The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 14

Friday January 13 1989 The Modesto Bee MetroThe Region B-2 Son tells Emmert murder hearing of shooting dith Emmert 46 on Aug 1 and attempted to murder the son Robert Emmert Jr 24 The son had confronted his father after Judith Emmert reportedly told the younger Emmert over the telephone that his father had forced his way into her Merced apartment the night before and beaten her according to police and other reports Gordon Spencer chief Merced County deputy district attorney asked the younger Emmert to describe what happened after his father allegedly shot him The son said he was lying wounded on of rats is over Olsen and pest control officials now say the rats are dead killed off mostly by special poisons and most of their burrows that honeycombed the ground are gone too or at least empty Gone along with the rats is a pigeon farm owned by Norman Xavier 55 that was the target of the health abatement order had been in business since 1973 when it started with only one pen It grew to as many as 200 pens breeding and growing birds for sale mostly to Bay area restaurants that served them under a fancier name squab The pigeon farm's demise resulted from an exploding rat population attracted there by grain used to feed the birds torn up the buildings piled them up and burned them and bulldozed the land to get rid of the rats And sold the Xavier said sadly was a good business I lost a good investment I hope the neighbors are all LEMUR: Cage at Micke Grove Zoo will provide a natural environment ening note The younger Emmert said he went looking for his father and when he returned to their home at 1717 Sixth St he found his father sitting at the end of a I bar in the home talking on the telephone The son said he started yelling at his father and said his father told him he was talking to his estranged wife on the tele phone believe we were both yelling profani ties back and forth until he told me that he was going to shoot the younger Emmert told the court The hearing resumes Tuesday Eight arrests in drug raid by deputies By DARYL FARNSWORTH Bee staff writer Eight people were arrested at a Crows Landing Road motel Tuesday night on a variety of drug-related violations as Stanislaus County deputies continued a crackdown on drug trafficking in south Modesto deputies said Ramiro Avalos 32 Rodrigo Valencia Alvarez 29 and Olga Lombera 48 all of Modesto and Manuel Garcia Zamora 23 of San Jose were arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine and heroin for sale The four were arrested in a room at the Oak Motel 1901 Crows Unding Road said Detective Sgt Ed Hinton supervisor of the Special Team Investigating Crime Hinton said deputies found 2 grams of heroin and a quarter-ounce of cocaine in the room In an adjacent room deputies arrested Rafael Ureba 20 and Adriana Eugina Chavez 27 both of Modesto and Regina Ann Humphres 28 of Turlock Ureba was booked on suspicion of conspiracy to sell dangerous drugs Humphres and Chavez were booked on suspicion of conspiracy destroying evidence possession of a hypodermic syringe and visiting a place where drugs were being used or sold Hinton said that when deputies raided the room they found Humphres and Chavez in the bathroom trying to flush syringes down the toilet Another woman Kathy Merlene Jones 24 of Modesto arrested by deputies who found her in the parking lot Jones was booked on a police charge of visiting a place where drugs were being sold or used and a parole violation Hinton said RECONTEK: Council leaves issue unresolved CONTINUED from B-1 1 he worried the plant would pollute the I ground water because it would recycle chemical-tainted computer-industry waste moved from Sunnyvale because my kids drink the water 1 want that to happen Fowler said Others said they feared accidents involving trucks hauling industrial waste to the plant and spills at the plant itself Frank Roeske an organizer of the opposition said human error cannot be overlooked even when a plant is designed without flaws He mentioned the chemical plant explosion in Bhopal India the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident and the Challenger explosion as examples of human error causing tragedy- things do happen and they happen all the time" he said But Kirk Lindsey who owns a Claus Road trucking business said people have to take risks if they want to benefit And Pete Perkins a Riverbank native said a myriad of everyday items from computers to gasoline are potentially dangerous been a lot of negative said tonight I want to stress the positive" Perkins said REMEMBRANCES: Maurice Brindeiro Memorial Fund in care of Holy Rosary Catholic Church 20263 American Ave Hilmar 95324 CONTINUED from B-1 colony establishment at Duke University in Raleigh NC Since then the adult pair has had three offspring all male Volans Theo and AJ After more than three years of work county officials and members of the San Joaquin County Zoological Society gathered Thursday to break ground for the new environment Unlike their existing home the new shelter will have a more naturalistic environment with trees shrubs grass and artificial rocks It also will have a holding cell to house the animals at night and an additional cell to separate them when the female becomes pregnant cage in now is not at all naturalistic for the animals or for the Nieland said "The new cage will be a very nice home for them and very the floor of the Los Banos home he shared with his father when his father came over the top of me pointed the gun to my head and said something to the effect of here expletive this is your ambulance put you out of your The younger Emmert said his girlfriend Donette Bonillas of Los Banos then drove up and his father didn't carry through with his threat Earlier in the testimony Spencer asked the younger Emmert to describe the moments immediately prior to the shooting The son said he had been looking for his father and that he left his father a threat- in Escalon He argued that the rat problem his fault and that he tried hard to control it set out poison but they eat Xavier said Olsen and Xavier credited Clark Pest Control of Modesto for administering the coup de grace to the rats Brent Whiteman of the pest control firm said is completely at finding no more rats after months of efforts to get rid of what he estimated at more than 10000 rodents never ever experienced anything like Whiteman said Gloria Sordello who lives a block down the street from the former Xavier pigeon farm said she seen a rat for months But she recalled in horror that last summer there were plenty of rats and some were the size of small dogs goodness they are all gone It makes me very she said No public money is being used to pay for the new cage Nieland said the money for the project came from three primary sources William Micke a Lodi philanthropist set up a trust fund to pay for improvements at the park Micke donated the land for the zoo in 1957 to the San Joaquin County Parks and Recreation Department as a memorial to his late wife Julia Harrison Micke Additional funds for the cage came from the money collected for admission to the zoo and voluntary donations Nieland said By the time the lemurs move into their new cage other things will have changed too Plans are being made for Amalthea to abandon her family and be transplanted to Texas where she will be bred with another male lemur Nieland said Another female lemur will be sent to Micke Grove also in the floodplain said Kevin Williams county toxic waste specialist Copies of the proposal have been sent to state agencies for their comments The Food Processors Site Review Committee has decided that dumping the cannery waste on the land would not pose an environmental threat Williams said he expects the county staff will make the same decision which would allow the permit after a public hearing if there is no major opposition or no new information offered terns neighborhood plans and where if any commercial areas will be placed within the expansion Carder said we go for anything (on Jan 25) it will be 170 acres the amount of land we can actually Carder said we probably will not request any expansion right yman Member Holy Rosary Catholic Church UPPEC No 75 SES No 22 IDES St Lodge of Hilmar YMI Merced Chamber of Commerce Luso American Society Cabrillo Club of Modesto Served on the finance council of Holy Rosary Catholic Church Past president of Our Lady of Miracles Society and Stevinson Pentecost Association Director of Turlock Pentecost Association Captain of Merced County Posse and served with the US office Honorary member of FFA 1984 fraternalist of SES Received Benener-enti Metal from Pope John Paul II SURVIVORS: Wife Eugenia Brindeiro of Turlock Two children Maurice Brindeiro Jr of Hilmar and James Brindeiro of Turlock One brother Albert Brindeiro of Turlock Three grandchildren and four great-gindchildren By JOE THOME McClatchy News Service MERCED Robert son testified Thursday in Merced County Munic-ion' Court that his father shot him five times at their Los Banos home April 7 then pointed a gun to his head and threatened to shoot him again when he asked his father to call an ambulance The testimony was given during the eighth day of a preliminary hearing before Judge Robert Quail on charges that Robert Emmert 46 a former Los Banos-based California Highway Patrol officer murdered his estranged wife Ju- Horror story By BRYCE WHITE Bee staff writer ESCALON Health officials have pronounced an official end to the Campbell Avenue rat war a six-month battle the fast-multiplying rodents seemed for a time to be winning problem is over closed the A1 Olsen San Joaquin Local Health District supervising sanitarian said happily Last summer thousands of rats roamed about both day and night It was an invasion that got so far out of hand that the health district issued an abatement order after receiving complaints from residents on Campbell Avenue a rural street off Highway 120 just east of Escalon It stirred horror fear and even anger among Campbell Avenue residents who told stories about how they used shotguns one morning in July to about 175 rats they saw hanging by their tails from almond trees to nibble nuts ASHLOCK: Put back on heart list CONTINUED from B-1 condition Thursday and she was placed back on the waiting list further analysis of the level of drugs necessary to maintain her cardiac function we have decided that another transplant will offer her the best chance for returning to a full and comfortable said Dr Donald Hill chairman of the department of cardiovascular surgery who performed the first transplant operation on Ashlock It was three years ago this month that Ashlock received the heart of a schoolmate after he died from a burst blood vessel in his brain While most heart transplant recipients can expect at least one rejection incident in the first year after surgery Ashlock has experienced nine her physicians said When Hill performed the first transplant the story made international headlines The teen-ager then 14 received the heart of 15-year-old classmate and admirer Felipe Garza Jr in January 1986 She had been suffering from a degenerative heart disease that required a transplant and Garza told his mother he wanted his heart donated to Ashlock when he died A short time later on Jan 4 1986 he died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage and his heart was transplanted in Ashlock Two years ago pediatric cardiologist Dr Andrew Fryer said Ashlock's new heart probably would wear out and she would face a second transplant But there was no way to tell when that might happen Fryer said With the transplant decision Ashlock joins about 25 other people in Northern California who are on the Pacific Presbyterian and Stanford University waiting lists The hospitals serve as the two cardiac transplant centers Ashlock will remain at home and continue on her medication until a donor becomes available her mother said Mrs Ashlock is hoping her daughter a high school senior will be able to complete her independent study course before the surgery The Associated Press contributed to this report Obituaries ROY VFRN ALDERFER 78 of Modesto died Thursday SERVICES: Funeral 10 a Monday at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Burial at Acacia Memorial Park BACKGROUND: Native of Rock Falls 111 Lived in Modesto since 1921 Retired Worked for the city of Modesto as a maintenance man in the Water Department Charter and life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Barracks No 4144 World War II Army veteran SURVIVORS: Wife Mary Frances Al-derfer of Modesto One brother One sister REMEMBRANCES: American Cancer Society PO Box 285 Modesto 95353 or College Avenue Congregational Building Fund 1341 College Ave Modesto 95350 MICHAEL JOSEPH BOND- In Brief Man burned in fryer fire CERES A resident of the Colony Park mobile home park at 3939 Central Ave was burned when a deep-fat fryer exploded in his face about 8 pm Thursday triggering a fire that destroyed the home Larry Johnson 30 sustained hot grease bums on his forearms and face witnesses told Stanislaus County Fire Inspector Terry Pinheiro Johnson was treated at Doctors Medical Center and released Firefighters said they found Johnson walking around outside the burning mobile home after he managed to move his van to safety Ruth Arnold a neighbor said Johnson lived with his mother who was working Thursday evening About 15 Ceres firefighters responded to the alarm No other mobile homes in the park were damaged Woman killed in crash CERES A Manteca woman died Thursday of injuries she received when a station wagon she was driving collided with a three-quarter ton utility truck in the 1 600 block of Hatch Road police said Linda Ulrich 34 died at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto following the 2:08 pm accident Her husband Phillip Ulrich 42 a passenger in the same car was admitted to the hospital in serious condition Police Sgt Michael Borges said the Ulrichs had just left Food 4 Less Mrs Ulrich was turning left into the westbound lanes of Hatch when her station wagon was struck on the side by an eastbound truck-trailer rig Borges said vision may have been impaired by another vehicle The driver of the truck Arthur Decker of Waterford was not injured The accident remained under investigation 3rd plane victim identified RIPON A Covina woman has been identified as the third victim of a singleengine plane crash in an almond orchard near the city The San Joaquin County Office reported Thursday that Annette Momilani Sorgent 23 was among three employees of PW Steven contracting company from the City of Industry who were killed Tuesday The other victims whose names were released previously were Phillip Earl Hay about 48 of Fullerton and Charles Adams 49 of Orange the pilot Modesto man stabbed A Modesto man was in serious condition late Thursday at Scenic General Hospital with multiple stab wounds in the chest and stomach and another man was in custody in connection with the attack Stanislaus County sheriffs deputies said Douglas Gene Parsley 29 was stabbed during a fight with another man at a residence in the 16(X) block of Eureka St according to Detective Raul DeLeon A suspect Michael Shawn Ennis 18 of Modesto was arrested at the scene Ennis was booked in county jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon DeLeon said a knife believed to have been used in the stabbing was recovered Parsley and Ennis were visiting at the house at 4:09 pm when they began arguing DeLeon said During the argument according to DeLeon Ennis stabbed Parsley several times The motive for the stabbing had not been determined late Thursday Sandwich shop robbed A bandit carrying a handgun and wearing a dark-colored ski mask robbed Sandwich By The Inch 3328 McHenry Ave Thursday and got away with a small amount of money Modesto police said Officers said the gun the robher had was described by the victim as a "flare Police said the bandit entered the store about 6 pm and demanded money from the cash register An employee handed over a small amount of cash and the robber ran out the back door He was last seen scaling a fence behind the business officers said The robber was described as white and about 6 feet tall Martin Luther King The Stockton Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will hold its sixth annual Martin Luther King Conference Saturday from noon to 4 pm Seven workshops ranging from career development to selfesteem will be offered The conference will be held at the Woodruff Regional Occupational Center 302 Weber Ave New postmaster STOCKTON Jerome Long is the new regional postmuster replacing Thomas Dunbar 62 who retired in September after 36 years as a postal employee Long who started his postal career in 1970 has been serving as officer in charge since Dunbar's retirement Setting It Straight The correct address of a Turlock home where police said they found 32 pounds of marijuana in a raid on Wednesday is 401 Syracuse Ave not Sycamore Avenue as reported on Page A-14 Thursday JUDGE: Dump lawsuit dismissed CONTINUED from B-1 them But Gordon Dewers county environmental resources director said the process of disking the material into the ground is an ideal process best to dispose of this than a natural biological he said Now Lyons wants a permit to open another 757 acres as a cannery waste dump The additional land is adjacent to the Mapes Ranch on Highway 132 and RIVERBANK: Expansion on hold CONTINUED from B-1 to include the land The consensus of the officials is that more planning work is needed on the expansion property before the city returns to LAFCO we will look at street pat- TRETO 3 months of Ceres died Wednesday SERVICES: Funeral 10 am Saturday at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Knights Ferry SURVIVORS: Parents Michael Treto and Cathy Harland both of Ceres One brother Jacob of Ceres Three sisters Shylo and Tanya both of Ceres and Briana of Tulsa Okla MAURICE FRANCIS BRINDEIRO 74 of Turlock died Tuesday SERVICES: Rosary 8 pm today at Holy Rosary Catholic Church Mass 10 a Saturday at the chapel Burial at Turlock Memoriul Park Visitation 8 am to 5 pm today and 8 am to 9:30 pm Saturday at Allen Mortuary Chapel BACKGROUND: Native of Azores Lived iq Turlock since 1916 Retired dair- CLINT McNEIL CONNER 84 of Turlock died Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound San Joaquin County coroner's deputies said SERVICES: Graveside 10 am today at Turlock Memorial Park Allen Mortuary Chapel in charge of arrangements BACKGROUND: Nutive of Ohio Lived in Turlock 25 years Retired Operated a shoe repair shop in Turlock Member Free Will Baptist Church SURVIVORS: One sister Ada Austin of Dos Palos See Fage B-3 OBITUAWES.