Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 5

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1989 COMMUNITY THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL Salmen budding artist By JENNY ROSS Journal Intern Ncal Salmon is a 13-year-old world traveler and artist. His paintings of Hong Kong Harbor and Russian Gulch were among those hung in the Redwood Valley Middle School Library for that school's recent art contest. Ncal won best of show. Neal doesn't consider himself an artist, contrary to the ability shown by his work. According to his mother, Neclam Salmen, no one was expecting any art of his caliber to be entered in the school contest.

Ncal's grandfather, Herman Salmon was an amateur artist, who gave away most of his paintings to friends, for weddings and birthdays. A native of Rumania, he had been a local contractor, residing in Redwood Valley at the time of his death, six years ago. Neal grew up surrounded by his grandfather's paintings, and they may have influenced his art ability. But, Ncal feels he owes most of his knowledge of art to his art teacher, Barbara Daniels. He has aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents interested in the arts.

He definitely has art in his blood, according to his mother. Although Ncal was born in Ukiah and has lived his whole life in Redwood Valley, he has traveled all over the world. He has traveled to Bombay India, his mother's birthplace, 3 times. On his way to India, he and his family stopped off in Hong Kong. "It (Hong Kong) is real clean and nice with lots of skyscrapers," Neal said.

In Alaska, he visited Juneau and Ketchikan. He Neal Salmen displays his painting of Hong Kong harbor. saw many beautiful sights and saw a few Bald Eagles. "The glaciers were huge chunks of ice or mountains of ice. Some were real flat," Neal said.

He has also been to New York and Florida Ncal likes to paint but his first love is sketching. He feels he could never give up drawing. He really loves it. In his spare time he sketches. Neal has great determination.

His dream is to continue to paint and draw and be good at it. "He is very self motivated," his mother said. Neal painted from photos he obtained from his instructor. One is of Russian Gulch and the other is of Hong Kong Harbor. Both paintings are done in water color.

The colors he chose for the Hong Kong Harbor are grays, aqua and some brown shading. He started painting with water color about one year ago. His paintings took approximately 2 months each to complete. He is a 7th grader. Most of his friends draw, but as far as he knows none of them paint.

He is just beginning to experiment with painting and will continue to follow his teacher's instruction. Daniels said the reason she started Neal with water colors is it is so important to keep a student interested in what he is doing, not allowing him to get board "I vary the lesson so he will enjoy it," she said. "It is very important to keep producing between lessons," she added. "It is a question of the more you practice the better you get. He definitly has the raw material." When Neal isn't drawing, he plays piano, golf, baseball, nintcn- do and watches television.

He is an avid collector of baseball cards. His favorite television show is "Cheers" and he likes comedy movies. "I hate that show ('Married with Children')," he stated. Although many people find Neal talented and interesting, he was amazed when asked for an interview. ABOUT FRIENDS SAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRIGIBLE FUND TO THE (IKOEKOF r.itjruet i.

AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY Photo of Henry Plymire's canceled check for purchase of dirigible base land that became Moffett Field. Henry Plymire The canceled check for $476,065 and 90 cents which purchased one thousand acres of the Yniga ranch on the banks of the South Bay for the construction of an airbase Moffett Field is a possession of Henry M. Plymire of Ridgewood, in Willits. Plymire, a 20-year veteran of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, acquired the canceled check when a new chamber of cpmmrerce manager was cleaning house and tossed it into a pile of junk. Recognizing its significance, Plymire rescued the piece of paper dated July 30, 1931.

The check represents the work of many Bay Area communities to bring lighter than aircraft to the bay. The counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco and Alameda set up financing to provide the land for the field. San Francisco raised $330,000. Santa Clara County comunitics contributed most of the remaining $100,000. Others made smaller donations.

Once the land was purchased it was sold to the U.S. Navy for $1. The purchase funds were raised during the heart of the depression when many people were having a hard time finding employment. The $5 million authorized by Herbert Hoover for construction of the new air field and 211-foot high dirigible hangar meant an average of 500 construction jobs a Puppeteers prepare for Mammal Day i-ae Woodward These young people from Mariposa School, (left to right) Katy Joksch, Samara Shalom and Leland Jackness, are practicing for Mammal Day at the Ukiah Library Friday. The special event, sponsored by the Families for Literacy Program, will be presented from 11 a.m.

until noon. It will be free, and children will be encouraged to take their own stuffed mammals. In addition to the puppet show, "The Skunk and the Trap," other activities of the day will include petting live rabbits, mammal mask coloring, and a visit from Dee Dee Deer. Pomolita students rated superior at solo, ensemble music festival Burton Arthur Plnoll month. The 500 or so people housed at the base also provided a boost to the Bay Area economy.

A photo of Plymire's souvenir appeared on a bookmark during the 50th anniversary of the field. It was printed by the University National Bank and Trust Company. Burton Pinoli One of the proud possessions of Norris and Grace Pinoli, who reside on the Boonville Road, is a copy of Outstanding Young Men of America in which the name of their son, Burton Arthur Pinoli, appears. The former Ukiahan is an international management consultant in China. He is employed by Northwest Airlines as a city manager in Beijing.

Pinoli served as credit analyst and commercial loan officer for the farm bank system in Ukiah from 1986 to 1987. He returned to school for a master's degree in his field, and received it in May, 1988, from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. This is not Pinoli's first experience in China. From 1981 to 1986, he traveled extensively in China, Hong Kong, and Africa as manager of sales and business development for Transamerica Airlines. Pinoli is proficient in Chinese.

He was married in 1987 to So Yen, a native of Hong Kong. His mother-in-law, Madam So Lai, is a business woman in that international city. Pinoli's first experience abroad, as a member of the 4-H Club, was as an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to India. He was born in Santa Rosa and graduated from Montgomery High School. He received his bachelor of science degree in agri-businesses from the California Stale University at Fresno.

Other courses have included financial statement analysis, investment analysis and interna- lional accounting and countertrade. Anthony Park Anthony John Park, son of Joseph Richard Park of Layton- villc has been named to the dean's list at the University of California at Santa Barbara. A senior at Santa Barbara, Park is a business economics major. F.van Johnson Receiving superior ratings at music festival were Janine Sandier (foreground), Katrina Thissen (background) and (left to right) Rachel Rains, Nick Mirov, Peter Chang and Francis Lampson. Two duets and two solo performances by students from the Pomo- lita Middle School music department were rated superior this month at the Solo Ensemble Festival in Napa.

Performances included both instrumental and vocal selections, Janeen Sandier and Frances Lampson, sixth graders, presenjted a violin duet. Katrina Thissen and Rachel Rains, of the seventh grade, gave a soprano and alto duet in Italian. Winning solos were by Peter Chang and Nick Mirov. Both are eighth graders and both play cello. Outstanding performances also given by sixth graders included a violin solo by John Valcntc; cello duct by Casey Dunn and Michael Nickelson; bass solo, Sarah Brown; string quartet by Frances Lampson, Janccn Sandier, John Valcnlc and Casey Dunn; and soprano solo by Janeen Cortina, in Italian.

Outstanding performances by seventh and eighth graders were presented by Natalie Ruoff, viola solo; Roy Norris, Frances Lampson, Jed and Peter Chang, string quartet; Tom Chang, Dan Brown, Darcy Vaughn and Nick Mirov, string quartet; and Tom Chang, Darcy Vaughn and Larry Briner, string trio. Community News Notes Hot dog sale this week Representatives of the Mcndo- cino Ballet Company arc making plans for a hot dog and Coke sale Friday and Saturday in front of Safeway. Sale hours will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds will benefit activities for the dancers.

Girls Scouts still selling cookies Ukiah Neighborhood, Girl Scouts, still have cookies to sell. CALENDAR The girls are finishing up their cookie sales this week. They sold cookies Monday in front of Alberlsons and will be selling them again Saturday until they are gone, according to local leader, Pam Meek. She said sales will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Spaghetti feed Friday by firemen The Brooktrails Fire Department will host its ninth annual spaghetti! feed Friday al Brooktrails. Diners will be fed from 5 lo 8 p.m. in the Brooklrails Community Center. Admission will be $4 for adults and $3.50 for children. Tickets arc available at the Book- trails Fire House or from any Brooktrails fire fighter, according to Mike Vickcrs.

Youth Project sponsors workshop The Mendocino County Youth Project is sponsoring a workshop, "Strengthening the Family A Latino Perspective," Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Saturday Afternoon Clubhouse, corner of Church and Oak streets. Participation is encouraged for all persons and agencies working with Latino youth, families and the community, according to Val Peres, special populations program coordinator. Informalion will be offered on prevention and treatment of child abuse and family violence in a culturally appropriate manner, she announced. TONIGHT AEROBICS FOR WOMEN, by Body and Soul.

5:15 p.m., Evangelical Free Church, 750 Yosemite Ukiah. NEW AEROBICS, 5:30 p.m., Deerwood Club, 2150 Arroyo Deerwood. LOW IMPACT AEROBICS, for adull beginners, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Suite 48, 966 Mazzoni Ukiah. Call 468-8443. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, 6 p.m., 741 S.

Oak St. in the rear. Open to the public, no lees, no dues, no weigh-ins. Call 485-0889. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 6-7 p.m., 2181 S.

State Ukiah. TOPS Of) Pounds SanalMy) CLUB NO. 1758, 6 p.m., Autumn Leaves, 425 E. Gobbi Ukiah. LOW IMPACT AEROBICS, Intermediate adult class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Suite 4B, 966 Mazzoni Ukiah.

Call 468-8443. TAJ CHI CHIH, 630 to 730 p.m., 741 S. Oak Ukiah. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, sponsored by Homemakers Hospice, 7 p.m., 101 W. Church Ukiah.

POST 1900, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hail, corner ol Seminary Avenue and Oak Street, Ukiah. PARENTS UNITED, 7 p.m., sell-help group offering counseling for sexually abusive persons and adults abused as children. Phone 463-4919. Sponsored by Mendocino Counly Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program. BEGINNERS SQUARE DANCE, class for adults with partners, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Frank Zeek School, 1060 N.

Bush St. Cost $2.50 per person. Call 485-8228, 462-3056 or 463-7996. BIBLE STUDY GROUP, 7:30 p.m., 1348 S. Slate Apt.

5. Call 468-1647. SMOKELESS AA MEETING, 8 p.m., Senior Center, 497 Leslie St. FELLOWSHIP GROUP AA MEETING, 8 p.m., 2205 S. State St.

Call 463-1199. FRIDAY TOASTMASTERS, 6:30 American Savings and Loan community room. 700 Slate Ukiah. FELLOWSHIP GROUP AA MEETINGS, 8 30 am 2205 S. State St.

Call 463 1199. TAX PREPARATION FOR SENIORS, 9 lo 11:30 a.m., Ukiah Senior Center, 495 tesliu St. STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) CLINIC, 9 am. to 2 p.m., Mendocino Health Department oHices, 890 Bush Ukiah. AEROBICS FOR WOMEN, Body and Soul, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Evangelical Free Church, 750 Yosemito Dr.

REDWOOD VALLEY TOPS (Take Oil Pounds Sensibly). 9:30 a.m., First Baptist Church, Ellen Lynn (off West Road), Redwood Valley. Call 485-8260 or 743-1133 NEW AEROBJCS, 9:30 a.m., Deerwood Club, 2150 Arroyo Ukiah. FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mendocino County Health Department, 890 N.

Bush UKiah. STRETCH CLASS, 10 a.m., Redwood Health Club, 3101 S. State St. Call 468-0441. SENIORS' PHYSICAL FITNESS, 10 a.m., Municipal Clubhouse.

600 Park SENIOR DAY CARE SERVICE lor frail elderly, 10 a.rn to 3 p.m., 640 Orchard Ukiah. For arrangoments call 462-7207. GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM, open 10 a rn. to 4 30. 431 Mam Ukiah.

GENTLE STRETCH CLASS, 11 a.m., Deerwood Club. 2150 Arroyo Deerwood. MAMMAL DAY, 11 a.m. to noon, Children's Room, Ukiah PuWic Library, comer of Main and Perkins streets HOT DOG SALE, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m..

in front ol Safeway. Bonelit for Mendocino Ballet Company..