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By ZACK SAMPSELThe Daily Journal

For more than a decade,Mendocino County native PattyMitchell has been bringing herown holiday cheer on wheels to

the people of Ukiah -- and this year is nodifferent.

In 13 years of service with theMendocino Transit Authority, Mitchellhas become the face of the HolidayTrolley program to families and childrenthroughout the county as she’s spent 11fun-filled holiday seasons behind thewheel.

‘It certainly makes me look forward to the holidays because it’s a really rewarding experience.The merchants of Ukiah have been so committed to the trolley and its Christmas spirit.’

Holiday Trolley driver PATTY MITCHELL

ON THE HOLIDAY TROLLEY

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Holiday Trolley driver Patty Mitchell begins her Ukiah loop from Alex Thomas Plaza Tuesday afternoon. TheMendocino Transit Authority employee has been driving the free trolley for the last 11 years.

Longtimedriver a partof the season

Teenagers (from right) Brandy Harrington, Krystal Brickett and GabbySummers assume the job of shouting holiday greetings during an eveningtour of Ukiah. At top, 3-year-old Edgar Alcocer enjoys the ride from thefront seat of Ukiah’s Holiday Trolley.See TROLLEY, Page 15

4,049the number of passengers to ridethe trolley last year

131the average number of passen-gers to ride the trolley each daylast year

45the number of minutes the routetakes to finish

32the number of days the trolley isin service

13the number of mandated stopsalong the trolley route

11the number of years PattyMitchell has driven the HolidayTrolley

7the number of days each weekthe trolley is running

0the number of flying reindeer ittakes to power this trolley

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The MTA Holiday Trolley by the numbers

By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

The Redwood Valley Water District mayhave to reduce by half its withdrawals fromLake Mendocino next month because the lowlake level has triggered a term of its agreementwith the Sonoma County Water Agency.

According to the agreement, if the level ofthe lake drops below 30,000 acre-feet afterOct. 31, the district is required to cut its with-drawals to 50 percent of the average withdraw-al for that month for the previous three years.

RV may beforced tolimit water

By BEN BROWNThe Daily Journal

Laura Hamburg, a local medical marijuanaadvocate, is scheduled to appear in court nextmonth on felony medical marijuana chargesand will be represented by former MendocinoCounty Assistant District Attorney KeithFaulder.

Hamburg is being charged in connectionwith a search warrant served on her BoonvilleRoad home Oct. 25, where Mendocino CountySheriff’s Capt. Kurt Smallcomb said 50pounds of processed marijuana and up to 50plants were seized.

Marijuanaactivist facesdrug charges

By ROB BURGESSThe Daily Journal

Fort Bragg resident Paula Deeter has enteredthe race for the 4th District Mendocino CountyBoard of Supervisors position currently held byboard chairwoman Kendall Smith.

In addition to being the proprietor of HerbanLegend, a medical marijuana dispensary in FortBragg, Deeter is the co-chair of the Mendocino

Candidateannounces in4th District

Santa coming to townThe Daily Journal

Santa is coming to downtown UkiahSaturday to kick off our Small-TownChristmas. He will arrive at Santa’sWorkshop at 259 S. School Street at 3 p.m.

Santa will be available to have photostaken at his workshop from 3 to 5 p.m.

At 4:45 p.m., there will be live entertain-ment at the Alex R. Thomas Plaza, only afew feet away from Santa’s workshop.

At 5:45 p.m., Santa will help light theTown Tree, and everyone can join carolingin the plaza.

At 6 p.m., the Truckers Light Paradebegins on State Street.

Santa will be in his workshop everyThursday, Friday and Saturday Dec. 6through Dec. 22 - Thursdays from 3 to 7p.m., Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m., andSaturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

Santa’s Workshop Small Town Christmasin Historic Downtown Ukiah is sponsoredby the Greater Ukiah Chamber ofCommerce. For more information, call 462-4705.

For a complete schedule androute map, visit the HolidayTrolley at one of its many stopsaround town.

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See MARIJUANA, Page 15

See DEETER, Page 15

6,000 Sunnis join security pact with U.S.in ‘last gateway’ for fleeing militants

HAWIJA, Iraq (AP) — Nearly 6,000 Sunni Arab residentsjoined a security pact with American forces Wednesday in whatU.S. officers described as a critical step in plugging the remain-ing escape routes for extremists flushed from former strong-holds. The new alliance — called the single largest single vol-unteer mobilization since the war began — covers the “lastgateway” for groups such as al-Qaida in Iraq seeking newhavens in northern Iraq, U.S. military officials said.

U.S. commanders have tried to build a ring around insur-gents who fled military offensives launched earlier this year inthe western Anbar province and later into Baghdad and sur-rounding areas. In many places, the U.S.-led battles were givenkey help from tribal militias — mainly Sunnis — that hadturned again al-Qaida and other groups.

Extremists have sought new footholds in northern areas onceloyal to Saddam Hussein’s Baath party as the U.S.-led gainshave mounted across central regions. But their ability to strikenear the capital remains.

A woman wearing an explosive-rigged belt blew herself upnear an American patrol near Baqouba, about 35 miles north-east of Baghdad, the military announced Wednesday. The blaston Tuesday — a rare attack by a female suicide bomber —wounded seven U.S. troops and five Iraqis, the statement said.

Bush commits to Mideast peace processWASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush told the leaders of

Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday he is per-sonally committed to their mission of peace, urging them to

stick with it and not lose sight of their goal.Bush met separately with Palestinian President Mahmoud

Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the WhiteHouse, and then with the two men jointly before the trioemerged for a presidential sendoff from the Rose Garden. Thestagecraft capped three days of U.S.-sponsored diplomacy cen-tered around an international Mideast peace conference heldTuesday in Annapolis, Md.

“No matter how important yesterday was, it’s not nearly asimportant as tomorrow and the days beyond,” Bush said, withOlmert on one side and Abbas on the other.

Stocks soar, Dow gets biggest 2-day gainin 5 years as hopes grow for a rate cut

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street barreled higher Wednesdayfor the second day in a row, giving the Dow Jones industrialaverage its biggest two-day point gain in five years after aFederal Reserve official hinted that the central bank may lowerinterest rates again.

Investors’ renewed hopes for a rate cut added to their reliefthat companies that made losing bets on subprime mortgages,such as Citigroup Inc. and Freddie Mac, are coming up withways to raise cash. The market was clearly optimistic that atleast some of the damage from the months-long credit crisiswas finally being mitigated.

However, Wall Street has been fickle in recent months, withthe Dow often rising and falling by triple digits, and no one isbetting that the mortgage crisis that tripped up the nation’sfinancial industry this year is over.

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

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SHERIFF’S REPORTSThe following were

compiled from reportsprepared by theMendocino CountySheriff’s Office:

ARREST -- StevenGardner, 24, of RedwoodValley, was arrested onsuspicion of causing cor-poral injury to a spouse inthe 1400 block of Road Ain Redwood Valley at 9p.m. Wednesday.

According to sheriff’sreports, deputies werecalled to the home by thevictim, who said she hadbeen hit with the head andface with fists and a tele-phone.

Gardner was bookedinto jail on a $25,000bond.

Those arrested by law enforce-ment officers are innocent untilproven guilty. People reported ashaving been arrested may contactthe Daily Journal once their casehas been concluded so the resultscan be reported. Those who feel theinformation is in error should con-tact the appropriate agency. In thecase of those arrested on suspicionof driving under the influence of anintoxicant: all DUI cases reportedby law enforcement agencies arereported by the newspaper. TheDaily Journal makes no exceptions.

CORRECTIONSThe Ukiah Daily Journal reserves

this space to correct errors or makeclarifications to news articles.Significant errors in obituary notices orbirth announcements will result inreprinting the entire article. Errors maybe reported to the editor, 468-3526.

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Death considered suspiciousThe Daily Journal

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is inves-tigating the death of a Fort Bragg resident founddead in a house on Simpson Lane Wednesday morn-ing.

According to sheriff’s reports, deputies went tothe house to check on the welfare of a woman whohad been reported missing.

They noticed the door of the house was open andwent inside, where they found the dead woman in asmall bedroom.

Also in the house were two men, who were laterdetermined to be the woman’s roommates.

The death was determined to be suspicious, andthe men were detained and interviewed by sheriff’sdetectives.

Sheriff’s Lt. Rusty Noe said the death appearedsuspicious because of the circumstances and because

neither of the men in the house said they knew thewoman was dead.

Noe said he did not know how long the womanhad been dead.

The case remains under investigation, and thename of the woman is being withheld until her fam-ily can be notified.

An autopsy has been scheduled for today to deter-mine the cause of death.

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According to the ArmyCorps of Engineers, the levelof Lake Mendocino was at29,925 acre-feet Tuesday, thelowest the level has been since2002, when the water levelreached 25,186 acre-feet,according to the SCWA.

RVWD General ManagerBill Koehler said the waterdistrict received a letterTuesday from the SCWA noti-fying it that the conservationterm had been triggered.

The terms require that theboard cut back to 30 acre-feetof water for the month ofDecember.

“It’s not quite as dramaticas it sounds,” Koehler said.

The board has already cutback water use by 30 percentvoluntarily.

The board will be holding aspecial meeting at 3:30 p.m.today at the water districtoffice to discuss possibleactions, one of which could bedeclaring a water emergencyin Redwood Valley, Koehlersaid.

If it does, Redwood Valleywould be the first wateragency in Mendocino Countyto do so.

If the water board declaresan emergency, Koehler said itwill have a publicly noticedmeeting for comment withinseven days of the decision.

He said the board couldalso throw itself on the mercyof the State Water Resources

Control Board, which mightbe able to get more waterreleased through the PotterValley Project and into thelake.

“If a little more water camein through the tunnel, a littlemore stayed in the lake, andwe got a little rain, we wouldbounce back above 30,000acre-feet,” Koehler said.

Earlier this year, theFederal Energy Regulatory

Commission ordered PacificGas and Electric to reduce theamount of water diverted outof the Eel River, through thePotter Valley Project and intothe lake by 30 percent or riskviolating its license.

The loss of 30 percent ofthe water flowing through thePotter Valley Project, alongwith a dry winter, has beenblamed for the low level ofLake Mendocino.

Mendocino County WaterAgency General ManagerRoland Sanford said this hasnot been an extremely dryyear and the amount of rainalone does not explain thelake level.

The SCWA announcedWednesday that it was dis-patching biologists to surveybreeding sites on the RussianRiver and may reduce theflow of water out of the lake,

pending the result of thosesurveys.

“We need to retain as muchwater as we can so it can beavailable to keep the riverflowing for fish and supplylocal communities until therains come,” said SCWADeputy Chief Engineer PamJeane.

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Water

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As Lake Mendocino’s water level drops, more shoreline is exposed, including the northeast bank (pictured)where it is met by the Russian River.

The Daily JournalOn Tuesday, the Ukiah

Police Department arrested ateenager who allegedly van-dalized 50 signs, buildingsand utility boxes during thelast several months.

According to UPD reports,police have been investigat-ing multiple acts of vandalismperpetrated by someone whowas spray-painting and writ-ing the word “hazel” on pub-lic and private property in thecity.

On Tuesday, UPD SchoolResource Officer AndrewPorter received informationthat led to the arrest of a 17-year-old boy on suspicion ofmultiple acts of vandalism.Evidence linking him to thecrimes was found in the boy’spossession, police said.

According to UPD reports,the boy confessed to the van-dalism and helped Porteridentify the damage.

The boy was turned over tothe Juvenile ProbationDepartment for prosecutionfor several counts of felonyvandalism.

Vandalismarrest made

A R T S & E N T E R T A I N M E N TEditor: Richard Rosier, 468-3520 udj@pacific.net

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What’s PlayingTHURSDAY

DJ DANCE MUSIC -- DJ dancing; no cover; PerkinsStreet Lounge; 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

DJ MARK ANTHONY -- Mixed music; Scotty’s Café;720 N. State St., Ukiah; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

RONNY LEE -- Texas-blues guitarist; Shanachie Pub;50 S. Main, Willits; $3 cover; 9 p.m.; 459-9194.

JODY GEHRMAN -- Writers Read open mike reading;Colored Horse Studio; 780 Waugh Lane, Ukiah; 7 to 9:30p.m.; 462-4557, 463-6989.

JAH SUN/ ISHI DUBE -- Lion Camp Showcase; UkiahBrewing Co.; 102 S. State St., Ukiah; 10 p.m.; $10 cover;468-5898.

FRIDAYDJ DANCE MUSIC -- DJ dance music with Smokin’

Joe; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 9p.m.

SLY FOX -- Folk with an edge, rhythm and vocals;Shanachie Pub; 50 S. Main, Willits; $3 cover; 9 p.m.; 459-9194.

DIRT FLOOR -- Americana/rock; Ukiah Brewing Co.;102 S. State St., Ukiah; 9 p.m.; $5 cover; 468-5898.

DON WILLIS -- Continental accordion; Ukiah NaturalFoods; 721 S. State St., Ukiah; 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

DORIAN MAY -- Live music; Himalayan Cafe; 1639 S.State St., Ukiah; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; 467-9900.

DJ MARK ANTHONY -- Hip-hop dance off; YokayoBowl; 1401 N. State St., Ukiah; 8 p.m.; $5 cover; 462-8686.

SATURDAY DJ DANCE MUSIC-- DJ dance music with Smokin’

Joe; Perkins Street Lounge; 228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 9p.m.

KARAOKE -- Live entertainment;Yokayo Bowl; 1401 N.State St., Ukiah; 7 to 11 p.m.; no cover; 462-8686.

HILLSIDE FIRE -- Live music; Shanachie Pub; 50 S.Main, Willits; $5 cover; 9 p.m.; 459-9194.

SOL HORIZON -- Reggae; Ukiah Brewing Co.; 102 S.State St., Ukiah; 9 p.m.; $10 cover; 468-5898.

JASON ARGOS -- Jazz; Potter Valley Cafe; 10761Main St., Potter Valley; 743-2848.

THE BELTONES BAND -- Dance music; Ukiah SeniorCenter; Bartlett hall, 495 Leslie St., Ukiah; 7 to 10 p.m.; $8cover; Adults 18 and over welcome.

ANDY & GABRIELA KONG -- Singer/songwriter jazz;Himalayan Café; 1639 S. State St., Ukiah; 6:30 to 8:30p.m.; 467-9900.

2ND ANNUAL HOMETOWN HOLIDAY DANCE --Dancing, dinner, raffle, christmas tree auction; Little LakeGrange; 291 School St., Willits; 6:30 p.m.; $10 cover; 489-4419.

SUNDAYHOLIDAY TEA PARTY -- Mendocino Ballet fundraiser,

snacks and Nutcracker; 205 S. State St., Ukiah; 2 to 4p.m.; $12 adults, $8 for children; 463-2290.

MONDAYMICROPHONE NIGHT -- Sing or play an instrument;

Club 711; 711 S. State St., Ukiah; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; 462-7111.

RIANE EISLER -- Author of “The Chalice & theBlade”; City Council Chambers; 300 Seminary Ave.,Ukiah; 7 to 9 p.m.; $10 donations accepted.

TUESDAYKARAOKE -- Every Tuesday; Perkins Street Lounge;

228 E. Perkins St., Ukiah; 8 p.m.; free.TAHITIAN DANCE -- Every Tuesday night; Mendocino

Ballet Studio; 205 S. State St.; Ukiah; ages 11 to 99; 5:30to 6:30 p.m.; $8 to $11.

WEDNESDAYADAM’S CENTER STAGE KARAOKE -- Karaoke night

at Yokayo Bowl; 1401 N. State St., Ukiah; 7 to 11 p.m.;family hours 6 to 8 p.m.; no cover; 462-8686.

LADIES NIGHT -- Nepalese dance and music by Raifamily; Himalayan Café; 1639 S. State St., Ukiah; 467-9900.

OPEN MIC NIGHT -- Open Mic; Ukiah Brewing Co.;102 S. State St., Ukiah; 8:30 p.m.; free; 468-5898.

The Daily JournalSaturday, Dec. 15th at 7:30 pm the

Mendocino College Jazz Band, JohnParkinson directing, will bring thecommunity Basie, Nestico andGoodwin. Music from swing, blues,Latin shuffle to straight up Jazz.

The featured vocalist is Ukiah’sfavorite jazz singer, Paula Samonte,that “torch singer with a smile.” Shebrings the evening “home for the holi-days” with songs of the season.

The guest artist, Harpist JessicaSchaeffer, will present the melodies of

samba, mambo and tango with theLatin Jazz Quintet. Other members ofthe Quintet include Nick Biondo, clar-inet, Tracie Triolo, saxophone andflute, Burton Segall, bass and DorianMay, percussion.

The Jazz Band’s program will fea-tures Count Basie’s “Sweet GeorgiaBrown” and “ Shiny Stockings,”Gordon Goodwin’s “Whodunit?,”George Shearing’s Latin “Lullaby ofBirdland,” Nestico’s “Switch In Time”and “Sweets.” Last but not least, a

blues number, “Let the Good TimesRoll”.

The public is invited to thisSaturday night performance, Dec. 15,7:30 p.m. at the Mendocino CollegeCenter Theatre, 1000 Hensley CreekRoad, Ukiah and “Let the Good TimesRoll” Admission is $5. Tickets areavailable at the Mendocino BookStore or by calling 462-6105. Seatingis limited to 300. Remaining ticketswill be sold at the box office the nightof the show.

A Saturday evening of jazzThe Mendocino College Jazz Band will be holding a night of mixed musical performances on Dec. 15.

The Daily JournalUkiah Seventh Day Adventist

Church invites the community toattend the 17th annual ChristmasCantata, “The Glory of Christmas, Joyand Peace on Earth!” a musical anddramatic portrayal of the Christmasstory under the direction of MargieSalcedo Rice.

This year, the program will be heldon Sunday, Dec. 9, at a new time. Thefirst performance will be at 3 p.m. andthe second at 6 p.m.

It features live animals carried byshepherds, wise men bringing theirgifts to the savior, Joseph and Marysinging a lullaby to baby Jesus, chil-dren dressed in colorful period cos-tumes from biblical times singingabout joy and peace on Earth alongwith their Sanctuary Choir.

The performance comes to a color-ful finale as all participants cometogether in an international parade ofnations singing about peace and unity.A live symphony orchestra willaccompany their soloists, choir andnarrators.

The Ukiah Community HandbellChoir and Rio Lindo Academy“Lindaires” Chorale will also be per-

forming.The concert will feature vocalists

Daryl Ballard, Kristen Erich, ErinFoil, Brian Hanson, Ken Nelson,Philip Smith, Geoffrey Rice, and localrecording artist, Margie Salcedo Rice.Child soloists are Ally and JonahChaney, Ceren Cordis, MichelleGoodman, Briana and Adrian Hanson,Whitney Jimenez, Hannah Jutzy,Bailey King, Harmonie Roberts andJasmine Wells. Zachary Wyman andPatricia Rice will be portrayingJoseph and Mary. Pastor Paul Hawksand other villagers and shepherds willdramatize the story set back in thetime of Bethlehem. Sandy Wirth willbe the piano accompanist.

Free tickets are available early atMendocino Book Co., Rod’s Shoes, orby calling the Ukiah SDA Church at462-5455. A requested offering of $10per ticket will be collected to helpdefer expenses. Seating will be limit-ed. The Church is located at 1390Laurel Ave., one block west of S.Dora on Wabash.

‘The Glory of Christmas -- A Christmas Cantata’ set for Dec. 9

Patricia Rice will portray Mary inthe upcoming Christmas Cantata.

The Daily Journaldig! Music proudly wel-

comes, Will Siegel andFriends this Saturday for aspecial free in-store concert atdig! Music from 10:30 a.m. tonoon.

Siegel will be joined byfeatured vocalist/bassist SteveBaird, Les Boek, well-knownfor his harmonica playing;Ellie Siegel, playing a widevariety of instruments includ-ing mandolin and percussion,and Craig Schlatter an accom-plished pianist playing musicoff his new solo album “Spiritof the Prairie.”

Guitarist Will Siegel hasbeen entertaining audiencesfor over three decades. Hisacoustic groups have beenfeatured at numerous concertsat the Ukiah Player’s Theatreand Sunset at the Cellars. Hisdance bands have playedcountless honky tonks, grangehalls and bar-b-ques. A believ-er in community and music,Will has played largely in theUkiah area. He was music

director for UPT’s 2004 pro-duction of “woody Guthrie’sAmerican Song” and UPT’s2005 production“Always…Patsy Cline.”

He began his career playingin the early ‘70s with SonomaCounty folk singer Kate Wolf.His dobro playing {guitarwith a metal resonator), canbe heard on Kate’s first album“Backroads”. He and his wifeEllie moved to MendocinoCounty in 1976. Shortly afterthat, they started the band

Late Nite Radio. The bandsrepertoire was folk, bluegrass,western swing and classiccountry. In the ‘80s Willplayed dance music in thebands Full Moon and laterJump Street.

Siegel’s band Willy & theNighthawks played steadilythrough the 1990s and becamea favorite at the HoplandBrewery. The band recorded aCD in 1995 of all originalcomposition entitled “TheNighthawk Strikes.”

In 1998 Will returned to hisroots with a stellar concertperformance at the UPT, call-ing upon many of his musicpartners, including jazz pianostylist Barbara Curtis. Theshow featured a wide varietyof country, folk, jazz andblues compositions, and wasrecorded produced by Will.The recording became his bestselling CD to date, “WillSiegel & the Rags to RhythmRevue.”

His third CD “Will Siegel& Best Friends” was the resultof a house concert at the

Ukiah Music Center in 2006.Siegel’s newest CD is asoundtrack from the docu-mentary film “FearlessMountain,” about theAbhayagiri Buddistmonastery in Redwood Valley.The soundtrack featuresSiegel’s original compositionson nylon string guitar. All ofSiegel’s CD’s will be avail-able at the show.

Siegel also teaches atMendocino College, and seesprivate students. He can beheard once a month at thePotter Valley Café and theHimalayan Café and occa-sional Sunday mornings at theRedwood Valley Farmer’sMarket. On Weds. eveningsyou will find him playing jazzat Patrona’s restaurant.

No matter what style ofmusic, Siegel stays busy andinvolved.

The community is invitedto this free in-store concert onSaturday, 10:30 a.m. to noonat dig! Music, 362 N. StateSt., Ukiah. For more informa-tion, call 463-8444.

Will Siegel and Friends to perform this Saturday

Will Siegel

If you’re just starting totackle the photo thing or havehad some experience at it, it’snever too late to go back tobasics and revisit the elementsof composition. In fact, everyassignment you go shouldproduce images that representone or more or maybe three orfour elements of compositionin a frame.

BalanceThink of balance as a equal

division of space by the sub-ject and the background. Ifyou estimate the space thesubject takes up then eye upthe area around the subjectand they both seem equal, youhave balance.

DepthSimply put depth means a

foreground, a middle groundand a background. If you havea frame of vines in the fore-ground and you can see therow fall out behind them and

the hills in the distance, youhave depth.

DiagonalAny diagonal(s) line in a

photo will create movement.You can create a series ofdiagonals by tilting your cam-era or looking for an inherentline such as a baseball fence.

Back to basics: The elements of composition

Frame by FrameBy Suzette Cook-Mankins

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From the desk of...Marijuana case to be passed to state

To the Editor:In a letter to the editor published in the

Sunday, Nov. 25 edition of the Ukiah DailyJournal, Tim Bradford raised questionsabout the handling of a marijuana cultiva-tion case, which involves an employee ofthe District Attorney’s Office. In particularMr. Bradford questioned why the suspectwas not arrested.

Under California law, a law enforcementagency generally has broad discretion onwhether or not to make an arrest, evenwhen the crime alleged is a felony. Factorsto be considered include whether or not theperson presents a danger to others, is likelyto resume the criminal behavior, or fleefrom prosecution. In this case the suspect isan established member of the communityand a 20-year-plus employee of the County.Given the totality of the circumstances,including the suspect’s cooperation duringthe investigation, and the vagaries createdby our voter approved medical marijuanalaws (which Mr. Bradford himself pointedout) a decision was made that an arrest wasnot warranted. This practice is the same forother suspects with similar circumstancesand background. The employee received nospecial treatment.

The investigation was submitted to theDistrict Attorney’s Office with a request fora criminal complaint. To avoid the appear-ance of the very improprieties Mr. Bradfordsuggested, the District Attorney’s Officehas, in turn, referred the case to the Officeof the California Attorney General.

As your Sheriff and District Attorney,we agree that illegal marijuana growers,including those who falsely claim to bemedical patients or caregivers, have had anegative effect on life in this county. Wewant to assure you that our offices willcontinue to investigate and prosecute thesecases.

Your insinuation that your DistrictAttorney and Sheriff are receiving secondincomes from the marijuana growers isboth untrue and unfair. We are sworn touphold the law, and that is exactly what weare doing. California’s medical marijuanalaw presents unique and difficult challengesfor law enforcement and prosecutors, but itis the law nonetheless. As Sheriff andDistrict Attorney, we have expended con-siderable time and effort trying to chart acourse that balances the rights of medicalmarijuana patients and caregivers with thelegitimate public safety issues surroundingthis drug.

Our doors are open and our phone num-bers are listed. If Mr. Bradford’s motivewas to publicly express his frustration withour medical marijuana laws, then theLetters to the Editor page is one place to doit. But before attacking the credibility ofyour elected law enforcement officials orour employees, give us the courtesy of acall. At the very least you’ll come awayarmed with more information, and you’llget it faster than by us exchanging letters tothe editor.

Tom AllmanSheriff-Coroner

Meredith LintottDistrict Attorney

Ukiah

Retailers say customers suffer

To the Editor:Myself and other retailers began serving

a three-week suspension of our tobaccolicenses. We have fought the suspension forclose to five months, but lost the temporaryrestraining order in court on Nov. 12. Thestate law, which is called “The Stake Act,”would have fined us $500 to $800. This actdoes not suspend your license, just largerfines, more revenue for the state.

But Mendocino County wanted to “dobetter,” punish everyone. Suspension forretailers, which can be for up to threeyears. The overall cost to retailers is tens ofthousands of dollars, as well as reductionsof employee hours, who did nothingwrong; lost sales for suppliers, who didnothing wrong; and lastly you, the tobaccousers, who did nothing wrong, get to burnmore gas and time to buy a legal product.

This lawsuit against the MendocinoCounty Board of Supervisors, and theirunconstitutional law continues.

Supervisor colfax voted yes on this law.Give him a call, and ask why everyone hasto be punished for our mistake.

I’m sorry for my mistake which hascaused a lot of inconvenience for my tobac-co customers.

Douglas HendricksAlbion

Encouraging readingTo the Editor:I agree with everything in your recent

blog entry about getting kids to becomereaders. I feel strongly about this subject.Here are some ideas for instilling a love ofreading in our children.

First, from personal experience -- thechild has his own library. A grandmotherthat I know brings a book every time she

visits her grandson -- about twice a month.He associates her visit with her and thebooks for him. His mother reads thesebooks to him. He is 2 years old. The booksare hardcover, so he can touch them andturn the pages and look at the pictures.

The grandmother is on limited income,which brings me to the second idea.Sharing good books for young people.Thrift stores and garage sales are a wonder-ful source for good books for children, ingood condition. They sell books for 10cents, 25 cents, or 50 cents, fast. Thatgrandmother buys her books there.

Non-profits and service clubs have aprogram of volunteer hours. At the EmblemClub, there is some kind of credit given formembers and volunteers for communityservice; I’m not sure how it works. TheEmblem includes earning volunteer hoursby reading to your children or grandchil-dren.

It goes without saying that the parentsshould be introducing books to their chil-dren at an early age, but the child’s supportsystem can play a large role in this veryimportant learning process.

I hope that you receive a great responseto your blog, and perhaps you can start amovement to generate interest in children’sreading.

Betty McGladeUkiah

Letters from our readers

EJ DIONNE JR.

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

E.J. Dionne Jr. began his twice-weekly op-ed column for The Washington Post in 1993.

In our opinion

Kevin Rudd, Australia’s new prime minister, com-bines iron discipline with a puckish sense of humor,political toughness with a reflective spiritual side, anda youthful disposition with an old pro’s skill at divin-ing where a majority lies.

The triumph of Rudd and his Australian LaborParty holds lessons for Democrats and other center-left parties. John Howard, the conservative incumbentswept from power after 11 years in office, hadpresided over record prosperity. For the first time inthe country’s history, wrote Peter Hartcher in theSydney Morning Herald, a government was tossed outin unambiguously strong economic times.

Until Saturday’s vote, Labor had lost four electionsin a row. One young Labor politician I spoke with dur-ing a visit to Australia this summer worried whetherher party would have any future if it lost a fifth time.As it happens, Labor under Rudd won its largest shareof the vote in 60 years. Howard lost his own seat in arout that saw Labor go from 60 seats to about 86 seats(some races are still close) in the 150-member Houseof Representatives.

Rudd built on a strong reaction against Howard’snew workplace laws curtailing the rights of workersand unions. Labor won a swath of seats in the far sub-urbs of the big metropolitan areas where younger two-income families flourish but also struggle with risingmortgage rates and the work-family-community timecrunch.

But it is the success of the 50-year-old Rudd indrawing a generational line across the Australian elec-torate that could be adopted elsewhere, particularly incountries like ours where young people are frustratedwith replays of old battles. He overwhelmed the 68-year-old Howard among voters under 30, beat himamong those aged 30 to 50, and ran even or slightlybehind among voters over 50.

Everything Rudd did cast the election as a choicebetween the past and the future, the old and the new,the tired and the fresh, all embodied in his core slo-gans, “New Leadership” and “Fresh Ideas.” The issueshe emphasized -- the need for action against globalwarming, an “education revolution” to make Australia“the best educated country in the world,” and a pledgeto bring broadband technology to the entire nation --reinforced his resolutely up-to-date aura.

Environmentalism mattered in this election.Howard suffered from his close alignment with theBush administration on global warming, andAustralia’s Green Party, with 7.6 percent of the vote,played a role in Labor’s victory.

Under Australia’s election system, voters rank can-didates in order of preference. If no candidate gets amajority on the basis of first preferences, the winner isdetermined by redistributing ballots cast for minorparties on the basis of second preferences. Green bal-lots went heavily to Labor.

Rudd’s balancing act provides a model for center-left parties that also points to the tensions they con-front once in power. Rudd won as a self-described“economic conservative” who would tightly managethe nation’s budget. But he also won thanks to an acti-vated trade union movement fighting for its life inseeking to overthrow Howard’s workplace rules.

While Rudd’s centrism wooed swing voters, newpolitical energies were unleashed through innovativeorganizing efforts on the left. The unions’ “YourRights At Work” campaign mobilized especially themiddle- and working-class neighborhoods whereHoward had done well in the past. A Web-based groupcalled “Get Up!” organized young progressives.

The efforts paid off. Kristina Keneally, a minister inthe Labor state government in New South Wales, saidthat in Howard’s own district of Bennelong, “somepolling places had over 50 volunteers between Labor,Get Up and Your Rights at Work.” Rudd has to keephis core promises to the unions and his pledges of eco-nomic sobriety to middle-of-the-road voters -- and notdisappoint either.

I saw Rudd this summer as his media maestroswere beginning to push the party’s leader-focused“Kevin07” campaign. Rudd was characteristicallyself-deprecating and a bit abashed about the narcis-sism of it all. But he knew exactly what he was doing.With the opposition in tatters and his own party grate-ful for victory, Rudd has earned great personal author-ity at the end of a very personal campaign.

One other thing: Rudd is resolutely pro-American,but he will also be able to speak to China’s leaders influent Mandarin. You wonder if that’s about the futuretoo.

Rudd relied on youth, moderation and the voters’exhaustion with the ideological categories of the past.But he also needed the passion of activists determinedto end a long conservative era. Sound familiar?

Lessons forDemocrats

We’re glad to know that the CaliforniaTransportation Department is initiating astudy of the high rate of fatalities on a 3.5-mile stretch of Highway 20 that seems to bean accident magnet.

Last week another person was killed in ahead-on collision on that stretch andCaltrans figures show that accidents alongthat stretch of road have resulted in twice theaverage number of fatalities normal for atwo-lane rural road of its type and terrain.

Caltrans’ investigation may show that theproblem is speeding. We suspect that is alarge part of the problem. Highway 20 is oneof those roads carrying people from onemajor highway to another. Used to thespeeds on either Interstate 5 or Highway101, drivers heading between them onHighway 20 are usually going too fast. Also,on a curvy road like Highway 20, peopletend to speed up when they hit a straightstretch.

If speeding is a factor, the CaliforniaHighway Patrol may be asked to increasepatrols there to make an impression on dri-vers using Highway 20 that they’ll get aticket if they speed. But the CHP can’t bethere all the time and even a short period ofextra patrols will end sometime.

A median guardrail poses its own difficul-ties. Caltrans safety engineers say whilemedians do prevent head-ons, they also tendto increase accidents overall since a slightmove across the center line usually results ina crash of some kind.

Seems like preventing head-ons wouldmake a big difference in preventing fatali-ties, but we’ll wait to see what Caltransexperts come up with early next year.

In the meantime - especially as we enterthe holiday season - we hope last week’stragic accident will serve as an importantreminder to drivers on that road to slowdown and be cautious.

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

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

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

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

The Daily JournalRiane Eisler,

Internationally acclaimedauthor of “The Chalice andthe Blade,” will be in UkiahMonday, Dec. 3 to talk abouther latest book, “The RealWealth of Nations: Creating aCaring Economics.”

Riane’s newest book, “TheReal Wealth of Nations:Creating a CaringEconomics” -- hailed byArchbishop Desmond Tutu as“a template for the betterworld we have been sourgently seeking,” by PeterSenge as “desperately need-ed,” by Gloria Steinem as“revolutionary,” and by JaneGoodall as “a call to action” -- proposes a new approach toeconomics that gives visibilityand value to the most essentialhuman work: the work of car-ing for people and nature.Riane emphasizes that specif-ic actions can change one’slife and help one to see in anew way because all changebegins with the individual.Her work gives peoplegrounded hope that change ispossible and that we are not

doomed to despair anddestruction. As Riane says,“caring pays - in dollars andcents.”

Riane has been honoredwith the Humanist PioneerAward and the first Alice PaulERA Award. She is the onlywoman among twenty greatthinkers, including Hegel,Adam Smith, Marx, andToynbee, selected for inclu-sion in Macrohistory andMacrohistorians in recogni-tion of the lasting importanceof her work as a cultural histo-rian and evolutionary theorist.

Dr. Eisler is being spon-sored by Alliance ForDemocracy in associationwith MendocinoEnvironmental Center,Greater Ukiah LocalizationProject, WaterMoonPathways, Tools ofIllumination, and MysticTheatre Presents. She willspeak in the City Hall CouncilChambers, 300 SeminaryAve., Ukiah, on Dec. 3, 7 to 9p.m. A $10 is donationrequested at the door. There islimited space and seating willbe first come first served.

Author Riane Eislerwill be in Ukiah Dec. 3

Jody Gehrman to feature at Writers Read on Nov. 29

On Thursday, Nov. 29, local author and Mendocino Collegeprofessor Jody Gehrman will be the featured reader in theWriters Read series at Colored Horse Studio. Gehrman is theauthor of two novels, “Tart” and “Summer in the Land of Skin.”“Tart” was a Booksense notable in 2005, won an RT Bookclubcritics’ award, and has recently been optioned for film. Herplays have been produced in Ashland, New York, San Franciscoand L.A. She has two new novels due out in 2008: “Notes fromthe Backseat” (January, Red Dress Ink) and her first youngadult novel, “Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty” (April,Penguin’s Dial Books). She is a professor of English atMendocino College. The featured reading will start at 7 p.m.,and will be followed by an open mike session. Refreshments

available, and donations are requested. Colored Horse Studio islocated at 780 Waugh Lane in Ukiah. For more info: 463-6989,462-4557 or www.coloredhorse.com.

Ukiah Senior Center Christmas Bazaar set for Saturday

The Ukiah Senior Center’s 18th annual Christmas Bazaarwill be held on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 495 Leslie St. Items available for purchasewill include toys, jewelery, handmade quilts, afghans, baby andadult sweaters, dish towels, ornaments, baked goods and more.

For more information, call 462-4343.

Holiday craft fair, bake sale SaturdayThe William F. Harrah Senior Center at 1501 Baechtel Rd.,

Willts, invites the community to attend their Holiday Craft Fairand bake sale on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Their fair willfeature See’s Candies, and will offer a snack bar wit hot dogs,potato chips , doughnuts, cider, soda, coffee, and tea.

For more information, call 459-6826.

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The Daily JournalA night of music at Mendocino College on Thursday, Dec.

13 will begin with the Ukiah Hand Bell Choir, “Bella Nota,”Tina Ballagh, director, ringing in the holidays at 6:45 pm.

The evening’s program begins at 7:30 p.m. with theMendocino College Brass Ensemble, Darrin Michaels, director.The Ensemble has arranged the “Hodge Podge Suite” withmovements from famous suites by Malcolm Arnold, LennieNiehaus and others.

The Mendocino College Masterworks Chorale, RichardAllan, director, with Cathryn Allan, pianist and the ConcertBand brass, will continue in the spirit of the season with the“Christmas Cantata” by David Pinkham, “Song of the Nativity”by John La Montaine and the “Magnificat” by John Rutter.

The Mendocino College Community Concert Band, JohnParkinson, director, will open the second half of the concertwith a “Joyous Welcome” by James Swearingen.

The theme of dances from around the world will begin with“Sarabanda and Polka” from the ballet, “Solitaire” by MalcolmArnold followed by “Rhapsody for Hanakkah” (Festival ofLights) by Stephen Bulla. The performances will continue with“Symphonic Dance #3” (Fiesta) by Clifton Williams and “FolkDances” by Dimitri Shostakovich. Lastly, as the journey makesits return to America, Leonard Bernstein will entertains thecrowd with “The Third Sailor’s Dance” from the ballet “FancyFree.” The progrma will close with ”A Christmas Finale” byJoyce Eiler.

The Community Concert Band invites the public to jointhem at Mendocino College to enjoy this holiday concert for acelebration of music, Thursday, Dec. 13, 6:45 p.m. in the lobbyand 7:30 p.m. at the Mendocino College Center Theatre, 1000Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah

Admission is $3. Tickets are available at the MendocinoBook Store or by calling 462-6105. Seating is available for 300.Remaining tickets will be sold at the box office the night of theshow.

A Mendocino Collegeextravanganza

High angleWere you take a photo from

can determine the simplicityor depth factor. A high angle istaken from above. Think of anaerial photo as an extremeexample of high angle per-spective.

Low angleIf you lie down on the

ground and shoot upward, youwill photograph from a lowangle. This angle tends toclean up the background andsurround your subject withsky. A low angle will put theemphasis on your subject, notthe surroundings.

Leading lookIf your photo contains peo-

ple or animals, it contains aleading look. This elementrelies on the viewer makingeye contact with the subjectsin the photos and followingthe subjects’ eyes around thephoto. For example, when youlook at a photo of a footballplayer handing his mom aflower, you will look at theplayer then look in the direc-tion he is looking (at his mom)them you’ll look at the momand follow her look to the son.

Leading lineAny major linear element

in a photo will lead a viewer.The leg of a horse runningaround a corner creates a lead-ing line. This line can bestraight or curved.

Repeating linesThis element exists in

almost every photo. Therepeating stripes in a shirt ortrees lined up or leaves on atree are all examples ofrepeating lines. Repeating

lines can be in the form of pat-terns such as the curve ofpears in a basket.

Rule of thirdsWe tend to center our sub-

jects in photos which canoften create a non-challengingphoto. If you place your sub-ject on the left or right or topor bottom instead of the centeryou will give the viewer

something to look for.Horizon lines shouldn’talways be in the middle of theframe. Anchor the grazingsheep on the top third for achange.

SimplicityThis element means the

photo as no background. Ahigh or low angle can helpcreate a simple photo. Simple

photos allow the viewer toexamine detail.

Eye movement is the key toa powerful image. The moreelements your photo has themore interesting the composi-tion is.

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This week:• Wed.-Sat. UHS fresh-men boys basketball inElsie Allen Tourney,away, time TBA

• Thurs.-Sat. UHS boysJV basketball in Fortunatourney, away, TBA

• Thurs., Fri. UHS boysvarsity basketball in Itentourney, home, starting@ 4 p.m.

• Thurs.-Sat. UHS fresh-men girls basketball ElMolino tourney, home,time TBA.

• Thurs., Fri. UHS girlsvarsity basketball in Itentourney, home, starting@ 4 p.m.

• Sat. UHS JV wrestlingin NBL/SCL novice tour-ney, Healdsburg, 9 a.m.

High School BaseballClinic

The city of Ukiah and the UkiahHigh Wildcats would like toannounce the beginning of reg-istration for a baseball clinicsupervised by UHS baseballcoaching staff. This clinic iscompletely free and will be heldevery Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday from 3:00 p.m. till5:00 p.m. beginning onDecember 4th. This clinic willteach every aspect of thegame, from hitting and baserunning to pitching and fieldingand so much more. The clinic isopen to boys ages 13-17 all theway through the end ofJanuary. Pre-registration is theonly requirement and in orderto do so go to the City of Ukiahoffice at 411 W. Clay St. Call463-6201 for more info.

2007 RedwoodClassic Basketball

TournamentThe 50th annual RedwoodClassic Basketball Tournamentis set to kick off the new sea-son November 28-Dec. 1st, atthe Anderson Valley HighSchool gym in Boonville. TheRedwood Classic is oldest andlargest small school tourna-ment in California. Local teamsinvited include: AndersonValley, Mendocino, Point Arena,St. Vincent, Cloverdale andUpper Lake. The out of areateams are: Branson, CrystalSprings-Hillsborough, Tulelake,International, Valley Christian-Roseville, South Fork, Hoopa,CA School for the Deaf, StuartHall and Colusa.The tournament begins at 3:30p.m. Wednesday, November28th. Single day ticket pricesare $5 for adults, $3 studentsand seniors and souvenir pro-grams cost $5.

COMMUNITYDIGEST

INSIDE:Missouri cam-pus reveling intop-ranking............Page 7

Niners’ Goretries to dealwith the loss ofa friend ...........Page 8

Angels intro-duce Hunterand Garland............Page 8

Stephen Jackson hits 2 3-pointers late to help Warriorsrally past Kings, 103-96

SACRAMENTO (AP) — StephenJackson made two 3-pointers in a 20-second span late in the fourth quarter andMonta Ellis had 22 points to rally theGolden State Warriors to a 103-96 victo-ry Wednesday night over the SacramentoKings.

Despite missing from long-rangemost of the evening, Jackson made twobig ones when it counted for GoldenState, which scored the game’s final ninepoints. Jackson’s back-to-back 3-point-ers, the second one coming with 1:21left, helped erase a four-point deficit and

put the Warriors ahead 98-96 with 1:11remaining.

Jackson finished with 21 points.Ellis hit two free throws with 27.1

seconds left to extend the lead to 100-96for the Warriors, who have won fourstraight and seven of eight.

Baron Davis had 19 points and sixassists for the Warriors, Andris Biedrinshad 13 points and 13 rebounds, and AlHarrington contributed 12 points.

Kevin Martin had 28 points and sevenrebounds for the Kings, who have lostfour of five games. Ron Artest finishedwith 21 points and nine rebounds. BenoUdrih scored 16 points, Brad Miller had10 points and 18 rebounds, and MikkiMoore added 10 points and eight

rebounds.It was the breakout game that Martin

was looking for. After opening the sea-son with nine straight games of 20 ormore points, he had only one in the nextfive games, including a season-low 10Monday night against San Antonio.

It was a sad homecoming for theWarriors’ Matt Barnes, who grew up inSacramento and was at his mother’s sideTuesday when she died of cancer at age52. To honor Matt Barnes’ mother, someof the Warriors wore a red rubber wristband with the name Ann on it, flanked byhearts on either side.

“All of can’t imagine how Matt isfeeling, we all hurt because he hurts,”Jackson said at the team’s morningshootaround.

NFL | WEEK 13

Patriots, Dolphins mark first time since 1984that NFL has 11-0 and 0-11 teamsBy DAVE GOLDBERGAssociated Press

Even Bill Belichick is having a hardtime ignoring the attention on his NewEngland Patriots as they get ever clos-er to the NFL’s first perfect season in35 years.

“I don’t care what everybody elsethinks,” he snarled this week after firstsuggesting that no one cared exceptthe reporters asking the questions.

“I can tell you what this teamthinks. Right now we’re thinkingabout getting ready for Baltimore.That’s how we approach the game. Ican’t tell you what anybody elsethinks. I don’t care what everybody

else thinks. It doesn’t make any differ-ence.”

It sure does, though, to the MiamiDolphins — for a couple of reasons.

New England is 11-0 on the way to16-0 — or 19-0, the record if it winsout through the Super Bowl. Thatwould make the Patriots the NFL’sfirst unbeaten team since the 1972Dolphins went 14-0 in the regular sea-son and 17-0 overall, beatingWashington in the Super Bowl.

Now, that same Miami franchise isat the opposite end in this season ofextremes, only the third time in theNFL’s 88 seasons that there have been11-0 and 0-11 teams at the same time.

In 1984, Miami was 11-0 on theway to a 14-2 record and Super Bowltrip with Dan Marino setting passingrecords that wouldn’t be broken fortwo decades. The 0-11 team wasBuffalo, which finished 2-14, settingthe stage for a housecleaning thatbrought in an administration led byBill Polian and Marv Levy. All theywould do is get the Bills to fourstraight Super Bowls from 1990-93.

The only other time it happenedwas 1942, when Chicago was 11-0 andDetroit 0-11.

Most of the focus this time is on thePatriots.

They were caught in the first game

of the season illegally taping the NewYork Jets’ defensive signals. Belichickwas fined $500,000, the team wasfined $250,000, and the Patriots losttheir first-round draft choice in 2008.

The Patriots already are a mini-dynasty, winning Super Bowls afterthe 2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons andreaching the AFC championship gamelast year before blowing a 21-3 leadand losing 38-34 to Indianapolis.

The Patriots then filled their biggesthole with three standout widereceivers, including Randy Moss, whowas obtained for a fourth-round pickfrom Oakland, where he was hurt and

NFL | WEEK 13

With Russell still waiting, Raiders get littleproduction out of rookie class By JOSH DUBOWAssociated Press

ALAMEDA (AP) — Finishing withthe worst record in the NFL usuallygives a team one benefit: picking firstin each round of the next year’s draft.

Despite that advantage, the OaklandRaiders have gotten little productionfrom their draft picks this season.

No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russellhas yet to take the field for a singlesnap after missing training camp in acontract dispute; two players havebeen sidelined all season with injuries;two other picks didn’t make the teamand one hasn’t played at all.

Other than their second-round pickused on tight end Zach Miller and thefifth-rounder used to select defensiveend Jay Richardson, the Raiders havegotten almost no production from theirdraftees.

“If everything was perfect, you’dexpect to see more production out ofguys, but there are variables which gointo it with JaMarcus getting herelate,” coach Lane Kiffin said.

Russell missed all of training campin a contract dis-pute and theRaiders have yetto see any divi-dends from the$29 million inguarantees theygave the formerLSU star. He hasworked mostlywith the scoutteam and in extrapractice sessions,but could playsometime in thefinal five games.

Kiffin said he would first useRussell as a reserve for a few serieswith a limited playbook. That couldhappen this week against Denver,although Kiffin has not said who willbe the backup.

“I haven’t been told anything,”Russell said. “I’ll continue to do whatI do every week.”

Russell is patiently learning from

veterans like Daunte Culpepper, whowas signed over the summer whenRussell didn’t report. Culpepper hasworked closely with the rookie whosesize and strength have drawn compar-isons with the veteran.

“I’m excited to see him get a chanceto play,” Culpepper said. “Obviouslythey’re going to try to work him in sothat’s fine with me. The number onegoal for all of us is to win the game.”

Used more as a blocker earlier thisseason, Miller’s production has beenlimited. Still, he has 28 catches for 255yards and one touchdown, one recep-tion behind Chicago’s Greg Olsen formost among rookie tight ends.

Miller has 11 catches for 114 yardsthe last three games as he has becomea bigger part of the passing game. His28-yard catch last week in Kansas Cityhelped set up the winning score andwas his longest reception of the sea-son.

“I just haven’t really gotten manyballs deep,” Miller said. “I got one lastgame. Hopefully more will come. I

think I can be a downhill receiver,especially in play action, where thingscan open up a lot for a tight end.”

Richardson has started sevengames, providing a good spark on adefensive line that has been hard hitwith injuries.

The only other draft pick to makeany sort of contribution is fullbackOren O’Neal, a sixth-round pick whohas excelled at times as a blockingback.

“He is just so physical every snapthat he is a force to be reckoned with,”Kiffin said. “When you are in a run-ning mode that we get in in most ofour games, that fullback is reallyimportant because we run behind hima lot.”

The other picks have been mostlybusts or projects.

With the top pick in the third round,Oakland drafted defensive endQuentin Moses, who became the high-est draft pick to be cut at the end of

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Over the weekend theUkiah High boys junior var-sity basketball team played acouple of games as they gottheir 2007-08 season underway.

Facing the SonomaDragons on the road in thefirst contest, the Wildcatsappeared to be still sufferingfrom Thanksgiving secondhelpings as they lookedextremely sluggish. The firsthalf for the Wildcats wasdominated by turnovers andpersonal fouls, leading totheir poor play.

The Dragons routinelyout-hustled the Wildcatswhile maintaining superiori-ty on the glass.

In the second half, Ukiahpicked up the tempo a littlebit. Their play became sig-nificantly more physical andthey battled Sonoma evenly.

However, their first halfdeficiencies were far toomuch to overcome and theWildcats fell to Sonoma 56-41.

After the game, coach JeffSilva-Brown looked forsome positives: “Edgar Perryscored 12 and played a solidgame. Troy Miles battled atboth ends of the court andScott Reagon playing in hisfirst high school game, alsoscored 12.”

In the second game onSaturday, the Wildcats wereable to fare much better. Thistime the team battled theWindsor Jaguars and cameout on top, 60-48 to even theteam’s record at 1-1.

The Jaguars jumped out toan early lead but at the end ofthe first quarter, the Wildcatswere leading 19-18 and thatwould be as close as Windsor

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)— Wayne Ellington and DeonThompson led a second-halfsurge and No. 1 NorthCarolina held Ohio Statewithout a field goal for almost11 minutes in a 66-55 victoryWednesday night.

Ellington, averaging 17points per game, scored 23and Thompson had 14, mostat critical times for the TarHeels (6-0). TylerHansbrough was just 6-of-19from the field and had 13points and 11 rebounds in oneof the premier matchups of theACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Freshman Jon Dieblercame out of a shooting slumpto score 19 points for OhioState (4-2), which had won sixof its last seven games againstNo. 1 teams. Jamar Butleradded 17 points and DavidLighty had 10.

North Carolina was withoutstarting point guard TyLawson. He was dressed butdid not go through warmupsand wore a high plastic braceon his injured right ankle.

After seven ties and sixlead changes, the Tar Heelsbroke a 39-39 tie with a fast-break three-point play byMarcus Ginyard.

No. 4 Kansas 87, FloridaAtlantic 49

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)— Brandon Rush scored 17points and No. 4 Kansas rout-ed Florida Atlantic 87-49 onWednesday night, a rude wel-come back to AllenFieldhouse for Rex Walters.

One of the more popularplayers of the Roy Williamsera at Kansas, Walters is in hissecond season as head coachat Florida Atlantic. The Owls(1-6) were without suspendedleading scorer Paul Graham.

Mario Chalmers hit two 3-pointers in a 12-0 run that put

Kansas ahead 32-13 and itwas never any closer. DarnellJackson, making his first startof the season, had 13 pointsand four rebounds and DarrellArthur had 12 points for theJayhawks (6-0).

Carderro Nwoji andSanchez Hughley each had 14points for Florida Atlantic.

No. 5 Georgetown 66, OldDominion 48

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) —Roy Hibbert had 14 points and10 rebounds for Georgetown,which took control in the sec-ond half.

The Hoyas (4-0) got fourpoints each from JonathanWallace and Patrick Ewing Jr.and three from Hibbert in an11-1 run to start the secondhalf, opening a 41-24 leadwith 16 minutes to play.

Gerald Lee, a 6-foot-9sophomore, outplayed the 7-2Hibbert for the first 20 min-utes. He had 16 points andeight rebounds, seven offen-sive, by halftime. Lee finishedwith 24 points and 12rebounds, both career highs.

Last year, ODU won 75-62at Georgetown.

Austin Freeman added 11points for the Hoyas andEwing had nine.

No. 8 Texas 98, TexasSouthern 61

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —Damion James had 19 pointsand 10 rebounds and Texasran its record to 6-0 for onlythe second time in coach RickBarnes’ 10 seasons.

Texas started the 2005-06season 8-0. That team sharedthe Big 12 title and advancedto the regional final of theNCAA tournament.

Texas has won its first sixgames by at least 15 points,the first time the Longhornshave done that since 1915-16.

D.J. Augustin added 20

points for the Longhorns, whoturned 24 turnovers by TexasSouthern (1-5) into 34 points.

Kevin Abanobi andAnthony Ike both scored 15points for Texas Southern,which hit 12 3-pointers.

No. 10 Michigan St. 81,No. 24 North Carolina St. 58

EAST LANSING, Mich.(AP) — Goran Suton had 16points and 12 rebounds andMichigan State cruised.

The Spartans (5-1) havewon 30 straight nonconfer-ence home games at BreslinCenter, extending what wasthe nation’s sixth-longestactive streak entering thegame that was part of the BigTen/ACC Challenge.

J.J. Hickson had 21 pointsand 10 rebounds for N.C.State (4-2), which shot poorlyand was dominated on theboards by the Spartans.

Michigan State led by asmany as 32 points in the sec-ond half before the Wolfpackrallied late to make the finalscore closer.

Drew Neitzel had 17 pointsfor Michigan State, whileRaymar Morgan added 15.

No. 23 Xavier 93,Oakland 68

CINCINNATI (AP) —Stanley Burrell scored 15points in a tone-setting firsthalf, and Xavier won itsfourth straight.

Xavier (5-1) had a 51-pointfirst half fueled by a man-to-man defense that has dramati-cally improved in the last twoweeks.

Once the Musketeers gotrolling, Oakland (2-4) could-n’t slow them down. Xavierwent on 16-2 and 21-2 runs inthe first half, when it led by asmany as 26 points.

The Grizzlies have droppedconsecutive games againstnationally ranked teams. Theylost 75-71 to No. 10 Michigan

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By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. —There’s a cry of “We’re No. 1”on campus, and it has nothingto do with Missouri’srenowned journalism school.

A football team reduced tomediocrity for decades nowflirts with a chance at thenational title. The success onthe field seems contagious.

The admissions officereports a 20 percent increasein undergraduate applications.Development officers finddonors more receptive toopening their wallets. Thealumni association hears fromforgotten graduates eager toreconnect with their almamater.

“This is uncharted territo-ry,” said Barbara Rupp,admissions director at aschool still referred to bymany in the state by itsregional designation, theUniversity of Missouri-Columbia.

This football designation isdownright startling. Missourihas an 11-1 record and is No.1 in both The Associated Pressand BCS polls after defeatingarchrival Kansas last week towin the Big 12 North and earna trip to the conference cham-pionship game in San Antonioon Saturday.

A victory over No. 9Oklahoma, the only team tobeat Missouri this season,would earn the Tigers a trip tothe BCS championship gameon Jan. 7 in New Orleans.

Rupp cautioned that it’sdifficult to determine whetherthe surge in interest by highschool seniors is tied to thefootball team.

Admissions officers, econ-omists and other researchershave wondered about thatquestion since at least 1984.That’s when Doug Flutie’sdesperation heave sent BostonCollege to a riveting victoryover Miami a day afterThanksgiving.

The dramatics supposedlyled to a large increase in appli-cations at Boston College thenext year, but the long-terminfluence on other aspects of

college life — coined theFlutie effect — is still debat-ed.

Still, there’s no doubt theMissouri campus is revelingover its moment in the spot-light. There has not been thiskind of success since coach-ing great Dan Devine roamedthe sidelines four decades ago.

Across the country, alumniin far-flung cities such asMiami, Phoenix, Seattle andLos Angeles gathered enmasse to watch the 36-28defeat of Kansas — thenranked No. 2 — in one of col-lege football’s oldest rivalries.

More than 300 Tiger faith-ful attended the Los Angeleswatch party, with an addition-al 100-plus cheering inPhoenix, said ToddMcCubbin, executive directorof the Missouri AlumniAssociation.

“We’re hearing that waveacross the country,” he said.“It’s happened throughout theseason, but now it’s reallybuilding to a crescendo.”

Campus fundraisers arealso taking advantage ofMissouri’s newfound footballprowess. While it’s still tooearly to directly link any heftydonations to the surprisingseason, administrators say thewinning climate certainlyhelps cultivate donors.

“Being No. 1 in football isgreat for fundraising,” saidBeth Hammock, the school’sdirector of development exter-nal relations. “Everybody’sexcited when they hear aMizzou person on the phone.”

School spokesmanChristian Basi put it morebluntly: “When people feelhappy, they send money.”

On Wednesday, the campusbuzz surrounded the release ofthis week’s Sports Illustrated,featuring quarterback andHeisman Trophy contenderChase Daniel on the cover.

Students snapped up themagazine from the campusbookstore, which ordered1,200 copies — more than100 times its typical weeklyallotment. The big order eveneclipsed the store’s usual best-seller, Cosmopolitan maga-

zine, which sells 500 copieseach week.

At the journalism school,the nation’s oldest andapproaching its 100thanniversary, faculty have longbeen accustomed to interestfrom students and profession-als across the country and theworld.

Yet when Brian Brooks,associate dean and professor,fields calls from prospectivestudents and their parentsthese days, football invariablybecomes part of the discus-sion. After 33 years on thefaculty, that’s a first, he said.

“This year, none of thoseconversations end without thefootball team coming up,” hesaid. “And I’m not the onebringing it up.”

Rupp, the admissionsdirector, said football allowsacademic recruiters to “get afoot in the door” and sell theuniversity’s other attributes.Even before this year, campusenrollment at the 28,000-stu-dent school has steadilyincreased at a clip of 2 percentto 5 percent annually.

She added that Missouri’ssuccess at attracting “high-ability” students — thosescoring 30 or higher on theACT college entrance exam— extends well beyond anyperceived spillover fromsports. This year, applicationsfrom that coveted demograph-ic have increased 90 percent,Rupp said.

“Those kind of studentsdon’t choose their universitybased just on the success ofthe football team,” she said.“We know they’re looking atus for all those other reasons.”

At Poplar Bluff HighSchool in the southeast part ofthe state, senior class coun-selor Lucy Wheeler offered asimilar assessment of her bestand brightest: Football winsmay make for great schoolspirit, but selecting a collegeinvolves more substantivedecisions.

“My students have alwaysbeen interested in Mizzou,”she said. “I wouldn’t say thefootball team has one iota ofinfluence. It’s our stateschool.”

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training camp. He was pickedup by Arizona and then cutlast month again and is nowwith Miami.

With their other two third-round picks, Oakland draftedoffensive tackle MarioHenderson and receiverJohnnie Lee Higgins.Henderson was active for thefirst time last week, but didnot see any action. Higginshas lost his job as punt return-er to Tim Dwight in recentweeks and has only twocatches all season.

The Raiders had been hop-ing for big things from fourth-round pick Michael Bush, apotential first-rounder whodropped after breaking his legin last year’s season openerfor Louisville. But Bush’sprogress back was slow andthe Raiders have kept him onthe physically unable to per-form list.

Seventh-round pickJonathan Holland, a receiverfrom Louisiana Tech, washurt during minicamp and hasbeen sidelined all season.

Oakland’s other fourth-round pick came in the tradethat sent Randy Moss to NewEngland. While Moss has 71catches for 1,095 yards and16 touchdowns, cornerbackJohn Bowie has played inonly one game, getting timeon special teams againstChicago earlier this month.

Oakland’s other fifth-round pick, Eric Frampton,was cut before the season andis now playing in Minnesota.

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would get the rest of the way.Ukiah closed the first half

with another 19 point quarter,taking a 38-32 lead into thelocker room.

The second half was allUkiah as they continued topush the pace meanwhile thedefense was extremely stingy,allowing just four field goalsthe entire half.

Consequently, the Wildcatswere able to extend their leadled by Tyler Mendosa’s hothand which resulted in 10fourth quarter points.

For the game, JessieWilliams led all scorers with22 points, highlighted bysome excellent fast breakassists. Mendosa added 12,Reagon 11, Schuler 8 andSam Stump had 5 points.

“We played much betterthan at Sonoma,” said CoachBrown. “Better ball move-ment and everyone playedhard. Jessie played under con-trol and Calen played hard atboth ends of the court.”

The JV basketball teamnow goes on to play in theFortuna tourney outside ofUkiah starting today and run-ning through Saturday.

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unhappy. His 16 touchdowncatches are just six short ofJerry Rice’s single-seasonrecord of 22.

Then there is Wes Welker,obtained from Miami. He issecond in the league with 81catches, including 13 lastSunday night in a 31-28 winover Philadelphia that wasonly the second game this sea-son the Patriots won by lessthan 17 points.

Their presence has turnedquarterback Tom Brady into arecord-breaker as well as awinner. The MVP in two ofthe three Super Bowl victo-ries, Brady already has 39 TDpasses this season, just 10short of Peyton Manning’srecord, and the win overPhiladelphia was the firstgame this season in which hehad fewer than three.

Letting Welker go is one ofmany questionable decisionsby the Dolphins, who alsohave been hurt badly byinjury.

When it was clear theywere going nowhere this sea-son, the Dolphins dealt theirtop receiver, Chris Chambers,to San Diego at the tradingdeadline. Trent Green, the 37-year-old quarterback broughtin by new coach CamCameron, is out for the season

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By GREG BEACHAMAssociated Press

SANTA CLARA — FrankGore has plenty of reasons tofeel battered this season.

The pain in his injuredankle and the hurt from theSan Francisco 49ers’ disap-pointing season are small nextto the tragedy of his mother’sdeath —and nowthe mur-der ofS e a nTaylor, hisc l o s efriend.

Yet ther u n n i n gb a c kreturns towork eachday withpurpose and patience, believ-ing he can persevere throughany setback. Gore’s faith wasrewarded in a remarkablegame against the ArizonaCardinals on Sunday — andtested again one day later,when Taylor was shot.

“Miami, it’s a tough city,”said Gore, who knows SouthFlorida’s mean streets well.“A lot of people are jealous ofguys who’ve got better stuffthan them. I’ve thought aboutit when I go back to see myfamily and my kids. I’ve gotto be careful.”

Gore had known Taylorsince both played in the PopWarner leagues in Miami’sgrittiest neighborhoods. Theymaintained a friendshipthrough high school and intocollege, when both chose theUniversity of Miami.

Though Taylor, theWashington Redskins safetywho died Tuesday after ashooting at his home inMiami, left school a year ear-lier than Gore, they stillstayed in touch. The 24-year-olds spoke for the last timeafter Gore’s mother, Liz, diedin mid-September.

“At the University ofMiami, all the boys that comeout of there are like brothers,”Gore said. “It’s like losing mybrother. ... It’s just tough onme, losing my mom and los-ing a friend who I played ballwith, who I knew fromyounger days.”

The news erased much ofGore’s good feeling from hisperformance in Arizona dur-ing the 49ers’ 37-31 overtimevictory, snapping an eight-game losing streak. TheNFC’s offensive player of theweek rushed for 116 yards andtwo touchdowns, making a35-yard scoring run in thefinal seconds of regulation,and finished with a career-best 11 receptions for 98yards.

The dynamic, multifacetedperformance was Gore’s first100-yard rushing game of theseason. He had nine suchgames last year, earning his

first trip to the Pro Bowl, buthas slumped this season alongwith the rest of SanFrancisco’s league-worstoffense.

Though Gore acknowl-edges he still thinks about hismother constantly, he doesn’tsee her death from kidney dis-ease affecting his play. CoachMike Nolan, who oftenspeaks with Gore by phoneafter games, knows familytragedy is rarely that simple.

“His mother, that wassomeone he spoke with atleast twice a day,” said Nolan,whose father, Dick, died 2 1/2weeks ago. “I think it’s beenon his mind a little bit, butmore importantly, I think it’sjust that our entire offense isstruggling with some thingsand the ball’s not moving. Ithink that gets on his shoul-ders.”

Gore set a franchise recordwith 1,695 yards rushing lastseason, but has just 655 thisyear. After missing much oftraining camp with a brokenhand, he has played on asprained ankle since a loss tothe New York Giants lastmonth, an injury that kept himout of one game and nearlysidelined him in Arizona.

But Gore instead had hisbest game of the season justone week after he looked ten-tative and indecisive in a lossto the St. Louis Rams, owingboth to his injury and a seasonof hard knocks behind the49ers’ inconsistent offensiveline. Even after his outburstagainst Arizona, he’s averag-ing a career-low 4.1 yards percarry.

Though Nolan thoughtGore’s day was over at leasttwice after the running backlimped off the field againstthe Cardinals, Gore repeated-ly returned to spark the 49ers.He saved his biggest effort forhis final TD run with 1:25 leftin regulation, burstingthrough the defense for a longscore on a play that offensivecoordinator Jim Hostlerexpected to go perhaps 5yards.

Gore’s persistence servedhim well through two majorknee injuries in college, and itkept him focused after a rook-ie season in which he splittime with Kevan Barlowbefore undergoing surgery onboth shoulders.

That persistence kept himgoing through Liz Gore’sdeath, and he plans to use it tofinish strong in the 49ers’final five weeks — eventhough he’ll probably spendMonday in Miami at anotherfuneral.

“He had a high-low thisweek,” Nolan said. “He had agood game, then he loses afriend. ... Frank is one of thoseguys, he does have somemood in him. If it’s not goingwell, he tries to hang in there,but it’s tough.”

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W L T Pct PF PAy-New England 11 0 01.000 442 185Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 167 258N.Y. Jets 2 9 0 .182 181 278Miami 0 11 0 .000 183 277South

W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 9 2 0 .818 309 172Jacksonville 8 3 0 .727 243 195Tennessee 6 5 0 .545 204 221Houston 5 6 0 .455 243 263North

W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 272 145Cleveland 7 4 0 .636 315 311Cincinnati 4 7 0 .364 281 292Baltimore 4 7 0 .364 182 243West

W L T Pct PF PASan Diego 6 5 0 .545 261 223Denver 5 6 0 .455 221 295Kansas City 4 7 0 .364 162 206Oakland 3 8 0 .273 200 240NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 10 1 0 .909 358 221N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 253 241Philadelphia 5 6 0 .455 234 218Washington 5 6 0 .455 213 240South

W L T Pct PF PATampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 214 164New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 243 252Carolina 4 7 0 .364 173 243Atlanta 3 8 0 .273 155 244North

W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 10 1 0 .909 296 185Detroit 6 5 0 .545 257 269Minnesota 5 6 0 .455 236 227Chicago 5 6 0 .455 221 251West

W L T Pct PF PASeattle 7 4 0 .636 245 183Arizona 5 6 0 .455 254 259San Francisco 3 8 0 .273 150 254St. Louis 2 9 0 .182 168 281

y-clinched division———Thursday’s GameGreen Bay at Dallas, 5:15 p.m.Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m.Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.Buffalo at Washington, 10 a.m.Atlanta at St. Louis, 10 a.m.Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m.Seattle at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.San Francisco at Carolina, 10 a.m.Denver at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.Cleveland at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 1:15 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1:15 p.m.Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.Monday’s GameNew England at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 6Chicago at Washington, 5:15 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 9Dallas at Detroit, 10 a.m.Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.San Diego at Tennessee, 10 a.m.Oakland at Green Bay, 10 a.m.Tampa Bay at Houston, 10 a.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.Carolina at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.Arizona at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1:15 p.m.Kansas City at Denver, 1:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at New England, 1:15 p.m.Indianapolis at Baltimore, 5:15 p.m.Monday, Dec. 10New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

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W L Pct GBBoston 11 2 .846 —Toronto 7 7 .500 4 1/2New Jersey 7 8 .467 5New York 4 9 .308 7Philadelphia 4 9 .308 7Southeast Division

W L Pct GBOrlando 13 3 .813 —Washington 7 7 .500 5Charlotte 6 8 .429 6Atlanta 5 8 .385 6 1/2Miami 4 10 .286 8Central Division

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W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 16 6 2 34 81 59St. Louis 13 8 0 26 53 46Chicago 12 9 2 26 66 67Columbus 11 9 4 26 63 60Nashville 11 9 2 24 62 63Northwest Division

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or shootout loss.———Tuesday’s GamesDetroit 5, Calgary 3Montreal 4, Toronto 3, SOVancouver 4, Anaheim 0Wednesday’s GamesSt. Louis 4, Buffalo 3New Jersey 4, Dallas 2Florida 2, Washington 1, SON.Y. Islanders 3, Ottawa 2, SOPhiladelphia 3, Carolina 1Minnesota 3, Phoenix 1Chicago 5, Tampa Bay 1Edmonton at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Thursday’s GamesToronto at Atlanta, 4 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.Boston at Florida, 4:30 p.m.Nashville at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Anaheim at Calgary, 6 p.m.Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Friday’s GamesWashington at Carolina, 3 p.m.Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m.Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Phoenix at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Anaheim at Edmonton, 6 p.m.Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms withRHP Scott Linebrink on a four-year contract.Waived INF Alex Cintron and OF Scott Podsednikfor the purpose of giving them their unconditionalreleases. Named Nick Hostetler East Coastcrosschecker, Derek Valenzuela West Coast coor-dinator, Mike Baker Southern California areascout, Kevin Burrell Georgia and South Carolinaarea scout, Jeff McKay Pacific Northwest areascout, Joe Siers North Florida area scout, GaryWoods Southern California area scout and JoeButler special assignment amateur scout.KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms withRHP Yasuhiko Yabuta on a two-year contract.Announced INF Wes Bankston was claimed offwaivers by Oakland. Sent LHP Paul Mildren out-right to Omaha (PCL).MINNESOTA TWINS—Traded RHP Matt Garza,SS Jason Bartlett and RHP Eduardo Morlan toTampa Bay for OF Delmon Young, SS BrendanHarris and OF Jason Pridie. Agreed to terms withRHP Brian Bass on a one-year contract and withRHP R.A. Dickey and LHP Mariano Gomez onminor league contracts. Sent LHP Ricky Barrettand LHP Errol Simonitsch outright to Rochester(IL).National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHPFrancisco Cordero on a four-year contract.HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with OFJose Cruz Jr., INF Kevin Hooper, INF TomasPerez and LHP Stephen Randolph on minorleague contracts.MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms withC Jason Kendall on a one-year contract. NamedDaniel Nellum Mid-Atlantic area scout and TimMcIlvaine Central Florida area scout.NEW YORK METS—Acquired RHP Brian Stokesfrom Tampa Bay for cash.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Claimed LHP ShaneYouman off waivers from Pittsburgh.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationDENVER NUGGETS—Waived G Mike Wilks.LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Assigned G Coby Karlto Los Angeles (NBADL).FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueBUFFALO BILLS—Signed DE Shaun Nua to thepractice squad.CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed RB KoryChapman and TE Jonny Harline to the practicesquad.MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed DT ConradBolston from the practice squad and DT AlexGuerrero to the practice squad.NEW YORK JETS—Released FB Darian Barnesand CB Manny Collins. Signed WR David Balland P Jeremy Kapinos to the practice squad.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed LB KyleShotwell to the practice squad.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCALGARY FLAMES—Recalled D Tim Ramholtfrom Quad City (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Placed C JiriNovotny on injured reserve. Recalled D MarcMethot and G Tomas Popperle from Syracuse(AHL).MINNESOTA WILD—Placed G Josh Harding oninjured reserve.NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned F BruceGraham and D Michael Busto to Charlotte(ECHL).PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Signed D BraydonCoburn to a two-year contract extension.COLLEGEBAYLOR—Named Art Briles football coach.

NFL | WEEK 13Niners RB Gore plays through anew pain after Taylor’s death

WEEK 13:49ers at Panthers

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ANAHEIM (AP) — ToriiHunter got a news conferencefrom the Los Angeles Angelseven before he finalized hiscontract.

Hunter was introducedWednesday along with JonGarland, acquired in a tradewith the Chicago White Sox.Hunter, a seven-time GoldGlove center fielder, reacheda preliminary agreement Nov.21 on a $90 million, five-yearcontract but has yet to finalizethe deal.

“We’re just working outthe final details of Torii’s con-tract and that should be donerelatively quickly,” newAngels general manager TonyReagins said. “He hasn’t offi-cially written his name, butwe’ve agreed to all theterms.”

Hunter, who hit .297 with28 homers and 107 RBIs forMinnesota this year, agreed tothe deal two days afterGarland was obtained forGold Glove shortstopOrlando Cabrera.

Hunter acknowledged healways admired the Angelsfrom afar — especially sincethey beat his Twins in the2002 AL championship seriesen route to the club’s onlyWorld Series title. Hehammed it up Wednesdaywith a rally monkey given tohim by an Angels staffer,keeping the stuffed animal onhis shoulder as he answeredquestions.

“I told myself years agothat if I ever become a freeagent, I’m going over herewith the Angels,” Hunter said.“But at the time of my freeagency, they had a centerfielder already, so I kind ofthrew them on the back burn-er and looked at other teams— and then they came out ofnowhere.

Garland, an 18-game win-ner in 2005 and 2006, was 10-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 32starts this year. He joins arotation that includes JohnLackey, Kelvim Escobar andJered Weaver.

Garland will earn $12 mil-lion next year, then he canbecome a free agent.Cabrera’s salary will be $9million in 2008, then he willalso be eligible for freeagency.

MLB | OFFSEASONNo deal yet, butL.A. Angels intro-duce Hunter

with a concussion. Top run-ning back Ronnie Brownwent out with a knee injury,and linebacker Zach Thomasis sidelined with a headinjury.

“We’re not winning anygames right now, but I knowwhat we’re putting forward,”says Jason Taylor, the 2006defensive player of the yearand one of the few solid vet-erans left. “I know whatwe’re putting into it, andwe’ll get the results one day.You’re never as bad as youthink you are, and you’renever as good, either.”

Except maybe for thePatriots. They just might bethat good, although theyrarely acknowledge it pub-licly.“All you can do is tocontinue to show your play-ers the good things they aredoing,” says Cameron, stilllooking for his first win as anNFL coach.

“We are doing a lot ofgood things. We just have tofind a way to close out agame.”

Go north 1,200 miles on I-95, and the Patriots can showthem how.

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The Daily JournalThe “Grace Notes,” a women’s a cappella quartet, will be

appearing throughout the holiday season in a variety of venuesin Ukiah and Willits.

On Dec. 8, 2007, they will be in concert at 11 a.m. atMountain View Senior Living; and later that day appearing atAutumn Leaves at 2 p.m.

They will “grace” the stage of Ukiah Rotary’s holiday lun-cheon on Tuesday, Dec. 18, providing a fun-filled time ofsing-along Christmas caroling along with their program.

Grace Notes was formed in May 1993 and they performedtheir first gig the following October. Although they sing in thestyle of Sweet Adelines, they are not part of that organization.They are an independent quartet.

Grace Notes sing a varied style of music; from ballad togospel and everything in between. Peterman and Murray livein the Boonville/Philo area, Hester lives in Ukiah and Gowanin Calpella.

Marolyn Peterman, tenor, comes from a musical family. Shebegan studying piano when she was 5, and violin at age 6. Shehas sung in duets, trios and quartets all her life butBarbershop/Sweet Adeline music has always been a favoritestyle for her. Not just talented musically, for years Petermantaught painting technique in her studio. She also assisted herhusband “Pete” in their business in Boonville: Peterman R &D Services Corp.

Carole Hester, lead, has had a lifelong interest in anythingmusical having grown up surrounded by the music of greatclassical musicians. As an adult, Hester has been a musicleader in churches, and in addition to directing choirs, hasorganized ensembles of varying sizes in each locale, singing in

each. Locally, she has performed with Mendocino CollegeMasterworks Chorale; the former Ukiah Children’s Theatre(appearing in the role of the Fairy Godmother in“Cinderella”); Ukiah Players Theatre (Fairy Godmother inspoof of “Cinderella”); Ukiah Civic Light Opera; UkiahSymphony (“Wizard of Oz,” “Music Man,” “Babar theElephant,” Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast,” Narrator in“Phantom of the Orchestra” by Justin Locke) and Ukiah HighSchool (“The Boyfriend”).

Karen Gowan, baritone, grew up in the San Francisco BayArea and enjoys singing with Barbershop tenor hubby, Ray.She began studying music in the fourth grade, both choral andinstrumental. Gowan has performed and sung in many stageproductions and groups: Musicals, both locally and in college;Ukiah Valley Madrigals; “And Who” Sisters; The NewFranciscans, are but a few of her notable endeavors. Gowanhas also studied voice and arranging and uses her special

training when rehearsing with the Grace Notes. Gowan is asupervisor at the Ukiah office of California Highway Patrol.

Joyce Murray, bass, is originally from Baltimore, Maryland.Like the others in the quartet, she, too, came from a musicalfamily and has fond memories of musical events at home. Shesang professionally for 30 years on television, in concerts andin clubs. She spent four years with Fred Waring; weekly tele-vision shows on live television: three years on the televised“Perry Como Show,” five years on the “Garry Moore Show;”and sang one year on “Danny Kaye Show.” She toured twoyears with the Andrews Sisters. Her “credits” are much toolong to list entirely. She married Ross Murray, also a retireefrom show biz, and they moved to Boonville in 1980. Murrayloves singing harmony and especially enjoys performingmusic again. She is active in the Community ConcertAssociation.

For more information about Grace Notes, contact any mem-ber or 463-1231.

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support of local artists by theSavings Bank of Mendo. Co,Francine Bearden is showingher watercolor paintings inthe lobby of the Pear Treebranch during all ofDecember.

Bearden has selected agroup of paintings that aremostly based on subjects ofNorthern California, andMendocino County in partic-ular where she lives andworks. Over the years, shehas chosen to paint many ofthe subjects and scenes thatare familiar to this area thatshe loves especially land-scapes and the MendocinoCoast.

Included in the group ofseventeen paintings will beaward-winners from theCounty Fair as well as otherrecent work such as “Willowand Gleaning Crows” whichshows the field just pastStarbucks on Perkins Street,as well as Pt. Arena and Pt.Cabrillo lighthouses, vine-yards and other subjects oflocal interest.

Although Bearden hasshown at the Main Branch ofthe bank for many years, thisshow marks the first time thather watercolors have been atthe Pear Tree Center. She

exclaimed, “This is a greatspot to show watercolors, it’svery open with lots of lightplus good wall space. I didn‚tknow what I was missing!”

After graduating from UC-Berkeley with a fine artsmajor, she has continued hereducation with many work-shops and special classes.

Although watercolor paintingis her first love, she also doespen and inks, linoleum block-prints and mixed media. Shehas done design work forwine labels and boxes as wellas having had a line ofnotepaper of county scenescalled, Mendo-Scenes.

The lobby of the SBMC atPear Tree Center is open for

business and painting view-ing

Throughout December:Monday through Thursdayfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. andFriday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.There is no commissioncharged and, since it is theChristmas season, paintingsmay be taken at the time ofpurchase.

Francine Bearden’s watercolors will be on display at Pear Tree Savings Bank

Francine Bearden sketching in an old Talmage zinfandel vineyard in early spring.The results of this day's outing is now framed and will be in the show.

The Daily JournalWinter holiday music begins this weekend with Ukiah

Symphony’s all-Tchaikovsky concert. Presented Saturday, Dec.1, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m., the program featuresfamed pianist Roy Bogas in a Ukiah favorite, Tchaikovsky’s“Piano Concerto No. 1.”

The first half of the program includes the lush romantic over-ture “Romeo and Juliet” and the Ballet Suites from the“Nutcracker,” with all the familiar melodies like “Sugar PlumFairy,” “Waltz of the Flowers,” and the “March of the TinSoldiers.”

After he had written his first symphony and an opera, at age28 Russian-born Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) dedi-cated an orchestral piece to Mily Balakirev, who, along withMussorgsky, Borodin, César Cui, and Rimsky-Korsakov, wasone of the “Mighty Five” Russian composers in the mid-1800s.[ref. Wikiup]

Balakirev was intrigued by Tchaikovsky’s musical ideas andsuggested he create a work based on Shakespeare’s play,“Romeo and Juliet.” After Tchaikovsky wrote the music, andthen rewrote with Balakirev critiquing, “Romeo and Juliet”overture saw its first performance in 1871. Critics complainedabout the piece, but all agreed the “love theme” was memo-rable. The final version, with a more musically satisfying end-ing, was completed in 1880.

Initial unfavorable reception of his First Piano Concerto,completed in December 1874, included comments such as“impossible to play, with many awkward passages” and “thecomposition was vulgar” and “[the composer] had stolen bitsfrom here, there, and everywhere.”

Tchaikovsky did eventually make alterations, particularly tothe piano part. A year later when the “impossible” work wasperformed at a concert of the Russian Musical Society inMoscow, the concerto was proclaimed an instant success.

Tchaikovsky died at age 53, and it was only in the last tenyears of his life that his music became praised by critics andpublic alike.

The performance will take place at the Mendocino CollegeCenter Theatre, 1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah. Sponsorsinclude Robert B. Tandy, D.D.S., M.S.; Savings Bank ofMendocino County; Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Family Foundationand Mendocino Forest Products Co., LLC. Major underwritersinclude Mendocino College, Ukiah Daily Journal,KWINE/KMKX. Tickets are available in advance atMendocino Book Company, in Ukiah; at Leaves of Grass, inWillits; or at the door. They cost $20 for adults, $18 seniors and$5 for those under 18 (or ASB). For more information, call 462-0236.

Ukiah Symphony andTchaikovsky usher in theholiday season this weekend

The Grace Notes to peform throughoutthe holiday season

The Grace Notes, featuring local musical talentMarolyn Peterman, Carole Hester, Karen Gowan, andJoyce Murray, will be performing throughout the holi-day season at various locations in the county.

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Dec. 21) -- Sadly, someonemight not show you the sameconsideration that you showedhim or her in the past. It willopen your eyes, however, towhat this individual is allabout, and you’ll be wiser.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March20) -- A failure to take a firmposition on an important issuemight be quite annoying anddisappointing to those who aredepending on you -- it couldmake you look like “ChickenLittle.”

ARIES (March 21-April19) -- If those in your chargeare not following orders ormeeting your expectations,

the fault might not be totallytheirs -- your faulty instruc-tions could be to blame.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1929, RichardByrd became the first to fly over the SouthPole.

In 1947, the United Nations approved thepartition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.

In 1972, the first commercially successfulvideo game, Pong, was released in California.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: GaetanoDonizetti (1797-1848), opera composer;Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), author; C.S.Lewis (1898-1963), scholar/author; AdamClayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972), politician;

Jacques Chirac (1932-), French president, is75; Chuck Mangione (1940-), musician/com-poser, is 67; Joel Coen (1954-),producer/screenwriter, is 53; Don Cheadle(1964-), actor, is 43.

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Dear Annie: I divorced my husband sevenyears ago and moved into a townhouse withmy children. By chance, I met a wonderful,caring, attentive man and we decided to movein together. After two years, things changed.

“Ward” refuses to pay for anything otherthan half the rent. Only in the last year have Ibeen able to get him to contribute a minimalamount toward the groceries. Mind you, whenhis three children come every other weekend,they consume every bit of food I have in thehouse.

I asked him for help with the cable bill, as heplops himself in front of the TV for a goodnumber of hours each night, but he tells me ifhe lived on his own, he wouldn’t bother withcable. I don’t watch much TV, since he monop-olizes the remote. When I ask him to pay a por-tion of the electric bill, he threatens to moveout.

I pay for half the rent, half his motorcycle,my car, car insurance, all electric bills and 80

percent of the food and cable bill. Recently, Ihad a job change and took a huge pay cut. I hadno milk in the house, and when I turned to himfor help, he claimed he had no money.

My family says Ward is using me, and I feelconned. He has recently become a bit verballyabusive, yet he blames me for the worsening ofour relationship. He says I am not a fun personanymore. I admit, it’s hard to be fun when I’mso stressed. I have gained 60 pounds and amraising three young girls away from my family.I work two jobs to make enough money to live.When things get rough, Ward picks a fight andleaves. What should I do? -- Sponged

Dear Sponged: It’s time to leave this rela-

tionship. We don’t care how wonderful thisman was two years ago, right now he is a free-loader and a verbal abuser. You are better off,financially and emotionally, without him. (Ifyou don’t have the backbone to get him out ofyour life, at least cancel your cable subscrip-tion.)

Dear Annie: My brother died two years agolast May. Somehow his name became connect-ed to my address. I get mail addressed to himseveral times a month. Today I received anoffer for him to buy life insurance. Every timeI receive something addressed to him, I hurtover his loss all over again. This is cruel and Iwant it to stop. How can I make that happen? -- Missing My Little Brother

Dear Missing: You can contact these com-panies and ask them to remove your addressfrom their files, and you should mark each ofthese envelopes “Deceased -- Return toSender” and put them in the mailbox. You alsocan fill out forms to remove your brother’sname and your address from these mailingsthrough the Direct Marketing Associationonline at dmachoice.org/MPS, or for $1 by

writing: Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box282, Carmel, N.Y. 10512.

Dear Annie: Please reconsider yourresponse to “Tormented in the Suburbs,” whoinherited a family estate and her husband isdemanding that she sell it.

The wife inherited the house, not the hus-band. It’s outrageous for him to declare thathe’ll resent her to his dying day. This is black-mail.

You offer a practical solution, but whatabout the emotional issue of control betweenthem? Putting the emphasis on the wife’s own-ership has another advantage. It forces her totake the responsibility of figuring out howthey’ll manage to own the two houses withoutgoing broke. -- Santa Fe, N.M.

Dear Santa Fe: We agree it’s the wife’sproperty to do with as she pleases, but she’sbeen married to this man for 43 years and thereis no indication that he is otherwise control-ling. We think a compromise, not an ultima-tum, is in order.

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

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE

CASE NO.: SCUK CVPB ’07 25097To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and persons who may other-wise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Alan Donald MacIver, Jr. and Alan MacIverA PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Kent MacIver in the Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requeststhat: Kent MacIver be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.The will and any codicils are available for ex-amination in the file kept by the court.THE PETITION requests authority to adminis-ter the estate under the Independent Adminis-tration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many ac-tions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, howev-er, the personal representative will be re-quired to give notice to interested persons un-less they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held on Nov. 14, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: E, locat-ed at: COURTHOUSE, 100 N. State Street,Ukiah, CA 95482IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the peti-tion, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attor-ney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the f i le kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the es-tate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Pro-bate Code section 1250. A Request for Spe-cial Notice form is available from the court clerk.ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:Sharp & Brown, LLP155 No. Redwood Drive, Suite 125Ukiah, CA 95482(415) 507-1400

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. 07-29437-CA Tit le Order No.E717752 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/18/2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On 12/05/2007 at 10:00 a.m., PREMIER TRUST DEED SERVICES INC., as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by VANCE BENTO AND SUSAN A BENTO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS and recorded 07/26/2005, as Instrument No.2005-16131, of Official Records of Mendocino County, California; WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful mon-ey of the United States, by a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or sav-ings bank specified in section 5102 to the Fi-nancial code and authorized to do business in this state) At the main entrance to the Mendo-cino County Cour thouse, 100 Nor th State Street, Ukiah, CA all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: As more fully described in the above-referenced Deed of Trust. Assessor's Parcel No. 182-230-20 The street address and other common designa-tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2920 MILL CREEK RD, UKIAH, California 95482-6129 The un-dersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, i f any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the prop-er ty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $263,789.30. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and deliv-ered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The un-dersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Date: No-vember 15, 2007 PREMIER TRUST DEED SERVICES INC., AS TRUSTEE Patty San-chez , Assistant Secretary 6501 Irvine Center Drive, Mail Stop DA-AM Irvine, CA 92618 (949) 784-6173 For sale information, please call 714-259-7850 THIS OFFICE IS AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ASAP# 932528 11/15/2007, 11/22/2007, 11/29/2007

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0751

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:YEILDING WINE67442 Bell Spr ings Rd.Laytonvil le, CA 95454Willow Laland.YeildingP.O. Box 2004 (67442 Bell Springs Rd.)Laytonvil le, CA 95454Sig YeildingP.O. Box 2004 (67442 Bell Springs Rd.)Laytonvil le, CA 95454This business is con-ducted by Husband& Wife. The regis-trants commenced to transact business un-der the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed above on Nov.14, 2007. Endorsed-Filed on Nov. 14,2007 at the Mendoci-no County Clerks Of-fice./s/Wil low Laland.YeildingWILLOW LALAND.YEILDING

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-0771

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:OLD CHATHAN RANCH32265 Highway 128Yorkville, CA 95494Mendocino Olive and Wine, LLC32265 Highway 128Yorkville, CA 95494This business is conducted by a Lim-ited Liability Com-pany. The registrants commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11-20-2007. Endorsed-Filedon 11/20/2007 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Katherine F. LeeKATHERINE LEEPRESIDENT

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0732

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:DTS SERVICES451 Stutsman Rd.Ukiah, CA 95482Derwin Scott Stutsman451 Stutsman Rd.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 Nov. 5,2007. Endorsed-Filedon Nov. 5, 2007 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Derwin Scott StutsmanDERWIN SCOTT STUTSMAN878-07

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File No.: 2007-F0730THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:REDLINE BURGER816 North State StUkiah, CA 95482Heather Patrick1931 Mosswood Rd.Ukiah, CA 95482David Patrick12351 Powerhouse Rd.Potter Valley, CA 95469This business is con-ducted by Husband& Wife. The regis-trants commenced to transact business un-der the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed above on Nov.2, 2007. Endorsed-Filed on Nov. 2, 2007 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office./s/Heather PatrickHEATHER PATRICK

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STATEMENTFile No.: 2007-F0770

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI-NESS AS:MISSY’S MAGICAL TOUCH271 Chyanne Ct.Ukiah, CA 95482Lamiece Dawson217 Chyanne 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 Dec. 1,2007. Endorsed-Filedon Nov. 19, 2007 atthe Mendocino Coun-ty Clerks Office./s/Lamiece DawsonLAMIECE DAWSON

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30 LOST &FOUND

FOUND: Black & white long haired cat.

Vic. of Tomki Rd. & West Rd. 485-7278

Found: Vic. Laws Ave. & Tedford area.

2-3 mo. old male puppy. White with

light brown markings.621-0200

I am a big male black and white cat who was out for a stroll 11/21 on the 300 block of Pine St. I made a poor deci-sion. I stepped into a trap set for a wild cat and pop went the door. Now I am at the Ukiah shelter. Help there are so many lost cats here! Call Sage at 467-6453 or come to the shelter at 298 Plant Rd.

30 LOST &FOUND

I am a female Aire-dale and I was found in Boonville at the in-tersection of HWY 253 and 128. I ap-pear friendly to peo-ple and would like to go home. If not claimed, I wil l be available for adoption on 12/3. Call Sage at the Ukiah Shelter 467-6453 or come by to identify me at 298 Plant Rd.

I am a male cream and white cat off for a romantic walk with my B&W girlfriend on North Bush St. near Frank Zeek school.We thought of stop-ping by to visit the children and then amble on home when quick as a wink we found ourselves in a box and taken to the Ukiah shelter. Please help us find our way home. Call Sage at 467-6453.

I have a big problem.I was found Sat 11/25 on Clara St.with a broken pelvis.I was at the hospital until coming into the Ukiah shelter. I am a male tan Chihuahua with a black collar.Please help me find my people. Call Sage at 467-6453.

I sure do hope I was got lost and was not dumped. I was found Sun 11/25 on Orr Spr ings Rd and brought to the Ukiah shelter. I am an adult male Rottie/shepherd mix. If not claimed I will be available for adoption on 12/1.Missin a pet? Come to 298 Plant Rd.there are many lost animals here or call Sage 467-6453

120 HELPWANTED

PT JANITOR WIL-LITS Subcontractors wanted. Call Pat Say

for info. 476-8874

Accounting Assist.Materials - F/T

at Hillside Health Ctr.$10-$15 DOE+ben.pkg. Fax: 468-0793skenney@mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

“Work for Us”

Assistant House-keeper. Wed. thru Sun. 9-4 $12 hr.

Call Orr Hot Springs 462-6277

Attention Pet Lovers!Nutro Products is

now hiring dependa-ble, outgoing, dem-

onstrators to promote our cat & dog food in

local pet retailers.Wknds. $12/hr.1-866-485-4798Apply online at

www.nutroproducts.com/demo.html

BANKINGCustomer Service RepresentativesSavings Bank of

Mendocino County is seeking qualified ap-plicants for Custom-

er Service Rep’s.F/T positions open at three branches

in Ukiah.Must be able to work at any branch loca-

tion and be available to work Saturdays. If you have cash-han-dling exp. and excel-lent customer serv-ice skills, apply in person at Savings

Bank of Mendocino County, 200 N.

School Street, Ukiah by Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.Must pass Teller

Test. EOE/AA m/f/v/d

BankingSavings Bank of

Mendocino County is seeking qualified applicants for a P/T Customer Service

Rep. position.A morning drive-up

position is available.

(Mon-Thurs: 8:00-12:30& Fri: 8:00-1:30).

If you have cash-handling exp. &

excellent customer service skills, apply in person at Savings Bank of Mendocino

County, 200 N.School Street, Ukiah by Monday, Decem-ber 3, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. Must pass Tell-

er Test. EOE/AA m/f/v/d

120 HELPWANTED

BEST WESTERNOrchard Inn seeking for Front Desk Audi-tor FT/PT. Apply in person 462-1514

BUSY INSURANCE OFFICE FT position looking for reception-ist/CSR No exp. nec.will train. Fax resume

462-8110Campus Aide

Supervise students in successful charter schools. Part-time, mid-day. Apply at 1059 N. State St.

CASE MANAGERF/T in Ukiah, to help

the elderly avoid nursing home place-ment. MSW pref’d;or BSW or related

degree w/case mgmt exp. Competitive

salary & exc. bene-fits. Resume, Cov.

Ltr. to MSSP, 301 S.State St., Ukiah

95482 EOE

CASEWORKENICE OFFICE

Native American Cash Assistance Pro-gram in Lake County.Exper. working w/Tribal people help-ful. Clean DMV, drug testing, background check F/T salary $30K w/benefits. Go to www.cttp.net for application & job de-scr iption. Contact Colleen Pete at 707-262-4404 w/ques-tions. Fax to 707-274-4233 resume & application. Indian hiring preference ap-plies.

Criminal Defense Attorney: Local

criminal defense firm seeks associate 10-20hrs/wk for appear-ances, client consul-tations, etc. Existing

office a plus. Fax resume to 707-

571-5521DIESEL MECHANIC EXP. Clean DMV, good pay & benefits.462-7393

Project Director30%/Social Work

Case Mngr, 70% for HIV/AIDS prgrm in

Lake & Mendo. Co’s.Admin, supervisory, case management

duties. MSW or relat-ed degree. HIV exp.pref. Starts Jan. 08.Resume, cover letter

Community Care HIV/AIDS Program,301 S. State St., Ukiah:

468-9347 EOE.

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGSport Chrysler Jeep Dodge

SALES DEPARTMENTNo dealership Exp. Necessary

Great Pay, Great BenefitsMonthly GuaranteePlus CommissionBi-lingual a plus

Apply atSport Chrysler Jeep Dodge

200 Chestnut StreetFort Bragg, Ca 95437

IMMEDIATE OPENINGSport Chrysler Jeep Dodge

FINANCE SPECIALISTExperience in Banking

or Loan Industry helpful.Great Pay, Great Benefits

Monthly GuaranteePlus Commission

Apply atSport Chrysler Jeep Dodge

200 Chestnut StreetFort Bragg, Ca 95437

120 HELPWANTED

Direct Care WorkNo Experience

Needed!!Morning, evening, graveyard. Drug test required, no test for cannabis, good DMV.Personal care, cook-ing, cleaning, driving and providing living skil ls training to adults with develop-mental disabil i t ies.Three 6 bed group homes, established in 1988. Call for inter-view 485-5168, 485-0165, 468-0602.

DRIVERS

$1000HIRINGBONUS

Golden State OvernightF/T & P/T

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

Mendo. & Lake Co.Benefits avail.Contact Steven

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

Full Time Caregiver,mental health facility.

PT Various shifts$8-$10/hr. 467-0911Health Ctr. ManagerMendo. Community Health Clinic, Inc.

(MCHC) seeks exp.professional to man-age daily operations

of the Little Lake Health Ctr in Willits.Must be strong team

leader w/5 yrs + management. exp;RN/LVN lic. a plus,

but not req. Compet-itive compensation/benefits pkg. Email

skenney@mchcinc.orgFax 707-468-0793www.mchcinc.orgHILLSIDE HEALTH

CENTERF/T licensed LVN

Care ManagerLITTLE LAKE

HEALTH CENTERF/T licensed LVN or

Certified MedicalAssistant.

Competitive salary DOE great benefits!

Fax: 468-0793skenney@mchcinc.org

www.mchcinc.orgHospitalist Program

Manager neededto support the Hospi-talist team at Ukiah Valley Medical Cen-ter. Skill set needed incl. office manage-ment customer rela-tions, collaboration,

data compilation, and extensive knowledge

of computer pro-grams. FT, M-F 8-5 $45-50K + benefits.

Fax resume to Pacific Redwood Medical

Services: 467-3250

Red Fox Casino NOW HIRING

● Auditor - P/T● Kitchen● Tech● Security,● Cashiers● 2 Floor Managers ● Exp. promotions

& marketingperson.Friendly attitude helpful. Willing to

train. 984-6800or come in for

application.200 Cahto Dr.

Laytonville●●●●●●●●Now offering

employee insurance after

90 days.

120 HELPWANTED

Howard Memorial Hospital

Come join our team.

●Cook: Contingent●Clerk Registration,

Contingent●ER Tech. Clerk:

Contingent●Patient Service

Representative:Contingent

●CNA: FT●RN's-ER: FT, &

Contingent●RN's-ICU:

Contingent, PT●RN's-Med Surg-

Contingent & FTnights, PT days,

●Respiratory Thera pist: Contingent

●Physical Therapist/ Outpatient: FT

HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE

●RN: Contingent●RN: Case Manager●Physical Therapist:

FT, Contingent●PTA: FT, PT●Occupational

Therapist: PT

Apply Online at:www. HowardHospital.org

INSTILLING GOOD-NESS SCHOOL

seeks substitute 4-6 teacher & teachers for ELD, US gov. & PE. Call 468-3896

Instructional AideWork with students at

two successful schools. Part-time.Apply at 1059 N.

State St. or at www.edjoin.org for Redwood Academy.

JANITOR/LAUNDRY WORKER

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

APPLY AT 915 W. Church St.,

Ukiah or fax resume to 877-382-7617www.trinityys.org

EOE

Medical Assist. F/T.MA Cert. req. for MCHC Hillside Health Center

OB exp. Bilingual a+. $12-$17 DOE +

great ben. pkg.Fax: 468-0793

skenney@mchc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

Medical Billing-Active group in Ukiah is seeking an experi-enced FT Billing/ Coding professional who enjoys challeng-es, details & oppor-tunity. Join our team and see what makes our Practice unique!GREAT PAY/BENE-FITS. Fax resume to: (707) 965-9191

On-line SalesPosition for high-traffic web site.This is for an independent

commissioned only contractor. Ukiah area, email only:

udjpublisher@pacific.net

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

pervise staff.Office 485-5168Cell 489-0022

120 HELPWANTED

Patient Services Representative

Hillside Health Ctr.seeks exp. reception-

ist. Bilingual pref.Competitive sal. +

great benefits.Fax: 468-0793

skenney@mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

People to work with developmentally

disabled adults one on one in their own

home. All Shifts available. CallCindy 468-9331

PHOTOGRAPHERThe Ukiah

Daily Journalis seeking a part-time

photographer.This is a good job for

someone who is looking to get pub-

lished and hone their photography skills.

Applicants must have their own gear.

Knowledge of Photo-shop is a plus. To ap-ply, submit a resume and portfolio (either hardcopy or CD) to

the front desk at 590 S. School Street,

attention:Chief Photographer.Promotional group seeks exp. contract Executive Director.Bachelors, admin. & managerial exp. req.

Contact HR@gomendo.com

Deadline Dec. 10th707-964-9010

PT Hairstylist for busy dwntn Willits

salon. New, relaxing environ., 456-9757 or fax resume 459-8640

SENIORACCOUNTANTCity of Willits

$44,213-$53,741Annually

Excellent benefit package. This is the senior level account-ing position reporting to the Finance Direc-tor and may include

limited training duties with entry level de-

partment staff. Candi-dates must have

completed at least six semester hours of college level intro-ductory accounting coursework. An AA

degree in business/accounting is desirable with at least two years of

professional account-ing or auditing experi-

ence, preferably in governmental/non-profit environment.

EOE. Contact Human Resources Depart-ment at (707) 459-

7120 or go to willitscity.com. Apply

by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, December 7,

2007.SERVICE STATIONAttendant/Cashier - PT PU application at8551 East Rd. R.V.

Sherwood Oaks Long Term Care

Facility is currently hiring for:

•CNA•RN/LVN Charge nurseCall Nancy English at

(707) 964-6333

Staff AccountantF/T for MCHC.

General ledger exp.$17.50-$19 DOE’plus great benefits pkg. Fax: 468-0793Email: skenney@

mchcinc.orgwww.mchcinc.org

STATE PRESCHOOL

TEACHERPT - 4 hrs/day,

5 dys/wk, 10 mo/yr.$13.72-$17.51/hrMendocino County Office of Education

View www.mcoe.us/jobs

Call 467-5012 or email hr@mcoe.usDeadline to apply:

November 30, 2007

The Boonville Lodge Bar & Grill

now hiring bartenders & servers. Great atmosphere, top pay + good tips.

Will train. 895-3823Ukiah residential childrens facility

is looking for caring,responsible individ-

uals to come join our team. Some exp. pre-ferred but not neces-sary. Will provide on

the job training. Start-ing sal. $12.12 hr.

403B, great benefits & vacation package.

Fax resume to 463-6957

120 HELPWANTED

TherapeuticResidential

Counselor: 1 FT Graveyard, 1 PT &

On-call. 1yr exp req’d for graveyard pos.

working with at-risk youth in Mendocino

County. $10-$14 DOE. Excellent bene-fits supportive work-ing environment. Mail resume to: HR P.O.Box 422 Ukiah Ca

95482 or Fax:(707)462-6994.

Specify Job#11-TRC on cover letter or re-sume. Must pass fin-gerprint background, physical & TB before

hire. Facility# 236802089.

TLC Child & Family Services

seeks 2 additional homes for Shelter

Care program Applicants need to

have at least 1 spare bdrm to house a child

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

support & respite.Need 1 or 2-parent

homes, with 1 parent home full time. Home with no more than 1

biological child consid-ered. Retirees invited to apply. Contact TLC

707-463-1100Lic#236800809

250 BUSINESSRENTALS

A quiet offc. dwntn.359 N. Oak, waiting rm., bus. ctr., kit.,

$400 incl util. 463-1081

LEE KRAEMERReal Estate Broker

SCHOOL STREETOFFICE/RETAIL

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

BRAND NEW!BUILD TO SUITOffice or Medical

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

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

MED. OFFICE orRETAIL

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

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300 APARTMENTSUNFURNISHED

1&2bd Apts.available

$800/$875/mo, no pets. 462-4759

3BD/1.5BA washer/dryer hook-ups, 1 car garage,

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dep. 468-5774LEE KRAEMER

PROPERTY MGMTSpacious 1bd1ba.

$750.POOL, LAUNDRY,

CARPORTSNo Section 8.

463-2134PARK PLACE

1 bd. $750, 2 bdr.$860 TH $1050.

Pool/garg. 462-5009

SPACIOUS 2bd1ba. w/

washer/dryer No pets, water, garbage

paid. 462-8600Spacious 2bd. Pool.H20, trash pd. $825.Also 1bd. $700. Ht.AC Pd. N/P. 462-6075

Se habla espanol.

UKIAH WESTSIDELg. vintage 2bd/1ba.

Cute/clean/safe + AC. Exc. area. $875+ dep. N/S/P. 621-1936

320 DUPLEXES

2BD/1BA garage, yd.No pets. $900/mo.

incl. water & sewer + sd. 391-5852

330 HOMESFOR RENT

$775/mo! Buy a 4 bd homes!! 5%dn,

20yrs at 8% apr! For listings

800-749-7901 xS622

1bd.house on Blue Lakes. S/W/G pd.N/S/dogs. $700/mo.+$800 dep. 275-3327

200 Beacon Ukiah3bd, 1.5 avail. 12-1

D/W Nat. Gas. $1000 No stove/Refrig. App.

@ G&W 462-57632bdrm 1bth. Quiet W. Side neighbrhd.$1350 + dep. Avail

Dec. 15th. 972-3734

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Hamburg is the daughter offormer CaliforniaCongressman Dan Hamburgand lives in a house on herfather’s Boonville Road prop-erty.

Dan Hamburg, who wasthere at the time the searchwarrant was served, said sher-iff’s deputies were on theproperty on an unrelated mat-ter when they saw LauraHamburg’s marijuana gardenand told her it was out of com-pliance.

“She was surprised,” DanHamburg said.

Laura Hamburg was grow-ing marijuana for three peoplewith valid medical marijuanarecommendations, DanHamburg said.

When sheriff’s deputies leftthe property to get a searchwarrant, Laura Hamburg con-tacted Faulder for legaladvice.

Faulder, who is now repre-senting Laura Hamburg, saidhe counted 39 plants in thegarden but said he did notknow how much marijuanamay have been seized fromwithin the house because hehas not seen a police report ora copy of the affidavit filed forthe search warrant or the war-rant itself.

“The evidence will showthat she (Laura Hamburg) hadrecommendations for all ofthe marijuana growing onscene,” Faulder said.

According to an ordinancepassed by the MendocinoCounty Board of Supervisorsthis summer, a medical mari-

juana patient is legallyallowed to have 25 plants andtwo pounds of processed mar-ijuana.

Laura Hamburg was notarrested at scene, but Fauldersaid she received a letter fromthe District Attorney’s OfficeNov. 7 informing her that shewas being charged.

Dan Hamburg said hehoped the focus would not beon his daughter’s case andinstead on California’s con-fusing medical marijuanalaws.

“I hope what will becomethe focus is on the confusionabout local, state and federallaws and how they don’t helpanyone,” Dan Hamburg said.

This is not the only high-profile case Faulder isinvolved in. He is also repre-senting Mendocino CountyDistrict Attorney’s Officeemployee Sherilyn Youngwho is being investigated oncharges of possession of mari-

juana for sale following asearch of her home thatrevealed 39 pounds of driedmarijuana, according to sher-iff’s reports.

Young is on suspensionfrom the DA’s Office pendingthe outcome of her case,which has been turned over tothe California AttorneyGeneral’s Office for investiga-tion and prosecution.

No court date has been setfor Young and the Attorney

General’s Office has notdecided whether or not tocharge her, Faulder said.

Laura Hamburg is sched-uled to appear in court Dec.11.

Ben Brown can be reached atudjbb@pacific.net.

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Dec. 1 Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec. 23

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The Holiday Trolley is afree-to-the-public, special busroute taking holiday shoppersto destinations throughouttown every day fromThanksgiving throughChristmas. The trolley issponsored by the GreaterUkiah Chamber ofCommerce, the Ukiah MainStreet Program, numerouslocal businesses and MTA,and it’s something Mitchellbelieves in.

“I still believe in what Igive to the community,” sheexplained Wednesday. “Eventhough I get paid, it’s like agift that you are giving themto have holiday spirit. It’s awonderful outreach to thecommunity to service allfacets of people for theirtransportation needs.”

For Mitchell, reaching outto the community is a beliefshe’s held onto most of herlife. She said she first gotstarted transporting peoplewhen she was driving herchildren and friends to herchurch’s youth group. WithMitchell already driving herchildren around the area andher mom using the MTAbuses regularly it only madesense for her to fuse herinterests together, she said.

Mitchell started with MTAin 1994 and within two yearsthe Holiday Trolley programbegan and she said she hasn’tlooked back since.

“It really has been anexcellent job,” she said witha smile. “It’s been a pleasureto drive all the different cars,and the riders are alwaysfriendly. You’re hardly everlonely because you’ve alwaysgot passengers and people.”

“It certainly makes melook forward to the holidaysbecause it’s a reallyrewarding experience. Themerchants of Ukiah havebeen so committed to thetrolley and its Christmasspirit that it makes me feelwonderful I’m able to dothat.”

The first shoppers hoppedaboard the Holiday Trolley in1996. When the program firstbegan, MTA used a rentedtrolley, but even from thatfirst ride, Mitchell said sheknew she was an integral partof something special.

“What I really like is thatthe first year I ever did thetrolley they let me wearChristmas clothes, and nowI’ve got a whole Christmaswardrobe,” Mitchell said asher eyes widened withexcitement. “Now I’ve beenadding new clothes at theChristmas sales. I’ve evenhad employees at work giveme Christmas socks. I’ve gota whole bunch of Christmassocks now.”

But her wardrobe isn’t theonly thing that has changedfor Mitchell. She said drivingthe Holiday Trolley makesher look forward to theholidays more than ever --something that can be saidfor some of her regular

passengers as well.Mitchell said that

beginning around August orSeptember she’ll start toreceive warm greetings fromchildren and families shedoesn’t even know. She saidtypically children are the firstto recognize her as theyusually greet her with a warmhug and an enthusiasticsmile.

“I always try to make sureI ask the kids if they areriding again this year. Theyget excited and say, ‘Yes,’”she explained. “I like seeingthe kids grow up. It’s veryinteresting. You get to seethem become older. I think Ireally enjoy them growingup, and when they get oldenough to have their ownkids. It’s all very interesting.Now they’re in their early-20s and they’re going tobring their child to ride aswell.”

The children aren’t theonly ones who have left alasting impression onMitchell. Recalling some ofher favorite memories duringher 11 years with the HolidayTrolley, she spoke aboutsome time she recentlyshared with Santa Claus.

Toward the end of herroute on Thursday nights, shesaid she has been picking upSanta Claus at the Alex R.Thomas Plaza so that he canhop on the trolley and giveaway candy to all the nearbychildren. Within the shorttime the trolley has beenrunning this year, Mitchellhas seen Santa’s candygiveaways grow in popularityso much that she has to maketwo trips around the blockjust to give each child a fairchance.

But with a sweet-tooth likeMitchell’s, getting candycanes from Santa is theperfect holiday treat.

“My thing is on Thursdaysthat I don’t have to eat anydinner,” she joked. “Candycanes are my best foodduring the holidays.”

In her 11 years driving thetrolley Mitchell has alwaysdriven on Christmas Eve, andshe said she plans to keep thetradition going.

“I’m working for at leastanother 10 years.”

The Holiday Trolley hoursare 3 to 5 p.m. Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday andFriday. On Thursdays, thetrolley runs from 3 until 7:45p.m., and from noon until5:45 p.m. on Saturdays andSundays the trolley is inaction, as well. There is noservice Christmas Day.

For a complete scheduleand route map, visit theHoliday Trolley at one of itsmany stops throughout town.

For a video of Mitchellsharing some of her favoriteHoliday Trolley memories,visitwww.ukiahdailyjournal.com.

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County Working on WellnessBoard, a member of theMendocino Medical MarijuanaAdvisory Board, a 4-H leaderfor the past 12 years and a coun-ty planner who has worked forthe county for 11 years.

Deeter said she chose tocampaign for the position dur-ing this election cycle becauseof several issues, one of whichis to amplify the voices of resi-dents who she said wouldn’totherwise be heard.

“I feel the young adults andelderly are not being represent-ed in this county enough,” shesaid. “I don’t feel their opinionsare being heard. It’s really diffi-cult to make it to meetings with-

out a vehicle, never mind thepeople who have school orwork. That’s why I really appre-ciate when they hold meetingson the coast every once in awhile.”

Deeter said another issue thathas spurred her to run is thecontinuing medical marijuanadebate.

“Medical marijuana is goingto come up again and again inthe future,” she said. “I just feelthat as a medicine, the stateshouldn’t tell people how theyshould use it.”

Deeter said she has knownSmith for several years andspoke to her before she decidedto begin her campaign.

“I talked to her before I start-ed my campaign,” she said.“We talked about issues facingthe county and she said she wel-comed anyone to run.”

Although the June 3 primary

is still months away, four candi-dates for supervisor, includingDeeter, have already filed anofficial notice of intent with theMendocino County ElectionsOffice, said KatrinaBartolomie, assistant registrarof voters.

Others who have alreadycompleted their paperworkinclude: Carre Brown for the1st District position currentlyheld by Michael Delbar, andEstelle Palley Clifton and JohnMcCowen for JimWattenburger’s 2nd Districtseat.

Second district candidateJim Mulheren was not listed byBartolomie as among thosewho had filed their paperwork.

The actual filing period forregistering runs from Feb. 11 toMarch 7, Bartolomie said.

Rob Burgess can be reached atudjrb@pacific.net.

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Deeter What’s next?▲Below is a partial list of

red letter days for candi-dates for MendocinoCounty Board ofSupervisors positions:

•Dec. 28 - Candidatesmay submit signaturesto county ElectionsOffice in lieu of the fil-ing fee.

•Feb. 11 , 2008 - Candi-dates may submit paper-work to make their bidsofficial.

•March 7, 2008 - Lastday candidates may filepapers to make their bidsofficial.

•June 3, 2008 - Primaryelection.

•Nov. 4, 2008 - Generalelection.

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