The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 71

The Freano Bee Wed Dec 15 1978 1U Sewage Projects Graded For Priorities getting to the point now that we've got quite a few municipalities with grants and the money is going farther" said Harlow MIt looks like all Group I projects probably will be funded this year (fiscal 1977-71)" The regional board's recommendations wUlgo to the state board which its from all nine i that have projects 1 are given top priorities win receive application forms An application by Clovis to connect its facilities to the Heradon-Gornelia GrSSm Sewer Line is given a priority Valley SSSSSSStSSSR high priortUe lor fund-5 ta Central Valley tfraal Water Quality Control Board preliminary liat The regional staff is recommending grants of million each for addition-treatment and disposal faculties in Reedfeyadditional disposal facilities dnd headworks modifications in Sanger and additional treatment faculties Sdma-Kingsburg-Fowler Sanitation District Also ranking high is a 130000 requert by Uie County of Fresno to conduct an initial study of septic tanks and the problems they can cause Loren Harlow senior engineer with toe Water Quality Control Fresno office said those four projects are recommended for a Group I ranking which usually means they can be funded However he noted toe cost Kern Arvin County sanitary District plant near capacity $750000 Bakersfield interceptor to serve Fruitvale and Rosedale $2 million: Bakersfield Plant No 2 subregional facility to serve city's west side $1 million Shafter-Kern Airport No 14 replacement of mercury seal on trickling filter $20000: North of River Sanitary District No 1 treatment plant near capacity and possible groundwater contamination $5 million: County Initial studyof septic tanks $30000- King Corcoran plant expansion to accommodate unsewered communities $825000 County treatment or transportation facilities to serve unsewered area of El Rancho Hamblin (100000: Stratford expand waste disposal as treatment plant nears endof design life $270000 initial study of septic tanks impossible to lay whether toe Clovis application would be funded Clovis is seeking $11 million A sewage collection system for the Easton Community Services District also is given a Group in ranking but Harlow said it could oe elevated if the state determines a severe problem exists Harlow said there have been complaints from that area that septic tanks are polluting the underground water supply In Three Rivers earlier this year uid toe board declared that no more septic tanks could be Installed because of toe pollution associated with them in that area Harlow uid if the same is true for toe Easton area the project estimated to cost $900000 could be given a in the region which are proposed for Group I ranking in 1977-78 the problem and the estimated cost are: Pine Flat Power Plant Filing Set Kings River Conservation District directors next month are expected to authorise the filing for a Federal Power Commission license for construction of a hydroelectric plant at Pine Flat Dam KRCD managereecretary Jeff Taylor told toe board Tuesday afternoon the exhibits accompanying the rforthepn application wiU be ready I er the first of January and that the directors could adopt the resolution fra the filing at their Jan 11 meeting The plant estimated to cost about $40 million would have a generating capacity of 165000 kilowatts Taylor also told the board that while the FPC is reviewing the Pine Flat grojert can be working on Dinkey The district has a preliminary FPC permit fra a dam and two powerhouses on Dinkey Creek The directors also approved the figures are only estimates and may fluctuate by 15 to 20 per cent up or down The recommendations will be presented to toe regional board for adoption at a 10 am meeting Friday in the auditorium of State Office Building No 1 744 St in Sacramento Each year the state must adopt a fiveyear list of projects which qualify for grants under toe federal Clean Water Act which was passed to upgrade sewage treatment and collection facilities to help eUminate water pollution The federal government pays for 75 per cent of the cost and the state 125 per cent The remainder must be paid by the applying agency In addition to being ranked in one of two groups each project is given a priority ranging from A to in the past only those projects with Group I rankings and a priority no lower than have been funded Dogs: Fresno A security guard found slippers concealed in woman's slacks Shoplifters: Holiday Increase Continued from HI the bane of Desiree security job at Wool Fashion Fair store "They buy things for their friends at school she Mid "And then find out they have enough money to buy something for their mother So they Meant" Miss Hamilton who has made 48 Shoplifting arrests since Dec 1 says little items like cosmetics and jewelry that are the downfall "I arrested a woman recently with $40 in cash every major credit card and still she took a lousy $150 M1m Hamilton said The heavy influx of Christmas shoppers and browsers causes special problems for the Wool- Bee Photo worth store and others that front on the man Racks of small items are positioned near the door and oner an easy target for sneak thieves Wool worth's like the other stores prosecutes everyone found that a slap on the hand and sending them home win not Miss Hamilton said Funds Masera County Initial study of iarlposa Public Utilities District plant at capacity $200000 and County Initial study of septic tanks $15000 Tulare Sultana treatment or transport facilities for unsewered community $150000 Woodville Pub-lie Utilities District stabilisation Sneed renovation $165000 Initial study of septic tanks Merced Merquin County Water District treatment or transportation facilities for unsewered community of Stevinson $275000 County treatment or transportation facilities for unsewered community of Dos Palos $280000 County treatment or transportation facilities for unsewered community of Lake Yosemlte $175000 and County initial study of septic tanks $25000 drafting of a new bill to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the power projects on a majority vote of registered voters within the district provide Kings River ufeguard language and revise the excluded areas to the March 1976 boundaries of incorporated cities The district would lose about 30000 of its 11 million acres through the revision K' Voting against the proposed bill Mirigian of Fowler and Garvin White of Fresno The submission of a new bill to permit the issuance of revenue bonds on a majority vote instead of a two-thirds vote wu recommended by the bond counseL Former Assemblyman Ernest Mobley introduced a similar bill last year ft became mired in controversy in the Senate after breezing through the Assembly and was withdrawn Monday in the 900 block of Street Pulido wu also charged with resisting arrest after he scuffled with officers who grabbed Us throat in an attempt to stop him from swallowing the balloon Police reported no balloon was recovered So the two were taken to Valley Medical Center for x-rays in hopes balloons could be observed and used for evidence Argentina Maps Reforestation Effort BUENOS AIRES (AP) Argentina will plant selected tree species in a general reforestratlon program over 250000 acres throughout the country The Inter American Development Bank approved a credit for the program which will benefit approximately 3000 Sroducers who are ependent upon the forests for raw materials CLOVIS APPLIANCE Gm McGoumk sail Sa kt MnMm a Httm Oar Cn- OUR OWN SUVKI DfFT 602-5fh St Clovlt PH 299-6606 Kiss 'Balloons' Info Arrest Harlow explained there are only a few Group priorities mostly in the San Fruidsco area and there is a possibility there will be enough money available to take care of some Group HI projects However until the state board determines statewide rankings it is Guard Duty made the mistake of coming to the A kiss between a Fresno mu and woman led to their arrest 00 suspicion of possession oi heroin police report Arrested were Val Pulido 35 of 1020 Orchard Ave and Mrs Linda Muhly 2L of 1306 Yale Ave Officers uy they uw the man give the woman $9 and a kiss in which police believe a balloon containing heroin was passed from one to the other The incident occurred late Boyington's Unusual Reward For Thieves Farmworker Election In El Centro The first farmworker election in more than 10 months is being conducted today at a lettuce farm in the Imperial Valley Balloting by toe 346 workers at the George Arakelian Farms Inc in El Centro began at 2 this morning and end at 8 o'clock tonight Ballots will 1 will be dose Workers may vote either for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) which filed the petition for the election or for no union representation The Teamsters Union the chief rival of the UFW is not on the ballot The election is the first held by the ALRB since it had to close its doors in February when it ran out of money and the legislature refused to give it an emergency appropriation to keep iUfeough the agency was refunded for the 1978-77 fiscal year and began operations in July it has spent most of its time eatching up on the backlog of cases that devdoped when it was dosed An ALRB spokesman noted that even while the offices were dosed the law wu still on the books and unions and growers could mail complaints to the Sacramento headquarters Before the agency conducted its last election in early February it had supervised 429 Sections at ranches forms and nurseries throughout the state Of those 193 have been certified The UFW was certified as the bargaining agent at 124 ranches the Teamsters at 44 no union representation at eight Fresh Fruit and Vege- -table Woners 14 and Christian Labor Association three Besides the Arakelian election the ALRB redeved only one other petition to hdd an election The ALRB spokesman uid the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 3019 has filed to hold an election at Cottage Garden Nurseries in Eureka which employs about 75 workers A spokesman in toe subregional office in El Centro uid there is a feeUngof happiness among the staff thattbenrst election is being held "We know going to be busy with intense labor organizing in this area in the next four or five uid the spokesman we want to a one under our belts and get some ls worked out if there are He uid there have been no problems at the Arakelian farms involving the scheduled election Robert Dresser ALRB director of the Fresno region said no petitions have been filed in his office However some may be filed as the citrus harvest moves into full swing and ers begin employing more workers The farm labor law uys an election cannot be held unleu at least SO per cent of 1 peak work force is employed and that usually occurs during harvest uason KMTF Antenna At Bear Mountain The antenna that will serve as Channel IB's link to valley homes has arrived at the Bear Mountain transmitter site The 58-foot antenna was built by RCA in Camden NJ and win be mounted about 100 feet above the ground next to the KM J-TV antenna Channel 18 KMTF is the public broadcasting system With an effective radiated power of more than 1 million watts it will reach generally to Bakersfield on the south and Modesto rathe north Avenal House Fire AVENAL An unoccupied two-bedroom frame houM wu destroyed by fire here Tuesday and Kings County Fire Department investigators report the blaze apparently started from an electrical short in the area of the kitchen Fire officials who estimate the kws at $6500 said the house was fully ablaze by the time firemen from the Avenal station arrived on the scene at 1009 Whitney Ave The empty house wu owned by Ed RandalL have an autographed book Baa Baa Black Mrs Boyingtra added Mrs purse was snatched about 4 pm Monday after she parked her car in a city lot in the 1100 block of Broadway and was walking toward Fresno Street in the Broadway-Fulton alley She uid she was about 100 feet from Fresno Street when she was shoved and her pune wass taken She escribed the thieves 18 or 19 yean old Retired Marine Craps CoL Gregory "Pappy" Boyingtra and Mrs Boy-ingtra offered tongue-in-cheek rewards yesterday afternoon to the two thieves who Hatched Mrs pune in the downtown area The pune Mrs Boyingtra reported to police contained about $230 in cash keys credit cards a photo of Boyingtra and Mrs glasses to return the Shoto and PH autograph Boyingtra uid if return my glasses they can 1 Page Hi security dogs But toanna junkyard dog" applies only when "Ttheirhan as gentle as babies" Mrs Smith said "We have a Great Dane who weighs over 200 pounds and romp lwasplaying with him one Sunday and he took hold of my arm very gently But I could feel the pressure Just be trained to the point that they know not to let anyone come in where they are" Mrs Smith Hid a prowler once Suspect In Rape Case Arrested While Asleep out of sight of the foreman and the other waiting workmen and the dog went after him The tardy workman ran up the outside stairway of an unfinished apartment building with the dog snapping at bis heels He managed to escape by locking himself in one of the apartments Marzette said he has a dozen working dogs and has ordered four additional full-grown dogs He will by a professional trainer apartments 1 10 pups and that he 'He will have them trained Water Group I Director Named i Kingsburg rancher Lyle Martin has been named a direc-J" tor of the California Water Resources Association an organization made 19 of state water districts Martin is president of toe Cen-1 tral Valley East Side Project Association and has served as a 1 of the Consolidated Irrigation District for 14 years He is also chairman of the Kings River Water Association andimmediate past president of the Association of California Water Agencies Martin win represent the Fre- sno region on the CWRA board His voting alternate win be Kings River Watermaster Roberts Leake Jr i Gets Boston Post Richard Fishman director the Center for the Blind has accepted the position of assistant for the Boston Aid to the 'Blind The center here is advertising state-wide for a successor for Fishman Fishman directed activities at toe -center for the past two years 5 The Boston Aid to the Blind is a rec-rreation center for the blind however ithe center has plans to expand its services along the lines of the Fresno center Fisherman wiU direct that program Avenal Yule Program AVENAL music department Swill provide a Christmas program at Thursday's elementary school PTA meeting It will be held in the cafetori-Jum at 7:30 pm Room mothers will serve refreshments following the free 'program Once at the room the victim said Roberts pushed Ms way in and eventually attacked her against her wilL However polclce uid Roberts claimed there wu very little resistance from the victim Alvin Gidle 35 of 3406 Ave the suspect in the npe of a 23-year-old Hanford woman was arrested in toe motel room police reported Investigaton said they had to rouse Roberts from a dead sleep after the woman reported the attack to the motel manager Monday The victim told police she checked into the motel prior to catching an early jnranf to San uid Roberts approached her in the motel hallway and offered to help her find her room number THRIFTY BEST GARBAGE SERVICE The firms lease their dogs to businesses usually by toe month In general the fee is about $250 a month which includes daily pickup and delivery except mi Sundays Contractors are among their main customers Automobile lots and businesses with offices and storage lots also lease dogs So do residents who are leaving for vacations Marzette uid he has one customer who wants a dog to protect his home "but who doesn't want the responsibility of owning a dog" The dog remains at the client's house fulltime but if it becomes sick Marzette takes the animal to the vet MrsSmith Mid Rod-Ru-Ard provides German shepherds Great Danes Doberman Pinschers and St Bernards Marzette uses German shepherds mostly purebred with some half-breeds Mrs Smith and Marzette said the personal protection dogs require the most obedience training "If you train a dog properly it takes an awful lot of time and time means money" Mrs Smith said train to order and the person has to be trahied with the dog They have to come and be trained with the dog" Mrs Smith Mid one of her dogs Rod-Ru-Ard Aerie a 3-year-old German shepherd is valued at $3500 been training him since he wu a year old ane not through yet" she added Marzette commented: personal protection dog require an awful lot of training Give him a command and a vicious weapon Or if somebody jumps on me attack personal protection dog normally make a fence dog and vice versa" Dm to Ihe abundant of calls we are extending our service to the rural Kerman nren beginning Dec 1 1976 Cafl as for ones a week ser-wite EVERY WEEK THRIFTY BEST 264-4761 LOCH NESS EDINBURGH (UPI) Loch Ness is the largest man of fresh water in the United Kingdom 1 1 6.