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February 4, 2005 Californian LOCAL CALENDAR TODAY CLAM CHOWDER FEED, 3 p.m., Orradre building, King City. Take out 3 p.m., eat in 5 to 7:30 p.m. 385-8020. TODAY CANCER JOURNEY, 1 to 4 p.m., Cancer Center classroom, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. 625-4753.

TODAY MBUG-PC MEETS E-BAY, 7 to 9 p.m., multipurpose room, Pacific Grove Adult Education Center, 1025 Lighthouse Pacific Grove. Sirie Thonghua, e-Bay education specialist, on basics of buying, selling and becoming a recognized seller on e-Bay. Free and open to public. TODAY MONTEREY BAY SENIOR SINGLES, 4:30 p.m., Tinnery Restaurant, 631 Ocean View Pacific Grove. Divorced or those who are now alone invited.

644-9860. TODAY AMERICAN LEGION POST 589, karaoke 6 to 10 p.m., 35 W. Market Salinas. -TODAY PUBLIC STAR SHOWS, 6 and 7:30 p.m. today, Hartnell College planetarium, 156 Homestead Salinas.

"Aurora the Mysterious Light" and "Life of a Star." No late seating, tickets available before show. 755-6913. WILD THINGS MATING GAME TOURS, 7 to 9:30 p.m. today and Saturday and Feb. 11-14 at Wild Things, 400 River Road, Salinas.

Ages 18 and older, includes tour exploring courtship and mating behaviors of animals as well as an entertaining game with a chance to receive a Safari $25 per person, $45 couple. Reservations required: 455-1901, ext. 3. SAT. REDWINGS HORSE SANCTUARY OPEN HOUSE, 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m., Lockwood. First regular open house of year. 386-0136. SAT. SACRED HEART VALENTINE DANCE, 5 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 22 Stone Salinas.

Mass at 5 p.m., catered dinner by Spados, 6:30 p.m., DJ Tammi Ross. $35 per couple. 772-8232. SAT. BACK TO THE WELL WITHIN, 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m., Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Cislini Plaza conference room, 450 E. Romie Lane, Salinas. Ways to access your own personal power to achieve optimal health. Free. 759-1890.

SAT. BEHIND THE SCENES: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN, 2 p.m., AMP.TV studio, 2200 Garden Road, Monterey. Reel Friends of the Monterey County Film Commission present Graham Yost. Series attendees participate in live audience. 646-0910.

SAT. MARDI GRAS AT MADONNA DEL SASSO SCHOOL, 6 to 11 p.m. 20 Santa Teresa Way, Salinas, doors close at 9 p.m., attire semi-formal, live and silent auctions, cash raffle, wine tasting, gaming, appetizers and dessert. Benefiting MDS School students. Ages 21 and older.

Cash raffle tickets 424-7813. WESTERN STAGE AUDITIONS, today and Saturday for "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Anything Goes," "John Steinbeck's Cannery Row," "Bat Boy the Musical, "The Waiting Room," The Cherry Orchard," "Victor Rain of Gold" and "Wind in the Willows." All roles open. Auditions, 759-6037. SUN. SUPER BOWL SUNDAY TRI-TIP SANDWICHES, 9 a.m.

to noon, Knights of Columbus No. 1948 Hall parking lot, 270 Rianda Salinas. Drive OK. $10: two sandwiches, beans and salad. 449-5593.

SUN. NOTRE DAME AND PALMA I HIGH SCHOOLS 20TH ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Palma High School, 919 Iverson Salinas. To benefit both schools. $2 admission, younger than 12 free.

Food and produce available. 422-6391. "Your South County Specialists" Bobbie Reynolds Lucy Jensen REALTORS" LEGACY REAL ESTATE uP SUSANVILLE Richard Franklin Morgan Richard Franklin Morgan, 88, of Susanville, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, of natural causes. He was born Aug.

17, 1916, in Bakersfield. Survivors: Wife, Francis of Eagle Lake; sons, Robert of Salinas, Leslie and his wife, Pauline, of Redding, Richard Jr. and his wife, Edna, of Arlington, Texas; brother, Donald Payette of North Highlands; sisters, Laura Hoffman of Visalia, Philomene Demeter of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Margaret Mason of Salinas. Services: None planned. BAYLISS Muriel Eugenia Vosti McCorkle Muriel Eugenia Vosti McCorkle, 93, whose love warmed the hearts of her family and friends, died Sunday, Jan.

30, 2005. Born Jan. 18, 1912, to Enos Murial Eugenia Vosti McCorkle and Fulvia Vosti, she grew up, on a small dairy farm near Salinas. One of her favorite poems, "The Best Things in Life Are Free" ends: "It isn't what we own or buy that signifies our wealth. It's the special gifts that have no price: our family, friends and health." She married the late Stanley Harold McCorkle on Nov.

20, 1932, and they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary three years ago. Stan and Muriel McCorkle farmed in the Soledad area at the foot of Blue Mountain, head of Shirttail Canyon near Pinnacles National Monument until moving to Bayliss. They started farming operations in the area in 1950. The mother of three sons, Muriel started a 4-H program for local boys so they could learn cooking and homemaking skills. Her culinary skills were so widely recognized that she judged cakes, pies and canned food at the county fair for many years.

She developed considerable expertise in growing camellias and shared her flowers and the remarkable produce grown in her garden and orchard with friends in the Bayliss community. Survivors: Sons, Lee and his wife, Marlene of Bayliss, Don and his wife Patty of King City, and Bob and his wife Mary of Los Osos; 10 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren, Lynnette Galbraith of Durham, Phillip and Gregg McCorkle and Kelly Geiger of Bayliss, Synthia McCorkle of San Jose, Mashael Brown of Hollister, Jennifer McCorkle of Folsom, Elizabeth McCorkle of Washington, D.C., Bonnie Kraemer of San Luis Obispo and Robyn Weinstock of Petaluma. She always had a listening ear and a full cookie jar for them. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb.

10, at F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary, 114 N. Shasta Willows. A lunch at Jacinto Grange Hall in Bayliss will follow the service. Burial: 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11, in the Pioneer Cemetery in Watsonville, where her late husband, Stan, and other family members were laid to rest. Memorials: Jacinto Grange, Bayliss Library, Bayliss Fire Department, or Clover 4-H in of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary, 114 N. Shasta Willows, CA 95988.

Rapper gets 12 years The Associated Press LONG BEACH Rapper Tray Deee, who formed the group Tha Eastsidaz with rappers Snoop Dogg and Goldie Loc, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a 2003 shooting. The rapper, whose real name is Tracy Lamar Davis, was sentenced in Superior Court after pleading no contest to shooting at an occupied vehicle. 2005 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR! Let us help you build your legacy for tomorrow today! Buying or selling a home? Call the South County Specialists for all your real estate needs. Lucy Jensen Bobbie Reynolds www.Legacy-RE.com GONZALES Belen Camacho Belen Gonzales, TWAIN HARTE Pearl Peggie Moore Pearl Peggie Moore, 81, of Twain Harte, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at Doctor's Medical Center in Modesto following a brief illness.

She was born July 25, 1923, in North Fork, lived in Salinas Pearl Peggie for 21 years Moore and the last 27 years in Tuolumne. She enjoyed gardening, Native American Pow-wows, Indian hand games and cards. She also loved to travel and dance. Military: U.S. Army, WAC in World War II.

Memberships: Women Moose; Tribal Elder of the North Fork Mono Rancheria. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Chuck Moore, and son, Michael Moore. Survivors: Daughter, Filaine Gerbing of Tuolumne; son, Elmer (Donna) Winfree of Palo Cedro; grandchildren, Bill Winfree of San Diego, Dean Winfree of Alturas, Michael Gerbing of Tuolumne, Brandi Gerbing of Tuolumne; greatgrandchild, Denise Winfree of Alturas; several nieces and nephews. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

8, at the Healey Mortuary, 405 N. Sanborn Road, Salinas. Funeral service: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the mortuary chapel.

Memorial service: 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at Tuolumne MeWuk Tribal Hall, Tuolumne. Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas. Arrangements: Healey Mortuary.

Charges likely in death of frat pledge The Associated Press CHICO Criminal charges will probably be filed in the death of a 21-year-old California State University student who died while undergoing hazing at a rogue fraternity, a police spokesman said Thursday. Matthew William Carrington of Pleasant Hill died early Wednesday while drinking large amounts of water and doing exercises in the basement of the Chi Tau house, about five blocks from the university's Chico campus, said Sgt. Dave Barrow. An autopsy revealed that death was triggered by "water intoxication," said Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. "He had too much water, which depleted the sodium which was necessary to maintain heart rhythm and his heart stopped," Ramsey said.

Barrow said Carrington and another Chi Tau pledge were "drinking large amounts of water out of a five-gallon jug and intermittently doing exercises such as push-ups. Sheldon Whiting Sheldon Whiting, 90, of Salinas, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, after a long productive life. He was born March 1, 1914, in Red Bank, N.J., to Marion Morton and George Eaton Whiting. In 1936, he married Josephine Mary Campbell, with whom he had three children.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served in Guadalcanal, where he was commended for heroism. He was discharged in 1946 in Santa Rosa, where he moved his family and accepted a job with Tay-Holbrook and Co. He subsequently moved to Eureka, where he was appointed manager of the firm's branch there. He and his family resided in Eureka for 31 years.

In 1979, he and his wife, Josephine, moved to Salinas where he worked with Hayward Lumber Co. and San Lorenzo Lumber. Mr. Whiting was a skilled manager who had many diverse interests. He was an accomplished mechanic and carpenter who could build almost anything, including sophisticated cameras and radios, with his bare hands.

He held patents on a number of inventions. He was also an accomplished photographer whose photographs received wide recognition in Northern California. He was known for his integrity, sense of humor, cheerfulness and love of football. Survivors: Beloved wife of 68 years, Josephine; daughter, Margo Ramsey of Salinas; sons, Robert (Machiko) Whitof Japan and Edward Whiting of Carmel; grandchildren, Debbie (Tim) Sparks of Texas, Matt (Gracie) Fisher, Ross (Jamie) Ramsey, Leslie (Steve) Bassi, Laurie (Kevin) Stallcup and Julie (Jeff) Jenkinson of Salinas; great-grandchildren, Cody Fisher, Steven and Erin Bassi, Erik and Whitney Frame, Amy Jenkinson, Ryan and Amanda Stallcup, Tyler Ramsey and Jason Adcock. Services: Were held Jan.

24 in Salinas. Cremation: Was handled by the Struve and Laporte Funeral Chapel, Salinas. Condolences may be sent to Whiting P.O. Box 221391, Carmel, CA 93922. PUBLIC MEETINGS TODAY MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, 8:30 a.m., Coast Santa Cruz Hotel, Santa Cruz Room, Santa Cruz.

http://montereybay.noaa.gov/. TODAY I SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, 10 a.m., Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, 701 Ocean room 525, Santa Cruz. 454-2580. MON. COUNTY SERVICE AREA 15 (TORO PARK AND ADJACENT AREAS) ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 7 p.m., Salinas Rural Fire Department Office Building, 201 Highway 68, Salinas.

Neighbor's Clara Reyes Baber Mortgage Consultant Office: (831) 424-4141 Cell: (831) 595-3637 BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHEVROLET TRUCK CHRYSLER DODGE DODGE TRUCK FORD VIOAO1 DICK ADAMS NANIVS oil and filter VONOH 8VVS lights, Inspect horns, engine belts, filters, hoses, tires, fluid cables, levels, INFINITI MITSUBISHI TAX Top points hinges, off (if all cable fluid applicable) guides levels and contact MAZDA NISSAN $29.95 and Lubricate adjust and the drive tire inspect pressure front LEXUS suspension, lines, steering, MAZDA CENTER AUTOCARE ASE Auto Approved Repair ASC CALIFORNIA ACOelco MITSUBISHI LEXUS OFF SMOG Open Saturday by NISSAN INFINITI 500 with DMV renewal notice appt. for Most Autos smog test. SAAB HONDA CALL TO SIGN UP TODAY! SATURN ACURA 242 GRIFFIN STREET, SALINAS, 758-8277 CA 93901-3720 Offer Expires TOYOTA FORD TRUCK GMC TRUCK HUMMER JEEP LINCOLN MERCURY OLDSMOBILE PONTIAC ORINDA Robert Robert 27, Robert Conner Conner Conner, 81, died Jan. 2005, at his home in Orinda, CA. A native of IS alin as, Robert graduated from Salinas High School, class of '41.

During World War II, he enlisted in the Army Air Force. He spent 16 He spent 16 years with Henry J. Kaiser companies in public relations. Later, he joined Allen Doward Advertising Agency of San Francisco as their senior vice-president until his retirement. Survivors: Wife of 61 years, Wanda Conner; daughter, Christine (James) Mount of Reno; grandchildren, Justin Baughman of Oregon, Matthew Baughman of Hawaii; five great-grandchildren.

Services: Neptune Society handled the private services. Memorials: American Lung Association, the Salvation Army or the donor's favorite charity. Perea Camacho Perea, 84, of died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Tucson, Ariz. She was born in Chupicuaro, Mexico.

Belen enjoyed to play guitar and sing with her sisters and brother, Martin. She also loved Belen Camacho Perea to spend time with her family and friends. She liked gardening and tending to her birds. Memberships: Gonzales Guadalupana Association. Survivors: Daughters, Sagrario Perez of Gonzales, Maria Longoria and Maria Moreno of Chualar, Bernardita Avila and Rosabla Lopez of Salinas; sons, Juan Antonio Perea of Gonzales; sisters, Maria Luz, Genoveva and Maria Auxilio Camacho; brothers, Martin, Jose and Joel Camacho; 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation: 12 to 5 p.m. today at Whitehurst Muller Chapel, 41 E. Alisal St. Rosary: 7 p.m. today at St.

Theodore's Church in Gonzales. Funeral Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at the church. Interment: Will be held at the Gonzales District Cemetery.

Arrangements: Whitehurst Muller Funeral Service. WAGGIN' TAILS Shelters mation, call 422-4721 or www.spcamc.org. Salinas Animal Shelter, 144 Marina Animal Shelter, 3040 Hitchcock Road. Hours: Tuesday Lake Drive, Marina. Hours: 9 a.m.

through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Shelter telecasts "Animal Tails" 384-2528, www.marina featuring stray pets found within animalshelter.com. Salinas, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Animal Friends Rescue Project, Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday adoption sites throughout Monon KMST channel 26. For infor- terey County, rescues animals mation, call 758-7285 or www.ci. from shelters.

333-0722, salinas.ca.us. www.animalsfriendsrescue.org. Society for the Prevention of Monterey County Animal SerCruelty to Animals, Highway 68 vices Center, 160 Hitchcock across from Mazda Raceway Road, Salinas. Adoption Hours: Laguna Seca. Hours: 11 a.m.

to 5 Monday through Saturday, noon p.m. Monday through Friday and to 5:30 p.m., www.co. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and monterey.ca.us/health animal Sunday.

Adoption fees are $85 for services. 769-8850. dogs and $65 for cats and include initial vaccinations, WAGGIN' TAILS is a public service column microchip, SPCA ID tag, intended for the free exchange, not the sale, of surgery and other animals. Notice may be placed free for one extras. License fees for some publication by calling 754-4260.

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