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INSIDE Watts riots Witnesses worry that today's South L.A. has forgotten3C Obituaries2C Classified5C LOCAL THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005 VISALIA TIMES-DELTA- Assistant Managing Editor Local News: Jim Houck, 735-3276 IN BRIEF saOos) ssift 14 raouowi fa Wo How to run for office Those wishing to run for public office this November have until Friday to file papers with the Tulare County Elections Department. Nomination papers will be available through 5 p.m. Friday in the Elections Department, Government Plaza, 5951 S. Mooney Blvd.

in Visalia. They can be filed no later than 5 p.m. Information: 733-6275 or www.tularecoelections.org. 7 vying for City Council, and 7 try for school board By Laura Florez and Jed Chernabaeff Staff writers With two days left to file paperwork, the November ballot is filling up with candidates looking to grab a seat on the Visalia City Council and the Visalia Unified School Board. As of Wednesday, 14 candidates seven candidates for each race had filed nomination papers with the Tulare County Elections Department to officially join races for the council and school board At least two more, Rusty Barker, a Tulare shoe store manager, and Robin Kaufman, a Visalia Unified School District substitute teacher, said they, too, up for grabs on the council, said he didn't have any hesitations about joining the race.

"The more the merrier," he said "Visalia residents can't lose if they have more options to pick from." Barker said he wants to run for a seat on the council because he's unhappy with how city leaders are allowing Visalia to grow. "We're growing at too fast See V1salia4C board, respectively. To run for office Nov. 8, they have until Friday to file 'Fountain of youth' in a bottle planned to submit paperwork by Friday to join races for the council and school Some of Scott Borba's skin-care get rid of wrinkles, said he believes his son was inspired after watching him build Western Utilities from the ground up. "We always told him that if you set your mind to it, you can do whatever you want" Tony Borba said Borba had initially set his mind to become a lawyer, but he changed his mind after double-majoring in pre-law and psychology at Santa Clara University.

While in college, Borba took up mod Park, forest officials happy about wildfire The Comb fire, which was started in Kings Canyon National Park by lightning on July 22, has burned 2,810 acres. Officials with the Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and the Sequoia National Forest are allowing the fire to spread naturally to clear away an accumulation of forest fuels and cycle nutrients back into the soil The fire is spreading on both sides of the boundary between Kings Canyon Nat ional Park and the Sequoia National Forest. East of Wildman Meadow, the fire is backing into the Deer Cove Creek drainage, and from Stag Dome it's moving in a southeast direction. "The fire is nearly a textbook example of how a nat urally-caused fire can be used to benefit the land, Mother Nature has been good to us on this one," said Roy Hall, incident commander for the southwest fire use management team, which is responsible for managing the Comb tire. Authorities search for at-risk man The Tulare County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in finding an at-risk Fresno man last seen in the Dunlap area Brian Lewis, 42, of Fresno was reported missing by family mem bers Aug.

9 after he was last seen in the Dunlap area. He suffers from mental health issues Brian Lewis and is without his medica tion. His car was located in the Quail Flat parking area in the Sequoia National Forest Members from the Tulare County Sheriff's Depart ment, Fresno County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Park Service and US. Forest Ser vice are coordinating a search to locate Lewis.

SPCA invites public to candlelight vigil The Valley Oak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a candlelight vigil Aug. 20 to observe National Homeless Animals Day in Visalia. The vigil will take place from 7-8 p.m. and will include live music, guest speakers and refreshments at Garden Street Plaza on Main and Garden streets. There will also be a blessing of the animals.

All well-behaved pets are welcome, bn a leash or humanely housed Information: 651-1111, Ext 112. Historical Society to host Oak Tree Tour The Tulare County Historical Society will host an Oak Tree Tour Sept. 9 in Visalia. From 930 a.m. to 1230 p.m.

the tour will take guests on a search for Visalia's biggest and best oak trees. The tour's guides will be "Mr. Visalia Oak Tree," Alan George, Sandy Newman, who has photographed and measured Visalia's largest oak trees, and Dave Pendergraft who is the arborist for the city of Visalia Refreshments, displays and a free book, "Oaks of California" will be given to all who attend. Tickets for the tour, which will be provided by an air-conditioned bus, are $15. Information: 732-5829 or 901-3227.

Staff reports 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 assistant managing editorlocal news, 735-3276. fir Steve R. ftijimotaTimes-Delta Encouraged by his parents in Visalia and a Redwood High School counselor, Scott Borba (not pictured) left Visalia to build a "fountain of youth" in Los Angeles. Borba began his own company in January, selling water that treats skin problems from the inside.

His parents, Tony and Evelyn, point to a furniture ad for Crate and Barrel that uses some of his products as props on Aug. 3. nomination papers for any of the 175 offices up for election, said Hiley Wallis, Tulare County's Elections Department manager. Nomination signatures must be turned in to run for the Visalia City Council or the Visalia Unified School Board. Visalia City Council Barker, who would become the eighth candidate vying for one of three seats jelly beans, that "give you a boost in skin-care benefits." "If you're going to eat candy, you might as well eat something that's good for you," he said "It's especially good for a lot of kids out there that have acne issues just because of hormonal challenges." Borba said his skin-care candy is set to "revolutionize the candy world" But Borba's skin-treating water and candy aren't without their critics.

Dr. Christopher Villard, a dermatologist in Visalia, said he isn't sold on the idea of water as a skin treatment "It's hard for me to imagine that water alone, no matter how it's balanced by minerals, could be effective in treating acne or any other skin condition," said Villard who has been a dermatologist for more than 20 years. "There's no good scientific proof in the dermatology world that drinking any quality of water is beneficial for the skin" The reporter can be reached at ldoanvisalia. gannett.com. moves Paul Barbieri, right turns around as his family walks by the General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park.

Teresa Douglass Times-Delta i 66 county seats are without candidates No one wants to join school board in Allensworth Staff reports With a Friday deadline looming, no one has filed to run for 66 seats on Tulare County boards and commissions in the Nov. 8 electioa They range from the Allensworth school board, where, as of Tuesday, no one had filed for three seats, not even the incumbents, to special districts governing irrigation systems, community services, fire services and public utilities. Deadline to file is 5 p.m. Friday at the Tulare County Elections Department, Government Plaza, 5951 S. Mooney Blvd.

Visalia. Tulare County Elections Department manager Hiley Wallis said potential candidates for all offices but the Visalia City Council and the Visalia school board need only file declarations of candidacy by the deadline. Candidates for the Visalia council and school board need to file lists of nominating signatures. Rules for filing are available on the elections department's Web site. Wallis said if an incumbent fails to file by Friday's deadline, the deadline for people other than incumbents to file is extended until 5 p.m.

Wednesday. Incumbents must file by Friday. In Allensworth, School Superintendent Robert Cardenas said he expected the three incumbents Henry Terronez, Karen Montgomery and Tony Patterson to file by Friday's deadline. Other boards where no one has filed as of Wednesday: School boards Columbine: Incumbent Mark Phillips has filed for one of the two full-term seats, but fellow incumbent Anton Caratan has not Dinuba: No one has filed for the Area 2 seat held by Nancy McKittrick. Palo Verde: Incumbents Jack Eddy and William Benson have filed No one has filed for the seat currently held by Manuel Gonzalez.

Community service districts Alpine-Sequoia: No one has filed for the seats held by George Derkum, Milburn Ellis or Roy Aiken Ducon No one has filed for the seats held by Graciela Castillo, Raymond Daniel or Susan Avila East Orost No one has filed for the seats held by Josephine Zayes Fernandez or Ramona Aguiar. London: No one has filed See Seats4C On the Net Find rules for filing for a position at www.tulare coelections.org. Click on "Consolidated Districts Election," then "Candidate Guide." Visalia native sells his secret to clear skin: water By Lynn Doan Staff writer Scott Borba is no rookie at selling beauty products. The ex-model who grew up in Visalia has helped develop products for the likes of Hard Candy, Sebastian Hair Care, Shiseido, Johnson Johnson and Murad Skin Care. But after 14 years in the business, Borba said, he has found the answer to beautiful skin where most would least expect it water.

In Jan Scott Borba uary, the 32-year-old Ange-leno launched Borba Skin Balance Water, a flavored water that is intended to treat skin problems from the inside out Borba's first distributor, Fred Segal Beauty in Los Angeles, sold 10,000 bottles of the water in less than two days, he said. Since then, Borba Nutraceuticals has spread to about 250 stores nationwide, including Sephora, Nordstrom and Four Seasons, with actors such as Hillary Duff, Pamela Anderson and Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal sporting the water on the set Borba said he expects his "fountain of youth" to gross $12 to $15 million in sales by December. "How we're doing busi ness now, we'll hopefully become a leader in skin care in the next five years," said Borba, who graduated from Redwood High School and attended College of the Sequoias for a year. The calorie-free water, which took four years to develop, is made up of nutritional ingredients that are atomized broken into small particles and added to flavored water. Borba said his water is clinically proven to improve skin in seven days, while providing vita min supplements.

His water has yet to make its way into Visalia, but Borba said he is working hard to bring it home to the com munity that inspired him. I think being raised in a town that's nurturing and loving, providing me with all the riches of the real world General Visitors must park farther away, hike about half a mile Staff reports Those driving up to see one of the largest trees in the world will now have to park a little farther away and hike a little longer to see it Sequoia National Park offi cials this week closed the park ing lot next to the General Sherman tree, which is just yards away, and will redirect traffic to a new parking lot north of the tree, a 2-mile drive out of the way. ml On the Net Borba Nutraceuticals: www.borba.net in simplicity, gave me the ability to become a force in a big city," Borba said. Borba said he also plans on donating some of his products to the Visalia Rescue Mission, where he and his family volunteered while he was a kid. "I want to send over some products to families and children that would never be able to afford it," Borba said Borba's parents, Evelyn and Tony Borba, who own Western Utilities Transformer Service in Visalia, served as Borba's main inspiration to start his own company, he said.

"When you're starting up a company and putting every last cent into an idea you have, it's a pretty ominous feat," he said. "But my mom and dad have been there for me from the get-go." Borba's father, who drinks his son's water twice a day to Steve R. FuiimotoTimes-Delta products. eling and was introduced to the owner of Hard Candy, where he began his career in the beauty industry. And he has never regretted turning his back on law schooL "I use my pre-law degree every day, dealing with corporate structures and facilitating all aspects of business," he said Along with water, Borba said he is working on a new line of Borba Confections, including gummy bears and Sherman tree parking lot 7TT Inside Map of new parking lot4C From the new parking lot, visitors will then head out on a trail that is a little less than a half-mile long to the tree.

"Everyone who has ever been to the Sherman tree before is going to be confused for awhile," said Alexandra Picavet, public information officer for the Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. The General Sherman tree is one of the largest trees in the SeeTree4C hiss svAl, i(.