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Warriors lose,slide out of lastplayoff spot..........Page A-8

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Tuesday: Mostlycloudy; H 67º L 40º

REMINISCEElusive Images photo contest

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SUNDAYMarch 30, 2008

World briefly.......Page A-2

House ofBurgess

Ukiah Farmer’s Marketseeking subscribers whowant better nutrition forthemselves and othersThe Daily Journal

The Ukiah Farmer’s Market is look-ing for sponsors of a new program theMendocino County Farmers Market

Association (MCFARM) hopes willhelp bring fresh and nutritious locally-grown foods to both the sponsor andlow-income area families.

Subscribers to the program canchoose to sign up for $10 or $20 of“market dollars” for any number ofweeks in the 26-week market season.Market dollars will match the sub-scription level each week and can bespent on any produce, food or plant

vendor at the Saturday market. Unuseddollars will be good for any subse-quent visit.

In addition to membership for theirown families, those who are interestedin signing up can also choose to subsi-dize a low-income family for 20 ofthose weeks for any amount.Donations to the program are tax-deductible.

Participating families receiving a

weekly subsidy at the market mustagree to volunteer one hour in a com-munity garden-related project per $10subsidy they receive. Participants willalso receive education about nutritionand will take part in before and aftersurveys to document any improvementin eating habits.

MCFARM boasts nine markets

‘Market dollars’ food program

By ZACK SAMPSELThe Daily Journal

Recognizing a gap in lunchtime service to thehomeless of Ukiah, the Ukiah CommunityCenter, Plowshares, The Ford Street Project andMendocino County Social Services have teamedup to fill the need, one brown bag at a time.

“When Plowshares changed locations and itshours, it left a vacuum of people not being ser-viced,” said UCC Executive Director David

Youssoupoff. “These lunches now give us achance to help those who may not know aboutus.”

Youssoupoff said the need for a more specificmeans of providing lunch became apparent fol-lowing increased requests for emergency fooddonations at the UCC Food Bank. As the needincreased, Youssoupoff said he and members ofPlowshares, Ford Street and Mendocino CountySocial Services sat down to work out a brown

bag solution.The program began March 17, and in less than

two weeks of operation, staff at the UCC said thepopularity was increasing exponentially.Originally, staff at Ford Street were preparingaround 40 lunches a day, but with word spread-ing as many as 50 or 60 lunches are distributed at11:30 a.m. each day. And Day Shelter

NEW BROWN BAG LUNCH PROGRAM FEEDING THE HUNGRY

D I A R Y O F A P L AY

By David Hancedirector

Let themadnessresumeBy ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

I really do hate it when BenBrown is gone.

It’s nothing to do with himpersonally, although I do likehim a great deal and his com-pany is always welcome.What I miss most in hisabsence is that I have to becrime reporter.

And this is my leastfavorite part of this job.

When he’s gone I live inconstant fear that today isgoing to be the day that some-one will blow a hole in thewall of the county jail, releas-ing all the inmates beforegoing on a high speed chasewhich ends in a fiery accidentwhich causes a forest firewhich somehow triggers aflood.

Ben’s stories are consis-tently the most read on bothour Web site and in print,mostly because they apply toeveryone. Who doesn’t wantto know who accidentallyshot themselves at the gunrange or got caught pretend-ing to be police officers whilestealing someone else’s mari-juana at gunpoint?

In the past year since I’vebecome a full-time journalistI’ve only had to go to onemotorcycle accident, a singlehouse fire and two courtdates. While I was there Ihated every minute of it.

The thing I hate most aboutdoing Ben’s job is that I’mplaying with people’s liveswhen I write a crime story.Forget to include the word“allegedly” or the phrase “onsuspicion of” and you’ve justconvicted someone of doingsomething in print before theyever get their case heard by ajury.

First we read the play together.Then we talked about the play togeth-er. Now we’re watching moviestogether, but not the movie of the play.Of course, it’s fun to sit in the play-house with the lights down and watchmovies on the big screen, but otherthan fun, why?

When you begin rehearsing anyplay, you have to make some choicesabout what the ultimate performancewill be like. With a classic Americancomedy, like “The Man Who Came ToDinner,” there are some expectationscoming out of the gate. We could stillchoose to produce it in modern dress,

or with masks, or set it in anAmazonian jungle. But we’d have ourwork cut out for us, overcoming yoursense of disbelief.

So, instead, we’re staging “TheMan Who Came To Dinner” as anAmerican farce, a screwball comedy.Screwball comedy is the label appliedto many American comedy moviesmade in the 1930s and 1940s.Screwball comedy was characterizedby snappy dialog, a juxtaposition ofopposites and a blend of slapstick andsophistication.

Screwball comedy is appropriate tothe era in which this play was written

(the late 1930s). However, the authorsof this play (George S. Kaufman andMoss Hart) were actually writing itabout real people, famous people, withwhom they were friends. So there are alot of inside jokes that will fly rightover the heads of most modern audi-ences.

Now back to why we’re watchingmovies: To help our modern actorsunderstand both screwball comedyand the closely connected world of theAmerican entertainment industry ofthe 1930s and 1940s, when New Yorkwas the center of the universe, andHollywood a glowing star in the west.

“A Night At The Opera” with theMarx Brothers was recommended byour dramaturge, Deborah Edelman.

The style of humor is appropriate, it isclearly of the era, and Harpo Marx wasa member of the Algonquin RoundTable, the “vicious circle” of critics,writers, and actors who met for lunchevery day for more than a decade. Thisfamous lunch group included the criticand journalist Alexander Woollcott,upon whom “The Man Who Came ToDinner” lead character SheridanWhiteside was based.

The play includes thinly veiledsend-ups of many others from thatgroup, including the character ofBanjo (clearly Harpo Marx).

Enjoying the movie together givesus some shared experience of a bygone

Part III: Movie night!See BURGESS, Page A-16

See MARKET, Page A-16

See DIARY, Page A-16

Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal

Chris Swift enjoys his sack lunch at the Ukiah Community Center on Wednesday afternoon.

2-week-old program proves popular

See LUNCH, Page A-16

Al-Sadr tells followers to defy Iraqi government as U.S. bombs more targets

BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-American Shiite militia leaderMuqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy gov-ernment orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struckShiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensiveagainst gunmen in the city.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may havemiscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash that hisoffensive, which began Tuesday, provoked in areas of Baghdadand other cities where Shiite militias wield power.

Government television said the round-the-clock curfewimposed two days ago on the capital and due to expire Sundaywould be extended indefinitely. Gunfire and explosions wereheard late Saturday in Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia.

The U.S. Embassy tightened its security measures, orderingall staff to use armored vehicles for all travel in the Green Zoneand to sleep in reinforced buildings until further notice after sixdays of rocket and mortar attacks that left two Americans dead.

Zimbabweans vote in election seen asbiggest test to Mugabe’s 28-year rule

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans voted Saturdayon whether to keep the ruler blamed by opponents for theircountry’s economic collapse, though President RobertMugabe’s challengers claimed the election was rigged evenbefore the polls opened.

The main opposition party said it was investigating reports ofthousands of voters being turned away from polls and the dis-covery of stuffed ballot boxes in one district. African observersalso questioned thousands of names on official rolls.

The election presented Mugabe with the toughest politicalchallenge to his 28-year rule. He dismissed allegations that thevote was rigged to keep him in power.

“I cannot sleep with a clear conscience if there is any cheat-ing,” Mugabe, 84, said after voting and promising to respectresults. “If you lose an election and are rejected by the people,it is time to leave politics.”

Voting was generally peaceful, with Zimbabweans standingin lines for hours. Preliminary results are expected by Monday.If no candidate wins 50 percent plus one vote, there will be arunoff.

D A I L Y D I G E S TEditor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 udj@pacific.net

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ARRESTED -- PeggyJoann Hernandez, 47, of PointArena, was arrested at 10:47p.m. Friday in the 600 blockof East Perkins Street on sus-picion of driving under theinfluence.

ARRESTED -- GlenKnapp, 49, of Lucerne, wasarrested at 8:12 p.m. Friday inthe 400 block of South MainStreet on suspicion of beingdrunk in public, possession ofstolen property, violation ofprobation and burglary.

Those arrested by law enforcementofficers are innocent until proven guilty.People reported as having been arrest-ed may contact the Daily Journal oncetheir case has been concluded so theresults can be reported. Those who feelthe information is in error should con-tact the appropriate agency. In the caseof those arrested on suspicion of dri-

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FUNERAL NOTICES[\

MILTON W. KELLYMilton W. Kelly our

beloved Dad, husband and friend was born onApril 16, 1925 in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, theson of George R. Kelly and Augusta KedingKelly. He was com-forted in his last days byhis loving wife Mary. He was preceded in deathby an infant sister and his brother LaverneWilliam Kelly. After attending local schools inWisconsin, Milton went to serve his country inthe Air Force from 1945-1947. Milton wasin charge of run-ning a military base hospi-tal in Lechtfield, Germany. After the war, hemoved to South-ern California and latermarried Corinne Ann Barker, they had three chil-dren; Michael, Lin-da and Vicky. He attended

Santa Ana Col-lege, UCLA, and graduatedwith a MA from Whittier College. Miltonbecame a manufac-turing engineer, workingfor Shiley Laborato-ries. Milton was involved inthe development and manufacture of artifi-cial heart valves and other important medicaldevices and became the Vice President ofManufacturing at Shiley-Pfizer. Milt, Mary and theirstepson Justin were married on theirestate. Together they built their dream home andlife of nineteen years. They grew to lovethe area and the people of MendocinoCounty. Milton loved nothing better than to ridehis Harley David-son with wind in his hair.Milt and Mary found joy as they attended UkiahBible Church. He will be greatly missed by hisfamily and his church. But we know thathe will be there to welcome each of us to ourheavenly home. He is survived by his lovingwife Mary, brother E. George Kelly and wifeFrances of Modes-to, Ca. three children;Michael Patrick Kelly and wife Mary Ann ofOrange, Ca., Linda Elaine Granados and hus-band Richard of Wildomar, Ca., Vicky LynnSlawiniski and

husband John of PalmDesert, Ca., Justin Schmeck and fiance AngelRhodes of Red-wood Valley Ca., sevengrandchildren; Mi-chelle Helferich, ErinKelly, Brittany Isaacs, Kim and JaimmeGranados, Shannon Ed-wards and Kevin Kelly, fivegreat grandchil-dren; Ryan and GarrettHelferich, Kayleigh Granados, Charlotte andJack Edwards. To my beloved husband I willmiss your laughter, the touch of your hands,your smile, and most of all being your wife.

Memorial services will beheld on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 10 am atthe Eversole Mortuary.

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EDWARD JOHN KOWALSKIBeloved and devoted

husband of Vicky

Groom died suddenly andunexpectedly on 3/22/2008 in Willits,California at the age of 61. A kind, generous, andcaring man with a great sense of humor, hewas born in Frank-furt, Germany, in 1946. Heimmigrated to the U.S. with his parents andyounger sister, Vicki, in 1950.

Ed grew up in Erie, PA,served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and graduat-ed from Edinboro University of Pennsylvaniawith a BA in edu-cation and MA in guidanceand counseling.After meeting his futurewife, Vicky, in the late 1980’s he moved toMendocino County. There he held the positionof Executive Direc-tor of the Mendo-LakeChapter of the Ameri-can Cancer Society. Laterhe went on to work as a ProbationOfficer in both the adult and juvenile divisions ofthe Mendocino County ProbationDepartment before leaving last August to assume hisdream job of school guidance counselorwith the Willits Unified School district. Hewas a past mem-ber of the Rotary Club.

He is predeceased by hisfather, Ludwig Ko-walski, and niece, Anna

Kowalski.He is survived by his lov-

ing wife, Vicky Groom; mother, LydiaKowalski of Erie, PA; Victoria Dougan, sister, ofCotati, CA; Eliza-beth Kowalski and BillOsterberg, sister and brother-in-law of LakeCity, PA; Victor and Ruth Kowalski, brotherand sister-in-law, of McKean, PA; and JamesKowalski, brother, of Fairview, PA as well asnephews, Gregory and Daniel Kowalski; andniece, Amber Lani-er; father and mother inlaw, E.J. and Thelma Groom of Cloverdale; sis-ter-in-law, Kay Lani-er and brother-in-law, BobGardner, MD, of Kelseyville; and LorenDavis of Kenwood.Ed will be greatly missed byhis family and friends.

In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made in Ed’s name to PhoenixHospice, 100 San He-drin Circle, Willits, CA95490. A memorial service will be conducted atthe Eversole Mortuary on Saturday,April 5, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.

Arrangements are underthe direction of the Eversole Mortuary.

[\ALBERTA MAE PARSEGIAN

Alberta Mae Parsegian,born April 4, 1926 in

Iowa, passed away peace-fully on March 26, 2008 in Summerfield CareHome in Santa Rosa. Preceded in death byher husband Harry Parsegian, they hadbeen long-time residents of Willits. Albertais survived by her sons Avery and James, fourgrandchildren,four great-grandchildrenand three brothers and two sisters.

An LVN at HowardMemorial Hospital for more than thirty years, shewill be remem-bered for her love of help-ing others. Known by many as “Bert” she hadbeen District Deputy President for theRebecca Lodge and a member of the WillitsGrange.

Funeral Services will beheld at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 atthe Anker Lucier Mortuary Chapel. A recep-tion will follow at the Little Lake Grange, 291School Street in Wil-lits.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made in her name to the HowardCommunity Health-care Foundation, 44Madrone Street, Willits, CA 95490. Arrangementsunder the care and direction of Anker-LucierMortuary.

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

The 1949 Mercury behind the Chevy truck may be the oneI owned at the time. On the left side of the photo there wouldhave been the building that once housed the Flavorland DriveIn and is now Washington Mutual Bank. To the right is theTriple S Camera shop.

Sue Meyer

I lived in the State Motel for 13 years. My parents ownedand operated the motel which was next to Safeway Stores.The scene in your picture shows the route I took to attend thenew St. Mary’s School on Dora Street. I attended the firstclasses in the new school.

The photo was taken about 1957 before Hwy 101 was builtand all traffic went through State Street. On your left, the pho-tographer was standing in the parking lot which is nowWashington Mutual Bank. At that time it was the FlavorlandDrive-In Restaurant and the 1950 Ford on the far right is mak-ing a turn off of State to enter the Drive In.

Left forefront: The first car, a 1954-55 Ford and the car infront, a 1955 Chevrolet (probably a model Bel Aire) are fac-ing the Signal Gas Station and Truck Stop, the only truck stopin Ukiah at the time. Beyond there, out of sight is the cornerof Gobbi and South State, where the present day Rite AidDrug store is located.

Lower Right: The store on the southeast corner of SouthState and Gobbi is the Triple S Camera store, and crossingGobbi St, going north, is the first brand new Safeway facilityto be built. There have been two other Safeway buildingssince on this site. The property on which the store was builtwas the old ball park which had been there for years. Nextdoor ... is my home, the State Motel which was sold and thendemolished to make room for the third construction ofSafeway.

Waiting for the light to change on Gobbi and facing west isa 1955 Mercury. Awaiting the light facing south on StateStreet is a 1950 Ford pickup and to its right heading north isa 1957 Ford station wagon.

Chuck Reed

I believe the picture that was printed on the “Reminisce”page of Sunday’s Ukiah Daily Journal (March 9) is of the cor-ner of State St. and Gobbi St., during what looks like a hela-cious rainstorm-- it even looks flooded! Based on the manyboxy looking cars in the photo, I would place it as some timein the late ’50s or early ’60s. Do I see a VW bus down thestreet on the left? The building on the corner (not theSafeway) housing the Triple S camera store is, I believe, stillstanding, though Triple S is not there anymore, nor has it beenfor a long time. It’s that upper window that gave it away, tome. Of course, I didn’t live in Ukiah that far back-- I didn’tmove there until 1970 -- so I could be totally wrong. It wouldmake sense to me that the Safeway would still be on that cor-ner, as it is today. In the 20 or so years I lived there however,I almost never shopped at Safeway, believe it or not! I stillhave quite a few close friends and family members living inand around Ukiah, and I still go back there frequently, andthink of it as “my hometown.”

Farida K. Fox

The “can you identify this photo” in today’s UDJ is theintersection of Gobbi and South State in downtown Ukiah.Triple S Camera on the southeast corner is a mattress storetoday; it was also once the Prescription Center owned by RodSydell. Safeway was located in this spot when I was growingup, then it moved to the back of its lot with the rear of the storeon Main Street, and then coming full circle moved back to itspresent location. The gas station you see on the left of thephoto was on the northwest corner of State and West Gobbiand changed hands over the years, finally disappearing Ibelieve in the ’70s. Although as today’s new Rite Aid is beingbuilt they keep finding reminders that the station was oncethere! The southwest corner of South State and West Gobbiisn’t really visible in the photo, but I hear it had a businesscalled Flavorland on it. A burger joint and some sort of play-

land for the kids. Wayne and Dora Briley

I think the photo in today’s paper is of the corner of Stateand Gobbi streets. It would have been taken from in front ofwhat is now “Expressions Candy Store,” north toward the cur-rent Safeway store.

During my life here I have shopped at three differentSafeway Store buildings, but they have all been in the samelocation. They just keep getting bigger and moved back a bitfor parking.

It looks like Triple S Camera was across the street at whatis now a bedroom furniture store.

Judging by the cars I would guess this photo was taken inthe late’50s.

Sharon Meyer

Larry thinks it is 1956. The picture was taken from theFlavorland Drive-in where the local teenagers would parktheir cars and have car hops bring them their cokes or ham-burgers. You could also go inside to the booths and they hadon the walls by each booths the songs that were popular. Thenyou put your money in and chose the song ..like B3 and lotsmore.

Looking north on State and Gobbi Streets from the south-west corner of State and Gobbi. Car ages from about 1948 to1955 or ’56. There were no red light signals then.

The car on the right is a nice 1950 Ford convertible. Thecurb across the street from the Ford is much shorter nowwhich is right by the Triple S Camera store. The buildingacross from Triple S is the old Safeway Store, and before therewas a baseball field on an empty lot there.

In front of Flavorland is a 1954 Pontiac and in front of thatis a 1955 Chevy. Going north, the Signal Gas Station on thenorthwest corner of State and Gobbi.

Linda and Larry Griffin

I think that the photo in Sunday’s March 16th edition wastaken on the corner of South State Street and Gobbi. I havelived in Ukiah for 32 years, and, of course, remember well thesecond Safeway Store. I understand that the Safeway store oftoday is the third in its current location, and the Safeway seenin the photo in the newspaper must be the first. Judging by thecars, the picture was taken in the late 1950s. To the right isprobably Triple S camera store, which later became Petporiumpet shop and is now a mattress store.

Kent Porter

This was in about 1956 and is South State and Gobbi.Safeway is still Safeway, just different building. Looks likethe street drainage hasn’t changed much! I would like any oneof those cars in the condition on that day.

Donna Smith

The picture shown in the Sunday issue of The Daily Journalwas taken showing the intersection of South State Street andGobbi Street. The older Safeway store is where the formercity baseball park was (before Anton Stadium was built.) TheSignal Service Station sign shown was on the northwest cor-ner of State and Gobbi. At one time there was also a sign overSouth State Street saying “Gateway to the Redwoods.”

Lewis Martinelli

THIS WAS NEWS

JODYMARTINEZ

R E M I N I S C EEditor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 udj@pacific.net

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25 years agoWednesday, March 30, 1983

Ukiah Daily JournalSHERIFF ANNOUNCES SERVICE CUTBACKS. Victims of

crimes committed in the jurisdiction of the Mendocino CountySheriff’s Office will have to report incidents by telephone ratherthan in person in the future, Sheriff Tim Shea announced Tuesday.

Shea said that because of county employee furloughs mandat-ed by the board of supervisors, his clerical and management staffwill have increased work loads and will be available less than inthe past.

***FUNDS SOUGHT FOR SUN HOUSE ‘DIG.’ An estimated

$9,000 in federal/state grant money will be requested to excavatethe site of the proposed Sun House Museum, museum curatorLinda Wickert told the Ukiah Parks, Recreation and CulturalCommission Tuesday.

The money will be used to excavate the foundation of the oldWong House, behind the mansion of artist Grace CarpenterHudson on Main Street.

The Wongs were cooks-gardeners for the Hudson family. Thehouse reportedly was torn down about 30 years ago, Wickert said.

A thorough review of the site, as determined from 1920 maps ofthe Hudson property, is being undertaken, she added. The map alsoshows several other buildings on the property, including two shedsand a barn.

She warned the commission there is no guarantee the excava-tion of the Wong house foundation will uncover any artifacts toshed new light on the culture and activities of Chinese in Ukiahand Mendocino County. But she feels that such a project should beundertaken before the museum is built.

50 years agoMonday, March 31, 1958

Ukiah Daily JournalHIGHWAY 20 CLOSE TO COMPLETION. It won’t be long

now! This was the word today from the State Division ofHighways regarding completion of Highway 20 from RedwoodValley to Cold Creek Canyon.

Contractor Guy F. Atkinson company has given July 19 as theofficial date of completion for the project but state engineers saidtoday that they expected to have the road ready for travel sometimein June.

“Weather permitting, of course!” was the state’s hastily addedcomment.

One bridge, that over the Redwood Valley road is completed,another over the Russian River at the lower end of the valley hasthe steel in place and about one-quarter of the concrete deckingcompleted. The remaining concrete will be poured tomorrow,again – weather permitting! The third bridge, over the East fork ofthe Russian River in Cold Creek Canyon has the first four spans inplace and the second portion is being fabricated on the jobsite andis expected to swing into place this week.

The highway portion is complete with the exception of about100 feet of paving and removal of some slides occasioned by therecent rains. Total overall cost of the project will be in the neigh-borhood of $3,200,000.

...Dedication ceremonies for the Coyote dam and highway arenow under consideration.

***UKIAH’S RAINFALL NOWAT 51.25. Ukiah’s rainfall to date

is now an unofficial 51.25 inches.This is .22 of an inch more than that recorded in the flood win-

ter of 1955-56 and more rain is said to be in prospect....The firemen keeping track of the city’s rainfall are now eye-

ing the all-time high rainfall recorded by the department in the Fallof 1940 and Spring of 1941 at 56.92 inches.

100 years agoFriday, April 3, 1908Dispatch-Democrat

NEW ELECTRIC POWER HERE. UKIAH IS NOW LIGHT-ED BY THE SNOW MOUNTAIN COMPANY. The current fromthe power plant of the Snow Mountain Water and Power Companyreached this city on last Tuesday.

After two years of labor and the expenditure of nearly two mil-lions of dollars the company have succeeded in getting light andpower into this city. The magnitude of the work accomplished, thedifficulties that have been met and overcome, the great benefitsthat are to accrue to this section from the successful installation andoperation of this enterprise are not realized by the people at large.From the day that this light and power was first sent over the wiresMendocino county has taken a step forward and joined the ranksof modern civilization and will now be in the front ranks of thearmy of progress. New industries will flourish, new enterpriseswill be established, electric railroads can and will be built. All thiswill add to our population, increase the assessed valuation of prop-erty, give work to many, and thus will untold prosperity be our lot.

Cheap and ample power, in the most convenient form will be athand for all purposes – even for cooking, and other household pur-poses. A twenty-four hour a day current will be installed.

... At noon on Tuesday our citizens noticed the street lights burn-ing and the news spread fast that the new power was in town andit was a source of much satisfaction to all – as its advent in ourmidst has been anxiously looked forward to.

The Snow Mountain Company have contracted to furnishUkiah with a 250 horse power current to this municipality for$1000 per month. This was deemed sufficient power for the pre-sent. It is estimated that within the next thirty days that 150 horsepower will be used for driving motors in this city, and that soonadditional power will be needed. The power plant can furnish 5000horse power.

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SUSPECTED ROBBER RELEASED. Dan Haley, the suspect-ed stage robber, who has been held in the county jail for the pastsix weeks, was released last Saturday by Sheriff Donohoe. Haleywas arrested on suspicion of being the bandit that held up androbbed the Lake county stage in January. Sufficient evidence tohold him, however, could not be secured. Witnesses to the hold-upclaimed that Haley looked like the man wanted, but could not iden-tify him.

Jody Martinez can be reached at udjjm@pacific.net.

ELUSIVE IMAGES: SOUTH STATE & GOBBI

Photo (from a color slide) provided courtesy of Ed Bold

Thirty-two readers were able to correctly identify the location of this photo-graph as South State and Gobbi streets. The photo is from 1958, a particu-larly soggy year in Ukiah. The Feb. 25, 1958 edition of The Ukiah DailyJournal, which has a photo similar to this on its front page, reported that 6.5

inches of rain fell in Ukiah from 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 to 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, Feb. 25. See the “50 years ago”section of “This Was News” at left for a short news story about that year’s record-setting rainfall. Accordingto Ukiah Fire Department records, a total of 58.87 inches of rain fell in Ukiah during the 1957-58 season,setting a record that stood until 1982-83, when an almost unbelievable 70.19 inches of rain was recorded inUkiah. In addition to numerous now-classic cars and trucks, businesses shown in the photo include:Safeway on the northeast corner (this Safeway store opened on April 17, 1957), Triple S Camera on thesoutheast corner, and Signal Service Station and Truck Stop on the northwest corner. The photo was takenfrom the parking lot of Flavorland Drive-In on the southwest corner of State and Gobbi streets. See belowfor some of the recollections this photo brought back for our readers.

READERS’ RECOLLECTIONS:

AND THE WINNER IS...Ukiah resident Paula Kilgore is the winner of thismonth’s Elusive Images photo contest and willreceive a free copy of “Reflections: A PictorialHistory of Inland Mendocino County, Volume II,”which may be claimed at the Daily Journal office(590 S. School St.) at her convenience.

FEBRUARY 1958

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Four of the top 10cities are in Texas;low housing costscited as a factorBy PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press Writer

DALLAS — Four Texasmetropolitan areas wereamong the biggest populationgainers as Americans contin-ued their trend of moving tothe Sun Belt in 2006 and2007, according to CensusBureau estimates releasedThursday.

Dallas-Fort Worth addedmore than 162,000 residentsbetween July 2006 and July2007, more than any othermetro area. Three other Texasareas — Houston, Austin andSan Antonio — also crackedthe top 10.

Atlanta saw the second-largest population jump withjust over 151,000 new resi-dents. Phoenix was third withmore than 132,000, and wasfollowed by Houston,Riverside, Charlotte, N.C.,Chicago, Austin, Las Vegasand San Antonio.

Of the 50 fastest-growingmetro areas, 27 were in theSouth and 20 were in theWest. Two were in theMidwest, one — Fayetteville,

Ark. — straddles the Southand Midwest and none was inthe Northeast.

Detroit lost more than threetimes as many people as anyother metro area — its popula-tion declined more than27,300. Other areas losingmore than 5,000 people werePittsburgh, Cleveland,Columbus, Ga., Youngstown,Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y.

Experts credit much of thegrowth in the South to rela-tively strong local economiesand housing prices that areamong the most affordable inthe U.S.

“People are running awayfrom unaffordable housing,from the economic slow-down,” said Karl Eschbach, astate demographer in Texas. “Iwould expect Texas to stay atthe top of a slowing game.”

According to figures com-piled by Eschbach, 16 percentof Americans who moved toother states between July2006 and July 2007 came toTexas, which led the nationfor the second straight year inthat category.

Home prices continue to bea big factor. A report earlierthis month by Global Insightfound that housing prices inthe Dallas area were underval-ued by as much as 30 percent.

Ann Sekesan, a pharmacy

technician, moved her familyfrom Pennsylvania to subur-ban Fort Worth last June afterseeing spacious homes inTexas for under $200,000 on atelevision show.

“After we saw that on TV,my husband and I looked ateach other and said, ‘Haveyou ever been to Texas?”Sekesan said. “It’s amazingthe size of a home you can getdown here. It’s just incredi-ble.”

Among other CensusBureau findings:

— On a percentage basis,the Palm Coast, Fla., area wasthe fastest-growing in thenation. Population therejumped by 7.2 percent to morethan 536,000. The next areasexperiencing the biggest surgein growth were St. George,Utah; Raleigh, N.C;Gainesville, Ga.; and Austin.

The New Orleans area,recovering from HurricaneKatrina, grew by 4 percent ornearly 40,000 people, puttingit 16th in terms of raw num-bers but eighth for percentagegrowth. During the same sur-vey last year, the populationof New Orleans dropped bynearly 290,000 people.

———On The Net:Census Bureau:

http://www.census.gov

Census Bureau releases report onfastest growing cities in the nation

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By BRENDAN RILEYAssociated Press Writer

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Ina split decision that cuts intoNevada’s tax take, the stateSupreme Court held Thursdaythat food provided for free tosome casino patrons and tomany resort employees isn’ttaxable.

The high court’s decisionfavors John Ascuaga’s Nuggetin Sparks, which had sought atax refund from the state —and appears to extend to anyother hotel-casinos that havepaid taxes on such “comped”meals and decide to push forrefunds.

It wasn’t immediatelyapparent how much the rulingwould cost the state, which is

now trying to deal with a hugeshortfall in projected tax rev-enues.

The majority ruling, whichoverturns a decision byWashoe County District JudgeBrent Adams, was signed byChief Justice Mark Gibbonsand five other justices. JusticeMichael Douglas dissented.

Describing the case as oneof constitutional importance,the majority opinion states theNevada Constitution exemptsmost “food for human con-sumption” from sales and usetaxes,” and “no taxable eventoccurred when the Nuggetprovided complimentarymeals to its patrons andemployees.”

Douglas wrote that by

accepting the Nugget’s argu-ments, “the majority creates aloophole within Nevada’s taxlaw that is contrary to theplain language of the NevadaConstitution, the pertinentstatutes and the food exemp-tion’s purpose.”

The majority ruling statesthat the food used to preparethe “comped” meals qualifiedas nontaxable “food forhuman consumption” when itwas initially purchased by theNugget, and “no taxableevent” occurred between thattime and the time the food wasgiven away.

“Whether this exemption isthe best approach is not for usto decide,” the majority opin-ion states. “We are bound to

follow the constitution’s plainlanguage even though a differ-ent result might be desirablein some circumstances.”

The Nugget claimed therefund for a period betweenApril 1999 and February2002. Its initial claim wasrejected by the state TaxationDepartment. After that, theresort sued but lost in lowercourt. The high court’s rulingreturns the case to JudgeAdams for “further proceed-ings with respect to therequested refund.”

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — TheBush administration isproposing a sweeping over-haul of the way the nation’sfinancial industry is regulated.

In an effort to deal with theproblems highlighted by thecurrent severe credit crisis, thenew plan would give majornew powers to the FederalReserve, according to a 22-page executive summaryobtained Friday by TheAssociated Press.

The proposal would desig-nate the Fed as the primaryregulator of market stability,greatly expanding the centralbank’s ability to examine notjust commercial banks but allsegments of the financial ser-vices industry.

The administration propos-al, which is to be formallyunveiled in a speech Mondayby Treasury Secretary HenryPaulson, also proposes con-solidating the current schemeof bank regulation.

The plan would shut downthe Office of Thrift

Supervision, which supervisesthrift institutions, and transferits functions to the Office ofthe Comptroller of theCurrency, which regulatesbanks. The plan would elimi-nate the distinction betweenbanks and thrift institutions.

The role the FederalReserve has been playing inefforts to stabilize the finan-cial system after a credit crisishit last August would be for-malized.

The Fed would become thegovernment’s “market stabili-ty regulator,” given sweepingpowers to gather informationon a wide range of institutionsso that Fed Chairman BenBernanke and his colleaguescould better detect wherethreats to the system might behiding.

The proposal is certain togenerate intense scrutiny inCongress and within thefinancial services industry,where past efforts to changehow regulation is handledhave met with fierce resis-tance.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-

N.Y., said that he approved ofmuch that Paulson had includ-ed in the administration pro-posal.

“In broad outlines, weagree with large parts ofSecretary Paulson’s plan,”Schumer, chairman of theJoint Economic Committee,said in a statement. “He is onthe money when he calls for amore unified regulatory struc-ture, although we would pre-fer a single regulator to thethree he proposes.”

Under Paulson’s approach,the Fed would serve as themarket stability regulator andthere would also be a financialregulator that would focus onfinancial institutions thatoperate with governmentguarantees such as depositinsurance for banks.

The administration planalso proposes a business con-duct regulator who would bein charge of overseeing con-sumer protection issues.

The plan was first reportedby The New York Times on itsWeb site Friday night.

SUNDAY TV NEWS SHOWSAssociated Press

Guest lineup:ABC’s “This Week” —

Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass.,and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.;Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.

———CBS’ “Face the Nation”

— Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.; Philadelphia MayorMichael Nutter; Democraticstrategist Joe Trippi.

———NBC’s “Meet the Press”

— CIA Director MichaelHayden.

———CNN’s “Late Edition” —

Aaron Miller, former StateDepartment adviser; HeraldoMunoz, Chilean ambassadorto the United Nations; Sens.Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and MelMartinez, R-Fla.; Democraticstrategists James Carville andJamal Simmons.

———“Fox News Sunday” —

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Jack Reed, D-R.I.;Stan Kasten, team presidentof the Washington Nationals.

Bush administration proposes sweepingoverhaul of nation’s financial regulation

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I drive, andtherefore I drink

In the Bad Old Days people would often drink anddrive, and I was one of the best at it. Not that there was-n’t stiff competition.

I can hardly think of a single friend from back thenwho did not consume alcohol while driving. I guess youhad to be there, and everyone I knew was. It’s amazingthat I never picked up a DUI, but let me tell you abouta couple of close calls.

The first was my own fault, due to a complete lackof preparation. What happened was that around 1975 Igot invited to a concert down at Sonoma State. I failedto properly research the venue and thus was unawarethat simply because it was on a college campus no beerwould be available.

Pretty darn insensitive of the University Board ofRegents, wouldn’t you say? They force us into a hotcramped sweaty gymnasium for about 17 hours of loudcrap from the New Riders of the Purple Sage and some-thing called Clover, and then provide zero beer.

But there I was. And the exact second the noisy affairwas over, there I wasn’t. To the Cheapee Mart I fled,where the kindly clerk sold me a six-pack of 16-oz cansof Coors. I drank three cans in the parking lot in perhapsless than two minutes (I’m telling you, it was blazinghot in that old gym, and my tongue had started to swellup midway through the second act).

I rolled out of the parking lot and through Cotati feel-ing refreshed and relaxed, at least until the police carbehind me lit up my rearview mirror and unrelaxed thehell out of me. I exited my car (this was back when get-ting out of your car to greet a police officer was con-sidered the polite thing to do; today a cop will cheerful-ly fire a bullet into your kneecap to encourage you tostay in your car).

“What seems to be the problem, officer?” I saidbrightly. Except it wasn’t a police officer. The policeofficer was still in the police car. He’d sent out thistrainee or intern or ride-along sidekick youngster todeal with me and my broken taillight.

So we talked about that taillight, me sucking air allthe while and talking out the side of my mouth, exhal-ing only in the opposite direction of the non-officer,backpedaling around the car while helpfully pointingout the numerous vehicle lights that were actually func-tioning properly. Sixty seconds later I was back behindthe wheel, and ten minutes after that I was at Melendy’sBar in Santa Rosa having a beer to celebrate my goodfortune. That was my first narrow escape.

In 1987 I was working in San Jose; we finished lateone Friday and went to a bar to have a beer and wait fortraffic to thin out. Around six o’clock I headed up 280,hit 19th Avenue in ’Frisco and stopped at a cornerliquor store. I bought a six-pack of Mickey’s MaltLiquor and headed home.

By Cloverdale my provisions were exhausted, so Ibought another sixer and continued north, up pastSquaw Rock, bleating along to a bootleg cassette of theMC5. About a mile later, up near Von’s Rock Shop, itall came into crashing focus: A DUI checkpoint.

Oh hollo. Oh frig a duck. Oh feces urine intercourse.Oh Jesus, what did I do to deserve this? I screwed thecap back on my newly opened Mickey’s and shoved itunder my seat. I rolled down the window and suckedcubic yards of oxygen into my lungs while a copmotioned me over with a flashlight. Oh frig!

I’m forced into a single file lane going about twomiles an hour. I’m promising the gods I’ll be better andnever drink again, or at least I won’t drink tonight,given that I’ll be spending it at the county jail. Arrgghh.

More cops up ahead on both sides of the road as Iinch along, flashing lights everywhere on the police carand the ambulance. Ambulance?!?

A light clicks in my foggy scrambled brain: Off tomy right is an overturned car and a pickup truck lies onits side. A sheet-covered stretcher is being pushed intothe ambulance. YESSS!

I cannot tell you how happy I was to realize I would-n’t be getting a DUI, and that it had merely been a col-lision on Highway 101 resulting in the death of some-one I didn’t know. I felt joy and elation.

I reached under my car seat and fished out thatMickey’s, unscrewed the top and drank to my good for-tune.

(Tommy Wayne Kramer and his drinking buddy, TomHine, sincerely hope the statute of limitations has run on allthis bad behavior. Neither of them drink and drive any more.)

Take responsibilityTo the Editor:Within the past week, we here at the

Humane Society for Inland MendocinoCounty Shelter have had to deal with foursituations wherein cats were left at thefacility after hours, or abandoned in tapedboxes by our mailbox while the shelterwas open.

Two of the animals were very old andill. All we could do for them was to have aveterinarian quietly euthanize them. Ineach case it was something their ownershould have had the courage to do.

When one adopts a puppy or kitten theymust understand that in all likelihood theanimal will precede them in death. Theycertainly show no true love for their petwhen they put it in a box and abandon itat the end of a long driveway. This is notonly inhumane, it is against the law!

We understand that veterinary care canbe expensive, and that the final kindnessall pet owners face is costly both monetar-ily and emotionally. But it is all part ofhaving a pet and should be consideredbefore one takes on the responsibility.

Responsibility, of course, is the bigword here. People give in to their emo-tions and take the darling kitten from thebox in front of the grocery store. Theytake it home and then find out that thelandlord says no to pets, or someone hasallergies, or the cat has fleas. So, put thecat in a box and leave it after hours at ananimal shelter. The people who do thesethings are adults. One can just imaginethem telling their children that the shelter“will take good care of Fluffy.”

What they don’t say or think about isthat “Fluffy,” who they never bothered tospay, will get out of the box before she isfound by shelter staff, get pregnant andhave a litter of kittens that will grow up tobe feral cats. That is if they survive dis-ease, car accidents and people who aresick of unwanted cats digging in theirflower gardens.

We at the Humane Society, like sheltersall over the country, do the best we canwith our limited resources. We receive notax funding. We are constantly seekinghelp from the community with one fundraiser after another. It is all we can do tocare for and find homes for the animalsthat people bring to us legitimately.

We have a small staff and many dedi-cated volunteers who work tirelessly tocare for the dctgs and cats we shelter. Weare an adoption center and are not set upto take in sick or injured animals. Thoseanimals should be taken to animal controlwhere they have the contracted services oflicensed veterinarians.

Sheryl MitchamShelter Director

InlandMendocino County HumaneSociety

Global warming just a cycle

To the Editor:In response to Chris Ineich on Global

Warming. Are you aware that the latestsatellite data from the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration of thepolar ice fields (Feb. 2008) show that theice has regained its normal size this winter... 5 million square miles of the stuff.

And it is thicker than it has ever been.In addition, some of the coldest winters onrecord in the Northern Hemisphere haveoccurred. There have been many scientists(and “so-called scholars” as you put it)who have maintained that this GlobalWarming is nothing more than a part of adecades long cycle. It appears that theycould be correct.

Vicki BlackburnUkiah

Letters from our readers

On Tuesday, March 18,2008, the Kelseyville Schoolmade a historical and heroicdecision regarding theIndian mascot issue. TheKelseyville School Boardmodeled deep listening andvoted to not bring back theIndian mascot. This monu-mental decision followedeight years of education andyearly candlelight vigils atBonapoti in Lake County.These messages, broughtforth by Clayton Duncan,founder of the Lucy MooreFoundation and many othersupporters served as cata-lysts for new perceptions,compassion and forgivenessin regards to settler andnative history of this beauti-ful northern California area.

Preceding this importanthistorical mascot decisionby the Kelseyville SchoolBoard, yet equally as deserv-ing of recognition, was theState Department of Park &Recreation’s placement ofthe Bonopoti Plaque May15, 2005, in cooperationwith the Lucy MooreFoundation.

Bonopoti (Old Island)was a place for native gath-erings until May 15 1850.On that date a regiment ofthe 1st Dragoons of the U. S.Cavalry, commanded byCapt. Nathaniel Lyon andLt. J. W. Davidson massa-cred nearly the entire nativepopulation of the island.Most were women and chil-dren. The act was a reprisalfor the killing of AndrewKelsey and Charles Stonewho had long enslaved, bru-talized and starved indige-nous people in the area. Theisland, now a hill, surround-ed by reclaimed land,remains a sacred testamentto the sacrifice of innocents,and is marked now asCalifornia RegisteredHistoric Landmark 427.

In recognition of thesecompassionate and historicevents, it is now timely thatthis statement be finallypublished:

Statement Made atBloody Island CandlelightVigil

May 17, 2003 LakeCounty, California atBonapoti.

In honor of the 4thBloody Island CandlelightVigil, we, the undersigned,in regards to all the follow-ing indigenous tribes, andothers in Mendocino andLake Counties: Yokaia,Hopland Band of PomoIndians, Guidiville,Pinoleville, Sherwood Bandof Pomo Indians, CoyoteValley Band of PomoIndians, Elem, RobinsonCreek, Wailaki, Yurok, andRedwood Valley Little RiverBand of Pomo Indians,would like to publicly state:

We acknowledge that weare the European, Nordic,Russian, Scandinavian,Caucasian, Middle Eastern,

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In our opinion

We think a dog park at Low Gap Park is awonderful idea whose time has come. Weknow there are thousands of dog lovers outthere. We have seen great local events fordog lovers locally, the pet parades, the walksat Coyote dam, the Christmas photofundraisers, to mention a few. And we haveseen the outpouring of help whenever ahelpless dog - or any animal, really - needsthe care of a local veterinarian or a newhome.

So a dog park ought to be a popular andwell-used local facility.

Dog parks are wonderful places wheredog lovers can mingle, their pets can rompwith other pets, and a city-raised dog canhave a little time off the ubiquitous leash torun, play and cavort. Dogs parks are surpris-ingly well-mannered places. Dog ownersthat go to them know that only well-behaveddogs (and owners) are welcome and theypolice themselves in a way we wish more

people did on the streets in general.But like everything else, a dog park costs

money. There are lots of volunteer hoursalready spent in this effort, and with thecooperation of both city and county staff, alocation and an organization to make it hap-pen are in place. Now it’s more about thefunding.

Some $20,000 is needed for fencing thedog park.

We think that’s doable if local dog owners- even (or maybe especially) those whosedogs already get lots of fresh air and runningroom - all kick in their share.

You can make a tax-deductible donationin your name, your pet’s name, or yourbusiness. Make checks payable to: City ofUkiah - Dog Park Project Trust. Donationsmay be mailed or delivered to: City ofUkiah Attn: Dog Park Project 411 W. ClayUkiah, Calif. 95482.

Dog park a good idea

O N E D I T O R I A L SDaily Journal editorials are written byEditor K.C. Meadows with the concurrenceof Publisher Kevin McConnell.

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editor. All letters must include a clear name,signature, return address and phone number.Letters chosen for publication are generallypublished in the order they are received, butshorter, concise letters are given prefer-ence.We publish most of the letters wereceive, but we cannot guarantee publica-tion. Names will not be withheld for anyreason. If we are aware that you are con-nected to a local organization or are anelected official writing about the organiza-tion or body on which you serve, that willbe included in your signature. If you want tomake it clear you are not speaking for thatorganization, you should do so in your let-ter.All letters are subject to editing withoutnotice. Editing is generally limited toremoving statements that are potentiallylibelous or are not suitable for a familynewspaper. Form letters that are clearly partof a write-in campaign will not be pub-lished. You may drop letters off at our officeat 590 S. School St., or fax letters to 468-3544, mail to Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box749, Ukiah, 95482 or e-mail them toudj@pacific.net. E-mail letters should alsoinclude hometown and a phone number.

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Assignment:UkiahBy Tommy Wayne Kramer

President George Bush: The WhiteHouse, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washing-ton, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX(202)456-2461.

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

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

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 HartSenate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228-3954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707; sen-ator@feinstein.senate.gov

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

www.house.gov/write repAssemblywoman Patty Berg: State

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

W H E R E T O W R I T E

Another voice BY LAUREL NEAR

An important milestone

See MILESTONE, Page A-7

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SUNDAY VOICES ON THE STREETS

Marcia LindstedtChiropractor

Ukiah

“Thursday night womanbowling league, that’s afrisky night, just fun with aral nice group of women.We have matching bowlingshirts. We are the GutterGals, bowling forMendocino AnimalHospital..”

MaddogCook

Santa Cruz

“I can’t really think ofwhat to say. I don’t do friskythings.”

Robbie McIntoshStudent at Oak Manor

Ukiah

“Falling back on my chairon purpose at school. Iprobably won’t do it again,but the girls laughed.”

Stefanie LambHopland Inn

Hopland

“Walking my dog who’sfrisky. Her name’s Brandy.She’s so cute. She’llprance around the vine-yards and chase quails.”

Leon GottbergRetiredWillits

“I passed some time inpleasant conversation withpeople in the park.”

Corrina KoepplinBusiness owner

Ukiah

“I haven’t had any timeor money to be frisky late-ly.”

What is the friskiestthing you’ve done lately?

Photos and interviews by Sarah Baldik

The legal system in the United States hasborrowed so much from England -- especiallythe use of court decisions to set precedents forfuture courts -- that it’s easy to forget that backin the 1780s, the former colonists departedfrom their British cousins in some importantways. Probably the most important was thecreation of a written constitution. Unlike in theUnited States, there is no “BritishConstitution,” and they rely instead a series ofimportant historical documents like MagnaCarta, and the traditions of their society, to pro-tect individual liberty.

But the absence of a written document con-taining, among other things, a Bill of Rights,means that there is also no equivalent to theFirst Amendment to protect either freedom ofspeech or of the press in England. And so,many litigants are turning to the British courtsthese days if they want to seek damages againstnewspapers or other press organs that haveattacked someone’s personal reputation. (Infact, the thing that mainly keeps people out ofcourt in England is probably the “loser pays”rule regarding attorney’s fees, so that the losingside has to pay both their own lawyer and thelawyer -- or lawyers -- for the other side.)

And so it was a few ears back, when actor-writer-director Steven Berkoff took advantage

of the receptiveness of the courts in Englandwhen he was dissed not once but twice in theBritish newspapers by a reporter named JulieBurchill. In 1994, Ms. Burchill wrote a reviewof the movie “The Age of Innocence” (direct-ed, one should add, not by Berkoff but byMartin Scorsese) in which she commented,“film directors, from Hitchcock to Berkoff, arenotoriously hideous-looking people ...”

Nine months later, apparently having some-thing in particular against Mr. Berkoff, shereviewed the most recent movie version of“Frankenstein,” and wrote, “'The Creature ismade as a vessel for Waldman’s brain, andrejected in disgust when it comes out scarredand primeval. It’s a very new look for theCreature -- no bolts in the neck or flat-top hair-do -- and I think it works; it’s a lot like StephenBerkoff, only marginally better-looking.”

At this point, Mr. Berkoff could take no

more, and proceeded to court against Ms.Burchill. The first judge to review the caseconcluded that “I am doubtful whether to call aperson ‘hideously ugly’ exposes that person toridicule, but I have come to the conclusion thatit is likely to lead ordinary reasonable people toshun [Mr. Berkoff], despite the fact hat beinghideously ugly is no reflection on a person’scharacter or good reputation. For that reason,albeit with hesitation, I hold that to call a per-son ‘hideously ugly’ is defamatory.” Thismeant that Berkoff could take his case before ajury to have the issue of damages decided.

Burchill took the case to a higher court,which noted that in other contexts, making cer-tain statements about someone -- such asclaiming a person had a loathsome disease --would be deemed defamatory, even though itdidn’t carry the moral implications of, say,accusing that person of having committed acrime. And the court noted, “words may bedefamatory, even though they neither imputedisgraceful conduct ... nor any lack of skill orefficiency in the conduct of his trade or busi-ness or professional activity, if they hold himup to contempt, scorn or ridicule or tend toexclude him from society.”

And so the appeals court concluded that, “inthe context the remarks about Mr. Berkoff gave

the impression that he was not merely physi-cally unattractive but actually repulsive” andthat this could injure Berkoff’s ability to makea living by “lowering his standing in the esti-mation of the public … [by] making him anobject of ridicule.” The case was allowed toproceed to a jury trial (the results of which,unfortunately, are not recorded).

In 1983, the Chicago White Sox ended a 20-year drought of championships in the WindyCity by winning the Western Division of theAmerican League. Doug Rader, the manager ofthe Texas Rangers referred to their success as“winning ugly,” which apparently referred tothe team’s reliance on scrappy play instead ofgrace and finesse -- and not any repulsive char-acteristics of the team members themselves --to win games. Fans of the team even picked upthe phrase to make it their slogan that year.

But it’s a good thing for Mr. Rader that hedidn’t make that comment about a Britishsports team -- because he might have ended upexplaining his comments to a jury.

3-30-08/Berkoff v. Burchill, 4 All ER 1008(1996) Court Of Appeal (Civil Division)©2008by Frank Zotter Jr.

I have been writing columns sincehigh school. In my 4 years of journalismclasses I wrote a “Platter Chatter” col-umn which reviewed all the top 40(mostly rock ‘n’ roll then) hits for teens.I branched out from light “chatter” intointerviewing when I moved toHollywood for a short time and wasdelighted to meet and interview SanFrancisco DeeJay Don Sherwood whohad just premiered a show in the south.During a short stay in Eugene, Oregon, Idrew one of the lucky straws in my jour-nalism class to meet and ask a questionof then presidential candidate JohnFitzgerald Kennedy who was stoppingfor a press conference. I shared my storyin the Journal during November 2003,40 years after his assassination.

In 1976 I wrote for myself in my ownpublication, The Penny Pincher, and didso for 11 years. That column(Publisher’s Corner) was about the com-munity, club events, local people andconversations and events that were hap-pening in my life and travels along withobservations and memories. It was writ-ten in a very personal “letter-writing”style and was popular enough that whenI sold the paper in 1987, the ValleyTimes hired me to continue the columnin their newspaper (Kathy’s Corner)which I did for 8 years. The theme neverchanged.

I always loved interviewing people.The Journal hired me as an outside jour-nalist for several years to interview busi-ness people who had purchased advertis-ing space in their annual BusinessProfile section, and Business andProfessional Women used me to inter-view and write biographies of thewomen in business in the area for theirannual publication. From those encoun-ters, I got to tell stories -- how theybegan, what people were able to accom-plish, and I learned a lot from those inti-mate conversations with fellow businessowners and my community.

About 8 years ago, the Journal askedfor volunteer columnists and I beganwriting my column, Community Chatter.Although a club and organization alwaysgot priority over any personal writings,the focus was always on this same, verypersonal “letter” between me and myreaders. If I saw something beautiful, ornot so beautiful, and it touched me, I

shared it with the readership. If therewas a way my column could give a liftto a fundraiser or cause, I wrote about itin a way that would hopefully interestthe readers in attending or participating.My most memorable columns accordingto the people that stop and comment tome, are the ones about my grandsongraduating from the Marine Corps andthe moment-by-moment events thatoccurred in those two days. Another wasthe stirring tale of Morey McCloud andhis P.O.W. experience during WWII andAbraham Lincoln.

Often the subject was about societalchanges. I suppose that is the curse ofthose who age -- we remember. Weremember simpler times, less angrytimes, a time when a child could take hisbike and ride around all day and comehome just in time for dinner and no oneworried. We all know those times aregone forever, but what I tried to do withmy writing was to remind people, andinform the younger set, of what was, andmaybe some of what could be again, ifwe pay attention. Without the history ofour elders, and I guess I qualify as oneat my age, we are in peril. I tried not topreach but to make people think. I nevergot into the political or religious arenaexcept if it related to a story. I was verycareful about every word I wrote andwould often let others read it to be sure Idid not offend anyone. I just wanted toshare what I had witnessed or observed.Then the inevitable happened. Eventhough every guest columnists in theJournal writes opinion, because minewas titled “Community Chatter” it wasthought by some to be limited to thesubject of clubs and community evenafter 25 years of opinion style writing.

Several mean-spirited letters surfacedlast year against me and got so petty thatmy photo was even in question.Although it was very unfair and hurtful,I survived two months of discomfort andreading letters that questioned mymotives and ethics. The bashing got fair-ly ugly, but other community members

kept calling or coming up to me andsaying “Keep writing! We are the SilentMajority and we identify with what youare writing about.”

So I did and eventually the com-plaints died off.

I admit I was intimidated by thatexperience and began selecting very safesubjects and was more careful. It affect-ed my creativity and subject mattergreatly, but it could not be helped.However, last week another two letterssurfaced about such a benign topic (acomparison between early TV and cur-rent programming), and I realized thatno matter what I wrote there was theopportunity to be attacked in the Lettersto the Editor, which is often used as arock-throwing device. It would neverstop.

Those who know me, are very awarethat I do not like arguing or squabbles.

So my readers, I have made the deci-sion to step back and remove this stressfrom my life and discontinue my col-umn. I will miss sharing my stories withyou, but I think I have had a good run. Ihope that the Journal reconsiders theirLetters to the Editor policy which maybe “sensational-style,” but if a surveywere taken I think it would prove to beless popular than they believe, maybeeven affecting their circulation.

I cannot fault the Journal for this, foryou, the readers, need to give theminput. The editorial staff are there foryou and you need to tell them what youwant to read. The Journal also has givenme a beautiful gift -- The opportunity topublish my thoughts and philosophieswith you and you have responded inmany kind ways to me. I so appreciatethe many people that write or tell meand my family members how they enjoymy column. If I have touched you orimpacted your life in a positive way thanI have done my job and I am satisfied. Itruly believe that Out of the Mud,Grows the Lotus, and I sincerely hopethat something good will come from allof this. I bid you goodbye in my col-umn, and hope to see you out and aboutin this community I love. Please knowthat I will not forget your kindness andsupport.

Kathy Davison is a Ukiah resident.

A unique experience I won’t forget

Winning ugly

Community Chatter BY KATHY DAVIDSON

Judicial folliesBY FRANK ZOTTER

Frank Zotter is a Ukiah attorney.

and Asian descendants of immigrants tothis land of indigenous people. Some ofus are also known as White/Anglo --themainstream people. We are the descen-dants of immigrants and explorers whodeliberately, as well as unconsciously,spread disease, introduced the use of poi-son alcohol, and cowardly killed men,women and children who were in the wayof their way of life. Our ancestors’actions created a tragedy on a scale soghastly that it cannot be dismissed asmerely the inevitable consequence of theclash of competing ways of life.

As the descendants of immigrants, wepersonally hold a legacy of racism andinhumanity that included murder, rape,massacre, forced relocation of tribes, andkidnapping, as an attempt to completelywipe out indigenous people; a govern-ment policy of ethnic cleansing that is sounthinkable that it tightens like a chain onthe heart when remembered.

Even though the common phrase bywhite people is “Well, we personally didnot do that, and I never would do that... Ican’t help who I am... you’re blaming mefor something I had nothing to do with,”

or “The entire history of humankind isfilled with one people after another,including Native Americans, killing oth-ers and taking land,” or “It’s not just theUnited States who engages in uncivilizedactivities, there are many others,” still,the descendants of people with white andpale and peach skin have inherited thebenefits from the stolen land and stolennatural resources which have been squan-dered and sold many times over sincethen.

We also acknowledge that there werewhite and pale and peach skinned peoplewith heart, courage and strategy whostood up against their own people, andwe hold those souls who stood withnative peoples as our role models. Eventhough those white peoples’ history wasseldom recorded by mainstream cultureor media, and we don’t know theirnames, we look to them for inspiration.

We also recognize that even thoughmany of us live with native peoples asour partners, in the outside world wewalk in a veil of privilege, where doorsswing open for us. We commit to tell thetrue stories of these valleys to otherwhite, pale and peach colored people. Wewill tell the story to one person at a time.

By accepting the knowledge of thislegacy, we also accept the moral respon-sibility for daily practice of putting things

right in the following ways:• to interrupt racism respectfully yet

clearly so as not to create more hurt,• to tell the history of our area to other

descendants of immigrants,• to write letters to the editor when

there are articles published that are racistor ignorant,

• to show up, when we are able, in thecity council, board of supervisors and incourt, when there is a need for publicsupport to correct an action taken againstthe surviving indigenous people.

White, hidden, unspoken guilt keepsthe mainstream culture numb, quiet and,many times, simply unaware, all thewhile the cycle of racism keeps chasingits tail.

Since it has been 511 years since 1492,we resolve to collect 511 signatures ormore, one for every year of occupation,in support of this statement. Thank youfor allowing us this time.

Written by Anne Near, Laurel Near,Phyllis Binder, Kate Magruder

May 17, 2003Since 2003, over 100 diverse people

have signed the statement. To add your name to the statement, e-

mail your name, city and state to state-ment2003@gmail.com. Your name willbe added to the list, however you will notreceive a response.

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Milestone

S P O R T SEditor: Anthony Dion, 468-3518 udjsports@pacific.net

– SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008A-8

This week:

• Tues., UHS varsity boys’ golf @Cardinal Newman 3:30 p.m.

• Tues., Mendocino baseball vs.Contra Costa, 2:30 p.m.

• Wed., UHS varsity baseball vs.Rancho Cotate 4 p.m.

UHS boys soccercoach opening

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

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

Girls Indoor Soccer

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

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

Ukiah Babe Ruthcoaches needed

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

Tryouts begin April 5th.

SULL umpires andscorekeepers needed

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

Adult Softball Leagues

Registration for men’s andwomen’s softball leagues are nowopen.

An informational meeting will beheld at 6:30 p.m. on March 20th atThe Pub in Ukiah.

League play is scheduled tobegin in early May.

Team fees are $450 for the spon-sor fee and individual fee of $30for those without a team (makechecks payable to City of Ukiah).

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

Select Soccer Pumas

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

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

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

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

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

%:30-7:30 p.m.

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

UHS Varsity & JVCheeleading andMascot Tryouts

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

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

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

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

Ukiah LionsCheerleader Signups

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

Rosie's Pizza.The cheerleader must be 7 by

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

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

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

Coed BasketballTourney

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

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By ANDREW BAGNATOAssociated Press

PHOENIX — After reaching theFinal Four for the third straight time,UCLA coach Ben Howland calledthese Bruins “by far the best” of thethree.

The other two didn’t have freshmanKevin Love, who had 19 points and 10rebounds as the top-seeded Bruinsblitzed Xavier 76-57 Saturday to earntheir record 18th overall trip to theFinal Four.

Love was picked as the most out-standing player of the West Regional.

“Obviously, it’s unbelievable,”Howland said after taking the last fewsnips of the net. “That’s really a creditto how good the players are and howwell we performed under pressure thelast three years.”

It’s the Bruins’ longest string ofFinal Four appearances since theyclosed the John Wooden era with ninestraight trips and added a 10th consec-utive trip in 1976 under his successor,Gene Bartow.

At times on Saturday, Howland’sBruins looked every bit as dominant asWooden’s finer squads, annihilating aproud Xavier team that had set aschool record for victories.

The Bruins (35-3) lost in the FinalFour the last two years. But they go toSan Antonio with Love, who has giventhem a formidable inside presence andhas raised his game in this tournament.

UCLA plays the Memphis-Texaswinner in the national semifinal in SanAntonio on April 5.

“We’re getting spoiled with Kevin,”Howland said.

Love made 7-of-11 shots from thefloor, including 2-of-4 from beyondthe arc. Half of his rebounds came atthe offensive end and he added fourassists for good measure.

“He looks like he’s 25 years oldwhen he’s playing,” Xavier coachSean Miller said of Love, who is 19.

The Musketeers (30-7) had noanswer for Love on a day they shot36.2 percent from the floor — a creditto UCLA’s relentless man-to-mandefense.

“We can play better than we didtoday,” Miller said. “I couldn’t bemore proud and really at ease rightnow because I really felt we wentabout as far as we could and lost to agreat team. They’re unique. I’m reallypulling for them. I hope we lost to thenational champion.”

The knock on UCLA is that it oftencoasts with a big lead. Not this time.

Leading by nine at halftime, theBruins snuffed out third-seededXavier’s comeback hopes with a 14-0run early in the second half.

“It all started with defense,” Lovesaid. “That’s what really won the gamefor us.”

The rest of the game was one longadvertisement for the powder blue andgold, with a partisan crowd rockingU.S. Airways Center with chants of“U-C-L-A!”

After the game, the same fans sere-naded Love with chants of “one moreyear!” as he gave an interview alongpress row.

This wasn’t the time for Love, pro-

NCAA | ELITE EIGHT

UCLA punches ticket to 3rd straight Final Four

NUGGETS 119 | WARRIORS 112

Warriors still searching

file photo

Warriors’ guard Monta Ellis drives to the basket but is unable to find an openingfor a pass en route to a turnover. Ellis scored 22 points for Golden State but it was-n’t enough as the Warriors lost and fell a half game behind the Nuggets for the 8thand final playoff spot in the West.

Kenyon Martin’s season-high 30points lead Nuggets past WarriorsBy ARNIE STAPLETONAssociated Press

DENVER — Kenyon Martin scored a season-high 30 pointsand the Denver Nuggets surged past the Golden State Warriorsin the wild Western Conference playoff race with a 119-112 winSaturday night.

Martin also pulled down 11 rebounds, and J.R. Smith added20 points off the bench, helping the Nuggets stave off a furiousrally by the Warriors in the closing minutes.

The Nuggets moved a-half game ahead of the Warriors forthe eighth and final playoff spot and pulled with a-half game ofsliding Dallas for seventh place. The Mavericks visit theWarriors on Sunday night.

Denver also won the all-important tiebreaker with theWarriors by virtue of its win Saturday night and a better con-ference record.

Carmelo Anthony scored 25 for Denver on 11-of-16 shoot-ing, but his fellow All-Star starter, Allen Iverson, went 4-for-20from the field for 14 points.

Martin made sure A.I.’s mini-slump didn’t matter.Martin’s biggest bucket was a buzzer beater from the left

corner that made it 115-110 with 1:11 remaining, and BaronDavis, who led the Warriors with 28 points, misfired twice on3-pointers in the final minute.

Stephen Jackson added 25 points for Golden State, MontaEllis had 22 and Andris Biedrins 17.

Denver won its fifth straight and improved to 30-7 at homewhile handing the Warriors their fifth loss in nine games.

Eduardo Najera’s 3-pointer gave Denver a 108-96 lead with6 1/2 minutes left but the Warriors pulled to 109-106 on abreakaway slam dunk by Ellis with 3:13 left, setting the stagefor a frenetic finish.

After frittering away an early 11-point lead, the Nuggetsscored the last five points of the third quarter and the first 10 ofthe fourth, capped by Smith’s breakaway glide to the basket fora 98-86 lead.

Ellis scored three straight baskets to cap an 11-2 run that tiedit at 76, and Kelenna Azubuike’s follow-up basket with 5:05left in the third quarter gave the Warriors their first lead sincethe opening minutes at 80-78.

Azubuike’s basket made it 86-83, and the Warriors looked incomplete control, but they started taking silly shots from allover and they wouldn’t score again for 6 minutes.

By then, the Nuggets had reeled off their 15-0 run.Martin surpassed his 12.1-point scoring average with a 19-

point first half.Jackson scored eight points in the Warriors’ 10-3 run to close

the first half that brought Golden State to 65-61 at the break.

By MIKE HARRISAssociated Press

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — ScottDixon took the lead after Tony Kanaancrashed late in Saturday night’s race atHomestead-Miami Speedway andwent on to win the first event of thenew era of American open-wheel rac-ing.

Dixon, the New Zealand driver wholost the IRL IndyCar Series champi-onship to Dario Franchitti when he ranout of fuel on the last lap of the 2007season, got off to a great start with avictory in the Gainsco Indy 300.

Kanaan came out of the last roundof green flag pit stops in the lead andappeared well on the way to a victoryuntil Ernesto Viso, a rookie driving forone of the former Champ Car WorldSeries teams that just joined the IRL,spun on the 193rd of 200 laps.

As Viso slid broadside across thetrack, Kanaan tried to duck around

him and almost made it. But Kanaanhit Viso’s car with the right front of hisDallara Honda, knocking his tireaskew.

Kanaan stayed out front for severallaps behind the pace car, with his dam-aged tire barely touching the ground.But he slowly drove his damaged carinto the pits as the green flag waved onlap 197, giving up the lead to Dixon,who won for the second time onHomestead’s 1.5-mile oval.

While Kanaan received condo-lences from his team, Dixon, whoearned his 11th IndyCar win, celebrat-ed.

“We were catching (Kanaan) quickand that was the best part about it,”Dixon said. “It would have been closeat the end.

“This is fantastic. I think it’s fourwins in a row for Ganassi cars atHomestead,” added Dixon, who led 67laps.

Marco Andretti, who led a race-high85 laps, finished second, about fivecar-lengths behind the winner.Andretti, the son of Andretti GreenRacing team co-owner MichaelAndretti and grandson of racing greatMario Andretti, led from lap 122 untilhe got caught behind a lapped car andwatched Kanaan race past on lap 161.

Second was a big accomplishmentfor Andretti, who broke a halfshaft andfinished 15th at Homestead as a rook-ie in 2006, then had to park an ill-han-dling car and finished last in last year’srace after he said he scared himself onthe track.

“I’m a competitor and I want to winraces but, after my luck here in thepast, I’ll gladly take second. You get asense of a little bit of accomplish-ment,” Andretti said. “Coming fromlast year, our goal was just to try to fin-ish this race. We worked very hard tocome up with a setup that works here

and the car was very solid, very stableand we had some good speed.”

Dan Wheldon, who had won the lastthree Homestead races, one forAndretti Green Racing and the last twofor Target Chip Ganassi Racing, start-ed at the rear of the 25-car field aftercrashing in Friday night’s qualifying.He quickly moved up among the lead-ers and eventually led nine laps beforefinishing third, just ahead of HelioCastroneves, the last driver on the leadlap.

Ed Carpenter finished a lap off thepace in fifth, followed by DanicaPatrick.

The race was run almost exactly amonth after the announcement that thetwo rival open-wheel series wouldbecome one under the banner of theIRL. Of the eight former Champ Carentries, Oriol Servia was the top fin-

RACING | IRL

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DETROIT — OK, so the entire coun-try now knows every last little detailabout Stephen Curry, the sweet-shootingguard who’s got double-digit Davidsonone game away from the Final Four.

But Curry didn’t get the Wildcats thisfar all by himself. There’s also JasonRichards, the sublime point guard whocan shoot it as well as he sets it up.There’s Andrew Lovedale, a big guy witha feathery touch. There’s Max PaulhusGosselin, who actually thrives on settingscreens. And on and on.

Lose track of any of them, and Kansasis in for a long day Sunday, followed byan equally uncomfortable offseason.

“There’s a lot of things that concernus,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said, shak-ing his head as he ran down the list.“They’re a physical team. They do a greatjob of setting very physical, legalscreens. They do a great job defensivelyof not letting you go where you want togo, riding off cuts, things like that ...

He was just getting started.“They’ve got,” Self said, summing it

all up, “a lot of pieces.”On paper, Kansas (34-3) should win

Sunday’s game easily. The Jayhawks arethe power in a power conference, sostocked with talent they’re bringing guysoff the bench who would start at mostschools.

They’re walloping opponents byalmost 20 points a game — best in thenation — and their three losses were by acombined 13 points.

But Davidson (29-6) didn’t just stum-ble into its first regional final since 1969.The Wildcats have the nation’s longestwinning streak at 25 and counting, andthey beat three very good teams to gethere including Georgetown, a Final Fourteam last year, and Wisconsin, the BigTen champs with the best defense in thecountry.

Granted, Curry has had a lot to do withthe Wildcats’ run. The son of formerNBA sharpshooter Dell Curry is averag-ing 34.3 points in the tournament, bestsince Bo Kimble of Loyola Marymountaveraged 35.8 over four games in 1990.And his 103 points are second only toGlenn Robinson of Purdue (108) for athree-game span since seeding began in1979.

“That’s the thing, they have other goodplayers,” Russell Robinson said. “Even ifwe stop Curry, that’s not going to secure

the game for us. We have to guard every-one.”

Richards — and it is Richards, notRichardson — might have had a stat linemore impressive than Curry’s on Fridaynight. Not only did he score 11 points —nine from 3-point range — he had 13assists without a single turnover. That’sthe kind of ballhandling usually seenfrom another Jason.

Lovedale, a 6-foot-8 forward who wassweeping up a court the first timeMcKillop saw him, made all five of hisshots. Bryant Barr made only two shotsall night, but the second allowedDavidson to go into halftime tied with theBadgers. And Gosselin and ThomasSander set so many screens, they’regoing to be taking a lovely collection ofbumps and bruises home as souvenirs.

One more win will put the Wildcats invery select company. Only two double-digit seeds have reached the Final Four,and George Mason’s run in 2006 capti-vated the entire country. Davidson’s runhas conjured all kinds of comparisons tothe Patriots — not to mention Cinderellaand every other underdog there is.

That’s all well and good, but theWildcats will pass on the warm-and-fuzzies. They know who they are, even ifeverybody else is still learning.

“We feel like we belong here and wefeel like we showed that in the past threegames,” Sander said. “You know, we’rejust Davidson. That’s what we considerourselves. We think we can go out thereand compete. That’s what we try to do.”

South final is Memphis’big chance for a break-through; Longhorns, tooAssociated Press

HOUSTON — This is it, Memphis.Your big chance.

To prove you’re not an upset waitingto happen. To make up for losses in theregional final the last two years.

To declare Derrick Rose the best pointguard in the land. To show that freethrows are for getting into pickup gamesat the YMCA, not winning NCAA tour-nament games.

All the top-seeded Tigers have to do isbeat second-seeded Texas in the SouthRegional final Sunday and they’ll be offto the Final Four, forcing everyone toacknowledge that John Calipari’s one-loss team is as good as they keep sayingthey are.

“The previous two years, we weren’tready,” said Chris Douglas-Roberts, theteam’s leading scorer. “We didn’t knowwhat the NCAA the game was like, theintensity level, everything. But nowwe’re more experienced. We know howyou have to start a game and we knowhow you need to start a half. ... Any teamwith experience is always a better team.”

If Memphis wins this game, it gets arematch with UCLA. The Bruins routedXavier 76-57 Saturday to reach the FinalFour.

Still, even Calipari knows the impor-tance of getting over the hump now, withthe guys who’ve gotten them to the brink,such as big man Joey Dorsey, a senior,and Douglas-Roberts, who is likely tooffer his services to the NBA.

Rose arrived only this season, but noone expects him back for another season;the only question about his future iswhether he’ll be drafted first, second orthird.

“What I’m saying to them now is,‘Let’s keep playing just so we can stayaround each other for another twoweeks,”’ Calipari said. “The experienceof going one more step, they will talkabout it the rest of their lives.”

An overlooked part of Memphis’ sus-tained success is that Calipari has rein-vented his club, going to an offense thatemphasizes dribbling over passing and adefense that encourages the risk-rewardof going for steals. They’ve done it withan enviable collection of talent, lots ofguys who are long, strong and athletic,embodied by Rose, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound point guard.

If this was the NFL combine, Texaswouldn’t have a chance. But on the court,the Longhorns can hold their own.

With a three-guard starting lineup ofits own, this group has set a school recordwith 31 wins, despite having lost nation-al player of the year Kevin Durant to theNBA.

Sensational sophomore D.J. Augustinmakes the offense go, with A.J. Abramsthe outside threat. Damion James is theslasher and Justin Mason the guy whodoes a little bit of everything. A collec-tion of role players off the bench willkeep things cranked up.

This could be a legacy game for Texas,too.

A win would make it two Final Foursin five years, with Durant’s one-and-done“era” in between. Not bad for a footballschool.

NCAA | ELITE EIGHT

Kansas, Memphis know challenges await them

OAKLAND — Justin Duchscherergave up one run and three hits in sixinnings and the Oakland Athletics beatthe San Francisco Giants 6-2 onSaturday.

Duchscherer retired the final 10 battershe faced. He is making the transforma-tion from reliever to starter this season.

“I’m very excited about this,” saidDuchscherer. “I haven’t started for awhile. My last two starts I’m definitelysatisfied with. My pitch count is what wewanted going into the season.”

Duchscherer continued throwing inthe bullpen after leaving the game.

“I threw only 71 pitches so I went tothe bullpen and threw another 12,” saidDuchscherer. “That’s like a seven-inningstart.”

Duchscherer is scheduled to make hisfirst start since Sept. 20, 2003 on Fridayagainst the Cleveland Indians. Since hislast start in 2003, Duchscherer has made188 relief appearances.

“I thought he pitched well,” A’s man-ager Bob Geren said. “He gave up thatleadoff walk to start the game. Other thanthat, he pounded the strike zone. He’sbeen very impressive this spring.”

Giants starter Matt Palmer gave uptwo hits in five innings. One of the hitswas Emil Brown’s two-run homer in thefourth.

“I don’t over do myself,” Palmer said.“I know what I have. I don’t try andthrow the ball too hard, I use my move-ment.”

Palmer could end up being one of thefirst pitchers called back up by the Giantsif anyone gets hurt.

“He’s thrown great,” Giants managerBruce Bochy said. “That’s why webrought him back up here to let him pitchagain.”

Notes: After the game, Bochyannounced that Rich Aurilia will be theopening day starter at first base over Dan

Ortmeier. ... A’s 1B Daric Barton was alate scratch with a sore left wrist. ...Giants SS Omar Vizquel will play theinfield for the first time since undergoingarthroscopic left knee surgery onFebruary 27 in two minor league gamesin Phoenix on Saturday and Sunday. ...Giants RHP Vinny Chulk will pitch in aminor league game on Sunday. ... GiantsINF Eugenio Velez stole two basesincreasing his major-league leading totalthis spring to 16. ... The Giants sent back-up catcher Eliezer Alfonzo, who hit .091this spring, to Triple-A Fresno. Non-ros-ter catcher Steve Holm is the only catch-er left in camp besides starter BengieMolina. ... The A’s optioned LHP DallasBraden and OFs Jeff Fiorentino andCarlos Gonzalez to Triple-A Sacramento.

MLB | A’S VS GIANTSDuchscherer holds Giants down as A’s take victory

jected as a high NBA pick, toaddress his future.

“It feels great but we’vegot business to take care ofnext week and I’m not eventhinking about the next levelright now,” Love said. “I’mliving in the now, living in thepresent.”

The now is pretty cool ifyou’re a Bruin.

UCLA had flirted withtrouble in the previous tworounds, surviving upset bidsby ninth-seeded Texas A&Mand No. 12-seeded WesternKentucky. After the too-tightvictory over the Hilltoppers,Love called the Bruins’ play“unacceptable.”

But against Xavier theyreverted to the form that madethem a No. 1 seed.

Luc Richard Mbah a Moutehad 13 points and 13 reboundsand Darren Collison added 19points for UCLA, which shot53.8 percent from the floorand won its 14th straight.

Derrick Brown had 13points for Xavier.

This matched Xavier’sdeepest foray into the NCAA

brackets. The Musketeers hadreached the regional finalonce before, in 2004.

Early on, Xavier looked asif it might be able to hangwith UCLA. After turning theball over a season-high 19times in the third round, theBruins had 10 turnovers in thefirst half on Saturday.

But the Musketeers onlyscored two points off thoseturnovers — and it cost themwhen UCLA finally settleddown.

Leading 24-20, the Bruinsclosed the first half on a 9-4run.

Then Collison dribbleddown the clock and hit ajumper over Stanley Burrell,the Atlantic 10’s DefensivePlayer of the Year, to send theBruins into the dressing roomwith a 33-24 lead.

The biggest bucket mayhave come when Love pulleddown an offensive rebound ona missed free throw, then firedthe ball to Collison loiteringbeyond the arc. Collison hitthe 3-pointer and UCLA led43-28.

A few minutes later, Loveburied a 3-pointer and theBruins led by 20.

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UCLAisher in 12th.

It was tough on the new-comers, who got their IRLcars within the last threeweeks and had very littlepreparation time or testing.

“The car ran well to theend and that was the firstgoal,” Servia said. “We’ll getbetter. We’ve been betterevery time we go out. ... Itwas good fun and I can onlyimagine when we get up tospeed how much fun it’sgoing to be.”

Despite the fact that mostof the newcomers had little orno oval racing experience,there were only three cautionflags in the race.

Before Viso spun, the onlycautions were brought out bydebris on the track and thenwhen Milka Duno spun andhit Ryan Briscoe as he tried tosqueeze by near the top of thebanking.

“You could tell these weregood, solid professional dri-vers out there,” Wheldon said.“They’re going to be toughbefore this season is over.”

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Racing

New stadium, newNationals. That’s the wayRyan Zimmerman sees it.

On a day for finishingtouches to the ballpark and thelineup, Washington beat theBaltimore Orioles 3-0Saturday night in an exhibi-tion game that also served as adress rehearsal.

Before the game, workersmowed the infield and out-field grass at Nationals Park,getting that curly “W” in cen-ter field just right. There werewires being tucked away, pil-lars near an entrance beingpainted blue and other last-minute fixes before a crowd ofabout 25,000 filed in for theNationals’ first game in theplace.

And, in the distancebeyond left field, there wasthe view of the CapitolBuilding dome, no adjust-ments necessary.

“It’s a new feel. It makes usa little bit more excited tocome here every day, and itgives us a sense of pride,” saidZimmerman, none too upsetto leave behind creaky, leakyRFK Stadium. “It’s going tobe tough to beat us here.”

The Nationals have fin-ished no higher than fourthplace in three seasons sincethe franchise moved fromMontreal to Washington. Theyplay the first regular-seasongame at their $600 million-plus new home on Sundaynight, when they host theAtlanta Braves.

Odalis Perez will pitch forWashington against Atlanta’sTim Hudson (4-0 with a 0.60ERA against the Nationals in2007).

“I don’t have any doubtsany more about the park,”Washington president StanKasten said. “It’s going toplay just fine. It’s going to ser-vice our customers just fine. Iknow we’re going to learnsome things and have toimprove some things andchange some things in time,both for tomorrow and againin time for our first homes-tand. But we know, big-pic-ture-wise, it turned out spec-tacular.”

The biggest picture is pro-vided, of course, by the giantvideo board in right-center,measuring about 4,500 squarefeet (compared with less than1,400 at RFK).

Before playing in the newpark, Washington set its open-ing-day lineup as managerManny Acta discussed the lasttwo up-for-grabs spots in hisstarting nine.

Nick Johnson, who missed2007 with a broken right leg,got the nod over Dmitri Youngat first base, while RonnieBelliard beat out Felipe Lopezat second.

“I’ll be fired up. It’s goingto be pretty cool,” Johnsonsaid, thinking about Sunday.“I missed a full year. A lot ofwork to get back. A lot of upsand downs. To be back on thefield, it’s a cool thing. Realcool.”

The Boston Red Sox andLos Angeles Dodgers werealso set to play a Saturdaynight exhibition in an unfa-miliar ballpark: the strangelyconfigured Los AngelesColiseum.

The Dodgers said 115,300tickets had been sold, includ-ing some 25,000 for standing-room only, for the first bigleague baseball game at thefacility since September 1961.

The crowd was expected tobreak the existing worldrecord for a baseball game ofabout 114,000 who attendedan exhibition between theAustralian national team andan American services teamduring the Olympic Games inMelbourne, Australia, in1956.

The game was part of theDodgers’ 50th anniversarycelebration of their move westfrom Brooklyn. They playedat the Coliseum for four yearsbefore making DodgerStadium their permanenthome in 1962.

It was a stadium built fortrack and football, not base-ball.

Routine fly balls, even pop-ups, soared over a 42-foothigh screen in left field, wherethe distance from home plate

to the foul pole was just 251feet. Meanwhile, drives toright and center of over 400feet were easy outs.

The distance to the left-field foul pole for this gamewas 201 feet, and the screenwas 60 feet high.

“It’s really close. Thismight be one of the onlyplaces Juan Pierre could goopposite field,” Dodgerscatcher Russell Martin said,poking a little fun at hispower-challenged teammate.

Esteban Loaiza, slated tostart for the Dodgers againstknuckleballer Tim Wakefield,took a look down the line andshook his head.

“It’s short, man. It’s likeplaying a whiffle ball game,”Loaiza said.

At Memphis, Tenn., theNew York Mets beat theChicago White Sox 3-2 in thesecond annual Civil RightsGame.

The game culminated twodays of festivities recognizinga significant time in the coun-try’s social history and base-ball’s role in that change.Martin Luther King III threwout the ceremonial first pitch,while Hall of Famer HankAaron was featured in a videotribute.

“Anytime you can bringattention to a part of our soci-ety that needs improvement,and you have a chance tomake things better as a resultof your participation, you canonly be supportive of it,”White Sox general managerKen Williams said.

AutoZone Park is only ashort distance north of theNational Civil RightsMuseum, the former LorraineMotel where Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. was killed 40years ago.

Both teams toured theNational Civil RightsMuseum. Several players saidthey got chills standing in theroom King exited before hisassassination.

“I found myself yearningfor more. I wanted to staylonger. It didn’t seem like itwas long enough,” Mets utili-ty man Damion Easley said. “Ifelt like a sponge. All theinformation I got, I wantedmore.”

White Sox manager OzzieGuillen called the experience“awesome,” and wished theteam had more time to appre-ciate the exhibits when theytoured the museum Saturdaymorning.

On the field, Carlos Beltranhit a two-run homer for theMets and John Maine put thefinishing touches on an out-standing spring with fourscoreless innings. Chicagostarter Jose Contreras went 62-3 innings, allowing twoearned runs.

In other spring traininggames:

Braves 5, Indians 4, 7innings

At Atlanta, Mike Hampton

allowed a run and four hits inthree innings and lookedready to make his first majorleague start since 2005 for theBraves.

Cleveland’s JakeWestbrook wrapped up a per-fect spring with four scorelessinnings. The right-handerpitched 18 innings this springwithout allowing a run. Hegave up seven hits, walked sixand struck out 20.

Blue Jays 5, Phillies 3At Philadelphia, Toronto’s

Aaron Hill hit a two-runhomer off Jamie Moyer. ThePhillies got a three-run homerfrom Pat Burrell.

Cubs 4, Mariners 2At Las Vegas, Chicago’s

Ryan Dempster allowed onerun and six hits in fourinnings, and Reed Johnson ledoff the game with a homeragainst Seattle’s JarrodWashburn.

Astros 9, Tigers 4At Houston, Ty

Wigginton’s three-run homerkeyed a five-run sixth inningfor the Astros. Nate Robertsonwent five innings for Detroitand gave up four runs.

Reds 8, Rays 4At Sarasota, Fla., Javier

Valentin hit a three-run homerand Johnny Cueto gave upthree runs — two earned — infour innings for Cincinnati.

Athletics 6, Giants 2At Oakland, Calif., Justin

Duchscherer gave up one runand three hits in six inningsfor Oakland. San Franciscodemoted backup catcherEliezer Alfonso, who hit .091this spring, to the minors.

Twins 5, Pirates 4At Bradenton, Fla.,

Delmon Young went 2-for-2with a homer for Minnesota,and Pittsburgh’s Matt Morrisgave up two runs in sixinnings to lower his springERA to 8.03.

Brewers 5, Royals 2At Milwaukee, Tony

Gwynn Jr. drove in the tyingand go-ahead runs on a bloopsingle in the seventh. He alsodoubled and stole two bases,finishing the spring with a.382 average.

RoughRiders 7, Rangers2

At Frisco, Texas, KasonGabbard pitched four perfectinnings before being knockedaround in the fifth by theRangers’ Double-A affiliate.

Springfield 10, St. Louis 3At Springfield, Mo., Rico

Washington celebrated mak-ing the St. Louis Cardinals’opening-day roster by hittinga home run.

Yankees 4, Marlins 2At Miami, Marlins center

fielder Alejandro De Aza wascarted off the field after injur-ing his ankle in a collisionwhile chasing Chad Moeller’sinside-the-park home run.Right fielder John Raynor slidinto De Aza’s left ankle on theplay. Florida said De Aza hada sprained ankle and was get-ting X-rays.

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NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GAx-Pittsburgh 45 26 7 97 239 209New Jersey 43 28 7 93 198 189N.Y. Rangers 40 26 11 91 202 188Philadelphia 39 28 11 89 237 226N.Y. Islanders 34 37 7 75 186 231Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GAx-Montreal 44 24 10 98 251 216Ottawa 42 29 8 92 252 240Boston 40 28 10 90 207 213Buffalo 36 30 12 84 245 235Toronto 35 33 10 80 221 243Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GACarolina 42 30 6 90 241 237Washington 39 31 8 86 228 228Florida 36 33 9 81 208 215Atlanta 32 39 8 72 208 268Tampa Bay 30 38 9 69 217 250WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L OT Pts GF GAy-Detroit 51 20 7 109 247 175Nashville 39 31 8 86 222 220Chicago 36 33 8 80 220 221Columbus 34 33 11 79 186 203St. Louis 31 34 12 74 190 225Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GAMinnesota 42 28 9 93 214 211Calgary 40 27 10 90 215 213Colorado 42 31 6 90 221 211Vancouver 38 30 10 86 203 200Edmonton 39 34 6 84 229 246Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GAy-San Jose 47 21 10 104 210 182x-Anaheim 44 27 8 96 195 184Dallas 42 29 6 90 223 194Phoenix 37 35 6 80 205 219Los Angeles 31 40 7 69 220 248

Two points for a win, one point for overtime lossor shootout loss.x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division———Friday’s GamesCarolina 7, Atlanta 1Nashville 2, Columbus 0New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 4, SOMontreal 4, Buffalo 3, OTSt. Louis 4, Detroit 3, OTMinnesota 4, Vancouver 0Colorado 5, Edmonton 4, SOSan Jose 3, Anaheim 1Saturday’s GamesBoston 4, Ottawa 0Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m.Washington at Florida, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m.Nashville at Detroit, 12 p.m.Boston at Buffalo, 3 p.m.Colorado at Minnesota, 3 p.m.Columbus at Chicago, 4 p.m.Dallas at Anaheim, 5 p.m.Phoenix at San Jose, 5 p.m.Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Monday’s GamesPittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

NITFirst RoundTuesday, March 18Massachusetts 80, Stephen F. Austin 60Ohio State 84, UNC Asheville 66Syracuse 87, Robert Morris 81Southern Illinois 69, Oklahoma State 53Akron 65, Florida St. 60, OTMaryland 68, Minnesota 58Creighton 74, Rhode Island 73Arizona State 64, Alabama State 53Wednesday, March 19Dayton 66, Cleveland State 57Virginia Tech 94, Morgan State 62UAB 80, Virginia Commonwealth 77Mississippi 83, UC Santa Barbara 68Nebraska 67, Charlotte 48Florida 73, San Diego State 49Illinois State 61, Utah State 57California 68, New Mexico 66———Second RoundThursday, March 20Syracuse 88, Maryland 72Arizona State 65, Southern Illinois 51Friday, March 21Florida 82, Creighton 54Saturday, March 22Massachusetts 68, Akron 63Monday, March 24Ohio State 73, California 56Dayton 55, Illinois State 48Virginia Tech 75, UAB 49Mississippi 85, Nebraska 75, OT———QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 25

Massachusetts 81, Syracuse 77Florida 70, Arizona State 57Wednesday, March 26Mississippi 81, Virginia Tech 72Ohio State 74, Dayton 63———SemifinalsTuesday, April 1At Madison Square GardenNew YorkMassachusetts (24-10) vs. Florida (24-11), 4 p.m.Mississippi (24-10) vs. Ohio State (22-13), 6 p.m.ChampionshipThursday, April 3TBD, 4 p.m.

MLBAmerican LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBBoston 1 1 .500 —Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 —Toronto 0 0 .000 —New York 0 0 .000 —Baltimore 0 0 .000 —Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 0 0 .000 —Cleveland 0 0 .000 —Detroit 0 0 .000 —Kansas City 0 0 .000 —Minnesota 0 0 .000 —West Division

W L Pct GBOakland 1 1 .500 —Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —Seattle 0 0 .000 —Texas 0 0 .000 —National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 0 0 .000 —Florida 0 0 .000 —New York 0 0 .000 —Philadelphia 0 0 .000 —Washington 0 0 .000 —Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 0 0 .000 —Cincinnati 0 0 .000 —Houston 0 0 .000 —Milwaukee 0 0 .000 —Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 —St. Louis 0 0 .000 —West Division

W L Pct GBArizona 0 0 .000 —Colorado 0 0 .000 —Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —San Diego 0 0 .000 —San Francisco 0 0 .000 —

———Tuesday’s GameBoston 5, Oakland 4, 10 inningsWednesday’s GameOakland 5, Boston 1Sunday, March 30Atlanta at Washington, 5:15 p.m.Monday, March 31Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m.Kansas City at Detroit, 10:05 a.m.Arizona at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 12:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Florida, 1:10 p.m.San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.Colorado at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.Houston at San Diego, 7:05 p.m.

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBy-Boston 57 15 .792 —Toronto 37 35 .514 20Philadelphia 37 36 .50720 1/2New Jersey 31 42 .42526 1/2New York 20 52 .278 37Southeast Division

W L Pct GBx-Orlando 47 27 .635 —Washington 38 34 .528 8Atlanta 32 40 .444 14Charlotte 27 45 .375 19Miami 13 59 .181 33Central Division

W L Pct GBx-Detroit 51 21 .708 —Cleveland 40 32 .556 11Indiana 30 43 .41121 1/2Chicago 28 44 .389 23Milwaukee 24 47 .33826 1/2WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBNew Orleans 49 22 .690 —San Antonio 50 23 .685 —Houston 49 23 .681 1/2Dallas 45 27 .625 4 1/2Memphis 19 53 .26430 1/2Northwest Division

W L Pct GBUtah 48 25 .658 —Denver 44 28 .611 3 1/2

Portland 38 35 .521 10Minnesota 18 53 .254 29Seattle 17 56 .233 31Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 49 24 .671 —Phoenix 48 24 .667 1/2Golden State 44 27 .620 4Sacramento 32 40 .44416 1/2L.A. Clippers 21 51 .29227 1/2

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division———Friday’s GamesToronto 103, New York 95Indiana 123, New Jersey 115Phoenix 107, Philadelphia 93Atlanta 106, Chicago 103Boston 112, New Orleans 92Orlando 103, Milwaukee 86San Antonio 99, Minnesota 84Utah 121, L.A. Clippers 101Washington 114, Sacramento 108Charlotte 96, Seattle 93Memphis 114, L.A. Lakers 111Saturday’s GamesPhoenix 110, New Jersey 104Detroit 85, Cleveland 71Chicago 114, Milwaukee 111Denver 119, Golden State 112Charlotte at Portland, LateMemphis at L.A. Clippers, LateSunday’s GamesHouston at San Antonio, 10 a.m.Utah at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m.New York at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Miami at Boston, 3 p.m.New Orleans at Toronto, 3 p.m.Philadelphia at Cleveland, 3 p.m.Sacramento at Seattle, 6 p.m.Dallas at Golden State, 6 p.m.Washington at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.Monday’s GamesMiami at Indiana, 4 p.m.Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Memphis, 5 p.m.Washington at Utah, 6 p.m.Denver at Phoenix, 7 p.m.Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed INF-OF FreddieBynum, LHP Troy Patton, RHP Danys Baez, RHPFernando Cabrera, RHP Chris Ray and RHP JimHoey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21.Optioned OF Tike Redman to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Mike Timlin onthe 15-day DL, retroactive to March 20.DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with LHPAaron Fultz on a minor league contract.KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Optioned LHP NealMusser, RHP Joel Peralta, INF Ryan Shealy andOF Mitch Maier to Omaha (PCL). Assigned RHPBrandon Duckworth, RHP Brad Salmon, RHPHideo Nomo, INF Angel Berroa and INF JasonSmith to their minor league camp.OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Optioned LHP DallasBraden, OF Jeff Fiorentino and OF CarlosGonzalez to Sacramento (PCL).SEATTLE MARINERS—Traded C Jair Fernandezto Minnesota for the Twins refusal to return Rule5 draftee RHP R.A. Dickey. Optioned Dickey andOF Jeremy Reed to Tacoma (PCL). OptionedRHP Brandon Morrow to West Tennessee (TL).Reassigned LHP Arthur Rhodes, RHP RoyCorcoran, RHP Chris Reitsma, INF Tug Hulettand INF Greg Norton to their minor league camp.TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed LHP Kurt Birkins andRHP Chad Orvella on the 15-day DL, retroactiveto March 21. Designated RHP Grant Balfour forassignment. Purchased the contract of INF-OFEric Hinske from Durham (IL). Optioned INF JoelGuzman to Durham, and RHP Juan Salas toHudson Valley (NYP). Reassigned INF AndyCannizaro, C Mike DiFelice, RHP Scott Munter,INF Chris Richard, OF John Rodriguez and OFJohn Weber to their minor league camp.Released C Josh Paul.TEXAS RANGERS—Designated RHP RobinsonTejeda and OF Nelson Cruz for assignment.Optioned RHP Wes Littleton to Oklahoma (PCL).National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES—Optioned RHP BuddyCarlyle to Richmond (IL). Purchased the contractof C Corky Miller from Richmond. Placed RHPJohn Smoltz and LHP Chuck James on the 15-day DL.CHICAGO CUBS—Placed LHP Scott Eyre on the15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.CINCINNATI REDS—Assigned RHP Jim Brower,INF-OF Jolbert Cabrera and INF-OF JerryHairston Jr. to their minor league camp.COLORADO ROCKIES—Sent RHP JoseCapellan and RHP Josh Towers outright toColorado Springs (PCL). Optioned C EdwinBellorin, OF Cory Sullivan and RHP Ryan Speierto Colorado Springs.HOUSTON ASTROS—Placed RHP WoodyWilliams on waivers for the purpose of giving himhis unconditional release.MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned SS AlcidesEscobar to Huntsville (SL).PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned SS JoshWilson to to Indianapolis (IL).WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to termswith INF Olmedo Saenz on a minor league con-tract.HOCKEYNational Hockey League

MLB | FINAL DAY OF SPRINGExcited Nationals put final touches onnew stadium, opening-day lineup

By CHARLES HUTZLERAssociated Press

LHASA, China — China’s Tibet problemgot a human face this week in images of cry-ing, red-robed monks, giving internationalconcern a new focal point just as Beijing gearsup for the arrival of the Olympic torch.

The outburst by 30 monks at Lhasa’s holiestshrine dealt a setback to the government’splans to use a three-day trip for foreignreporters to show that protests and deadly anti-Chinese rioting in the Tibetan capital twoweeks ago had subsided.

“We are like prisoners here. There are sol-diers all over the place,” the monks shouted asofficials tugged at the foreign reporters to leavethe Jokhang Temple. The monks called for thereturn of the Dalai Lama from exile and an endto religious restrictions: “We want freedom.”

With the Olympic torch coming to Beijingon Monday, the images of the monks in news-papers and on television the world over havefurther upset the communist government’splans to use the August games to showcaseChina as a confident, respected power.

“How many people watching these imagesin the West will buy China’s story?” askedSteve Tsang, a China politics expert at OxfordUniversity. “Instead, what you see are theseheroic monks who are risking a lot for theircause. That’s something your averageWesterner is very sympathetic with.”

The Jokhang monks are drawing criticalattention to China just as the image of a loneman confronting a tank column came toembody world concerns over the crushing ofthe Tiananmen democracy movement in 1989.

U.S., British and other diplomats who flewinto Lhasa on Friday for their own govern-ment-invited tour planned to ask their hostsabout the monks. European Union foreign min-isters gathered Friday in Slovenia to discuss a

response to China’s suppression of the protests.President Bush and Australia’s new prime

minister, Kevin Rudd, said Friday they wantChinese leaders to meet with the Dalai Lama— Tibet’s exiled but still revered leader — todefuse tensions.

“It is absolutely clear that there are humanrights abuses in Tibet,” Rudd told reportersafter meeting with Bush in Washington.

Beijing does not have a public relationsproblem on Tibet with its own people. Allmedia in China are state-controlled so mostChinese see the Tibet protests through reportsthat hew to the government line: lawless riot-ing aimed at Chinese and instigated by DalaiLama supporters.

Chinese and foreigners living in China sayInternet controls have ramped up, with Tibetreports on Google and Yahoo and other foreignnews sites blocked and Tibet-related discus-sions on domestic chat sites censored.

The Olympics are overwhelmingly popularamong Chinese. But the Lhasa protests, whichspread to dozens of Tibetan communitiesacross western China in one of the broadestchallenges to Chinese rule in decades, havecompounded Beijing’s problems in rallyinginternational public opinion ahead of theOlympics.

Already Beijing was struggling to counterforeign critics on human rights, media restric-tions and China’s relations with Sudan, wherethe Darfur region has been the site of a bloodyconflict since 2003.

“They’re not quite as skilled with the serve-and-volley as they could and should be. It’s askill they need to learn,” said David Wolf, abusiness com-m u n i c a t i o n sconsultant inBeijing. “Thequestion is: Are

they going to learn quickly enough? It’s crashcourse time.”

Jitters over the situation in Lhasa were evi-dent Friday — the last day of the foreignreporters’ visit — and throughout the govern-ment tour.

Police closed lanes in the old Tibetan cityleading to a mosque for Friday prayers, allow-ing only worshippers and residents in. Themosque and many Muslim-owned shops weretargeted by rioters, apparently out of resent-ment for their prominence in business.

Officials took the reporters to interviewinjured soldiers and Chinese who wereattacked or whose businesses were burned dur-ing the rioting. All of them had been screenedand previously interviewed by state media.Reporters who attempted to report indepen-dently were followed.

At the same time, the fact that the trip hap-pened at all was a sign that Beijing wants toappear responsive to international concerns.

Officials accompanying the reporters agreedto a request to interview Tibetans detained forrioting. They also tried to spin Thursday’sJokhang outburst, saying it signaled govern-ment tolerance.

“China is more open. You can see that in theJokhang. The monks told you things that arenot identical with the government,” said ZhangLizhong, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs officialposted to Lhasa to deal with visiting foreign-ers.

Yet the government also seemed intent onlaying blame for the rioting on the Dalai Lamaand his supporters without addressing griev-ances by Tibetans over the influx of Chinese

migrants and, as with the Jokhang monks, reli-gious restrictions.

“This incident started on March 10, andeveryone knows March 10 is the day in 1959that the Dalai Lama instigated a rebellion,”Drubkang, a lama who heads Tibet’s govern-ment-backed Buddhist Association, toldreporters. “So this was premeditated.”

It’s a message that’s a tough sell for Westernpublics that tend to see the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Dalai Lama as a spiritual figure ofmoral authority.

On Friday, the Dalai Lama reiterated that hesupported Beijing’s holding of the Olympicsbut decried state media’s depiction of theprotests, which has dwelled on violenceagainst Chinese.

“The state media’s portrayal of the recentevents in Tibet, using deceit and distortedimages, could sow the seeds of racial tensionwith unpredictable long-term consequences.This is of grave concern to me,” he said in astatement from his base in exile, Dharmsala,India.

To many, the monks’ outburst reaffirmswhat Bush, Rudd and other Western leadershave said — that China should open talks withthe Dalai Lama to ease tensions in Tibet. It’s ademand Chinese leaders have resisted so far.

“For people, in this case the monks, to dis-rupt a press conference, it’s extremely bold andvery unusual,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, ajournalism professor at Hong Kong University.“It shows how angry people are.”

———Associated Press reporter Tini Tran in

Beijing contributed to this report.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A federalagency announced Wednesday itwould consider Endangered SpeciesAct protections for ribbon seals in theBering Sea, plus three other sealspecies that rely on sea ice for sur-vival.

The National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration accepteda petition from a California environ-mental group seeking threatened orendangered status for ribbon sealsbecause their habitat is melting fromglobal warming brought on byhumans.

NOAA Fisheries also expanded thestatus review to include ringed, spot-ted and bearded seals.

“While the four species of ice sealsin Alaska all utilize various types ofsea ice habitats, they use the ice indifferent ways,” said Doug Mecum,acting administrator for the AlaskaRegion, in the announcement.“Therefore, careful status reviews ofeach species is warranted.”

Shaye Wolf, a biologist with theCenter for Biological Diversity andthe lead author of the listing petition,said the agency’s action was anotherimportant government recognition thatthe entire Arctic ecosystem is beingthreatened by global warming.

The group based its petition on pro-jections that winter sea ice willdecline 40 percent by mid-century.Remaining sea ice will be thinner andunlikely to last long enough for ribbonseals to finish rearing their pups,according to the group.

Wolf said the agency’s proactiveposition came as a surprise, given thatthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service istwo and a half months overdue on afinal decision to list polar bears asthreatened due to global warming’seffect on sea ice.

“The science is really clear that allof the seals are threatened by globalwarming by the loss of sea ice, andthey all need protection,” Wolf said.

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If agency officials propose listingribbon seals as threatened or endan-gered, they would have a year to col-lect additional scientific data and pub-lic testimony before the deadline for afinal decision.

Listing a species would trigger arecovery plan that could address U.S.causes of global warming or otherthreats, such as the potential effect ofoffshore oil and gas development.

Ribbon seals during summer andfall live in water and feed on fish,squid and crustaceans in the Beringand Chukchi seas. From Marchthrough June, ribbon seals rely onloose pack ice in the Bering andOkhotsk seas for reproduction andmolting.

Ribbon seals birth and nurse pupsexclusively on sea ice. Newborn rib-bon seals have a coat of soft, whitehair that provides insulation until theygrow a thick layer of blubber. Pupscan survive submersion in icy wateronly after they’ve formed the blubberlayer.

Ringed seals are the smallest andmost numerous of the seals that thriveoff Alaska’s coasts and are the prima-ry prey of polar bears. Ringed sealscan survive in completely ice-coveredwaters by digging out breathing holesin the ice.

Those breathing holes eventuallyget covered by drifting snow andfemale ringed seals dig out lairs with-in drifts to give birth and nurse pupson sea ice. Like ribbon seals, ringedseal pups cannot survive in cold wateruntil they’ve grown a layer of blubber.

Bearded seals are the largest ofAlaska’s seals and another prey ofpolar bears. They can reach a weightof 750 pounds. They are hunted byresidents of western Alaska coastalvillages for food and hides. Spottedseals can reach weights of 270 poundsand bear young on drifting pack ice.

The Center for Biological Diversity,the Natural Resources DefenseCouncil and Greenpeace on March 10sued the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService for missing its January dead-line for a final decision on polarbears.

The conservation groups claim theBush administration has purposelydelayed a decision because a polarbear listing would focus scrutiny onouter continental shelf oil and naturalgas leases in polar bear habitat offAlaska’s coast.

They also say a polar bear recoveryplan required under the law wouldtrigger agency review of new sourcesof greenhouse gases that contribute towarming.

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VOLCANO, Hawaii --Visitors are flocking to wit-ness the spectacular erup-tion at Hawaii’s Kilaueavolcano, despite explosionsand toxic fumes.

Nearly 9,000 people aday are touring HawaiiVolcanoes National Park onaverage so far this year, a2.5 percent increase overlast year when the volcano’s25-year eruption was muchmore peaceful, said CindyOrlando, the park’s superin-tendent.

“Everybody’s coming. Ithink they recognize theyhave an opportunity to par-ticipate and be here at avery historic time,” Orlandosaid. “They’re witnessingthe creation of earth, andyou can’t experience thatanywhere else in theworld.”

Inside Hawaii VolcanoesNational Park, viewers cansee the plume of ash andsulfur dioxide rising fromHalemaumau Crater, whichspewed small blobs of lavathat fell along its rim thisweek and exploded gas andgravel-sized rocks on the

summit last week -- the firstsuch burst from Kilauea’smain crater since 1924.

Outside the park alongthe southeast edge of theBig Island, as many as10,000 visitors in one dayhave come to see fresh lavacollide with the ocean, cre-ating a giant cloud ofsteam, according to countyand park officials. A newlookout point allows view-ers to get about 600 feetfrom the lava flow.

Emergency officials arepreparing to evacuate thearea if the winds change,moving the fumes’ courseinland toward areas with ascattered populationapproaching 10,000. So far,Hawaii’s famous tradewindsare pushing the plume tothe southwest.

The highly concentratedlevels of sulfur dioxidecould pose serious healthrisks, especially to peoplewith existing respiratoryproblems. State health offi-

cials say the gas has notposed serious problems sofar because it is blowingmore toward the ocean.

“It’s unpredictable. Thelast several months havebeen extremely unusual,and perhaps the most excit-ing activity on Kilauea indecades,” said Tim Orr, ageologist at HawaiianVolcano Observatory.

Most of the national parkremains open, including the

visitor center. But closedareas include all trails lead-ing to Halemaumau Craterand part of Crater RimDrive near the ash-ladentoxic gas plume.

The volcano has notgiven rangers reason tobelieve it’s about to blowbecause there’s no visiblelava in the crater itself, lit-tle seismic activity and nosurface swell, Orlando said.

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stay as they are, there is nodanger,” she said. “The parkis Hawaii’s gift to theworld, so we want to keepthe area open as long as wecan.”

Park ranger ArnoldNakata said he’s trying toallow as many people aspossible to view the vol-cano’s recent activity whileensuring their safety.

“This kind of activity isinevitable,” Nakata said of

the changing lava flows.“It’s minute-to-minute. Atany given time, this couldstop and change.”

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“Bringing Up Baby” withCary Grant and KatherineHepburn was our second film,directed by Howard Hawksand selected for movie nightby me. “Bringing Up Baby” isa textbook screwball comedy,with all the big city characters“cracking wise” as the out-siders (academics and coun-try-folk who aren’t in on thejokes) seem surprised and

bewildered at every turn. Thismovie was remade by PeterBogdanovich in 1972:“What’s Up Doc?” starringRyan O’Neal and BarbraStreisand.

We didn’t watch the movieversion of “The Man WhoCame To Dinner.” AlthoughI’m sure some of the cast haveseen the movie, we don’t wantto encourage the actors to

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Next up, I need to get allthe cast members signed upfor classes. Participating inthis co-production betweenMendocino College and

Ukiah Players Theatre is actu-ally enrolling in a MendocinoCollege Theatre Arts class (intheatrical performance or pro-duction), although this playwill be performed at the Ukiah

Playhouse on Low Gap Roadacross the street from UkiahHigh School.

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Each brown bag lunchcomes with a sandwich, fruitand vegetables, which are pre-pared and provided by staff atthe Ford Street Project. Inaddition to the edibles, theUCC provides a beverage andan information packet thatincludes addresses and contactinformation for homelessresources throughout Ukiah.Youssoupoff said the packetwas the same one handed outby Ukiah Police officers,which he said was an excitingalliance.

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I’m writing this at the endof my Saturday shift here atthe Journal because I don’twant to jinx myself, but thistime around has been prettysmooth as well.

I’ve been responsible forBen’s job for the past fewdays and barring a few closecalls the most I’ve had to dealwith is the police report andan unsettling story about asuspected child abuser.

My good luck almost ranout today when I heard abouta traffic collision south ofWillits on Highway 101, butafter it was determined tohave only minor injuries I wasthankfully spared from cover-

ing it.So in summation, I just

want to thank all the recklessdrivers, criminal mastermindsand general degenerates forholding off on your spreeswhile I am the action reporter.

We always sell more paperswhen there are big crime sto-ries and I want the Journal todo well financially, so pleasecontinue with your capersstarting Monday.

I’ll be miles away, typingabout something far lessexhilarating, just the way Ilike it.

This column was first postedon the “House of Burgess” blogat 4 p.m. Saturday and can befound atwww.insideudj.com/houseof-burgess.

Rob Burgess can be reachedat udjrb@pacific.net.

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throughout MendocinoCounty, including: Boonville,Fort Bragg, Gualala,Laytonville, Mendocino,Redwood Valley, Willits andtwo in Ukiah. The Willitsmarket is scheduled to openMay 1, and the Boonville andUkiah Saturday markets openMay 3. The Mendocino mar-ket’s opening day is May 2from 12 to 2 p.m. The FortBragg market has moved to a

new location on the corner ofSpruce and Main streets andwill open from 3:30 to 6 p.m.May 7. Markets in Gualala,Laytonville, Redwood Valleyand the Ukiah Tuesday marketwill open later in the season.

For information about how todonate to the program at theUkiah market, Scott Cratty canbe reached by phone at 462-7377or by e-mail at cratty@com-cast.net.

For information about how tosponsor families in the related,but not identical, programs at theWillits market, Jen Lyon can bereached by phone at 485-5363 orby e-mail at salthollow@pacif-ic.net.

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Visitors to the Ukiah Community Center receive sack lunches, ice tea and sodafrom Day Shelter Coordinator Veronica Moynahan Wednesday.

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Free income tax help available through April 11

Free income tax help will be provided for taxpayers withmiddle- and low income, with special attention to those age 60and older. The services’ hours are Wednesday and Friday morn-ings, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at the Ukiah Senior Center. The ser-vice will run through April 11.

It is requested that those seeking assistance bring the follow-ing items with them: a copy of last year’s tax return, W-2 forms,1099’s showing interest, dividends or retirement income, socialsecurity, any other income, social security cards for all depen-dents. The service is administered through the AARPFoundation in cooperation with the IRS.

Ukiah Garden Club Plant Sale set for April 12

The Ukiah Garden Club’s plant sale will occur on Saturday,April 12 and Sunday, April 13 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.Members have been busy readying Japanese maple trees, othertrees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, lilies, sunflowers, succu-lents, hens and chickens, chrysanthemums and more for sale.

“Early bird” shoppers will also be treated to coffee andhomemade cinnamon rolls.

The sale takes place at 9400 West Road, Redwood Valley.

Special Olympics Spin-A-Thon set for Saturday, April 12

On April 12, the Redwood Health Club will host a 12 HourSpin-A-Thon, a benefit for the Mendocino County SpecialOlympics. This event will be 12 Hours of Spin Classes. Eachhour will be directed by one of the Health Club’s SpinInstructors. The community’s invited to stop by and ride anhour, or spend the day and ride all 12 hours, ride at a self-setpace or for the full workout. Raffles are scheduled to be heldthroughout the day along with a silent auction.

All donations made to support Special Olympics inMendocino County stay in the county, to provide the sportsprogram for local athletes.

For more information on the Spin-A-Thon contact James at468-1282 or Kathy at 468-0441. For information about theSpecial Olympics sports program in Mendocino County, orabout becoming a volunteer call James.

City of Ukiah Red Cross Lifeguardtraining set for April 12

The City of Ukiah Community Service Department hasannounced the beginning of registration for the American RedCross lifeguard training course. The classes are scheduled forApril 12, 13, 19, and 20, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All four classdates are mandatory for certification.

The class is free to those who have been hired to work at theCity Pool. Some restrictions apply, and there is limited classspace.

The minimum age for the class is 16. Preregistration must becompleted at the City of Ukiah Community ServicesDepartment at 411 West Clay Street. Recertifications must bescheduled in advance. For more information, call 463-6201.

‘Healing Conflict and Violence in theCommunity’ lecture set fo April 13

A free public lecture entitled “Healing Conflict amidViolence in the Community,” by Timothy Myers, C.S. will takeplace on Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. at the First Church of ChristScientist, 521 Chestnut Street at Corry in Fort Bragg. Myers hasspoken to a variety of audiences throughout the United States,including prisoners, the homeless, college students, and inter-faith groups, as well as the general public.

Childcare will be provided at the lecture.

National Crime Victims’Rights Week set for April 13-19

April 13 through 19 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week,a time to improve the community’s response to victims. Victimsmay need compensation for their losses, a chance to be heard incourt, or neighbors who understand that crime can happen toanyone at any time.

Those who have been victims of a crime, or who know ofsomeone who is a victim of a crime are encouraged to contactMendocino County Victim Witness, located at 100 N. StateStreet, Room 501, Ukiah; for correspondence, P.O. Box 144,Ukiah, Ca., 95482, or call 463-4218, or 1-800-785-3332. Theiroffice hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Theyare closed between noon and 1 p.m. for lunch. Phone hours areMonday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.

‘Parenting Your Teenager’program set to begin April 15

“Parenting Your Teenager,” a skills-building workshopdesigned to help parents face the challenges of raising a teen, isscheduled to take place on April 15, 22, 29, and May 6, from 6to 8 p.m., at Eagle Peak Middle School Library. The workshopwill be free to the community, and participants will receive“Parenting Your Teenager: Parent’s Guide” and an officialCertificate Of Participation.

For more information, or to sign up, call 485-8154.

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There is only one basic rule to fol-low if you want to lose your shirt inthe stock market: Buy high, sell low.It’s easy, anyone can do it. Learn afew simple technical terms and youcan start losing money like a finan-cial pro -- almost overnight.

The first term is “market day.” A“market day” is any day on whichthe stock market is open, availablefor you to lose money on. On week-ends and holidays, you must go to acasino or a horse track to lose money-- as the stock market is closed.

A “buying opportunity” is a wayfor you to lose even more moneythan you already have. Let’s say youbought 100 shares of stock that youoverheard a guy sitting in the cubiclebehind you call “the next Microsoft”at $20 a share. Yesterday it fell to$10 a share. Now you have a “buyingopportunity” to jump in and buytwice as many shares as you did

before -- for the same amount ofmoney. Imagine what an “opportuni-ty” you’ll have when it goes down to$5 a share! Or $2!

As a general rule of thumb, any-time someone you barely know callsa stock “the next something,” buy it.The next eBay, the next Google, thenext Wal-Mart, the next Starbucks.Why buy into a growing, thrivingbusiness when you can buy into anunknown, untested one? This iscalled a “stock tip.” Never let the sungo down on a stock tip without act-

ing on it. I bought “the next Apple” and

within a week our kid’s college fundwas nearly wiped out. Now they’llhave to work their way through com-munity college mowing lawns andwashing dishes. It’s my gift to them.They’ll learn so much more thanthey would’ve by being coddled. I’monly sorry I didn’t let more of myfriends in on the deal.

The guy who passed the tip to me,Bob Ferguson, had to sell his houseand move in with his wife’s parents.

And now they’re getting adivorce. At least they won’t havelong, drawn-out battles over how tosplit their assets. They don’t haveany. It cuts down on the lawyer’sfees, too. It doesn’t get any betterthan that.

Besides bus stops, hair salons,topless bars and cable TV shows, agreat place to get stock tips is off the

Internet. I guess if we know anythingabout the Internet, it’s that it’sswarming with do-gooders. It’s acommunity where everyone helpseveryone else, where the randomacts of kindness just never stop. It’slike a digital Woodstock. Lost yourpassword? Here, use mine. So whenyou get an e-mail from someone youdon’t know saying that some compa-ny you never heard of is poised torise 300 percent by Tuesday, don’tworry. They are just trying to helpyou lose lots of money.

Extra Bonus Tip: Remember, theless you know about a company, thebetter. You don’t have to know whatthe company does or even know acompany’s name to invest in it -- allyou need to know is its market sym-bol. Try it, you’ll lose money fasterthan you ever thought possible!

Some people prefer not to lose

their money all at once. They arecalled mutual fund investors. In amutual fund, stock market “experts”pick a group of stocks they think willgo down over a long period of timeand let you buy into the package. Forthis service, they charge you a smallpercentage. It means you can startlosing money right away withouthaving to wait until that companywhose stock you bought announcesthat it has “missed its numbers” or“revised its quarterly earnings esti-mates” or “our CEO has been led offin handcuffs.”

Now get out there and lose somemoney!

Jim Mullen is the author of “ItTakes a Village Idiot: Complicatingthe Simple Life” and “Baby’s FirstTattoo.” You can reach him atjim_mullen@myway.com

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By Jim Mullen

Monday, March 31, 2008Because you will have

greater opportunities in theyear ahead to assume directcontrol over personal mat-ters, you will get the chanceyou’ve been looking for todevelop your own plansand ideas.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A relationshipwith someone you had con-sidered to be a mereacquaintance will begin togrow into a more meaning-ful friendship. You mightsee the first signs of this asactivities start to bring youtogether.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You have thechance to achieve a signifi-cant objective at work --independently from others -- and you will take on thechallenge. Someone ofimportance will be watch-ing from the wings.

GEMINI (May 21-June20) -- This is an excellenttime to do something morethan merely talk about yourplans. Quit discussing themand put your ideas intoaction without furtherdelay.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- When dealingwith that special someone,you can be as protective asyou want without beingpossessive. If you cross theline of demarcation, how-ever, you will producerebuke.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)-- If you want to assurebenefits for you and yourmate, slant your decisionmaking more in his or herdirection than your own.Your significant other willshow appreciation throughpure devotion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22) -- Be very careful abouthandling a romantic liaisonwith someone at work,because complicationscould quickly develop.When on the job, separate

business from pleasure.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.

23) -- Your extravaganturges will surface wheninvolved in a socialarrangement, because youwill be tempted to spendresources on something youbelieve is important. Don’tallow unruly impulses todictate imprudent action.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Although youare in a cycle where yourluck is fighting to comethrough, if all you do iscoast along with no realplans for improvement,nothing will materialize.Lay out a good blueprintthat you can follow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec. 21) -- Althoughyour ideas will be far supe-rior to those of your associ-ates, make them feel thatthey have encouraged yourthinking, especially if youwant your ideas to be wellreceived.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Financial indi-cators look much moreencouraging than usual, sogive top priority to mattersthat can either make or saveyou money. What you donow can help your overallposition.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Substantialstrides can be made toadvance your personalinterests, but only you cando so. In order to get yourjuices flowing, be single-minded and continuouslyfocused on your objectives.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Thingsshould now be looking upfor you with regard to animportant situation wherethe odds have been stackedagainst you. The change isdue to your own doggedand resolute effort.

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Today is the 90th day of 2008 and the11th day of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1842, etherwas used as an anesthetic during surgeryfor the first time.

In 1867, the United States purchasedAlaska for $7.2 million.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan wasshot and wounded in an assassinationattempt by John Hinckley Jr.

In 2002, Britain’s Queen MotherElizabeth died at age 101.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: FranciscoGoya (1746-1828), painter; Vincent van

Gogh (1853-1890), painter; Warren Beatty(1937-), actor/director, is 71; Eric Clapton(1945-), musician/songwriter, is 63; CelineDion (1968-), singer, is 40; Secretariat(1970-1989), racehorse.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1987, Indianawon the NCAA basketball championship,the third win for coach Bob Knight.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “As we advance inlife it becomes more and more difficult, but

in fighting the difficulties the inmoststrength of the heart is developed.” --Vincent van Gogh

TODAY’S FACT: The purchase ofAlaska -- initially ridiculed by some as“Seward’s Folly” -- added 586,412 squaremiles to the United States for less than $13per square mile.

TODAY’S MOON: Between last quar-ter (March 29) and new moon (April 5).

Datebook: Sunday, March 30, 2008

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By the Editors of ConsumerReports

Most people don’t buy anew car without hearing thedealership finance managerwarn about “how foolish itwould be” not to protect theirinvestment from unexpectedrepairs. But extended war-ranties sell costly “peace ofmind” for repair nightmaresthat probably won’t occur,according to a survey of morethan 8,000 readers recentlyconducted by the ConsumerReports National ResearchCenter. The data supports theadvice that Consumer Reportshas given for a long time, thatextended warranties are a poordeal for almost every product.CR’s findings show that thisadvice applies to most newcars as well.

THE SURVEY ALSOFOUND:

• Sixty-five percent ofthose surveyed said they spentsignificantly more for the con-tract than they got back inrepair-cost savings.Respondents said theirextended warranty cost them$1,000 on average while pro-viding an average benefit of$700. A big reason: 42 percentof extended warranties in thesurvey were not used, in most

cases because the vehicle did-n’t need repairs or the stan-dard manufacturer’s warrantysufficed.

• About one in five respon-dents said they had a net sav-ings. In general, extendedwarranties were a better dealfor those who bought moretroublesome cars. When CRlooked at net costs by carmake, only owners ofPontiacs and Jeeps broke evenbecause on average they hadcovered repairs that equaledthe warranty cost.

• Only 38 percent of buyerssaid they were highly satisfiedwith their purchase, whichputs extended warranties nearthe bottom of dozens of ser-vices rated by CR, includinghome, auto and health insur-ance.

• Twelve percent of buyersreported having trouble get-ting repairs when they usedtheir extended warrantybecause of contract terms thatexcluded coverage for theneeded repair or parts, orbecause of disputes with theclaims administrator.

The survey included buyersof extended warranties for

cars in the 2001 and 2002model years. That allowedsufficient time for the factorywarranties to expire, as wellas several years of extendedcoverage. CR found that forLexus owners, the averageloss to date was $600; forToyota owners, $550; forHyundai, Mazda and Subaruowners, $400; and forChevrolet, Honda and Nissanowners, $300. The analysisshowed that the need for seri-ous repairs is uncommon,mainly because automobilestoday are more reliable thanever, and chances are thatwhat’s covered won’t fail. Thesellers of extended warrantiesknow what parts tend to breakwithin the coverage time andmileage, so buyers are bettingagainst the house.

THE DOWNSIDE OFEXTENDED WAR-RANTIES

The experience of CR’sreaders who bought extendedwarranties and a closer exam-ination of how they workshow why the odds arestacked against the buyer:

• Not insurance, not awarranty. Many consumers

think of extended warrantiesas insurance, but thesearrangements are most accu-rately described as prepaidrepair contracts. The contractsare usually handled by inde-pendent auto warranty compa-nies that are not subject to thesame close regulation andoversight as insurers.

• High sales commissions.Since extended service con-tract pricing is not regulated,dealers charge whatever themarket will bear, and a 50 per-cent cut for sales commissionsis not unusual.

• Unlikely catastrophe.While concern about futurerepairs is what mainly drovepeople to sign up for anextended service plan, for themost part their worst fears didnot materialize.

• Tricky coverage terms.While contracts offer seem-ingly generous periods of cov-erage, the buyer gets less thanmeets the eye, since the corecoverage doesn’t kick in untilafter the original factory war-ranty is up.

• Lots of fine print. Manybrochures wax eloquentlyabout “comprehensive” cov-erage but usually don’t saymuch about numerous exclu-sions and limitations.

Extended warranties a poor buy

DEAR BRUCE: A friend of mine isseparated from his wife of 30-plus years,but they are still legally married. Theyreside in the state of Virginia. The wiferecently inherited a substantial sum froma deceased gay lover. Since they’re mar-ried, does the inheritance belong to thehusband as well as the wife? The wifeplans to give half to the mother of her latelover. Can she do this without first con-sulting her husband? My friend says adivorce is in their future, but there areconsiderable financial matters to be set-tled first. He is still providing his wife’shealth insurance, and her mail continuesto be delivered to his address, eventhough she has her own home. Are there“considerable financial ramifications” tobe considered before proceeding with thedivorce? -- K.M., via e-mail

DEAR K.M.: Putting aside the some-what sordid details of the wife’s relation-ship, I believe your attorneys will tell youthat the couple is still married and anyassets acquired during the marriage resultin both parties having an interest. You’llnotice I didn’t say “necessarily an equalinterest.” That is a matter of state law,and it will be resolved during the divorce.However, your friend should consult anattorney immediately to determinewhether or not his wife has the legal rightto dispose of a portion of that asset. Takecare of this immediately, before it goesany further.

DEAR BRUCE: My husband isretired, and I will be at the end of nextyear. We both receive Social Security,and my husband has a retirement incomeof about $1,000 a month. He has$100,000 in an IRA, and I have $40,000in my employer’s 401(k). His IRA andmy 401(k) are all invested in mutualfunds. I’m concerned that perhaps weshould be moving some funds into otherareas. What do you think? -- J.P., via e-mail

DEAR J.P.: You’re asking whetheryou should switch out of mutual fundsand, without knowing how these fundsare performing, I cannot provide ananswer to your question. You should takea close look at both the IRA and 401(k)s.How are they doing? How well have theydone? If they’re performing in a strongfashion, why move the money? If theyare underperforming or flat-out losingmoney, think about switching.

DEAR BRUCE: Last October, mymother (who resided in an assisted-livinghome in New Jersey) passed away at age99. My sister put all of my mother’s

money from her savings account into herown savings account. She refuses toshow me the will and my mother’s bankstatements. She claims the will is null andvoid because the house that Mom ownedwas sold. She claims there’s only$20,000 left and that she is taking morethan half since she took care of all thelegal affairs. How can I get a copy of thewill and bank statements? -- T.W., via e-mail

DEAR T.W.: At the risk of soundinglike a broken record, you will have toseek counsel. A will is not a public docu-ment until such time as it is filed for pro-bate. In the event that it is not filed, yourmother would have legally died intestate.If your sister refuses to cough up the will,you should go to the probate officeimmediately and have the court declarethat she died without a will and apply tobe the administrator. Understand that thesister will then be asked to sign off,which could get messy.

As for the will being “null and void,”that’s nonsense. The will applies to anyassets and liabilities she may have leftbehind. You can ask your sister for acopy, understanding that only the originalhas any legal value. Until it has been filedwith the probate court, it is of nomoment.

Send your questions to: Smart Money,P.O. Box 2095, Elfers, FL 34680. E-mailto: bruce@brucewilliams.com.

Estranged couple must still share assetsSMART MONEY

BY BRUCE WILLIAMS

Allowance forchores?

DEAR SARA: Do you have your kids do chores for theirallowance, or do they get it regardless? --Michelle,Massachusetts

DEAR MICHELLE: I don’t give my children an allowancefor chores. Our children have chores and responsibilities thatthey have to do because they should. We give rewards if theygo above and beyond their daily responsibilities. Sometimesit’s monetary, and other times it’s not. I don’t want to get into asituation in which one day my kids decide they don’t carewhether they get their allowance that week, so they decide notto do their chores or protest and drag their feet over having todo them. I don’t think allowances are bad. I believe parentshave to be consistent with how they give them. My childrendon’t often ask for much, so I could see where they might skipchores and not receive an allowance. I also think I’d have heartfailure if I asked my kids to feed the dog and they asked mehow much they’d get paid to do it.

In our home, chores aren’t negotiable. They are an expecta-tion. We reward and discipline by giving and taking away priv-ileges and high fives/encouragement/praise and disappoint-ment. Our children receive money for extra chores and as giftsfrom us, friends and family. They are still exposed to makingdecisions about money, such as spending, donating and saving.My kids understand that if they work harder, they can worktoward extra wants. They are still young, and this is all subjectto change, but it’s working well for us.

DEAR SARA: Please help me with my party. We’re havingour housewarming this Saturday at 7 p.m. I have to workSaturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We already have burgers andhot dogs to grill for food, and I know we’ll have chips, salsaand guacamole. I need some more ideas for snacks and sidedishes. I don’t want to use the oven because it’ll get too hot inthe house. It has to be stuff I can either prepare beforehand orsomething I can throw together in a few minutes. Also, cheap!We don’t have that much more money to spend on food. --Angela, California

DEAR ANGELA: You have a lot of options. The partysounds casual, so I suggest simple, frugal foods such as potatoor macaroni salad; a fruit, cheese, veggie or cold cuts andcrackers platter; hummus; popcorn; deviled eggs; and slow-cooker ziti. For something sweet, you could bake bar cookies orcupcakes ahead of time.

DEAR SARA: I have a lot of chalkboard paint. I’ve madeornaments and menu boards for friends. I have enough to paintsections of a wall in my kids’ rooms, but I am concerned theywill tire of it quickly. Do you have any practical ideas for usingit up? -- Autumn, California

DEAR AUTUMN: I’ve seen it used on secondhand coffeetables and dressers for children. You could also use it on theinside of a kitchen cabinet for pantry lists.

DEAR SARA: I know about using canning jars for giftmixes, but what are some other ideas you have for creative con-tainers to use for gifts? -- pita1213, e-mail

DEAR PITA1213: Plastic peanut-butter jars are lighter thanmason jars. You can try reusing Pringles cans, powdered-baby-formula cans and frozen-juice cans. If you have any popcorntins left from the holidays, they make great gift containers, too.Animal crackers are often packaged in cute, plastic bear-shapedcontainers. Try children’s shoe boxes, Clementine woodencrates, plastic and glass baby-food jars, plastic Easter eggs,plastic coffee containers, powdered-creamer containers, minttins, oatmeal containers and paper-towel rolls. As for new cre-ative containers, try buckets, storage containers, trash cans,laundry baskets, pillowcases, Christmas stockings, flowerpots,tackle boxes, mugs and tote bags/purses/backpacks.

Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal Village (www.frugalvil-lage.com), a Web site that offers practical, money-savingstrategies for everyday living. To send tips, comments or ques-tions, write to Sara Noel, c/o United Media, 200 MadisonAve., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or e-mail sara@fru-galvillage.com.

Q: We read your column regularly andare interested in buying some stock forour grandson. He’s 18 years old and veryinterested in technology. Any suggestionsfor something that he can watch grow?

A: Instead of giving him money, I sug-gest you give him an education: Teachhim why it’s important that he start sav-ing for himself. Give him some books onfinances to help him with his research.

Once he learns why and how to invest,you can then offer to help him get startedby matching his contributions in aninvestment that he’s picked. If you do ityour way, he might learn that investing issomething other people do for him orworse -- that he doesn’t need to savebecause you’ll simply give him money.

This way, he learns that his future is upto him. He discovers both the need totake control and the benefits of doing so,and he gets rewarded by the matchingprogram you create. You might evenboost that program by forcing him toshow you the annual statement -- if hemakes withdrawals, you can decide ifyou want to keep contributing to hisaccount. You know what they say: “Givea man a fish ...”

Q: A friend of my mother (widowed,age 75) lives in California and appears tohave the onset of dementia or possiblyAlzheimer’s. She has two children (sonand daughter). Last year, the daughterlearned that her brother scared/angeredtheir mother into believing that his sisterwas going to have her put away some-where and take her home from her.Feeding on the anger of the mother thather daughter would do such a thing, the

son took the mother to a lawyer last year,without sister’s knowledge, and had herwill changed so that all her assets (twohomes) are left to the son alone. Further,he had the mother quitclaim the twohouses to him as joint tenants. The moth-er also gave power of attorney to her son.

The daughter tried to tell her motherthat she never tried to put her away ortake her house, but her mother gets veryconfused and then angry at her and wantsto punish her for something that neverhappened. This is sad because they werebest friends and did everything togetheruntil the mother’s mental health starteddeteriorating the last few years, while thebrother did his own thing and was neveraround much all those years.

Now, one year after changing the will,the daughter has learned that her brotheris checking into having his mother putinto some kind of care facility since hermental health is deteriorating further.Other than owning the two homes, heronly other assets are a small pension andSocial Security. He is thinking of apply-ing for Medicaid since she only hasMedicare and no long-term-care insur-ance. He wants to keep the homes, whichare completely paid off, for himself.

If the mother needs to go into long-

term care under Medicaid, how will thisaffect her assets? Isn’t there a law underMedicaid about transferring assets? If thebrother tries to keep her at home insteadof getting her long-term care, is there anyrecourse for the daughter to make sureher mother is properly taken care of sincethe brother is in total control of every-thing?

A: There are lots of problems here.The quitclaim idea has a gift-tax prob-lem. Also, you cannot give houses awayand immediately qualify for Medicaid(Medi-Cal in California), it takes severalyears. The mother’s pension plus SocialSecurity probably exceed 85 percent ofthe federal poverty level, which is theincome-eligibility threshold inCalifornia. In other words, the mother isprobably too rich to qualify. Even thoughthe son is set to inherit the two houses, ifthe mother did qualify for Medi-Cal, afterher death the State of California wouldlikely place liens on those houses formuch of the support they provided,although there are exceptions.

The daughter could probably find anursing home that would take the motherif she assigned her Social Security andpension to it, plus gave them a house. ButI doubt the son would agree to this.

Clearly, your friend needs to meet witha California estate-planning attorney andelder-law attorney; having her motherqualify for Medi-Cal is the least of herproblems.

Financial Adviser Ric Edelman is theauthor of several best-selling booksabout personal finance, You can e-mailhim at money@ricedelman.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe county of Mendocino is holding a total of $2,689.26 in its Victim Witness trust account.To our knowledge none of these funds are the property of infants and/or persons of un-sound mind. Claims for refund of any portion of the above sum may be made only by the person who made the deposit. To recover any of the above, a verifiable claim must be filed with the County Treasurer prior to the close of business on May 30, 2008. Any deposits not claimed by this date shall automatically revert to the County’s Victim Witness Fund.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zon-

ing Administrator of the City of Ukiah, Califor-nia will hold a public hearing regarding the fol-lowing cases on April 10, 2008 at 1:30 in con-ference Room 1, Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California, at which time all persons appearing in regard to this matter will be heard. These cases have been determined to be Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

1. Minor Site Development Permit 08-06 for minor alteration to the roof line of an exist-ing commercial building along with replace-ment of handicap ramp rails.Applicant/Owner: Judith WatermanProject Location: 125 E. Mill Street, Ukiah, APN 002-302-56

2. Minor Site Development Permit 07-25 for complete renovation of a commercial building exterior (Taco Bell), minor site modifi-cations, lighting, landscaping and signage.Applicant/Owner: Kathy Burris, Applicant/J.A.Sutherland, Inc., OwnerProject Location: 1201 N. State Street, Ukiah, APN 001-360-37Please pass this notice on to your neighbors, friends, or other interested parties. You are encouraged to discuss this project with, ex-press any view you may have, submit written comments, or request additional information from the City Planning Department by con-tacting Associate Planner Jennifer Faso at 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California, dur-ing regular business hours, Monday through Friday.s/Charley Stump, DirectorPUBLISH: One time

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10 NOTICESADOPTIONS &FOSTER CARE

TLC Child & FamilyServices seeks families.Reimbursement, training & professional support

provided. 463-1100 #236800809

★ Support ★Our Troops

DVD DriveThe troops need

to be entertained.Please donate your used or new DVD’s.DVD’s will be ship-ped for you to the Troops in Iraq.DVDs rated Gener-al, Mature, Restrict-ed and PG...noth-ing morally unac-ceptable please.Drop off boxes are also located at ●Potter Vly Community Health Ctr

●Potter Vly High Sch.●Redwood Vly Three

Pepper Pizza●GI Joe’s ●Christmas Dreams

and Gifts●Social Services (Ukiah, Willits, Ft. Bragg).

DRIVESPONSORS:

Jasmine & ChrisSnider

Daughter and wife of Jeff Snider,

Soldier743-2215 or

489-4592Please feel free to contact Kimberly

Simpson regarding Social Services

drops zones.Ext. 7729

THANKYOU

for any and all support for these

men and women!!!

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Still a work-in-prog-ress? Jazzercise fits all shapes and sizes.307 N. Main St. M-F 6 AM; M-Th 5:30 PM & S 8:15 AM. 391-6466.

30 LOST &FOUND

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Hello I am a male JRT. I am mostly white with brown ears. I was out look-ing at all the spring flowers on Betty St near Talmage Rd.when someone found me. After they had me for a few days, on 3/24, they brought me to the Ukiah Shelter. If my person does not find me I will be up for adoption on 3/29. I am at 298 Plant Rd.or call Sage 467-6453

Honda 1998 Civic Ex Coup, 93K, red, manual trans, AC,

CD player w/AM/FM radio, cruise control, moon roof. Excellent condition $5500/obo.

Call evenings 485-8155

I am a 1 year old Pomeranian. On 3/26 I went to City Park to check out the kid's playground and the first thing I knew I was at the Ukiah Shelter where there is no play equipment! To identify me call Sage at 467-6453

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

110 EMPLOYMENTWANTED

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

120 HELPWANTED

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

ALARMTECHNICIAN

Fast growing security company seekinglicensed Burg/Fire

alarm installer w/exp in CCTV/Access

control. 5+ yrs exp preferred. Salary

w/bene. DOE. Faxresume 707-462-

1478 or emaildvsoffice@pacific.net

ASSISTANTCOOK

JOIN THE TRINITY TEAM!Trinity Youth

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

ResidentialTreatment Campus is

looking for an Assistant Cook

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

posting menus, using the correct food

quantity and recipes to prepare the

meal(s), maintain all safety standards,

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

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

employment physical,drug test and back-

ground check.APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

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

Hillside Health Ctr.MCHC seeks

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

skenney@mchcinc.orgFor more info on this

position visit www.mchcinc.org.

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BRANCH MANAG-ER Seeking Branch Manager for Steel Dist. Co. Career Op-portunity!\ Exc Bnfts Med/Dental/vision/401k & profit sharing plans. Paid vacation/ holidays Mail to: P.O.Box 11215 Spokane, WA 99211 Email:employment@scaf-co.comwww.Scafco.com

Case ManagersEntry/Adv pos. in-prison tx pgm in Sol-ano. Exp w/crim. jus-tice, grp/indiv. coun-sel. Fax Resume 415-492-0244.

CONSOLIDATED TRIBAL HEALTH

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

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

DIESELMECHANIC

3 years exp. Good wages & benefits.

462-6721

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Direct Care WorkNo Experience

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

DRIVERS

$1000HIRINGBONUS

Golden State OvernightF/T & P/T

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

Mendo. & Lake Co.Benefits avail.Contact Steven

Koller 866-779-7726 or skoller@gso.com

EDUCATIONALSPECIALIST

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

Mendocino CountyOffice of Education

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

To assure consid-ertion apply by

5pm, April 21, 2008

GENERAL OFFICECPU/Customer

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

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

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

Salary range$9-$13.50 + bonus.

Send resume to 1268 S. State St.

120 HELPWANTED

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

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

sault survivors throughout Mendo.

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

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

120 HELPWANTED

Family Advocate or Family

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

Full Time Auto Technician. Fullbenefits, 401k.

Apply at www.fowlerfamily

dealerhips.comEmployment

Full Time exp. parts counterperson at

Ukiah Auto Dealerships

Full benefits, 401k.Apply at

www.fowlerfamilydealerships.com/

Employment.

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

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

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Human ResourceRecruiter for MendocinoCommunity

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

chansen@mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.orgfor job description

Mendocino County Health & Human Services Agency

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR$7112-$8642/Mo.

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

Treatment Program

SupervisorHHSA/Public Health Branch/AODP $4280 -$5202/Mo. To super-vise treatment thera-pists & counselors.Requires Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field & three to four years related experience. Apply by 04/11/08 to the HR Dept, 579 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482, (707) 463-4261, w/TDD (800) 735-2929. www.co.mendocino.ca.us/hrAA/EOE

JANITOR/LAUNDRY WORKER

Responsible for pro-viding Janitor ial/ Laundry services at the Residential Treat-ment Campus. Excel-lent benefits including medical, dental, vi-sion, & tuition reim-bursement. Must pass pre-employment physical, drug test and background check.

APPLY AT 915 W. Church St.,

Ukiah or fax resume to 877-382-7617

www.trinityys.orgEOE

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13272 S. Hwy. 101 – Modern 1 bd., 1ba. apt. in downtown Hopland,featuring vaulted ceilings, stove,refrigerator, a/c, shared garages w/remote access, private patio & on-sitelaundry facility. Ask about our Move-In Special! $650/mo.

505-531 Capps Ln. – Sierra SunsetApts. features 2 bd., 1 ba. units w/ pool& laundry facilities, lovely commonareas, carports & more. $765/mo.

TOWNHOUSES/DUPLEXES

1735 Elm Ln. – Newly renovated 2 bd.,1.5 ba. townhouse in Willits, equippedw/ new carpet, linoleum, interior paint &includes stove, refrigerator, a/c, carport& patio. $750/mo.

1119 S. Dora St. - 2 bd., 1.5 ba.townhouse w/ stove, refrigerator,microwave, a/c, carport parking, patio& on-site laundry facility. $775/mo.

350 El Rio Ct. #B - Roomy 3 bd., 2 ba.duplex w/ garage, yard, stone-hearthfireplace, central heat & air, stove, anddishwasher. Conveniently located closeto park, school & shopping. $1000/mo.

HOUSES

311 N. Bush St. – Cozy 2 bd., 1 ba.home located close to downtownUkiah, includes stove, refrigerator, a/c,yard & carport. $950/mo.

12950 S. Highway 101 – Recentlyrenovated 3 bd., 2 ba. home w/ centralheat & air, stove & refrigerator; locatedNorth of Hopland. $1000/mo.

9 Betty St. – Charming 2 bd., 1 ba.home w/ hardwood floors, stove,refrigerator & yard; convenientlylocated close to shopping centers.$1075/mo.

5970 Eastside Calpella Rd. – 2+ bd.,1 ba. two-story home w/ recentrenovations, equipped w/ stove,refrigerator & large yard; located closeto Lake Mendocino. $1250/mo.

285 Laurel St. – 3 bd., 2 ba. homelocated close to downtown Willits;equipped w/ stove, refrigerator,dishwasher, garage & yard. $1300/mo.

1279 Despina Dr. – Spacious 3 bd., 2ba. home within walking distance tohigh school & park; includes centralheat & air, stove, refrigerator,dishwasher, microwave, yard & 2-cargarage w/ remote access. $1400/mo.

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120 HELPWANTED

LEGAL OFFICE CLERK

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

LVN Part time.Tired of high case loads? Provide sup-port to 6 adults with Devel. Disabilities in

their home.Office 485-5168Cell 489-0022

LVN Case ManagerMCHC seeks LVN Case Manager for Hillside Health Ctr.Exp. F/T lic. LVNCompetitive salary

DOE great benefits! Fax: 468-0793

skenney@mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

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

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

120 HELPWANTED

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE seeks

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

skills, some computer skills, be a team

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

PT-FT INCIRCULATION

For right person.Apply at

590 S. School St

The Ukiah

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120 HELPWANTED

PARK/GOLF SERVICE

WORKERS:$15.91/hr, up to 40hrs/wk for sum-mer season; no benefits. Complete job description/ap-plication at www.cityofukiah.com.Open unti l f i l led.EOE

Ukiah ValleySanitation District

Is Recruiting For A:GENERALMANAGER

Part-Time 20 hrs/wkPay range

$29.71 to $36.10/hrPosition will be an at-will contract employ-ee working directly for the UVSD Board of Directors under an employment agree-ment. Must have work experience as an executive director for public or non-prof-it agency and knowl-edge of wastewater collection and treat-ment systems. Inter-ested candidates please submit re-sume, cover letter and 3 employment references to the Mendocino County Executive Office 501 Low Gap Road Room 1010 Ukiah, CA 95482. Deadline to apply: Fr iday, Apr i l 11, 2008 @ 5:00p.m.Contact Deputy CEO Paul Cayler for more information @ 463-4441.

120 HELPWANTED

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

Post Office Now Hiring!

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

Offered by ExamServices, not aff w/ USPS who hires.1-866-292-1387

Red Fox CasinoIs Now Accepting

ApplicationsFor the following:

GENERALMANAGER

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

Red Fox Casino200 Cahto Dr.

Laytonville, CA 95454

ResidentialAssistant.

Swing shift 2-10.Evening

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

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

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

& benefitsFrank R. Howard

Memorial HospitalWillits, CA

Apply Online:WWW.Howardhospital.org

Call: 707-456-3184

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SALESPERSONMust have knowl-

edge of motorcycles, ATVS, generators.Sales background

req. Gen. knwldge of motorcycles helpful.

Apply in person MOTOSPORTS

OF UKIAH.1850 N. StateSt.

See David or Ben.

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

SAWFILERSawfiler with 2 years experience in operat-ing all saw fi l ing equipment. Required to bench band and/or round saws. If un-able to bench both types of saws, must be willing to learn to bench the unfamiliar saw. Must be able to t ip and gr ind both carbide and stellite, have own tools, and work any schedule;nights, weekends, and holidays. Send resume to Sierra Pa-cific Industries, ATTN Ruth Woolery, PO Box 2677, Burney CA 96040 or fax to (530) 335-2710. For addi-tional info call 530-335-6109. EOE SENIOR PLANNERExcellent Career Op-portunity! The City of Fort Bragg is seeking a qualified individual to perform planning work at an advanced journey-level on both simple and complex/specialized assignments such as large physical proj-ects with significant environmental im-pacts and mitigation measures, and devel-opment of new or complex general plan policies. Specific re-quirements include:•Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or related field; and•Possession of valid Class C or higher California driver’s li-cense; and•At least four (4) years experience in urban/rural and re-gional planning, plan-ning policy develop-ment or environmen-tal review and analy-sis.Full t ime 40 hrs/week. Monthly salary $4,459-$5,420 with comprehensive benefits package. To apply, obtain and submit a City applica-tion(www.fortbragg.com) to the Human Re-sources Office, City Hall, 416 N. Franklin Street, For t Bragg, CA 95437, 707-961-2823. Faxed applica-tions will not be ac-cepted. Filing Dead-line: April 28, 2008.(Postmarks not ac-cepted)EOE/AA/Drug Free Workplace.

Social Worker fornonprofit HIV/AIDS prgm in Clearlake.

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

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

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

pref, will train.Resume to CCHAP

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

We are looking for PARTS DEPT.

person. Must have knowledge of motor-

cycles, ATVS, &customer service

skills. Apply in person MOTOSPORTS

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

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Substitute Support Counselor

Tapestry Family Services

Work w/children in innovative activity-based after-school program in Ukiah on a Substitute basis.Great team, exc benefits. Min AA w/exp working with children in Mental Health or Rehab setting. $18-21 hr/ DOQ. 463-3300 or resume to TFS, 290 E. Gobbi St., Ukiah.Apply now.

THERAPISTTrinity Youth

Services-Ukiah, asocial service agen-cy serving abused

and neglected youth in a Residential

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

MFCC, LCSW, or LPC. APPLY AT:

915 W. Church St., Ukiah or fax resume

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

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

Winery Tasting Room Manager for

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

140 CHILDCARE

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

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

between $185-$495.465 Luce Ave.

463-2273

215 BUSINESSESFOR SALE

VALENASCERAMICS

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

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

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

LEE KRAEMERReal Estate Broker

SCHOOL STREETOFFICE/RETAIL

1300+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.

BRAND NEW!BUILD TO SUITOffice or Medical

1974+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.

DOWNTOWNHi-traffic loc. Ofc. Ste1600+/- sq. ft. w/pkg.

MED. OFFICE orRETAIL

South Orchard3400+/- sq. ft. w/pkng

468-8951Mountanos Properties

Commercial Rentals707-462-1840 x 195

SUITE OF OFFICES 4 offices + conf.,

A jewel in our crown.

$2040 Util & janito-rial incl. Very nice

location, 468-5426

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

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

no pets. 462-4759351 N. Main

1BDRM, quietdowntown 4-plex, $550/mo, NS, No pets, 621-1717

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

2BD, 1BA water & garbage pd,

w/washer & dryer462-8600

2bd1ba modern sunny downstairs.

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

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

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

2 units avl.$600 per month.

1 bd., 1 bath.Please visit our

websiteFor photos & more!

www.ukiahrentals.net

HOPLAND Very nice 1 bd, balcony, ccovered parking.

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

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

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

Se habla espanol.

320 DUPLEXES

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

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

Fax applicationto 707-984-6479

330 HOMESFOR RENT

$600 1BD, CREEK-SIDE CABIN 13mi

west of Cloverdale on 128, Yorkville. NP,

wood heat 894-1854

1BD SUNNYCOTTAGE Boonville.

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

895-3938

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

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

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

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

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

cleaning. 272-0078Avail. March 15.

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

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

800-749-7901 xS622 Lrg 2bd 1ba olderhome near St. Mary’s School. 2 gars. & lrg back yard. No pets.$1200+sec.468-0834

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

707-486-7193

370 WANTEDTO RENT

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

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

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

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

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

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

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

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

390 MOBILES FORRENT

RV/TRVL. TRAILERspaces for rent.

$400/mo. Incld’s wtr, sewer & garbage

462-6968

400 NEW & USEDEQUIPMENT

BAKERY EQUIP-MENT FOR SALE

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

460 APPLIANCES

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

480 MISC.FOR SALE

$$CASH$$Immediate Cash for

Structured Settlements, Annuities, Lawsuits,

Inheritances, Mortgage Notes & Cash Flows.

J.G. Wentworth #11-800-794-7310

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

Call for details Joe 707-489-2378

FREE PAINT Recycled latex, 5 gal.buckets, white, tan, brown, gray. Tues-days only, 8am to 2pm, 298 Plant Rd., Ukiah (behind animal shelter).

PEAR FIREWOOD.Reasonable priced.We deliver locally.Justin 972-1871

WOOD-MIZER LT40 HD SAWMILL

1993 25 HP ONANENGINE, 2700HRS. WORKS

GREAT $15,000459-5055

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

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

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

F $700 894-7511

590 GARAGESALES

1379 DESPINA DR SAT & SUN

8-2Lots of misc.

FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.

Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi

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

SAT & SUN8-4

Misc. furniture.225 Arlinton Dr

610 REC VEHCAMPING

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

620 MOTOR-CYCLES

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

KAWASAKI Vulcen Mean Streak 1500

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

Call 367-4451

650 4X4'SFOR SALE

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

wench $6500744-1924

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

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

NISSAN FRONTIER 2001 Crew cab XE.

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

680 CARSFOR SALE

3 cars for sale. 87Jag XJ6 needs

head gask. $2000-bo 89 Ply Voyager

needs cool syswork $700. 89

Honda runs, goodparts car $500.

462-3630

55 mpg Honda Insight 2001

$10,900.367-1284.

720 MOBILESFOR SALE

By owner - Dbl. wide modular home w/

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

Open House Sun.1-4. 462-8464

745 COMMERCIALREAL ESTATE

PRICE REDUCTION FOR LEASE

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

760 LOTS &ACREAGE

Potter Valley 15 gen-tle acres, huge oak trees. Fenced pas-ture, close in.$425,000 agent. 459-4677

770 REAL ESTATE

11 AC.3 places 2 live, or

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

Seller financing.Blandford RE 391-7612

741 TOKAY 4bdrm, 3ba, including guest

suite, excellent condi-tion $499,999

Blandford RE 391-7612

I’m still doing mortgage loans,

purchasing & refin.Rates below 6%

Larry WrightGolden Bear Mortgage

707-239-8080

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LANDSCAPING

CREEKSIDELANDSCAPE

License #624806 C27RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIALComplete Landscape Installation

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

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

Excavating & Deer Fencing

Joe Morales(707) 744-1912

(707) 318-4480 cell

CONSTRUCTION

Foundation to finish

Homes • Additions• Kitchens • Decks

Lic. #580504

707.485.8954707.367.4040 cell

MASSAGE THERAPYRedwood Valley

MassageThorough & Sensitive

Deep Tissue & Sports MassageMy work is to reduce your pain,improve your ability to do your

work, and allow you to play harderand sleep better.

1st Visit Special2 Hrs/$65

485-1881By appointment 8am to 6:30pm, M-F

Oolah Boudreau-Taylor

TERMITE BUSINESS

From Covelo toGualala the most

trusted name in theTermite Business!

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485-7829License #OPR9138

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PAINTING

40 years experienceFast, friendly service

Free estimatesSenior discounts

GUTTERSPREPAINTED

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Aluminum • Copper • SteelLimited Lifetime Warranty**

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CurvedFaceGutter

5 1/2” 5 1/2”4”

FasciaGutter

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A bad haircut lastsa couple of weeks...A bad tree job lasts

forever!

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Escobar ServicesAll types of home repair,sheet rock and texturing,plumbing, tile, windows,doors, electric, painting,fences decks & draining.

Non-licensed contractoror (707) 367-4098

CLEANINGAll StarCleaningService

COMMERCIAL ANDRESIDENTIAL CLEANING

Specializing in• Move in/out • Yard Cleaning

• Post Construction• Extensive cleaning projects• Windows • Trash Hauling

707-463-1657707-391-9618

HANDYMANRafa Llamas10 Years Experience with

Yard Maintenance &Tree Trimming

(707) 621-2552(707) 354-4860(707) 391-5106

1501 Elm StreetUkiah, CA 95482

We’ll BeatAnybody’s Price

HANDYMAN

Free Estimates(951) 907-6822(707) 272-5792

Noe’s HandymanLic. #82955

• Concrete

• Tile

• Painting

• Drywall

• Door/Window Installation

• And much more!

GREEN HOMES

The newest concept in home building –Building with offsite constructed homesFeaturing “PreFabGreen” features.

Advantages of Modularover Manufactured:

• Conventional Financing• Meets Local Building Code• Comparable to site building

Call for more information707-485-7125

www.northcoastmodulars.comNorth Coast HomeInvestments Inc.

CSLB#: 89630

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FREE• Energy Efficient light bulbs• Door and Window weather stripping• Replacement appliances (qualifying)• Insulation... And More

Call Today for an applicationNorth Coast Energy Services

(707) 463-0303Lic #455152

WEDDINGS

Wedding InvitationsAnnouncements& Accessories

Largest SelectionIn Town!

Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00Saturday 10:00-2:00

759 S. State St. Ukiah

468-0251

Fax 468-5763

ROOFING

40 Years Experience

707-239-0103

• Metal Roofing• Standing Seam• Stone Coated• Single Ply Systems• PVC/TPO

BILL FENNERROOFING

Lic. #716481

AUTOMOTIVEMECHANIC

425 Kunzler Ranch Road #JUkiah, CA

Tel: 707-463-2876

$129.95 COMPLETE FUEL

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