By SARA HOUSE and ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

Murals have been increasinglypopular among many schools as away for the students to beautifytheir campus and express them-selves. Most murals have somesort of symbolic or pictorial mes-sage embedded within the imageryon the wall such as “anti-drugs” or“help the Earth.” These murals area group effort of students whovisualize, plan and put togethertheir mural.

There is one organization inMendocino County that coordi-nates these murals to be construct-ed and painted at middle schoolsand high schools around the coun-ty. RuralMurals, since 2001, hascreated 34 murals in MendocinoCounty. The object and mission ofthe RuralMurals program is to pre-vent the use of drugs and underagealcohol abuse through student-made art. This after-school pro-gram is for any middle or highschool student who wishes to par-ticipate in the project. Each “team”is supplied with a professionalmuralist, an assistant, stipends,mural art supplies, food, a dedica-tion ceremony, mural installationand even a group-building fieldtrip such as a Ropes Course.

The most recent RuralMuralsproject was completed at EaglePeak Middle School. The muralincludes a finely painted Earth, acouple of different landscape set-tings such as a city and agriculture,and borders the sides with peopleand trees. There are many othersmaller details individually paintedby the students in addition to thelarger images.

“I did a little of everything andsome music notes,” says 12-year

old Amelia Hernandez, one of thestudent RuralMurals project artistsfor Eagle Peak.

Another student who painted alittle bit of everything, amongmany other students, was 14-year-old Araceli Zepeda, who said thatshe does art of her own in herspare time.

“Sometimes when I’m bored Iget paper and colored pencils,”Zepeda said.

Other students such as 13-year-old Melinda Cardenas and 15-year-old Joe Learn contributed by paint-ing a little bit of everything aroundthe mural as well as their own pic-tures, all of them imagining howthe mural would turn out.

“I thought of how it was sup-posed to be a forest. It was myidea,” said Learn who worked hardon his portion of the mural.

Other students who participated

in and contributed to the mural areTania Lomeli, 14, ChelseaLancaster, 13 and Amee Johnson,14, all painting a little bit of every-thing.

This Eagle Peak Junior HighRuralMurals project was dedicatedin honor of Carolyn Johnson andthe students of Eagle Peak MiddleSchool. The teachers and muralists

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FIRE IMPACTFireworks called off againThe Daily Journal

In an effort to aid Cal Firefirefighters, the RedwoodEmpire fairgrounds onceagain put on hold the 4th ofJuly fireworks show andUkiah Speedway Race sched-uled for Saturday.

For more than a week, CalFire has been using the fair-grounds as a staging areafrom which to combat dozensof lightning-sparked wildfiresburning across the county.

Arriving firefighters andengines check in at the fair-grounds and are dispatchedto one of the six branchcamps throughout the county.Food and other supplies arealso organized at the fair-grounds and sent to variousfire camps.

Additionally, the fair-grounds are operating as alarge animal shelter for thosewho need a place to keeptheir livestock if forced toflee their homes.

Air quality was also a fac-tor in the decision as moresmoke from the fires blewinto the valley on Mondayafter a weekend longreprieve. The smoke isexpected to remain throughmid-week.

This is the second time theevents have been put on holddue to the fires.

By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

Firefighters continued tomake gains on the MendocinoLightning Complex firesMonday even as the windshifted and smoke began toblow back into the UkiahValley.

As of Monday evening, thecomplex had spread to 37,600acres burning in 54 activefires. Total containment on thecomplex increased to 38 per-cent overnight.

Additional reinforcements

arrived over the weekend,bringing the total number offirefighters to 1,321 firefight-ers working the fire lines,backed up by 123 engines, 47dozers, 33 water tenders, 15helicopters and three fixedwing aircraft.

Firefighters are still bat-tling a number of large firesincluding three in the ColdSprings area betweenBoonville and the coast. TheMallo Fire was burning at

Winds send smoke back to valley

Local resident Dave Buerger caught the moment the smoke began to flow backinto the Ukiah Valley in this photo taken Monday afternoon above Redwood Valleynear the Black Bart Trail.

Stats on the Mendocino LightningComplex Fire as of Monday night

Size - 37,600 acresActive Fires - 54Total number of fires - 123Contained - 38 percentInjuries - 7Structures destroyed - 2Structures threatened - 900Commercial property threatened - 1Estimated cost - $9.3 million Source: Cal Fire

Areas under evacuation warning as of Monday night:

• Greenfield subdivision from FredMacMurray Lane to Main Ranch Road. FromMain Ranch Road to Orr Springs Road to theSingley Ranch (12000 Orr Springs Road) -downgraded from a mandatory order.

• Community of Rockport.• Montgomery Woods between Orr Springs

Road and Running Springs Road.• Mountain View Road in the area of mile-

post 8• Bell Springs Road from Highway 101 to

the intersection of Red Mountain Road andBell Springs Road

• Red Mountain Road from the intersection

of Red Mountain Road and Bell Springs Roadto 13600 Red Mountain Road.

• The Community of Cummings• Town of Leggett• De Haven Creek drainage north of

Westport• Howard Creek drainage north of Westport

Areas where evacuation warnings had beenlifted as of Monday night:

• The Flynn Creek Road area of Navarro• The Cherry Creek Road area near the

intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 162• The Webber Subdivision in the Chicken

Ridge area of Round ValleyAll Red Cross shelters have been placed on

standby to be reopened as necessary.

See UPDATE, Page 14

RURALMURALS 2008

Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal

From left, Araceli Zepeda, Tania Lomeli, Melinda Cardenas, Ember Whipple, Aimee Johnson andAmelia Hernandez stand in front of the newly unveiled mural on a North East facing wall at EaglePeak Middle School in Redwood Valley, Wednesday June 11. These ladies and the Rural MuralProject worked together to complete this mural before the end of the school year.

Art from the heart

See ART, Page 14

Map fishstocks firstSay coast fishermanto local wave energy studiesBy FRANK HARTZELLFort Bragg Advocate-News

FORT BRAGG - Inresponse to a Freedom ofInformation Act request fromthe Fort Bragg Advocate-News, the federal MineralsManagement Service, orMMS, has released PacificGas and Electric Company'snominations for an exclusivewave energy study off FortBragg.

The release shows thatMMS is considering enteringinto a five-year, often secretprocess. MMS has made FortBragg and Eureka its twonational test sites for thenovel idea of wave energyleasing.

PG&E has expandedslightly on the area it hasalready been granted forstudy of wave energy by a dif-ferent federal agency, thenominations show.

The utility is now workingunder a three-year prelimi-nary permit issued in Januaryby the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission, orFERC, to study wave energyin a 68-square-mile area offFort Bragg and a larger areaoff Eureka.

PG&E filed separate appli-cations in January with theMMS for the federal areamore than three miles off-shore, which MMS claimsjurisdiction over. Both federalagencies claim wave energyregulatory rights for areaspast the three-mile limit ofstate waters.

Jana Morris, of PG&E'snews department, explained

Firing operations continue TuesdayFirefighting crews will be continuing planned firing opera-

tions in the Red Mountain Road, Bell Springs Road, and BlueRock area, approximately eight miles north of Laytonville,from 6 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, weather conditions permit-ting. Residents should be advised that during the planned firingoperations they will see fire and smoke in these areas.Firefighting crews have been positioned and will be

patrolling the area heavily. There is the possibility of tempo-rary road restrictions during planned firing operations.

See STUDY, Page 14

Obama rejects Gen. Clark’s criticism of McCain’s qualifications

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obamarejected a retired general’s suggestion that Republican JohnMcCain’s military experience didn’t necessarily qualify him tobe president, as GOP surrogates lined up to label the remarksindecent and disrespectful.

A day after retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, now an Obamasupporter, discussed McCain’s experience as a Navy pilot andprisoner of war in Vietnam on a Sunday talk show, his remarksset off the pattern that has become familiar from innumerableearlier flaps over surrogate remarks during the presidential elec-tion year: The candidates, Obama and McCain, took the highroad while the bare-knuckled language was left to their surro-gates.

At a news conference here Monday, McCain himself said ofClark’s comment, “That kind of thing is unnecessary” and dis-tracts from real pocketbook issues voters care about.

About the same time, Obama told an audience inIndependence, Mo., that McCain had “endured physical tor-ment in service to our country” and “no one should ever deval-ue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign,and that goes for supporters on both sides.”

The latest dustup began on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Clark,the former supreme commander of NATO under Bill Clinton,said McCain’s military service was not the same as executiveexperience.

US, NATO deaths in Afghanistan surpass deaths in Iraq again

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants killed more U.S.and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for thesecond straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of head-line-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore theTaliban’s growing strength.

The fundamentalist militia in June staged a sophisticated jail-break that freed 886 prisoners, then briefly infiltrated a strategicvalley outside Kandahar. Last week, a Pentagon report forecastthe Taliban would maintain or increase its pace of attacks,which are already up 40 percent this year from 2007 where U.S.troops operate along the Pakistan border.

Some observers say the insurgency has gained dangerousmomentum. And while June also saw the international commu-nity meet in Paris to pledge $21 billion in aid, an Afghanistanexpert at New York University warns that there is still no strat-egy to turn that commitment into success.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has noted that more interna-tional troops died in Afghanistan than in Iraq in May, the firsttime that had happened. While that trend — now two monthsold — is in part due to falling violence in Iraq, it also reflectsrising violence in Afghanistan.

At least 45 international troops — including at least 27 U.S.forces and 13 British — died in Afghanistan in June, the dead-liest month since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban,according to an Associated Press count.

Bush signs $162 billion bill for wars inIraq and Afghanistan until next presi-dent takes over

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Monday signedlegislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistanfor the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 bil-lion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation.

“This bill shows the American people that even in an electionyear, Republicans and Democrats can come together to standbehind our troops and their families,” Bush said in an Oval

Office ceremony.Bush made clear to thank members of both parties in

Congress, singling out some sponsors of the long-delayed, com-promise measure for praise. His positive comments contrastedwith the confrontational tone that has dominated the debatebetween Congress and his administration over Iraq.

The legislation will bring to more than $650 billion theamount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it beganmore than five years ago.

For operations in Afghanistan, the total is nearly $200 bil-lion, according to congressional officials.

D A I L Y D I G E S TEditor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 udj@pacific.net

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POLICE REPORTSThe following were

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

ARREST -- Walter Babb, 19, of Susanville,was arrested on suspicion of driving under theinfluence at the intersection of Highway 101 andLake Mendocino Drive at 2:17 a.m. Saturday.

ARREST -- Corey Ambrois, 24, of Ukiah,was arrested on suspicion of driving under theinfluence in the 300 block of North Pine Street at2:35 a.m. Saturday.

ARREST -- Jason Urich, 29, of Ukiah, wasarrested on suspicion of driving under the influ-ence in the 100 block of Low Gap Road at 2:06a.m. Sunday.

SHERIFF’S REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by theMendocino CountySheriff’s Office:

BOOKED -- Rene GomezSanchez, 33, of Fort Bragg,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence, driving with sus-pended privileges and a pro-bation violation by theCalifornia Highway Patrol at11:24 p.m. June 23.

BOOKED -- SamuelMolyneaux Cookson, 26, ofCovelo, was arrested on suspi-cion of causing corporalinjury to a spouse, first degreeburglary, knowingly recievingstolen goods, petty theft andvandalism by the MendocinoCounty Sheriff’s Office onJune 23.

BOOKED -- RobertTimothy Valdez, 19, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cionof driving under the influ-ence by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol at 9 a.m. June

23.BOOKED -- Terry Anne

Spreiter, 54, of Orick, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceby the California HighwayPatrol at 9:26 a.m. June 23.

BOOKED -- ZacharyJacob Turpin, 24, of SantaCruz, was booked into jail onsusicion of robbery by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 12:27 p.m. June 23.

BOOKED -- Ryan ThomasPepera, 31, of Ukiah, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof assault with a deadlyweapon, conspiracy nd a pro-bation violation by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 8:31 a.m. June 24.

BOOKED -- VincentSamual Senteney, 23, ofUkiah, was booked into jail onsuspicion of assault with adeadly weapon, conspiracyand a probation violation bythe Mendocino CountySheriff’s Office at 10:28 a.m.June 24.

BOOKED -- JosephWilliam Fritzen, 24, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of assault with a deadlyweapon and conspiracy by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 1:39 p.m. June 24.

BOOKED -- AnthonyJoseph Blackburn, 28, ofGualala, was booked into jailon suspicion of driving underthe influence, evading an offi-cer and driving with suspend-ed privileges by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

BOOKED -- HerbertWilford Swanson, 38, ofEureka, was booked into jailon suspicion of driving underthe influence by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol at 2:23 a.m.Thursday.

BOOKED -- Trina Lee

Reed, 23, of Lakeport, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceby the California HighwayPatrol at 10:41 a.m. Friday.

BOOKED -- Martin Craig,51, of Laytonville, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influenceand carrying a loaded firearm.

BOOKED -- Casey RhinnGilstrap, 22, of Ukiah, wasbooked into jail on suspicionof driving under the influence,driving with suspended privi-leges and driving without aninterlock device by theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

BOOKED -- HarveyWayne Thomas, 65, ofLaytonville, was booked intojail on suspicion of drivingunder the influence by theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

BOOKED -- LauraAnnette Dineen, 51, ofGualala, was booked into jailon suspicion of driving underthe influence by theMendocino County Sheriff’sOffice.

BOOKED -- LlobanMartinez Soto, 25, of Cotati,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence and driving withsuspended privileges by theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

BOOKED -- HarveyWayne Thomas, 65, ofLaytonville, was booked into

jail on suspicion of drivingunder the influence by theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

BOOKED -- HarveyWayne Thomas, 65, ofLaytonville, was booked intojail on suspicion of drivingunder the influence by theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

BOOKED -- BrendaLouise Landon, 40, of PotterValley, was booked into jail onsuspicion of driving under theinfluence, driving with a sus-pended license and a proba-tion violation by the WillitsPolice Department.

BOOKED -- Hugo OmarBarajas-Herrera, 27, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence and driving withouta license by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol.

BOOKED -- Jose Luis-Chavez Mendoza, 49, ofHopland, was booked into jailon suspicion of driving underthe influence by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol.

BOOKED -- MichaelJames Andrew, 20, of Ukiah,was booked into jail on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol.

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 the

results 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 this

space to correct errors or make clarificationsto news articles. Significant errors in obitu-ary notices or birth announcements willresult in reprinting the entire article. Errorsmay be reported to the editor, 468-3526.

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NICKETTA CARMELLAFABYUNKEY

Nicketta CarmellaFabyunkey (Nicky) was born in Palo Alto on June11, 1972. She passed awayat home on June 21, 2008.she was born to AvaCrawford and Charles Fa-byunkey. Her stepmother isWanda Henderson. Her sis-ters are Vera Brown,Donna Fabyunkey,Charleena Mather, JessicaFabyunkey and brotherNoey Johson. Nieces are Dominica Fabyunkey,Jessica Polick, Karan Davies, Prudence Davies,and Shirley Joh-son; nephews are AlanPolick, David Davies, Carlos Fabyunkey, AlexAnderson, John An-derson, Jesse Hearson,Hartel Johnson, and Nick Hearson; brother-in-law Jay Hire, Charles Mather, LanceMather, and Alan Po-lick. More brothers and sis-

ters live out of state. She had a lot offriends, and she al-ways wanted to be in thecenter of everything. She was known to be a“Diva”. She is well re-spected and loved by manypeople. She was a representative for PeopleFirst for Califor-nia, and in Ukiah she wassecretary for Peo-ple first. She held manyoffices of Ukiah Peo-ple First chapter. She wasin Self Determina-tion, IPP Bubbies,Memorial Project. she was a consumer advocate atRed coat Regional. She liked to help disabledpeople get their rights. She opened manydoors for people with disabilities by being anactive member of the community. She wasalso in special Olympics. She liked toshop, eat, swim, bowl, go to church, read, andwatch her soap op-eras. She liked to traveland went many pla-ces. She graduated fromUkiah High School in 1990. Memorial serviceswill be at Calvary Way, 3601 Tollini Lane inUkiah, July 2, 2008 at 11am.

[\ROGER A.CLOWERS

Roger A.Clowers, passedfrom this life June

22,2008. In YakimaWashington ,Born Sept. 15,1967 He is survived byhis father Val Clowers,of Hopland, Ca.His Mother Donna Turner and HusbandRichard, of Redwood Valley,Ca. Sisters: DarleneWarga and hus-band Steve of Rouge River,Oregon, Dianna Skidmore,of Ukiah, Ca.and Roxann Durney of Redwood Valley,Ca.Three nieces and Three nephews and manymany friends also survive him

Memorial services areJuly 6 2008 in Yaki-ma Wash. At theArboretum Park. Services are under the direction ofKeith and Keith Mortuary in Yakima, Wa.

[\

DONNELL C. ALBEEDonnell C. Albee, 70, of

Ukiah, passed away peacefully at his home,Sat., June 28, 2008, following a period of failinghealth. Born in Waterloo, Iowa August 24,1937, Donnell had lived in Ukiah the past 40years. He was a re-tired machinist, working

over 25 years for Re-mco Hydraulics. Donnellwas a US Army vet-eran, serving in Germany,and was a past member ofthe Ukiah Elks Lodge.

He leaves his wifeMarilyn Albee of Ukiah, sons Troy and Brett Albee,sister Shirley Jackson, 5 grandchildrenand 2 great grand-children. Private familyservices will be held. Empire Mortuary Servicesis assisting the family.

[\KENNETH HOWARD JOSE

A memorial services willbe held for Kenneth Jose on Wednesday, July 2,2008 at the Ukiah Seventh-dayAdventist Church in Ukiah CA at 12:00 noon.Kenneth was born Octo-ber 1, 1942 and died ofnatural causes on Saturday June 28, 2008.He is survived by his daughters, Stacey A.Crawford and Alyssa Ingrid Jose, his mother,Grace A. Jose; his sisters, Karen Ann Nielsenand Melinda Jan Perich; and his son, SteveCharles Crawford.

A gathering will followthe service at the Sev-enth-day Adventist ChurchCommunity center on Cherry St.

Arrangements are underthe direction of the Eversole Mortuary.

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HEALTH CALENDARALANON: Family and friends of alcoholics; 7 p.m.on Sunday at the Ukiah Methodist Church on PineStreet; 1 p.m. on Mondays, noon on Tuesdays, 5:30p.m. on Thursdaya, noon on Fridays and 10:30 a.m.on Saturdays at Calvary Baptist Church, 465 LuceAve.; 463-1867 or 621-2721. Spanish speakingAlanon at 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuestra Casa on StateStreet in Ukiah,; 463-8181 or 272-2721.Alcoholics Anonymous: Daily; call 462-7123,www.aaukiah.org.Breastfeeding Support Group: meets secondWednesday from 10:30 a.m. to noon and fourthWednesday from 10:30 a.m. to noon; MendocinoCounty Public Health – WIC office, 1120 S. Dora;Tess O’Connell, 472-2739.Celebrate Recovery: Christ-centered 12-step recov-ery; Fridays at Trinity Baptist Church Hall, SouthDora Street and Luce Ave, 6 p.m. fellowship dinner;7 p.m. teaching/testimony; 8 p.m. men and women’ssmall group sharing; 9 p.m. dessert/solid rock cafe.Babysitting provided. For more information call 462-6535.Childbirth classes: Learn about nutrition duringpregnancy , preparing for childbirth, breastfeedingand infant safety. Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., 333 LawsAve., in Ukiah, 472-4603.Community Healing Clinic: 20- to 30-minute ses-sions on a walk-in basis with a variety of health prac-titioners; Second Tuesday of each month, 5:30 to7:30 p.m.; Full Cirlce Wellness Resource Center, 530S. Main St. in Ukiah; 463-0777; www.fullcirclewell-ness.org.Council on Domestic Violence: First Wednesday,1:30 to 3 p.m., Public Health Department, 1120 S.Dora St., Conference Room 198, in Ukiah except forMay and October, which will be held at 10-MileCourt, 700 S. Franklin St. in Fort Bragg, 472-2699.La Leche League: Breastfeeding group; meets sec-ond Tuesday, various times; Nursery Room atPresbyterian Church, corner of S. Dora and W.Perkins; Margaret Turano, 468-9587.Look Good Fell Better: Classes are from 10 a.m. tonoon on the second Monday of each month. This pro-gram pairs women with licensed cosmetologists toeliminate the appearance related side effects of can-cert treatment. This is a free class offered by theAmerican Cancer Society at 115 E, Smith St. inUkiah. For more information, call 462-7642 ext. 3.Low Vision Support Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m.;Fourth Monday; at Henny Penny Resteraunt, 687 S.Orchard Ave., Ukiah; open to local seniors; call 523-3222NAMI: (National Alliance for the Mentally IllFamily Support Group) first and thirdWednesdays,6:30 p.m.; call 972-9040 or 467-9116for location and information. Nami is an organizationdedicated to improving the lives of people with braindisorers by providing mutal support,education andadvocacy.Multiple Sclerosis Self-help Group: People withmultiple sclerosis can take one more step toward end-ing effects of MS at the Ukiah group; sponsored bythe National MS Society; 7 p.m.; second Tuesday.Men’s Cancer Support Group: Group on summerhiatus, call for one-on-one with staff. A supportiveplace to share your cancer experience; second andfourth Wednesdays of each month; 6 to 7:30 p.m.; attheir new offices at 590 S. Dora St.; MendocinoCancer Resource Center; 467-3828.Narcotics Anonymous: Meetings throughout coun-ty; 485-9110.New Life Workshop: Do you need help managingyour weight? Noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays; SalvationArmy, 714 A S. State St., Ukiah; 468-9577.Overeaters Anonymous: Mondays at 5:30 p.m.;Saturdays at 11 a.m.; Methodist Church, on PineStreet; 472-4747.Sweet Success: The California Diabetes andPregnancy Program; support for special pregnanciesin which women have diabetes; planning pregnancyor are pregnant, need extra support; 463-7527.Tantalizing Tuesdays: Series of health relatedevening discussions; First and third Tuesdays; FullCirlce Wellness Resource Center, 530 S. Main St. inUkiah; from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; 463-0777; www.full-circlewellness.org.T.O.P.S.: (Take off pounds sensibly): Meets from9:15 to 10:30 a.m., every Tuesday, at Calvary BaptistChurch, 465 Luce Ave; Carolyn Madole, 463-0261.T.O.P.S.: Low-cost, non-profit group meets everyTuesday at Autumn Leaves, 425 E. Gobbi St., in thecommunity room. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.Meeting is from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.; LindaMacDonald, 467-2391.T.O.P.S.: Every Thursday at Washington MutualBuilding community room, 700 S. State St.; meetingis from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; it is a low-cost, weight-reduction support group; call 462-4901 or 485-7801.T.O.P.S.: Every Friday at the Meadows Mobile Courtclubhouse, 8686 East Road, Redwood Valley; weigh-in is from 9:30 to 11 a.m.; meeting is from 9:30 to10:30 a.m.; call 485-8260 or 485-1238.Ukiah Community Center Crisis Line: Need help?Call 463-help (4357) or 1 (800) 575-help (4357).Ukiah Diabetes Education: The Diabetes EducationGroup; 7 p.m.; second Monday; 463-7698.Ukiah Valley Blood Center/Blood Centers of thePacific: Mondays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10a.m. to 5 pm.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 620Kings Ct., Suite 110; make appointment, donate,schedule blood drive at workplace; 1 (888) 393-GIVE.Weight-loss Surgery Support Group: Free, open tothe public, Gastric Reduction Duodenal Switch(GRDS) support and information group; 1st Friday; 6to 8 p.m.; Bartlett Hall, Ukiah Senior Center, 499Leslie Street, Ukiah; 468-8763 or emailkathlyn@pacific.net.Women’s Cancer Support Group: A supportiveplace to share your cancer experience; first and thirdTuesday of each month; noon to 1 p.m.; at their newoffices at 590 S. Dora St.; Mendocino CancerResource Center; 467-3828.If you -– or the organization that you represent –-change a phone number, an address, or any informa-tion in this calendar, please call at the Ukiah DailyJournal at 468-3520, or e-mail us atudjfeatures@pacific.net.

Soda Free SummerBay Area health experts urging a

By SUZANNE BOHANSan Mateo County Times

Health advocates hope400,000 Bay Area residentswill commit to enjoying thissummer sipping fewer sodas,or none at all.

In June, public health lead-ers from six Bay Area countiesgathered in Oakland to launchthe area’s first “Soda FreeSummer” campaign.

Alameda County ran a suc-cessful “Soda Free Summer”pilot project last year, in which42 percent of the participantspolled reported reducing theirsoda consumption during thesummer campaign, with half ofthose giving it up altogether.

Impressed with the results,health officials from ContraCosta, San Mateo, Santa Clara,San Francisco and Marincounties organized to launch aregionwide initiative this year.

“There was great enthusi-asm from everyone for takingit Bay Area-wide,” said Dr.Armor Santiago, chairman ofthe Bay Area Nutrition andPhysical ActivityCollaborative, a coalition ofmore than 80 public and pri-vate organizations that pro-motes sound nutrition andphysical activity, particularlyin low-income communities.

The regionwide collabora-tive, which is based in SantaClara County, is leading theSoda Free Summer campaign.

The sugary drink, alongwith its counterparts “sweet-ened ice teas and sportsdrinks” is increasingly in thecross-hairs of nutritionists,who blame sugar-saturatedbeverages as a key cause of thenation’s growing girth, in par-ticular among youth.

The Center for Weight andHealth at UC Berkeley, statesthat sugared beverage con-sumption has increased 500percent over the past fivedecades “at a rate that roughlycorresponds with the increasein overweight children.”

While nutritionists in thecampaign have stressed that itis a spirited education cam-paign, not warfare against aproduct, battle metaphors stillabounded at the gatheringlaunching the campaign.

“Kaiser sponsored this cam-paign because we believe itcan be an effective strategy forcombating overweight in chil-dren and adults,” said Dr. ScottGee, a Kaiser Permanentepediatrician. Kaiser sponsoredlast year’s Alameda Countycampaign and is continuing itssupport for the initiative thisyear.

Gee told the crowd of about100 gathered for the campaignlaunch that he’s seen rates of

Type 2 diabetes in childrenmultiply during the 20 yearshe’s been in practice. And hedescribed a recent study con-cluding that it took the con-sumption of just 150 excesscalories a day to separate thechildren who became over-weight from those who main-tained normal weights.

“And what is 150 calories aday? It’s a can of soda,” Geesaid.

Robert Corpus, a 21-year-old recovering “sodaholic”from San Jose who’s nowcounseling youth to cut theirsoda consumption, was moreblunt with his words at the

event.“We’re in our own little war

here,” he said. “The war onobesity.”

Last January, he cut backhis soda drinking habit fromtwo or three cans a day toabout the same amount perweek after he learned about thehigh sugar content of sodathrough a program at HealthySilicon Valley.

“They’re all about educa-tion and outreach, and they gotme,” Corpus said.

His younger brother’sweight gain also motivatedhim, along with his father’sdiagnosis with Type 2 dia-

betes. Since Corpus cut hissoda consumption and alsostarted exercising regularly, hesaid he has lost more than 5pounds.

The campaign is based on“pledge cards” that residentssign and mail in, committing tomonitor their soda consump-tion with a simple 10-weeklog. They note days they’re“soda free.” Participants arealso encouraged to insteaddrink water, unsweetened icetea, nonfat milk and an occa-sional glass of juice, instead ofdrinks loaded with sugar.

According to a study reportedby Reuters, the key to losingweight — and keeping it off —is to eat a big breakfast packedwith carbohydrates and protein;then for the remainder of theday, follow a low-carb, low-calorie diet. According toresearchers referenced in thearticle, the “big breakfast diet”works because it controlsappetite and satisfies cravingsfor sweets and starches. Theyalso point out that it’s healthierthan low-carb diets because itallows people to eat more fiber-and vitamin-rich fruit. DoctorDaniela Jakubowicz, of Caracas,Venezuela says it’s been suc-cessful in her patients for morethan 15 years.

"Most weight loss studieshave determined that a very lowcarbohydrate diet is not a goodmethod to reduce weight," saysJakubowicz. "As a result, after ashort period of weight loss, thereis a quick return to obesity."

As evidence, Jakubowicz andcolleagues compared women ona very-low-carb diet, who con-sumed 1,085 daily calories; withan approximate equal numberwho followed the “big breakfastdiet,” getting 1,240 calories. At

four months, there was no sig-nificant weight-loss differencebetween the two groups. But ateight months, the low-carb folksregained an average of 18pounds, while the big breakfastdieters lost another 16. In theend, the big breakfast dieters lostmore than 21 percent of bodyweight, compared with underfive percent for the alternative.

Also, according toJakubowicz, women who ate abig breakfast reported havingfewer cravings for carbs, and

feeling less hungry, especiallybefore lunch.

If you read my column, youknow I believe a healthy servingof skepticism is almost alwaysmore effective than 90 percentof the diets boasting “the key” or“the secret.” (And, don’t evenget me started on the whole “lowcarb” craze that ran amuck a fewyears back; that’s one fad thatcouldn’t get out the door quicklyenough.) The “big breakfastdiet” is not like those. Yet, withall due respect to the educationlevel of those who analyzed theresults, this study wins today’sbig “No Duh” award.

Let’s compare, shall we? The“big breakfast diet” consists of afilling healthy morning meal fullof vitamins, flavors, and nutri-ents, combined with a lower-calorie, low-fat regimen, culmi-nating in a balanced, reasonablecaloric intake at day’s end. Thealternative involves virtual star-vation and avoiding like theplague all one’s favorite foods.

Hmmm, which would youprefer? Bottom line, if one can-not (or will not) continue theprogram long enough to attainthe results, she will revert to oldhabits and, consequently, her

beginning weight. Label the program by any

name you wish; the lessonremains the same: it’s aboutlifestyle, not dieting. One cannotwait until he gets healthy andthen start living in that manner;it’s the other way around. Acthealthy now, eat healthy today,think healthy often; your weightwill adjust.

As for the good doctor point-ing out that eating a big break-fast makes one less hungry atlunch, I am proud to present toyou the “Captain Obvious”award.

About the author: Scott “Q”Marcus is a THINspirationalspeaker and columnist. Sincelosing 70 pounds over 13 yearsago, he conducts speeches,workshops, and presentationsthroughout the country. His sec-ond weight loss book, “MOREStriving for Imprefection: 52additional columns on weightloss, habit change, and otheracts of faith” was just released.Both are available atwww.TheEatingCycle.com or bycontacting him at scottq@scot-tqmarcus.com or 707.422.6243.

And the winners are…

Striving forImperfection

By Scott Marcus

Laura A. Oda/The Oakland Tribune

Health specialists and educators attended an Oakland conference in June gearedtoward the goals of empowering, educating and promoting healthy eating and morephysical activity in communities through out the Bay Area. BANPAC (Bay AreaNutrition and Physical Activity Collaborative) is promoting a “Soda Free Summer”as part of their fight against obesity. Above, a display of different products and theirsugar content brings the point home at the press conference before the conferencestart.

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When you grab hold of the thorny topic of immi-gration, sometimes you can’t tell what part of the dis-cussion will prick your finger.

I recently addressed the subject as part of a panel.Given the questions -- one person suggested openingthe U.S.-Mexico border -- I’d say the audience wasfairly liberal.

When I called for punishing employers, insisted thatracism was part of the debate and asserted that much ofthe ruckus was based on the fear of a changingAmerica, I didn’t get much reaction. But then therewas the comment that hit close to home.

“You know,” I said. “It’s worth mentioning that notonly do illegal immigrants do jobs that Americanswon’t do, but many of the jobs they’re doing wereonce done by young people in their teens and 20s --your sons and daughters -- who, as a generation, haveshown themselves to have a terrible work ethic.”

My point was that besides better immigration lawsand better enforcement, we also need better parenting-- the sort that produces young people who know howto work and aren’t afraid to break a sweat. Then, theemployers I’ve heard from -- apple growers inWashington, restaurant owners in North Carolina, etc.-- who claim they can’t find young Americans whowant to work wouldn’t feel as if they had to hire ille-gal immigrants to pick up the slack.

Afterward, I was surrounded by a group of angryfolks who said they were offended. They insisted theyhad good kids -- the kind who worked hard in schooland volunteered for worthwhile causes in the summer.But when I asked whether their children had after-school or summer jobs, they changed the subject.Some told me what they have told their kids -- thattheir “jobs” are to study hard in school and get goodgrades.

Fine. But young people also need to learn how tofind a job, take orders, show up on time, and be adependable employee. Those, too, are valuable skills.And if many young people aren’t learning them, weshouldn’t be surprised that we’ve arrived at a pointwhere many jobs would go undone if not for illegalimmigrants.

What evidence did I have that young people had aweak work ethic? one man demanded to know.

I responded that several books have been writtenabout the so-called Millennial Generation, bornbetween 1982 and 2002. Most of the authors make thepoint that this cohort is self-absorbed to the point ofnarcissism, consumed by fame and fortune, plagued bya sense of entitlement, and averse to concepts such as“paying your dues” or “working your way to the top.”Many of these kids were raised to believe that theywere “special” and now they consume a steady diet of“American Idol”-type reality shows where the rightbreak, and the right amount of talent, can make yourich and famous overnight.

When they do show up in the workplace, manyyoung people are -- according to those who supervisethem -- notoriously tough to manage. They dress likeslobs, question authority, shrug off criticism and impa-tiently wonder why, if they start in the mailroom onMonday, they’re not on their way to being vice presi-dent by Friday.

Besides, I said, the MySpace generation has suchhigh self-esteem that many of them would neverdebase themselves to take the hard and dirty jobs thatgo to illegal immigrants.

The guy shrugged and walked away. He didn’t wantto be persuaded. He just wanted to defend his kids.That’s natural. In fact, it’s commendable.

It’s just not helpful. We’ve blamed Mexico, bigbusiness, the media, special interest groups, the U.S.government, and, of course, the illegal immigrantsthemselves for our current plight. In fact, we’ve justabout run out of blame. Is it any wonder that there’snone left for those of us who are raising children?

Almost eight years ago, President Bush started whatbecame a national conversation about immigrationreform. We’ve talked about nearly every facet of theissue. We’ve covered the waterfront. And yet somehow-- and I don’t think it was by accident -- we never gotaround to an honest and candid discussion about one ofthe things that contributes to illegal immigration: thefact that too many of our own citizens, especiallyyoung citizens, were raised to turn up their noses atjobs that wind up going to you-know-who.

If we want to find a solution, we should accept ourshare of responsibility for the problem.

Ruben Navarrette’s e-mail address is ruben.navar-rette(at)uniontrib.com.

Where’s the military?To the Editor:I was at a friend’s house in Greenfields

helping them clear their property of vegeta-tion and any possible fuel for the fires thatare burning in the hills. My question to herwas “where is the Army?” to which shereplied with a distant and beaten look onher face, “in Iraq.”

Isn’t the military supposed to protect thecountry and its citizens? Doesn’t the tax-payer spend billions of dollars toward themilitary to help the many men and womenprotect this country from disaster frominternal and external threats? I have seenone military helicopter here in the Ukiaharea to help with the devastating fires, how-ever I could be mistaken, here could havebeen two. These fires could have beenunder control and managed if the leaders ofthis country actually had a clue exactlywhere the threats are coming from. Its’actually happening here in their backyardsand not some possible preventative mea-sures in other countries. Hopefully if thesmoke settles America can see where thebiggest threat is and that’s with the leadersof this country. It must be pretty dishearten-ing to have to wait for the call to evacuateyour home and possibly watch what youand your families have built up go up inflames and be nothing but memories.

George Bush you are a great disappoint-ment to leadership and the world, and I’msure if the animals and plants could speak -those that haven't burnt to death - theywould say the same.

Sean DewilUkiah

No fireworks, pleaseTo the Editor:Myself along with many others in

Redwood Valley and Ukiah are concernedwith the idea that there would be a fire-works show considering the terrible fires inour county. Has anybody stopped to thinkabout all those firefighters, volunteers, CalFire and pilots that are working non-stop?Why is our community taking a chanceholding a fireworks show that could lead tomore fires; to have those who could be outfighting the fires monitoring the fire dangerat the show instead? Other events that donot involve fire such as races, picnics, etc.seem fine but I think it shows disrespect toall our firefighters and volunteers to hold afireworks show at a time like this.

Rachelle HoytRedwood Valley

Editor’s note: On Monday, the RedwoodEmpire Fairgrounds announced that thefireworks show and the races are canceledthis weekend.

Tampering with nature?To the Editor:The Thursday before the recent lightning

storm, while outside between the hours of11 a.m. and 3 p.m., I noticed in the sky

numerous jet stream trails being tracedfrom west to east then north to south. Thesewere not the common vapor trails left bycommercial aircraft which dissipate quick-ly. Rather, these trails remained in the skyto disperse slowly, eventually creating anovercast condition by late afternoon. Ifound this occurrence to be suspicious, as Ihave in the past researched this phenome-non, yet unexplained, called “chem trails.”They can be referenced on the internet andwere reported recently by WNBC newshere in northern California. I had not pho-tographed these chem trails, but I did makemental notes as to the time and direction oftheir tracings.

The following day, Friday, saw hightemperatures, topping nearly 100 degreesand an inversion layer resulting in overcastconditions later in the day. I commented tomy wife about the possible relationshipbetween what I had witnessed in the skythe previous day, and the unusual weatherconditions we were experiencing thatFriday.

When Saturday arrived, the day beganclear and sunny. Some clouds began toappear later in the day, but by evening webegan hearing thunder to the east andnorthwest. Being concerned about drylightning, I decided to top off our watertrailer. While filling it, I witnessed lighten-ing from the northwest. Some raindropsfell, but only trace amounts of precipita-tion. I returned with a full trailer of waterand hoped for the best. Lightening contin-ued with thunder, now to the east, later intothe evening.

The next morning, Sunday, I awoke tothe smell of smoke. Within an hour or sothe smell became much more apparent andI began scanning with binoculars theridgetops surrounding our property.Needless to say, Sunday was pivotal and Icontacted Cal Fire and several local firedepartments for information. I learned thatover 100 fires were now burning in variousparts of the county as a result of the drylightning the previous evening.

Over the next several hours I began topiece together what seemed to me suspi-cious occurrences starting with the “chemtrail” fly-overs that previous Thursday.

I returned to the internet sites concerningchem trails and learned that they are typi-cally dropped during extremely dry atmos-pheric conditions where there is little mois-ture in the lower air layers. I furtherresearched that the contents of chem trails

are frequently ions of a metallic natureintended to change the constituent compo-sition of the air layers so as to changeweather patterns. It seemingly appeared tome that these practices were experimental,sanctioned and performed by the govern-ment.

What causes me concern is the fact thatjust two days before the highly unusualweather event that led to these fires, I didwitness in the sky these chem trails beinglaid continuously, west to east and north tosouth, thoroughly blanketing MendocinoCounty.

There is a suspicious time line relation-ship between the two incidents of the chemtrail occurrences on Thursday afternoon,and the multiple dry lightening strikes onSaturday evening. The fact that the chemtrail metallics are conductive to electricallightening strikes, remain suspended in thelower atmosphere during periods of relativecalm conditions, and can persist underthese same conditions leads one to questionwhether there is a causal relationshipbetween these two incidents.

I have called Congressman Thompson’soffice and both Senators Feinstein andBoxer to voice my concern. The smoke andpotential for economic consequences in theform of property loss and health issues forMendocino mandate that we get answers tothese compelling questions regarding thefly-overs and their long term implications.

I would ask others who may have seenthese same chem trails to contact this news-paper or state government officials and leg-islators to look into this practice to getanswers.

Even Sheriff Allman commented as tothe rare nature these fires and their multi-plicity represent. It may be possible thatthey are not at all natural, but rather a resultof man tampering with nature.

Steven AmatoYorkville

Up in smokeTo the Editor:What’s that stinky, gray cloud lingering

over our county? I’ll tell you: it’s the imageof millions of dollars worth of illegal mari-juana grows going up in smoke. First mea-sure B, now this!

I guess it just isn’t your year, ‘no on B’people.

Mat HolzhauerUkiah

Letters from our readers

RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.

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

Work ethic tied to immigration

Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a columnist and edi-torial board member of The San DiegoUnion-Tribune.

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Congressman Mike Thompson:1st District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg,Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311;FAX (202)225-4335. Fort Bragg districtoffice, 430 N. Franklin St., PO Box 2208,Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962-0934;

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Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 4146,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001;Berg's Ukiah field representative is RuthValenzuela. Ukiah office located at 311 N.State St, Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. Theoffice’s fax number is 463-5773. For emailgo to web site: assembly.ca.gov/Berg

Senator Pat Wiggins: State SenateDistrict 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375Email: senator.wiggins@sen.ca.gov. InUkiah: Kathy Kelley at 200 S. School St,468-8914, email: kathy.kelley@sen.ca.gov

Mendocino County Supervisors:Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Watten-burger, 2nd District; John Pinches, 3rdDistrict; Kendall Smith, 4th District;David Colfax, 5th District. All can bereached by writing to 501 Low Gap Road,Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221,FAX 463-4245. bos@co.mendocino.ca.us

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The pledge brochure listsfacts meant to astonish: Sodais the No. 1 source of sugar inthe American diet; drinkingone 20-ounce bottle of sodadaily for a year can lead to a25-pound weight gain; and theaverage teen drinks 750 cansof soda yearly.

At the end of the 10-weekcampaign, a raffle with vari-ous prizes will be held forthose sending in pledge cards.

Some 400,000 pledge cardshave been printed, Santiagosaid, and will be distributed toa wide range of organizationsaround the Bay Area, includ-ing parks and recreationdepartments, food banks,summer camps, Boys & GirlsClubs, YMCAs and churches.

Coupled with the pledgecards is a “Be Sugar Savvy”education campaign, oftendelivered in short talks togroups to enlist participationin the campaign.

In San Mateo County, forexample, training sessions arealready under way, teachingcamp counselors, personnel atrecreation departments, youthcounselors and others aboutthe levels of sugar in drinksand foods, said ElianaSchultz, director of publichealth nutrition services forthe San Mateo County HealthDepartment. These trainees inturn will pass on their knowl-edge to those under theircharge, while encouragingthem to sign up for the cam-paign.

“The main gist of the train-ing is to be aware of theamount of sugar in beverages,and in food in general,”Schultz said. “Read labels,”she added, noting that thesugar base of drinks and foodsoften comes under a variety ofnames, such as corn syrup,fructose and dextrose.

With the training and out-reach, Schultz said organizershope to sign on 15,000 SanMateo County residents forthe Soda Free Summer cam-paign.

In Contra Costa County,Contra Costa Health Servicesmailed the pledge cards to10,000 households. It’s not

been a hard sell, said DonnaCoit, a nutritionist with theCommunity Wellness andPrevention Project.

“People are very receptiveto the idea of healthier drinkslike water, skim milk andunsweetened ice tea,” Coitsaid.

Consuming a variety ofdrinks is also the message theCalifornia/Nevada Soft DrinkAssociation wants to send.The Sacramento-based orga-nization, which opposes theidea of bans on any type ofdrink, emphasized that thereare many choices beyond a240-calorie soda.

“Beverages come in allshapes and sizes,” said RobertAchermann, spokesman forthe association. “The bever-age industry now has a varietyof products to meet con-sumers’ needs.”

And a focus on soda isunfair, Achermann said.

“We don’t think it’s appro-priate to single out one prod-uct,” Achermann said. “Thereare a variety of factors atwork” behind the alarmingrise in overweight children, hesaid.

Santiago, with the Soda

Free Summer campaign,knows that sedentarylifestyles are also a culpritbehind excess weight. Buthe’s adamant that a lack ofawareness about the levels ofsugar in bottled beveragesdoes affect people’s girth andhealth, and he’s got a personalstory to back it up.

Santiago said that when hisson was 12 years old, heweighed 200 pounds.Santiago and his wife, notwanting to give their childartificial sweeteners, had per-mitted the boy to freely drinksoda, which Santiago links tohis son’s extra pounds. Sincethey’ve switched to differentdrinks, his son has lost weight,Santiago said.

“What did they teach me inmedical school about nutri-tion? Obviously not verymuch,” he commented. “I’membarrassed, but it’s a realstory of how even a healthprofessional like myself maynot be aware of what we’redoing to our own family; mak-ing wrong choices and being avictim of marketing.”

For more on the Soda FreeSummer campaign, visitwww.sodafreesummer.org.

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John and Mary MizeLocal couple to celebrate annivesary on July 4

John and Mary Mize will celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary on July 4, withfamily and friends, at the Broiler Steak House. They married in San Francisco on July10, 1949.

The Mizes moved to Ukiah in the spring of 1954, and in Feb. 1964 moved toRedwood Valley.

Their children, Blinda Kitchen, John Mize, Charlotte Mize, John Lee, and their sixgrandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren congratulatethem.

Weight Loss Surgery Group -- No meeting in July

The Weight Loss Surgery group (GR-DSGastric Reduction Duodenal Switch) will nothold their regular monthly meeting on the firstFriday of the month on July 4. Due to the hol-iday and conflicting dates the next meetingwill be held on Friday, Aug. 1 at the location of710 S. State St. in the Apostles LutheranChurch Room adjacent to Washington MutualBank. Parking in rear of bank. From this pointon, except for the quarterly meetings when sur-geon Dr. Ara Keshishian will speak, this willbe the new location. The meeting is from 6-8p.m.

For more information call Kathy Davidson,at 468-8763 or e-mail her at kathlyn@pacif-ic.net.

Community HealthCorpsprogram seeks applicants

The Community HealthCorps of NorthernCalifornia, a division of the nationalAmericorps Program, is currently acceptingapplications to serve in the local communityhealth centers. Current openings exit at theMendocino Community Health Clinics --Ukiah location and Willits location, in theareas of health education, outreach and patientadvocacy. The mission of the HealthCorpsProgram is to engage community members inservice with the goal of improving access tocomprehensive, affordable and culturallyappropriate health care. In exchange for 1700hours of their service to the community,HealthCorps Members receive a livingallowance of $11,400, an education award of$4,725, health insurance, child care benefits,training in community health issues, and excel-lent opportunities for professional and person-al development. For more information aboutthe program and to download an application,visit www.ruralcommunityhealth.org, click onAmericorps, or e1mail Nancy Eachus,Program Coordinator, at neachus@ruralcom-munityhealth.org.

A Healing Cooperative offers support/counseling

A Healing Cooperative, a local non-profit, isoffering the following mental health-focusedservices: a support center, open Monday toFriday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; art classes, Mondays,Thursdays, and Fridays, 1 to 3 p.m.; Writingfor Self Discovery, Tuesdays, at 11 a.m.; Men’s

and Women’s support groups, Tuesdays atnoon; Movin’ On, a dual diagnosis supportgroup, Wednesdays at 2 p.m.

These activities take place at 270 N. PineSt., at the Ukiah United Methodist Church. Formore information, contact them at 462-3360,or visit their web site www.ukiahumc.org/ahc.

Medical office building moveto Hospital Drive complete

Ukiah Valley Primary Care/AdventistHealth offices have completed their move intothe newly built Medical Office Building at 260Hospital Drive, Ukiah. Ukiah Valley PrimaryCare Medical Group physicians are listedbelow, indicating new office location. To makean appointment or for further inquiries, call463-8000.

Family Practice, suite 209: Dr. Chan; Dr.Coen and Dr. Kylstra;

General Sugery/Urology, suite 201: Dr.Burris (surgery); Dr. Ziad Hanna (surgery) andDr. Jepson (urology);

Internal Medicine, Oncology, Allergy, suite103: Dr. CaIson ( allergy); Dr. Hardy (oncolo-gy); Dr. Teran (internal medicine); Dr. Turner(internal medicine)and Dr. Iyad Hanna (inter-nal medicine);

Pediatrics/Adolescent, suite 204: Dr. Mann;Dr. Maurer; Dr. Macdonald; Dr. Goldberg; Dr.Raguparan and Dr. Whelan;

Obstetrics/Gynecology, suite 102: . Dr.Cabaniss

Orthopedics, suite 107: Dr. Henning.

Survivors of Suicide support group meets every Wednesday

The Survivors of Suicide drop-in supportgroup is now meeting every Wednesday, from6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 860 N. Bush St., Ukiah,at the Mental Health Crisis Service Center.

For more information, call 463-2873 or 485-0759.

UNMV sponsored supportgroup on fourth Thursdays

Ukiah Valley Medical Center is now spon-soring a new health support group for thoseinterested in weight loss surgery. The group isopen to patients, potential patients, and theirfriends and family. Meetings are held on thefourth Thursdays of every month, unless it’s aholiday -- then it’s held on the third Thursday.The group will meet in the UVMC OutpatientPavilion Lobby from 6 to 7 p.m.

For more information, call Debbie Parker,RN, at Dr. Ziad Hanna’s office at 463-8126, ore-mail parkerdl@ah.org.

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Girl Scouts’ summergolf program delayed

The Girl Scouts’ summer program sched-uled to start today with “Fore! All Girl Scouts,”an introduction to golf, will be delayed untilfurther notice. For more information callSamantha at 463-2888 or e-mailsburkey@girlscoutsNorCal.org.

Reading Bug summer readingprogram set to start July 2

The Mendocino County Library’s UkiahSummer Reading Program will take place onWednesdays at 3 p.m., on July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30,and Aug. 6, at the Ukiah Library.

• July 2 -- “Doing the Jitterbug,” Richard

Jeske;• July 9 -- “The Bugs and the Bees,” Ginny

Reynolds;• July 16 -- “Good Bugs, Bad Bugs,” Tony

Linegar;• July 23 -- “Froggy Fun Time,” Emmy

Good;• July 30 -- “A Look At The Garden,” Margo

and Dan Royer Miller;• Aug. 6 -- “Learn About Energy From The

Sun With Betty Biodiesel,” Lindsey Hassett.

Grateful Gleaners organizinglocal produce trading

The Grateful Gleaners are inviting localcommunity members to join them in sharingcherries, berries or other fruit that may beripening in home orchards that is available tobe shared. For more information, call them at459-5490, ext. 555, and leave a message.

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Arabian heightsHukam Maj, Mendocino County Arabian stallion

on the way to U.S. and Canadian national horseshows

photos courtesy Barbara and Skip Newell

Hukam Maj showing his stuff in the ring at the Region 4 Arabian Horse Show in Salem, Ore.

The Daily JournalThe now famous Arabian stallion from Potter

Valley just won the Region 4 Arabian Horse Show inSalem, Ore. where 500 horses showed fromCalifornia, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Canada andAlaska. “Hukam Maj” competed in the ArabianBreeding Halter Colts/Stallions and won this classJune 22 Sunday. On June 21, he won the OverallChampion in the Arabian Breeding/Halter Stallion, 2years and older in the Main Arena as the top stallionin the entire show.

This huge win leads him now to the 42nd AnnualU.S. National Arabian Championship Horse Show,October 17-25, 2008 at the Tulsa Expo Square inTulsa, Okla. He will show before that in August at theCanadian National Arabian Championship HorseShow in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Hukam Maj won the 2008 Arabian World CupReserve Champion Junior Stallion. Other wins are:2008 NorCal Champion Junior Stallion, 2006 U.S.National Top Ten Sweepstakes Colt, 2007 ScottsdaleTop Ten Two-Year Old Colt, and the 2006 ScottsdaleTop Ten Yearling Colt. His background is Dinamaj ashis mother mare, owned by the Newells of PotterValley, and Marwan Al Shaqab the sire who lives inDubai.

Bred and raised by Barbara and Castle Newell IIIof Potter Valley, he is one of several sporting classArabians they raise, show and breed.

“How wonderful to put Mendocino County on themap for sports horses on this level,” Barbara saidgleefully.

Barbara Newell,front row far rightwith her head onthe hands, watchesas her horse per-forms in the ring.Below, Hukam Majwearing his hon-ors.

Awardsgivenat campFor The Daily Journal

The 29th Annual RedwoodEmpire Basketball Camp con-cluded on Thursday and thefollowing awards wereannounced by coaches DerekHeath, Jeff Silva-Brown,Miles Hayes, Dan Vilotti andTim Conrad.

For the NBA division, theMVP award went to OscarFuerte; the Coaches award toNate Henry; Hustle awardwas taken by Michael Harris;the Free-throw award won byJay Ferrick and the Three-point award was given toAustin Ryan.

For the College division,the MVP award went to JuliaPersky; Coaches award toAmy Longstreth; Hustleaward went to AnthonySorale; Free-throw award toAnna Diaz and the Hot-shotaward was given to JuliaPersky.

The camp was attended by46 players and directed byUkiah High varsity boys bas-ketball coach Bill Heath andDevin Boyle.

Randolphready forWarriorsBy GREG BEACHAMAP Sports Writer

OAKLAND — AnthonyRandolph has had his eye onthe Golden State Warriorsever since Don Nelsonbecame their coach two yearsago.

Now it’s Nelson’s turn tokeep an eye on Randolph, theWarriors’ first-round pick andthe latest skinny forward theyhope to turn into a large NBAstar.

“I remembered Coach fromwhen he was with theMavericks, so I’ve paid a lotof attention to the Warriors,”said Randolph, a rail-thin 18-year-old forward who gradu-ated from high school in theDallas area just last summer.“I always thought I’d be per-fect to play for them if I evergot the chance. When theybeat Dallas in the playoffs lastyear, an 8 seed beating a 1, Iloved that.”

Golden State introducedRandolph and second-roundselection Richard Hendrix to

WoodsrecoveringBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf Writer

BETHESDA, Md. — TigerWoods does not know whenhe can play golf again, but hesaid Monday his rebuilt leftknee has been sore his entirePGA Tour career and he looksforward to playing on twogood legs.

“My left knee has beensore for 10 to 12 years,”Woods said during a confer-ence call for his AT&TNational tournament, his firstpublic comments since recon-structive surgery last Tuesday.

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the Bay Area on Monday atthe beginning of an eventfulsummer of workouts andadjustments to the pro game.

But while the rookiesshowed off their jerseys, theclub apparently elected not toacquire any more new playerswith the $10 million tradeexception they received in lastyear’s trade of JasonRichardson to the CharlotteHornets. They were expectedto allow the salary credit toexpire at midnight.

Just a few months ago,Randolph and Hendrix werecompeting against each otherin the SEC, sometimes guard-ing each other as they splittheir schools’ two meetings.

“We got that all out duringthe season, so we should be allright,” said Randolph, whoplayed one year at LSU.

“I haven’t got mine all outyet,” retorted Hendrix, whostarred for three seasons atAlabama.

Randolph’s Tigers strug-gled in his only college sea-son, but he played wellenough to convince his bas-ketball mentors and parents toapprove his move to the NBA.Though the Warriors don’texpect Randolph to contributeimmediately to their run at

another playoff berth, hisskills seemed promisingenough to warrant a top-fivespot on the Warriors’ draftboard.

When he fell all the way toGolden State at No. 14, topexecutive Chris Mullingrabbed him — and Nelsonwholeheartedly approved,even if he might not be aroundthe club long enough to seeRandolph’s full potential.

“This guy has got a chanceto be very good,” said Nelson,who watched film ofRandolph at his home in Mauithis summer. “It’s not whatyou get (immediately), it’swhat you’re going to get. ... Idon’t remember being thisexcited about a draft sinceDallas when we picked JoshHoward at No. 29. We hadboth of these guys rated muchhigher than where we selectedthem. We never thought theywould last, but they did.”

The Warriors receivedsome criticism for choosinganother pencil-shaped bigman for the third time in fivedrafts, but Nelson sees uniquequalities in Randolph,Brandan Wright and AndrisBiedrins. He could envisionplaying all three together atsome point, with the 6-foot-10Randolph’s passing skillsmaking him a viable smallforward — perhaps even afterhe grows another couple ofinches, as doctors suspect hemight.

Pat Washington,Randolph’s high school coachin Dallas, is part of a networkof adults and relatives whoplan to have daily contact withRandolph to keep him focusedand motivated.

“He’s kind of quiet, but hecan carry himself prettygood,” Washington said.“He’s going to put everythinginto it. Once they get to knowhim here, they’ll realize howhard he works and how muchtime he spends in the gym.”

Hendrix is nearly threeyears older than Randolph,and that maturity was evidentin the bruising forward’smuch thicker frame as hestood side-by-side with hisformer SEC foe. The Warriorsrated Hendrix as a late-first-round pick, again feelinglucky to get their choice.

If Hendrix is as good as theWarriors hope, he might makean impact more quickly thanRandolph. Nelson identifiedrebounding, passing and shot-blocking as three areas of nec-essary improvements — andthe coach believes Hendrixcould excel in all three.

“It’s a great situation forme, because I feel they have aneed for the role I specializein,” Hendrix said. “Everyonewants to be a first-round pick,but it doesn’t happen foreveryone. I’m fortunate to bewith an organization thatneeds me.”

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“It will be nice to finally havea healthy leg. The doctorshave assured me that my long-term health will be a hell of alot better than it’s been overthe last decade. I’m reallylooking forward to that.”

Woods said doctors in Utahused a tendon from his righthamstring to rebuild the ante-rior cruciate ligament in hisleft knee, which he said hadalways been weak and finallysnapped while jogging on agolf course last July.

He is in a brace and will beon crutches for three weeks tokeep weight off his knee.

Woods said he most likelywould not be able to attend theAT&T National, which startsThursday at Congressional,because there was swelling onthe flight home to Floridaafter surgery and doctors haveadvised him to avoid planes.

“But who knows?” headded. “I don’t really listen todoctors all that well, anyway.”

Woods apparently wasn’tlistening in May when X-raysrevealed a double stress frac-ture in his left tibia as he wasgetting back in shape fromarthroscopic surgery to cleanout cartilage in his trouble-some left knee after theMasters.

In a story told by swingcoach Hank Haney, doctorssaid the best treatment was forWoods to spend three weekson crutches, followed by threeweeks of rest. Haney saidWoods looked at the doctorand said, “I’m playing theU.S. Open, and I’m going towin.”

Woods said he knew theU.S. Open at Torrey Pineswould be his last tournamentof the year no matter whathappened.

“I really didn’t practice awhole lot going into the Open,and I couldn’t play more thannine holes in preparation forit,” he said. “After dealingwith that, I decided to makethe U.S. Open my last eventfor the season, no matter how

it turned out. Whether Imissed the cut or if I ended upwinning the tournament, itwas going to be my lastevent.”

He won in spectacular fash-ion, making a 12-foot birdieputt on the 72nd hole to forcea playoff with Rocco Mediate,then winning on the 19th holeof a playoff. That gave Woodshis 14th career major, and fivevictories in seven startsworldwide this year.

Woods said he had to usecrutches for three weeks, fol-lowed by gradually puttingweight on his knee, then flex-ing it.

“As far as longterm, I real-ly don’t know,” he said in aconference call that lasted justover 20 minutes. “We have tosee how this thing heals.Everyone heals at a differentrate. Some people are back toplaying sports in six months,some are nine, some are 12.So to be honest with you, noone really knows until we startthe rehab process.”

Woods will miss his firstmajor since turning pro at theBritish Open at RoyalBirkdale, where he finishedone shot out of a playoff in1998. He also will miss thePGA Championship atOakland Hills, and the RyderCup.

“I just had some good feel-ings going into those twomajor championships, to avenue that I liked,” he said.“And not to be able to go, it isfrustrating.”

He said he did not considergoing to the Ryder Cup in anycapacity but a player. Woodsmathematically clinched aspot on the U.S. team with hisvictory at Torrey Pines, so thetop nine players in the stand-ings through the PGAChampionship will be theeight qualifiers.

“I’m not part of the team,unfortunately,” he said. “It’s

about those 12 guys. It’s notabout me. I’m not part of thatcrew.”

Woods first had surgery onhis left knee while at Stanfordin 1994 to remove a benigntumor. He had surgery afterthe 2002 season to drain fluidand remove cysts around hisACL.

“When I had my cystremoved from my ACL, therewasn’t a whole lot left,” hesaid. “So they said, ’Basically,you need to train and developyour hamstring and glute andcalf as much as you possiblycan to hold it. Everyone wassurprised it lasted as long as itdid before I ruptured it. It wasjust running on the golfcourse. Just happened to takeone little step — it didn’t real-ly take much — and it justpopped.”

That was after the BritishOpen last year, and Woodsstill won four of his final fivetournaments, tying for secondin the other.

He never considered ACLsurgery last fall, when heplayed only one time in afour-month period. Instead, hetried to build up strength dur-ing his layoff to give his legmore stability. And it held upfine — just not long enough.

“The natural rotation of thegolf swing without the ACLmade it a little bit unstable,and it caused some cartilagedamage because of that,” hesaid. “I had that rectified afterthe Masters. When they wentin there, they discovered somemore cartilage damage thatthey’d have to fix in conjunc-tion with the ACL reconstruc-tion, and it was going to bekind of a double dip there.

“That surgery I had afterthe Masters was to get methrough the rest of the ’08 sea-son,” he said. “But, as youknow, I developed stress frac-tures and decided it to bag itfor the year.”

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Woods Woods apparently wasn’t listening in Maywhen X-rays revealed a double stress frac-ture in his left tibia as he was getting back inshape from arthroscopic surgery to clean outcartilage in his troublesome left knee afterthe Masters.

By STEVEN WINEAP Sports Writer

WIMBLEDON, England— While Roger Federer glid-ed to another victory onCentre Court, and RafaelNadal won despite a scarystumble on Court 1, theWilliams sisters found them-selves playing back to backMonday on cozy, clatteryCourt 2, known as the“Graveyard of Champions.”

What in the name of lawntennis were they doing outthere?

“It wasn’t what I wouldhave liked to see,” SerenaWilliams said. “Initially Ithought, ‘OK, is this the rightschedule?’ I thought maybethere was a mistake.”

The sisters’ mother andcoach, Oracene Price, sus-pected more than a mere mis-take by tournament organiz-ers.

“I guess they wanted to putthem on the jinx court so theycould lose,” Price said.

The sisters said Wimbledongives men preferential treat-ment in court assignments,while Federer came to thedefense of the All EnglandClub, and the tournament ref-eree said there was no intentto slight anyone.

Even after Venus andSerena spent the day at theGraveyard, their title hopesremained very much alive.They’re defying the trend in awomen’s tournament that, byone measure, ranks as themost upset-filled on record.

Four-time champion Venusplayed first, making a high-noon entrance on the courtknown for its history of upsetsand beating Alisa Kleybanova6-3, 6-4. Ninety minutes later,two-time Serena joined herolder sister in the quarterfinalsby defeating AmericanBethanie Mattek 6-3, 6-3.

Neither sister has lost a setin the tournament, and thechances of a sibling show-down in the final keepimproving as a wave of upsetstake out other title contenders.The fourth round claimed No.2-seeded Jelena Jankovic andNo. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova,leaving No. 5 ElenaDementieva as the highest-seeded survivor among thefinal eight.

The elimination before thequarterfinals of the womenseeded Nos. 1-4 has neverpreviously happened atWimbledon since the tourna-ment began keeping suchrecords in 1927. It’s the firsttime it has happened at anyGrand Slam event in the 40-year Open era.

“Every player is ready toplay, especially at theseSlams,” Venus Williams said.

“Everyone comes out withdouble vengeance, so you justhave to be ready.”

Jankovic, slowed by a kneeinjury she suffered in the pre-vious round, lost to No. 60-ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn6-3, 6-2. Kuznetsova wasbeaten by No. 14-seededAgnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.

Their defeats ensure AnaIvanovic of retaining the No.1 ranking next week, eventhough she was beaten byZheng Jie in the third round.The No. 133-ranked Zheng,who needed a wild card toenter the tournament, becamea first-time Grand Slam quar-terfinalist by beating No. 15-seeded Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-4.

Alla Kudryavtseva, whoupset No. 3-seeded MariaSharapova in the secondround, was eliminated byNadia Petrova 6-1, 6-4.

Tanasugarn, a first-timeGrand Slam quarterfinalist atage 31, will play VenusWilliams on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Radwanska will faceSerena Williams.

Almost as unpredictable isthe men’s draw, with eight ofthe top 10 players eliminated.But the No. 1-ranked Federerand No. 2 Nadal remain oncourse to meet in the final forthe third consecutive year.

While Federer beat 2002champion Lleyton Hewitt forthe 12th time in a rowMonday, Nadal hurt his rightleg against Mikhail Youzhnyand stopped in the middle ofthe second game for treatmentby a trainer.

Nadal slipped on worn turfbehind the baseline whilestretching for a shot, and hisright leg bent awkwardly. Hesaid he felt a crack behind theknee.

“I felt a little bit pain,” hesaid. “I was a little bit scared.”

After the trainer wrappedNadal’s leg below the knee,the Spaniard showed no signthe injury bothered him therest of the way, winning 6-3,6-3, 6-1.

“Right now I am feelingbetter,” Nadal said an hourafter the victory. Nadal willnext play No. 12-seeded AndyMurray, trying to become thefirst British man to winWimbledon since 1936. Hethrilled a partisan CentreCourt crowd by completing acomeback win just beforedark against No. 8 RichardGasquet, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2,6-4.

Marat Safin reached aGrand Slam quarterfinal forthe first time since winningthe 2005 Australian Open,beating No. 13 StanislasWawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.

Safin’s opponent Wednesdaywill be No. 31 FelicianoLopez, who overcame threematch points to defeat No. 10Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 8-6.

Federer will next play thelast man to beat him atWimbledon, Mario Ancic.Federer overcame some shakymoments in the first-settiebreaker to defeat Hewitt 7-6(7), 6-2, 6-4, while Ancic out-lasted Fernando Verdasco 3-6,4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11.

Since losing to the big-serving Ancic in the firstround in 2002, Federer haswon 63 consecutive grass-court matches, including 38 atWimbledon.

“I completely underesti-mated him back in 2002,”Federer said. “What it taughtme was not to underestimateany opponent.”

That may be the biggestchallenge in the next tworounds for the Williams sis-ters, who have won six of thepast eight Wimbledon titlesand are dominating again thisyear. If the Graveyard ofChampions can’t stop them,what will?

Court 2 has no tombstones,but the names of losers thereincludes such former champi-ons as Pete Sampras, AndreAgassi, John McEnroe,Jimmy Connors — and bothWilliams sisters.

There are no replay reviewson Court 2, where the score-board is manually operated.There are no seats behind onebaseline and only three rowsbehind the other. Spectatorscan hear players muttering tothemselves, and the sound-track for matches alsoincludes cheering from othercourts and noise from thenearby dining area for players.

“I don’t think I’ve everplayed a fourth-round matchon a court like that in mycareer,” Serena Williams said.

With all 16 fourth-roundmatches on the scheduleMonday, tournament refereeAndrew Jarrett said it wasunavoidable that some leadingplayers would be assigned toouter courts. Serena andVenus found themselves backon Court 2 for their eveningdoubles match, which theyalso won to reach the quarter-finals.

The tempest about theschedule was defused some-what because the sisters sweptall three matches, and defend-ing champion Venus at firstsaid she had no complaint.But when asked if Wimbledonslights the women whendeciding court assignments,she said yes.

Williams sisters both win on ‘Graveyard’

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During 1998 a collection of thelargest employers in America cametogether to discuss how they coulduse the way they purchased healthcare to influence health care qualityand affordability. Their challengewas finding quantifiable, compara-ble information regarding healthcare providers, so they could makewell-informed decisions. It was theirdesire to create in health care thesame shift that they were experienc-ing in their markets – competitivepressure to improve quality. Theybelieved that ultimately qualityimprovements would also savecosts.

The next year, the Institute ofMedicine, one of the NationalInstitutes of Science, gave theLeapfrog founders an initial focus –reducing preventable medical mis-

takes. The report found that tens ofthousands of Americans die everyyear from preventable medicalerrors made in hospitals alone. Thefounders realized that they couldtake ‘leaps’ forward with theiremployees, retirees and families byrewarding hospitals that implement-ed significant improvements inquality and safety. In 2000, theLeapfrog Group was officiallylaunched.

Leapfrog teamed up with theNational Quality Forum, which pub-lished “Safe Practices for BetterHealthcare,” and began advocatingfor more transparent reporting ofhealth care outcomes. The LeapfrogGroup, now swelling to many thou-sands of members, had learned thatsharing of quality data led, overall,to truly better quality in the entiresystem. The government got in onthe action by defining best practicesfor various types of care, called,“core measures.” Then the govern-ment required all hospitals and doc-tors who received government fund-ing (Medicare and/or Medicaid) toreport quality outcomes. When out-comes were good, providers werepaid more. When outcomes werenot so good, providers received less.Talk about an inspirational way toget everybody to adhere to the newpractices! In addition to this “pay

for performance” approach, qualitydata was published for all to see.

Beyond transparency, hospitalsand physicians began learning thatquality care is more likely the resultof a deliberate system of care ratherthan just a good surgery or goodnursing. We’re learning every daythat the way we work together (ourstaff, with physicians and othersinvolved in the care) in a coordinat-ed manner using standardized pro-cedures and communication makesa bigger difference than any onemember of the team can makealone. Because of this, we’re delib-erately studying and learning how towork together better.

For a number of years, differentwebsites have developed secret for-mulas for rating doctors and physi-cians. Most, if not all, of these use a“black box” approach where onlythey know how or where their num-bers came from, or what causedthem to rate one provider higherthan another. In some cases, itappears that whomever paid formarketing their findings was likelyto be the “winner” in their survey.

Leapfrog has worked to changeall of that. During the past fewyears, they worked on developing anational hospital comparison web-site, using published criteria anddata which have been gathered sys-

tematically. They persuaded theCenters for Medicare/MedicaidServices (CMS)—the agency whooversees Medicare)—to mandatestandardized reporting from virtual-ly all hospitals in the nation on whatstarted out being called “core mea-sures,” key quality activity mea-sures. The list of core measures isincreasing to permit much broadercomparison and the information isbeing summarized at a websitewww. CalHospitalCompare.org (forCalifornia hospitals).

If you go towww.CalHospitalCompare.org,you’ll see that hospitals are rated onthree main things: critical care,patient safety and overall patientexperience. Along the left side ofthe screen is a list of services toview ratings on. The 218 hospitalsrated on this site account for 82 per-cent of hospital admissions inCalifornia and the conditions andprocedures rated (heart attack, heartfailure, heart bypass surgery, pneu-monia, and maternity) are the fivemost common reasons for beingadmitted to a hospital.

I wish that I could tell you thatwe’re scoring perfectly in each coremeasure indicator, but we’re notthere yet. We are deliberately work-ing to entrench a system of com-plete quality into our organizationand have thoroughly reorganizedour quality efforts and focus duringthe past year. Working as a team,our medical (doctors) and hospitalstaffs are working to adopt docu-

mented best practices and get themdeployed where appropriate. I ampleased to share with you that ourteam spirit is being reflected in ourdaily work, and we are committedtogether to making changes that willimprove our quality.

We have learned from studyingthe data that our overall patient sat-isfaction has been driven down bysuch factors such as communicationand noise in our patient areas.We’ve begun implementing qualityimprovement projects to makeLeapfrog-type improvements thatour patients will begin to senseimmediately.

Each year, new areas of focus areadded for hospitals to report in qual-ity of care, patient safety and ser-vice. Evidence and expert-basedsolutions to these problems are thenresearched and published for healthcare providers to implement. Ofcourse, change is hard, and hospitalsare feeling the impacts of state andfederal budget cuts, just like every-one else. But, by standardizinghealth care quality, everyone is heldto the same standard, and everyonemust focus on good outcomes tomaintain reimbursement. So, hospi-tals have all the motivation theyneed to continue to focus on what’simportant—providing high qualitycare, safety and service.

As always, please feel free tocontact me if you have questions orconcerns that I have not addressedin this column (707.463.7360). Yourconcerns are my concerns.

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Today is the 183rd day of 2008 and the 11thday of summer.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1863, the CivilWar Battle of Gettysburg began.

In 1867, Canada became a self-governingdominion of the British Commonwealth.

In 1997, the United Kingdom transferredsovereignty of Hong Kong back to China.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: George Sand(1804-1876), novelist; Walter White (1893-1955), NAACP leader; Olivia de Havilland(1916-), actress, is 92; Sydney Pollack (1934-

2008), filmmaker; Deborah Harry (1945-),singer, is 63; Dan Aykroyd (1952-), actor, is56; Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997);Carl Lewis (1961-), track star, is 47; Liv Tyler(1977-), actress, is 31.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1990, New YorkYankee Andy Hawkins pitched a no-hitteragainst the Chicago White Sox, but theYankees still lost, 4-0.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “The beauty thataddresses itself to the eyes is only the spell ofthe moment; the eye of the body is not alwaysthat of the soul.” -- George Sand

TODAY’S FACT: British officials deniedCanada’s initial request to be designated a“kingdom” because they feared it would angerthe United States.

TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter(June 26) and new moon (July 2).

Datebook: Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Dear Annie: A few months ago, our 31-year-old son married a 27-year-old womanwith two young children. They have knowneach other for two years. Our daughter-in-lawhad both children out of wedlock, each by adifferent father. At first, we were very con-cerned about this, but we have welcomed herand her children into our family.

My husband and I decided not to tell my 90-year-old father about the children’s parentage.Dad is of a generation that frowns on livingtogether before marriage, premarital sex, etc.He has a history of abusive behavior, and weknow he would berate our son, his wife and thechildren if he knew the history.

The children now are curious about theirnew great-grandfather and want to send himpictures. Our son asked what he should do. Hiswife was not aware of the deception. Weadvised that he tell her the truth, which he did,and they are in the process of deciding what totell the children.

We all feel pretty sick about this situation.My daughter-in-law has never met my father,so I’m not sure she can appreciate the type ofperson he is and how abusive he can be. I wantto explain why we handled it this way. Do youhave any advice for resolving this family cri-sis? -- Confused Mom

Dear Confused: Give your daughter-in-lawas much information as you can about yourfather’s opinions and anger issues. Tell her heis not likely to be the warm and fuzzy grandpathe kids expect. If she still wants to risk beingcompletely honest, that is up to her and herhusband, and they will deal with the fallout. IfGrandpa berates you about your daughter-in-

law, ignore him. There is no harm, however, inwithholding some information from a 90-year-old man who is likely to be apoplectic at thenews. Send a picture if you wish, but don’telaborate.

Dear Annie: My husband is an alcoholic.Five years ago, he was in an accident andarrested for DUI. It was a new beginning forus. I would like to thank the officer who foundhim because it was the eye-opener he needed.He quit drinking that day.

We have two children who are starting to hitthe difficult teen years. They still remember themisery of their father’s drinking, but it doesn’tguarantee they won’t follow in Dad’s foot-steps. What can I do to protect my kids frombecoming alcoholics like their father? --Concerned Mother

Dear Concerned: Your children are old enough tounderstand that they may have a predispositionto alcoholism and, therefore, a great responsi-bility to be extra careful when tempted todrink. You cannot prevent them from experi-menting, but you can help them appreciate thatthe repercussions may be more serious than

they anticipate, and that their friends’ reactionsto alcohol is not going to be an accurate gaugeof what might happen to them. Please have thisdiscussion with them soon.

Dear Annie: This is in reference to “Bonniein Napa, Calif.,” who broke her husband of hishabit of spitting on the sidewalk by showinghim how disgusting it was when she did it. Notonly is it a revolting habit to spit in public, it isalso illegal. This dates back to Typhoid Mary. -- Sanitary Sam

Dear Sam: Actually, it depends on the localordinances. For centuries, people spat on thefloor in public places. The invention of spit-toons encouraged them to direct their efforts inmore specific locations. Concern about thespread of tuberculosis in the late 19th century,followed by the influenza epidemic of 1918,were what pushed many cities to enact lawsagainst public expectoration. Still, such lawsare rarely enforced, which means people feelfree to disregard them and disgust us all.

Happy Canada Day to all our readers northof the border.

Good intentions are keeping great-grandfather uninformed

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

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST LOAN: SE0129/Madden OTHER: 30180402 T.S. #: 8080-RT A.P.NUMBER 002-224-15 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED April 14, 2006, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, 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. NO-TICE is hereby given that REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., as trustee, or successor trustee, or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by RONALD RAY MADDEN, a married man, as his sole and separate property Recorded on 04/19/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-07606 in Book - Page - of Official records and re-re-corded on 06/16/2008 as Instrument # 2008-08649, in Book -, Page - in the office of the County Recorder of MENDOCINO County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of De-fault and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 03/14/2008 in Book -, Page -, as Instrument No. 2008-03480 of said Official Records, WILL SELL on 07/15/2008 at THE MAIN EN-TRANCE TO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY COURTHOUSE 100 NORTH STATE STREET UKIAH, CA at 10:00 A.M. AT PUB-LIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property sit-uated in said County and State hereinafter described: The land referred to herein below is situated in the City of Ukiah, County of Mendocino, State of California, and is descri-bed as follows: All that real property lying in Block 14, as this block is shown on the Map of Ukiah City recorded in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Mendocino Coun-ty in Book one (1) of Deeds at Page seventy two (72) Records of the Mendocino County, in the State of California, which is more particu-larly described as follows: Bounded on the East by the Lands now or formerly belonging to McCowen, on the North by Lands now or formerly belonging to Scott/Boyd and formerly belonging Gobelet, on the West by the lands formerly owed by Watson and on the South by Standley Street and having a frontage of 22 feet on Standley and a depth of 55 feet North and South. This is improved commer-cial proper ty known as 108 W. Standley, Ukiah, California, formerly described as fol-lows: Commencing on the Nor th l ine of Standley Street Sixty-Two (62) feet from the Southeast corner of Block Fourteen (14), be-ing the Southwest corner of Hale McCowen's Lot, running thence Westerly along the North line of said Standley Street Twenty-one (21) feet to the Southeast corner of S. Wurten-berg's Lot, thence Northerly and at right an-gles with Standley Street and along The East line of Wurtenberg's Lot Fifty-Five (55) feet, thence at right angles Easterly Twenty-One (21) feet, thence at right angles and along the West line of McCowen's Lot Fifty - Five (55) feet to the North line of Standley Street, the place of beginning, as said Lots and down in Map of said Ukiah City. Together with the lands Quitclaimed to Richard R. Cleland and Joyce B. Cleland in Deeds recorded in Book 2372, Official Records, at Pages 278, 280 and 282, Mendocino County Records descri-bed as follows: All that real property lying in Block 14 of the City of Ukiah, County of Men-

docino, State of California, which is more par-ticularly described as follows: Beginning at the Westerly corner of the Northern most line of the land conveyed to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cleland in Book 1885, Official Records, Page 364, M.C.R.; thence Northerly at right angles to Standley Street a distance of 20 ft., more or less, to the Westerly prolongation of the Nor th l ine of the lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd, a Missouri Partnership, in Book 1741, Official Records, Page 20, M.C.R.;thence Easterly along said prolongation a dis-tance of 3 ft., more or less, to the Northwest corner of said Scott/Boyd land; thence South-erly along the West line thereof a distance of 20 ft, more or less, to the North line of said Cleland land; thence Westerly a distance of 3 ft., more or less, to the Point of Beginning.Together with a portion of the lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd a Missouri Par tnership in a Grant Deed recorded in Book 1741, Official Records, at Page 20, Mendocino County Re-cords described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Standley and State Streets, being the Southeast corner of Block 14, as this block is shown on the Map Ukiah City recorded in the office of the County Re-corder in and for Mendocino County in Book One (1) of Deeds at Page Seventy Two (72) Records of the Mendocino County; thence Northerly along the West line of State Street, a distance of 55 feet to the Point of Begin-ning; thence continuing Northerly along the West line of State Street, a distance of 20 feet to the North line of said lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd, a Missouri Par tnership; thence leaving said West line of State Street, West-erly along last said North line, a distance of 80 feet to the Northeast corner of the lands Quitclaimed to Richard R. Cleland and Joyce B. Cleland in Book 2372 of Official Records at Pages 278, 280 and 282, Mendocino County Records; thence Southerly along the Easterly line of said lands Quitclaimed to Richard R.Cleland and Joyce B. Cleland at right angles to Standley Street, a distance of 20 feet, more or less, to the northern most line of the lands conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cleland in Book 1885 of Official Records at Page 364, Mendocino County Records said point being 3 feet Easterly of the Northwest corner of said lands of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cleland record-ed in Book 1885 of Official Records at Page 364, Mendocino County Records; thence Easterly along the North line of last said lands of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cleland a distance of 18 feet, more or less, to the Northeast of said lands of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cleland said corner also being the Northwest corner of the lands conveyed to John McCownen, in Book 1599 of Official Records at Page 328, Mendo-cino County Records; thence Easterly along the Nor ther ly l ine of said lands of John McCowen parallel to said North line of the lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd, a distance of 19 feet to the Northeasterly corner of said lands of John McCowen; thence continuing on an Easterly prolongation of the Northerly line of said lands of John McCowen, said line also being a line parallel to said North line of the lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd, a distance of 13 feet; thence continuing on a line parallel to said North line of the lands conveyed to Scott/Boyd, a distance of 30 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 108 West Standley Street, Ukiah, CA The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the prop-erty address and other common designation,

if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $445,321.79 In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted the Trustee may withhold the is-suance of the Trustee's Deed until funds be-come available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or im-plied regarding title, possession or encum-brances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed, advances thereunder, with in-terest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed with interest thereon as provided in said Note, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Dated: 06/17/2008 REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., as said Trustee ATTN: ROBERT CULLEN P.O. BOX 6875 SANTA ROSA, CA 95406-0875 TRUSTEE'S SALE LINE: (714)259-7850 By: LAURA A.B.WILSON TRUSTEE'S SALE OFFICER ASAP# 2798183 06/24/2008, 07/01/2008, 07/08/2008

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CITY OF POINT ARENAINVITATION TO BID

Sealed bid proposals are invited for furnish-ing all labor, materials, transportation and all other requirements of the general con-tract as outlined in the Bid Schedule, Plans and Specifications for the “Harbor Parking Lot Storm Damage Repair.” All bidders are requested to visit the site prior to supplying a bid. Contact the City Engineer, David E.Paoli, at 707-964-5225 or the City Clerk at City Hall, 451 School Street, Point Arena, CA at 707-882-2122.

Proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m.on July 22, 2008, at which time they will be opened in public and read aloud in the City Hall Chambers of the City of Point Arena, 451 School Street, Point Arena, California.Proposals shall be enclosed in sealed, opa-que coverings and shall be submitted in du-plicate.

Plans and Specifications are available from David Paoli, 535 E. Chestnut Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 or the City Clerk/Adminis-trator, City Hall, PO Box 67, Point Arena, CA 95468.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code of the State of California and local laws thereto applicable, the City of Point Arena, through its agents, has as-certained the general prevailing rate of wages and hourly rates for Saturday, Sun-day, and holidays and overtime work in the locality where this work is needed to per-form the work of this project, and has adopted a schedule which becomes part of the Scope of Work. The general prevailing wage determinations adopted by the City of Point Arena are those made by this Direc-tor of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Cali-fornia Labor Code Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 1770, 1773, and 1773.1. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon all sub-contractors under him, to pay all wages ac-cording to the aforementioned schedule of each workman or mechanic employed in the execution of the contract.

The schedule of the rates of wages and hourly wage rates referred to are those on file at the office of the City Clerk, 451 School Street, PO Box 67, Point Arena, CA 95468, telephone 707-882-2122.

s/David E. PaoliDAVID E. PAOLI, CITY ENGINEER6/16/2008

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

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NOTICE OF APPLI-CATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEV-

ERAGESDate of Fil ing Application: June 5,2008To Whom It May Concern:The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are:THRIFTY PAYLESS INCThe applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Al-coholic Beverage Control to sell alco-holic beverages at:680 S. STATE STUKIAH, CA 95482-4913For the following type of License:21-OFF-SALE GEN-ERALSanta RosaDistrict Office50 D ST ROOM 130SANTA ROSA, CA 95404(707) 576-2165

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2008-F0377

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:ANYTIME FITNESS175 Orchard PlazaUkiah, CA 95482Clear Lake Fitness,LLC6985 Highland Springs RoadLakeport, CA 95453This 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 July 31,2008. Endorsed-Filedon June 11, 2008 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Joseph B. AndoJOSEPH B. ANDOMANAGER

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2008-F0362

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:NOR-CAL WELDING SUPPLYPO Box 321Redwood Valley, CA 95470Michael Mata2240 Road KRedwood Valley, CA 95470This 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 6/4/2008.Endorsed-Filed on06/04/2008 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Michael MataMICHAEL MATA429-08

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ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property and household items described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under the CA.Self-Service Storage Facility Act (Bus. & Prof.Code SS 21700--21716). the undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on July 3, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Red Carpet Mini-Stor-age, 151 Lake Mendocino Drive, County of Mendocino, Ukiah, CA. The following:

Jorge Perez (Hsehld items) Unit #E-51Bobbie Jo Vaughan (Hsehld items) Unit #I-3Susan McLaren (Hsehld items) Unit #M-60

Purchases must be paid for at the time of pur-chase in cash. All purchased items sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Auctioneer: Dawn Steinmann, (707) 468-8887 Bond # 97-Q6-0038-1.

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Looking for a cost ef-ficient way to get out a NEWS RELEASE? The California Press Release Service is the only service with 500 current daily, weekly and college newspaper contacts in California. Ques-tions call (916) 288-6010. www.Califor-niaPressRe-leaseService.comPREGNANT? CON-SIDER OPEN ADOP-TION. Loving Califor-nia couples wish to parent. Work with a licensed caring agen-cy. Expenses paid.We can help, please call: 1-800-972-9225.

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30 LOST &FOUND

+Free Adult Barn

CatsSo 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

Hi I am called CASPER

by the Ukiah Shelter Staff as I appeared, like a ghost, Mon.6/23 with 3 dog fr iends. We were tied with a chain, to the shelter fence with a bucket of water and a big bag of dog food. Were we left by our humans evac-uating the fires or just dumped? We can not tell anyone our story, so perhaps someone will recog-nize me and call Sage 467-6453. Oth-erwise, I will soon be looking for a new home.

I was at the Redwood Valley Market on 6/23, trying to get some groceries when I saw some kids and thought would I follow them. I am a young guy, just 3 months old and hope I am found or on 6/30 I would like someone to come to the Ukiah Shelter at 298 Plant Rd. and adopt me.Call Sage please at 467-6453

The smoke really got to me and my idea of a walk was really a bad one. I went on to someone's porch on Magnolia to rest.They took me to the Ukiah Shelter on 6/24 so I could be cared for while my people find me. I am a 5 year old male Chi-

30 LOST &FOUND

huahua whose fur is mostly white. If not found I will be looking for a new home on 6/30. I am resting at 3 298 Plnat Rd or call Sage 467-6453

WOW! I have been lost for such a long time. I am a calico cat. I am so skinny and mal-nourished. Did you loose me. I was found on Donner Ct on 6/27 and now am being taken care of at the Ukiah shelter.Please call Sage at 467-6453 if you know me.

100 INSTRUCTION

GET CRANE TRAINED!Crane/Heavy Equip-ment Training. Na-tional Cer tif ication Prep. Placement As-sistance. Financial Assistance. Northern California College of Construction.www.Heavy4.com Use Code “NCPA1”1-866-302-7462.

120 HELPWANTED

AdministrativeServices Coordinator

Ukiah non-profit seeks qualified appli-cants for Administra-tive Services Coordi-nator. Benefit pkg.Application & job de-scription at projectsanctuary.org or564 S. Dora St.Ukiah. EOE. Dead-line July 11, 4:30 pm

Background Investi-gator-Central OfficeNative American Cash Assistance Pro-gram in Lake County.Exper. working w/Tribal people help-ful. Clean DMV Drug Testing, F/T Salary 45k w/Benefits. Go to www.cttp.net for Ap-plication & Job De-scription. For ques-tions contact Jolene Crawford at 707-262-4400 ex 124. Fax Re-sume & Application to 707-274-8798. In-dian Hiring Prefer-ence Applies.

People to work with developmentally

disabled adults 1 on 1 in their own home.All shifts avail. Mary 468-9326 or come by &PU app. 182 Thomas St. Ukiah

120 HELPWANTED

Bookkeeper Needed for Immediate Em-ployment Must be 18 yrs or above and have access to com-puter. No formal ex-per ience needed.*Earn Weekly email info@artsontile.com for more info.

Bookkeeper-Central Office Native Ameri-can Cash Assistance Program in Lake County. Exper. work-ing w/Tr ibal people helpful. Clean DMV Drug Testing, F/T Salary 30k w/Bene-fits. Go to www.cttp.net for Ap-plication & Job De-scription. For ques-tions contact Jolene Crawford at 707-262-4400 ex124. Fax Re-sume & Application to 707-274-8798. In-dian Hiring Prefer-ence Applies.Caregiver for special needs children f/t & p/t $15/hr Ukiah.Travel reimbursed.Chuck @ 291-5205

CAREGIVER to live-in w/elderly lady.Room & board +salary. Apply at

ewcare@gmail.comCOMMERCIAL

DRIVERClass A or B Lic

req’d. FT + benefits.Job description and app available at 351 Franklin Ave in Willits

DIESELMECHANIC

3 years exp. Good wages & benefits.

Clean DMV 462-6721

Direct Care WorkNo Exp.Needed!!

Morning, eves, graveyard. Drug test req., no test for can-nabis, gd DMV. Per-sonal care, cooking, cleaning, dr iving & providing living skills training to adults with developmental disa-bilities. 3,6 bed group homes, estb. in 1988.485-0165, 485-5168

DO YOU HAVE SURVEYING SKILLS, Experience & Business develop-ment ambition to lead your company’s sur-vey team, but are prevented by your company’s organiza-tion structure or slow growth? LACO Asso-ciates is seeking an individual with 5 years experience as a Professional Land Surveyor to serve as Lead Surveyor in our Ukiah, CA office. For more info visit www.lacoassociates.com; resumes may be submitted to info@lacoassociates.com

DRIVER-$5K SIGN-ON Bonus for Experi-

enced Teams: Dry Van & Temp Control

available. O/Os & CDL-A Grads wel-

come. Call Covenant 1-866-684-2519

EOE.

DRIVER-CDL Train-ing $0 down, financ-ing by Central Refri-

gerated. Drive for Central, earn up to $40k+ 1st year! 1-

800-587-0029 x4779.www.Central Driv-

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DRIVER/OPERA-TOR - GRAVEYARD

Use your own PU w/shell or van. Rte starts at 1:00am Mon thru Fr i. Star ts in Ukiah. 8-9 hrs. Clean DMV & Drug Fax (916)921-4414 or call Jobline (916) 557-0422DRIVER: Don’t Just Star t Your Career, Start It Right! Com-pany Sponsored CDL training in 3 weeks.Must be 21. Have CDL? Tuition Reim-bursement! www.JoinCRST.com 1-800-781-2778.DRIVERS - Ask about qualifying for 5 raises in a year! No experience? CDL Training available.Tuit ion reimburse-ment 1-877-232-2386 www.SwiftTruck-ingJobs.com

DRIVERS: ATTN:DRIVERS. Sign-On Bonus. 35-42 cpm.Earn over $1000 weekly. Excellent Benefits. Need CDL-A & 3 months recent OTR. 1-800-635-8669.

EXP. BARTENDER Nights & weekends.

Apply Taylors Tavern 6951 East

Rd. R.V.No phone calls.

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HR ASST. Knowl-edge of labor law.Asst. w/planning & facilitating staff train-ing. Strong communi-cation skills both ver-bal and written. Asst.w/updating & main-taining employment, benefit & policy docu-ments. Knowledge of Co-ops and natural food a plus. Full-time w/benefits. To apply:Complete application and/or resume - ATTN: HR Dept., Ukiah Natural Foods, 721 S State St., Ukiah, CA 95482

INSTRUCTIONALPARA

PROFESSIONALSigning (1)

Strong signing skills (ASL pref) req’d.Exp w/students

w/severe disabili-ties preferred.

INSTRUCITONAL PARA

PROFESSIONAL -Special Education

(1)Exp. w/ students w/severe disabili-

ties preferred.$12.55-$16.02 or

$13.19-$16.93DOQ

Interviews to be held 7/15/08

TEACHER - Alter-native EducationPomolita Middle

School$28.82-47.98/hr

DOQMendocino

County Office of Education

707-467-5012www.mcoe.us/d/hr/jobs

DEADLINE: 7/11/08

JOBANNOUNCEMENT

Cahto Tribe ofLaytonville

EPA Director - F/TFor application & job

desc. Please call 707-984-6197

Fax: 707-984-6201

Looking for writers, sports enthusiasts &

photographers!There’s good part time work at the Daily Journal for people looking to earn some extra money and use their untapped skills to help us cover the com-munity. Computer skills are a plus but what we’re looking for is relia-bil i ty, f lexibil i ty, basic writing skills or an eye for pho-tography.

Please drop off a resume and fill out an application at

our Ukiah office at 590 S. School

Street for Editor K.C. Meadows.

(No phone calls please.)

MAINTENANCEASSOCIATE

NEEDEDImmediate opening avail. w/busy prop-er ty management company.Must be dependa-ble, motivated, self-star ter that can work as a team or independently.Maintenance skills, reliable transporta-tion & valid DL are required. Following benefits available:401k, health insur-ance, paid vaca-tion, holidays & more. Salary DOE.

Applications are available at;

300 E. Gobbi St.Ukiah, CA 95482

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WANTED:Self motivated

individual to collect accounts receiva-

bles. Computer Exp., will train,

FT w/medical ins/ retirement plan.Bilingual a plus.Send reply to

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Ukiah, CA. 95482

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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

Post Office Now Hiring!

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

Placed by adSource not aff w/ USPS who hires.

1-866-292-1387PT BILLING CLERK

Potter Vly. Comm.Health Ctr. Fax

resume 743-1192

Seeking hard working EXP. COOK

to work in fast paced, upscale restaurant.

Apply at: Purple Thistle 50 S. Main St.,

Willits 459-4774

SHOWROOMSALES

Filling F/T & P/T posi-tions for the show-room. Need persons with great customer service skills, design and organizational skills. Computer skills helpful but not req.

Apply in person169-A Mason St.

Ukiah. Open M-F 8-5 & Sat. 10-3

Teacher & Teacher Assistants for E Center’s Migrant Seasonal Head Star t Program in Cloverdale & Kel-seyvil le, CA. 40 hrs/wk; split shift;benefits; must have valid CA driver’s lic.Teacher-Prefer l/ll:refer to job#MSHS-2008-04-34 for Kel-seyville; 80 day tod-dler classrm; 3 add’l units req’d for all In-fant/Toddler posi-t ions; bil ingual Eng/Span) pref ’d;Associate: $10.87/hr w/potential up to $13.24/hr, 12 core units ECE & 1 yr classrm exp. Levell: $11.42/hr w/po-tential up to $13.91/hr; 24 ECE core units, 16 GE core units & min 1 yr exp. Level ll:$12.58/hr w/poten-tial up to $15.33/hr;AA deg in ECE or Child Dev & min 1 yr exp. Level l l l :$13.88/hr w/poten-tial up to $16.90/hr;BA deg in ECE or Child Dev & min 1 yr exp. Teacher As-sistant ll: refer to job#MSHS-2008-02-03 for Cloverdale;109 day preschool classrm; bil ingual (Eng/Span) req’d;$8.95/hr w/potential up to $10.89/hr min 12 core units ECE;pref exp w/lic child care facility desira-ble. Agency applica-tion & transcripts re-quired. Contact HR, 410 Jones St., Ukiah, CA 95482;707-468-0194;www.ectr.org.Deadline: 7/7/08,5 pm. EOE

THE BAECHTEL CREEK INN is look-ing for a massage

therapist. Please call 707-513-9703

Ukiah residentialchildrens facility

is looking for caring, responsible individu-als to join our team.Some exp. pref. but

not nec.. Will provide on the job trainng.

Starting sal. $12.12 hr. 403B, great bene-fits, & vac. pkg. Fax resume 707-463-6957

120 HELPWANTED

VALLEY VIEWis looking forRN’s LVN’s

days & p.m. shifts avail. great work

environment, com-petitive wages & benefits. Hire-on

bonus. Call Dawn @ 462-1436.

VALLEY VIEWis looking for

CNA’sdays & p.m. shifts avail. great work

environment, com-petitive wages & benefits. Hire-on

bonus. Call Dawn @ 462-1436.

200 SERVICESOFFERED

Business & home cleaning. Call Sheila 463-1623. shei-la7379@hotmail.com

LAVIOUX DraftingNew const/addt/rmdls3D CAD- Rendering.Affordable 391-4106

210 BUSINESSOPPORT.

ABSOLUTELY RE-CESSION PROOF! Do You Earn $800 in a day? Your Own Lo-cal Vending Route In-cludes 30 Machines and Candy for $9,995. MultiVend LLC, 1-888-625-2405.

LOCAL COFFEE DISTRIBUTORSHIP! Guaranteed Ac-counts. $75K-$400K Profit Potential. 30 years established company. Call 24/7 1-866-278-9316.

SPORTS MINDED Successful Entrepre-neur seeks Self-start-er, must be $$$ Moti-vated, Team Player, ready to produce Health & Wealth NOW! 1-800-221-8429.

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

Sunny office, elegant, quiet building. $375 Util, janitorial, kitch included. 463-2442

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

1 & 2 BDRM$800-$895 N/P

N. Bush & N. Main462-4759

1bdrm 1 ba. $695 Studio $600 Hopland.

707-272-3420

2 APARTMENTS AVAIL Now. N/P,

Credit report & score a must. 485-0841

2 BD, DW/Garage + Pool Alderwood

Apartments 1450 S.State St $885-

$925mo. 463-23252BD, 1 1/2 BA Con-do. Willits. $850/mo.$850 dep. Avail 7/15

707-318-8117

Century 21Les Ryan Property

Management1-3 bd. Apts

2-4 bd. HousesAvailable Now!

www.ukiahrentals.net

Deluxe 3bd 1 ba.Hdwd./tile flrs.

downstairs. $1000/mo. Pool, lndry, car-

port.463-2134Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $850.Also 1bd. $725. Ht.AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075

Se habla espanol.

320 DUPLEXES

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

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

1.5 ba 462-4759

Spacious & clean .3/2 near deli & video

store. Brktrails.Gar.. $1250/mo.

$1500 dep. N/P. Gd ref., credit. Much

more.513-6033, 459-1287

330 HOMESFOR RENT

3 bd 2 ba only $774/mo! Buy!

5%dn, 20yrs at 8% apr! For listings 800-

749-7901 xS622

3BD, 2BA garage, central heat & air,

w/d hook-up.$1600/mo. 463-1799

or 272-61513bd. 1 ba. $1000/mo.

3bd. 2 ba. $1700.Nice area.

707-272-3420

3BD/2BA, gar., west side, Cent. ht & air NP/NS $1575/mo.

689-0713 Jeff, broker

330 HOMESFOR RENT

3bd1ba $1500/mo.Rwd. Vly. No pets.No Sect. 8. Private, encl porch. 485-1848

BEAUTIFUL VIEW/Close to town. Over-looking Ukiah & Vine-

yards 3bdrm, 2ba.central H/A, 2 car ga-

rage, fenced deck.Avail 8/1. $1800/mo.

$1800 sec. dep.707-462-2208

Great view Willits$1450/mo. 3bd2 ba.W/D, deck & more!

N/S 486-7193Hopland duplex.2+1 New decor.$950+dep. Incl.

water/sewer/PGEPotter Valley,

country house, 2+1, $975, $1200 Dep.

Eve Fishell REServices468-4380

Ukiah Westside.Cute, vintage. 2bd.1ba. yard. $875 + dep. 621-1936

370 WANTEDTO RENT

Looking for sm cot-tage in Rdwd Vly.Studio or 1bd for 2 people need ASAP contact Mark Barry 391-4807

WANT TO RENT orlease house. Single person, 1 cat. Need-ed by Sept. 1. Prefer walking distance to downtown 462-9161

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

$550/mo for 1 br, share home

w/2 others, utilities separate (approx $90/mo., or less).

Must be responsible (pay bills ON TIME) & neat. No dogs or cats. 1st/last/$100 security deposit = $1200. 972-4282

Fem/prof. Your share $700/mo +bills. Full

use of lg. home.Bd/ba, 2nd rm

485-6277FURN rm for res.wrkg indiv. cbl/frg

$475 + $475 util incl.N/S/P/D 462-9225

Share home n/s/d,whole house pr iv.$500/mo, $250 dep all util. incl 462-8373.

400 NEW & USEDEQUIPMENT

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $2,990-Con-ver t your Logs To Valuable Lumber with your own Norwood por table band saw-mill. Log skidders al-so available.www.Nor-woodSawMills.com/300N -FREE Informa-tion: 1-800-578-1363 - x300-N

410 MUSICALINSTRUMENTS

Grand Piano. Up-right, John Merlin & Sons. Excl cond.$2000/obo. 485-0619

420 BOATS

‘02 Malibu ResponseLX, like new.Lo hrs., extras. $31,000 Eves & wkends 459-2868

430 BUILDINGSUPPLIES

BUILDINGS FOR SALE! “Beat Next In-crease!” 20x30x12 $4,300. 25x40x14 $6,890. 30x50x14 $7,900. 35x56x16 $11,500. 40x60x16 $14,900. 50x140x19 $41,600. 60x100x18 $32,800. Pioneer since 1980. 1-800-668-5422.

440 FURNITURE

Black metal bunkbed double bottom, single top, pallets incl. Excl cond. $200 462-2057

460 APPLIANCES

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

480 MISC.FOR SALE

Farm Fresh EggsAlso beautiful Cana-ries for sale. $35 ea.

485-9146. Nancy.

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

A-1 Siberian Husky pups. 2 cute females shots & potty trained.$650/ea 274-8669.

Adorable Shih Tzu puppies 1f & 3m.1st shots. Socialized.$500 ea. 467-0421.

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

FANTASTIC FELINESALE!

All adults cats and kittens at the Ukiah Shelter are on sale

for just $25.Please come and adopt one or two.

298 Plant Rd.Call Sage 467-6453

Lab Pups, AKC Reg.1st shots. Dewclaws removed, ready now.$400. Black & choco-late. 707-925-6301

Shih Tzu puppiesFour cute and cuddly

paper trained fm.Clean bill of health & 1st shots from the vet

on Mon the 23rd.$500 ea 485-7592 or

703-9700

WESTIE pups-Purebred, familyraised parents on

site, 2M $400.961-1069.

510 LIVESTOCK

Oat Hay! 3 Wire Bales

621-3897

590 GARAGESALES

FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.

Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi

620 MOTOR-CYCLES

‘83 Honda CB 1100 F, like new. Lo mi.

extras. $5500. Eves & wkends. 459-2868

E-Ton 2wd 4-wheeler 150cc $2500. Less

than 2hrs riding time on it! 459-4686

SHOWROOM COND200mi 2004 WR450 Yamaha $3500 obo 391-3072/468-8848

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

Chev. ‘77 2 WD new eng. smog cer t. Lo mi. Together or sep.1984 Fifth Whl with Arctic pkg. 24’. All works. Sold together $5000, sep. $3000ea. 367-2079

680 CARSFOR SALE

$$CASH FOR YOUR USED CARS $$$ For your old used cars! FREE pick up in Ukiah area! Lost title ok. Steel drop boxes for scrap metal also available upon re-quest, call 707-546-7553!!!!

DONATE VEHICLE:RECEIVE $1000 Grocery Coupon.Noah’s Arc-Suppor t No Kill Shelters, Re-search to Advance Veter inary Treat-ments. Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted.1-866-912-GIVE.

DONATE YOUR CAR: Children’s

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1-800-252-0615Ford Explorer 1998 $3000/obo. 167k mls runs great! Very com-fortable! 485-7583

760 LOTS &ACREAGE

ABSOLUTE STEAL River Access! Wash-ington 6 AC-$49,900;15 AC-Old Farm Buildings-$89,900.Top quality acreage in stunning setting! Limited available. EZ Terms. Call WALR 1-866-836-9152.

NEW ARIZONA LAND Rush! 1 or 2-1/2 “Football Field”Sized Lots! $0 Down.$0 Interest. $159-$208 per month! Money Back Guaran-tee! 1-888-597-4238 or visit www.SunSitesLandRush.com

NEW MEXICO SAC-RIFICE! 140 acres was $149,900. Now only $69,900. Amaz-ing 6000 ft. elevation.Incredible mountain views. Mature tree

cover. Power & year round roads. Excel-

lent financing. Priced for quick sale. Call

NML&R, Inc. 1-888-204-9760

760 LOTS &ACREAGE

NEW TO MARKET New Mexico Ranch Dispersal 140 acres-$89,900. River Ac-cess. Northern New Mexico. Cool 6,000’elevation with stun-ning views. Great tree cover including Ponderosa, roll ing grassland and rock outcroppings. Abun-dant wildl i fe, great hunting. EZ terms.Call MML&R, Inc. 1-866-360-5263.

NEW TO MARKET-Colorado Mountain Ranch. 35 acres- $39,900. Priced for Quick Sale. Over-looking a majestic lake, beautiful ly treed, 360 degree mountain views, ad-jacent to national for-est, EZ terms. 1-866-353-4807.UTAH RANCH DIS-PERSAL Experience the fun and relaxation of having your own 40 acres in the great outdoor recreational area of the Uintah Basin. Starting at on-ly $29,900. Call UTLR 1-888-693-5263.

770 REAL ESTATE

20 ACRE RANCHES, Near Booming El Pa-so Texas. Roads Surveyed. $14,900, $200 Down, $145/month. Money Back Guarantee.Free Maps & Pic-tures. 1-800-343-9444. No Credit Checks!!

ARIZONA LAND BARGAIN 36 acres -$29,000. Beautiful mountain property in Ar izona’s Wine Country. Pr ice re-duced in buyers mar-ket. Won’t last! Good access & views. Eur-eka Springs Ranch offered by AZLR.ADWR repor t & f i-nancing available. 1-877-301-5263

COLORADO RANCH FORECLOSURES.100 Acres just $59,900. Other ranches available.Year-round roads, access to utilities. Ex-cellent Financing Available. 1-866-696-5263 x4287.www.CALovesCO.comFORECLOSEDHOME AUCTION. All Nor thern California.750+ Homes Must Be Sold! Free Cata-log 1-800-470-9314.www.USHomeAuc-tion.com

FORECLOSEDHOME AUCTION. All Nor thern California.750+ Homes Must Be Sold! Free Cata-log 1-800-470-9314.www.USHomeAuc-tion.com

FORECLOSURE!4bd2ba only $180K!

For listings.800-749-7901 XR397

I’m still doing mortgage loans,

purchasing & refin.Rates below 6%

Larry WrightGolden Bear Mortgage

707-239-8080

MONTANA BUSI-NESS OPPORTUNI-TY! 3 owners/57 years, recession re-sistant location, 2-3 person operation, cash business, oper-ate seasonally or year round, Russell Pederson 1-406-939-2501,www.Ranch4You.com “The Freez”.

Montana’s Best Prop-er ty. JUNE LAND SALE! 20AC-County Road and Uti l i t ies-$49,900. 160 AC tracts star ting at $650/ AC. 300-1000AC ranch lands for cattle, horses, and the best elk and deer area- Under $900/AC. Nor th of Billings, MT. Access to thousands of BLM.Owner f inancing or pay cash with dis-count. Call 1-877-229-7840 or visit www.West-ernSkiesLand.com

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5,198 acres Sunday, theSugarloaf Fire was burning at2,591 acres and the Cliff Firewas burning at 4,561 acres buthad been substantially con-tained Sunday.

Firefighters were also stillworking on the Orr Springsseries of fires burning near theOrr Springs hot springs at3,037 acres with minimal con-tainment.

As part of their firefightingoperations Sunday, Cal Fireclosed a portion of MountainView Road (betweenBoonville and Manchester onthe coast) from mile post 14 tomile post 20. Firefighterswere lighting a back fire in thearea. That closure was lifted atnoon Monday.

Cooler weather and higherhumidity over the weekendhelped firefighters gain someadvantage over the flames. OnMonday the weather was stillconsidered favorable but CalFire was warning that couldchange at any time.

Thunderstorms like theones that sparked Mendocino

County’s wildfires on June 20had been predicted to sweepover the county again over theweekend but failed to appear.The National Weather Servicewas predicting a 10 percentchance of thunderstorms onMonday.

On Monday afternoon thesmoke that had been absentfrom the Ukiah Valley sweptback in. According to Cal Firethe smoke is blowing in fromfires that are currently burningand does not represent new orincreased fire activity.

According to theMendocino County AirQuality Department, the windturned back to the eastMonday, pushing smoke backinto the county and send airquality back in the moderaterange. The smoke was at itsmost dense in the Willits areaMonday.

Sensitive groups, such asthose with lung or cardiovas-cular ailments should avoidspending long periods of timeoutside.

Smoke was expected tocontinued to be heavy over thenext several days, especiallyin the inland valleys and nearany still burning fire.

The current estimated cost

of fighting the fire is $9.3 mil-lion

Ben Brown can be reached atudjbb@pacific.net

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNALWEATHER

3-DAY FORECAST

New First Full Last

July 2 July 9 July 18 July 25

Sunrise today ............. 5:51 a.m.Sunset tonight ............ 8:43 p.m.Moonrise today .......... 3:55 a.m.Moonset today ........... 7:55 p.m.

Forecasts and graphics provided byAccuWeather, Inc. 2008

Anaheim 87/62/s 84/64/sAntioch 80/56/s 84/59/sArroyo Grande 75/53/pc 75/53/pcAtascadero 87/53/s 88/56/sAuburn 90/61/s 93/64/sBarstow 108/73/s 107/73/sBig Sur 71/51/s 74/57/sBishop 97/55/s 99/58/sBlythe 114/83/s 111/82/sBurbank 93/64/s 87/64/sCalifornia City 99/69/s 101/67/sCarpinteria 70/58/pc 70/58/pcCatalina 68/61/s 69/60/sChico 92/63/s 94/66/sCrescent City 58/52/s 60/53/pcDeath Valley 122/85/s 122/82/sDowney 84/62/pc 84/64/pcEncinitas 76/62/pc 75/63/pcEscondido 91/63/s 88/61/sEureka 60/50/pc 61/52/pcFort Bragg 65/51/pc 67/53/pcFresno 98/66/s 98/68/sGilroy 79/56/s 81/56/sIndio 111/77/s 111/76/sIrvine 76/64/pc 77/65/pcHollywood 89/63/s 85/64/sLake Arrowhead 90/57/s 90/51/sLodi 90/58/s 93/61/sLompoc 67/53/s 69/59/sLong Beach 81/64/pc 81/64/pcLos Angeles 82/63/s 82/64/sMammoth 74/46/s 76/45/sMarysville 91/60/s 93/59/sModesto 91/62/s 94/63/sMonrovia 93/63/s 88/64/sMonterey 64/54/pc 66/56/pcMorro Bay 64/55/pc 66/57/pc

Napa 77/54/pc 80/54/sNeedles 115/85/s 113/83/sOakland 67/56/pc 70/58/pcOntario 95/62/s 93/63/sOrange 86/62/s 84/61/sOxnard 72/58/pc 73/60/pcPalm Springs 113/79/s 111/79/sPasadena 91/63/s 88/67/sPomona 91/62/s 89/59/sPotter Valley 84/54/s 87/58/sRedding 94/62/s 99/67/sRiverside 97/62/s 96/62/sSacramento 86/60/s 91/60/sSalinas 69/56/pc 69/57/pcSan Bernardino 95/62/s 95/63/sSan Diego 74/66/pc 74/66/pcSan Fernando 88/62/s 88/64/sSan Francisco 68/56/pc 70/58/pcSan Jose 75/57/pc 78/60/pcSan Luis Obispo 78/53/s 77/54/sSan Rafael 70/52/pc 73/57/pcSanta Ana 76/64/pc 77/65/pcSanta Barbara 76/56/pc 73/58/pcSanta Cruz 73/52/pc 73/55/pcSanta Monica 74/62/pc 73/62/pcSanta Rosa 77/51/s 82/54/pcS. Lake Tahoe 77/41/s 81/44/sStockton 88/57/s 92/62/sTahoe Valley 77/40/s 81/44/sTorrance 80/62/pc 79/64/pcVacaville 90/57/s 92/59/sVallejo 72/54/pc 74/55/sVan Nuys 94/64/s 91/64/sVisalia 93/62/s 95/65/sWillits 81/52/s 83/55/pcYosemite Valley 95/55/s 99/58/sYreka 90/53/s 92/56/pc

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

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

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SUN AND MOON

MOON PHASES

REGIONAL WEATHER CALIFORNIA CITIES

Precipitation

Ukiah through 2 p.m. MondayTemperature

24 hrs to 2 p.m. Mon. ................ 0.00"Month to date ............................ TraceNormal month to date ................ 0.28"Season to date ........................ 28.39"Last season to date ................ 22.64"Normal season to date ............ 39.13"

High .............................................. 84Low .............................................. 51Normal high .................................. 88Normal low .................................... 54Record high .................. 110 in 1934Record low ...................... 39 in 1909

UKIAH85/56

65/51Fort Bragg

70/51Westport

84/54Covelo

81/52Willits

83/54Redwood Valley

85/55Lakeport

86/56Clearlake

85/55Lucerne

91/61Willows

61/52Elk

65/53Gualala

82/54Cloverdale

78/53Boonville

66/52Rockport

85°

TODAY

Mostly sunny

56°

TONIGHT

Clear

89°

58°

WEDNESDAY

Mostly sunny

85°

56°

THURSDAY

Partly sunny

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

Laytonville83/50

77/53Philo

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Lake Mendocino – Lake level: 735.79 feet; Storage: 65,579 acre-feet (Maximum storage 122,500 acre-feet) Inflow/Outflow: not recorded Air quality – Not available

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who assisted the students inthe project were CherilynEvan, Gabriel Frey, Sue

Hernandez and EricaNickerson. This mural projectwas funded by theRuralMurals Project ofMendocino County, Healthand Human Services Agency,Public Health Branch,Alcohol and Other DrugsProgram, Youth Services and

a grant from The SubstanceAbuse and Mental HealthServices Administration.

For more information andto see the image of not onlythe Eagle Peak Mural butother RuralMurals projectsas well visit www.ruralmu-rals.org

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A close up portion of the Eagle Peak mural.This mural was painted onto four sep-arate panels in a class room before being mounted onto the wall of the school.

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that Minerals ManagementService lease blocks don'tmatch up exactly with theFERC area.

"Our MMS nominationsintended to mimic as closelyas possible the same area asoriginally identified in ourFERC preliminary permitapplication for geography out-side the three nautical milelimit. MMS requires nomina-tions of entire lease blocks foralternative energy, which iswhy the MMS nominatedareas extend beyond the areacontained in the FERC pre-liminary permit," she said.

The total area off FortBragg that extends beyond thethree-mile state-federalboundary is comprised of53,716 ocean acres, the nomi-

nation states. The MineralsManagement Service studyarea, and FERC permit area, isabout twice that big offEureka.

"As the HumboldtWaveConnect preliminarypermit granted by FERCextends out to 10 miles itoverlaps with more of thealternative energy leaseblocks, as opposed to theMendocino WaveConnect sitewhich only extends to four tosix miles offshore," Morrissaid.

The MMS nominations aresimilar to FERC's preliminarypermits in that, once granted,they function similar to a min-ing claim, holding that landfor study by PG&E only.

They are different in thatthe MMS process is competi-tive while FERC seeks to giveits permits to the first in line.

In the Freedom ofInformation Act response, the

MMS gave a full answer tothe newspaper's questions onthat process:

"The MMS does not have adescription of how the com-petitive leasing processworks," said MMS OffshoreFOIA Officer CelesteMullally. "This is an interimpolicy in the absence of regu-lations that are under develop-ment."

When the MMS is finishedwith its "rulemaking" process,there will be such procedures.

But for now, the federalagency is still puzzling overwhether to grant requestsalready on the board like thatof PG&E or just make devel-opers wait.

The Mineral ManagementService has chosen Fort Braggand Eureka as its two nationaltest sites for wave energy,with locations on the EastCoast being chosen to testwind and tidal energy.

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SACRAMENTO (AP) —California lawmakers havemissed the deadline toapprove a state budget for thefiscal year that starts Tuesday.

Republicans andDemocrats in both houses ofthe Legislature remain farapart on how to close thestate’s $15.2 billion budgetshortfall. Republicans, includ-ing Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger, favor wide-ranging cuts to services andprograms. Democrats want toraise taxes by anywhere from$6 billion to $11 billion.

Republican Leader MikeVillines said there is one thingthe legislative leaders have

said they agree on: A proposalfrom Schwarzenegger to bor-row against future lotteryearnings will not help.

But Democratic AssemblySpeaker Karen Bass said shewill not rule out the plan,which would require voterapproval in November.

The Republican minoritywields more power than usualduring budget talks.Democrats need someRepublican votes in theAssembly and Senate to reachthe two-thirds majorityrequired to pass the spendingplan.

Lawmakers are constitu-tionally required to pass a

budget by June 15 and give itto the governor to sign by July1. That’s happened only adozen times over the last 30years. Despite that record ofprocrastination, Schwarz-enegger said he is confidentlawmakers can work out adeal before the delay seriouslyharms state programs.

During a news conferenceat the Capitol, a reporter askedSchwarzenegger if the statemight run out of cash to payfor vital services. The gover-nor reached into his frontpants pocket and pulled out amoney clip, flush with bills.

He grinned and said: “I stillhave some left.”

Calif. starts fiscal year without budget