Ukiah Daily Journal (Newspaper) - February 21, 1999, Ukiah, California Ukiah Daily Sports Eagles edge Alameda Today Donrey Media Group 34 Volume 140 Number 270 tax included In Brief A2 Jumble Classifieds B7 Lottery Comics B5 Obituaries Crossword On Daily Digest TV listings USA Inside Health B 1 12 City calls a halt to planned opening of homeless shelter Shelter organizers failed to follow planning codes By LANEY FOUSE Daily Journal A red Order to Stop Work sign is posted near the front entrance of the building that to be the temporary homeless shelter on j It was placed there Friday by the City of building I They didnt go through the proper chan said neighbor Karen In a Im kind of In order to put a facility like that in any structure there are uniform building codes and fire code requirements that must be taken care City of Ukiah Planning Director Bob Sawyer said We cannot allow them to set up an opera tion of this sort until all those requirements are So we had to issue a stop work Sawyer said city Fire Marshall Bruce Evans also met with the wouldbe He had the same concerns that they were trying to open the facility without tak ing care of certain Sawyer As a secondary Sawyer he also informed Ford Street Project Director Mark Rohloff that a local ordinance requires the Planning Commission to issue a use permit before any facility can be used for a large assembly of Sawyer said the citys ordinance is rather accommodating when it comes to planning and He said the city is in port of the homeless The codes are not a bureaucratic maze of the planning director I cant speak as to why they thought they could just open the I think they simply were not aware and now they are so It is a laudable goal to open a homeless he but there are health and safe ty issues to Sawyer explained that when a change of occupancy or a change in building use takes there are certain dynamics taking place which are relevant to life and safe For the use of the facility to be he the shelter officials must go through the application Theres a whole laundry list of things to look Its very and This is a process that happens all the Sawyer Its not an unusual process and its a pret ty speedy See Page Barbara Daily Journal The cots at the proposed homeless shelter will remain at least for The city has issued a stop work order for the STATE SUPERINTENDENTS VISIT Eastin calls vocational program wonderful By GLENDA ANDERSON The Daily Journal State schools Super intendent Delaine Eastin on Friday hailed Ukiah High Schools vocational pro gram and said it should serve as a model for other Its she of the which includes machine wood shop and computer Eastin oil Friday loured Ukiah High school class rooms and met with teach students and business Eastin said shes con cerned that schools around the nation have dropped their vocational education largely because theyre To study the she formed a task force last year that includes industrial business representatives who have been complaining they cant find skilled entry level and Ukiah High School industrial arts teacher John a longtime advocate for voca tional Eastin said she agreed with task force members that something needs to be done about the but shes waiting for their cial expected in to decide exactly what to She said many people erroneously think vocational education is just for stu dents for one reason or dont plan to go on to college or that skilled labor is no longer a viable career that should be taught in But theyre Eastin Ukiah High students Ben Shell and Tiffany Sals for plan to go to Voc ed and ROP tools for choice By LAURA CLARK The Daily Journal Wi Barbara Dally Journal Ukiah High School Advanced Auto Instructor Robert Bender talks with state Superintendent of Schools Delaine Congressman Mike Thompson and Principal Phil Gary during Eastins Friday visit to the high thanks to the computer drafting classes hes is working at and plans a career in com puter a whiz at fixing small wants to teach elementary She and state small engine champion Jennifer another Ukiah High have been teaching students with disabilities how to work with Other students told Eastin they already had part time jobs earning more than an hour a decent salary by Ukiah area standards thanks to what See Page hat do you want to be when you grow up Its a question asked by that all too often is hard to While some of the lucky ones hear their calling at a young often students arent sure even when it comes time to leave high But with vocational educa aka occupational educa and Regional Occupational Programs students have more to choose Thanks to programs like students can learn specific trade skills and then go directly to college or a trade ROP and Ukiah Unified are involved in a cooperative effort to deliver education and training to students who will either enter the work force go off to John the Metals and Advanced Machine Shop teacher at Ukiah High School The true nature of the situation is Students who are going to college should be able to choose to go into a trade skill and not go to he and stu dents who are going into the trade skills should be able to choose instead to go to So whats the difference between vocational education and ROP In Mendocino ROP and vocational education are See Page CAR SHOW 99 Herman Ukiah Daily Journal Auto enthusiasts check out the new cars and trucks Saturday during the first day of this weekends Ukiah Auto Show at Carl Purdy Hall at the Redwood Empire The show is free to the public continues today from 10 to 4 it is sponsored by the Ukiah New Car Dealers Association and the Ukiah Pally District attorney appoints juvenile offender prosecutor By DAN McKEE The Daily Journal This is a good Joel Coble looking around his This is the place I can make the most differ ence and do the most to prevent A lawyer for 16 Coble recent ly gave up pri vate practice in Sonoma and Napa counties to become the new juvenile offender prosecutor for the Mendocino County Dis Attorneys Most of the kids we see are in need of positive supervision Coble and Coble Almost there are problems in the But Coble feels if he can intervene and influence trou bled kids lives early a lot of them can be made into pro Coble sets his goals high the total elimination of juvenile crime in the county within 10 That would be the Until that the Ore gon native says hell try to make the system work as fairly and efficiently as I The Harvard graduate and mer Mendocino County deputy public defender believes in keep ing teens exposure to the crimi nal justice system as brief as pos That means intervening See Page 412
