The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 5

Visalia Tulare Porterville Hanford Reedley Selma Dinuba Lemoore Lindsay Corcoran Farmersville Exeter Kingsburg Earlimart Delano Woodlake Avenal Del Rey Coalinga Orange Cove Parller Huron Fowler Riverdale Laton Caruthers Tipton Cutler Orosi Section Vi till I I i SOUTH VALLEY The Fresno Bee Thursday March 4 1 982 Martinez's removal is tied to West Parlier annexation Martinez charges the group with political motives claiming it is a front for his opposition The city laid off seven workers at the center in February after it ran out of funds In another cost-cutting move the city staff moved into the center Feb 4 making it also serve as city hall Spokesman Jose Zambrano of West Parlier said children no longer have a place to play because of the city government move "It now closes at 5 pm Before it was open later than that" he said Another member Lorenzo Martinez added "Our kids get out of school at 3:30 They came to practice and exercise Now where are they going to go? In a while they'll be in the streets doing bad things" City Clerk Ofelia Garcia said that the move has not affected the center's programs "Everyone who has asked to use it is using it now We haven't expanded services but we haven't cut them" The coalition said that there isn't much attraction in joining a city that can't even operate its community center and was in the red by about $362000 in fiscal year 1981 Martinez denied that the deficit has ever been that large "What can they promise us if they don't even have good government in Parlier?" asked Zambrano "We're not necessarily against annexation We're against the government We can be convinced of annexation if there is proper government here (in Parlier)" Martinez said annexation is a false issue "Whatever happens with my election annexation won't be voted on until June 8 If they want to shoot it down then they're going to shoot down money for clean water better housing and an industrial complex" He added that the coalition's introduction of the issue into the campaign is only an attempt to See Pariter Page B2 By RICARDO PIMENTEL Bee staff writer PARLIER A coalition of Parlier residents has tied the annexation of West Parlier to the removal of Raul Martinez as mayor of Parlier Martinez's job will be up for grabs anyway April 13 when residents vote for two new council members The annexation issue will not come up for a vote until June 8 Martinez who among the council members has pushed hardest for annexation is seeking re-election Arcadio Viveros the other member whose term is expiring is not Also running are Alfonso Padron and Ricardo Patlan Members of the Greater Parlier Coalition of Responsible Residents angered over alleged mismanagement by Martinez picketed the Parlier Community Center Tuesday to dramatize their complaints They point to the center as evidence of mismanagement but May have been Mexican-American Bust may help identify victim Fresno Bee Ken Robison A good case of the shingles Allan Mf Bride has a precarious perch while installing shingles on the steeple of the First Congregational Church in Tulare The roofing project on the 82-year-old church has taken nearly two months said Harry McBride Allan's father and owner of McBride Roofing The church's congregation was formed in 1874 and the building was constructed in 1 900 after the previous church burned in 1 898 19V By BOB GOOD South Valley bureau HANFORD Did you know this man? If you think you did or if you think he looks like someone you might have known Kings County sheriff's detective Larry Orth would like to talk with you This face is not a real one it is made of clay It is a recreation of what pathologist Dr Armand Dollinger believes a murder victim may have looked like when he was alive The skeletal remains of the man were found in a field northeast of Corcoran more than a year ago after a resident of the area notified authorities that a stray dog had dragged something that resembled a human head into her yard A search of the area led investigators to more skeletal remains near 6th Avenue and Highway 43 about a half-mile from where the skull was found "We know this man was shot but we are not going to reveal just where because that is something only we and the killer know We do know however that he was shot to death" Orth said The detective said missing-person reports throughout the central valley area were checked but to no avail "The size of the victim the sex and the age failed to match anyone listed as missing" The skeleton is believed to be that of a young man 17 to 21 years of age with dark brown hair who was about 5 feet 2 inches tall and probably weighed about 120 pounds Dollinger placed the time of death as between August and November of 1980 because deterioration indicated the victim had been dead from two to six months Clothing found near the bones indicates he was wearing blue denim Levi-Strauss pants a white T-shirt and a blue and black plaid long-sleeve overshirt when he was slain "My guess is he was probably a second-generation Mexican-American although he could have been an illegal I Muir principal returns after talks with board 3 plead innocent in slaying of pregnant woman Fresno BeeRichard Nakaguchi Kings County murder victim may have looked like this opinion on how to approach some things but I want to make it clear that there is no difference in our philosophies of education or our aims for the students of this district" he said The superintendent said "the members of the board and I are happy to announce that the problems involved have been worked out to everyone's satisfaction and we are very happy he agreed to withdraw his resignation" Delma Campbell president of the Corcoran Teachers' Association who expressed similar feelings said she is particularly pleased with the "professional approach" the trustees displayed in resolving the issue "I think we can all carry on with our jobs now knowing we have these kind of people making the right decisions" she said By BOB GOOD South Valley bureau 'CORCORAN John Muir Middle School Principal Wayne is back on the job and "the administration and the board of trustees are delighted" Corcoran Unified School District Superintendent Ken Noonan said Wednesday "Members of the board and I met with Wayne at length and he has reconsidered his position and has rescinded his resignation" Noonan said The popular educator's resignation last Friday resulted in shock and concern from teachers ijjnd parents alike Noonan said he is not at liberty to go into all the details but admitted Weatherford's action was the result oi "a personal conflict" between Weatherford and the administration were some differences of Bee news services VISALIA A Bakersfield man and two Porterville residents pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges of murdering the man's pregnant wife A Tulare County Superior Court jury trial was scheduled July 7 for Michael Hamilton 29 of Bakersfield his sister Carolyn 24 and her boyfriend Gilbert Garay They are accused of the shooting death of Gwendolyn Hamilton 26 and her unborn child Nov 2 as she and her husband returned home from a visit to relatives in Porterville Hamilton had told authorities that his wife was killed while sitting in their disabled pickup truck on Highway 65 near Terra Bella after he had left to get help with a flat tire really don't know why but I just think from his clothing primarily that he was a Mexican-American" the pathologist said Dollinger with the aid of his wife Martha and the detective tried to re-create the head in khopes of identifying the victim "It took a long time because there was a lot to do starting with cleaning up the skull so we could have something to work with" Dollinger said noting none of them devoted full time to the task during the interim "We worked at it when we found the time" he said Dollinger said his wife did all the basic work including the many minute measurements needed before reconstruction with clay could begin "She's not a pathologist or even a physician but she has often helped me in the lab and has more than just a passing interest in my work" he said He said he concluded the victim was of Mexican descent by the "construction" of the skull hair and size comparisons and clothing "We used an anatomical approach in recreating his face See Butt Page B2 State may bear entire burden of Cottonwood water project projects for the next three years The project involves the construction of two earthen dams on Cottonwood Creek in Northern California The creek flows into the Sacramento River The project is expected to cost $694 million The Bee learned the Reagan administration is proposing the state pay $588 million and the federal government's share be $106 million State officials had expected to pay a much smaller amount The state has not decided whether to accept federal participation in the project However Charles estimated it would pay about $61 million a year for 50 years for the water The state would recover its cost from the farmers who would buy the water for irrigation under the State Water Plan Unlike federal reclamation projects farmers receive no subsidy under the state plan The administration's radically different proposal was given to California officials by Eiland on a nationwide tour he made to outline the new financing changes If California accepts it dam construction could begin in 1984 he said Shoemaker assistant director of the state Department of Water Resources said there is no apparent advantage to the state to accept the federal offer "We might as well do it (the project) ourselves" he said Robert Eiland special assistant to William Gianelli who heads the US Army Corps of Engineers said the proposed financing plan is a substantial change from past policy Gianelli who headed the California water department when Reagan was governor warned several months ago about the By RICHARD HALL Bee Washington bureau WASHINGTON The Reagan administration is proposing to spend such a small amount on a major cpst-sharing water project in California that the state may build the project itself The Bee was told Wednesday The federal government's proposal is being interpreted as a Reagan administration signal of what the California water community and the thousands of farmers who buy irrigation water from the state may expect in the way of federal assistance on water impending change in water project financing He said that those who benefit could expect to pay considerably more Under the old way to doing business the federal government would build a project and the state might repay much or all of it over 40 or 50 years What has shaken state officials even more about the Cottonwood Creek project is that they had proposed to pay for the water but nothing for capital costs The dams would be built and owned by the corps Allowing for inflation the state Besides supplying farmers with irrigation water the corps believes the Cottonwood Creek project would provide flood control and enhance the local fishery Shoemaker the DWR assistant director said the department staff will review the project in light of the federal cost-sharing plan and will take the matter to the California Water Commission at its meeting next week in Sacramento If the state decides to build the Cottonwood porject itself it could decide when the project would best fit into the state's overall water plan Shoemaker said.