Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 1

Benefit basketball Locals knock off visiting 49ers in benefit 6 H03, Denny Madia Qroup Monday, April 19,1993 Volume 133 Number 1 MF MOOTING I APGF ST NFWSPAPFR 25 cents tax included DAYBREAK Shelly Slssons Accepted to dentistry program Shelly Sissoris, daughter of Gil and Judy Sissons of Ukiah, has been accepted to Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda. Shelly recently graduated from Pacific Union College and will be entering the Doctor of Dental Surgery program along with 85 other students in September. She will be entering a profession that has become so proficient that the American baby born this year can expect to keep his teeth all of his life, according to Loma Linda University. Loma Linda University is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is located about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. TIDBITS Undergraduate students from Mendocino County attending the University of Santa Barbara have been named to the Dean's List.

Recognized were John Gallo, son of Kate Dougherty of Elk, an environmental studies major; Paco Juan, son of Juana Juan of Potter Valley, majoring in mechanical engineering; Justin Dickens, son of Ernie Dickens of Ukiah, majoring in mechanical engineering; Larry Spears, son of Melody Mack of Ukiah, majoring in environmental studies; Stephen Nunnemaker, son of Shannon Nunnemaker of Willits, majoring in business economics; and Bill Savage, son of Kern Savage of Willits, majoring in business economics. DAILY 3: 8, 3. CORRECTION The Uklth Dally Journal IMM thla (MM to correct arrora or maka clarlflcatlona to nawa Significant arrora In obltuariaa or Mrth wlH rwult In reprinting SLtfi JOURNAL PHONES Main Numbers 468-3500, 468-0123 Circulation Number 468-3533 WEATHER Outlook: Cloudy Yesterday's high 65 Overnight low 41 Last year's high 77 Last year's low 41 Rainfall As of 8 a.m. today .07 Season to 40.27 Last year to 27.23 Journal Irom il 40 top md your Fire erupts at cult's battered HQ rMjin fennuni By CHIP BROWN The Associated Press WACO, Texas A huge fire erupted today at a religious cult compound after FBI agents in an armored vehicle smashed the buildings and pumped tear gas into them in an attempt to end a 51-day standoff. Flames engulfed much of the complex, sending huge clouds of smoke into the air.

None of the nearly 100 people believed to be inside the compound was seen leaving immediately. The fire began moments after an armored vehicle rammed one of the buildings. There Willits trash center eyed by coast Garbage-sorting plant could help keep Fort Bragg rates low By CHRIS CALDER for Ths Journal A garbage-sorting plant touted as the solution to Mendocino County's landfill woes was unveiled before Fort Bragg City Council members last week. Willits City Manager Gordon Logan and Bill Koch, owner of a large railroad-side industrial site in that town, asked the Fort Bragg council to support their endeavor to build a $4.2 million "material recovery facility" where Little Lake Industries used to stand. The plant, said Logan, could reduce trash hauling fees all over the county by more than 15 percent, and extend local landfill-life by 30 years.

Logan asked for a "statement of interest" from the city. Later, if the plan proceeds, he will ask Fort Bragg to send its trash to the plant, and possibly help pay for the operation. Council members looking for a way to cap ever-increasing trash- disposal costs the city is now eyeing another 9 percent rate hike listened eagerly to Koch's presentation and granted the non-. binding statement. But the proposal, which would need a majority of the county's trash to work, also pointed up divisions between city and county governments supposed to be forging a joint solution to trash disposal.

The Willits proposal was developed in private, at the same time that the Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority, a team of city and unty representatives, was supposed to be looking for alternatives to building another landfill in the county like a waste separation plant. Fourth District Supervisor Liz Henry was a little put off that the Willits group introduced its idea without checking with the countywide trash authority first. "I won't turn down any good idea," Henry said, "but this is the See TRASH, Back Page appeared to be no immediate effort to put the fire out The fire broke about six hours after FBI agents in an armored vehicle began ripping holes in the walls of the compound where Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and his followers were barricaded. Agents were met by heavy gunfire but no injuries were reported. "At this point we're not negotiating," FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said at a news briefing about a half hour before the fire began.

"We're saying come out. Come out with your hands up. This matter is over." Ricks had said agents were shielded from the gunfire and didn't return it. Before the fire, there were no reports of injuries to Koresh or any of his 95 followers. Ricks had said non-lethal, "non- pyrotechnic" tear gas was being pumped throughput the compound, including through its compound's front door, into the room believed to be Koresh's, and into a buried bus and underground tunnel network.

Ricks said. All of the nearly 80 adults inside were believed to have gas masks, though they likely would be effective only for up to eight At this point we're not negotiating. We're saying come out. Come out with your hands up. This matter is over.

Ricks FBI spokesman See CULT, Back Page Mendocino residents stand for theWng.ng of the "National Anthem" at the dedication of Mendocino ballpark dedicated Residents put the final touches on the new stadium ajor League baseball teams met in Mendocino Sunday after rain forced a delay in dedicating Friendship Park Stadium. The new field of dreams has been in the works since the late 1980s. However, formal organization and construction didn't begin until October 1992, when Paul Sutterly took over leadership of the Mendocino Youth Ballpark Association. Adult and teen-age volunteers from throughout Mendocino gathered donations and contributed thousands of hours of work to put the facility together. More than $40,000 was raised to build the ballpark and around $100,000 donated in in-kind contributions.

The ballfield features tiled- restrooms, picnic kitchen, See Stadium, Back Page PARKS WALK Saturday apartment fire still under investigation The Ukiah Fire Department is still investigating the cause of an early Saturday morning blaze at a Clay Street apartment complex which left four people homeless. The tenants, Jake Williams, Wade Skaggs, Fern Wright and an unidentified woman who lives with Skaggs, have all been given temporary shelter in a local motel by the Red Cross. The 1 a.m. fire damaged two units of a three-unit building, according to Ukiah Fire Marshal Roe Sandelin. A third unit had to be vacated because its electrical system is tied to the others and Ukiah Fire Department officials were reluctant to reconnect the electricity after the fire.

There are an additional seven units in the string of wooden shacks located alongside the railroad tracks and behind the Sun House museum. Sandelin said the fire the cause of which has still not been determined took 20 minutes to See FIRE, Back Page Ukiah man robbed by youths An 83-year-old man was robbed Sunday morning by a group of young men wielding sticks. According to the Ukiah Police Department, the Ukiah resident, who didn't want his identity revealed, was walking in the Yokayo Shopping Center parking lot at when he was approached by four young men in a large dark- colored sedan, The suspects got out carrying sticks and one of them came up to the man and threatened to kill him if he did not give them his money. That suspect is described as feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds, wearing a light colored, hooded sweatshirt pulled aver his face. The victim gave him a small the incident urged to.