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By SETH FREEDLANDThe Daily Journal

Mendocino County’s localRed Cross chapter is sufferingfrom volunteer fatigue and ashortage of bilingual helpersin the wake of the New Year’sstorms.

Despite peaking two weeksago, the flooding is still mak-ing its presence felt in homesacross the county. Red Crossofficials said some familieswill continue to learn thisweek that their homes werered-tagged as inhabitable orposing an “imminent danger.”

During the past two days,Red Cross volunteers havefound a few small neighbor-hoods of county residentswho do not speak English andwere unaware of help avail-able to them to rebuild theirhomes. Many of MendocinoCounty’s collection of thesefamilies reside in Hoplandalong the Highway 101 corri-dor.

Some of these familieswere concerned that contact-ing the Red Cross wouldbring a visit fromImmigration andNaturalization Services, saidRed Cross spokeswomanRose Nagy Ostrander.

“We are not political in anyway,” Ostrander said. “Wedon’t do that. If people needhelp, we provide help.”

Red Cross volunteers arenow meeting with those fami-lies to discover their needsand what services the organi-zation can provide.

As of last weekend, theRed Cross has spent at least$200,000 in Sonoma andMendocino counties. Thatfunding went to four RedCross shelters, paid for pre-scription medicines and paidfor motel and hotel costs forclients once shelters closed,among other expenditures.

Other Red Cross donationsfor Mendocino Countyinclude:

• Feeding 1,986 meals andsnacks

• Providing 73 clean-upkits, which include brooms,buckets and gloves

• Distributing 112 comfortkits, which include personalhygiene products such asshampoo and toothpaste

The Red Cross will contin-ue to follow up on requestcalls from both Sonoma andMendocino counties until thecalls stop coming in.

To help those affected bythe New Year’s storms, indi-viduals, organizations andbusinesses can make financialcontribution to the AmericanRed Cross Disaster ReliefFund by contacting 707-577-7600 or 1-800-HELP NOW,or online at www.sonoma-county.redcross.org.

Seth Freedland can bereached at udjsf@pacific.net.

Helps retireesafford health care

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S t a t eSen. WesChesb ro ,D-Arcata,introducedlegislationlast weekt h a twould con-tinue a

health care subsidy programfor retirees who live inMendocino County and otherrural areas of California with-out access to affordable healthcare alternatives.

Assemblywoman PattyBerg, D-Santa Rosa, signedon as a co-author to the bill.

Chesbro’s bill wouldextend until 2012 the subsi-dies received by about 7,000retirees on fixed incomes inCalifornia who have noaccess to affordable healthmaintenance organizations(HMOs) near their homes.Without the bill, the subsidywould end in 2008.

The Rural Health CareSubsidy Program is aimed atmaking health care costsmore equitable for thoseretirees who live in more iso-lated rural areas, and for avariety of reasons cannotmove to other areas.

Chesbro, a longtime advo-cate for the rights of retireesand the elderly, was also theauthor of the original legisla-tion that established the sub-sidy program. Under the plan,retirees living in areas with-out HMO access may receiveup to $500 annually in subsi-dies (or up to $75 monthlytoward Part B Medicare pre-mium costs).

“These people haveworked entire careers with thestate sometimes in the samerural area where they end upretiring,” Chesbro said. “Theyaren’t the ones who decidewhere affordable health carewill be located. Thereforethey shouldn’t pay a higherprice for basic health carethan any other state retiree.”

Press conferencescheduled todayover ‘alcopops’By STEVE GEISSINGERMediaNews GroupSacramento Bureau

SACRAMENTO - BayArea lawmakers and severaladvocacy groups plan to for-mally announce a lawsuit nextweek against the state overalleged lax regulation ofsweet, fruity “alcopops” thatmakes them available to teensin neighborhood stores,sources said Friday.

The lawsuit will claim thedrinks - such as Smirnoff Ice,Bacardi Silver and JackDaniel’s Original Hard Cola -have been misclassified asbeer under the state AlcoholicBeverage Control Act, accord-ing to plaintiffs’ documents,prepared for a news confer-ence today to be led byDemocratic Sens. LizFigueroa of Fremont andCarole Migden of SanFrancisco.

“Parents should be out-raged that these productsclearly target and reach under-age girls,” said J. Edward Hill,president of the American

Medical Association, in a pre-pared statement.

Officials at the stateDepartment of AlcoholicBeverage Control were notimmediately available forcomment on the lawsuit ormatching legislation lawmak-ers plan to introduce.

The state classificationallows alcopops - which con-tain distilled alcohol and areessentially a mixed drink in abottle - to be sold in 15,000additional retail outletsstatewide, mostly conve-nience stores in residentialneighborhoods, according toMothers Against Drunk

Driving of California andother groups.

Alcohol-control advocacyorganizations claim “the bev-erages are designed and mar-keted for entry-level drinkersthat an American MedicalAssociation survey shows arebeing aimed at teenagers, par-ticularly teenage girls.”

The AMA study indicated athird of all girls older than 12have tried alcopops. Sixty per-cent of teen girls who haveseen alcopops ads also havetried them.

Along with the lawsuit,Figueroa and Migden plan tointroduce legislation aimed at

re-classifying alcopops.The alcohol industry

attempted to head off suchefforts at the close of lastyear’s legislative session. Achange would, among otherthings, boost taxes onalcopops and therefore theoverall price.

The bill’s promoters saidthey were simply trying tobring California law into con-formity with federal regula-tions.

The governor vetoed thelegislation, after the stateAttorney General’s Office

Seniorsubsidyto berenewed

Chesbro

Groups to sue state over ‘booze for kids’

RedCross needshelp

AFTER THE FLOODS

City estimates$10,000 damage to bleachersBy BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

A fire broke out at AntonStadium Sunday morning damag-ing a portion of the main bleach-ers. Firefighters from the UkiahFire Department quickly extin-guished the flames before theycould spread to the rest of thestructure.

The fire was reported at 8:59a.m. by a local resident who waswalking his dog near the stadiumat the time.

One firefighter jumped thefence around the field and con-trolled the fire with a pressurizedwater extinguisher, while othersopened the gate. Once the gatewas open, a fire engine was usedto fully extinguish the flames,said Skipp Williams, acting cap-tain on scene. Firefighters cut outthe burned area to make sure thefire was fully extinguished.

The fire burned a hole in thewest side of the bleachers, beyondthe central stairs, and damaged a10 foot by 20 foot area around thefirst row of seating. The top ofone central beam appeared tohave burned, though not badly,and the storage area below thebleachers was damaged by fireand water.

Sage Sangiacomo, city com-munity services director, said thefire was caused by unauthorizedactivity and not by failing electri-cal components. There is nowiring running underneath thebleachers. Liquor bottles werefound near the site of the fire andSangiacomo called it “highly sus-picious.”

Williams said the exact causeof the fire was under investiga-tion.

Fire investigators estimate thecost of the damage at somewherebetween $5,000 and $10,000.Sangiacomo said the damagewould probably cost $10,000minimum to repair.

Sangiacomo said the city plansto repair the damage, but no for-mal plans will be made until thedamage is fully investigated bycity insurance investigators. Theyare expected to be in town some-time this week, said Sangiacomo.

Williams said the damage wasnot extensive, and that the stadi-um is safe to use as long as thedamaged area was roped off.

Fire at Anton Stadium

photo by Peter Armstrong

Ukiah firefighters work to subdue a small fire in the bleachers ofAnton Stadium Sunday.

Amy Wellnitz/TheDaily Journal

The fire damaged a lower section ofbleachers,seen hereMondaymorning,part of which had tobe cut away.

See FIRE, Page 16

See BOOZE, Page 16

U.S. helicoptercrashes in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) —A U.S. military helicoptercrashed north of the Iraqi cap-ital Monday — the thirdAmerican chopper to go downin 10 days — killing the twocrew members. A resident saidhe saw the smoke trail of amissile before the aircraftplunged to the ground.

The military said the AH-64 Apache was conducting acombat air patrol when it wentdown in an area “known forterrorist activity.” Officialssaid it was too early to deter-mine the cause of the crash,and the names of the dead sol-diers were not released.Apaches hold only a pilot anda co-pilot.

Video footage shot by APTelevision News in Mishahda,north of Baghdad, showedsmoke billowing from whatwas reported to be the crashsite. Helicopters circled near-by.

Two militant groupsclaimed they shot down thehelicopter. Neither claimcould be verified.

Inmate, 76, says heis too old and frailto be executed

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— The U.S. Supreme Courtrejected an appeal Mondayfrom a 76-year-old convictedkiller who argued that he wastoo old and feeble to be exe-cuted.

The ruling cleared the wayfor Clarence Ray Allen —legally blind, nearly deaf andin a wheelchair — to be exe-cuted by injection earlyTuesday for a triple murder heordered from behind bars tosilence witnesses to anotherkilling.

Allen, whose birthday wasMonday, stood to become theoldest person executed inCalifornia — and the second-oldest put to death nationally— since the Supreme Courtallowed capital punishment toresume in 1976.

He raised two claims neverbefore endorsed by the highcourt: that executing a frailold man would violate theU.S. Constitution’s ban oncruel and unusual punishment,and that the 23 years he spenton death row were unconstitu-tionally cruel as well.

The high court rejected allthree of his requests for a stayof execution, about 10 hoursbefore he was to be put todeath.

Bush: More mustbe done to ensureKing’s dream

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Bush hailed MartinLuther King Jr. Monday asone of the greatest Americanswho ever lived, but said moremust be done to ensure thathis dream of equality becomesa reality.

“At the dawn of this newcentury, America can be proudof the progress we have madetoward equality, but we allmust recognize we have moreto do,” Bush said during aMartin Luther King Jr. holi-

day celebration at theKennedy Center for thePerforming Arts. “The reasonto honor Martin Luther Kingis to remember his strength ofcharacter and his leadership,but also to remember theremaining work.”

Bush told the crowd at theannual “Let Freedom Ring”performance that Congressmust renew provisions of thelandmark 1965 Voting RightsAct that are set to expire nextyear. The president had previ-ously declined to support therenewal until last month, andthe crowd erupted in applausewhen Bush insisted that it berenewed.

Suicide motorbikedriver kills 20 inAfghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)— A suicide bomber drove amotorbike into a crowd at awrestling match in an Afghanborder town Monday, killing20 people. It was the thirddeadly bombing in a little over24 hours in the Taliban’s for-mer stronghold province ofKandahar.

The assault came shortlyafter a bomb targeted a truckconvoy of Afghan soldiers inKandahar city, killing fourpeople and wounding 16. OnSunday, a suicide car bomberin that southern provincialcapital killed a seniorCanadian diplomat and twoAfghan civilians.

The attack on the wrestlingmatch in Spinboldak was thebloodiest yet in a string of twodozen suicide bombings thepast four months. It is a rela-tively new tactic for militantshere and has stoked fears of anescalating siege of bloodyattacks like those in Iraq.

Earlier Monday, PresidentHamid Karzai warned thatAfghanistan could againbecome a staging post for ter-rorist strikes on Europe andAmerica if international sup-port wavers.

Russia and Chinajoin demands on Iran

LONDON (AP) —Moscow and Beijing joinedthe U.S. and its Europeanallies in demanding Mondaythat Iran fully suspend itsnuclear program, whileVladimir Putin held out hopefor a compromise, sayingTehran might agree to moveits uranium enrichment pro-gram to Russia.

China, Russia, France, theUnited States, Germany, andBritain expressed “seriousconcerns” about Iran’sresumption of small-scale ura-nium enrichment, Britain’sForeign Office said.

The powers stopped shortof referring the issue to theU.N. Security Council, whichcould impose sanctions,instead calling for an emer-gency board meeting of theInternational Atomic Energyon Feb. 2-3 to discuss theissue. The 35-nation IAEAboard could itself refer theissue to the Security Council.

The stepped up diplomaticactivity came nearly a weekafter Iran removed U.N. seals

at its main uranium enrich-

ment plant and resumedresearch on nuclear fuel aftera two-year hiatus.

Iraq commissionsays parliamentaryvote 99%valid

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) —Iraq’s electoral commissionruled Monday that more than99 percent of the ballots fromthe Dec. 15 parliamentaryelections are valid, openingthe way for a new governmentto start coming together.

Final election results havebeen delayed by fraud com-plaints mainly lodged by theSunni Arab minority, andgroups looking for a politicaledge in dealing with the ShiiteMuslim majority could stillmake further protests and holdup the naming of new leadersfor two or three months.

A U.S. Army AH-64Apache attack helicoptercrashed north of Baghdad,killing its two pilots. A bomb-ing aimed at a convoy ofAmerican police advisers inthe capital caused one death,while a car bomb killed five

policemen and a 6-year-old in

Muqdadiya, 60 miles north ofBaghdad.

Iraq’s electoral commissionannounced it was throwingout votes from 227 ballotboxes because of fraud, a tinypercentage — less than 1 per-cent — of the total vote thatshouldn’t affect the overallresults.

Gore raps Bush forNSA surveillance

WASHINGTON (AP) —Former Vice President AlGore called Monday for anindependent investigation ofPresident Bush’s domesticspying program, contendingthe president “repeatedly andinsistently” broke the law byeavesdropping on Americanswithout court approval.

Speaking on Martin LutherKing Jr.’s national holiday, theman who lost the 2000 presi-dential election to Bush wasinterrupted repeatedly byapplause as he called the anti-terrorism program “a threat tothe very structure of our gov-ernment.”

Gore charged that the

administration acted without

congressional authority andmade a “direct assault” on aspecial federal court thatauthorizes requests to eaves-drop on Americans. One judgeon the court resigned lastmonth, voicing concernsabout the National SecurityAgency’s surveillance of e-mails and phone calls.

A spokeswoman for theRepublican NationalCommittee, Tracey Schmitt,attacked Gore’s commentsshortly after address.

Research showsexercise helpsdelay dementia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) —Older people who exercisethree or more times a week areless likely to developAlzheimer’s and other typesof dementia, according to astudy that adds to the evidence

that staying active can help

keep the mind sharp.Researchers found that

healthy people who reportedexercising regularly had a 30to 40 percent lower risk ofdementia.

The study, publishedTuesday in the Annals ofInternal Medicine, reached noconclusions about whethercertain types of exercisehelped more than others, butresearchers said even lightactivity, such as walking,seemed to help.

Dr. Wayne McCormick, aUniversity of Washingtongeriatrician who was one ofthe study’s authors. “The sur-prising finding for us was thatit actually didn’t take much tohave this effect.”

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

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POLICE REPORTSThe following were

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

ARREST -- ThomasGorton, 55, of RedwoodValley, was arrested on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence on the 100 block ofOrchard Avenue at 1:29 a.m.,Saturday. Gorton was releasedafter being cited.

ARREST -- JamieCardenas, 49, of Talmage, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence onthe 200 block of EastStandley Street at 1:53 a.m.,Saturday. Cardenas wasreleased after being cited.

ARREST -- PaullenSeverenwalsh, 23, of Albion,was arrested on suspicion ofdriving under the influenceand probation violations onthe 200 block of East StandleyStreet at 2:02 a.m., Saturday.

ARREST -- JosephMichael Martin, 21, ofNavarro, was arrested on sus-picion of driving under theinfluence at 605 East PerkinsStreet at 2:02 a.m., Sunday.Martin was released after

being cited.ARREST -- Patrick Brian

Taylor, 41, of Ukiah, wasarrested on suspicion ofassault with a deadly weapon,penetration with a foreignobject, aiding and abetting arape, and battery of a custodi-al officer at 275 HospitalDrive at 8:13 a.m. Sunday.

CHP REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by the Califor-nia Highway Patrol:

ARREST -- DavidKephart, 32, of Ukiah, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence onRoute 101, North of PerkinsStreet, at 2:05 a.m. Saturday.

ARREST -- MelissaWilliams, 34, of Westport,was arrested on suspicion ofdriving under the influence onLittle Lake Road, West ofRoute 1, at 10:10 p.m.Saturday.

ARREST -- Jose Barbosa,23, of Ukiah, was arrested onsuspicion of driving under theinfluence on the corner ofMain Street and Perkins at1:33 a.m. Saturday.

ARREST -- BeverlyRisch, 62, of Willits, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-

ving under the influence onMuir Mill Road, West ofRoute 10, at 10:48 a.m.Sunday.

ARREST -- ChristopherWest, 18, of Ukiah, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence at thecorner of Hospital Drive andPerkins Street at 12:05 a.m.Monday.

COLLISION -- A two carcollision occurred at 5:30 a.m.Sunday on Simpson LaneWest of Georges Lane.

According to the policereport Maira Toscano, 18, ofFort Bragg was driving a 1997Mitsubishi MonteroWestbound on Simpson Lanebehind Jose Soria, driving a1987 Ford pickup, and pas-senger Francisco Gonzales.

Soria slowed and made aleft turn as Toscanoapproached from the rear topass him in the eastboundlane. Toscano collided withthe left front of Soria’s pickupand overturned.

Toscano had to be extractedfrom her car by Fort BraggFire Department personneland was transported toMendocino Coast Hospitalwith minor injuries. Soria andGonzales were unhurt.

Those arrested by law enforcementofficers are innocent until proven guilty.

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

CORRECTIONS• The Page 1 story “Felony

abuse charges filed againsthorse owner” Jan. 14 indicatesthat the appeal has beendelayed to accommodate theschedule of veterinarian PaulMichelsen. The delay wasactually caused by the county,which has rescheduled thehearing twice.

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

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KENNETH FREDERICK (MIKE) FARNSWORTH II

Funeral services forKenneth Frederick (MIKE)Farnsworth II will be heldon January 21, 2006 at 1PM, First PresbyterianChurch in Ukiah. Kenneth(Mike) passed away at hishome on Jan. 11, 2006.

Mike was born July 22,1935 in San Francisco andat the age of two his familymoved to Ukiah, when hisfather accepted the positionof Superintendent ofStandard Oil from SantaRosa to Brookings, OR.Mike attended local schools,graduating from high schoolin 1953 and then UC Daviswith a degree in

Agriculture. Starting abusiness as a sheep rancherwas his goal, but that quick-ly changed when the price ofwool went rock-bottom.Thanks to a job openingcreated by Ted EricksonJr., then AgriculturalCommissioner, Mike cameto work for the county as anagriculture inspector. Heworked for the AgricultureDept. for 37 years, retiringas a Deputy Sealer ofWeights and Measures.Mike’s favorite commentwas “the best part of my jobwas that when you have totest scales for accuracy eachyear, you get to come backand see old friends.” Alsothe many state employeesthat traveled with him,

made for wonderful friend-ship that have lasted intoretirement.

The highlight from thepast 30 years is that his fam-ily would go on vacation atLake Tahoe where theyrented the same cabin (for30 years). Mostly Mikeenjoyed dining at elaboraterestaurants, feeding slotmachines, entertainingincoming friend and rela-tives.

In retirement Mike hasenjoyed been a member ofthe Mendocino CountyRetires Assoc. AMCRE andhas held offices that supportthis group. He was justrecently elected by thecounty retiree to be theirrepresentative on the

County Retirement Board.He is survived by his wife

of 43 years, VernlynFarnsworth and their twochildren: KennethFarnsworth III of Willits,daughter Kathryn Harmonof Santa Rosa and son-in-law Michael Harmon, andgrandchildren Kaylee,Michael and Tyler. He isalso survived by his sisterBetty Scott, brother-in-lawBrad Scott and their twosons Christopher andMichael.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to theMendocino Co. Sheriff’sAssoc. Youth Program. TheEversole is in charge ofarrangements.

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ALANON: Family and friends of alco-holics; noon on Tuesdays, noon on Fridaysand 10:30 on Saturdays; Calvary BaptistChurch, 465 Luce Ave.; 463-1867 or 621-2721.Alcoholics Anonymous: Daily; call 462-7123, www.aaukiah.org.Breastfeeding Support Group: meets sec-ond Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to noonand fourth Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. tonoon; Mendocino County Public Health –WIC office, 1120 S. Dora; Tess O’Connell,472-2739.Celebrate Recovery: 12-step group;Fridays; issues include: codependency, sub-stance abuse, depression, eating disorders;Bible based, confidential; teacher/speakermeeting, 7 to 8 p.m.; men’s/women’s smallgroups, 8 to 9 p.m.; Ukiah Bible Church,2140 Arroyo Dr., Ukiah; Dale Higgins, 468-9255, or UBC at 462-0151.Childbirth classes: Learn about nutritionduring pregnancy , preparing for child-birthh, breastfeeding and infant safety.Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., 333 Laws Ave., inUkiah, 472-4603Council on Domestic Violence: SecondWednesday, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Public HealthDepartment, 1120 S. Dora St., ConferenceRoom 2, in Ukiah, 472-2699.DBSA: (Depression, Bipolar SupportAlliance), Support group meets in Willitsfirst Mondays at 1 p.m.; 300 Creekside, Apt.3; 456-1133. La Leche League: Breastfeeding group;meets second Tuesday, various times;Nursery Room at Presbyterian Church, cor-ner of S. Dora and W. Perkins; MargaretTurano, 468-9587.Look Good, Feel Better: A programoffered by the American Cancer Society for

women undergoing appearance related side-effects of cancer treatment; meets secondMonday of each month at 10 a.m.. Call 462-7642 to register.Multiple Sclerosis Self-help Group:People with multiple sclerosis can take onemore step toward ending effects of MS atthe Ukiah group; sponsored by the NationalMS Society; 7 p.m.; second Tuesday.Men’s Cancer Support Group: Asupport-ive place to share your cancer experience;second and fourth Wednesdays of eachmonth; 6 to 7:30 p.m.; at their new offices at590 S. Dora St.; Mendocino CancerResource Center; 467-3828.Narcotics Anonymous: Meetings through-out county; 485-9110.New Life Workshop: Do you need helpmanaging your weight? Noon to 1 p.m.Thursdays; Salvation Army, 714 A S. StateSt., Ukiah; 468-9577.Overeaters Anonymous: Mondays at 5:30p.m.; Thursdays at 5:30 p.m., Saturdays at11 a.m.; 741 S. Oak St.; 472-4747.Parkinson’s Support Group: Meets thirdThursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Brookside,1199 S. Dora.. Call Jeff at 485-6057.Sweet Success: The California Diabetesand Pregnancy Program; support for specialpregnancies in which women have diabetes;planning pregnancy or are pregnant, needextra support; 463-7527.Tantalizing Tuesdays: Evening events cov-ering various health and wellness topics.Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Full Circle,530 S. Main St., Ukiah. Visit www.fullcir-clewellness.org for‘calendar of events’ forinformation on specific event topics andteachers; and look for yellow fliers postedthroughout the community with the sched-ule of classes. T.O.P.S.: (Take off pounds sensibly): Meetsfrom 9:15 to 10:30 a.m., every Tuesday, atCalvary Baptist Church, 465 Luce Ave;Carolyn Madole, 463-0261. T.O.P.S.: Low-cost, non-profit group meets

every Tuesday at Autumn Leaves, 425 E.Gobbi St., in the community room. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Meeting is from6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.; Linda MacDonald,467-2391.T.O.P.S.: Every Thursday at WashingtonMutual Building community room, 700 S.State St.; meeting is from 8:30 to 10:30a.m.; it is a low-cost, weight-reduction sup-port group; call 462-4901 or 485-7801.T.O.P.S.: Every Friday at the MeadowsMobile Court clubhouse, 8686 East Road,Redwood Valley; weigh-in is from 9:30 to11 a.m.; meeting is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.;call 485-8260 or 485-1238.Ukiah Community Center Crisis Line:Need help? Call 463-help (4357) or 1 (800)575-help (4357).Ukiah Diabetes Education: The DiabetesEducation Group; 7 p.m.; second Monday;463-7698.Ukiah Valley Blood Center/BloodCenters of the Pacific: Mondays, 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 pm.;Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 620 Kings Ct.,Suite 110; make appointment, donate,schedule blood drive at workplace; 1 (888)393-GIVE.Weight-loss Surgery Support Group:Free, open to the public, Gastric ReductionDuodenal Switch (GRDS) support andinformation group; Central ValleyBariatrics; 1st Friday; 6 p.m.; Bartlett Hall,Ukiah Senior Center complex, 499 LeslieStreet, Ukiah; call Ruth Lorain at 485-0455;e-mail, letstalk@iwon.com.Women’s Cancer Support Group: A sup-portive place to share your cancer experi-ence; first and third Thursday of eachmonth; 6 to 7:30 p.m.; at their new offices at590 S. Dora St.; Mendocino CancerResource Center; 467-3828.If you – or the organization that you repre-sent – change a phone number, an address,or any information in this calendar, pleasecall at the Ukiah Daily Journal at 468-3520,or e-mail us at udjfeatures@pacific.net.

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Lead an activelife after surgery

DEAR DR. GOTT: I was pleased to read your col-umn today regarding the likelihood of developing asecond inguinal hernia even after surgery. I’m a 24-year-old woman who underwent surgery June 1 torepair a left inguinal hernia. Ive never heard of anotherwoman my age with such an ailment.

Before learning I had the hernia, I was quite active,and I’m absolutely dying to get back to my fitness rou-tine. Once my six weeks (post surgery) are up, I’meager to start phasing back to my favorite activities:hiking, jogging, running, paddling, English saddle rid-ing, cycling and abdominal exercises. I also used to liftweights (8 to 25 pounds) three to four days a week. Canyou offer advice on how to proceed safely with alifestyle I love? My doctor did opt to use mesh in mysurgery to lessen the likelihood of recurrence.

DEAR READER: Once your hernia has beenrepaired and the healing has taken place (about four tosix weeks), you should be able to engage in your pre-op exercise activities. However, before doing so, checkwith your surgeon. He or she best knows your case andmay have other suggestions.

To give you related information, I am sending you acopy of my Health Report “An Informed Approach toSurgery.” Other readers who would like a copy shouldsend a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Besure to mention the title.

I also recommend reading my book “Live Longer,Live Better,” which covers many common health con-ditions, such as hernias. It can be purchased directlyfrom the publisher by calling 800-605-7176, online atwww.quilldriverbooks.com, or from most major book-stores.

DEAR DR. GOTT: My father has just had surgeryto remove a growth on his penis that was cancerous. Itis believed that the cause was from not being circum-cised. I, too, have problems caused by not being cir-cumcised. My question is, what should I do? Is thistreatable with medication, or is surgery necessary? Ipray you can give me some guidance.

DEAR READER: Penile cancer is more common inmen who haven’t been circumcised than those whohave. If you are having difficulties, such as chronicinfection or cancer, you should see a urologist foradvice and treatment. Although adult circumcision isuncomfortable for several weeks after the surgery, itmay be your best option. Follow the specialist’s sug-gestions.

To give you related information, I am sending you acopy of my Health Report “Medical Specialists.” Otherreaders who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, POBox 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention thetitle.

Doctor Gott is a practicing physician and the authorof the new book “Live Longer, Live Better” (Quill DriverBooks, www.quilldriverbooks.com; 1-800-605-7176). Ifreaders would like to contact Dr. Gott, they may writehim through your newspaper or send their mail directlyto Dr. Gott c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl.,New York, NY 10016. However, if readers want torequest a newsletter, they should write to the Ohioaddress.

ASK DR. GOTTBy Peter H. Gott, MD

Every phase of your femalehormone journey is orches-trated by your core hormonalproduction team. Composedof eight key glandular mem-bers, each has her own job todo in the overall task of keep-ing your hormonal systembalanced. Whether gearing upfor menarche, activelycycling perimenopausal,menopausal or postmenopausal, each phase isbrought into being, carriedout and completed by thesemember glands. This isaccomplished as each glandmakes particular hormones --chemical messengers thattravel to receptor sitesthroughout your body. Theyare the biochemical directorsof your female body. In otherwords, these messengers andtheir interactions with yournervous system are how yourbody controls itself.

These hormones act tostimulate or retard functionsof the cells at their targetsites. For example, yourovaries make estrogens,

which are responsible for thesex characteristics that makeyou female, but when theyarrive at one of your targetorgans such as your brain,they help you think. Yourovaries and adrenal glandsmake progesterone, whichregulates your periods andalso stimulates bone cells toproduce bone. Your thyroidmakes thyroid hormone, thelevels of which control therate of growth of every cell inyour body. Hormones arevery potent substances: they

achieve their objectives invery small amounts. And theirobjectives are to stimulate thebody part to increase ordecrease its activity or toincrease of decrease produc-tion of another hormone.

The key to understandinghow this endocrine teamworks is that all its memberswork together. If productionfrom one gland is too high,another gland will calm itdown and if production is toolow, another backup glandwill help increase it. To bal-ance of your hormones,always keep in mind that theyare various parts of one sys-tem and this one system isaffected by many factors.

Come in then, to the deepcore of your body, and learnthe names of your productionteam, your eight primary hor-mone producers:

• Hypothalamus (located inyour brain, it regulates theother gonadal producers);

• Pituitary (often called themaster gland);

• Gonads (ovaries, uterus,

and mammary glands);• Adrenals (your stress reg-

ulators);• Thyroid (which controls

the rate at which your meta-bolic furnace burns);

• Parathyroid (which con-trols calcium levels in yourblood);

• Pancreas (in charge ofyour blood sugar);

• Liver (helps convert hor-mones into usable forms oreliminates them when levelsare too high).

Since these hormones pro-ducers work as a team, of onemember is out sick, otherstake over her jobs. That’swhy a blood test that indi-cates one low hormone leveldoesn’t tell you enough. Yourthyroid levels may be low, forexample, because your thy-roid got exhausted from sup-porting your ovaries, a com-mon occurrence for manywomen. The interplaybetween your thyroid, adrena-ls , ovaries and hypothala-

Get acquainted with your hormonal system

Pam Levin

By RICHARD ROSIERThe Daily Journal

Local counselor and psychotherapistHaven Logan recently published a new dietbook tailor made for Northern California:“The California Wine Country Diet.”

Billed as “the indulgent approach to man-aging your weight,” the book offers a viewon dieting that takes into account both thelogical, reasoning part of the mind and thecreative, child-like subconscious in anapproach Logan calls “conscious indul-gence.”

“We live in a world which works againstour having good healthy weight mainte-nance,” Logan said. “Primarily, theprocessed foods and the lack of physicalactivity that has occurred in the last 50 years.Each of us has to be conscious of what we’redoing. We can’t just rely upon going with theflow, or we’ll end up like most of us, withweight issues. I have a central concept in thebook called ‘conscious indulgence.’ I’mgoing to be talking about that at the booksigning at the Mendocino Book Company onJan. 25.”

Along with the concept of consciousindulgence, Logan’s book identifies sixmajor aspects involved in weight manage-ment: nutrition, physical activity, practicality,pleasure, relationships and variety. The firstthree relate to the conscious part of the brain,while the later three relate more to the emo-tional unconscious part of the mind.

Logan’s interest in weight managementtook root at a very early age, influenced byher father’s skills as a professional chef.

“My father was a gourmet cook,” Logansaid, “and he became head of General Foods

Kitchens. So he would bring home everynight different kinds of experimental foods totry out and I was his star guinea pig. So Igrew up with a really positive attitudetowards food.”

When Logan moved to MendocinoCounty she discovered health foods, includ-ing organically grown produce. She thenmoved on to Los Angeles and was introducedto the ‘diet culture.’After trying her first dietand falling into the yo-yo trap, she attained

her degree andher therapist’slicense and start-ed an eating dis-order program inMt. Diablo, inConcrord.

“I eventuallytook over andstarted a diet andexcersise pro-gram there, and afasting program,”Logan said. “Ithought I wasgoing to find thekey to this

weight issue. I didn’t. Eventually the pro-gram… closed down and I went into full-time private practice specializing in eatingdisorders and weight issues, and I have beendoing that really for the last 20 years.”

According to Logan, her first book,“Choosing to Be Well,” focused on a widerange of health issues, including weight, andthe question of why people don’t do whatthey know they should. “The CaliforniaWine Country Diet” grew out of that idea asa proactive approach that combines her loveof the food and wine found in California withthe psychological and social aspects shefound to be crucial in terms of long-term suc-cess.

“One of the wonderful things about basingthis program on the California cuisine andfresh locally grown food, when possibleorganic,” Logan said, “is that it is so deli-

Winter can be a challeng-ing time. The dark, cold andwet drive us indoors, and ourthoughts turn inward.Depression and fatigue arefelt more deeply and strongly

Depression is becomingmore prevalent. Periodic peri-ods of depression can affectanybody. Seasonal AffectDisorder, or “S.A.D.,” is atype of winter “blues” whichoccurs this time of year due tothe decreased sunlight hours.Symptoms of clinical depres-sion are varied, and includeirritability, low self-esteem,social withdrawal, mentaldullness, insomnia or hyper-somnia (excessive sleeping),lowered libido, hypochondria,sensory hallucinations, amongmany others. There arenumerous medications,whether prescribed, over thecounter or natural, which treatthis common disorder.Depression is considered pri-marily a psychological disor-der; however, patients withdepression often have patternsof physical and emotionalsymptoms coupled with theirmental disorder.

This article cannot fullycover the drug therapies avail-able to the depressed patient.For some, the choice is clear:they must take medication tofunction in the world.Although many of the drugsavailable for depression havea beneficial effect, long-term

use often has extreme unwant-ed “side” effects, and thesedrugs have proven to beaddicting. Like any pharma-ceutical drug, they would bebetter to be taken for a shortperiod to get through an acutestage, or after other meanshave been exhausted. Oncepast the acute point, and alsoas a supportive method, otherdrug-free practices and thera-pies, such as exercise, nutri-tion, and Chinese medicinecan be employed.

When you are depressed,exercise is not the easiestthing to do. In fact, nothingseems easy, except sleeping,moping and so on. However,studies have shown that aero-bic exercise, especially if per-

Aiding depression

New diet book by local author‘‘TThhee CCaall ii ffoorrnn iiaa WWiinnee CCoouunntt rryy DDiiee tt ’’

A View by the LakeBy Ross Lake

Haven Logan

See LAKE, Page 9

See DIET, Page 5

See HORMONES, Page 5

F O R U MEditor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 udj@pacific.net

4 – TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2006

The Ukiah Daily Journal

VIEWPOINTS

One key question hovers over Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger as he maneuvers to start his reelectioncampaign: Who is the real Arnold Schwarzenegger?

It's a question that can make or break his Novemberchances, because it is so closely tied to the issue ofpublic trust that rose up to bite Schwarzenegger in hisdisastrous special election last fall.

Is he the firmly pro-business governor who vetoedproposals to raise the minimum wage, echoing thestate Chamber of Commerce in calling any such plan a"job killer?" Or is he the governor who proposed a $1an hour increase in the minimum wage as this yearbegan?

Is Schwarzenegger the fellow who balanced lastyear's budget in part by upping fees for state collegesand universities enough to cost the average student$4,000 additional over four years? Or is he the guy thatvows lately not to raise those fees any further?

Is the real Arnold the candidate who pledged "nonew taxes" or the fellow who has actively contemplat-ed tax increases of various kinds to help finance a hugeinfrastructure bond issue?

Is the real Schwarzenegger the governor who madeRob Stutzman, one architect of the year-2000 ballotinitiative banning gay marriage, his communicationsdirector? Or is he the guy that last month appointedSusan Kennedy, an open lesbian "married" in aHawaiian ceremony, as his top aide?

Is he the braggadocious movie star who declaimedloudly in 2003 that he's so rich he'd never need to askanyone for campaign donations, or is he the unctuouspolitician who sets records for accepting campaigncontributions?

Those questions and many more give voters of allideological stripes plenty of reason to wonder aboutSchwarzenegger and his new attempt to cast himself asa centrist.

They wonder if his adopting organized labor's petcause of minimum wage increases means he's nolonger an ultraconservative who would use a ballot ini-tiative to try to stop labor unions from raising politicalmoney. Or if it's all just a masquerade designed strict-ly to co-opt some of the pet issues espoused byprospective reelection rivals. With him planning all thewhile to revert to his former self once safely reelected.

At the same time, many conservative Republicanswho invested millions of dollars backing his fourfailed "year of reform" ballot initiatives last fall won-der if the guy they backed then was the real Arnold, orif the more recent figure is the genuine article.

These questions leave voters uncertain what theymight get if they reelect Schwarzenegger and makehim answerable to no one because he will never needto face the voters again.

So it all comes down to trust. Plainly, conservativeRepublicans no longer fully trust the man they helpedelect. On the minimum wage proposal, right-wingblogger Steve Frank observed, "Once again, the guvgets the worst of the deal - the GOP is even more sus-picious of him and the Democrats see a very weak gov-ernor they can defeat."

The doubts give new importance to the near-conflu-ence of Schwarzenegger's dismal approval rating - 39percent in the most recent polls - and the actual per-centage of Republicans among the state's registeredvoters (37 percent at last report). Plainly, these figuresmean virtually all the governor's support in the surveyscame from Republicans, almost none from Democratsor independents.

How likely are his latest policy shifts to win backsubstantial numbers of union members and public edu-cation backers, both thoroughly alienated by hisNovember ballot measures? "Not enough," was theresponse from a skeptical Art Pulaski, head of theCalifornia Labor Federation, to the Schwarzeneggerminimum wage proposal.

How likely are teachers and parents of schoolkids toforget their tussles with Schwarzenegger over his bro-ken funding promises, just because he pledges not toraise college fees?

Plainly, Schwarzenegger counts on the unprincipledprinciple enunciated in the late 1970s by Tom Quinn,onetime campaign manager for then-Gov. JerryBrown: "You can pretty much do whatever you want inthe three years before an election year, because no onewill remember it at election time," Quinn said.

At the time, Quinn had never met consultants likeGarry South and Bob Mulholland, now working forDemocratic candidates Steve Westly and PhilAngelides. Both have elephant memories and longtrack records of effectively dredging up the long-agowords and acts of opponents.

No matter who wins the Democratic primary thisJune, their presence means voters can count on a floodof reminders about Schwarzenegger's long list ofinconsistencies and broken promises.

Which raises doubt about how much the governorcan achieve with his current squirming and shifting.

How the road department reacted

To the Editor:I need to clarify some things reported in

your Jan. 13 article. There was one situa-tion reported by anonymous citizens inMendocino County concerning a road wewere trying to protect from washing out. Itis true that the Army Corps of Engineershas said they may do some degree of inves-tigation as to whether or not we violatedany law. At this time I don’t know if anylaws were broken or if the emergencynature of the activities is allowable. I mostcertainly do not know if any laws were bro-ken in opening any of the 12 roads thatwere closed by the storm on December 30,31, 2005 and January 13, 2006. What Imeant to say was that the department’sadopted operating procedures could not befollowed as we normally do because of theoverwhelming amount of storm generatedslide material. In many cases largeamounts of wet material flowed across aroad in down the bank into a creek. It istrue that our crews worked late long hoursopening roads – at least one lane so peoplewould not be stranded and so emergencyvehicles could get through – but “passivepiles of natural sediment “were not “shovedinto creeks.” Rather, crews were instructedto do the best they could to open the roadwith incidental amounts slide materialsfalling into creeks as a result of there activ-ities in the worst part of that storm.Mendocino County Department ofTransportation staff worked 12 long days ina row without a break, took one day offthen back to work for another 6 days toreturn to damage sites and clear slides, putin place measures to minimize siltation andrestore the road system. Many of our staffvoluntarily canceled their vacations to dothis work.

It is true that we need to have a policydiscussion the resource agencies (ArmyCorps of Engineers-ACOE, Regional WaterQuality Control Board-RWQCB, andCalifornia Department of Fish and Game-CDF) about activities during storms so wecan do a better job. It is always good toevaluate an emergency response to seewhere you can improve. Also, your articleappeared to single out CDF as not under-standing the procedure. In fact, the policyof CDF is the most clear, and we were hav-ing better, very clear discussions with CDFstaff all through the storm event.

Howard N. Dashiell Mendocino County

Department of Transportation

Disgusted with DelbarTo the Editor:I am disgusted with Delbar’s arrogant

attitude and behavior using his office toplay. He should be out, out, out!

Ruth RiobergUkiah

Wants Hopland schoolopened sooner

To the Editor:We live in the Hopland area and our

boys’ school was damaged by the recentflooding. We have been sending childrenthere for the past seven years and believe itwould be an injustice to this community ifthis school were to remain closed. Theyoung children need a school in their ownneighborhood. With busing they will be onthe road for close to an hour daily. Childrenof this time are being asked to grow upmuch too fast and the younger ones need asmuch time at home “just being kids”as theycan get. My boys have written lettersexpressing their wishes. I will volunteer mytime if needed and believe there are manyother parents in this community who woulddo the same.

Rick CaporgnoHopland

It goes both waysTo the Editor:We have heard a lot about the “culture of

corruption” of the Republican party andthe unending reference to the “AbramhoffInvolvement.” It makes me wonder howmuch the Democrats will make of the“Pfeffer involvement” where a legislatorhas plead guilty to aiding and abettingbribery. No one has been charged with anyoffense with regard to knowing Abramhofflet alone pled guilty to any of the thingslevied against them but Nancy Pelosi andothers take great pleasure in painting theRepublican party as a “culture of corrup-tion” without any factual data. Well thePfeffer affair proves that what goes aroundcomes around to bite you. It is foolish totake a holier than thou attitude in politicsbecause it is very unbecoming in light offacts. If the Democrats expect to ride the“culture of corruption” into the electionsand hope it will taint the Republican partythey are going to loose steam quickly.Corruption is an equal opportunity fault

that resides in people, not political parties. Chas E. Moser

UkiahCorruption just part of thesystem?

To the Editor: I’ve been reading about the Abramoff-

Scanlon bribery and just plain chicaneryscandal, and though I should be appalled,I'm not. Corruption and political positionhave been bedfellows for as long as gov-ernments have existed and change seemsunlikely. After all, without scandals in thehalls of Congress, what would the media

have to excite us (death and disasteraside). Newspapers used to devote muchprint to the Society Page (where did it go?)telling us who dined at whose house, whoheld the party, and what transpired at thatbig church social ... and those were newsitems. But I digress.

When I first learned that the JusticeDepartment was going to investigate andthen vigorously prosecute the recipients ofAbramoff's largess, I applauded. But then,on second thought, what would be theresult if bribery were eliminated as one ofthe mainstays of Democracy? Corporatelobbyists would be emasculated. Specialinterest groups would be unable to get theirpet projects implemented. But most impor-tant, without the expectation of some extratax-free income, none but the most wealthyor the most corrupt would be willing tospend the money necessary to get elected.

Maybe we’d best let sleeping dogs lie. Robert M. Axt

Calpella

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In our opinion

We hope that whatever complaints stateor federal environmental agencies come upwith about how the county road departmentdid its job during the New Year floods, theywill keep them in perspective.

We think it’s a little too easy to Mondaymorning quarterback what some thinkshould have been done, when we were facedwith some of the worst flooding and stormson record.

When roads are being blocked with mudand debris or being washed out entirely, itseems to us that keeping roads open is thefirst priority, even if it means sending somemud into a creek.

A letter on today’s page from our county

director of transportation explains the num-ber of hours crews worked on the manyroads that were affected by storm damage.

We can just hear the complaints if some-one had died during the storms because anambulance, fire truck or other emergencyservice vehicle could not get through on acounty road.

Sure, there are important environmentalprocedures when working on roads any-where in California. But when storm wateris undercutting roads, when mud is buildingup and trees are coming down, we think it’sfar more important to think about the wel-fare of people first.

Road department did its best

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Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; SantaRosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa, 576-2297. Berg's field representative in Ukiahoffice located at 104 W. Church St, Ukiah,95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax number is463-5773. E-mail to:assemblymember.berg@assembly.ca.gov

Senator Wes Chesbro: State SenateDistrict 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375; FAX(916) 323-6958. Ukiah office is P.O. Box785, Ukiah, 95482, 468-8914, FAX 468-8931. District offices at 1040 Main St., Suite205, Napa, 94559, 224-1990, 50 D St., Suite120A, Santa Rosa, 95404, 576-2771, and317 3rd St., Suite 6, Eureka, 95501, 445-6508. Email: senator.chesbro@sen.ca.gov.

Mendocino County Supervisors:Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Watten-burger, 2nd District; Hal Wagenet, 3rd Dis-trict; Kendall Smith, 4th District; David Col-fax, 5th District. All can be reached by writ-ing to 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1090,Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221, FAX 463-4245.bos@co.mendocino.ca.us

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mus/pituitary are critical toachieving and maintaining abalanced hormonal state.

How do you know, then,when you have some symp-tom you think might berelated to your hormones,who on your team is out tolunch, who retired, who’sbeing lazy or who’s in needof being calmed down? Thefirst way is to become con-scious of your symptoms.This is not difficult to do,because you know how youfeel, and could no doubtrattle off a list of yoursymptoms if asked to do so.

Exerpted from “TheFemale Hormone Journey;Lifetime Care of YourHormones,” Copyright

2005 by Pamela Levin, R.N.Used by permission.Preview and purchase atwww.femalehormonejour-ney.com, Ukiah NaturalFoods and The MendocinoBook Company. She main-tains a private practice inUkiah. She can be reachedat 462 2217 or by email viafemalehormonejourney.com,perfectbones.com or nour-ishingcompany.com.

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cious. The allure of ‘Oh I wantto eat two bags of chips’ beginsto fade as you really appreciatethe wonderful food that we aresurrounded with.”

Logan was aided in writingthe book by local nutritionalexpert Sharon Stewart. Stewartis the consultant for the nutri-tional and exercise content ofthe book. A registered dietitian,Stewart received a Master’sDegree in nutrition and appliedphysiology from Columbia

University. She is a formerresearch dietitian at theStanford Center for Researchin Disease Prevention and atTufts University in Boston.She is coauthor of “DiabetesWeight Loss System” (asSharon Bortz) and author ofnumerous articles and pro-grams on nutrition, fitness, andweight loss. She has a privatepractice in Ukiah.

Logan will be involved inthree different events later thismonth. The first is a chance tomeet the author while enjoyingwine and crab cakes at theMendocino Wine Company --45070 Main St. in Mendocino

-- from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. onJan. 21, during the Crab andWine Days. The cost is $6 andincludes wine, crab cakes and alogo glass

The second event is a booksigning and author’s discus-sion of “practicing the art ofconscious indulgence” at theMendocino Book Co. -- 102 S.School St., in Ukiah -- onWednesday, Jan. 25 from 5:30

to 7 p.m. There will be wine aswell as appetizers fromPatrona Bistro and Wine Bar.

The third event is a celebra-tion dinner and Patrona Bistroand Wine Bar -- 130 W.Standley St., in Ukiah -- direct-ly following the book signingat the Mendocino Book Co.

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The Daily JournalPeggy Agnew and Karen

Poplawski will be celebrat-ing their move to a newoffice location with an openhouse on Friday, Jan. 20from 4 to 6 p.m. at the FullCircle Wellness ResourceCenter, 530 S. Main St., Ste.G, Ukiah. Poplawski andPeggy are both GuildCertified FeldenkraisPractitioners.

The Feldenkrais Methodis an innovative, educationalsystem that approacheshuman development and theimprovement of functioningthrough the medium ofphysical movement. It con-sists of two compelling andversatile applications:Awareness ThroughMovement, done in groups,and Functional Integration,an individualized hands-onpractice. Based on the sametheoretical ground, bothmodalities utilize the ner-vous system’s ability to self-organize towards moreeffective and intelligentaction. Some of the benefi-cial effects of this methodcan be greater ease of move-ment, more flexibility, betterposture and a greater senseof well-being.

Moshe Feldenkrais, thedeveloper of this method,was interested in humanpotential and improvingfunctioning at all levels. Hefound that by paying greatattention to how we move,we learn different and morebeneficial ways of moving.He also discovered there isno limit to the improvementof the human nervous sys-tem. The work is in the formof lessons that generally last45 minutes to an hour or 30minutes for children.

Agnew is also a regis-tered yoga teacher, teaching

at Yoga Mendocino andelsewhere in the county anda certified bones for lifeinstructor, a Feldenkraisbased method for improvingthe strength of bones. Inaddition to the FunctionalIntegration sessions, shewill be offering individualyoga sessions and Bones forLife lessons or any combi-nation of the above.

Poplawski is also an AnatBaniel Method forChildren(sm) practitioner(Based on the Work of Dr.Moshe Feldenkrais) andspecializes in working withchildren. She co-foundedthe Ukiah Free Children’sClinic with provides freeintroductory lessons to chil-dren with special needs. Thenext clinic will be held onSaturday, March 11.

Poplawski and Agnewteach Awareness ThroughMovement classes throughthe City of UkiahCommunity ServicesDepartment and will bestarting up new classes andworkshops. Two Saturdaymorning workshops onVision and Balance will beheld on Jan. 21 and 28. Twonew five week long sessionscalled Freeing the Head,Neck and Shoulders willbegin on Tuesdays andWednesdays on Jan. 24 and25. For more informationsee the City of UkiahActivities Brochure or callKaren or Peggy.

Join Poplawski andAgnew at Full Circle on Jan.20. Enjoy the refreshments,good company and learnmore about their work andwhat it could offer to youand/or your child.

For more information,contact Peggy at 743-1295or Karen at 462-6570 orvisit their Web site atwww.pacificsites.com/kpop

Open house to be heldfor Peggy Agnew and Karen Poplawski

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The Daily JournalNew Years resolutions

usually have something todo with losing weight, get-ting fit and for some cleans-ing our bodies of the toxinswe have accumulated fromlifestyle excesses and ourenvironment.

Detoxification is aprocess of cleansing, nour-ishing and resting the bodyfrom the inside out.Nutritionally based detoxifi-cation turns on and supportsthe body’s mechanisms formanaging and eliminatingtoxins and metabolic wastecreating greater health andvitality.

Other reasons tocleanse/detoxify are to pre-vent disease, reduce symp-toms, loss weight, clear skin,slow aging, improve flexi-bility, enhance the sensesand clear the way to our cre-ativity, motivation, produc-

tivity, relaxation, conscious-ness and spirituality.

The basics of detoxify-ing/cleansing will be dis-cussed as well as diet, herbs,supplements, lifestyle andtherapies that support thepathways of detoxification.Join me in exploring theexciting health benefits ofcleansing.

Kathy Fisette, masterherbalist and nutrition edu-cator, will be holding aworkshop on detoxifying forthe New Year as part ofTantalizing Tuesdays todayfrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., atFull Circle, 530 S. Main St.,Ukiah.

Visit www.fullcirclewell-ness.org for‘calendar ofevents’ for information onspecific event topics andteachers; and look for yel-low fliers posted throughoutthe community with theschedule of classes.

Detoxifying for the New Year

Kathy Fisette

By MICHAEL BARBAROThe New York Times

ANNAPOLIS, M.D. -- The MarylandLegislature passed a law on Thursday thatwould require Wal-Mart Stores to increasespending on employee health insurance,responding to growing criticism that Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employ-er, has skimped on benefits and shiftedhealth costs to state governments.

The Legislature’s move, which over-rode a veto by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich,came after a furious lobbying battle byWal-Mart and by labor and liberal groups,and is likely to encourage lawmakers indozens of other states who are consideringsimilar legislation aimed at Wal-Mart.

Many state legislatures have looked toMaryland as a test case, as they face fast-rising Medicaid costs, and Wal-Mart crit-ics say that too many of the retailer’semployees have been forced to turn to

Medicaid.Under the Maryland law, companies

with 10,000 or more employees in thestate must spend at least 8 percent of theirpayrolls on health insurance, or else paythe difference into a state Medicaid fund.

Wal-Mart said it would challenge thelaw in court, because it is close to that 8percent threshold already. Wal-Mart hasnot publicly divulged what it spends onhealth care.

But it was concerned enough about thebill to hire four firms to lobby theLegislature intensely over the last twomonths, and contributed at least $4,000 toEhrlich’s re-election campaign.

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mia Mastensaid “everyone should have access toaffordable health insurance, but this legis-lation does nothing to accomplish thisgoal.”

“This is about partisan politics,” she

said, “and this is poor public policy drivenby special interest groups.”

There are four companies in Marylandwith more than 10,000 employees but onlyWal-Mart now falls below the 8 percentthreshold for health care spending.

A Democratic lawmaker who spon-sored the legislation, state Sen. Gloria G.Lawlah, maintained: “This is not a Wal-Mart bill; it’s a Medicaid bill. This billsays to the conglomerates, ‘Don’t dumpthe employees that you refuse to insureinto our Medicaid systems.”’

Opponents of the law said that it wouldopen the door for broader state regulationof health care spending by private compa-nies and would send the message thatMaryland is anti-business.

But several lawmakers said that in theend, the law would require Wal-Mart tospend only slightly more than it does nowon health insurance.

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The Daily JournalUKIAH — Contra Costa

College came into Ukiah unde-feated in conference play, butthe Mendocino College Eaglestook advantage of a huge sec-ond half against Bay ValleyConference-leading ContraCosta Monday night.

The Eagles, trailing ContraCosta by three points at thehalf, dropped a 50-spot onCosta in the second half, nearlydoubling Contra Costa’s sec-ond-half score 50-28.Mendocino pulled away to a neasy 19-point victory, 81-62.

Jared Giammona scored 26points to lead MendocinoCollege, and dished out fiveassists.Steven Polanco pouredin an additional 17 points andthrew out six assists to histeammates. Joe Guastellascored a dozen points and accu-mulated seven assists. PaulEvans scored 10 points.

Ben Novak pulled down nineboards to take Mendocino’sgame-high rebounding total.Novak netted a pair of points aswell.

Greg Rogers grabbed eightrebounds., and Marcus Hansengrabbed six, while doublingRogers offensive output witheight points to his teammate’sfour. Will Rupe scored twopoints, and had five rebounds.

Contra-Costa’s top scorerswere Sandles and Williamswith 16 points each, and Joneswith 10.

Mendocino improved theirconference record to 4-2, mov-ing them into second-place inthe Bay Valley Conference. TheEagles trail both Contra Costaand Yuba — who defeated theEagles in a close road loss lastFriday. Yuba and Contra Costaare each 5-1 in conferencegames.

Mendocino College’s nextgame will be a home contestWednesday against Alameda.Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30p.m.

NBA BASKETBALL | WARRIORS 109, SONICS 93

Warriors golden at home against SonicsBy JANIE McCAULEYThe Associated Press

OAKLAND — Jason Richardson scored 26points to help the Golden State Warriors endtheir second five-game skid of the season witha 109-93 win over the Seattle SuperSonics onMonday.

Baron Davis had 25 points, 10 assists andnine rebounds two days after posting his fifthcareer triple-double with 24 points, 13 assistsand a career-high 11 rebounds in a 110-104home loss to the Lakers. The Warriors haven’thad a player record back-to-back triple-dou-bles since Wilt Chamberlain on March 7 and10, 1964, against the Los Angeles Lakers andBaltimore.

Mike Dunleavy added 22 points andMickael Pietrus 19 off the bench in his secondgame back after missing 23 games with asprained right knee. The Warriors avoided their

first six-game losing streak since last Jan. 21-Feb. 2 and their first since acquiring Davis atthe trading deadline last season.

Luke Ridnour had 18 points, 12 assists andeight rebounds and Damien Wilkins also had18, but the Sonics looked out of sync playingagain without suspended leading scorer RayAllen. He missed his third game to completehis penalty for fighting with Orlando’s KeyonDooling last Wednesday.

The Warriors used an 13-2 run late in thethird quarter to turn a close game into an 85-67lead and Golden State led comfortably the restof the way.

Nick Collison and Robert Swift each had 12points off the bench for Seattle, which came inallowing a league-high 105.3 points per gameand lost for the sixth time in seven games.

TENNIS | AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Serena struggles while Venus is sent packingBy JOHN PYEThe Associated Press

MELBOURNE — Serena Williamsconsoled her sister, telling Venus tolook at it this way: She gets to gohome. A few hours later, Serena wasalmost ready herself to start packingfor the long flight.

In danger of an early exit from theAustralian Open, defending championSerena Williams got a bit of a scare inthe second set before dispatching52nd-ranked Li Na of China.

Venus Williams had no such luck.The Wimbledon champion sprayed 65unforced errors Monday in her 2-6, 6-0, 9-7 first-round loss to Bulgaria’sTszvetana Pironkova.

Serena didn’t have it in her to watchthe match — she said it made her toonervous. Between their matches, how-ever, she offered Venus some comfort.

“I told her I was a bit envious thatshe gets to go home, so she couldcheer up,” Serena said. “She said’You’re not really envious’ and I’mlike, ’Nah’ — she laughed at least,”Serena added, laughing. “By no meansam I envious. I was just trying to gether to cheer up, that’s all. I don’t want

to go home.”Serena won 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2 and

maintained her record of never losingin the first round of a Grand Slam tour-nament.

After losing the tiebreaker in thesecond set, Serena was broken to openthe third. With Li ripping forehandwinners, Serena was two points fromfalling behind 2-0. Then the prospectof joining Venus on the sidelinessparked a resurgence.

“I just got angry that I was in the sit-uation,” Serena said.

Her victory meant Jennifer Capriatiremains the only woman to lose in thefirst round of her title defense at theAustralian Open. She won in 2002 andlost in the first round in ’03.

Serena, on a 15-match winningstreak at Melbourne Park after win-ning the title in 2003 and ’05 and skip-ping the ’04 tournament, will playCamille Pin in the next round.

Pironkova, an 18-year-oldBulgarian ranked No. 94 entering thetournament, will play American LauraGranville. She shrugged off her upsetof Venus Williams, whom she idolizedfrom matches on TV.

“It’s just one match that I won,”Pironkova said. “I don’t think I shouldcelebrate.”

Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport,2004 Wimbledon champion MariaSharapova and French Open winnerJustine Henin-Hardenne were amongthe 10 seeded women to advanceMonday. Six were ousted, includingNo. 9 Elena Dementieva in addition toNo. 10 Venus Williams.

Among the men, No. 2-seededAndy Roddick, his big serve produc-ing only seven aces, downed MichaelLammer of Switzerland 6-4, 6-2, 6-2in the first round. Masters Cup cham-pion David Nalbandian had some dif-ficulty before overcoming Thai quali-fier Danai Udomchoke 6-2, 6-2, 1-6,6-7 (4), 6-1.

Other men advancing were No. 7Ivan Ljubicic, No. 8 Gaston Gaudio,No. 11 David Ferrer, No. 13 RobbyGinepri, No. 17 Radek Stepanek, No.18 Mario Ancic and No. 20 JamesBlake. Taylor Dent, Carlos Moya andTim Henman were the major casual-ties.

If the seedings hold, Roddick getsNalbandian in the semifinals and top-

ranked Roger Federer in the final.More immediately, he faces SouthAfrica’s Wesley Moodie in the secondround. And Roddick can’t get compla-cent following his first-round exit atthe last U.S. Open.

Federer opens Tuesday against wildcard Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan,who is ranked 195th and playing in hisfirst top-tier event. Third-seededLleyton Hewitt, who lost last year’sfinal to Marat Safin, faces Robin Vikof the Czech Republic.

Also Tuesday, three-time AustralianOpen champion Martina Hingisresumes her comeback from retire-ment against Russia’s Vera Zvonareva.

No. 2 Kim Clijsters, the U.S. Openchampion, is to start against ChoYoon-jeong of South Korea, providedshe’s recovered sufficiently from a hipstrain that forced her from last week’stuneup tournament in Sydney.

No. 3 Amelie Mauresmo, who wonthe season-ending WTAChampionship last November, playsChina’s Sun Tiantian.

The tournament started with all of

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL | MENDOCINO 81, CONTRA COSTA 62

Mendocino makes easy win of CC

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Steven Polanco goes up for two of his 17 points Monday against Contra Costa.Polanco’s 17 was good enough for second on the Eagles.

Pomolitawins bigagainThe Daily Journal

Pomolita Middle School’sseventh-grade girls teamdefeated their Mountain VistaMiddle School counterparts42-18.

Cheyenne Garrett andTaylor Graham HelpedPomolita jump out to an earlylead. Garrett hit her first threeshots, and Graham netted herfirst two. Graham finishedwith 13 points.

McKenzie Manginorebounded, dished dimes, andscored to the tune of 10points. Kelly Steliga stolefour passes, and Elisa Vargasscored five points.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18JC MEN’S BASKETBALLBVC• Alameda College at Mendocino, 5:30 p.m.JC WOMEN’S BASKETBALLBVC• Solano College at Mendocino, 7:30 p.m.PREP BOYS BASKETBALLNon-league• V - Anderson Valley at Cloverdale, 7 p.m.PREP GIRLS BASKETBALLNon-league• V - Anderson Valley at Cloverdale, 5:30p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 17NBAPhoenix at Sacramento, 7 p.m. (10)COLLEGE BASKETBALLCharlotte at St. Joseph’s, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)Illinois at Indiana, 4 p.m. (ESPN)Kentucky at Georgia, 6 p.m. (ESPN)Louisville at St. John’s, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18NBA Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m. (ESPN)COLLEGE BASKETBALLUNC at Duke, 4 p.m. (ESPN)Wisconsin at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Seventh annualsports expo for girlsJan. 22 at MendocinoCollege

For all girls in grades twothrough eight, a free one-daysports sampler is being offeredby the Girls Scouts of KonoctiCouncil and Mendocino CollegeJan. 22 from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.at the Mendocino College gym inUkiah.

Girls of all skill levels can try avariety of sports and activities ina supportive, non-competitiveenvironment, learning from localcollege athletes and coaches.The emphasis will be on skillbuilding and teamwork. Girlsmust bring their own lunches andwater bottles, and snacks will beprovided.

If you would like to be part ofthis year’s fun, contact ConnieKrantman at 463-2888 or 1-800-764-7322 for more information orto pre-register.

South Ukiah LittleLeague sign ups startJan. 18

Sign ups for South Ukiah LittleLeague will be Jan. 18-19 from 6-8 p.m. at the Yokayo ElementarySchool cafeteria with one addi-tional sign up on Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m., also at the Yokayo cafete-ria.

All players parents need tobring all of the following: birth cer-tificate (no copies, no baptism orhospital certficates), current utili-ty bill, current driver’s license,and current car or home insur-ance for proof of residency.

The cost is $55 for each childregistering and $50 for eachadditional sibling.

There is also a $30 cash orcheck mandatory service depositwhich will be returned upon work-ing at the concession stand.

Players must be five years oldby April 30, 2006 and no olderthan 12 by April 30, 2006 to par-ticipate.

For more information, visit theSouth Ukiah Little League web-site at www.eteamz.com/SULL orcall 468-8800.

North Ukiah LittleLeague sign ups startJan. 18

Sign ups for North Ukiah LittleLeague will be Jan. 18-19 from 6-8 p.m. at the Yokayo ElementarySchool cafeteria with one addi-tional sign up on Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m., also at the Yokayo cafete-ria.

All players parents need tobring all of the following: birth cer-tificate (no copies, no baptism orhospital certficates), current utili-ty bill, current driver’s license,and current car or home insur-ance for proof of residency.

The cost is $55 for each childregistering and $50 for eachadditional sibling.

Players must be five years oldby April 30, 2006 and no olderthan 12 by April 30, 2006 to par-ticipate.

For more information on NorthUkiah Little League, call 468-4232.

Mendocino CollegeHOF Dinner tickets

The Mendocino College athleticdepartment will host its first Hallof Fame induction at theRedwood Valley Cellars winetasting room (7051 N. State St.,Redwood Valley) on Feb. 18.

The evening will begin with ano-host wine tasting at 6 p.m. Acatered dinner will follow at 7 andthe induction ceremony will beginpromptly at 8.

Tickets for the meal and cere-mony are $35 each and can bepurchased by contacting eitherAnna Daugherty or Skip Hunterin the college athletic office (468-3255 or 468-3165).

2006 Mendocino College Hall ofFame Inductees: special recogni-tion awards — coaches Ed Boyleand Dan Drew; athlete inductees— Rod Dockins, Jerry Ward,Rikki Hayes, Paul Cronin, AnneIbarra, John Gastineau, KurtEhmann, Dennis Willeford, JeffBurrell, Randy Sondag.

BAM Wrestling Clubtaking sign-ups

BAM Wrestling Club is accept-ing sign-ups for youth wrestlers.

Practices are held Wednesdayand Thursday nights from 6:30until roughly 8 p.m. Attend a prac-tice to sigh up. The registrationfee is $30.

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Olympicattentionon USAAmericansalready makingnewsBy NANCY ARMOURThe Associate Press

Bode Miller creates a stirevery time he opens hismouth, and sometimes whenhe doesn’t. Daron Rahlves isthe better U.S. skier at themoment after a big win lastweekend. And MichelleKwan has a place on the Turinteam — for now.

Even so, the early edge fora starring role in this year’sOlympic soap opera goes to,of all things, the skeletoncrew.

The Winter Games mightstill be a month away, but theAmericans aren’t lacking for

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the women’s top 10 playersfor only the second time in theOpen era. The perfect 10 last-ed only until the first after-noon.

Venus Williams, a five-time major winner, had 11winners and 10 errors in heropening set and won it in 36minutes. She missed a simpleoverhead in the opening gameof the second, and her gamewent downhill. She hit onlyfive clean winners in the sec-ond set and made 41 unforcedin the third, hoping to counterPironkova’s big forehand.

“I just seemed to get to apoint there, I just couldn’t pullmy game together,” saidWilliams, who was playingher first tour-level match sinceSeptember. “I don’t knowwhat happened. I just wasstruggling to keep the ball intoday. Obviously, she benefit-ed from my largesse.”

It was only the third time in34 Grand Slam tournamentsshe has lost in the first round.The previous time was the2001 French Open.

Davenport had no troubleagainst Australian wild cardCasey Dellacqua, winning 6-2, 6-1. Fourth-seededSharapova beat Germany’sSandra Kloesel by the samescore.

Sharapova, an Australiansemifinalist last year, said shewas not bothered by shoulderpain that sidelined her late lastseason.

Former Wimbledon semifi-nalist Jelena Dokic, in her firstAustralian Open since 2001,crumbled after thinking she’dwon in straight sets. Dokiccelebrated a forehand onmatch point at 6-5 in the sec-ond set, but it was overruledand called long. VirginieRazzano rallied to win 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1.

“I was already really happy,and then half an hour later Iwas the most disappointed,”Dokic said. “It puts you downmentally.”

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The Sonics played withoutforward Danny Fortson andcenter Vitaly Potapenko.Fortson (sore left knee) andPotapenko (lower back strain)did not travel.

Golden State has the“Radmanovic rules” for deal-ing with Seattle’s VladimirRadmanovic and keeping himfrom getting too many touch-es. He had no points in 11minutes in the first half andfinished with only eight.

The Warriors’ struggleswere beginning to wear onsecond-year coach MikeMontgomery, who worriedabout every defeat during his18 years at Stanford beforebolting for the NBA to coach afranchise that has now missed

the playoffs a league-worst 11straight years.

“Dealing with the negativi-ty,” Montgomery said, “itcomes from all directions, andit’s hard.”

Golden State made nine ofits first 14 shots to 4-for-13 bySeattle and the Warriorsjumped out to 7-0 and 20-9leads. They led 55-46 at half-time after forcing the Sonicsinto nine turnovers.

Davis and Ridnour had tobe separated 11.7 secondsbefore halftime after Davisintentionally made a hardswipe at Ridnour after thewhistle had blown for a foulagainst Davis, who thenreceived a technical.

Notes: Adonal Foylereturned to the Warriors’ start-ing lineup after being demot-ed to the bench for a Dec. 28against Boston in favor ofrookie Ike Diogu, who started

eight straight games. ... BothGolden State and Seattle havethree days off before playingagain Friday. Sonics coachBob Hill, 2-6 since takingover for the fired Bob Weissearlier this month, has a lightday of practice scheduledTuesday but plans to use thetime to keep working on histeam’s subpar defense. “Thisteam when I first got thereplayed defense with theirhands down — the worst I’veever seen,” Hill said. ... TheWarriors moved to .500 athome (10-10). ... The Warriorsdrew 20,011 and have broughtin 20,000 or more fans forthree straight games for thefirst time in franchise history.The two other opponents:Shaquille O’Neal and Miamiand Kobe Bryant and theLakers.

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headlines.“I would say, generally,

that bad publicity is betterthan no publicity at all,” saidDavid Wallechinsky, Olympichistorian and author of “TheComplete Book of the WinterOlympics.”

“With Michelle Kwan backin there, you’ve got some ofthe star power,” he saidMonday. “I don’t think thenegative publicity is reallygoing to detract. Once NBCstarts selling their version,their product, we will learnabout all sorts of athletes youhaven’t heard of yet, and thepublicity will be good.”

Winter Olympics — andthe athletes who participate inthem — have traditionallybeen overlooked. The gamesare far smaller than the sum-mer version, and they’re notnearly as universal. Peopleliving just about anywhere inthe world can go swimming orplay basketball, but it’s a goodbet only a tiny percentage inany country can say they’vetaken a ride on a luge.

So while the SummerGames might be on every-one’s calendar, people tend toforget there’s a WinterOlympics until the TV ads rollout in full force a few weeksbefore they begin.

It seems to be a little differ-ent this year, though.

“I think there is a greaterlevel of awareness and recog-nition of these athletes furtherout from the games thanwe’ve seen in the past,” saidDarryl Seibel, spokesman forthe U.S. Olympic Committee.“I think that phenomenonreally began before Salt LakeCity.”

Not only were the 2002Games in the United States,but they were held less thansix months after the Sept. 11attacks. Patriotism and spiritwere high, and fans wereeager to get behind anythingAmerican.

When the U.S. team set anational record with 34medals, shattering the previ-ous winter best of 13, the fren-zy grew.

“You move forward now to’05-06, and I think you’re see-ing a continuation of all ofthis, a continuation of therecognition of WinterOlympic athletes,” Seibelsaid. “I would also submit that

the stories you have, the sto-ries of athletes who are quali-fying for this team are very,very compelling stories.”

Good and bad.Anyone who’s paid any

attention to the news in recentweeks is on a first-name basiswith Bode by now. One of thebest American skiers ever, ifnot the best, Miller has landedon the covers of Time andNewsweek, but more for hisrenegade personality than hisskills on the mountain.

Miller routinely tests thepatience of ski officials andsponsors with his contentiouscomments, late-night habitsand refusal to play by therules. But the U.S. ski teamhad enough after he said dur-ing an interview on “60Minutes” that his partyingsometimes affected his perfor-mance, admitting that “there’sbeen times when I’ve been inreally tough shape at the topof the course.”

U.S. ski coach PhilMcNichol publicly questionedwhether Miller should stay onthe team, and U.S. Ski andSnowboard Association presi-dent and chief executive BillMarolt flew to Europe tospeak with Miller, who laterapologized.

Skeleton is still a fringesport, made up of thrillseekerswho slide headfirst down anicy chute with nothing but ahelmet to protect them. Itwould draw attention for a dayor two in most Olympic years,then slide back into oblivion.

But it’s been all over thenews for a month now, firstwith allegations of sexualharassment against the U.S.coach and then for a bizarredoping case that may have hadmore to do with enhancing anathlete’s head of hair than hisperformance.

Coach Tim Nardiello hasbeen suspended while theUSOC investigates the sexualharassment allegations madeby athletes — which he hasrepeatedly denied — but theU.S. Bobsled and SkeletonFederation went ahead andnominated him as its coach.He’s already taken his case forreinstatement to court andlost, and is now turned to anarbitrator.

Zach Lund, the topAmerican slider, was bustedfor taking Finasteride, the pri-mary ingredient in the bald-ness treatment Propecia thatalso is known to mask certainkinds of performance-enhanc-ing drugs. Lund says he was

using the drug to grow hair,not add bulk, and he didn’trealize a rules change last yearmade it illegal.

Lund is facing a suspensionand expects to go before theU.S. Anti-Doping Agency byJan. 23.

“If we had our preferences,of course we’d like all the sto-ries to be good, strong posi-tive stories,” Seibel said. “Buteven when we’ve had storiesthat are something other thanthat, I think the situations arebeing handled the right way.

“In less than a week, Bodeapologized for his comments,he took responsibility for hiscomments and his governingbody took decisive action,”Seibel said.

“If you move from that tothe skeleton situation,” hesaid, “they’re very seriousallegations and we immedi-ately upon learning all of thisinitiated an investigation.We’re treating this matter withthe highest priority, it’sreceiving our full and com-plete attention.”

And not all the news is bad.For all his bluster, Miller is

still one of the top skiers in theworld. Rahlves was the firstAmerican in more than adecade to win on the famedLauberhorn course last week-end, giving him his thirdWorld Cup downhill of theseason. The U.S. women’scurling team is so popular ithas its own website,www.curlgirls.com.

Kwan caused a brief buzzwith the should-she-or-shouldn’t-she debate, but fewwill argue with giving the iconone more shot at that elusiveOlympic gold. Especiallywhen she’s repeatedly saidshe’ll withdraw from the teamif a monitoring committeedoesn’t find she’s healthy orfit enough to compete.

And Sasha Cohen put onone of the better shows of hercareer to win her first nationaltitle, despite being knockedflat with the flu in the daysleading up to the competition.

“Publicity doesn’t have tobe perfect all the time,” saidTom Collins, the creator of theChampions on Ice tour. “Itdraws attention to the sport —the good, the bad and the ugly.A prime example is NancyKerrigan and Tonya Harding.There was nothing beautifulabout that. But the attentionon figure skating, there’llnever be attention like itagain.”

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Sally Rohan (front) and others participate in the Russula Hustle Sunday inRedwood Valley. The Russula Hustle is a two-four mile non-competitiverun/walk named after a type of mushroom.

Duke still No. 1, but it’snot unanimous anymoreBy JIM O’CONNELLThe Associated Press

Duke was still No. 1 in TheAssociated Press’ college bas-ketball poll Monday, as it hasbeen all season. This week,however, the Blue Devilsweren’t a unanimous choice.

One of three unbeatenteams in Division I, Duke (16-0) received all but one first-place vote from the 72-mem-ber national media panel. Theother No. 1 nod went to No. 2Florida (16-0) after a week inwhich 11 ranked teams lost,two of them twice.

Duke, which defeatedMaryland and Clemson lastweek, and Florida, which beatMississippi State and Auburn,held the top two spots for asecond straight poll.

John Kaltefleiter of TheAthens (Ga.) Banner-Heraldswitched his No. 1 vote fromDuke to Florida.

“I like Florida a lot and Ithought about it over theweekend after I saw quite a bitof the Duke-Clemson game,”Kaltefleiter said Monday. “Iknow the game was inClemson and Duke won by 10points, but Clemson gavethem fits in some areas. I’veseen Florida a lot and it issomething totally differentfrom last year as far as chem-istry is concerned.”

Florida, which lost its top

three scorers from last year’sSoutheastern Conferencetournament champions, start-ed the season unranked andhas climbed to No. 2 with alineup of one junior and foursophomores.

“There is no big man run-ning the floor right now aswell as Joakim Noah, and LeeHumphrey can shoot. He maynot be (Duke’s) J.J. Redickbut he can shoot,” Kaltefleitersaid. “This may be one ofBilly Donovan’s closest-knitteams as far as chemistry andI think Duke will lose beforethey do. Florida was very,very impressive. I thoughtthere would be more peoplewho would switch. I was sur-prised I was the only one.”

Arizona and Cincinnati, thetwo ranked teams to lose twogames last week, dropped outof the Top 25. They werereplaced by Syracuse andIowa, two schools which wereranked earlier in the season.

With Syracuse replacingCincinnati, the Big East stillhas six ranked teams, butIowa coming in gives the BigTen the same number.

Connecticut and Memphisboth moved up one spot fromlast week to third and fourth.Texas used its win overVillanova on Saturday to jumpfrom No. 8 to No. 5.

Gonzaga and Illinois held

sixth and seventh, respective-ly, while Villanova droppedfive spots to No. 8.

Pittsburgh (14-0), whichbeat DePaul and Louisvillelast week to remain the thirdunbeaten, and Washingtonboth jumped three spots toround out the top 10.

Michigan State was 11thand was followed by WestVirginia, Indiana, NorthCarolina State, Wisconsin,George Washington,Louisville, UCLA, Ohio Stateand Syracuse. BostonCollege, Maryland, Iowa,North Carolina and Oklahomawere the last five rankedteams.

Syracuse (15-2) entered theTop 25 on a 12-game winningstreak. The Orange were 16thin the preseason poll and wereranked for the two polls of theseason before losing consecu-tive games to Florida andBucknell, the latter at home.

Iowa (13-4) returned to therankings after a three-weekabsence. The Hawkeyes, whowere ranked as high as No. 12before falling out, have wonsix of their last seven gameswith the lone loss coming atWisconsin. Iowa handedIllinois its first loss of the sea-son in the stretch.

NFLWILD-CARD PLAYOFFSSaturday, Jan. 7Washington 17, Tampa Bay 10New England 28, Jacksonville 3Sunday, Jan. 8Carolina 23, New York Giants 0Pittsburgh 31, Cincinnati 17

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFSSaturday, Jan. 14Seattle 20, Washington 10Denver 27, New England 13Sunday, Jan. 15Pittsburgh 21, Indianapolis 18Carolina 29, Chicago 21

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPSSunday, Jan. 22Pittsburgh at Denver, 12 p.m. (CBS)Carolina at Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (FOX)

SUPER BOWLSunday, Feb. 5DetroitAFC champion vs. NFC champion, 3:30 p.m.(ABC)

PRO BOWLSunday, Feb. 12At HonoluluAFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ESPN)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBNew Jersey 19 15 .559 —Philadelphia 18 19 .486 2 1/2Boston 14 22 .389 6New York 13 23 .361 7Toronto 13 24 .351 7 1/2Southeast Division

W L Pct GBMiami 23 15 .605 —Washington 17 19 .472 5Orlando 13 22 .371 8 1/2Charlotte 11 27 .289 12Atlanta 9 26 .257 12 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 29 5 .853 —Cleveland 20 15 .571 9 1/2Indiana 20 15 .571 9 1/2Milwaukee 19 16 .543 10 1/2Chicago 15 21 .417 15

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 28 9 .757 —Dallas 27 10 .730 1Memphis 23 12 .657 4New Orleans 18 19 .486 10Houston 12 23 .343 15Northwest Division

W L Pct GBUtah 19 18 .514 —Minnesota 18 17 .514 —Denver 19 19 .500 1/2Seattle 15 22 .405 4Portland 13 24 .351 6Pacific Division

W L Pct GBPhoenix 24 12 .667 —L.A. Clippers 19 14 .576 3 1/2L.A. Lakers 20 17 .541 4 1/2Golden State 17 19 .472 7Sacramento 15 21 .417 9

Sunday’s GamesToronto 129, New York 103Sacramento 104, Orlando 100Portland 89, Cleveland 87Monday’s GamesWashington 104, Philadelphia 76New Orleans 107, Charlotte 92Minnesota 96, New York 90Denver at Chicago, 11 a.m.Houston at Atlanta, 11 a.m.Utah at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Indiana at New Jersey, 12:30 p.m.Seattle at Golden State, 1 p.m.San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m.Milwaukee at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Miami at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesToronto at Utah, 6 p.m.Phoenix at Sacramento, 7 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesDetroit at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m.New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Boston, 4:30 p.m.Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m.New York at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Dallas at Houston, 5:30 p.m.Milwaukee at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m.Toronto at Portland, 7 p.m.Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 28 10 7 63 161 139N.Y. Rangers 25 13 7 57 141 116New Jersey 22 18 5 49 132 135N.Y. Islanders 19 23 2 40 132 161Pittsburgh 11 25 9 31 126 180Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GAOttawa 30 10 3 63 179 104Buffalo 28 13 3 59 147 127Toronto 24 17 3 51 143 138Montreal 20 16 6 46 124 135

Boston 17 21 7 41 128 148Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GACarolina 30 10 4 64 163 137Atlanta 22 18 6 50 164 159Tampa Bay 22 19 3 47 131 137Florida 18 22 7 43 122 148Washington 14 24 5 33 119 168

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 30 12 3 63 168 120Nashville 28 12 5 61 144 131Chicago 15 25 5 35 118 159Columbus 15 28 2 32 105 159St. Louis 10 28 5 25 107 165Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GACalgary 26 14 5 57 120 114Colorado 26 17 3 55 171 146Vancouver 25 15 5 55 150 139Edmonton 24 16 5 53 151 141Minnesota 20 20 4 44 123 111Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GADallas 30 12 2 62 147 112Los Angeles 28 17 2 58 162 142Anaheim 19 16 9 47 127 125Phoenix 22 21 2 46 127 137San Jose 20 17 5 45 133 132

Two points for a win, one point for overtime lossor shootout loss.

Sunday’s GamesCarolina 4, St. Louis 2New Jersey 3, Chicago 2, SO

Nashville 5, Pittsburgh 4Monday’s GamesBoston 4, Anaheim 3, OTWashington at Phoenix, 1 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m.Dallas at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at San Jose, 5 p.m.Ottawa at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Buffalo at Edmonton, 6 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesCarolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.New Jersey at St. Louis, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Toronto at Colorado, 6 p.m.Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesDetroit at Columbus, 4 p.m.Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Atlanta at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueLOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms withINF-OF Chone Figgins on a three-year contractand OF Juan Rivera on a two-year contract.TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Traded RHP DanysBaez, RHP Lance Carter and a player to benamed to the Los Angeles Dodgers for RHPEdwin Jackson and LHP Chuck Tiffany.National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to termswith C Johnny Estrada on a one-year contract.CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with CJavier Valentin and OF Wily Mo Pena on one-year

contracts.PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms withOF-1B Craig Wilson on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALLNBA Developmental LeagueFORT WORTH FLYERS—Signed C-F NickSheppard. Waived F Brandon Robinson and GTurner Battle.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueGREEN BAY PACKERS—Named JeffJagodzinski offensive coordinator.Arena Football LeagueARIZONA RATTLERS—Signed L SebastianBarrie.COLORADO CRUSH—Signed L Jason Hardee.DALLAS DESPERADOS—Waived FB-LB JustinBrown.GEORGIA FORCE—Waived WR-LB TaqiyMuhammad and WR-DB Derrick Tatum.GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Signed WR-DBQuentin Ware-Bey. Waived WR-LB James Scottand K Brad Selent.LOS ANGELES AVENGERS—Signed WR-DBAntoine Burns.NASHVILLE KATS—Signed OS Rocco Forgioneand OS Alonzo Nix. Waived QB Juston Wood.NEW YORK DRAGONS—Waived WR-LB CecilMoore. Claimed WR-DB Taqiy Muhammad andWR-DB Derrick Tatum off waivers from Georgiaand QB Juston Wood off waivers from Nashville.ORLANDO PREDATORS—Signed WR-LB ScottCloman. Announced FB-LB Bam Morris has leftthe team.

Ukiah Women's 18-Hole Golf Club

Local lady golfers are invited to jointhe Ukiah Women’s 18-Hole GolfClub. Golfers hit the links everyTuesday. Those interested in joiningthe club may call Shirley Dietrick at485-5540.

NCRC Raceway R/C racing

NCRC hosts radio-controlled carracing on the third or fourth Sunday ofeach month at the Redwood EmpireFairgrounds (1055 N. State St.,Ukiah). Sign-ups start at 9 a.m.Racing starts at 11 a.m. sharp. Getthere early to set up.

NCRC hosts both road course andoval racing for novice to expert dri-vers.

For more information, call Eric at

462-9569.

Ukiah Community KarateKids program

The Sheriff’s Youth Activities Leagueis teaching free youth karate pro-grams at the Redwood Health Club(3101 S. State St., Ukiah) onWednesday nights and Sunday after-noons for ages 6 and older.

Interested parties can register at theclass and Sheriff’s Activities Leaguefees are $5 annually. Membership withthe Redwood Health Club is notrequired. For more information, callthe Sheriff’s Activities League voicemail at 468-4288, RHC at 468-0441 orchief instructor Mike Tobin at 354-0565 and leave your number.

Willits Community KarateKids program

The Sheriff’s Activities League is

also teaching free youth karate pro-grams at the Body Works Gym (1511S. Main St., Willits) on Monday andFriday nights for ages 6 and older.

Interested parties can register at theclass and Sheriff’s Activities Leaguefees are $5 annually. Membership withthe fitness club is not required. Formore information, call the Sheriff’sActivities League voice mail at 468-4288, Body Works at 459-0594 orchief instructor Mike Tobin at 354-0565 and leave your number.

Tiny Tigers kinderkarate

Tollow Dojo is hosting the weeklyTiny Tigers kinder karate course,which utilizes proven techniques toteach martial arts to children 4 to 6years old.

The class is held Saturdays from12:30-1:20 p.m. The first class is free.Call 463-1347 or 621-0714 to sign up.Tollow Dojo is located at 3001 S. StateSt., No. 4.

Willits boxing program

The Sheriff's Youth Activities League"Willits" Boxing Program is currentlymeeting at the Body Works Gym andMartial Arts Center (1511 Main St. inWillits) on Monday and Wednesdaynights at 7 p.m. in the aerobic room.

This program is free and open to thepublic. Ages 8 and above are encour-aged to participate.

For more information, call BodyWorks Gym at 459-0594. There is anannual $5 insurance/registration fee.

Boxers wanted

Boxing classes are offered byMendocino County Sheriff’s SAL andare ongoing at the Redwood HealthClub for all ages and levels. Autumnclass times are as follows: Tuesdaysat 5:30 p.m., Thursdays at 6:45 p.m.,and Fridays at 5 p.m.

Anyone interested in joining SAL

must fill out the necessary paperworkto become a SAL member and pay $5a year. Minors must have the formssigned by their parents. Please allow10 minutes before class to do this.

At the end of the summer, boxinghours will be extended so pleasecheck for further notice.

Rusty Bowl BMX

Bicycle motocross races are heldweekly at Rusty Bowl BMX, located atthe east end of Gobbi Street in Ukiah.

The American Bicycle Association-sanctioned races are held Saturdayswith sign-ups from 9:30-10:30 a.m.and racing immediately after.

For more information, call the RustyBowl hotline at 462-0249.

Ukiah Dolphin water polo

The Ukiah Dolphin water polo teamis now practicing every Wednesday at2:45 p.m. Practices are held at the

Ukiah High School pool duringDecember and January for the winterwater polo season and are open forstrong swimmers from 10-18 yearsold. Call Rick Cleland for more infor-mation at 463-1551.

To place an announcement in the“Community Sports Digest,” contactThe Ukiah Daily Journal SportsDepartment by phone at 468-3518.You may also mail your listing to 590S. School Street, Ukiah, Calif., 95482,e-mail it to udjsports@pacific.net, orfax it to us at 468-3544. Because the“Community Sports Digest” is a FREEservice, no guarantees can be madeon the frequency of a listing’s appear-ance in The Daily Journal. To assureyour event maximum publicity, pleasecontact either our classified (468-3535) or display advertising (468-3510) departments.

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formed in the morning, cansignificantly reduce the symp-toms of depression. Our brainuses 25 percent of the oxygenwe breathe. Walking outdoors,in fresh air, in nature gives ourlungs an opportunity toreplenish our oxygen, and ourblood to carry that oxygen toour brain and body. If you areable to find a quiet countryroad or trail, you nourish youreyes and nose as well. By tak-ing a walk in the morning, thebenefits of this exercise lastthroughout the entire day. Ifyou haven’t been exercising atall, ease into it at first. Startwith 5-10 minutes at first, andtry to work up to 30 minutes.You should just barely break asweat by the end of your walk.There is no need to prove any-thing or push yourself beyondyour limits, and set yourselfback.

Sometimes it isn’t a lack ofair, but rather somethingblocking circulation thatbrings us down. If you areable to do more exercise, theancient and effective tech-niques such as Tai Ji Quan, QiGong, and Yoga all offerexceptional methods for aid-ing circulation of air, bloodand fluids throughout thebody and mind. Blockagescan be mental, physical, emo-tional, social, marital, or occu-pational. We may not be com-fortable or happy in our rela-tionship, our job, or our socialsituation, finding ourselvesmore frustrated and angryrather than happy and ful-filled. However, we often can-not change others, but we maybe able to change ourselves.These techniques refresh thewhole person, mind, body andspirit. There are numerousclasses offered on these meth-

ods (see the newspaperConfluence around town). Ifyou don’t have the time tocommit to a class, there arevideos that can offer the verybasic techniques. With anyexercise technique, you maynot see immediate results. Tryto commit to exercising atleast five days weekly forthree weeks before seeingencouraging results.

Another avenue for helpingwith depression is nutrition.Breakfasts of donuts and cof-fee, a fast-food meal forlunch, and a huge meal fol-lowed by dessert at home fordinner is the nutritional pat-tern of our modern world.This burdens our body with anunbearable and heavy load oftoxicity, such that all we cando is try do detoxify our sys-tem. Over time, our digestiveand circulatory systemsbecome sluggish, and ourfood is not digested but elimi-nated directly or stored as fat.Our organs suffer a type ofdepression and fatigue, unableto function properly.

Some respond to the foodexcess in our culture by fol-lowing a starvation diet.Fasting, raw foods, juices, andcolonics can be effectivedetoxification techniques forextreme situations, or forshort-term (about three days)for ridding the body of toxici-ty. When relied on as a regularpart of life, they do not pro-vide adequate nutrition to astarved body. The result is thatyour system is in a constant

and unrelieved state of stress,putting a severe burden on theadrenals. Over time, theadrenals cannot provide theenergy needed, and break-downs occur, with depressiona common result.

The basis for any diet issimple, whether you sufferfrom mild or moderate depres-sion, fatigue, or anything else.Eating regular meals, at regu-lar times, three times daily isthe beginning. Overeating isstrictly forbidden, so whenyou get up from the table, youshouldn’t feel heavy or bloat-ed. Try to eat to 80 percentcapacity. Eat food that growsin the earth, not somethingthat was fabricated in a labo-ratory. (if the ingredients havenumbers in them, or if it is aword that you don’t know, itprobably came from a lab) Abalanced meal is one that isfreshly prepared and includesgrain, fresh vegetables, andmeat, beans or fish. After yourmeal, take a short walk (aDaoist recommendation is 100steps) to facilitate your diges-tion.

In the event that these exer-cise and nutritional techniquesare ineffective or unsatisfacto-ry, acupuncture and Chineseherbal medicine can help withthe symptoms of depression.Acupuncture is very effectivein opening the flow of Qi(vital life energy) through thebody and mind. There areacupuncture point combina-tions for treating all of thecommon symptoms of depres-

sion- irritability, mental dull-ness, insomnia or hypersom-nia, lowered libido,hypochondria, and fatigue,among others. The experienceof acupuncture is both ener-gizing and relaxing at thesame time, a welcomed com-bination for the depressedpatient. Usually, the effect ofacupuncture is felt immediate-ly, but may last only a fewdays. A course of three totwelve treatments may be nec-essary to achieve a lasting andsatisfying result.

Chinese herbal medicinecontains several hundred indi-vidual herbs combined in for-mulas from one to over 20ingredients. These formulasare subtler in their effect thanwestern medicines, with theirefficacy taking weeks ormonths to affect lastingchange. Like acupuncture,there are combinations thatcan relax irritability, inducesleep, increase libido andenergy, improve circulation,etc. These herbal medicinesare not addicting, and they

come from natural sources.The intention in usingacupuncture and Chineseherbal medicine is to treatboth the “branches (the symp-toms) and the roots (the caus-es) of the tree.”

One last aspect of depres-sion is will and intention. Inthe Winter, it is sometimesdifficult to summon thewillpower to get going in themorning, to initiate a newundertaking, to do much ofanything. Winter is an inwardtime, a time to sort through thepast year, and prepare for thenew one. It may be that these

ideas need to percolate, withour intent focusing on newinitiatives in Spring.

The analogy of the waterglass offers some insight intointent and depression. Theoptimist sees the glass as halffull; the pessimist sees it ashalf empty; the Daoist sees aglass with water in it. If wewant to heal anything in thisworld, it can start with intent.

Ross Lake is a licensedacupuncturist and herbalist.He practices and can bereached in Ukiah at 462-4448,in Willits at 459-2488, and viaemail atr6191960@yahoo.com.

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By LAURA MECOYThe Sacramento Bee

NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger, speakingthrough lips swollen from a motorcycleaccident a day earlier, announcedMonday that the budget plan he’ll unveiltoday will include $72.2 million toincrease enrollment in Medi-Cal andHealthy Families programs.

The governor said the money would bepart of a $1.2 billion increase in healthand human services spending he’llinclude in his $116 billion budget propos-al.

“There are more than 400,000 childrenthat are eligible for the Healthy Familiesprogram, and they are not enrolled yet,”he said at a clinic for women and chil-dren. “This is unacceptable.”

He said the money would be spent onincreasing public awareness and simpli-fying the process for enrolling andremaining in the low-cost and no-costhealth insurance programs for childrenfrom low-income families.

Healthcare consumer advocates calledthe governor’s proposal a “nice first step”but criticized Schwarzenegger for fallingshort of campaign promises to provideinsurance for all the state’s nearly900,000 uninsured children.

“For a governor with big ideas, hishealth proposals have been fairly smallsteps,” said Anthony Wright, HealthAccess executive director.

Schwarzenegger said expansion of theprogram was “something to look into, butlet’s first find the 400,000 and make surethat we sign everyone up.”

Assemblyman John Laird, D-SantaCruz and Assembly budget committeechairman, urged the governor to moveahead with expanding the program, say-ing it would cost less than $300 million toprovide coverage to all the state’s unin-

sured children.“For a relatively small amount of

money in the budget, we could be takinga big step that would actually providesavings over time, because kids will actu-ally be getting care,” Laird said.

Robert Ross, California Endowmentpresident and chief executive officer, saidinvesting in children’s health is just asimportant to the state’s future as the high-ways, school buildings and other publicworks for which the governor proposedspending $222 billion over the nextdecade.

“The governor outlined an aggressiveand bold vision for addressing the infra-structure needs of this state,” Ross said.“We are of the opinion that health careand investing in health care represents aportion of that infrastructure.”

But the governor’s vetoed a measurelast year, Assembly Bill 772, to expandenrollment in public health insurance pro-grams, saying it was financially unwork-able.

Children’s advocates are part of acoalition preparing petitions to fund chil-dren’s insurance and other health pro-grams with an additional $2.60-per-packtobacco tax. Schwarzenegger declined totake a position on their proposal Monday,saying he would wait to see if it qualifiesfor the ballot.

With state revenues on the rise, thegovernor is expected to unveil a marked-ly different budget today than the rela-tively austere spending plans of the lasttwo years. He’s already previewed budgetincreases of $4 billion for education, andhe’s expected to propose early repaymentof some bonds used to balance the state’sbudget in 2004.

But the $1.2 billion proposed increasein health and human services spending heannounced on Monday represents onlyabout a 4 percent increase in the $27 bil-lion being spent this year on those pro-grams, and it includes routine adjust-ments for inflation in huge programs likeMedi-Cal, the state’s insurance for thepoor. It’s also $800 million less than theincrease he proposed for those programslast year.

Advocates for welfare recipients saidthey’re expecting the governor to proposecuts in social services, including welfare.

“We are anticipating bad news in thebudget,” said Mike Herald, a WesternCenter on Law and Poverty attorney.

While others fretted about potentialcuts, Treasurer Phil Angelides held apress conference Monday to call forspending more on public works than the$222 billion the governor proposed.

“The governor’s plan does not increaseour rate of infrastructure investment,” theDemocratic gubernatorial candidate said.“It’s what we were going to do anyway,wrapped in a nice bow in a big package,with a nice soundstage behind it.”

By HOWARD W. FRENCHThe New York Times NewsService

FUYANG, China -- WhenJin Guilian's family tookhim to a county hospital inthis gritty industrial cityafter a jarring two-day busride during which he driftedin and out of consciousness,the doctors looked at himand said: “How dare you dothis to him? This man coulddie at any moment.”

The doctors' next ques-tion, though, was aboutmoney. How much wouldthe patient's family of peas-ants and migrant workers beable to pay -- up front -- tocare for Jin's failing heartand a festering arm that hadturned black?

The relatives scrapedtogether enough money forfour days in the hospital.But when Jin, 36, failed toimprove, they were forcedto move him to an unheatedand scantily equipped clinicon the outskirts of Fuyangwhere stray dogs wanderedthe grimy, unlighted halls.

China's economic reformshave turned a poor nationinto an increasingly prosper-ous one in the space of amere generation. But thecollapse of socialized medi-cine and staggering costincreases have opened ayawning gap between healthcare in cities and rural areas,where the former system offree clinics has disintegrat-ed.

In recent years China hasexperimented with reformsaimed at improving health

care for peasants. The mostimportant is an insuranceplan in which participatingfarmers must make an annu-al payment of a little morethan a dollar to gain eligibil-ity for basic treatments.Many peasants have com-plained that sum is too big aburden and that the coveragethe plan theoretically pro-vides is inadequate.

Since the early 1980s,China has shifted publichealth resources away fromrural areas and towardcities. The recent emphasison profit has led doctors andother well-trained healthworkers to abandon thecountryside, leaving manypeasants at the mercy ofunqualified caregivers andoutright charlatans

According to governmentestimates, a rural populationthat once enjoyed universal,if rudimentary, coverage hasbecome 79 percent withoutcoverage in less than a gen-eration.

The near-total absence ofadequate health care inmuch of the countryside hassown resentment among thepeasantry while helping tospread diseases like hepati-tis and tuberculosis andmaking China -- and theworld -- more vulnerable toSARS and possibly bird flu.

The government's failureto provide decent healthcare for peasants has rein-forced the idea of China astwo separate nations: oneurban and comfortable, theother rural and miserable.

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LOS ANGELES — MariaAltmann was still in bed when shegot the news she’s waited to hear forseven long years: Five preciousGustav Klimt paintings stolen fromher family by the Nazis nearly 60years ago will likely be returned toher.

Altmann, now 89, was awakenedby a phone call from her attorney at7:30 a.m. Monday with the goodnews — though she says she neverdoubted the high-profile case wouldgo in her favor in the end. The Klimtpaintings have been estimated to beworth at least $150 million and areconsidered national treasures byAustria, which considers them partof its national heritage.

“I tell you, frankly, I had a verygood feeling the last few days. I hada very positive feeling, thinkingthings will go all right,” saidAltmann, reached by telephone ather home in Los Angeles’ upscaleCheviot Hills neighborhood. “I’m

thrilled that it came to this end.”After years of legal wrangling, an

Austrian arbitration court ruledMonday that the country is legallyobligated to give the paintings by theAustrian art icon to Altmann, the heirof the family who owned thembefore the Nazis took over Austria in1938.

Though the court’s ruling is non-binding, both parties have previouslysaid they will abide by it, andAustria’s government is expected togive up the works of art that havebeen displayed for decades inVienna’s ornate Belvedere Castle.

Their return would represent thecostliest concession since Austriabegan returning valuable art objectslooted by the Nazis.

One of the disputed paintings —the oil and gold-encrusted portrait“Adele Bloch-Bauer I” — is price-less. Altmann is the niece of Bloch-Bauer, who died in 1925. The sub-ject’s family commissioned herfamous portrait and owned it, alongwith the four other Klimt paintings

disputed in the case.Altmann said Monday that she

remembers the paintings from herchildhood — as well as the bitterparade of events that ripped themfrom the family. The Nazis invadedAustria just months after she wasmarried at age 21 in December 1937,she said.

“Hitler invaded in March 1938and everything after that went down-hill,” said Altmann, as supportersand her attorney celebrated and field-ed press calls at her home. “My hus-band was in the concentration campand everything was taken — butmaterial values at the time didn’tmatter one bit. It was only after thatit did matter.”

Altmann’s attorney, E. RandolSchoenberg, said it was too early tosay exactly what would happen tothe paintings in light of the court’sruling. He said Altmann has four sib-lings — two in Vancouver, B.C., onein Montreal and one in Alamo, Calif.— who are also heirs with claims tothe artwork.

“We’re going to see how thingsplay out now. I don’t exactly knowwhat the next step is,” he said.“They’re going to have to decide thatcollectively and they haven’t madethat decision yet because it’s a littletoo early.”

The case stemmed from a 1998Austrian law that required federalmuseums to review their holdings forany works seized by the Nazis anddetermine whether they wereobtained without remuneration.

A formal announcement of thecourt decision, and Austrian govern-ment reaction, were expectedTuesday.

Lawyers for the two sides havefought since 1998 over rights to thefamed portrait and four other paint-ings — a lesser-known Bloch-Bauerportrait as well as “Apfelbaum”(“Apple Tree”),“Buchenwald/Birkenwald (“BeechForest/Birch Forest) and “Haeuser inUnterach am Attersee” (Houses inUnterach on Attersee Lake”).

The two sides began mediation inMarch, following a U.S. SupremeCourt decision that Altmann, aretired Beverly Hills clothing bou-tique operator, could sue the Austriangovernment.

After Bloch-Bauer died, the fivepictures remained in her family’spossession. Her husband fled toSwitzerland after the Nazis took overAustria. The pictures were then takenby the Nazis and the AustrianGallery was made the formal owner.

Attorneys for Austria have arguedAltmann’s aunt intended to give theworks to the Austrian Gallery.

Austria was among the most fer-vent supporters of Adolf Hitler. Butrecognition of the need for restitutionwas delayed because history bookslong depicted the country asGermany’s first victim, throughannexation in 1938.

Vienna was home to a vibrantJewish community of some 200,000before World War II. Today, it num-bers about 7,000.

Heir to looted Nazi art ‘thrilled’ to learn of decision

Dear Annie: My sister, “Nancy,” has beendating “Rob” for nearly eight months, and shebelieves they eventually will marry. My sib-lings and parents initially welcomed Rob intothe family, but in the last few weeks, we dis-covered that he has several felony and misde-meanor charges pending against him and twomisdemeanor convictions, all involvingforgery and passing bad checks.

Around the same time this informationcame to light, Nancy discovered that someonehad been opening credit accounts in her name.She first accused Rob, but he talked his wayout of it and she now believes he is innocent.However, the more we find out about Rob, themore afraid we are that he indeed is stealingfrom Nancy and will ruin her credit.

My family has tried to warn Nancy, but shebecomes defensive. Although she knows for afact that Rob used her debit card without per-mission, she has forgiven him and actuallyasked his forgiveness for accusing him of iden-

tity theft. Meanwhile, the rest of the family hasbanned him from our homes, fearful that hemay get access to our personal information andfinancial documents.

I am afraid that Rob will plunge Nancy intofinancial distress, but I also am concerned thatas long as she sticks with him, she will be iso-lated from the rest of the family. We know shehas to make this decision for herself, but isthere anything we can do to help? We’vealready given her information on identity theft,but she ignores it. Annie, we need your advice.-- Concerned Sister

Dear Sister: You already know that Nancyis not going to listen when it comes to Rob.

This is unfortunate, because he sounds like abad risk. However, isolating her from the fam-ily will not help matters, especially if some-thing nasty happens. You don’t have to wel-come Rob into your home in order to seeNancy. Please arrange to meet her for lunch orvisit at her place. We suspect she is going toneed you soon.

Dear Annie: My mother-in-law died threeyears ago, after being married to my father-in-law for over 50 years. Dad became completelylost when she passed, and since then, my hus-band and I have taken care of him. Don’t getme wrong. Dad, at 86, is active and loves to goout. We don’t mind having him around, but wefeel he needs companionship closer to his age.He is by himself all day, and we know he islonely and bored while we are at work.

I was wondering if you know of any ser-vices that could help him. -- Searching forPoppy’s Companion

Dear Searching: Most cities have socialprograms for seniors, and some even providetransportation. Try your local community cen-

ters, the YMCA, nearby churches or syna-gogues, and your Area Agency on Aging. Anddon’t forget about programs Dad might enjoythat are not necessarily age-related, such as thelocal health club, community choir, theatergroups and library events.

Dear Annie: This is for “Sober OnlyChild,” whose alcoholic, abusive fatherharangues her over the phone. Your advice tocontact Adult Children of Alcoholics wasexcellent, but on a more practical note, I wouldsuggest getting Caller ID.

I come from such an outlandishly dysfunc-tional family that we make the Osbournes looknormal. My life has been so much easier withCaller ID. If she doesn’t want to deal withDad, she just shouldn’t pick up the phonewhen he calls. Problem solved. -- LoveTechnology

Dear Love Tech: Thanks for the sugges-tion. Yes, Caller ID can solve a multitude ofproblems, but only if it is available in her area.You’d be surprised how many places do nothave it.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec. 21) -- Be of stoutheart if your financial affairshave been a bit out of sortslately. Material trends arebeginning to look quitehopeful once again and youshould be able to do some-thing of substance.

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ADVERTISEMENT OF SALENotice is hereby given that the undersigned intendsto sell the personal property and household itemsdescribed below to enforce a lien imposed on saidproperty under the CA. Self-Service Storage FacilityAct (Bus. & Prof. Code ss 21700-21716). Theundersigned will sell at public sale by competitive biddingon January 26, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. on the premiseswhere said property has been stored and which arelocated at Pete’s Mini Storage, 1404 S. State St.,County of Mendocino, Ukiah, CA. the following:Stephen Tylicki Hshld Items Unit #J-6Steve Cole Hshld Items Unit#T-2Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchasein cash. All purchased items sold as is, where is, andmust be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject tocancellation in the event of settlement between ownerand obligated party. Auctioneer: Douglas P. Carter, (707)468-8885 Bond #RED 1040197.

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Number are also described of record as follows:The Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of

Section 20, Township 17 North, Range 12 West,Mount Diablo Meridian. APN: 160-040-10.

(If street address or common designation ofproperty is shown in this notice, no warranty isgiven as to its completeness of correctness.)The total amount of the unpaid obligation, togetherwith reasonable estimate of the costs, expensesand advances at the time of the initial publication ofthis notice is $535,423.50. It is possible that at thetime of sale the opening bid may be less than thetotal indebtedness due.The sale will be made without covenant or warrantyregarding title, possession, or encumbrances tosatisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to

008-061-10,17/06

NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the GOVERNINGBOARD OF THE UKIAH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,OF THE COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, State ofCalifornia, will receive up to, but no later than, 3 PMFebruary 9, 2006, and will then publicly opened andread aloud at 925 North State Street, Ukiah, CA sealedbids for the POMOLITA MIDDLE SCHOOL 500 WINGAND GYMNASIUM LOCKER ROOM MODERNIZATIONPROJECT.Such bids shall be received at the District Office locatedat 925 North State Street, Ukiah, California.A non-mandatory bidders’ conference will be held onJanuary 19, 2006 at 3:00 PM for the purpose ofacquainting all prospective bidders with the bid documentsand the work site. It is highly recommended that allbidders attend this conference.The scope of the work includes:Renovation of the 500 wing building including windowreplacement, addition of covered walkway, completeinterior demolition and reconstruction and addition ofrestrooms.Renovation of Gymnasium locker room, lavatories, foyer,coaches and other support spaces delineated ondrawings.Demolition/Removal of modular structure delineatedon demolition plan as Girl’s Locker Room - Modular.Copies of the contract documents are available forexamination at the Ukiah Unified School District Officeof by contacting the architect, Alameida Architecture,1617 West Saxton Road, Sebastopol, (707) 824-1219,County of Sonoma, California, and my be obtainedby Contractors licensed by the California State Contractors’License Bureau, upon deposit of one hundred and fiftydollars ($150) per set from Santa Rosa Blueprint Service,375 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, CA.For additional information call the School District’s Architect- Alameida Architecture, Project Architect Donald R.Alameida (707) 824-1219.

002-061-3,10,17/06

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEOn January 26, 2006, at the hour of 10:00 AM, atthe main entrance to the Mendocino CountyCourthouse, located at 100 N. State Street, City ofUkiah, State of California, PRIME PACIFIC, acorporation, as Trustee will sell at a public auction,to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money ofthe United States, all payable at the time of sale,real property situated in the County of Mendocino,State of California, commonly known as 6701Elledge Ranch Road, Redwood Valley, California,and is more particularly described as follows:Parcel One, as numbered and designated upon theParcel Map of minor subdivision No. 49-58, filed forrecord July 16, 1986 in Map Case 2, Drawer 44,Page 69, Mendocino County Records.Tract Two: A non-exclusive easement for accessand public utilities purposes over the “60 footaccess and public utilities easement”, as shownand designated on the Parcel Map filed July 16,1986 in Map Case 2, Drawer 44, Page 69,Mendocino County Records.APN: 188-010-14(If a street adress or common designation ofproperty is shown in this notice, no warranty isgiven as to its completeness or correctness.)The total amount of unpaid obligation, together withreasonable estimate of the costs, expenses andadvances at the time of the initial publication of thisnotice is $122,834.95. It is possible that at the timeof sale the opening bid may be less than the totalindebtedness due.The sale will be made without covenant or warrantyregarding title, possession, or encumbrancces tosatisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant tothe power of the sale conferred in that certain Deedof Trust executed by RANDALL LEE ELLEDGE, anunmarried man, as Trustor, to RICHARD P.SELZER, as Trustee, for the benefit and security ofEXCHANGE BANK CUSTODIAN FORROSS LIBERTY IRA SEP.69003177354, asBeneficiary, dated April 19, 2005, and recordedApril 22, 2005, in Document No. 2005-08498,Official Records of Mendocino County, and saidproperty will be sold “as is” and no warranty orrepresentation is made concernint it’s presentcondition.NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER - YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATEDApril 19, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED ANEXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.PRIME PACIFIC was substituted as a trustee underthat certain document recorded September 22,2005, in Document No. 2005-20698, OfficialRecords of Mendocino County.The address and telephone number of the trusteeis: PRIME PACIFIC, Post Office Box 177, 445 NorthState Street, Ukiah, California, 95482; Telephone:(707) 468-5300.Notice of Default and election to sell the describedreal property under the mentioned deed of trustwas recorded on September 22, 2005, inDocument No. 2005-20699, Official Records ofMendocino County.The name, address, and telephone number of theBeneficiary (or Beneficiary’s agent) at whoserequest this sale is to be conducted is: SelzerHome Loans, 350 E. Gobbi Street, Ukiah, CA95482, (707) 462-4000.Dated: December 28, 2005PRIME PACIFIC, INC./s/MARY MORRISMary Morris, President - TrusteeNo. S-05-24F

001-061-3,10,17/06

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEOn January 25, 2005 at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at themain entrance to the Mendocino County Courthouse,located at 100 North State Street in Ukiah, City of Ukiah,PRIME PACIFIC, a corporation, as Trustee will sell atpublic auction, to the highest bidder for cash in lawfulmoney of the United States, all payable at the timeof sale, real property situated in the County of Mendocino,State of California, commonly known as 1521Talmage Court, Ukiah, California 95482, and is moreparticularly described as follows:Lot Thirty Two as numbered and designated upon themap entitled “Survey and Map of the Talmage CourtSubdivision Mendocino County, California”, now on filein the Office of the County Recorder of the County ofMendocino, State of California. APN: 181-133-10-00(If a street address or common designation of propertyis shown in this notice, no warranty is given as to itscompleteness or correctness.)The total amount of the unpaid obligation, togetherwith reasonable estimate of the costs, expenses andadvances at the time of the initial publication of thisnotice is $53,484.88. It is possible that at the time ofsale the opening bid may be less than the totalindebtedness due.The sale will be made without covenant or warrantyregarding title, possession, or encumbrances to satisfythe obligation secured by and pursuant to the powerof the sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executedby JAMES BELDEN as Trustor, to FIRST AMERICANTITLE COMPANY, a California corporation, asTrustee, for the benefit and security of JOHNBELDEN, as Beneficiary, dated NOVEMBER 15, 2000,and recorded MARCH 14, 2001, in Document No. 2001-04321, Official Records of Mendocino County, and saidproperty will be sold “as is” and no warranty orrepresentation is made concerning its presentcondition.NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER - YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATEDNOVEMBER 15, 2000. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTIONTO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, OU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.PRIME PACIFIC was substituted as trustee under thatcertain document recorded August 19, 2005, in DocumentNo. 2005-18171, Official Records of Mendocino County.The adress and telephone number of the trustee is:PRIME PACIFIC, Post Office Box 177, 445 North StateStreet, Ukiah, California 95482;Telephone: (707) 468-5300.Notice of Default and election to sell the described realpropert under the mentioned sale is to be conductedis: John N. Belden, c/o Ted Lowblad, P.O. Box 35, UpperLake, CA 95485.Dated: December 28, 2005PRIME PACIFIC, INC./s/MARY MORRISMary Morris, President - TrusteeNo. M-05-42F

019-06/1-10,17,24,31/06

FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2006-F0008

THE FOLLOWINGPERSON(S) IS (ARE)DOING BUSINESS AS:UKIAH MEN’S WEAR 1252 Airport Park Blvd.SteC3Ukiah, CA 95482Jaime Vazquez5000 Burke Hill Rd.Ukiah, CA 95482This business is conductedby an Individual. Theregistrant commenced totransact business under thefictitious business name ornames listed above onFeb. 15, 2006. Endorsed-Filed on Jan 1, 2006 at theMendocino County ClerksOffice./s Jaime VazuezJAIME VAZQUEZ

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

the power of the sale conferred in that certainDeed of Trust executed by ARTHUR W. SOLDA,JR. and MARY M.SOLDA, husband and wife, asTrustor, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCECOMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee, forthe benefit and security of RICHARD MAIN,Trustee of the Janet Kaufman Trust, as Beneficiary,dated May 9, 2001, and recorded March 13, 2003,in Document No. 2003-06306, Official Records ofMendocino County, and said property will be sold“as is” and no warranty or representation is madeconcerning its present condition.NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER-YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATEDMay 9, 2001. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED ANEXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.PRIME PACIFIC was substituted as trustee underthat certain document recorded January 19, 2005,in Document No. 2005-01354, Official Records ofMendocino County.The address and telephone number of the trusteeis: PRIME PACIFIC, Post Office Box 177, 445North State Street, Ukiah, California 95482;Telephone: (707) 468-5300.Notice of Default and election to sell the describedreal property under the mentioned deed of trustwas recorded on January 19, 2005, in DocumentNo. 2005-01355, Official Records of MendocinoCounty.The name, address, and telephone number of theBeneficiary (or Beneficiary’s agent) at whoserequest this sale is to be conducted is: JANLOGAN, c/o ANNE N. DENNIS, Attorney at Law,P.O. Box 5763, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, telephone:(707) 528-3956.

located at Red Carpet Mini-Storage, 151 LakeMendocino Dr., County of Mendocino, Ukiah, CA,the following:Andrea Jack Hshld Items Unit #A-3Forest Davis Hshld Items Unit #B-96Roger Hake Hshld Items Unit #F-51George Wilson Hshld Items Unit #H-177Kimberly Spencer Hshld Items Unit #I-52Thomas Thies Hshld Items Unit #L-341Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchasein cash. All purchased items sold as it, where is andmust be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject tocancellation in the event of settlement between ownerand obligated party. Auctioneer: Douglas P. Carter,(707) 468-8887 Bond #RED 1040197

20 PERSONALS

CWF seeks retiredgentleman for

companionship, 70+.No Drugs Serious calls

only. 894-2833

PREGNANT?THINKING

ADOPTION? Talk withcaring peoplespecializing in

matching birthmotherswith loving families

nationwide. ExpensesPaid. Toll free 24/7 OneTrue Gift Adoptions.

1-866-921-0565.

30 LOST &FOUND

FOUND - Hoplandarea. Female white

small dog/pup.Pink nose, hungry but

was loved.Collar marks on neck.

459-4440

30 LOST &FOUND

FOUNDPURSEin front of

Ukiah Daily Journal590 S. School St.

Call to ID contents.468-3500

100 INSTRUCTION

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Not all programsavailable at all

campuses. 1-877-354-2031;

www.uei4you.com

ACT NOW FOR ANEW CAREER!

Receive career trainingin Medical, Business,Pharmacy Technicianor Computers at UEI

with 6 convenientlocations. Call today 1-

877-354-2031.

120 HELPWANTED

$8- $10.75 hr.MORNING, EVE. &

NIGHT SHIFTS No exp. Pd. trainingprovided. Cooking,cleaning, driving &

providing living skillsassist. to adults w/

developmentaldisabilities. Will

consider resp. Hi. Schl.Sr. 485-0165, 468-0602

Re-AnnouncementSCHOOL-TO-WORK

TRANSITIONSPECIALIST

Willits High SchoolP/T w/benefits

$12.75-$16.27/hr.Plan & implement

skills training, careerguidance, job

development/ placement & support foryouth w/disabilities.AA desirable, 1 yr.

exp. w/studentsw/spec. needs

w/some emploment& training exp., or 1

yr exp w/employment& training

programs w/somework w/youth.

707-467-5012 oremail hr@mcoe.us

DEADLINE:Jan. 26, 2006 EOE

A JOB FAIR,Wednesday, February

1. Red LionSacramento 11am to2pm. to interview withdozens of employers!!

1401 Arden WaySacramento, CA

95815. For more infovisit

http://www.nationalcareerfairs.com for

directions to hotel Call(916) 922-8041

ADVERTISINGCOMPANY NEEDSSales Reps. & Sales

Managers forRestaurant placed

display ads. Up to 50%commission, car & cell

phone allowance.Telemarketing

appointments provided.Some travel.

1-866-484-9263.

ATTENTION CLASS-ATruck Drivers andOwner Operators:

Southwest DedicatedLanes in AZ, CA &NV.

Make the move toMcKelvey. Call

1-800-410-6255.

DO YOU DRIVE a car?Ever thought about

driving a TRUCK? Callus we’ll upgrade yourlicense & then employ

you! 866-881-1538.

120 HELPWANTED

ATTENTION! DRIVERTRAINEES NeededNow! You can earn

$35K TO $75K in yournew career. We will

sponsor the total costof your CDL training.EOE. Call 1-800-333-8595. No Experience

Needed!

AWESOME FIRSTJOB!! 12 new hires,

Over 18, Travel USA!$500 sign-on! Cash

Daily! No ExperienceNecessary. Call today,

start today1-877-KAY-CREW,1-877-SUP-4FUN,

ASAP!

CAREGIVERSPERSONAL

ATTENDANTS!Home Care Options, aregional provider of In-Home Assisted CareServices is opening anew office to serve thecounties of Mendo., Lake& Sonoma. Employeeshave access to familymedical, vision, dental,401K, paid time off,mileage, competitive pay.Flexible schedules, sleepover and live-in shiftoppor tunities! Excelbenefits, paid mileage,competitive pay, EOE.707-576-0771

CARPET LAYERwith manufacturedhome experience.Contact Burr or

Michele atShow Place Homes

707-468-1201

Clallam County PUDseeks an experiencedCivil Engineer with a

PE license (pr licenseobtained by the end of2006) to assist in the

coordination &operation of the Water

Department.Relocation benefits

available. applications& full job description

are available bycontacting Human

Resources, Box 1090,Port Angeles, WA

98362; phone .360-565-3276 or e-mail

humanresources@clallampud.net. Applications

accepted until positionis filled EOE.

Come JoinOur Team

SURVEILLANCEOBSERVER

GRAVEYARD SHIFT.MUST BE ABLE TO

WORK WEEKENDS &HOLIDAYS.

APPLYAT GAMING

COMMISSIONOFFICE

707-467-47287751 N. State St.Redwood Valley

M-F 10-4 EOE

Community HealthRepresentative

(CHR)Guidiville Indian

Rancheria is seeking aCHR-knowledge of:Diabetes, health ed.,vital signs, and IHS

program preferable. HSdiploma required.

Must have clean DMVprint-out.

For more info. call 463-3693

Health SecretaryGuidiville Indian

Rancheria 462-3682. F/T

$10.50 per hr. mustpresent clean DMVwith applications.

120 HELPWANTED

COMPUTERLAB SPECIALISTAssist students in

computer use; maintaincomputer lab equip. 6

hrs/day. Beg. Sal. range$10.75-$11.85/hr.Info. & app. from

Personnel Commission,Ukiah Unified

School District,1056 N. Bush St.,

Ukiah, CA 95482 707-463-5205. E.O.E.

Cook needed for funfast paced lunches & agrowing dinner service.Exp.a+ but not req. for theright person. Apply withinSchat’s Bakery 113 W.Perkins St. Ask for Lisa,Phil or Zack.

COOK-Days, nights,weekends. Competitive

wages. Exp. nec.Club Calpella

6175 N. State St.

DETENTIONOFFICER: Phoenix,Arizona, Maricopa

County Sheriff’s Office.$14.99/hr. Excellent

benefits. NoExperience Necessary.Contact 602-307-5245.

1-877-352-6276, orwww.MCSO.org 350+vacancies, including

civilian.

DEVELOPMENTCOORDINATOR

For RCHDC, a wellestablished Non-Profit

Housing Corp.REQUIRES:

Experience in allphases of affordable

housing developments.Ca. drivers’ license &

auto insurance. SalaryRange $2557-4183 permo. DOE. Applicationrequired-call 707-463-

1975 ext. “0”or download from

www.rchdc.org Openuntil filled. Send bothapplication & resumeto RCHDC 499 LeslieSt. Ukiah, CA 95482

DRIVER-OPERATOR PTUse your own

economy auto for thiscourier rte.

Approx. 30 hrs/week.Mon. morn - 2 1/2 hrs.Mon thru Fri. evenings- 28 hrs. Clean DMV &drug. Fax resumes to

916-921-4414 orcall Jobline

916-557-0422

DRIVER-COVENANTTRANSPORT.

Excellent Pay &Benefits fot

Experienced Drivers,O/O, Solos, Teams &Graduate Students.Bonuses Available.Refrigerated Now

Available.1-888-MORE PAY1-888-667-3729

DRIVER-SIGN ONBonuses! $2,000-Regional Solos,

$5,000-OTR Teams.$1,000-Contractors.Health insurance &401K. Class-A CDLrequired. 1-800-251-6291, X4865, ask for

Renee.

DRIVER-SwiftTransportation. We gotthe extra mile (2 Billion

miles last year)!Excellent

compensation/retirement. OTR, regional,dedicated, comfort

zones. CDL Training.Get your share: 866-333-8801. Ref#182.

www.SwiftTruckingJobs.com. EOE.

120 HELPWANTED

DRIVER-We’re milesahead of the rest

(2 Billion last year).Excellent

compensation/retirement. OTR, regional,

dedicated. Comfortzones available. CDLtraining available. Getyour share call: 866-333-8801. Ref#182.

EOE.

DRIVER: GREAT NEWPay Package for

Recent Driving SchoolGraduates. NoExperience, No

Problem: An industryleader in miles and

pay. Call CRSTVan Expedited.

1-800-781-2778.

DRYWALLERwith manufacturedhome experience.Contact Burr or

Michele at Show Place Homes

707-468-1201

Early StartCoordinator-

Resource Developer

FT in Ukiah, CA.Facilitate interagencycollaboration for Lake-

Mendo Early Startservices. Identifyneeds, develop &

monitor resources.Liaison with State,

assist with training &support of ES SvcCoord. monitor for

compliance with stateregulations. RequiresMA in human svcs +

1 yr relevant exp.Salary range

$2862-$4031 mo +Exc. bene.

Closes 1-23-06. Sendresume 7 ltr

of interest to HR,RCRC, 1116 Airport

Park Blvd., Ukiah, CA95482, email

sshick@redwoodcoastrc.org or fax 462-

4280. “EOE/M-F”

Employment and training opportunities

for out of school youth.Ages 17-21.

In Ukiah area call 467-5916

F/T BOOKKEEPERwith strong accounting

background forProperty Mgmt. Faxresume to 707-468-9654 Attn: Diane.

F/T Groundskeeper/Landscaper inHealdsburg.

$10 - $13 per hr DOE.Fax resume to Aziz at

922-5228

F/T HR Processorin Healdsburg for

payroll and personnel.Exp. required. $12-15

per hr DOE. Faxresume to:

Tamara at 922-5228

FIND a New DedicatedJob for the New Year at

www.HotDDJ.comSpend more time at

home in 2006! Searchjobs and enter online

to win a Polaris ATV &Other Prizes! Hear

about jobs and enterby phone at

1-888-423-8446.

FIREFIGHTERS.Limited entry level

openings for traineesw/H.S diploma.GoodPhysical condition.

Must be under 34. Nolegal issues. Paidtraining, relocation

expenses +bnfts. Call1-800-345-6289.

Legal SecretaryExp. with civil

litigation and probate.Fax resumes to

468-0284

14- TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL

120 HELPWANTED

GL Accountant/Budget Analyst$50k+ (Nego)

Self-starter, multitask,strong

organizational/peopleskills essential.Peachtree exp.

desirable, payroll(ADP), Excel, Wordand Power Point. HS

diploma or associate level

accounting. 5+ yearsaccounting/budget

exp. SalaryNegotiable. Applic &

Job Desc atwww.cttp.net

or (707) 263-4913.Location is in

Lakeport, Open until filled. Indian Hiring

Pref. Applies.

Graveyard shiftWORKING with kids,

small homelikeenvironment, good pay& benefits. Fax resume

to 463-6957

Guidiville IndianRancheria

Assistant/SecretaryPT for the Tribal EPA

GAP Program. Pick upappl. & info. @ 401 BTalmage Road. Must

have clean DMV print-out.

Open until filled.

HAIRSTYLISTNeed a change? Comework in a cozy, relaxed

atmosphere. Boothrental.Call Sherry 462-

4356

HAPPY NEWCAREER! C.R.

England- Now HiringDrivers! Great Pay,

Equipment & Benefits!No Need to Relocate.

Training Available.Opportunities for All!

Apply online:www.CREngland.netMin Age 21 of Call 1-

866-887-4943.

Housing Coordinator30-40/hrs/wk $10.72-

$13.10/hr DOE Able towork w/homeless Pop.

Pick up Res.& job desc. @ 139 Ford St.

HOWARDMEMORIALHOSPITAL

OPPORTUNITIES:

●RN, ICU, all shifts, contingent.

●RN,M/S, PM, PT●RN, Surgery,

FT, exp. req.●CNA, M/S, PM, PT, cert.&cpr req.

●COOK, PT,exp.req.

●OT, FT, HomeHealth

●Housekeeper,PT, exp. pref.

●Phlebotomist,FT exp.& license req.HowardHospital.com

INSTRUCTORSMendocino College

is accepting applications for

part-time, hourly instructors in all disciplines for future possible

openings. 468-3062or Mendocino.edu

LEGAL CLERKMendocino

CountyDepartment ofSocial Services

Bi-Weekly:$1065-$1295Process court

orders, maintaincourt calendar,

generate complexlegal forms and

documents.General clerical exp.

required. FTw/benefits.

For info call:707-467-5866

or go to:www.mss.ca.gov go

to “Career Opportunities”.Closes 1/27/06.

MAVERICKENTERPRISESCustomer Care Representative

Min. of 3 yrs. exp.Must be detail

oriented, accurate,have knowledge ofMicrosoft Access,

Excel, & Word, havestrong/ positive

communication skillswith customers & co-

workers & always maintain a

high level ofprofessionalism. Must

be flexible and be highly organized.Great benefit pkg.

Applications751 E. Gobbi St. Ukiah.

Fax - 463-0188

OFFICE MANAGERSmall office, some

exper FT w/benefits.Fax resume & sal req

to (707) 584-4048

120 HELPWANTED

LIKECHILDREN?This might be

the job for you.CHILDCAREWORKERS,ALL SHIFTS.

F/T 4 day week.Startingsalary $9.40 per hour.On call $9 per hour.Qualifications: Passmedical and drug exam,TB test, cr iminalbackground check andhave valid Cal. Driverslicense.

GREAT NEW MEDICAL, DENTAL,

VISION PKG.matching 403B TSAPlan, paid holidays &vacation, paid training’s,on duty meals.FREE Co-op Day CareProvided

Apply:TRINITY YOUTH

SERVICES915 W. Church St. or

on line@wwwtrinitycfs.org

LVN/RN 4Pm-8PmCharge Nurse positionopen at Ukiah Conv.Hospital. Par t time,however could be full timein combo with the WardClerk position. WILLTRAINFor more info call Sharonat 462-8864 or apply at1349 S. Dora St., Ukiah.

MAINTENANCE/SERVICE

TECHNICIANMust have mechanical& electr icaltroubleshootingexperience, 3 phase,HVAC or Millwright exp.helpful. Wage DOE.Great benefits. EOE.

Send resume toapply METALfx, 300E. Hill Rd., Willits,

CA 95490

MATERIAL SALESSUPERVISOR

Granite Construction Co.Ukiah.Must have previoussupervisory experience,computer skills and atleast 3 years salesexperience. Contact megan.kane@gcinc

Millwright/MechanicKnowledge of mill

maint. maintaining forklifts & basic elect.

Apply in person CutterLumber 1800 Hwy 20

in Willits

Millwright/SawmillKnowledge in all aspectsof mill maintenanceincluding hydraulicsmachine alignment, andbasic electrical. Goodanalytical and problemsolving skills. Experiencehelpful.Will train qualifiedapplicant.

Apply in person atREDWOOD EMPIRE

SAWMILL31401 McCray Road

Cloverdale

NCO Head Start -Ukiah.

Family SupportSpecialist to work w/lowincome families enrolledin HS Ctrs. Posn’s rangefrom Trainee $10.01 /hr-FSS II $12.84/hr DOQ &exp. Sp/Eng bil.desired.All posn’s incl bene’s.Mustcomplete NCO appl &include transcripts, 800-606-5550 orwww.ncoinc.orgCloses 1/23 @ 5 pm(postmarks not accepted).EOE

NEW EXCITING POSITION WORKING

WITH KIDS 6 wks pd vacation401 K. Day & Eve

avail. Small homelikeenvironment, good pay& benefits. Fax resume

to 463-6957.

NO EXP. NEC.ARE YOU READY

TO JOIN A 92 YEAR OLDCOMPANY?

Tired of being justover broker & want a

real future? Complete factorytraining. Excel.

starting pay.For interview

462-9015or 888-3633

Nor Cal WoodProducts has 6 labor

postions avail. Apply inperson @ 1117

Commerce Dr. Ukiah,CA 95482 Bring the

following: Valid SocialSecurity Card, Photo

I.D. Applicants must be18 yrs or older must be

able to lift at least40lbs. No phone calls

please.

Nurse Noc FTCloverdale HealthcareCenter/72 bed SNF.Competitive wages,

excellent benefits. CallBarbara @ (707) 894-

5201

120 HELPWANTED

OFFICE MANAGERPart time

Quickbooks exp. pref.707-272-0847

ORAL SURGEONS looking for dental assistant.Mon.-Fri.

Send resume 620 S. Dora St.

Suite 205Ukiah, Ca. 95482Park Fall Dental

1252 Airport ParkBlvd. Suite D-1,Ukiah, CA 95482

707-462-8719Looking for an

R. D.A. to join us atour new state of theart office. Must be ateam player & willing

to work hard.Competitive pay

w/benefits. Pleaseapply at the office orfax resume to Tonia

@ 463-8632

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

Exceptionalorganizational skills,

attention to detail andability to prioritize

tasks. 10-key by touch.AS400 knowledgepreferred but not

required.Fax resume to Attn: HR

at 707-467-4141 ormail to Attn: HR 1324S. State St., Ukiah,CA

95482. Drug Freework place, EOE

Permanent PT Mon-Wed. 8-4. Office.

Previous admin. exp.nec. Computer helpful.

Apply in personCHEESECAKE

MOMMACrnr. School & Henry.

POLICE DISPATCHER/RECORDS CLERKFull-time position

Approx. Mo. Salary$2512 - $3053

Health Benefits, PERSRetirement

For Job Flier & Application

Contact:Willits PoliceDepartment

125 E. Commercial St.Suite 150

Willits, CA 95490707-459-6122

Final Filing Date:January 27, 2006

PT Income TaxPreparer for WillitsCPA firm. Flexibleschedule. Diverse

clients, provideinteresting work. 459-

4325

Resident Manager for21 unit apt. complex,Westside Ukiah, ref.

req. exp. a plus. EOE,call for salary & application.

468-5426

RN CirculatorFT. PT, PD,Day Shift

No On-Call, No Wknds

Ukiah Surgery Center467-2120

Round Table PizzaNow hiring for eves &wkends. Must be 18 orolder. Apply in personbetween 1-4 @ 292 S.

State St.

ROUTE DELIVERY PERSON

for local beveragedistributor. Class ALicense Required.40 hours per week.

Tuesday-Friday.Benefits offered after

90 days. Apply @455 A Kunzler Ranch

Road, Ukiah

SALES CLERKFull or Part time

Must be availableEves & weekends.

Apply at New Release Video

1072 N. State St.Btwn 10am-5pm .

Santa Rose TileTemporary

salesperson.Apply within

169 A Mason St.Ukiah M-F 1-3 pm

NO PHONE CALLS

SECRETSHOPPERS

To Evaluate LocalStores, Restaurants

and Theaters. FlexibleHours, Training

Provided. E-MailRequired. 1-800-585-

9024 ext. 6491

SUPPLEMENTALINCOME.

Place/supervise international high

school students in yourcommunity! Trainingk,

compensation andinternational travel

incentives! Call Paul,

1-888-238-8720(toll free)

120 HELPWANTED

Supportdevelopmentally

disabled in their own home. PT,

FT & wkends. PUapplication at

Mountain View1000 Sanford Ranch Rd.

Ukiah. 468-9331.

Swim Coach Position. Pay DOE.

Send resume to Willits Otters,

PO Box 1445, Willits,CA 95490. for

information call Peggy459-2187 eves. only.

Telephone OperatorF/T, all shifts &wkends. Typing,spelling, phone skills a must.

Benefits offered.Apply in person960 N. State St.

Ukiah.

Temp. ASSISTANTCOOK position. May

lead to FT.Experience needed.

Pre-employmentphysical & drug

testing req’d. Dental, Vision, Medical

benefits. Free co-opchild care.

Apply:Trinity School

915 W. Church St.,Ukiah

The UkiahDaily Journal

is looking for a part-time sports writerwho can help uscover prep sportshere in the UkiahValley.The job is 20hours per week,mostly evenings.Writing ability isessential. Computerskills are a must, butwe can teach you oursystem. Flexibilityand a love of sportswill help you get thejob.Perfect for collegestudents looking fora part-time income.

ContactDaily JournalSports Editor

Tony Adame at468-3523 or udjsports@pacific.net

The UkiahDaily Journalis looking for a

part-time photographer

who can help uscover the Ukiah Valley.The job is 20 hoursper week includingweekends and someevenings. You musthave your own digitalcamera equipmentand computer skillsare a must but we canteach you our system.Flexibility and a loveof community andnews will help you getthe job. Perfect forcollege studentslooking for a part-timeincome.

ContactDaily Journal

Photo Editor AmyWellnitz at 468-

3538 or udjphoto@pacific.net.

TherapeuticResidential Staff

for innovative shelter program

working with at-riskyouth in Willits.

Looking forindividuals who

would like to improveor obtain skills to

move forward in a social

service healthprofession. Excellentbenefits & supportive

workenvironment.Acceptin

gresumes for F/T, 3/4,

On-callpositions. Must pass

fingerprint clearance,pre-employment

physical & TB beforehire & clean DMV.Fax resume’s toAttn: Angie 707-

462-6994 or mail to:PO Box 422, Ukiah,CA 95482. Please

putposition applyingfor in cover letter.

EOE.

WAREHOUSE/SALES

PT may become FT.Strong math ability

helpful. Drivers Lic. &working Sats. req.

Salary DOE.Apply at

169A Mason, UkiahM-F 1 - 3pm

120 HELPWANTED

TRUE TO LIFECHILDREN’SSERVICES

seeks 2 additionalhomes for Shelter Care

program Inland & Coastal areas.Applicants need to haveat least 1 spare bdrm tohouse a child for up to

30 dys. Guaranteedmonthly allotment.

Generous increase uponplacement. Income tax-

exempt. Exp. withchildren req. Parents willreceive training, + SocialWorker, in-home support& respite. Need 1 or 2-parent homes, with 1parent home full time.

Home with no more than1 biological child

considered.Retirees invited to

apply. Contact TLC707-463-1100Lic#236800809

UKIAHDAILY JOURNAL

CARRIERSNEEDED

FOR LOCALROUTES IN

UKIAH.

Apply in person590 S. School St.

Ukiah, Ca.Use side glass door

on the North sideof building.

Weekend pos.12-15 hours a week.

Reliable, efficient person.Exp. w/MS Office, officeequip., and gen. officeprocedures. $10/hr.

Please mail or dropoff resume to Full Spectrum

Properties, Ukiah.

WineryPC Support Specialist

Supports thedeployment and

maint. of PChardware andsoftware while

providing technicalexpertise and training

to 200+ local andremote end users in a

corporate networkenv. Requires BS

degree in ComputerScience + 2-3 yrsrelated exp. or 7-9yrs. combined exp.

working with PCs andTCP/IP based

networks. Proficiencywith Microsoft Office,

Lotus Notes &Symantec Ghost

software. Advancedknowledge of

Windows XP. Ability totroubleshoot &

resolve software andhardware issues.

Strongcommunication andinterpersonal skills.

Valid CDL. Must havereliable trans.

sufficient to supporttrips to

various facilitiesthroughout N. CA.E-mail resume to:

fetzerhr@b-f.com orfax (707)-744-7606.AA/EOE M/F/D/V

200 SERVICESOFFERED

BEST ADVERTISINGSECRET. A Statewide

Display ad in 125community newspapersreaching over 3 million

Californians. Cost$1,500. Free

information (916)288-6010 or (916)288-

6019; www.cal-scan.com

BEST KEPT CLASSIFIED

ADVERTISING SECRET!

Reach over 6 millionCalifornians with a$500 25-word as in

200+ communitynewspapers

Statewide. Call (916) 288-6010 ext. 1

HOUSECLEANING.35 yrs. exp. $15/hrSteam cleaning.Ref. 462-6252

205 FINANCIALSERVICES

BANKRUPTCYis it for me?

FREEconsultation by phone!

Atty Ed Dechant800-823-0600

210 BUSINESSOPPORT.

80 vending machinesw/prime locations incl

inventory Must sellImmed. $11,195 invest

800-940-5277

ABSOLUTEGOLDMINE!

60 Vending MachinesExcellent locations all

for $10,995.800-234-6982

210 BUSINESSOPPORT.

Absolutely All CashHershey/Frito Lay/M&M

Vending Rte.w/locations. Sell

Immed. $11,195 invest.800-940-5277

ALL CASH CANDYRoute. Do you earn$800 in a day? Your

own local candy route.Includes 30 machines

and candy. All for$9,995. MultiVend, LLC880 Grand Blvd.,Deer

Park, NY 11729.1-888-625-2405.

ARE YOU MAKING$1,710 per week! Allcash vending routeswith prime locationsavailable now! Under

$9,000 investmentrequired. Call Toll Free

(24-7)800-637-7444.

Exec. Level Income &Lifestyle. No welling no

travel. Lucrative Rte.$12,950 incl. accts,

inventory full training

1-800-373-5470

FANTASTICNETWORK

MARKETINGopportunity! Starting

2006! Exclusive Health& Wellness products.

$29.95 starts your ownbusiness! Toll free 1-866-466-8749 or visit

www.nourix.com(Dist#203016)

FISHING & CRABBINGLICENSE,

34’ Boat, Crab Pots &Equipment in CR City

$59,000 obo.530-257-3254,707-464-1119.

Liquor LicenseLake County

Type 47 “On Sale-General Eating Place”

$35,000/OBO 523-8133

MATTRESSCLEANING &

Sanitizing Business.over 4000 EuropeanDealers. New in U.S.

Removes dustmites/harmful

allergens. Big profits,small investment.

Completetraining/support.

Hygienitech.1-888-999-9030

MISS YOUR FAMILY?

Work from Home.Absolutely the most

profitable homebusiness on the planet!Serious profits now inFinancial Education!

Training provided.1-800-587-9046

X7411.

220 MONEYTO LOAN

IMMEDIATE CASH!!!!US Pension Fundingpays cash now for 8years of your future

pension payments. Call 800-586-1325 for aFREE, no-obligation

estimate.www.uspensionfunding.co

m

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

Banquet Hall &Kitchen Ukiah SeniorCenter 499 Leslie St.

462-4343

COMMERCIALRESIDENTIAL &OFFICE SPACE

AVAILABLEFor recorded Listings,Call 462-1840 Ext. 195

Industrial/Manuf.Warehouse/Office10,000 sq ft. High

ceiling, well insulated, 2 loading

docks, E-Z 101 access, great airport

location. Ukiah.707-744-1671

Offices for Rent 200-2,000 sq’. 525 S. Main

462-1907

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

$875-MARLENE St.TH.Lrg. 2BR1.5BA.

Cent. ht. frplc, yd., 217-2764, 462-1546

1 & 2bd Apts.available on N. Main

& N. Bush $700/$775,no pets. 462-4759

1 Bd, 1ba $7252bd, 1 ba $8002 bd. TH $825No Section 8.

LEE KRAEMERPROPERTY MGMT

463-2134

1bd 1 ba $600/mo + $700 dep No dogs 110 Norton

St.468-5481

2BD1BA.W/D. $900 mo.

462-8600

625 N. STATE ST.PARK PLACE

1 bd. $700-$7502 bdr. $825 TH $925.Pool/garg. 462-5009

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

875 S. Oak St.2 bdrm. townhouse.$875. $1050 sec.No pets. 462-4759

CREEKSIDE Apts1 & 2 bdrms. 1story/yards. $625 & $725

Mgr. 459-9735

Deluxe Lg 1 bd. Niceloc. Nat gas, AC,

Frg/stv, WD, Stg rm,N/S/D/P, No Sec 8 H20

& gbg pd. $725/mo.462-9225

Fully equip. 1bd. loftstudio. In country.10 min to town. Sep.entrance. $1200 dep.$700/mo. 462-4121

❤HEART of UKIAH ❤LUXURY TOWNHOME2bd2.5ba avail 1/1.

Sml pet OK. 463-2973

Luxury 1bd townhouse.Stv., fridge, D/W,W/D,patio, gar., $710+dep.468-5426

N. BUSH ST.Spacious, clean 2 bed.,

1 ba. apt. $775 +deposit. Water &

garbage inc. no pets.Beverly SandersRealty 462-5198

NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL!

1/2-off 1 mo. rentw/6 mo. lease @

Sierra Sunset Apts.Call Selzer Realty

468-0411

NOW AVAILABLE:3bd/1bth apt for 3 to 7

people. Income between $24,800-

$39,700 will qualify for4 persons. Pick up

applications at HollyHeights II Apts

201 Holly Street, Willits, CA, or call

707-456-0689. TDD

1-800-9735-2829.ADA/EHO

Observatory Ave.2 bed., 1 ba. apts.

Carport, laundry onsite, no pets.

$725+ deposit.Beverly SandersRealty 462-5198

Redwood Creek Luxury Apts.

*BRAND NEW

*Full size W/D in allunits*Central AC

*Walk in Closets

*Garages Available

*24 Hr. Fitness Cntr

*Lap Pool & Much, Much More!

CALL ABOUT OURTERRIFIC SPECIALS

888-893-4455

320 DUPLEXES

2 bd. 351 Creekside,Willits. Lndry rm. Nopets. Sml. bk yd. Garage.$800. 485-0841

2bd. 1.5 ba. 540 CappsLn.Front yard maintained.$1100. $1300 sec. 462-4759

FORD ST.1 bed., 1 ba. duplex.

$650 + deposit. 2 bed,1 ba. Duplex. $710 +

deposit.Carport, sm. yard.

No pets.Beverly SandersRealty 462-5198

330 HOMESFOR RENT

$1195-Lrg. 2 bd. W/Dincl. Compltly

renovated. NearSafeway. Huge bkyd.

Garage + carport. 650-207-5335

2bd1ba. All appliances.Fen.yd.Downtown.$2000dep.$1300mo No utils inclAvl. now 462-4121

2Bdrm 1 1/2 Ba onWestside W/D Hookup1100/mo + Sec. Dep.

485-0405

3bd 2ba 2200 sqft inRedwood Valley Cntr

heat/air + woodburning stove. 2 car

Gar. Compltylandscaped front & bckPriv. bck dck w/vinyardviews No Sec. 8 N/S

Outdoor pets only$1650/mo+$1650 dep.485-8581 or 391-4110

3bd 2ba Willits $1350Nice yd lake & forest+more.Or w/studio +$450.N/S/P 707-486-7193/762-4951

3bd/1ba on quietwestside cul de sac

1275/mo +$1500 sec.dep. No Sec. 8 468-

5788

3bd1ba. $1150/mo.1st + dep. 463-0354,

398 S. Orchard.No calls aft. 7 p.m.

3bd1ba. in Ukiah AC,fen.yd W/D, N/S, N/P,N/sec. 8. $1300/ mo +

sec. 743-2263

330 HOMESFOR RENT

3bd1ba. Quiet area.$1250mo. + $1800 sec.

No pets/No smk Nosec. 8. 463-8640

3bd2ba. maintained frontyd.$1500/mo.Sec.$1800.Av. 2/1. Dbl car gar.462-4759

CHABLIS3 bed., 2 ba. home,near high school,

garage, fireplace, largeyard, $1600 + dep.Beverly SandersRealty 462-5198

Executive 3/2/2 cargar. 7500 King LeopoldCt. gated comm. BBQ,

W/D refrig, dw,garbg/wtr/grdnr

$1800/Mo + $2500Dep. 925-457-3481

Mobile Home for rent inQuiet Senior Park, nopets $650/mo + $650sec dep. 467-9707 or

462-7630

Nr new 3Bdrm 2 Bth2 car gar. Centrlheat/AC built-ins

W. Fork Est. No Pets,No Smoking,

$1375/mo 462-1896

Road A Rwd. Vly.Want peacful country

living, view, wildanimals, etc? 1525sf

3bd2ba. Lrg.carports, No pets.$1400. 485-5009

Studio in Willits $650A must see. N/S/P 707-

486-7193/762-4951/456-0648

W. HENRY2 bed., 1 ba. home dlb.

garage, hardwoodfloors, fireplace. $1200

+ dep.Beverly SandersRealty 462-5198

340 VACATIONRENTALS

TIMESHARERESALES: THE

Cheapest way to buy,sell and rent

Timeshares. Nocommisions or Broker

fees. Call 1-800-640-6886 or go

towww.BuyATimeshare.c

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380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

Nice quiet home inUkiah Master bdrm,

own priv. bath, walk incloset female No S/D/P

$520/mo + Util. 650-630-0172

Upstr. Master bd. w/walkin closets. N/S,

N/D. Avl. 2/15. $500+1/2 util. 463-2898

410 MUSICALINSTRUMENTS

PIANOGorege Steck

Mahogany.Great sound.

$1200468-1445

430 BUILDINGSUPPLIES

SHOWEREnclosed fiberglass-3 sided glass door.

$100. 468-1445

SLIDER DOOR72x80

Single Paine$40 468-1445

STEEL BUILDINGS.FACTORY Deals. Save

$$$. 40x60’ to100x200’. Example:

50x100x12’=$3.60/sqft. 1-800-658-2885

www.RigidBuilding.com

440 FURNITURE

4-piece bedroom setexcellent

condition $350 472-0420

Custom Blue LeatherDESK CHAIRButton tufted.

New $1795...$300.468-1445

CUSTOM DESKQueen Anne style,

leather in lay.Mahogany.

NEW $2995....$400468-1445

Custom MapleCOFFEE TABLE

30”x50” - draw & glassprotective top. $150.

468-1445

Furniture for sale!White clothe recliner$100. Green love seat$150. Futon bunk bed$300. 2 green lamps$25 for both. 463-0661

Moving Sale-all piecesexc. cond. lrge

oak/leaded glassentertainment cntr

$350, Lrge oak displaycabinet/4 glass shelves

$200 Queen Annestyle cherry china

cabinet glass displaytop $300, childs firetruck bed fits crib

mattress $75 485-8581or 391-4110

RECLINERBlue Clothe

good shape. $75468-1445

460 APPLIANCESKenmore-Washer/ Elec.dryer. Deluxe 3 yrs oldCharlcoal. $450. Likenew. 463-1701

Stackable Washer &elect dry. Apt. size.

Pd. $1000 sell $600/bo.972-4268

USEDAPPLIANCES

& FURNITURE.Guaranteed. 485-1216

480 MISC.FOR SALE

Custom Chevy 6 lugrims w/tires good cond.

$300 OBO 916-320-4508

Elec. wheel chair.$2,800. Also 3 wheelscooter w/2 baskets

$350. 462-4177

Exercise EquipmentBowflex Motivator 2, likenew, original cost $700,sell for $350. 467-9190

HOT TUB ‘05 DELUXEMODEL Neck jets, therapy

seat, never used, wrnty,can deliver.Worth $5700

Sell: $1850 766-8622

POOL/SUMP PUMP

(high volume)3/4 H.P. 2” fittings.Like new. 30 gal.

stainless steel sandtank.All fittings and

hoses. 110/220.$200

468-3513,489-5205

SPA-Deluxe ‘05model. 30 jets.

Therapy seat. Neverused. Warr.Can del.$2650.707-468-4300

Storage Van 40 ftinsulted & vented

Asking $1,000 Call 775-303-2254

STRESSED OUT? Buyand Read Dianetics:

The Modern Science ofMental Health. Order

Today! Only $8.67. Call 1-800-801-3944

www.dianetics.org

500 PETS &SUPPLIES

Boston Terrier PupsMale 8 wks 1/19. No

papers. Application req.$400. 459-1740

CATS: Looking for acat, or want to find a

home for a cat? Call 462-3929

510 LIVESTOCK

For Sale 1 male 4female sheep

Reasonable. Need agood home. 462-7402

590 GARAGESALES

Alert-Senior CenterThrift Open Mon-Sat10-4, Donations &volunteers needed

462-4343

Estate/Moving SaleFurniture-china

cabinet etc., jewelry,house hold items,

clothes,toys & more.Can preview by calling

468-7466 or 272-9029 Sale will beJan.21 8-5 cash only

You Haul.

620 MOTOR-CYCLES

2003SUZUKI

INTRUDER1400.

3200 mi. Like new.V+H exhaust.

Corbin seat, shield,bags. Black/Silver.

$5300.463-2424,489-5205

Yamaha YZ250F ‘04FMF Q pipe.Renthal

sprockets clean & fast$4,200 391-3411

630 AUTO PARTS &ACCESSORIES

WANTED VW Bus ‘50-’67.Porsche ‘50-’73 Anycond., &/or parts. Phone415-259-9877 Email:merz356@earthlink.net

650 4X4'SFOR SALE

GMC Jimmy ‘97Pass. side damaged.$1000. Runs good.

391-5594

670 TRUCKSFOR SALE

Ford F350 ‘71Util boxes. $500.Runs. 391-5594

680 CARSFOR SALE

Acura RSX ‘03Type S. 39K, Blk.

$18,300.707-849-4953

680 CARSFOR SALE

Corvette ‘77 $5500Ford Mustang ‘67 $1500.HD ‘80 1000cc $6500Chevy 4x4 Truck ‘90$6000.Chevelle ‘71 $2000.

707-272-0441

Ford Focus ‘01.80K mi. 4 dr., AT,

$6500/bo.468-1240

Grand Am ‘952 dr/auto/28mpg; runs

great/$3,100 OBO 468-1044

Honda ‘97 Civic Ex140K Miles Clean

5-speed many extras$5,000 OBO

Candace 272-8050 or485-1992

Miata ‘90. Orig. newtop. Good shape. 114K

miles. $2500.485-6523

Pontiac Sunfire ‘98,47K, elder lady car in

great shape.$2,900 OBO. Also, Ply.

Voyager ‘91 high miles but runs great,

$1,900 OBO 462-9421

PT Cruiser ‘01 $9,850468-5887 AC AM/FMwith CD Tnt Wndow

Auto Trans pwr wndow& locks 57 k miles

EXCELLENTcondition.

760 LOTS &ACREAGE

BEAUTIFUL UTAH!LAND Sale- 54 Acres-

$44,900. UintaMountain area.

Outdoor lover’s dream!Dramatic mountain

views, close toconveniences.Surrounded by

wilderness. Nearbylake and state parks.Excellent financing.

Call UTLR 1-877-350-5263.

FISH LAKE VALLEY,NV. New to Market. 5acTrout Stream $29,900;

11ac Trout Stream$39,900 (Abuts BLM).Eastern slope of White

Mountains. Withinlooming presence of

Nevada’s highest peakand range. Snow

covered year round.Providing cool, cleanwater that feeds theRainbow Trout Creek

which borders theentire back boundary.

One of a kind!Inspiring, must see.

Call 1-888-581-5263 orvisit www.NVLR.com

SOUTHERNCOLORADO RANCH

Sale. 35 acres$49,900. Enjoy

stunning sunsets,spectacular mountainviews, all from your

own private ranch. Yearround access, elec/tel

included. ExcellentFinancing w/low down

payment. Call forappointment! Toll free

1-866-696-5263.

770 REAL ESTATE

1Call Larry WrightGOLDEN BEAR

MORTGAGE707-433-9143Healdsburg

Have equity in yourproperty? Income or

credit problems? Unusual property

Interest rates as low as 1%Need cash out? Can do!

RATES STILL LOW!

“Lighting the Wayto Love the Place

You Live”®Madison Pacific Properties707-462-4265/Realtor

www.madisonpacific.comwww.homepages/madison

PRICEREDUCED!

Wonderful westside culde sac location. 3bdm.2 ba.on 1/3 ac.Open floorplan.Lavious yards withseasonal creek runningthrough property. Loc. 1block from schools. Offersextreme privacy withintown location.

Call for appt.

Offered at $464,500Mike Gott CBMR

707-391-7895

Ten Units in UkiahGross Yr. Income

$75,000 $1,130,000Four Units in Ukiah

Gross Yr. Income$34,8000 $625,000

Madison Pacific Properties707-462-4265/Realtor

www.madisonpacific.comwww.homepages/madison

Upscale livg 2 Story4/3 2nd

bdlg/pool/privcy/wtrfl$824,9K Open 12-4p

Sun 506 Baywood Ct.,Vacaville brkr 510-581-

7685

Classifiedsreally work!!

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 -15

LANDSCAPING

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

**To original owner.Lic. # 292494

Insured Bonded

GUTTERS

Prepainted Seamless Gutters27 Colors to Choose From

Aluminum • Copper • SteelLimited Lifetime Warranty**

462-2468

FREEESTIMATES

Family Owned for 40 Years

OgeeGutter

CurvedFaceGutter

5 1/2” 5 1/2”4”

FasciaGutter

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 CMT

DIRECTORY OFDIRECTORY OFPROFESSIONALSPROFESSIONALS

(707) 485-0810

HANDYMAN

Serving Ukiah,Redwood Valley,

Calpella &Willits.Work

Guaranteed

Escobar ServicesAll types of home repair,remodeling, construction

and landscaping — can fixalmost anything.

Non-licensed contrac-

AUTOFast mobile Service

*No One Can Beat Our Prices*

Windshields as low as

$98CALL (707) 573-3031

for quotes and appointment

Window Tinting for Auto,Residential and commercial.

Auto Windshield Replacement -Rock Chip Repair

We accept all major credit cards,checks are welcome

Affordable Auto Glass

NOTICE TO READERSThe Ukiah Daily Journalpublishes home improvementand construction advertisementsfrom companies and individualswho have been licensed by theState of California. We alsopublish advertisements fromunlicensed companies andindividuals. All licensedcontractors are required by StateLaw to list their license numberin advertisements offering theirservices. The law also states

contractors performing work ofimprovements totaling $500 ormore must be licensed by theState of California.Advertisements appearing inthese columns without a licensednumber indicate that thecontractor or individuals are notlicensed by the State ofCalifornia. Further informationcan be obtained by contactingthe Contractors State LicenseBoard.

TERMITE BUSINESS

From Covelo toGualala the most

trusted name in theTermite Business!

Call forappointment

485-7829License #OPR9138

ADVERTISING• Classified

• Retail• Internet

Our advertising repre-sentatives can assist

you in promotingyour business.Call us today!

468-0123

WATER STORAGE

Ideal for applications in isolatedor hard to reach areas

D.A.M.WATER STORAGE

“Providing affordable,portable water storage”1-800-693-5676

www.damwaterstorage.com

COLLAPSIBLE WATER TANKS~ Light weight ~

~ Easy to transport ~~ Easy to Install ~

3K Gal.

6K Gal.

12K Gal.

$350

$560

$1099

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Fire SafetyAgricultureFlood ControlRemovable Pond

••••

COUNTERTOPS

CL 856023

Bill & Craig707.467.3969

SOLID SURFACE &LAMINATE COUNTERTOPS2485 N. State St. • Ukiah

DUMP RUNS

391-5052 cell468-0853 mess

CONSTRUCTION

• Room Additions• Painting• Fences/Decks• Garage/Shops• Solid Surface Countertops• Kitchen & Baths

485-8659

• Tractor work• Hauling• Clean up• Landscaping• No job too small• Free estimate

CA Lic. #863569Cabinets, LLC

CABINETS

3301-B North State St. • Ukiah

462-5225

Built Locally:Custom Kitchen

Cabinets & much more.We provide restoration of

cabinets, countertops,flooring & all your

remodel needs.FREE ESTIMATES &

COLOR RENDITIONS

REFINISHINGFurniture

and AntiqueRepair

& Refinishing30+ years experienceLaquer, Varnish, Oil,

Wax, Water-based finishColor changes &

Bleaching workshopin Redwood Valley

free estimatesAllen Strong

707-485-0802

HOME REPAIR

CalMendHome Repair

formerly MANASSE

HOME REPAIRIrv Manasse

•Electrical •Carpentry•and more

456-9055337-8622

No CSLBInsured

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Anaheim 70/47/s 64/46/pcAntioch 55/45/r 56/37/shArroyo Grande 64/38/pc 62/34/shAtascadero 63/42/pc 58/37/shAuburn 53/46/pc 52/35/rBarstow 60/39/s 63/38/pcBig Sur 60/49/pc 55/43/shBishop 55/26/pc 51/22/cBlythe 66/37/s 74/44/pcBurbank 69/45/s 63/46/pcCalifornia City 60/36/s 57/33/pcCarpinteria 62/44/s 61/41/pcCatalina 59/48/s 56/47/pcChico 50/44/r 53/37/rCrescent City 54/44/r 51/40/shDeath Valley 64/36/pc 66/39/pcDowney 68/49/s 64/47/pcEncinitas 67/45/s 64/48/pcEscondido 69/43/s 65/46/pcEureka 56/47/r 52/38/shFort Bragg 53/47/r 52/38/shFresno 56/44/pc 54/38/rGilroy 68/46/pc 58/37/shIndio 69/34/s 69/42/pcIrvine 69/48/s 64/48/pcHollywood 70/48/s 64/48/pcLake Arrowhead 55/25/s 51/27/pcLodi 55/44/r 55/38/rLompoc 60/46/pc 57/41/shLong Beach 70/49/s 63/46/pcLos Angeles 70/49/s 64/49/pcMammoth 43/20/pc 46/15/rMarysville 54/47/r 54/38/rModesto 56/44/pc 54/38/rMonrovia 70/43/s 65/47/pcMonterey 60/48/pc 56/42/shMorro Bay 61/50/pc 57/43/sh

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UKIAH50/45

53/47Fort Bragg

56/48Westport

50/43Covelo

50/43Willits

50/44Redwood Valley

51/45Lakeport

52/46Clearlake

51/45Lucerne

50/44Willows

54/45Elk

57/48Gualala

54/46Cloverdale

51/44Boonville

56/48Rockport

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Laytonville50/42

53/45Philo

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Sangiacomo agrees that thestructure is stable but wasworried that someone mightignore the warnings, or thatyoung children might not seewarnings, and fall through thehole.

“It’s virtually rendered the

stadium grandstands unus-able,” said Sangiacomo. “Ithink it would be difficult torestrict this area from use.”

The bleachers at AntonStadium were built in the1950s and have neither smokedetectors nor a sprinkler sys-tem, they are at risk of burn-ing down if they catch fire.

“Had a concerned citizennot seen it, it could have beena lot worse,” said

Sangiacomo.Anton stadium functions as

the primary practice and play-ing field for the Ukiah HighSchool baseball team, as wellas the Pony and Colt leagues.The field was not damaged inthe fire and can still be usedfor practice.

Sangiacomo said the city isconsidering getting temporaryseating until the bleachers canbe repaired.

The city recently received agrant from the State ofCalifornia of $500,000 for therenewal of the bleachers atAnton Stadium. Sangiacomohopes to use some of thismoney to repair the damage.

Those with questions orconcerns are asked to callSangiacomo at his office, 463-6221.

Ben Brown can be reachedat udjbb@pacific.net

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announced its opposition.“The legislation proposes a

significant change in existinglaw and has major implica-tions with respect to teenage

alcohol abuse,” the office con-cluded. “The proposal meritsa front-and-center policydebate rather than (last-minute, fast-track) ‘gut andamend’ treatment.”

Besides discussing courtprecedent, state law and feder-al regulations that complicatethe issue, the AttorneyGeneral’s Office said many

alcopops, or flavored maltbeverages, are “branded” inthe name of a distiller in theapparent hope that newdrinkers will start with thesesweet drinks and move to thedistiller’s brand of hard liquorwhen the drinkers mature.

Besides Figueroa andMigden, representatives ofthree other groups are sched-

uled to attend today’s newsconference to unveil the law-suit and legislation - LouiseRenne, representing thePublic Law Group; JamesMosher of the PIRE Centerfor the Study of Law andEnforcement Policy; andPaula Birdsong, state execu-tive director of MothersAgainst Drunk Driving.

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By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Morethan 2 million people havevoluntarily enrolled for thenew prescription drug benefitin the past month, exceedingprojections by the Bushadministration.

Health and HumanServices Secretary MikeLeavitt touted the enrollmentnumbers on Monday as goodnews for a program that hasstumbled in the early going.About 20 states have beencompelled to help pay formedicine that many senior cit-izens and the disabled couldnot get through their new cov-erage.

“The program is working

for the vast majority of partic-ipants quite well,” Leavittsaid. “We’re filling more thana million prescriptions a day.”

Sen. Hillary RodhamClinton, D-N.Y., comparedthe government’s effort to itsresponse to Hurricane Katrinaand called it “slow, inept anddangerous.”

Leavitt acknowledged thatthe program was not workingfor some. He said the adminis-tration was working feverishlyto address concerns that tensof thousands of people whocan least afford to go withouttheir medication are strug-gling.

He said he would begin atour on Wednesday of numer-ous states — Oregon,

California, Texas, Arkansas,Florida and Wisconsin amongthem — “to find out howthings are working in thefield.”

The new drug benefitbegan on Jan. 1. About 42 mil-lion senior citizens and thedisabled are eligible to enrollin private health plans thatwill subsidize their prescrip-tion drug costs.

Last month, the administra-tion announced that about 21million people would get drugcoverage through the pro-gram.

About 1 million of thatgroup had voluntarilyenrolled. The rest were auto-matically enrolled because oftheir participation in other

programs, such as Medicaid,or they would continue gettingcoverage through theiremployers, which are gettinggovernment subsidies to con-tinue a prescription drug ben-efit.

Leavitt said he believes theadditional 2 million enrolleesover the past month is a signalthat Medicare beneficiariessee value in the program.

Advocates for the elderlyand disabled have raised con-cerns that some senior citizensare not showing up as beingenrolled in plans and, in otherinstances, are being chargedhundreds of dollars for medi-cine that should not cost morethan $5.

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON — The SenateJudiciary Committeewill vote on JudgeSamuel Alito’s nomi-nation to the SupremeCourt on Jan. 24, offi-cials announcedMonday night, andthe full Senate willbegin debate the fol-lowing day.

In a written state-ment, Senate MajorityLeader Bill Frist, R-

Tenn., said he looks forward to a “fair up-or-down vote” swiftly on Alito, PresidentBush’s choice to succeed retiring JusticeSandra Day O’Connor.

Alito, 55, an appeals court judge, isassured of approval in the committee,where all 10 Republicans have indicatedtheir support.

Prospects for confirmation in the full

Senate are strong, as well.Democrats have not yet ruled out

mounting a filibuster to delay or preventa final vote. But that appears increasing-ly unlikely in the wake of Alito’s testimo-ny at confirmation hearings last week,where he parried sharply wordedDemocratic attacks on his judicial recordand personal credibility without a majorstumble.

The hearings concluded last Friday,and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the com-mittee chairman, said he intended toschedule a committee vote for this weekon the nomination.

Democrats said at the time that theyintended to object, and they did, a movethat Frist called “unjustified and desper-ate partisan obstructionism.”

Under the rules, any senator can forcea delay in a vote for one week.

Democrats said they wanted to givesenators time to observe a three-day hol-iday weekend without coming back toface an immediate vote. At the same time,

they came under pressure from outsideinterest groups that want as much time aspossible to try to rally public oppositionto the nomination.

“This is a key swing vote on theSupreme Court and Democrats are notgoing to be rushed into anything,” saidJim Manley, a spokesman for SenateDemocratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

O’Connor has cast the decisive fifthvote on cases upholding the right to anabortion, affirming affirmative action andlimiting the application of the deathpenalty.

Her position as the key swing voteheightened the political stakes for Alito’snomination, with conservatives hopinghe will swing the court to the right, andliberals fearful of the same thing.

So far, none of the Senate’s 55Republicans has announced opposition toAlito’s nomination, meaning he can beconfirmed with GOP votes alone, barringan increasingly unlikely Democratic fili-buster.

By WILL LESTERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Blacksare more likely than whites tocommemorate Martin LutherKing’s birthday, an AP-Ipsospoll found. They’re also moreinclined to harbor doubtsabout progress toward hisdream of racial equality.

Three-fourths of the peoplein this country say there hasbeen significant progresstoward equality, but only 66percent of blacks felt that way.

Racial integration hasswept across much ofAmerican life, and blackshave gained economic groundsince the height of the civilrights movement. Twodecades ago, the governmentestablished a federal holidayin honor of the slain civilrights leader.

On some measures such asannual income, blacks haveclosed the gap considerablywith whites over the past fewdecades, census figures show.The progress for blacks mayhave stalled, however.

“People have opportuni-ties, but things get in the wayof those opportunities,” saidLatoya Williams, a blackmother of four in Norfolk, Va.“The way the economy isnow, you’re working just toput a little food on the table.You just work, work, workyourself to death.”

Just under a fourth of thepopulation said they plannedto commemorate King’s birth-day on Monday. A solidmajority of blacks, 60 percent,said they would be involved.

“Participating in the marchand in church services is agood time of fellowship and isimportant in keeping thedream alive,” said AubreyJones, a black deputy wardenat a state prison near Macon,Ga.

Fewer than one in sixwhites, 15 percent, planned tocommemorate the day, thepoll found.

Sandy Smith, a whitehealth care worker fromMedford, Mass., said she likesto participate in services atwork for King Day. “It honorssomebody who contributedquite a bit to our culture,” shesaid.

All 50 states gradually rec-

ognized a King holiday. Butonly one-third of businessesoffer a paid holiday, accordingto the Bureau of NationalAffairs.

Participation in the holidaywas enhanced by legislationpassed in 1994 establishingthe day as one of service.

In many places, people willhelp with projects aimed toimprove the community andhelp the needy. Supporters ofthe holiday try to discouragebusinesses from using it as amarketing gimmick.

“Martin Luther King wouldturn over in his grave if hethought he was recognized bya day of shopping and rest,”said former Sen. HarrisWofford, D-Pa., who workedwith Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.,to establish the holiday as aday of service.

“The idea that it’s a day onand not a day off is catchingon,” Wofford said. “But theKing holiday is well short ofwhat it needs to be.”

Some say the fight forracial equality has stalled.

“We’ve made greatprogress over the last 50years,” said Julian Bond,national chairman of theNAACP. “Progress hasalways been stop-and-start,and sometimes backup. We’rein a holding pattern rightnow.”

Three-fourths of thosepolled say King should behonored with a federal holi-day. Blacks almost unani-mously favored that, accord-ing to the poll of 1,242 adultsthat included an oversampleof blacks.

The poll, taken Mondaythrough Thursday, has a mar-gin of sampling error of plusor minus 3 percentage points.

Accusations that Kingcommitted adultery and pla-giarized material in academicwritings emerged in the yearsafter the holiday was estab-lished. Those claims remindpeople that King had humanfailings despite his larger-than-life image as a hero ofthe civil rights movement,said William Boone, a politi-cal scientist at Clark AtlantaUniversity.

“It does not diminish themission he was on,” Boonesaid.

Poll:Blacks still doubtprogress on equality

Bush administration says 2 million recently enrolled in drug benefit program

Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Alito nomination on Jan. 24

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