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VISALIA TIMES-DELTA TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008 DELIVERY PROBLEMS Subscribers: If you have not received your paper by 6 a.m., calll (888) 487-9565. i 1, i its Muir Woods celebrates anniversary, 2C State news, 3C Classified, 3C CALL: 735-3276 FAX: 735-3399 E-MAIL: newsvisaliatimesdelta.com 1 Assemblyman's father dies at 90 IN BRIEF Staff reports mento. Everett Maze was a former president of the local 1- i j2 tr St 1 it Retired farmer Everett Maze is survived by wife and five children Staff reports The 90-year-old father of Assemblyman Bill Maze, R-Visalia, died Monday at his Exeter-area home. Everett D. Maze was a retired farmer who owned a ranch near Exeter since 1954, according to an obituary forwarded by Bill Maze's legislative director in Sacra chapter of the California Farm Bureau and a member of several organizations, including the Ex-eter Sportsman Club.

He also was an avid fisherman and deer hunter who taught himself to play a number of instruments. Maze was born Jan. 8, I I A Urn Bill Maze raairoracy Groundbreaking fire station 1918, in LaJunta, Colo. Survivors include his wife, June, and five children. He had 18 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchil dren.

Chapel services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Smith Family Chapel in Exeter, with private burial at Exeter Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Online condolences may be left at www.smithfamily chapel.com.

state-of-the-art facility Jptafw r-- Officials, firefighters celebrate construction of ten 'lain Above, Jacob Manning, 15 months, with his Visalia firefighter father. Jay, checks out the shovels used for the groundbreaking of Visalia Fire Station Five at Ferguson Avenue and Shirk Street At right, Visalia City Council members and other officials break ground on the station that will provide coverage for the Demaree and Akers corridors of Highway 198 and the Industrial Park. The state-of-the-art center will allow the firefighters to practice with live fires without affecting air quality. PHOTOS BY JOHANNA COYNE Man convicted in gang-related murder A Pixley man was convict' ed of second-degree murder Monday for a 2004 gang-re lated murder. Ulisces Aguilar now faces 40 years to life in prison for his role in the killing of Ever- ado Marquez of Pixley.

Prosecutors said Aguilar and Miguel Cisneros went to Marquez home on May 6 2004 and Cisneros shot him six times with a rifle, which later was found at Aguilar's home. Cisneros was convicted of murder in 2006 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Aguilar is scheduled to be sentenced May 9 in Tulare County Superior court in Visalia. Officials: Inmates stab each other in fight Two inmates stabbed each other during a fight at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility Sunday afternoon, jail officials report. Abel Villagran of Tulare was treated and released from a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries to his upper body following the fight that broke out about 4:30 p.m., Tulare County sheriff's officials announced.

He was returned to Bob Wiley, north of Visalia. The other man, Tomas Leyva of Salinas, suffered a superficial wound and did not require medical attention. Sheriffs officials did not disclose what the two men used to stab each other. Teens injured I in ATV crash in Terra Bella A teenage boy and a teenage girl were injured Sunday in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Terra Bella. The 13-year-old boy driving the ATV lost control about 6 p.m.

near Road 248, and he and the girl a passenger hit a tree head-on. The boy wasn't wearing a helmet, the Tulare County Fire Department reported. He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. As for the girl, she also was injured and was taken to an local hospital, the fire department reported. Neither of their conditions was disclosed Monday.

Man crashes car into parked truck A man crashed a car into a parked truck Monday morning after leadingTulare police on a chase that went by three schools. Tulare police said Jerome Ocaranza, 30, of Tulare, whom they identified as the driver of the Honda Civic, was arrested following the crash that ended a 20-minute chase. He was taken from the scene in a police car. The chase, which began about 9:40 p.m., included a trip up and down Highway 99 in Tulare and continued through parts of the city. On Laspina Street, the chase passed Live Oak Middle School and Frank Kohn Elementary School, where a crash was narrowly avoid ed.

The chase went on Bards-ley Avenue, where it passed Lincoln Elementary School. Tulare police backtracked the route of the chase and reported finding a gun they See BRIEFS, 3C CORRECTIONS The Times-Delta promptly acknowledges and corrects errors. To report an error in a news story, please call the executive editor, 735-3268, or the senior editorlocal news, 735-3276. Jackie Cuellar, technician, mixes Pharmacy, which is now open in Main Suite A. Pharmacist mixes medication to meet each patient's needs BY GERALD CARROLL gcarrollvisalia.gannett.com Nature's Pharmacy, formerly the United Pharmacy in Dinuba, has opened its doors in downtown Visalia.

Owner Cristina Todd was a pharmacist in Dinuba for six years after graduating from Auburn University in Alabama. The new, Main Street pharmacy offers a mix of the new and old when it comes to medicines and dietary supplements, Todd said last week while unpacking boxes and preparing her office space. "It's great to be in a new location," she said, "and we're looking forward to serving Visalia patients." The move to Visalia was delayed for two months while theTodds negotiated a thicket of Visalia codes, she said. Compounding Todd offers "compounding," the customization of medication for individual patients' needs. The process takes place under the direction of the patient's physician, Todd said.

"Medicines should not be said. "Each patient is unique." WHAT IS IT? "Compounding" is the preparation of customized medications to meet specific needs. Customers include: Those unable to take medication orally. Transdermal gels can be absorbed by the skin. Those allergic to commercial medicines because of allergic reactions to a certain dyes, sugar, alcohol or lactose.

They can be provided medication without the problem- 1 Visalia Carmel Plaza 4006 S. Demaree Rd. 559-732-5905 Hanford Hanford Mall 1679 Lacey Blvd. 559-583-8393 Ljwjj up 1 STEVE R. FUJtMOTO a prescription at Nature's the Downtown Visalia Plaza at 207 W.

"People need alternatives to more traditional treatments Cristina Todd, owner of Nature's Pharmacy INFORMATION Nature's Pharmacy opened Tuesday 207 W. Main Suite Visalia. Information: 734-2478. If a child is unable to swallow tablets, she said, Nature's Pharmacy can convert the medicine into a tasty liquid. "Compounding went away after the big companies took over the medicine business "Todd said.

"We want to bring it back." Nature's Pharmacy is the only compounding pharmacy in Tulare County, said co-owner John Todd, who was putting down tile in the pharmacy's new break room. There's plenty new to be found at the pharmacy as well, Cristina Todd said. Research has led to a number of compounds and vitamin combinations shown to improve general health and well-being, she said. "People need alternatives to more traditional treatments which might not be as effective," she said. causing additive.

Elderly patients or small children unable to swallow tablets. They can get pleasant-flavored liquid with the same medication. Pets. Medications can be provided in a form the animal will want to consume. Source: Guide from United Pharmacy of Dinuba, now known as Nature's Pharmacy of Visalia Call today for your heartiuj exam Porterville Putnam Villa Prof Complex 573 W.

Putnam Ave. 559-784-0662 559-244-6060 i Fresno 7391 N. Palm Ave. I Southwest Visalia resident wants mounds of dirt, grass removed 4. DAVID CASTELLON Two mounds of grass and dirt sit where workers dug two holes in early 2007 in the 100 block of Elkhorn Avenue in Visalia.

Workers for the developer in the Salierno Estates subdivision planted a tree in a third hole, but put buckets of dirt in the other two and never came back to plant the other two trees. The dirt in the buckets have become so overgrown with grass that they look like a pair of bushes. HOW TO GET HELP Problem: Holes were dug for trees in new subdivision, but they never were planted. Location: 100 block of Elkhorn Avenue, Visalia. Reader's experience: In January or February 2007, shortly after Carolyn Watson and her family moved into their new home in the Salierno Estates subdivision, workers dug three holes in the parkway the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street alongside their house.

But the workers, whom she thought were Visalia city employees, planted only one tree. In the other two holes they placed two 15-gallon buckets full of dirt, leaving a mound of earth protruding above grass-level. Watson and her family thought the workers would come back to finish the job, but more than a year later the buckets remain in the ground. The mounds of dirt now feature 2-foot-high grass, making them look like unattractive bushes in the middle of an attractive landscape. "So we have these mounds, and we can't mow them," Watson said.

Watson worried that altering what they thought were city-dug holes would result in fines. Who's in charge: David Pendergraft, Visalia Parks and Recreation Department's urban forestry supervisor. Action to date: Pendergraft said Monday that his department which plants and maintains trees on city streets didn't dig the holes who's responsible. You can also send comments with your name and phone number to: news VisaliaTimesDelta.com or mburlesovisaHa.gannett.com. Look for "Fix it" every Tuesday and on weekends in the Times-Delta.

Next step: Watson said she attempted Monday to call D.R. Horton to get the matter re solved. A D.R. Horton official contacted at the developer's Fresno office said he could not speak on the record about the holes. The Times-Delta wants to help you keep our communities working.

Does that blinking signal light appear week after week? We want to know. Fax us at 735-3399, or call us at 735-3282. We'll tell others about the problem and find out next to Watson's house. At Salierno Estates, the city has an agreement to trim the trees when they mature, but planting them in i the responsibility of the developer. Watson said bought her home from D.R.

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