filled with gas do
what Patty does? How could an empty head filled with
air ever hope to grapple, as Patty does daily, with the
problems facing our region?
I say that without our fearless captain we would be
tossed upon the turbulent seas and drift about aimlessly. Oh, my fellow citizens, let us drop to our knees
upon our well-worn prayer mats and give thanks that
our fearless commander remains ever vigilant in protecting her people - today and forever, or until term
limits apply, whichever comes first. Me, I’m hoping
for term limits, as in tomorrow.
I cannot think of a single thing Queen Berg has done
that has made the slightest impact on the smallest issue
in the remotest region of her district. If she didn’t exist
and she didn’t vote, who would know? If the California
Assembly had an Automatic Coin Flipper/Vote
Tabulator that could be switched on whenever it was
her turn to cast yea or nay, who would know the difference? Heads or tails, yes or no, would all even out
at the end of the year into the dismal puddle of a voting record actually compiled by the Bergster.
A few years ago, and for a pretty short stretch, Berg
got all excited about a law empowering doctors to kill
old people who were sick and refusing to get out of the
way. Her enthusiasm waned pretty quickly (she probably saw a poll and realized not enough voters are ready
to turn on their grandparents just yet) so she quit yapping about it.
And that’s been it. Nothing else from Berg in years
and years of lunches with lobbyists and junkets to
Jupiter and all the rest of the glory that comes with
Royalty.
Come election time maybe we’ll see pictures of her
reading to school kids, grinning that ghastly fake
smile. And after that she’ll be ineligible to run so she’ll
get appointed to some state board that pays her
$240,000 a year to attend half a dozen meetings.
Her Assembly seat? That’ll be turned over to some
other generic chairwarmer who will then attend to the
yeoman task of representing We the People. Let’s see
if we can’t get an inflatable doll on the next ballot
instead.
*****
November 20, 2007, I spotted what might be the
season’s last public meth user (scientific name homo
amphetaminicus) out on the street. It was cold outside
but he had the Full Willits going on: shirtless, the better to display his lovely tattoos, along with the grinding jaw and the angry, confrontational glare at every
passing motorist. Excellent sample of a specimen in its
natural habitat but since they hibernate winters we
probably won’t see his likes again until springtime. By
then he and some of his mates will have had litters;
hopefully they will all be on view.
Tommy Wayne Kramer is a longtime Ukiah resident
who fears his dating relationship with Patty Berg will
soon end.
The Ukiah
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Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526
SUNDAY VOICES
Will Mendo ever have affordable housing?
Back in 2004 the Ukiah office of Legal
Services of Northern California sued
Mendocino County because the County’s
“Housing Element,” a state-mandated
ingredient of general plans, did not comply with state law.
The County argues that all it’s required
to do is submit a piece of paper called
“Housing Element” with some boilerplate and numbers on it. Once the piece
of paper is filed, the County has a
Housing Element for its General Plan. On
paper, anyway.
Mendocino
County’s
Housing
Element bears no resemblance to known
or even conceived reality. The County’s
numbers (for the unincorporated areas
where the majority of Mendolanders live)
were not based on housing for humantype beings who require indoor plumbing, windows, and the other fancy amenities normally associated with “House.”
The County says all it’s required to do is
submit the piece of paper called
“Housing Element.” They’re not supposed to be held to it, for the goddess’s
sake! This is Mendocino County. Nobody
holds anybody to anything.
Unfortunately for Official Mendocino,
a very smart young lawyer named Lisa
Hillegas came along and sued.
Originally filed back in 2004, the suit
has been in and out of county courts
since, as Mendo has tried in vain to get
the persistent Ms. Hillegas to leave them
alone. She’s not going away and neither
is her lawsuit.
Ms. Hillegas recently deposed several
senior county planning officials and then
used the depositions to buttress her latest
filing.
“[Mendocino County] concede[s] that
the County has few or no sites where
1,390 units of multi-family housing
affordable to lower income residents can
be built to accommodate the County’s
regional share of housing need during the
current 2003-2009 planning period,”
writes Hillegas. “This regional need, as
determined by the Mendocino County of
Governments, includes 746 units of housing affordable to very low income households and 644 units affordable to low
income households. The County Housing
Element acknowledged the lack of sites
and was amended (after this lawsuit was
filed) to include a program to provide at
least 50 acres of sites suitable for lower
income housing development by right no
later than July 1, 2007.”
Hell, I’ve heard of pot gardens bigger
than 50 acres.
Mendo’s Housing Element doesn’t
comply with Government Code because
it does not identify sites that could be
rezoned, nor does it identify sites already
zoned for affordable housing. Of course,
the County does not do the actual housing
construction, just zone for it. The County
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BY MARK SCARAMELLA
didn’t even identify 50 acres of sites as it
promised it would do last time around.
Deputy County Counsel Frank Zotter
offered the transparently preposterous
response that the rezone requirement was
“directory,” not “mandatory.” (You can
look it up -- in the directory.)
At the time of the most recent suit
Mendo hadn’t even begun the rezoning
process. (Since then the County has started gathering up miscellaneous small
rezones -- initiated by others -- that were
already in the pipeline to try to show
progress.)
According to former County Planner
Pam Townsend who left County employment in 2007 for Ukiah city employment,
such zoning is still at least nine months
away at best, and much further off if an
Environmental Impact Report has to be
done.
Additionally, the sites Mendo considered don’t have adequate water and
sewage capacity. Hillegas also points out
that Mendo has even tried to include
mobile homes, apartment complexes and
duplexes in their list of “affordable”
housing without mentioning what the
rents are. (Hint: Most are not within
shouting distance of “affordable.”)
Like any normal renter, Ms. Hillegas
doesn’t buy the County’s “these are only
goals” trick. “The County makes excuses
for its failures, but each excuse is actually a thinly veiled admission that its housing element is deficient.”
One could perhaps sympathize with
the County for having some trouble finding suitable sites for high density housing, but they never simply say that
they’re having trouble. They continue to
crank out what sound like promises to do
it. Then, after nothing’s done, they say,
“Oh, that was only a goal.” In fact, as
Hillegas points out, the County only
mentioned specific dates because the
court ordered them to put the dates in the
last time Hillegas sued. Like everything
else in these big picture plans, the County
only does the bare minimum to mollify
whoever’s pestering them at the moment,
and even that is done cynically and without commitment.
Back in 2005 when Judge Henderson
first ordered the County to comply with
their own Housing Element, he noted that
“it is difficult to comprehend why the
county for so long stubbornly resisted
petitioners’ efforts to persuade it to develop a consistent plan!” (Exclamation in
original.)
Most interesting, though, is Ms.
Hillegas’ recent depositions of various
members of the County’s top planning
staff.
From planner Pam Townsend’s deposition: “[Planning Department Director
Ray Hall] didn’t review code amendments in a timely manner because I’d
written code amendments after the 1993
element was adopted and they never got
out of his ‘in’ box even though I asked
him a couple of times.”
Hall’s in-box must be the size of Anton
Stadium to accommodate all the un-acted
upon County business in it.
Townsend said many of her proposed
code amendments “never went anywhere.” In fact, Townsend said most of
her work “didn’t really go anywhere”
because of Hall’s failure to review it.
“Ray wasn’t always good with wanting to
do a lot of interdivision and department
coordination,” the diplomatic Townsend
said.
Asked why she thought Hall didn’t
review her work, Townsend explained, “I
think it was, I guess, you know, not a high
priority... Maybe it was too overwhelming to him...”
What about the previous Housing
Element that laughably promised to
rezone 124 acres for high-density/affordable housing? In his deposition, Director
Hall admits that was not done. Why? “I
think there were other workload demands
placed upon the department.”
Which may be true. After all, Hall had
to prepare an abomination of a Grading
Ordinance that was so unworkable and
unwieldy nobody liked it. That fiasco ate
up literal years of Hall’s time. Hall also
had to go to lots and lots of meetings as a
senior member of the County’s “Planning
Team,” which was supposed to deal with
such major planning tasks as the Ukiah
Valley Area Plan, the General Plan
Update, and various commercial proposals centered in the Ukiah Valley, all of
which also went furiously nowhere, but
went there very slowly, meeting by meeting, year by year.
Unfortunately, Mr. Hall’s participation
in all these other blunders didn’t prevent
the Planning Team and its expensive outside consultants from losing the community input that has been submitted over
the years. Maybe the County could hire a
backhoe and start excavating Mr. Hall’s
heaping in-box. The input is probably in
there somewhere.
But if it all stays lost, according to
Mendo and its top officials, no problemo.
They’re only goals.
If you can only afford “affordable”
housing, you’ll just have to wait until a
couple of years after Ray Hall gets
around to going through his in box -- if
you live that long.
Mark Scaramella is a Philo resident.
ON THE STREETS
Has the state of the
economy affected your
Christmas shopping plans?
Gareth Elliot
Policy consultant
Sacramento
“Not really. I’m never too
extravagant. I try to keep it
within reason anyway.”
Gwynn Clark
Teacher
Eureka
“No. It hasn’t, but it
should. Due to declining
enrollment in schools
there is a realm of job
insecurity.”
Elley Cannon
Student
Boston/Ukiah
“I don’t really like to
shop. I don’t think it’s
affected young people the
way it’s affected people
who buy gifts for young
people.
Rick Moresco
Finance
Pleasanton
“No. Typically we don’t
go crazy at Christmas. We
try to keep it simple.”
Michelle Johnston
Health educator
Sacramento
“No. My personal situation isn’t really different
from last year.”
Doing the right thing for one’s self
Sunday view
On Thanksgiving Day I was inspired
by reading a letter to the editor in this
paper. It was labeled “Called to Make
the Case” written by an ex-soldier, Peter
Sears, who is in jail for splattering red
paint and breaking the windows of the
Army and Navy recruiter’s cars. When I
read what he did, I thought, “now,
there’s a brave soul.” He followed
through with an act of civil disobedience
on what he felt was his duty to protest
the war in Iraq. Although I don’t agree
with his methods, there is something
about his actions that rings true.
My war, the one that has defined me
for the past 30 years, was in Vietnam.
That is a long time ago and I’ve had
those 30 years to live with it, to think
about it, and to meditate on it. The years
BY TONY ANTHONY
have mellowed me out. I’ve been in
recovery since 1989, which has helped,
tremendously, to mellow me out. I’ve
had three heart operations, which has
helped to mellow me out even more.
I’ve raised a family, worked hard at a
career - all these things and life itself,
have combined to bring me peace. This
doesn’t mean that, sometimes, I don’t
feel like doing what Peter Sears did;
sometimes I do. Although I haven’t
acted on those feelings, doesn’t make
him right and me wrong, or the other
way around either. Each of us is in a different place.
Peter mentions Daniel Berrigan, who
as a point of interest, was holding a
protest march at the New Haven,
Connecticut railroad station, in
November 1967, on the day I was
inducted into the Army. I’m certain that
Daniel Berrigan’s protest march had a
bigger effect on me personally than on
the people who watched it on television.
I’ll never forget the cold, rainy autumn
morning when the police had to make a
hole in the ring of protesters so we
draftees could get through to the train
waiting to take us to Ft. Dix for Basic
Training. I’ve often thought that I
Katie Talamantez
Finance
San Jose
“No. I don’t feel enough
of a crunch for it to impact
the Christmas list.”
Photos and interviews by MacLeod Pappidas.
See VOICE, Page A-12
Anti-mall coalition says not all retail bad
Another voice
Here is the Ukiah Valley Smart Growth
Coalition’s response to Jim Mulheren’s UDJ
op-ed piece of November 18:
Mulheren states Smart Growth claims “The
Ukiah Valley does not need more retail.” Not
true. We recognize the desire of a substantial
number of citizens (including many Smart
Growth supporters) for retail expansion. The
City of Ukiah has responded to this desire primarily by working with the owner and developers of the Redwood Business Park in the
south of town (zoned commercial) for such
purposes, and with owners of smaller commercially zoned parcels. Smart growth supports
this, as well as County efforts to further develop within its commercial zones.
Smart Growth opposes rezoning the industrial zoned former Masonite property and the
Lovers Lane agricultural zoned land for purposes of residential, retail commercial, or
mixed use development. We, and our many
supporters in the valley, believe these invaluable resources should be maintained as currently zoned for the uses called for in the
County General Plan.
Smart Growth believes the “every day
working family of the Ukiah Valley” Mulheren
says he holds dear to his heart will be far better
served by developing retail and mixed use in
BY JAMES CONNERTON
areas currently so zoned, by maintaining the
agricultural integrity of prime Ag. zoned lands,
and by the creative development of well-paying jobs in environmentally responsible industries at the Masonite site, instead of turning it
over, by rezoning, to Developers Diversified
Realty (DDR) a giant national corporation.
DDR’s original site plan called for 700,000
square feel of retail and 3,900 parking spaces,
of course subject to modification. Redwood
Business Park has capacity for 300,000 square
feet of retail in its commercially zoned location. Mendocino County’s economic advisor
reported to the Board of Supervisors in April
2007 that 219,000 square feet of added retail
would meet county-wide currently projected
demand through 2025.
Jim Mulheren says Smart Growth claims
“DDR stole the Costco deal from the city.” We
don’t know if Costco has “a deal” with DDR,
though that company’s name appears on one of
the site plans for DDR’s Masonite mega-mall.
We do know through research that Costco,
after a few years of productive work with the
City of Ukiah and Redwood Business Park,
stopped communicating earlier this year with
the City and Redwood, without citing its reasons to Redwood’s owner and developers, City
staff, or the City of Ukiah Planning
Commission, of which Mulheren is a member.
Mulheren seems to be the only person saying he knows the “many reasons, such as lack
of space,” which caused Costco’s surprising
withdrawal -- Costco had expressed satisfaction with the size and specifications of the project in dealings with the City and Redwood,
resulting in Costco submitting a site plan
(viewable at SmartGrowthuk@yahoo.com).
Smart Growth, not knowing why Costco
stopped working on the Redwood project, or
when Costco started talking with DDR (as
Mulheren claims he knows) isn’t claiming anyone stole anything. It’s more of a mystery, with
Mulheren saying he has the clues.
By now Jim Mulheren may have noticed his
factual error in stating “$150 million is lost
annually in sales tax dollars to other counties.”
He may have meant $150 million in gross revenue, though I’m not agreeing he’s right about
that either. Of course the sales tax would rep-
resent a small percentage of the gross. I expect
a bit more careful figuring, writing, and proofreading from a supervisorial candidate, but I
think that’s what he meant.
It’s interesting that DDR’s own economist
admitted that it is mathematically correct that,
in the general merchandise category, where the
bulk of big-box operations would typically fall,
the net revenue leakage for our area is less than
$7 million, which is a fraction of the revenue
needed to support a single big box store. Of
course, all these figures are essentially hypothetical. If our county is to retain more retail
sales and tax dollars, Smart Growth’s position,
again, is: do that by developing retail in currently commercial zoned properties; retain
industrial and ag.
Contrary to Mulheren’s claim, Smart
Growth has not “taken the position that demolition at Masonite is putting toxins into the air.”
Another group, The Mendocino Environmental
Center’s Masonite Toxic Task Force, has
requested the State Dept. of Toxics Control to
assume supervision of that demolition due to
scientific and procedural concerns about
See MALL, Page A-12
Frank Zotter’s column will return next Sunday.
A-8 – SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
SPORTS
Editor: Anthony Dion, 468-3518
LOCAL
CALENDAR
This week:
• Tuesday, UHS girls
varsity basketball @
Willits, 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, UHS boys
varsity basketball @
Willits, 7:30 p.m.
COMMUNITY
DIGEST
North Ukiah Little
League Meeting
North Ukiah Little League is
having their monthly board
meeting on Monday,
November 26th at 6pm at
Rosie's Pizza. We encourage anyone who is interested in helping with North
Ukiah Little League to
attend.
High School
Baseball Clinic
The city of Ukiah and the
Ukiah High Wildcats would
like to announce the beginning of registration for a
baseball clinic supervised by
UHS baseball coaching
staff. This clinic is completely free and will be held every
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 3:00 p.m. till
5:00 p.m. beginning on
December 4th. This clinic
will teach every aspect of
the game, from hitting and
base running to pitching and
fielding and so much more.
The clinic is open to boys
ages 13-17 all the way
through the end of January.
Pre-registration is the only
requirement and in order to
do so go to the City of Ukiah
office at 411 W. Clay St. Call
463-6201 for more info.
2007 Redwood
Classic Basketball
Tournament
The 50th annual Redwood
Classic Basketball
Tournament is set to kick off
the new season November
28-Dec. 1st, at the Anderson
Valley High School gym in
Boonville. The Redwood
Classic is oldest and largest
small school tournament in
California. Local teams invited include: Anderson Valley,
Mendocino, Point Arena, St.
Vincent, Cloverdale and
Upper Lake. The out of area
teams are: Branson, Crystal
Springs-Hillsborough,
Tulelake, International,
Valley Christian-Roseville,
South Fork, Hoopa, CA
School for the Deaf, Stuart
Hall and Colusa.
The tournament begins at
3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
November 28th. Single day
ticket prices are $5 for
adults, $3 students and
seniors and souvenir programs cost $5.
udjsports@pacific.net
WARRIORS 100 | 76ERS 98 OT
NCAA | FOOTBALL
BCS
proves vital
during
wacky year
Three for Azubuike
Azubuike 3-pointer gives Warriors
a 100-98 OT win
against 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— Kelenna Azubuike made
a 3-pointer from the left corner with 6.1 seconds left in
overtime, giving the Golden
State Warriors a come-frombehind victory over the
Philadelphia 76ers 100-98
Saturday night.
The 76ers had one last
chance after Azubuike’s basket, but Louis Williams lost
his footing in the lane and
turned the ball over.
Azubuike’s basket came
after Andre Iguodala gave
Philadelphia a 98-97 lead on
a runner in heavy traffic with
13.4 seconds left.
Monta Ellis equaled his
career high with 31, while
Baron Davis came on strong
in overt i m e
a n d
scored
22 for
Golden
State,
which
has won
Suns (11-2) at
five of
Warriors (5-7)
s i x
Monday,
games
7:30 p.m.
since an
TV: FSN
Radio: KNBR
0 - 6
680 AM
start.
Andris
Biedrins
grabbed
14
rebounds for the Warriors.
Golden State wrapped up
its five-game road trip with a
4-1 record, the first time the
Warriors finished with a winning mark on a trip of five or
more games since December
1980.
Iguodala led the 76ers
with 26 points, Andre Miller
added 23, and Williams
scored 18 off the bench.
Neither team scored in the
final 2:12 of regulation after
Iguodala hit a pair of free
throws to tie the game at 90.
Philadelphia’s
Samuel
Dalembert missed a shot
from the foul line with 33.6
seconds
left,
Stephen
Jackson missed from the corner at the other end and
Iguodala failed on a 17-foot
jumper with a hand in his
face and the clock winding
Wacky college football season goes to
show that the BCS
works (as it always
has)
By ANTHONY DION
The Daily Journal
ON TAP
Tom Mihalek/AP
Golden State Warriors' Kelenna Azubuike gestures after sinking the gamewinning three-point shot in overtime against Philadelphia.
The Warriors opened the by
Mickael
Pietrus.
down in regulation.
The 76ers took advantage third quarter with a 15-2 run, Thaddeus Young’s spin
of Golden State’s sluggish capped by Baron Davis’ move put the 76ers back on
start to build a double-digit three-point play that gave top 76-75 heading into the
lead midway through the Golden State a 60-59 lead, final quarter.
Notes: Ellis scored the
first quarter. The Warriors their first of the night.
Iguodala restored the most points by a 76ers oppomissed 11 of their first 13
shots from the floor, while 76ers’ lead with a three-point nent this season The
Dalembert’s bucket capped play on Philadelphia’s next Warriors last 4-1 road trip
an 8-0 run and put possession. The teams see- came in Nov. 1973 Golden
sawed back-and-forth the State’s Jackson is averaging
Philadelphia up 19-6.
Golden State shot just 14- remainder of the quarter as 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds,
for-43 in the first half (32.6 the 76ers went ahead 72-66 and 4.2 assists in five conpercent) but stayed close at on Miller’s free throw, but tests since his return from a
57-45 thanks to Ellis, who Golden State scored the next seven-game NBA suspenscored 16 points before the seven points and forged back sion The Warriors have won
break.
ahead, 73-72, on a foul shot four straight and six of seven
against the 76ers.
NFL | WEEK 12
BLAZERS 87 |
KINGS 84
Arizona looks to continue
INSIDE: Niners skid, reach 6-5 for season Kings’ skid
New No. 1?
Missouri beats
Kansas in Big
12 showdown
............Page 9
By BOB BAUM
Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is highly
unfamiliar territory for the Arizona
Cardinals. They’re not
only favored to beat
somebody, but they’re
supposed to do it comfortably.
No one can remember when oddsmakers
made the Cardinals a
double-digit favorite,
but Arizona is a 10 1/249ers at
point pick to win its
Cardinals
third straight by beatToday, 1:05 p.m.
TV: FOX
ing the reeling San
Radio: 680 AM
Francisco 49ers on
Sunday.
A
win
would
improve the Cardinals to 6-5, something
they haven’t been since 1998, the only season they’ve had a winning record or made
the playoffs since moving to Arizona 19
years ago.
The franchise’s history suggests no
opponent should be taken for granted,
though, and the Cardinals insist they have
plenty of motivation for this one because
of their season-opening loss at San
Francisco.
“I don’t think anybody cares what happened to them since that game we played,”
Cardinals defensive end Antonio Smith
said. “This game is personal. The reality is
they beat us. Ain’t gonna be no letdown.”
While the Cardinals, under first-year
coach Ken Whisenhunt, have regrouped
from a three-game losing streak and survived the loss of starting quarterback Matt
Leinart, San Francisco has lost eight in a
row and brings a gasping, wheezing
offense to Glendale.
The 49ers (2-8) haven’t scored a touchdown in 11 straight quarters and are last in
the league with 113 points.
They also rank at the bottom in yards
WEEK 12:
Notre Dame
ends terrible
year with win
............Page 9
Cal men beat
San Diego St.
...........Page 10
Raiders travel
to Arrowhead
...........Page 10
Mayorga
defeats Vargas
for title
...........Page 11
per game (218.6), plays from scrimmage
(503), yards per play (3.9), third-down percentage (28 percent) and time of possession (25:58).
“I can’t remember a situation like this,”
said Trent Dilfer, who took over for injured
Alex Smith at quarterback. “I’ve been on
offenses that struggled before, but never as
consistently as this one.”
Coach Mike Nolan brought in veteran
coach Ted Tollner this week to help embattled offensive coordinator Jim Hostler.
“Ted has an awful lot of NFL and college experience,” Nolan said. “He’s got
experience as a coordinator as well as a
head coach. I believe along those lines utilizing his experience he can help Jim,
whose a guy that’s in his first year as coordinator and going through some difficult
times.”
Smith returned from a separated right
shoulder to play in three games, but sat out
last week’s 18-11 loss to St. Louis and is
questionable for Sunday, even though a
49ers spokesman said Tuesday the quarterback would miss the next two games.
The 49ers face an improving Arizona
defense that has given up yards but has
compensated with big plays, especially
lately. The Cardinals have six interceptions
in the last two games, four against Carson
Palmer in last week’s 35-27 victory at
Cincinnati.
Antrel Rolle, the extra back in Arizona’s
“nickel” defense, picked off three passes,
returning two for a score. He brought the
third back for a touchdown, too, but the
score was negated by a disputed penalty.
Arizona had a 5-0 advantage in
turnovers against the Bengals.
“They’re an active bunch of guys that
run to the ball well,” Nolan said. “They’ve
got some playmakers that I think every
team would love to have.”
The Cardinals could be without Pro
See NINERS, Page A-11
expands to
three
Aldridge scores 28 as
Blazers rally to beat
Sacramento 87-84
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) —
The Portland Trail Blazers’
opponent was the one feeling
frustrated in the fourth quarter
for a change.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 28
points and 12 rebounds, and
the Blazers snapped a fivegame losing streak with an
87-84 victory over the
Sacramento Kings on Friday
night.
Brandon Roy made the goahead basket and finished
with 13 points and eight
assists. Steve Blake scored all
his 13 points in the second
half for the Blazers, who are
5-1 at the Rose Garden.
“Hopefully we can do this
the rest of the season,” Blake
said. “We needed to make
something happen tonight and
we did it.”
Kevin Martin had 21
points, seven rebounds and
four assists for the Kings. Ron
Artest added 17 points, 11
rebounds and five assists in
his return from a one-game
absence.
The Kings led 84-83 with
25 seconds left, but Roy
drove for a layup with 19 seconds remaining to give
Portland the lead. Francisco
Garcia was called for chargSee KINGS, Page A-11
With Arkansas’ defeat of No.
1 LSU on Friday, this wacky and
unpredictable 2007 season of
college football keeps rolling.
After the Razorbacks finished
running over LSU’s vaunted
defense, the Tigers were left
with sickness in their stomachs
and thoughts that undoubtedly
wandered over their two blown
chances this year of finishing the
year as the No. 1 team in the
country.
This was indeed the Tigers’
second loss as the No. 1 team in
the polls; the first coming
against Kentucky and another
Heisman candidate (QB Andre’
Woodson).
Upon
completion
of
Saturday’s No. 2 Kansas (11-0)
vs. No. 4 Missouri (10-1) showdown, a fourth No.1 team will
have climbed atop the pile of
NCAA division one football
with that team most likely being
the winner of the aforementioned showdown.
Not since 1997 have there
been four different number one
teams in the same season. This
year, there might as well have
been five as LSU was given two
cracks at the crown.
Prior to this year in college
football, every season since the
BCS was installed holiday time
brought out heated debate concentrated not on whether or not
to replace the BCS; rather on
how and when.
Sports brings out the most
passionate opinions and ardent
supporters of any genre of topics; its only rivals being religion
and politics perhaps.
And that’s what’s great about
sports. The fact that there are so
many people who hold such a
wide array of beliefs and opinions and are so passionate about
them. The problem is, the radicals that think they’re right are
almost always wrong and that is
hardly anymore clear than with
this season of college football
coming to a close.
The Bowl Championship
Series (BCS), is the best system
for determining a champion in
college football, period. College
football is simply too hard to
predict, with a vast amount of
teams and all kinds of various
commitments that it is legally
bound to fulfill.
And you know what? The
BCS is a simple formula that
gives us -- the college football
fans -- as great of an outcome as
any of us can truly hope for.
A playoff system leaves to
many questions and too many
problems.
How many teams do you
include and which ones and by
what method do you choose
them? The extra games are taxing on the student-athletes,
emphasis on student. We all
have to remember that these
players are most importantly students and have requirements that
go beyond the football field.
Not only that, but most of
these teams are already playing
13 games in a season, how many
more can they physically take on
without breaking down as a
team? It’s just not feasible.
The best playoff system has
always been there, it remains
there still. That system is called
a schedule. And as everyone of
the 126 division one programs
goes through an 11-13 game
schedule, things work themselves out.
This year has shown that
every team gets their opportunity, some even two. If you play a
competitive schedule in a solid
conference and you win your
games, then good things will
happen for you.
If not, then you have no one - or system -- to blame but yourself. The BCS works, and hopefully now, all of the criticism can
end.
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
SPORTS
MISSOURI 36 | KANSAS 28
Daniel throws for 3 touchdowns, No. 3
Missouri beats No. 2 Kansas 36-28
By DOUG TUCKER
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Unthinkable
in September, Missouri is one victory
away from playing for its first national
championship.
Chase Daniel threw for 361 yards and
three touchdowns and the third-ranked
Tigers ruined No. 2 Kansas’ unbeaten
season Saturday night with a 36-28 victory in the biggest game either school ever
played.
As Big 12 North champions, the surprising Tigers (11-1, 7-1 Big 12) will
head to San Antonio and a date in the Big
12 championship game with No. 10
Oklahoma, the only team to beat them
this season. A victory there will almost
certainly propel Missouri into the BCS
national championship game on Jan. 7.
Todd Reesing’s 5-yard touchdown
pass to Marcus Henry with 2:03 drew the
Jayhawks within six points and
Missouri’s Tony Temple was stopped on
third down to give the Jayhawks (11-1, 71) one last slim chance.
Lorenzo Williams put the finishing
touches on it for Mizzou, sacking
Reesing in the end zone for a safety with
12 seconds left. The Kansas quarterback
walked off dejected, a muddy divot stuck
in his face mask.
The game between the bitter archrivals
drew 80,537, the second-biggest crowd
in the 35-year history of Arrowhead
Stadium.
The Tigers, who had never won 11
games in a season, should become No. 1
in the Associated Press poll for the first
time since 1960 and figure to be no worse
than No. 2 in the Bowl Championship
Series standings.
On Friday, No. 1 LSU lost 50-48 in
three overtimes to Arkansas. No. 4 West
Virginia bombed No. 20 Connecticut 6621 earlier Saturday and figures to move
up at least one spot the BCS standings to
second. West Virginia finishes its season
against Pittsburgh next week.
Kansas came into the game second
nationally averaging almost 46 points a
game but fell behind 21-0 before Reesing
finally got the Jayhawks into the end
zone. Scott Webb missed two field goals
in the second quarter for the Jayhawks,
who have been an even bigger surprise
than Missouri up to this point and were
gunning for what would have been their
first national championship as well.
In what had been billed as a Heisman
Trophy subplot in the 116th meeting of
the rivals, Daniel was the star. He went
40-for-49 with no interceptions and outplayed his Kansas counterpart.
Reesing had thrown a school-record
205 straight passes without an interception but was picked off twice, each one
leading to a Missouri touchdown. He finished 28-of-49 for 349 yards and two
touchdowns.
Temple rushed for 98 yards for
Missouri, which did not break into the
national rankings until reaching No. 25
after the third week. Danario Alexander
caught eight passes for 117 yards, including a 16-yard gain on third-and-14 with
6:46 to play after Reesing’s touchdown
pass to Dexton Fields pulled Kansas to
31-21.
A moment later, Jeff Wolfert kicked
his second field goal, a 43-yarder, for a
34-21 lead with 3:31 to go.
Daniel managed to avoid turnovers but
the Tigers were flagged 14 times for 144
yards.
IRISH 21 | CARDINAL 14
Notre Dame ends disappointing season with
win over Stanford
By JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
STANFORD — Robert Hughes
helped Notre Dame put a positive finish
on the worst season ever for college football’s most-storied team.
Hughes ran for 136 yards and the goahead 6-yard touchdown with 6:06
remaining to help the Fighting Irish end
the season with consecutive wins for the
first time in 15 years by beating Stanford
21-14 Saturday.
The season-ending wins over Duke
and Stanford are little consolation for
Notre Dame (3-9), which set a school
record for losses in Charlie Weis’ third
season at the school. And this contest will
not be one Irish fans will want to remember despite the win.
This was a mistake-filled game by all
parties involved, with six turnovers, five
missed field goals, four plays overturned
by instant replay and a number of personal foul penalties.
After Derek Belch missed his fourth
field goal of the game for Stanford (3-8),
a 49-yarder following an interception by
Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame drove for
the winning score. Hughes broke off a
44-yard run down to the Cardinal 8 and
scored to plays later to make it 21-14.
Doug Baldwin returned the ensuing
kickoff 42 yards to the Stanford 48. T.C.
Ostrander, who replaced an injured
Tavita Pritchard earlier in the half, drove
the Cardinal down to the 7. Evan Moore
could not hold onto a pass in the end zone
on third down and Ostrander couldn’t
connect with Richard Sherman on fourth
down in the final minute to end
Stanford’s comeback attempt.
Both teams missed chances to break
the tie earlier in the second half. Tom
Zbikowski set up the Irish early in the
third quarter with a 60-yard punt return to
the 31. Notre Dame lost 16 yards on three
plays, but kept the ball when Kelton Lynn
was called for roughing the punter. Three
plays later, Brandon Walker’s 44-yard
field goal attempt went wide right.
Later in the third quarter, the Cardinal
appeared to turn the ball over when
Terrail Lambert drilled Pritchard in the
helmet, causing a fumble. After a replay
review, Pritchard was ruled down before
the fumble and T.C. Ostrander drove the
Cardinal down for the go-ahead score but
Belch was wide right on a 30-yard field
goal attempt. Belch’s miss later in the
quarter was eighth in his last 10 attempts.
The overturned fumble was one of
three replay reviews to go against the
Irish. One erased a 29-yard diving touchdown catch by David Grimes in the third
quarter and the other gave Anthony
Kimble a 1-yard touchdown after he
appeared to be stopped short of the goal
line on a second-down carry in the first
quarter.
Stanford had an interception by Nick
Sanchez overturned by a replay review in
the second quarter.
Notre Dame lost three fumbles, and
was stopped on a fourth-and-1 from its
own 36 in the first 19 minutes of the
game but was tied at 14 at the half
because the Cardinal had nearly as many
miscues.
Belch missed a pair of long field goals
and Pritchard threw an interception deep
in Cardinal territory to set up Notre
Dame’s first touchdown, a 2-yard sneak
by Clausen. Stanford also allowed a 44yard screen pass to Junior Jabbie on a
third-and-20 to set up Travis Thomas’ 1yard run that tied the game at 14 with 48
seconds left in the half.
Notre Dame almost added another
score on what would have been a spectacular finish to the half. David Bruton
intercepted Pritchard’s last-play heave at
the 3 and began a multi-lateral return to
the end zone that was called back on a
personal foul on Trevor Laws.
Zbikowski ran the final 30 yards after
a lateral from Darrin Walls and the only
thing missing was the band on the field as
it was 25 years ago when California
shocked Stanford with The Play.
In between Notre Dame’s two scores,
Kimble ran for a pair of touchdowns for
Stanford from 1 and 11 yards out.
UCLA 16 | OREGON 0
Bruins blank Oregon 16-0 to eliminate
Ducks from Rose Bowl race
By JOHN NADEL
Associated Press
PASADENA — When Dennis Dixon
went out, the explosive Oregon offense
became average, at best. When his backup at quarterback was injured as well, the
Ducks had no chance.
So now, unlikely as it might seem, the
once-reeling UCLA Bruins have a shot at
playing in the Rose Bowl game.
Freshman Kai Forbath kicked three
field goals, including a career-long 54yarder, and the Bruins took advantage of
No. 9 Oregon’s plight to hand the Ducks
a 16-0 setback Saturday — their first
shutout loss in more than 22 years.
“Our goal was to be in a position for
this opportunity. I can’t tell you I thought
we’d be 6-5 with this opportunity,”
Bruins coach Karl Dorrell said. “But it is
what it is.
“We were going to win this game.
There was no question in our mind. We
played smart and made critical plays
when we needed to make them.”
Oregon (8-3, 5-3 Pac-10) had been
bounced out of the national championship picture Nov. 15 when Dixon, a
leading Heisman Trophy candidate, left
in the first quarter of a 34-24 loss at
Arizona with a torn knee ligament.
The Ducks lost backup quarterback
Brady Leaf late in the first quarter of this
game, and young signal-callers Cody
Kempt and Justin Roper were unable to
generate any offense as Oregon was
blanked for the first time since losing 630 to Nebraska on Sept. 28, 1985.
Oregon entered averaging 40.9 points
and 505.8 yards of total offense in its first
10 games, mainly with Dixon at the controls.
The Ducks gained only 148 yards
against the Bruins, who snapped a threegame losing streak despite getting only
10 first downs and gaining 220 yards.
The result left No. 11 Southern
California (9-2, 6-2) in position to win its
sixth straight Pac-10 championship and
play in the Rose Bowl with a victory over
the Bruins next weekend.
Should UCLA upset USC and Arizona
top No. 7 Arizona State the same day, the
Bruins (6-5, 5-3) would get the Rose
Bowl bid — a shocking development
considering their recent slump and the
possibility that Dorrell’s job is in jeopardy.
“Next week’s game is what we need to
focus in on,” Dorrell said. “That’s the
most exciting game in football, in my
opinion — a great rivalry game. We will
find a way to do the things necessary to
make us successful.”
The Bruins did just that against the
Trojans last year, winning a 13-9 decision
to snap a seven-game losing streak
against their crosstown rivals and deprive
USC of a chance to play for the national
championship.
But that game was at the Rose Bowl.
This matchup will be at the Los Angeles
Coliseum, where the Trojans have won
37 of their last 38 games.
Kempt, a redshirt freshman making his
college debut, completed 6-for-23 passes
for 52 yards with two interceptions —
both of which led to field goals. Forbath
kicked his first field goal, a 54-yarder,
after Kempt was unable to handle a snap
from center.
Roper, also a redshirt freshman,
relieved Kempt late in the third quarter,
and was 1-for-5 for 8 yards with one
interception before Kempt returned late
in the final period. By that time, it was
16-0 thanks to Craig Sheppard’s 20-yard
touchdown run with 5:29 to play.
Leaf was 4-of-11 for 45 yards before
being injured.
Oregon’s Jonathan Stewart, the Pac10’s leading rusher with a 127.3-yard per
game average, was held to was held to 33
yards on 13 carries. He has been ham-
pered by a sore right big toe.
“It’s disappointing, but it’s no excuse,”
Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said of his
team’s injuries. “UCLA had some people
that were missing, too. They did a nice
job — give them credit.
“Our offense failed to show up today,
unfortunately. We dropped about six
passes today, and you can’t do that. We
didn’t make enough plays, we had too
many three-and-outs. I don’t know if I’ve
ever seen our defense play better, and
I’ve been here for 19 years.
“The shutout does not bother me. The
loss bothers me very much.”
Oregon never posed a serious scoring
threat.
“We lost Dixon, and a lot of guys got
down and we never really got back up,”
receiver Jaison Williams said. “We miss
him a lot. In a big game like this, it’s too
bad we couldn’t get up for it.”
Osaar Rasshan played the first half at
quarterback for UCLA and was 0-for-7
with one interception in his second career
start. Ben Olson, playing for the first time
since injuring his left knee Oct. 6, played
the second half and completed 4-of-10
for 64 yards with one interception.
Olson began the season as the firststringer, and although Dorrell wouldn’t
identify a starter for next week, Olson
would seem to have the edge.
“I felt pretty good,” Olson said. “I’m
not 100 percent. I didn’t feel any rust. I
feel a little bit limited physically, I’m not
the fastest guy in the world and my knee
felt a little sore, but I felt good, felt comfortable, felt confident.”
Chris Markey, slowed much of the season by injuries, gained 91 yards on 30
carries for the Bruins.
Leaf injured his right ankle when
sacked by Reggie Carter in the final
minute of the first quarter — one of five
sacks by the Bruins. Oregon also had five
sacks.
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 – A-9
A-10 – SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
SPORTS
NFL | WEEK 12
Once a great rivalry, RaidersChiefs now taking second billing
By DOUG TUCKER
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Back in the days of Len
Dawson and Ben Davidson,
Ken Stabler and Willie Lanier,
hardly anything was bigger
than a Raiders-Chiefs game.
My, how times change.
Now it’s Brodie Croyle and
Kolby Smith, and Daunte
Culpepper and Justin Fargas.
The Chiefs (4-6) are on a
three-game losing skid, while
Oakland (2-8) has lost six in a
row overall and nine straight
to Kansas City.
A once-great NFL rivalry
has been reduced to second
billing to a college game, for
this week at least.
Dominating water cooler
conversation and sports radio
all week in Kansas City has
been the Big 12 showdown in
Arrowhead Stadium on
Saturday night between No. 2
Kansas and No. 3 Missouri,
who are 21-1 between them
and vying for a shot in the
national championship game.
In the hearts and minds of
most Kansas City residents all
week, the Raiders and Chiefs
on Sunday have seemed
almost an afterthought. But
Chiefs coach Herm Edwards
understood.
“They both deserve the
attention they’re receiving
right now,” Edwards said
Friday of the two Big 12
teams. “I think the coaches,
players and universities are
excited about what’s going to
transpire tomorrow, and I
think the people from Kansas
City and Missouri are. All the
alums will be here. It’s good
for college football.”
It’ll be a long, tiring night
for the grounds crew and
cleanup squad. The MissouriKansas game probably won’t
be over until about 11 p.m.
Almost 80,000 people will be
in the stands and officials
believe another 15,00020,000 could spend the
evening in the parking lot during the biggest game in the
116-year-old rivalry. The
place will be a mess.
Hundreds will be up all
night getting the field squared
away and the stadium and
parking lots cleaned up in
time for the noon kickoff
between the Chiefs and
Raiders.
Arrowhead, in the span of
about 20 hours, will host two
football games and move
about 150,000 people in and
out.
Luckily
for
the
sake of the
grass surf a c e ,
Saturday
n i g h t
should be
dry.
“I think
Raiders at
Chiefs
if it was
Today, 10 a.m.
raining
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and
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field was
muddy
then you’d be a little bit more
nervous about how the field
was going to look the next
day,” Edwards said. “But our
grounds crew does a good job
and I think it’s going to be a
great event.”
The Chiefs’ running game
was averaging 77.5 yards
even before Priest Holmes
retired at midweek. The
Raiders’ rush defense is
allowing more than 152 yards
every time out.
In their 98th game against
Oakland, the Chiefs will start
a third-team running back.
Smith, a rookie fifth-round
draft choice, has carried 10
times for 19 yards. But with
Larry Johnson missing a third
straight start with an injured
foot and Holmes no longer
available, it’ll be Smith taking
the handoff from Croyle,
who’ll be making his second
NFL start.
Is the rookie ready?
WEEK 12:
CAL 77 | AZTECS 69
Anderson’s 23 points fuels
Cal to win
BERKELEY (AP) —
Forward Ryan Anderson
scored 23 points and
California overcame a slow
start to beat San Diego State
77-69 Saturday at an empty
Haas Pavilion.
Cal asserted themselves
with 10:08 in the game with a
Jerome Randle three-pointer
from the corner to give the
Bears their first lead of the
game, 60-58. After that, they
never trailed.
The game turned In Cal’s
favor with two Patrick
Christopher buckets: the first
an electrifying alley-oop followed by a runner in the lane.
After the lackluster start
the Bears finally caught up to
the Aztecs’ lung-burning style
of play to run their record to
3-0, while San Diego State
dropped to 5-1.
The game stalled for several minutes at 66 all, before Cal
countered the Aztec’s speed
with a slowed-down halfcourt offense.
Center DeVon Hardin
broke the tie with his first basket of the game with 2:58 left.
The Bears figured the 6-foot,
11-inch senior would control
the game. Instead, Hardin
missed his first five shots and
was 3-for-8 from the freethrow line.
Hardin did manage to grab
14 boards, including a few
crucial rebounds in the closing seconds.
The
Bears
certainly
weren’t inspired by the sparse
crowd, and Cal wasn’t at full
strength.
The Golden Bears are
slowly getting healthy after
getting hit by a barrage of
bizarre injuries. Forward
Omondi Amoke had a vascular abnormality removed from
his calf on Sept. 14. Backup
center Taylor Harrison’s sore
knee shelved him for the first
two games. Forward Theo
Robinson’s hip surgery in
April will keep him out until
the start of PAC-10 play.
Forward Eric Vienneisel
sprained his ankle but played
against San Diego State.
Fortunately for Cal they
got Randle back from the
strangest injury of all against
the
constantly
pressing
Aztecs. Randle underwent a
kidney biopsy last month and
was out for three weeks.
Randle will be able to control
his kidney ailment with medication.
The cat-quick Randle didn’t start but got in fast and
scored a career high 21 points
in his first game of the season.
With Randle, the Bears could
get the ball up the floor, but
they had trouble from there.
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“We’re going to find out,”
Edwards said.
The 5-11, 219-pounder
started 10 games for
Louisville last year in relief of
an injured Michael Bush. He
had 862 yards and seven
touchdowns as the Cardinals
went 12-1.
“You always have to think
of yourself as a starter,” Smith
said. “You never look at yourself as a backup.”
The Chiefs haven’t won
since they beat the Raiders 1210 in Oakland on Oct. 21. For
Oakland coach Lane Kiffin,
it’s a chance to make use of
the knowledge he gained
about Kansas City the first
time around.
“I really like it a lot
because you get to see,
because of our first year
together, a new system of how
they attacked us, what they
did against us, what they like
to do, how our matchups were
individually as well,” said
Oakland’s first-year coach.
“I’m excited by the challenge of it and a chance to
come back and play a team we
went down to the wire with. It
was like a lot of our games:
could have went either way.”
Despite all their troubles,
the Chiefs are only one game
behind Denver and San Diego
in the weak AFC West. But
the Raiders harbor no illusions about playing for any
titles.
“No, we’ve got a lot of
problems,”
Kiffin
said.
“We’re not worried about the
division and what the records
are of the other teams. We’ve
got to play better so we can
start winning games.”
SCOREBOARD
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
New England at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
New England
10 0
Buffalo
5 5
N.Y. Jets
2 9
Miami
0 10
South
W L
Indianapolis
9 2
Jacksonville
7 3
Tennessee
6 4
Houston
5 5
North
W L
Pittsburgh
7 3
Cleveland
6 4
Baltimore
4 6
Cincinnati
3 7
West
W L
Denver
5 5
San Diego
5 5
Kansas City
4 6
Oakland
2 8
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
Dallas
10 1
N.Y. Giants
7 3
Philadelphia
5 5
Washington
5 5
South
W L
Tampa Bay
6 4
Carolina
4 6
New Orleans
4 6
Atlanta
3 8
North
W L
Green Bay
10 1
Detroit
6 5
Chicago
4 6
Minnesota
4 6
West
W L
Seattle
6 4
Arizona
5 5
St. Louis
2 8
San Francisco
2 8
T Pct
01.000
0 .500
0 .182
0 .000
PF
411
153
181
183
PA
157
222
278
274
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.818
.700
.600
.500
PF
309
207
198
226
PA
172
181
186
236
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.700
.600
.400
.300
PF
269
288
168
246
PA
145
294
211
286
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.500
.500
.400
.200
PF
187
229
145
180
PA
258
209
186
223
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.909
.700
.500
.500
PF
358
236
206
200
PA
221
200
187
221
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.600
.400
.400
.273
PF
195
167
212
155
PA
151
212
246
244
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.909
.545
.400
.400
PF
296
257
184
195
PA
185
269
217
210
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.600
.500
.200
.200
PF
221
223
149
113
PA
164
222
257
223
———
Thursday’s Games
Green Bay 37, Detroit 26
Dallas 34, N.Y. Jets 3
Indianapolis 31, Atlanta 13
Sunday’s Games
Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Houston at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
Tennessee at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 1:15 p.m.
Baltimore at San Diego, 1:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at New England, 5:15 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Miami at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 29
Green Bay at Dallas, 5:15 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at Washington, 10 a.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.
San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Seattle at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Denver at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 1:15 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L
N.Y. Rangers
13 8
Philadelphia
12 7
N.Y. Islanders
11 8
New Jersey
10 10
Pittsburgh
9 11
Northeast Division
W L
Ottawa
16 4
Montreal
12 7
Boston
11 7
Toronto
8 10
Buffalo
9 10
Southeast Division
W L
Carolina
13 7
Florida
11 12
Atlanta
11 11
Tampa Bay
10 10
Washington
7 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L
Detroit
15 6
Chicago
12 8
St. Louis
12 8
Nashville
11 8
Columbus
10 8
Northwest Division
W L
Colorado
12 8
Minnesota
11 9
Vancouver
11 9
Calgary
9 10
Edmonton
8 13
Pacific Division
W L
Dallas
11 7
San Jose
11 7
Anaheim
10 9
Phoenix
10 10
Los Angeles
8 12
OT Pts GF GA
2 28 51 44
2 26 66 57
0 22 47 51
2 22 53 57
2 20 63 69
OT Pts GF GA
1 33 68 49
3 27 69 59
2 24 51 49
5 21 69 81
1 19 58 58
OT Pts GF GA
3 29 78 67
1 23 63 69
0 22 61 73
2 22 72 67
1 15 51 67
OT Pts GF GA
1 31 74 53
1 25 64 62
0 24 50 46
2 24 59 59
4 24 59 55
OT Pts GF GA
1 25 61 61
2 24 57 58
2 24 60 60
3 21 61 66
1 17 51 71
OT Pts GF GA
4 26 66 57
3 25 57 47
4 24 58 64
0 20 50 60
1 17 59 70
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss
or shootout loss.
———
Friday’s Games
Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Washington 4, Philadelphia 3, OT
Columbus 4, Minnesota 0
Phoenix 4, Anaheim 3, SO
Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 3
Buffalo 4, Montreal 2
New Jersey 3, Atlanta 0
Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO
St. Louis 3, Vancouver 1
Dallas 3, Toronto 1
Saturday’s Games
Buffalo 3, Montreal 0
Calgary 5, Colorado 2
Phoenix 5, Toronto 1
N.Y. Islanders 2, Boston 1
Columbus 3, Detroit 2, SO
Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 3
Washington 5, Carolina 2
Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 0
New Jersey 3, Tampa Bay 2
Minnesota 4, Nashville 3
Chicago at Edmonton, Late
Los Angeles at San Jose, Late
Sunday’s Games
Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.
Calgary at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington, 4 p.m.
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Atlantic Division
W
Boston
10
Toronto
6
New Jersey
6
Philadelphia
3
New York
2
Southeast Division
W
Orlando
11
Charlotte
6
Washington
6
Atlanta
4
Miami
3
Central Division
W
Detroit
8
Milwaukee
6
Cleveland
6
Indiana
6
Chicago
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
San Antonio
11
Dallas
9
New Orleans
9
Houston
6
Memphis
3
Northwest Division
W
Denver
9
Utah
9
Portland
5
Seattle
2
Minnesota
1
Pacific Division
W
Phoenix
11
L.A. Lakers
7
L.A. Clippers
6
Golden State
4
Sacramento
4
L
1
6
7
8
9
Pct GB
.909
—
.500 4 1/2
.462
5
.273
7
.182
8
L
3
6
6
7
9
Pct GB
.786
—
.500
4
.500
4
.364 5 1/2
.250
7
L
4
4
6
7
8
Pct GB
.667
—
.600
1
.500
2
.462 2 1/2
.200
5
L
2
3
5
7
9
Pct GB
.846
—
.750 1 1/2
.643 2 1/2
.462
5
.250 7 1/2
L
4
4
8
11
9
Pct GB
.692
—
.692
—
.385
4
.154
7
.100 6 1/2
L
2
5
5
7
9
Pct GB
.846
—
.583 3 1/2
.545
4
.364
6
.308
7
———
Friday’s Games
Orlando 105, Charlotte 92
Golden State 123, Washington 115
Boston 107, L.A. Lakers 94
Indiana 111, Dallas 107
Miami 98, Houston 91
Detroit 83, Philadelphia 78
San Antonio 101, Memphis 88
Denver 99, Minnesota 93
Utah 99, New Orleans 71
Phoenix 113, L.A. Clippers 94
Portland 87, Sacramento 84
New Jersey 98, Seattle 93
Saturday’s Games
New York 85, Chicago 78
Cleveland 111, Toronto 108
Orlando 120, Miami 99
Boston 96, Charlotte 95
Golden State 100, Philadelphia 98, OT
Memphis 124, Washington 118
Atlanta 94, Minnesota 87
Houston 109, Denver 81
Milwaukee 97, Dallas 95
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, Late
Sunday’s Games
Chicago at Toronto, 9 a.m.
Utah at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at Indiana, 11:30 a.m.
San Antonio at Seattle, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Utah at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Washington at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
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SPORTS
BOXING | WBC SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
Mayorga wins majority decision over Vargas
By JOHN NADEL
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The buildup was
ugly. The fight was a beauty.
Ricardo Mayorga scored a majority
12-round decision over Fernando Vargas
on Friday night, winning on the strength
of knockdowns in the first and 11th
rounds.
Judge Max DeLuca had Mayorga winning 115-111; Glenn Trowbridge had it
114-112 for Mayorga, and David
Mendoza scored it 113-113. The
Associated Press had it 114-110 for
Mayorga.
The former world champions
exchanged punches in the middle of the
ring through most of the bout, with
Vargas growing stronger in the later
rounds. But it wasn’t enough thanks to
the knockdowns.
Mayorga began celebrating midway
through the final round, thrusting his
right fist into the air during brief lulls in
the action.
There weren’t many of those.
As the 12th round ended, both fighters
celebrated as if they won.
But only one could win, and that
would be Mayorga.
Mayorga, a three-time world champion from Managua, Nicaragua, raised his
record to 28-6 with 22 knockouts.
Vargas, a two-time world champion
from nearby Oxnard, fell to 26-5 with 22
knockouts. He had said repeatedly that
this would be the final fight of his career,
and did so again after it was over.
“Absolutely, this is the end. This was
my last fight,” said Vargas, who turns 30
in two weeks.
“I should have used my jab more,”
Vargas said. “He’s a good fighter or he
wouldn’t have been world champion. I
thought I won the fight. There were a
couple flash knockdowns. But when all
was said and done, he was the better man
tonight.
“I had a bad night. I thought he’d be a
lot more wild than he was.”
The bout matched a pair of onceprominent fighters who both entered having been idle for more than 15 months
and had each lost two of their previous
three fights.
Vargas hadn’t fought since July 15,
2006, when he was stopped for the second time in five months by Shane
Mosley. Mayorga last fought May 6,
2006, when he was stopped by Oscar De
La Hoya.
Both fighters weighed 164 pounds at
Thursday’s weigh-in — a startling development for Vargas considering he admittedly ballooned to 264 following his second loss to Mosley.
The WBC Continental Americas super
middleweight title was at stake. The bout
had been scheduled for Sept. 8, but was
delayed after a routine blood test revealed
Vargas had an iron deficiency.
The crowd of 10,365 at Staples Center
was almost completely pro-Vargas — no
surprise considering Oxnard is some 50
miles northwest of Los Angeles.
“Vargas came out with a different style
than I had anticipated,” Mayorga said
through a translator. “That was the lull in
the middle rounds before I adjusted to his
style. This time, I tried to concentrate
more on discipline and control.
“He was faster than I thought, but I
stuck with my game plan and put the
pressure on him. I want to keep fighting,
a few more times at 154 (pounds). You
guys saw me in there. I have a lot of fight
left in me.”
Wearing a camouflage robe and
trunks, Mayorga was roundly booed as he
entered the ring. Vargas, wearing a sombrero, followed to a loud ovation. But
once he disrobed, Vargas appeared a little
soft around the middle, no doubt a lot
heavier than the 164 pounds he weighed
a day earlier.
Mayorga went right after Vargas in the
first round, throwing a flurry of punches.
The crowd began a chant of “Vargas,
Vargas,” and their man promptly threw a
low blow that drew a warning from referee Raul Caiz Sr.
Then, late in the round, Mayorga
attacked again, and floored Vargas with a
left hand, celebrating before his opponent
quickly got to his feet.
Mayorga continued to force the action,
and appeared to hurt Vargas early in the
third round, opening a cut over his left
eye. But much to the crowd’s delight,
Vargas fought back, and did some damage himself later in the round.
Mayorga said he didn’t believe the
bout would go beyond three rounds, and
Vargas had said six.
They were both wrong.
Mayorga threw a couple of punches
after the bell sounded ending the eighth
round, and made a gesture of apology
before the ninth, which Vargas acknowledged.
The two fought on even terms in the
11th until Mayorga floored Vargas with a
right hand in the final seconds.
The dislike the fighters professed for
each other seemed sincere from the time
the bout was scheduled. They exchanged
punches July 11 at the first pre-fight news
conference, and every other gathering
was filled with angry, ugly exchanges.
Vargas’ manager, Joe Percora, said his
fighter could earn up to $15 million,
depending on the number of pay-perview subscribers. Mayorga is expected to
be paid about half of what Vargas gets.
On the undercard, Kermit Cintron successfully defended his IBF welterweight
championship by stopping Jesse
Feliciano at 1:53 of the 10th round, and
Roman Karmazin knocked out Alejandro
Garcia at 1:24 of the third round to win
the WBA Intercontinental super welterweight title.
Both bouts were scheduled for 12
rounds.
Cintron (146 3/4 pounds), of Reading,
Pa., raised his record to 29-1 with 27
knockouts. Feliciano (147 pounds), of
Los Angeles, dropped to 15-6-3.
Well ahead on points when the end
came, Cintron said he had to overcome
an injury.
“I felt a crack on my right hand in the
first round,” he said. “I had a lot of pain,
but I worked through it.”
Karmazan (152 3/4 pounds), a Russian
now living in Los Angeles, is 36-2-1 with
23 knockouts. Garcia (154 pounds), of
Tijuana, Mexico, is 25-3. The end came
suddenly, with Karmazan using a quick
flurry of punches to floor Garcia, who
was counted out by referee Jerry Cantu.
“The hook to the body got me,” Garcia
said. “I don’t think I have been hit that
hard before.”
The card was promoted by Don King
Productions and Main Events in association with Staples Center.
SOCCER | LA GALAXY
Beckham arrives for Los Angeles Galaxy’s
friendly in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AP)
— David Beckham arrived on
a private jet from London on
Sunday for his first visit to
Australia, while his Los
Angeles Galaxy teammates
came on a scheduled airline
from the United States.
The former England captain apparently wants no other
special treatment while Down
Under for the Galaxy’s exhibition match Tuesday night
against Sydney FC before a
sellout crowd of 80,000 at the
former Olympic stadium.
Sunday newspapers were
full of Beckham stories —
despite a national election the
day before in which John
Howard lost the prime ministership to Kevin Rudd.
Several
focussed
on
Beckham’s shunning of a
presidential-style suite at a
downtown casino hotel in
favor of a basic one that his
teammates will get.
The suite goes for about
$5,250 a night, the regular
room $235.
“We’re
quite
underwhelmed about the fact he’ll
be staying as one of the team
members. He hasn’t come
through with a list of requests
we’re used to here,” Star City
official Richard Munro said.
“He doesn’t want anything
special, which is a real credit
to a superstar like him.”
Beckham’s first appearance
in Sydney came at a Sunday
media conference with his
new coach and former Dutch
international Ruud Gullit,
Galaxy teammate Landon
Donovan and Sydney FC
coach John Kosmina.
“I’m very happy to be here.
I’ve never been to this country
before and it’s somewhere
I’ve wanted to visit for a long
time,” Beckham said. “It took
me 22 hours to get here but
it’s more than worth it.”
Beckham will remain in
Sydney until Thursday before
flying to New Zealand for the
Galaxy’s friendly against the
Wellington
Phoenix
on
Saturday.
Beckham arrived from
London after England missed
out on qualification for Euro
2008. The midfielder came on
a second-half substitute in
England’s 3-2 loss to Croatia
at Wembley on Wednesday,
Beckham’s 99th international.
Beckham is in Australia
without his wife of eight
years, Victoria, and their three
sons — Brooklyn, 8; Romeo;
5 and Cruz, 2. Victoria, formerly Posh Spice in the Spice
Girls, is said to be rehearsing
with her former pop group for
their world reunion tour which
begins Dec. 2 in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Beckham’s
visit
has
spurred sales of his Galaxy
jersey — 20,000 have been
sold in Australia in the past
month.
“We’ve
had
requests
increasing everyday,” Trent
Karoll, a sporting goods company managing director, said.
“Securing supply ... was
tricky.”
The Beckham-led Galaxy
match is the team’s first exhibition outside North America
and will be televised internationally.
Kevin Muscat, who played
against
Beckham
in
Australia’s 3-1 upset win over
England in a friendly two
years ago, will be one of the
TV
commentators
for
Tuesday’s match.
“First and foremost, he’s a
very talented footballer and
what’s come with it has overshadowed what he’s done as a
player,” said Muscat.
“He’ll want to show the
public here and in America
what he’s made of and why
there has been so much fuss
and why he’s paid so much
money.”
Kings
Continued from Page A-8
ing on the other end.
Brad Miller tied up Jarrett
Jack for a jump ball, but
Travis Outlaw stole the tap,
was fouled and made two free
throws. Artest missed a 35footer at the buzzer that could
have tied it.
“We had our chances,” said
Sacramento coach Reggie
Theus, whose team is 0-7 on
the road. “We had the ball
taken from us down the
stretch. We needed defensive
stops and we couldn’t get
them.”
Portland had allowed 30
points or more in the fourth
quarters of each of its last five
games, and had lost each one.
Sacramento led for most of
the first three quarters, but
Portland forced seven fourthquarter
turnovers
and
outscored the Kings 27-19.
“In the last few games,
when it came down to the
fourth quarter, we gave up a
lot of points,” Aldridge said.
“Tonight our defense was better and we kept scoring.”
Garcia had 17 points and
Beno Udrih had 11 points, six
assists and four rebounds for
the Kings.
Sacramento led by 10 early
in the first quarter but by only
one by halftime. The Kings
took a 65-62 lead into the
fourth quarter.
Artest missed Wednesday’s
loss to Phoenix to be with his
daughter, who was undergoing a medical procedure, and
his presence made a big difference for the Kings on both
ends of the floor.
Niners
Continued from Page A-8
Bowl safety Adrian Wilson,
whose string of 59 consecutive starts ended last week
because of an injured heel.
The Cardinals, meanwhile,
enter Sunday’s play one game
behind first-place Seattle in
the NFC West. With four of
their final six games at home,
they like their chances.
“You can feel the whole
vibe is just different,” Antonio
Smith said. “Everybody’s
looking forward to the next
game and then the next game,
instead of knowing that you
haven’t got a chance, that
you’re so far behind there’s no
way you can come back.”
Sunday’s game is another
sellout at University of
Phoenix Stadium, site of this
season’s Super Bowl. The big
crowds at the 2-year-old stadium have been loud, and mostly cheering for the Cardinals,
giving Arizona its long-sought
home-field advantage.
“Since the last two weeks,
there’s been a lot of excitement,” Whisenhunt said. “Our
guys are feeling very confident in the way they’re playing, and it’s carried over not
only in the game but on the
On the defensive end,
Artest held reigning Rookie of
the Year Roy to 6-of-15 shooting. Artest was a one-man
team during a four-minute
stretch of the fourth, scoring,
diving for balls, setting
screens
and
grabbing
rebounds to preserve his
team’s 74-70 lead.
But he drove and kicked
out to Miller for a wide-open
3 that missed badly, and had
another drive to the basket cut
short when Miller was whistled for 3 seconds.
Without help, the Kings
weren’t bound to keep their
lead long.
Blake hit back-to-back 3s
and Roy scored his first points
of the half with 4 minutes
remaining. Jack made two
free throws and the Blazers
had an 11-0 run and a 81-74
lead.
Martin hit a 14-footer, and
Artest drew a foul from Roy
and made one of two free
throws.
Miller and Udrih hit backto-back jumpers to cut the
lead to two, and Martin drilled
a 3 on a fast break to give
Sacramento back the lead, but
it was short-lived.
“It was totally our fault that
we lost the game,” Udrih said.
“We had it. ... We weren’t
aggressive enough in the last
five minutes.”
Notes: Udrih returned from
a knee injury to start at point
guard, where he has been subbing for Mike Bibby, out with
torn ligaments in his thumb. ...
The Blazers were just 16-of27 from the free throw line. ...
Aldridge had his third game
of at least 20 points and 10
rebounds, and he made 12 of
15 shots from the field.
practice field.”
Quarterback Kurt Warner
will play his fifth game in a
row with a bulky brace on his
left elbow protecting a torn
tendon. He was hurt in his
first start after Leinart went
down with a broken collarbone. Before that, Warner was
playing, but only in “no-huddle” situations.
He is getting more comfortable with Whisenhunt’s
offense, which is far different
than the pass-oriented game
he directed in St. Louis and
under Green in Arizona.
Warner has completed 42
of 64 passes for 470 yards and
five touchdowns, with one
interception, the last two
games, victories that made the
Cardinals, believe it or not, a
playoff contender.
It’s been a while since
Warner — and a lot longer
since Arizona — could say
that.
“It’s a great place to be,
knowing that everything still
matters,” he said. “It’s nice to
be 10 games in and still be
playing for something.”
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Letters
Continued from Page A-6
the road.
Each of us who drives has
the responsibility to adhere to
the rules of the road. I’m sure
that each of us at one time or
another has driven at speeds
above what is posted. Seat
belt laws were enacted years
ago, but we still read of folks
who suffered severe injuries
or death when they were
involved in an accident
because they were not buckled up. Is Caltrans to blame
for that? Perhaps CHP is
responsible because they
don’t have the time to check
each and every vehicle on the
road to ensure seat belts are
in use.
Driving is a privilege, not
a right, and every one of us
has a responsibility to drive
safely when we get behind
the wheel, due to weather
conditions, at times, we
should drive slower than the
posted speed, but not everyone is willing to do that. To
put the blame for accidents
on Caltrans and say they need
to act now to save lives, is
placing responsibility on the
wrong party. However, shifting the focus of responsibility
seems to be a common practice these days as our society
Mall
Continued from Page A-7
potential untested soil and
smokestack contamination.
This
reputable
group’s
research appears to many
Smart Growth supporters and
members to point out valid
reasons to take more time and
care in evaluating a site
known for decades to have
used a variety of possibly
unidentified toxins. We don’t
know; because we don’t, it
seems to many of us that it
would be wise for the County
to
apply
its
own
“Precautionary
Principle”
regarding this project, using
the “better safe than sorry”
philosophy.
We’re glad Jim Mulheren
wishes to see a growing and
thriving downtown Ukiah. We
disagree with his belief that
DDR’s planned huge mall
would not hurt downtown
business. Much research on
towns similar to Ukiah bears
out our argument. Many
downtown merchants also
agree with us. And we wonder
why Mulheren, a commissioner in a city in which he report-
with flying colors, and
wannabes would have to
learn how to govern before
being elected.
Robert Axt
Ukiah
becomes filled with more
lawlessness and lack of
respect to others.
Marianne Benavidez
Fort Bragg
There outta
be a test...
Thank you
To the Editor:
You need to pass a test and
get a license to practice law
or medicine or build a house
or drive a car. But all you
need to preside over our
nation is to have lived 35
years. Don’t you think that to
be eligible to run for public
office you should be required
to pass a multiple-phase
examination? It should
include sections on state and
national history, economics,
constitutional law, and political science. On second
thought, I doubt anyone
could pass a test on the
California Constitution... and
since when was politics a science? I am being too idealistic and too academic. The
candidate’s examination
should be practical. It should
include sections on fund raising, fact spinning, useless
committee development, budget manipulation, meaningless resolutions, and inappropriate spending. It should be
simple to get our legislators
to enact the “Examination
Law.” Incumbents would pass
To the Editor:
On Nov. 5, 2007, I went to
Wal-Mart after work to pick
up a few needed items. I was
in a hurry both going in and
leaving the store because I
needed to make one more
stop at the grocery store
before heading home. On my
arrival to the grocery store, I
discovered I did not have my
purse with me. I immediately
called Wal-Mart to discover I
had left my purse in a cart
outside the store. The lady at
the customer service desk
advised she had it and it was
safe. Upon my arrival she
told me an elderly man found
it in a cart outside Wal-Mart
and returned it to customer
service. I was surprised to
find everything in my purse
still intact. My point to this
letter is that there are still
honest people in this world
and to that kindly gentleman
thank you for your honest
and kind heart.
Elaine Wagner
Ukiah
edly may live, is eager to
favor commercial development outside the City limits,
rather than work with the City
to secure that business and
revenue. And consider the
heavy load on City services
and infrastructure huge new
developments just north of
town would create -- imagine
traffic impacts.
Finally, consider Jim
Mulheren’s claims that Smart
Growth members “lack
integrity” because we don’t
agree with his version of “the
truth,” and that we “stir up
false statements and prejudices” to “further their own
personal agenda.” He’s talking about a lot of folks who
have pretty good public
records for studiously and
honestly representing “truths”
as we perceive them, while
respectfully listening to all the
citizenry to promote policies
that appear to us to be in the
public interest. If he feels it’s
“intimidating” to someone
that a bunch of people take
part in the democratic process
by going to meetings convened by our governing bodies to hear us, or feels our
activism “suppresses” his or
anyone’s right to speak, he’s
got us -- and democracy -wrong. How about the intimidation some of us feel confronted by deep pockets
DDR? And if he feels only his
finger is on the pulse of the
“common citizens,” or portrays Smart Growth as a private club of idle rich, wrong !
Again, we’re working citizens, too. He may be disillusioned by the number of voters in the valley who have
signed a letter to Supervisor
Wattenburger supporting our
positions, and the number and
variety of folks who have
thanked us for “going to all
those meetings we don’t have
time and energy for.” The
“silent majority” always gets
to speak at the polls. We ask
all in the community to join us
in this process and debate.
Please read our web site.
Form your opinions and speak
as you feel moved.
James Connerton represents to Ukiah Valley Smart
Growth Coalition.
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
Voice
Continued from Page A-7
should’ve been in the protest
line rather than the one I was
in, but that’s just one of those
“should’ve-could’ves” that I
need to let go of.
For me, going into the
Army and eventually going to
Vietnam was the result of a
series of complex decisions I
had to make all the way
through the process. The last
and most final decision I
made was at Fort Lewis
Washington just a few days
before my orders for Vietnam
came through. I went AWOL
(Absent Without Leave) and
weighed going to Canada or
Sweden against going to
Vietnam as an infantry soldier. My decision to go to
war was as heartfelt as any
decision I’ve ever made. In
the end, I decided to go
because I felt that for me, and
for me alone, had I deserted
the Army and my country it
would have been not for a
moral reason but because I
was just plain scared of going
to fight in the jungle. I’ve
always been glad I decided to
go because had I not, I
wouldn’t have been able to
live with myself. In my case,
I needed to find the truth
about the war first hand.
There is nothing in my life
that has taught me deeper and
more necessary lessons than
spending a year in the
infantry in Vietnam. I learned
how to write about my experiences after I was made a
combat correspondent for my
brigade. The skills I learned writing and photography have served me ever since.
Writing is my way of figuring
things out.
Something else I learned
in Vietnam that has served
me at least as much, was how
to access the silence we all
have inside us. During long
dark nights on guard duty on
a lonely mountaintop I taught
myself how to meditate.
Meditation, more than anything else, has saved my life.
Because of the peace it’s
given me I’m able to see the
world more clearly. Mahatma
Gandhi said, “in the attitude
of silence the soul finds the
path in a clearer light and
what is elusive and deceptive
resolves itself into crystal
clearness. Our life is a long
and arduous quest after
Truth.”
It is no coincidence that
my experience of finding this
silence appears in the current
issue of Shambhala Sun, a
Buddhist publication. In the
article titled “War and
Silence” I write about how I
discovered that it is possible
to find peace within ourselves
even in the middle of a war.
Finding this silence gives
us the power to change ourselves and thus our view of
the world.
Something I believe that
Peter Sears and I would agree
on is that if our President
himself had witnessed the
horrors of war, the world
would be a much different
place today. As everyone
knows, both our Commanderin-chief and his second in
command, the Vice President,
managed to weasel out of
going to war. Had our
President witnessed, first
hand, one of his buddies
catch a bullet in the brain, I
doubt very much if he would
have “been called” to take
our country into a war that
has killed over 4,000 of us.
But, that again, is another
“if only.”
My solution to ending war
is simple. Each of us fighting
our own war must do what
they can to win it. This
means, each of us - one person at a time - has to confront
our own demons before we
are ready to confront those of
the world. If each of us tries
to emulate Mahatmi Gandhi,
then in a world filled with
Gandhis there will be no war.
As he said, “always aim at
complete harmony of thought
and word and deed.”
Whereas Peter wants to
follow civil disobedience, I
want people to follow themselves, in an inward direction,
towards the peace in their
hearts. By finding that peace,
we spread it throughout the
universe. Whereas Peter
praises Daniel Berrigan, I am
in awe of Mahatma Gandhi.
But following Gandhi’s
words I can forgive Peter’s
action of civil disobedience:
“Hate the sin, love the sinner.” Gandhi also said,
“Freedom is not worth having
if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
I believe both Peter and I
are doing the right thing: we
are trying our best to change
something that seems morally
wrong. We are each following through on our heartfelt
beliefs. As Gandhi says, “you
must be the change you want
to see in the world.” In fairness, I will give the last word
here to Daniel Berrigan who
said something equally wise,
“I don’t have to prove my
life. I just have to live.”
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The world briefly
Nation’s retailers post a robust start to
the holiday season, research group says
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s retailers had a robust start
to the holiday shopping season, according to results announced
Saturday by a national research group that tracks sales at retail
outlets across the country.
According to ShopperTrak RCT Corp., which tracks sales at
more than 50,000 retail outlets, total sales rose 8.3 percent to
about $10.3 billion on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, compared with $9.5 billion on the same day a year ago.
ShopperTrak had expected an increase of no more than 4 percent to 5 percent.
“This is a really strong number. ... You can’t have a good season unless it starts well,” said Bill Martin, co-founder of
ShopperTrak, citing strength across all regions. “It’s very
encouraging. When you look at September and October, shoppers weren’t in the stores.”
In a separate statement released Saturday, J.C. Penney Co.
reported “strong performance across all merchandise categories,” including fine jewelry, outerwear, and young men’s and
children’s assortments.
But the department store chain cautioned, “while we are
encouraged by our strong start, it is still early in the holiday season, and we are mindful of the headwinds consumers are facing.”
Lebanese prime minister reassures
country as president leaves office
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Prime Minister Fuad Saniora
assured his country Saturday that the military was in control of
the streets while lawmakers struggled to overcome a political
crisis that has left the country without a president.
The army made clear it will stay out of politics, emerging as
the country’s best hope for stability.
Beirut remained calm Saturday and shops opened for business following a tumultuous day that intensified fears of street
violence between supporters of Saniora’s U.S.-backed government and the opposition led by the Shiite militant group
Hezbollah and backed by Syria and Iran.
After months of trying, the two rival camps were unable to
agree on a compromise candidate to succeed pro-Syrian
President Emile Lahoud who stepped down Friday night, leaving a political vacuum.
In his first comments since Lahoud left office, Saniora
defended his government, saying it will continue to function
according to the constitution. In the absence of a president,
Saniora’s cabinet, which the opposition considers illegitimate,
takes executive power under the constitution.
U.S. military says Iran-backed Shiites
behind recent Baghdad violence
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 – A-13
Shiites for recent attacks on U.S. bases, raising fears that a
three-month truce by the most feared Shiite militia may be at an
end.
The blast Friday in the al-Ghazl pet market killed at least 15
people, wounded 56 and shattered a growing sense of public
confidence that has emerged following a sharp decline in the
bombings and shootings that once rattled the Iraqi capital daily.
During overnight raids, U.S. and Iraqi soldiers arrested four
members of an unidentified Shiite “special groups cell,” who
confessed to the bombing, U.S. spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory
Smith told reporters.
“Based on subsequent confessions, forensics and other intelligence, the bombing was the work of an Iranian-backed special
groups cell operating here in Baghdad,” Smith said, adding that
he was not accusing Iran itself of ordering the blast.
The market is located in a Shiite area and has been targeted
before by Sunni extremists. But Smith said the attackers wanted people to believe that the bomb, packed with ball-bearings to
maximize casualties, was the work of al-Qaida in Iraq so that
residents would turn to Shiite militias for protection.
In standoff with Iran, no smoking gun
but strong evidence of nuclear ambitions
(AP) – The accusations come almost every day from U.S.
officials: Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon. Sponsoring terrorism. Killing Americans in Iraq. Intent on Israel’s destruction.
Yet, some officials add, its government will collapse if only
given a push.
Does the U.S. have solid proof that Iran is guilty of such a
long list of misdeeds? Or is the case against Iran — and the certainty of its ill intent — a bit fuzzy?
In the buildup to the Iraq war, the Bush administration made
allegations against Saddam Hussein that polls show Americans
believed, but which later proved wrong.
Now, with U.S. officials leading the pressure on Iran, many
Americans are weighing the evidence. Is there a smoking gun
or even a smoldering one?
Astronauts take spacewalk to finish
wiring space station’s newest addition
HOUSTON (AP) — A pair of spacewalking astronauts wired
the international space station’s newest room on Saturday,
crossing the last major task off their to-do list before the next
shuttle mission early next month.
Commander Peggy Whitson and Daniel Tani hooked up
more electrical and fluid connections linking the space station
and the Harmony compartment that was delivered by the shuttle Discovery last month.
Harmony will serve as a docking port for a new European
laboratory named Columbus. The shuttle Atlantis is scheduled
to deliver the lab in two weeks. A Japanese lab set to be delivered early next year also will dock to the school bus-sized module.
Flight controllers on the ground were checking all of
Harmony’s systems Saturday to make sure the module would be
ready to accommodate the new lab.
“It looks good so far,” Mission Control told the astronauts as
they floated back into the hatch at the end of the spacewalk.
A worst-case scenario plays out
in the Broadway stagehands strike
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a worst-case scenario that became
a reality. As the Broadway stagehands strike enters its third
week Saturday, there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the
thorny, seemingly intractable dispute that has shut down more
than two dozen plays and musicals since Nov. 10.
Losses because of canceled performances are in the millions
and climbing each day — a disaster not only for producers and
theater owners, but for everyone employed in the theater and for
those whose businesses depend on curtains going up.
Both sides are hanging tough and have not talked for almost
a week. The standoff has meant dark theaters during the
Thanksgiving holiday, usually one of the year’s best weeks for
business.
Not this year. There was a weird disconnect in the Times
Square area during the holiday. On Thanksgiving Eve, side
streets were filled with lively, noisy crowds. They were in stark
contrast to the silent pickets walking slowly in front of padlocked theaters that looked forlorn even with lighted marquees.
Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees says it’s willing to meet again with the League of
American Theatres and Producers. But the league says it won’t
go back to the bargaining table unless the union is ready to
make a deal.
GOP presidential hopeful Thompson
criticizes opponents on guns, abortion
LADSON, S.C. (AP) — White House hopeful Fred
Thompson called his trip down an aisle of rifles, shotguns and
pistols at a gun show Saturday “a day in paradise,” and criticized his leading Republican opponents for past positions on
gun control and abortion. Talking to reporters after the gun
show visit, Thompson singled out former New York Mayor
Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Giuliani “never met a gun-control bill he didn’t like until he
started to run for president and now I understand he very much
approves of the Supreme Court taking jurisdiction of this
Washington, D.C., case which most Second Amendment advocates think will establish that the Second Amendment means
what it says and grants individual rights to people to possess
firearms,” Thompson said. “So, ah, maybe he’s changed his
mind about that, but his record is clear otherwise.”
A Giuliani campaign spokesman was quick to reply by email to Thompson’s criticism: “Mayor Giuliani is a strong supporter of the second amendment and believes our focus should
be on making sure criminals are the ones who can’t get guns.
It’s the same tough-on-crime approach Rudy took in bringing
historic crime reductions to New York City, and we’ll match
that experience against Fred Thompson’s record of chasing
moonshiners any day of the week.”
BAGHDAD (AP) — Four members of an Iranian-backed
Shiite cell confessed to bombing a public market in central
Baghdad, a U.S. spokesman said Saturday. He also blamed
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A-14 – SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
.
3-DAY FORECAST
SUN AND MOON
REGIONAL WEATHER
CALIFORNIA CITIES
Shown is today s weather. Temperatures are today s highs
and tonight s lows.
TODAY
65°
Sunrise today ............. 7:06 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............ 4:53 p.m.
Moonrise today .......... 5:46 p.m.
Moonset today ........... 8:43 a.m.
Partly sunny
MOON PHASES
TONIGHT
Last
New
First
Full
Rockport
55/42
Laytonville
57/35
Covelo
59/32
Westport
56/40
30°
Dec. 1 Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec. 23
Partly cloudy and cold
ALMANAC
Ukiah through 2 p.m. Saturday
Temperature
High .............................................. 55
Low .............................................. 28
Normal high .................................. 59
Normal low .................................... 39
Record high .................... 79 in 1959
Record low ...................... 22 in 1906
Precipitation
24 hrs to 2 p.m. Sat. .................. Trace
Month to date ............................ 0.67"
Normal month to date ................ 4.22"
Season to date .......................... 3.00"
Last season to date .................. 3.53"
Normal season to date .............. 7.15"
MONDAY
65°
34°
Partly sunny
TUESDAY
66°
38°
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
Fort Bragg
56/41
Willows
64/36
Willits
60/33
Elk
55/44
UKIAH
65/30
Philo
61/37
Redwood Valley
62/34
Lakeport
63/36
Lucerne
63/35
Boonville
62/38
Gualala
58/45
Clearlake
65/36
Cloverdale
64/38
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Catalina
Chico
Crescent City
Death Valley
Downey
Encinitas
Escondido
Eureka
Fort Bragg
Fresno
Gilroy
Indio
Irvine
Hollywood
Lake Arrowhead
Lodi
Lompoc
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Mammoth
Marysville
Modesto
Monrovia
Monterey
Morro Bay
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Napa
Needles
Oakland
Ontario
Orange
Oxnard
Palm Springs
Pasadena
Pomona
Potter Valley
Redding
Riverside
Sacramento
Salinas
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San Diego
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Jose
San Luis Obispo
San Rafael
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
S. Lake Tahoe
Stockton
Tahoe Valley
Torrance
Vacaville
Vallejo
Van Nuys
Visalia
Willits
Yosemite Valley
Yreka
64/38/pc
69/44/pc
64/38/pc
73/42/pc
72/47/pc
66/47/pc
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67/36/pc
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68/47/pc
64/37/pc
64/41/pc
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64/34/pc
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64/34/pc
61/44/pc
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54/20/pc
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66/44/pc
72/46/pc
73/47/pc
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64/33/pc
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, rrain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
Lake Mendocino – Lake level: 711.83 feet; Storage: 30,857 acre-feet (Maximum storage 122,500 acre-feet) Inflow: 69 cfs Outflow: 180 cfs
Air quality – n/a
Volunteer
the Bell Ring. For more information, Contact Janet at 4689577.
Continued from Page A-4
Plowshares
Community
Dining Room
• Any volunteers to cook,
serve and clean up, once a
week or once a month, for
about two hours at a time.
Until Jan. 11: between 8:30
a.m. and 1 p.m. After Jan. 14:
between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Contact Rhonda De Los
Santos at 462-8582, or check
the Web site at www.plowsharesfeeds.org.
Project Sanctuary
• Project Sanctuary is a
domestic violence and sexual
assault crisis center, and is
currently accepting volunteers.
For more information, contact Janet Larson at 462-9196.
VORP
• Any volunteers to work
with juvenile offenders and
victims. Must go through an 8
hour training. For more information, contact the VORP
Office at 462-6160.
Pomolita Middle School and
Pomolita Club Live
• Any volunteers to help in
the Library, computer lab,
music boosters and more. F or
more information contact Vera
Leach at 462-4721.
Department of
Rehabilitation
• Any volunteers to do
some office work, they will
train in computer data work,
filing and answering phones.
For more information, contact
Lucy at 463-6803 leave a
message she will return your
call. Or you could check out
their
web
site
at
www.dor.ca.gov.
Big Brothers -- Big Sisters
• Needs volunteers to mentor children ages 6 to 18, and
for its storybook program for
children of incarcerated people. For more information,
call 463-4809.
Redwood Children’s
Services
• Needs volunteers to help
foster youth get their 50 hours
behind-the-wheel time before
their driver’s license test. A
volunteer needs to have a
valid California driver’s
license and insurance as well
as the time and willingness to
allow a youth to drive his or
her car. For more information,
call 467-2000.
Ukiah Valley Trail Group
• Will hold trail-building
classes and trail days monthly.
Volunteers are needed to assist
in building approaches and
ramps to what will be a 50foot bridge. Volunteers should
wear sturdy work clothes, and
bring water and a bag lunch.
For more information, call
972-0926
or
e-mail
info@mendotrails.org.
Ukiah Community Center
and Food Bank
• Provides food baskets at
Thanksgiving and Christmas;
needs volunteers to help organize, box and distribute food.
• On Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, could use volunteers to assist in distributing
food at the Food Bank. For
more information, call Dayle
Reed at 462-8879.
Fort Bragg and
Mendocino
For more information contact
Ayn Reymen at 937-3833.
Mendocino Food and
Nutrition Program
• Assist in inventorying
and distribution of salvaged
food to needy families For
more information contact
Nancy Hoganson at 964-9404.
Mendocino Area Parks
Association (MAP A)
• Raises money for education in local State Parks and
School Programs
• Ford House Visitor
Center
• Mendocino Exhibits
• MacKerrickers State Park
educational program
• VanDamme State Park
educational program
• Elk Visitor Center
• MAPA Abalone Festival
Special event in Oct. For more
information contact Birol
Polay at 937-5397
Coast Botanical Gardens
• Any volunteers to help in
store, nursery and on the
grounds. For more information, contact Rachel Miller at
964-4352.
Redwood Coast Land
Conservancy
• In need of any volunteers
for the Red Bluff Trail, Phase
I and II, located in Gualala.
For more information, contact
Shirley Eberly at 785-3327
Check out our web site:
www.rc_Ic.org, or e-mail us
rclc@mcn.org
Mendocino
Food
and
Nutrition Program
• Any volunteers to help in
the warehouse prepare food
and distribute food. For more
information contact Nancy at
964-9404 or e-mail her at
foodbank@mcn.org
Willits Seniors Inc.
• Needs volunteers to help
in dining room from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, contact Nadine at
459-6826.
Shamli Volunteer Hospice
and Respite
• Provide in-home support
to patients and families facing
life-threatening and long term
illnesses. For more information contact Connie Chapman
at 884-4005 ext. 150.
Parents and Friends Inc.
• Any volunteers to help in
busy thrift shop 2 hours a
week. (sales clerk experience
is helpful) F or more information, contact Laura at 9644471.
Salvation Army
• Any volunteers to help in
August for the Child Spree at
Mervyns in Ukiah, and 2 days
before Thanksgiving to start
Mendocino Cancer
Resource Center
• Provide support and
information for those faced
with cancer and their families
Redwood Coast Seniors Inc.
• Any volunteers to work
in dining room and thrift shop.
For more information, contact
Judith at 961-4305
POLICE REPORTS
The following were
compiled from reports
prepared by the Ukiah
Police Department. To
anonymously
report
crime information, call
463-6205.
ARREST -- James Bass,
27, of Kelseyville, was arrest-
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ed on suspicion of driving
under the influence at 11:38
p.m. Friday in the 400 block
of Leslie Street.
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.
CORRECTIONS
The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves
this space to correct errors or make
clarifications to news articles. Errors
may be reported to the editor, 4683526.
LOTTERY NUMBERS
DAILY 3: night: 6, 7, 7.
Wind-driven wildfires strike Malibu
again, destroying dozens of homes
Associated Press
MALIBU — A fast-moving
wildfire pushed by Santa Ana
winds raced through the
canyons and over the mountains of this wealthy enclave for
the second time in little more
than a month Saturday, destroying dozens of homes and forcing as many as 14,000 residents
to flee.
The fire erupted in the wee
hours after the long-predicted
Santa Anas finally returned, and
it quickly grew before the
winds died down. Forty-nine
homes were destroyed and
another 27 damaged, said Los
Angeles County Fire Chief P.
Michael Freeman.
Investigators had determined
that the fire, which broke out
along a dirt road off a paved
highway, was caused by
humans, but were still deciding
whether it was started intentionally, said county fire Inspector
Rick Dominguez.
By night the fire was estimated at 4,650 acres, or about 7
square miles, with 25 percent
containment.
“Waking up at 4 in the morning with the smell of smoke in
your nose and the wind beating
at the windows is something
that we learn to live with here,
but it always comes as something of a shock,” said Mayor
Jeff Jennings.
All the homes that were
destroyed were in the fire’s initial morning surge before the
winds slowed and firefighters
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Freeman said 10,000 to
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The fire broke out along a
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A hotspot flared for a time on
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campus did not appear to have
been endangered. Helicopters
used its broad oceanview lawn
as a landing zone.
University officials told students to move to a campus shelter as a precaution, although the
school remained largely empty
because of the holiday weekend.
Another fire near Ramona in
San Diego County was fully
contained at 50 acres. A firefighter suffered a minor cut
when an air tanker flying overhead dropped heavy retardant
on a fire engine, breaking its
windshield.
Power lines blown down by
fierce winds caused last
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six homes, two businesses and a
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By Saturday evening, about
half of the evacuees were
allowed to return to their
homes, authorities said. The fire
had subsided considerably and
was expected to be more than
half
contained
Sunday,
Freeman said.
Fifteen helicopters and 15
airplanes, including a retardantdropping DC-10 jumbo jet,
attacked from the air while
1,700 firefighters battled flames
on the ground. Six firefighters
suffered minor injuries.
“Lost homes can be rebuilt,
but lost lives can’t,” said Los
Angeles County Supervisor
Zev Yaroslavsky, whose district
includes Malibu. “We’re grateful there were no deaths.”
Helicopters lowered hoses
into pools and the nearby
Pacific to refill their tanks for
water-dropping runs, and
SuperScooper amphibious airplanes skimmed the ocean to
reload.
The airplanes were grounded
at dark, but the helicopters were
set to continue dropping water
through the night.
Hundreds of firefighters and
equipment from throughout the
state had been positioned in
Southern California for most of
the week because of the predicted winds, which had been
expected to blow most of the
week but didn’t arrive until late
Friday.
Officials remained wary
despite the decrease in wind
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SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 – B-1
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
Editor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520
the community to downtown Ukiah. The categories they are interested in include music, theatre, dance, mime, puppetry, carolers, storybook characters, storytelling poetry, clowns
and magic. The Ukiah Main Street Program
will accept applications until Nov. 19 from
entertainers interested in performing downtown. Applications can be picked up at the
Main Street Office, 200 S. School Street,
Monday through Friday, 9 to 5 p.m.
Arts and crafts vendors are invited to pick
up applications for the Holiday Craft Market,
which will be held on Nov. 23. The arts and
crafts market will take place on the sidewalks
surrounding the courthouse in downtown
Ukiah from 11 to 5 p.m.
The committee is also in search of volunteers and nonprofit organizations interested in
coordinating a children’s activity or setting up
tables for gift wrapping or some other activity
that could directly benefit their organization.
Salvation Army
seeking bell ringers
Light Up A Life Celebration
to be at Alex Thomas Plaza
The Salvation Army is seeking volunteer
Bell Ringers for the 2007 Christmas Kettle
fundraiser from Nov. 20 to Dec. 22. The money
collected goes into the Temporary Emergency
Assistance Fund for the homeless and needy,
summer youth camps, and children’s school
clothes.Those interesting in volunteering can
sign up by calling Janet Cetani at 468-9577.
Monetary donations can be sent to: Salvation
Army, 714 A S. State St., Ukiah, Ca. 95482.
Ukiah residents will gather at Alex Thomas
Plaza from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29
for the fifth annual “Light up a Life” community celebration.
Park evergreens will be illuminated in honor
and remembrance of those people that were
cared for and loved. There will be live music,
speakers, poetry, a sing-a-long and hot cider
and cookies.
Persons who wish to designate a light for
someone in particular may call 459-1818. The
names of those being honored will be read at
the ceremony unless otherwise requested.
Phoenix Hospice of Mendocino County
sponsers the “Light up a Life” celebration in
cooperation with the City of Ukiah. All funds
raised will go directly toward providing quality end-of-life care for community members.
The Light up a Life Trees will continue to
shine for four weeks, symbolizing the life,
hope, and dreams of loved ones. Everyone is
welcome to attend the tree-lighting ceremony.
Fall Arrangements available
at the Garden Clubhouse
Colorful Fall arrangements to grace tables
or buffets are available for purchase at the
Ukiah Garden Club, 1203 West Clay Street,
Ukiah.
Arrangements in pumpkins, in baskets and
cornucopias
welcome
the
autumn
season. There are also cone wreaths, grapevine
wreaths with ribbon bows, cone and natural
material table trees, and other holiday decorations that have been created by Garden Club
members, for sale. The room at the Clubhouse
is full of items made by those attending the
workshop.
The Garden Club House is open each day
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. The community is welcome to browse,
buy or place orders.
Entertainers needed for
‘Home for the Holidays’
The Ukiah Main Street Program invites
local performance groups to participate in
“Home for the Holidays”, a promotion to draw
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Christmas Tree Luncheon
and Tree Auction to be
hosted by St. Mary’s School
Shopping for a stress-free tree, looking for a
festive occasion to get together with pals, or
looking for design ideas to use on your own
tree?
In anticipation of the Christmas season,
local designers and St. Mary’s students and
parents have a created a forest of decorated
Christmas trees, each with a unique theme. The
trees and other handmade items will feature
prominently in the silent auction held during
the Christmas Luncheon on Nov. 28 in the
Parish Hall of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 900
S. Oak St., Ukiah.
The decorated live and artificial trees are
decorated with artistic treasures in the themes
of “Driving Down the Christmas Highway”
(Kindergarten), “Christmas Angels” (1st
grade), “My Favorite Book at the Library”
(2nd grade), “Circus Parade” (3rd grade), “A
Mission Christmas” (4th grade), “A White
Russian Christmas” (5th grade), “Creations
from the Woodland Forest” (6th grade), “The
Frog and the Prince” (7th grade), and
“Christmas in the French Countryside” (8th
grade), as well as a Marty Roderick mosaic,
Hoyman-Browe bowl, Christmas wreaths from
McFadden Farms and Susan Horne, decorative
ceramics, jewelry, and handcrafted ornaments
and accessories.
An Italian luncheon featuring Schat’s
lasagna and a special dish prepared by Nancy
Ditty, will be served and accompanied by
wines from local wineries, Parducci and
Whaler Vineyards.
Darren and Laura Smith will provide the
background music for an afternoon of fun and
holiday cheer. Proceeds from the luncheon and
auction will go to benefit St. Mary’s School.
Mark the date of Nov. 28 and call the school
to reserve one of the limited number of tickets.
Tickets are $25 prior to Nov. 21, $30 thereafter, and are available at the school office.
The event starts at noon and closes at 2 p.m.
For more information call St. Mary’s School,
462-3888.
18th Christmas Bazaar
set for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1
The Crafty Ladies present the 18th annual
Christmas Bazaar on Friday, Nov. 30, and
Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the
Ukiah Senior Center. They will be offering
toys, jewelry, handmade quilts, Afghans, baby
and adult sweaters, dish towels, ornaments,
baked goods, and more.
The proceeds go to support area seniors during the holiday season. The Ukiah Senior
Center is located at 495 Leslie Street. For more
information, call 462-4343.
4th Fort Bragg Holiday
Lights Parade set for Dec. 1
Santa will arrive at the Guest House
Museum on Main Street on Dec. 1, at 5 p.m.,
where cookies, candies and cider will be
served. At 6 p.m., the lighting of the City’s
Christmas Tree will take place, with carolers
and other singing groups on hand to celebrate.
At 7 p.m., a 90-minute Fort Bragg Kiwanis
Club-organized parade of floats, cars and people -- all lit with holiday lights -- will move
through downtown.
“Four years ago, we had no Santa, no
Christmas tree and no parade,” recalls Mary
Knoerdel, one of the event organizers. “But
several members of the business community
got together and resurrected this city tradition.
Now it's a great family event and a wonderful
way for the city to begin celebrating the holiday season.”
There is no charge to attend the events. For
more information, call 961-6300.
Holy Trinity Christmas
Faire set for Saturday Dec. 1
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will hold
their annual Christmas Faire on Saturday, Dec.
1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
New vendors will be there with speciality
woodcrafts, including wine racks, cutting
boards, planter boxes, wooden toys and jewelry boxes. Custom infused speciality olive oils
and vinegars will be offered along with gift
baskets.
There will be unusual plants in eclectic
planters, stained glass, watercolors, hand spun
yarns, handmade wearables, felted hats, many
types of scarves, jewelry, and heirloom antique
creations.
The raffle will have chocolate baskets,
Italian baskets, bath baskets plus items that the
vendors have contributed.
The Treasures Table will have inexpensive
items, while specialty candies will crowd the
Food Table along with Holiday cookies, Kalua
chocolate cakes, rum cakes, jams, and
Cinnamon Bear honey.
There will also be gift items for dogs,
including sweaters, and nutritious dog biscuits.
Hot soups, rolls, drinks and cookies will be
available in the Chapter room.
The Episcopal Church is located at 640 S.
Orchard Ave., Ukiah.
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Editor: Chris McCartney, 468-3524
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ASTROGRAPH
By Bernice Bede Osol
Puzzle
answers
on the next
page
Datebook: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007
Today is the 329th day of 2007 and the 64th
day of autumn.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1963, a state
funeral for John F. Kennedy was held in
Washington, D.C.
In 1986, the White House announced that
profits from the sale of arms to Iran went to
Nicaraguan contras.
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed
legislation creating the Homeland Security
Department, naming Tom Ridge its secretary.
TODAY’S
BIRTHDAYS:
Andrew
Carnegie (1835-1919), financier/philanthropist; Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), com-
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
In the year ahead, your
disciplined behavior will be
quite significant to your
material success. Your ability to determine the worth
of something and to steadily do what’s necessary to
achieve it could be quite
profound.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
23-Dec. 21) -- Utilize the
wonderful gift you possess
for being able to turn negative developments into positive situations when challenges, changes or shifting
conditions arise. They can
work to your benefit.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- The most significant behavior you exhibit
is acting in a manner that
uses the best methods that
your judgment dictates.
You’ll not avoid making
difficult decisions or doing
what you must.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Your ambitious
objectives have excellent
chances for fulfillment during this cycle, especially
while your productive and
constructive motives are
extra strong. Today could
be one of those times.
PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) -- Your steadiness could make a welcome
addition to any group or
team activity, especially if
the type of endeavor
includes discipline as well
as competition.
ARIES (March 21April 19) -- If you don’t
allow yourself to be
deterred by challenges and
you have the staying power
necessary to achieve your
aims, you should be able to
gather everything you want
by the end of the day.
TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- It’s important to
pace yourself wisely, even
when involved in social
functions because they can
just as easily draw upon
poser/music critic; Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999),
baseball player; Augusto Pinochet (19152006), Chilean president/general; Jill
Hennessey (1968-), actress, is 39; Christina
Applegate (1971-), actress, is 36.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1980, Sugar Ray
Leonard recovered the WBC welterweight
boxing title when his opponent, Roberto
Duran, said, “no mas, no mas,” (”no more, no
more”) in the eighth round.
your physical and emotional energies as much as serious things.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- Don’t hesitate to
stand up for your rights
should you find yourself in
an activity where you’re
not getting a fair shake.
Reasonable adjustments
may not be granted voluntarily.
CANCER (June 21July 22) -- Should you feel
that you could do a better
job than another, don’t hesitate to speak up. Show
leadership, or it’ll be relinquished to one who is less
qualified.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
-- You’re apt to have the
insight of how to derive
benefits or extract something of value from an
arrangement that others
view as worthless. But
unless you speak up, nothing will come of it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- You’ll be more at
ease with friends than with
mere acquaintances, so if
you can, include some old
pals in a business-related
arrangement.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23) -- You might not be the
one who makes the biggest
splash, yet everyone will
know when you hit the
pool. There’s something
special about your presence
that commands attention
and respect.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) - You possess special information that you
know could be of real value
to others and should be
meted out accordingly. But
remember, knowledge is
power, so don’t let them
think it is theirs for the taking.
Know where to look for
romance, and you’ll find it.
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TODAY’S QUOTE: “I would as soon
leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.” - Andrew Carnegie
TODAY’S FACT: Augusto Pinochet came
to power in 1973 in a violent coup that deposed
Salvador Allende, the first elected Socialist
president of Chile.
TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon
(Nov. 24) and first last quarter (Dec. 1).
This holiday season, keep it simple: give the gift of gas
Village
Idiot
With oil close to $100 a barrel
and Christmas right around the
corner, gasoline may turn out to
be this year’s Tickle Me Elmo.
The most popular “Santa” may be
the person who shows up with a
gift-wrapped, 5-gallon jerry can
of regular, not the guy with the
latest iPod or the smallest cell
phone. And oil makes a great present for everyone -- granny or
grandkid, boss or employee, rich
or poor.
What do you get for the person
who has everything? Gas! What
do you get that hard-to-shop-for
relative? Gas! What do you bring
for the host of Christmas dinner?
Candles? A bottle of wine?
Homemade cookies? Flowers?
Why not 5 gallons of gas? (Just a
note from personal experience,
make sure your host doesn’t put it
near the open-flame chafing dish-
By Jim Mullen
es.)
No one returns gas the day after
Christmas, you can give as much
or as little as you want, and you
can do all your shopping in one
place. Say you find out that someone you didn’t shop for will be a
Christmas party, gas is ideal for
last-minute shopping. What could
be easier? It saves a lot of running
around, which saves gas!
The bright-red gas containers
already come in Christmas red,
but I’m sure companies will start
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making “gift cans” with the
appropriate decorations when
barrels top $200. Birthday cans,
anniversary cans and graduation
gas cans for your favorite student.
Remember, nothing says, “class”
like a vintage import.
I was surprised that this year’s
Neiman Marcus Christmas Book
featured a $1.5 million submarine
instead of, say, your own personal, backyard oil field and refinery.
I’m sure the submarine is a swell
gift, and certainly better than their
cheesy $73,000 diamond-incrusted cell phone or the low-end $398
“Hobo” purse. If that’s all you can
afford for a purse, why bother?
You probably don’t have any
money to put in it.
But really, wouldn’t a personal,
backyard oil field and refinery
have been a better gift choice for
Neiman Marcus? After all, how
often were you going to use the
stupid submarine? And what’s it
going to run on? Nuclear power?
Of course not. It’ll need tons of
that $100-a-barrel oil.
Now a lot of people will say
that petroleum is not a very
romantic present. Sure, nothing
says “I love you” like a crock pot,
a gift certificate to a tattoo parlor
or that little dressed-up hammer
that lets you shatter the window
when you’re trapped in your car
under water. But a gas can be
romantic as any. We have a saying
around our house, “Little gifts
come in small packages, and no
one wants a little gift.” You give
someone a 5-gallon container full
of gas -- they know they’ve been
gifted.
‘Perhaps it’s the world’s largest
diamond,’ they will think. Or a
wall safe. Or a lifetime supply of
FULL COLOR!
Since October 2000
hair gel. And when they shake it,
few people can guess what’s
inside -- unless you’ve forgotten
to screw on the cap the entire way.
(Let me tell you, that is a hard
smell to get out of a sofa, no matter what you do.)
So why not think outside the
gift box this Christmas, and think
inside the gas container. The next
time you’re at the pump, instead
of thinking how much money
you’re pumping out of your bank
account and into your car, you’ll
think of all the joy you’ve brought
to your friends and family. And
OPEC.
Jim Mullen is the author of “It
Takes
a
Village
Idiot:
Complicating the Simple Life”
and “Baby’s First Tattoo.” You
can
reach
him
at
jim_mullen@myway.com.
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Local Newspaper
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YOUR MONEY
Editor: Chris McCartney, 468-3524
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The Ukiah Daily Journal
Advice and cautions about gift cards
Consumer reports ✔
By the Editors of Consumer
Reports
Gift cards seem like a perfect solution to the problem of
what to give this holiday season. And shoppers don’t have
to go far to find them -- many
supermarkets and drugstores
display racks of gift cards
conveniently near the checkout. The choices seem limitless - gift cards are offered by
banks, shopping malls, retailers, airlines, restaurants,
hotels, Web sites and even
state parks.
But Consumer Reports
warns that a card is one gift
that can keep on giving -grief. There are many pitfalls
associated with gift cards,
including expiration dates,
various fees and other hassles.
And recipients don’t always
use them immediately, if at
all. Last year, some $8 billion
in gift cards went unredeemed; and the results of a
new survey from the
Consumer Reports National
Research Center shows that
27 percent of last year’s gift-
card recipients have not used
one or more of their cards.
Gift cards are expected to
be a major component of holiday giving with estimates
putting sales at more than
$100 billion in 2008, according to TowerGroup. CR’s survey also found that 62 percent
of consumers are planning to
buy gift cards this season. It
also revealed that when the
time came for consumers to
redeem their gift card, the
majority of them also spent
their own money, with 60 percent spending more than the
value of the card.
“It’s easy to understand the
appeal of gift cards. They’re
the perfect no-muss, no-fuss
gift for the finicky family
member or friend. It’s a nobrainer,” said Tod Marks,
senior editor at Consumer
Reports. “But gift-givers and
recipients alike need to be
aware of the pitfalls and make
sure that precautions are taken
so that the recipient gets the
gift and not the retailers.”
CR offers the following
tips to get the most out of gift
cards, both for givers and
receivers:
WHEN GIVING A GIFT
CARD
• Think twice about bank
cards. While bank cards generally can be used at more
retailers than store cards,
they’re often loaded with fees
and restrictions. If a bank card
is the only option, find one
that doesn’t charge maintenance fees until at least a year
after the card is issued.
• Check the merchant’s
prices. It’s annoying to get a
$25 gift card for a store that
sells little at that price. When
selecting a store-issued card,
find out how much things generally cost and get a card with
at least that value.
• Send along the receipt.
Some issuers require the original receipt to replace a lost,
stolen or damaged card.
FOR
GIFT-CARD
RECIPIENTS
• Register it. Some cards
must be registered with the
issuer, especially if the card is
used for purchases online or
by phone.
• Spend it quickly. Use the
card as soon as possible, especially if it expires or has a
monthly maintenance fee.
• Spend it to the last penny.
If the card balance gets so low
that there’s nothing to buy, ask
a merchant to do a split-tender
transaction. That involves
using the remaining card balance for part of the transaction
and another form of payment
for the rest.
• Hold on to it. Don’t throw
out the card when the balance
is zero. Some merchants
require it for returns.
Visit the Consumer Reports
Web site at www.consumerreports.org. Be aware of the limitations of gift cards.
Inside information is not a sure thing
Q: My brother is recommending that I
invest in a company that will soon go
public. It’s one of those “friend who
works at this company, and whose fatherin-law is an engineer there, etc.” stories.
The company has developed some sort of
heart monitor. Can you advise?
A: You’ve told me enough. Do not buy
the stock. People who act on “hot tips”
based on “inside information” almost
always lose money. Therefore, any
money you invest in this stock must be
considered a speculation, not an investment. Be willing, and prepared, to lose
everything you invest. If it works out better than that, terrific.
Q: I used to spend money all the time,
and I still have debt to pay off. One day,
it occurred to me that in order to get the
most out of my money without useless
spending, I should budget it before I actually spend it. Once I did this, I had less
desire to spend. I have been practicing
this for several months and find myself
ready for a debt-free Christmas as well as
plenty of discretionary fun money.
A: Congratulations on your success.
You’ve shown that the first step toward
financial success is the realization that
you must change the way you spend. The
second step, which you’ve also taken, is
to move from realization to action. It
doesn’t take long for your new behavior
to bring about genuine improvements in
your financial situation.
The final step is to maintain your new
habits. When people change their diet,
they often marvel at their weight loss and
celebrate by eating, undoing much of
what they’ve struggled to achieve. I fear
you might be wandering into such a trap
without realizing it. I draw your attention
to your final sentence, where you note
that despite the fact that you still have
debt, you contend that you have “plenty
Truth about
money
By Ric Edelman
of discretionary fun money.”
The bulk of that discretionary money
should be sent to your creditors until the
debts are completely paid off, using further diligence to avoid the recurrence of
such debt. You need not become miserly
about it, for if you do nothing but pay off
debts, you run the risk of becoming so
dissatisfied with your new lifestyle that
you might abandon the process altogether. I suggest that you grant yourself permission to spend some of your money in
“fun” ways. But try to engage in such
spending only as a reward for achieving
certain financial milestones. As soon as
your debts are paid off, you should start
putting the extra money into investments.
No one ever got rich by eliminating
debts. You get rich by accumulating
money in savings and investments.
Q: I’m the pastor of a small church in
Maryland. I get a decent salary, and the
congregation provides a wonderful place
to live. Unfortunately at the end of the
year (more often the middle of the
month), my wife and I find ourselves
struggling to keep our heads above water.
Our situation isn’t dire -- we have no
debt to speak of, and I don’t believe
we’re living an extravagant lifestyle. Our
cars are paid off, and though we use credit cards for most of our purchases, we
usually pay them off in full each month.
But at 40 years old, with two children,
we really need to be setting significant
amounts of money aside, which we’re not
doing. We have next to no savings at this
point. (We have life insurance, and I have
about $50,000 in an IRA).
The problem is that when I try to bring
up the idea of a financial adviser or making a budget so that we can make sure we
save money, my wife gets defensive,
assuming I’m faulting her for our financial struggles, as she handles most of the
purchasing and bill-paying. Or she’ll say
that there’s no point in discussing putting
money aside until we actually have some
money. Putting my foot down and insisting that we’re going to start saving
money would not be helpful or happy in
the short or long term. Do you have any
ideas or suggestions for how I might get
us moving forward with our finances?
A: Yes, your situation is common. If
your wife resists the suggestions you’re
making, it could be because you’ve
already delegated the household finances
to her. She is acutely aware of the limitations caused by your income, so telling
her that you want to focus on long-term
strategies serves no useful purpose.
I suggest you make an appointment
with an adviser and invite your wife to
join. If she dissents, go without her. It’s
your IRA, after all. Ask the adviser for
ideas that can help you save, then discuss
the ideas with your wife. Start small. For
example, in my book, “The Truth About
Money,” I explain that spending paper
currency and collecting the change can
help you save $20 per month with no
effort. That money can serve as the
beginning of a good savings plan.
Focus your efforts on retirement; tell
the kids (and tell them now) that they will
have to pay for college themselves. This
is not a tragedy. Kids will find a way to
get the degree, provided you tell them
ASAP that they need to take charge of
that effort.
Young couple fears lasting credit pinch
DEAR BRUCE: My husband just
received the news that his identity was
stolen last year, and the person responsible has done a great deal of damage to his
credit rating. So much damage, in fact,
that our bank laughed when he applied
for a loan to pay off a high-interest debt.
The police report has been filed, but they
are less than optimistic and they told us
not to hold our breath (even though we
know the responsible person’s current
address and phone number). The real
problem is that we are young newlyweds
and, while my credit rating is excellent, I
do not have enough credit history to qualify for much on my own. So, in the rising
economy of Edmonton, Alberta, we are
unable to join the real-estate market and
unable to qualify for credit of almost any
sort. Do you have any advice? We are too
young to be in this much “trouble.” -K.B., via e-mail
DEAR K.B.: I am sympathetic to your
difficulties; identity theft is a major problem. You mentioned that you know the
people responsible. Is it possible they are
related to your husband -- either by blood
or work? This is often the case.
To straighten this matter out, you will
have to deal with all three of the credit
agencies. If you contact each one, it will
tell you how to ameliorate the damage.
You indicate that you have a high-interest
debt -- what is it? That could be more of
a stumbling block than the identity theft.
Though you have excellent credit, your
credit history -- and perhaps your income
SMART MONEY
BY BRUCE WILLIAMS
-- is working against you. This is part of
the penalty for being young.
I wouldn’t fret too much about getting
into the “real-estate market.” If you mean
to buy a home, that day will come. But I
think you are expecting too much too
soon. Go about contacting the creditreporting companies and start the interminably painful paperwork. Bear in
mind, it may take as long as a year to get
that done. You have a long life ahead of
you. Don’t get too frustrated.
DEAR BRUCE: I recently married,
and my husband and I have a prenuptial
that keeps everything separate. We are
both in our early 50s. We keep all monies,
accounts and investments apart, as they
were before the marriage. We would like
to also continue filing separate tax
returns (as we did before the marriage).
Can we file as “single,” or must we file as
“married filing separate”? We are committed to keeping all our finances independent of each other. -- R.P., via e-mail
DEAR R.P.: I understand what motivates your thinking, and I have no problem with it. However, you will have to
file “married filing separate.” End of
story. There will likely be some penalty
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or additional tax because you’re not filing a joint return. If you are determined
to keep everything separate, you may
very well choose to pay the additional
tax.
DEAR BRUCE: We just rented a car
on our last vacation. My wife gets nervous at the thought of getting into a
wreck and having to pay an exorbitant
amount of money for damages. She
insisted that we sign up for the extra
insurance offered by the rental agency. Is
this really necessary? -- Reader, via email
DEAR READER: Before renting a
car, check with your card company to see
what it offers in the way of collision
insurance. If you charge all of your
expenses on that card, the collision may
be paid for. In addition, check with your
insurance broker to see whether you are
covered in the event of an accident
behind the wheel of another car. In most
cases, collision, comprehensive and liability apply to any car that you drive.
Finally, if you’re nervous about this and
only rent a car once a year, take the coverage. This is not particularly good
advice, but for a few extra dollars you get
peace of mind.
Send your questions to: Smart Money,
P.O. Box 2095, Elfers, FL 34680. E-mail
to:
bruce@brucewilliams.com.
Questions of general interest will be
answered in future columns. Owing to the
volume of mail, personal replies cannot
be provided.
Frugal Living
By Sara Noel
Time with family
is priceless; plane
tickets are not
DEAR SARA: My family and I are supposed to go to
Florida for Christmas. We have a friend who is getting
married close to the holiday, and the remaining time
would be spent with family. My problem is that the airfare
will cost almost $1,600! I know we could have gotten it
cheaper if I’d booked two months ago, but we just didn’t
get our acts together. I’m now feeling guilty about not
wanting to pay that much. We will see the same family at
our house for Thanksgiving, and the friend we would see
only briefly at the wedding. You know how that goes. Do
you think the trip is worth it? What would you do? -McPhilips, New York
DEAR MCPHILIPS: No. I wouldn’t go. That’s a lot
of money to spend on family you will see at
Thanksgiving, and you won’t see your friend much, anyway. I’m not implying money is more important than special occasions and family, but I’d save the money and send
my friend a lovely wedding gift. In the future, plan ahead
for discounted airfare so you can enjoy time with your
friends and family without feeling guilty for paying too
much. You’ll all enjoy the visit more.
DEAR SARA: With all the different mops on the market, what do you use to clean your kitchen floor? -- Cindy,
Arizona
DEAR CINDY: I’ve tried a lot of mops such as sponge,
string, microfiber, etc. I prefer to clean my floors on my
hands and knees, using a scrub brush and a bucket of floor
cleaner. I sweep daily and will damp mop between scrubbings. I’ve discovered cheap mops are simply not worth
buying. They either fall apart quickly or take too much
effort to use. There are some items you should not skimp
on. Although I like traditional rag/string mops, they are
too cumbersome for me to use on a regular basis. I thought
I would like a string mop with a built-in wringer. I didn’t.
If you buy a mop that requires refills, look for one that has
reusable, washable cleaning cloths instead of disposable,
such as the Method o Mop (www.methodhome.com).
DEAR SARA: I was having great success hanging my
laundry to dry in the basement. I got my electric bill down
to $22 per month. Now it seems to take two to three days
for the clothes to dry, and sometimes they’ll get a musty
smell from staying wet for so long. I have been using the
dryer for about two weeks now, and I want to stop before
it gets to be a habit again. Any advice for getting the
clothes to dry quicker when it’s not summer? I tried using
a fan, but it didn’t seem to work very well. Plus, using the
electricity to run a fan for 12 hours or more eats into the
savings of not using the dryer. -- Heather, Canada
DEAR HEATHER: Your basement is too humid. Try
using a dehumidifier to remove some of the humidity. You
can also try a drying rack or retractable line upstairs or
simply hang your laundry on hangers on your shower rod.
Make sure the clothing has enough air circulation. You
will still save money if you partially dry your clothes with
your dryer.
Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal Village (www.frugalvillage.com), a Web site that offers practical, moneysaving strategies for everyday living. To send tips, comments or questions, write to Sara Noel, c/o United Media,
200 Madison Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or email sara@frugalvillage.com.
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010...Notices
020...Personals
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040...Cards of Thanks
050...In Memoriam
060...Meetings & Events
070...Travel Opportunities
310...Apartments Furnished
320...Duplexes
330...Homes for Rent
340...Vacation Rentals
350...Rooms for Rent
360...Rest Homes
370...Wanted to Rent
380...Wanted to Share Rent
390...Mobiles & Space
510...Livestock
520...Farm Equipment
530...Feed/Pasture Supplies
540...Equipment Rentals
550...Produce
Transportation
600...Aviation
610...Recreational Vehicles
Employment
620...Motorcycles
100...Instruction
630...Auto Parts & Acc.
General Merchandise
110....Employment Wanted
640...Auto Services
400...New & Used Equipment 650...4X4s for Sale
120...Help Wanted
410...Musical Instruments
130...Sales Help Wanted
660...Vans for Sale
420...Boats
140...Child Care
670...Trucks for Sale
430...Building Supplies
680...Cars for Sale
Services
440...Furniture
690...Utility Trailers
200...Services Offered
450...Wanted to Buy
205...Financial Services
460...Appliances
Real Estate
210...Business Opportunities 470...Antiques
710...Real Estate Wanted
215...Businesses for Sale
475...Computers
720...Mobile Homes for Sale
220...Money to Loan
480...Miscellaneous for Sale
730...Mobile Homes with Land
230...Money Wanted
490...Auctions
740...Income Property
240...Investments
590...Garage Sales
750...Ranches
250...Business Rentals
760...Lots/Acerage
Farm-Garden-Pets
770...Real Estate
Rentals
500...Pets & Supplies
800 JUST LISTED!
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858-07
11-18,25/07
North Coast Railroad Authority
INVITATION TO BID
This North Coast Railroad Authority project is
located north of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma
County. This contract involves the track removal, installation of culverts, grading for the
railroad embankment, and washout repair under the tracks within the NCRA alignment
(formerly the Northwestern Pacific Railroad)
between Schellville and Wingo. This work is
further described in the Issued for Bid Documents, Technical Specifications, and Contract
Drawings.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the
performance of the work described as:
North Coast Railroad Authority
Russian River Division – Schellville to
Wingo
Railroad Embankment Repairs
Contract G-1
will be received by the Executive Director of
the North Coast Railroad Authority ("NCRA")
until the time of Bid Opening, at which time
the bids so received will be publicly opened
and read aloud. Bid Opening will be held at
HNTB’s office located at:
1330 Broadway, Suite 1630
Oakland, CA 94612
On
December 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Bids received after the date and time stated
above will be rejected as non-responsive. It is
highly recommended that all bids be hand delivered.
The time of completion shall be 75 calendar
days, commencing one calendar day following issuance of the Notice of Award by
NCRA. Notice of Award is scheduled on December 17, 2007, pending resolution of administrative matters and Approval by NCRA
Board of Directors. The Bidder and all his
subcontractors to whom the Contract is
awarded must, at the time of award, possess
current licenses as required by the California
State Contractors License Board for the area
of work for which they have bid.
Performance Bonds and Payment Bonds are
not required on bids less than $25,000.
However, a Bidder's Bond is required on all
bids. Bids shall be submitted on the original
forms, signed by authorized personnel provided in these Contract Documents.
NCRA is an Equal Oppor tunity employer.
Contractor shall comply with the Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action requirements as
set forth in these Contract Documents. It is
the policy of NCRA that no person shall, on
the grounds of race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, age, disability or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by NCRA.
In accordance with California Public Contract
Code § 22300, Contractor may substitute securities for any money withheld under "Payments to the Contactor" of Section 01027
Price and Payment Procedures. At Contractors request and expense, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited
with NCRA, or with a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall
pay such monies to Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to Contractor.
NCRA reserves the right, to reject any or all
bids, to waive any informality in bids, and to
accept or reject any items of the bid.
To receive a copy of the Contract Documents,
Technical Specifications, and Bid Documents
contact Mary Lucas:
HNTB Corporation
1330 Broadway, Suite 1630
Oakland, CA
(510) 208-4599
All inquiries concerning the Technical Specifications, Contract Documents, Bidding Procedure and Legal Requirements must be communicated in writing to the undersigned by
U.S. or express mail at HNTB Corporation,
1330 Broadway, Suite 1630, Oakland, CA
94612; by fax to 510-208-4595; or by email to
pcasey@hntb.com. A pre-bid conference will
be held at:
At the intersection of the NCRA Railroad
tracks and Highway 121/12 at the Schellville RR Depot (Highway 121/12 and 8th
Street) Sonoma County, CA
On
November 29, 2007 at 10:00 AM
A site inspection will begin promptly following
the Pre-Bid Conference. This will include a
tour of the Repairs required.
By order of the North Coast Railroad Authority, State of California, on November 14, 2007.
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ADOPTIONS &
FOSTER CARE
TLC Child & Family
Services seeks families.
Reimbursement, training
& professional support
provided. 463-1100
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LOST &
FOUND
FOUND 11/18 Neutered Boxer/Pit mix,
very friendly. Ryan
Creek, Willits
459-3781
I am a big male black
and white cat who
was out for a stroll
11/21 on the 300
block of Pine St. I
made a poor decision. I stepped into a
trap set for a wild cat
and pop went the
door. Now I am at the
Ukiah shelter. Help
there are so many
lost cats here! Call
Sage at 467-6453 or
come to the shelter at
298 Plant Rd.
On this holiday I am
thankful even though
I have a broken leg. I
was found by a kind
person behind Mario's on N. State St.
on 11/20 and now I
am safe at the Ukiah
Shelter. I am Tree
Walking Coonhound.
Please call Sage at
467-6453 if I am
yours, she will help
you get me home.
Who knows how I got
tied to the gate at the
Humane Society in
Redwood Valley, but
there I was found on
11/21. Now I will
spend the holiday in
the shelter. I look like
some dog bit me all
over. I am a black pit
mix. Am I your dog?
Please call Sage so I
can go home. 4676453
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HELP
WANTED
PT JANITOR in Willits, some flexibility in
schedule call Pat Say
707-476-8874
Accounting Assist.
Materials - F/T
at Hillside Health Ctr.
$10-$15 DOE+ben.
pkg. Fax: 468-0793
skenney@mchcinc.org
www.mchcinc.org
“Work for Us”
Alcohol/Drug Youth
Worker. Willits. On
campus prevention
education, activities.
Middle/high school
students. Job description/application
MCYP 463-4915
32 hrs. wk.
Excellent benefits.
Associate Planner
I: Annual comp
package up to
$75,296.46, plus
benefits OR
Associate Planner
II: Annual comp
package up to
$78,771, plus benefits. Complete job
descriptions/applications available at
City of Ukiah, 300
Seminary Ave.
Ukiah, CA 95482 or
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5 pm,
12/14/07. EOE
Attention Pet Lovers!
Nutro Products is
now hiring dependable, outgoing, demonstrators to promote
our cat & dog food in
local pet retailers.
Wknds. $12/hr.
1-866-485-4798
Apply online at
www.nutroproducts.
com/demo.html
Registered
Veterinary
Technician
Mendocino County
Animal Care & Control $2812$3420/Mo. Req possession of CA Registered Vet Health
Tech. or Animal
Health Tech. Certificate and HS diploma
or GED. Exp performing paramedical
tasks in vet office or
animal shelter is preferred. Apply by
12/11/07 to: HR
Dept, 579 Low Gap
Rd, Ukiah, CA
95482, (707) 4634261, w/TDD (800)
735-2929.
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr EOE.
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HELP
WANTED
BANKING
Customer Service
Representatives
Savings Bank of
Mendocino County is
seeking qualified applicants for Customer Service Rep’s.
F/T positions open
at three branches
in Ukiah.
Must be able to work
at any branch location and be available
to work Saturdays. If
you have cash-handling exp. and excellent customer service skills, apply in
person at Savings
Bank of Mendocino
County, 200 N.
School Street, Ukiah
by Monday, Dec. 3,
2007 at 4:00 p.m.
Must pass Teller
Test. EOE/AA
m/f/v/d
Banking
Savings Bank of
Mendocino County
is seeking qualified
applicants for a P/T
Customer Service
Rep. position.
A morning drive-up
position is
available.
(Mon-Thurs: 8:00-12:30
& Fri: 8:00-1:30).
If you have cashhandling exp. &
excellent customer
service skills, apply
in person at Savings
Bank of Mendocino
County, 200 N.
School Street, Ukiah
by Monday, December 3, 2007 at 4:00
p.m. Must pass Teller Test. EOE/AA
m/f/v/d
BEST WESTERN
Orchard Inn seeking
for Front Desk Auditor FT/PT. Apply in
person 462-1514
Campus Aide
Supervise students in
successful charter
schools. Part-time,
mid-day. Apply at
1059 N. State St.
COOK &
CAREGIVER
FT Cook & Caregiver
position wanted for
Assisted Living
Facility Experienced
preferred.
Apply in person
Mt. View Assisted
Living
1343 S. Dora Ukiah
707-462-6212 EOE
admin@mountain
viewalf.com
120
HELP
WANTED
CASEWORKE
NICE OFFICE
Native
American
Cash Assistance Program in Lake County.
Exper.
working
w/Tribal people helpful. Clean DMV, drug
testing, background
check F/T salar y
$30K w/benefits. Go
to www.cttp.net for
application & job description.
Contact
Colleen Pete at 707262-4404
w/questions. Fax to 707274-4233 resume &
application. Indian
hiring preference applies.
Chemist - 2 Pos.
Avail. Long established environmental lab.
Low employee turnover. Prefer. exp. in
GC or GCMS and
BS/BA in chemistry.
Will train the right entr y level person.
Good salary, 401K,
benefits. Work and
live
in
beautiful
Ukiah. Send resume
to Rob, rphillips@
alpha-labs.com
or
mail to: 208 Mason
St. Ukiah, CA 95482
CLASS A DRIVER
wanted in Manchester. FT, year round.
w/new equipment.
Pay starts at $17/hr
DOE. Serious, experienced applicants
only. 972-7465
Cloverdale Unified
School District
is accepting
applications for
Maintenance
Worker
10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.,
Tuesday - Saturday
Substitute
Bus Driver
(Paid Training)
Please contact:
894-1920 x14
Companion/Driver
for 26 y/o male. Head
injury. Varied hrs.
Own car. 463-2587
Criminal Defense
Attorney: Local
criminal defense firm
seeks associate 1020hrs/wk for appearances, client consultations, etc. Existing
office a plus. Fax
resume to 707571-5521
DIESEL MECHANIC
EXP. Clean DMV,
good pay & benefits.
462-7393
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HELP
WANTED
DIESEL MECHANIC
needed for Ukiah
area. Full time with
paid med, dental, vision for employee
and family. Vacation
and sick pay. Knowledge of hydraulics a
plus. Please send resume to SWS PO
Box 60, Ukiah, CA
attn: Bruce
Direct Care Work
No Experience
Needed!!
Morning,
evening,
graveyard. Drug test
required, no test for
cannabis, good DMV.
Personal care, cooking, cleaning, driving
and providing living
skills training to
adults with developmental disabilities.
Three 6 bed group
homes, established
in 1988. Call for interview 485-5168, 4850165, 468-0602.
DRIVERS
$1000
HIRING
BONUS
Golden State
Overnight
F/T & P/T
with insured,
dependable van or
pickup with shell.
Early am route in
Mendo. & Lake Co.
Benefits avail.
Contact Steven
Koller 866-779-7726
or skoller@gso.com
Economic
Development
Manager:
Associate Level Annual comp package up to $71,961,
plus benefits OR
Senior Level: annual comp package up
to $85,212, plus
benefits. Complete
job description with
requirements & application available at
City of Ukiah, 300
Seminary Ave.
Ukiah, CA 95482 or
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline: 5 pm,
12/7/07. EOE
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HELP
WANTED
Finance Controller:
Total annual compensation package
up to $85,212.48
($4,785 - $5,817/Mo;
plus benefits).
Complete job
description/application available at City
of Ukiah, 300
Seminary Avenue,
Ukiah, CA 95482. Or
www.cityofukiah.com
Deadline 5pm,
12/28/07. EOE
Front Desk Position
Full or P/T. Resort
environment. Fax
resume 462-9516.
Government Jobs
Earn $12 to $48 per
hour. Full benefits, paid
training. 800-320-9353
ext. 2110
Health Ctr. Manager
Mendo. Community
Health Clinic, Inc.
(MCHC) seeks exp.
professional to manage daily operations
of the Little Lake
Health Ctr in Willits.
Must be strong team
leader w/5 yrs +
management. exp;
RN/LVN lic. a plus,
but not req. Competitive compensation/
benefits pkg. Email
skenney@mchcinc.org
Fax 707-468-0793
www.mchcinc.org
HILLSIDE HEALTH
CENTER
F/T licensed LVN
Care Manager
LITTLE LAKE
HEALTH CENTER
F/T licensed LVN or
Certified Medical
Assistant.
Competitive salary
DOE great benefits!
Fax: 468-0793
skenney@mchcinc.org
www.mchcinc.org
Instructional Aide
Work with students at
two successful
schools. Part-time.
Apply at 1059 N.
State St. or at
www.edjoin.org for
Redwood Academy.
On-line Sales
Position for hightraffic web site.
This is for an
independent
commissioned only
contractor. Ukiah
area, email only:
udjpublisher
@pacific.net
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HELP
WANTED
HHSA/
Mental Health
Branch
Dept Technology
Application
Specialist
$3099-$3768/Mo.
Provide main support for Mental
Health client database system. Apply
by 11/30/07 to: HR
Dept, 579 Low Gap
Rd, Ukiah, CA
95482, (707) 4634261 w/TDD (800)
735-2929. For more
information go to:
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr EOE.
Account
Specialist III
Mendocino County
HHSA/Public Health
Branch. $2811$3420/Mo. Req
Associates degree
or equivalent & 2 to
4 yrs exp. Apply by
11/30/07 to: HR
Dept, 579 Low Gap
Rd, Ukiah, CA
95482, (707) 4634261, w/TDD (800)
735-2929.
www.co.mendocino.
ca.us/hr EOE
JANITOR/LAUNDRY
WORKER
Responsible for providing
Janitorial/
Laundry services at
the Residential Treatment Campus. Excellent benefits including
medical, dental, vision, & tuition reimbursement.
Must
pass pre-employment
physical, drug test
and
background
check.
APPLY AT
915 W. Church St.,
Ukiah or fax resume
to 877-382-7617
www.trinityys.org
EOE
Maintenance
JOURNEY LEVEL
BOTTLING LINE
MECHANIC
Korbel Champagne
Cellars is seeking
team player with min.
2-3 yrs. bottling
line/packaging exp. in
installation, repair,
troubleshooting,
p.m.’s & changeovers. Korbel offers
an excellent benefits
pkg. including 401(k).
Send resume or fill
out application: F.
Korbel & Bros., Inc.,
13250 River Rd.,
Guerneville,
CA
95446 Attn: HR, fax
to (707)824-7381 or
email us at
hr@korbel.com
Ukiah Daily Journal
590 S. School St.
has a F/T opening
for District Manager
Must have clean
DMV. Apply in
person - Circulation
Department.
HELP
WANTED
Medical Assist. F/T.
MA Cert. req. for
MCHC Hillside
Health Center
OB exp. Bilingual
a+. $12-$17 DOE +
great ben. pkg.
Fax: 468-0793
skenney@mchc.org
www.mchcinc.org
MENDOCINO
COUNTY
Health and Human
Services Agency
Social Services
Branch
Currently recruiting
for:
• Secretary
• Employment and
Training Worker I
• Employment and
Training Worker III
For further info go
to:www.mss.ca.gov
to: “Career Opportunities” or call the
Job line: (707)4675866.
Closes
11/30/07
Nail-tech with
clientele preferred.
M/T/W/F.
462-3637
Office Manager:
Ceago Vinegarden
$14/hr F/T. Fax
resume to 707274-9736 or email
resume to
ceago@ceago.com
Part time LVN
Tired of high case
loads? Provide support to 6 adults with
Devel. Disabilities in
their home and supervise staff.
Office 485-5168
Cell 489-0022
Patient Services
Representative
Hillside Health Ctr.
seeks exp. receptionist. Bilingual pref.
Competitive sal. +
great benefits.
Fax: 468-0793
skenney@mchcinc.org
www.mchcinc.org
People to work with
developmentally
disabled adults one
on one in their own
home. All Shifts
available. Call
Cindy 468-9331
PEST
CONTROL
TECHS Lic’d Branch
II or applicator. Exp’d
in residential or commercial service. Top
pay & benefits. East
Bay. Fax 707.526.
6038 or call Mike
707.526.6055
PET CARE TECH
Incl. wknds & holidys.
Apply in person only.
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 -B-5
Real Estate Services
EVE FISHELL
Real Estate Services
Broker/Owner/Realtor
Les Ryan Realty
ASSET/PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
Property Management, Rentals
495-C East Perkins Street
Ukiah, California 95482
Business (707) 468-0463
Fax (707) 468-7968
707-468-4380
fishellre@sbcglobal.net
22 years of experience.
Dedicated to protect & improve
your asset/investment
Each office is independently owned and operated.
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On The Market
Real Estate Broker/Realtor®
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510 South School Street, Suite E,
Ukiah, CA 95482
HOME BUYERS CHECKLIST
Here are some grooming hints to help you prepare your home for prospective buyers.
Outside Your Home
• A New Coat of Paint...
can work wonders for a weather-worn facade. Also check and update
where needed...shutters, gutters, wrought iron work, front stoop.
Inspect roof and repair shingles if needed.
• The First Thing They See...
is the front entry. Check woodwork and door for wear, peeling paint,
blistering. See that doorbell is working. Polish brass and replace and
unsightly mailbox. Check flooring and replace tiles or recarpet if
necessary.
• The Lawn and Landscape...
should be Well groomed and healthy looking. Hire landscapers or
spend time grooming the lawn, shrubbery, garden areas. Also
inspect trees and remove any dead branches. Fencing should be in
good shape. Replace missing slats and repaint if necessary.
• The Garage and Driveway...
can look unsightly with grease spots and clutter. After tidying up
where needed, see that garage doors open easily.
• Patios and Pools...
increase the value of your home...but can detract From the beauty if
not maintained Well. Repair outdoor furniture if needed. Hose and
clean pool. Store chemicals out of sight.
Inside Your Home
Check the following for wear and tear; replace, repair or repaint to
restore:
• Windows and Screens
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Doors
Floors
Light Fixtures
Plumbing
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Walls
Carpets
Switch plates
Appliances (those that will be sold with the home)
Clutter alert - Give your home a more spacious look by cleaning out
cluttered areas:
• Closets
• Kitchen Cabinets
• Bookcases and Shelves (built-in)
• Attic
• Basement
• Garage
All areas of your home should have a ‘just cleaned’ look:
• Kitchen
• Bathrooms
• Bedrooms • Den or Rec Room
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Bachelors, admin. &
managerial exp. req.
Contact HR at
gomendo.com
707-964-9010
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Secluded custom contractor’s home on 1.6 acre in Deerwood Park.
2,930 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 3 bath, office, formal living and dining room,
large family room with built-in cabinets, spacious kitchen, opening to
large deck with hot tub. Custom built verticle grain fir cabinets, doors &
trim. See thru river rock gas log fireplace. $729,000
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By Owner • 272-2629
Classified
keep you on the right track.
The Ukiah
DAILY JOURNAL
468-3500
590 South School Street • Ukiah, California
468-3500
B-6- SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
120
HELP
WANTED
PHOTOGRAPHER
The Ukiah
Daily Journal
is seeking a part-time
photographer.
This is a good job for
someone who is
looking to get published and hone their
photography skills.
Applicants must have
their own gear.
Knowledge of Photoshop is a plus. To apply, submit a resume
and portfolio (either
hardcopy or CD) to
the front desk at
590 S. School Street,
attention:
Chief Photographer.
PROGRAM
SECRETARY
P/T 6 hrs/day, 5
days/wk, 11 mos/yr.
$13.72-$17.51/hr
45wpm-2 yrs
clerical or secretarial exp. Visit
www.mcoe.us/jobs
call 467-5012 or
email hr@mcoe.us
Mendocino County
Office of Education
DEADLINE:
11/27/07
Project Director
30%/Social Work
Case Mngr, 70% for
HIV/AIDS prgrm in
Lake & Mendo. Co’s.
Admin, supervisory,
case management
duties. MSW or related degree. HIV exp.
pref. Starts Jan. 08.
Resume, cover letter
Community Care
HIV/AIDS Program,
301 S. State St., Ukiah:
468-9347 EOE.
Therapeutic
Residential
Counselor: 1 FT
Graveyard, 1 PT &
On-call. 1yr exp req’d
for graveyard pos.
working with at-risk
youth in Mendocino
County. $10-$14
DOE. Excellent benefits supportive working environment. Mail
resume to: HR P.O.
Box 422 Ukiah Ca
95482 or Fax:
(707)462-6994.
Specify Job#11-TRC
on cover letter or resume. Must pass fingerprint background,
physical & TB before
hire. Facility#
236802089.
120
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
HELP
WANTED
Red Fox Casino
NOW HIRING
Auditor - P/T
● Kitchen
● Tech
● Security,
● Cashiers
● 2 Floor Managers
● Exp. promotions
& marketing
person.
Friendly attitude
helpful. Willing to
train. 984-6800
or come in for
application.
200 Cahto Dr.
Laytonville
●
●●●●●●●●
Now offering
employee
insurance after
90 days.
Redwood Towing
Service & Repair.
Auto Technician/CA
Smog Brake and
Lamp certified. TOP
PAY, BENEFITS,
FLEXIBLE HOURS.
707-923-3440
Reg. Dental Asst.
Friendly, organized,
energetic person to
assist dental staff/
patients in Laytonville
ofc. RDA license req.
Extended function
duties compensated.
4 days/wk, full benefits. Contact Anne
Gary, @ 984-6137
x 146 or visit
www.longvalley.org
for appl. EOE
••••••••••••
RN/LVN/CNA
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF OUR SENIORS
Join the Valley View
nursing team.
• Generous sign on
bonus
• Competitive wages
based on experience
• AM/PM Shifts available.
Apply in person 1162
S. Dora Ukiah
••••••••••••
Security Guard/
Events Staff
$7.50 hr. DOE
463-1733
Seeking exp’d
Servers/Cooks. Sal
DOE. Apply at Crushed Grape 13500
Hwy 101, Hopland
SELZER REALTY
350 E. Gobbi St. Ukiah
468-0411
APARTMENTS
2551 N. State St. - Studio apt. situated near
Mendocino College w/ all utilities included and
basic cable. $525/mo.
104 S. Oak St. - Large 1 bd., 1 ba. apt. located in a
vintage building in the heart of downtown Ukiah.
$525/mo.
104 Laws Ave. – Newly renovated 2 bd., 1 ba. apt.
equipped w/ new carpet, interior paint, stove,
dishwasher, and blinds; also includes covered
parking and on-site laundry facilities. $725/mo.
210 Norton St. - Upstairs 1 bd., 1 ba. apt. w/stove,
refrigerator, swamp cooler, W/D hookups, carport
and more. $595/mo.
335 Leslie St. – 2 bd., 1 ba. apt. w/central heat &
air, stove, refrigerator, microwave, carport parking
and on-site laundry facilities; centrally located.
$725/mo.
DUPLEXES
DUPLEXES
756 El Rio St. #B - 2 bd., 1 ba. duplex w/ garage
and yard in a convenient location close to a park,
school and shopping. $850/mo.
HOUSES
HOUSES
1420 Knob Hill Rd. – 1+ bd., 1 ba. cabin w/carport
located in a wooded setting in the Rogina Heights
area. $795/mo.
518 Railroad Ave. – 3 bd., 2 ba. home with a small
yard and carport; conveniently located in
downtown Willits. $900/mo.
12935 S. Highway 101 – 3 bd., 2 ba. home
located in Hopland and includes a stove,
refrigerator, dishwasher, swamp cooler, yard and
carport. $1000/mo.
379 Mendocino Dr. – Bright & cheery, newly
renovated 2 bd., 1 ba. home w/ stove and
refrigerator, located in an established Westside
neighborhood w/yard & garage. $1100/mo.
1854 East Hill Rd. - Large 4 bd., 3 ba. home
w/garage situated in a country setting located in
Willits. $1300/mo.
1371 Ranee Ln. – Lovely 3 bd., 2 ba. home w/2car garage, central heat & air, located on a quiet
cul-de-sac, and nicely landscaped. $1400/mo.
13741 Old River Rd. - 3+ bd., 2 ba. Old Hopland
home w/ loft, vaulted ceilings, color-stamped
concrete floors & more! $1400/mo.
241 Forsythe Dr. – Newly renovated 3 bd., 2.5 ba.
home in Redwood Valley, equipped with a
fireplace, central heat/air, 3-car garage and yard.
$1550/mo.
• Decide where the sale will take place.
• Place ads on bulletin boards in local
stores.
• Plan around other neighborhood events.
• Hold neighborhood sales to attract more
business.
• Extend the sale into early evening for
the after-work shoppers.
• Run classified ads with the time and
date of the sale.
• Provide adequate parking for the sale
and parking signs if necessary.
• Place directional signs in the neighborhood to lead shoppers to the sale.
• Plan physical arrangement of merchandise—allow plenty of time for setting up
tables and merchandise racks.
• Make sure you have enough change on
hand.
• Keep track of your inventory—make a
ledger with each item listed and check it
off when it’s sold.
• Make alternate plans in the event of bad
weather.
Garage sales take a lot of planning. But when you clear out your closets and see the results . . . you’ll know it was worth it!
1310 Chateau Pl. - Expansive 4 bd., 2.5 ba. home
w/ hardwood floors, newly remodeled kitchen w/
granite countertops and newer appliances, also
includes mature landscaped yards; located in El
Dorado Estates. Must see! $1850/mo.
WE HAVE MANY RENTALS AVAILABLE,
INCLUDING COMMERCIAL & STORAGE UNITS!
FOR MORE INFO. CALL 468-0411
Find us on the web:
www.realtyworldselzer.com
468-3500
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL
Lic#236800809
Ukiah residential
childrens facility
is looking for caring,
responsible individuals to come join our
team. Some exp. preferred but not necessary. Will provide on
the job training. Starting sal. $12.12 hr.
403B, great benefits
& vacation package.
Fax resume to
463-6957
Youth Worker in
Willits. Teen crisis
counseling, school
based activities.
Work closely with
schools and co-workers. 35 hrs/wk. Benefited. Job description/
applicaiton:
MCYP, 463-4915
GROVE AVE.
SCOTT ST
REET
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BI ST
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A
HOSPIT
E. Perkins St.
495 E. PERKINS
169 MASON ST., SUITE 300
SUN
HOUSE/
HUDSON
MUSEUM
FULL
SPECTRUM
PROPERTIES
601 S. State St.
PAOLI
MORTGAGE
950-A Waugh Ln.
S
CENTURY 21
LES RYAN
REALTY
✪
CHP/DMV
01
HWY 1
ST.
RY AVE.
MILL ST
TRANSITIONS
R.E.
MED. OFFICE or
RETAIL
South Orchard
3400+/- sq. ft. w/pkng
320 S. STATE ST.
✪
FIRE & POLICE
DEPARTMENT
COLDWELL
BANKER
MENDO
REALTY
BEVERLY
SANDERS
REALTY
T.
RKINS S
EAST PE
.
RD AVE
ORCHA
GARBOCCI
VAN HOUSEN
REALTY
N
SEMINA
CIVIC CENTER
✪
TREET
ST.
W. CLAY
BRAND NEW!
BUILD TO SUIT
Office or Medical
1974+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
ST.
✪
✪ ✪
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
TREET
NSON S
STEPHE
SCHOOL STREET
OFFICE/RETAIL
1300+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
✪
LIBRARY
Vichy Springs Rd
PEAR TREE
CENTER
S
LESLIE
REET
114 SO. SCHOOL ST.
.
RKINS ST
WEST PE
COURT
HOUSE
MASON
POST
OFFICE
RIVER
WALK
HOSPITAL
REALTY
WORLD
SELZER
LANE
Real Estate Broker
✪
S. MAIN
BROWN
& CO.
ST
STANDLEY
DIVERSIFIED
LENDING &
REAL ESTATE
✪
304 N. STATE ST.
N. STATE ST.
ET
SMITH STRE
LEE KRAEMER
468-8951
HENRY STREET
N. OAK STREET
BUSINESS
RENTALS
A quiet offc. dwntn.
359 N. Oak, waiting
rm., bus. ctr., kit.,
$400 incl util. 463-1081
e
Lake Mendocino Driv
PREMIER
PROPERTIES
PINE ST.
WALNUT AVE.
250
DOWNTOWN
Hi-traffic loc. Ofc. Ste
1600+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.
HWY 20
H
WAUG
seeks 2 additional
homes for Shelter
Care program
Applicants need to
have at least 1 spare
bdrm to house a child
for up to 30 days.
Guaranteed monthly
allotment. Generous
increase upon placement. Income tax-exempt. Exp. with children req. Parents will
receive training, + Social Worker, in-home
support & respite.
Need 1 or 2-parent
homes, with 1 parent
home full time. Home
with no more than 1
biological child considered. Retirees invited
to apply. Contact TLC
707-463-1100
P.V.
REALTY
UKIAH
FAIRGROUNDS
SOUTH STATE ST.
TLC Child &
Family Services
WILLITS
FORD STREET
UKIAH MUNICIPAL
GOLF COURSE
S. SCHOOL ST.
View
www.mcoe.us/jobs
Call 467-5012 or
email hr@mcoe.us
Deadline to apply:
November 30, 2007
✪
POTTER VALLEY
▲
S. OAK STREET
Mendocino County
Office of Education
UKIAH AREA REAL ESTATE OFFICES
BUSH ST
Sherwood Oaks
Long Term Care
Facility is currently
hiring for:
•CNA
•RN/LVN Charge
nurse
Call Nancy English at
(707) 964-6333
STATE
PRESCHOOL
TEACHER
PT - 4 hrs/day,
5 dys/wk, 10 mo/yr.
$13.72-$17.51/hr
HELP
WANTED
UKIAH UNIFIED
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Is accepting applications for the following
permanent & on-call
substitute position:
★Paraprofessional
/SD (Teacher Aide)
★Custodian
★Delivery Driver
★Bus Driver
Apply on-line at:
www.uusd.net
Personnel
Commission
1056 N. Bush St.,
Ukiah, CA 95482.
463-5205
N. DORA STREET
SERVICE STATION
Attendant/Cashier PT PU application at
8551 East Rd. R.V.
120
S. DORA STREET
HELP
WANTED
SERVER
Days, nights, weekends. Apply in perosn
Club Calpella
6175 .N. State St.
BARNES ST.
120
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007 -B-7
350 E. GOBBI ST
✪
TALMAGE RD.
MAP NOT TO SCALE
Mountanos Properties
Commercial Rentals
707-462-1840 x 195
Preschool & more Available
immediately!
500 to 1250 sq. ft
office, pre- school or
clssrm space, from
$1.25 a sq ft. Prior
uses: lic’d childcare,
clssrms, after schl
prgrm & NPO office
space. Ukiah United
Methodist Church
462-3360, 489-4607.
MORTGAGE SPECIALIST
462-0211
•Professionalism
•Confindentiality
•Expertise
CAL-BAY MORTGAGE, 215 WEST STANDLEY ST. UKIAH
TONI PAOLI-BATES
(707) 462-4608
1(800) 55-PAOLI
Fax (707) 462-5746
950-A Waugh Lane
SUITE OF OFFICES
Ukiah, CA 95482
4 offices + conf.,
A jewel in our crown.
$2040 incl. utils.
OTHER OFFICES
340sf.$360mo.+dep
390sf.$425mo.+dep
Util & janitorial incl.
Very nice
location, 468-5426
300
APARTMENTS
UNFURNISHED
Mountanos Properties
Residential Rentals
707-462-1840 x 195
River Walk - Ukiah
Sheila Dalcamo
INVESTMENTS • MORTGAGES • REAL ESTATE LOANS
License #OPR9138
From Covelo to Gualala the Most Trusted Name
in the Termite Business!
Call for appointment
485-7829
You’ve found River Walk, a new neighborhood in Northern Ukiah.
Consisting of 15 new homes and minutes to the nearby Russian
River and Lake Mendocino. These homes are sited on large level
lots. Choose from different plans, both single and two-story with
architectural detail smart floor plans with 3-car garage. Starting at
$625,000. Open Friday thru Monday 1pm - 5pm.
For more information please call 707-462-2825.
Garbocci - Van Housen Realty
Mona Falgout
This space is
available
Call 468-3513
For more Info
MLS
Realtor-Associate
a Nose for
Real Estate
(707) 272-1650
950-A Waugh Lane
Ukiah, CA 95482
PV Realty Inc.
743.1010
INVESTMENTS • MORTGAGES • REAL ESTATE LOANS
www.paolimortgage.com
Chamise Cubbison
Real Estate Broker/Realtor®
Professional, Independent,
Local, Hometown Service
Where You are #1
707-489-5082 or chamise@pacific.net
Carol Myer, Agent
Termite Control
•Inspections
CPCU, CLU, ChFC
Lic. ODO5161
•Structual Repairs
•New Construction
•Remodels
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.
Home Office: Bloomington, Illinois
400 E. Gobbi St., Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 489-1812 Cell
(707) 462-6701 Office
Off: 707-462-4936
101 So. School, Ukiah
Fax: 707-462-7158
Pat Williams Realtor®
Email: patwilliams@pacific.net
®
office: (707)-459-9315 • cell: (707) 292-3196
residence (707) 463-8355 • helenmac@pacbell.net
Loan Officer
This space is
available
Call 468-3513
For more Info
1772 S. Main St.
Willits, CA 95490
Helen McKeown
Kelly Vogel - Tellstrom
Realtor®
I Go the Extra Mile!
707-272-5887
monafalgout@pacbell.net
MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE
•Foundations
1-888-750-4USA
707-485-5759
Locally Owned
By Gerald Boesel
P.O. Box 389 Calpella, CA 95418
General Contractor, Lic #752409
Structural Pest Control, Lic #OPR9000
With the help
of these
sponsors...
• All In One Auto Repair & Towing
• Blue Ribbon Pets - Kelly Bosel, C
• Century 21 Les Ryan Realty
• DJ Pinoy Music
• Dominican University, Ukiah Cente
• Mountain Valley Printing
• Myers Apothecary Shop
• O’Haru
• Ridgewood Masonic Lodge
• Robertson, Cahill Ed Assoc CPA’s
• Ukiah Ford Lincoln-Mercury
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center Center
• Valley View Skilled Nursing
• WalMart
• Walsh Oil Co. Inc.
• Wild Affair Productions
• Yum Yum Tree Restaurant
Valley View Skilled Nursing
If you would like to be a sponsor and
support Newspapers in Education
Call: 468-3500
B-8- SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2007
300
APARTMENTS
UNFURNISHED
ASCENSION ARMS.
STUDIO 301 Butte
St. Vallejo 707-6442666. Must be 62 or
older.
$511/mo.
+$511 security deposit. Sec. 8 ok, cable & utilities paid.
HUD criteria
LEE KRAEMER
PROPERTY MGMT
Spacious 1bd1ba.
$750.
POOL, LAUNDRY,
CARPORTS
No Section 8.
463-2134
PARK PLACE
1 bd. $750, 2 bdr.
$860 TH $1050.
Pool/garg. 462-5009
SPACIOUS
2bd1ba. w/
washer/dryer No
pets, water, garbage
paid. 462-8600
Spacious 2bd. Pool.
H20, trash pd. $825.
Also 1bd. $700. Ht.
AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075
Se habla espanol.
UKIAH WESTSIDE
Lg. vintage 2bd/1ba.
Cute/clean/safe +
AC. Exc. area. $875+
dep. N/S/P. 621-1936
330
HOMES
FOR RENT
$775/mo! Buy a 4 bd
homes!! 5%dn,
20yrs at 8% apr!
For listings
800-749-7901 xS622
2BD1BA.
$800 mo.+ dep.
N/S.
391-3610
3bdrm 1bth, office &
den. Avail 12-1. No
S/D. $1650/mo.
293-4262
4BD/2BA, dbl garage, yard, westside
$1650/mo avail 12/1
459-4757
W/side/Upscale
2bd/2bth. 468-9003
No Pets/No Smkng
380
WANTED TO
SHARE RENT
Large room in large
house. $490 + $490
dep.
util incl. 718-2110
440
FURNITURE
SOFA 7’4” long,
cream & green wide
stripe, very good
cond., $100. Cash
only. 463-0102.
450
WANTED
TO BUY
We recycle & pay
for brass, stainless,
alum., radiators. TODAY
batteries $3 & up.Shiny
copper wire $2lb
Clean lead 40¢ lb.
707-467-1959
460
APPLIANCES
USED
APPLIANCES
& FURNITURE.
Guaranteed. 485-1216
470
ANTIQUES
VINTAGE ANTIQUE
Franciscan Deser t
Rose
Dinnerware
Hand
Decorated,
round
Franciscan
logo on back of
plane, Made in CA
circa 1940-47. Over
140 pcs. from Estate
sale. Excellent condition. Sacrifice @
$600 or BO. Call
463-3947
480
MISC.
FOR SALE
$$CASH$$
Immediate Cash for
Structured Settlements,
Annuities, Lawsuits,
Inheritances, Mortgage
Notes & Cash Flows.
J.G. Wentworth #1
1-800-794-7310
4 solid oak beveled
mirrors. 4 sizes.
Perfect cond.$400/bo
for all.463-1779
Creative Workshop
can take your
photos and print on
Calendars
T-Shirts
Mousepads
Mugs
500
PETS &
SUPPLIES
Hllnd-Lop Bunnies
8wks. Sweet.
White/tan. Fuzzy &
shrthair. $20ea.
485-7278 Laurie
Lost Female Solid
Red Dachshund
from the 4800
block of N. State.
Disappeared on 1028-07 REWARD
972-2566
590
GARAGE
SALES
FREE GARAGE
SALE SIGNS.
Realty World Selzer
Realty. 350 E. Gobbi
610
REC VEH
CAMPING
Southwind MotorHome ‘84.Onboard
generator. 33K mi.
$8500 obo. 272-6367
ALBION RIVER
CAMPGROUND
Contractors & campers. Winter rates for
RV spaces. Free
WiFi. 937-0606
650
4X4'S
FOR SALE
Chevy Tahoe Blazer
‘94. Runs great,
looks great, $3000.
467-1959
FORD
EXPLORER
‘88
4X4, AT,
$2600
459-0547
660
VANS
FOR SALE
Pontiac ‘93 Transport
Van. 7 pass. Orig.
owner. Excel. cond In
& Out. Lea. seats.
$4200. 485-7199
680
CARS
FOR SALE
CARS FROM $500!
Police Impounds!
For listings.
800-749-4260xC241
Chrysler LaBaron
‘88, 4cyl, gd cond.,
new battery & tires.
$4500 obo. 462-5139
HONDA CIVIC 1999
LX EXCELLENT
CON. SMOGED.
70,000K $6,000.00
PAUL (707)485-5124
Nissan ‘90 300 ZX
twin turbo eng., 5
spd., T-top. $2000/
bo. 263-9178 msg.
Authorized
Security Pro
Dealer
199
00*
Protect your most valuable assets:
Your Home & Family 24 hours a day!
ACT NOW!!
Basic System Includes:
• G.E. Control Panel
with Backup
Battery (1)
• Interior Siren (1)
• Door/Window
Contacts (2)
• Passive Infrared
Motion Detector (1)
• Free Key Fob (1)
DEEP VALLEY SECURITY
462-5200
1-800-862-5200 • 960 N. State St., Ukiah
www.deepvalleysecurity24.com
590 S. School St., Ukiah
Call Sherri for FREE security consultation
468-3500
LIC.#AC03195 • CONT. LIC.#638502
* This special pricing required 36 month agreement at $29.95 per month.
Trudy Sellars-Ramos of
Garbocci Van Housen Realty Presents:
Two of Ukiah’s most prosperous businesses!
50 + and still going strong! For the past
16 years this restaurant has grown leaps
and bounds above the rest.
Ukiah Garden Café is one of Ukiah’s premier places to dine, whether it’s breakfast ,lunch ,dinner or a relaxing cocktail
after work, you won’t be disappointed
here.
MOBILES
FOR SALE
FREE STEAK
DINNER
If you find better
financing our
home/your land.
LUV Homes Santa
Rosa. 707-588-2725
LOW TO NO DOWN!
Owner financing!
Land/home options.
30-yr. fixed. No cost
construction loan.
LUV HOMES
707-588-2725
Ukiah Garden Café
$250,000
Perkins Street Lounge
This well known establishment has been an
icon in Mendocino County for almost 45
years. The past nine years with new owners,
has brought much success to the Perkins.
With the addition of dance floors, sound systems and more, it is quickly becoming
Mendocino County's hottest nightclub
$400,000
720
arbocci
an Housen
114 S School Street, Ukiah CA
Trudy
Sellars-Ramos
Realtor
707-489-7720
Business
Opportunities of a
Lifetime!
770
REAL ESTATE
11ac hillside to
river frt. Fencing.
3 places to live in!
$550K
Blandford RE 391-7612
2 Homes for Sale.
Distress Sale. Vichy
Springs Area.. +/3000sqft new homes.
4 bed/2.5 bath. Call
@707.480.5883 lv
mess.
3bd2ba Foreclosure
only $176K!
For listings
Educational
Skills.
Looking
For A Career?
EVERYDAY:
Classified
SUNDAY–SATURDAY:
The Ukiah Daily Journal
800-749-7901 x R397
I’m still doing loans,
FOX TERRIER
PUPPIES Tri color$100/ea. Ready to
go. 707-743-2317
$
(707) 462-5200
When you use the Classifieds
to find a job, you will be
going up, the corporate
ladder, that is. In the
Classifieds, you will find lots of
jobs and just maybe one of
them will take you right up
the corporate ladder of
success.
Volvo Stationwagon
940. 1993
270K mi. runs great.
$3000. 743-1297
purchasing & refin.
500
DEEP
VALLEY
SECURITY
Affordable Security For Your
Commercial and Residential
Needs Starting at
Honda Accord ‘83
Needs trans.
$150 obo
743-1909
759 S. State 468-0251
PETS &
SUPPLIES
Decker terrier pups.
Tri-colored ready to
go. 1st shots done
. $100. 6weeks old.
743-2317
ELECTRONIC
PROTECTION
BY
Geo ‘96
5 spd.
Needs work.
$800.
459-0547
Creative Workshop
FREE PAINT
Recycled latex, 5 gal.
buckets, white, tan,
brown, gray. Tuesdays only, 8am to
2pm, 298 Plant Rd.,
Ukiah (behind animal
shelter).
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