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4A PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER, Petaluma CA, Friday, December 5, 1997 Sharing smiles Foundation joins search for girl tf? Z. By SUSAN LAUER Argus-Courier Staff The Petaluma-based Polly Klaas Foundation has joined the search for a Eureka girl who disappeared from the North Coast town five days before her 17th birthday last week. Karen Marie Ay Si A NMH Tt, VV 1 f' I 1 'fe photo and description and transmitted it to all Northern California law enforcement agencies. The coverage has been expanded to include all of California and Oregon. A reward fund of $10,000 has been established for information that leads to the recovery of Mitchell.

In Eureka, the Karen Mitchell Information Center has been set up and 500 volunteers, including her junior class from Eureka High School, are distributing fliers. Mitchell is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and 130 pounds. She has blue-green eyes, a fair complexion and straight neck-length sandy to dark blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a tan long-sleeved shirt and baggy dark brown corduroy pants. sipil Mitchell, missing since Nov.

25, was last seen at 2:45 p.m. walking to her volunteer job at Humboldt Child Care Council. 2 City panels to discuss sewer plant proposals Two city panels, which have been studying the new sewer plant proposals, will come together Monday to discuss negotiation issues as the city secures the least expensive way of constructing and operating a new wastewater treatment plant. The public is invited to a joint meeting of the City Council and the Citizen's Wastewater Advisory Committee Monday evening at the Petaluma Community Center at 320 N. McDowell Blvd.

Two private firms want to build and run the sewer facility for 30 years. The city will negotiate with both companies then make a comparison of a publicly built and operated plant to determine whether ratepayers will get a better deal with private or public operations. The City Council and advisory committee have discussed the wastewater issue at their respective meetings in the past, but the joint study session will allow members of die panels to exchange ideas and study the issue together at one time. No decisions will be made during the meeting. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

and the council will go immediately into closed session. After the private session the council will take public comment. The study session is scheduled to begin at 7 :4,. It. She never ar- rived.

Karen Mitchell The foundation prepared a missing child flyer with the teen-ager's 1 7-year-old boy arrested for marijuana possession Eric RoadArgus-Courter staff Sonoma Mountain Elementary School first-graders Maggie Lee (left), Alex Hawley, Brandon DeMiguel and Tyler Lynch are proud of the hundreds of smiling construction-paper faces they and students throughout the school made Monday for World AIDS Day. The art works are being sent to the Oakland Children's Hospital, UCSF and UC Davis, where most of the children infected with AIDS in Northern California are treated. continue with a probation search. They encountered a family member leaving the house with a large garbage bag containing more than half a pound of marijuana. Officers learned the family had heard of the arrest and were attempting to destroy the evidence.

No additional arrests were made at the house. The investigation is continuing. A 17-year-old Petaluma resident was arrested Tuesday for possession of marijuana and a probation violation after a police search turned up five baggies of the weed and a small amount of cash in his vehicle. After stopping the boy while driving near Bassett and Post streets and arresting him, officers immediately went to his house to Education Briefs in the fall of 1998 are encouraged to pick up a scholarship application packet at the SSU scholarship office, 1801 E. Cotati Rohnert Park.

Applications are due back March 2, 1998. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA over their most recent 30 semester units. An estimated 400 awards will be offered. For further information, call 664-2261. tice.

Scholarly manuscripts on theory, methods, data sources, policing, the courts, corrections, the profession, education and other topics will be accepted for publication. Applications for SSU scholarships SSU students or those planning to attend Sonoma State University Crime online at Sonoma State Patrick Jackson, professor of criminal justice administration at Sonoma State University, and SSU instructor Barbara Bloom have established an online journal on criminology (http:wcr.sonoma. edu) for publication and discussion of criminology and criminal jus Police beef up traffic patrol obituary Petaluma Police will be out in Frank G. Ricci Photographer, musician Frank G. Ricci, a lifelong resident of Petaluma, died Dec.

2, 1997 at a local convalescent hospital after being in ill health since Parent-Sorensen Mortuary MAGNOLIA KEOKUK PETALUMA FOR INFORMATION, PHONE 763-4131 MARTIN D. (BUZZ) RODGERS, DirectorOwner JAMES M. SMITH, DirectorOwner RICQ Died in Petaluma, CA. December 2, 1997. Frank G.

Ricci. Devoted husband of the late Angie Ricci. Loving cousin of Jim Ricci of Petaluma, Laura Pedrotti of Rodeo, Lucille Allen of Walnut Creek, Marcelline Fisher of Napa, Joan Roche of Petaluma, and the late Remo Ricci. Dear friend of Guido and Iris Boccaleoni and Fred Jennings of Petaluma, Bud Ehlers of Martinez, and Don Meacham of Femdale, CA. Also survived by many cousins in Italy and several nieces and nephews.

A native of Petaluma, CA. Age 85 years. A member of St. Vincent de Paul Church and Italian Catholic Federation. Friends were invited to attend the Funeral Services, Friday, December 5, 1997 at 9:30 A.M., from the PARENT-SORENSEN MORTUARY, Magnolia Ave.

Keokuk Petaluma, thence to St. Vincent de Paul Church, where at 10:00 A.M., a Funeral Mass was celebrated. A Vigil Service was held Thursday evening, at 6:30 P.M., at the mortuary. Those who prefer may contribute to St. Vincent de Paul Church Capital Campaign or to St.

Vincent's Schools, 35 Liberty Petaluma, CA. 94952 in memory of Frank G. Ricci. Friends called at the mortuary after 10:00 A.M. on Thursday.

Entombment Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Petaluma, CA. BEACH Passed away December 2, 1997. Delia M. Beach. Dear wife of the late Leslie Carl Jeppsen.

Loving mother of Stephen Jeppsen of Florida, Karen Huerta, Jolene Blair, both of Petaluma, and Larry Clark Jeppsen of Utah. Dear grandmother of Stephen Tiffany, Missy, Cubby, Karli, and Kristina. Beloved great-grandmother of Taylar, Tanner, and Jordan. Dear sister of LaJeanne Eck-strom of Utah. Loving aunt of Jeff Benedict and Terry Thompson.

A native of Utah. Age 70 years. At her request no local services will be held. Memorial contributions preferred to Hospice of Petaluma. 415 Petaluma, CA 94952.

Arrangements under the direction of PARENT-SORENSEN MORTUARY. An avid 49ers fan, he was the official photographer for the Argus-Courier when the team played at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium. Many of his photographs of the 49ers and the semi-pro Petaluma Leghorns football team were printed in the Argus-Courier over the years. He was also a talented musician, playing drums in many bands and orchestras in the North Bay area, including the Stan Goldman Dixieland Band and Guido Boccaleoni. He was a member of the St.

Vincent de Paul Church and the Italian Catholic Federation. Mr. Ricci was the husband of the late Angie Ricci, who preceded him in death in 1976. He is survived by cousins Jim Ricci and Joan Roche of Petaluma, Laura Pedrotti of Rodeo, Lucille Allen of Walnut Creek and Marcelline Fisher of Napa. He leaves behind numerous good friends, cousins in Italy, and nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass was held at Sl Vincent de Paul Church at 10 a.m. today. Entombment is at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. The family prefers memorials be made to St. Vincent de Paul Church Captial Campaign or to St.

Vincent Schools, 35 Liberty Petaluma, 94952. force this evening in an effort to remove drunken or unlicensed drivers from the road. Between 4:30 pjm. and 2:30 a.m. the Serious Traffic Offender Program Saturation Patrol Unit will have eight single-officer patrol units on duty.

Officers will conducting what they call "proactive maximum traffic enforcement," targeting drunken I drivers, drivers with suspended or no licenses and other hazardous traffic violations. The mandatory towing policy "no license, no car, no exceptions" and 30-day impound will be enforced. The traffic safety program is funded through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. CARD OF THANKS May. He was 85.

Mr. Ricci was bom, reared and educated Petaluma and was a graduate of St. Vincent High School. After his schooling, he worked for a time for the Bank of America, then served in the Army during World War II. He returned to Petaluma and worked as a postal clerk at the Petaluma Post Office until his retirement in the early 1980s.

CARD OF THANKS A POEM OF THANKS ARTSPOUNI Perhaps you sent a lovely card, made a donation, Or sat quietly in a chair; Perhaps you sent beautiful flowers, If so, we saw them there. Perhaps you sent or spoke kind words As any friend could say; Perhaps you were not there at all Just thought of us that day. Perhaps good food came from you As an expression of your caring. Whatever you did to console the heart, We thank you so much, whatever the part. Special thanks to: Doctors and staff at Petaluma Valley Hospital Emergency Room, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, and Pleasant Care Convalescent of Petaluma, the wonderful helpful staff at Hospice of Petaluma Kevin Rose of Santa Rosa.

From the Family of Art Spolini Charles Marty We wish to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many acts of kindness, messages of sympathy, floral offerings and donations to the several funds in memory of our loved one. The Family of Charles Marty FUNERAL NOTICE MINNER Died in Sonoma, CA December 4, 1997. Bernadine J. Minner. Wife of the late Walter Minner.

Mother of Kathleen Murray of Sonoma, David Minner of Petaluma and James Minner of San Francisco. Mother-in-law of Margaret Minner. Grandmother of Christopher, Joseph, Emily and Jennifer Minner and Janelle Murray. A native of San Francisco. Age 78 years.

An administrative assistant for the Monitor Newspaper for the Archdiocese of San Francisco for sixteen years. Active in volunteer work for Sonoma Valley Hospital Volunteers Visitors Bureau and Vintage House. An 18 year resident of Sonoma. Friends are invited to attend a Catholic Blessing Service on Saturday, December 6, 1997 at 10:00 A.M., at DUGGAN'S MISSION CHAPEL 525 W. Napa Sonoma, CA.

Donations to Vintage House, 264 First St. East, Sonoma, CA 95476. Arrangements under direction of Duggan's Mission Chapel, Mission Cremation Service, Sonoma, CA. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA on Monday, Dec. 8, 1997 at 11:00 A.M.

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