Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 13

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY, MARCH 27, INS says its agents 'gang raid' AMOCMM PreM SIMI VALLEY U.S. Border Patrol agents searching for illegal immigrants will no longer join police officers on gang sweeps because the practice might violate federal policy, immigration officials said. Critics lambasted the move, saying the Immigration and Naturalization Service was yielding to political pressure after a controversial police raid in January in which INS agents took part "It's consistent with the INS' policy of coddling criminal aliens," said Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley. Gallegly participated in a Jan.

23 gang raid in which 20 illegal immigrants were captured. Hispanic activists condemned Gallegly after he defended the raid. The INS, however, contends it's re-evaluating the practice because of an obscure 1980 federal policy that forbade immigration agents to join police raids, said Alan Dweltey, assistant chief of the INS for Northem and Central California. Meanwhile, a Simi Valley Police Department memo says an INS agent said that politics was the real reason immigration agents can't take part in the gang raids anymore. According to the memo by Simi Valley police Officer Darin Muehler, INS Agent Neal Jensen told him "mat they have thoroughly enjoyed working with our department in previous gang sweeps, and realize it serves a purpose in our city.

However, due to the political fallout' that occurred immediately following the last gang sweep, they can no longer participate." Jensen also told Muehler that the INS' role "might be a violation," according to the memo, obtained by the Los Angeles Times. On Tuesday, City Council members said they wanted to keep INS agents involved in the raids because illegal immigrants who contribute to gang violence are often captured. "One of the gangs here in town is composed of a large number of illegal aliens, and when we come across them and the INS picks them up, it basically de-escalates the pressure between the two gangs," said Councilman Paul Miller, the city's former police chief But Hispanic activists say the joint raids illegal and accused city officials of being racist "They have shown their racist attitudes by their comments during last week's City Council meeting, and their shortsightedness with regards to jumping on Congressman Gallegly's anti-immigrant bandwagon," said attorney Daniel Gonzalez, a member of the Ventura County Mexican-American Bar Association and lifelong Simi Valley resident Officials probe junkyard explosion Associated Press FONTANA A private contractor is being questioned about how live artillery shells found their way to a metal recycling plant where a blast killed a worker and injured two others, authorities said. Investigators from the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office and Sheriff's Department have been questioning officials from Barstow-based Allied Technologies, which was contracted to remove ordnance and scrap metal from artillery ranges at Fort Irwin, authorities said. "We are seeking to talk to Allied Technologies," said Barry Bruins, chief of the bureau of investigation for the District Attorney's Office.

"We are investigating the explosion as an industrial accident at this point." The March 18 explosion occurred when Martin Mendoza, 20, of Pomona tried to dismantle a 105 mm shell with a blowtorch. He was killed in the blast. Two other workers were injured. Martin Najera, 25, and Jose Villareal, 20, both from Pomona, were treated and released from a hospital last week. Workers had been told the shell was a dud.

More than 20 shells have been detonated by sheriff's investigators and Army ordnance experts. Officials said at least 20 more will be detonated this week. On Wednesday morning, a 90 mm shell believed to contain high explosives was discovered. "This is the most dangerous site I have ever seen," said Sgt. Bob Hall, an explosives expert and 27-year Sheriff's Department veteran.

"This was a huge oversight on someone's part." Explosives experts have combed through about 65 percent of the estimated 340 tons of shells and scrap metal in the yard, Hall said. Some investigators have suffered cramps and other heat-related problems because of the slow, gritty work, he said. "The men are wearing at least 30 pounds of gear and it's tough work anytime, especially when it gets hot," Hall said. "We arc treating everything on the dangerous side. We don't know what we are going to find." Students of the month Students of the month for the month of January at Yokayo Elementary School are: clockwise from top, Krlstlna Maclas, Julian Covella, Mary Shibata, Erlka Pantaloon, Dalton (Cody) McKay, and Kenny Barley.

Nlkkl Giannecchlni Feds refuse Unabomber request Fetuses traced to L.A. abortion clinic Associated Press CHINO HILLS Fetuses dumped in five cardboard boxes nearly two weeks ago have been traced to a Los Angeles abortion clinic, but authorities have not found any evidence of criminal' wrongdoing. San Bernardino County sheriff's investigators said information within the boxes led them to the abortion clinic, which operates under the name Clinica Pemenina Para La Mujer on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The county coroner's office, which examined the remains, announced Wednesday that it had made a preliminary determination that they came from more than 45 aborted fetuses. Because the coroner's office is still look- ing at the remains, which range from small nondescript tissue to more developed fetal tissue, a final report is still pending.

Investigators served a search warrant on the clinic offices Wednesday.The sheriff's office is still trying to determine who is responsible for the fetus disposal. "It is still not known exactly how or why the items were deposited in Chino Hills," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Investigators with the state Department of Health Services will examine the clinic's practices and procedures to determine whether there were any violations of law. If any of the fetuses was old enough to have survived outside the womb, that could mean a possible criminal investigation. It was not clear Wednesday whether an age determination had yet been made for all of the fetal remains.

Supervisors with the coroner's office had left for the day by Wednesday afternoon and no one was available for comment. The fetuses were found in a field on March 14 by children playing in a field west of Highway 71, about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Sheriff's deputies called to the scene found the other four boxes, each sealed with duct tape. Associated Press Defense lawyers for Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski already have all the information they're entitled to get from the government, prosecutors say. The U.S.

attorney's office is battling an attempt by Kaczynski's lawyers to gain wider access to the files of the 17-year Unabom investigation. The defense has asked for more information on the statements and witnesses used to get a search warrant for Kaczynski's Montana cabin, and for the complete files on the 2,417 named 'and unnamed suspects probed by the lawmen seeking the elusive Unabomber. The defense says the information will bolster its efforts to exclude much of the evidence seized from the cabin. Prosecutors have said the cabin evidence will be a key part of their case, including a journal in which Kaczynski a one-time math professor turned recluse allegedly claims responsibility for each Unabom blast. In documents filed late Tuesday, the government said it has already provided "a massive quantity" of information to the defense, including any evidence it believed might help Kaczynski's lawyers.

The government said it had also surrendered portions of the other suspects' files. Most of those files stem from well-meaning but erroneous tips offered by citizens who thought they knew someone resembling the hooded, mustachioed man in the police sketch of the Unabomber suspect, the prosecution said. Some disclosures are required by law. But prosecutors say they have even given the defense some information they were not required under law to turn over. The additional material sought by the defense is not subject to the disclosure laws, and therefore the request should be denied, the government said.

"The defendant's bare assertion that the requested discovery MIGHT yield helpful information betrays the defendant's true intention, which is to rummage through government files in the hope of finding something useful," prosecutors wrote. Kaczynski's court-appointed defenders, Quin Denvir and Judy Clarke, did not return a telephone call seeking comment Wednesday. Bombings attributed to the anti-technology terrorist known as the Unabomber left three people dead and 23 others injured between 1978 and 1995. Kaczynski has pleaded innocent to four Unabomber attacks that killed two people in Sacramento. He was brought here shortly after his April 3 arrest at his remote cabin in Lincoln, Mont.

If convicted, he could face the death penalty. He has also pleaded innocent to charges that he mailed a package bomb that killed an advertising executive in New Jersey. A separate trial will be held on those charges once the California case is complete. The case was called "Unabom" because early targets were universities and airlines. A hearing on the defense motion is scheduled for April 1 before U.S.

Magistrate Gregory Hollows. 222-97 ft; TOE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PAUL ALOYSIUS FASHAUER CASE 23029 To all hairs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be Interested In the will or estate, or both, of: ALOYSIUS FASHAUER, PAUL A. FASHAUER, HtUL FASHAUER A PETITION has been filed by: Betty Jean Jarnlgan in the Superior Court of California. County of Mendocino. 3t THEPETmON requests that: Betty Jean Jamlgan be appointed as personal representative to administer tne estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's WILL and codicils, any, be admitted to probate. The will and any cadicMs are available for examination In the file kept by 5t THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates (This authority wWaHow the personal representative a take many actions without obtaining court approval. Afore taking certain very Important actions, however, tbe personal representative wW be required to give notice to Interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented tc the proposed action). The Independent administration authority win be granted unless interested person files an objection to the petition and good cause why the court should not grant the 1, A HEARING on the petition will be held on AprH 11, at 9:30 a.m. in OepL: 3 located at 100 NT State UUah.CA 95482 ft IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections oj Me written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARC A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court maH a copy to the personal representative by the court within four months from the date of first ftuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the Probate Code. The time for filing claims wW npt expire before four months from the hearing date no- teed above. W. YOU IIAY EXAIIUtE the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may We the court a formal Request for Special Notice of the filing dj an inventory and appraisal ofestate assets or of any Mttton or account asprovkled In section 1250 of the 202-97 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CASE 23028 1. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be Interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MADLYN T. NAOEL 2. A PETITION has been filed by: Margaret M. Thill In the Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino 3.

THE PETITION requests that: Margaret M. Thill be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. THE PETITION requests the decedents WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

5. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority wiMaUow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative wiH be required to give notice to Interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority wW be granted unless an Interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the flAHEAPJNQ on the petition will be held on April 11, 1997 at 9:30 a.m.

in ONE located at State Perkins Streets, UUah, CA964S2 8. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in parson or by your 9JFYOU 9JFYOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and man 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 wiN not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 10.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person Interested in the estate, you ma We with California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice fehn Is available from the court clerk. 11. Attorney for petitioner: Duncan M.

James. P.O. Box of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in section 1250 of the California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice form Is available from the court clerk. 11.

Attorney for petitioner: RICHARD J. HENDERSON 12. This notice was mailed on: March 19 1997 230-97 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC REVIEW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT The Board of Directors of the Potter Valley Irrigation District, at its regular meeting on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. In the Irrigation District Office at 10170 Main Potter Valley, California, will conduct a public hearing to consider the ANNEXATION' to the Potter Valley Irrigation District (PVID). Proceedings are to be initiated by Resolution, and submitted to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAP- CO), pursuant to the California Government Code, commencing with Section 56,000 et seq.

The project locations are: 1) East Side of Eel River Road and South Side of John Day Hill. T17N; R11W; Sec. 5 MDBM. Assessors Parcel Numbers: 173-050-07. 173-050-08.

Property Owners, MARTIN P. and NANCY JANE SMITH. 2) South and East Adjacent to Potter Valley Cemetery on West Road. Sec 29 MDBM. Assessors Parcel Number: 174-25-07.

Property Owner, SCOTT S. MCMENOMEY. 3) North and East Adjacent to Potter Valley Cemetery on West Road. Sec. 29 MDBM.

Assessors Parcel Number: 174-25-045. Property Owner, NEIL GRASSO. ThTTeason for the proposed GRASSO ANNEXATION is to provide irrigation water to the subject property. A Draft negative declaration and CEQA Findings for the proposed annexation has been prepared antTthe lead agency, PVID, has determined thatthe project wW not have a significant substantial adverse effect on the environment, for the following reasons. A.

It wiH not have Impacts which have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment or curtail the range of the environment. B. It wiN not have impacts which achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term environmental goato. C. It will not have Impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable.

D. It will not cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either dlrecty or Indirectly: The Negative Declaration wiN adopted by Resolution. A copy of ttie Negative Declaration and Resolution of Application is available for public review at the PVID Office, 10170 Main or a copy may be obtained by writing to PO Box 188, potter Valley, CA. 95489. The Board of Directors win consider ora! and written testimony at the public hearing and comments are invited.

149-97 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File 97-0006 THE FOLLOWING PERSONA). IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: RANCH 1601 SCENIC WAY REDWOOD VALLEY, CA 95470 ROGER WILLIAM KNOTTS 1601 SCENIC WAY REDWOOD VALLEY CA 95470 LINDA RAE KNOTTS 1601 SCENIC WAY REDWOOD VALLEY CA 95470 This business is conducted by Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on January 1,1997 Endorsed-Filed on January 3, 1997 at the Mendocino County Clerks Office. Knotts ROGER KNOTTS 226-97 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Rle 97-0558 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DAVID MARIAN) 76500 SHORT CREEK RD. COVELO CA.

95428 ARLENE MARIAN! 76500 SHORT CREEK RD COVELO CA. 95428 THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to term four ordinary words. UGGOE 1 3 Rural NYOME CUNNEA 1 1 BEPSIC rr Aloe. 1 1 WHAT THC 6AMO- STBZS' SHOOT OUT ON THE MOVIE SET BCCAME, Now arrange the circled letters to form (he surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: PANSY QUAIL FLAUNT ACTUAL Answer: Why the doctor went to his accountant FOR HIS ANNUAL.