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REMINISCEGrace Notes holiday cheer

Mendocino County’s local newspaper

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SUNDAYNov. 11, 2007

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Daily Journal reporters are currentlyworking on a series scheduled to runduring Thanksgiving weekend concern-ing the reuse of various buildings withinthe Ukiah Valley. We are planning tofocus on the Palace Hotel, the UkiahUnified School District office, theBrutocao tasting room/Hopland HighSchool and the City of Ten ThousandBuddhas. If you have photographs orstories to share about these facilities dur-ing any of their various incarnationsplease contact reporter Rob Burgess at468-3523 or udjrb@pacific.net.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESIN MENDOCINO COUNTY

Mendocino County Releaf • Tree planting in the Ukiah area during

the months of December, January andFebruary. For more information, contactMiles Gordon at 462-0244.

The Salvation Army • Volunteer bell ringers for the

Temporary Emergency Assistance Fundstarting Nov. 26 to Dec. 24. For more infor-mation contact Janet Cetani at 468-9577.

California Conservation Corps • Provide leadership training to 18 to 23

year old men and women. • These skills include; Interview skills,

Math, Literacy, Home Finance, and BasicGarment repair. For more information con-tact LaVone Dyer at 463-2822

Family Strengths Program • This is a wrap around program provid-

ing support to families to be able to keep aspecial needs child at home and prevent outof home placement.

• Mentor Youth • Group Activities Leaders For more

information contact Laurel Bleess at 463-4341

The Ukiah and Willits Family Center• Provide parenting education and sup-

port for families • Child care, Play games, Read Stories,

Organize Donations F or more informationcontact Deborah Lovett at 463-4018

Redwood Valley Rancheria • Provide financial literacy classes For

more information contact Hai-Lee Sun at458-0361

Adult Literacy • Teach adults (16 and over) to read and

write. For more information in Willits con-tact Katherine Moberg at 459-6527, inUkiah call 463-4155

Mendocino County Volunteer of theYear Awards (MCOVY)

• Annual diner event that recognizes vol-unteers (adult and youth) in MendocinoCounty. This event is held in April. Formore information, contact Vicki Sparkmanor Tami Bartolomei at 462-2596.

CASA (Court Appointed SpecialAdvocate)

• An abused or neglected child’s voice incourt.

• CASA volunteers are people who workto keep children in the community safe.They are instrumental in walking with achild through the maze of the child welfaresystems. A CASA volunteer is a part of thelarger circle of adults who care about thechild’s well being.

CASA is offering a 30 hour training tospecial people who would like to join theprogram. The coast volunteer training willbe held on July 12 and 13, and July 19 and20 in F 011 Bragg. An inland training willbe held in Ukiah in the fall. For more infor-mation, call 463-6503.

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INSIDE UDJBy Editor K.C. Meadows

The blog is atukiahdailyjournal.com

Posted Thursday2nd District candidate appearsA candidate to run against Jim Wattenburger in the

2nd supes district next year has appeared. Her name isEstelle Palley Clifton and she was unearthed by theSecond District Voters Union which was formedspecifically to find such a candidate. Clifton is a youngwoman with impressive credentials and thoughtful andreasonable views from the one talk I had with her acouple of weeks ago. She is a Mendocino Countynative, with a BA in forestry from Humboldt State andanother from the New School of California in culturalecology and sustainable communities. She is also a vol-unteer firefighter and a former Round Valley board ofeducation member. In an official "draft leaked press

release" from the voters' union, Palley says she's readyto announce her candidacy at the county board meetingnext Tuesday. The union includes local activist RichardJohnson who handed out the releases about Clifton attoday's gathering at Schat's. The release notes thatWattenburger won his seat with only 5 votes and has nomandate from Ukiah voters to move forward with themall at the old Masonite site. Wattenburger repeatedlysays he has not made up his mind about the massivedevelopment but no one seems to believe him.

Posted FridayHead Start, bonds and admin rebuffsThe 100 or so workers at the Head Start run by

North Coast Opportunities in Mendocino and Lakecounties thought they were just a day away from their

first union contract when Head Start program directorCorinne Lindgren pulled the plug. Two other adminis-trators more friendly to the union idea have left theagency leaving Lindgren in charge according to a unionpress release issued this week. The union negotiatorssay that Lindgren is the problem at the agency and thereason most of the workers want a union in the firstplace. Now the union has filed unfair labor complaintsagainst Lindgren but are worried that her tactic is sim-ply to draw out the process until the union has to startat the beginning again. I understand that money is notthe primary issue here. It's more about working condi-tions and job security. A Head Start teacher here appar-

A sampling of this week’s blog postings

By LINDA WILLIAMSThe Willits News

The question of whether to ban plasticshopping bags in Willits and the rest ofMendocino County is scheduled for discus-sion at the Nov. 14 Willits City Councilmeeting. At issue is an upcoming vote by theMendocino Solid Waste ManagementAuthority to propose a countywide ban onthe bags.

Willits Mayor Tami Jorgensen is the cityrepresentative on the authority and hasrequested input from the council and resi-dents. The authority had previously consid-ered imposing a special tax on all carryoutbags.

The Waste Authority is considering theban after one was imposed in Oakland andSan Francisco despite the new law that went

into effect in July expanding the recyclingrequirements for plastic carryout bagsthroughout the state.

No data is currently available about thepercentage of plastic bags recycled withinMendocino County. Information provided bythe Waste Authority was limited to globalrecycling figures.

The new law, AB2449, requires each storeto maintain records describing the collection,transport and recycling of plastic bags col-lected, starting in April 2008. It also requireseach store to furnish reusable bags.

Rays Food Place offers a nickel back andSafeway offers a three-cent discount forpatrons using bags they bring in. MariposaMarket mainly uses paper bags, with plastic

Ban proposed on plastic bags

By ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

Pacing the stage and commanding themicrophone in front of a packed house atthe United States Marine Corps’ 232nd

birthday celebration at the Ukiah Elks LodgeFriday, master of ceremonies Gregg Smith

asked the assembled veterans to stand as theconflict they participated in was called.

After naming nearly every major militaryoperation the country has sent forces to overthe last 70 years, Fred Unsworth, president andCEO of the nonprofit group Wine CountryMarines, raised his hand and spoke up.

“You forgot the Cold War,” he said. “I liketo call us the Rodney Dangerfield era...becausewe don’t get any respect.”

Smith said the Ukiah Valley veterans gath-ered for the luncheon to pay homage to each

A tribute to veterans

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Korean war veteran Bob Nimmons introduces himself to fellow Marines at a luncheon in their honor Friday at the ElksLodge in Ukiah.

Marine Corps’232nd birthday celebrated in Ukiah at Elks Lodge luncheon

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See BAGS, Page A-16See VOLUNTEERS, Page A-4

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6 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan indeadliest year since 2001 invasion

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants ambushed andkilled six U.S. troops walking in the mountains of easternAfghanistan — the most lethal attack in a year that has been thedeadliest for the U.S. military here since the 2001 invasion.

The number of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan this year mirrorthe record toll in Iraq. Both conflicts have seen an increase introop levels this year that has put more soldiers in harm’s way,including those killed Friday while returning from a meetingwith village elders in Nuristan province. Militants wieldingrocket propelled grenades killed the six Americans and threeAfghan soldiers. Eight U.S. troops were wounded.

“They were attacked from several enemy positions at thesame time,” Lt. Col. David Accetta, a spokesman for NATO’sInternational Security Assistance Force and the U.S. military,said Saturday. “It was a complex ambush.”

The six deaths brings the number of U.S. troops killed inAfghanistan this year to at least 101, according to an AssociatedPress count, surpassing the 93 troops killed in 2005. About 87died last year. The toll echoes the situation in Iraq, where U.S.military deaths this year surpassed 850, also a record.

Launched in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorattacks, the war in Afghanistan quickly ousted al-Qaida chiefOsama bin Laden and his Taliban protectors and appeared tohave been a swift military victory.

Pulitzer Prize winner Mailer, who wrote‘The Naked and the Dead,’ dead at 84

NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Mailer, the pugnacious princeof American letters who for decades reigned as the country’s lit-erary conscience and provocateur with such books as “TheNaked and the Dead” and “The Executioner’s Song,” has diedat the age of 84.

Mailer died Saturday of acute renal failure at Mount SinaiHospital, J. Michael Lennon, the author’s literary executor andbiographer, said.

“He was a great American voice,” said a tearful Joan Didion,author of “The Year of Magical Thinking” and other works,struggling for words upon learning of Mailer’s death.

From his classic debut novel to such masterworks of literaryjournalism as “The Armies of the Night,” the two-time PulitzerPrize winner always got credit for insight, passion and original-ity.

Some of his works were highly praised, some panned, butnone was pronounced the Great American Novel that seemed tobe his life quest from the time he soared to the top as a brash25-year-old “enfant terrible.”

Pakistan: Emergency rule will end in 1month; Bhutto out after house arrest

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan eased its crack-down on opponents Saturday, releasing opposition leaderBenazir Bhutto from house arrest and saying it will lift a stateof emergency within a month. But the government blocked ameeting between the deposed Supreme Court justice andBhutto, who pledged to lead a 185-mile protest march.

President Bush called President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’spromises “positive steps,” throwing U.S. support firmly behindthe Pakistani leader in the fight against Islamic militants.

Bhutto, apparently unbowed by her brief detention, said shewould defy Musharraf’s ban on public gatherings and lead sup-porters on a march from the eastern city of Lahore to Islamabad

on Tuesday.“When the masses combine, the sound of their steps will sup-

press the sound of military boots,” Bhutto, a former prime min-ister, told around 100 journalists protesting a new media clam-pdown.

Musharraf insists he called the week-old emergency to helpfight Islamic extremists who control swathes of territory nearthe Afghan border. But the main targets of his subsequent crack-down in this nation of 160 million people have been his mostoutspoken critics, including the increasingly independent courtsand media.

Thousands of people have been arrested, TV news stationstaken off air, and judges removed. On Saturday, three reportersfrom Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper were ordered toleave Pakistan for an editorial in the paper that used an exple-tive in an allusion to Musharraf, said Deputy InformationMinister Tariq Azim.

Battling an entrenched infant mortality problem in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The first thing you notice is howtiny they are: Row upon row of babies, some no older than thisday, hooked to grotesque jumbles of tubes. Press your palmagainst the incubator wall and the infant inside disappears fromview.

It takes a while for something much sadder to occur to you:In a room full of newborns, dozens of them, there is no crying.The sound of beeping heart monitors, the rustle and murmur ofobserving doctors, but no crying.

“They’re too small and too sick to cry,” explains a passingnurse.

This is the newborn intensive care unit of the RegionalMedical Center of Memphis, universally known around this cityas The Med, perhaps two miles from the blues clubs and ribjoints of Beale Street.

And these are the children with a fighting chance.Some of them, a small fraction, will join the sparse field of

little corpses buried in wooden boxes at the county cemetery,distinguished only by little metal plates and identification num-bers, perhaps remembered with a stray and shriveled balloon.

Others will go home with mothers in a few days, a week, ayear, and they will begin a life fighting impossible odds in thiscity’s worst neighborhoods, forging a struggle against povertyentrenched for generations.

A 2002 federal report put this city at the top of the list forinfant deaths in American cities: 692 dead babies over a four-year span, a rate of more than 15 deaths for every 1,000 births,more than twice the U.S. average.

Spain’s king tells Chavezto ‘shut up’ during Chile summit

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The king of Spain toldVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” Saturday dur-ing a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from LatinAmerica, Spain and Portugal.

Chavez, who called President Bush the “devil” on the floorof the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange byrepeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister JoseMaria Aznar as a “fascist.”

Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime min-ister, “is a fascist,” Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. “Fascists are not human.A snake is more human.”

Spain’s current socialist prime minister, Jose Luis RodriguezZapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urgingChavez to be more diplomatic in his words and respect otherleaders despite political differences.

“Former President Aznar was democratically elected by theSpanish people and was a legitimate representative of the

Spanish people,” he said, eliciting applause from the gatheredheads of state.

Officer a suspect in missing wife caseJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to

believe that her life was in danger.She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery

instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her familythat if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death wouldbe no accident.

Now, prosecutors are searching for Peterson’s fourth wifeStacy, calling Peterson, a police officer, a suspect in her poten-tial homicide. And three years after she was lowered into theground, prosecutors now plan to exhume Savio’s body in thehopes it will give them clues to how she died.

“There’s no doubt in my mind it wasn’t an accident,” WillCounty state’s attorney James Glasgow said Friday.

Glasgow’s petition to exhume Savio’s body argues that the“evidence is consistent with the staging of an accident to con-ceal a homicide.”

Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson’s current wife, was last seenOct. 28 and state Police Capt. Carl Dobrich said Peterson is nolonger a person of interest in the disappearance of the 23-year-old but “clearly” a suspect. He said the case is now a potentialhomicide investigation.

Family: Paternity test from footballhero’s DNA proves negative

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — DNA from the recentlyexhumed body of college football hero George Gipp shows hewas not the father of a child born shortly before his death,quelling longstanding rumors, relatives said Saturday.

Gipp’s remains were taken Oct. 4 for testing from a cemeterynear the Upper Peninsula village of Laurium. Rick Frueh,whose grandmother was Gipp’s sister, said in a statement heauthorized the exhumation, which angered some family mem-bers.

Gipp died in 1920 from pneumonia and a strep infection dur-ing his senior year at Notre Dame, where he was the school’sfirst All-American and set a school career rushing record thatstood for more than 50 years.

He is known for the deathbed exhortation attributed to himyears later by coach Knute Rockne, who rallied the underdogFighting Irish by telling them Gipp had urged the team when thechips were down to “win one for the Gipper.”

The phrase became a political slogan for Ronald Reagan,who portrayed Gipp in the 1940 movie “Knute Rockne, AllAmerican.”

Stagehands go on strike, shuttingdown most Broadway shows

NEW YORK (AP) — From “Wicked” to “The Phantom ofthe Opera,” from “Mamma Mia!” to “Rent,” most shows did notgo on as Broadway stagehands walked off the job, shuttingdown more than two dozen plays and musicals.

It was a dramatic, uncertain day in the Times Square area fordisappointed theatergoers, who mingled on the streets Saturdaywhile striking Local One stagehands picketed in an orderlyfashion behind barricades and declined to talk to reporters. Theunion had no official comment on the walkout.

No new negotiations have been scheduled between LocalOne and the League of American Theatres and Producers, so theoutlook for a quick settlement looks murky.

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Hard as it is tobelieve, the holi-day season is fastapproaching. Atthis time of the

year, like many other individu-als, my thoughts often driftwistfully to memories of food –the smell of butteryThanksgiving rolls baking, thecrackle of crisp, spicy cookies,the rich taste of cornbread stuff-ing and gravy. Some of myfavorite holiday activitiesinvolve cooking – creating fan-ciful gingerbread houses withmy daughter and rolling outcrusts for fruit pies.

Perhaps that is why a cook-book is one of the artifacts inthe collections of the GraceHudson Museum that I love themost. Owned by Grace, andillustrated on the front with herpainting of a young boy carry-ing a platter on which sits aboar’s head festooned withsprigs of holly, its cover pro-claims “We can live withoutlove, What is love but repining,But where is the man, Who canlive without dining.”

The cookbook was probablya wedding present. Inside are anumber of handwritten recipesfrom many of Grace’s friendsand relatives dated around thetime of her marriage to JohnHudson. The dishes includedhave an old-fashioned ring tothem – Croquettes, LemonWater Ice, Cream Salmon,White Mountain Cake, FeatherCake, Snow Drift Cake,Cottage Pudding, and PickledEggs.

Here is Mrs. Carl (Vesta)Purdy’s recipe for ChristmasPlum Pudding as written inGrace’s cookbook. “1 cupsugar, 1/2 cup syrup, 2 eggs, 11/2 cups sweet milk, 2 cupsraisins, 1 cup currants, 2 cupschopped beef suet, 1 teaspooneach of allspice, cloves and cin-namon, 1 even teaspoon [bak-

ing] soda, 2 heaping teaspoonsbaking powder, 1 wine glass[of] brandy, flour to make a bat-ter stiff as for soft cake. Flour[shake to cover with flour, tapoff excess] fruit and suet andadd last. Steam from 8 to 10hours. Serve with brandy sauceor whipped cream flavored withbrandy. – Wishing you suc-cess.”

We hope the plum puddinggets you in the holiday spirit,ready to enjoy one of Ukiah’sfavorite events of the season,the Grace Hudson Museum’sannual Holiday Open House,held this year on Saturday, Dec.1. Festivities begin at 11 a.m.and end at 3 p.m., affordingample time for visitors to baskin the ambience of Grace andJohn’s beautiful Craftsman bun-galow, the Sun House, decorat-ed with boughs and garlands,and aglow with lights andsparkling decorations. TheHudsons’ table will be set witha traditional Christmas feast,complete with a roast goose.Santa’s knee will be ready andwaiting for children of all agesto sit and whisper their heart’sdesires, while the Ukiah

Madrigal Singers will besinging your favorite Yuletidecarols.

With cookies and hot cider inhand, visitors are invited to stopand shop at the Museum’s GiftMarket, where specialty itemsfrom McFadden Farms, P.J.’sGourmet & Stroh Ranch, PotterValley Soap Works, MendocinoWine Company, HorsetailStudio, Kylee’s Kandies, &Carol Hall’s Hot Pepper JellyCo. are for sale. Looking forthat special gift? There are stilla few limited edition GraceHudson rabbit sculptures of“Mr. Jack” available, as well asan assortment of Huichol IndianArt and beautiful bay leafwreaths. Not tired of shoppingyet? Then venture into the

Museum Store, where all in-store purchases will be dis-counted for 15 percent for thatday only. Who needs a mall,anyway?

Last, but not least, there willbe an author book signing andsale of Reggie & Pansy Bear’sTravel Journals, A.O.Carpenter’s Historic Mendo-cino County Photography Cata-logs, and Holly Brackmann’sTextile Texts and, yes, JeanetteStroh Cookbooks. And best ofall! You can have fun shoppingas well as contributing to a wor-thy cause, since all sales thatday (and every day) benefit theGrace Hudson Museum & SunHouse. Happy Holidays andenjoy the pudding!

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

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25 years agoThursday, Nov. 11, 1982Ukiah Daily Journal

VIETNAM FIGHTERS GETSPOTLIGHT ON VETERANS DAY.United Press International - Americanscelebrated Veterans Day byconcentrating on the men who fought

in Vietnam, and thousands of survivors, some stilldismayed and bitter, gathered in Washington, D.C.,for a five-day tribute. The occasion was marked onmany college campuses with nuclear disarmamentrallies.

Attention was focused on a black granite wall,the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, listing the namesof the 57,939 Americans killed in Vietnam. As thenames were being read aloud Wednesday, Presidentand Mrs. Reagan visited the memorial and lightedcandles.

Reagan honored the dead, saying, “The tragedywas they were asked to fight and die for a causetheir country was unwilling to win.”

A special ceremony was planned today forArlington National Cemetery.

In cities and towns across the country, AmericanLegion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizedparades for the holiday, formerly known asArmistice Day.

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CDF MUSTER TEAM RECEIVESCHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. The CaliforniaDepartment of Forestry Muster Team recentlyattended the California Firemen’s MusterAssociation’s awards banquet at Santa Nella --where the local muster squad proudly shared in thehonors extended by the association.

It was an excellent year for the Mendocino CDFMuster Team, indeed, as it won the California StateChampionship in Class III Motorized Pumpingwith the team’s 1940 GMC fire truck.

The highlight of the awards banquet was thepresentation of a special perpetual trophy, givenannually to the most spirited and competitive teamof the year, as voted upon by the board of directors.

Coming out on top of five teams which werenominated for the award was the local CDF MusterTeam -- putting a “little icing on the cake” for theirfine season.

50 years agoMonday, Nov. 11, 1957Ukiah Daily Journal

UNKNOWN SOLDIER OF WORLD WAR IHONORED TODAY. ARLINGTON, Va. (UP) –Wreaths will be laid at the Tomb of the UnknownSoldier in Arlington National Cemetery today inthe last Veterans Day ceremony honoring solely thedead of World War I.

By next Nov. 11, remains of unknown soldiersof World War II and the Korean War will have beenlaid to rest alongside the World War I unknown.

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NEW POSTMASTER IS NAMED HERE. UlisBriggs was named postmaster of Ukiah on Friday.

A member of the postoffice staff for 12 years,Briggs has been window clerk for most of that timebut has also served in other capacities.

Better known here by his nickname “Buddy,”Briggs was reared here and educated in Ukiahschools. He is the son of Mrs. Emma Briggs,switchboard operator at the courthouse. He ismarried and resides with his family on WhitmoreLane.

100 years agoFriday, Nov. 8, 1907Dispatch-Democrat

SANTA ROSA WINS CONTEST. UKIAHLADS GAIN THIRD PLACE AND WILLITSGETS FOURTH PLACE. Santa Rosa, 561⁄2.Healdsburg, 33. Ukiah, 311⁄2. Willits, 23. Petaluma,1.

The above figures tell the tale of the athleticcontest last Saturday between the high schools ofSonoma and Mendocino counties. About 1000people came on the excursion to watch the events.Some took occasion to visit friends and take in thevarious points of interest, but the majority came tosee the sturdy athletes. The grand stand was filledwith the pupils of the various schools, all of whomwere decorated out in class colors and gave theschool yells at regular intervals.

The field day proved a surprise to the Ukiah ladsas they had figured on winning the day easily,judging from the records made at the Berkeley

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Veterans Day: a chronologyBy LINDA WILLIAMSThe Willits News

On the “11th hour, of the 11th day,of the 11th month” in 1918, thesounds of battle ceased all acrossEurope, ending the “Great War.”

Although the United States was anewcomer to what became World

War I, nearly 5 million men werecalled into service and more than116,000 died while serving, of those63,000 from disease. Americanwounded numbered 670,000, manyby poison gas. The last Americanveteran from the “Great War” diedearlier this year.

President Woodrow Wilson askedall Americans to reflect on those whodied while serving their country dur-ing the war by pausing for two min-utes of silence at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11,

1919, to observe the first ArmisticeDay. Remembrances and paradeswere held all over the country tohonor the fallen, echoing similarobservances in France, Great Britainand Belgium.

Across Europe, nearly every fam-ily suffered the loss of a son, fatheror brother in the Great War. InFrance, 25 percent of military agemen died and another 50 percentwere wounded. The English referredto their losses as the “Lost

Generation” with nearly half the menof military age killed or wounded.Austria and Germany suffered lossesof a similar magnitude. No oneknows how many Russians perished.

Congress declared Nov. 11, 1921,as a federal holiday to honor all whoserved in the war and the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier was dedicatedin Arlington National Cemetery onthat day. Armistice Day was not rec-ognized as an “official” annual fed-eral holiday until 1938, though it was

observed each year throughout thenation and was a state holiday inmost states prior to that time.

In 1954, the name of the holidaywas officially changed fromArmistice Day to Veterans Day in theUnited States to acknowledge thesacrifices of World War II and theKorean War.

In Great Britain, the observancewas changed to Remembrance Dayafter World War II, but in France it isstill observed as the Jour d’armistice.

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ently has at most about 12 hoursof early childhood educationfrom someplace likeMendocino College and theyare often mothers of formerHead Start children. Union repssay they are dictated to by NCOfolks who, according to oneunion rep I talked with, changethe rules on them constantlyand make it difficult for them tohave consistency in the class-room. This union rep said inone example that an NCO per-son with control of federal dol-lars for classroom supplies senta teacher a box full of Chinesedishware and chopsticks for useas a "cultural" lesson. Four-year-olds with chopsticks? Engarde!

I asked blog readers to let meknow what they'd like to see thecity of Ukiah do with a newredevelopment bond. One read-er wrote: "I'm so glad you askedthis question. I believe we needto spend some money on theneighborhoods just on the out-skirts of downtown, where theinfrastructures are deterioratingand in desperate need ofimprovement.

The Wagenseller neighbor-hood (Clara Ave and Ford St.)has become one of Ukiah'smain vehicle thoroughfares fortravel to downtown, the hospi-tal, freeway, Pear Tree Center,etc. The neighborhood alsocontinues to be a draw for max-imum "infill" development.While the vehicle traffic hasincreased substantially, theinfrastructure has continued tofall apart. The neighborhoodhas long stretches with no side-walks so that the many pedestri-ans (who do not own or choosenot to use cars) are forced towalk in the streets, alongsideMTA buses, trucks and cars.There is insufficient drainage sothat in the rainy weather, smalllakes appear where there shouldbe sidewalks and the sittingwater causes the paved streetsto further deteriorate and forces

pedestrians to walk even closerto the vehicle traffic. I'venoticed this situation in otherneighborhoods with high vol-umes of vehicle and pedestriantraffic, like Leslie Street.

Perhaps if the streets weresafer to walk, residents wouldbe more willing to get out oftheir cars and walk to work orshopping. If more of us walkedthe neighborhoods, the airwould be cleaner and the streetsthus more inviting to walk. Thecity reports there is no money torepair the infrastructure of thesecrumbling heavily traffickedneighborhoods. If new bondsare to be issued, my vote wouldbe to spend some money toimprove the infrastructure andwalkability of our neighbor-hoods that bear the burden ofheavy vehicle traffic."

Add to that, the countysupervisors have decided tobuild its new jail complex at theBrush Street triangle rightacross the future Orchard Streetbridge from the Wagensellerneighborhoods which has thosefolks understandably worried.

One other thing, I heard atSchat's this week that somefolks in the county admin build-ing are upset that a few UkiahHigh School students show upearly in the morning to hangaround the lobby for itswarmth. They also apparentlycome to the county admin cafeafter school for snacks. I wastold the cafe has actually startedclosing early in order to dis-courage the students. First ofall, it's a public building and thecafe is a public cafe. Onewoman at Schat's Thursday,

after hearing this, said shethought having high school stu-dents in a county governmentbuilding was a great opportuni-ty for county employees toshow them what goes on there,and at least befriend them as away of letting them know thatthey are welcome citizens ofthis county. But no. They treatthe building and the cafe astheir personal fiefdom where nooutsiders are welcome. Sad.

Posted SaturdayMore on pollsAs many of our readers

know, I host a public affairsprogram on KZYX publicradio every second Thursday ofthe month at 7 p.m. This pastweek I had no guest lined upand so I just opened the phonesto the listeners to talk aboutwhatever they wanted to talkabout and we got on a lengthydiscussion of mail-in voting.Most of the callers who partici-pated said they hated mail-invoting and wanted their pollsreopened. I have ranted on thissubject often (I want a poll to goto ) and did so again on the airThursday. Here's a follow-upemail I got from one listener:

"Heard you on KZYX&Ztonight but couldn't get through.I prefer to vote on election day.When I was first required to usea mail in ballot, I was movingand the parts got separated, Ididn't vote. The second time, Iwalked my ballot to the old fire-house in Laytonville and thepoll worker put it (under thepile of pollworker jackets) on atable. Chilled, speechless, anddisheartened, I left wonderingthat would become of my'sacred' ballot. Having to putmy address and signature on theoutside of the envelope seemspretty risky given all the identi-ty theft going on these days aswell. I would love a receiptfrom the registrar saying myvote was received and counted.Glad you are batting the ballotsubject around and hope youget Marsha on the air before sheleaves."

I promised a previous listen-er that I would try to get Marshaon the air for my next show inDecember, and I will.

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meet recently. The local ladsdepended too much on theirstar Ruddick and did not trainsystematically. Ruddick didwell, but was not able to do itall alone. As it was he tookfirst place in the shot put, thehigh hurdles, broad jump andtook second place in the highjump, thus rolling up 18points for his school. Stockwon first place in the 220hurdles and second place inthe 440 yard dash, and tiedfor third place in the 50 yardrun. Hildreth got third placein the hammar throw, andUkiah was third in the milerelay.

The sturdy lads fromWillits showed up well andmade a great record ineverything in which theyentered. Saxon was the brightstar from the north and wonall his events easily. Hesimply walked away with the880 yard run and the milerun, and could have brokenthe record had he tried.Fairbanks also showed upwell, winning second place inthe 50 and 100 yard dash.

The S. M. A. A. L. fieldday has been in existence fortwelve years and each time amagnificent silver trophy isgiven the winning school,while the winners of first andsecond places in the eventsare given gold and silvermedals respectively. The cupwas first won by Petaluma,then by Santa Rosa and forthe following ten years byUkiah, so the lads feel badlyover losing this contest.

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SALOONS NOW. There wasan interesting meeting of thecity trustees last Mondayevening when theconsideration of theordinance repealing theordinance that limited thenumber of saloons came upfor passage. Petitions both forand against the repeal wereread. On roll call theordinance was repealed bythe following vote: Ayes --Marks, Miller, Smith; Nose --Lucas and Weldon.

Permission was grantedthe Telephone and TelegraphCompany to remove the polein front of M. Banker’s

residence to curb the linewith other poles.

Report of marshal,treasurer, recorder, electriclight engineer read andplaced on file.

City attorney directed toproceed against A. P. Brunnerfor violation of sewerordinance.

$50 was transferred frompolice fund to salary fund.

Permission granted theSnow Mountain Company toerect pole line across thesewer farm. The usual billswere allowed.

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CONDUCTOR PFAFFTHROWN FROM TRAIN.Last night as freight train No.34 was coming this way,conductor Pfaff narrowlyescaped being killed whenjust this side of Largo. Theconductor was sitting in thecaboose in a chair near theopen side door. The train wasgoing at a twenty mile clipand as it rounded a curvePfaff was thrown out the doorand down an embankment.His head and shoulders werepretty badly bruised and hewas dazed for awhile. Thetrain was stopped and theinjured conductor placed onboard and was apparently allright when the train arrivedhere in the evening. JimAhern was the engineer incharge.

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WILL INSTALL TWOMILKING MACHINES.Lewis Hildreth, the localdairy man, has returned froman inspection trip to thedairies of Sonoma and Marincounties, where he went toinspect the milking machinesin use there. He is highlypleased with them and willpurchase two for use at hisdairy ranch. The machinescost $100 each and so great isthe demand that it will be sixmonths after the order isplaced before the machinescan be delivered. The milkingmachines are quicker andmuch cleaner than handmilking. A boy with twomachines can milk as fast asfour men.

Jody Martinez can bereached at udjjm@pacific.net.

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Mendocino Counties•Actively training (first

aid, CPR, disaster prepared-ness and much more) inUkiah as well as on the coast.

•Volunteer & YouthServices Director MaggieO’Brien has weekly officehours in Ukiah onWednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. (people can makeappointments by calling 463-0112 at least the day before,or drop in) at the offices ofNorth Coast Opportunities,776 South State St., Suite102B. Note: please do not callor mail North CoastOpportunities if you want toreach the Red Cross, as itdoes not have phone or mailthere.

•http://www.arcsm.org/index.php?pr=Mendocino_County (orjust go to www.arcswm.org<http://www.arcswm.org/> ,click on Chapter Programs, thenclick on Mendocino County).Those activities are also through-out the Web site.

•Call 463-0112, or contactKristy Monti (monti@sonic.net)or can write to info@arcsm.orgfor general inquiries. West Company

• Any volunteers availablefor the month of Jan., we havean annual event called"Celebrate Business" whichneeds volunteers for serversand help in kitchen, with thefood.

• Also in need for volun-teers at the Commerce Cafefor marketing, accounting,law, financial, and planningexpertise. Also in need forclient tracking, follow up sur-vey and clerical tasks such ascopying, filing, phone relief,plant care. . . For more infor-mation, contact Marlene at468-3553 or visit our website: www.westcompany.org.Mendocino County 4-H

• Any volunteer availablefrom July 1 to 24, to help andchaperone summer camp. Formore information, contactLinda Edgington at 463-4495,ledgington@ucdavis.edu.Disabled AmericanVeterans

• Any volunteers locatedin Mendocino county or SantaRosa available to transportveteran patients to SanFrancisco V.A. MedicalCenter. For more information,call 463-4226.

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Associated PressSACRAMENTO —

California and 14 other statesare demanding urgent actionon global warming from theU.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency, arguing ina lawsuit filed Thursday thatthe environmental and healthrisks are mounting every daythat the Bush administrationdelays action.

But a quick remedy to theproblem may not be in thecards, even if the EPA makes adecision about California’splan to give its drivers cleanercars that emit fewer green-house gases.

A tangle of lawsuits isexpected to follow, no matterwhat the EPA’s decision is, asGov. Arnold Schwarzeneggeracknowledged Thursday.

“We sue again, and sueagain and sue again until weget it,” he said at a Capitolnews conference.

The lawsuit stems from afeud between states that wantto take aggressive action toaddress one of the leadingcauses of global warming andthe Bush administration’shands-off approach to regula-tion.

In California, scientists pre-dict global warming willreduce the mountain snow-packs — the state’s largestsource of water — while ris-ing sea levels will submergecoastal homes and erodebeaches. Warmer tempera-tures will wither crops thatcan’t survive in longer, hottersummers. Wildfires will charforests.

About a third of the state’sgreenhouse gas emissionscome from cars, pickups and

sport utility vehicles, a figurethat will only grow if they arenot regulated and the nation’slargest state continues toattract millions more new res-idents.

Without its auto regula-tions, California will have ahard time meeting its ambi-tious goal of cutting green-house gas emissions by 2020,Air Resources Board chair-woman Mary Nichols said.

“We will have to find emis-sion reductions elsewhere,from our industries and fromour cities and our people. Andwe can’t do that,” Nicholssaid. “We need this technolo-gy, we know it’s there.”

California’s lawsuit againstthe EPA, filed in U.S. DistrictCourt and the U.S. Court ofAppeals in Washington, D.C.,seeks to force a decision aboutwhether California can enactthe country’s first emissionstandards for cars and lighttrucks.

The state first sought per-mission nearly two years agoafter it adopted an anti-pollu-tion law to control emissionsfrom cars, light trucks andsport utility vehicles. Morethan a dozen other states havefollowed California’s lead.

EPA administrator StephenJohnson said last summer thathe would decide by the end ofthis year. His spokeswoman,Jennifer Wood, said Thursdaythat it was “unfortunate thatCalifornia is more interestedin getting a good headlinethan allowing us to make agood decision.”

Meanwhile, automakers aretrying to block the standards,saying that a patchwork ofregulations that vary from

state to state complicates theirmanufacturing and increasescosts. California also isdefending its regulation innumerous lawsuits in bothstate and federal courts.

Automakers also argue thatcontrolling carbon dioxidelevels creates a fuel-economystandard, which only the fed-eral government can set.

Wade Newton, aspokesman for The Allianceof Automobile Manufacturers,said it was premature to saywhether his organizationwould sue the EPA if itapproves California’s waiver.However, he acknowledgedthe debate will likely contin-ue.

California officials sayautomakers can improve tech-nology, use alternative fuels,improve vehicle air condition-ers and trade clean-air creditsamong manufacturers to meet

the tougher emission stan-dards.

While the federal govern-ment sets national air pollu-tion rules, California hasunique status under the CleanAir Act to enact its own regu-lations if it gets approval fromthe EPA.

Other states can follow thefederal rules or California’s

standards if they are tougher.The EPA has granted about 50such waivers over the past 40years, for the use of catalyticconverters, leaded gasolineregulations and other mea-sures.

Arizona, Connecticut,Illinois, Maine, Maryland,Massachusetts, New Jersey,New Mexico, New York,

Oregon, Pennsylvania, RhodeIsland, Vermont andWashington joinedCalifornia’s lawsuit againstthe federal government.

“We are filling the void leftby the Bush administration’srefusal to protect the environ-ment,” New York AttorneyGeneral Andrew Cuomo saidin a statement.

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Associated PressGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:ABC’s “This Week” — Secretary of State Condoleezza

Rice; Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; architect Maya Lin, designerof the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee,R-Ark., and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.CNN’s “Late Edition” — Richard Armitage, former deputy

secretary of State; John Bolton and Richard Holbrooke, formerU.S. ambassadors to the United Nations; Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.; Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill and CommandSgt. Maj. Neil Ciotola.

“Fox News Sunday” — Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., andSen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

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All those empty,empty MTA buses

I don’t ride the MTA and neither do you. I don’thave any friends that ride the MTA and neither do you.

So who’s inside those great big MTA buses we seelumbering around town all day long? Who is it thatMTA transports if it’s not you or me or any of ourfriends? Well, bus drivers, I guess, because those arethe only people you ever see inside one.

The Mendocino Transit Authority has to be one ofthe most inefficient transportation systems in thenation. Eventually one has to wonder why it buys thebiggest buses in the industry to haul around the fewestnumber of riders.

Why not use Ford vans that get 20 miles to the gal-lon, seat six or eight, and pollute a fraction of what theMTA behemoths do? Why not use jitney buses like theMTA did when it started 30 years ago? Why not scrapthe entire system and let the “Hey Taxi” folks take itover at a tiny percentage of the annual cost of theMTA?

Here’s a little secret: the MTA isn’t really about pro-viding transportation for people who need rides. TheMTA masquerades as a mass transit agency, but its realbusiness, its sole reason to exist, is as a grants acquisi-tion clearinghouse. The entire system is dependentupon government funding. The comic result is that thepeople who use MTA don’t pay for it, and the peoplewho pay for it don’t use it.

If the MTA had to survive on money paid by peoplewho actually ride the bus it would be shut down beforeyou finished reading this article.

Some people love to spend other people’s money,even if it goes to something that’s noisy, wasteful, pol-lutes, and expensive, as long as they can feel they are“doing the right thing” like saving Planet Earth. It’s allpart of the dreamy delusion that mass transit is theanswer to global problems everywhere.

But the MTA is the anti-Earth transport systembecause it is actually counterproductive. It exacerbatesthe problem by carrying tiny numbers of people inexchange for producing massive pollution, and clog-ging up the streets of our county’s small towns.

You would think even someone who proudly claimsto be an “eco-warrior” wouldn’t be so stupid as to thinkthis is a fine example of mass transit.

Wouldn’t it be grand if the wizards at MTA showedus all what an excellent job they’re doing and publishsome numbers? For instance, I’d like to know, round-ed off to the nearest bazillion, how many gallons offuel gets burned annually by MTA.

I’d also like to know how many people actually ridethe buses. I’d like to see what it costs, per capita, tohaul someone from Ukiah to Laytonville. And thenback to Ukiah. Because after you’ve paid for the busesand paid for the drivers and the mechanics and theoffice workers and bought the fuel and gone the 94miles roundtrip with one or two people (or nobody)aboard I would think it gets pretty pricey per mile.

If the entire MTA system - all those buses and allthose vans and that office out south near the garbagejoint - were to disappear tomorrow who would evennotice, much less care? Who would wake up and weepto find no more monster buses heaving oily muck intoour air? Why would anyone be disappointed to find theentire expensive and inefficient operation shut down?

The buses could be shipped to LA and with themoney saved we could spend hundreds of thousands ofdollars on a big party for ourselves. We can hold it atmy house!

Huge annual savings to the taxpayers may be unim-portant to most Mendocino County residents (marijua-na growers don’t pay taxes, after all) but still, look atthe bright side: saving money on the worthless MTAwould mean millions left over to fund the war in Iraqor provide much-needed retirement benefits toHalliburton executives.

Tommy Wayne Kramer lives in Ukiah. He has neverbeen on an MTA bus.

Kittens survivedTo the Editor:The person(s) who placed two black kit-

tens in a knotted pillowcase and left theminto a Redwood Valley field on a cold anddamp night last week will no doubt behappy to know that they were discoveredthe next day by a passerby. The rescuerbrought them to us for treatment; one kittenwas nearly dead due to hypothermia butwas revived, then nursed to health by therescuer who will find adoptive homes forthe two. There are more humane alterna-tives for unwanted pets. The countyDepartment of Animal Care and Control onPlant Road in Ukiah can accept relin-quished pets and either find adoptive own-ers or perform humane euthanasia forunadoptable pets. This department alsooffers low cost spays and neuters for coun-ty residents with financial limitations.Phone number is 463-4427. Several pri-vately funded local and regional humaneorganizations offer adoption services. Someof those listed below offer low cost spaysand neuters as well. Local veterinariansalso do spays and neuters for reasonablefees.

• Humane Society of Inland MendocinoCounty, Redwood Valley 485-0123

• Anderson Valley Animal Rescue,Boonville 895-3285

• Milo Foundation, Hearst. 459-4900• Mendocino Coast Humane Society,

Fort Bragg. 964-SPAY• SPCA of Clearlake, Kelseyville. 279-

1400• Humane Society of Sonoma County,

Santa Rosa. 542-0882• Marin Humane Society, Novato. 415-

883-4621Each of the organizations mentioned

above has a WWW page on the Internet. Given the resources available for adop-

tion of unwanted pets and for surgical ster-ilization, no one should need to consign ananimal to a pillowcase and a miserabledeath.

Jim PlumbDVM

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Meth still a real problemTo the Editor:It seems that every day there are articles

and letters in the paper about marijuanagrowing, its legality, all of the proposedproblems it brings to our community, andwhether or not people agree with it. Peopleare certainly verbose on the subject. WhatI’m wondering is, though there is so muchflak about people who grow marijuana formedical reasons or otherwise, live here,grow here, spend their money here (whichboosts the economy whether we like it ornot), why are people not mentioning anoth-er more serious community widespreadepidemic that has more far reaching, moredevastating damaging effects on all of us?

Methamphetamines.So many people I went to school with

are addicts, and their children’s and fami-lies’ lives have been devastated by theeffects of this drug. It destroys the humanbody and the mind, causing multiple med-ical prblems that require costly care whichwe end up paying for. CPS can tell youhow many children have to be taken fromaddicted parents and put into custodialcare. We pay for that too. The familiar term“tweaker” is widely known. The amount ofcommunity, family ,and financial damagecaused by meth alone is staggering. I don’tunderstand why there is not a public outcryagainst this drug and why are there notmore eradication efforts. People who arehabitual users become psychotic and dan-gerous, require costly hospital care, and useup meager funds that are needed for othermore important things. I think that peopleshould be more concerned about that.

Marijuana does have an element ofcrime. We have to consider that we are liv-ing in a time of a new breed of people, (ouryouth of today especially), growing up inhomes with less discipline, no respect forothers and increasing violence. Crime as awhole is up everywhere, it is a commontrend in areas of economic depression.Each time there is an incident involvingmarijuana and violence, it is widely publi-cized. We don’t hear anything about theproblems with meth and the dealers andusers, and they are out there everywherelike a plague. We are suffering from many

different problems in our community withgangs drugs, and crime in general. I think itwould be best to focus on the ones that aremost damaging to our society as a whole.

Thank you for letting me voice my opin-ion.

Shelley Alameda/FahyPotter Valley

Thank youTo the Editor:We’d like to take this opportunity to

thank all the many people in our communi-ty who have given their support since thecatastrophic loss of our home to a fire.Especially heart-warming was the tremen-dous success of our post-fire reconstructionbenefit.

Thank you to the Freys for providingtheir winery, many cases of wine, kitchen,outdoor oven, expertise and so much moreto create a festive atmosphere. Thank you tothe cooks who somehow managed to feed

far more people than we originally plannedfor, and to the musicians who provided greatentertainment. Numerous people generouslygave of their time, money and their wares toput together this event.

Thank you to all, and to the wonderfulfriends that donated over 100 great thingsfor the silent auction, and to the many enthu-siastic bidders. It was a wonderful party. Wecertainly feel blessed by the support wehave received. We feel that being recipientsof such goodwill is a real testimonial to ourcommunity and the benefits of living here.We share a special part of the planet withgenerous and talented people. We hope thatall of us will cherish and foster what wehave here as we plan ahead for MendocinoCounty’s future. May our community spiritcontinue to thrive and send along its bless-ings to all.

Cathy and Ian MonroeRedwood Valley

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In our opinion

Today is Veteran’s Day and a good time toconsider the plight of veterans coming homefrom the Iraq war.

This week the Associated Press told thestory of the thousands of National Guardreservists coming home from long tours ofduty in Iraq and Afghanistan to joblessness.

According to the AP, the LaborDepartment has been swamped with com-plaints from reservists whose jobs have beengiven to others or eliminated while theywere on duty among our troops in theMiddle East.

Under the law, military personnel are pro-tected from job discrimination based ontheir service and are generally entitled to afive-year cumulative leave with rights totheir old jobs upon their return.

But the Labor Department says employ-ers often don’t know the rules and withemployees being sent off to elongated toursof duty, they may assume they don’t have tohold these jobs open indefinitely.

Many reservists say they don’t even both-er to complain because the government ishardly ever of real help.

Earlier this year we were told about thehorrendous conditions at Walter Reed hospi-tal for outpatient treatment exposed by aseries of stories in the Washington Post.Conditions at our nation’s “premier” Armymedical facility were shocking.

Now after six years of war, we are seeingthe repercussions on the lives of our veter-ans. For those who come home whole, thereare problems with employment and financialhardship. (Never mind the insult to our sol-diers of this government paying big bucks toprivate mercenaries employed by theBlackwater company to take the relativelycushy personal protection jobs in Iraq withbetter equipment at three or four times thepay.)

For those who come home injured, we areseeing a largely broken or overwhelmed vet-erans health care system most Korean Waror Vietnam War veterans can attest to, wors-ening.

Once again this nation has been “Gungho!” on the way to war and “Ho hum” forthose on the way back.

It’s time for all Americans to take aninterest in the services we provide to the vet-erans of this nation and renew our commit-ment to keep the promises we make to them.

Here’s one way to start. As the holidayseason approaches, add one service memberto your Christmas card list and send a holi-day greeting to:

A Recovering American Soldierc/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center6900 Georgia Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20307-5001

Time to renew our commitment

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SUNDAY VOICES ON THE STREETS

Peggy DartArt sales

Anderson Valley

“I don’t think they have.I’ve always been liberaland now I’m a moreinformed and politicallyactive liberal.”

Jeremiah WilliamsCity employee

Ukiah

“Now I’m more con-cerned and I actually lis-ten... Whereas it all used togo in one ear and out theother. I’m more motivatedto be active.”

Jeffrey BlankfortRadio broadcaster

Ukiah

“I’m a little more tolerantof dissenting views.However, I’ve been some-what of a radical since myyouth, and I’m more con-cerned about the future ofthis country and the planetthan I ever have beenbefore.”

Juanita LuceroAdministrative

assistantUkiah

“I’m more concerned. Ihave young children so Iam more concerned abouttheir future. They look tome to make a wise choice.”

Hershel MeadowsLegal researcher

Ukiah

“They have. I’m not astrusting of politicians, thepolice and the judiciary.The newspapers are full ofreports of improprieties bypeople in positions ofpower.”

Ray EvertCattle farmer

Redwood Valley

“I’m less ideological.Reality comes in prettyquick.”

How have your political views changed as you’ve gotten older?

Photos and interviews by MacLeod Pappidas.

Epimenedes the Cretan would be lost to his-tory today except for one remarkable statementhe made more than two thousand years ago:“All Cretans are liars.”

Why is this statement noteworthy? Well, ifall Cretans are liars, then that includesEpimenedes himself. Therefore, his statementis false. But if it’s false, then all Cretans are notliars ... consequently, his statement must betrue. And therefore, all Cretans are liars, whichmeans ...

Well, anyway -- that’s why Epimenedes isstill remembered today. He was responsible forthe original version of what is known as a self-referential paradox -- a statement that is inter-nally contradictory because of how it refers toitself. In fact, Epimenedes may even be immor-talized in the Bible. In the Epistle to Titus(Titus 1:12-13), St. Paul remarks, “One ofthemselves, a prophet of their own, said,‘Cretans are always liars . . . .’ This testimonyis true.” It’s not known whether Paul recog-nized the self-referential nature ofEpimenedes’ statement -- or for that matter, ofhis own.

Epimenedes would have loved RichardMack, who managed, single-handedly, to tie upan entire federal court of appeals in a self-ref-erential paradox of its own. And all because of

a court order that, ironically, was put into placeto punish Mack.

In 1995, Mack was sued in a Wisconsin statecourt by Support Systems International, a com-pany that said Mack owed it money for a pieceof machinery. Representing himself, Macktried to transfer the case to federal court. Thefederal judge decided that there was no basisfor the case to be in federal court. He finedMack $100 for misusing the federal court sys-tem, a fine Mack was supposed to pay toSupport Systems International.

Mack responded by creating a new corpora-tion also named Support Systems International,and by advising the federal court he had paidthe $100. He had -- but he paid it to his owncorporation, not the original Support Systems.When the judge learned this, he increasedMack’s fine to $500.

Mack then appealed, and tried to disqualifythe law firm representing his opponent by

claiming Support Systems had fired the lawfirm. Once again, though, he was referring tothe corporation he had created -- not the com-pany suing him. The appeals court not onlyupheld the trial court’s decision, it increasedMack’s fine to $5,000. The court also put inplace an order forbidding Mack from filing anydocuments in any federal court unless he hap-pened to find himself charged with a federalcrime.

At this point, one might have thought Mackhad learned his lesson. But no. He filed a newlawsuit, this time in state court, against theentire federal Seventh Circuit Court ofAppeals, as well as several federal trial judges,relying on an anti-Mafia statute known as“RICO.” The lawsuit made lots of weird alle-gations about how these judges were responsi-ble for things like the murder of Mack’s fatherand the attempted murder of Mack himself.

The judges whom Mack had sued asked totransfer the case to federal court -- as any fed-eral official can do when sued in state court.Ironically, of course, this was just what Mackhimself originally attempted, getting himselfinto all his trouble in the first place. The judgeto whom this request was assigned refused,however, relying (rather curiously) on the pre-vious court order -- against Mack himself -- as

barring the request, because it would transferMack’s state court lawsuit . . . into federalcourt.

Well, the judges who had been suedappealed -- to the same federal Seventh Circuitthat was itself a defendant. (None of thosejudges, of course, could actually hear the case,so a different panel of other federal judges hadto be brought in just to hear the appeal.) Thesenew judges summarized the situation this way:“This case presents the perhaps unprecedentedsituation of a court, as litigant, petitioningitself, as court, for relief.”

Are you following all of this so far?Well, as the saying goes, all’s well that ends

well. This new group of judges decided that theearlier order against Mack could not be inter-preted to prevent the judges he was suing in hisnew case from transferring that case to federalcourt (especially since, once it got to federalcourt, it was foregone that the whole thingwould be dismissed, anyway). Undoubtedly,when the dust cleared, Mack probably foundhimself facing, oh, about $50,000 in fines.

On the other hand, a point made repeatedlythroughout the case was that Mack had neverpaid any of his earlier fines, either.

One day recently while our localdowntown Ukiah’s power was blackedout, I was trying with no luck to mail apackage. It needed to be mailed that day,and I had stamps at home; I just needed tohave it weighed. So, no big deal, right?However, the local post office was unableto accommodate my needs, since theydidn’t even have a scale that was notelectronic.

“Not even a small, old-fashioned scalein your back rooms somewhere? You’rekidding,” was my response.

“Hmmmm,” I went home thinking. Noelectronics to do business in a town for afew hours could cause a real problem,considering all the electronic cash regis-ters and scanners necessary in many localstores. It’d be an enormous headache tostill carry on during a long-term outage.

Pursuing that thought, it doesn’t takemuch pondering to realize how depen-dent we all are on electronics or technol-ogy. My title “Left to their own devices”does not really pertain to using actualdevices, but was traditionally used todescribe people who’ve had their specialequipment or planned activities takenaway and find they’re left to fend forthemselves or discover other things to do.

So, what can you do, what DO you dothat doesn’t involve being wired to some-thing? Most of us seldom handwrite mis-sives to our colleagues or friends. And,how many of us engage in outdoor activ-ities for work or pleasure using only ourhands? Think about your typical day orweek.

Now, imagine being truly “unplugged”and accomplishing what you need to sat-isfy your employers and families withinyour established time limitations. I doubtmany of us could do it. In fact, it’s possi-ble we may become totally unable to usesome knowledge because we’ve not real-ly made it part of us; rather, we havebecome reliant on the accessing of

knowledge rather than the learning of it.A New York Times columnist, DavidBrooks, recently referred to this new real-ity. “The magic of the information age isthat it allows us to know LESS.”

Results in a current Pew Institute sur-vey show that barely half of our adultpopulation enjoys, let alone understandshow to use Information andCommunications Technology or ICT. Theother half are mostly over 60 and are notembracing the trend to “plug in” or “hookup.”

Even though I’ve unplugged my cablefor television watching, I still watch andenjoy many movies and television showson dvd – at my own convenience. Also, Icouldn’t imagine not being able to carrymy phone from room to room or go out-side and carry on my conversations.Many older folks are cruising in thatboat, but still are not lining up to soarthrough powerful cyberspace.

I admit I’ve become fairly dependenton doing Internet research for my job orhobbies. Using ICT has allowed me theopportunity to access information andlearn how to use what I’ve gathered inmy classroom, in my writing, and for mypersonal use as well. I don’t fondly recallthose long ago searches through libraryperiodicals and, if I was lucky, maybecoming up with an item or two and anoth-er that could be located and mailed in.Saving time motivates me to rely on ICTand, in turn, save precious hours of mylife.

Music is one area where I like having

the best of both worlds. Listening to mycd’s on the go is great, but you have toadmit – there is nothing like attending alive performance. Even the sound checkand rumbling of concert-goers at the startis enjoyable. Then the lights dim, theartist comes out to the microphone andsings one of your favorite songs. Itvibrates through the air to YOU whereyou sit. That’s not going to happen in myliving room, I’m sorry to say.

What great fun we had listening to leg-endary Guitar Shorty at the Ukiah BrewPub on a recent Friday night! However,by using a wireless guitar, he was able toeven take his music outside into theearly-morning streets. Not kidding.About 1:30 a.m., Guitar Shorty led a lit-tle parade of us out, winding down andacross State Street, even serenading alocal policeman in his patrol car along theway. Now, that’s certainly not going tohappen listening to his cd, I’m afraid.

So you see, I’m not saying throw outour devices. But, have we overdone it?Have we given up some of our joy in lifeand settled for too much byte and pack-aging? We need quick access to informa-tion and people at times, I know. Livesare saved, money is made, and research isphenomenally easier.

However, what are we sacrificing bybecoming too reliant and dependent ontechnology? That’s what I’m thinkingabout here – not letting go of someimportant pieces of life as we embracethe new.

Plan that visit to your sister. Schedulea Saturday to take your son fishing. Writea personal note to someone special. Gohug that friend who needs it badly. I’msaying that we shouldn’t forget to behuman in our ever-evolving technicalworld.

Valerie Holm Warda is a Ukiah resi-dent.

Left to their own devices

Tying them up in knots

Sunday viewBY VALERIE HOLM WARDA

Judicial folliesBY FRANK ZOTTER

Frank Zotter is a Ukiah attorney.

Several months ago, you publishedthe information about the budget cuts forUkiah Unified School District. I andmany other classified employees lost ourjobs because of those budget cuts. I wasa 59-year-old, 20-year classifiedemployee of Ukiah Unified. I had evenworked the last four years as confiden-tial management secretary at the DistrictOffice. Some of those positions havenow been restored because funding hasbeen found for them. My position hasnot been restored but a new, higher pay-ing position, has been created in thesame department. Half of which is fund-ed by the general fund that funded myposition. The work, in an already shortstaffed department from previous budgetcuts, did not go away. The District nowhas substitutes and extra-hire peopledoing the work.

If I had bumped instead of retiring, Iwould have lost 20 to 25 percent of mywages, not counting the managementbenefits I would have lost. I am drawingmy retirement and can work at a mini-mum wage job to make what I wouldhave made, had I exercised my seniorityand kept working for the SchoolDistrict. I went to the Superintendentand he told me that the District wouldwork with me on the budget cuts. Thatdidn’t happen. He never talked to meagain or responded to my emails.

I and many others had been lead tobelieve that the Golden Hand Shake wasgoing to be offered by the SchoolDistrict, which ended up being a lie bythe District. I did try to negotiate myown retirement package but I was toldby the Assistant Superintendent the

District didn’t do that for the individual,only the Bargaining Unit. That was alsoa lie. I found out a few weeks ago thatthe School District did give one individ-ual a “special” retirement package. Shewas a member of the same bargainingunit I was. This Special Package (gift)was given to an executive assistant, inclosed session, at a special board meet-ing. Called, it would seem, just for thatpurpose. This person received a retire-ment agreement that no one else in thewhole District has received. I requestedthe same package, as I was the onlyother one in the District that retired fromthe Management Unit and am drawingretirement from PERS. Of course theanswer was no. I had given the Districtthe chance to correct an injustice and alie. I was told that this was “specialpackage,” just for that one employee,because of all the work that employeedid (and of course, got paid for, includ-ing overtime.) This was “special” justfor this one person close to theSuperintendent and the Board ofEducation. Up until now, only teachersretired with the $20,000 retirementbonus and most of their health benefitspaid.

It is obvious from these actions thatUkiah Unified does not care for individ-ual classified employees, only “special”

ones. The District cut jobs, hours andprograms to give raises and a specialretirement bonus of over $20,000 to thisperson. Is that morally right? No!Classified employees of Ukiah Unifieddeserve better, the children and parentsof Ukiah deserve something better; Ideserve something better.

If we can’t trust the School Districtthat educates our children, to be a goodexample, and treat everyone fairly, whocan we trust? Classified employees(CSEA members) have to work for theDistrict for 10 years to receive anyhealth benefits and then only half ofwhat management employees receivedthat have only worked a couple of yearsfor the District. Teachers who work for10 years receive the health benefits plusthe $20,000 bonus when they retire.

In large ways Ukiah Unified hasfailed the children of Ukiah. I know itfailed mine. There have been a few greatpeople that have helped us a lot. I trulyappreciate that help. But for the mostpart the School District failed me andthey failed my children. The person thatreceived this bonus was even overheardto say that she didn’t care about the chil-dren. She has already left Ukiah.

Unless the community steps up andtakes a part in the educational system,unless CSEA uses this to work for itsemployees, Ukiah Unified SchoolDistrict will continue to fail the students,parents and classified employees ofUkiah.

Marlena Chancellor is a Ukiah resi-dent.

Special treatment for one unfair to allAnother voiceBY MARLENA CHANCELLOR

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

– SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2007A-8

LOCALCALENDAR

This week:

• UHS jv/varstiyVolleyball in NCSChampionshipsTuesday-Saturday.Time and place TBA

INSIDE:

Arizona St.fends off UCLA............Page 9

Goldberg onfootball...........Page 10

NCAA Top 25results...........Page 11

Scoreboard ...........Page 10

Mercer stunsUSC............Page 9

MENDOCINO 49 | SOLANO 12

Eagles thump Falcons

photo courtesy Aaron Mankins

Mendocino offensive lineman No. 79 leads the way for Eagles running back No. 10 who looks for awhole in the Falcons defense. The Eagles went on to win 49-12.

By ANTHONY DIONThe Daily Journal

On a beautiful, November day inMendocino county, where the cloudsdominated the skyline and pouredrain on the stadium’s attendees andthe temperature was a balmy 57degrees, the Eagles of MendocinoCollege (8-2, 5-0) dominated SolanoCollege (2-8, 2-3) 49-12.

Taking advantage of the wet condi-tions which undoubtedly led to anumber of the Falcons’ four first halfturnovers, -- all by way of intercep-tion -- the Eagles ran out to a 33-10halftime lead mainly on the shouldersof their RB Kevin Young, who had abrilliant game.

Young finished with 155 yards andfour touchdowns on just 15 carries.

Some of the credit must go to theMendocino offensive line whichshowed up to play as well as they con-tinually drove the smaller Falconfront off the line of scrimmage, givingQB Jay Laudenslayer all day to throw.

And throw he did.Laudenslayer finished the game

going 12 of 24 for 183 yards with 2TDs and an interception.

The Eagles defense played great aswell, holding Solano College to justone touchdown and 271 total yards.

The leading playmaker on thedefensive unit was Mike Casper whohad three interceptions in the first halfalone, finishing the game with fourand a fumble recovery as well.

The Falcons were led by RB BryceHawthorne who had a solid game run-

ning the football, finishing with 73yards on 17 carries with a long of 15.QB Bobby Guillory had a tough timethrowing the football, perhaps both-ered by the wet conditions, as he fin-ished 7 of 31 for 64 yards with fiveinterceptions and no touchdowns. Thelone Falcons TD came via 1-yardplunge by fullback Maleek Guilliard.

The always important groundgame in wet conditions was dominat-ed by Mendocino. They outgained theFalcons 231 to 130 yards on theground as they pounded away at anoutmatched Solano defense. The totalyard battle was also won decisivelyby the Eagles, 414 to 271 yards.

Mendocino now moves on to abowl game next week with theiropponent still to be determined.

NCAA | TOP 25

Williams leads Illini to upsetof top-ranked Ohio StateBy RUSTY MILLERAssociated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In this sea-son of upsets, top-ranked Ohio Statewas the latest to fall.

Juice Williams provided the bigplays on the ground and through theair, spurring Illinois to a stunning 28-21 victory on Saturday night andthrowing open the national title racefor a bunch of teams that needed theBuckeyes to lose.

“I know ’shock the world’ isoverused,” Illini linebacker J Lemansaid. “It is pretty shocking to mostpeople, but not to the guys in the lock-er room.”

It was the first time Illinois (8-3, 5-2 Big Ten) had beaten a No. 1 since1956, and the first time it had done itaway from home. The defeat also

ended a record streak of 20 Big Tenwins in a row by Ohio State (10-1, 6-1).

“This is a game I’ll remember forthe rest of my life,” Ohio State offen-sive tackle Kirk Barton said. “This isdisappointing.”

Williams, criticized at timesbecause of his errant passing, tossedfour touchdown passes. On the Illini’slast drive, Williams used his legs tokeep the ball away from theBuckeyes, running for three firstdowns and burning up the final 8:09.

Williams finished 12-of-22 passingfor 140 yards and carried 16 times for70 yards.

The Buckeyes, who were in first-place in the BCS standings and twovictories away from a second consec-utive trip to the national title game,

became the second No. 1 to lose thisseason. Only Kansas and Hawaiiremained unbeaten in major collegefootball, but both played laterSaturday night.

All those who doubted theBuckeyes because of what they calleda weak schedule must feel vindicated.

Who will be No. 1 now? Maybe,LSU — again. The Tigers lost as thetop-ranked team to Kentucky earlierin the season. Count Oregon,Oklahoma, Missouri and even WestVirginia among the others happy tosee the Buckeyes get beat. All nowhave a better chance at reaching thenational title game, thanks to coachRon Zook’s Illini.

The Illini rushed for 260 yards

CARDINAL NEWMAN 63 | UKIAH 35

JV and varsity football squads bothoverwhelmed by Cardinal NewmanThe Daily Journal

The first quarter of the Ukiah JVfootball game Friday night at CardinalNewman was marked by repeatedfumbles and turnovers on each side ofthe ball.

The teams got off to a slow startwith the first fumble of the game beingmade by the Cardinals and recoveredby Ukiah’s Larry Pinnegar on theCard’s 15-yard line.

Ukiah’s scoring opportunity waslost when quarterback Chad Pittmansaw the ball knocked loose leading toa recovery by Newman.

After Cardinal Newman lost pos-session on downs, the Wildcats wereable to take over with great field posi-tion due in large part to a strong run byUkiah’s Zack Jackson. However, fol-lowing right along the storyline of thefirst quarter, the Wildcats were unableto do much with it and the gameremained scoreless.

The game threatened to go to thehalf still scoreless when Ukiah fum-

bled the ball with 3:36 left.The Cardinals recovered and were

able to capitalize on the Wildcats’ mis-take as Brandon Hurd took it in to theendzone on a run to take the 7-0 lead.

After another strong defensivestand by the Cardinals when anothergreat Wildcats return gave them theball at the Newman 25-yard line,Newman quarterback Jaime Fordthrew to Tyler Rose for a touchdownwith 23 seconds remaining in the half.

From there Cardinal Newman real-ly sunk in the clamps on the Wildcats,capping a solid all-around effort ontheir part with a 14-0 win.

If only the varsity would’ve been asfortunate.

Entering the game the Wildcatsknew they would have their hands fullwith a Cardinal Newman team thatwas sitting atop the NBL standings.

The Wildcats scratched and clawed,trying to keep Newman within reachand a touchdown pass from quarter-back Kyle Morris to Kyle Mayfield in

the first quarter certainly helped, but itjust wouldn’t be enough as theCardinals scored four of their own.

Entering the second quarter down28-7, the Wildcats knew they neededto make some big plays on offense anddefense but they couldn’t find a way toget it done so they went to the lockerroom at halftime trailing big.

Their next scoring opportunity did-n’t come again until late in the thirdquarter as Miller took it in from 10yards out for his second TD. Ukiah’sextra-point attempt was blocked byNewman’s Jonathan Steele, leavingthe score at 49-13.

On the ensuing drive, Ukiah got thebig play on defense that they had beensearching for as an interception byMarcos Hernandez put the Wildcats inscoring position again. This timeMorris hit Mayfield for a TD and afteran unsuccessful two-point try, theWildcats were left trailing Newman49-19.

The game reached the fourth quar-ter and Ukiah was starting to find itsstride, but would it be too late? Theoffense got good field position againand didn’t let the opportunity slipaway in contrast to the JV team.

Miller scored his third TD of thegame, this time pounding his way infrom the 1-yard line.

However the Wildcats were nowdown 56-27, and all their excellentefforts would prove to be futile.

A late TD pass from Morris toMiller gave him his fourth TD of thegame but no win as Newman relentlessthe entire way just tore up the Wildcatsdefense.

In an effort to keep their startershealthy and well rested for the leagueplayoffs, Newman played their secondstring for the entire second half andstill won handily, 63-35.

The Wildcats now look towardsnext year as they have several strongJuniors returning along with Morris.

WA ST 33 | STAN-FORD 17WashingtonState holdsoff Stanfordsurge for winBy JOHN K. WILEYAssociated Press

PULLMAN, Wash. — Alex Brinkthrew for 449 yards and broke theschool record for career touchdownpasses, leading Washington State to a33-17 victory over Stanford onSaturday.

In a game marred by fumbles andpenalties, Washington State (4-6, 2-5Pac-10) had 561 yards of totaloffense and the Cougars withstood athird-quarter rally by the Cardinal (3-7, 2-6).

Brink completed 32 of 47 passesand upped his career yards passing to10,200. He became only the sixthquarterback in Pac-10 history to sur-pass 10,000 yards.

Brink’s 12-yard scoring pass totight end Ben Woodard in the secondquarter was the 71st in his career,breaking the school record of 70 setby Jason Gesser from 1999-2002.

Brink wasn’t the only player set-ting records for WSU.

Senior wide receiver MichaelBumpus caught an 18-yard pass fromBrink in the first quarter for the 178threception of his career, moving pastthe mark of 177 set by HughCampbell from 1960-62.

Bumpus finished with sevenreceptions for 96 yards. BrandonGibson had seven catches for 153yards and tight end Jed Collins had10 catches for 123 yards.

Christopher Ivory, returning froma concussion, had 15 carries for 104yards for the Cougars.

Husain Abdullah interceptedStanford quarterback TavitaPritchard’s pass and returned it 55yards to give the cougars a 33-17 leadlate in the game.

Cougars kicker RomeenAbdollmohammadi hit field goals of40, 23, 32 and 31 yards.

Trailing 13-0 at the start of thehalf, Stanford climbed to within 13-10 before Kevin McCall ran 12 yardsto put the Cougars up 20-10.

WSU is the alma mater ofPritchard’s father David and uncle,former Cougars star quarterback JackThompson.

Pritchard got off to a shaky start,but finished with 22 of 40 passes for263 yards. He threw two intercep-tions and was sacked four times.

Tyrone McGraw and JeremyStewart split rushing duties forStanford and each scored a touch-down. McGraw took a pitch fromPritchard and ran 4 yards to scoreStanford’s first TD. Stewart laterscored on a 4 yard run to pull theCardinal within 20-17 in the thirdquarter.

Stanford was without its bestreceiver, sophomore RichardSherman, who sat out the game afterbeing suspended for poor sportsman-ship on the sidelines during a loss toWashington last week.

Mark Bradford led Cardinalreceivers with 12 receptions for 141yards.

UHS | CROSSCOUNTRY Wildcatsfinish yearstrong inleague meetBy ANTHONY DIONThe Daily Journal

The Ukiah HighSchool varsity cross countryteam traveled to Spring LakePark for the NBL meet andcame away feeling prettygood about themselves.

The top teams in the leagueall year were Maria Carrilloand Montgomery and theycontinued their year-long suc-cess at Spring Lake as well.

Maria Carrillo swept bothboys and girls team events forthe meet, beating second-place Santa Rosa (1:23:36) bythree seconds with a totaltime of 1:20:09 in the boysdivision.

Ukiah came away with afourth place finish behindMontgomery (1:23:38) with atime of 1:25:48. They wereled once again by their toprunner all season long,Andrew Zellman who fin-ished third individually with atime of 15:38.

Zellman was narrowlydefeated by runner-up JoeWithers of Cardinal Newmanand first place finisher NathanHuckeba of Maria Carrillo.Zellman though, is just asophomore and seems to havea bright future ahead of himas both Withers and Huckeba(his toughest competition) areseniors.

The results weren’t muchdifferent on the girls side asMaria Carrillo continued theirexcellence with anotherstrong performance, captur-ing the team title with a timeof 1:33:53, while having threeof the top four individuals.

The Wildcat girls were ableto score a fourth place finish,right in the middle of thepack, with a total time of1:47:24. Their average timeper runner was 21:29.

Montgomery (1:37:21) fin-ished second behind MariaCarrillo and Santa Rosa(1:39:12) third.

Megan Stark (20:30) fin-ished 17th and was followedclosely by teammate BrandyShelly (20:32) for the topUkiah time.

See NO. 1 LOSES, Page A-9

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2007 – A-9SPORTS

By BETH HARRISAssociated Press

LOS ANGELES — Give it up for theAtlantic Sun.

Mercer capped a sensational week forthe low-major conference, stunning No.18 Southern California 96-81 Saturdayand spoiling O.J. Mayo’s college debut.

The Atlantic Sun’s dream week beganThursday, when Gardner-Webb shookthings up with a 16-point victory overNo. 20 Kentucky on the Wildcats’ homecourt, then Belmont won at Cincinnati onFriday.

“The Kentucky result was on ourmind,” USC’s Taj Gibson said. “Weknew this was a dangerous team.”

James Florence scored 30 points andthe small-school Bears from Macon, Ga.,shot nearly 60 percent from the floor intheir season-opener.

“There’s no way to describe it,”Florence said.

Watch out Alabama, Harvard andBoston College. Mercer comes your waynext.

“They’ll come a lot harder at us,” saidCalvin Henry, who added 14 points.

Mayo, one of the nation’s most prizedrecruits, led the Trojans with 32 points,but he couldn’t help them overcome 19turnovers and 18-of-32 free-throw shoot-ing. His points were a school record by afreshman in his debut.

“It was tough, but they did a greatjob,” Mayo said. “We need to come outand respect our opponent and play hard.We came out nonchalantly.”

Mercer had the Trojans in troubleearly. The Bears shot 59 percent in thefirst half, when they led by 21 points.

The Bears had five players in doublefigures, 12 steals, shot 81 percent from

the line and outscored USC 14-6 on fast-breaks. Florence’s points were the mostby an opponent in the 2-year-old GalenCenter.

“Coach told us, ‘Hard work beats tal-ent when talent doesn’t work hard,”’Henry said.

“That was our quote of the week,”Mercer coach Mark Slonaker said.

Mayo worked a lot harder in the sec-ond half, and it still wasn’t enoughagainst a more experienced team.

The Trojans opened with a 22-8 run,including 10 by Mayo, who had fans ontheir feet with a breakaway one-handedlayin.

“We felt like they were going to go tohim early,” Slonaker said. “We kepttelling the guys, ‘Weather the storm andkeep attacking.’ You know SC was goingto make a run, but we held them off. Thatshows maturity.”

He whipped a behind-the-head pass toGibson, who missed on the drive, butGibson dunked on USC’s next possessionto get them to 55-52.

Gibson finished with 13 points and 14rebounds. Angelo Johnson had 17 pointsfor the Trojans, who won a school-record25 games and reached the final 16 of lastseason’s NCAA tournament.

“We got tired and couldn’t sustain anyeffort for any long period of time,” coachTim Floyd said. “The 47 points we gaveup in both halves was very discouraging.That is somewhat reflecting of what wehave been experiencing in practice. Weare a team of two juniors and threesophomores who played a year ago. Ourfreshmen are not ready yet.”

Mercer answered USC’s run with sixstraight points and soon restored its leadto double digits on a 3-pointer by Brian

Mills.Mayo came up with three 3-pointers in

the final three minutes, but the game wasalready out of reach.

“As good as described,” Henry saidabout Mayo. “They ran every play andscreen for him. He made us work for it.”

USC fell to 0-3 in season openersunder Floyd. They lost the two previousyears in overtime to Cal State Northridgeand South Carolina.

“Tim is going to get this team going,”Slonaker said. “It’s just early.”

The Trojans won’t play their loneexhibition game until Dec. 8, so theyjumped into the regular season withoutplaying anybody but each other in prac-tice.

It showed. USC shot 29 percent in thefirst half and missed a slew of open shots.Mayo committed four of his team’s nineturnovers in the half.

“We missed a lot of easy shots and aton of free throws,” he said. “It hurts us.We got to learn from this and get better.”

Mayo wore No. 32 in tribute to hisfavorite childhood player MagicJohnson; it’s also the number O.J.Simpson wore as a Heisman Trophy-win-ning running back for the Trojans.

In a look reminiscent of Kobe Bryant,another of his favorites, Mayo wore blacksleeves on both arms and both legs.

Hearing his name announced for thefirst time as a college player “was a lot offun. I wish we would’ve won,” Mayosaid.

USC played without guard DanielHackett, who has a broken jaw but willreturn to practice on Monday, and fresh-man Mamadou Diarra, who had herniasurgery.

NCAA | MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tiny Mercer stuns Southern California 96-81, spoils Mayo’s college debut

By KEN PETERSAssociated Press

PASADENA — Arizona State’s RudyCarpenter, who grew up in the LosAngeles suburbs, was happy the SunDevils finally won a game in the RoseBowl.

After No. 9 ASU held off UCLA 24-20on Saturday, Carpenter said he wouldn’tmind playing another game in Pasadenasometime soon.

“This win is huge for our team. Wehadn’t won here since 1996,” the SunDevils’ quarterback said. “It feels reallygood to hear our crowd in (the Bruins’stadium).

“The possibility of me being backhome in a month and a half to play in theRose Bowl, that would be great fun forme.”

There are many possible scenarios leftfor the Sun Devils (9-1, 6-1 Pac-10),including a shot at the conference titleand a berth in the Rose Bowl Game.

As the game ended, a throng of ASUfans chanted, “USC! USC!” The SunDevils’ next game, against No. 12Southern California on Thanksgiving inTempe, looks like a pivotal one.

Carpenter, threw for 200 yards and atouchdown, Chris McGaha had ninereceptions for 123 yards, and KeeganHerring rushed for 116 yards on 22 car-ries, including a 71-yard touchdown runto help Arizona State hold off the injury-riddled Bruins.

The Sun Devils were coming off theirlone loss, a 35-23 defeat by No. 3 Oregonin Eugene.

ASU coach Dennis Erickson saidUCLA played well, and “We made someplays. You don’t win nine games withoutmaking plays. We always seem to find away.”

The battered Bruins (5-5, 4-3) lost forthe fourth time in five games, including a20-6 defeat by Notre Dame that is still theIrish’s lone win this year.

Despite using their fourth quarterbackof the year, the Bruins put up a surpris-ingly good fight against the Sun Devils.Osaar Rasshan, who had been convertedto wide receiver then switched back toquarterback last month after injuries tothe Bruins’ first two quarterbacks, went14-of-27 for 181 yards with one intercep-tion. He ran for 41 yards on 13 carries.

That was, however, about it for theUCLA offense.

“Osaar did a nice job with his firststart, fighting through some circum-stances and some rough moments,”UCLA coach Karl Dorrell said.“(Tailback) Craig Sheppard did the samething. He did a nice job of carrying theload with the football.

“We played well defensively most ofthe time.”

Safety Dennis Keyes logged 14 tacklesfor the Bruins. Chris Horton had three oftheir six sacks. Carpenter was sackednine times in the loss to Oregon.

Carpenter went 16-of-31 against theBruins, including a 9-yard touchdownpass to Kyle Williams.

The Sun Devils fell behind 10-0 early,trailed 13-10 at halftime, then went aheadto stay on Dimitri Nance’s 11-yard touch-down run five minutes into the third quar-ter.

The teams traded touchdowns during a13-second span of the third quarter.Herring reeled off his long scoring runfor a 24-13 lead, but Matthew Slaterreturned the ensuing kickoff 89 yards tocut the deficit to four points.

That ended the scoring.Down by six after Kai Forbath kicked

a 42-yard field goal 23 seconds beforehalftime, the Sun Devils narrowed thegap to 13-10 by turning a mistake byUCLA defensive end Bruce Davis into a53-yard field goal by Thomas Weber.

Carpenter threw a pass from his own49-yard line that was knocked down inthe end zone as time ran out in the secondquarter. But Davis was called for rough-ing the passer, the penalty moved the ballto the UCLA 36, and ASU got an auto-matic first down with no time on theclock.

Weber, a redshirt freshman, thenkicked his career-long 53 yarder. He hasmade 19 of 20 this season.

“The big play for us was when theygot a penalty just before the half, allow-ing us to kick a field goal,” Erickson said.“It was big.”

Said Dorrell: “The call at the end ofthe first half and the big run (by Herring)in the third quarter were a couple of playswe’d like to have back.”

Forbath kicked his second field goal toseemingly send UCLA into halftime witha 13-7 lead. But Carpenter completed a12-yard pass to McGaha to the 49, thentwo plays later, Davis drew the costlypenalty.

Forbath earlier kicked a 28-yarder, andlater in the first quarter, Terrence Austinreturned Weber’s punt 68 yards to theASU 1. Sheppard, a walk-on pressed intoduty by injuries at the tailback spot,bulled over from the 2 to give UCLA a10-0 lead. He finished with 56 yards on12 carries.

Slater’s kickoff return was his third fora touchdown this year, setting both a sea-son and career record for UCLA. Thethree in a season also tied the Pac-10record set by USC’s Anthony Davis in1974.

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Herring, Carpenter help No. 9 ArizonaState outlast UCLA 24-20

against an Ohio State defense that camein allowing just 65 yards on the groundper game. Rashard Mendenhall set anIllinois season record while rushing for88 yards on 26 carries.

The defeat crippled Ohio State’sdreams of a national championship andknocked the Buckeyes into a tie for thetop spot in the Big Ten because ofMichigan’s earlier loss to Wisconsin.

Not since Nov. 14, 1959, hadMichigan and Ohio State both lost theweek before their annual year-end grudgematch, which once again this season willdecide the champion.

“We don’t have time to put our headsdown,” Buckeyes linebacker JamesLaurinaitis said.

Marcus Thomas’ interception gaveIllinois the ball with 8:09 left at its own24. And Ohio State would never get itback.

The Illini lined up to punt on a fourth-and-inches at their own 34 with 6:53 left,but Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel calledtimeout and Zook reconsidered afterbeing prodded by his quarterback.

“I will get it,” Zook said the sopho-more quarterback told him. “You betterget it,” the coach said he told Williams.

Williams sneaked for the first downand twice more he converted third-and-long on quarterback draws.

Tressel said of the timeout, “I’d like tohave that one back.”

After the game, while Illinois playersflooded the field to celebrate at midfield.The two teams got into a small skirmishwith some shoving and a couple ofpunches thrown before order wasrestored.

Ohio State’s Todd Boeckman had hisworst game in his first year as a starter.He completed 13 of 23 passes for 156yards with three interceptions. Thomashad one pick and forced another in theIllinois end zone in the third quarter bytipping it to teammate Antonio Steele.

The Illini built the lead to 28-14 with adrive that was manufactured around therunning of Mendenhall and Williams.Mendenhall ran for 17 yards in themarch, with Williams going for 16 andalso hitting Brian Gamble on a 15-yardgainer.

Williams, who has been replaced latein games, finished it off with a 31-yardscoring pass to wide-open MarcusWilkins at the goal line.

The Buckeyes came right back to cutthe lead to 28-21 with a 76-yard drive oftheir own, with Boeckman — neverknown as a runner — picking up 35 yardson the first snap. The Buckeyes scored on

Chris Wells’ 18-yard run to the right cor-ner of the end zone.

After forcing an Illini punt, theBuckeyes were moving the ball againwhen Boeckman’s deep pass into doublecoverage was intercepted by Thomas,who leaped high to reach the ball aheadof Brian Robiskie.

Two of the best linebackers in thecountry were on display and both hadgood games. Leman had 12 stops, includ-ing two for negative yardage andLaurinaitis had 12 tackles.

Wells ran for 76 yards on 20 carriesand scored on runs of 11 and 17 yards tolead the Buckeyes. Boeckman washarassed all day and was sacked twice.

The Buckeyes had won their last 28regular-season games and hadn’t lost atall since getting routed 41-14 by Floridain the BCS title game. Zook played a bigpart in building those Gators, before hewas fired by Florida in 2004.

The Zooker got the Buckeyes again.A year ago the Illini were 2-10, but

they showed signs of improvement forthe first time in years in a 17-10 loss toNo. 1 Ohio State. The year before theBuckeyes beat Illinois 40-2.

Now the Buckeyes must travel toMichigan for a game they knew woulddecide the Big Ten title and hoped wouldbe for a spot in the national title game.

Those hopes are pretty much gone.

Continued from Page A-8

No. 1 loses

By DAVE GOLDBERGAssociated Press

At the end of NewEngland’s 38-14 win over SanDiego in the season’s secondweek, Bill Belichick’s playershugged him with genuineemotion, something not oftendirected toward their unemo-tional and often distant coach.

It was, of course, a reactionto “Spygate,” the confiscationof tapes the Patriots weremaking of the Jets’ defensivesignals a week earlier. Thatled commissioner RogerGoodell to levy fines of$500,000 against Belichick,$250,000 against the team andtake away New England’sfirst-round draft pick.

Is that emotion the reasonthe Patriots are 9-0 and wereuntested until last week’s 24-20 win in Indianapolis?

No. They’re too good forthat. The addition of threequality receivers led by RandyMoss made them the favoriteto win the Super Bowl beforethe season started and no oneknew about the tapes.

But was the discipline amotivating factor for a teamthat in its first eight gameshadn’t won by less than 17?

Absolutely.“From the owner to the

front office to coaches to theplayers, it helped bring every-one together even more,”Robert Kraft, the team’sowner, said this week.

In other words, Goodell’sdiscipline seems to have moti-vated what already was theNFL’s best team to play evenharder.

Until the game against theColts, the only team close tothe Patriots in ability, NewEngland hadn’t scored lessthan 34 points in a game, andits average margin of victorywas 25 points.

Beyond that, Belichick andhis players seem to be enjoy-ing running it up, leaving hisstarters in longer than neces-sary or trying for needless latetouchdowns. That kind ofthing happened in a 52-7thrashing of Washington andit happened against Dallas, thesecond-best team the Patriotshave faced, when NewEngland scored with 23 sec-onds left to add seven pointsin a 48-27 win.

Belichick, as is his wont, ismum on the subject, evenwhen pressed in a publicforum.

“What did you want us todo, kick a field goal?” he saidafter he went for a first downthat led to a TD with thePatriots leading the Redskins38-7 in the fourth quarter twoweeks ago. That rout was anembarrassment to Joe Gibbs, aHall of Fame coach who haswon three Super Bowls, thesame number as Belichick.The classy Gibbs said he did-n’t mind, but a lot of otherpeople did.

Those New England SuperBowl wins, all by three points,are among the reasons

Belichick has his foot on thethrottle so late in the game.

That’s because of the reac-tion to the disclosure thePatriots were illegally tapingopponents on the sidelines.For a week after that, severalopposing players questionedwhether the Pats would havewon titles after the 2001, 2003and 2004 seasons if they had-n’t cheated.

“Oh, they knew,” theSteelers’ Hines Ward said,referring to the New Englanddefense in the two AFC titlegames it won in Pittsburgh.“They were calling our stuffout. They knew, especiallythat first championship gamehere at Heinz Field. Theyknew a lot of our calls.There’s no question some oftheir players were calling outsome of our stuff.”

Reno Mahe of the Eagles,who lost the 2005 Super Bowlto New England, was evenmore emphatic.

“I think they should forfeit,man,” Mahe said. “We wonthe Super Bowl. I think weshould get it. I’m going to gotrade my NFC championshipring for a Super Bowl ring.”

Ward may have had a point.Mahe was over the top.

Remember that there arelegal ways of getting signals:film study, lip-reading, guess-work among them.

After the Giants beat theJets this season, Giants middlelinebacker Antonio Piercesaid he could interpret theaudibles being called by JetsQB Chad Pennington. Indeed,tapes of the game show Giantsshifting just before severalplays to the side to which theJets ran — and stuffing theplays.

It’s a thin line. Taping isillegal, but reading with thenaked eye the signals sent inby a coach or interpreting thequarterback’s signals is fair.There is plenty of suspicionbut nothing to really provethat the Patriots weren’t doingto the Steelers six years ago orthe Eagles in that Super Bowljust what the Giants didagainst the Jets.

After the NFL destroyedthe tapes, to the consternationof many, it said in a statement:

“The Patriots have fullycooperated and complied withthe requirements of the com-missioner’s decision. Alltapes, documents and otherrecords relating to this matterwere turned over to the leagueoffice and destroyed, and thePatriots have certified in writ-ing that no copies or otherrecords exist.”

If anything, the questionsstill being raised about NewEngland’s accomplishmentsare motivating the Patriotseven more. The latest motiva-tor is Don Shula, who coachedthe last unbeaten team, the1972 Miami Dolphins, andsuggested to the New YorkDaily News this week thatthere should be an asteriskplaced next to the Patriots in

the record book if they finishthis season without a loss.

Kraft, who extendedBelichick’s contract shortlyafter the fines, reiterated thathe isn’t happy about the tap-ing episode.

“Branding is important tous — doing it the right way,”he said.

“We’re not about cheating.That’s not who we are. Thereare too many things that cango wrong in any game —injuries, bad calls, just abounce or two — especially ina league where the system isset up to make everyoneequal. We’re winning becausethis is a team with a tremen-dous work ethic, a team that’sproven itself. I’m proud toknow that they are conductingthemselves the right way.”

They’re also conductingthemselves the angry waybecause the allegations arestill festering, as the Shulacomment demonstrates.

Mark down Dec. 16. That’swhen the Jets, currently 1-8,visit Foxborough. Even beforethe tape episode, the relation-ship between Belichick andhis former assistant, NewYork coach Eric Mangini,wasn’t exactly warm and cud-dly.

Given the disparitybetween the teams ...

A hundred points?———DIRTY DOZEN: The top

six and bottom six teamsbased on current level of play:

1. New England (9-0). Nocontest, even though thePatriots finally had a contest-ed game.

2. Indianapolis (7-1). Whoknows what might have hap-pened if Marvin Harrison hadbeen healthy?

3. Pittsburgh (6-2). WhenBen Roethlisberger starts get-ting multiple TD passes, lookout.

4. Dallas (7-1). Starting toget cocky.

5. Green Bay (7-1).Winning on the road off ashort week is impressive.

6. New York Giants (6-2).Strength of schedule goes upwith Cowboys in town thisweek.

27. Atlanta (2-6). Beatingthe 49ers at home doesn’tmake the Falcons a playoffteam. But a win is a win.

28. San Francisco (2-6).Spending doesn’t guaranteevictory.

29. Oakland (2-6) When dowe see JaMarcus Russell? AlDavis’ call.

30. New York Jets (1-8).Kellen Clemens showedenough against Washington toprovide some hope for thefuture.

31. Miami (0-8). Stickingwith Cleo Lemon over JohnBeck is an indication thatsomeone thinks a win is possi-ble this week against Buffalo.

32. St. Louis (0-8). Badluck is bad luck. Even duringa bye week, they put LeonardLittle on injured reserve.

NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 9 0 01.000 355 147Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 130 156N.Y. Jets 1 8 0 .111 159 228Miami 0 8 0 .000 166 244South

W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 7 1 0 .875 244 126Tennessee 6 2 0 .750 165 124Jacksonville 5 3 0 .625 155 151Houston 4 5 0 .444 203 226North

W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 6 2 0 .750 222 98Cleveland 5 3 0 .625 227 233Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 131 157Cincinnati 2 6 0 .250 198 244West

W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 4 4 0 .500 124 146San Diego 4 4 0 .500 189 164Denver 3 5 0 .375 126 227Oakland 2 6 0 .250 152 177NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 1 0 .875 265 175N.Y. Giants 6 2 0 .750 200 159Washington 5 3 0 .625 152 160Philadelphia 3 5 0 .375 156 155South

W L T Pct PF PATampa Bay 5 4 0 .556 164 144Carolina 4 4 0 .500 137 161New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 173 186Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 115 169North

W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 7 1 0 .875 194 142Detroit 6 2 0 .750 200 185Minnesota 3 5 0 .375 166 154Chicago 3 5 0 .375 144 181West

W L T Pct PF PASeattle 4 4 0 .500 167 141Arizona 3 5 0 .375 157 174San Francisco 2 6 0 .250 104 186St. Louis 0 8 0 .000 99 219

———Sunday’s GamesBuffalo at Miami, 10 a.m.St. Louis at New Orleans, 10 a.m.Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m.Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 10 a.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 10 a.m.Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.Chicago at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1:15 p.m.Detroit at Arizona, 1:15 p.m.Indianapolis at San Diego, 5:15 p.m.Open: New England, N.Y. Jets, Tampa Bay,HoustonMonday’s GameSan Francisco at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 18N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 10 a.m.Oakland at Minnesota, 10 a.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 10 a.m.Carolina at Green Bay, 10 a.m.New Orleans at Houston, 10 a.m.Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m.Kansas City at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.Arizona at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.Miami at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.San Diego at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1:05 p.m.Chicago at Seattle, 1:15 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 1:15 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:15 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 5:15 p.m.Monday, Nov. 19Tennessee at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 9 6 0 18 44 36N.Y. Rangers 8 7 1 17 31 28N.Y. Islanders 8 4 0 16 36 37Pittsburgh 7 8 1 15 46 48New Jersey 6 7 2 14 36 45Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GAOttawa 13 2 0 26 51 31Montreal 9 3 3 21 48 36Toronto 7 7 3 17 56 62Boston 7 6 2 16 34 36Buffalo 6 8 1 13 43 48Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GACarolina 9 4 3 21 59 42Tampa Bay 7 8 1 15 49 52

Atlanta 7 9 0 14 43 59Florida 7 10 0 14 43 52Washington 6 9 1 13 38 43WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 13 2 1 27 56 34Chicago 9 7 0 18 48 47Columbus 8 5 2 18 39 32Nashville 7 7 1 15 40 44St. Louis 7 7 0 14 35 34Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GAColorado 10 5 1 21 51 43Minnesota 9 4 2 20 41 34Vancouver 8 8 0 16 41 46Calgary 6 7 3 15 47 52Edmonton 5 10 1 11 36 55Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 7 8 3 17 42 51Dallas 7 7 2 16 44 44San Jose 7 7 2 16 37 41Phoenix 7 7 0 14 40 41Los Angeles 7 8 0 14 46 47

Two points for a win, one point for overtime lossor shootout loss.———Friday’s GamesToronto 3, Buffalo 0Detroit 4, Columbus 1Atlanta 4, Florida 1Chicago 4, St. Louis 2Anaheim 3, San Jose 2, SOVancouver 2, Colorado 1, OTSaturday’s GamesOttawa 3, Montreal 1 Boston 2, Buffalo 1Carolina 5, Atlanta 3N.Y. Rangers 3, Toronto 2, SOTampa Bay 5, Washington 2N.Y. Islanders 2, New Jersey 1Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2Nashville 4, Columbus 3, SOEdmonton at Calgary, LatePhoenix at San Jose, LateDallas at Los Angeles, LateSunday’s GamesDetroit at Chicago, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Colorado, 5 p.m.Monday’s GamesNashville at Columbus, 4 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 4:30 p.m.Phoenix at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 4 0 1.000 —New Jersey 4 1 .800 1/2Toronto 3 3 .500 2New York 2 2 .500 2Philadelphia 2 3 .400 2 1/2Southeast Division

W L Pct GBOrlando 5 1 .833 —Charlotte 3 2 .600 1 1/2Atlanta 2 3 .400 2 1/2Miami 0 5 .000 4 1/2Washington 0 5 .000 4 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 4 1 .800 —Indiana 3 2 .600 1Cleveland 3 3 .500 1 1/2Milwaukee 2 3 .400 2Chicago 1 4 .200 3WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBHouston 5 1 .833 —San Antonio 5 1 .833 —Dallas 4 1 .800 1/2New Orleans 4 2 .667 1

Memphis 1 3 .250 3Northwest Division

W L Pct GBUtah 4 2 .667 —Denver 3 3 .500 1Portland 2 3 .400 1 1/2Minnesota 0 4 .000 3Seattle 0 6 .000 4Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 4 1 .800 —Phoenix 4 2 .667 1/2L.A. Lakers 3 2 .600 1Sacramento 1 4 .200 3Golden State 0 5 .000 4

———Friday’s GamesToronto 105, Philadelphia 103Charlotte 96, Indiana 87Phoenix 106, Miami 101Boston 106, Atlanta 83Orlando 112, New York 102Denver 118, Washington 92San Antonio 97, New Orleans 85Detroit 103, L.A. Clippers 79Houston 104, Milwaukee 88Portland 110, Memphis 98Utah 103, Seattle 101Cleveland 93, Sacramento 91L.A. Lakers 107, Minnesota 93Saturday’s GamesPhoenix 106, Orlando 96Denver 113, Indiana 106Boston 112, New Jersey 101Toronto 101, Chicago 71Utah 118, Memphis 94Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.Sunday’s GamesWashington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.Miami at New York, 3 p.m.Houston at Charlotte, 3 p.m.New Orleans at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.Milwaukee at San Antonio, 5 p.m.Detroit at Seattle, 6 p.m.Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m.Monday’s GamesNew Orleans at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m.

MLS PLAYOFFSEastern ConferenceChicago 3, D.C. United 2Thursday, Oct. 25: Chicago 1, D.C. United 0Thursday, Nov. 1: Chicago 2, D.C. United 2, tie

New England 1, New York 0Saturday, Oct. 27: New England 0, New York 0, tieSaturday, Nov. 3: New England 1, New York 0———Western ConferenceKansas City 1, CD Chivas USA 0Saturday, Oct. 27: Kansas City 1, CD Chivas USA0Saturday, Nov. 3: Kansas City 0, CD Chivas USA0, tie

Houston 2, FC Dallas 2Houston advances 2-0 in extra timeSaturday, Oct. 27: FC Dallas 1, Houston 0Friday, Nov. 2: Houston 2, FC Dallas 1———Conference ChampionshipsEastern ConferenceThursday, Nov. 8: New England 1, Chicago 0———Western ConferenceSaturday, Nov. 10: Kansas City at Houston, 5:30p.m.———MLS CupAt WashingtonSunday, Nov. 18: Kansas City-Houston winner vs.New England, 9 a.m.s

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and clinched consecutiveseven-win seasons for thefirst time since 1976-77.Kentucky still plays SEC Eastrivals Tennessee and Georgia,and has a chance to sneak intothe league title game inAtlanta by defeating both.

No. 22 Tennessee 34,Arkansas 13

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)— Erik Ainge threw for twotouchdowns and Arian Fosterran for another as theVolunteers kept their drive foran SEC Eastern Division titlealive.

Tennessee (7-3, 4-2) heldconference rushing leaderDarren McFadden to 117yards, and Casey Dick com-pleted 12 of 22 passes for 140yards and two interceptions.Last week, McFadden tied theSEC single-game rushingrecord with 321 yards againstSouth Carolina.

The Razorbacks (6-4, 2-4)struggled all day in the redzone and with penalties.

Arkansas narrowed thelead to 27-13 with 8:27 left inthe game on Michael Smith’s9-yard touchdown run after ahandoff from McFadden. Itwas as close as the Hogswould get.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Juice Williams provided the bigplays on the ground and through the air, spurring Illinois to astunning 28-21 victory over top-ranked Ohio State on Saturdaynight and throwing open the national title race.

It was the first time Illinois (8-3, 5-2 Big Ten) had beaten aNo. 1 since 1956, and the first time it had done it away fromhome. The defeat also ended a record streak of 20 Big Ten winsin a row by the Buckeyes (10-1, 6-1).

Williams, criticized all year because of his errant passing,tossed four touchdown passes. Rashard Mendenhall set anIllinois season record while rushing for 88 yards on 26 carries.

The Fighting Illini rushed for 260 yards against an OhioState defense that came in allowing just 65 yards on the groundper game.

Not since Nov. 14, 1959, had Michigan and Ohio State bothlost the week before their annual year-end grudge match. Buttheir game next week again will decide the Big Ten champion.No. 7 Missouri 40, Texas A&M 26

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Chase Daniel threw for 352yards and three touchdowns, and the Tigers pulled away lateagainst the Aggies and embattled coach Dennis Franchione.

Missouri (9-1, 5-1 Big 12) reached nine victories for the firsttime since 1969 and only the fourth time in school history. TheTigers also finished 5-0 at Faurot Field.

Texas A&M (6-5, 3-4) has lost three straight to top-10 oppo-nents.

Tony Temple ran for 141 yards, including a 44-yard scoringrun in the first quarter. Maclin finished with five catches for146 yards, and his 82-yard touchdown catch was the school’slongest scoring play since an 86-yard run by Robert Delpino in1987. No. 9 Arizona State 24, UCLA 20

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Keegan Herring rushed for 116yards, including a 71-yard touchdown, and Rudy Carpenterthrew for 200 yards and another score to lead the Sun Devils.

Arizona State (9-1, 6-1 Pac-10) remained in the thick of theconference race and kept their hopes alive for a BCS bowl,while the Bruins (5-5, 4-3) lost for the fourth time in fivegames.

Carpenter went 16-of-31, including a 9-yard touchdown passto Kyle Williams.

Osaar Rasshan went 14-of-27 for 181 yards with one pick forthe Bruins.

The Sun Devils fell behind 10-0 early, trailed 13-10 at half-time, then went ahead to stay on Dimitri Nance’s 11-yardtouchdown run five minutes into the third quarter. No. 10Georgia 45, No. 18 Auburn 20

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Donning black jerseys for the firsttime in the modern era, Matthew Stafford threw a pair of touch-down passes and Knowshon Moreno broke 100 yards rushingfor the fourth straight game, leading Georgia past 18th-rankedAuburn 45-20 Saturday.

The Bulldogs (8-2) remained on top of the SEC East with a5-2 mark, but they need help to reach the title game. Tennesseehas only two SEC losses and has the tiebreaker over Georgia.

Stafford threw a 58-yard TD pass to Mohamed Massaquoiand a 13-yarder to Sean Bailey. Moreno, a redshirt freshman,had scoring runs of 24 and 2 yards, finishing with 101 yards.

Thomas Brown finished off the Tigers (7-4, 4-3) with a 53-yard run that set up Brannan Southerland’s touchdown. No. 11Virginia Tech 40, Florida St. 21

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor threw for twotouchdowns and ran for another, lifting the Hokies and coachFrank Beamer to his first win in eight tries against theSeminoles.

It was the first time ’Noles coach Bobby Bowden lost toVirginia Tech in 16 meetings.

The Hokies (8-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) blew a 14-point halftime lead and trailed 21-20 entering the final quarter,but Taylor drove them to his go-ahead 3-yard scoring run, andthree late Seminoles turnovers made a close game turn lop-sided.

The Seminoles (6-4, 3-4), who seemed to be catching theirstride last week when they beat No. 8 Boston College, lostquarterback Drew Weatherford to injury before halftime andfailed to get the 78-year-old Bowden his 300th victory at theschool. Wisconsin 37, No. 13 Michigan 21

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tyler Donovan threw for onetouchdown and scrambled for another as Wisconsin held off afourth-quarter rally to snap the Wolverines’ eight-game win-ning streak.

The Badgers (8-3, 4-3 Big Ten) didn’t eliminate theWolverines (8-3, 6-1) from the Big Ten title race, but they haveto beat Ohio State next week.

Michigan played without injured running back Mike Hart,and after Chad Henne broke John Navarre’s school record foryards passing, Ryan Mallett relieved ailing starting quarterbackin the first quarter.

Donovan was 14-of-27 for 245 yards and a touchdown andran for 49 yards and another score. Wisconsin built a 20-7 half-time lead despite playing without running back P.J. Hill. No. 15Texas 59, Texas Tech 43

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Colt McCoy passed for four touch-downs, ran for two more and the Longhorns scored 24 points inthe fourth quarter to hold off the Red Raiders.

Texas (9-2, 5-2 Big 12) needed a 24-point fourth-quarterrally a week earlier to beat Oklahoma State. This time, the latescoring kept Texas Tech (7-4, 3-4) from staging a comeback.

Graham Harrell threw for 466 yards and five touchdowns forTech.

Cincinnati 27, No. 16 Connecticut 3CINCINNATI (AP) — Ben Mauk threw for three touch-

downs and ran for another, handing Connecticut its first BigEast loss and further scrambling the conference race.

Mauk made the two decisive plays in the second half. He ran11 yards for a touchdown on a draw play, then connected withDominick Goodman on a 37-yard touchdown pass, keepingCincinnati (8-2, 3-2) in a crowd of teams vying for the leaguetitle.

No. 19 Boise St. 52, Utah St. 0LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Taylor Tharp threw for 283 yards

and two touchdowns in three quarters for the Broncos, whowon their eighth straight.

The overwhelmed Aggies (0-10, 0-6) have lost 16 in a rowand were down by two touchdowns barely six minutes into thegame. The Broncos (9-1, 6-0 WAC) blocked a punt for a touch-down, blocked a field goal and forced four turnovers, includingthree interceptions of Jase McCormick.

No. 20 Clemson 44, Wake Forest 10CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Cullen Harper continued his

record-setting year with three more touchdown passes for theTigers.

Clemson (8-2, 5-2) won its fourth straight, while WakeForest (6-4, 4-3) lost its second in a row. And this one felt likeold times. The Tigers were 45-6-1 against the Demon Deaconsfrom 1950-2002, with several victories coming by blowoutmargins.

Harper, who came in with a school record 23 touchdownthrows, scored on a 7-yard keeper to finish Clemson’s first pos-session. It was 27-7 by halftime after David Richardson’s 52-yard field goal, the school’s longest in 10 years. Mississippi St.17, No. 21 Alabama 12

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Anthony Johnson returned aninterception a school-record 100 yards for a touchdown to helpMississippi State become bowl eligible for the first time since2000.

It was the second straight win over his alma mater forSylvester Croom, whose resurgent Bulldogs (6-4, 3-3 SEC)have won two straight over ranked opponents. The win gave theBulldogs a 2-2 record during a streak of four consecutivegames against ranked opponents.

No. 24 Kentucky 27, Vanderbilt 20NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Andre Woodson threw for 222

yards, Rafael Little had 70 yards rushing and the Wildcats keptalive their slim hopes of playing for an SEC title.

Kentucky (7-3, 3-3 SEC) snapped a two-game losing skid

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Don’t judge the book ...To the Editor:The complaints about people who

have handicapped placards are notsufficiently informed about theinvisible disabilities that some peo-ple suffer from. In my family thereis one person who has an internalorgan disorder which requiresimmediate exit to a restroom orsecure place. This problem occurswithout warning and the responsemust be immediate. Another mem-ber of my family has a spinal injurywhich requires walking very quicklyin order to prevent severe backspasms. The walking distance and

rest may vary but the response mustbe immediate. Neither of these per-sons carries a cane or crutches butthe disability is painful and must becared for immediately. There arethousands of people with these orsimilar invisible disabilities. Wemake enough bad judgements aboutother people without adding thesepeople to the list.

AI PierceTalmage

Alarmed aboutCalPERS

To the Editor:This letter is aimed at recipients

of CalPERS benefits. I havereceived an alarming letter from theretiree association. There is a runoffbetween two candidates for a seaton the CalPERS board. So far, thetop vote getter has spent $100,000on the campaign -- far more thanany other candidates. This moneyhas come from out of state donors,specifically, from Washington D. C.and New York. Callers from out ofstate have been paid to call thosewho will vote in the election.

Now who out of state would carewho administers funds forCalifornia retirees? Could the prizebe the multi-billion dollar fund ofone of the largest investors in thenation? Could it be that someonedoesn’t like the corporate reformthat CalPERS has pushed? Why

would someone want so badly to beon the CalPERS board?

Janet FreemanUkiah

Why no investigation?To the Editor: An open letter to District

Attorney Meredith Lintott:At our General Meeting in July,

you indicated that you were investi-gating the Grand Jury chargesagainst Mendocino CountySupervisor Kendall Smith.

On Sept. 12, 2007, it was report-ed in the Ukiah Daily Journal thatthe District Attorney’s office wouldnot be investigating this matter, as itwas not in your jurisdiction.

The Employers Council ofMendocino County’s Board ofDirectors is disappointed in the waythe process worked itself out. Theinformation on the street points to avery serious lack of integrity andhonesty, if not illegality, on the partof a member of the Board ofSupervisors. For full public disclo-sure, there needs to be a thoroughinvestigation into the reimbursementpractices of the Supervisors.

If this is not the jurisdiction ofthe District Attorney’s Office, whohas the responsibility to investigatewhat appears to be fraudulent activi-ty by one or more members of theBoard of Supervisors?

Thank you for your prompt

response to this request. Margie Handley

ECMC Board Chair

Anyone feel a draft?To the Editor:I am amazed by our country’s tol-

erance and capacity for violence. Somany Americans seem to be willingto sit on their hands while innocentwomen, children and men are beingkilled and tortured by the Bush warand its administration in our names.Having fought in a war, and havingonce been part of the killing, I knowfirst hand, horrors that no one canunderstand or speak on unless theyhave been involved in frequent andbloody combat. Bush and the likehaven’t a clue.

We Americans have known forawhile that the Iraq “war” was start-ed by lies that were intended to cre-ate fear and terror in America. Itworked. 9/11 had nothing to do withit. Even Bush admits that. Nowcomes Iran. I think I know what willstop the war now, just as it did then,O deja Nam. Doesn’t anyone elsefeel a draft? There were no WMDsin Iraq and Bush and his administra-tion, Cheney, the CIA, the FBI andothers, knew how to use the propa-ganda of fear and how to controlAmerica’s “patriotic” thinking. Ifthey say it’s true, it must be, right?

Many of us choose to stand for

peace and speak out against vio-lence and fear tactics of propaganda,no matter if it is domestic, withinthe community, or exported to for-eign nations. Thank goodness forthe first amendment (please don’ttap my phone). Iraq was intended tobe an occupation. It didn’t work.Simply follow the money, followthe oil, see who is getting richer andwho’s going broke. Our childrenand our children’s children will bepaying for this insanity for genera-tions to come. Bush vetoed SCHIPfor children’s health care twice.Shouldn’t we all, as a community,as patriotic Americans feel passion-ate against this insanity and abuse?It may sound trite but love beatshate, and dialogue beats slaughter.Every time.

Sandy HillUkiah

Free site a better choiceTo the Editor:A letter appeared by Delice

Rodgers-Francis in which she statedwe should check Megan’s Websiteto see if a registered sex offendermay be out neighbor. The correctwebsite is www.meganslaw.ca.govand it is totally free, so it should notbe confused with meganslaw.com --which charges folks for somethingthat is totally free.

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By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL,Fla. -- Discovery and itscrew returned to Earth onWednesday and concluded a15-day space station buildand repair mission that wasamong the most challenging-- and heroic -- in shuttlehistory.

The space shuttle toucheddown on a crisp and brightfall afternoon after safelycrossing the continent in thefirst coast-to-coast re-entrysince the Columbia disasteralmost five years ago.

The seven shuttle astro-nauts and three residents ofthe international space sta-tion teamed up during thedocked mission to save amangled solar wing. It wasone of the most difficult anddangerous repairs everattempted in orbit, but thefuture of the space stationwas riding on it and ScottParazynski pulled it off in asingle spacewalk.

“It was an extraordinaryfeat,” shuttle program man-ager Wayne Hale said aftershaking the astronauts’hands.

Discovery’s commander,Pamela Melroy, was quick tothank everyone who helpedpull off the mission.

“It’s a thrilling day forboth the space shuttle andthe space station programs,”she said. “We are thrilled tobe back home.”

On its way home,Discovery crossed overCanada’s British Columbiaand made a diagonal descentover Montana, Wyoming,the Great Plains, the DeepSouth and, finally, downinto Florida. NASA optedfor the more populous routeto avoid a riskier landing indarkness, and to give thecrew some extra rest aftersuch a long and strenuousflight.

Double inspections of thespaceship’s wings in orbitconfirmed the thermalshielding would hold up tothe 3,000-degree heat ofatmospheric re-entry. Aquick look at the shuttle onthe landing strip showed lit-tle if any damage.

Discovery’s journey

spanned 238 revolutions ofEarth and 6.25 millionmiles.

NASA AdministratorMichael Griffin said theflight, from start to finish,demonstrated “NASA at itsvery best.” He described thelanding as “spot on” andalso “just as pretty as it gets-- if that matters.”

Even before the missionbegan Oct. 23, the astro-nauts knew they were in forone of the most challengingand complicated space sta-tion construction missionsever. They had no troubleinstalling a pressurized com-partment named Harmonyand moving a girder fromone side of the space stationto another, and even man-aged to peek into a cloggedjoint needed to turn theright-sided set of solarwings.

But the flight took a dra-matic turn Oct. 30 when itcame time to unfurl the solarwings on the relocated gird-er on the left side of thespace station. The first wingpopped out fine, but the sec-ond one became snagged ina clump of tangled wires andripped in two places.

Flight controllers rushedto come up with a repairplan. On Saturday -- just

four days after the damageoccurred -- Parazynski float-ed outside with wire cutters,pliers and some homemadetools and fixed the tornwing.

No one had ever venturedso far from the safe confinesof the space station before orworked right up against asolar wing coursing withmore than 100 volts of elec-tricity and swaying back andforth. He was propped onthe end of a 90-foot exten-sion beam that just barelyreached the wing’s damagedsection.

The repair -- hailed byNASA as one of the top all-time space saves -- allowsthe space agency to pressahead with the next shuttleflight to the space station inearly December. Atlantiswill deliver a European lab-oratory.

The space station crewfaces a huge workload, how-ever, to get ready for thatmission. And in an unusualtwist, the shuttle programmight have to wait for thestation side before flying.

In addition, before aJapanese lab can belaunched in sections begin-ning in February, NASAmust determine whether thesolar joint trouble will leave

the station with too littlepower to support this mas-sive addition.

The astronauts gatheredsamples of the steel grit thatwas discovered inside thejoint and brought them backin a plastic bag. It was oneof the first items NASAgrabbed following touch-down. By analyzing theshavings, engineers hope topinpoint the source of theproblem and devise a way toreplace the grinding partsand clean up the mess, pos-sibly with magnets.

Discovery also broughtback a former space stationresident, Clayton Anderson.He left the planet in Juneand spent 152 days in orbit.Wednesday was his 15thwedding anniversary, and hecouldn’t wait to be reunitedwith his wife, Susan.

Melroy, meanwhile,became only the secondwoman to land a space shut-tle. Her flight coincidedwith the first female-ledspace station crew, and cata-pulted Melroy and stationskipper Peggy Whitson intospace history books.

On the Net: NASA:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth,ends 15-day mission packed with heroics

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two astronauts ventured outon a spacewalk at the international space station on Friday,picking up where the shuttle Discovery crew left off just daysago. Commander Peggy Whitson and her Russian crewmate,Yuri Malenchenko, spent seven hours outside getting the spacestation’s newest addition ready for its big move. They shouldhave performed the spacewalk during Discovery’s visit, but thework was put off after a solar wing ripped and demandedimmediate attention.

The two cleared cables from the spot where the Harmonycompartment will be relocated next week and unfastened anumber of electrical connections. They struggled to loosensome of the bolts.

“You think somebody glued these on?” asked Whitson as sheused brute force to free the connections.

“Looks like for the next (spacewalk) we’ll need one of thosehydraulic jaws-of-life machines,” observed astronaut DanielTani, who orchestrated the spacewalk from inside.

Harmony, a pressurized chamber the size of a school bus,was delivered by Discovery late last month and installed in atemporary location. Harmony will serve as the docking port forEuropean and Japanese laboratories.

Before NASA can launch its next shuttle mission, Harmonymust be repositioned at the space station, a job that will requiretwo more spacewalks and extensive robotic work over the nexttwo weeks. There is so much to do that the three space stationresidents will get only one day off a week for the foreseeablefuture -- they’ll even work Thanksgiving.

Friday’s spacewalk got the crew off to a good start. The onlytrouble, other than tight connectors, was flaking-type damageto the mittens over Malenchenko’s gloves. Both spacewalkerswore mittens to protect their gloves from ripping on sharp sta-tion edges, an increasingly common problem for astronauts.

They lugged back inside the protective cover from Harmonythat they had removed and folded up. “Looking through thewindow here all I can see is a big aluminum foil,” Tani said. “Itlooks like turkey cooking in the oven.”

The European laboratory, Columbus, is supposed to fly upon Atlantis as early as December.

NASA wants to launch Columbus and the Japanese lab Kibo,or Hope, as soon as possible after so many years of delay. The2003 Columbia disaster put everything on hold for more thantwo years, and continued problems with insulating foam fallingoff the fuel tank further stalled the flights. Adding to the pres-sure is a looming 2010 deadline for retiring the remaining threespace shuttles and finishing space station construction.

On the Net: NASA: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

Astronauts take spacewalk at space station, pick up whereshuttle colleagues left off

By SCOTT LINDLAWThe Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO -- TheU.S. Coast Guard’s top offi-cial in California acknowl-edged Friday that the agencydid not inform state and cityofficials when the magnitudeof an oil spill in San FranciscoBay became apparent.

City officials say they werestill being told more than 12hours after a ship struck theSan Francisco-Oakland BayBridge Wednesday morning indense fog that only 140 gal-lons of oil had spilled into thebay. But Coast Guard officialshave said they knew hoursearlier that the spill dumped58,000 gallons.

“That is not acceptable,”said Rear Adm. Craig Bone,who didn’t explain the delaybut insisted the Coast Guard’sresponse to the incident wasimmediate and aggressive.

The spill, believed to be thebiggest in the bay since 1988,has closed several beaches,canceled weekend outdoorevents and threatened thou-sands of birds and marine ani-mals.

Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger toured thecommand center at SanFrancisco’s Fort Mason wherestate and federal officials arecoordinating on cleanupplans.

“How does a ship, with thatmuch space available, howdoes a ship hit the bridge?”the governor asked as he wasshown a map of the bay andwhere the vessel struck thebridge,

“That’s what we’re investi-gating,” Coast Guard Capt.William Uberti, captain of thePort of San Francisco,answered. “That shouldn’thave happened.”

Early Friday, oil skimmers,

surveillance flights and shore-line cleanup teams resumedtheir work mopping up thedamage. The CaliforniaDepartment of Fish and Gamereported 73 live birds hadbeen collected; 17 were founddead.

“The effects of the oil spillcould persist for months andpossibly years,” said TinaSwanson, a fish biologist withthe Bay Institute.

Mayor Gavin Newsom saidif the city knew earlier aboutthe spill’s scope, it would’veresponded differently.Newsom has threatened legalaction against the partiesresponsible.

Sen. Barbara Boxer alsocriticized the Coast Guard’sresponse in a letter Thursdayto Commandant Adm. ThadW. Allen. She said she was“very troubled by the CoastGuard’s delay in deliveringaccurate information to thepublic and the city of SanFrancisco. Many questionsremain as to why it took anentire day to determine thegravity of this spill.”

Bone said Friday “theirconcerns were warranted.”

A Coast Guard log ofWednesday’s events obtainedby The Associated Pressshowed the Coast Guardbriefed city officials around

1:25 p.m., but both the ship’screw and some Coast Guardpersonnel were vastly under-estimating the scope of thespill.

About two hours after the8:30 a.m. incident, engineersaboard the cargo ship estimat-ed about 146 gallons of fuelhad leaked.

The Coast Guard beganreceiving reports from its ownpersonnel that suggested amuch bigger spill, including

oil washing up on piers milesaway, and “oiled birds andwildlife.”

Yet at 4:49 p.m., a team ofCoast Guard, CaliforniaDepartment of Fish and Gameand San Francisco police offi-cials estimated “400 gallons inthe water total,” according tothe log.

Uberti disputed that. Hesaid Coast Guard personnelknew the full extent of thespill by around 4 p.m., andCoast Guard and privateresponse firms respondedimmediately after the inci-dent.

He rejected any suggestionthat the crews could have con-tained the spill more quickly.

Tides on Wednesday andThursday carried a plume ofheavy fuel beneath the GoldenGate Bridge and into thePacific Ocean. By Thursdayafternoon, oil had been sight-ed as far north as StinsonBeach, about 15 miles north ofthe city.

“This is a very environ-mentally sensitive area, so it’sof great concern,” said Uberti,who canceled the swim por-tions of two triathlons sched-uled for this weekend becauseof health concerns.

Coast Guard investigatorswere focused Friday on com-munications between theship’s crew, watch officer andhelmsman and vessel trafficauthorities in the momentsbefore the incident.

According to chief investi-gator G. Ross Wheatley, thepilot and the shipping compa-ny could face civil penalties.He said in Coast Guard inter-views, the pilot, Capt. John

Cota, had answered everyquestion put to him. Wheatleycould not answer Friday whatroute Cota was trying to take.

The ship, called CoscoBusan, had just left the Port ofOakland and was proceedingto sea when it hit the bridgearound 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.The accident caused no struc-tural damage to the BayBridge, officials said, but thevessel’s hull suffered a largegash.

A series of factors appearedto have contributed to theslow assessment of the spill.The ship’s crew could not useits normal means of determin-ing how much fuel hadescaped because some of theequipment was damaged inthe crash. Instead, they wereforced to heat the gelatinousremaining fuel and transfer itto a different tank, then mea-sure it, officials said.

Other normal means ofmeasuring the spill, such asvisual assessments by boat orplane, were hampered by thefog, said Lt. Rob Roberts, aninvestigator with theCalifornia Department of Fishand Game.

“It was hard to see whatwas going on down at thewaterline,” he said.

Associated Press WritersTerence Chea and Paul Eliasin San Francisco and DonThompson in Sacramento con-tributed to this report.

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“When I started this thingnine years ago, we had 20World War II vets,” saidSmith. “Now we’ve only gottwo. ”

Smith filled several foldingtables along the sides of thehall with his own private col-lection of Marine artifacts,both from World War II andthe Vietnam era.

“Most of this memorabiliais from Iwo Jima because myfather was there,” he said,standing in front of a stylized

copy of the famous photo“Raising the Flag on IwoJima” signed by photographerJoe Rosenthal.

In addition to a meal andseveral cases of donated wine,some emblazoned with theMarine Corps logo, the eventalso featured a pair of patriot-ic songs performed by UkiahHigh School students, a cakecutting by the oldest livingWorld War II veteran and theyoungest Marine in atten-dance and a chance for thosewho gathered to share theirexperiences called “SeaStories.”

“That’s when they get upthere and lie about what theydid,” said Smith, laughing.

Smith said the event has

been hosted by the Elks Lodgefor the last five years and hasgrown considerably since itsinception almost a decadeago.

“You’ve got guys here fromWorld War II, Korea,Vietnam,” he said. “You’vegot a lot of history here.”

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The issue of which bags,plastic or paper, is better forthe environment is a complexone. Most studies have con-cluded that both have negativeimpacts on the environment,global warming and energyconsumption.

By most studies, it takes 40percent less energy to producea plastic bag than a paper oneand less energy to recycle it aswell. In 1999, an estimated 14million trees were cut down to

produce the 10 billion paperbags used by Americans thatyear. Plastic bags are madefrom natural gas. Plastic bagscontribute to litter, do notbiodegrade and are ingestedby marine animals. Surveysalso show most Americansreuse their grocery bags, bothplastic and paper, to someextent displacing purchasedproducts.

In the last waste streamanalysis conducted forMendocino County in 1999,film plastic represented 4.1percent of the waste stream.Of that, 12.3 percent was gen-erated from grocery stores.The highest rate came fromrestaurants at 14.2 percent.

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There’s an entire aisle in mysupermarket dedicated to greetingcards. There are so many cards itmakes you wonder if people havesuddenly started celebrating birth-days two to three times a year. Butno, it’s probably because in the samespace as a 69-cent can of garbanzobeans, the grocery store can cram inten greeting cards that sell for $3apiece, even more, if you go for thefancy cards that talk and sing andfold like origami ducks.

The other reason for such a glut ofgreeting cards is that they get moreand more specific over the years.Cards that used to just say “HappyBirthday” or “Happy Anniversary”have slowly evolved. From a simple“Happy Birthday” we’ve gone to“Happy Sweet Sixteen” to “HappyBirthday to my Grandson” to“Happy Birthday to My Niece” to“Happy Birthday to My Boss” to“Happy Birthday to My Second

Cousin Twice-Removed” to “Happy22nd Birthday, Evil Step-Mother” to“Happy Birthday to my BirthMother.”

Every category has suffered fromgreeting-card creep. At first therewere cards for high school gradua-tions, little money-holding envelopesthat you’d slide $5 or $10 into andhand to the grateful grad. Now if itdoesn’t contain a crisp, new $100,you risk a shunning. And that’s ahundred for each graduation --kindergarten, first grade, middleschool, high school, college, med

school, law school and businessschool.

With all the anniversary cards, getwell cards, thank you cards, sympa-thy cards, Halloween cards,Thanksgiving cards, Christmascards, Chanukah cards, Kwanzaacards, Mother’s Day cards, Father’sDay cards and hundreds of othercards, you’d think there would beenough greeting cards to cover everypossible social occasion. Not quite.

What card do you send to thefriend who has just entered rehab forthe third time? What do you send tothe lovely couple that you thoughtwere made for each other who justwent through an ugly divorce after20 years of marriage? What do yousend to the parent whose kid has justdropped out of college after they’vehocked the house and spent $60,000on tuition? Obviously, they need acard now more than they did at theirbirthday, but sometimes you just

don’t know what to say. It’s easy toknow what to say to people atChristmas and on their anniversaries,but what do you say when you findthat a casual acquaintance, maybesomeone who works in your office,has just had the wrong leg amputat-ed? “Get Well Soon” doesn’t quite fitthe bill. What we need are cards thatsay the things we can’t say or don’tknow how to say. Cards that say:

“Saw Your Dad On ‘America’sMost Wanted’ Last Night. I recog-nized the jacket over his head.”

“Sorry That Nasty Judge TookYour Kids Away. But don’t worry,you can always have more!”

“Saw Your Ex-Wife got aRestraining Order. Maybe it’s time tostart dating again.”

“Hope You Win that PaternitySuit.”

“Hope You Lose that PaternitySuit.”

“I’m Sorry Your Dog Ran Away.I’m Sure it had Nothing to do withYour Abusive Personality.”

“Congratulations on BeingSelected for the Witness ProtectionProgram.”

“Heard Your Husband WasCheating On You! If it makes youfeel any better, he’ll cheat on her,too!”

“The Difference between a GoodHaircut and a Bad Haircut is onlyTwo Weeks.”

“We’ve Cut You Out of the Will!And don’t bother to visit your grand-mother and me as long as you’reshacked up with that loser!”

“Congratulations on Your FirstAnniversary! Of being sober.”

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By Jim Mullen

Monday, Nov. 12, 2007Both a marked improve-

ment in your materialaffairs and a rise in statusare likely to be in the offingfor you in the year ahead.Although nothing will behanded to you on a silverplatter, the harder you try,the luckier you’ll get.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- It’s apt to be oneof those days where thearea in which you’ll experi-ence the most success willbe with involvements thathave material overtones.Make some investmentsthat could count.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec. 21) -- Your abilityto bounce back from anyuntoward circumstances isremarkable, so use thatresiliency to personallytake control over areas thathave been giving you bigproblems lately.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You have a fewlucky assets upon whichyou can draw that aren’tavailable to others.Wherever you go, it mayseem as if both friends andLady Luck will want tohelp you succeed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Conditions aremore promising than youthink, so continue to beoptimistic regarding newendeavors or projectsyou’ve taken on lately. Dothings to the best of yourability, and you’ll benefit.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- DameFortune wants you to suc-ceed, so use her influenceand focus your energies andefforts on more meaningfulobjectives until all that youhope to gain is a faitaccompli.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- There’s a goodchance you’re going toacquire something ofextreme value that can’t be

measured in dollars andcents. It will buy you moreacceptance than materialgifts can provide.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Be smart anddon’t interfere with some-one who is already success-fully managing a criticalmatter that affects you aswell. It’s a bonus not oftenreceived, so don’t look agift horse in the mouth.

GEMINI (May 21-June20) -- A number of goodthings could come yourway, owing in large part toall the nice gestures you’vemade toward others in thepast when nothing of sub-stance was expected.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Be alert foropportunities in some of thesame places where you pre-viously met with resistance.Lady Luck is with you nowin many critical areas thatyou never thought possible.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)-- Don’t be upset if some-thing important hasn’t beenrunning as smoothly as youliked, because that could allchange. Attack the worldwith expectation, andchances are it’ll be satis-fied.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22) -- Be friendly to every-one you encounter, includ-ing new people who crossyour path, regardless oftheir station in life. Goodthings could happen for youthrough friendships.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.23) -- For reasonsunknown, you’ll be able tomove about your worldmuch more freely, bothmentally and physically.Even nonessential activitiescould turn into pleasantexperiences.

Major changes areahead for Scorpio in theyear following your birth-day. To find out yours getyour Astro-Graph predic-tions by mailing $2 toAstro-Graph, P.O. Box 167,Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167.Be sure to state your zodiacsign.

ASTROGRAPHBy Bernice Bede Osol

T I M E O U TEditor: Chris McCartney, 468-3524 udj@pacific.net

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Today is the 315th day of 2007 and the 50thday of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1831, Nat Turnerwas hanged in Virginia for inciting a slaverebellion.

In 1918, the Allies and Germany signed anarmistice ending World War I fighting.

In 1992, the Church of England and theAnglican Church voted to allow women tobecome priests.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Abigail Adams(1744-1818), first lady of the United States;Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), author;George Patton (1885-1945), U.S. general; Kurt

Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007), novelist; DemiMoore (1962-), actress, is 45; Calista Flockhart(1964-), actress, is 43; Leonardo DiCaprio(1974-), actor, is 33.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1990, Kansas CityChiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas sackedSeattle Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg arecord seven times.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “The cleverest of all,in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a

fool at least once a month.” -- FyodorDostoyevsky

TODAY’S FACT: Abigail Adams was oneof only two women to be wife of one presidentand mother of another, though she never knewit, having died seven years before John QuincyAdams was elected.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon(Nov. 9) and first quarter (Nov. 17).

Datebook: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007

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By the Editors of ConsumerReports

It’s time to fess up. Did youlease a two-seat convertible,conveniently forgetting thatyou have three kids? Or per-haps you paid a financialadviser big bucks to get into adeferred annuity with a stingyreturn.

The editors of ConsumerReports’ Money Adviser sayto forgive yourself, but becareful not to make a rashresponse that could make abad situation worse. Youcould damage your credit rat-ing or boost your tax bill ifyou bail without careful plan-ning. Here’s what to do if youmade one of three bad finan-cial decisions:CAR LEASING

Dumb move: You lease acar or a truck that you nolonger like or can afford.

Even dumber move: Youwalk away from the contractand watch your credit scoreplummet.

Smarter moves:Renegotiate the lease, termi-nate it early or transfer it.

If you’re having troublemaking the monthly pay-ments, ask the leasing compa-ny if you can skip a paymentor extend the contract’s term.

Both options will cost youmoney, but at least you won’tdefault. Get any new terms inwriting.

Terminating a lease earlywill also cause financial pain,as you must cough up a termi-nation fee plus all the remain-ing lease payments in additionto a lease disposition fee,which is due at the end of alease if you choose not to buythe vehicle.

You can advertise in yourlocal newspaper or on Websites like LeaseTrader.com orSwapALease.com to find abuyer. But keep in mind thatyou’ll probably have to offeran incentive of a few hundredto several thousand dollars toattract a takeover candidate. ANNUITIES

Dumb move: You bought adeferred annuity with highfees and expenses that depressyour investment returns.

Even dumber move: Youpay a surrender fee to cash outof the contract, and incur taxpenalties too. Or you sell yourannuity for less than it’sworth.

Smarter moves: Get out ofthe contract, but take care to

avoid or at least minimize sur-render fees and tax penalties.

First decide whether youshould keep your annuity orditch it. That’s easy to do ifyou own a fixed annuity. Justcompare the interest rate it’searning with other annuities orfixed-income investments. It’smuch more difficult to decidewhat to do with an indexedannuity, which pays an inter-est rate based on the perfor-mance of a financial index,such as the Standard & Poor’s500.

If it makes sense to get out,don’t sell your contract to aso-called factoring firm. Itwill pay what it determines isthe present value of yourannuity, meaning the valuetoday of its future payments,discounted at some rate ofcompound interest. LIFE INSURANCE

Dumb move: You buy acash-value life-insurance poli-cy that performs poorly butsticks you with high premi-ums.

Even dumber move: Youlet the policy lapse, losing allthe money you sank into it.

Smarter moves: Surrender

the policy for its cash value,exchange it tax-free for a bet-ter policy, or sell it for a fairprice.

Don’t dump a cash-valuelife-insurance policy until youfind another investment that’slikely to yield a better return.If you surrender your policyfor its cash value, you mayhave to pay income tax if theamount you receive exceedsthe premiums you’ve paid.

You can sell your policy toa life-settlement companywhere you work with a brokerto shop your policy around tomultiple companies. The com-pany you choose will typical-ly pay you more for your pol-icy than you could get surren-dering it for cash value to theinsurance company that issuedit.

But keep in mind that thelife-settlement market isyoung and poses some trapsfor consumers. Transactioncosts can be high, and it canbe difficult to determine ifyou’re getting a fair price foryour policy.

Visit the Consumer ReportsWeb site at www.consumerre-ports.org. Copyright 2007,Consumers Union, Inc.Distributed by NewspaperEnterprise Assn.

What to do after a financial blunder

DEAR BRUCE: My husband and Iare separated but on good terms. Hecomes over a few days a week to visit.The problem is that he is talking about“possible reconciliation” down the roadbut is in the process of signing over whatlittle he has to his daughter (by a previousmarriage). I think he is just being nice tokeep his foot in my door long enough toget what he wants.

I live in a modest $60,000 home,which I am still paying for. It was minebefore we were married (at least themortgage was). His home is not worthmuch ($30,000 tops), and his daughter’shome is worth close to $250,000. She ishealthy, has a very profitable job andbrings home enough money to go onmonthly trips to Spain, Nova Scotia,Brazil, etc. My husband, however, will beretiring in two months and will collect amere $800 a month. I am collecting dis-ability, $1,100 a month.

How can I stop my husband from giv-

ing everything he has (we’ve been mar-ried 13 years) to his daughter? I feel weneed this stuff to live on (very tightly atthat). But he lives for free at her place,and she does his laundry, cooking, etc.Obviously, he is quite comfortable withher. He says that he can’t make it on hisretirement income so if he lives with her,he can pocket his money. I have numer-ous health problems, which prohibit mefrom working. What advice can youoffer? -- P.A., via e-mail

DEAR P.A.: The financial conditionof your husband’s daughter is of noimportance. The salient facts are that he’sgoing to have a very small income, she is

giving him a home that costs him nothingand he’s trying to maintain a relationshipwith you so that, when the divorce comesthrough, he will say that your home iscommunity property and should be divid-ed. You want my advice? SEE ANATTORNEY NOW! Find out preciselywhat you can do to at least bring into con-tention your husband’s meager assets. Heis disposing of them with the possibleintent of asking for a division of thoseproperties that remain in your possession.You may stay on good terms, and heenjoys the best of both worlds when he“comes over to visit,” but if you wish toprotect your modest assets, you will do asI advise.

Send your questions to: Smart Money,P.O. Box 2095, Elfers, FL 34680. E-mailto: bruce@brucewilliams.com.Questions of general interest will beanswered in future columns. Owing to thevolume of mail, personal replies cannotbe provided.

Estranged husband eyes spouse’s assetsSMART MONEY

BY BRUCE WILLIAMS

Frugal Living,then and now

DEAR SARA: When you started down the frugal road,are there tips that you said you would never do but aredoing now? -- Michelle, Texas

DEAR MICHELLE: I never thought I’d be the one toencourage eating at home. I enjoy eating out and wasaccustomed to it. Now I’m the first to mention how quick-ly I can make a meal at home instead of eating out. I alsonever thought I’d use a chicken carcass to make soup oreven eat bone-in chicken. I don’t know what my problemwas with bone-in chicken, because I now buy wholechickens more often than not.

DEAR SARA: Is there a frugal way to remove pillingsfrom clothing? -- Kris, New Mexico

DEAR KRIS: I’ve used a disposable razor on someclothing, such as fleece, with great success. You can pur-chase a pilling comb or a sweater stone, too. They typi-cally cost less than $5.

DEAR SARA: I’ve never had a gift closet with giftspurchased in advance, on sale and stored for special occa-sions. I have a hard time deciding exactly what I shouldchoose to buy. I get to the store sales, and my mind goesblank. Any gift suggestions? -- Heather, California

DEAR HEATHER: You would know better than I dothe types of gifts your friends and family would love, butthere are a few general gift items you can pick up if youfind them on sale.

For children: arts-and-crafts supplies; hair accessories;toys, puzzles and games; mittens, hats, scarves; orna-ments; school supplies; night lights.

For women: candles; beauty items or gift sets; calen-dars; kitchen items such as dish towels, cookbooks, ovenmitts, teas or coffee and placemats; journals; seed packets;magnets; frames.

For men: wallets; key chains; CDs or DVDs; water bot-tles; mixed nuts; mugs.

DEAR SARA: My infant son is almost ready to startsolid food. I’d like to make homemade baby food oncehe’s used to cereal, but I’m not sure where to start. Anysuggestions? -- Shell, Canada

DEAR SHELL: I can’t understand why people pay forjarred baby food, such as bananas, when mashing abanana is quick and painless. I’ve made homemade babyfood for all of my children. It’s nutritious and frugal. Youcontrol the ingredients, so you know exactly what’s in thefood.

It’s as simple as washing, peeling and steaming foodsand either using a blender, food processor or handmill/grinder. Freeze the food in ice-cube trays or make itin smaller amounts. Start with fruits and vegetables, suchas apples, pears, peaches, sweet potatoes, beans, carrots,peas, potatoes and squash. You can use fresh, frozen orcanned. If using canned, I’d look for foods that are unsalt-ed AND unsweetened.

Go to your local library and borrow “Blender BabyFood: Over 125 Recipes for Healthy Homemade Meals”by Nicole Young and Nadine Day (Robert Rose, 2005). Itcontains sample meal plans and easy-to-make recipes withfood combinations you might not consider on your own.

Also check out “Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick andEasy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby” by AnnabelKarmel (Atria, 2006). It contains nutritional information,food preparation and storage, and has lovely photographs.Some of the recipes are a bit more expensive and time-consuming than making baby food has to be, so keep thisin mind.

Be sure to talk to your son’s pediatrician about his diet. Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal Village (www.fru-

galvillage.com), a Web site that offers practical, money-saving strategies for everyday living. To send tips, com-ments or questions, write to Sara Noel, c/o United Media,200 Madison Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or e-mail sara@frugalvillage.com

The stock market turmoil of late sum-mer caused many investors to panic -- aclassic study in human behavior.

Short-term volatility has no long-termimpact on investments, but many peopleact as though it does. Too many investorsact like beachgoers focused on big,rolling waves, not realizing that waveshave no impact on the tide.

If it upsets you to watch your invest-ments fall in value, then don’t watch.Ignoring current market activity is amuch better approach than moving yourmoney into investments that you thinkare “safer.” After all, if the “safe” invest-ment was appropriate for you based onyour circumstances, that’s where youwould have been invested in the firstplace.

Indeed, it’s common for people toengage in what Wall Street calls a “flightto safety” during periods of turmoil --meaning investors rush to bank CDs.Certificates of Deposit feel safe becausethey don’t fluctuate in value and they paya steady stream of interest.

But stocks and bonds do not operatelike bank CDs. Their returns fluctuate,and it is impossible to predict the resultsfrom one day to the next. And that’s theproblem: Neophyte investors are tryingto predict tomorrow’s return (or frettingover what it might be) when instead theyshould be focusing on their long-termgoals. When you have money in a bankCD, you earn the same amount of interestevery single day. By contrast, pick anyshort-term period and you’ll see thefinancial markets fluctuate wildly. Butwhen viewed over 10-year periods orlonger, those same markets generate con-sistent and, for the most part, profitable

returns. (According to IbbotsonAssociates, the S&P 500 Stock Index wasprofitable in 70 of the 72 10-year periodssince 1926. And the stock market earnedmore than bank CDs in 62 of those 72 10-year periods.)

When markets are volatile, they domi-nate the daily news and people tend toforget that the action is unusual (which iswhat makes the markets newsworthy).But daily market changes are usuallyvery subtle. In fact, they are downrightboring and not newsworthy. When themarkets are zooming, many people getgreedy; when the markets are falling,people are afraid. Those two emotionsare powerful, and they cause us to do thewrong thing at the wrong time. Greedcauses us to buy too much, and fear caus-es us to sell too much. That is why it’simportant that we maintain a proper per-spective.

Without that perspective, you could doreally dumb things. And many people didthis past summer: When stocks fellsharply on Aug. 28 (the Dow JonesIndustrial Average fell 280 points),investors withdrew $5.5 billion fromtheir stock mutual funds, according to thefirm Investment Research. Becausemutual fund prices are set at the end ofthe day, these people received the lowprice of the day. The following day, the

Dow jumped 247 points and -- youguessed it -- many of those who had soldthe day before quickly bought back in.They were guilty of that classic error:They sold low and bought high. Andmany wonder why their investmentsnever seem to make money.

That two-day example wasn’t isolated.iMoneyNet reported that investors hadtaken $70 billion out of their stock fundsin June and July, pouring that cash intomoney market funds. Investors fleeingstocks threw so much money intoTreasury bills that the yield fell morequickly than it had at any other time inthe last 20 years, according to the WallStreet Journal.

Smart investors know that the bestthing to do during periods of volatility isnothing. They don’t switch their invest-ments. They don’t sell. They don’t reducetheir contributions to their employerretirement plans. When a portfolio isdiversified properly, none of theseactions needs to be taken.

If your portfolio fell significantly invalue during the summer, it is a signalthat you don’t have a properly diversifiedportfolio. (You may be too heavily ori-ented toward stocks.) If so, contact yourfinancial planner today for a review ofyour investment strategy.

If you’re tempted to sell when youhear that prices are falling, stop and askyourself whether your strategy is sound.

Financial Adviser Ric Edelman is theauthor of several best-selling booksabout personal finance, including“Ordinary People, ExtraordinaryWealth” and “Discover the WealthWithin You.” You can e-mail him atmoney@ricedelman.com.

Frugal LivingBy Sara Noel

Truth aboutmoneyBy Ric Edelman

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSNotice is hereby given that separate sealed bids to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, transpor tation, and services necessary to complete: 2002 STIP Arterial / Collector Re-habilitation as per City of Ukiah Specification No. 07-03 will be received at the office of the City Clerk, Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave., Ukiah, CA 95482 unti l 2:00 PM on Thurs., Nov. 29, 2007 at which time, or as soon thereafter as possible, they will be pub-licly opened and read. These specifications are available for a non-refundable fee of $15.00 from the City Clerk’s office (707) 463-6213 or by contacting Rick Seanor at (707) 463-6296. Prevailing wage rates are required to be paid in performance of this project.Copies of the General Prevailing Wage Deter-mination for the locality in which the work is to be done are available either at the office of the City Engineer or on the Internet at web address: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/The prime contractor for the work herein shall possess a current, valid State of California, Class A (General Engineering) or Class C-12 (Earthwork and Paving) Contractor’s License.No proposal will be considered unless it is made on the forms furnished by the City of Ukiah and is made in accordance with provi-sions of the specifications./s/ Linda Brown, City Clerk.Publish: 11-11 & 18-2007

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSNotice is hereby given that separate sealed bids to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, transpor tation, and services necessary to complete: 2002 STIP Local Street Rehabilita-tion as per City of Ukiah Specification No. 07-04 will be received at the office of the City Clerk, Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave., Ukiah, CA 95482 unti l 2:30 PM on Thurs., Nov. 29, 2007 at which time, or as soon thereafter as possible, they will be pub-licly opened and read. These specifications are available for a non-refundable fee of $15.00 from the City Clerk’s office (707) 463-6213 or by contacting Rick Seanor at (707) 463-6296. Prevailing wage rates are required to be paid in performance of this project.Copies of the General Prevailing Wage Deter-mination for the locality in which the work is to be done are available either at the office of the City Engineer or on the Internet at web address: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/The prime contractor for the work herein shall possess a current, valid State of California, Class A (General Engineering) or Class C-12 (Ear thwork and Paving) Contractor’s Li-cense. No proposal will be considered unless it is made on the forms furnished by the City of Ukiah and is made in accordance with pro-visions of the specifications./s/ Linda Brown, City Clerk.Publish: 11-11 & 18-2007

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

provided. 463-1100 #236800809

WANTED Church Youth

Groups to carol at the Pear Tree

Center this holiday season.

468-8630

30 LOST &FOUND

FOUND: 1 yr old female, Australian

Shepherd.Humane Society

485-0123

FOUND: 3 mos old.Lab mix, male.

Humane Society485-0123

Hi I am Sam. I am a Kelpie. I am home-less. I do not like be-ing at the shelter, so a kind woman is fos-ter ing me at her house. I need a home where my tal-ents as a herding dog will be used in agility or on a ranch. I can be met easily by call-ing Sage at 467-6453

I am an 8 month old female black and white Fox Terrier mix.I was so scared that the people who res-cued me had to trap me, as I did not want to come to them. I was captured on the 4700 block of Burke Hill Dr and came to the shelter on 11/5. I sure hope my people find me as my back leg is injured. Please come to the shelter at 298 Plant Rd or call Sage at 467-6453

30 LOST &FOUND

I was a hungry little puppy so I wandered onto a vineyard in Hopland, on 11/6, hoping workers would share their lunch with me. They were so sad to see me homeless that they brought me to the Ukiah Shelter at 298 Plant Rd in hopes I might be found or on 11/5 be adopted. I am a 2 month old female Shepherd mix. Call Sage to find out more about me 467-6453

I was either hit by a car or fell out of a truck on 11/8 and was found on Vine-yard Oaks Dr. in RV.I am being treated at the Ukiah shelter for my injuries, but I real-ly need my humans to come and take me home. I am a male B&W Border Coll ie Mix. Please come to 298 Plant Rd or call Sage at 467-6453

It was early in the morning on 11/6 and I saw some kids walking to school on Gobbi St. I thought they looked lone-some and could use a nice guy like me to follow them. Well, no school days for me, now I am at the Ukiah shelter at 298 Plant Rd. safe and sound. I am a Border Collie and am just 5 months old. Please call Sage at 467-6453 if you can help me find my way home.

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Caregiver needed.Thurs. thru Sun.noon to midnight. Pri-vate pay. 485-0864

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Mendocino CountyDepartment of Child

Support Services

AccountClerk IIMonthly Salary:$2,546 – $3,095

Application deadline for this position:

11/23/07Close of business.

Apply online atwww.mss.ca.gov

or contactMerit System Services

at (916) 263-3614.

GOVERNMENT

EOE

Accounting Assist.Materials - F/T

at Hillside Health Ctr.$10-$15 DOE+ben.pkg. Fax: 468-793

skenney@mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

“Work for Us”

Admin Assist.position, Joy C. Ward

CPA office. 216 Mason St. Ukiah.7-14 hrs/wk. Gen.

knowl. in computers.Apply at Office, or fax resume to 707-468-1268, email cheryl@joycwardcpa.comAssistant House-

keeper. 35+- hrs. wk.Mon., Tues., Thurs.,

Fri., Sat. or Sun.$12/hr. Call 462-6277

Case ManagerIntensive ServicesCoordinator-CPP

F/T-Ukiah, CA. As-sist/support consum-ers located in Dev.Centers w/possi-bil i ty of community placement. Requires B/A +2 yrs. exp.working w/persons w/dev disabil i t ies.Salary range $3172 to $4463/month. + exc. bene. Closes 12/7/07. Send re-sume & letter of int.to H.R. RCRC, 1116 Airpor t Park Blvd., Ukiah,CA 95482, e-mail HR@redwoodcoastrc.orgor fax 707-462-4280

DRIVER Class A or B lic req’d. FT + bene.

Job description & app at 351 Franklin Ave

Willits or call707-459-4845

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Case Manager: BigBrothers Big Sisters, 20 hrs/wk – par tial benefits. Boonvil le area Salary: $13.56/hr (resume required) Responsibil i t ies in-clude: fund-raising, volunteer recruit-ment, case manage-ment. Application:964-1228(bbbs@mcn.org) BBBS 498 N.McPherson St, Ft.Bragg. Resume re-quired – email bbbs@mcn.org or mail.

CASE MANAGERS- Entry/Advance posi-tion, in-prison treat-ment program in Sol-ano. Experienced with criminal justice, group/individual counseling. Fax re-sume to: 415-499-1912CLASS A DRIVER wanted in Manches-ter. FT, year round.w/new equipment.Pay starts at $17/hr DOE. Serious, expe-r ienced applicantsonly. 972-7465

CONFIDENTIALHUMAN

RESOURCESSECRETARYFT $15.15 -

$19.33/hr plus$1,100 annual confi-dential stipend. 4 yrs high level secretarial exp req HR exp de-sirable Min. 45 WPM Mendocino CountyOffice of Education

Please visit www.mcoe.us/jobsfor more info. 707-

467-5012 or hr@mcoe.us

Deadline: 11/14/07

County of LakeJuvenile

CorrectionalOfficer, Senior

$3,279.50-$3,986.28/mo.

Generous retirement and benefits

package. Vacation Accrual adjusted for current city of county government employ-ees. requires 2 yrs of experience (equiva-

lent to a JCOI II)Apply by 11/13/07

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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. Call for inter-view 485-5168, 485-0165, 468-0602.

DRIVERS - $1000HIRING BONUS

Golden State Overnight

is hiring full & part time drivers with

insured, dependa-ble van or pickup w/shell for local morning small

package delivery routes in both

Mendocino & Lake Counties. Earn a competitive wage plus mileage reim-

bursement plus additional reim-

bursement for fuel cost.Routes avail.Mon-Fri.&Tues -

Sat. Benefits avail.including health coverage & 401k

w/company match.Contact Steven

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

EconomicDevelopment

Manager:Associate Level - Annual comp pack-age up to $71,961, plus benefits OR

Senior Level: annu-al comp package up

to $85,212, plus benefits. Complete job description with requirements & ap-plication available at City of Ukiah, 300

Seminary Ave.Ukiah, CA 95482 or www.cityofukiah.com

Deadline: 5 pm, 12/7/07. EOE

Kelly Moore Paintsis seeking a F/T

Delivery Driver. M-F with benefits. For ap-plication stop by 217 E. Gobbi St. Ukiah

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ENGINEERINGTECHNICIAN

Excellent Career Op-portunity! The City of Fort Bragg is seeking a qualified individual to interpret City Pub-lic Works engineering requirements and policies with develop-ers and contractors.Specific requirements include:• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or re-lated field; and• Possession of valid Class C or higher California driver’s li-cense; and• One year of experi-ence in Engineering or related field.Full-t ime 40 hrs/ week. Monthly salary $3,851-$4,681 with comprehensive bene-fits package. To ap-ply, obtain and sub-mit a City application (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-l ine: December 20, 2007 (Postmarks not accepted).EOE/AA/Drug Free Work-place

ENTERTAINERSfor music, theatre, dance, mime, etc.$20 hr. per person.

Ukiah Main St.Program. PU app. at200 S. School St.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A

CHILD! JOIN THETRINITY TEAM!

Seeking aTeam Supervisor

Duties include, but not limited to: manag-ing treatment plans,supervision of child-care workers & team leaders. Salary DOE & degrees. M-F 8-5.Excellent benefits, in-cluding medical, den-tal, vision, tuition re-imbursement, & FREEco-op child care.Must pass pre-em-ployment phy-sical, drug test & back-ground check.APPLY AT 915 W. Church St. Ukiah or fax re-sume to 877-382-7617

www.trinityys.org EOE

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FinanceACCOUNTANT/FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER

Northern Circle Indi-an Housing Authority seeks accounting professional to direct financial operations.Prepares extensive financial/budgetary/statistical repor ts, maintains GL and all subsidiary ledgers, manages payroll, maintains insurance policies, investment accounts & HR files, supervises suppor t staff. Exp. with Quickbooks Pro de-sired. Salary:$47,317-$52,764.Resume receipt deadline 5pm Nov.14, 2007. Job descrip avail @ Pinolevil le Drive, Ukiah. Mail re-sumes to NCIHA or submit via Email: nci-hatrb@pacific.net orfax: 707-468-5615 In-dian preference ap-plies.

Full Time Caregiver,mental health facility.

PT Various shifts$8-$10/hr. 467-0911

Help Mendocino County youth stay in their community.

Looking for a couple/single adult to become a foster parent for 10 & 15

year old girls. Train-ing & extensive sup-

port provided. Sti-pend of up to $1500 per month to provide

a home to either girls. Both girls love

animals. Call (707)467-2000 ask for Wendy or email:

KennedyW@rcs4kids.org

HILLSIDE HEALTHCENTER

F/T licensed LVN Care ManagerLITTLE LAKE

HEALTH CENTERF/T licensed LVN or

Certified MedicalAssistant.

Competitive salary DOE great benefits!

Fax: 468-0793skenney@mchcinc.org

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Join the Merrymaidsfamily. M-F. Weekly pay. Drug testing & screening, valid US Drivers lic. & proof of ins. 463-1799

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HUMBOLDT SUPE-RIOR COURT JOB OPPORTUNITY:Cour troom Clerk I $2542-$3103/moDOQ + benefits 2 years min legal/court experience Pay in-creases due Oct.08/09. FBI/DOJ/ Background. App due by 5pm 12/07/07 For app & info 707-269-1206 or email HR@humboldtcourt.ca.gov

SR DEPT ANALYSTMendocino County.Current vacancy in Dept of Transporta-tion, Fiscal mgmt & supervision are pri-

mary responsibilities.$3955-$4808/Mo.BA in Finance or

Acctg. & 3-4 yrs exp.Apply by 11/21/07 to: HR Dept, 579

Low Gap Rd, Ukiah, CA 95482, w/TDD 800-735-2929, Ph:

(707) 463-4261.EOE. www.co.

mendocino.ca.us/hr

MENTALHEALTH

CLINICIAN I/IIMendocino County

HHSA/Mental Health Branch. I: $3768-

$4581/Mo. II: $4155-$5049/Mo. To per-form professional level counseling

services including managing cases,

initiating crisis man-agement, and con-

ducting therapy ses-sions. Possible Li-

censing hours avail-able. I: Requires li-

censure by the State of California as

LCSW or MFCC, master’s degree in social work and I:

one to two years II:two to three years of full-time work experi-

ence in a Mental Health setting. Apply

to: HR Dept, 579 Low Gap Rd. Ukiah,

CA 95482, (707) 463-4261, w/ TDD (800) 735-2929.

www.co.mendocino.ca.us/hr EOE

MOVIE EXTRAS needed! Earn up to $100-$300/day, all looks, types and ages. TV, FILM, PRINT. 800-340-8404, ext 2962

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HOME BUYERS CHECKLISTHere are some grooming hints to help you prepare your home for prospective buyers.

Outside Your Home• A New Coat of Paint...can work wonders for a weather-worn facade. Also check and updatewhere needed...shutters, gutters, wrought iron work, front stoop.Inspect roof and repair shingles if needed.

• The First Thing They See...is the front entry. Check woodwork and door for wear, peeling paint,blistering. See that doorbell is working. Polish brass and replace andunsightly mailbox. Check flooring and replace tiles or recarpet ifnecessary.

• The Lawn and Landscape...should be Well groomed and healthy looking. Hire landscapers orspend time grooming the lawn, shrubbery, garden areas. Also

inspect trees and remove any dead branches. Fencing should be ingood shape. Replace missing slats and repaint if necessary.

• The Garage and Driveway...can look unsightly with grease spots and clutter. After tidying upwhere needed, see that garage doors open easily.

• Patios and Pools...increase the value of your home...but can detract From the beauty ifnot maintained Well. Repair outdoor furniture if needed. Hose andclean pool. Store chemicals out of sight.

Inside Your HomeCheck the following for wear and tear; replace, repair or repaint torestore:• Windows and Screens

• Doors • Walls• Floors • Carpets• Light Fixtures • Switch plates• Plumbing • Appliances (those that will be sold with the home)

Clutter alert - Give your home a more spacious look by cleaning outcluttered areas:• Closets • Kitchen Cabinets• Bookcases and Shelves (built-in)• Attic • Basement• GarageAll areas of your home should have a ‘just cleaned’ look:• Kitchen • Bathrooms• Bedrooms • Den or Rec Room

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495-C East Perkins StreetUkiah, California 95482Business (707) 468-0463

Fax (707) 468-7968Each office is independently owned and operated.

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Sunday, November 11th, 1:30pm-2:30pm2501 Old River Rd. #37, Ukiah

Hosted by: Melissa Gribi, cell 391-3397• Fantastic, Well Maintained Mobile• 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath• 1440 +/- Sq.Ft.• Covered Patio with Large Yard

Open Houses &Featured Properties

Featured Property301 N. Barnes St., Ukiah

Offered by Lynne Grebil, cell 489-7450• Great Westside Location• Large 2500+/- Sq.Ft. 5 Bedroom, 3 Bath Home• Oversized 2 Car Garage with Shop/Storage

Area Attached• Spacious Master Suite with Separate On-

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Featured Property6 Cabana Ct., Ukiah

Offered by Lynne Grebil, cell 489-7450• Move-In Condition and Great Park Location• Spacious 1440+/- Sq.Ft., 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath• New Laminate Flooring and Fresh Interior Paint• Screened in Porch/Sunroom and Private Back

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Featured Property 657 N Bush St., Ukiah

Offered by Jeni Sobbizadeh & Lynne Grebil,Jeni’s cell 272-4557, Lynne’s cell 489-7450

• 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home in Westside Ukiah• Kitchen with Maple Cabinetry & Custom Tile Design,

Remodeled Bathrooms• Freshly Painted Living Room with Tile Floors, Formal

Dining Room, Family Room• Beautifully Landscaped Yard with Auto Sprinklers,

Fountain and Mature Trees

Hosted by: John Horne, cell 391-6650• Country Living in Redwood Valley• 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath 1878+/- Sq.Ft.• Park-Like Setting in Front and Back• Located at the End of a Cul-De-Sac

Hosted by: Jeni Sobbizadeh, cell 272-4557• Impressive Custom Built 3 Bed, 2 Bath Home• Gorgeous Vineyard and Mountain Views• Beautiful Kitchen with Granite Countertops and

Stainless Steel Appliances• Landscaped Yard, Slate Decking, Gated Entry

and Outside Lighting

Hosted by: Jeni Sobbizadeh, cell 272-4557• Sought After Rogina Heights Home• Beautifully Maintained 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath• Central Heat/Air, High Ceilings, Bright & Airy

Kitchen• Lovely Backyard with Room to Garden and a

Covered Patio Perfect for Entertaining

Hosted by: Richard Hurst, cell 478-8628• Great Starter Home!• 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 930+/- Sq.Ft.• Needs TLC but Offers Great Potential• Large Yards, Patio and Storage Shed

Hosted by: Richard Hurst, cell 478-8628• Impressive Home in Quiet Neighborhood• Low Maintenance Backyard• Huge 900+/-Sq.Ft. Shop with Gym and

Equipment Included• Great Home for Entertaining

Featured Properties

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Mechanic PositionDiesel engine exp.req'd. Welding exp.

pref. F/T + benef. Job description & applica-

tion avail. at 351 Franklin Ave. Willits

Or call 707-459-4845

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• Secretary• Employment and Training Worker I

• Employment and Training Worker III

For further info go to:www.mss.ca.govto: “Career Oppor-tunities” or call the Job line: (707)467-5866. Closes 11/30/07

Merchandiser.Reliable worker. To

set and merchandise products at home

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B-6- SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2007 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

Open HomesOPEN HOUSE, Sunday Nov. 11, 12-2:00pm

234 Garrett Drive, UkiahDirections: North on Bush St. to Garrett

Hostess: Pat Peaslee 489-3590“Best Price in Town”. Charming 3 bedroom with garage. Remodeledkitchen, new carpet, tile, central heat/air, newer roof and a cute whitepicket fence. Convenient location. You must see this! Price ReducedAgain. Now Only $264,000 G-4

463-2570320 So. State St., Ukiah

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.2150 Fawn Place

Directions: State Street, to Low Gap Rd., to Despina Dr.

Hostess: Glenys SimmonsDon’t Miss Seeing this Unique Tri-Level home! Gracious 4 Bdrm., 3Bath, 3400 sq. ft. home on a park-like 1.75 acre lot. Elegant livingroom with stone fireplace, large family room with built-in pine cabi-netry, sunny kitchen with oak floor and casual dining area, formal din-ing room with built-in cabinetry, wonderful master suite with openbeam ceiling and private deck, bonus room for office or hobbies. Lushgreen lawns, gardens and mature trees are part of the serene setting.$895,000

Les Ryan Realty • 468-0423495 E. Perkins • Ukiah

Featured PropertiesFeatured Property

1105 West Standley StreetDirections: Uva Drive to BelArbres to Ballou Terrace to Oman Road

Offered By: Patty McMillenCute 2 bedroom, 1 bath cottage style home on the Westsidewith a detached garage. Large master bedroom with slider tobackyard, hardwood floors throughout, brand new kitchen withgranite countertops. Excellent location! $299,000

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.1340 Sequoia Plaza

Directions: State Street, to Low Gap Rd., to Despina Dr.

Hostess: Glenys SimmonsCome See this spacious 4 Bdrm., 2.5 Bath, 3200 sq. ft. executivehome in El Dorado Estates. Tiled entry, sunken living room with tiledfireplace and coffered ceiling, wonderful den with built-in oak cabi-netry, family room has brick fireplace, oak floors & wet bar, formal din-ing room with oak parquet floor, large kitchen with built-in desk, newappliances, oak cabinets & casual dining area, laundry room andwrap-around deck for great outdoor living. All this on a 1.18 acre lotwith circle driveway and 2-car garage. $709,900

Les Ryan Realty • 468-0423495 E. Perkins • Ukiah

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 2:00pm-3:30pm26043 Maize Drive

Directions: Sherwood Rd., right on Daphne, right on Poppy, left on Maize

Host: Clint HanksCome and see this cozy A-frame home in the trees. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, anopen kitchen with lots of storage and a comfy living room that opens toyour private deck and don’t forget the extra storage room under thehouse. This home sits on two large lots that total .39 acres, both of whichare zoned R-2 for future development. Offered at $299,000

Les Ryan Realty • 468-0423495 E. Perkins • Ukiah

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 12:00pm-1:30pm24131 Azalea Street

Directions: Sherwood Rd. to Clover to Primrose left to Azalea

Host: Clint HanksSpacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in a lovely, private setting withnatural landscape. Bright and cheery kitchen that’s open to the diningarea and living room. This is a must see home. All fenced and hasstorage room. Offered at $299,000

Les Ryan Realty • 468-0423495 E. Perkins • Ukiah

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 1:30- 3:00pm2280 Road K

Directions: West Road exit to Road K, Follow almost to the end, take a left at the mailboxes, go to gate at end.

707-489-7720114 South School Street-Ukiah, CA

Hostess: Trudy Sellars-RamosBeautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home located at the end of Road K. Sittingon 1 acre completely fenced with a security gate. This home offers comfort, privacyand much more. Newer laminated wood floor in kitchen and newer appliances, sky-lights and ceiling fans throughout. Newer septic tank installed. Plenty of space for gar-dens and much more. Plus a 750 sq. ft. shop.$520,000

Selzer Realty • 467-3637

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Nov. 11th, 10:00am- 2:00pm1281 Sequoia Plaza

Directions: West Road exit to Road K, Follow almost to the end, take a left at the mailboxes, go to gate at end.

Hostess: Kellie LarsonGorgeous Spanish-style villa nestled on .61 acres in the prestigious ElDorado Estates. This well maintained 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom resi-dence spans across an impressive 2,480 sq. ft. of versatile living space.With exquisite attention to detail,. This stunning home features a largeopen kitchen, intimate dining area, open beam vaulted ceilings, solidwood doors, beautiful tile throughout, and arched doorways welcomeyou into every room. Surround yourself in the beautiful park-like settingwhile entertaining family and friends on the expansive decking or justrelax and enjoy a soak in the hot tub. $769,000

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104 Laws Ave. – Newly renovated 2bd., 1 ba. apt. equipped w/ newcarpet, inter ior paint , stove,dishwasher, and blinds; also includescovered parking and on-site laundryfacilities. $725/mo.

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1420 Knob Hill Rd. - 1 bd., 1 ba.cabin w/carport located in a woodedsetting in the Rogina Heights area.$675/mo.

157 E. Gobbi St. – Newly renovated1+ bd., 1 ba. home equipped with newcarpet, linoleum, interior paint, andalso includes a stove, refrigerator,washer, dryer, pellet stove and yard.$750/mo.

518 Railroad Ave. – 3 bd., 2 ba.home with a small yard and carport;conveniently located in downtownWillits. $900/mo.

214 Magnolia St. – 2bd., 1 ba. homeconveniently located close to parks,schools and shopping. It includes astove, refrigerator, dishwasher, yardand garage. $1000/mo.

12935 S. Highway 101 – 3 bd., 2 ba.home located in Hopland andincludes a stove, refr igerator,dishwasher, swamp cooler, yard andcarport. $1000/mo.

1310 Chateau Pl. - Expansive 4 bd.,2.5 ba. home w/ hardwood floors,newly remodeled kitchen w/ granitecountertops and newer appliances,also includes mature landscapedyards; located in El Dorado Estates.Must see! $1850/mo.

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On-line SalesPosition for high-traffic web site.This is for an independent

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Oral Surgeon Practice seeking F/T temp. dental assist.

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

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90 days. 984-8166

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Seeking Exp’d Professional Stylistfor new salon, open-ing in Jan. 468-3812

SHOPSUPERVISOR/LEAD

MECHANIC heavy duty diesel exp.

req’d. FT w/bene.Job application avail at 351 Franklin Ave,

Willits or call707-459-4845

TASTING ROOMP/T cashier/sales

rep. needed to work every other weekend.Fun job with benefits.

Winery, sales, res-taurant or bar exp.

pref. Wine apprecia-tion a must! Will train

right person. Don 707-744-1396

TEACHER P/T: M-F, 2:30-6:30p, F/T dur-ing summer. Social, recreational, educ.After School Program for young adults 11-12 w/special needs near Hilltop Mall. Pre-fer ECE or related units. Req: Valid CDL, good driving re-cord $14-16/hr, DOE w/bnfts. Resume to:resumes@arcofcc.org, Fax: 925-370-2048. ContraCos-taARC.org

Teacher: PointArena Schools:Science Teacher

Full time, 3 periods at Middle School, 2 pe-riods at high school (full benefits). Must have appropriate

teaching credential.$38,264-$49,469.Monday - Friday.

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TLC Child & Family Services

seeks 2 additional homes for Shelter

Care program Applicants need to

have at least 1 spare bdrm to house a child

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

support & respite.Need 1 or 2-parent

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

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

707-463-1100Lic#236800809

Ukiah Daily Journal590 S. School St.has a F/T opening

for District ManagerMust have clean DMV. Apply in

person - Circulation Department.

Ukiah Natural Foodshiring part-time posi-tions (cashier, stock-er, utility). Prefer abil-

ity to work various shifts (a.m. & p.m.) and weekends. We

offer a flexible sched-ule and great benefits

package. Apply @ 721 S. State St.,

Ukiah, CA 95482.

Ukiah residential childrens facility

is looking for caring,responsible individ-

uals to come join our team. Some exp. pre-ferred but not neces-sary. Will provide on

the job training. Start-ing sal. $12.12 hr.

403B, great benefits & vacation package.

Fax resume to 463-6957

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Is accepting applica-tions for the following permanent & on-call substitute position:

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Apply on-line at:www.uusd.net

Personnel Commission

1056 N. Bush St., Ukiah, CA 95482.

463-5205

UTILITYOPERATOR

(Water/Wastewater).Salary range:

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Utility Operator. The Utility Operator is a full working, journey level class perform-ing the full range of

tasks associated with the operations, including minor me-

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ment and machinery.The job announce-

ment listing benefits, qualifications and

educational require-ments and the city application can be obtained on our

website at www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us or

by calling the City of Healdsburg,Personnel Office,401 Grove Street,Healdsburg, CA

95448. Phone (707) 431-3322. Apply by 11/26/07, 5:00 PM.

EOE/AA/ADA.

UVAH is looking for a Rehabilitation Aide.

30+ hrs. wk.Mon.-Fri. Approx.7:30 am 3:30 pm.Skills Instructor

8am-4:30 pmExcel. benefits pkg.Training provided.

Apply at 990 S. Dora St.

Ukiah, CA.707-468-8824.

Lic. no. 236800643Youth Worker in

Willits. Teen crisis counseling, school

based activities.Work closely with

schools and co-work-ers. 35 hrs/wk. Bene-fited. Job description/

applicaiton:MCYP, 463-4915

140 CHILDCARE

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

between $185-$495.465 Luce Ave.

463-2273

QUALITY TIME play & learn has immedi-ate openings. Con-tact Silence at 462-

9569 Lic #230003608

200 SERVICESOFFERED

WORKING CON-TRACTOR with ex-tensive remodeling experience available for your projects.

459-9458

215 BUSINESSESFOR SALE

CAFE/DELI FOR SALE In Ukiah, turn-

key. Call 456-12394 to 10pm $45,000

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

1400sf office space.S. Orhard Ave.

All or part. Pricenegotiable. 468-9569

A quiet offc. dwntn.359 N. Oak, waiting rm., bus. ctr., kit.,

$400 incl util. 463-1081

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

Preschool & more - Available

immediately!500 to 1250 sq. ft

office, pre- school or clssrm space, from $1.25 a sq ft. Prior

uses: lic’d childcare, clssrms, after schl

prgrm & NPO office space. Ukiah United Methodist Church

462-3360, 489-4607.

SPACE FOR RENTApprox 800sf. Set up

for food service or remodel to suit. 1651 Talmage 462-4645SUITE OF OFFICES 4 offices + conf.,

A jewel in our crown.

$2040 incl. utils.OTHER OFFICES

340sf.$360mo.+dep390sf.$425mo.+depUtil & janitorial incl.

Very nice location, 468-5426

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

2BDRM. 1BA.No smoking, no pets.

No section 8.Nice area. 391-5256.

Available now1-1bdrm. Accessible at $580. 1-2bdrm at $734. F/T college

student preference.Apply at Community

Development Commission 1076 N.State St. Ukiah, Ca

Calpella - Two 2bdrm $800, No pets.Credit report & score

a must. Close to Elementary school.

485-0841

LEE KRAEMERPROPERTY MGMTSpacious 1bd1ba.

$750.POOL, LAUNDRY,

CARPORTSNo Section 8.

463-2134Mountanos Properties

Residential Rentals707-462-1840 x 195

PARK PLACE1 bd. $750, 2 bdr.$860 TH $1050.

Pool/garg. 462-5009

POTTER VALLEY1bd Main St

$650743-1624

Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $825.Also 1bd. $700. Ht.AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075

Se habla espanol.

WESTSIDELg. 2bd/1ba. Upstairs

Quiet/clean + AC.Exc. area. $925+

dep. N/S/P. 621-1936

B-8- SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2007 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

arbocci

an Housen

Trudy

Sellars-Ramos

Realtor

707-489-7720

$400,000

Two of Ukiah’s most prosperous businesses!

Ukiah Garden Café

This well known establishment has been an icon in Mendocino County for almost 45

years. The past nine years with new owners, has brought much success to the Perkins.

With the addition of dance floors, sound sys-tems and more, it is quickly becoming

Mendocino County's hottest nighttclub

50 + and still going strong! For the past 16 years this restaurant has grown leaps and bounds above the rest. Ukiah Garden Café is one of Ukiah’s pre-mier places to dine, whether it’s break-fast ,lunch ,dinner or a relaxing cocktail after work, you won’t be disappointed here.

$250,000

Perkins Street Lounge

Trudy Sellars-Ramos of Garbocci Van Housen Realty Presents:

114 S School Street, Ukiah CA

Business

Opportunities of a

Lifetime!

HOMES FOR RENT2 Bedrooms

$1400 ........2 bath, beautiful countrylocation, large yards,2 story, 2 car garage

3 Bedrooms$1,400.......1.5 bath, lovely home,

fenced yards, single cargarage, washer/dryerhook-ups

$1,400.......2 bath, garage,large yard with patio, New carpet

$2,600.......2 bath, brand newcustom home, 3 cargarage, beautiful views,many extras

All rents subject to discountfor timely payment.

For More Information & Applications:

Beverly Sanders Realty320 S. State St., Ukiah

(Corner of Clay & State)

707-462-5198

For More Information & Applications:

Beverly Sanders Realty320 S. State St., Ukiah

(Corner of Clay & State)707-462-5198

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

$685....Quiet studio, utilities included, 6 monthlease$740....Redwood Valley, studio, lots of privacy$785....2 bed, 1 bath, Cooper Ln.,water/sewer/garbage paid$785....2 bed, 1 bath, Ford St., water/garbagepaid$835....2 bed, 1 bath, laundry on-site,water/garbage paid$875....2 bed, 1 bath, washer and dryer included$900....1 bed, 1 bath, loft, fenced yard, pet ok,built in stereo$900....2 bed, 1 bath, Hopland, yard, remodeled$900....2, bed, 1 bath, Hopland, fireplace, w/dhook-up$1,200....2 bed, 1 bath, townhouse, deck,vineyard viewAll rents subject to discount for timely payment.

COMMERCIAL OFFICES$216....271 sq. ft., Gobbi, upstairs, new paint &carpet, A/C unit$216....584 sq. ft., Gobbi, upstairs, balcony, newpaint & carpet, A/C unit

Community kitchen and bathroom included.

320 DUPLEXES

2bd 1ba, Gar, yd.No pets. $900/mo.

Incl. Water & sewer.+ SD. 391-5852

330 HOMESFOR RENT

2BD/1BA 1 pet ok.Nice neighborhood.

$1100/mo. $800 sec.Avail 12/1 463-0808

2bd1ba. $1100/mo.Ready 12/1.Westside.

462-1901 lv. msg.

3bd 2 ba.$1800/mo.

On Golf Course462-6597

3bd 2ba only $763/ mo 5%dn, 20yrs at 8% apr! For listings

800-749-7901 xS622

3bd 2bth, $1700/mo.1bd $800. Exc

ref. req’d. 888-1418Rdwd Valley

495 Della Avenue,Willits Large 4bd., 2ba. home. $1200/

mo. Deposit &. credit check req'd. Open house Sat. & Sun.

11-3. (510) 910-6930

SWEET 3BD by schools & park. Pets

ok. Sep. studio $1400 Don 953-3837

W/side/Upscale2bd/2bth. 468-9003No Pets/No Smkng

350 ROOMSFOR RENT

Furn. Rm w/cbl/frg, kit priv, quiet indiv.

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

SLE FOR MEN, all included, $100 dep, $500 monthly. Call Phyll is @ 707-644-0272, Vallejo, CA Zip Code: 94591

370 WANTEDTO RENT

Handyman with daughter

seeking 2bdrm.391-7411

Single person look-ing for sml house to rent in Mendo. area.

Around $1000/mo.Cat friendly. Exc.ref’s. 485-4904

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

2200 s/f house in Rdwd Vly Shared

rent, plus bills: Prof.female. 485-6277

Large room in large house. $490 + $490 dep.util incl. 718-2110

Quiet roomate$400/mo. No S/P.

w/kitch & bthrm priv.Rdwd Vly. 485-5890

ROOM IN HOUSE.Quiet person. Util

incl. $500/mo + sec.490-7157

420 BOATS

Zodiac MK1.11 ft. ($400). Shore-line trailor. ($400).

15HP Yamaha. Elec.start. Hardley used.($1600). Total pkg.$2000. 468-5222,

391-3309

440 FURNITURE

2 sectionals. 1, 9’sleeper couch. The other 8’. $250 ea.Cash. 463-1545

CA KING BED &FRAME.

$60. Good cond.489-3344

MOTORIZEDRECLINER

with a lift. $250. Oakframed futon $250

463-0208Twin Palomino bed. With new

mattress & box spring. $150.

462-1805

450 WANTEDTO BUY

Wanted: Mini school-bus extend./hi. top van. Straight body,

clean & reliable. Will Pay $2K+- 485-1881

We recycle & pay for brass, stainless,

alum., radiators. TODAYbatteries $5 & up.Shiny

copper wire $2lbClean lead 40¢ lb.

707-583-5555

460 APPLIANCES

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

480 MISC.FOR SALE

4 barstools $40. Lea-ther barrel chr $50.

Collectable grandma clock $250. 485-5614

ESTATE SALE sofa, 2 bedrm sets, organ, washer/dryer, refrig,

hutch, misc 234-1011 Blue Lakes

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

Generator. 10,000KW Kubota. Diesel, water cooled, new.$4500. 468-8348

Hot Tub ‘07 DeluxeModel. Many jets.

Therapy seat.Warranty. Never

used. Can deliver.Worth $5700. Sell$1950 with new

cover. 707-766-8622

MOVING BOXESand wardrobes

FREE. You pick up 463-1293

480 MISC.FOR SALE

Leaded stained glss3-0 entry door w/ 12”

side lights. $500.4 interior pine drs,solid wood $100 ea.

70cc Eton Vipor Childs 4x4. $1000.‘07 Tahoe Fish&Skiused 7hrs, 350 V8 IO $32,800 or $9000 to take over payments.

1979 Ford 5yd,dump truck. 3208 CAT diesel, w/ ‘89

Zieman backhoe trail-er combo or sell sep-arate $15,000. ATV

trailer 6x10 w/ side & rear ramps. $1250.

485-7403, 489-5719

New cond. Invacare Pronto elect. wheel- chr. New $4100, now $2000/bo. 485-7323

PHOTOCalendars

T-ShirtsMousepads

MugsCreative Workshop759 S. State 468-0251

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

2 female 2 mo. old Lab. Shep.

mix puppies.Found in Willits.

Humane Society485-0123

Eng. Springer Span-iel Pups, liver/wht &

blk/wht. Tails docked, dc removed, 8 wks

@ 12/12/07. Parents AKC cert. M: $450 F:

$500 272-4426

Free McNab, 1 yr.Spayed, all shots.

Good natured. Needs work. 485-7567

GERMAN SHEP-HERD, female 11

months, looking forloving home,

spayed, all shots,$500 707-984-7246Mini - Schnauzers2 1/2 mos. Black.2 M. 2 F. $250 ea.Cute! 367-6344

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

JACK RUSSELL TERRIER puppies.1st shots & wormed.Adorable! $250, in FB. APRI Regis-tered Pugs, fawns & blacks, 1st shot & wormed. $500. 417-293-5157 or 417-293-5158.

SHIH TZU PUPPIES7wks old. Ready to go $500 1 M, 1F

485-8991

TOY FOX TERRI-ERS 8 wks old.M $350, F $400.

Blk/Wht 743-1640

510 LIVESTOCK

Quarter horse 1.5 yr old gelding. Non -papered. Ready to work. Good looking & shots. $2000 743-1390

590 GARAGESALES

BACK YARD SALEMisc. stuff. Clothes

Sat., Sun. & Mon. 8-4 225 Arlington Dr

Christmas, house-hold & misc. Nov. 10,

11, 17, 18, 9-5.951 East Gobbi St.

FREE GARAGE SALE SIGNS.

Realty World Selzer Realty. 350 E. Gobbi

Hopland Flea Mar-ket Every Sunday Rain or Shine! 8-4

Pulga en Hopland los Domingos.

SUNDAY ONLY7-2 1961 Elm St.,

Ukiah. Stove, wash-er/dryer, bed & misc.

610 REC VEHCAMPING

30FT TERRY Travel Trailer $1500 obo

call Mike(707)272-9797

630 AUTO PARTS &ACCESSORIES

4 (set) Firestone tires.16” w/rims, 6 lug nuts,

still gd. rubber. Gd. rub-ber. $200/bo. 463-8865

650 4X4'SFOR SALE

Chevy S10 1985Chassis with axles.

4x4. Automatic trans.$850. 485-5438

Eddie Bauer 01Limited Ford Explorer 96k mile, power ev-

erything, clean out/in, want 10k.

707-462-8347

660 VANSFOR SALE

Ford Econoline ‘94E250. Roof-rack,

inside tool rack, tow pkg, pwr wndws &

locks. 183K mi.$2800. 468-8348

Honda Odyssey ‘98.Exc. cond. 67K on new trans., $5850.468-4440 lv. mess.

Honda Odyssey EXmini-van. 4 dr. 1999, 165K mi. good cond.

$5700. 485-0770

Wanted: Mini school-bus extend./hi. top van. Straight body,

clean & reliable. Will Pay $2K+- 485-1881

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

GMCCREW-CAB 1996.2whl drive. $5500.

459-3353

680 CARSFOR SALE

CARS FROM $500!Police Impounds!

For listings.800-749-4260xC241

HONDA CIVIC DX2005. 5spd, 36.5k mi,

ex. cond. Asking $11,900. 961-1257

Volvo 960. 1997Auto., good cond.,

new tires, lthr, smog.114303K mi. $5500

462-4141

720 MOBILESFOR SALE

1998 30X14 BAY-SHORE mobilehome. Free, you

move. 650-619-4336

720 MOBILESFOR SALE

FREE STEAK DINNER

If you find better financing our

home/your land.LUV Homes Santa

Rosa. 707-588-2725

LOW TO NO DOWN!Owner financing!

Land/home options.30-yr. fixed. No cost construction loan.

LUV HOMES 707-588-2725

770 REAL ESTATE

3bd2ba Foreclosureonly $176K!

For listings 800-749-7901 x.R397

F.S.B.O. New Home in Redwood Valley.3bd 2 ba, 1/3 ac.$459k 485-7125

I’m still doing loans,purchasing & refin.Rates below under 6%

Larry WrightGolden Bear Mortgage

707-239-8080

New Price $550K3 places to live in!

11ac hillside toriver frt., fencing.

Blandford RE 391-7612

OPEN HOUSEBY OWNER

Lg. price reduction!Our Lose You SavingsNow asking $438,500some owner fin. poss

907 S. Oak UkiahSat. Sun.Mon. 10-2pmMove in ready - app 1/3 ac-city conven-ience with country feeling. Good west-side area-walk to schools, parks,

downtown & golf course-fresh paint in & out. 4 bd2ba. incl

basement, frplc, hdwd flrs, lg kit

w/new appl. Walk in pantry-din. rm. looks

out on deck, back yard, pool & fen. gar-den. RV pking. 2 car gar., carport & work-shop. Very private in

town home. Cell714-330-0129

770 REAL ESTATE

UNIQUE Loan Pro-grams tailor made to

your individual needs. Refi & Pur-chase. 100% Easy Qual. loans avail.!!

Details 877-567-5566

Westside Ukiah near park. 3 bed,

2 ba home w/2-car garage +shop on

Xlarge lot. Perfect cond. Remodeled in

2005. $395,000Call today! 462-7255

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THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2007 -B-9

NOTICE TO READERSThe Ukiah Daily Journal publishes home improvement andconstruction advertisements from companies andindividuals who have been licensed by the State ofCalifornia. We also publish advertisements from unlicensedcompanies and individuals.All licensed contractors are required by State Law to listtheir license number in advertisements offering theirservices. The law also states contractors performing workof improvements totaling $500 or more must be licensedby the State of California.Advertisements appearing in these columns without alicensed number indicate that the contractor or individualsare not licensed by the State of California. Furtherinformation can be obtained by contacting the ContractorsState License Board.

SERVICE DIRECTORYSERVICE DIRECTORYLANDSCAPING

CREEKSIDELANDSCAPE

License #624806 C27RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIALComplete Landscape Installation

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

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

Joe Morales(707) 744-1912

(707) 318-4480 cell

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

(707) 485-0810

HANDYMAN

Serving Ukiah,Redwood Valley,

Calpella &Willits.Work

Guaranteed

Escobar ServicesAll types of home repair,remodeling, construction,

window & door repair,carpentry & tile

Can fix almost anything.

Non-licensed contractor

HOME REPAIRCalMend

Home Repair• Electrical Ceiling fans, wall outlets, wall heaters (gas & electric), Dryer hookups• Carpentry• Plumbing• Satisfaction Guaranteed

Irv Manasse

Lic # 884022

707-456-9055707-337-8622 cell

DUMP RUNS

468-0853391-5052 cell

• Tractor work• Hauling• Clean up• Painting• Fences• Decks

TERMITE BUSINESS

From Covelo toGualala the most

trusted name in theTermite Business!

Call forappointment

485-7829License #OPR9138

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Your ONLY LocalNews Source.

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TREE TRIMMING

FRANCISCO’STree & GardenService

Yard WorkDump Runs

Tree Trimming Insured

467-3901

JOHNSONCONSTRUCTION

#460812

Days 489-8441Eves. 485-0731

ResidentialCommercial

PAINTING

40 years experienceFast, friendly service

Free estimatesSenior discounts

GUTTERSPREPAINTED

SEAMLESS GUTTERS

Aluminum • Copper • SteelLimited Lifetime Warranty**

OgeeGutter

CurvedFaceGutter

5 1/2” 5 1/2”4”

FasciaGutter

**To original owner.

462-2468Lic/Bonded 292494

FREE ESTIMATESCall the professionals

CA. Lic. #896930

NEW HOMES

The Modular AdvantagesOver Site Built and

Manufactured Homes:

CALL TO SEE A MODEL HOME

www.northcoastmodulars.comPhone: 707-485-7125

North Coast HomeInvestments Inc.

• Cost• Quality• Speed

HOME REPAIRS

Carpentry - Painting - PlumbingElectric Work - Tile WorkPavers & Cement Work

NOW OFFERING• Landscaping/Yard Work• Lawn Maintenance• Sprinkler Valve

HOME REPAIRS

ResidentialCommercial

Lic # 6178 • Insured

(707) 972-8633

ALVAREZ

CABINETS MASSAGEMedicineEnergyMassageMr. Terry Kulbeck564 S. Dora St., Ukiah

National Certified (ABMP)1 hr. $40 • 1 and a half hour $60DON’T WAIT FOR PAIN.Frequent massage helps

to keep you healthyMany Bodywork OptionsRelax Your Stress away

You Deserve It.Gift Certificates Available.Treat yourself Today(707) 391-8440

HANDYMAN

Free Estimates(951) 907-6822(707) 272-5792

Noe’s HandymanLic. #82955

• Concrete

• Tile

• Painting

• Drywall

• Door/Window Installation

• And much more!

TREE SERVICE

Full Service Tree CareLicensed • Insured

707-456-9355

Oakie TreeService

CLEANINGAll StarCleaningService

COMMERCIAL ANDRESIDENTIAL CLEANING

Specializing in• Move in/out• Post Construction• Extensive cleaning projects• Windows

707-463-1657707-391-9618

REFINISHINGFurniture and AntiqueRepair & Refinishing30+ years experience

LAQUER FINISHES& MORE

Dining Tables • ChairsDressers • Coffee TablesEntertainment Cabinets

FREE ESTIMATESWorkshop in Redwood Valley

Allen Strong707-485-0802

COUNTERTOPS

CL 856023

Bill & Craig707.467.3969

SOLID SURFACE &LAMINATE COUNTERTOPS2485 N. State St. • Ukiah

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LowPrices

2800 North State St. • Ukiah www.thurstonautoplaza.com1-866-2-THURSTON

(707) 462-8817

All vehicles subject to prior sale. All prices plus government fees andtaxes any finance charges and any dealer document preparation charge

of $55, and any emissions testing charge and CA tire fee.Sale ends 11/11/07.

HugeSelection

Huge Used Vehicle Closeout

04 Toyota Prius

#017614

$14,999

06 Buick LaCrosse#141550

$15,999

07 Toyota Camry

#658514

$20,999

Don’tPay More

HybridEconomyPrior Rental

05 Mercedes BenzC320

#574656

$28,999

05 Ford Focus#230386

$9,999

ZX4!Prior Rental

07 Dodge Nitro#528284

06 BMW 330i#R79046

$33,993

06 Dodge Grand Caravan#680037

$14,999

05 Lincoln LS#600521

$21,991

Midsize!Prior Rental Prior Rental

$19,999

Stylin’! 12KMiles!

06 Mazda 3s#502202

$16,999

06 Dodge Durango

#150242

$19,999

07 Chevy Silverado#152014

$20,999

00 Chevy Tahoe

#174455

$14,999

05 Toyota Camry

$15,999

06 Chrysler Sebring#102635

$11,999

07 Nissan Maxima#811724

$23,981

03 Hummer H2

$31,999

Mid-size

#0596104WD

Longbed!Prior RentalPrior Rental

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07 Chevy Silverado#145773

$25,999

05 Toyota Tundra#464852

$22,999

Prior Rental

06 Subaru ImprezaWRX#519736

$28,999

Prior Rental4WD

Crew!

RACY!

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Everywhere!

05 Pontiac Grand Am#101654

$10,999

07 Subaru Forester

#740435

$22,999

04 Honda Accord

#087910

$17,999

06 Toyota Land Cruiser#082187

$44,999

04 Ford Mustang#171889

$12,999

07 Chrysler 300 Touring

#724617

$23,999

06 Mazda 6S#M22540

$17,997

06 Toyota Tundra#474020

$21,99904 GMC Sierra

#126353

$16,596

SportyV6!

07 Chevy Impala

$14,999

#124882

Tricked Out2WD!

Prior Rental

05 Dodge Magnum#119940

$20,990

HemiPowered

RT

Gas SavingV6!

2004 Dodge Neon#583577

Economical!Prior Rental

$7,999

2006 ChevyTrailblazer

#101214

$21,991

4WD LS!

NiceLook!

Classy!

05 Chevy Corvette

#121213

$47,999

05 Honda Civic Hybrid#012044

$18,595

CleanBurning Gas

Saver

V6w/Leather

PeopleMover!

05 Ford Focus#257839

$9,999

Prior Rental ZX4!

05 Chevy Colorado#279941

$17,913

4WDZ71!

$36,999

07 Toyota Tundra#456469

05 Toyota Sienna

#254503

$19,999

Safe &Reliable! Prior Rental

07 Chevy Silverado#505021

$24,994

2WDXtra Cab!

05 PontiacGrand Prix

$11,999

#278414 Affordable!

06 Toyota Highlander#159820

$28,999

Prior Rental 4WD!

04 Ford F150#B03336

$17,999

FX4!

05 Mercury GrandMarquis

#637035

$16,996

LUXURY!

06 Toyota Corolla#743072

$14,999

Commuter!Prior Rental

#140151

$13,999

4WD

06 Suzuki GrandVitara#102554

$17,997

Prior Rental 4X4!

05 Chevy Silverado#262452

$29,999

04 Chevy Silverado#416944

$21,999

4WD CrewCab!

05 Ford Freestyle#A72215

$20,999

AWD

06 Buick Lucerne#160674

$19,999

02 Chevy Suburban

$21,999

4WDw/Low Miles#130283

05 Ford Focus

$11,991

ZX3!#10616505 Chevy Tahoe

#146380

$29,999

07 Toyota Highlander#203759

$25,999

02 Mazda Miata#221030

$12,999

Convertible!

03 GMC Envoy

#146741

05 Chrysler Town &Country

$16,996

#100843

03 Chevy Tahoe

$19,999

#111334 ManagerSpecial!

Prior Rental

$15,999

07 Pontiac GrandPrix

ConvertibleGTC!

$12,999

04 Chrysler Sebring#169887

#106921Prior Rental

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Limited4WD!

ThirdSeat!

4WDw/Moonroof!

Diesel!

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Prior RentalSave

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BlackBeauty!

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All WheelDrive!

ManualTrans!