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2C Visalia Times Delta LocalState Thursday June 20 2002 resno mayor faces $8 million budget deficit RESNO resno Mayor Alan Autry will be scrambling to find more than $8 million to meet the needs The City Council gave him a budget Tuesday that fell short and now Autry must consider reducing city ser vices jobs and improvement projects He has 10 days to veto the budget or ask the council to reconsider amendments they made to the $671 million pro posal he gave them almost two months ago The budget must be bal anced and approved by Aug 27 The City Council left out proposed increase in utility fees when it approved the budget That would have generated an estimated $65 million in revenue said city controller Ruth Quinto The council also added about $2 million in neighborhood pro jects that contributed to the deficit she said fingerprints found in motor home IN BRIE Shuttle steers detour to California Endeavour brings space station crew home after record (th months in orbit The Associated Press EDWARDS AIR ORCE BASE Space shuttle Endeavour swooped out of a blue Mojave Desert sky Wednesday and safe ly returned to Earth an interna tional space station crew that set a US record of months in orbit The shuttle was diverted to California backup site after unfavorable weather pre vented landing attempts at Kennedy Space Center in lori da since Monday further extending time in space for the three members of the Expedi tion 4 space station crew is not the place we intended to land but a great day here and we brought back a good vehicle and the Expedition crew is looking shuttle commander Kenneth Cockrell said after the 10:58 am PDT landing The space station crew walked from the shuttle into a transporter vehicle and The Associated Press mi space station During their months in oi bit aboard space station Alpha astronauts Daniel Bursch and Carl Walz and cosmonaut Yun Onufrienko traveled near Iv 81 million miles and circled arth 3100 times rhe three logged their 196th das in orbit Wednesday The Americans broke 188 is space endurance record last sseek and became part of the longest spaceflight ever for Americans The world space endurance record of 438 days is held by a cosmonaut The three men are expected to be weak wobbly and nauseat ed for days or weeks because of the effects of gravity after months of weightlessness During 14 day flight the shuttle astronauts delivered a new crew to the for a delayed Day cele Mission Control said The return was her alded by twin sonic booms that rattled greater Los Angeles at the end of the two week assem bly repair and crew rotation three spacewalks one of them to replace the wrist on the 58 foot robot arm that is being used to construct the space station The old wrist joint kept seizing up Endeavour was supposed to come home on Monday but kept circling the globe because of bad weather in lorida loved ones had to be delayed: Their families were left waiting for them at Cape Canaveral la more than 2200 miles away sure there are several folks eagerly waiting to see you mission to the international The space shuttle Endeavour touches down Wednesday at Edwards Air orce Base after two of bad orbiting outpost and conducted weather prevented the spacecraft from landing in lorida Visibility was unlimited Wednesday at Edwards appeared to be in excellent fornia the space station crew health NASA spokesman Doug reunion with their Peterson said lhey remained aboard the transporter howev er while Cockrell and his shut tle crew took a brief inspection walk around Endeavour Because of the detour to Cali SAN DIEGO Police found fingerprints left by a 7 year old girl in the motor home of the man accused of kidnapping and killing her a police expert testified Wednesday Jeffrey Graham Jr said he was that fingerprints taken from a cab inet above the bed in David motor home matched those of Danielle van Dam Westerfield 50 is accused of kidnapping murder and possession of child pornogra phy He has pleaded innocent and could get the death penal Key panel passes ban on The Associated Press SACRAMENTO A bill dis couraging the San Joaquin Val ley city of Lodi and cities statewide from approving commercial developments on city owned land far beyond their urban boundaries cleared a key Assembly committee Wednesday It was a move against so called a phenomenon where growth springs up in rural areas far from cities committee mem iprc coiH The bin SB1717 which has already passed the Senate aims to block commercial growth on city properties such as airports and sewer treatment facilities often located far outside the city that owns them It would punish cities that approve such projects by making their land revert to the county Sen Mike Machado Lin den sponsor of the bill says Lodi in particular is pushing a major urban style project into a dairy grain and vegetable farm ing area He called the project a by the city and incompatible for a rural farming area that uses chemical sprays breeds flies and raises dust Lodi a city of 59000 people is considering a 400 acre sports complex arid hotel proposed by ProStyle Sports near a 1100 acre sewer and water treatment facility it owns 12 miles west of the city The firm plans 43 soc cer fields 18 softball fields a 600 room hotel and 200 room dormitory The city intends to use income from the project to do a $30 million to $34 million upgrade for its sewer and water treatment plant Lodi City Councilman Keith Land said Land opposed the bill calling it part of an issue of con feel this lease is very innovative and Land said But San Joaquin County the state arm Bureau and environ mental groups say the idea could trigger more growth in a rural area far from urban ser vices Scuffle erupts over school mascots DEATHS 2001 Jesus Castaneda at Schedule of Events 10:00 6:00 7:00 Chapel 49 of Chapel Heritage Ir City of Visalia Buckman Mitchell Visalia Unified School District American Ambulance Tulare Advance Register Juan Martinez 38 died June 16 Mass 10 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Exeter Smith amily Chapel Exeter Margaret Walter 57 died June 19 Graveside services 1 pm at Woodville District Ceme tery Peers Lorentzen uneral Service Tulare Visalia Times Delta Visalia Mall US Rentals Soft Rock 989 Kool 929 Gene King Retired US Marine Joyline Whitney Bardone Homemaker and Raiders at Sonora or 35 years Sonora mascot has been a mustachioed man in a sombrero and ban doleers supposedly represent ing Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata The Assembly considered leg islation this year that would have made California the first WOODLAKE Gene King 73 of Woodlake died Thursday June 13 2002 He was a retired US Marine Burial will be private at San Joaquin Valley National Ceme Saturday Josephine Ayers 83 died June 9 Memorial service 11 am at irst Congregational Church Tulare Goble Miller uneral Chapel Tulare riday Larry Allred 70 died June 17 Graveside services 2 pm at Exeter Cemetery Smith amily Chapel Exeter Jesus Castaneda 48 died June 18 Rosary services 3 pm at Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Jim Gong 68 died June 12 Services 11 am at Miller Memo rial Chapel Visalia Myrtle Lasater 90 died June 11 Memorial service 11 am at Ivanhoe Church of the Nazarene Thursday July 4 Centex Stadium Monday Joyline Whitney Bardone 75 died June 18 Graveside services 10:30 am at Visalia District Cemetery Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Information 713 4599 TULARE Margaret Hazel Walter 57 of Tulare died Wednesday Jurie 19 2002 She was a homemaker Visitation will be from noon to 8 pm today at Hamilton Peers Lorentzen uneral Chapel Tulare Graveside ser vices will be 1 pm riday Woodville District Cemetery The Associated Press ULLERTON A brief scuf fle broke out between police and people protesting the use of Indian mascots by two schools One woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly blocking an exit during a ullerton Union High School District board meeting where 20 people were demonstrating against the names of two teams the Indi ans at ullerton High School Joyline Whitney Bardone 75 of Visalia died Tuesday June 18 2002 She was a homemaker Visitation will be 2 7 pm Sun day at Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia' Graveside services will be' 10:30 am Monday at the Visalia District Cemetery WALMART ALWAYS THE LOW PRICE Merced supervisors target derelict cars MERCED The Merced County Board of Supervisors unanimously has voted to make some unused cars ille gal 'I The board approved the ordinance Tuesday After two warnings a vehicle would be removed at the property or vehicle expense The board said auto car casses bring down real estate value in some neighborhoods Some residents worried that their cars would be towed but supervisors assured them they would only be going after eyesores Priscilla Drain Skaalen Licensed California uneral Director Bank Of Visalia Obituary policy The Visalia Times Delta reports deaths and funeral infor mation at no charge as a public service in the print and online editions or a fee obituaries can include additional information in print and online at wwwVisaliaTimesDeltacom Complete information is avail able from Visalia area funeral homes or from the Times Delta 735 3270 YMCA Main Street Parade Downtown Visalia Gates Open Centex Stadium Entertainment Centex Stadium DUSK ireworks Extravaganza Centex Stadium taneda of Goshen Josie Altami rano of Visalia and Pat onseca of resno and many nieces and nephews Visitation will be 2 7 pm today at Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Rosary services will be 3 pm riday at the chapel HighSchool Protesters taunted police as they arrested Leti Rodriguez 31 of Huntington Park disrespect our heritage and culture1 but think honoring Rodriguez said shortly before her arrest School board President Bob state to ban American Indian Singer said decisions about team mascots from public changing mascots rest with schools The bill was defeated schools not the hoard last month i Pending Miller Memorial Visalia Rachel Martinez Tulare died June 17 Goble Miller uneral Tulare Agnes Rea 85 of Tulare died June 16 Presented By: or Tickets Visit Recreation Park Visalia Mall Community Service Adults $6 Children 3 10 and Seniors $4 Under 3 ree Reserved Seats $2500 each Teacher who shared booze porn fired MODESTO A high school teacher accused of watching pornographic vi deos with her students and of giving them alcohol has been fired Deidra Ann Brauns 29 will be out of a job in July She has been charged with three mis demeanors two counts of contributing to the delinquen cy of a minor and one count of giving alcohol to a minor She reportedly invited stu dents to parties at her home on several occasions The stu dents she is accused of taking to a hotel room to watch pornography were all 18 years old so Brauns does not face the felony charge of providing pornography to a minor Wire reports ENTER THE Say Can You CONTEST June 29 Call 713 4599 Services Today Myrth Boehm 95 died June 8 Memorial service 2 pm at Visalia District Cemetery Her itage uneral Services Visalia Margarito igueroa 53 died GOSHEN Jesus Castane da 48 of Goshen died Tuesday June 18 2002 Jesus was born to Lorenzo and Rosa Castaneda in Pecos Texas on Nov 7 1953 Chuy was special to his mom and dad and also to his brothers and sisters He was our special child and will truly be missed by all Survivors include three broth ers Manuel Castaneda of June 17 Mass 1 pm at St Isidore Visalia Juan Castaneda of Texas Catholic Church Orange Cove and Ismael Castaneda of Han Dopkins uneral Chapel Dinuba ford three sisters elipa Cas Yvonne Sutton 71 died June 15 Services 2 pm at Goble Miller uneral Chapel Tulare ty if convicted The twice divorced engi neer went on a circuitous trip in his motor home on eb 2 the day Danielle was reported missing Her body was found three weeks later along a rural road Police technicians had to remove and rehydrate the mummified hand in order to make the fingerprint comparison in March Other prints lifted from the motor home were also com pared with prints or other people Two of those matched up with females identified in court only as Danielle and Jennifer with the latter identified further as being about the same age as the vic tim tery Santa Nella Arrangements are by Evans Miller Exeter Chapel MargaretWalter Homemaker i TT KwM WOPNDEVny OIVVED I I fl I II 41 0 Center St Visalia CA 93291 7 (559)734 6769 UNERAL CHAPEL Convenient downtown parking fd Se Habla Espanol UNERAL SERVICES 603 North Court Visalia "Carins Service for all 732 2273 Lie 1 564 Se habla espanol I 'Xi A I Sewer Drain PLUMING Service COMPANYM 625 2575 License504415 "A.