Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 16

16-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1998- THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL Daily Digest Wednesday, Sept. 30 OBITUARIES Herbert T. Blood A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ukiah cemetery chapel for Herbert T.

Blood. A Ukiah resident for the past 16 years, Mr. Blood died today at a Ukiah hospital. He was 82. Born Dec.

29, 1915, in Denver, the retired insurance agent was the crime prevention coordinator for the Ukiah Police Department. A World War II Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Blood was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Association. He leaves three children, Thomas Blood of Marina, Carrie Hamburg of Ukiah and Deborah Moore of El Cerrito.

He also leaves his longtime companion, Frances Starbird of Ukiah, and a sister, Barbara Broshous of Colorado Springs, Colo. Numerous grandchildren and a great-grandchild also survive. Fiversole Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Maurice 'Buster' Larsen Farrer BOONVILLE Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

3 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Boonville for Maurice "Buster" Larsen Farrer. Mr. Farrer died Sunday, Sept. 27, 1998, in Boonville. He was 87.

Born May 23, 1911, in Boonville, Mr. Farrer was the last son of 11 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrer. Mr.

Farrer's father died in 1918 and in 1922 his mother married loin Lemon and took him with her to live in Utah. There he attended school and spent much of his time polishing his skill as a horseman. His brother Ernest gave him the nickname of Buster, taken from a brand of children's shoes at that time. The name became a permanent part of his life and his real name was seldom heard. In 1928, he married Verma Salmela and they continued to live at the ranch.

In 1934, he worked for the State Division of Highways. And in 1937, he was working in the woods as a scaler for the Rockport Lumber Company. His draft board classification made it necessary for him to work in the shipyards during the World War II years. When lumbering was declared essential work, he returned to the woods in Willits, where he worked as a cat skinner. In 1944, Velma was hired as a teacher in the local high school.

They returned to the valley and Mr. Farrer worked in the woods falling trees. By this time his mother had become an invalid and Mr. Farrer bought the ranch. He made several trips to Canada and up the Alacan Highway to Alaska.

He also made trips to Colorado, Arizona and Utah. He took great pride in possession of good horses and excellent working and hunting dogs. THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY WEATHER EUREKA in to near 50. YESTERDAY'S low clouds and tog moving TEMPERATURES day with chance of rain in he 308 to 105 in near 60 Highs in the to the bier and mountains, in the 706 to the in the mi to the mid in he inland clouds and the with FT. Snow showers in the mountains above 5,000 in the 308 mountains, in the 408 in cos and the lower 708 elsewhere.

BRAGG Amateur Highs in the 406 to the mid-50s mountains, in the upper 506 and 808 at lower watchers: weather UKIAH RAINFALL Water As of 8 To add your Season to Lake Mendocino town to the Last ar.to 1.62 map call (Rainfall season July 1) acre-feet 468-3526 STATE TEMPERATURES Max acre-feet Santa Rosa. Inflow 231 cfs Los San Sarta Barbara. San Luis Obispo. San Of San Rafael cfs temperatures HIGH TIDES AIR measured QUALITY in Uldah Sunset today: 6:59 p.m. High tide: 6:58 p.m.

(Today) Ozone: .036 ppm (state standard .09) 7:06 High tide: (Tomorrow) Carbon Monoxide: 1.63 ppm (20) Sunrise tomorrow: a.m. Nitrogen Dioxide: .016 ppm (.25) In later years he suffered from physical handicaps acquired in accidents. Mr. Farrer was preceded in death by his wife in August 1998. He was also preceded in death by all of his brothers and sisters.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Eversole Mortuary. not be located by police. Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as POLICE REPORTS The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.

BEAR SIGHTING A bear was reported near Gobbi Street and Babcock Lane at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday. It was gone when police arrived. INAPPROPRIATE DRESS A 60- to 70-year-old man wearing nothing but a T-shirt and baseball cap was declined service by an MTA driver who went to pick him up from the Voll Motel at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday.

SUSPICIOUS MAN A man in an older yellow van reportedly followed a girl from Yokayo School to Perkins Street at 5:14 p.m. Tuesday. The man reportedly did not speak to the girl. The van could Oil spill off SF Bay still a mystery Railroad By JORDAN LITE Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO Coast Guard teams searched beaches today for any trace of an oil spill that appeared to be breaking up and moving away from one of the largest breeding sites for marine life outside Alaska. Six three-member patrols went out at dawn on the San Mateo Coast in the Half Moon Bay area, 22 miles south of San Francisco.

Three hours later, they said they had failed to find any evidence the oil had come ashore, said Petty Officer Edwin yngar. Wave action and evaporation apparently joined to dissipate the spill, Lyngar aid. The oil sheen, first reported to be 10 iles long, now measures about 3 miles. About 200 gallons of the 2,300 gallons of oil had been sucked up Tuesday at the initial site 10 miles off San Francisco, said Dana Michaels, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. The Farallon Islands, a collection of barren rocks that are home to thousands of birds and sea lions, are located about 17 miles further west.

Investigators were comparing samples of the thick, heavy oil sent to Federal Oil Pollution Clean-Up Fund laboratories with that on ships that had recently traveled through the waters. They still did not know its origin Tuesday night, Michaels said. "We wish, we wish," she said. "We're doing everything we can to figure out whodunit. "I think maybe we've got a better chance of catching the varmint because it was reported we hope immediately," Michaels added.

The spill, first reported Monday night, occurred at the end of the breeding season, when hundreds of thousands of birds gather in large flocks to teach newborns how to feed themselves. At least nine birds had been reported dead and others were injured, Michaels said. Such spills pose the threat of hypothermia to birds because the oil damages feathers that insulate them from the cold, Michaels said. They may also die from liver or kidney damage after ingesting the oil whilc cleaning themselves, she said. "It is definitely an environmental threat, something we're taking very seriously," said Paul Rhynard, a Coast Guard petty officer.

"That's our primary concern, obviously, minimizing the consequences to the environment." By Tuesday the slick had broken up into baseball-sized tar balls and patches of about eight feet clustered over about a mile, Michaels said. Coming off that was a sheen about 10 miles long. It was unclear whether the oil would ultimately reach the Farallon Islands, Rhynard Surprise drug test shows LA councilman on cocaine Associated Press LOS ANGELES City Councilman Richard Alatorre failed a surprise drug test and lost guardianship of his 10-yearold niece, the Los Angeles Times reported today. Superior Court Judge Henry W. Shatford ordered the drug test on Sept.

17 during his review of the bitter child guardianship batale between Alatorre and the child's father, Henry Lozano, one of the councilman's longtime political rivals. Alatorre apparently was caught off guard when Shatford ordered the drug test in his chambers, after the councilman returned to the courthouse from a lunch break, the newspaper reported. Alatorre's credibility has been totally shredded as to nis profound declaration he has been clean from the use of cocaine," Shatford wrote. testing has proved to the contrary. The fact that Mr.

Alatorre has been unable to cure his cocaine use is indeed a tragedy." Alatorre's lawyer has filed a motion challenging the results of the lab test, the councilman's chief bI staff, Hillary Norton having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal can be reported. Those who feel the information is in the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving reported by law enforcement agencies are reported exceptions. once their case has been concluded so the results error should contact the appropriate agency. In under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes ho CORRECTIONS CORRECTIONS An article submitted by the Redwood Coast Senior Center on Page 3 of Monday's Daily Journal had an incorrect phone number.

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said. He said the oil had moved only about 20 miles south of the city, to Half Moon Bay, but that the weather would determine what path it would take next: Coast Guard and other environmental officials Tuesday night were watching San Mateo County, just south of the city, to see whether the slick would reach shore, Michaels said. The Coast Guard planned to resume cleanup Wednesday morning. No one has taken responsibility for the spill, which was first reported by a vessel that moved through the area Monday. Low visibility hampered helicopters trying to get an overview of the situation.

Gov. Pete Wilson signed legislation Tuesday prohibiting large transport ships from entering state waters unless the owner or operator has an approved oil spill contingency plan. Two years ago, the tanker Cape Mohican spilled at least 40,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay during routine maintenance. Initially, that spill was estimated at just 8,400 gallons. The Mohican spill stretched from the waterfront dock to the mouth of the San Francisco Bay, from Point Reyes to just north of Half Moon Bay.

About 120 miles of Northern California shoreline was affected. Continued from Page I Internet, the immediacy, the spontaneity, the Last March, the Federal Trade Commission surveyed 212 commercial web sites that cater to children. Almost 90 percent were collecting personal information but only 1 percent were obtaining parental permission to do so, according to FTC chairman Robert Pitofsky. The agency, which enforces laws against deceptive and unfair marketing, has issued guidelines to website operators as to what practices might be illegal when it comes to children. In its first case involving Internet privacy, the FTC in August won a settlement with the popular website GeoCities, which collects extensive information from visitors.

GeoCities had promised the information would not be released without permission, but then went ahead and sold it to marketers anyway. GeoCities agreed to notify its members and give them the chance to have their information deleted. It also agreed to link its site to the Federal Trade Commission where visitors could view material on privacy. Pitofsky told senators he sup- Continued from rail funding, Its passage would the NCRA eligible transportation funds from the State tion Improvement the Public account. In a letter to the Assembly, Wilson bill inappropriately NCRA, a freight rail to funding from the way Account." According to the California's State account derived Strike have made for various improvement TransportaProgram and Transportation Page I California writes, "This provides the line, access State High- governor, Highway from state Continued from Page I lenge because the ALRB had not yet certified the election.

Despite the odds, union organizers were optimistic this morning they could convince the company to stop delaying negotiations. Organizer Mali Lopez said Roederer brought in around 20 outside contract workers to take the striking workers' places in the vineyards but most of them chose instead to join the picket line. UFW organizer Greg Kestel said this is the second time contract workers have joined strikers since workers walked off the job the first time, Sept. 10. At that time, they were objecting to being required to share the money they earned picking grapes with the winery's tractor drivers.

Kestel said it was unfortunate the company has decided to play hardball with workers. "A big company like that. They could add a quarter to a Find cars. trucks, molorcycles RV's more mi On The Road Fridays in the Journal NOYO THEATRE 459 NOVO 12695 Specially Film Series this Wed Thur RETURN TO PARADISE 7:00 URBAN LEGEND (R) DAILY: 6:10, 7:25, 9:30 ROUNDERS 0 gasoline taxes is reserved for: street and highway funding, as well as passenger rail service. "The NCRA," said Gov.

Wilson, "must have stronger financial support for capital improvements and maintenance from local government and the business community to be sustained as a viable operation." Although he recognizes the important economic role the railroad plays in the northwest region, he believes "this endeavor should not be the sole responsibility, or even the central responsibility of state government." bottle of (expensive) champagne and this whole thing could have been settled," he said. Carrol said that Roederer's grapes were being picked and the winery was operating smoothly, despite the strike. Roederer is a French-owned company. Its California headquarters is in Oakland. Local grape growers have said they think the reason the company is having problems with workers is the fact its owners don't live locally.

Children Orozco said Tuesday. Alatorre released a statement saying he had complied with the drug screening and was willing submit to future random testing. He questioned "whether the 'laboratory' is in fact an actual testing facility and whether the testing procedures are flawed or improper." A spokesman for the lab, Scientific America, said the firm has done court-ordered drug testing for the past four years in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Licensed nurses collect samples, which are frozen and can be cross-tested by other labs. In the ruling, Shatford stripped Alatorre of guardianship of his niece, Angie, who had been living with the Alatorres since the girl's mother died in 1996.

In his decision, Shatford said that "a very fine family situation" has been "destroyed by the acts and conduct of Mr. Alatorre." Shatford also wrote that Alatorre had "questionable conflict of interest financial dealings as a city councilman." The judge retained Angie Alatorre's guardianship, but ordered that the girl live with her grandmother for now. ports the bill as a way to boost and clarify the FTC's authority to develop stronger rules on Internet privacy. Sen. Conrad Burns, expressed some reservations about parental verification.

What's the difference, he asked, between a child entering an Internet contest, and walking into a store and filling out a contest application by pencil. "The Internet is different in kind rather than by degree," Pitofsky said, because of the electronic ability to slice and dice information. "It really is different in its ability to accumulate information and transfer it," he said. How websites would obtain parental consent isn't spelled out in Bryan's bill. He suggested response cards that could be downloaded from a site and returned by fax or mail.

But experts said the mechanics could be a problem until technology catches up. Jill Lesser, an attorney with America Online, said the service's parental consent program is clumsy and undermines the "interactive experience." "But there's no other way and so we continue to use it in limited experiences," she said. UKIAH THEATRE 612 5. State 462-6788 I RONIN EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:05 DAILY: 1:35:, 4:10, 7:10, 9:30 Urban Legend EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:15 DAILY: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 RUSH HOUR EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:00 PG 13 DAILY: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 lone True Thing DAILY: EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:10 1:40, 4:15, 7:06, 9:35 BLADE DAILY: 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 SMALL SOLDIERS EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:20 DAILY: 1:45 1'4. 13 There's Something About Mary EARLY SHOW SUN: 11:40 DAILY: 4:45,7:20, 9:40 Tune bor 9 22 95 through to 1.