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CANDIDATES WEIGH IN ON MARIJUANA MEASURE, LAND USE AND TAX SHARING

Supervisors forumMARIJUANA FORUM

By ZACK SAMPSELThe Daily Journal

In an issue that is polarizing the county,representatives from the Yes on BCoalition and No on B fielded questionsfrom a packed house inside the Ukiah CityCouncil Chambers Monday night.

Members from both groups answeredmarijuana-related questions submitted bythe audience, including how Measure Bwould stop large-scale and trespass grows,what defines a commercial grow and howthe police would fund and enforce MeasureB.

Each group was given four minutes tomake its opening statements during whichthe Yes on B Coalition, represented byJohn McCowen and Ross Liberty, painteda grim picture of the state of marijuanagrowing in Mendocino County.

“I think we all know marijuana cultiva-tion in Mendocino County is completelyout of control,” McCowen said. “With theboom in commercial marijuana growing, acrime wave has engulfed our communities.Measure G has sent a message to the nationthat marijuana is OK in Mendocino

No on B,Yes on Bbackersstate case

By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

While debates rage in public forums andprivate homes over the future of medicalmarijuana in Mendocino County, bothsides of the debate have been marshalingtheir forces for Election Day.

Both sides have received endorsementfrom prominent members of the communi-ty, though the Yes on B Coalition hasreceived a larger number of official com-mitments.

The announcement by Yes on B that ithas received the support of 40 local physi-cians was the latest in a long list of sup-porters that the measure had garnered.

“The medical community is very unhap-py with the fraudulent misuse of the com-passionate medical marijuana program as afront for the rampant commercial growingof marijuana for profit, with all the harmfulimpacts that has caused this county,” saidDr. Robert Werra.

Werra joins members of county govern-ment and law enforcement in endorsingMeasure B, including Ukiah PoliceDepartment Chief Chris Dewey, DeputyDistrict Attorney Matt Finnegan,Mendocino County Sheriff’s Lt. KurtSmallcomb, County Supervisor JimWattenburger, Ukiah City CouncilMembers Phil Baldwin, Mari Rodin, JohnMcCowen and Benj Thomas; and Ukiah

Sides beingchosen overmarijuanainitiative

During a mock meeting of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in which candidates from Districts 1, 2 and 4 role-play as elected officials Tuesday evening, members of the audience have the opportunity to express their opinions with redand green posters. Pictured is a vote on the approval of Measure B.

For one night only, the number of MendocinoCounty supervisors was ceremonially increasedby six while eliminating the votes of two of itsfive districts.

In what could be the only chance for some ofthose assembled in front of the Ukiah CityCouncil chambers to be addressed as supervisors,the 11 candidates vying for the three positions incontention in the June primary participated in amock board meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The candidate forum was well attended andwas co-sponsored by the Employers Council ofMendocino County, the Greater Ukiah Chamberof Commerce and the North Coast BuildersExchange.

As audience members entered the chambersthey were issued a pair of cards identical to thosegiven to each candidate. The cards were used bythose gathered to express their feelings about atrio of issues including Measure B, land use andtax sharing.

11 candidates for3 supervisor seatsface local voters See MEASURE B, 6

See MARIJUANA, Page 2

By ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

After months of discussion, the first tangibleexpansion of the online presence of theMendocino County Board of Supervisorsbeyond simple agenda summaries will soonbecome reality.

With the move, the board comes closer tocatching up with several other local govern-ment bodies, including the city of Ukiah.

The announcement was made by KristiFurman, clerk of the board, during a report atTuesday’s regular scheduled board meeting.

Furman told the board the agenda for thefirst meeting of next month will feature hyper-linked supporting documents, fleshing out theagenda with additional information.

“We are ready to roll out on May 1 for the

May 6 Board of Supervisors meeting,” shesaid. “We have new equipment. All systems arego. We’re looking forward to rolling this out.”

Third District Supervisor and Vice-Chairman John Pinches said he approved of theidea, but was concerned about the long-termbudget implications of the process.

“I’m supportive of getting information outthere,” he said. “I think I always ask how muchsomething is going to cost. I hope this doesn’tlead to us hiring a consultant.”

County CEO Tom Mitchell said he couldn’timagine a scenario where outside assistancewould be necessary.

“I don’t think there’s any reason why we

shouldn’t be going forward with this,” he said.“It’s not a terribly complex project. Once youget the routine down, it’s just a clerical func-tion. It’s just a matter of getting the documentsin the right format. I think we will probablysave money for this. There is no reason toengage a consultant, in my opinion.”

The item was first referred to the GeneralGovernment Committee on Feb. 5 after beingbrought to the board’s attention by 4th DistrictSupervisor Kendall Smith who, along with 5thDistrict Supervisor David Colfax, currently sitson the committee. “This is a huge bonus to thepublic,” Smith said. “It doesn’t have all theaccompanying documents, but it is a big firststep. It’s where Humboldt County already is.”

Rob Burgess can be reached [email protected].

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1ST DISTRICT CANDIDATES

2ND DISTRICT CANDIDATES

Audience also givesissues ‘thumbs-up’or ‘thumbs-down’

See SUPERVISOR, Page 16

Mayor Doug Crane.Measure B has also received

endorsement from several localorganizations, including theMendocino County DeputySheriff’s Association, TheMendocino Farm Bureau andthe City Councils of Fort Braggand Willits.

The Ukiah City Council isscheduled to consider endorse-ment for the second timetonight.

While not as numerous, sup-porters of No on B are equallyfervent in their support.

Former Mendocino CountyAssessor-Clerk RecorderMarsha Wharff was one of sev-eral people to sign an argumentplaced in the county electionpamphlet. Her name was laterremoved on a technicality but itdid not blunt her support forthose fighting Measure B.

“I will continue to opposeMeasure B,” Wharff said. “I aminterested in the medical part ofmarijuana. If you’ve never hadto care for another person, youdon’t have a clue about whatthis medicine can do for painmanagement, calming anxietyand promoting wellness ofmind,” said Wharff, who caresfor her husband, who has can-cer.

Others opposed to Measure

B include attorney SusanJordan, county SupervisorDavid Colfax, Dr. PeterKeegan, Dr. William Courtney,attorney Keith Faulder and can-cer survivors Kate BabcockMagruder and Carrie Hamburg.

Measure B, which wasplaced on the ballot by theMendocino County Board ofSupervisors in January, wouldrepeal Measure G and set med-ical marijuana limits inMendocino County at the statelimits of six mature or 12immature plants and eightounces of dried marijuana.

Measure G, which waspassed by Mendocino Countyvoters in 2000, instructed lawenforcement to make the prose-cution of marijuana gardens of25 plants or fewer the lowestpossible priority.

The election is scheduled forJune 3.

For more information on Noon B, go to http://www.nomea-sureb.org.

For more information on Yeson B, go to http://www.yeson-bcoalition.org.

Ben Brown can be reached [email protected].

D A I L Y D I G E S TEditor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 [email protected]

– WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 20082

The Ukiah Daily Journal

SHERIFF’S REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by theMendocino CountySheriff’s Office:

BOOKED -- AshleyElizabeth Reid, 20, ofRedwood Valley, was bookedinto jail on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence andpossession of a controlledsubstance by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol at 3:19 a.m.Friday.

BOOKED -- Hans AndrewMcCullough, 35, of Covelo,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of possession of marijua-na for sale, transportation ofmarijuana for sale, carrying aconcealed weapon and carry-ing a loaded weapon by theCalifornia Highway Patrol at4:58 p.m. Friday.

BOOKED -- Robin GraceMoore, 41, of Ukiah, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceby the Willits PoliceDepartment at 12:39 a.m.Saturday.

BOOKED -- SeanLambert, 29, of Fort Bragg,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of second-degree bur-glary and petty theft with pri-ors by the Fort Bragg PoliceDepartment at 1:06 a.m.Saturday.

BOOKED -- FlorEsperanza Hernandez, 18, ofUkiah, was booked into jail onsuspicion of causing corporalinjury to a spouse by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 1:04 p.m. Saturday.

BOOKED -- StevenMichael Green, 20, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of assault with a deadlyweapon, possession of a dan-gerous weapon and a proba-tion violation by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

BOOKED -- MauriceDandre Barnett, 26, ofSalinas, was booked into jailon suspicion of possession ofmarijuana for sale and trans-portation of marijuana for saleby the Mendocino County

Sheriff’s Office at 2:19 a.m.Monday.

BOOKED -- JosephLeonard Johnson, 25, ofMarina, was booked into jailon suspicion of transportationof marijuana for sale and pos-session of marijuana for saleby the Mendocino CountySheriff’s Office at 2:24 a.m.Monday.

BOOKED -- Andy DanielSmith, 33, of Ukiah, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceby the California HighwayPatrol at 7:43 p.m. Monday.

BOOKED -- Sekou J.Byrd, 37, of Inglewood, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceand driving with suspendedprivileges by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol at 10:29 p.m.Monday.

Those arrested by law enforcementofficers are innocent until proven guilty.People reported as having been arrest-ed may contact the Daily Journal oncetheir case has been concluded so theresults can be reported. Those who feelthe information is in error should con-tact the appropriate agency. In the caseof those arrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence of an intoxi-cant: all DUI cases reported by lawenforcement agencies are reported bythe newspaper.The Daily Journal makesno exceptions.

CORRECTIONSThe Ukiah Daily Journal reserves

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EDITH KLEMPELEdith Adelgunde

Giesbrecht Klempel died at Ukiah ConvalescentHospital on April 12, 2008, just 10 days after her105th birthday. She was born in PasoRobles, CA, of German immigrants and learnedEnglish when shebegan school.

She attended BIOLA,class of 1926, and then took nurse’s training at theDeaconess Hospital in Newton,Kansas, class of 1929. The miracle drug at that

time was aspirin. She worked for the town doctorfor several years in Aberdeen, Idaho,accompanying him out to the various farms for homedeliveries of babies. She delivered theanesthesia —ether on gauze— a very inexactmethod, but everyone lived. She mar-ried Gustav C. Klempel atthe age of 33.

After the children wereborn, Edith stayed at home. She forced herdaughters to practice the piano, for which theyare grateful. She was always active inchurch, taught Sunday School for many years, andsang in various church choirs.

In later years she spentquite a bit of time writing letters and notes ofencouragement,not only to many friends

and relatives, but also to any number of peo-ple who were on her prayerlist.

She was easily identifiedon her walks around Ukiah by her yellow base-ball cap. She lived independently for 20 yearsat Creekside Village until afew months before her100th birthday, when shehad a slight stroke. She received loving andrespectful care at Ukiah Convalescent Hospital fromthat time on. The family is also grateful forthe care she received fromGuy Teran, MD, JudyLemke, FNP, PabloCortina, MD, and for heraudiologist, GlynnisTambornini.

She was predeceased byher husband of 58 years. Gustav Klempel, andshe was the last of 14 children. Her two daugh-ters, Judy Ballenger and

husband Larry, and Ruth Hensell and husband Ron,live in Ukiah, and she has ason, Dennis Klempel, wholives in San Diego with hiswife Karen. She has 5 grandchildren: Lisa Henselland Becky Hensell ofSeattle, Ruth Ballenger andher husband MichaelEmerling of South Pasadena, Peter Ballengerand his wife Ali Rubinstein of Pasadena,and Alan Garcia and his wife Lyn of Camas, WA,and is also survived by 5 great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will beheld at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 19, at theNew Life Church (Evangelical Free).

Memorial donations may be made toward soundequipment at New Life Church. Arrangementsare under the care and direction ofEmpire Mortuary.

Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid announcements. For information on how toplace a paid funeral notice or make corrections to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468-3529.

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The Daily JournalTwo men suffered major

injuries in an alleged drunkendriving accident when the 1998Ford Mustang they were in leftthe roadway and collided withan oak tree Monday night.

According to reports fromthe California Highway Patrol,Peter C. Lorentzen, 34, ofBerkeley, was westbound onBull Creek Road, east ofHoneydew in HumboldtCounty, driving at a high rate ofspeed. Also in the car wasFernando Lozano, 31, ofBellflower.

Lorentzen was allegedly dri-ving drunk when the Mustangdrifted off the roadway, became

airborne and collided with alive oak tree six feet off theground, according to CHPreports. Neither Lorentzen norLozano were wearing seat beltsand both sustained majorinjuries.

Lorentzen sustained injuriesto the head and was taken byambulance to RedwoodMemorial Hospital for treat-ment. Lozano sustained frac-tures to his upper torso as wellas a head injury and was airlift-ed to St. Joseph Hospital fortreatment.

Lorentzen was arrested onsuspicion of driving under theinfluence and causing an injury,according to CHP reports.

2 seriously hurt inHumboldt Co. crash

The Daily JournalWomen who earn too much to qualify

for Medi-Cal but not enough to have pri-vate insurance would still be able to gethigh quality digital breast cancer screen-ings under a bill by AssemblywomanPatty Berg that was approved by a keylegislative committee last week.

Assembly Bill 2887, by Berg, D-Eureka, would require an existing state-funded health program called EveryWoman Counts to provide digital mam-mograms. Current law requires the pro-gram only to pay for analog images of the

common breast cancer test. The Assembly Health Committee

approved the bill last Tuesday on a 12-3vote.

“Early detection is the key to sur-vival,” Berg said. “As a breast cancer sur-vivor, I can personally testify that qualityscreening is absolutely vital.”

To qualify for the Every WomanCounts program, a woman must be 40 orolder, a California resident and meetincome eligibility requirements.

“The state needs to pay for new mam-mogram technology,” Berg said. “As

always, the law needs to catch up withnew technology.”

Breast cancer is one of the most fre-quently diagnosed cancers amongAmerican women, according to theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention. In 2004, the CDC reportedthat 182,772 women were diagnosed withbreast cancer and 40,954 women diedfrom the disease.

The Susan G. Komen “For the Cure”Breast Cancer Foundation is the mainmover behind this bill, which is one of itslegislative priorities for this year.

Berg bill would expand mammogram program

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20-foot fall resultsin serious injuriesBy BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

A city of Ukiah electricallineman is recovering frominjuries he suffered April 7when he fell off a light pole inAnton Stadium.

“He was coming down thelight pole and transferring tothe ladder and his handslipped,” said interim CityManager Pat Thompson.

The man fell more than 20feet to the ground and suf-fered serious injuries but nohead trauma, Thompson said.

She said the city was not

releasing the man’s name onthe advice of the city’s humanresources attorney.

Paramedics arrived onscene soon after the fall, andthe man was taken by airambulance to Santa RosaMemorial Hospital for treat-ment.

On Tuesday, he was stillhospitalized. “He’s progress-ing well, but it will still be acouple of days,” Thompsonsaid.

The man was changinglights on the light pole as partof a project to renovate thestadium.

Ben Brown can be reached [email protected].

City lineman falls offpole at Anton Stadium

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By RICHARD ROSIERThe Daily Journal

From Glasgow to Sydney;Greensboro, N.C. to right here inUkiah, record stores are letting theworld know that they’re not goinganywhere.

Ukiah’s very own record store, dig!Music, is participating in the first everRecord Store Day this Saturday.Owners Michael and DeniseRoumbanis are jazzed, pumped andready to show the world that themusic industry will always have roomfor locally-owned record stores.

“People need a community place togo to and share their love of music,”said Denise, “that’s partly what keepsit alive -- and to share different kindsof music. If you go on Web sites andyou’re downloading or you go to Wal-Mart, you’re only gonna get a verysmall part of the experience. We learnso much about different kinds ofmusic from our customers. It’s likethis vortex, it’s like this meeting placewhere it can all come together. . . Itjust gives people a place to celebrateand explore new music.”

Record Store Day comes at a timewhen many record stores around theworld are facing stiff competitionfrom digital downloads and artistsmaking exclusive record deals withlarge distributors that hedge out small-er businesses.

“Record stores are closing aroundthe country, but you know what, I’mtoo stubborn to close,” Michael said.“When I opened this store, people saidI was crazy, even my friends. I saidthe community is entitled to a localrecord store.”

Though dig! Music enjoys a greatdeal of local support, the changingfinancial climate is making it moredifficult for a great many retail stores.

“It’s not like we’re being threatenedto close our doors tomorrow,” Denisesaid, “but the industry’s tough, andretail in general is tough with therecession. You read articles in RollingStone where some guy does an editor-ial saying the CD is dead and there areall these big proclamations out there,but they’re not true.”

Denise and Mike have a specialplace in their hearts for records stores.Their relationship started in onealmost 30 years ago, when the twomet in 1979 at Warehouse Records in

Santa Rosa. Denise says it was love atfirst sight.

“When we moved up here toMendocino County it was always inthe back of our minds, we need toopen a record store, we need to getback to what we love, and five yearsago we did,” Denise said.

This Saturday from 10 to 6 p.m.dig! Music will offer a variety of give-aways, including a drawing everyhour during which one lucky winnerwill receive a free CD. The store willbe offering 20 percent off of all newand used vinyl and a chance to win aturntable.

There will also be a vinyl workshopat 1 p.m. during which record collec-tors young and old can learn why peo-ple collect vinyl, how to set up andmaintain a turntable, where to buyhardware and software for LPs, howto grade, buy and care for records andhow to record or digitize vinyl andplay it back on CD.

Participants in the workshop canbring in their turntables for an assess-ment of what it needs to get up andrunning, and will receive one freerecord cleaning on a record cleaningmachine.

All activities Saturday are free tothe public.

For more information on RecordStore Day, call dig! Music at 463-8444 or visitwww.recordstoreday.com. dig! Musicis located at 362 N. State St. inUkiah.

Richard Rosier can be reached [email protected].

Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal

Owners of dig! Music for the past five years, Mike and Denise Roumbanis are giddy over the upcomingRecord Store Day this Saturday.

Record Store DayRecord Store Day

If you missed the last col-umn, we were dealing withthe problem posed by a 56-year-old woman, who tellsabout her 50-year-old sister.

The sister, after four failedmarriages, moved back inwith their parents, who are intheir late 70s.

The younger sister refusesto contribute financially tothe parents and basicallytakes advantage of them. Theparents are going downhillboth mentally and physically.What to do?

To judge from our readers’letters and e-mails, the phe-nomenon of “boomers”becoming “boomerangs” byreturning to their parents’homes is becoming increas-ingly common. And, unlessand until seniors get wiseand begin to deal with theunderlying problems, thefinancial and emotionalstrain will continue to esca-late.

As cold-hearted as it mayseem, we believe that anyreturn home by a boomerangshould be preceded by afrank talk about the “rules ofthe roost,” including howexpenses will be shared eachmonth and how long the staywill last.

Coming up with an eco-nomic plan is essential. Ifseniors accept rent from aboomerang, the senior willhave to report it as incomeand, depending on whatother income the older per-son has, taking rent mayresult in taxation -- or greatertaxation -- of Social Securitybenefits. On the other hand,if part of a residence is rent-ed, this may allow deprecia-tion deductions to offsetincome. So check with yourCPA about the effect of pay-ments you receive before youtake them. The better way,we believe, is to enter into anexpense-sharing agreementby which ongoing householdexpenses -- utilities, basictelephone, etc. -- are shared.

As ridiculous as it maysound, putting rules of occu-pancy and responsibility inwriting is imperative. Forexample, if you wake up onemorning and your 53-year-old son introduces you to hisnew girlfriend over break-fast, it may be too late.Depending on the situation,you may want to set a cur-few, establish who can andcan’t be in the house, decidehow to share cooking, laun-dry and cleaning chores, etc.Everyone should sign off onthe arrangement to avoidmisunderstandings.

And since no agreementshould be open-ended, besure to establish when thestay will end and put thatdate in the agreement. Youcan always extend it with theconsent of all parties.

If a debt-ridden childcomes home, insist thathe/she attend credit counsel-ing. Under no circumstancesshould you obligate yourselffor your child’s debts. Youare giving your child achance at a fresh start byhaving to pay minimal livingexpenses, making it easierfor them to pay off theirdebts. That should beenough. You live within yourmeans, and so should yourchildren.

So, no matter how muchyour adult child may beg,don’t imperil your ownfinancial independence bytrying to pull a sinking childout of the pit. To do so couldhave a negative impact onyour future. If you do decideto help, be sure to limit yourassistance, and don’t getsuckered in by hard-luck sto-ries.

It took you many years toat least have the semblanceof financial security. If youspend this money, you couldwell become dependent onother children, so be careful.Family closeness aside, wel-coming back a boomerangchild is a financial decision,and it must be treated assuch.

As for our 56-year-oldreader, we suggest calling afamily meeting and helpingyour parents lay out somenew rules. If necessary, ask atrusted family friend or thefamily lawyer to sit in, too,to back up your parents andexplain to your sister whyher goldbricking can’t con-tinue. And if she refuses tochange her ways and won’tpay her fair share of theexpenses, insist that shemove out. You’ll have to bethe “bad guy” here, becauseyour parents won’t want toplay this role.

Jan Warner is a member ofthe National Academy ofElder Law Attorneys and hasbeen practicing law for morethan 30 years. Jan Collins iseditor of the Business andEconomic Review publishedby the University of SouthCarolina and a special cor-respondent for TheEconomist. You can learnmore information aboutelder care law and write tothe authors onhttp://www.nextsteps.net.

When boomerangsinvade the homefront

Next stepsBy Jan Warner and Jan Collins

All-day event planned at dig! Music

By RACHEL BECKAP Business Writer

NEW YORK -- If we use ana-lysts’ estimates for corporate earn-ings to gauge the economy’s health,we all should be ready to celebratebetter times by the end of the year.

Look at their forecasts for the sec-ond half of 2008: Profit gains forStandard & Poor’s 500 companies inthe third quarter are expected to top14 percent and the fourth quartercould bring a year-over-year surge of55 percent. That sure sounds like ahappier economic world than the onewe are living in right now.

It also sounds like wishful think-ing, so don’t break out the cham-pagne yet.

General Electric Co.’s massiveprofit miss on Friday should be rea-son enough to be wary about opti-mistic views for the rest of this year.The conglomerate, which is consid-ered a proxy for the overall economy,reported first-quarter earnings pershare from continuing operations of44 cents compared with analysts’estimates of 51 cents.

The earnings miss shows how thecredit crisis and global economicdownturn aren’t just hurting finan-cial businesses, but have infectedhealth care and consumer products,too. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE,which typically hits its earnings tar-gets, also revised its earnings out-

look for the year to a gain of no morethan 5 percent, down from double-digit projections a month ago.

“We assume the economy is goingto be very tough and remain verytough,” GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt saidduring a conference call with ana-lysts.

GE isn’t alone. In recent days,Alcoa Inc. and Wachovia Corp.’sresults both came in below expecta-tions, while UPS Inc. and J.C.Penney Co. revised their first-quarteroutlooks down significantly.

It’s possible that analysts’ esti-mates may be way off for the firstquarter, even though they’ve beenrevising them down for months.Back on Jan. 4, analysts were fore-casting a year-over-year 4.7 percentgain in S&P 500 earnings. By Feb.15, that turned negative, with a 1.4

percent decline expected. A monthlater, that was extended to a 7.8 per-cent fall and at the end of March, ittumbled to a 9.9 percent pullback,according to Citigroup.

The percentage of companiesbeating earnings estimates -- whichBespoke Investment Group says is agauge of the market’s health -- hasbeen on the decline since the thirdquarter of last year. In the fourthquarter, about 60 percent of compa-nies topped analysts’ estimates, stillwell above the 50 percent level seenduring the bear market of 2001 and2002, according to Bespoke.

But that “beat” rate could drop ifanalysts’ estimates stay high, despiteno evidence that the economy has orwill soon turn it course. FederalReserve Chairman Ben Bernankerecently acknowledged for the first

time that a recession was possible.Most economists believe growthcontracted in the first three monthsof this year and will continue on thatpath due to the slump in housing andthe pullback in consumer spending.

This isn’t just a U.S.-centric prob-lem. The global economic landscapeis also fragile, prompting theInternational Monetary Fund to issuea sobering new forecast last weekthat greatly raised the odds of aworldwide economic slump.

What’s troublesome to Citigroup’schief U.S. equity strategist TobiasLevkovich is that industrial produc-tion will begin to wane later this yearbecause banks have tightened creditstandards considerably on commer-cial and industrial loans.

He also has been tracking the nar-rowing difference between smallfirms’ plans to raise prices and theirpricing intentions -- which tends tolead corporate profit margin trendsby about two years. Given that data,Levkovich sees some crimping ofprofit margins after the middle ofthis year.

Still, analysts’ estimates remainhigh, and the blame for that could goto the companies themselves, whichtypically guide analysts on what theirperformance will look like.

James Montier, who heads globalstrategy equity research at SocieteGeneral in London, thinks some

companies maybe spinning things tomake them seem better than theyreally are. And analysts have been“asleep at the wheel” in challengingthose views, only doing so whenthere is “irrefutable proof” they werewrong.

“The analysts all acknowledge thesense of lowering forecasts in aggre-gate. However, when they discusssuch a move with the companies theycover, the companies’ response isthat it won’t happen to them,”Montier said in a note to clients.“This creates a fallacy of composi-tion problem in which all the ana-lysts think ’their’ stocks are immunefrom the influence of this cycle.”

That disconnect is clear in the lat-est Duke University’s Fuqua Schoolof Business/CFO Magazine BusinessOutlook survey. It showed 72 percentof the 475 chief financial officerswho responded were less optimisticabout the U.S. economy in Marchthan they were in December, butonly 38 percent are less optimisticabout their own companies’ perfor-mance.

Maybe they think that their com-panies are insulated from the currentdownturn. GE’s CEO thought thesame, too. Now he knows better.

Rachel Beck is the national busi-ness columnist for The AssociatedPress. Write to her at [email protected]

Earnings estimates for 2008 stay high, despite economic headwinds

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

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Looking closerat what the Bible says

To the Editor:I am always amazed at what the Bible

says and even more amazed at what isattributed to it that it doesn’t say, conse-quently I was very interested in theAssociated Press article that appeared onthe religion page Sunday March 22 titled“... Resurrection misunderstood byChristian faithful.” The following arequotes I found interesting: “God will raisethe dead at the end of time” ... Jewish his-torical roots “challenge the idea that resur-rection simply means life after death” butinstead that resurrection has a “physicalelement.” The article emphasized that“Jesus rose bodily” and challenged theidea as “Greek philosophy” that “resurrec-tion is simply the survival of and individ-ual’s soul.” ... “For early Christians andsome Jews resurrection meant being givenback one’s body or possibly God creatinga new similar body” ... “Jewish belief wasabsorbed and reshaped by the earliestChristians.” ... “Public understanding ofresurrection has been influenced by popu-lar culture.” ... “Many important teachingshave been skewed as a result.” ... “Thechurch should teach what the firstChristians believed” ... “The physical real-ity of a future world after death shows thatthe created order matters to God”

What is important is the Bible’s mes-sage to us. The very first lie was “You willnot surely die.” Death is the absence oflife “The living know that they shall die,but the dead know not anything” Eccl 9:5.The phrase immortal soul is not in theBible. “Man who has riches withoutunderstanding is like the beasts that per-ish” Ps 49:20 and “The soul that sinneth itshall die” Ez 18:4. We are not left withouthope ... Job says in chapter 19 v 25&26,“I know my redeemer lives and that in theend he will stand upon the earth and aftermy skin has been destroyed yet in myflesh I will see God.” What Marthabelieved about resurrection is very clear inher response to Jesus after Lazarus hadbeen dead for days. She said “I know hewill rise again in the resurrection at thelast day.” The word sheol is translatedhell, grave or pit. Acts 2:31 in the KingJames uses the word hell but the NewInternational version uses the word grave.Greek philosophy has put a differentmeaning to the word “sheol” and the heatof it has certainly crept into Christian doc-trine. Let us truly pray “Thy Kingdomcome, Thy will be done on earth as it is inheaven.” It is always interesting to hearwhat the scholars think, could it be theygot it right this time?

Anne CreekmoreUkiah

Tend your own gardenTo the Editor:History is not past, it is present.Capitalism, socialism, communism and

fascism are not economic systems. Theyare social systems devised to control andexploit human activity and naturalresources.

All “isms” contain their seeds of self-destruction, that is, blind adherence toideas that ignore the realities of humanexistence.

Ultimately, anarchy and revolutionbring forth a new “ism” each with itsseeds of self destruction. We are nowexperiencing political rivalry derivedfrom social paradigms that provide justifi-cation for war in the name of patriotism,nationalism, and religion.

With modern massive weapons ofdestruction spreading throughout theworld, the survival of the planet’s livingcreatures has become less probable. Wemay need to return to tending our owngardens and barter honestly with ourneighbors for those things we cannot growor make ourselves.

M. Albert PierceTalmage

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

From the desk of ...ROBERT SAMUELSON

Almost everyone wishes for a renaissance ofAmerican manufacturing, and none have said so morelouder than the Democratic presidential candidates andDemocratic members of Congress. The trouble is thattheir deeds don’t match their words. They have blamedtrade for almost anything that might ail the U.S. econ-omy -- in particular, manufacturing -- when the oppo-site is now true: only through expanded trade can theeconomy thrive and manufacturing stage a comeback.

The latest evidence of the gap between politicalrhetoric and economic reality is the Democratic-con-trolled House’s decision to set aside, possibly indefi-nitely, the free trade agreement negotiated withColombia by the Bush administration. On economicgrounds, there’s no reason to reject the agreement.Colombia’s exports already enter the U.S. market dutyfree under the 1991 Andean Trade Preference Act.Meanwhile, many U.S. exports to Colombia face stifftariffs -- up to 35 percent on autos, 15 percent on trac-tors and 10 percent on computers -- most of whichwould ultimately go to zero under the agreement.

The tariffs dampen demand for U.S. exports by rais-ing their price and putting them at a competitive dis-advantage. Whirlpool exports about $50 million annu-ally of refrigerators, washer-dryers and dishwashers toColombia from plants in Ohio, Arkansas and Iowa. Ona $1,000 refrigerator, a 20 percent tariff raises theretail price $200 in a fiercely competitive market withappliances also supplied by local firms and importsfrom Korea and elsewhere. (Why does Colombia wantthe agreement? Answer: Congress has to renewColombia’s present duty-free status periodically. Theagreement would make it permanent.)

Yet, it’s politically convenient to oppose the tradeagreement because the popular imagery is that tradedestroys U.S. jobs. The loss of almost 4 million U.S.manufacturing jobs since 1998 seems easy to explainby cheap imports or the flight of plants to Mexico,China and other poorer countries. The truth is murki-er: although this has occurred, job losses also stemfrom greater efficiency (fewer workers producingmore goods) and slumping domestic demand (for com-munications equipment and computers after thedot.com bust and for housing materials and vehiclesnow). Nor has falling factory employment crippledoverall U.S. job creation.

Look at the numbers. From 1998 to 2007, total non-farm payroll employment rose 12 million, and unem-ployment averaged only 4.9 percent -- despite those 4million lost factory jobs. In the same period, U.S. man-ufacturing output rose 22 percent.

No matter. Globalization and trade have becomelightning rods for myriad grievances (job insecurity,wage inequality, eroding fringe benefits). But even iftrade caused all the factory job loss, its impact is nowshifting. The dollar’s dramatic depreciation (down aninflation-adjusted 20 percent since early 2003 againsta basket of currencies) has enhanced the competitive-ness of U.S. exports. Their growth now looms as amajor source of job creation and economic expansion.

The overall trade deficit is dropping and, except forhigher oil prices, would be dropping faster. In 2007,manufacturing exports rose 10.9 percent, double the4.9 percent for manufacturing imports. At some com-panies, the effect is already noticeable. Consider BisonGear & Engineering, a medium-sized firm nearChicago that makes electric motors used for kitchenequipment, packaging machinery and medical devices.Since 2006, exports have increased from about 20 per-cent to 30 percent of total sales, says chairman RonBullock. Bison has hired about 50 new workers, bring-ing total employment to 250.

Even after today’s slowdown (recession?) ends, theoutlook is worrisome. Consumers are heavily indebt-ed. Housing will recover but probably not, for manyyears, to previous highs. Government spending is con-strained by growth in the rest of the economy, unlessCongress sharply raises taxes or deficits. Exports andrelated investments are the best hopes.

What House Democrats did was particularly per-verse. They suspended Trade Promotion Authority,which mandates that Congress vote up or down ontrade agreements within 90 days of their submission.TPA gives other countries a reason to negotiate in goodfaith. They can make politically difficult concessionswithout fearing that Congress will ignore the agree-ment because it dislikes the U.S concessions.

Americans do have legitimate trade complaints:China manipulates its currency to aid exporters; othercountries restrict imports. It’s in the U.S. interest todismantle these obstacles. Now the suspension of TPAcan serve as an excuse -- symbolically and substan-tively -- for other countries not to negotiate, just whenU.S. firms can most benefit from market openings.

What matters for workers and manufacturers is notwhat politicians say. It’s the consequences of whatthey do. On trade, many Democrats -- and someRepublicans, too -- are fighting the last war.

Robert Samuelson writes for The Washington PostWriters Group

Fighting thewrong trade war

Other opinionsFrom around the nation

Should governmentworkers be forced to pay forpolitical activities withwhich they disagree to keeptheir jobs? That was the fun-damental question underly-ing the case federal courtJudge Morrison Englanddecided. In a ruling thatrelied on simple fairness andfederal law, Judge Englandsaid no.

In the case before thecourt, the ServicesEmployees InternationalUnion Local 1000 hadimposed a special assess-ment on state workers it rep-resented to bankroll its“Political Fight-Back Fund.”The fund was established in2005 to finance the union’scampaign againstPropositions 75 and 76, twomeasures on the Novemberballot that year, pushed byGov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

The union deducted $12million from the paychecksof 92,500 of its state workermembers to support SEIU’scampaign to defeat the ini-tiatives. Some 28,000 non-union workers, stateemployees who opt not tojoin the union but arerequired to pay fees tofinance the union’s bargain-ing activities from whichthey benefit, were alsoforced to pay. That’s wherethe union tripped up. Thenon-union members sued toget their money back, andlast week they prevailed.

Good for them. Imagine acommitted Democrat beingforced to contribute to aRepublican candidate forgovernor in order to keep herstate job, or a Republicanforced to fork over a portionof his state salary to aDemocratic candidate. Such

practices are grossly unfair.So is forcing those samegovernment employees tocontribute to finance initia-tive campaigns they do notagree with.

Not only is the principlehere clear, but the law is,too. As Judge England notedin his ruling, public employ-ee unions can require non-union members to pay theirfair share of the union’s costto negotiate contracts andenforce collective bargain-ing agreements activitiesthat benefit all state workers,including nonmembers.However the union can’tforce nonmembers to pay forthe union’s political activi-ties. Under the terms ofEngland’s decision, theunion will have to giverefunds to non-union work-ers who want them an out-come both reasonable andfair.

Torrance Daily BreezeStop copperprofiteers

A common tactic used tostop thieves from rippingpeople off is to prevent themfrom profiting from theircrimes. The tactic could helpcurb the growing problem ofcopper wire and pipe thefts.

A bill by state Sen. RonCalderon, D-Montebello,would put a crimp in thetheft and redemption of themetal by requiring recyclingcompanies — where thievesredeem stolen metals forcash — to fingerprint sellersand take their photographs.They are already required tosee a driver’s license.

Copper, along with othermetals whose prices havesoared in recent years, can

be found in telephone andpower lines, street lighting,power generators, construc-tion sites and air condition-ers on school roofs. It is alsofound in irrigation pipes.

As of last December, LosAngeles city officials saidabout $300,000 worth ofcopper wire had beenstripped from city street-lamps. City officials esti-mate that replacement of thewiring will cost the cityabout $1 million.

Calderon’s bill wouldrequire sellers to pay recy-clers by check, not cash. Ifthe goods turn out to bestolen, presumably they canstop payment, plus, theyhave a record of the seller. ...

Calderon’s bill may notbe a panacea, but it is a shotacross the bow to copperthieves who are damagingschool property and ringingup tens and even hundreds ofthousands of dollars inrepair costs for taxpayers.

The problem is severe andspreading throughout theUnited States. In the city ofCleveland, abandonedhomes in foreclosure arebeing ransacked for the cop-per pipes.

Calderon’s bill is a need-ed response to this growingcrime trend. SB 691, whichwould apply a uniform stan-dard on metal recyclers, haspicked up the support of theInstitute of Scrap RecyclingIndustries, a trade group. Hisbill would not allow cities toimpose stricter regulations,which would result in anuneven playing field thatcould drive thieves to thenext city or county to cash intheir loot.

Considering this crime’sthreat to taxpayer dollars,the Calderon bill should bepassed, signed by the gover-nor and implemented quick-ly.

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The Sacramento BeeRefunds from union are only right

By LYNN ELBERAP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES -- TheScreen Actors Guild andHollywood producers havestarted talks on a new contractthat the wary entertainmentindustry hopes can be achievedwithout a strike.

A person familiar with thesituation said the talks beganTuesday. The person was notauthorized to comment andrequested anonymity.

The guild, which represents120,000 members, and theAlliance of Motion Picture andTelevision Producers are nego-tiating a new three-year dealcovering movies and prime-time television.

Neither side immediatelyresponded to requests seekingpublic comment on the talks.

Improved compensation forshows and movies distributedonline is a key issue in theactors negotiations, as it wasfor the Writers Guild ofAmerica during its 100-daystrike. That walkout shut downmost TV shows and took aheavy toll on the Los Angelesarea economy.

Top SAG officials have indi-cated they’re intent on negoti-ating a contract that betters thedeals reached by the writersand directors guilds.

Those unions won key vic-tories, including jurisdictionover programs produced fordistribution online, and newand better compensation forshows and movies streamed ordownloaded online.

Other issues for actors couldinvolve DVD residuals andforced endorsements by actorsof products placed in films oron TV shows.

Union conflict preceded thestart of talks by actors, whosecurrent contract expires June30. SAG is negotiating withoutits longtime partner, theAmerican Federation ofTelevision and Radio Artists,which moved to sever jointtalks after accusing SAG of try-ing to entice actors from “TheBold and The Beautiful” toabandon the federation.

SAG President AlanRosenberg rejected the allega-tion, calling it a cynical excuseby AFTRA to break up the 27-year partnership he claimed it

had long wanted to end.AFTRA, which is set to

begin its talks with studios onApril 28, had planned to sendtwo staff members to the SAGtalks as observers.

SAG also faced internal dis-sent, with A-list actors includ-ing George Clooney and MerylStreep encouraging union lead-ers to hasten the start of talks.

The union also was con-fronted with a demand frommore than 1,400 members thatvoting on the principal film and

TV contract be limited to actorswho work at least one day ayear.

With most guild membersgoing without regular industryemployment, some actors haveexpressed worry that their non-working counterparts wouldmore readily vote for a walk-out.

SAG’s board of directorsrejected the proposed change invoter eligibility last weekend,the Los Angeles Times report-ed.

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SAN FRANCISCO --Salesforce.com Inc.’s onlinesoftware service is becominga showcase for Google Inc.’se-mail and other widely usedapplications, deepening a rela-tionship that has spurred spec-ulation Google eventually willbuy its smaller partner.

Besides selling Google’sprograms to its 41,000 busi-ness customers,Salesforce.com will integratethe suite of applications intoits own service, which helpscompanies track and identifycustomers’ needs.

The agreement to beannounced Monday buildsupon several years of collabo-ration betweenSalesforce.com and Google,which are trying to persuademore businesses to subscribeto software services overInternet connections insteadof buying programs that mustbe installed on individualcomputers.

The online approach,sometimes called “cloud com-puting,” represents a potentialthreat to bigger software mak-ers like Microsoft Corp.,Oracle Corp. and SAP AG thatmake most of their moneyfrom selling individual licens-es and then charging addition-al maintenance fees.

Salesforce.com ChiefExecutive Marc Benioff hasbecome cloud computing’schief evangelist since he leftOracle to found his SanFrancisco-based companynine years ago. He believeshis preaching will resonate

even more with Google appli-cations in Saleforce.com’splatform.

“This will make it easierfor us to convince more busi-nesses to stop buyingMicrosoft Office and switchto better services like this thatare emerging in the cloud,”Benioff said.

The additional applicationswill help makeSalesforce.com’s service moreattractive, but “the real winnerhere is Google,” said NucleusResearch analyst RebeccaWettemann. “This gives thema (business) sales channel” atno additional cost.

Salesforce.com alsointends to sell customer sup-port for Google’s applicationslater this year.

Reports thatSalesforce.com wanted toplug Google’s applicationsinto its service surfaced nearlya year ago, triggering chatterabout a possible acquisition.

The takeover talk thencooled after Salesforce.comdisclosed that it had merelyretooled its service to make iteasier for its customers to dis-tribute their ads throughGoogle’s Internet-leadingsearch engine.

Benioff declined to com-ment about a possible sale toGoogle. Dave Girouard, whooversees Google’s applica-tions, also declined to com-ment about the company’sinterest in buying Salesforce.

Salesforce.com and Googlehave more in common than apassion for cloud computing.

Both companies have culti-vated fun-loving cultures andset up philanthropic founda-tions funded by a portion oftheir profits.

And the stocks of bothcompanies have soared morethan fivefold since their initialpublic offerings in 2004.

With annual sales of $749million, Salesforce.com cur-

rently has a market value ofmore than $7 billion.

That’s well within themeans of Google, which has amarket value of $145 billionand $14 billion in cash. TheMountain View-based compa-ny’s most expensive acquisi-tion so far has been its recent-ly completed $3.2 billion pur-chase of Internet ad serviceDoubleClick Inc.

Google’s suite of applica-tions includes word process-ing, spreadsheets, calendaringand instant messaging, as wellas e-mail. All the programsare hosted over the Internet,which Google views as anadvantage because users canaccess the applications fromany computer with an onlineconnection.

But the convenience hasn’twon over most major compa-nies, many of which worryabout security issues and theability to use the programsoff-line. “There is still a bigtrust issue, rightly or wrong-ly,” Wettemann said.

Google offers free basicversions of its applicationsand charges an annual fee of$50 per worker for a deluxepackage with more options.

More than 500,000 busi-nesses and millions of peopleuse the programs, accordingto Google. The company has-n’t specified how many of thebusinesses pay fees for thepremium applications.

The programs haven’t beena big moneymaker so far. Lastyear, Google collected lessthan $200 million from soft-ware licensing while raking in$16.4 billion from advertisingsales.

Salesforce.com becomes showcasefor Google software applications

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Business Writer

SAN FRANCISCO -- Southern California home prices plum-meted 24 percent in March, jerking property values to a nearlyfour-year low amid the real estate market’s deepening distress.

The median price of homes sold in a six-county region stood at$385,000 in March, a sobering comedown from the same time lastyear when the area’s median had reached a record $505,000,according to data released Tuesday by DataQuick InformationServices.

The 24 percent drop in value of homes represented the steepestone-year decline recorded by DataQuick since the research firmbegan tracking Southern California home sales in 1988.

More grim news could emerge Thursday when DataQuickplans to release March’s home sales figures for the San FranciscoBay area and the entire state.

There’s little reason to believe the worst is over yet, given thesagging economy and the unwillingness of lenders to gamble onprospective home buyers who had no trouble qualifying for homeloans just a year or two ago. In many cases, even borrowers withsolid credit ratings and good jobs are being rejected for loans,reducing the pool of buyers who might create enough demand tostop the real estate market’s hemorrhaging.

“If we go into a recession and it turns out to be long and deep,things could still get a lot worse,” said DataQuick analyst AndrewLePage.

In another telling sign of the market’s malaise, the number ofSouthern California homes sold in March increased fromFebruary at the slowest pace in the last 20 years.

About 19 percent more Southern California homes were soldin March than in February, far below the historical averageincrease of 38 percent for the two months. That’s notable becauseMarch heralds the start of the busiest home-buying season -- aperiod that typically lasts through the summer.

A recent government-mandated change designed to encouragelenders to offer more mortgages above $417,000 could still lubri-cate the market by expanding the number of buyers who canafford to bid on Southern California’s more expensive homes. Asit stands now, Southern California homes haven’t been worth solittle since April 2004, when the region’s median price stood at$380,000, DataQuick said.

The median price represents the point where half the homessell for more and half sell for less.

Tuesday’s report covered Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, SanBernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties -- a region that onceranked among the nation’s hottest real estate markets as lendersaggressively lowered their rates and standards for qualifying forhome loans.

As it turned out, many borrowers couldn’t afford their mort-gages after the monthly payments ratcheted up from temporarilylow rates that were set up to qualify people with tarnished creditratings or low incomes -- or sometimes both.

The fallout from those ill-advised loans has triggered a wave offoreclosures that is prompting lenders to sell Southern Californiahomes at sharp discounts, depressing the value of neighboringproperties.

More than a third of the Southern California homes sold lastmonth had been through a foreclosure at some point during thepast year, according to DataQuick. At the same juncture last year,foreclosure sales represented just 8 percent of SouthernCalifornia’s housing market.

Riverside and San Bernardino counties -- a rapidly growingregion known as the Inland Empire -- was particularly hard hit.

Foreclosures accounted for 56 percent of the sales in RiversideCounty, where the median price of a home fell 27 percent to$306,250. The erosion was even worse in San Bernardino County,where the median home price plunged 28 percent to $265,000.Foreclosed homes generated 49 percent of San Bernardino’sMarch sales.

Screen Actors Guild, studios begin contract talks

Median price ofSoCal homes plunged24 percent in March

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The Potter Valley Youth &Community Center (PVYCC) issponsoring ‘CELEBRATING FAMI-LIES’, a SPECIAL 5K/10K - Walk /Run fundraiser in support of longtime Potter Valley residents, PhilipRose, Kelly Eddy and ConiShepherd who are struggling intheir fight with cancer. We want toget the word out to everyone tocome join us for this fun and sup-portive event on Sunday, April20th. Awards will be given, andthere is breakfast afterward. Formore information, go to www.pot-t e r v a l l e y s c h o o l s . u s<http://www.pottervalleyschools.us/> or call 743-1789. Please helpus support these wonderful peo-ple, and their families, in our com-munity.

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Fetzer Vineyards is staging itsannual golf tournament onSaturday, May 10 at the UkiahMunicipal Golf course, hoping toraise money for the Hospice ofUkiah and the Boys & Girls Club ofUkiah. In 2006, the golf tourney &Fetzer donated nearly $15K toHopland Elementary to helprecover from the floods that year.A variety of community organiza-tions have benefited from the tour-ney over the years.

While many of the players areFetzer employees, a limited num-ber of foursomes are available at$125 per player, and hole spon-sors, at $500 per hole, are wel-comed.

Girls Youth SoftballFastpitch Clinic

On Saturday April 19th, theUkiah High coaching staff willteach techniques to girls in 3rdthrough 8th grade for every aspectof the game: hitting, sliding, field-ing, pitching, and more! The clinicgoes from 11:30a.m. to 2:30p.m.and is scheduled for the UkiahHigh School Softball Fields. Thecost is $25 per player with low-income discounts available.Register with the City of UkiahCommunity Services Dept. at 411W. Clay St. or call 463-6714 formore information.

Officials andScorekeepers Needed

Girls youth softball is in need ofumpires. Season runs May-June,Monday thru Thursday eveningswith a maximum game time of 90minutes. Umpires will be paid $16per game and work two games perweek but get paid for three!

Previous experience is preferred,minimum age of 15 is required.Applications are available at theCity of Ukiah office, deadline isApril 25th.

The Redwood Empire OfficialsAssociation needs umpires to offi-ciate mens’ and womens’ slowpitch softball as well as score-keepers. Training classes beginApril 14th at the Ukiah ValleyConference Center, 6 - 8 p.m forumpires and April 21st and 23rdfor scorekeepers.Contact Wayne at 489-1129 forfurther info.

Rusty Bowl Bmxbegins 2008 RacingSeason

Ukiah’s BMX Track has begun its2008 racing season with practiceon Wednesday nights from 5p.m.to 7 p.m. There is racing on Fridaynights with registration from 5:30to 6:30 with racing after close ofregistration. Also racing onSunday afternoons with registra-tion from 1:30 to 2:30 with racingafter close of registration. Racingis scheduled for every weekweather permitting. Please callthe track number 462-0249 formore information.

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For The Daily JournalThe Ukiah Heat basketball team

have started off the season strong witha fifth place finish and two first placeChampionships over the last threeweekends, putting the team at 8-1.

Their first tournament of the seasonwas in San Francisco at the MissionRec Rebels tournament. The Heatfaced the host team MRC their firstgame. The girls played very well butended up suffering a loss, 38-32. Theirsecond game that weekend put themup against East Bay Xplosion fromWalnut Creek. The girls again playedexcellent ball and won the game, 57-53. All three top seeded teams in thisbracket were 1-1 but because of thepoint differential, Ukiah ended upplaying the third place bracket in our

division against the Mystics, which thegirls easily won, 64-35, to take homethe fifth place award.

Last weekend the team traveled toSonoma County to play the North BayChicks Tournament. The Ukiah Heatwere the defending champions at thistournament. The girls again had a fab-ulous weekend rolling over all threeteams by 20-30 points. Ukiah wasagain crowned the Champions withKarissa Stark winning the MVPaward, and Taylor Enzler with the AllTourney Player award.

This weekend the girls traveled toMarin County to play in the StrictlyHoops Tournament. Their first gameput them up against a strong programfrom San Jose, the Metros. This was a

fast paced game, and the girls playedsome of their best basketball yet. Theycame out with the 43-35 victory.

Their second game put them upagainst Sportstrong from Danville.Though Ukiah had a 14-point lead athalftime, Sportstrong did put up astronger battle in the second half.Ukiah stayed focused, though, andcame out with a 49-40 win. These twowins put them in the Championshipgame on Sunday. Their opponent wasTriValley Elite from Fremont.

Though this team had Ukiah out-sized, Ukiah played strong, particular-ly playing excellent defense and cameup with the huge victory, 48-26.Taylor Enzler had 12 points in thegame, while Rileigh DeLosSantos had

10 points. Rilee Dockins and MatayaEaquinto were big rebounders.

Coach Jeff Mee is very pleased withhow his team is playing right now.The girls are aggressive, focused, andplaying very well. Their biggest assetis that they play as a team. In manygames, every player puts up points.It's great to see a team from Ukiahcompeting and winning against muchlarger, year around programs.

The team is traveling to Santa Cruznext weekend to play in the Santa CruzQuakes tournament.

The Ukiah Heat would like to thankFurniture Design Center, Danny'sVacuum, Daniel Steel & MachineWorks some of the very generous teamsponsors.

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Youth girls basketball team off to strong early season start

URSULINE 2 | UKIAH 1

Bears win pitching duel

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Ukiahi pitcher Hillary Ruddick knocks one foe a base hit against Ursaline High Tuesday. Ruddick hasallowed just seven earned runs in her past six starts combined. In Tuesday’s close loss, she struck out10 batters in four innings of work.By MATT SHEKEYThe Daily Journal

The Ukiah Wildcats (5-9, 2-4) foundthemselves on the losing end of a wellfought pitching duel Tuesday night todivision rival Ursuline, 2-1.

Hillary Ruddick had a fantasticeffort for the Wildcats pitching fourshutout innings while throwing 10strikeouts, but could not get the runsupport she needed in a frustratingevening.

Ruddick started things offensively inthe fourth inning with a nice three-basehit, and when the defense overthrewthe ball at third, Ruddick was able toscore to make it 1-0 Wildcats.

But in the top of the fifth, Ursulinesolved the magic of Ruddick with alead-off double that was crushed to leftfield. The next batter laid down a per-

fect bunt to advance the runner to third,but the player at second was thrown outleaving runners on the corners with oneout.

Another bunt followed and scoredthe runner on third, but the Wildcatswere able to get two outs in the ensuingbase-running confusion. Ruddick wasable to get out of the inning with thescore tied at one, forcing the next batterto ground to third.

Ukiah got the bats going in the bot-tom of the fifth, but were unable to cap-italize on a golden opportunity.Adrianna Torres hit a ground ball pastsecond for a single. Kara Kvansnickaand Jenna Bumpus then followed withback-to-back singles of their own. Noruns were scored, but the bases wereloaded with only one out.

After Melissa Reyes hit into a field-

er’s choice, the Bears getting Torres outat home, Ruddick was brought to theplate. She made good contact butcouldn’t beat the throw to first, leavingthe bases loaded and the score tied atone.

Ursuline scored the eventual game-winning run in the sixth after a costlymental error. With a runner on first,Ursuline hit a grounder to second andthe Wildcats were unable to tag the run-ner and the throw was late to first aswell. The next batter hit a single toscore the winning run.

Coach Gary Venturi said of theeffort, ”It’s just tough luck. That’s howthe season has been going. We hit theball hard, and it goes right to someone,they hit it and it goes through.”

Ukiah returns to action thisThursday, April 17th at Elsie Allen.

For The Daily JournalIn a third set nail-biter, senior

Kurt Sassenrath secured theclinching singles match (6-4, 1-6, 6-4) for Ukiah to beat PinerHigh School, four matches tothree in last Friday’s tennisleague competition.

After second seed JeffLangevin made quick work ofhis opponent (6-2, 6-1), fresh-man standout Marky Cantu-Marston, now 4-1 in singlesleague play, finished off hisopponent in two sets (6-4, 6-2).

Senior Everett Pio teamedwith Sophomore Dylan Ricettito take Piner’s first seed doublesteam in two sets (6-5, 6-4).Ricetti and Pio’s win set thestage for Sassenrath’s decidingfinal match of the day.

With both teams’ parents andcoaches looking on, Sassenrathbattled back from being down 3-1 in the third and deciding set. Inrallying to win, Sassenrath reliedon his big topspin forehand andnet play to close out the final set.

“When I got behind in thethird set, I just kept tellingmyself ‘don’t give up’, ”Sassenrath said.

He certainly did not, takingthe final set 6-4.

“We knew Kurt could do it,”said Cantu-Marston. “Havingthe whole team behind me,cheering, at the end of thematch, really gave me thestrength to hang in there to pullour the victory,” said Sassenrath.

Ukiah and its coach, RosalindPeterson, look forward to chalk-ing up another victory thisFriday against Santa Rosa HighSchool in a home match thatstarts at 3:30 p.m.

UKIAH | BOYS’TENNISUkiah winstough matchagainstProspectors

By BOB BAUMAssociated Press

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Sunsrecovered from what nearly was anembarrassing stumble and eliminatedGolden State from playoff contention.

While Baron Davis just sat andwatched.

Fighting off a cold that he saidsapped his energy, Amare Stoudemirescored 11 of his 28 points in the fourthquarter and Phoenix recovered afterblowing a 17-point lead for a 122-116victory Monday night.

The Warriors’ loss clinched the finalplayoff spot in the West for Denver.

Steve Nash nearly had a triple-dou-ble with 13 points, 14 assists and ninerebounds as the Suns remained in themidst of a scramble for playoff posi-tioning and a possible home-courtadvantage in the first round.

Stephen Jackson scored 16 of his 23points in the Warriors’ third-quartercomeback. Monta Ellis added 20points, Kelenna Azubuike 17 andAndris Biedrins 16.

Golden State played the entire sec-ond half without Baron Davis, whowas benched by coach Don Nelsonafter going 2-for-13 in just under 17minutes.

“I gave Baron a much-needed restthe second half,” was all Nelson wouldsay afterward.

Davis, the Warriors’ leading scorerat 22 points a game, left without talk-ing to reporters.

His absence lulled the Suns into afalse sense of security.

“When we saw Baron Davis wasn’tgoing to start the second half, wethought that the game was going to beeasy,” Phoenix’s Leandro Barbosasaid, “and it’s not that way. I think theywere playing better without Baron.”

Shaquille O’Neal had 19 points and15 rebounds for Phoenix, but sat whilecoach Mike D’Antoni went with asmaller lineup during the decisive latestretch. Barbosa scored 19 and RajaBell 16.

Phoenix, Houston and Utah are tiedfor the fourth-best record in the West

at 54-27, a game behind San Antonio.Phoenix ends its regular seasonWednesday night at home againstPortland.

“There’s a lot of woulda, coulda,shoulda,” Nash said, “but overall withall things that have gone on this year,we’ve put ourselves in a good posi-tion. If we can win the last game, wecould creep into the top four there.That would be nice, but either way Ithink our team is still getting better,and we can just keep improvingthroughout the playoffs.”

The Suns led by 17 in the secondquarter and were up 73-57 in the firstminute of the third. But the Warriorsrallied behind Jackson and led 107-96with 6:59 left.

Phoenix used an 11-0 run to tie it onBell’s layup with 4:21 to play.

Jackson’s 3-pointer with 3 minutesto go tied it at 112, but Stoudemire’stwo free throws with 2:28 left made it114-112. Barbosa’s 3-pointer from thecorner, on an assist from Boris Diaw,put Phoenix up 117-112.

Biedrins scored inside to cut thelead to 117-114, but Barbosa made adriving layup with 56 seconds left.

Stoudemire was 7-of-8 from thefoul line in the final period.

“I was fighting a severe cold outthere. It was hard for me to get myenergy up,” Stoudemire said. “Fatiguedefinitely came in a lot faster than nor-mal, but I was able to get it going thatfourth quarter and give us that spark tohelp get this win.”

Jackson, who played just 6 1/2 min-utes in the first half, made his first sixshots in the third quarter.

Golden State dominated the thirdquarter behind Jackson, who was 6-of-8, including 3-of-4 on 3-pointers in theperiod. Jackson made two 3s in a 15-0outburst that gave Golden State an 88-82 lead with 3:21 to go in the third.

The Warriors outscored Phoenix 38-19 in the quarter to lead 95-90 enteringthe fourth period.

“We gave our all, we played hard tothe end,” Ellis said. “I mean, the betterteam won. That’s it.”

SUNS 122 | WARRIOS 116

Stoudemire, Nash lead Suns as they eliminate Warriors

BASEBALL | Mendo 20, Los Medanos 2, F (W) T. Scaturro: CG, 1 ER; Ballard 4-4

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008 – 7SPORTS

Meet the editorUkiah Daily Journal Editor K.C.Meadows wants to meet you. Headdown to Schat’s Courthouse Bakery113 W. Perkins Street Thursdaymorning at 7 a.m. to discusscurrent events, give her story ideas,respond to stories you’ve read inthe Daily Journal, or just chat.

Groups of local residents have hadrousing conversationsabout education, transportation,child rearing,supervisors’ salariesand more.

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UHS Swim TeamReunion

Ukiah High School is hosted aswim team reunion for ALL pastUHS swimmers on Saturday, May3 at 2 p.m. at the Ukiah High pool.

Bring the family plus a favoritedish along for the potluck.

For more info or to RSVP, callCathy Panttaja at 462-3707 orBrita Alston, (916) 622-8478 oremail to [email protected].

Girls Indoor Soccer

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

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

Coed BasketballTourney

There will be a Coed Basketballtourney held at MendocinoCollege on April 25th & 26thsponsored by AIA. Entry fee is$200. For info contact NikcoleWhipple at 391-2526.

Mendo Coed SoccerTournament

The Mendocino CollegeWomen’s soccer program will behosting their 5th annual 7 on 7 co-ed soccer tournament on SaturdayMay 17th at Mendocino College.

Each team is guaranteed at leastthree 40 minute games and canhave up to 12 players on the ros-ter. Fee for the tournament is$125.00 per team.

Registration is due by May 9 andthe first eight teams will be accept-ed.

For further information regardingthe tournament or women’s soc-cer, contact Mendocino CollegeHead Women’s soccer coachDuncan McMartin at (707) 468-3006 [email protected].

Ukiah Water Polo Team

The Ukiah Dolphin Water PoloTeam will begin practicing onThursday, May 1st at 5:30 p.m. atthe Ukiah High School Pool. Boyand girl swimmers up to 18 areinvited to join the team by register-ing with Coach Rick Cleland at theUkiah High School pool between4:30 pm and 5:15 pm M-F in April.The team will practice on Tuesdayand Thursday in May from 5:30 to7:30 pm, and on Monday, Tuesday,and Thursday in June from 4 to 6p.m.

Monthly dues are $50 and theUSA Water Polo Registration is$60. For more information callRick Cleland at 463-1551.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— It’s been 50 years since theSan Francisco Giants broughtmajor league baseball to theWest Coast along with theLos Angeles Dodgers.

Tuesday marked the 50thanniversary of the first gameplayed by the Giants at SealsStadium, where they playedthe Dodgers on April 15,1958.

The Giants formally recog-nized and celebrated theclub’s move West from NewYork before the first pitchagainst Arizona at SanFrancisco’s waterfront home,AT&T Park. There was anearlier ceremony held at theexact location where SealsStadium used to stand, and acommemorative plaque waslaid in the ground.

Giants celebrate50th anniversaryin SF

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Yokayo Bowl pioneer Connie Garzini was presented with an award Tuesday, inrecognition of her 50 consecutive years bowling at the Yokayo Bowl center. Shehas been bowling since the day the place opened and is still going strong as sherounds into her 80s.

By RONALD BLUMAssociated Press

NEW YORK (AP) —Rachel Robinson walked pastcheering construction workersand into the Jackie RobinsonRotunda for the first time,stood on a balcony above the160-foot wide floor and wasawed as she gazed at the 70-foot high arches.

“It’s like walking into acathedral in a way,” she said.“I love St. Peter’s in Rome,but I don’t know if I can com-pare this to St. Peter’s.”

On the 61st anniversary ofthe day her husband brokemajor league baseball’s colorbarrier, more than 330 play-ers, managers and coaches —including nine entire teams —wore Jackie Robinson’s No.42 to celebrate the Hall ofFamer’s accomplishments.The center of the celebrationwas at Citi Field, the NewYork Mets’ $800 million ball-park under construction adja-cent to Shea Stadium.

The Mets unveiled designsfor the rotunda, which willcontain eight huge pictures ofRobinson and have an 8-footstatue of his number inDodger blue. It will be thecentral entrance for the ball-park, which opens in 2009,and the Mets estimate 30,000fans per game will passthrough.

“People will say: ‘I’ll meetyou at 42.’ Everybody willknow where that is,” Metsowner Fred Wilpon said, lov-ingly putting his hand on theback of Rachel Robinson, stillspry at age 85.

But even as her husband’slegacy was being memorial-

ized in stone, brick and terraz-zo, a study was released thatsaid blacks made up only 8.2percent of major league play-ers last year, down from 8.4percent in 2006 and the lowestlevel in more than twodecades. The figure was 19percent as recently as 1995according to RichardLapchick of the University ofCentral Florida’s Institute forDiversity and Ethics in Sports.

“I’m very disappointed bythat fact,” Robinson said.“Competition from othersports is certainly a big factorbut there are many factors.We’ve got to work on it interms of getting younger chil-dren playing, into the game,and getting communitiesbehind the programs.”

Robinson also announcedthe Jackie RobinsonFoundation will open a JackieRobinson Museum in theTribeca section of LowerManhattan and that half of the$25 million cost has beenraised for the museum, pro-jected to open in 2010. Shespoke to fans during apregame ceremony before theMets played the WashingtonNationals, telling them: “Wemust create a social climatethat offers new opportunityfor all people.”

Jackie Robinson broke thecolor barrier when he playedfor the Brooklyn Dodgers forthe first time on April 15,1947. He died in 1972, and hisnumber was retired for allmajor league teams duringceremonies at Shea Stadiumattended by President Clintonon the 50th anniversary.Yankees reliever Mariano

Rivera is the only playerremaining from then who stillwears No. 42 throughout theseason.

Nine Jackie Robinsonscholars read values thatdefined the player during anews conference at SheaStadium before people movedover to the new ballpark. TheRobinson Rotunda will havethose values engraved into itsfloor and etched into its arch-ways: “Courage. Excellence.Persistence. Justice.Teamwork. Commitment.Citizenship. Determination.Integrity.”

“My father did not writethem down, but very much helived these values,” saidSharon Robinson, Jackie’sdaughter.

The rotunda will be open totours by appointment on dayswhen the team isn’t playing,and Wilpon said he expectedevery schoolchild in NewYork to visit, some more thanonce. He dreamed of therotunda as an homage — amuch larger one — to therotunda at Ebbets Field inBrooklyn, where he attendedgames as a child.

That rotunda was 80-feetwide and 27-feet high, with abrass chandelier that had 12arms resembling bats, andbulbs resembling balls. To getthe right material for the floor,Wilpon contacted SandyKoufax, his old teammatefrom Lafayette High School.All Koufax remembered wasthe rotunda was dirty. At aPolice Athletic League dinner,former Dodgers pitcher RalphBranca told Wilpon it was ter-

MLB | JACKIE ROBINSON DAYRobinson’s legacy set in stone at Citi Field

See JACKIE, Page 8

By JANIE McCAULEYAssociated Press

SAN FRANCISCO —Micah Owings can forgetabout a frustrating springthanks to his impressiveresults so far — and aDiamondbacks offense that isproducing in every way.

Owings stayed unbeaten,Chris Young and ConorJackson each homered andArizona beat the SanFrancisco Giants 8-2 onTuesday to become the first10-win team in the majors.

Owings (3-0) struck out sixin six innings and didn’t giveup a hit until Eugenio Velezsingled leading off the fourth.The right-hander won his fifthstraight start dating to lastSeptember and didn’t allow abaserunner past first untilFred Lewis went from first tothird on Velez’s sixth-inningdouble. Aaron Rowand fol-lowed with an RBI groundout.

Owings gave up one runand three hits with two walks.He made a slight tweak to hischangeup that is allowing himto throw the pitch more regu-larly.

“I feel a lot better with itthis year,” said Owings, whowas 8-8 with a 4.30 ERA lastseason. “I’ve been able to useit more and more, lefties andrighties. I have a lot of confi-dence in it.”

Jackson homered for thesecond consecutive day andhad three RBIs for theDiamondbacks (10-4), whobounced back from a loss inMonday’s series opener. Theyalso spoiled San Francisco’scelebration 50 years aftermajor league baseball movedto the West Coast when theGiants and Los AngelesDodgers relocated from NewYork.

Jackson hit a solo homerleading off the second, drew abases-loaded walk in the fifthand doubled in a run in theninth to follow his three-RBIgame from Monday withanother impressive perfor-mance.

Young hit his third careerhome run in his first eight at-bats off Kevin Correia (1-2),who allowed five runs andfive hits in six innings, struckout six and walked three.

“He’s such a good mistakehitter. Every time I make amistake to him, he hits it,”Correia said. “There are a lotof guys I can get away withthose mistakes. Not him.”

Eric Byrnes drove in a runwith a bases-loaded bloop sin-gle to center in the fifth thatRowand almost got under.Orlando Hudson singledhome a run in the seventh andStephen Drew added aneighth-inning sacrifice fly.

“There’s really not a weaklink in the lineup, especiallytoday with Micah pitching,”Young said. “It’s going to be abattle for any team to getthrough us easy. We’re goingto go up there and work hardevery at-bat, so that whensome guys are strugglingyou’re going to have otherguys to pick you up.”

Diamondbacks managerBob Melvin certainly likes thebalance throughout his battingorder.

“Sometimes it’s the top.Sometimes it’s the bottom.Sometimes it’s the middle,”the skipper said. “When we’reswinging the bat well, there’sno breather in our lineup.”

John Bowker, who becamethe first Giants player tohomer in his first two gameslast weekend, hit his firstcareer triple leading off theseventh against Tony Penaand singled in the ninth. JoseCastillo drove Bowker home.

The Diamondbacks’Young, Byrnes, Hudson andJustin Upton all wore No. 42in honor of Jackie RobinsonDay. Ray Durham sported thenumber for San Francisco asbaseball celebrated Robinsonbreaking the color barrier onApril 15, 1947.

Tuesday also marked the50th anniversary of the firstgame played by the Giants atSeals Stadium, where theyfaced the Dodgers on April15, 1958. San Francisco for-mally recognized the club’smove West with a pregameceremony. There also was anearlier celebration held at theexact location where SealsStadium used to stand, and acommemorative plaque waslaid in the ground.

The first pitch was thrownat the exact same time of that1958 game, too: 1:34 p.m.

Melvin held third basemanMark Reynolds out of thelineup as a precaution after hehad a scary fall over the rail-ing of a photo well Mondaynight.

“He’s a little banged up,”Melvin said. “He could play.His back’s a little bit sore andhis shin is sore. He’ll be backin there tomorrow. That wasscary. We were lucky.”

Jackson homers again forArizona as D’Backs beatup Giants

MLBALEast Division

W L Pct GBBaltimore 8 5 .615 —Boston 8 6 .571 1/2Toronto 7 6 .538 1New York 7 7 .500 1 1/2Tampa Bay 6 7 .462 2Central Division

W L Pct GBKansas City 8 5 .615 —Chicago 7 5 .583 1/2Minnesota 6 7 .462 2Cleveland 5 8 .385 3Detroit 3 10 .231 5West Division

W L Pct GBOakland 9 5 .643 —Los Angeles 8 6 .571 1Seattle 6 8 .429 3Texas 5 8 .385 3 1/2NLEast Division

W L Pct GBFlorida 7 5 .583 —Philadelphia 6 7 .462 1 1/2New York 5 6 .455 1 1/2Atlanta 5 7 .417 2Washington 4 9 .308 3 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBSt. Louis 9 4 .692 —Milwaukee 8 4 .667 1/2Chicago 7 5 .583 1 1/2Pittsburgh 7 6 .538 2Cincinnati 6 7 .462 3Houston 5 8 .385 4West Division

W L Pct GBArizona 9 4 .692 —San Diego 7 6 .538 2San Francisco 6 8 .429 3 1/2Colorado 5 7 .417 3 1/2Los Angeles 5 8 .385 4———Monday’s GamesDetroit 11, Minnesota 9Boston 6, Cleveland 4Baltimore 4, Toronto 3N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 7L.A. Angels 7, Texas 4Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1Kansas City 5, Seattle 1Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Dodgers 4San Francisco 5, Arizona 4Tuesday’s GamesL.A. Angels 7, Texas 4Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 1Seattle 11, Kansas City 6Detroit 6, Minnesota 5Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Arizona 8, San Francisco 2Philadelphia 4, Houston 3Florida 4, Atlanta 0Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, LatePittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, LateN.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesALBoston (Buchholz 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 3-0), 4:05 p.m.Detroit (Galarraga 0-0) at Cleveland (Sabathia 0-2), 4:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Contreras 0-1) at Baltimore(Loewen 0-0), 4:05 p.m.Texas (Gabbard 1-0) at Toronto (Litsch 2-0), 4:07p.m.Tampa Bay (Shields 1-1) at Minnesota(Hernandez 3-0), 5:10 p.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-0) at Oakland (Blanton 1-2), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Meche 0-2) at L.A. Angels(Jer.Weaver 1-2), 7:05 p.m.NLArizona (Webb 3-0) at San Francisco (Zito 0-3),12:45 p.m.Houston (Oswalt 1-0) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 1-1), 4:05 p.m.Washington (Chico 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 0-1),4:10 p.m.Atlanta (T.Hudson 2-0) at Florida (Hendrickson 2-1), 4:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Fogg 1-1) at Chicago Cubs(Zambrano 1-1), 5:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Villanueva 1-1) at St. Louis(Wainwright 1-1), 5:15 p.m.Colorado (Redman 1-1) at San Diego (Germano0-0), 7:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Maholm 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny1-2), 7:10 p.m.Thursday’s GamesALBoston at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.Texas at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.NLHouston at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m.Milwaukee at St. Louis, 10:15 a.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.Atlanta at Florida, 4:10 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 7:05 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFSFIRST ROUND(Best-of-7)EASTERN CONFERENCEMontreal vs. BostonThursday, April 10: Montreal 4, Boston 1Saturday, April 12: Montreal 3, Boston 2, OTSunday, April 13: Boston 2, Montreal 1, OT,Montreal leads series 2-1Tuesday, April 15: Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m.Thursday, April 17: Boston at Montreal, 4 p.m.Saturday, April 19: Montreal at Boston, TBA, ifnecessaryMonday, April 21: Boston at Montreal, TBA, if nec-essary

Pittsburgh vs. OttawaWednesday, April 9: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 0Friday, April 11: Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 3Monday, April 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1,Pittsburgh leads series 3-0Wednesday, April 16: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4 p.m.Saturday, April 19: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBA, ifnecessarySunday, April 20: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBA, ifnecessaryTuesday, April 22: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBA, ifnecessary

Washington vs. PhiladelphiaFriday, April 11: Washington 5, Philadelphia 4Sunday, April 13: Philadelphia 2, Washington 0,series tied 1-1Tuesday, April 15: Washington at Philadelphia, 4p.m.Thursday, April 17: Washington at Philadelphia, 4p.m.Saturday, April 19: Philadelphia at Washington, 10a.m.Monday, April 21: Washington at Philadelphia,TBA, if necessaryTuesday, April 22: Philadelphia at Washington,TBA, if necessary

New Jersey vs. N.Y. RangersWednesday, April 9: N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey1Friday, April 11: N.Y. Rangers 2, New Jersey 1,N.Y.Sunday, April 13: New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 3,OT, N.Y. Rangers lead series 2-1Wednesday, April 16: New Jersey at N.Y.Rangers, 4 p.m.Friday, April 18: N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 4:30p.m.Sunday, April 20: New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers,TBA, if necessaryTuesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey,TBA, if necessary

WESTERN CONFERENCEDetroit vs. NashvilleThursday, April 10: Detroit 3, Nashville 1Saturday, April 12: Detroit 4, Nashville 2Monday, April 14: Nashville 5, Detroit 3, Detroitleads series 2-1Wednesday, April 16: Detroit at Nashville, 6 p.m.Friday, April 18: Nashville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Sunday, April 20: Detroit at Nashville, Noon, ifnecessaryTuesday, April 22: Nashville at Detroit, TBA, ifnecessary

San Jose vs. CalgaryWednesday, April 9: Calgary 3, San Jose 2Thursday, April 10: San Jose 2, Calgary 0Sunday, April 13: Calgary 4, San Jose 3, Calgaryleads series 2-1Tuesday, April 15: San Jose at Calgary, 7 p.m.Thursday, April 17: Calgary at San Jose, 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: San Jose at Calgary, TBA, ifnecessaryTuesday, April 22: Calgary at San Jose, TBA, ifnecessary

Minnesota vs. ColoradoWednesday, April 9: Colorado 3, Minnesota 2, OTFriday April 11: Minnesota 3, Colorado 2, OTMonday, April 14: Minnesota 3, Colorado 2, OT,Minnesota leads series 2-1Tuesday, April 15: Minnesota at Colorado, 7 p.m.Thursday, April 17: Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Saturday, April 19: Minnesota at Colorado, TBA, ifnecessaryTuesday, April 22: Colorado at Minnesota, TBA, ifnecessary

Anaheim vs. DallasThursday, April 10: Dallas 4, Anaheim 0Saturday, April 12: Dallas 5, Anaheim 2, Dallasleads series 2-0Tuesday, April 15: Anaheim at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Thursday, April 17: Anaheim at Dallas, 5 p.m.Friday, April 18: Dallas at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m., ifnecessarySunday, April 20: Anaheim at Dallas, TBA, if nec-essaryTuesday, April 22: Dallas at Anaheim, TBA, if nec-essary———CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS(Best-of-7)EASTERN CONFERENCETBD———WESTERN CONFERENCETBD

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBz-Boston 65 16 .802 —x-Toronto 41 40 .506 24x-Philadelphia 40 41 .494 25New Jersey 33 47 .41331 1/2New York 23 58 .284 42Southeast Division

W L Pct GBy-Orlando 50 30 .625 —x-Washington 43 38 .531 7 1/2x-Atlanta 37 43 .463 13Charlotte 31 49 .388 19Miami 14 67 .17336 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBy-Detroit 57 23 .713 —x-Cleveland 45 36 .55612 1/2Indiana 35 46 .43222 1/2Chicago 32 49 .39525 1/2Milwaukee 26 55 .32131 1/2WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBx-New Orleans 55 25 .688 —x-San Antonio 55 26 .679 1/2x-Houston 54 27 .667 1 1/2x-Dallas 50 31 .617 5 1/2Memphis 22 58 .275 33Northwest Division

W L Pct GBy-Utah 54 27 .667 —x-Denver 49 32 .605 5Portland 40 40 .50013 1/2Minnesota 21 59 .26332 1/2Seattle 19 62 .235 35Pacific Division

W L Pct GBy-L.A. Lakers 56 25 .691 —x-Phoenix 54 27 .667 2Golden State 48 33 .593 8Sacramento 38 43 .469 18L.A. Clippers 23 57 .28832 1/2

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionz-clinched conference———Monday’s GamesToronto 91, Miami 75

Washington 117, Indiana 110Cleveland 91, Philadelphia 90Boston 99, New York 93Chicago 151, Milwaukee 135Utah 105, Houston 96San Antonio 101, Sacramento 98Phoenix 122, Golden State 116Tuesday’s GamesOrlando at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Charlotte at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 5 p.m.Memphis at Portland, 7 p.m.Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, LateWednesday’s GamesNew York at Indiana, 4 p.m.Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 4 p.m.New Orleans at Dallas, 4 p.m.Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m.New Jersey at Boston, 4:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Toronto at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Houston, 5:30 p.m.Memphis at Denver, 6 p.m.Utah at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.Portland at Phoenix, 7 p.m.Seattle at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.End Regular Season

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLMLB—Suspended Chicago White Sox DH JimThome for one game and fined him for inappropri-ate actions during an April 11 game.American LeagueCLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed RHP JoeBorowski on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP TomMastny from Buffalo (IL).SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed LHP Erik Bedardon the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 9.National LeagueHOUSTON ASTROS—Purchased the contract ofC Humberto Quintero from Round Rock (PCL).Designated INF David Newhan for assignment.MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms withwith RHP Jeff Weaver on a minor league con-tract.NEW YORK METS—Activated RHP DuanerSanchez from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHPCarlos Muniz to New Orleans (PCL).SAN DIEGO PADRES—Sent RHP EnriqueGonzalez outright to Portland (PCL). RecalledRHP Kevin Cameron from Portland.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Optioned RHPKeiichi Yabu to Fresno (PCL).FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueNFL—Suspended San Diego LB Stephen Cooperfour games for violating the league’s substanceabuse policy.DENVER BRONCOS—Signed P Danny Baugher.Signed WR Samie Parker to a one-year contract.Waived WR Derrick Hamilton and TE ChadUpshaw.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Named Dave Fippassistant special teams coach.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCALGARY FLAMES—Recalled G CurtisMcElhinney, F Brandon Prust, F Grant Stevenson,and F David Van der Gulik from Quad City (AHL).DETROIT RED WINGS—Signed RW Jamie Tardifto a two-year contract.FLORIDA PANTHERS—Announced JacquesMartin will remain as general manager.ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned F Ryan Reavesand G Chris Beckford-Tseu to Alaska (ECHL).WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed RW FrancoisBouchard to a three-year contract.COLLEGEBUTLER—Extended the contract of BradStevens, men’s basketball coach, seven yearsthrough the 2014-15 season.PROVIDENCE—Named Keno Davis men’s bas-ketball coach.VIRGINIA UNION—Announced the retirement ofDave Robbins, men’s basketball coach, who willremain with the athletic department as the senior

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For The Daily JournalUkiah’s JV baseball team

took on Elsie Allen on Fridayat home and despite a roughstart came on strong and tookdown the Lobos 16-7.

The Lobos jumped aheadearly with five runs in the firstthree innings. However, theWildcats then settled downand their bats heated up. Theycut the deficit to one enteringthe sixth as they got two runsin each the fourth and fifthinnings. That turned out to bejust a prelude to what was tocome in the sixth.

The Wildcats opened upthe flood gates and poured in11 runs in the sixth inning aseverybody hit.

“We needed this win tobreak a seven-game losingstreak,” said Ukiah JV HeadCoach Andrew Williams.“Now we need to keep themomentum going into ournext games.”

Leading the way for theWildcats at the plate wereJustin Johnston who went 5for 5, Miles Murphy who was2 for 3 with three stolen basesand Cole Cupples 2 for 3 anddid an outstanding job behindthe plate as well. BrandonDelapo was also 2 for 5 forthe game.

The junior-varsity squadtakes on Montgomery at 4p.m. on Wednesday.

UHS | JV BASEBALLHuge 6th inning propelsWildcats past Lobos

For The Daily JournalThe Ukiah High School JV

Softball Team participated inthe Annual Cloverdale JVSoftball Tournament thisweekend coming away withthe championship trophy.

The Wildcats played 17innings over three games, fac-ing only 71 batters. Thedefense committed only fiveerrors with the opponentsscoring just seven runs onthem.

Meanwhile, the offense tal-lied 28 hits, walked nine timesand only struck out eighttimes.

“The team played goodsoftball in every aspect of the

game,” said Ukiah HeadCoach Bill Woodworth. “Wewere aggressive at the plate,running the bases and ondefense and our battery(pitchers Jovan Conchola andRiann Bumpus with catcherBrandy Eaton) was verysolid.”

Conchola faced 48 battersover 11 innings, struck out 21,walked six, hit one and gaveup four hits. Bumpus faced23 batters over six innings,struck out six and allowedonly three hits.

“Every member of the teammade a contribution to win-ning the championship,” saidWoodworth.

UHS | JV SOFTBALLJV softball winsCloverdale Tournament

razzo.“This is an overwhelming

experience,” Robinson said.“At my stage of life, you’relooking for permanence,you’re looking for things thatare going to shore up thefuture. So many times devel-opments don’t last, progressdoesn’t last. What the rotundameans to me is we have evi-dence of the progress we’vemade in the past.”

She stood next to Wilpon, alongtime family friend. Whenhe was about 16, he was aDodgers batting practice

pitcher and became a baby sit-ter for the Robinsons. He’slong thought about creatingthis tribute.

“When fans and familiesand children walk throughthat rotunda,” Robinson said,“I hope they’re going toreflect on not just what theysee that Jackie Robinsonaccomplished, but also thinkabout themselves and say,‘What am I doing? How am Irunning my life? Who am Iaffecting? What am I doing inmy community?’ I think theyask the question and ponderon that. And if people begin toreflect on that, they mightwant to join the struggle.”


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CHICAGO — John Dankscelebrated his 23rd birthdaywith his first win in 12 starts,taking a shutout into theeighth inning to lead theChicago White Sox past theOakland Athletics 4-1Tuesday for a two-game split.

Chicago just missed itsthird shutout in four games,and this performance cameagainst a team that enteredwith the American League’sbest record. The Athletics wonsix of their first seven on thiseight-game road trip, but theycouldn’t touch Danks afterbeating Mark Buehrle 2-1 onMonday.

Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer in the fourth, andthat was enough to make theleft-hander a winner for thefirst time since he beatCleveland on July 16.

Danks (1-1) left to a stand-ing ovation and tipped his capafter Travis Buck singled withtwo outs in the eighth. He heldthe Athletics to five singleswhile striking out four andwalking two, lowering hisERA from 8.00 to 4.32 afterhe was knocked out in thethird inning of his previousstart against Minnesota.

Bobby Jenks came on withrunners at first and third in theninth after Scott Linebrinkwalked Daric Barton andallowed a single to MikeSweeney. Jenks threw twopitches, resulting in a sacrificefly for Emil Brown and dou-ble-play grounder by Bobby

Crosby, for his fifth save infive opportunities.

Oakland’s Dana Eveland(1-1) had his worst outing ofthe year, allowing four runs— three earned — in 4 2-3innings. He walked three,struck out two and hit two bat-ters with pitches after allow-ing a total of one run in hisfirst two starts againstCleveland and Toronto.

Eveland started havingcontrol problems when heplunked Nick Swisher in theright shin with two outs in thethird, threw a wild pitch andwalked Orlando Cabrerabefore getting out of trouble.Eveland then hit Konerkoleading off the fourth andwalked Joe Crede beforeQuentin, in a 2-for-17 skid,turned on a belt-high pitch. Heflipped his bat and watched asthe ball sailed deep into theleft-field seats, his secondhomer giving the White Sox a3-0 lead.

Crede chased Eveland inthe fifth with a single thatdrove in Jermaine Dye, whohad singled and advanced tosecond on a throwing error bythird baseman DonnieMurphy.

The White Sox were with-out Jim Thome, who wasfined and suspended for onegame for vehemently arguinga called third strike during agame against Detroit lastweek. He decided to serve hispunishment rather than appealin part because he was notscheduled to play, anyway.

Danks gets first winin 12 starts

Community Concert AssociationMembership Campaign has begun

Al Bellon, chair of the membership drive has announced thatthe following people of the greater Ukiah area are working toobtain new members as well as renew current memberships.Bellon suggests, “Don’t wait for a worker to come to you if youare interested in finding out more about joining CommunityConcerts. If you recognize a name on the workers list, you canjust give him or her a call to get a brochure about the comingseason and to find out more about subscribing to the local groupthat has brought live, world-class performers to Ukiah for thepast 62 years!”

The four concerts of the 2008 -- 2009 season will be:PianaFiddle, A Tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee,Maya, and MackMcCray.

Anne Creekmore, who is chair of organizing all of the work-ers has announced the following list of volunteers: Al Bellon,Virginia Williams, Dr. Geoff Rice, Terri Burrell, Ed Phillips,Irene MacFarland, Dr. Steve Pasternak, Dr. Dave Crew, SusanJanssen, Charlene Light, Wyatt Shook, Stephanie Young,Maggie Cooper, Lawren Giles, Diana Marshall, Rick Allen,Barbara Curtis, Emma Eldridge, George Husaruk, MarilynneTollefsen, Francine Bearden, Beverly Gates, Coralee Nelson,Barbara Osborn, Diana Thomas, Maggie Graham, Jeff Smith,Dick Graham, Kay Sause, Myrl Harpe, Gertrude Soeth, JoyceMurray, Carol Hester, Elena Casanova, Arleen Shippey,Virginia Fitch, Lee Sandelin, April Parry, Vonna Myers, FrancesStevens, Nancy Bracewell, Ann Cuff, Sherry Chase, BarbaraChapman, Kathy O’Rourke, Lillian Kimmel, Pat Hildebrand,Gladys Telschow, Norma Burton, Ethel Bean and BernadetteMcKeon.

Open Art Studio to meet on MondaysThe Open Art Studio will be meeting at the Todd Grove

Clubhouse on Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fee is $3 formembers of Mendocino County Art Association, and $5 fornon-members. No instruction is provided. Participants will needto bring their own supplies. This is run on a drop-in basis --attend for as long as desired, and get inspiration from paintingwith fellow artists. Tables and chairs are available. For moreinformation, call Lynn Cyrilla Crutcher at 391-5852 in case ofany last minute changes.

Ridgewood Ranch guided nature walks schedule for April

The following guided nature walks will take place at theRidgewood Ranch in the month of April:

April 19 -- Turtle pond wildflower walk with naturalistMarisela de Santa Anna. Participants will be able to observe,smell, and possibly even taste some of spring’s bounty. Thiswalk has been described as an easy 2 mile round trip throughfields and woodlands.

Docent-led trips are free. Their start time is 10 a.m. Sign-upslots for the trips are limited. For more information, directions,or to register, call 508-8729 visit their web site at seabis-cuitheritage.org.

MAC’s Artists in Residence Exhibit, ‘9 Months’ to run through May 3

Mixed media artwork by 27 artists will be showcased as partof the Mendocino Art Center’s Artists in Residence exhibit, “9Months,” through May 3, in the Main and Nichols galleries.

The eagerly anticipated annual showing features a wide spec-trum of new works developed by the artists during their resi-dencies at the Art Center since September. Included will be finearts, jewelry/metalsmithing, ceramics, sculpture, textiles andphotography.

The resident artists come to Mendocino, bringing with thema variety of perspectives from diverse backgrounds. The resi-dency program provides the time for the individual artist toinvestigate ideas and develop new work.

The interaction between the residents provides a forum inwhich artistic techniques and ideas are shared and exchanged.One- to nine-month residencies are available for the workingartists and craftsperson, emerging or established, in ceramics,digital arts, fine art, jewelry, sculpture and textiles. The resi-dency application process is competitive and artists are evaluat-ed and selected on the strength of the application and work sam-ples.

This year the Mendocino Art Center has hosted artists fromacross the country, including Alaska, California, Colorado,Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio,Tennessee and Utah.

For more information, call 937-5818 (toll free 1-800-653-3328) or visit www.MendocinoArtCenter.org. The MendocinoArt Center is located at 45200 Little Lake Street (at KastenStreet) in Mendocino Village. The galleries are openWednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

‘The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare (Abridged)’ April 10 to 19

The Ukiah Players’ Theatre will present “The CompleteWorks of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” April 10 throughApril 19, Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.,and Sunday at 2 p.m. The show consists of all 37 ofShakespeare’s plays in 97 minutes, and was London’s longest-running comedy.

Performance admissision for adults is $15 on Thursdays andSundays, $18 on Fridays and Saturdays; for seniors and stu-dents, it will be $12 on Thursdays and Sundays, and $15 onFridays and Saturdays. A preview performance on the April 10will be $8 for all seats.

Tickets are available at the Mendocino Book Company, andat the door.

Piano keyboard classes offered at Ukiah Senior Center

The Ukiah Senior Center now has a room dedicated to learn-ing and creative activities, including a new series of beginnerpiano classes, using the cord method.

The classes will be held on Monday mornings, beginningApril 14, and will be a half-hour in length. Keyboards will beprovided for the class, or participants may bring their own ifthey prefer.

Become a member of Ukiah Senior Center and pay $5 permonth for class materials. For more information call the instruc-tor, Dolores Carrick at 463-0846.

Slideshow of Ecuadoran Birds to be presented by Roger Foote on April 17

The tiny South American country of Ecuador looms large inthe minds of nature lovers: the vast Amazonian jungle, hugerivers, snow-capped Andean peaks, magical cloud forests. Italso happens to be home to more species of birds per acre thanany country in the world. The size of Nevada, Ecuador boastsalmost twice as many birds as all of North America. “It was abit overwhelming,” says Roger Foote, who traveled in Ecuadorwith his wife Holly Brackmann and two other local couples inJune of 2007. “The profusion of life is unbelievable. There was-n’t enough time to capture it all with my camera, much less lookthrough my binoculars.”

Foote will give a slide presentation depicting the often color-ful, sometimes odd, and occasionally rare birds of Ecuador thathe and some of his traveling companions caught in pixels withtheir digital cameras and spotting scopes during last year’s trip.The other members of the trip were Chuck and Barbara Vaughn,Cheryl Watson, and Geoff Heineken. The slideshow will takeplace on Thursday, April 17, 7 p.m., at the Ukiah Civic Center.

Roger Foote once worked as a biologist in Columbia,Ecuador’s neighbor to the north, which gave him a head start onEcuador’s flora and fauna and contributed to his spokenSpanish. This Peregrine Audubon program is free to the publicbut donations will be gratefully accepted.

The Ukiah Civic Center is located at 300 Seminary Avenue.From 101, take Perkins west to State Street (3rd light). Go lefton State Street and take the third right onto Seminary. TakeSeminary to the end. To join Peregrine Audubon Society andreceive a newsletter with regular announcements about pro-grams and field trips, send $15 to PAS, P.O. Box 311, Ukiah,CA 95482.

SPACE performance of ‘High School Musical’ set for April 18

Beginning Saturday, March 22, tickets will be available atthe Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah and Leaves of GrassBookstore in Willits for the Ukiah performances of Disney’s“High School Musical.” There will be only three public perfor-mances, on Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 19,2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the Mendocino College Center Theater,1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah. General admission prices are$15 for adults, $8 for children 18 and under.

The Ukiah performances of Disney’s High School Musicalare presented by SPACE in cooperation with MendocinoCollege Community Extension. For more information, callSPACE at 462-9370 or visit their web site at www.spaceper-formingarts.org.

Performers sought for April 18 eventA local church will sponsor an International Night for their

membership and guests on Friday, April 18, in Ukiah.Volunteer entertainers and performers are being sought to

entertain from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dinner for the performers isincluded. The attendees will be adults and families with youngchildren so the performance should be suitable.

Examples of areas of interest would be dancing U.S. (waltz,jitterbug, square dancing), Latin, Irish, Mexican, Spanish,Asian, Indian, European, etc. Individual or group internationalsinging or instrumentals are also desired.

Performers that sing, dance, or play an instrument or aremembers of a group that does, can contact Kathy Davidson at

468-8763 (evenings), 888-263-2005 (days) or e-mail [email protected].

First ever Harley-Davidson Chili Fest and benefit set for April 19

The first annual Harley-Davidson Chili Festival and benefitis scheduled for Saturday, April 19,, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at2600 North State Street. Proceeds from the event will benefitProject Sanctuary. The deadline for chili entries is Thursday,April 17. The entry fee is $25 and includes 2 tickets. Tickets tothe event are $5 each and entitle bearers to taste all the entriesand vote for their favorites. For more information, call 462-1672 ext. 103 for more information.

Mendocino County Art Associationdemonstration set for April 19

George O’Hanlon will bring his expertise to focus on the ori-gins of pigments used by medieval and renaissance artists aswell as their revival by contemporary artists. Sponsored byMendocino County Art Association, this demonstration willtake place at the Grace

Hudson Meeting Room at 10:15 a.m. He will discuss thephysical and visual characteristics of many common and exoticpigments and show how these masters used them to create theirmasterpieces. Also there will be a hands-on demonstration ofpaint making using natural mineral pigments to make oil andwatercolor paint. For more additional information of what tobring or to attend, call Rose herself (do not leave message) at485-1172 or email myers @saber.net by 7 p.m. on April 6.

Lions Club spaghetti dinnerbenefit set for April 19

The Redwood Empire Lions Club will host a spaghetti din-ner to benefit the Humane Society for Inland MendocinoCounty on April 19 at the Ukiah Municipal Golf Course clubhouse. Dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. Advance ticketsare being sold and will also be available at the door on the dayof the event. Tickets will be $15 general admission, $12 forseniors, and $10 for children. Children under five eat free.

The menu will include the Lions signature spaghetti withmeatballs and garlic bread, salad, a beverage, and desert.

During the dinner, there will be a silent auction, a 50-50 raf-fle, and other raffle items. Proceeds from the event will benefitthe animals at the Humane Society shelter located at 9700 UvaDrive in Redwood Valley. For further information, call 485-0123.

‘Celebrating Families’run/walk set for April 20

The public is invited to participate in the “CelebratingFamilies” Potter Valley Cancer Support Project run/walk,scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 20, at 8 a.m.Registration at the starting line will take place from 7 a.m. to7:45 a.m. at the Potter Valley Firehouse, at 10521 Main St.,Potter Valley. A breakfast will start at 9 a.m. after the run, for $5per person. The entry fee will be $15, with a t-shirt included;children under 10 run for free. Awards will be presented at thebreakfast. For more information, visit the web site www.potter-valleyschools.us, or call 743-1789.

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CANCER (June 21-July22) -- Don't resurrect an old,hot issue upon which you andyour mate disagree; if you do,be prepared for a domesticgrumble. Nothing has cooled;there is still a lot of heat left inthose burning embers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Guard against inclinations totake things out of context,especially with co-workers,

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22) -- It's a total waste of timeand emotion to compare whatyou have with what you thinkothers have. First of all, thisexercise does nothing butcause much discontent and,second, chances are it isn'teven true.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-- You're likely to have a greatdeal of ambition and motiva-tion, yet you'll be unable toaccomplish even a small partof your grand plan due to yourtactics. Stop trying to poundround pegs in square holes.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Although youmight think you're doingsomething good, do notattempt to remake others intoyour image. They will consid-er your standards to be far toodemanding for their taste.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- It will be importantfor you to know not only whatyou want out of life but alsowhy you want it. If your goalsare not in harmony withwhat's best for your interests,they'll only add more havoc toyour affairs.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It's good thatyou're highly imaginative atthis time, but the bad part isthat you may only be able toconjure up negative visualiza-tions rather than positive ones.That would be self-defeating.

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Today is the 107th day of 2008 and the 28thday of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1917, Vladimir I.Lenin returned to Russia in a sealed train afteryears in exile.

In 1947, the French vessel Grandcamp blewup in the harbor of Texas City, Texas, killing at

least 500 people. In 2007, a senior at Virginia Tech killed 27

students and five faculty members on the cam-pus in Blacksburg, Va. More were injured.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Anatole France(1844-1924), writer; Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), actor/director/composer; Peter Ustinov

(1921-2004), actor; Pope Benedict XVI (1927-), Roman Catholic leader, is 81; KareemAbdul-Jabbar (1947-), basketball player, is 61;Bill Belichick (1952-), football coach, is 56;Ellen Barkin (1954-), actress, is 54; PeterBillingsley (1971-), actor, is 37.

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TODAY’S FACT: Charlie Chaplin refusedto use dialogue in his movies until “The GreatDictator” in 1940, 13 years after the first“talkie.”

TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter(April 12) and full moon (April 20).

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have beenmarried for three years. It’s a second marriagefor both of us. The other day, I was working ona photo wall collage and ran across some pic-tures I’m sure I was not supposed to see. Theyare snaps of my husband’s old girlfriends(between marriages). Some were nude photos.There also were copies of old e-mails and lovenotes.

I know my husband dated several womenbefore he married me. He even lived with oneof them for a few years. We are both “40-some-thing,” so I’m well aware he has been aroundthe block. I know he is faithful, but it bothersme that he has kept these photos and notes. Ihave not said anything to him because I want tobe sure I’m not overreacting. What should Ido? -- Not Feeling Photogenic

Dear Photogenic: You put those pictures, e-mails and love notes back where you foundthem and pretend they don’t exist. What yourhusband did before he married you is part of

his past and he is entitled to his mementos. Aslong as they are not waved in your face and heis not harboring fantasies about having affairswith these women, they are no threat to you.Tell your husband you accidentally ran acrossthese items, and then forget about them.

Dear Annie: In the past month, I havereceived three e-mails from different peopleasking me to send a deposit and they will for-ward a winning lottery ticket to me. Inexchange for cashing it for them, I will get aportion of the money. One letter said I had wona contest from Chevron, but the address wasfrom Nigeria.

I know these are scams, but I’m sure there

are a few people who might fall for them. Whatdo I do with these e-mails? -- Palmdale, Calif.

Dear Palmdale: Report them to the FederalTrade Commission. Most such scams involvepeople claiming to be Nigerian officials or sur-viving spouses of former government officials,who very politely offer to give you money ifyou will help them transfer funds out of thecountry. You are then asked to provide yourbank account number and some money tocover legal and transaction fees. You may evenbe encouraged to travel to Nigeria or a bordercountry to complete the transaction.Sometimes, the con artists will produce fakemoney to verify their claims.

According to the State Department, peoplewho have responded have been beaten, sub-jected to threats and extortion, and in somecases, murdered. And, of course, there is astream of excuses why there was never anytransfer of funds to your account.

If you receive an e-mail from someoneclaiming to need your help getting money outof another country, do NOT respond. Forwardit to the FTC at spamuce.gov. If you have lost

money to one of these schemes, call your localSecret Service field office (listed in the BluePages of your telephone directory). To file acomplaint or get information, visit ftc.gov orcall 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357).

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Need aGood Laugh,” whose husband is so sensitive tonoise that he won’t let her watch TV programswith laughter or let the kids unwrap food in thecar. He needs more than a trip to the doctor. Heneeds a divorce.

Can’t she see what an incredible controlfreak he is? She and her children can give thatman all the peace and quiet he wants by leav-ing. My parents were very controlling, makingevery single decision for us until we were 18.Now we’re incapable of deciding anything forourselves, no matter how small. “Need a GoodLaugh” should head for the hills before she andher children are damaged beyond repair. --Been There

Dear Been: Before doing anything drastic,we believe her husband should see his doctor.If this is the only area in which he is “control-ling,” it sounds like a medical problem.

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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUTATTORNEY:Mendocino County HHSA/psSocial Services Family & Children's Service DivisionPO Box 839Ukiah CA 95482TELEPHONE NO.: (707)463-7990 FAX NO.(707)463-7748SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,COUNTY OF MENDOCINO100 North State St.100 North State St., Room 107Ukiah CA 95482CASE NAME: Rebeka Legendre

CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 294CASE NUMBER: SCUK-JVSQ-07-15203-01

1. To: Unknown father Legendreand anyone claiming to be a parent of:Rebeka Legendreborn on: November 25, 2007at : Ukiah Valley Medical Center, Ukiah,California2. A hearing will be heldon: June 3, 2008 at : 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: Glocated at court address above.3. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or pro-bation officer.4. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopt-ed. If the court follows the recommendation, all of your parental rights to the child will be terminated.5. You have the right to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an at-torney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to hire one, the court will ap-point an attorney for you.6. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final.7. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present.Date: MAR 26 2008BENJAMIN D. STOUGH Clerk, bySTEPHANIE DUNKEN, DeputyThe publication of the Citation for Publication under welfare and institutions cade section 366.23 will run on the following dates: 4/2, 4/9, 4/16 and 4/23/08.

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TSG No.: 3577973 TS No.: 20089125600118 FHA/VA/PMI No.: Notice Of Trustee's Sale YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 9/27/2005 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 5/6/2008 at 10:00 AM First American Loanstar Trustee Services, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 09/30/2005, as Instru-ment No. 2005-21497, in book , page , of Offi-cial Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Mendocino County, State of Califor-nia. Executed by: Phi Kim Luu, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the main entrance to the Mendoci-no County Cour thouse, 100 Nor th State Street, Ukiah CA All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: As more fully described in the above mentioned Deed of Trust APN# 180-210-22 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 651 Jefferson Lane , Ukiah, CA 95482 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabili-ty for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the prop-er ty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $388,997.94 The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of De-fault and Demand for Sale, and a written No-tice of Default and Election to Sell. The un-dersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real proper ty is located. Date:4/16/2008 First American Tit le Insurance Company First American LoanStar Trustee Services 3 First American Way Santa Ana, CA 92707 First American Loanstar Trustee Services may be acting as a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information ob-tained will be used for that purpose. Original document signed by Authorized Agent Chet Sconyers – For Trustee’s Sale Information Please Call (714) 573-1965 P388257 4/16, 4/23, 04/30/2008

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. SCUKCVPT’0851269SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, Court House, Ukiah, CA 95482IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF: Cassandra ButlerTHE COURT FINDS that Petitioner(s) Cas-sandra Butler (Rebecca King, minor) has/have filed a Petition for Change of Appli-cant(s)’ name FROM Rebecca Christine KingTO Rebecca Christine ButlerTHE COURT ORDERS All people interested in this matter appear before this court to show cause why this application for change of name should not be granted on:HEARING DATE: May 9, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept E, located at Court House, 100 N.State Street, Ukiah, California 95482Dated: April 8, 2008/s/ John A. BehnkeJOHN A. BEHNKEJudge of the Superior Court

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1. Notice is hereby given that the OwnerHopland Band of Pomo Indians3000 Shanel RoadHopland, CA 95449

will receive sealed bids for performing the construction of Hopland Rancheria Water System Improvement Project

The Drawings and Project Manual including Specifications may be examined at

California Area Indian Health ServiceUkiah Field Office609 South State St., Ste AUkiah, CA 95482 P: (707) 462-5314F: (707) 462-6907 AND

San Francisco Builders Exchange850 South Van Ness Ave.San Francisco, CA 94110 P: (415) 282-8220 AND

NCBE Headquarters Office(aka The Plan Room)1030 Apollo WayP.O. Box 8070Santa Rosa, CA 95407

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FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2008-F0129

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:A.S.K. Truckage22500 Eastside Rd.Willits, CA 95490Albert Sean Kopling22500 Eastside Rd./P.O. Box 159Willits, CA 95490This business is con-ducted by An Indi-vidual. The regis-trants commenced to transact business un-der the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed above on Feb-ruary 29, 2008. En-dorsed-Filed on Feb-ruary 29, 2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Albert KoplingALBERT KOPLING

198-083-26,4-2,9,16/08

STATEMENT OFABANDONMENT OFUSE OF FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAMEThe following person (persons) have aban-doned the use of the f ict it ious business name:NATIONAL INSTI-TUTE LEGAL CEN-TER INC359 N. Oak St. Ste BUkiah, CA 95482LGCDF Enterprises,LLC359 N. Oak St. Ste BUkiah, CA 95482The fictit ious busi-ness name referred to above was filed in County on February1, 2008. This busi-ness was conducted by a Limited Liabili-ty Company. Thisstatement was fi led with the County Clerk of Mendocino County on March 24, 2008./s/Cheryl FosterCHERYL FOSTER

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:UKIAH ORTHOPE-DICS236B Hospital DrUkiah, CA 95482Brian M Cable MD Inc4877 Black Bart TrlRedwood Valley, CA 95470This business is con-ducted by a Corpo-ration. State of in-corporation: Cali-fornia. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 3/18/08.Endorsed-Filed on 03/18/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Brian CableBRIAN CABLEPresident

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:MENDOCINO HOB-BIES115 S. State St,Ukiah, CA 95482Randall S. Bream1340 Eunice Ct.Ukiah, CA 95482Rebecca Jane Bream1340 Eunice Ct.Ukiah, CA 95482This business is con-ducted by Husband& Wife. The regis-trants commenced to transact business un-der the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed above on April28, 2008. Endorsed-Filed on April 1,2008 at the Mendoci-no County Clerks Of-fice./s/Susan M. Rano-chakSUSAN M. RANO-CHAK

PUBLIC NOTICE

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:PÚGIL•ISTPRODUCTIONS and MUSIC COMPANY13355 Eel River Rd/ P.O. Box 592Potter Valley, CA 95469Lucas MichaelDavis13355 Eel River RdPotter Valley, CA 95469This business is con-ducted by an Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 4/7/08. En-dorsed-Filed on04/07/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Lucas MichaelDavisLUCAS MICHAEL DAVIS

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:RIELLE WINES14100 Mountain House Rd.Hopland, CA 95449RIELLE14100 Mountain House Rd.Hopland, CA 95449VIANSA WINERY14100 Mountain House Rd.Hopland, CA 95449360 VIANSA LLC14100 Mountain House Rd.Hopland, CA 95449Rb Wine Associates LLC14100 Mountain House Rd.Hopland, CA 95449This business is conducted by a Lim-ited Liability Com-pany. The registrants commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on April 15,2008. Endorsed-Filedon April 15, 2008 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Rebecca FaustREBECCA FAUSTMANAGING MEM-BER

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ATTENTIONUKIAHI CLASS

OF 1998 ●●●●●●

The Ukiahi Class of 1998 will be

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30 LOST &FOUND

+Free Barn Cats

So many barns, too many mice.Adopt a barn cat and life will be nice.Shots, spayed or neutered, not ag-gressive, just shy.Call A.V. Rescue and give it a try.

489-5207 or 468-5218

BOSTON TERRIERSBrother & Sister

Spayed & neutered.All vaccines current

Adoption fee$150 ea.

463-8400

I am a l i t t le male white and tan Chi-huahua. Even though I am just about a year old I thought I would regis-ter for kindergarten at Yokayo School. But it was a Sunday 4/13 and the off ice was closed. So, I fol-lowed a kind woman home. Now I am at the Ukiah Shelter hoping my person will see this ad. If you know me please call Sage at 467-6453.

LOST 4/10 Female Heeler/Boxer mix black w/white chest.Purple collar w/tag.272-1158.

30 LOST &FOUND

I walked to down to the mailboxes on Rd.N in Redwood Valley on Mon. 4/14/ The mailman was not there yet so I curled up to take a nap.Next thing I knew a kind person who was afraid I would get hit by a car took me to the Ukiah shelter. I am a 4 month old male Lab mix. If you know me please call Sage 467-6453. If not found. I will be up for adoption on 4/12.

110 EMPLOYMENTWANTED

30+ yrs. office exp.BA degree. Sales & Mgmt exp. For re-

sume call 462-1353

Lopez Landscaping & Maintenance 468-6477 home or 495-5738 cell.

120 HELPWANTED

ACCOUNTING CLERK

$14.06/hr ; 32 hrs/ week; plus some benefits. Performs a var iety of general accounting clerical functions. Complete job description/ap-plication available at City of Ukiah, 300 Seminary Ave.Ukiah, CA 95482 or www.cityofukiah.com. Deadline:4/24/08. EOE

Adult Foster CareCA Mentor seeks caring people with a spare bedroom in their home to provide care for an adult with a developmental dis-ability. Training and suppor t provided.Work from your own home while earning a $1,200-$3,000 tax-free monthly stipend.Please contact Aron At 442-4500 ex 10

AIRPORTMANAGER

Total annual comp.package up to $81,413; plus bene-fits. Complete job description/applica-tion available at City of Ukiah, 300 Semi-nary Ave. Ukiah, CA 95482 or www.cityofukiah.com. Dead-line: 5/1/08. EOE

ASSISTANTCOOK

JOIN THE TRINITY TEAM!Trinity Youth

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

ResidentialTreatment Campus is

looking for an Assistant Cook

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

posting menus, using the correct food

quantity and recipes to prepare the

meal(s), maintain all safety standards,

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

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

employment physical,drug test and back-

ground check.APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

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

ATTENTIONAnyone interested in becoming a Certified

Nursing Assistant.Lakepor t Skil led Nursing Facility will be offer ing classes starting in May.Valley View Skil led Nursing will pay any transpor tation ex-penses for the dura-tion of the class.

If interested please call Dawn at 462-1436

InstructionalParaprofessional(Instructional Aide) needed for pvt. NPS school (North Haven) located in Ukiah.Must be 21 yrs old, with H.S. diploma or GED equivalency, AA degree preferred.Must provide proof of degree/diploma. Fax resume to: (877) 382-7617 Ref: IP EOE.

14- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

Ad Design & NewspaperProduction

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

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

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

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

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

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California Tribal TANF Partnership

is seeking:Skill Coachesand Advocates

to help guide needy Native American Families toward self-reliance.We are seeking pro-fessionals and cultur-al specialists who want to offer their tal-ents on a contract and/or on-call basis.For details, see web-site at www.cttp.net or call Howard Chaves at 707-262-4411. Fax resumes to 707-274-8798 by 3/31/08. Indian Hiring Preference Applies.

Family Advocate or Family

Service Workerfor E Center’s Migrant Head Start Program in Clove rdale. Refer to Job #MSHS-2008-02-01; 40 hrs/wk; sea-sonal; benefits; bilin-gual (Eng/Span) req’d; must have valid CA driver’s lic req. FamilyAdvocate: $13.88/hrw/potential up to $16.90/hr. Must have AA in social services & 1 yr exp training in social services or comb of educ & exp. FamilyService Worker :Level l: $10.87/hrw/potential up to $13.24/hr College course work and/or community exp. in health, special needs and social service areas & 1 yr exp working in child development, social services or health related agency.Level ll: $11.42/hrw/potential up to $13.91/hr ; AA or higher in social work, human ser-vies or health & 2 yrs exp working n child development, social services or health related agen-cy. Contact: HR, 410 Jones St., Ukiah, CA 95482;707-468-0194;www.ectr.org; Dead-line: 4/21/08, 5 pm.EOE

120 HELPWANTED

CONTROLLERResp. for continued devlpmt & maint. of f inancial activit ies, incl, f inancial plan-ning & repor ting, gen’l acct’ng, review, budgeting, acct’ng, policies & best practi-ces. Resp. will req. a skil led professional with extensive hands on exp. with cost ac-counting & ERP ac-counting software.Responsibil it ies will also incl. implement-ing better financial re-porting & planning to suppor t decision-making & devlp’ng profitabil i ty models for new & existing bus. opportunities.Qual: BA/BS Dgr in acct’ng, or Finance with a solid knowl-edge of GAAP. CPA is highly desirableMin, of 5 yrs exp., pref. in the wine &/or Mfg. Ind.Strong interpersonal skills & supervisory exp. mandatory.Cost acct’ng, & In-ventory. mgment exp.req. Strong systems orientation mandato-ry. Exp. with ERP ac-counting sys.SQL Server Data-base exp. pref.Computer prof. in MS Office, with advanced skills in Excel. Excel verbal & written com-munication skills.Excel. problem solv-ing & organiz. skills.Must be able to pri-or it ize & work with competing & chang-ing priorities.Ability to collaborate with management & staff to assist achiev-ing corp.goals.Salary Info: DOEResume to UDJ Box box 03101, c/o Ukiah Daily Journal, P.O.Box 749, Ukiah, CA 95482-0749.

DISPATCHERGRAVEYARD,

12am-8am shift, misc. clerical & data entry, must be relia-

ble, computer literate, & have the ability to

follow directions,4-6 week paid train-ing period. Please

fax resume to 462-1478 or apply at 960

N. State St. Ukiah

120 HELPWANTED

COOK AIDEfor E Center’s Head Start Program inKelseyville. Refer to Job#MSHS-2008-03-28; 30 hrs/wk; bi-l ingual Eng/Span) pref ’d; $8.11/hr w/ potential up to $9.88 /hr; HS diploma or GED; or 1-3 mos.related exp. and/or training or equiv comb of educ & exp.Contact: HR, 410 Jones St., Ukiah, CA 95482; 707-468-0194; www.ectr.org;Deadline: 4/21/08, 5pm. EOE

Direct Care WorkNo Experience

Needed!!Morning, evening, graveyard. Drug test required, no test for cannabis, good DMV.Personal care, cook-ing, cleaning, driving and providing living skil ls training to adults with develop-mental disabil i t ies.Three 6 bed group homes, established in 1988. Call for inter-view 468-0602, 485-0165, 485-5168

DRIVERS

$1000HIRINGBONUS

Golden State OvernightF/T & P/T

with insured,dependable van or pickup with shell.Early am route in

Mendo. & Lake Co.Benefits avail.Contact Steven

Koller 866-779-7726 or [email protected]

DRIVERS IMMEDI-ATE OPENINGS InBenicia/Vallejo driv-ing your van or small pick-up w/shell. Need clean DMV, pass drug test & back-ground check. 800-743-9970.

DRIVERS WANTEDw/van or pick-up w/shell for local

routes. Great pay 707-485-2616

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

LOOKING FORSERVERS, COOKS, kitchen help & cater-ing. Apply at Crushed

Grape Grill 13500 Hwy 101 in Hopland

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FARMERSINSURANCE

DISTRICT OFFICEin Ukiah seeks FT and PT administra-tive staff. Competitive Salary + Benefits + Bonus’. EOE. Profes-sional, customer service oriented can-didates email bgr [email protected]

Growing companyseeks self-motivat-ed, honest, hard-working individual with basic office skills to work in

Warehouse/Office.Entry level-F/T.Will train. $11/hr. Must have good driving

record, dependable trans., be over 21 &

able to lift 40 lbs.Submit hand -writ-ten cover letter with resume. Mail or Fax only to: 707-462-8885

GERMAIN-ROBINBRANDY

PO Box 1059Ukiah, Ca. 95482

Hillside Health Ctr.MCHC seeks

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

[email protected] more info on this

position visit www.mchcinc.org.

HUMANRESOURCES

RECEPTIONIST/CLERK

$14.00/hr; 20 hrs/ week; plus some benefits. Performs confidential clerical & word processing assignments;serves as recep-tionist to the HR Dept. Complete job description/applica-tion available at City of Ukiah, 300 Seminary Ave.Ukiah, CA 95482 or www.cityofukiah.com. Deadline:4/22/08. EOE

Mendocino CountyHealth & Human Services Agency, Social Services Branch. Currently recruiting for:

SeniorProgramManager-

FiscalFor further info go to: www.mss.ca.gov to: “Career Opportu-nities” OR call the Job line: (707) 467-5866. Closes 4/18/08.

LVN FT & PTTired of high case loads? Provide sup-port to 6 adults with Devel. Disabilities in

their home.Office 485-5168Cell 489-0022

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Mendocino County, Health & Human Services Agency, Social Services Branch. Currently recruiting for:

Eligibility Worker I Ukiah Only

Eligibility Worker IFort Bragg

For further info go to: www.mss.ca.gov to: “Career Opportu-nities” OR call the Job line: (707) 467-5866. Closes 4/25/08.

Mendocino County, Health & Human Services Agency, Social Services Branch. Currently recruiting for:Administrative

SecretaryFor further info go to: www.mss.ca.gov to: “Career Opportu-nities” OR call the Job line: (707) 467-5866. Closes 4/25/08.

Mendocino County, Health & Human Services Agency, Social Services Branch. Currently recruiting for:

SeniorInformation

SystemsAnalyst

(Software Program-mer). For fur ther info go to:www.mss.ca.gov to:“Career Oppor tuni-ties” OR call the Job l ine: (707) 467-5866. Closes 5/2/08

Loan Documentation Specialist

Savings Bank of Mendocino Countyis accepting applica-tions for Loan Docu-mentation Specialist at our Ukiah Main Office. Responsible for the accurate preparation of loan documents and as-sisting other Loan Servicing areas as time allows. Previ-ous Loan or Bank-ing experience is preferable. Requires advanced computer skil ls in Windows environment, spreadsheet and word processing.Accurate typing at 50WPM req. Start-ing salary: $2108-$2316 per month DOE.

Apply in person at Savings Bank

200 N. School St., Ukiah CA by Friday,

April 25, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. AA/EOE

m/f/v/d

Looking for Work?Have you been laid off? We may be able to help? Whether you need help after a lay off, retraining in a new occupation, find-ing a job, or help with your resume, MPIC can help you make the connection you need. All services are FREE! Call 467-5900

Sales/Driver/Warehouse

PT. Must have valid CDL, HS diploma or equal, be able to lift 50-75lbs & wil l be subject to a back-ground check.

Apply in person at Sherwin-Williams1045 S. State St

EOE M/F/H/V

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MAKE ADIFFERENCE INTHE LIFE OF A

CHILD! JOIN THETRINITY TEAM!

Trinity YouthServices-Ukiah

A social service agency serving abused & neglected youth in a Residen-tial Treatment Cam-pus is looking for

CHILD CARE WORKERS.

CCW is responsible for the daily care & supervision of cli-ents & living condi-t ions. Swing & Night shifts availa-ble. Star ting at $9.40/hr. On-call $9/hr. Must be 21 yrs old. Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vi-sion, tuition reim-bursement & FREE co-op child care.Must pass pre-em-ployment physical, drug test & back-ground check.

APPLY AT915 W. Church St.

Ukiah or fax resume

877-382-7617www.trinityys.org

EOE

Managing Director for non-profit, per-forming arts school.F/T, 35-45K per year.Finance & Budget, Marketing, HR, De-velopment,etc.Bachelors in Busi-ness Administration/ related field or mini-mum 3 years experi-ence in same.Resumes to SPACE,145 E. Church St.,Ukiah, CA 95482 or

[email protected].

MendocinoCommunityHealth Clinic

PT-Temp Medical Records Clerk at the Ukiah location. App.& Job Desc. avail. at

www.mchcinc.orgFax: 707-468-0793 or

email [email protected]

MendocinoCommunityHealth Clinic

FT- Temp Janitorial Swing shift at Lake-port location. App. &

job Desc. avl. at www.mchcinc.org

Fax: 707-468-0793 or email chansen@

mchcinc.orgNEED LOVING

CARE for beautiful 1yr old baby girl in

healthy, no-day time TV home, in Ukiah.$30/day, FT, M-F,

summer months ex-cluded. 279-9011

TLC Child & Family Services

seeks 2 additional homes for Shelter

Care program Applicants need to

have at least 1 spare bdrm to house a child

for up to 30 days.Guaranteed monthly allotment. Generous increase upon place-ment. Income tax-ex-empt. Exp. with chil-dren req. Parents will receive training, + So-cial Worker, in-home

support & respite.Need 1 or 2-parent

homes, with 1 parent home full time. Home with no more than 1

biological child consid-ered. Retirees invited to apply. Contact TLC

707-463-1100Lic#236800809

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NOTE TELLERSavings Bank of Mendocino County is seeking appli-cants for Note Teller in our Loan Proc-essing Department.Abil i ty to handle cash accurately (previous bank tell-er experience desir-able.) This position requires interaction with loan customers, accepting and proc-essing various types of loan payments and payoffs, and re-lated data entry.Above average cus-tomer service skills required. Accurate typing at 40 WPM req. Must pass teller test. Salary range:$1740 to $2610 per month DOE.

Apply in person at Savings Bank of

Mendocino County, 200 N. School St.,

Ukiah, CA by Friday April 25, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.

EOE/AA m/f/v/d

OFFICEASSISTANT

8-5 M-F, attention to detail, knowledge of Excel & Word, expe-r ience in customer service a plus, wage w/benefits DOE.

Please fax resume to 462-1478 or apply

at 960 N. State St.Ukiah

On Call/SubstituteTeacher

Our Pr ivate Non-Public School (Nor th Haven) lo-cated in Ukiah is seeking anOn-Call/SubstituteSpec. Ed Teacher

to teach in the classroom in the absence of the per-manent teacher.Req: Must possess or qualify for a CA teaching credential in special educa-tion. Competit ive salary & benefits.Fax resumes to:877.382.7617 or email employ-ment@ aes-ssg.org

AES is an EOE.

Post Office Now Hiring!

Avg Pay $20/ hr, $57 K/yr, incl. Fed ben, OT.

Placed by adSource not aff w/ USPS who hires.

1-866-292-1387

RECEPTIONIST F/T,Busy Real Estate of-fice, computer/phone skills nec. Hrly wage neg. Drop off resume to 169 Mason St., Ste

300, Ukiah

RECORDS CLERKneeded for pvt. NPS

School (North Haven) located in Ukiah. The RC is responsible for a wide variety of sec-retarial and technical duties. Req: A H.S.

Diploma or GED;some college prefer-red. Previous exp. in a school setting is a plus. Must provide

proof of degree/diplo-ma. Fax resume to:

877-382-7617 Ref: RC Ref:SBS-RC EOE

ResidentialAssistant.

Swing shift 2-10.1343 S. Dora St.

ROUTE DRIVER$9.25/hr raise in 90

days Apply 1252 Air-port Park Blvd C3 Uk

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THERAPISTTrinity Youth

Services-Ukiah, asocial service agen-cy serving abused

and neglected youth in a Residential

Treatment Campus is seeking a ContractTherapist to provide individual, family and group therapy serv-

ices. Qualified candi-dates will possess an

MFCC, LCSW, or LPC. APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

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

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

WANTED MULTI-MEDIA tutor for work exp. will pay hourly.contact David 671-2213 or 367-4384

We are seeking Li-censed Security Offi-cers to help w/fairs, festivals, & concerts.Wed-Sun all shifts available. $10-$12/hr.(707) 570-0700

Weekend/Evening Staff Assistant

for California Conser-vation Corps. Assist

with supervising young adults who live at the CCC Camp in Talmage. $11.50/hr

plus benefits. Contact Gary (M-F 8 a.m. to

4:30 p.m.) at 463-2822. EOE

140 CHILDCARE

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

between $185-$495.465 Luce Ave.

463-2273

Misty’s Treehouse Daycare, a loving educational & safe environment for your child.467-0701

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

OFFICES FOR RENT235sf $212/mo.352 sf $440/mo192 sf $240/mo

485-1196, 485-0530

SUITE OF OFFICES 4 offices + conf.,

A jewel in our crown.

$2040 Util & janito-rial incl. Very nice

location, 468-5426

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

2 BD, DW/Garage + Pool Alderwood

Apartments 1450 S.State St $885-

$925mo. 463-2325

2BD, 1BA Upstairs.No Sec. 8, no pets.

Carport, W/D $850/mo. 391-6169

Deluxe 2bd 1 ba.Hdwd./tile flrs.

Upstairs. $925/mo.Pool, lndry, carport.

463-2134

Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $850/ $900. N/P.

462-6075Se habla espanol.

320 DUPLEXES

3bd/1.5bth Ukiah tnhse w/ f ireplace, w/d hkup, garage, $1200/mo $1600dep 707/433-6688

330 HOMESFOR RENT

3BD/2BA Lake view.$1800 + dep. Gd

credit. N/P/S/Drugs.462-7615

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

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

800-749-7901 xS622

Clean 2bd1.5ba.AC, frplc, W/D, yard.

$1125. N/P. 116 Clara St. 462-7898

Great views $1500/mo 3bd2 ba. cent ht.Wd. stv. W/D, deck,

& more or studio $700/mo. or both

$2100. N/S/P 486-7193

KELSEYVILLE Cute, vintage 2bd, 1ba

w/yard & creek, hdwd flrs. New kit./ba on 2 ac. Exc. loc. Only 1/2 hr to Ukiah!! $850/mo

621-1936

Lovely 2bd+bonus rm 1 1/2 bth home. Quiet w/s. Avail 5/15 $1250 +dep. 463-1500

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

$450/mo $250 dep.incl util. Single quiet clean working male, no p/d/s. 391-3062.

$475/mo bedroomin quiet home. Util.

incl. no p/d/s468-5556

Fem/prof. Your share $700/mo + bills. Full use of 2,200 sqft home. Bd/ba, 2nd rm

Share home $500mo +dep. Kit & util inc.No s/d/d. Furn & un-furn avail. 462-8373.

440 FURNITURE

46” round din. rm.tble. 2 lvs, 6 uphol.chrs. $150. Drexelbdrm set, 2 drwr dresser w/mir., ar-moire, 2 bedside tbles, king hdbr.$500 468-8031

CURIO CABINET& China Cabinet.

Honey oak. $150 ea.After 5:30 463-2520.

450 WANTEDTO BUY

• WANTED •CALIFORNIA ART M. Sheets, E. Kosa,

P. Dike, etc.Orig. w/c’s & oils

only. Private collec-tor 1-877-246-1762

We recycle & pay cash for junk batteries $3,$5,

$10. All elect. motors 25c lb. Also copper,

brass & alum. Forklift batteries. 10¢lb707-467-1959

460 APPLIANCES

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

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

CHIHUAHUAPUPPIES $250Available now

463-0928

Rare multi color browns & blacks M

&F Tea Cup Chihua-huas. Purebred. Very fragile, serious call-ers only, 998-0273

510 LIVESTOCK

‘63 MileyHorse Trailer

$300. Needs work.463-1362

590 GARAGESALES

FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.

Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi

Sale 357 Gardens Ave Sat 8-3p. videos,

housewares, TV crafts, clothing.

610 REC VEHCAMPING

‘72 18’ Chev. El Dor-ado Mtr.Hm. Runs

gd. Lo mi. All works.$1500 485-0709

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

Chev. ‘03. 4x4, Crew cab. Very clean. New

tires. 100K mi.$13,500. 462-7279

GMC 4WD 2000.Tow pkg, bed liner, elect. bed cover. Bur-gundy with lots of chrome. New tires, smogged. 146K, Orig owner, well maint.$8KOBO. 463-8216

680 CARSFOR SALE

CHRYSLER FIFTH AVE. 1986 Auto,

leather, power every-thing. New license &

smog $2,000 obo 621-1391

Honda Accord ‘95Excel cond. 1

owner $6800/obo.30+mpg 367-1284

Mazdaspeed 20066. 6-spd, AWD,

36,000 mi, loaded!Like new. $19,500

391-7674Nissan Maxima ‘97

Leather, power, sunroof, spoiler,

loaded. 107K miles.$6000

485-5389, 489-7108

745 COMMERCIALREAL ESTATE

PRICE REDUCTION FOR LEASE

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

770 REAL ESTATE

3bd/2ba +office, pa-tio. Nice neighbor-hood, westside .Aprsl $345kobo. 367-5425.No realtors please!

Great view of Red-wood Vly. 1/2 mi. to Lake Mendo. Newly remod. home. 14 ac.3bd2ba. 2 car gar.1125sf shop/shed.$650K. 707-894-3408

I’m still doing mortgage loans,

purchasing & refin.Rates below 6%

Larry WrightGolden Bear Mortgage

707-239-8080

Lease Option orOwner Financing240 So. Highland(707)-462-7255

Lucerne/Riviera cus-tom built 3bd/2ba on-ly $179,000. $0 down o.a.c. 274-8074

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After each motion wasposed, the candidates had achance to hold up either the“oppose” card with a red car-toon down-turned thumb pic-tured or the green “support”thumbs up card. The candi-dates then each had a chanceto explain their views beforeaudience members wereallowed to display their opin-ions.

Kathy Lehner, moderatorand Mendocino College presi-dent, said the event was unlikeother candidate forums.

“I will be serving as boardchair for this meeting, whichwill remind me why I’m themoderator and not a supervi-sor,” she said before introduc-ing the first item up for discus-sion, Measure B.

Carre Brown, 1st Districtcandidate, said she believed inthe healing qualities ofcannabis, but that the voterapproved initiative surround-ing it had failed.

“I do have compassion forthe use of medical marijuana,however I feel Measure G hasnot worked for this county,”she said after holding up her“support” card. “It is a publichealth and safety issue.”

Michael Delbar, current 1stDistrict supervisor, said hevoted for the measure becauseof his concern over the wide-spread commercial growingoperations.

“It’s a very difficult wide-spread issue,” he said. “It’s nota medical marijuana issue.That access is there, and thisordinance does nothing to pro-hibit that.”

Dolly Brown, another 1stDistrict candidate, said thenumber of nonviolent drugoffenders crowding the coun-ty’s jail was a drain on itsresources.

“I don’t smoke pot, but I’ma problem solver, and MeasureB is not a solution,” she said.

John McCowen, 2ndDistrict candidate, said theoriginal intent of the ballot ini-tiative had been subverted.

“I think we’re all aware ofhow Measure G has turned

out,” he said. “Measure G hasturned out to be an invitationto the nation to grow herecommercially. Measure B is avery reasonable response tothat.”

When asked, around 75percent of the audience heldup their green signs in supportof the measure.

Lehner then moved theconversation to whether or notzoning changes should bemade by the county as needed.

“I think that it is unneces-sary at this time,” said UkiahSativa Morrison, 1st Districtcandidate, favoring a hemprecycling plant using the cur-rent industrial zoning at theformer Masonite property.“Our land is sacred. We needto make the most of it. Wedon’t have to bring in thesejobs from somewhere else.”

Ross Mayfield Jr., 2ndDistrict candidate, said hewanted the option to changethe zoning to suit the area’sever-altering demands.

“As needed,” he said,emphasizing a phrase fromthe question posed by Lehner.“Change is required in zoning.Change is a part of life. Weneed jobs in our economy. Weneed to be able to make thosechanges.”

Estelle Palley Clifton,another 2nd District candi-date, said the need for rezon-ing was not apparent.

“That soil is gold,” shesaid. “Currently we do notneed to rezone our agriculture.The motion was phrased asneeded and has been shown asnot being needed. There is noneed at this time.”

At around this point, themeeting was temporarily halt-

ed when it wasannounced that a “redFirebird” was illegallyparked and was about tobe towed. Jimmy Rickel,1st District candidate,then jumped from hisseat and walked brisklytoward the exit, keys inhand.

Before moving to thetopic of sales tax shar-ing, audience membersmade it known they weremore divided on the ideaof zoning changes, withjust over two-thirds of

the crowd giving theprospect the red card.

“I support the conceptualidea of revenue sharing,” saidRickel upon his return.

Audience members madethe proceedings a sea of greenas they held high their supportof the idea of sales tax rev-enue sharing.

After retiring the cards, thecandidates were asked to givetheir opinions on the currentgovernment budget crisis.

“We’ve got very few peo-ple trying to feed this bigmachine,” said Jim Mulheren,2nd District candidate, refer-ring to the sparse populationof the county. “The privatebusinesses people are alsosuffering. Everything is goingup. We’re all sharing thepain.”

Paula Deeter, 4th Districtcandidate, said she would tryto deal with the financial con-straints by clearing up redun-dancies wherever possible.

“I think what we need to dois look at administration andmanagement positions,” shesaid. “We need to see if thereare any jobs that could becombined.”

Kendall Smith, 4th Districtsupervisor, said she was proudof the progress the board hadmade during her tenure withconcern to how the countyspent its money.

“This is going to be anextremely challenging year,”she said. “I think that we havemade some excellent progresson the board in reference tobudget transparency. In thepast, supervisors were notaware of what the true debtis.”

Rob Burgess can be reached [email protected].


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County.”Laura Hamburg and Dr.

Peter Keegan, representing Noon B, reminded the audiencethat Mendocino County wasfourth in the state in 2007 in thenumber of marijuana plantsseized, falling behind first-place Lake County, whichHamburg noted uses marijuanalimits similar to those proposedin Measure B.

Believing that Measure Bwould help to enhance the safe-ty of Mendocino County resi-dents, McCowen and Libertydiscussed the limits placed onlaw enforcement by Measure Gand how they believe MeasureB would give the power back tolaw enforcement.

“In repealing Measure G,Measure B will pull back theprohibition against lawenforcement,” Liberty said.“Measure G specifically pre-cludes law enforcement fromgoing after large grows.”

But the No on B representa-tives didn’t agree, explainingthat limiting the number ofplants grown by qualifiedpatients would only burden lawenforcement and waste taxpay-ers’ dollars along the way.

“We’ve been there before,and it’s an incredible waste ofresources and money,” Keegansaid. “You spend thousands ofdollars prosecuting these peo-ple, but we all know it’s nearlyimpossible to prosecute. Thiswill just breed fear.”

As the forum continued, theissue of what defines a com-mercial grow was brought up,with McCowen sparing nowords with his explanation.

“We all know that 25 plantsis a commercial amount,” hesaid. “I think there are very few

people who can smoke theproduct of 25 plants. Twenty-five plants is far in excess ofwhat any patient needs, andthen the excess goes into thecommercial market.”

McCowen’s comments weremet with immediate oppositionfrom Hamburg and Keegan asthe pair brought up that differ-ent varieties of marijuana eachyield different amounts. Theywent on to explain that over-generalizing all marijuanaplants as being capable ofyielding a pound or more ofdried marijuana was unfair.

“One pound per plant is ararity rather than the norm,”Keegan said. “All plants yielddifferent amounts. I’ve heard ofone or two pounds a plant andthat’s just an herbal myth.”

The issue of enforcement forMeasure B immediately fol-lowed the group’s heated dis-cussion about plant yields.Hamburg was the first to tacklethe issue of enforcement, onceagain telling the audienceMeasure B was a waste of tax-payers’ money.

“If we reduce the limits, itseems logical that law enforce-ment would be doing morework,” Hamburg said. “Wehave more serious issues in thecounty, and methamphetamineis one of them. We want topoint our deputies into thedirection where the real crimeis, and it’s not people’s smallbackyard gardens.”

The Yes on B Coalition saidthe issue was more aboutallowing authorities to enforcemarijuana limits.

“I think we need to send aclear message to the sheriff andthe district attorney,”McCowen said. “Once thesheriff and the district attorneyhave this message they willallocate the necessaryresources. In the short term,this will require more time, but

instead of having an ever-esca-lating level of crime, this willreduce it.”

Each group was given threeminutes for closing statementswith McCowen and Libertyreminding the audience ofsome of the horror stories ofmarijuana growing inMendocino County.

“Don’t be misled by falsearguments and misleading sta-tistics,” McCowen warned.“We’ve heard people say mari-juana is really not a problem.That’s not true, and you allknow better.”

Keegan and Hamburg alsoused their time to reaffirm thepoints they made earlier, sayingthat lowering plant limitswould worsen the problem.

“We’re all concerned aboutthe big-time growers, butreversing Measure G doesn’taddress that issue at all,”Keegan said. “This is misdirec-tion. They say what it wouldaccomplish, but they haven’texplained how it would combatbig-time growers. These folkswant to go backwards when it’sclear that more prohibitionworsens the problem.”

Measure B, which wasplaced on the ballot by theMendocino County Board ofSupervisors in January, wouldrepeal Measure G and set med-ical marijuana limits inMendocino County at the statelimits of six mature or 12immature plants and eightounces of dried marijuana.

Measure G, which waspassed by Mendocino Countyvoters in 2000, instructed lawenforcement to make the prose-cution of marijuana gardens of25 plants or fewer the lowestpossible priority.

The election is scheduled forJune 3.

Zack Sampsel can be reachedat [email protected].


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