Ukiah Daily Journal (Newspaper) - September 7, 1990, Ukiah, California from A3 girls tennis prepares for 1990 season Outlook Fair Last year Last year As of 10 today Season to Last yaw to Ukiah Daily 130 124 18 pages Serving Mendocino 25 cents Two kilos of uncut coke sold to narcs By LOIS OROURKE Journal staff writer Three Mendocino County including a were arrested in Fort Bragg Thursday night after undercover agents purchased two kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of According to the Mendocino CountyWide Narcotics Task Force Commander Doug Thursday nights purchase was the largest ever made by narcotics agents in the Silva said Raul and Alejo both of Fort and Manuel of Ukiah were arrested on suspicion of selling cocaine and conspiracy to sell The three were arrested without incident around after agents purchased the uncut kilo of cocaine for at a Fort Bragg motel Silva A kilo is about He said Mora was the primary suspect in the undercover He Mora didnt even want to count the It kind of messed See Page A10 Resource restrictions for Smith River WASHING TON AP Mining would be banned and Ipg ging heavily restricted across acres surrounding the Smith River in the northwest corner of BOSCO nia under a a House subcommittee approved The measure passed by the House Interior Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands on a voice vote would establish the river as a national recreation Doug D the bills said subcommittee approval marked a major step forward for our efforts to ensure that the Smith River gets the strong protection it deserves in a form that will accommodate the interests of local residents and visi tors I really think the Smith River can be a national model for ways to combine recreational uses with protection of natural values and innovative he Subcommittee Chairman Bruce said the riv er is a nationally significant He praised Bosco for reaching an agreement in an area that has been a focal point for controversy for more than 20 The river is the last river in an aide to Bosco It also serves as home to some northern spotted which have been declared as a threatened Part of what makes it unique is its aide Bruce Taylor The north fork looks like you are in The middle part is in the heart of the Other parts are high in the Within the acres theres probably more variety of land scapes than you can find any he See Page A10 Butte supervisors delay bankruptcy OROVILLE AP Butte County supervisors have post poned their planned declaration of saying they first need to respond to George Deuk suggestion that the county make budget One supervisor said Thursday that Deukmejians suggestion con a lot of Most of the five supervisors said they still expect to file for bank but that it would be irres to do so without attempt ing to negotiate with Deukmejian or at least correct assertions the Republican governor made in a let ter to the This letter precludes acting as we anticipated said Super visor Haskel adding that the letter would have to be answered Its not a matter of if we file for bankruptcy but when we he The supervisors voted last week to file for bankrupt cy by the end of this week unless the Legislature and governor pro vided sufficient aid to cover a See Page A10 OConnor Tops Madonna in MTV Awards UNIVERSAL CITY AP Irish pop singer Sinead OConnor breezed past Ameri can bombshell Madonna for top honors at the 7th annual MTV Music Video Awards in an evening of upset victories and censorship The controversial OConnor took video of the best female video and the post modern category for her stark Nothing Compares 2 U video during the awards ceremony broadcast live who performed a racy version of her Vogue video dressed in an 18th Cen tury French costume bursting at the won for cinematography and editing none of which go to Don Henley beat Billy Idol and Hammer in the best male video category for See Page A10 REDWOOD SUMMER REVISITED REDWOOD My Journal file photo Earth First activists Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari per form at a rally before the Oakland bombing that Injured both and left Bari partially paralyzed In this essay of Redwood Summer activities which begins clockwise at Both remained Cherney at tions and Bari giving Interviews and writing In the Later a timber one of the many women who led protest on both pickets In Ukiah during a hearing on Navarro Ridge Music and speakers marked a proIndustry rally In Fort Bragg July The same around environmental ists gathered on land to protest North Coast logging Redwood struggle expected to continue By CHRIS CALDER Journal staff A summer of hard sit media hype and some pro talk over the future of the North Coasts timber industry is nearly over and while particip ants from all corners sigh they agree that struggles over logging closer to a beginning than an Last activists said thou sands of people would gather in North Coast communities to slow down logging and spread their belief that by cutting too big timber companies are creating unhealthy forests and local They were proved right at least at the largest demonstration in Fort Bragg July where about activists marched and ral As many or more timber industry supporters gathered at Fort Bragg that evidence that the controversy has also generated a large movement among people convinced that environmental reform will cost them their Now activists claim partial success and say their efforts will We clearly did not succeed in slowing the timber industry down to sustained yield said activist Judi but its become a national issue like its never been Bari said broad media atten tion and the environmental movements have turned this into a mass rather than a collection of individual The controversy spurred polit ical organizations among timber industry supporters as well as environmental with loc al movements on both sides led almost solely by Those supporting the timber industry said it is because men who work in the industry dont have much taste for political organizing and Environ mentalists said women turned their efforts from largely dual action to a group and com munity Organizations like Mothers Women in Timber and a Ukiah group that never came up with a name but staged several rallies locally and one in San became public voices for those who want management of the forests left largely with those who work in Claudia a timber broker who has organized and spoken at most of the Ukiah rall said she wasnt impressed with environmentalists turnout over the summer and that the con helped supporters of the industry See Page A10 New options to be studied in spotted owl plan WASHINGTON AP The Bush admi is moving away from the idea of weakening the Endangered Species but a White House task force still has no plan for sav ing the northern spotted a spokesman for Mark said Press secretary Calder said after Hatfield met with reporters today that the task force has not ruled out changes in the act to soften the economic impact of restricted log ging in the Northwests oldest forest to save the But Calder said the panels leaders indicated this week they are moving away from that The senator has always believed we should not be tinkering with the We need to work within the context of the Endangered Species Calder Hatfield denied reports that the task force wants to embrace a version of the controversial plan offered by government scientists in April that would ban logging on millions of old growth forest in Oregon and northern I talked with Secretary Clayton Yeutter last weekend and my staff was in touch with the task force staff so we have been in rather constant he The recommendations made in April by the scientific committee chaired by Forest Service biologist Jack Ward Thomas are totally Hatfield He said job loss in the region under that prop osal would range from to and revenue loss could total million to I can tell you that would be like sending a missile into the economy of the Hatfield Calder said today it is possible the task force was considering the Thomas plan earlier this week but that no longer was the Steve a spokesman for Interior Secretary Manuel said Thursday night that members of the task force have been asked to explore new options in their efforts to devise a plan to balance protection of the spot ted owl and timber See Page A10
