The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 2

fc Section i fr i Inside The Fresno Bee Supervisors fault condo plan B4 VMC medical chief leaving B4 is i Tuesday Feb 5 1980 Thankful load to stop new pesticide rules goes to US court Amtrak II I By GENE KUHN Bee staff writer second San Joaquin arrived in Fres 2: 1 1 1 McOatchy News Service SACRAMENTO-Thirteen ftal manufacturing companies and two of their trade associations have no on its of final inaugural run Monday with band IftUi music a brief ceremony and a hand: filed suit in US District Court seek- 5 jng to nullify parts of jnew pesticide regulations budget would nearly double the amount of money the Food and Agriculture Department could spend to enforce the new regulations to $198 million The lawsuit headed by the National Agricultural Chemicals Associa- -tion the Chemicals Specialties Manufacturers Association and Chevron Chemical Co said has offered no compelling justification for a registration system nor any evidence to show that needs are not adequately protected by the federal system" gerg There were also expressions of gratitude that i the San Joaquin not only had been spared the economy ax but that the new train with a more convenient schedule had been added And the opinion was offered that even more expansion is needed this to change it to a through train to Los Angeles instead of requiring passengers to make the Bakersfield-Los Angeles connection by bus ft The suit which lists the state Food and Agriculture Department direc-i tor Richard Rominger as the hlant contests five portions of the 'State program Those sections involve registra "Today carrying mostly press" said ay of Richmond as he assist- Brakeman Marvin Ray of tion labeling and tolerance require- i regulati disclosure of now the pesticides are ments of pesticides used in California irith regulations governing the Rominger who was served with Jit Mo suit Monday said the ed the disembarking passengers among them Assemblyman Jim Costa of Fresno I think going to pick up This is what we need think this is going to be the same for the valley as the BART system in San Francisco" made and the authority provided bounty agricultural commissioners in the state The companies contend the depart ment regulations are either supersed- al laws ed or conflict with federal For his put Costa predicted: going to see this train as a more viable means of transpor- granting the US Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate pesticide chemicals the pesticide regulations are legal The five counts include: Regisration: The Federal cide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act authorizes the EPA to register pesticides used in interstate commerce but allows a state to register the chemicals for local needs" The suit claims California overstepped that authority by requiring' more data on all pesticides than required by the EPA Labeling: The suit said the new regulations concerning which pesticide labels should be used conflict wiith the EPA's guidelines NV rVRICMIp rwV Via The new state regulations were to regui have gone into effect Jan 4 but implementation has been stalled until July because of the refusal to appropriate the $14 million But he said the railroads (Southern Pacific -and Santa Fe) should off about 45 min- utes" from the schedule Costa said Amtrak is studying both the possibility of installing automat- ic switching equipment at Port Chicago to improve the running time and of providing service on to Los Angeles Ridership on the San Joaquin increased 20 percent last year Costa said 1 think it will go up even higher with the new State Transportation Director Adriana Gian- turco who rode the train part of the way down the valley to Riverbank was quick to say the addition will mean an excellent alternative to automobile travel needed to administer the program Gov proposed 1980-81 it press com men ts revised fog bother the train it just keeps righton she laughed Another passenger Robert Glover of San Fran- dsco representing Citizens to Rail California -and the National Association of Railroad Passen- gets had a prepared statement: r- By JIM BOREN Bee staff writer remarks Karraker made at the news conference It says: the press conference Karraker responded to the question the allegations (by saying) The Rev Bufe Karraker admitted to Youth for Christ staff members Monday that he had been involved in more than one incident involving sexual misconduct they are not By that Karraker meant that in total they are not true rail passenger consumer groups applaud the start ofa second daily train on San Joaquin Valley route San Joaquin Valley residents now can make more convenient connections with long distance trains in IM Tataphato Caltrans Director Adriana Gian turco inaugurates two-train valley schedule Monday New Madera County supervisor districts By DARRELL MADDOX Bee staff writer and Supervisor Elmo Del Bianco of District 3 have announced they will not seek re-election That was one reason the board gave for redrawing the boundaries now as written the Jan 31 article in The Fresno Bee said was some truth and we dealt with those that were the deacons dealt with it and granted me forgiveness' June 1979 YFCUSA has withdrawn its initial request for The final sentence apparently is aimed at correcting a statement Karraker made at last week's news conference in which he denied that he had been asked to resign Karraker told the YFC officials that in saying that the board dealt with that were he was acknowledging that there was more than one incident said sources at YFC-- After the private session in the executive office Karraker met with the entire YFC staff to answer questions With the new boundaries the majority of the city of Madera and an area to the west of the city will be in District 3 Districts 12 and 4 will include small portions of the city District 2 is acquiring an area just north of the city of Madera It is known as a high-growth area The admission came during a pri-' vate emotion-charged meeting with local regional and national YFC offi-cials in YFC office A story in The Bee last week re-: ported that Karraker executive di-rector of YFC and pastor of North- west Church sexually assaulted eight women over the last seven years Since thcr charges were made Kar-r raker has maintained that he has been involved in only one incident denials at a press ference Thursday afternoon upset some local YFC staff members who knew of some of the other alleged incidents sources report The session with YFC officials was called after some staff members talked of resign-rT ing because of the of the news conference" After six-hour meeting the Fresno YFC office issued a three-- paragraph statement to the are openings for supervisor only in Districts three and four Hughson said he will not be a candidate in District 4 (Law requires a supervisor live in the district he represents meaning Hughson would have to move to run) Rather he said he will continue to work on the passage of a growth management initiative which He helped qualify for the June ballot Another reason is that the state Supreme Court has ruled ah supervisorial districts must be as equal in population as possible MADERA The Madera County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved new supervisorial boundaries and in doing so established a separate district for the mountain areas of the county Oakhurst Bass Lake and North Fork now will be in District 5 The towns of Raymond Coarsegold and will be in District 4 Previously sections of Oakhurst were in both Districts 4 and 5 and all districts but District 2 included portions of the city of Madera The changes also redistricted an Ahwahnee man out of a chance to run in the June primary fora supervisorial post District 4 the area 58-year-old Edgar Hughson bad hoped to sent will become District 5 Under die oid boundaries District 5 had 30 percent of the county's population while and Districts 1 and 2 included 13 percent each In fact Hill said if an election Sm DMricI Pag The changes will become effective Feb 11 the first date candidates can file for supervisorial posts Supervisor Bill Hill of District 4 i i Post office goes to bat for Susan Anthony rate ranks 1 6th i By WALTER PORTER Bee staff writer The US Postal Service is being used as an avenue by the US Treasury Department to promote public acceptance of the Susan Anthony one dollar coin McOalchy News Service SACRAMENTO Fresno County will be the 10th fastest growing county in the state in the next five years in actual numerical growth with its population climbing to 537900 in 1985 the state Finance Department predicted Monday By next July die agency said the population should reach 492-400 and by July 1981 it will pass 500000 Clerks at post offices in the Fresno area began late last week making change to pokal customers using the coins Fresno Postmaster Reuben Ford said the postal service is supporting the promotion effort nationwide He said use of these dollar coins can be of great benefit to both our window clerks as well as our customers They are easier to handle at the counter and they can be mechanically sorted and counted will use the dollar coin in making change unless a customer prefers not to accept The Susan Anthony dollar' introduced last July was designed to be convenient and easy to handle in cash transactions More than 609 million of the coins were produced by the Bureau of the Mint More than 300 millionl have been released to Federal Reserve Banks for distribution to commercial banks News stories from across the nation reputed public rejection of the coin Coin dealers did not like the new coin clerks and waitresses like them Av handing them with sight problems i The only fans appeared to be women's liberation groups de- signers of coin voiding machines and slot machines and bartenders and taxi driven who got them as quarter tips The estimate of 537900 for July 1 1985 is a drop of 15000 from a 1985 estimate made for the department The two years ago Population Research Unit said it 1 changed the estimates in a number of counties because of changing migration patterns r- Twins have an uncommon birfhdate The unit expects San Diego County to add the largest number of people to its population in the next five years (286200) with its total reach-xng 2086300 by July 11985 Caesarian section fit 12:15 am Jan 24 Jerry Reynolds a spokesman for the US Postal Service Regional the future Headquarters in San Francisco said coin is the wave of the I it on different days says John Lustyan Among counties with populations of less than 100000 Madera County is 1 third in the state in numerical growth and we were selected to help the treasury department circulate the coin We were suppose to get pamphlets for the lobbies of post offices to explain the merits of the coin bid they have been slow in Michael Burke editor-writer for the marketing division of the Trea iSTIS just tell them for a while added Nina Lustyan John was 20 inches long and weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces at birth Joshua was 20V4 inches long and 134 ounces at birth They are fraternal twins (14200) with a projected 1985 On a percentage lation of 71000 Twins are rare but twins born on different days are rarer ia John Francis Lustyan and Joshua Ward Lustyan twin sons i of John and Nina Lustyan of Clovis fit that description Baby John who is being held by his father in the photo was at 11 :55 pm on Jan 23 at St Agnes Medical Center Joshua being held by his -mother was delivered by The twins have two sisters Anna 11 and Elsa 7 sury Department said the problems with promoting the coin are be-: and it is taking the public time to adjust sis Madera is 10th in the state among counties Of less than 100000 population with a growth of 25 percent during the next five years are areas of the country in which the coin has been readily she said For the time bring the Lustyans have decided the twins will celebrate their -birthdays on Jan 23 they get older if they so choose to do The paternal grandparents are John and Sandy Lustyan of Fresno and the maternal grandparents are Ward and Helen Lasher of Fresno When the coin was introduced in foe Fresno area last July there ihgiU Mariposa is fifth in percentage growth among the smaller counties Sm Orawlk ftf if msmz BBBNeas "Bras'.