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METROTHE REGION Saturday March 16 1996 B-2 The Modesto Bee The primary one more time from the top ELECTION NOTEBOOK 26TH FORUM The candidates for the 26th Assembly District seat will be featured Wednesday at a public forum organized by the political science club at Stanislaus State University The forum will begin at 7 pm in the event center at Stanislaus State Admission is free The primary winners will vie in November for the right to succeed Assemblyman Sal Cannella D-Ceres who is leaving office because of term limits Election Notebook will appear every Wednesday and Saturday through the March 26 state primary Its purpose is to inform readers on a wide range of issues and events relative to the election The notebook also gives candidates a consistent forum for campaign news such as fund-raising events To have an item appear in notebook it must be received no later than 6 pm Tuesday to appear in notebook items must be received no later than 6 pm Friday For more information on election coverage call 578-2343 Ray Nichols or Dick Pland in District 5 But not all the votes will be cast for people There are plenty of yes-no questions on the ballot also The topics of state propositions range from drive-by shootings to no-fault insurance to mountain lions Local ballot measures range from repealing rent control on mobile home parks in Tuolumne County to allowing the Turlock City Council to continue taxing its residents 4 percent on utilities to help pay for public safety HAGELIN VISIT John Hagelin the presidential candidate for the Natural Law Party will attend a private dinner party at Testarosa Restaurant in Stockton starting at 6:30 pm Tuesday People interested in meeting the presidential hopeful should reserve dinner tickets with Selene Bush at 474-6979 by Monday Tickets are $12 per person The restaurant is at 4722 Quail Lake Drive Merced and Tuolumne counties will choose supervisors There are no contested supervisorial races in Stanislaus County In San Joaquin County voters will pick among Ed Simas Wayne Flores and Karin Jester in District 3 which includes Manteca and between Bob Cabral and Eleanor Bedell-Miller in District 5 which includes Escalon In Merced County voters will choose among Kathleen Crookham Bruce Ga-braulet and Joe Pia in District 2 and between James Bledsoe and Deidre Kelsey in District 4 In Tuolumne County voters will select either Larry Rotelli or Frank Smart in District 1 Mickey DeBemardi Chuck Cor-rales or Mark Thornton in District 4 and Marty Blake Bob Coane Dennis Dunn HORSES: Competitors camp for points As this group has evolved we have started focusing more on education more stuff of interest to the general public and a lot of education on low-impact camping From Bee staff reports The March 26 primary election is 10 days away just enough time to refresh your memory on who among the candidates and what among the local and state initiatives On the national level topping the list is the Republican presidential primary which has been reduced to Sen Bob Dole Pat Buchanan and Alan Keyes For state office the hottest local race continues to be the 26th Assembly District primaries which feature three Democrats Dennis Cardoza Ace Manning and Larry Morse and three Republicans Tom Berryhill Leo Havener and Robert Weth-erbee In San Joaquin County Republican voters will choose either Kurt Boese or George Osborn in the primary to run against state Sen Patrick Johnston D-Stockton in the 5th District election in November At the local level voters in San Joaquin Auction action Lonnie and Mary Miller of Modesto jot down a bid as they browse through myriad items up for auction Friday night at Central Catholic High School the Modesto school's annual fundraiser called BASH for Building A Scholastic Heritage The silent auction early in the evening was followed by oral bidding later in the night Among the items auctioned off was a 1965 Ford Mustang Debbie NodaThe Bee SMOKING: AB 3037 sets new deadline CONTINUED from B-1 duced Assembly Bill 3037 to extend the deadline for Cal-OSHA to come up with the regulations until Jan 1 2000 Cannella voted for AB 13 but he said changing the deadline is only a matter of equity was a provision (of AB 13) that said people can smoke in bars and casinos until Cal-OSHA prepared standards for Cannella said is an area where adults go not children I think the author (of AB 13) understood that in making an Cal-OSHA spokesman Louis Bonsignore said only that the issue is something that is being looked adding that the language of AB 13 is AB 3037 has been assigned to the Assembly Labor committee Kelly By Rebecca Taylor Bee staff writer John Kelly a former leader of Inter-Faith Ministries and the St Vincent de Paul Society died Sunday in Salem Ore He was 71 Mr Kelly was born April 7 1924 in Kearny NJ He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University and served as director of communications at International Business Machines and as vice president of marketing at Memorex Corp He divided his time between New York and California was a committed said Eric Espinoza president of the St Deaths Stanislaus County BRUNSON Clyde 98 of Modesto died March 14 Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Modesto BRYANT William Ill 43 of Modesto died March 14 Allen Mortuary Turlock CALVIN Thomas 78 of Brookings Ore died March 13 Allen Mortuary Turlock ELAM Ross 78 of Turlock died March 14 Allen Mortuary Turlock GUNTER Lenora 54 of Modesto died March 11 Allen Mortuary Turlock HEASLET Bessie 0 96 of Turlock died March 13 Whitehurst Norton Chapel Turlock KELLY John 71 of McMinnville Ore died March 10 Macy Son Funeral Directors McMinnville Ore CONTINUED to be set are camping Judges campsites how well if they supplies those sound respond Today animals the are even too heavy over an bridge Smith boxes to over 160 your mule There demonstrations the how to to from IN BRIEF Body pulled from river still goes unidentified A week after the body of a man was found in the Tuolumne River he still had not been identified The man who drowned appeared to have been in the water about four weeks He was described as bald white 40 to 50 years old with a tattoo of a green snake and leaves with a dagger through them on his right biceps He had a mustache was about 5-foot-7 and 180 pounds and wore blue jeans a blue flower-print western shirt and no shoes The man had recently had brain surgery probably within 10 days prior to his drowning He had undergone an earlier brain surgery Anyone who recognizes the description is asked to call the Stanislaus County office at 525-4630 Group raises $7800 for TV health show A $7800 donation to the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency will enable KCSO-TV to keep its health segment on the air The money was raised by the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency Foundation formerly the Stanislaus Medical Foundation Initiated last August features physicians from the Health Services Agency who prepare and deliver medical messages to a Spanish-speaking audience of an estimated 160000 viewers from Marysville to Fresno The two-minute broadcast airs each Thursday during 6 pm news carried on Channel 19 Cemetery council invites public to lunch GUSTINE Anyone interested in becoming a member of the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Memorial Council is invited to a meeting here March 23 The meeting at Veterans Memorial Hall 145 Fifth St will follow a linguica and beans lunch at 1 pm Cost of the lunch is $3 For more information call 854-1040 Food store robbed A gunman wearing a St Day green bandanna robbed Food Save on Kansas Avenue of an undisclosed amount of money Friday Modesto police reported The robber walked into the store shortly before 9:36 pm pulled a dark-colored handgun and confronted an employee He then took off with the cash and the key to the cash register He was last seen heading east on Kansas Avenue on foot No one was injured SETTING IT STRAIGHT An item on Page A-2 of Bee mistakenly indicated a story on racing at Altamont Raceway would appear in Sports section The story appears today in Sports on Page C-l The address for the Easter Egg Art Show at Viva! Gallery is 1741 Hatch Road An incomplete address appeared on Page G-l of Bee Information about punk rock concert at Tracy Masonic Temple is available by calling 833-921 1 An incorrect telephone number was published on Page H-10 of Bee We want to make sure the stories in this newspaper are correct If an error has been made please contact us The telephone numbers for various departments appear at the top of the front page of each section If you have additional comments concerns or questions about the content of the paper contact Executive Editor Sanders LaMont at 578-2350 or Managing Editor Mark Vasche at 578-2356 Try The TipLine Have a news tip or story idea? Call The BeeLine at 575-7500 Wait tor the voice prompt then pynch TIPS (8477) and leave a message We'll check it out Backcountry Karyn Alamo spokeswoman Horsemen of Packers Rendezvous from B-1 Smith said have up by 4 pm like we in the will inspect all the and assign points on managed they are and have the right tools and Points are assigned to who have ecologically sites and those who can to an emergency teams will repack their Then judges will inspect loads to see that they packed tight and not we have to ride them obstacle course with a and some said weigh your make sure they pounds and are balanced because you want tipping will be dozens of other and lectures during day everything from pack for a camping trip evacuations by air-ambulance wilderness areas Rangers Mathews suspect a By Michael Mooney Bee staff writer A federal magistrate has denied bail to one of the men accused of plotting the attack on Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder Karen Mathews Roger Knight will remain in the Fresno County Jail on charges he conspired to have Mathews beaten in January 1994 after she refused to remove a $416000 tax lien against a Modesto home owned by the family of George Reed Knight Reed and son George Kendell Reed are charged with planning the assault on Mathews and bringing in Roger Steiner of Baker City Ore to carry out the attack Ambushed in the garage of her Modesto home Mathews was punched and kicked repeatedly in the attack She also was cut with a knife and had a gun placed against her head and the hammer clicking down on empty chambers Five other people are charged in connection with the incident David Ries Alice Hopper Terry Ingram Robert McKendricks and Janice Mallen All nine defendants are members or associates of a Modesto tax protest group known as the Juris Christian Assembly Federal Magistrate Sandra Snyder ruled Knight is a to the and as a result should remain in custody Snyder said argument that new evidence in the case regarding statements by a secret government witness was not compelling and did not justify his request for bail The March 8 written ruling followed a hearing in US District Court in Fresno at which attorney Katherine Hart argued for release on bail pending the start of the trial Jury selection is scheduled to begin June 11 cial area and in the In 1991 Mr Kelly moved to McMinnville Ore He was an active member of St James Church there He served in the Army from 1944 to 1946 and was assigned to Union Carbide part of the atomic bomb project in Oak Ridge Tenn He is survived by his wife Dorothy Kelly of McMinnville Services were conducted Wednesday in Oregon Remembrances may be made to the St James Endowment Fund in care of Macy Son Funeral Directors 135 Evans McMinnville Ore 97128-4682 TOWNSEND Earl Sr 68 of Manteca died March 14 PL Fry Son Chapel Manteca Tuolumne County HUTCHINSON Dr James 80 of Columbia died March 14 Terzich Wilson Funeral Home Sonora PUTZ Kathleen A 58 of Sonora died March 13 Terzich Wilson Funeral Home Sonora SALLANDER Helen 83 of Placer County died Feb 25 Heuton Memorial Chapel Sonora THOMAS Bertha 90 of Sonora died March 14 Heuton Memorial Chapel Sonora Obituaries are listed on Page F-17 Death Information Is furnished by area funeral homes For more Information on services contact the funeral home listed K' There also are more than 100 merchants selling everything from cowboy hats and boots to art swings made out of recycled tires and organic popcorn The rendezvous opens at 8 am today and noon Sunday It closes at 6 pm both days Admission is $8 today and $5 Sunday A dinner-dance hosted by the Back-country Horsemen will start at 7 tonight and run until 1 am with admission set at $12 for the dinner and dance or $5 for the dance only from Yosemite National Park even have a booth this group has evolved we have started focusing more on Alamo said more stuff of interest to the general public and a lot of education on low-impact Scheduled are demonstrations on map reading horse camping emergency veterinary care while on a trip what to do if a bear invades your camp and much much more former Inter Faith leader dies at 71 he added construction costs came in under budget think one of the best things he did was when the whole project was completed he put together a book of everything and where it ws and what was necessary if something went Espinoza said noting that the resource manual continues to be of value to the staff Soon after the project was completed Mr Kelly became treasurer and chief financial officer of Inter-Faith Ministries Karen Cosner executive director of the organization said of Mr Kelly: was a very gentle caring man very organized And he was a real good asset in the finan Merced County HENDERSON Mary 88 of LeGrand died March 13 Merced Chapel of Stratford Evans Merced NEWTON Fred Jr 87 of Merced died March 13 Merced Chapel of Stratford Evans Merced SOUZA Elvera 65 of Gustine died March 14 Hillview Funeral Chapel Gustine STRICKLER Ida 98 of Los Banos died March 14 Whitehurst Funeral Chapel Los Banos San Joaquin County AMARAL Margaret 73 of Manteca died March 15 PL Fry Son Chapel Manteca TEIXEIRA Albertina 64 of Escalon died March 13 Deegan Funeral Chapel Escalon More obituaries Page F-17 Catholic Church branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society a supporter of Inter-Faith Ministries which aids needy people in the community Mr Kelly who was vice president of the St Vincent de Paul Society oversaw the move of Inter-Faith Ministries from 14th Street to Kerr Avenue serving as construction foreman for the new headquarters was innovated talented and very Espinoza said Subsequently LaSALLE Robert Sr 84 of Modesto died March 15 Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Modesto McGEE Ebony 20 of Modesto died March 14 Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Modesto MULLER Jeraldine A 74 of Modesto died March 12 Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Modesto OBERLECHNER Milbourne 67 of Modesto died March 14 Merced Chapel of Stratford Evans Merced SPRATLEY Garland 70 of Keyes died March 11 Allen Mortuary Turlock WELLS Mildred 81 of Oakdale died March 12 Lakewood Funeral Home Chapel Hughson WILSON Donald 40 of Webbers Falls Okla died March 1 1 Chapel of the Flowers Oklahoma City.