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DEC. 12, 1993 -THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL- Daily Digest Dec. 12,1993 OBITUARIES Allen Walford Spangler Allen Walford Spangler, 81, of Talmage, died Friday, Dec. 10, 1993, at Ukiah Valley Medical Center. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m.

Monday at Eversole Mortuary in Ukiah. The funeral is scheduled at 11 a.m. Tuesday, also at Evcrsole's, with Chaplain Shari Chamberian officiating. Burial will be at the Ukiah cemetery on Low Gap Road Mr. Spangler was born in Lansing, Mich, on Nov.

27,1912. He started as an apprentice baker when he was 15 years old and spent the next 55 years as a baker. In his early 20s he moved to Buffalo, N.Y. In 1935 he married his wife, Ruth Henderson. He served during World War II in the 17th and 82nd Airborne Division and received a Purple Heart.

After the war he returned to Buffalo and remained there until 1962 when he and his family moved to Talmagc. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, also of Talmage and his triplet daughters Karen Sheets of Shelton, Carol Furr of Windsor, and Sharon Cherrington of Napa. Survivors also include his five grandchildren Russell, Allen, David, Bryan, and Deanna. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society. Billy K.

Odom Retired Undcrshcriff Billy K. Odom, 64, who I worked for the Mendocino County Sheriffs Office from 1969 to 1980, died after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, Dec. 8,1993 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. A graveside service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Monday at the Happy Texas Cemetery, in Happy, Texas.

Mr. Odom was born March 30, 1929 and began his career in law enforcement in 1950 when he went to work for the Amarillo, Texas police department. During his employment there he took two years off to serve in the U.S. Army and then returned to the Amarillo Police Department where he reached the rank of lieutenant of the vice squad before leaving in 1960. He then went to work for AeroJet General as chief of security investigations and worked there from 1959 to 1967.

In April of 1969, Mr. Odom was hired by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. He was assigned by former Sheriff Reno Bartlomei as a South Coast resident deputy covering Anchor Bay and Point Arena and in 1971 made sergeant. He became the North Sector (Willits) sergeant and held that post for two years. He was then promoted to lieutenant in 1972 and was assigned as coast supervisor in Fort Bragg.

In January of 1978, Mr. Odom was appointed undersheriff by then-Sheriff Thomas Jondahl. He held that position until his retirement in 1980. Mr. Odom's wife, Ruth, requests any donations be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 170119th San Francisco, 94101 or to the Happy Texas Cemetery, in care of Pete Odom, P.O.

Box 412, Happy, Texas, 79042. Odom Death and funeral notices are provided by mortuaries families. There Is fee for publication. The Dally Journal edits submissions to conform to isoclated Press writing style and remove personal endearments, such as evoted daughter" or "beloved mother." All factual Information provided will i printed. Families who want obituary Information to run exactly as submitted including personal endearments should contact the Journal Advertising ipartment for space and rate Information, 468-3500.

UKIAH POLICE LOG The foljnwing was compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department ALARM An alarm went off at the North State Street branch of the Savings Bank of Mendocino County Saturday morning at 11:26 a.m. but officers found the building secure. ARREST Denver Hoaglen, 38, of Ukiah was arrested at 8:56 a.m. Saturday on suspicion of spouse abuse after a woman called the police reporting she was assaulted and that the suspect refused to get out of her vehicle. ARREST Five juveniles were arrested at 9:34 p.m.

Friday in the 100 block of Evans Street on suspicion of being prowlers and in two cases of violating probation. Four were Ukiahans and one was from Redwood Valley. Police responded to a report that a large group of juveniles carrying pipes and sticks were in that neighborhood. The juveniles ages range from 15 to 17. They were all cited and released.

DISTURBANCE Police were called to the Wright Stuff Pizza restaurant at 9:42 p.m. Friday and disbursed a crowd of about 40 juveniles outside. OPEN DOOR AT PALACE HOTEL Police were alerted to an open door in the north wall of the closed down Palace Hotel at 5:02 p.m. Friday. The police secured the door.

ARREST John Pestoni, 40, of Santa Clara was arrested at 4:20 p.m. Friday on suspicion of assault after a domestic dispute in the 300 block of Leslie Street. CHPLOG Continued from Page 1 The community: Petaluma, a farming community of 45,000 people about 45 miles north of San Francisco, was electrified by the kidnapping. Husbands found themselves taking care of the house while wives spent hours staffing hotlines and stuffing envelopes. Business donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment and services.

The media: In a major media market where missing children cases already draw high interest, the Polly case consistently offered new angles and broke during a relatively slow news period. Even finding Polly's body has not slowed interest, because police have a suspect, Richard Allen Davis, a twice-convicted kidnapper with a lengthy criminal record. Davis, 39, has been charged with murder and kidnapping and could face the death penalty if convicted. He was on parole at the time of the abduction and was arrested Oct. 19 for drunk driving, but released after 24 hours.

Ninety minutes after the kidnapping, Davis was stopped by sheriff's deputies responding to a report of a trespasser. He was allowed to go because they did not know about the kidnapping. Sheriff's officials have offered various explanations, the latest being that a bulletin from Petaluma police on the crime was not broadcast on patrol car radios because it was marked "not for press release." Anger that Davis was out of prison and at the subsequent missed opportunities has spurred intense interest in stiffening penalties for repeat offenders. That, along with increased use of computer networks, may be the legacy of Polly's death, Allen said. Allen and others credited the high-profile search with helping generate the break, which came Nov.

28 when the woman who had reported Davis as a trespasser found some strips of cloth on her property about 20 miles north of Petaluma. FBI tests identified them as those used to tie up one of Polly's friends during the abduction. Although the tip was not directly tied to the eight million fliers mailed out during the search, "it just doesn't matter," Allen said. The key is to raise awareness, because "somebody knows." Sadly, searchers expect plenty of opportunities to put lessons learned from Polly's case into practice. The Justice Department estimates that between 3,200 and 4,600 children are taken by non- family members each year, with 200 to 300 of those being what Allen terms "stereotypical," meaning taken by a stranger for a long period of time.

In those cases, the resolution is sometimes the finding of a body, sometimes an eternity of never knowing. David Collins, whose son was kidnapped from the streets of San Francisco 10 years almost 10 years ago, is in the latter category. Now the head of the Kevin Collins Foundation, which searches for missing children and advised Polly's searchers on how to get started, Collins attended memorial services for Polly in Petaluma Thursday knowing "they have resolution and we don't. "Every parent that I know of is relieved to know," he said. "At the time it happens, they may not know it.

They shortly will." Food- Continued from Page 1 Knope; $36, United Presbyterian Women's Association; $50, Miriam and Earl Smith; $10, Laura Elizabeth Carter; $100 each from Martin and Kathleen Lombardi and Rose and Jack Kelley in memory of Mike Kelley. A $1,000 check also Continued from Page 1 County." A lot of children's books are being scooped up this year as well she said. Over at the Pear Tree mall, Kmart was busy Friday afternoon and store manager Robert Davis has noticed people are willing to spend. "They're spending a little more liberally than last year," he said of Kmart customers, also noting that last year seemed to be the Christmas for "practical" gifts. "Barney" the purple dinosaur still ranks among the best selling toys, Davis said, and sweets and candies are on many lists this year.

He added that Christmas shop- arrived from the Savings Bank of Mendocino County Board of Directors. Mail donations to the Donrey Foundation, P.O. Box 749, or drop them off at the Ukiah Daily Journal. This year's goal is to raise $25,000. pers seem "friendlier" this year and they're shopping earlier.

"But, we'll still get those last- minute shoppers," he said. Radio-controlled cars are the hot item at Radio Shack in 1993, along with computers, keyboards and police scanners. That's according to associate Eddie Learn. "People are really willing to spend this year," he said. "It's like, 'What Learn said Radio Shack sales are up by 60 percent over the same time last year and store manager Janice Gibson noted the Ukiah store had beat its sales for all of December 1992 by Dec.

10 this year. "Everyone's in a better mood," she said. Courthouse The following was compiled from reports prepared by the California Highway Patrol. INJURY ACCIDENT A Ukiah man was hospitalized last week after he was injured in a five-car collision on the Golden Gate Bridge approach Wednesday. Ken Holtgrewe, of Ukiah, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital after the accident which killed one and injured four.

CHP offficers said a white Chevrolet pickup was traveling south on Doyle Drive around 11:50 a.m. when for unknown reasons it crossed over the center line and struck a Toyota Celica driven by Behzad Afsari, 52, of San Rafael. Afsari was killed in the accident. The white pickup spunt out of control, causing a chain reaction collision, officers said. Holtgrewe was driving the third or fourth vehicle in the chain reaction collision, a Ford pickup.

Readers are reminded that those arrested by law enforcement officers are Innocent until proved guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact (he Dally Journal once the case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the Information Is In error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving while under the Influence, all DUI cases reported by law enforcement are reported by the Journal. The paper makes no exceptions.

FIRE LOG URIAH FIRE DEPARTMENT Friday MEDICAL AID Firefighters responded to a call for medical aid in the 1600 block of Elm Street at 10:43 p.m. and took a 20-year-old man to the hospital. CONTROL were called out to investigate smoke coming from a backyard in the 1300 block of Beacon Way at 4:12 p.m. The resident had a burn pile, was using proper safety precautions and had a county bum permit. However, the resident was unaware of the bum ban in effect in the city of Ukiah.

No action was taken and the fire was allowed to burn out. Continued from Page 1 the day on U.S. Highway 80 from Nyack to Truckee and U.S. Highway 50 from Kyburz to Meyer. Kirkwood ski resort south of Lake Tahoe got up to 15 inches of snow, enabling operators to open Ihe upper mountain for the first time this season.

Alpine Meadows north of Tahoe got 11 inches. "Around 3 o'clock, it was just snowing tons and tons at once," said Mimi Vedasz, owner of Alpine Skills International in Norden. "We shoveled the stairs at least four times. It was coming so fast, we couldn't keep up with it." In the area west of the mountains, including the Bay Area, the storm didn't pack quite the wallop that meteorologists had expected. "It did taper off quite a Jetstream didn't cooperate real well," said Lou Escajeda, a weather SoCal Continued from Page 1 closed Pacific Coast Highway at Big Rock Drive in Malibu, and another closed traffic on Encinal Canyon Road, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported.

Smaller slides slowed traffic on Old Topanga Road, the department said. No structures were damaged. In the metropolitan area, the winter storm was expected to bring up to inches of rain north of downtown Los Angeles, 1 inch to the south and up to 3 inches in the foothills and mountains before leaving the area early Sunday, the National Weather Service said. That 3-inch prediction concerned sheriff's deputies in Altadena, where an Oct. 27 wildfire left denuded hillsides ready to turn to dangerous mud with heavy rain.

Deputies were ready to order residents of exposed homes to leave, said Sgt. Greg McHenry. Local flooding, small mudslides and wind damage were reported in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, with winds reaching near 60 mph at Vandenberg Air Force Base and 50 mph in Santa Maria, the NWS said. Santa Barbara received inches of rain. The U.S.

Forest Service closed access roads into Los Padres National Forest as snow fell in the interior mountains. But only minor flooding was reported in the Ojai Valley as the storm passed through Ventura County, the weather service said. As heavy rain fell in Orange service meteorologist. "It shot all the energy north. Oregon and Washington received a lot more than A spokesman said there were outages in parts of Pinole, San Mateo, San Francisco and San Jose.

There were some reports of minor flooding on roads, but the only reported road closure in the Bay Area was Highway 87 where it connects to northbound Highway 280. No major damage was reported. But the California Highway Patrol responded to dozens of tfaffic accidents throughout the day, including several during the peak morning hours of the storm. Most of the northern state is expected to get a brief respite today and Monday, but another system is expected Tuesday, the weather service said. Continued from Page 1 He noted that both state and federal regulations require that public buildings be made accessible to disabled persons.

The newest of those laws, the Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990, required that public service providers both public and private remove barriers that prevent disabled people from getting service by mid-1992. Governments and businesses were given two years to provide physical access unless it would create an "undue harship" on the business. Otherwise the service must somehow be brought to the disabled person. At a December 1991 board attended by disabled county supervisors decided to make the courthouse more accessible, preferably by installing an elevator. When the cost turned out to be around $100,000, county officials nixed the elevator idea in favor of a chair lift.

But it turned out the lifts would is County, Laguna Beach fire officials urged, residents of fire- ravaged Laguna Canyon and Hidden Valley to leave their homes. Residents were directed to a Red Cross center at Laguna Beach High School as floodwaters coursed across Laguna Canyon Road, said city fire spokesman Patrick Brennan. Homeowners in wildfire areas had spent weeks piling sandbags and cleaning out storm drains in preparation for the winter rains. The soil is so loose on charred hillsides that even light amounts of rain can cause problems. A lot of rain over a short time period would give the ground little chance to absorb the water.

Rainfall totaling a half- to three- quarters inch fell within a half hour early Saturday in parts of Santa Barbara County. Rain was expected to decrease overnight, with partly cloudy or sunny skies predicted for Sunday. The storm was expected to deposit as much as 4 inches of snow above the level in the mountains. In Los Angeles, city officials prepared beds for 1,270 homeless people at 10 cold weather stations from the San Fernando Valley to San Pedro. The weather service also issued a marine advisory, saying tidal overflows were expected along parts of the Orange County coast on Monday because of storm- generated high surf and strong astronomical high tides.

Math grade court case didn't add up AGENDAS Parks and Recreation Commission The Ukiah Parks and Recreation Commission meets Monday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Ukiah City Council Chambers, of the Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave. Ukiah Airport Commission The Airport Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

14 in the Airport Administration Lobby, 1415 S. State St. Traffic Engineering Committee The Ukiah Traffic Engineering Committee meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 14, in conference room No. 3 of the Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave.

Cultural Arts Advisory Board The Cultural Arts Advisory Board meets at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 14, in conference room No. 3 of the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave MARTINEZ (AP) Andy Hanson's parents were less-than- pleased with the boy's grade in math class. But they didn't scold Andy; they took the teacher to court. Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge John Van De Poel offered this ruling: the Hansens had failed.

"I don't know that I've ever been a part of anything that is so absurd," said attorney Loren Carjulia, who successfully defended the grade awarded by San Ramon Valley High School math teacher Eric Henze. The case, which has drained the school district of at least $8,500 in legal costs, revolves around a peculiarity in how Henze grades. No student gets a final grade higher than his or her homework assignments, according to the policy handed out on the first day of class. Problem is, argued Mike and Jo Ann Hansen, their son, who arrived at school three weeks into the semester, never was told of Henze's policy. When Andy got an A on his final exam, that's what he expected on the report card.

But Andy's homework was worth only a C. i -MilffV; be needed to'rJnake the enure courthouse disabled accessible, according to Building and Grounds Manager AI Bazzani. As it turns out, the lifts may not have been acceptable for use in a public building anyway, according to an Americans with Disabilites Act technical adviser. But that's not why the idea was canned. Deputy County Administrator Jim Andersen said the county is broke and doesn't have the money to bring the courthouse into compliance.

Hair said that's not true. He noted the county has a fund specifically for courthouse construction. According to the Auditor- Controller, that fund currently contains more than $200,000. Hair also pointed out the county seems to have money for other expenditures, such as the new $4.3 million administration center supervisors approved this year. Andersen said the disabled access problem will be taken care of when the county offices currently located in the courthouse move to the new administration center, leaving room for the municipal courts on the more accessible floors.

But that won't be for another two years or so, and will put the county four years behind in coming into compliance with the Americans Continued from Page 1 view. "The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies only to the right of the state to maintain a militia and not to the individual's right to bear arms," a federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled in 1971. "There can be no serious claim to any express constitutional right of an individual to possess a firearm." Other federal appeals courts have said much the same thing, and none has ruled that there is an individual right to bear arms. "We conclude that the right to keep and bear handguns is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment," a federal appeals panel in Chicago concluded in 1982. The Supreme Court declined to review that case from Morton Grove, 111., and others that asked it to decide exactly what the Second Amendment means.

The closest the high court has come to answering that question was in a 1939 case involving a man charged with violating a federal law that requires registration of sawed-off shotguns. with Disabilities Act. ADA technical adviser Marsha Mazz said large expenditures can be delayed by claiming hardship, but that something needs to be done in the meantime to provide access. She said lifting people up stairs is not an acceptable alternative to making architectural changes. "Carrying people is not only humiliating for the individual, it certainly-is not a liability I would choose to expose myself to," Mazz said.

If a county isn't in compliance with disabled laws, the ADA requires the supervisors to file a document stating why they aren't and to devise a plan that lays out what they will be doing to come into compliance, Mazz said. No one at the county administration office could locate such a plan. The access issue has been brought to the supervisors a number of times. In 1989, Peter Leech, a clinical social worker from Laytonville, brought up the issue after stairs kept him from getting to a hearing at which he was supposed to tesitfy. He-refused to be lifted fin his wheelchair up the stairs, saying he'd ended up with concussions from attempts to lift him up stairs previously.

Leech said he wouldn't testify unless the hearing came to him. Finally, the hearing was moved to a courtroom that was accessible by elevator. In 1991, Hair found similar difficulties, and filed a claim. Supervisors refused his claim the same day they promised to do something about disabled access. Hair filed his lawsuit in January 1992.

Norb Olbrantz of the Disabled in Action League in Fort Brdgg, said he's disappointed the supervisors broke the promise they made in 1991. He said county officials did not tell him the plan had been dropped. "I took it for granted it was a done deal," said Olbrantz, who was instrumental in getting the supervisors to agree to make the courthouse more accessible. "It's interesting how they come up with their own rules. That's why so many people distrust them," he said.

Olbrantz said he is opposed to using the courts to force the issue, but that it might be called for in this case. "I guess sometimes they're necessary to get some people off their duffs," he said. The Second Amendment was intended to protect the effectiveness of state militias and "must be interpreted with mat end in view," the high court said. Such state militias were organized as a check on federal power, and by this century were replaced by state units of the National Guard. Absent proof that possessing a sawed-off shotgun "has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well- regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument," the court said in the 1939 case.

Retired Chief Justice Warren Burger and former U.S. Solicitor General Erwin Griswold are among those who resist a broader interpretation of the amendment. "If an 18th-century militia was intended to be surely the Second Amendment does not remotely guarantee every person the constitutional right to have a 'Saturday night special' or a machine gun without any regulation whatever," Burger wrote in a 1991 article..

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