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B4 The Sacramento Bw Final Saturday 2600 deputies going to court? Union chief says they should all attend post-sickout hearing his union were not behind the sickout a contention that the county has never believed The deputies union and the county have been unable to reach a new contract for two years Those deputies listed by name in the court papers are under no order to show up in Placer County court said Michelle Bach supervising deputy county counsel Directors of the Sacramento County Deputy Association will be released from duty to attend the hearings Denham said but all others are supposed to show up for work as scheduled If any deputies wish to protest the order that stopped the sickout she said they can head up on their own time to the Friday hearing which is to determine whether to make the no-sickout order permanent status conference is to set the ground rules for hearing said Bach and involves no that means that literally every deputy must show up for the follow-up status conference Monday and another hearing Friday are rather ludicrous said Robert Denham chief deputy of correctional services for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department scheduled to work Monday are expected to perform their Phillips disagrees saying they have to be in Placer court deputies are going to take county he said Those not on duty get overtime he added about $120000 worth Who is supposed to respond to emergencies back in Sacramento County? my said Phillips is something that the county should have contemplated before they embarked on this course of County officials said they had to list the 95 deputies and probation officers who had been calling in sick because Phillips said he and ByTomPhilp Bee Staff Writer Imagine every single Sacramento County sheriffs deputy sitting in court miles away in Auburn their squad cars parked outside unavailable to respond to calls That is what deputies union chief Wendell Phillips says he has in mind for Monday when he says that the entire department should show up to a court status conference involving the recent five-day sickout Sacramento County officials on the other hand say they have instructed deputies to stick to their normal schedules on Monday The sickout ended Tuesday after a Placer County judge ordered all the deputies back to work The court papers filed by Sacramento County attorneys listed about 95 alleged sickout participants and instigators by name and cited 2500 more Under interpretation Island: Also flooded in storms Continued from page B1 surprised by the break" Schultz said intention is to repair the break drain the island and get it back to normal by the end of September have told the state we should be able to proceed with our long-term plans" he said Little Mandeville Island -whose floor is 6 feet below sea level was also flooded in 1986 during the big Delta-swelling storms It also has been a victim of a tough real estate market The island has been for sale for at least four years with a reported asking price of $25 million So far no one has bought it Schultz said In recent years the current owners have used the island as a duck club Before the latest flooding the state was in the process of buying development rights over the whole island said Ed Littrell environmental specialist for the Delta Levees Project of the state Department of Fish and Game Region 2 Under the state plan the island would remain private property However 100 acres would be set aside for habitat development and a matching 100 acres would be set aside for wildlife feed plots ensuring the survival of pheasants songbirds and other creatures CONTRA COSTA COUNTY A levee break leaves Little Mandeville Island under 6 feet of water et of water Bee graphicMitchell Body identified as Sacramento teen would like to see the island drained and repaired so that we can proceed with our Littrell said adding the goal is to complete the habitat within two years soon as the land is dry the work (on the habitat) will he said Schultz said he believe the island is suitable for multiple uses including duck hunting Why the levee broke has not been determined may never know the cause because washed Coe said The state plans to pay about $247000 for the easement on the island along with $217655 for development operation and maintenance of the habitat area In addition a $488000 trust fund has been set up for perpetual operation and maintenance of the area Bee staff writer Elisa Rocha contributed to this report Camp: Job training haircuts offered By Janine DeFao Bee Staff Writer A decomposed body found in a North Natomas cornfield Sunday has been identified as that of Tyrone Wortham 17 of North Sacramento But family members and police continue to wonder when and where Wortham died who killed him and why Family members said Wortham had been missing for more than a week when two people returning from a fishing trip found his body riddled with bullets near the Sacramento County line He had been dead anywhere from five days to two weeks according to the office Sacramento police said they have no suspects or motive and are trying to track down how Wortham spent his last 24 hours Family members recall that Wortham received a telephone call from a girl that day although they are not sure of the date Wortham then left the home of his grandmother where he was spending the summer on his bicycle which was later found at a nearby supermarket said his mother Betty Self know why anybody had to hurt said Self tearfully looking at a family portrait taken last year of herself and her six children in trouble with nobody not that I know Wortham had been hanging out with the wrong crowd but seemed to be back on the right track for the past three or four months his family said had changed to be so different He was staying home most of the said his grandmother Annie Self Wortham described by family as an outspoken jolly youth who was always willing to help out was a student in a continuation program at Vista Nueva High School where he was on probation they said His aunt Maggie Self said school officials had said he was doing well and been in any trouble family in Sacramento but she relishes the thought of being able to make it on her own Mars said OK to get help from your family but I think you should leech off Services at this camp are worth $14 million said Don Harper director of the third annual event He is one of about 400 volunteers at the camp But the Stand Down is still not enough to sufficiently help homeless veterans said Harper also the director of Vietnam Veterans of California Inc The 1500 to 1800 homeless veterans in the Sacramento area need year-round assistance to get off the streets he said Harper hopes to start a Northern California reintegration program that would specialize in employment training for homeless veterans The proposed program and the Stand Down are two examples of others picking up the slack left by a government that ignores the problem he said Organizing veterans programs is easy not mandatory not popular or politically Harper said we do it because the right thing to Diane Irwin hide her gratitude toward the camp volunteers She eagerly waved at some and called others by name on Friday For three days every year she said given her family a home Continued from page B1 sometimes just enough for dinner said Diane Irwin Sometimes they have enough cash for a hotel room but they spend many nights apart from one another in homeless shelters where men and women allowed under the same roof When all other options have dried up they spend their nights on the streets one time camped under a water tower she said The Stand Down is both a refuge and a place for new beginnings said Irwin who has attended the event all three years Their daughter Ashley has cerebral palsy and a learning disability and her parents hope the Stand Down can help her get the schooling she needs Already' Ashley had found a brightly colored shirt and a doll among the boxes of donated items at the camp Diane Irwin said she would visit one of the doctors about the painful cramps in her stomach The family would also visit an on-site dentist Other services include employment training eye testing counseling and haircuts In tire Municipal Court a judge will clear misdemeanor cases for participants making it easier for them to get jobs where peacetime veteran Lillian Mars 40 was headed Friday afternoon She hopes to clear her record of a traffic violation Step two for Mars is getting a job and a home outside the Salvation Army Shelter Mars said she has NO INTEREST FORI YEAR PAY NO SALES TAX B)RI 44000 Square Feet of Furniture Savings Design Services Available Special Order Services Available r92 Live Radio Remote Broadcast Meet Lynda Clayton From 12 PM-2 PM SAVE 20 TO 40 OFF RETAIL PRICES KVIE chief leaving public TV channel i i i ti I 4 -Vi John Hershberger mm I I I 5 I I )U h'-njff -yrw (A: turn Kin I rTi -fcS i I 1 jr t- It i 1 -r-j I I to HAM ENfERTAlNMEWTOENTERSlI oWsXCeTno 599 OVER60STYllES ONDISPLAY times to move on to new Like many other public television stations across the country Channel 6 was the victim of a poor economy in 1991 and 1992 The station was beset with lower-than-expected on-air pledges fewer membership renewals and shortfalls in corporate support Hershberger was targeted for criticism in 1991 and 1992 when Channel 6 made three staff cuts totaling 31 positions implemented pay cuts and reduced its local programming efforts to cut costs In order to save $50000 a year the program guide was downsized from a 20-page booklet to an eight-page pamphlet However not only has Channel 6 met its revenue projections the past two fiscal years (revenue in excess of $8 million each year) gone over the breakeven point the past two Hershberger said on Friday By Dan Vierria Bee TV Writer John Hershberger president and general manager at Channel 6 (KVIE) for the past 15 years will be- leaving the public television station on Aug 31 'According to a station statement released Friday Hershber-gef and the KVIE board of directors agreed to enter a new contract" when his current one expires at the end of the month The chief financial officer Mike Levine will serve as interim general manager beginning Sept 1 until a replacement is hired Hershberger 52 said Friday that he was unable to discuss specifics concerning his departure because has to do with my agreement with the After leaving KVIE he said he will do some work for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Christy Anderson chairwoman After 15 years at Channel 6 he says time move on to new adventures" of the KVIE board of directors was unavailable for comment Friday In a prepared statement from Channel 6 Hershberger said accomplished what I set out to do: to build a strong financially solvent station that provides valuable services to thousands of people in our community After struggling through some difficult years recently we totally turned things around and just completed one of the best years in our 35-year history the best of all possible ystdr A 0 I v' (SAVE OMAliDBEDROlDMlGROyPSi SPECIAL SAVINGS gMAlfli LEATHER'FURNISHING'S Trail: Rocklin also plans small park MODEL COMFORT REST MODEL POSTUREPEDIC SIMMONS would have educational as well as aesthetic qualities The Placer Land Trust shares ownership of 35 acres on the north fork of the American River and operates the Placer Nature Center in Christian Valley where school-children learn about the history culture flora and fauna It also works with land owners to obtain recreation easements that provide tax benefits and permanent protection of property for aesthetic and educational uses according to Totaro ing the cities is all too clear to Roland Bergthold who lives in Roseville and teaches botany at Sierra College in Rocklin would be wonderful to have an alternate way to get to Sierra he said there were a safe alternate to using cars it would provide an alternative for people who want to save the air build muscle and get to and from And Bergthold who has taken citizens and students on tours of the plant life along the local streams suggested the route Continued from page B1 He- said the Rocklin plan also calls for a small park in the China Garden area in the bikeway system of our general plan but it all depends on funding and the availability of Richardson said Most parties acknowledged that although the goal is specific the funding and timetable are uncertain Totaro called the grant a point at which start exploring maybe mapping and talking about the The reason for a trail connect WORLD CLASS WOOL TWIN EAPC 3279 BEAUTYREST PILLOW TOP POSTUREPEDIC PILL0WT0P 3219 TWIN SET $499 lMcu ft capacity Energy Efficient no-frost refrigerator 156 cu ft capacity non-frost refrigerator CTHUBYT RT: $8775 saving expected in August WLWUOOSWH Large capacity S-cyrle heavy duty dryer Larre rapacity SS'SHE? for the pair $597 $489 50 SMID REBATE I 100 TRADER REFRIGERATOR DISPENSES CRUSHED ICE CUBES CHILLED WATER A $586 50 SMID REBATE 100 TRADE IX $436 Family owned since 1952 HOURS: like living with saved Regional Transit $40000 over the summer Wiley said Regional Transit plans to put the full number of cars back in service next month but Wiley said it will keep an eye on ridership to determine if further savings are possible just felt in this time of really tight budgets that this was one step we could take to reduce our without riders he said The reduction was part of a budget this year that did llot include a fare hike he said Continued from page B1 uled in early summer when rush-hour ridership typically drops 10 percent was delayed until Tuesday because Regional Transit staff decided to look at July figures Only the number of cars not the number of trips has been reduced Regional Transit estimates it will save $8775 in August with $4500 in maintenance savings and $4275 in electricity costs according to Cameron Beach chief operating officer kad it started earlier the car reduction could have MON FR1 -8PM TUES WED THl'RS SAT SUN 12PM-5PM 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