Merced Sun-Star from Merced, California • 3

i 4 cr 'L '--r -l vi' vv O-1 -c' 7 'r'-' -7' 7 I 'il i i it-- 1 I 1 1 JL t- i i V-' 1 1 i t- i -ir-'i f1 i -v i'Cv 'v'r Wednesday October 11 1995 MERCED SUN-STAR A3: -V A'a A- Campgrounds dOSGd PE LACRUZi' y'al of methamphetamiM and -VyvWihile'in the proces pfgxakiiig believed ymti th eir tfar pokemri fc-i apiracy to Bell methamphutaminn buy ether agenta were on fBaid' V' operated by the Federal Bureau of frr I -i Bail was set at $50OPQ apiece the telephone with Ramonifguilar vAccording tothe spokesman thel IM Maiyigement along the lower Meroed River in DOS PALOS An undercover Ramon Aguilai and Guzpian and Guzman setting up another youngster was turned over to theU: Mariposa County are doaed and will not reopen lniyaimed getting two alleged Were arrested far pales ofmetham- buy of twopoiinda of the illegal nar- Vvmai7nniriW riKU1 PWtective drug dealers off the sheets-' was a' phetamineandchild endanger' eoties' y-C KA Cooper spokesman for the bureau said cornucopia for narcoticagerits who ment charges Bail forthecouple Aftersettling ona price the twoV rv favfrTrnnWwankaid' McCabe Fl'UoW Placer and Railroad Flat 'nailed an additional twodealers forwar set at $100000 each the suspects agreedto deliver the crank ar nrrv campgrounds downstream ftoni the Bricdbuig a total of 1 spokesman said: the market parking lot the agent I i nBu' MsitorCenterakhg Highway 140 willbe Arrested in the operation that The arrest began in the parking said Agmlw hoine inaoowwibtebecauae of the 8ason CreWtwater began Monday afternoonwere Jose lot of a D6ePahYmarketwherevAUtheagentshadtolo was wait aniount pfinauaua metnMa-jTJ 'v FPMfcV V- AgirOar 37 iof the Dos Palos and agents boufitt: nie pound of the alleged drug dealers und oOOO ip caay they Thedayniae area mthe Merced River at Luis Magallon 37 of Merced tnethamphetamine et crank from arrivedwiththe narcotics to make Briceburfeis also dosed fir the season as is aooess to Also arrested were' Rdmon Suspected drug dealers Jose the arrests''' v---v Agents were assisted in the the Merced River TVaiL j- Aguilar 40 and Maria Gwymeti Aiilni nnH Magallnr1 TV fhild arinrigwirirnypt arrests by deputies of the Fresno' TlMBufmaCkadeRoisd also knowhas the BuU of Atwater -According to theagenttheekinstthe BecondtwossuspectsCounty' Sheriff's Department Creek Road wiUbe subject totemporaiydosures l- A Jbse Agpilar and Magallbh were agents paid $7y200 in marked mon- stemmed from a 3-year-old 1 boy deputies assigned to the West Net! because of the movement ofheayy construction booked into Merced County Jail for eytoxnake the purchase-5 found la 'the car who agents Narcotics Team 4 rrr fct i O'1 f-- Measure I attempts to fix school overcrovyding -i fm 1 ft jm ByMa NAYLOR StaffWriter I between Bricebmg andCoulterviUe TOeSazmCreA project isdesignedto give MariposS a newand better source ofWater In 1992 Congess designated the lower Merced River as wild and soenic wiA a special provision authorizing the project The areas are achechiled to reopen inApriL For moe information on the dosures call (9 16) 98M474' Campus to bei Improved LOS BANOS-'The lihraiy will double in size and the compiler lab at LosBanoacampuacf Merced College wiU be moved and upgraded AnneNewins deanofthe campus said grant iundingiriUpaytheimpnveinents' Thegrantwesappreibrtheentirecampusta the amount mUlioq pver a five-year period on the basis o( the large mincaity and low- income student population Tn aHHitinn tn thfl lihmryOTpangirtn nHditinnnl relocatableunit will be added to thecampusto replace the apace into vWiidi the two Other units are astudyareaNewin88aid 1 The 'ntle HI Grant should prove tq be a tnajor asset to the jOS Banos she said Conflict Interest denied FRESNO (AFlAFreadOcouncUman denied any conflict ofinterest when he voted last year to spend $2000 of city mmiey fiy an organization Uasing prxertyfiwn his wife The council voted 6-Hast December to give the npneyto The Miller provides housing for AIDS patients Nine months earlier wife Heleri Guerra leased property Wieownedtntheagenqr Lung said the yofe bad nothing to do with his 1 wife'i property and addedWe were very above board on that" w'- CityAttot Hilda CanhiMtmtoy said she is investigating Mcmtpy said dected officials generally must disqualify themselves from issues inralving sourcesohneomeofmore than (250 within a year of the vote- -V'V V- School official Indicted MODESTO (AP) -The Stanislaus County grand juiy has indicted a Modesto-area school superintendent on conflict-of-interest charges The Indictment allages HartRaneom superintendent Dennis Boyer improperly hired his wife Genito conduct workshops for the small school SgWPWVawSafVB jCaptVPaul Rebar right arid engineer Randy Starkweather of the Merced Fire Department By MKE DE LA CRUZ Staff Writer used to be: i firefighterswould arriveatafire afterthe flames were leaping out pf the wihdows But with smoke" LOS BANOS The City Council is hacking the Loe Banoa Unified School attempt to pass a $22 million bond issue With about 20Q0 more students attending Los Banoa achbols than in 1991 the school district ia -y out ofispace according to Superintendent Dave Cowles It already has implemented year-round sched- ules in moat its schools and has portables on its campuses L- CouncU membere are endoreiiig Measure I in the Nov7 ejection i '''j '1'-' Whiler vCthaHy endxnaing the proposal the city coundl aaidit will paaa a resolution during ite Octl8meetiijg "We have had a lot of challenges in the last five said Cowles the one that has stayed Vith us is the growth of oir student Cowles remizkied the council of the economic summit sponsored by thedty and local business es earlier in the year during which participants listed phssag of a school bond amongthe top three needs to spur job Loe Banoe Also Selected were the creation of ari industrial park and the cutting of bureaucratic red tape to help businesses locate in the city got to build some Cowles said no state funds' and the development fees are all accounted for The money from these fees do not arrive in the ampunt nor in the timeU-' nesjB to build He explained that apropoeed itate school bond was defeated in this state Legislature and the state is presently out pf funds for building new facilities wdiich leaves locaT districts'1 to resolve their own overcrowding problems Los Banos -however has received top priority for matching funds in the future- Tb attain such funds a local school bond must be passed thesuperintendentsaid we have no money locally" Cowles said "Wp cannot getmatching fiinds The state budget is so tight they: are only providing funds to districts whocan match" He also explained that general obligation: bond can only be used for the specific items fot which it wasdarigru' v-- General obligation bonds are very restrictite -on hoW he said "And they' are carefiilly audited by the superintendent outlined fournugor (jjec- tives which include the construction of a new junior high School expanding the high school campus to accpmmodate its planned capacity of 2p00atUde(itaf upgrading cbmputertechnology throughout r-hobls in the district and complying with tbe state law alkiwihg handicapped access jn Myself and my family are lOO percent behmd this measureTaaid councilman Gerald "I have received an excellent education in this sys- tem-My family has received an excellent educa- tion and somebody else paid for it time now for us to pay And the $30-40 a year that it will cost each of us is ORrien was referring to thp added property tax that would result from passage iof Measure School officials estimate it will cost an average pf $28 par year fonnost homes ln Lbs Banoe Thik is based upon a $35 per $100000 of-' assessment with moet homes averaging in the $8500Q range i'- '-1 usually call us before theflameshave Keri Mitten Merced fire chief Stanislaus County Superior Court on Nov 14 Boyer Was criticized after his wife held a two-day woikWiop in 1993 at a Monterey hotel for seven school stidfmeners ahd five trustees The workshop costtaxpaj $400 inclufing(l(Xl- paid to Geni Boyer In August DennfeBc was grpnteda medical leave ofabseixx throcgh November lt is not known the reason lbr the medical leave Theat retains name FRESNO (AP) -First it was the Paul Paul Theater Thenji was the PauJTstarian Theater Now the Paul Paul Theater again The Big Fresno Fair board agreed Monday to give the theater itsold name back The boardyoted 'Unanimously after Brian Thtarianurged members to rethink tl dedsion to rename the theater in his It larger thana soda can and the coat is But a smoke detector can save your life says Merced Fire Chief Ken Mitten -i Mitten placed a special emphasis on smoke detectors during Fire Prevention Week during which tha national topic is "Fue Safety in the Home" 1 October is National Kre Prevention Month listing cooking fires as the leading cause of fire 4ll in Merced the chief said the detector 'not Only saves lives but saves dollars used to befirefiitersAyould arrive at a fire afterthe flames were lpingoutof the windows But with smoke detectors neighbors usually call Us befere the flames have he says a fire would cost several thousand dol-' larsi asmoke detector idlows uatO hpld the1 losses dbwn to Leaving unattended pans on the burner with the flame too high is the leading causeof kiteheto fires according to Mitten Leaving clothing or other combustibles near a heater is another leading cause of fires he adds "A person should -always keep combustible material at least three feet between the heating equipsnent and neverleave a heater i he saya:" Athutl and deadly camse of haipe fires are chil- dren and matches left in the reach of children "Keep matchesand ligbtera mit of young hands Store them up hii preferably in a locked cabinet and away from whene childreii are left' alone Mitten says But Mitten is pleased with theway the dtyis holding down its fire losses the eariy l980s our costa ran to several million dollars Last year our losses were held to $14 million" Mitten says 1 -C-v I v- The reason Mitten cites the year-round fire hcocr-1 inspections by the fire departmentalong with public education and the smoke detector The chief says fire team cotantly inspect local business establishments and apartments to see if city fire codes ere being foUpwed "This month we went to aB UielScKa pre- senting fire prevention thitugKout the year we are called by local organization to give safety lessons" Mittensays "And don't forget the smoke detector While it oidy coats a few dollars tp purchase arid a few mumtes to install it is useless if thS batteries -don't worit" -V Mitten says a good rule to folloW is your dock change your when daylight saving time ends Oct 29 And Fire Prevention Week wouldn't be com-without mentioning the American -Bed Mittensays: The Bed Cross is available to assist in any catastrophe 24 hours a day "If assistance is needed the Merced-Mariposa Counties Chapter of the American Red Crossoiir local Chapter is ready to help in any way I to honor Tatarian a 12- year board member for his efforts to renovate the theater The deaskmtddiaiige the name of the Paul Paid Theater angered femily members of the late Paul They said they wpld rather have Paul's name removed than Wiare it with Tatarisn Bad checkprograminitiated VISALIA (AP) Bad check writers beware A 1 The Tulare County District Attorney's Office said it is establishing i program designed to put a stop to back diedr writing The programwill be administered by a computer company thatcurrently services 15 other Northern California countiM DistrictAttomeyFhilChnesaidtheenforceTnent is not meant Just to return money to victims Cline sWd he also wants to avoid prosecuting bad check -writen by ordering them to participate in a rehabilitation program The pitEram does not spplytocases involving fergny or criminal fraud v--n man -sfiotithe eg iriihcidentstemmi lake rTccmnE Outflow eli ep eaTeVae JV4 Storage jV Elavaflon eee sM e'e a itimsiiinM Alt COpOClty 4 RvlTRVTN JL PREVITAI i reported 'started to piillout a rifled event as a domestic incideht: Writer He did no identify the suspect MarquesreportedlywentOut According to Parin the suspect Marques was shot in the lower stop the suspect1 was threatening to shoot his wife Merced 1 County Sheriff Depart- rightleg and was mediflighted to While struging for the rifle it when Marquee intervened ment deputies are on the lookout for Hospital in Modesto when went off shooting Marques in Pazin sajd if Marques did not try a suspect in the shooting pf a maxi where helinderwentsurgery: pte lower leg Pazin sahL to stop the subject from getting the in rural Loe Banoe A condition report was unavail The susppct'fled the soene in a rifle from the truck the investiga- The incident which occurred able v-' 1994 Ford pickup tion could have been a murder case about 8 pm Sunday in the 1900Q "We believe hat Marquee waa The truck was recovered early and not a domestic violence case- block of Henry Miller Avenue stsul- -arguing with the suspect when the Monday morning near Vplta on "He was most likely going to ed as a fomily dispute And led td the shooting Pkzin said Ingomar Grade Road and Henry shoot his wifeand if it wasn't for ehooting of Rafael Marques 63 of "In our initial investigation the Miller Avenue Pazin reported her father (Marquee) stepping in Los Barios Cmdr Mark Pazin suspect went to hie pickup and The commander described' the the suspect might have succeeded i.