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4A Visalia Times Delta LocalState Tuesday November 13 2001 IN BRIE Kern County law enforcement gets sizable pay raise BAKERSIELD Kern Coun ty law enforcement and emer gency workers would get sizable raises under a plan that supervi sors will consider today In a plan that would cost $12 million through June 2002 county supervisors could vote to hike the pay of dozens of detention officers dispatchers evidence technicians and some investigators by as much as 15 percent County officials have found it hard to fill these ranks because of below market salaries according to Assistant County Administrative Officer Elissa Ladd The increases would put sher and fire department dis patchers on par with other counties Ladd said If approved today the raises for dispatchers would go into effect a few days later All other raises would be effective Jan 12 Atwater ederal prison opening to be delayed ATWATER The opening of the Atwater ederal Peniten tiary will be delayed because of a shortage of prison guards The prison needs 40 more correctional officers and will not open until next month at the earliest according to Jesse Gon zalez an executive assistant at the prison At full capacity the prison will handle 960 high security inmates and 128 inmates in a Survey: People want a single family home region 44 percent of other southern California 48 percent of Latinos People who would choose a suburban house even with a long commute: 42 percent of all adults I 44 percent of Central Valley 31 percent of Bay Area 48 percent of Los Angeles Baldassare said But real estate agents said no shock to them not at said Linda Pen nington of Garland Realty in sub urban Corona where the popula tion tripled in 10 years like the single story ranch style The results from 20 minute conversations last month with 2002 Californians also reveals that higher density transit orient ed aspects of have yet to catch on with the masses preference for a single family home is so strong and the desire to live in smaller communi ties is so strong that fairly hard for those promoting more com pact development to appeal to a large and broad audience of Cali said Baldassare Indeed despite millions of dol lars spent by foundations and activists to promote fewer cars higher buildings and a more urban lifestyle only 34 percent of Cali People who would choose compact multistory housing to walk to shops school and tran sit: fornians are familiar with the term Likewise only 38 percent know about the term of these terms that are used with regularity by the plan ners and policy makers like smart growth and sprawl are not even on the radar Baldassare said The fewest number of people recognizing the word 29 percent was in metropolitan Los Angeles which spreads 16 mil lion people across 35000 square miles in five counties and 177 cities The poll interviewed 2002 adult California residents in English or Spanish from Oct 22 to Oct 31 The margin of error for survey was plus or minus 2 percentage points The PPIC is a private non profit research organization based in San rancisco Commissioning the survey are the James Irvine William and lo ra Hewlett and David and Lucille Packard foundations The Associated Press SACRAMENTO or all of congested humanity its residents still prefer even more than most Americans a house and back yard in the sub urbs More than half its city dwellers also yearn for small town life While 71 percent of people nationally prefer the traditional single family home 84 percent of Californians consider it the ideal says a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California And 65 percent of Californians already live in one compared to 60 per cent nationally The overwhelming preference for a single family home came as a dramatic surprise to researchers who called it a for combination of the types of housing and communities that most people want is very much in line with the type of suburbaniza tion seen for the last 50 PPIC pollster Mark 32 percent of all adults 23 percent of Central Valley 34 percent of Bay Area 39 percent of Los Angeles region 30 percent of other southern California 39 percent of Latinos Source: Public Policy Institute of California 2001 growth survey All sponsor smart growth tactics urban growth Representatives of with money from companies that all three are meeting today to dis spawned much of sub cuss the results At a glance Californians who prefer a sin gle family home: 84 percent of all adults 88 percent of Central Valley 82 percent of San rancisco Bay Area 83 percent of Los Angeles region 84 percent of other southern California 85 percent of Latinos COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE The following people have been selected to participate in a two year training program to advance the welfare of children and child ser vices in Tulare County Ralph Alvarez TCOE Child Care Program Cheryl Lennon Armas Tulare Youth Services Bureau Melissa Bachtelle TCOE Child Care Program Nanci Carter Burton Ele mentary Irene Griswold Migrant Education Linda Del Rio amily Ser vices Leticia Epps CutlerOrosi School District Andrew lores Kaweah Delta Health Care District Anthony oster Kaweah Delta Health Care District Pam Gruber Central Valley Regional Center' Debi Hill TCOE Services for Education Employment Rebecca Jennings Visalia YMCA' Shawnie Jiminez Tulare County Health Human Services Agency Sharon Kamberg Burton Elementary Rachel Margolis Synchrony Trina Rodriguez Turning Point of Central California Inc Martha Serrato Pixley Union School District Geraldine Smith Teviston Betterment Association Cheri Taylor Turning Point of Central California Inc Scott Underwood Tulare Youth Services Bureau Blair Vedenoff Green House Montessori School Elizabeth Wilshire CASA Sanity hearing set to begin for state university killer The Associated Press SANTA ANA Nearly 25 years ago Edward Charles Allaway was found innocent by reason of insanity after killing seven people in a shoot ing spree at California State Univer sity ullerton Now a handful of state psychia trists say Allaway is healed and can rejoin society At a hearing set to begin today Orange County Superior Court Judge rank asel will decide whether Allaway 63 is fit to be released If found safe for society Allaway would be the first mass killer found innocent by reason of insanity to be released The case pits attorney and state psychiatrists who believe the man is no longer a threat against a prosecutor and the family members who say Allaway will do it again the evidence will be the easy part The magnitude of the case the ramifications politically and socially not just now but over the years will make it a difficult attorney John Bovee said low security camp There are 276 people now on staff with 55 inmates in the low security camp It has been hard to fill the ranks for reasons including the anthrax related mail slowdown and a backlog at a federal guard hiring center in Georgia Gonzalez said 41 percent of the current staff are from the area and the prison wants 60 percent of the staff to come from the area Entry level employees have an annual salary of about $29000 Avocado Lake Park to be closed in winter SANGER Avocado Lake Park will remain closed to vehi cles throughout the winter despite efforts by area residents to keep it open resno County will save about $100000 by closing the park until the spring along with Laton Kingston and Skaggs Bridgeparks The three were closed to vehi cles Nov 1 for the first time in a decade because the county is tightening its budget Although vehicles are blocked off pedestrians can still use the park That stop locals from protesting the closure the chance that it be closed permanently especially with the nearby resident Stephen Orton said told us years ago the park be closed but now closing it part time the next Board of Supervisors Chair man Deran Koligian said the parks are little used during the winter it starts raining and it gets cold tell me going to be people out there like in the Koligian said resno County supervisors and county staffers are looking at other options that might let them reopen the county park Wire reports DEATHS RubyEKjenslee Homemaker Ruby Edwina Kjenslee 97 of Visalia passed away riday Nov 9 2001 in the Visalia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center She was a homemaker She was born on Oct 18 1904 in Volga South Dakota and she was the daughter of Edward and Lucin da Rogholt She married Lloyd Kjenslee on April 5th 1924 She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd daughter Barbara and son Dwight She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church Visalia Ruby was an excellent cook and was known for her superb cinna mon rolls She loved to read cro chet and sew Surviving are two daughters and a son in law La Vonne Sosnowski and Edward Sosnowski Beverlee Carlisle all of Visalia nine grand children six great grandchildren four great great grandchildren Memorial services will be 11 am Wednesday Nov 14 at Christ Lutheran Church Interment will be at San Bruno Military Cemetery SERVICES Today Bessie Boatman 91 died Nov 8 Services 1:30 pm at Goble Miller uneral Chapel Tulare rancisca Calderon 77 died Nov 9 Services 9 am at Hamilton Peers Lorentzen uneral Chapel Tulare Jody Doyle 77 died Nov 7 Graveside services 10 am at Woodville Cemetery Hamilton Peers Lorentzen uneral Chapel Tulare Norma Murray 72 died Nov 7 Services 1 pm at St Episco pal Church Hadley uneral Chapel Visalia Loren Hill 75 died Nov 8 Memorial service 10 am at Goble Enjoy the convenience of home delivery To subscribe coll 735 3300 EARN 12 OR MORE? 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Call 1 866 227 0090 24 hrs Nbw Marketing Arrangements are by Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to the Christ Lutheran Church Celebra tion of Life und Lee Roy Murray Mechanic Lee Roy Murray 69 went to be with his beloved wife of 45 years Virginia on Sunday Nov 11 2001 in Visalia Lee was born in Doniphan Mis Lee Roy Murray If souri on June 22 1932 to Earl Murray and Alice Strait Lee left Doniphan at the age of eight and eventually moved to California with his mother stepfather Earl Rentfro sisters Louise Christine Murray Lola and Ethel Rentfro and brother rankie Rentfro Lee enlisted in the US Army at the age of 18 He completed basic infantry training in ort Ord and Air Transportability School in Takegama Japan He served with the Company 5th Calvary in Korea Lee was awarded the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds the Combat Infantry Badge Korean Service Medal with four stars Occupation Medal (Japan) UN Defense Service Medal and dubbed a by Neptune Rex 1 On an unofficial note Lee was held captive for five days After serving his country Lee returned to the Visalia area and he became an auto mechanic Lee was a member of the Disabled Ameri can Veterans Chapter 097 His father in law Jack Mahne brothers in law James and Bobby McClelland brothers rankie Rentfro Junior Hank and Johnnie Murray sisters Lola McNulty Ethel inley Betty Walters and Brenda Davis and many nieces and nephews survive Lee Also Lee leaves behind two cats Pee wee and Petey which his niece Peggy Bennett has adopted Visitation will be 2 7 pm Wednesday at Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Graveside services will be 10 am Thursday at Visalia District Cemetery Henrietta Smith Retired civil service clerk Henrietta Smith 90 of Visalia died Wednesday Nov 7 2001 She was a retired civil service clerk Services will be private Arrangements are by Heritage uneral Services Visalia Jewel Melvin Werner Retired truck driver Jewel Melvin Werner 76 of Visalia died Wednesday Nov 7 2001 He was a retired truck driver Jewel Melvin Warner was born to Clarence and Hazel Werner on Nov 8 1924 in Quincy Illinois He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII from 1942 1945 Duke married Marie Ashley in Yuma Arizona bn June 1 1946 The couple shared 55 years togeth er He and Marie moved to Visalia in 1972 Duke was a self employed truck driver for many years retir ing in 1989 Survivors include his wife Marie Werner of Visalia one son Steve Werner and his wife Karrie of Tulare one grandson Stephen Werner of Tulare two brothers Wayne and Elmo Werner both of Hemet Visitation will be 2 7 pm Wednesday at Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Graveside ser vices will be 11 am Thursday at North Tulare Cemetery Obituary policy The Visalia Times Delta reports deaths and funeral information 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 wwwVisalia TimesDeltacom Complete infor mation is available from Visalia area funeral homes or from the Times Delta 735 3270 Miller uneral Chapel Tulare Andrew Perales Jr child died Nov 7 Services 1 pm at Wayside Church of the Nazarene Tulare Hamilton Peers Lorentzen uneral Chapel Tulare Theodore Peter 80 died Aug 30 Memorial service 4 pm at aith Community Church of God Visalia Rosa Ramos 95 died Nov 7 Celebration of Mass 10 am at St Rita's Catholic Church Tulare uneral Home George Zaninovich 71 died Nov 8 RosaryMass 10 am at St Catherines Catholic Church Dinu ba Dopkins uneral Chapel Dinuba Wednesday Thelma Gamblin 87 died Nov 9 Service 11:30 am at Hillcrest Memorial Park Porterville Myers uneral Service Porterville Emily Johns Memorial service 11 am at irst Presbyterian Church Hadley uneral Chapel Visalia Ruby Kjenslee 97 died Nov 9 Memorial service 11 am at Christ Lutheran Church Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Jose Lopez 41 died Nov 4 Mass 10 am at St Isodore Church Orange Cove Dopkins uneral Chapel Dinuba Herbert Melendez Sr 59 died Nov 9 Memorial Mass 10 am at St Aloysius Catholic Church Miller's Tulare uneral Home Tulare Thursday Maria Gomes 72 died Nov 4 Mass 7 pm at St Aloysius Tulare RC Wimbs 78 died Nov 10 Services 1:30 pm at Heritage Chapel Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia riday Lee Murray 69 died Nov 11 Graveside services 10 arri at Visalia District Cemetery Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Jewel Werner 76 died Nov 7 Graveside services 11 am at North Tulare Cemetery Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Pending Miller Memorial Chapel Visalia Homer Giles 91 of Visalia died Nov 10 rances Di Meco 83 of Visalia died Nov 11 Louie Luna amily Service Counselor I 1 Heritage UNERAL SERVICES 603 North Court Visalia all of Tulare Kinss Counties' 732 2273 Lie 1 564 Se habla espanol A Animal Instincts with luffy Marabou Trim 1930 Princeton Ave Visalia 734 7399 wwwcasensationscom Grand Opening Come Join the estivities! 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