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By KATIE MINTZThe Daily Journal

In the fourth day of a strike overwages, a judge ruled Monday againstgranting an injunction sought byMendocino County that would haveforced the picketing members of theMendocino County PublicAttorney’s Association to return to

work.Lake County Superior Court visit-

ing Judge Anthony Bellante, whoheard the case because all localjudges had recused themselves,found that the Public EmploymentRelations Board, a quasi-judicialagency that oversees public sectorcollective bargaining in the state, has

initial jurisdiction in the salary dis-pute -- not the county.

“This was (the county’s) secondattempt and the second time theylost,” MCPAA President and DeputyDistrict Attorney Matthew Finnegansaid following the decision.“They’ve spent more effort in thislegal battle than they have at the

negotiation table.”The MCPAA, formed in April

2006 to represent attorneys from theMendocino County DistrictAttorney’s Office, the PublicDefender’s Office, the AlternateDefender’s Office and the ChildSupport Attorney’s Office, is negoti-ating with the county in hope of

receiving wages comparable to theaverage salaries in the five surround-ing counties, which they say arebetween 16 percent and 45 percenthigher.

It voted Feb. 1 to strike if a satis-factory contract was not reached by

County rebuffed by judge in strike case

By TONY REEDFort Bragg Advocate-News

At its March 16 meeting inMonterey, the CaliforniaCoastal Commission will heara permit amendment applica-tion for work taking place onthe former Georgia Pacificmill site in Fort Bragg.

The amendments apply to aCoastal Development Permit,approved by the commissionin May 2006, allowing G-P toremove building foundations,remove debris from a formergarbage dumping area alongthe north shore of the proper-ty and remove undergroundobjects detected by soil-pene-trating radar on the formermill site.

Coastal Commission staffmember Jim Baskin simpli-fied the over 120-page staffreport by saying the amend-ments will basically modifyoperating protocol to furtherprotect marine mammals andarcheological resources.

The original permit,approved in May 2006, con-

tained several resource pro-tection measures, butCommission staff suggestssome amendments to ensurethat marine mammals will notbe disturbed by the cleanupactivities. One amendmentrecommends that the behaviorof offshore wildlife should bemonitored, and if the workcauses a behavioral change,work is to be stopped. If anymarine mammals are closerthan 100 meters (328 feet)from where activities are tak-ing place, or if marine mam-mals wander to within that

By STEVEN HARMONMediaNews Sacramento Bureau

SACRAMENTO - SenatePresident Pro Tem Don Perataflashed a show of powerMonday by locking threemoderate Democratic senatorsout of their offices after theyattended a fund-raiser lastweek.

The Oakland Democratapparently was irked that thethree Southern California law-makers, Sens. Ron Calderon,Gloria Negrete-McLeod andLou Correa, attended a dinnerin Sacramento held by pro-business Assembly Democratswho call themselves the “ModSquad.”

Senate Democrats have anunwritten rule forbiddingmembers from joining cau-cuses except those reflectinggender, geography or ethnici-ty - such as the Latino or ruralcaucuses - mostly as a way tokeep lawmakers from formingvoting blocs that could hinderthe the party’s agenda.

Perata would not comment,saying he wanted to keep theissue confined to those con-cerned. But the sergeant atarms, Tony Beard, confirmedthat he’d had the lockschanged on all three mem-bers’ office doors. By the endof the day, two of the threelocked-out senators hadreceived new keys and were

back in their offices.“It’s a matter among mem-

bers,” Perata said, “...nothingmore than that.”

But it was clear that Peratasought to send a signal to law-makers who might be hopingto assert themselves as a vot-ing bloc challenging Perata’sleadership or agenda: Theycould find themselves out inthe cold. All three were part ofthe Assembly’s moderate cau-cus in the past legislative ses-sion, and were responsible forkilling a number of pro-con-sumer Senate bills they saw asharmful to business.

“They’re now in theSenate,” Perata said.

Getting things done is hardenough, said John Burton,Perata’s predecessor as Senateleader, without having to

The Eureka Times-StandardBeing on vacation in

Montana and worrying aboutroad conditions in Californiacan add stress to the drivehome. Now, Caltrans hastaken steps to alleviate someof the worry.

The California Departmentof Transportation (Caltrans)has made its Caltrans

Highway InformationNetwork (CHIN) telephonenumber -- 1-800-427-ROAD -- available coast-to-coast.

For the first time, truckers,tourists and others calling out-side of California can callahead and obtain the latestinformation about trafficdelays or highway closuresdue to major accidents, winter

weather, or work in construc-tion zones.

“Customer service isimportant to Caltrans, and thisupgrade in service will enableeveryone to more efficientlyplan their travel in Californiato minimize delays and maxi-mize their quality time,” saidCaltrans Director WillKempton. “We're here to get

you there.” The toll-free CHIN number

receives about 4.5 millioncalls annually from motoristsseeking road information.

Anyone with Internetaccess also can receive thesame up-to-the-minute high-way conditions on theCaltrans Web page:www.dot.ca.gov.

Commission wantsG-P to do more formarine mammals

Perata sends messageto ‘Mod Squad’

Caltrans phone reports goes coast to coast

Capitol reportfrom the

Sacramento Bureau

One amendment rec-ommends that thebehavior of offshorewildlife should bemonitored, and if thework causes abehavioral change,work is to be stopped

Catching spring fever

Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal

While his mother was busy planning what to plant in their garden, Noah Whelan, age 4, was more inter-ested in flowers as he stops to inspect some during an outing to Oak Valley Nursery.

By LAURA MCCUTCHEONThe Daily Journal

Calendars designate March21st as the first day of spring,but Mother Nature begs to dif-fer.

Bees buzzed, birds sang,lawn mowers hummed, andthe scent of fresh cut grassfilled the air Sunday in manyparts of Ukiah when tempera-tures reached a high of 84degrees -- just 4 degreesbelow the record set in 2005,according to Chris Scott,meteorologist with theNational Weather Service inEureka.

Monday’s local thermostathit 82 degrees by 4:40 p.m.,

Warm weather to continue all week

Unusually high tempera-tures for this time of yearbrought everyone out tofind flowers, includingbees, who took a liking toa lemon tree in bloom.

See STRIKE, Page 16

See G-P, Page 16

See WEATHER, Page 16

See PERATA, Page 2

Cheney: Anti-war lawmakers undermine U.S. troops in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-war lawmakers in Congressare undermining U.S. troops in Iraq by trying to limit PresidentBush’s spending requests for military operations, VicePresident Dick Cheney said Monday.

His remarks came as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidscheduled a Wednesday test vote on a resolution that calls forcombat troops to leave Iraq by March 2008.

Also this week, a House committee will consider legislationthat would fully fund the administration’s $100 billion requestfor wars in Iraq and Afghanistan yet demand that troops leaveIraq by the end of August 2008 and possibly the end of 2007.

With those showdowns nearing, Cheney tried to putDemocrats on the defensive.

“When members speak not of victory but of time limits,deadlines and other arbitrary measures, they are telling the

enemy simply to watch the clock and wait us out,” Cheney saidin a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

President pushes free trade and showcases U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — President Bushpromoted free trade as a salve to Latin America’s woes, speak-ing out against poverty from dusty mountain villages Mondayto counter critics’ portrayal of America as the devil to the north.

Helping to load lettuce headed for the global market withU.S. help and touring an American military center that providesbasic medical care and physician training, Bush emphasizedU.S. largesse in this part of the world.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist firebrand withrising stature who has been shadowing Bush throughout thistrip, was in Jamaica and Haiti, countries he is courting withpreferential oil contracts and generous aid packages. His mes-sage is that the United States ignores the needs of LatinAmerica.

Bush met in Guatemala City with President Oscar Berger, aconservative leader who has become a strong U.S. ally. Tradeand immigration were high on the agenda.

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 -- RobertSoroka, 40, no hometowngiven, was arrested on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence at 10:01 p.m.Saturday, in the 600 block ofNorth State Street.

ARREST -- Lisa MichelleOrnelas, 26, of Ukiah, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence at1:46 a.m. Sunday, in the 100block of South Main Street.

ARREST -- Nicole MarieBochman, 24, of Willits, wasarrested on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence at3:53 a.m. Sunday, in the 500block of East Gobbi Street.

ARREST -- Galdino CejaDiaz, 19, of Ukiah, was arrest-ed on suspicion of drivingunder the influence at 9:10p.m. Sunday, in the 700 blockof South State Street.

SHERIFF’S REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by theMendocino CountySheriff’s Office:

BOOKED -- Mark PasqualHill, 37, of Fort Bragg, wasbooked into jail at 7:59 a.m.Friday, on suspicion of corpo-ral injury to a spouse.

BOOKED -- Tyler JamesSchirmer, 20, of HarborSprings, was booked into jailat 10:59 p.m. Friday on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence.

BOOKED -- ClintonJames Harvey, 36, of NorthBend, was booked into jail at12:56 a.m. Saturday, on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence.

BOOKED -- GlenwoodWilliam Spurlock, 23, ofPoint Arena, was booked intojail at 9:58 a.m. Saturday, onsuspicion of driving under theinfluence.

BOOKED -- StanleyLaguerre, 20, of Ukiah, wasbooked into jail at 11:12 a.m.Saturday, on suspicion of bat-tery with bodily injury.

BOOKED -- Tyson LeeFrost, 23, of Willits, wasbooked into jail at 12:55 a.m.Saturday, on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence.

BOOKED -- Jessica RuthRoberts, 22, of Sacramento,was booked into jail at 1:34p.m. Saturday, on suspicion oftransportation of marijuanaand carrying a loaded firearm.

BOOKED -- LawrenceLawson, 36, of RedwoodValley, was booked into jail at

3:39 p.m. Saturday, on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence and revoking proba-tion.

BOOKED -- Ralph JoelBargas Jr., 20, of Sacramento,was booked into jail at 9:11p.m. Saturday, on suspicion oftransportation of marijuanafor sale.

BOOKED -- FranciscoJavier Zamora, 36, of PotterValley, was booked into jail at2:43 a.m. Sunday, on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence, without a license,and resisting arrest.

BOOKED -- David JohnThompson, 42, of Albion, wasbooked into jail at 9:13 a.m.Sunday, on suspicion of dri-ving under the influence.

BOOKED -- Joshua GabeNabors, 32, of RedwoodValley, was booked into jail at11:19 a.m. Sunday, on suspi-cion of driving under theinfluence.

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.

FIRE AND RESCUEFALSE ALARM -- A

maintenance man working ina computer room on Mondayafternoon at the Savings Bankof Mendocino County, locatedin the 200 block of NorthSchool Street, accidentallyset off a fire suppression sys-tem, which filled a room withhalon -- a suppressant --resulting in a white-out effectin the room.

Halon does not hurt equip-ment, according to Ukiah FireDepartment Battalion ChiefKevin Jennings. Employeesand customers of the bank,however, were evacuated dur-ing the incident whichoccurred at around 3:15 p.m.

The Ukiah Fire Departmentresponded to the incident.

CORRECTIONSThe Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this

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

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RAYMOND EDWARD POLSLEY

Raymond EdwardPolsley passed away at his home in Covelo onSaturday, March 10, 2007 with his family at his side.A native of Eureka, CA, he was 82 years oldand attended school in Eureka and Arcata. In1945 he married Marilyn and they moved toCovelo to raise dairy cattle and buy acreamery in Round Val-ley. Ray and his wife pur-chased a ranch where they made theirhome, raised their chil-dren and lived for 62years. Polsley Transpor-tation was established in1950 where he haul-ed cattle, fuel, food, feed,logs and brought home loads of watermelonsin the summer.

The business expanded to adistributorship of fresh commodities, a feedstore and an ice house that provided ser-vices to the valley. He later purchased the CoveloMobile Home Park, construction andcement equipment, along with a gravel plant;and the family run business was changed toPolsley Enterprise.

Ray was dedicated to hisfamily and busi-ness, and he liked to traveland explore new country collecting antiquesand old tools along the way. He was agreat outdoorsman and he enjoyed walkingthrough the moun-tains and visiting thePacific Coast.

A life that took him fromthe crank telephone to the cell phone, he had a

large family and lots of friends throughoutNorthern California.

Raymond is survived byMarilyn, his wife of 62 years, son Bob Polsleyand Brenda of Covelo, daughter Betty andhusband Robert Tuttle of Covelo anddaughter Julie and hus-band James Goforth ofRedwood Valley.

He is survived by grand-children Christie and husband Bob O’Ferrall ofCarmichael, Ri-chard and wife MitzieGoforth of Redwood Valley, Tina and husbandDino Andino of San Clemente, Shani and hus-band Eric Smith of Redwood Valley, Claytonand wife Jackie Tut-tle of Covelo, Jolene andhusband Jason Dia-mond of Ukiah andRochelle Tuttle of Irvine.

He is survived by great-grandchildren Cody and Courtney O’Ferrall,Kalohe, Kylie and Niah Andino, Chance andShaylene Smith, Kyle, Joshlin and ClaytonJr. Tuttle and Xanta and Lucas Diamond.

Raymond was precededin death by his father and mother Harry andEstella Polsley, broth-ers Warren Polsley andCalvin Polsley and sister Geraldine Polsley.

Grave side services willbe held at 11 o’clock a. m. on March 14, 2007 atValley View Cem-etery in Covelo, CA. Ifdesired, donations may be made to Covelo FireDepartment.

Arrangements are underthe care and direc-tion of Anker-LucierMortuary.

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worry about a group of law-makers challenging the lead-ership.

“Don’s probably sending amessage,” Burton said, “thatyou’re either a team playerwith the Democrats, or go getan office in the Esquire build-ing with the Chamber ofCommerce.”

But, one staffer said it wasan overreaction to an innocentgathering.

“There’s not an organizedbloc and they’re not meeting

in private,” said the staffer,who asked to remain anony-mous to avoid antagonizingPerata. “That’s why we’re allscratching our heads.”

Calderon said he’d orderednew locks on his door earlierthis year, so he wasn’t sur-prised to find the doors lockedMonday. He had no idea he’dbeen locked out as a punish-ment for meeting with otherpro-business Democrats.

“There’s nothing going onwith the moderate caucus inthe Senate, so I don’t knowwhy he did this,” he said.“I’ve never been admonishedabout a moderate caucus.

Perata would never tell us wecan’t join a caucus.”

Negrete-McLeod’s staffmembers were able to getback into their office by lateMonday morning, said herchief of staff, Don Wilcox.

“We’re back in our office,”he said, “and we’re doing ourbest to serve our district.”

Correa’s office was theonly one still locked by theend of the business dayMonday, likely because hehad yet to meet with Perata.He said he was scheduled tomeet with Perata followingthe afternoon session.

The only member of the

Senate moderates who didn’tattend the fund-raiser wasSen. Alex Padilla, D-VanNuys, who said he hadn’theard about the lock-out. Healso said he was unaware of aban on vote-bloc caucuses.

Some observers say Padillahas already paid for trying toassert himself among SenateDemocrats. When Padilla’sname surfaced as a potentialchallenger to Perata’s leader-ship post, Perata withheldcommittee chairmanshipsfrom him, assigning him tothe rules committee - seatedvery close to Perata, who hap-pens to be the chairman.

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Purchased from theThomas Page company for“$100 in gold coin” on “lot7 of block 7,” and construct-ed of redwood in 1907, theChurch of the Oaks inCotati, California, has beenin the same location on thecorner of Page and WestSierra since its construction.The one room, unimposing,white building has watchedover this town from itsgrassy lot for 100 years.

Prior to the service whereI would speak to the smallcongregation, I sat noise-lessly in the modest, tranquilsanctuary, infused with thepresence of a century ofpeople who sat where I wasnow. Some lives began here;others heard their final trib-ute; now the life-energy ofeach was as much a part ofthis building as its stainedglass windows or bell tower.

Within these hardy, dark,handcrafted, timber walls, Iimagined Edna Meriwethergiven in holy matrimony toWilliam Johnson, encircledby the local gathering offamily and friends. Thechurch bell chimed a joyousnoise that echoed throughthe small burg; while out-side, next to the magnificentoak, the sound of fiddles,dancing, and carefree con-versation drifted through thetrees.

Sarah Williamson listenedto the minister as he eulo-gized the premature passingof her husband, Jonah, whenhis tractor rolled on himwhile he plowed the fieldsone foggy morning duringthe 1930s. He had tilled the

same patch of earth since hewas a boy. This spot whereEmmanuel, their son, hadbeen baptized, was Jonah’slast stop before he was low-ered into the Earth.

The flock sought solacein this place during times ofurgency. Sermons of spiritu-al import were deliveredfrom its pulpit as it listenedintently with somber under-standing. It rejoiced to banjomusic on weekend dances;and was uplifted by hymnsof praise at Sunday service.

The church stood witnessto it all. Although construct-ed of redwood and boundtogether by nails andscrews, these walls reflectedthe heart of a community. Ifone listened, one could hearthe beating, rhythmic, puls-ing, formed over decades.

Each of us is a sanctuaryof our own past. We are notsimply what we our present;

H E A L T HEditor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 udj@pacific.net

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Vinegar cures insomniaDEAR DR. GOTT: About two years ago, I started

having difficulty sleeping. I could barely get two hoursof sleep each night. My doctor put me on a mild anti-depressant medication and gave me some sleeping pills.I was afraid to continue the sleeping pills for fear of thembecoming an uncontrollable habit.

Someone told me to take 1 tablespoon of apple cidervinegar in 8 ounces of water just before going to bed. Itreally works. I go to sleep readily and sleep much longer.Now, my question to you is, does the vinegar have a neg-ative effect on my body or body parts?

DEAR READER: I have never heard of apple vine-gar as a treatment for insomnia. However, this doesn’tmean that it isn’t effective and, as I am sure you have dis-covered, it is safe, cheap and free of side effects -- my cri-teria for a successful alternative therapy. Continue withthe vinegar treatment. I welcome letters from other read-ers who have tried it. To give you related information, Iam sending you a copy of my Health Report“Sleep/Wake Disorders.” Other readers who would likea copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped enve-lope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH44092-0167. Be sure to mention the title.

DEAR DR. GOTT: There are services available forpeople with low incomes, such as Senior Services, butnot for the wealthy, who can afford to pay $20 to $30 anhour for home health care. What services are there formiddle-income people? Even providing a social workerwho could coordinate and find services that the middleclass could afford would be a start. I would like to seethis addressed in your column and also by our govern-ment officials.

DEAR READER: I cannot specifically answer yourquestion because the payment for home health servicesvaries from state to state. Most communities have aVisiting Nurse Association that can supply nursing care,free in-home volunteers, hospice treatment for palliativecare, social service input and help with methods toreduce or waive the costs of prescription medications,among other services. Check with your local VNA. Youmay be surprised at the extent these organizations canassist the needy. In many instances, the VNAs performastonishing levels of home care because their staffs arecomposed of truly dedicated professionals. I cannot cred-it them enough, and I thank them heartily for servingevery elderly patient that I have referred to them.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I have read on numerous occa-sions the benefits some people experience by drinkinggrape juice mixed with Certo. My question to you is, willtaking Certo over an extended period of time affect othermedical problems? For instance, will it affect people tak-ing blood thinners or thickeners?

DEAR READER: To my knowledge, pectin (Certo),a harmless product used in the making of jams and jel-lies, will not cause (or adversely affect) a person’s healthand will not interfere with the action of anticoagulantdrugs.

Doctor Gott is a practicing physician and the authorof the new book “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet,”available at most chain and independent bookstores. 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.

ALANON: Family and friends of alco-holics; 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, noon onTuesdays, noon on Fridays and 10:30 onSaturdays; Calvary Baptist Church, 465Luce Ave.; 463-1867 or 621-2721.Alateen: Meets Thursdays 8 to 9 p.m.;Calvary Baptist Church, 465 Luce Ave.,enter at east side back door; 463-1867 or621-2721.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: Christ-centered 12-step recovery; Fridays at Trinity BaptistChurch Hall, South Dora Street and LuceAve, 6 p.m. fellowship dinner; 7 p.m. teach-ing/testimony; 8 p.m. men and women’ssmall group sharing; 9 p.m. dessert/solidrock cafe. Babysitting provided. For moreinformation call 462-6535.Childbirth classes: Learn about nutritionduring pregnancy , preparing for child-birthh, breastfeeding and infant safety.Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., 333 Laws Ave., inUkiah, 472-4603.Community Healing Clinic: 20- to 30-minute sessions on a walk-in basis with avariety of health practitioners; SecondTuesday of each month, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.;Full Cirlce Wellness Resource Center, 530S. Main St. in Ukiah; 463-0777; www.full-circlewellness.org.Council on Domestic Violence: FirstWednesday, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Public HealthDepartment, 1120 S. Dora St., ConferenceRoom 198, in Ukiah except for May andOctober, which will be held at 10-MileCourt, 700 S. Franklin St. in Fort Bragg,472-2699.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: Classes are from10 a.m. to noon on the second Monday of

each month. This program pairs womenwith licensed cosmetologists to eliminatethe appearance related side effects of can-cert treatment. This is a free class offered bythe American Cancer Society at 115 E,Smith St. in Ukiah. For more information,call 462-7642 ext. 3.NAMI: (National Alliance for the MentallyIll Family Support Group) first and thirdWednesdays,6:30 p.m.; call 972-9040, 485-8033, or 467-9116 for location and informa-tion. Nami is an organization dedicated toimproving the lives of people with brain dis-orers by providing mutal support,educationand advocacy. 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: Series of healthrelated evening discussions; First and thirdTuesdays; Full Cirlce Wellness ResourceCenter, 530 S. Main St. in Ukiah; from 6:30to 8:30 p.m.; 463-0777; www.fullcirclewell-ness.org.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 meetsevery 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.Weight Watchers: Redwood ValleyWeight Watchers meet at the RedwoodValley Cafe and are hosted by RedwoodValley Fitness on 9620 N. State St. Theirleader is Laurel of Ukiah Weight Watchers.For more information, call 485-5696.Women’s Cancer Support Group: Callfor one-on-one with staff. A supportiveplace to share your cancer experience; firstand third Thursday of each month; 6 to 7:30p.m.; at their new offices at 590 S. Dora St.;Mendocino Cancer Resource 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 atudjfeatures@pacific.net.

ASK DR. GOTTBy Peter H. Gott, MD

HEALTH CALENDAR A lifetime of historywithin each of us

Striving forImperfection

By Scott Marcus

By GREG LUCASSan Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO --Businesses would receive a taxcredit equal to 10 percent ofwhat they spend each year toimprove the fitness of theiremployees -- everything frombuilding on-site workout roomsto subsidizing health club mem-berships -- under a bill pendingin the state Assembly inSacramento.

The measure also wouldallow employers to claim thesame credit for half the cost ofhiring a person or company toprovide nutritional advice, yogainstruction or substance-abuseprevention.

“We’re trying to help peopleget into healthy, active lifestylesto prevent them from needingthe hospital in the first place,”said the bill’s author,Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys. “An hour’s worth ofexercise would reduce the healthcosts to the employer, theemployee and the state.”

The measure is one of dozensintroduced by lawmakers in theaftermath of Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger’s goal voicedin January of extending healthinsurance coverage to the state’s6.5 million uninsured residentsand bringing down treatmentcosts through disease preven-tion.

Levine is personally familiarwith disease prevention: He is anasthmatic and marathon runner.

No estimate exists of whatLevine’s proposed tax creditcould cost the state in lost rev-enue. The higher the amount of

lost revenue, the more likely thescope of the bill will be reducedbecause state tax collections thisyear are already $1 billion belowprojections.

Levine’s bill, AB1439, says“qualified fitness expenditures”by an employer includeinstalling an employee gym,swimming pool, weight room,running track and indoor or out-door courts or sports fields.

The cost of equipping an

amateur athletic team can alsobe counted toward the credit ifthe team engages in “vigorousathletic activity,” which the billdefines as “exertion that makes aperson sweat and breathe hard.”

Contracting with anotherorganization to operate anemployee fitness facility alsocould be counted. So would besubsidizing health club member-ships for workers.

The bill has yet to have any

legislative hearings. It must passthrough both the Assembly andthe Senate before reaching thegovernor’s desk.

Schwarzenegger has taken noposition on the bill but is sup-portive of its goal.

“More than half of all dis-eases are preventable, so to con-tain spiraling health care costsover the long run you need tofocus on disease prevention andwellness,” said SabrinaLockhart, a Schwarzeneggerspokeswoman.

With or without Levine’s billbecoming law, employers areincreasing their focus on preven-tion, offering an array of fitness-promoting activities and pro-grams.

A June 2005 nationwide sur-vey of 365 companies by theDeloitte Center of HealthSolutions found that 62 percentof companies had implementedwellness programs and 33 per-cent said they were consideringdoing so.

Of companies with wellnessprograms, 64 percent said risinghealth care costs were a majorfactor in their decision.

More than half the companiesoffered programs to helpemployees quit smoking. Halfhad on-site workout facilitiesand 43 percent subsidized gymmemberships for employees.

Health care providers are alsoresponding to the increasedinterest in prevention programs.

For example, KaiserPermanente offers its 3 millionNorthern California members

California bill encourages worker exercise

By CAROLYN SUSMANCox News Service

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- It’s abouttime women became more aware of theirrisk of death from heart attack and stroke.

“We took a long-term view of heart dis-ease prevention because the lifetime risk ofdying of cardiovascular disease is nearly onein three for women,” said Dr. Lori Mosca,director of preventive cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and chair of theAmerican Heart Association expert panelwho wrote new guidelines for preventingsuch deaths in women.

While cancer is deadly - and women tendto fear death from breast cancer - heartattack and stroke are monsters that, evenwhen not causing death, can severely affecta woman’s life.

And the AHA said in its press release on

the new guidelines that cardiovascular dis-ease “is the largest single cause of mortalityamong women, accounting for 38 percent ofall female deaths.”

Still, it emphasized that many women arenow able to survive with this disease due toadvances in science and medicine and that42.1 million women in the United Statesnow fall into this category.

The recently released guidelines areaimed at women preventing cardiovasculardisease through lifestyle changes like quit-ting smoking, exercising more routinely, andeating fresh fruits and vegetables.

The good news is that medical expertsbelieve that prevention is possible.

Beyond that, women must become moreaware of the symptoms of heart attacks,which can differ in women from those foundin men.

“Men often experience the traditionalsymptoms of heart attacks, such as squeez-ing chest pain or pressure,” says Dr. C. NoelBairey Merz of Cedars-Sinai Medical Centerin Los Angeles. Women, however, can alsoexperience shortness of breath, dizziness,fatigue, nausea or vomiting, as well as backand jaw pain.

The truth is that cardiovascular diseaseclaims about as many lives each year as thenext five leading causes of death combined,which are cancer, chronic lower respiratorydiseases, accidents, diabetes, influenza andpneumonia.

According to Dr. Arthur Agatston, thefamed Miami cardiologist and author of“The South Beach Diet” and “The SouthBeach Heart Program,” brief episodes of

Lifestyle changes can prevent heart attack

See STRIVING, Page 9

See EXERCISE, Page 9

See CHANGES, Page 9

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

4 – TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007

The Ukiah Daily Journal

VIEWPOINTS

No one can doubt the sweeping quality of the visiondisplayed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger since hisreelection last fall. Not only does he want health insur-ance for every Californian, he wants the state to leadthe way in solving global warming and he wantsCalifornia to push oil companies into developinglower-carbon automotive fuels. Plus, he wants to trans-form American politics into a centrist exercise, some-thing that has never occurred in the 218 years since theConstitution was adopted.

The list doesn't even include $87 billion or so innew bonds Schwarzenegger would like to seeapproved before he leaves office in 2011, aiming tobuild new prisons and otherwise expand on myriadprojects to be funded by the $38 billion in existingconstruction and repair bonds approved by voters lastfall.

Similarly, no one can doubt Schwarzenegger's ora-tory and syntax are much improved this year. Perhaps,as some have speculated, pain from his December ski-ing injury concentrated his mind. Perhaps it remindedhim of his mortality, thus eliminating some of the arro-gance from his prior tone.

But there's one problem in all this:Schwarzenegger's plans often demonstrate a lack ofclear thinking, a kind of Alice in Wonderland approachwhere everything will work out all right just becausehe says so.

Take those new bonds the governor wants. Please.Just a couple of weeks after he proposed them,

California's non-partisan legislative analyst concludedthey would push the state beyond its tolerable debt ser-vice limits.

The same problem was true of the $38 billion inspending Schwarzenegger pushed so hard last fall,when he essentially promised they would solve everyone of the state's physical ills. With interest, thosebonds will cost more than $70 billion to repay. Thatkind of money will only be available if the state keepsgrowing - and Schwarzenegger himself often pointsout that more people lately have moved fromCalifornia to other states than have come here fromother parts of America.

Yes, a healthy portion of those departing are retireescashing out their valuable California real estate andbuying much more house for much less money else-where. Nevertheless, the only real growth Californiahas seen in the last few years comes from immigrantsand their offspring. They will eventually produce inno-vations and inventions, just like other immigrantgroups, but the financial return on their influx will takeawhile to come.

This means it's uncertain the last batch of bonds canbe paid back without cutting other services, like parks,roads and education. And if that's true, think whatmight happen if another $87 billion were approved.Debt service - paying the interest on those bonds -could decimate every other government function. Andthat's even without a multifaceted disaster like the nextmajor earthquake will surely create.

Then there's health care. The governor says hewants everyone to have health insurance and quitoverusing emergency rooms. He wants doctors andhospitals who now treat uninsured indigents to get paidfor what they do, but he wants the state to grab a largepart of what they're paid as a "health care fee" - whichsounds a lot like a new income tax on those at the frontlines of health care.

What's more, he doesn't even acknowledge thatcharging poor people huge deductibles, plus insurancepremiums, will leave the working poor at least as badoff as before.

Yes, Schwarzenegger says he's willing to listen toother people's ideas, but his record indicates he usual-ly pursues his own notions, no matter what othersmight suggest. Only when forced into something - ashe was with global warming - does he embrace otherpeople's ideas. The governor got behind last year'slandmark anti- greenhouse gas law only after he sawthat it would easily pass the Legislature and aidesapprised him of the damage to his "green" image werehe to veto the bill. In a clear case of "if you can't beat'em, join 'em," Schwarzenegger got off the fence.

Then there's the Schwarzenegger budget, touted as"balanced." It will only come close to being balancedif record-level capital gains taxes keep rolling in tostate coffers, and the dot-com bust of the late 1990sproved no one can bank on that. It's not happening sofar this year, and the legislative analyst says spendingcuts may be needed.

And then there's the idea of California creating newfuel-refining standards that are greener than anyoneelse's. A grand idea, but very possibly illegal under thecommerce clause of the Constitution, which givespower over interstate trade to Congress, not the states.

In short, it's highly likely that only a very small partof what Schwarzenegger so happily hyped all winterwill become reality. It's also possible that nothing he'spushing will end up happening.

Some volunteers on a power trip

To the Editor: Things are not always as they seem. Sometimes people with a smile can be

very mean. The intention of a generous and caring

community becomes unclear, when it is given with a sneer. This bit of poetry with its lack of poten-

tial greatness is however expressed withsincerity. The inspiration was provided bythe manner and lack of regard for humandignity of the volunteers that are in a posi-tion of authority at the Food Bank of thisabundant city of Ukiah. There is a genuinecaring of the more fortunate citizens andexisting concern for those on fixedincomes such as our senior population thathave little other recourse but to turn to thecommunity for extra support should theyfind themselves in a situation causing themto have to choose between paying bills,unexpected financial emergencies or sim-ply a leg up on getting by month to monthand be able to afford food that is nourish-ing and a substantial diet with variety.

The abuse of authority of which I speakis unfortunately not just a few isolated inci-dents but rather has become at the discre-tion of the person and or persons in charge,and especially on Saturday when an actualsupervisor is not on the premises but offfor the weekend. A slight changing of therequirements or rules meant to give anorderly manner in which this generous dis-persal of food is made available to those inneed can make the difference as to whethera person that has stood in line for hoursand physically overextended their ability tobe in any line that long, will or will not beable to receive the help they came for.

There is an existing policy that seniorsand disabled persons are received first,prior to persons that are homeless or havechildren. The existing policy is also thatthe age of 60 years and older is considereda senior citizen. But if there is a person atthe front of the line for seniors that the vol-unteers have issue with as was the case lastSaturday, they simply changed the agefrom 60 years to 70 years. And when theydecide to cut the line off for who they saycan go in next, they just do it. Any remain-ing elderly then are left to grovel for thenext place in line or go all the way to theback of the line or do what also oftenoccurs, go home empty handed because forvarious reasons they cant stand in line foran additional hour and a half or more.

Being a volunteer is a noble, unselfishand humanitarian effort in light of whichmany existing social services would not beavailable if it weren’t for the generosity ofthe volunteers time. But it is also a fact thatin some instances it is ordered by a judgeas public service and gives way to a chipon the shoulder which is reflected in howthey regard other people. People that donot display a sense of common courtesy orotherwise show a tendency to be abusive toothers should not be given this opportunity.The saying that one bad apple doesn’t spoilthe whole basket is incorrect in thisinstance.

The derogatory remarks made by someof the volunteers for no other reason otherthan because they can is positively unac-ceptable and should not have to be tolerat-ed. But the message is pretty understoodthat “if you want to eat bad enough youwill make no complaints!” And so the out-of-sync beat of oppression goes on.

Dee RoffensenUkiah

Loafers not wantedTo the Editor:I am wondering why there is so much

talk about lack of affordable housing inUkiah. It seems to me that we have plenty,in fact an abundance, of low income hous-

ing. There is the new apartment complexbehind the co-op on Porzio, there are apart-ments on Gobbi, Perkins, Observatory,Washington, Dora, Waugh, Clara, Bush,Freitas, South Oak, Oak Manor, subsidizedsweat equity housing on Orchard and Dora,as well as HUD housing throughout Ukiah.In many of these low income complexesthe gang members have taken over and cre-ated fear and violence. Why should we tax-payers pay for them or their families to livecheaply while wreaking havoc? Those wholive in low income housing benefit byworking fewer hours. The less you earn,the less you pay in rent. It doesn’t makesense. It encourages laziness. Ukiah usedto be a very safe small town. Now we oftenread about shootings, stabbings, robberies,etc.

It appears that many county workers arebeing assured of job security by drawing asmany people as possible onto the dole ofwelfare, food stamps, housing, etc. Anexample of this is the article whichappeared in the Daily Journal last year ask-ing readers to recruit their friends, neigh-bors, family members and anyone else intothe Food Stamp program because notenough people were signing up for FoodStamps. Many out of towners are comingto Ukiah to share in the many free benefitswe offer.

Plowshares began as a wonderful andgenerous idea to help those who weregoing hungry in our town. It has growninto a magnet for those from out of thearea. I often drive down Luce Avenue inthe morning before Plowshares beginsserving lunch. I notice that most of the

people waiting for lunch are not local peo-ple. They appear to be newcomers whohave heard about the liberal programsavailable in our small town and have cometo take advantage of them. Plowshares hassigns posted on their porch asking guestsnot to loiter in the neighborhood and torespect their neighbors. The guests are notrespecting Plowshares’ neighbors.Neighbors, who by the way are taxpayingcitizens. If you drive down Luce Avenuebetween the hours of 10:30 a.m. and lunchtime at Plowshares, you will see many oftheir guests lounging on the propertyowned by the corner gas station and alsoleaning on the wall of Carpenter Plumbingand hanging out around local homes.Sometimes they bring their sleeping bagsand take a nap. This is not right.Plowshares has a responsibility to havetheir guests wait for their lunch onPlowshares’ property. Many of these guestsare smoking pot, drinking alcohol, andsmoking cigarettes. Would any of you liketo have these guests hanging around yourhome or property? I also wonder how theseguests can afford these items if they cannotafford food.

In closing I would like us to rememberwhat President John F. Kennedy said“...ask not what your country can do foryou - ask what you can do for your coun-try.” Get off your butt, get a job and payyour own way.

Ruth Mann Ukiah

Letters from our readers

THOMAS D. ELIAS

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

Where is Arnold’s realism?

Thomas D. Elias is a syndicated columnist.

In our opinion

Looks like the county will have to explainwhat it did or did not promise the formerPhoenix Programs, Inc. which wants to put alarge mental health crisis facility in a quietwest side Ukiah residential neighborhood.

A lawsuit has been filed by ANKABehavioral Health Service, Inc. (formerlyPhoenix) claiming the county promised toreimburse it for the startup costs of its pro-posed 14-bed crisis center on HortenseStreet last year (apparently seven beds werefor Mendocino County patients and sevenfor Lake County patients). Now, with theMendocino County and probably the LakeCounty contracts canceled, ANKA still has a24-occupant application for the same siteinto the city of Ukiah, which we predict will

go down in flames. It appears to us that the county was trying

to quietly sneak a mental health crisis centerinto the Hortense Street neighborhoodbefore the residents got wind of it.

The building on the site used to be the 6-bed Silver Birches elderly care home, whichmost neighbors say they didn’t mind andstill wouldn’t.

Trying to put not just a mental healthfacility, but a crisis facility in a residentialneighborhood, and then asking for as manyas 24 occupants is just asking for trouble.

The people at the county mental healthdepartment and ANKA need to have theirheads examined.

Not a good idea

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 2137,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001;Santa Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa,576-2297. Berg's field representative inUkiah office located at 311 N. State St.,Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The office’s faxnumber is 463-5773. E-mail to: assembly-member.berg@assembly.ca.gov

Senator Pat Wiggins: State SenateDistrict 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100,Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375Email:senator.wiggins@sen.ca.gov.

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

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

More letters on Page 8

By VIKKI CONWELLCox News Service

ATLANTA -- Can youchange your mood with food?

Perhaps, but it could be allin your mind.

When 90 percent of partici-pants in a British study report-ed improved mental and emo-tional health after changingtheir diet, a link between food,mood and stress was merged.

The study identified food“stressors,” such as sugar, caf-feine, alcohol and chocolateas improving mental healthwhen participants reduced orremoved them from theirdiets. Stressors, which initial-ly may produce a soothingfeeling, tend to stimulate thebody, increasing heart rate andblood pressure. This putsstress on the cardiovascularsystem.

When people grab theirmorning coffee or sugary treatin the afternoon, they arelooking for a quick fix ofenergy, says Kimberly Glenn,a registered dietitian inAtlanta who says spikes inblood sugar are unhealthy forthe body and mind.

“Yo-yo-ing throughout theday causes you to becomemore stressed,” she says,adding that stressed peopleoften reach for unhealthyfoods with “empty” caloriesthat leave them feeling deplet-ed sooner.

An unhealthy eating cyclecontinues: Stress releases hor-mones that stimulate appetiteand storage of fat, and bingeeating can result in a deficien-cy of nutrients, upset the ner-vous system and further com-pound stress.

To avoid the roller-coasterride, you should eat a bal-anced diet of small meals ofproteins and fibers that slowdown digestion and help pre-vent highs and lows in bloodsugar, Glenn says. Also,choose foods such as oats andwhole grains that release ener-gy slowly, and drink plenty ofwater, because dehydrationcan cause headaches, fatigueand weakness.

“Eating this way has notbeen shown to decrease yourstress, but it will create lastingenergy and decrease the needfor the energy fix,” Glennsays.

Respondents in the Britishsurvey reported significantimprovement when theyadded food “supporters” suchas water, vegetables, fruit andoil-rich fish that help improvebody and brain function.Supporters help the bodyprocess food better.

Atlanta psychologist AlanBehrman agrees that scientificevidence has yet to validate adirect cause-and-effect rela-tionship between eating (ornot eating) certain foods andhow people feel, but he fre-quently queries his patientsabout their eating habits.

“Just because you’re eatingcertain foods doesn’t meanthey’re causing you stress,”

says Behrman, citing food asonly one of an infinite numberof stressors in the world.

But “a healthy, balanceddiet combined with regularexercise is one of the bestways to control and deal withthose stressors,” he says.

The no-no list• Sugar• Caffeine• Alcohol• Chocolate• Additives• Foods made with refined

flour• Dairy• Saturated fats

Instead, try these• Water• Vegetables• Fruit• Oil-rich fish• Nuts and seeds• “Brown” (whole grain)

food• Fiber• Protein• Organic foodSource: Food and Mood

Project

Healthy dayDietitian Kimberly Glenn

offers some ideas to createmeal plans for lasting energy:

Breakfast (choose one):• High-fiber cereal or oat-

meal with skim or 1 percentmilk and a piece of fruit

• 1-2 eggs and one piece ofwhole-wheat toast with apiece of fruit

Snack:• Apple with peanut butter

or a cup of yogurtLunch:• Lean protein sandwich

(turkey, ham, roast beef orgrilled chicken) on whole-wheat bread

Plus (choose one):• Salad with light dressing

on the side• Vegetable - cooked or raw

• Piece of fruitSnack• Reduced-fat whole-grain

crackers (6) plus a piece ofstring cheese or 1 ounce oflow-fat cheese (6 grams orless)

Dinner• Lean protein (3-5 ounces

grilled fish or chicken) with 1cup brown rice, 1 cup broccoliand salad

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Saturday, Mar. 24, 200710 a.m. – noon

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By ANDREW MARTINNew York Times

Healthy soda?That may strike some as an oxymoron,

but for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, it’s a mar-keting opportunity.

In coming months, both companies willintroduce new carbonated drinks that arefortified with vitamins and minerals: DietCoke Plus and Tava, which is PepsiCo’snew offering.

They will be promoted as “sparklingbeverages.” The companies are not callingthem soft drinks because people are turningaway from traditional soda, which has beenhurt in part by publicity about its link toobesity.

While the soda business remains a $68billion industry in the United States, con-sumers are increasingly reaching for trendybeverages like fortified water, sparklingjuices and bottled green tea. In 2005, theamount of soda sold in this countrydropped for the first time in recent history.Even the diet soda business has slowed.

Coca-Cola’s chief executive, E. NevilleIsdell, clearly frustrated that his industrywas singled out in the obesity debate,insisted at a recent conference that his dietproducts should be included in the healthand wellness category because, with few orno calories, they are a logical answer toexpanding waistlines.

“Diet and light brands are actually healthand wellness brands,” Isdell said. Heexplained that Diet Coke Plus was a way tobroaden the category to attract new con-sumers.

Tom Pirko, president of Bevmark, a foodand beverage consulting firm, said it was“a joke” to market artificially sweetenedsoft drinks as healthy, even if they are for-tified with vitamins and minerals. Researchby his firm and others shows that con-sumers think of diet soft drinks as “theantithesis of healthy,” he said.

The new fortified soft drinks earnedgrudging approval from Michael F.Jacobson, executive director of the Center

for Science in the Public Interest, a nutri-tion advocacy group and frequent critic ofregular soft drinks, which it has labeled“liquid candy.”

“These beverages are certainly a lot bet-ter than a regular soft drink,” he said. Buthe was quick to add that consumers werebetter off getting their nutrients from natur-al foods, rather than fortified soft drinks.

Diet Coke Plus will be introduced thisspring, and will cost the same as regularDiet Coke.

Tava will be available to consumers thisfall; PepsiCo officials say they have notdetermined the price.

Makers of sodas try a newpitch: They’re good for you

The better you eat,the better you feel

See BETTER, Page 9

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– TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 20076

The Ukiah Daily Journal

By DOUG FEINBERGAP Sports Writer

Duke, Tennessee, Connecticut andNorth Carolina were selectedMonday as the No. 1 seeds for thewomen’s NCAA tournament.

The Blue Devils, who went 29-0in the regular season and then lost toN.C. State in the Atlantic CoastConference tournament semifinals,will open up against No. 16 HolyCross on Sunday in Raleigh. With aregional in Greensboro, Duke wouldstay in North Carolina until the FinalFour in Cleveland.

The 64-team tournament begins

Saturday.“We’re really excited. We’re play-

ing all year long, hoping to get achance to stay in Raleigh, and stay inGreensboro which is about an hourand 15 minutes down the road,”Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said.

Duke, ranked atop the AP Poll forthe final nine weeks, hopes for betterresults than the last time the BlueDevils finished No. 1 — the 2003-04final poll. They lost to Minnesota inthe regional finals that season.

Others in the Greensboro regionalare No. 8 Temple vs. No. 9 Nebraska,No. 4 Rutgers vs. No. 12 East

Carolina, No. 5 Michigan State vs.No. 12 Delaware, No. 6 Louisvillevs. No. 11 Brigham Young, No. 3Arizona State vs. No. 14 UCRiverside, No. 7 Bowling Green vs.No. 10 Oklahoma State, and No. 2Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 DelawareState.

In the West, LSU, which sawPokey Chatman abruptly resign lastWednesday, is seeded No. 3 in theFresno region.

Former coach Chatman was notallowed to be alone with her playersafter an assistant reported allegedimproper conduct to the university in

February, a school official withdirect knowledge of the matter toldThe Associated Press on Monday.

The university reacted promptlyand properly to assistant coach CarlaBerry’s allegations, said the official,who asked to remain anonymousbecause it was a personnel matter.

The Tigers will play UNCAsheville on Friday night in Austin,Texas with acting head coach BobStarkey at the helm.

“The kids have done a wonderfuljob,” Starkey said. “They are a veryresilient bunch. They have beenthrough difficult times with Sue

Gunter’s death and HurricaneKatrina.”

The defending championMaryland Terrapins will face IvyLeague champion Harvard onSunday afternoon in Hartford.

Maryland, which returned all fivestarters from last season’s team, was0-5 against Duke and North Carolinathis season. The Terps are looking tobecome the first repeat championssince Connecticut won three straightfrom 2002-04.

“The only team that’s going intothe tournament knowing they can

Duke, Tennessee, Connecticut, North Carolina earn No. 1 seeds

See NCAA, Page 7

M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L LCubs 10,Giants 5By JOSH DUBOWAP Sports Writer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — BarryBonds lost a pair of fly balls in the sun,Gold Glover Omar Vizquel booted aroutine grounder and CarlosZambrano fell on his face while leg-ging out a triple.

And that was just the top of the firstinning.

The Chicago Cubs scored six runs

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Barry Bonds during the Giants game against Anaheim March 6 in Arizona.

Mariners 6,Athletics 5

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The num-bers on the scoreboard — and scale —are getting better for Felix Hernandez.

So is his confidence.Seattle’s slimmed-down pitcher

tossed four scoreless innings againstthe team he is expected to open theseason against April 2, and theMariners beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Monday.

Hernandez, who reported to camp20 pounds lighter than he was whilegoing 12-14 with a 4.52 ERA last sea-son, struck out one and limited the A’sto three hits and no walks.

The 20-year-old right-hander saidhis confidence has improved with each

By JOSH DUBOWAP Sports Writer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. —Opening day is still three weeksaway and Barry Bonds already istalking about 2008.

Asked Monday whether he’dlike to play next season if he’s stillhealthy, Bonds responded, “sure.”Bonds hedged a bit later in theinterview, but it’s clear he’s notquite ready to step away.

“Let me get through ’07 first,”he said. “If I’m healthy, I’d con-sider coming back.”

Bonds said he feels “100 per-cent” better than he did last spring,when he was coming back fromthree operations on his right knee.He is moving better than he did atthis time last year and played forthe fourth straight day Mondayagainst the Chicago Cubs.

He said it took until August forhim to feel he was back in base-ball shape last year and that hisimproved health has put him in abetter frame of mind.

“When you feel better, your

mood is better,” he said. “The lastcouple of years it wasn’t happen-ing.”

Along with his balky knee,Bonds was dogged in spring train-ing last year by allegations ofsteroid use in the book “Game ofShadows.” Then in April, it wasrevealed that a grand jury wasinvestigating him for possible per-jury regarding to his testimony inthe Bay Area Laboratory Co-oper-ative scandal.

Bonds said he’d like to keepplaying as long as he’s healthy butadded that it’s getting harder andharder to do the work it takes eachoffseason to get ready.

He said unlike Roger Clemens,who is mulling whether to comeback for another partial season thisyear, a hitter can’t join a team inthe middle of the season.

“That’s the hardest part for us,”he said. “We don’t get as muchtime off. If we don’t start early, wehave to play catch up.”

Giants manager Bruce Bochysaid watching Bonds leaves no

doubt that the slugger could playbeyond 2007.

“There’s no question in mymind he has a lot of baseball left,”Bochy said. “He came in here ingood shape. He’s been runningwell, he’s swinging the bat well.He looks like he’s on a mission toplay longer.”

The biggest on-field questionsurrounding Bonds this season iswhether he will hit the 22 homeruns he needs to break HankAaron’s career home run mark of755.

Bonds said he didn’t know ifAaron would be on hand if he’s inposition to break the record andwasn’t about to predict when thatmilestone homer might come.

“I just want to do it. Period,” hesaid.

Bonds said he would haveprobably broken Aaron’s mark ifnot for the knee injuries that limit-ed him to 14 games in 2005 andslowed him down for much of last

Padres 10,White Sox 8

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — GregMaddux was scratched from a sched-uled start Monday for the San DiegoPadres against the Chicago White Soxbecause of a a mild lower abdominalstrain.

Maddux felt a slight strain on thesecond-to-last pitch of his last start, onMarch 8 against the Chicago Cubs,and was pulled for precautionary rea-sons before the Padres beat theChicago White Sox 10-8.

“He would have been available dur-ing the season, but why push it onMarch 12?” San Diego manager BudBlack said.

Bonds talks about 2008

Athletics cut down roster

PHOENIX (AP) — The OaklandAthletics optioned right-hander ShaneKomine and outfielder Javier Herrerato Triple-A Sacramento before theirgame against the Seattle Mariners onMonday.

Herrera, one of the A’s topprospects, missed last year after recon-structive right elbow surgery. Komineappeared in two games for Oaklandlast season, allowing five runs in nineinnings with no decisions.

In addition, left-hander DerekThompson, catcher John Baker werereassigned to the A’s minor leaguecamp.

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUE

W L PctNew York 8 3 .727Baltimore 7 3 .700Los Angeles 9 5 .643Texas 7 4 .636Cleveland 8 5 .615Detroit 8 5 .615Boston 7 6 .539Oakland 6 6 .500Kansas City 6 7 .461Minnesota 5 8 .385Toronto 4 7 .364Chicago 4 11 .267Seattle 3 10 .231Tampa Bay 1 11 .083

———NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L PctCincinnati 9 2 .818Atlanta 8 3 .727St. Louis 8 4 .667San Francisco 9 5 .643Houston 7 4 .636Arizona 8 5 .615Colorado 8 5 .615Los Angeles 9 6 .600Chicago 7 5 .583Milwaukee 6 8 .429

Philadelphia 5 7 .417San Diego 5 7 .417Pittsburgh 4 8 .333Washington 4 8 .333New York 4 9 .308Florida 3 10 .231

NOTE: Split-squad games count in thestandings; games against non-majorleague teams do not.———Sunday’s GamesBaltimore 5, Boston 3Minnesota 8, Toronto 5Atlanta 6, St. Louis 3Houston 5, Tampa Bay 3Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 8L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 9N.Y. Mets (ss) 4, Detroit (ss) 2Detroit (ss) 5, Philadelphia 3Florida 5, N.Y. Mets (ss) 5, tie, 11 inningsCleveland 4, N.Y. Yankees 3Arizona 10, San Diego 7Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 3Colorado 5, Kansas City 4L.A. Angels (ss) 2, Texas 0Oakland (ss) 7, L.A. Angels (ss) 6Chicago White Sox 12, Seattle (ss) 7Oakland (ss) 3, San Francisco (ss) 2San Francisco (ss) 8, Seattle (ss) 3Monday’s GamesWashington 9, N.Y. Mets 6Minnesota 9, Florida 1St. Louis 3, Atlanta 1

Cincinnati 3, Toronto 0Houston 6, Philadelphia 6, tie, 10 inningsDetroit 3, Tampa Bay 2Pittsburgh 6, Cleveland 1L.A. Dodgers 4, Baltimore 2Texas 11, Milwaukee 7Seattle 6, Oakland 5Arizona 6, Colorado 5, 10 inningsSan Diego 10, Chicago White Sox 8L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 4Chicago Cubs 10, San Francisco 5Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 5Tuesday’s GamesBoston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05a.m.Baltimore vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05a.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven,Fla., 10:05 a.m.Detroit vs. L.A. Dodgers at Vero Beach,Fla.,, 10:05 a.m.St. Louis vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers,Fla., 10:05 a.m.Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at St.Petersburg, Fla., 10:05 a.m.San Diego vs. Colorado at Tucson, Ariz.,1:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.,1:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at Tucson,Ariz., 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox vs. Texas at Surprise,Ariz., 1:05 p.m.Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe,

Ariz., 1:05 p.m.Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla.,4:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla.,4:15 p.m.Oakland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale,Ariz., 7:05 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesToronto (ss) vs. Cleveland (ss) at WinterHaven, Fla., 9:35 a.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla.,10:05 a.m.Atlanta vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla.,10:05 a.m.Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla.,10:05 a.m.Florida vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale,Fla., 10:05 a.m.Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla.,10:05 a.m.Cleveland (ss) vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin,Fla., 10:05 a.m.Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 1:05p.m.Colorado vs. Kansas City at Surprise,Ariz., 1:05 p.m.San Francisco vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe,Ariz., 1:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Chicago White Sox atTucson, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.Tampa Bay vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota,Fla., 4:05 p.m.Minnesota vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa,Fla., 4:15 p.m.

See BONDS, Page 7

See GIANTS, Page 7

See As, Page 7

See PADRES, Page 7

By IOAN GRILLOAssociated Press

H U I X Q U I L U C A N ,Mexico — Even MeaghanFrancella found it hardbelieve: She actually beatAnnika Sorenstam in a play-off for her first LPGA Tourvictory.

“Words can’t describe howI feel right now,” the 24-year-old New Yorker said Mondayafter winning the rain-delayedMasterCard Classic in onlyher sixth LPGA Tour start.

“Annika is the best playerin the world. I was a littleintimidated, but I just tried tostay patient. I didn’t want herto intimidate me. I just tried tostay focused. ... I was like,’Am I really doing this?’ I feltlike I was dreaming.”

The former University ofNorth Carolina star from PortChester, N.Y., won with a 4-foot birdie putt on the fourthextra hole. She closed with a3-under 69 to matchSorenstam (66) at 11-under205 on the Bosque Realcourse — the longest on thetour at 6,932 yards and alsothe highest at about 8,000 feetabove sea level.

Francella, the 2003Atlantic Coast Conferencechampion who earned hertour card last year with a fifth-place finish on the FuturesTour money list, made thewinning 4-foot putt on thepar-5 18th — the only holeused in the playoff — afterSorenstam missed a 7-footbirdie try.

“I didn’t expect Annika tomiss that putt,” Francellasaid. “I just tried to stay in mymoment and make the putt. Itwas just left-center. ... I hadnothing to lose out theretoday. ... Nobody knew who Iwas before this week, exceptthe people back home.”

Francella, who earned$180,000 for the break-through victory, birdied thepar-4 16th — hitting an 8-ironto a foot — to tie Sorenstamat 11 under and finished regu-lation with two straight pars.

“It’s hard to be in this posi-tion,” Francella said.“Everybody’s gunning foryou. I’m proud of myself forstaying patient and stayingconfident. I had been in thisposition on the DuramedFutures Tour, but never outhere. I know that prepared mefor today. I couldn’t havedone it if I hadn’t played outthere.”

Sorenstam, the two-timedefending champion, hadseven birdies and a bogey —on the 16th hole.

“I’m very happy with theway I played today. I shot 6under,” Sorenstam said. “Ithought I made a good run atit. I’m very pleased with theway I hit the ball today. I hada lot of chances. It got veryexciting. It came down to theend and a putt or two wouldhave been a different out-come.”

Francellawins 1sttour victory

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBToronto 35 29 .547 —New York 29 34 .460 5 1/2New Jersey 29 35 .453 6Philadelphia 25 38 .397 9 1/2Boston 18 44 .290 16Southeast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 34 28 .548 —Miami 33 29 .532 1Orlando 29 36 .446 6 1/2Atlanta 25 39 .391 10Charlotte 23 41 .359 12Central Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 39 22 .639 —Cleveland 38 25 .603 2

Chicago 37 28 .569 4Indiana 29 33 .46810 1/2Milwaukee 23 41 .35917 1/2WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBx-Dallas 52 9 .852 —San Antonio 45 18 .714 8Houston 39 24 .619 14New Orleans 28 35 .444 25Memphis 16 49 .246 38Northwest Division

W L Pct GBUtah 43 19 .694 —Denver 30 31 .49212 1/2Minnesota 27 35 .435 16Portland 26 36 .419 17Seattle 25 38 .39718 1/2Pacific Division

W L Pct GBx-Phoenix 48 14 .774 —L.A. Lakers 33 31 .516 16L.A. Clippers 29 33 .468 19Sacramento 28 34 .452 20Golden State 29 36 .44620 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot———Sunday’s GamesToronto 120, Seattle 119, OTDetroit 98, L.A. Clippers 80

Denver 113, Sacramento 101Chicago 94, Boston 78Cleveland 99, Indiana 88Miami 106, Washington 104Houston 103, Orlando 92Dallas 108, L.A. Lakers 72Portland 106, Golden State 87Monday’s GamesCharlotte 119, Orlando 108Toronto 108, Milwaukee 93New Jersey 113, Memphis 102Dallas at Golden State, late gameHouston at Phoenix, late gameTuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Sacramento at Cleveland, 4 p.m.Utah at Miami, 4:30 p.m.Indiana at Minnesota, 5 p.m.New Jersey vs. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5p.m.L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 5 p.m.Boston at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Portland at Denver, 6 p.m.Detroit at Seattle, 7 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesUtah at Orlando, 4 p.m.New York at Toronto, 4 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m.Sacramento at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Houston, 5:30 p.m.Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m.Detroit at Portland, 7 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Optioned INF EiderTorres, OF Val Majewski and RHP Jim Johnson toNorfolk of the IL. Reassigned C Brian Bock, INFBrandon Singh, OF Luis Montanez and LHPChris Waters to their minor league camp.Released RHP Jose Acevedo.BOSTON RED SOX—Returned RHP Nick Debarrto Tampa Bay. Optioned RHP Kyle Jackson toPortland of the EL. Assigned LHP Abe Alvarez, CDusty Brown and OF Kerry Robinson to theirminor league camp.DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned RHP Jordan Tataand RHP Virgil Vasquez to Toledo of the IL; RHPEulogio De La Cruz and RHP Kyle Sleeth to Erieof the EL; and LHP Andrew Miller to Lakeland ofthe FSL. Assigned RHP Jair Jurrjens and C CGabe Johnson and C Dusty Ryan to their minorleague camp.LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned RHP StevenShell and OF Terry Evans to Salt Lake of the

PCL. Optioned RHP Jose Arredondo toArkansasof the Southern League. ReassignedINF Mike Eylward, INF Sean Rodriguez, INFHainley Statia and OF Aaron Peel to minorleague camp.MINNESOTA TWINS— Optioned LHP RickyBarrett to Rochester of the IL, RHP OswaldoSosa to New Britain of the EL and LHP AlexanderSmit to Fort Myers of the FSL. Reassigned RHPBrad Voyles, C Jeff Christy, C Korey Feiner, CJose Morales and INF Gil Velazquez to theirminor league camp.OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Optioned RHP ShaneKomine and OF Javier Herrera to Sacramento ofthe PCL. Reassigned LHP Derek Thompson andC John Baker to their minor league camp.TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned RHP RyanHouston, RHP Jean Maci and RHP Tracy Thorpeto Syracuse of the IL.National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES—Optioned OF GregorBlanco, RHPs Jose Ascanio and Anthony Larueto Richmond of the IL. Reassigned INF BrentLillibridge, C Jarrod Saltamacchia to Mississippiof the SL. Reassigned C Jose Mendez toRichmond.CHICAGO CUBS—Optioned INF Scott Mooreand LHP Clay Rapada to Iowa of the PCL.Optioned INF Brian Dopirak to Tennessee of theSouthern League. Optioned RHP Jeff Samardzijato Daytona of the FSL. Assigned RHP Jason

Anderson, RHP Sean Gallagher, RHP AdamHarben, RHP Ben Howard, RHP John Webb,RHP Randy Wells, INF Mike Kinkade, INF EricPatterson, OF Tyler Colvin and OF Chris Walkerto minor league camp.CINCINNATI REDS—Optioned LHP PhilDumatrait to Louisville of the IL and OF ChrisDickerson and RHP Calvin Medlock toChattanooga of the SL. Reassigned LHP JasonKershner and RHP Tom Shearn to their minorleague camp.COLORADO ROCKIES—Released C JavyLopez. Optioned INF Jonathan Herrera, INFJayson Nix and OF Jeff Salazar to their minorleague camp. Assigned INF Joe Koshansky, OFSean Barker, OF Matt Miller and OF Seth Smithto their minor league camp.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Reassigned OF ColbyRasmus, OF Cody Haerther, INF Brendan Ryan,INF Travis Hanson, LHP Troy Cate and RHP MikeSmith to their minor league camp.SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned RHP LeoRosales and RHP Jared Wells to Portland of thePCL. Reassigned LHP Frank Brooks and LHPAdrian Burnside to their minor league camp.WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Optioned RHPJermaine Van Buren and RHP Brett Campbell toColumbus of the IL. Reassigned LHP ChrisMichalak and OF Darnell McDonald to their minorleague camp.

SCOREBOARD

Maddux gave up two runsand five hits in three inningsagainst the Cubs. He has a3.60 ERA in two spring train-ing starts, allowing two runsand striking out four in fiveinnings.

Maddux, who turns 41 nextmonth, is 333-203 with a 3.08ERA in 21 major league sea-sons.

Tim Stauffer took over andallowed two hits in threeinnings. He struck out two andwalked three. He beat LosAngeles in his only start lastyear and is 4-6 with a 5.07ERA in 15 starts during the

past two seasons.“Any time you put up zeros

you have done your job,” hesaid. “It was not the best com-mand I would have had, but Igot double-play balls when Ineeded them.”

Jim Thome hit a pair ofhome runs for the White Sox,a drive over 40-foot center-field wall at the 405-foot markand a three-run drive. Thomehas three homers and eightRBIs.

Juan Uribe and LuisTerrero also homered for theWhite Sox, and PaulMcAnulty hit a two-runhomer for San Diego.

Chicago’s Jose Contrerasgave up two runs and four hitsin 4 2-3 innings and struck outfive.

Continued from Page 6outing — and now he is readyto refine his game.

“Before, my confidencewas around 75 percent, but it’sat 85 percent now,” he said.“I’m getting better with everystart. All my pitches wereworking today.”

Hernandez showed com-mand of his fastball, curveballand slider. With his physicalability established after a sud-den rise through the minorleagues to Seattle in late 2005,Hernandez is setting short-term goals.

“I’m concentrating on get-ting the ball down in the strike

zone,” he said. “Last seasonwhen I got ahead of hitters, Ithrew it down the middle andsometimes up. That was amistake, and I learned fromthat.”

Hernandez allowed 23home runs in 31 starts in 2006.That’s four more than heallowed in his previous threeprofessional seasons com-bined.

In three starts this month inhomer-happy Arizona, he’sallowed two home runs. Butthose have been the only runsscored off Hernandez in ninespring training innings. He’sallowed eight hits and walkedjust two.

Richie Sexson had his firsttwo hits of the spring to leadSeattle’s offense to a 5-0 leadagainst starter Joe Kennedyand reliever Chad Gaudin.Sexson was 0-for-18 until anRBI single in the first inningoff Kennedy. The slugger then

homered in the fourth, a soloshot off Gaudin.

Kennedy, scheduled to beOakland’s No. 5 starter,allowed seven hits and fourearned runs in 3 2-3 innings— including two hits andthree RBIs from new Seattledesignated hitter Jose Vidro.Kennedy walked two andstruck out one.

In his previous start lastWednesday against the Cubs,Kennedy allowed eight hitsand five runs in two innings.Yet first-year A’s managerBob Geren is not alarmed. Henoted a fly ball by IchiroSuzuki that left fielder HiramBocachica lost in the sun ledto two first-innings runsagainst Kennedy.

“He threw 65 pitches andgot his work in. I was happywith his effort,” Geren said.“He threw better this timethan he did last time.”

Notes: Erubiel Durazo, try-

ing to get back into the majorleagues after spending 2006with three minor league clubs,tied the game with a three-runhomer in the eighth. “He con-tinues to look like a big leagueplayer,” Geren said. Durazo isnow one behind Mike Piazzaand Nick Swisher for teamlead in RBIs. Piazza got hiseighth spring training RBIwith a double. Piazza, the A’snew DH, is 10-for-21 (.476)this month. ... The Mariners’go-ahead run in the eighth wasunearned. SS J.J. Furmaniakbooted Oswaldo Navarro’sroutine groundball. ... The A’soptioned RHP Shane Komineand OF Javier Herrera toTriple-A Sacramento. ... RHPChris Reitsma, expected to beSeattle’s primary setup manthis season after elbowsurgery last summer, had hisfirst solid outing of the spring.He pitched a perfect ninth forthe save.

Continued from Page 6

season as well. If falls shortof the mark this season, headmits that would play intohis decision about 2008.

“It would be something toconsider,” he said. “It wouldbe something to listen to overthe winter.”

Bonds said he’s not afraidof retirement, enjoying histime away from the gameduring his rehab from theknee injuries in 2005.

“I had a year off. I had ayear off at home and I likedit,” he said. “I didn’t miss thegame as much as I thought.”

When the possibility ofhitting 800 homers was

brought up, Bonds said to“call Alex” — a reference tothe Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez,who has 464 homers at theage of 31.

“Whatever I end up with,I’ll be happy,” Bonds said.

Bonds has other goals aswell. He said he’d have noproblem getting the 70 RBIshe needs this year for 2,000but might need to alter hisstrategy if he’s going to getthe 159 hits he needs to reach3,000 in 2007.

“Got to get some bunts inthen,” he said.

Bonds had a tough day inthe field Monday, the fourthstraight day he was in theGiants lineup. He lost a pairof first-inning fly balls in thebright sun in left field, con-tributing to a six-run inning

for the Chicago Cubs, andwent 1-for-3 with a single atthe plate in the Giants’ 10-5loss.

“We should play morenight games,” he said. “We’dhave a better chance of see-ing the ball.”

Bonds will be off onTuesday when the Giants hostthe Oakland Athletics in theironly night game at ScottsdaleStadium this year beforereturning to the lineup as thedesignated hitter against theAngels in Tempe onWednesday.

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West No. 1 seedConnecticut (29-3) will playNo. 16 UMBC on Sunday inHartford.

If they advance past thefirst two rounds, the Huskiesthen must travel to Fresno,Calif. for the regionals.During its run of five nationalchampionships since 1995,Connecticut hasn’t been far-ther West than Kansas City.

The Huskies eventuallycould face No. 2 Stanford,which opens up at homeagainst No. 15 Idaho State.

The sentimental choice inFresno might be NorthCarolina State and coach KayYow. The Wolfpack, who havewon 11 of the 13 games since

Yow returned after breast can-cer treatments, are the No. 4seed in Fresno. They will playRobert Morris on Sunday inthe first round in the Raleighsubregional.

Also in the West bracket, itwill be: No. 5 Baylor vs. No.12 Chattanooga, No. 6 Xaviervs. No. 11 West Virginia, andNo. 7 Old Dominion vs. No.10 Florida State.

North Carolina, which wonthe ACC conference tourna-ment, earned a No. 1 seed forthe third straight season andwill open Sunday againstPrairie View. The Tar Heelsare the top seed in the Dallasregion. Other games in theregion include No. 8California vs. No. 9 NotreDame, No. 5 GeorgeWashington vs. No. 12 BoiseState, No. 4 Texas A&M vs.No. 13 Texas-Arlington, No. 6Iowa State vs. No. 11Washington, No. 3 Georgiavs. No. 14 Belmont, No. 7Georgia Tech vs. No. 10DePaul, and No. 2 Purdue vs.No. 15 Oral Roberts.

The Boilermakers won theBig Ten tournament champi-onship.

The Big East placed themost teams in the champi-

onship bracket with eight, fol-lowed by the Atlantic Coastand Big 12 with six each.

Six-time championTennessee is now the onlyteam that has competed inevery NCAA tournament afterLouisiana Tech didn’t makethe field this year. The LadyVols, who are a No. 1 seed forthe 17th time in 20 years, willopen up Sunday against No.16 Drake in Pittsburgh. TheNo. 8 Panthers will host No. 9James Madison in the othergame in that subregional.

Other games in the Daytonregional include: No. 5Middle Tennessee, which haswon 26 straight games, vs.No. 12 Gonzaga; No. 4 OhioState vs. No. 13 Marist; No. 6Marquette vs. No. 11Louisiana-Lafayette; No. 3Oklahoma vs. No. 14Southeast Missouri State; No.7 Mississippi vs. No. 10 TCU.

Holy Cross and Drakebecame the fifth and sixthteams with losing records tomake the tournament. TheCrusaders won the PatriotLeague, and the Bulldogswere victorious in theMissouri Valley Conference.

The women’s Final Four isApril 1-3 in Cleveland.

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Bonds

in an inning that featurednearly enough plays to fill upa blooper reel on their way toa 10-5 victory over the SanFrancisco Giants on Monday.

Bonds, playing for thefourth straight day but onlythe third time in the field thisyear, was in the middle of a lotof it.

After Alfonso Sorianoopened the game with aninfield single that deflectedoff pitcher Matt Morris’ glove,Ryan Theriot hit a drive toleft-center. Bonds went backto the warning track and lostsight of the ball in the brightsun, leading to a double.

Derek Lee then hit a rou-tine grounder to shortstop thatVizquel, an 11-time GoldGlove winner, couldn’t han-dle, leading to the first run ofthe game.

“I’m sure Matty realizedthis was not his day whenthere was an error at thatspot,” manager Bruce Bochysaid. “It’s bad luck for Matty.He made some good pitches.You can’t do much about thesun.”

Aramis Ramirez followedwith a single to load the basesbefore Jacque Jones hit anoth-er fly ball into the sun in leftfield. Bonds didn’t have to

move for this one, but onceagain didn’t see it despite con-torting his body to get a betterview. The ball landed for run-scoring single that made it 2-0.

“It’s tough. If you can’t seeit, you can’t see it,” Bondssaid. “You can see it off thebat, but you can’t see it onceit’s in the sun. If it stays inthere, you’re just done.”

Cliff Floyd hit a two-runsingle to right field in his firstat-bat of spring training.Floyd made his debut Mondayafter surgery on his left heel inOctober, going 1-for-2 with awalk.

Morris retired the next twobatters as the inning seemed toreturned to normal beforeZambrano stepped to theplate. He took a big cut anddrove the ball off the wall inright-center.

Running hard out of thebox, Zambrano began tostumble as he rounded secondbase. He tried to keep his bal-ance, but was unable to andfell on his face — with the leftshoulder taking most of theblow — about two-thirds ofthe way to third. He scam-pered safely to the bag withthe RBI triple before thethrow could come in fromcenter.

Zambrano didn’t let his fallaffect on his pitching, endingthe first by throwing a highfastball by Bonds and catch-

ing Pedro Feliz looking at athird strike. Zambranoallowed two runs, three hitsand two walks in four innings,striking out five.

He also added a double intothe left-field corner in his sec-ond at-bat, and got Bonds on aharmless foul pop to thirdbase in the third. He left thestadium without talking toreporters.

Bonds singled in his finalat-bat off Jeff Samardzija, theformer star Notre Damereceiver. Samardzija pitchedtwo scoreless innings beforebeing optioned to Class-ADaytona after the game.

Morris allowed seven runs— four earned — and eighthits in two innings, thoughmuch of the damage couldhave been avoided with morehelp from his fielders.

“I felt stronger. I felt like Imade some good pitches. Iwish I could have gone deep-er,” Morris said. “Whether it’sspring training or not, whenyour plan doesn’t come tofruition it’s frustrating.”

The Giants had a scarymoment in the seventh inningwhen right fielder NateSchierholtz and second base-man Eugenio Velez collidedwhile going after a fly ball byGeovany Soto. Velez wastaken to the hospital after thecollision with bruised left ribsand a bruised right wrist.

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Sour grapes?To the Editor:The purpose of this letter

is to clarify some mispercep-tions about MendocinoCounty Farmers MarketAssociation that were pub-lished in the Ukiah DailyJournal Forum, Feb. 11. Ourgoal is to provide opportuni-ties for current or potentialfarmers to enhance their pro-ductivity and encourage theirparticipation in the FarmersMarkets to supply fresh localfoods for our communities.We strongly believe that newvendors invigorate our mar-kets with energy and positivecompetition that encourageinnovation, better products,and improved services forcustomers. Rules andRegulations of our organiza-tion to support this policyhave been in effect for oneyear, but have been informal-ly practiced in many of ourmarkets for quite awhile.

I don’t know the entire his-tory of our organization, but Ihave been informed that thereis only one individual in thelast 30 years who has everbeen banned from joining ourorganization. Confrontationalbehavior eliminates the possi-bility of assisting potentialvendors through the processof joining or retaining mem-bership. It’s unfortunate thatthe organization had to resortto extreme measures that areseldom used. The recent alle-gations about our organiza-tion is related to this and isdue to sour grapes. Our cus-tomers expect quality andintegrity in our products andvendors.

This season, we look for-ward to celebrating our 30year anniversary of Farmers

Markets in MendocinoCounty that started withabout a dozen forward think-ing founders with the supportof many county agencies thatwe continue to partner with.We’ve grown to eight thriv-ing markets with nearly 200members. We’re excitedabout our new website thatwill be up and running inApril at www.mcfarm.org.Potential vendors can getapplications here and findmore information aboutMendocino County FarmersMarket Association. We hopethat our customers will alsocheck us out to know what’sat the Market, events andrecipes. We anticipate thatvisitors to this site will alsoenjoy the photo galleries andfind the vendor directory use-ful, especially for localizationefforts. Thank youMendocino County for 30years of incredible support!

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For SchlosserTo the Editor:This letter is in response to

Lauren Meyers letter ofMarch 5, 2007. In her lettershe stated that Bert Schlosseris on Summary Probation fordriving under the influenceand asked if this is theDistrict Attorney thatMendocino County wants.My answer to that is aresounding yes! Bert hasnever tried to hide the factthat he received a DUI evengoing as far as stating it onthe radio just a couple ofweeks ago during an inter-view. Now I do not condonedriving under the influence atall but I do believe that peo-

ple are entitled to make mis-takes in their lives and fixthem. Bert has done just thatand has been clean and soberfor 15 months now.

It looks to me like Mrs.Meyer was trying to point outa flaw in Mr. Schlosser’scharacter. I for one think shedid a poor job at it. If youwant to look at character thenlets look at it. Bert has beenmarried for 19 years andworked for the same place for18 years (something Mrs.Lintott can’t say).

Bert Schlosser is a goodman that made a mistake.Should he have to pay forthat mistake for the rest of hislife? I say no. I feel that Bertwill be a fair DistrictAttorney and is the onlychoice for MendocinoCounty.

Derek ShawkUkiah

Their fate in com-munity’s hands

To the Editor:I have the honor of being a

striking member of theMendocino County PublicAttorneys Association. I washired by the County ofMendocino as a child supportattorney III and became anunion member around Augustof last year. When I firstjoined the union, there wasstill hope that the County ofMendocino would do the

right thing and raise salariesto those of surrounding coun-ties. Unfortunately, theCounty took the hard line byfailing to negotiate in goodfaith and now refusing tomediate.

I am an older attorney hav-ing practiced law close to 30years. Most of my unionbrethren are much youngermen and women who firmlybelieve that their communitywill support them in theirfight for parity because it isfair, right and just. What ulti-mately happens depends onthe good people ofMendocino County. They willeither help right a wrong orturn their back on the districtattorneys and public defend-ers who protect them andtheir constitutional rights. Ihope the community says tothese fine men and womenthat they support them, thatthey are thankful for theirhard work and dedication,and agree that they deserve tobe paid an average wage.

Our collective fate is inyour hands. It's your call,people of Mendocino County.

Doug ThieleLakeport

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To the Editor:In a letter written by

Juliana Barbassa she states

that attorneys for undocu-mented immigrants (illegalaliens) who have sufferedviolent crimes sued the feder-al government ... for failingto issue them protective visasapproved by Congress morethan six years ago.

I don’t have any personalinformation about whether ornot these illegal aliens qualifyfor any type of protectivevisas or not, but personally Idon’t feel they should receiveany type of visa. Theyentered this country illegallyor over stayed their visas andshould be deported. Theybroke our laws and shouldn’tbe given any protection underour laws after breaking themin the first place.

One of the people she listsa Eleuterio Rodriguez Ruiz,who was held face down atgunpoint by a vigilante, aU.S. citizen, trying to stophim from entering intoMaricopa County, Ariz. ille-gally. Ruiz, the illegal aliencooperated with police, whoarrested the so-called vigi-lante and charged the U.S.citizen with assault with adeadly weapon. They shouldhave given him a medal forgoing out of his way to pro-

tect our border. Why do ourpolice officers take the wordof a known law breaker overone of our citizens?

Juliana Barbassa goes onto say that the plaintiffs arevictims of criminal domesticviolence, attempted murder,aggravated assault and otherserious crimes. Victims?You’d think that these peoplewould have been deportedjust has soon as their casescame to court.

David BroadbentPhilo

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To the Editor:When I read that Carre

Brown was named Woman ofthe Year a disturbing realiza-tion rose up in me. Whilewomen are eligible to benamed Man of the Year, menare excluded from beingrewarded the privilege ofbecoming Woman of the Year.We should not permit suchdiscrimination in this greatnation which requires equalopportunity for all.

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Other health plans offersimilar incentive programs.

“We’ve become moreaware of the connectionbetween how healthy you areand the cost of health care,”said Chris Ohman, presidentof the California Associationof Health Plans. “If we canreward healthy behaviors weshould help reduce the growthin health care costs.”

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Levine says that his taxcredit could spur more partic-ipation, adding that moreencouragement is needed.

“This credit might inspiremore employers to help getmore employees more healthyand fit,” he said.

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chest pain or breathlessness ordiscomfort and pain betweenthe shoulder blades may occurweeks before a heart attack,especially with exertion.

“You may first noticesymptoms while exercising,or walking up a flight of steps,or even during sex, if that’sthe most demanding physicalactivity you engage in,” hewrites in his latest book, “TheSouth Beach Heart Program”($25.95, Rodale). This adviceapplies to both men andwomen.

He acknowledges that thevast majority of chest paindoesn’t signal a heart attack,but he advises that if you havesymptoms you haven’t hadbefore, call 911.

Transient sharp pains or“sticks in the chest” are fre-quent complaints, he writes,that are also uncharacteristicof heart attacks.

But he warns against self-diagnosis.

In any case, prevention isfar better than a ride to the ERin an ambulance, so give upthose cigarettes and get your-self moving.

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Prepare for the unexpected

Let’s face it. You can’t graba healthy snack every timeyou need one, but here are afew options to stash away forthose unexpected moments:

• Stuck in traffic. Proteinbar (keep in glove compart-ment). It’s a good balance ofprotein, carbohydrates andfats to keep you satisfied.

• Early morning meeting.Bring your own peanut butterand jelly sandwich on wholewheat bread with a smallbanana and resist the muffinsor doughnuts.

• Late night at the office,and the vending machine iscalling. Grab some trail mixor peanuts instead of chips.

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You cannot prevent stressthrough eating, but healthyhabits may help you cope bet-ter. Here are some tips:

• Plan meals in advance.Preparation helps you makebetter choices.

• Kick caffeine. The boostyou crave doesn’t last forlong.

• Don’t skip meals, espe-cially breakfast. It contributesto low blood sugar. Shoot forthree meals plus two snacks,eating every three to fourhours.

• Snack well. Keep a stash

of low-energy snacks handy,such as carrot and celerysticks, unbuttered popcorn,chewing gum or rice cakes.

• Take time for tea. With aspoonful of honey, you can sipaway your stress withchamomile, lemon balm,lavender or other herbal teas.

• Make smart choices.Instead of grabbing junk food,choose unrefined carbohy-drates, nuts and bananas.

• Boost (and sustain) ener-gy. Eat small amounts of pro-tein (cheese, eggs, chicken,meat).

• Withdraw from whites.Avoid refined starches likewhite bread, pasta, rice andpotatoes.

• Seek balance. All mealsand snacks should include alean protein and carbohydratewith high fiber.

Source: Dietitian KimberlyGlenn, staff reports

Reduce stress in other ways

Instead of turning tounhealthy food, try theseways to cope with stress.

• Keep a journal.• Exercise.• Get a massage.• Take yoga or Pilates.• Join a support or commu-

nity group.• Get enough sleep.• Stop smoking.• Listen to music.• Meditate.• Take time for yourself.Source: Staff reports

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Family, friends and con-tacts have always been ofimportance to your life andthey will be even more soin the year ahead. A num-ber of beneficial circum-stances could develop foryou through those withwhom you pal around.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- If there is anew undertaking at stakethat you’ve been anxious toinitiate, proceed fearlesslywith a positive frame ofmind. If you allow doubtsto set in, they will cloudyour path to progress.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec. 21) -- Somethingadvantageous, which couldadvance your materialsecurity, is stirring withinyour realm of operations. Aperson who likes you mayhave a hand in jarringthings loose for you.

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Dear Annie: I’ve been married to “Ed” forsix years. We are not young. Ed is an only childand, according to his parents, can do no wrong.

We live a few blocks from his mom and dad,and I am not allowed in their home, nor am Iever invited to go out to lunch or dinner withthe three of them. My mother-in-law says, “Wedon’t want to share him, so you can’t come.”

Some mornings, Ed gets up and says, “I’mgoing to play golf with Dad,” and away hegoes. He always picks up Mom, too. I’m notallowed to come along.

This is a small community, and most of ourneighbors see them out together. I often getphone calls asking if I’m OK since they neversee me with the three of them. This reallyhurts. What can I do? -- Lonely in Beaumont,Texas

Dear Beaumont: What is wrong with yourhusband that he allows his parents to treat youso poorly? You don’t have to be included inevery golf outing, but for heaven’s sake, you

should be welcome in your in-laws’ home andcertainly able to enjoy a dinner out with themon occasion. Their total dismissal of you isboth odd and insulting. You are a member ofthe family now and should be treated accord-ingly. If Ed doesn’t realize his parents’ behav-ior is not acceptable, you ought to enlightenhim. He should insist his parents include you,at least some of the time. Otherwise, decidewhat you are willing to tolerate, and the nextstep is counseling.

Dear Annie: Over the last several months,my husband has told me his well-endowed sec-retary wears low-cut attire to work. He won-ders why she would dress like that and why her

husband doesn’t object.I suggested that maybe he should impose an

office dress policy, but he said it isn’t up tohim, because she reports to his boss. My hus-band jokes and laughs that it is good for cus-tomer relations. (I don’t think that’s veryfunny, by the way.) Also, according to my hus-band, his boss wants to have a young, profes-sional image. I think this type of clothing isinappropriate and tacky, and doesn’t fit theimage the boss intends to project.

I guess I’m old-fashioned, but why doyoung people today think exposing their skin isOK anywhere? My husband says his secretaryhas a great work ethic, but isn’t character justas important as doing your job? -- Wonderingin Wisconsin

Dear Wondering: Low-cut attire is inap-propriate in an office because it looks unpro-fessional. It’s too bad your husband’s bossdoesn’t realize that the eye candy could be badfor his business reputation. However, westrongly urge you to stay out of this. It’s yourhusband’s job, and the dress policy is up to theboss. If you interfere, it will only cause resent-

ment at home.Dear Annie: I have noticed the rapid

growth in the number of people who talk whilechewing food. Now even my parents, as wellas my wife’s parents, speak while chewing,even after some not-so-gentle reminders.

This trend doesn’t seem to have boundaries.The young, middle-aged and elderly are alldoing it. Poorly educated, college graduate,blue or white collar, there’s no difference. Ontelevision this is more and more prevalent.

Has society forgotten about manners? Dopeople think what they have to say is so impor-tant, it can’t wait until after they swallow?Maybe it’s just me. Am I asking too much? --Grossed Out in Connecticut

Dear Grossed Out: Some older peoplespeak with their mouths full because they havedifficulty chewing and should see a doctor anda dentist. Others may do it because they havetrouble breathing through their noses. But ingeneral, you are right that people don’t realizehow unpleasant it is to watch a mouthful ofsemi-masticated food. It really puts a damperon the conversation.

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PUBLIC NOTICESealed proposals wil l be received by the Noyo Harbor District, in State of California, until the hour of 3:00 P.M. on March 14, 2007 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the offices of Noyo Harbor, 19101 S. Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg, Ca 95437 (telephone: 707-964-4719) for construction in accordance with the Plans and Specifications to which special references is made as fol-lows:Noyo Harbor District is requesting a bid to dredge the Noyo Harbor Mooring Basin Mari-na.PLANS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS MUST BE OBTAINED AT THE NOYO HAR-BOR DISTRICT OFFICE, 19101 S. Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg, Ca 95437. Noyo Harbor District hereby notifies all bidders that will af-firmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement; Disadvan-taged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or na-tional origin in consideration for the award.The prime contractor for work herein shall possess a Sate of California Contractors Li-cense. Contractors to comply with Davis-Ba-con wage determination for Mendocino Coun-ty, California.One lump sum cost with contractors supply-ing all labor, equipment, and mobilization.

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ADVERTISEMENT OF SALENotice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal proper ty and household items described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under the CA.Self-Service Storage Facility Act (Bus. & Prof.Code ss 21700-21716). The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on March 15, 2007 at 10:30 A.M. on the prem-ises where said property has been stored and which are located at Red Carpet Mini-Stor-age, 151 Lake Mendocino Dr., County of Mendocino, Ukiah, CA, the following:

Dustin Lavenduskey Hshld items Unit#I-34Purchases must be paid for at the time of pur-chase in cash. All purchased items sold as it, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Auctioneer: Douglas P. Carter, (707) 468-8887 Bond #RED 1040197

166-073-6,13,20,27/07

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. SCWLCVPT 07-98505SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, Court House, Ukiah, CA 95482IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF: VERONICA S. GILBERTTHE COURT FINDS that Petitioner(s) VERONICA S. GILBERT has/have filed a Pe-tition for Change of Applicant(s)’ name FROM VERONICA S. GILBERTTO VERONICA PARRIS CRUZTHE COURT ORDERS All people interested in this matter appear before this court to show cause why this application for change of name should not be granted on:HEARING DATE: April 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.in Dept WL, located at Court House, 100 N.State Street, Ukiah, California 95482Dated: February 13, 2007/s/John A. BehnkeJOHN A. BEHNKEJudge of the Superior Court

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEOn April 4, 2007, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the main entrance to the Mendocino County Cour thouse, located at 100 Nor th State Street, City of Ukiah, County of Mendocino, State of California, PRIME PACIFIC, a corpo-ration, as Trustee will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, real property situated in the County of Mendocino, State of California, commonly known as 5825 Hwy 20, Ukiah, California, and is more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto. (If a street address or common designation of property is shown in this notice, no warranty is given as to its com-pleteness or correctness.)The total amount of the unpaid obligation, to-gether with reasonable estimate of the costs expenses and advances at the time of the ini-tial publication of this notice is $137, 627.00.It is possible that at the time of sale the open-ing bid may be less than the total indebted-ness due.The sale will be made without covenant or warranty regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of the sale con-ferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JOHN R. JOHNSON, a married man and GARY A. BURTON, a married man, as Trust-or, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee, for the benefit and security of JON McKEE, a single man, as Beneficiary, dated October 26, 2005, and recorded October 28, 2005, in document No. 2005-23426, Official Records of Mendoci-no County, and said property will be sold “as is” and no warranty or representation is made concerning its present condition.NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER- YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 26, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.PRIME PACIFIC was substituted as trustee under that cer tain document recorded No-vember 28, 2006, in Document No. 2006-23351, Official Records of Mendocino Coun-ty.The address and telephone number of the trustee is: PRIME PACIFIC, Post Office Box 177, 445 North State Street, Ukiah, California 95482; Telephone: (707) 468-5300.Notice of Default and election to sell the de-scribed real property under the mentioned deed of trust was recorded on December 7, 2006, in Document No. 2006, 24058, Official Records of Mendocino County.The name, address, and telephone number of the Beneficiary (or Beneficiary’s agent) at whose request this sale is to be conducted is:jon McKee, 601 Locust Lane, Wil l i ts, CA 95490, telephone: (707) 459-5873.Dated: March 8, 2007PRIME PACIFIC, INC./s/ Mary F. MorrisMARY F. MORRISPresident - TrusteeNo. M-06-63F

PARCEL ONE:COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC-TION 20, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN;THENCE ALONG THE SUBDIVISION LINE OF SAID SECTION 20, SOUTH 37.60 FEED TO AND FOR THE TRUE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BE-GINNING CONTINUING SOUTH 442.11 FEET; THENCE NORTH 35º 25’ EAST 457.61 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF ROUTE 20, CALIFORNIA STATE HIGHWAY AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEEDS VOLUME 160, AT PAGE 62 OF MENDOCINO COUNTY RECORDS;THENCE FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS NORTH 59º 15’ 44”, A DISTANCE OF 175.55 FEET; TO A POINT 123.83 FEET EAST OF THE PINT OF COMMENCEMENT; THENCE LEAVING THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HIGHWAY, WEST 91.70 FEET TO A POINT NORTH 40º 06’ 46” EAST FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING. THENCE SOUTH 40º 06’46” WEST 49.10 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF CALIFOR-NIA IN THE DEED RECORDED MARCH 18, 1966 IN BOOK 712 OFFICIAL RECORDS AT PAGE 220, MENDOCINO COUNTY RE-CORDS.APN: 188-090-05PARCEL TWO:THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17 AND THE NORTHWESTQUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, MOUNT DIA-BLO BASE AND MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:COMMENCING AT A POINT FROM WHICH THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 20 BEARS S. 55º 32’ 26 E. (=S 56º 14’ 19” E. TRUE MERIDIAN), 4512.67 FEET AND FROM WHICH POINT ENGINEER’S STATION “0-1” 345+98.95 P.O.C. OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS’ SUR-VEY BETWEEN 0.7 MILE WEST OF POT-

TER VALLEY ROAD AND 0.6 MILE EAST OF NORTH FORK OF COLD CREEK (STATE HIGHWAY 01-MEN-20) BEARS N.37º 38’ 45” E., 80.00 FEET; THENCE, FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS N. 52º 21’ 15”W., ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHTHAVING A RADIUS OF 1980 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 6º 03’ 57”, A DIS-TANCE OF 209.62 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;(1) THENCE, S. 43º 42’ 42” W., 5.00 FEET;(2) THENCE, FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS N. 46º 17’ 18” W., ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1985 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 3º 24’ 05”, A DISTANCE OF 117.84 FEET;

EXHIBIT A(3) THENCE, S. 47º 06’ 47” W., 15.00 FEET;(4) THENCE, N. 50º 30’ 56”, 216.25 FEET;(5) THENCE, N. 24º 54’ 03” W., 6.77 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE COURSE DESCRIBED AS HAVING A BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N. 19º 09’ D.395.50 FEET IN PARCEL 1 IN THE DEED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECORD-ED OCTOBER 1, 19664 IN BOOK 671 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 343, MENDO-CINO COUNTY RECORDS.(6) THENCE, S. 19º 30’ 46” W., (=SOUTH RECORD), ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, A DISTANCE OF 37.59 FEET;(9) THENCE, LEAVING SAID WEST LINE, N.40º 37’ 32” E. (=N. 40º 06’46” E. RECORD), 49.15 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 20;(10) THENCE S., 89º 29’ 14” E. (=EAST RE-CORD), ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 37.66 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE COURSE OF DESCRIBED ABOVE AS BE-ING A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1980 FEET;(11) THENCE, ALONG SAID CURVE, FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS N. 47º 07’ 22”W., THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 0º 50’ 04”, A DISTANCE OF 28.84 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.APN: 188-090-16

187/073-13/07

LEGAL NOTICECrossroads Wireless Holding, LLC

We are a prospective applicant under the Ru-ral Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guar-antee Program being administered by the Ru-ral Development, Util it ies Programs (Rural Development), United States Department of Agriculture. We are required, as a prospective applicant, to announce our intent to provide broadband services (200 kilobits upstream and downstream) to communities in the State of California in Mendocino County, includ-ing the communities of:Fort Bragg, Laytonville, Mendocino, Point Arena, Talmage, Ukiah, and WillitsIncumbent broadband service providers have 30 days from the date of this Legal Notice to inform Rural Development if they are current-ly providing broadband service in these areas or if they have a commitment to provide serv-ice in these areas. Incumbent broadband service providers should submit to Rural De-velopment, on a form prescribed by Rural De-velopment, the number of residential custom-ers receiving broadband service in the pro-posed service area, the rates of data trans-mission, and the cost of each level of service or proof of commitment to provide service in the proposed service area. A map should also be provided showing the boundaries of your service area in relation to the communities above.A Legal Notice Response Form can be ob-tained from Rural Development’s website at www.usda.gov/rus/telecom.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0138

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:CHAMELEONWINERY12901 Old River Road (P. O. Box 611) Hopland, CA 95449FETZER VINE-YARDSP. O. Box 611 Hopland, CA 95449This business is con-ducted by a Corpo-ration. State of in-corporation: Cali-fornia. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on July 1992.Endorsed-Filed on February 23, 2007 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Sandy O’FerrallSANDY O’FERRALLFACILITIES BUSI-NESS MANAGER

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FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0026

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:WALLS GIFTS AND MORE705 N. State St.Ukiah, CA 95482Nancy A. W. Rudig224 Irvington Dr.Ukiah, CA 95482Anna C. Rudig5051 #8 N. State St.Ukiah,CA 95482Joan C. Rudig5051 #3 N. State St.Ukiah, CA 95482This business is con-ducted by a General Partnership. Theregistrants com-menced to transact business under the f ictit ious business name or names listed above on January 9,2007.Endorsed-Filedon January 9, 2007 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Nancy A. W. RudigNANCY A. W.RUDIG

147-072-27,3-6,13,20/07

STATEMENT OFABANDONMENT OFUSE OF FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAMEThe following person (persons) have aban-doned the use of the f ict it ious business name:CIRCLE A. RANCH16181 Mountain House RoadHopland, CA 95449Kris E. Rorabough16181 Mountain House RoadHopland, CA 95449Jerry L. Rorabaugh15610 Mountain House RoadHopland, CA 95449Alec D. Rorabough15800 Mountain House RoadHopland, CA 95449Audrey Rorabaugh15600 Mountain House RoadHopland, CA 95449Cheryl Finger11 West Jones St.Savannah, GA 31401The fictit ious busi-ness name referred to above was filed in County on April 3,2006. This business was conducted by aGeneral Partner-ship. This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Men-docino County onFebruary 26, 2007/s/Jerry L. RorabaughJERRY L.RORABAUGH

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FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0147

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:DRIVING RANGE1055 N. State St.Ukiah, Ca 95482Jeffrey Kenneth McMillen25 Highland Ct.Ukiah, CA 95482This business is con-ducted by an Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on March 1,2007. Endorsed-Filedon February 28,2007 at the Mendoci-no County Clerks Of-fice./s/ Jeffrey K.McMillenJEFFREY K.MCMILLEN

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

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FICTITIOUSBUSINESS NAME

STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0167

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:DREAMSCAPE ARTGALLERY45040 Albion St.Mendocino, CA 95460Like Hansen440 Sherry Dr.Ukiah, CA 95482This business is con-ducted by an Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on March ,2007. Endorsed-Filedon March, 2007 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Luke HansenLUKE HANSEN

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ADVERTISEMENT OF SALENotice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal proper ty and household items described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under the CA.Self-Service Storage Facility Act (Bus. & Prof.Code ss 21700-21716). The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on March 15, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. on the prem-ises where said property has been stored and which are located at Pete’s Mini Storage,1404 S. State St., County of Mendocino,Ukiah, CA. the following:Jack Vinyard Hshld items Unit#12Louise Fransen Hshld items Unit#G-1Daniel Dutra Hshld items Unit#H-7Purchases must be paid for at the time of pur-chase in cash. All purchased items sold as is, where is, and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Auctioneer: Douglas P. Carter, (707) 468-8885 Bond #RED 1040197.

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Notice to CreditorsSUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MENDOCINOIn Matter of theDOLLY A. THUROW LIVING TRUST,(Dated December 19, 1995), NOTICE TO

CREDITORSDOLLY A. THUROW, Deceased.Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named de-cedent that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court, County of sonoma, 600 Ad-ministration Drive, Room 107-J, Santa Rosa, California 95403, and mail or deliver a copy to PAMELA GALLETTI, Successor Trustee of the DOLLY A. THUROW LIVING TRUST(Date of Execution: December 19, 1995), wherin the Decedent was the Trustor, at PASSALACQUA, MAZZONI, GLADDEN,LOPEZ, MARAVIGLIA, LLP, P.O. Box 455,Healdsburg, California 95448-0455 withinthe later of four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors or, if no-tice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 30 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must peti-tion to file a late claim as provided in Section 19103 of the Probate Code. A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt re-quested.Dated: March 8, 2007PASSALACQUA, MAZZONI, GLADDEN,LOPEZ & MARAVIGLIA, LLP/s/ Thomas R. PassalacquaTHOMAS R. PASSALACQUA,Attorneys for PAMELA GALLETTI.Successor Trustee

10 NOTICESADOPTIONS &FOSTER CARE

True to Life Children'sServices seeks families.Reimbursement, training & professional support

provided. 463-1100 #236800809

DONATIONS NEEDED

At the new Senior Center Thrift Store.

Will pick up furniture467-0110

SENIORS NEED Awasher, dryer &

fridge, for they’re new thrift store. Will pick

up. 467-0110

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FOUND 2 medium Boxer Pit Bull type dogs. Both brown & white. Near freeway on Orchard & Gobbi.

621-4265

Hello I am LewisI am one of many black adult animals at the Ukiah shelter who will be on sale this month. Did you know that black ani-mals stay in the shelter much longer than others? Our friends at the shel-ter want to help us find homes so they reduced our adop-tion fee. Cats can go home for just $30 and dogs for $40. Please come to meet us at 298 Plant Rd.

Puppies Puppies Puppies!!!

The Ukiah shelter is full with adorable pups likeme. I am

Sammy. I am about 2 months old. My 2 brothers and 3

sisters are here at the shelter just wait-ing to go home with you. Please come to meet us at 298 Plant Rd. or call

Sage at 467-6453

30 LOST &FOUND

Hi! I am Trudy a 2 year old Coon-hound mix. I have been at the Ukiah Shelter since Oct.9th. I was here for Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving,Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day....you get the picture? I was thinking how nice it would be to spend St. Patrick’s Day in my own home sur-rounded by a loving family with no cats, please! I would like an active family.To meet me go to the shelter at 298 Plant Rd. or call Sage 467-6453.

Lost Grey Cockatiel in Deerwood El Dora-

do area. 462-8076Cell 272-9076

LOST on 3/5/07, very friendly, red nose pit

w/ yellow eyes, Reward. Name:Buddy 485-8563

Still Missing: young male cat neutered tiger striped grey,

white & black down-town Ukiah.462-0244

120 HELPWANTED

A/R Assistant & Inventory Control.

Mendocino Brewing Company. Previous experience with A/R & Inventory Control.Proficient in Microsoft Excel & Word. Mail resume to Human Resources, 1601 Air-port Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482. Fax 463-2465 email christa@mendobrew.com

Come JoinOur Team

Now accepting applications for

PURCHASINGAGENT

Coyote ValleyShodakai Casino7751 N. State St.Redwood Valley

M-F 9-5 EOE707-467-4752

120 HELPWANTED

ACCOUNTINGTECHNICIAN IIIUkiah Unified

School DistrictQualif ications: High school graduate.Desired: Three years experience with a strong emphasis in school accounting principles.Salary range: $12.94-$19.12. Info. & app.:

PersonnelCommission

1056 N. Bush St.,Ukiah, CA 95482

463-5205.Job description

available at:www.edjoin.org

E.O.E.Closes: 3/26/07.

ACCOUNTINGSUPPORT

Two positionsAcct. Tech I -

$15.15 - $19.33/hr.AA or post-sec cert in accounting and min 4 yrs account-ing or 3 yrs. school gov accounting exp reqd.

Acct. Asst. III $14.42 - $18.40/hr

3 years exp in fi-nancial record-keeping or 2 yrs in school gov ac-counting. AA or post-sec cert in ac-counting desired.

MendocinoCounty Office of

EducationFor an apppacket visit

www.mcoe.us/jobs707-467-5012

DEADLINE: 03-19-07

ATTENTION CDL TRUCK Drivers- Are

you Getting Enough... Miles,

Money, Hometime? Call McKelvey Now!

1-800-410-6255BINDERY

OPERATOR,Stitcher/trimmer.

Busy, modern com-mercial printer. Beau-

tiful, rural coastal NorCal location.

Competitive wages, spectacular benefits 100% 401K match.Mailing knowledge

preferred. Steve 1-707-444-6236

x7501.sjackson@Western-

web.netBody Ritual Wellness

Center in WillitsTai Chi & Yoga

InstructorsMassage TherapistsAny type of HealingTherapists.

707-972-1399CA Human

Development needs Intake/Outreach Worker Exp. with

social agencies. Exp.and knowledge of Farmworker com-munity. Required:

Computer Exp., valid CDL/Insurance, Bilin-gual English/Spanish,

Public speaking skills. AAP/EEO Send resume to:ramona.cruz@

chdcorp.orgFax: (707) 523-3776

Come Join our Health Care

Specialists at Home Care and

Hospice Services Mendocino Co.

Great dynamic team.�Occupational

Therapist: PT�Home Health

Aide: FTApply Online:

HowardHospital.org

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007 -13

120 HELPWANTED

Come Work With Our Team with de-velopmentally disa-bled adults. F/T, P/T in home setting. Pick up application 1000 Sanford Ranch Rd.Ukiah or call 468-9331

Community Health Representative For full job desc. & app.call (707) 744-1647 ext. 1342 or email:

hr@hoplandtribe.com

Companion/Driver for 25 yr old head injured man. Vrd hrs. $8.50-$10.50/hr. 463-2587

CONSUMERSERVICESMANAGER

FT-Ukiah, CA Super-vise team of case mgrs in delivery of services to persons w/dev. disabilities.

M/A in human Serv-ices Field +4 yrs. rel-evant exp. or B/A +6

yrs. relevant exp.w/supervisory exp.Exc communication

skills, leadership skills, computer liter-acy. Sal range $3667 to $5159/mo. + exc.bene. Send resume and letter of interest to: HR; RCRC, 1116 Airport Park Blvd., Ukiah, CA 95482

or fax 707-462-4280 or e-mail: HR@

redwoodcoastrc.orgCloses 3-26-07 at 5PM “EOE-M/F”

COOKApply within at

Ukiah Garden Cafe1090 A S. State St.

DENTAL ENDO office seeks full time DA w/x-ray licensed

or RDA. Self directed with good workethics. Benefits.Fax resume to:707-449-6303

DETENTIONOFFICER:

$17.32-$20.69 per hour to start. Phoe-

nix, Arizona, Maricpa County Sheriff’s Of-fice. Excellent bene-fits. No Experience Necessary. Contact

1-602-307-5245.1-877-352-6276, or

www.MCSO.org400 vacancies

DIESELMECHANIC

Excel. pay, good benefits. 3 yrs. min.

exp. Good DMV record. 462-6721

Do you want to better your career & make a difference in

your community?We are looking for mature individuals to work w/at r isk youth in Willits, who would l ike to im-prove or obtain skills to move for-ward in a social service health pro-fession. Exc. bene-fits & suppor tive, therapeutic work environment. Ac-cepting resume’s for nights & On-call.AA &/or exp. pref.Salary range $10-14. Must pass fin-gerprint clearance, pre-employ phys & TB before hire, clean DMV.

Fax resume’s to 707-462-6994

or email:P.O. Box 422

Ukiah, CA 95482.Job #03-TRS. Facility

#236801878. EOE

DRIVER- $5K SIGN ON Bonus for Experi-

enced Teams:Dry Van & Temp Control available.O/Os & CDL-A

Grads welcome. Call Covenant 1-866-684-

2519 EOE.DRIVER-

EXPERIENCED& Trainees Needed.Earn up to $40k+

next year. No experi-ence required. $0

down. CDL Training Available. Central

Refrigerated 1-800-521-9277 x4779.

Driver/Yard PersonClass B license .clean. Drug test.I-ROC Landscape

Materials. 894-2879Driver:

Don’t just start your career, start it right.Company sponsored

CDL training in 3 weeks. Must be 21.Have CDL? Tuition Reimbursement!

wgreen@crst.com1-800-6828

OFFICEOPERATIONS ASS’T.

QuickBooks exp.req. Accounting exp. & general

office knowledge.Apply in person - 960

N. State St. Ukiah

120 HELPWANTED

DRIVER: TAKE CARE of your Family.Join ours. Consistent miles, regional and

dedicated runs. Com-pany paid Commer-cial Drivers License

training. www.SwiftTruckingJobs.com

1-866-476-6828.EOE

DRIVERS$1000

HIRING BONUSGolden State

Overnightis hiring full & part-time drivers with in-sured, dependable van or pickup w/shell for local morning small package delivery routes based in Ukiah. Earn a com-petitive wage plus mileage reimburse-ment plus addition-al reiumbursement for fuel cost.Routes available Mon-Fri. and Tues-Sat. Benefits avail-able including health coverage & 401(k) with compa-ny match. Contact Steven Koller 866-779-7726 or skoller@gso.com.

Call Steven Koller866-779-7726.

DRIVERS - ASAP!$1000+Wkly & Bonus

*36-43cpm/ $1.20 *$0 Lease New Trucks. CDL-A

+3 months OTR.1-800-635-8669

DRIVERSMixer & Transfer

Class A, clean DMV record, and drug screening req. Pen-sion & health bens.Applications available at 1324 South State Street, Ukiah, CA., or

call 707-467-4100.Granite

Construction Co.Ukiah,CA 95482,Drug Free, EOE

Experineced HeavyEquip. MechanicRental yard exp a

plus. Top pay, great benefits. Cloverdale

707-894-8880

FinanceFISCAL OFFICER

Northern Circle Indi-an Housing Authority seeks degreed ac-

counting professional to direct financial

operations. Prepares extensive financial/ budgetary/statistical

reports, maintains GL and all subsidiary ledgers, manages payroll, maintains insurance policies,

investment accounts & HR files, supervis-es support staff. Exp.with Quickbooks Pro

desired. Resume receipt deadline

5 pm 3/14/07. Job description available

@ 694 Pinoleville Drive, Ukiah. Mail

resumes to NCIHA or submit via Email:

ncihatrb@pacific.netor FAX: 707-

468-5615 Indian preference applies.

FINISHCARPENTER

with 5-10 yrs. exp.707-275-2181

FIREFIGHTERTRAINEE.

Openings for high school grads ages 17-34. Must be in

good physical condi-tion and willing to

relocate. Good pay/benefits. Call

today for interview.1-800-345-6289

FORESTRYTECHNICIAN

MendocinoRedwood

Company, LLCSeasonal forestry position that travels throughout the Ukiah area & per-forms a variety of timber harvest plan tasks: timber mark-ing, flagging, water course classifying, surveying. Valid CDL req. Competi-tive pay & housing provided.

E-mail resume to:recruiter@

mendoco.com orfax 707-485-6873.

EEO/ADA

Perm. PT Produc-tion. 7am-3pm M.-W.

Recept./Admin.Cust. Serv. exp. req.

M.-F. 9-5. Please apply in person

Cheesecake Momma Crnr. School & Henry

120 HELPWANTED

Frank R. HowardMemorial Hospital

�RN’s: Med Surg, ICU, ER, OR.

�CNA: PT, Contingent

�CRNA: FT�Respiratory

Therapist: FT�Physical

Therapist: FT�Cook: Contingent�PSR: PT, Days

Apply online:HowardHospital.org

FRONT DESK - (Fri.-Sun. 21 hrs. $9.25/hr.Housekeeping Super-visor - (hrs & sal ne-gotiable). Call Orr Hot Springs 462-6277

Front Desk PersonPT/FT Phone:

HOUSEKEEPING462-1514 or Fax

resumes: 462-1237

FUEL & PROPANE BOBTAIL DRIVERS

F/T. Benefits. Fair salary. Apply Eel

River Fuels, 3371 N.State St. Ukiah

Growing termite Co.Seeks motivated per-son. Willing to train.

Must have own small pickup. Good driving

record. 485-7829

Hazardous Waste Technician

Gov’t agency. Oper-ate haz waste collec-tions. Package haz

waste. Recycle paint.Illegal trash cleanup.Clean DMV only. $14 start, benefits. Call Mike 468-9710 or pick up app at 101

W. Church #9 Ukiah.

Heavy Equipment Operators

(Seasonal) Navarro Office

Min. 2 yrs. experi-ence required dozer, excavator, backhoe, loader & other heavy equip. In road maint.& const. projects on logging roads. Com-mercial l icense a plus. Ability to per-form routine maint.on equip. & team ori-ented.

Truck Driver (Seasonal)

Class “A” l icense, clean DMV, and cur-rent DOT medical card required. Exp.with low-boy, dump truck and water truck preferred.

MendocinoRedwood Co., LLC.Call 707-485-6749 or

visit www.mrc.comEOE/ADA

Housekeeping Aide-for J & J Mainte-

nance, Inc. Week-ends, holidays & on-call. Housekeeping in David Grant Center in Travis AFB. Full

Time. Pay is $16.91/hr+benefits.Apply @ EDD, 320 Campus Lane, Sui-

sun, CA 95485.J & J Maintenance,

Inc. is an EOE.

JOBS JOBS JOBS!California ArmyNational Guard.

No experience. Will pay to train; High School Jr./Sr. &

Grads/Non-Grads/GED. May

qualify for $10,000 BONUS. Call

1-800-GO-GUARD.

LIKECHILDREN?This might be

the job for you.CHILDCAREWORKERS,ALL SHIFTS.

F/T 4 day week.Star ting salary $9.40 per hour.On call $9 per hour.Qualifications:Pass medical and drug exam, TB test, cr iminal back-ground check and have valid Cal.Drivers license.

GREAT NEW MEDICAL, DENTAL,

VISION PKG.matching 403B TSA Plan, paid holi-days & vacation, paid training’s, on duty meals.FREE Co-op Day Care Provided

Apply:TRINITY YOUTH

SERVICES915 W. Church St.

or on line@www.trinityys.org

Little Caesars Pizzanow hiring. Must be

18 years old. Apply at 180 Ford Road.

Wanted person with enclosed trlr to trans-port car from Ukiah to L.A. area 650-368-1736

120 HELPWANTED

MAINTENANCESUPERVISOR

F/T position. Must have experience in

plumbing and electri-cal and basic carpen-

try work. Benefits offered. Apply at

Ukiah Convalescent Hospital 1349 S.Dora St., Ukiah

Wage is negotiable.

MOUNTAIN VIEWASSISTED

LIVING(senior housing)NOW HIRING

● Med. Assistant● Resident Aides● Cook - Part time

Sat. & Sun. 8-5 pmWage DOE

Apply at 1343 S.Dora St. Ukiah

NEW EXCITING POSITION WORK-

ING WITH KIDS 6 wks pd vacation

403 B. Small home-like environment, good pay & bens.

Starting sal $11.76+ hr. On the job train-ing prov. Flex. F/T, P/T pos. avail.Fax

resume to 463-1753

On-Call TeacherDay Care Aide

Our Private Non-Public School (Nor th Haven) lo-cated in Ukiah is seeking to fill the following positions:

On-Call Spec.Ed Teacher

to teach in the classroom in the absence of the per-manent teacher.Req: Must possess or qualify for a CA teaching credential in special educa-tion.

Day Care Aide to assist the Day Care Manager with child supervision, and development of materials and activ-ities. Req: Must be 21 yrs old, with H.S. diploma or GED equivalency;E.C.E units or an Associate’s degree is prefd. A minimum of six months expe-rience working in a childcare center is a plus.Competitive salary & benefits.Fax resumes to:877.382.7617

AES is an EOE.

On-site ResidentManager Team

The team is responsi-ble for day-to-day op-eration of a 60-unit complex in Willits for seniors. Includes clerical duties, pro-gram specif ic sup-por t, and routine maintenance of apartments, grounds and facilities. Salary Range DOQ:

Resident Manager Maintenance

$12,303.20-$18,179.20.Resident Manager

Occupancy$9588.80-$14,164.80.

20 hrs per wk ea.2-bedroom apart-

ment included. For complete job descrip-

tion & application contact CDC at 463-5462 ex 101 or email

narvaezm@cdchousing.org EOE

Open until filled.

Our non-public school (Nor th Ha-ven) located in Ukiah providing schooling to stu-dents in a residen-tial sett ing is ac-cepting resumes for the following posi-tion: DEAN

OF STUDENTS:Must possess BA in psychology, sociol-ogy or related field.CBEST and or CA teaching credential in Special Educa-tion preferred.Star ting at $29K/ year, depending on experienceCompetit ive com-pensation includes benefits and 403(b) plans. Please send resume with cover letter to:

877-382-7617Ref: EducationAES is an EOE

TELEPHONEOPERATOR

Nights & wknds.Comp lit., flex. hrs,

Apply in person - 960 N. State St. Ukiah

120 HELPWANTED

PHARMACY CLERK/ TYPIST in training.Computer, typing,

MATH, people skills, P/T 3-9, F/T 1-9, F/T 9-1, 9-5:30 Sal. DOE,

drug test. BLUEDRUG 707-468-5220

Real Estate: New Home Builder seeks

motivated staff to work in Solano Coun-

ty. Real Estate Li-cense mandatory w/ 2 + yrs exp. Email resume: nrusso@

discoverbuilders.com

Redwood Empire Sawmill in Cloverdale

is seeking experi-enced workers

including Planerman, Millwrights, and

Electricians. Full-time with benefits. Please

fax you resume to 707-894-4632 or apply in person at

31401 McCray Road in Cloverdale.

SECRETSHOPPERS

To Evaluate Local Businesses. Flex hrs,

Training Provided800-585-9024 ext.

6520

Seeking people to work one on one sup-porting DD individual in a home setting.Call Cindy 468-9331

Shipping &Warehouse

Must be able to lift 70lbs., have solid

comm./organizationalskills & be computer literate. Comprehen-sive benes. pkg avail.

Salary DOE. Send resume to or apply

at: Motion Ind. 2020 A Industry Rd.

Ukiah, CA 95482EOE M/F/D/V

Shipping/Transportation

AssistantResponsible and en-ergetic person need-ed for our Shipping/ Routing and traffic

coordination for local Co. domestic and

intnt’l; incoming and outgoing shipments.

Understanding of LTL, truckload, con-tainer, etc. Shipping

Routing, BOL, labeling. Computer & spreadsheet exp nec-essary. Send reply to box 04039, c/o Ukiah

Daily Journal, P.O.Box 749, Ukiah, CA

95482-0749.

Shipping/Receiving& Deliveries.Good phone &

organizational skills a must. Applywww.thurstonautoplaza.com

START WORKING

NOW!Estab. in 1988, 3

locations. no exper-ience needed. Train-ing provided. Drug test, cannabis not tested. Good DMV, no theft or assault convictions. Assist developmentally disabled at home and on outings.Call 485-5168

SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME!

CETUSA seeks Co-ordinator to place

and supervise Inter-national High School Students in host fam-

ilies. Training, sti-pend and internation-

al travel. Call Doris Cargill

1-866-422-9437.

The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians has

immediate openings for ComplianceInspector. Must

uphold a high level of confidentiality. Famili-

arity with Gaming Regulations prefer-

red, but not required.Must be able to write a clear, precice re-

port. Drug testing and background checks

are req. For app. info.Call (707) 744-1647 ext. 1342 or email

hr@hoplandtribe.com

TRUCK SHIPPER/DISPATCH

Cloverdale MFG Co.seeks F/T Truck

Shipping/DispatchCoordinator. Prefer-ence to candidates

with 3+ yrs exp; com-puter literate; lumber industry knowledge a

plus. Benefits incl.Fax resume to

707-894-5390 or email HR540@

pacificstates.comYouth Substance

Abuse Outreach & Counselor For full

job desc. & app.call (707) 744-1647 ext. 1342 or email

hr@hoplandtribe.com

120 HELPWANTED

Therapist 20 hrs/wk Ukiah. Assesment,crisis intervention, brief therapy, and case management with Juvenile Hall

residents. Also, com-prehensive outpatient mental health serv-ices with children,

youth and their fami-lies. Strong potential for expanding outpa-tient component of position. Requires

LCSW, MFT, or Clinical Psychologist licensure, or regis-tered intern status.Excellent benefits.Position open until

filled. Job description/ required application

(707) 463-4915.

TIME/PAYROLL ADMINISTRATORResponsible for the quality & accuracy of all nonexempt time keeping for

Fetzer & Sonoma-Curtrer Vineyards

inc. all vineyard (ag-ricultural), produc-tion & nonexempt salaried time data.Support & act as

primary backup for Payroll Accountant

in all aspects of pay-roll processing.

Support General Accounting Dept.

w/various projects & tasks. Work in con-junction w/HR Dept.on various projects as necessary. Req.

AA in bus. or related field or 2-3 yrs.

equiv. work/educa-tion exp. in a profes-

sional office env.Prior payroll exp.req. CA labor law knowledge and/or

previous winery exp.a plus. Developed computer skills in

Excel, Word, e-mail & internet applica-

tions. Prior exp.w/payroll & time-

keeping software a plus. Bilingual Eng-lish/Spanish prefer-

red. Valid CDL.Position is based in Hopland, but will re-quire travel to Wind-sor on a regular ba-sis. Send resume to fetzerhr@b-f.com orfax (707) 744-7606.AA/EOE M/F/D/V

TRUE TO LIFECHILDREN’SSERVICES

seeks 2 additional homes for Shelter

Care program Applicants need to

have at least 1 spare bdrm to house a child

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

support & respite.Need 1 or 2-parent

homes, with 1 parent home full time. Home with no more than 1 biological child con-

sidered.Retirees invited to

apply. Contact TLC707-463-1100Lic#236800809

WINERY & FARMMAINTENANCE

MECHANICAnderson Valley.

Responsibil i t ies in-clude preventive maintenance and re-pair of winery and bottl ing l ine equip-ment, automotive, tractor, implement, and frost engines.Maintain equipment repair records. Elec-trical and mechanical troubleshooting skills and experience re-quired. Knowledge of HVAC, Solar electric systems, Spanish and computer litera-cy. Full time position with health, dental, paid vacation and profit sharing. Hourly wage depending on experience.

Navarro Vineyards H.R. P.O. Box 47 Philo, CA 95466,fax 707-895-9501,

navarrohr@pacific.net

WORK FROM HOMEon Your PC. earn

$500-$1500/mo PT.$2000-$5000/mo. FT.

FREE InformationOnline@

www.working2play.com

Waitress/House-keeper day hrs.

7am-1:45pm. Please apply in person 1199 S. Dora St.

120 HELPWANTED

UTILITYWORKER II

City of Healdsburg.

Salary;$3848-$4695/mo.,

plus excellent benefit package.

Performs a wide variety of semi-skil-led and skil led maintenance duties in the installation, construction repair, maintenance of city utilities and system operations, includ-ing the skilled oper-ation of power-drive equipment. Re-quires education equivalent to com-pletion of the twelfth grade and two years experi-ence in utility con-struction or uti l ity maintenance work, preferably including the operation of construction equip-ment. State of Cali-fornia Class B Driv-er’s license is re-quired. A California Depar tment of Health Services Grade 2 Water Dis-tribution Operator li-cense is required within 1 year of em-ployment.Deadline to apply:

Friday, March 2,2007, 5:00 PM.

Request Application materials:

City of Healdsburg

Personnel Office,401 Grove Street,Healdsburg, CA

95448 707-431-3322.EOE/AA/ADA.

WINERYCELLAR WORKER

Anderson Valley Responsibil i t ies in-clude cellar sanita-tion, racking, fork lift driving, filtration, bar-reling, bottl ing l ine operation, light me-chanical maint-enance, crushing and processing grapes.At least one season of winery-related work with a passion and desire to learn.High school diploma or GED required.Spanish and comput-er literacy. Full time position with health, dental, paid vacation and profit shar ing.Hourly wage depend-ing on experience.Navarro Vineyards H.R. P.O. box 47,Philo, CA 95466

fax 707-895-9501,navarrohr@pacific.net

200 SERVICESOFFERED

Pruning & Gardening

Call Jen 485-5363 Salt Hollow Flower Farm

QUIET COUPLE LOOKING FOR

CHEAP RENTAL.WE WILL CARE-TAKE LAND OR

ANIMALS IN EXCHANGE. WE HAVE ONE DOG.

621-2097

205 FINANCIALSERVICES

WARNINGHOMEOWNERS!Confidential report

exposes the truth of how 78% of mort-

gage and credit card holders are being

overcharged and how to become debt-free fast. For Free Report, call toll free 24hr re-corded information;

1-888-286-3176x2001

(DRE01300747)

210 BUSINESSOPPORT.

A CASH COW!! 30 Vending Machines/ You Approve Each

Location. Entire Busi-ness - $10,970.1-800-VENDING(1-800-836-3464)

www.1800Vending.com

ABSOLUTE ALLCASH Candy Route.

Do you earn $900 per day? 60 Vending Machines. $10,995.

MultiVend LLC., 880 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, NY.1-800-779-0025

START YOUR OWN Landscape Curbing Business- High De-mand. Low Over-

heads. High Profit.Training Available.

Priced from $12,000.1-800-667-5372.

www.EdgeMaster.net

210 BUSINESSOPPORT.

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, LLC 880 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, NY 11729.1-888-625-2405

Make A Fortune! Become a instant

publisher even if you can’t write. Owning

reproduction rights to 1000’s of money making books &

reports. Call 312-924-1820

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

1600sf warehousePlus 400 sf storage over office. 12’ dr.

220V.$550mo. +sec No auto. 462-8273

Banquet Hall &Kitchen Ukiah Senior Center 499 Leslie St.

462-4343

FREE MONTH RENTWAREHOUSE/LIGHT MFG.

171 D. Brush St.3750 sq. ft. 50x75

3 10’ loading doors, sm a/c office, sec. & phone systems in,

ample parking, exc.lighting. 468-5176

lv mes.Office/Retail SpaceState St.frontage with

parking. 1140 sf.$950 mo. 265-4318

Salon location inBoonville. Usedfor 23 yrs. as hair

cutting estb. for men & women. Partially equip. Call Mike at

NCRE 895-3762Shop Space locatedat Strong Mt. 175 N.Lenore Ave. Willits

1000 sq ft. $600/mo +dep. 459-3979 10-5

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

1 br $600. + dep.N/P N/sec.8 Clean,

Nice Location.To view 472-0322

1&2bd Apts. availa-ble on 351 N. Main

$765/$850/mo,no pets. 462-4759

1bd.+extra rm. S.State St. area. New carpets/paint. No-pets, N/S, waterbeds.$675+sec. 462-82732 bd 1bth W/D in unit

304 Cooper Lane.$875/mo. +dep.(707) 462-4044

2bd1ba. DishwasherCovered parking, wa-

ter & garb. pd. N/P.$750.Ukiah 463-3721

Beautifully renovat-ed 1br. in tiny Victori-an on West side nr.dwntwn. W/D, N/P N/S. $1000/mo. +

utils + dep. 468-0248LEE KRAEMER

PROPERTY MGMTSpacious 1bd1ba.

$750.POOL, LAUNDRY,

CARPORTSNo Section 8.

463-2134Modern cozy 2bd.wtr. garb. pd. Car-

port. $800/mo. Only $400 dep. 232 Mason St. Ukiah 433-4040

NEWER2 BEDROOM.

DW\Garage+pool$850 mo. 463-2325

PARK PLACE1 bd. $750-$7752 bdr. $850 TH $950.Pool/garg. 462-5009

Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $750.Also 1bd. $650. Ht.AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075

Spacious 2bd1ba.w/W/D. N/P. WTR.,GARB. PD. $900.

462-8600

UKIAH

MOVE IN SPECIALat 1416 S. State St.3bd2ba. townhse.

140 Zinfandel1bd1ba. $660

Hud OK.

CENTURY 21Les Ryan RealtyProperty Management

468-0463

300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

UKIAH

MOVE IN SPECIALat 1416 S. State St.3bd2ba. townhse.

140 Zinfandel1bd1ba. $660

Hud OK.

CENTURY 21Les Ryan RealtyProperty Management

468-0463

330 HOMESFOR RENT

1bdrm Cottage inUkiah, $750 1st mo.last mo. $500 sec.

463-8328

2bd.1.5 ba.Fabulous westsidelocation. $1200/mo.

489-0201

2bd.1ba. Fen. yd.1973 Talmage Rd.

No. pets. $850 + 850462-3588

3BD/2BA.COMPLETEREMODEL.

✔Crown molding, ✔Wood floors,✔Fireplace, ✔Central heat/AC ✔Big yard,✔Garage.✔No smoking.✔Pets negotiable.

$1550/mo. + sec.dep. 468-5770.

Available 3/15/07.

586N. State St.Cozy 1 bd.,1 ba. house w/small yard

locateddowntown.$700/mo.

Call Realty World Selzer Realty

468-0411

370 WANTEDTO RENT

Wanted: Studio orRoom w/priv. bath in Ukiah. Call Kim

707 937-4735

380 WANTED TOSHARE RENT

QUIET ROOMMATE WANTED,C/S,

$475 + Dep req.468-9332, 490-7157

Room w/cbl/frg W/D, kit, bth priv. N/S/P/D fem pref. $475 + dep.

util incl. 462-9225

400 NEW & USEDEQUIPMENT

POWER WHEELCHAIRS and SCOOTERS at little

or no cost to seniors/disabled with Medicare, MediCal or

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440 FURNITURE

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450 WANTEDTO BUY

Cash for junk cars Call for details.

Se habla Espanol.546-7553

Wanted: Tan Oak or Madrone logs Lg

quantities only Steve (530) 521-0652

WE RECYCLE & PAYCA$H for batteries,

copper, brass, alum, stainless steel &

radiators. 467-1959

460 APPLIANCES

GE SELF-CLEANING GAS OVEN RANGE.Only 7 mo. new.Electronic touch

pad controls, sealed burners,

clean steel finish.Warranty & papers

$799 new. Just used several times.Sell for $500or best offer.

456-9927

New Electric Wash-er & Dryer Westing-house Heavy Duty

super Capacity Used 3 mo. $500/set.

485-8750USED

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500 new 8 ft. treated 3” to 5”

PEELER POSTS.$5 ea. 485-8647

CONTINUEDSUPPORT FOROUR TROOPS

Vietnam Vets /Legacy Vets

Motorcycle Club &

VFW Post 1900

Presents aSpaghetti

DinnerFor

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SaturdayApril 28 4-8 PM

Veteran’s Memorial Building

239 Seminary Ave., UkiahDonations:$10 Adults $5 children✔Funds are

used to purchase items to sendto our troops.GI Mom’s is a “non-politicalorganization.

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Hot Tub ‘07 DeluxeModel. Many jets.

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used. Can deliver.Worth $5700. Sell$1750 with new

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or 707-391-2090

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Feb. 28.Mendocino County

Superior Court Judge CindeeMayfield first ruled againstgranting an injunction to pre-vent the strike Feb. 27, sayingthe county would have to pro-vide specific instances inwhich the health and safety ofMendocino County residentswould be threatened by astrike.

On Monday, PERB SeniorRegional Attorney KristinRosi, from the agency’sOakland office, said in courtthat the county had evadedPERB by neglecting to firstfile for the temporary restrain-ing order with its administra-tive board.

“We’re very well aware ofthese kinds of strikes and theimpacts they have on the pub-lic. In fact, it’s what we do,”Rosi said.

Deputy County CounselDouglas Losak had argued thecounty should have jurisdic-tion based on a 1985 courtdecision that found that publicemployee unions could legal-ly strike unless the strikeposed an imminent threat topublic safety.

“We’re alleging that this isan issue of public health andsafety in the county ... and thatthis court has the jurisdictionover issues relating to the pub-lic health and safety of citi-zens in this county,” Losaksaid.

However, Rosi said the lawthat established collective bar-gaining for the state’s munici-pal, county and local specialdistrict employers andemployees was not broughtunder PERB’s jurisdictionuntil 2001, after that case wasdecided.

Now, Rosi said if the coun-ty filed for injunction withPERB, it would have to ruleon the injunction, but notedthat reaching a resolution

through mediation would bethe best solution.

“It would be better foreveryone if a mediator wasinvolved and we didn’t haveto go this route at all, but atthis point, there’s no way toget a mediator in here unlessboth sides agree,” Rosi said.

The MCPAA had said at theend of last week they’d returnto work Monday if theMendocino County Board ofSupervisors agreed to bring ina state mediator to help withnegotiations.

As a good faith measure,the MCPAA also askedService EmployeesInternational Union memberswho had refused to cross pick-et lines to return to work at thecounty courthouses Friday.But that night, the board votedagainst bringing in a neutralmediator from the state.

“Look where our good faithgot us,” Public Defender andMCPAA Secretary/TreasurerSteve Jackson said before thehearing.

Finnigan said members ofthe MCPAA set up picketlines outside of the Fort Braggcourthouse and countyAlcohol and Other Drug

Prevention, Child ProtectiveServices, Social Services andDepartment of Transportationoffices in Ukiah Monday toask those employees to partic-ipate in sympathy strike.

Finnigan said the MCPAAwould meet Monday eveningto discuss strategy, notingthey’d likely continue tostrike until a mediator isbrought in.

“If the county commits tomediation, we’ll be very inter-ested in reevaluating our posi-tion at that time,” JosephMartinelli, a trustee represen-tative with Teamsters local856, with which the MCPAAis affiliated, said after thehearing.

Losak said he could notcomment on whether thecounty would file for aninjunction with PERB follow-ing the decision. Calls toCounty Counsel JeanineNadel and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Al Beltrami were notimmediately returned.

The Board of Supervisorsis scheduled to discuss thestrike today in closed session.

Katie Mintz can be reachedat udjkm@pacific.net.

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THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNALWEATHER

3-DAY FORECAST

New First Full Last

Mar. 18 Mar. 25 Apr. 2 Apr. 10

Sunrise today ............. 7:28 a.m.Sunset tonight ............ 7:17 p.m.Moonrise today .......... 4:10 a.m.Moonset today ........... 1:05 p.m.

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Anaheim 82/53/s 77/55/sAntioch 74/48/s 70/45/sArroyo Grande 74/48/s 72/42/pcAtascadero 81/42/s 77/43/pcAuburn 77/50/s 73/49/sBarstow 86/52/s 84/51/sBig Sur 72/48/s 68/48/pcBishop 83/40/s 79/39/sBlythe 93/55/s 92/56/sBurbank 85/52/s 77/53/sCalifornia City 83/53/s 80/50/sCarpinteria 64/52/s 63/50/sCatalina 72/54/s 66/53/pcChico 78/48/s 75/45/sCrescent City 56/42/pc 53/40/pcDeath Valley 87/57/s 85/56/sDowney 82/55/s 74/56/pcEncinitas 75/53/s 67/53/pcEscondido 83/49/s 78/51/sEureka 56/38/pc 58/36/sFort Bragg 58/45/s 58/39/sFresno 81/52/s 79/50/sGilroy 76/47/s 73/43/pcIndio 92/55/s 91/56/sIrvine 75/54/s 72/54/pcHollywood 80/54/s 78/55/pcLake Arrowhead 77/42/s 76/36/sLodi 77/46/s 75/44/sLompoc 67/48/s 63/47/pcLong Beach 78/53/s 70/54/pcLos Angeles 78/56/s 75/56/pcMammoth 64/33/s 60/27/sMarysville 76/48/s 75/43/sModesto 77/49/s 75/46/sMonrovia 80/54/s 80/55/sMonterey 65/47/s 65/47/pcMorro Bay 75/45/s 73/49/pc

Napa 76/47/s 74/40/pcNeedles 92/56/s 90/57/sOakland 68/50/s 68/47/pcOntario 86/52/s 80/52/sOrange 81/53/s 77/50/sOxnard 68/50/s 67/52/pcPalm Springs 92/60/s 90/58/sPasadena 80/55/s 80/55/sPomona 84/52/s 81/47/sPotter Valley 74/40/s 74/39/sRedding 76/48/pc 76/46/sRiverside 85/49/s 82/51/sSacramento 75/48/s 73/45/sSalinas 72/49/s 67/46/pcSan Bernardino 83/50/s 83/52/sSan Diego 72/56/s 68/56/pcSan Fernando 81/53/s 81/54/sSan Francisco 66/50/s 67/48/pcSan Jose 73/49/s 70/48/pcSan Luis Obispo 74/47/s 73/45/pcSan Rafael 63/49/s 62/44/pcSanta Ana 76/54/s 72/54/pcSanta Barbara 66/49/s 68/49/sSanta Cruz 73/46/s 71/47/pcSanta Monica 72/55/s 70/55/pcSanta Rosa 76/44/s 70/44/pcS. Lake Tahoe 63/28/s 58/25/sStockton 75/47/s 73/44/sTahoe Valley 63/28/s 58/25/sTorrance 71/55/s 69/55/pcVacaville 77/49/s 75/44/sVallejo 64/49/s 64/42/pcVan Nuys 86/53/s 81/54/sVisalia 78/48/s 76/48/sWillits 70/36/s 70/37/sYosemite Valley 69/39/s 64/38/sYreka 64/32/pc 60/28/pc

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Precipitation

Ukiah through 2 p.m. Monday

Temperature

24 hrs to 2 p.m. Mon. ................ 0.00”Month to date ............................ 0.14”Normal month to date ................ 2.66”Season to date ........................ 19.58”Last season to date ................ 42.34”Normal season to date ............ 31.97”

High .............................................. 80°Low .............................................. 47°Normal high .................................. 63°Normal low .................................... 41°Record high .................... 84° in 1910Record low ...................... 26° in 1922

UKIAH73/41

58/45Fort Bragg

64/43Westport

74/37Covelo

70/36Willits

74/40Redwood Valley

75/45Lakeport

75/46Clearlake

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59/48Gualala

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72/43Boonville

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boundary, work is to bestopped, the amendments sug-gest.

To protect culturalresources, staff recommendsthe original permit be modi-fied to require a qualifiedarcheologist to be onsite dur-ing any ground disturbingactivities that could unearthcultural artifacts. If any arelocated, work shall cease inthe area, the amendmentsstate. Baskin said that theoriginal permit made suchrequirements for the southernend of the property, but rec-ommended changes wouldinclude the northern areasnear Glass Beach as well.

The original permitrequires that a survey of rareplants and nesting bird specieswill be done prior to anyground-disturbing activitiesand stopped if any are found.No amendments are suggestedto the original permit’s plantand bird species protectionprotocol.

Coastal Commission staffrecommends approval of theamendments.

The hearing will take placeat the Monterey ConferenceCenter, in Monterey starting at9 a.m. A copy of the staff

report with underlined amend-ments is available for reviewon the Coastal CommissionWeb site:

www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html.

Permit historyThe original permit was

filed with the CoastalCommission, after beingapproved by the city inOctober, 2005 and appealedby the Sierra Club MendocinoGroup and North CoastAction. The permit allowedG-P to remove building foun-dations on the site, and per-form immediate cleanup ofexposed contaminants of nec-essary.

The Fort Bragg PlanningCommission approved thepermit in August 2005, andwas immediately appealed tothe Fort Bragg City Council.The council upheld thePlanning Commission’s deci-sion in October, 2005, andwas immediately appealed tothe Coastal Commission.

At its regular meeting Dec.14, 2005, the commissionfound that the appeal raised asubstantial issue of confor-mance of the project asapproved regarding adequateprotection of marineresources, habitat areas andintertidal areas. Until March2006, Coastal Commissionand state Regional Water

Quality Control Board staffconferred about resource pro-tection and decided that if G-Paccepted a set of projectchanges, many concernswould be resolved.

A hearing was held by thecommission and the permitwas approved with severalspecial conditions.

ConditionsThe previously approved

permit included a list of eightconditions for the work on thesite. The conditions, by title,apply to the scope of thedevelopment, performancestandards for work next towetlands, protection of coastalresources, avoidance of geo-logically unstable areas, pro-tection of archeologicalresources, National MarineFisheries Service approvals,U.S. Fish and WildlifeDepartment approvals, andconformance with county airquality regulations.

The staff report alone camein at over 500 pages, and con-tained extensive informationabout the site, its former useand contaminant findings

Commissioners also modi-fied the original permit in2006 to require that in areaswhere vegetation is to bereplanted, only local, geneticnative plant types will beused.

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G-Pand today should top out ataround 75 degrees, if predic-tions are accurate. The rest ofweek calls for highs rangingin the mid-to-upper 70s, withno rain in sight, according toScott.

“The mid 60s is the normalhigh at this time of year, so weare forecasted quite a bit high-er than normal, and dryer thannormal,” Scott said, notingUkiah is 12.19 inches belownormal for rainfall. The rain-fall season begins each yearon July 1. To date, Ukiah hasseen 19.57 inches of rain thisseason. Normal rainfall in thisarea by this time in the seasonis 31.76 inches, according toScott.

Those touched by springfever don’t seem to mind.

“When spring is here, weplant,” Ukiahan KristinBillups said Monday as JohnJensen, owner of Oak ValleyNursery loaded up her vehi-

cle. Billups and Kathy Fields,of Redwood Valley, who pur-chased a dogwood tree and sixviburnums, were among sev-eral others shopping at thenursery Monday, where busi-ness has been “booming,”according to Jensen.

“It just happened this lastweek; it’s overwhelmingalmost,” he said, before dash-ing off to help the next cus-tomer.

“I felt compelled to get inmy car and drive to a nursery,”Kelseyville resident LeahDay, said, noting the beautifulweather was all it took.

Asked if she had springfever, Kirsten Whelan, ofUkiah, also shopping at OakValley Nursery said:“Absolutely.”

Asked what she was shop-ping for, Whelan said, “Somevegetables.” Her 4-year-oldson, Noah, simultaneouslysaid, “Flowers,” as he headedtoward a table loaded withcolorful blooms.

“I probably won’t plant(the vegetables) yet,” Whelan

said. “We are in the planningphase. I always wait forJohn’s advice. He always tellsme ‘It’s too soon, come backlater,’” she said, referring toJensen.

Between the last week ofApril and the first of May isthe best time to start plantingsummer vegetable gardens,Jensen said.

“Sometimes you get lucky,but if you don’t get lucky, youare back down here buyingagain,” he said. While it’s a“little early” for tomatoes, thedanger of frost isn’t a threat tovegetables like lettuce, pota-toes, asparagus, broccoli,kale, etc.

“Petunias tolerate the coldfairly well ... marigolds, no.Impatiens ... it’s too early forthem. Geraniums are OK (asare) snapdragons and all kindsof blooming perennials. Putyour perennials in now. Evenif there’s a frost, they are root-hardy. The annuals don’t growuntil the ground warms up abit, and the ground’s not warmyet,” he said.

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