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December 8, 2003 Californian OBITUARIES SALINAS Rosalinda Quiroz Gonzalez Rosalinda Quiroz Gonzalez, 25, of Salinas, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, in an auto accident in Salinas. She was born Sept. 21, 1978, in Mexico. A homemaker, she loved to go to the movies, travel and spend time with her family.

She enjoyed being a homemaker. Her unborn daughter, Ros- Rosalinda Quiroz Gonzalez alinda Porras Gonzalez, died with her, and her husband, Rene Porras, died shortly after she did. Survivors: Parents, Francisco and Ernestina Gonzalez of Mexico; sons, Josh Perez Gonzalez, Rene Porras and Sebastian Porras, all of Salinas; brothers, Miguel Torres of Salinas, Carlos Gonzalez, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Roberto Torres, Jose Jesus Torres and George Gonzalez, all of Mexico; sister, Sara Torres of Mexico. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Whitehurst Muller Funeral Chapel, 41 E. Alisal Salinas. Rosary: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel.

Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 230 Calle Cebu, Salinas. Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park, 768 Abbott SALINAS Rosalinda Porras Gonzalez Rosalinda Porras Gonzalez, an unborn baby girl about one month from birth, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, in an auto accident in Salinas.

She died with her parents, Rene Marquez Porras and Rosalinda Quiroz Gonzalez. Survivors: Grandparents, Francisco and Ernestina Gonzalez of Mexico and Reymundo Porras of Mexico; brothers, Josh Perez Gonzalez, Rene Porras and Sebastian Porras, all of Salinas; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

9, at Whitehurst Muller Funeral Chapel, 41 E. Alisal Salinas. Rosary: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel. Mass: 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 230 Calle Cebu, Salinas. Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park, 768 Abbott Salinas. SALINAS Emmett M. McCormack Emmett M.

McCormack, 80, of Salinas, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at Pacific Coast Care Convalescent Hospital in Salinas after a long illness. He was born Feb. 17, 1917, in Jacksonville, and had lived in Salinas for 55 years. He was a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service for 36 years before retiring.

Military: Navy, World War II. Survivors: Daughter, Marlene Lopez of Salinas; three grand-daughters, Jennifer Lopez and Della Martinez, both of Salinas, and Christina Campriello of Fresno. Two greatAmanda Martinez and Mylissa Martinez, both of Salinas, also survive him. Services: Private family services have been held. Arrangements: Struve and Laporte Funeral Chapel, 41 W.

San Luiz Salinas. LOCAL NEWS EDITORS Mike Nemeth City editor Katharine Ball Assistant city editor LOCAL NEWS Brian Gaylord Business, agriculture Ethan Daniel Lindsey City of Salinas Kelly Nix Police, courts Larry Parsons County government Salinas, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, at Natividad Medical Center after an auto accident. He was born Aug. 16, 1978, in Mexico, and worked as a farmer for 15 years.

He liked to watch movies, travel, Rene SALINAS Rene Marquez Porras Rene Marquez Porras, 25, of and spend time Marquez with his family Porras and friends. He also liked to work on cars and paint them. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosalinda Gonzalez Porras, and unborn daughter, Rosalinda Porras Gonzalez. Survivors: Father, Reymundo Porras of Mexico; sons, Josh Perez Gonzalez, Rene Porras and Sebastian Porras, all of Salinas; brothers, Reymundo Porras, Pablo Porras and Gonsalo Porras, all of Mexico; sisters, Faviola Porras, Maria Elena Porras, Lila Porras, Falisa Porras, Rosa Porras and Paula Porras, all of Mexico. Visitation: 10 a.m.

to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Whitehurst Muller Funeral Chapel, 41 E. Alisal Salinas. Rosary: 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral chapel. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 240 Calle Cebu, Salinas. Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park, 768 Abbott Elton D.

Divelbiss Elton D. Divelbiss, 79, of Osborn and Stewartsville, died Saturday, Nov. 29, at Heartland East Hospital in St. Joseph, Mo. He was born May 3, 1924, in Stewartsville.

He worked for the state of California in road Elton D. Divelbiss service maintenance. He lived in Alaska, Texas, Washington and California. He also was an Army master sergeant with 20 years' service before retiring. He earned many honorable individual performance records as a rifleman.

He moved back to Missouri several years ago. Memberships: National Rifle Military: U.S. Army, World War II, earning the Bronze Star during his tour of duty in Germany for nine years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Mildred Fitzgerald, and his brother, Eugene, Survivors: Daughter, Patricia Pestoni of Salinas; first wife of many years, Leanore Divelbiss of Salinas; brothers, Harry Divelbiss of Yelm, Bill Divelbiss of Buffalo, Gary Divelbiss of Lathrop, sisters, Donna Marie Fowler of Osborn, and Sharon Hamann of Cameron, grandchildren, Lisa Tinney of McKinleyville, Gina Chapman, Wade Pestoni and John Pestoni, all of Salinas; three greatgrandchildren, Alyssa, Keith and Kathryn Elizabeth; numerous nieces and nephews. Services: 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9, at San Joaquin National Cemetery, 32053 McCabe Road, Gustine. Burial: At the cemetery. Arrangements: Whitehurst Muller Funeral Service, 41 E. Alisal Salinas.

PLACE YOUR AD HERE (831) 424-2222 The Californian Californian www.thecalifornian.com Anne Riley-Katz South county Rachel Zentz Calendars, obituaries FEATURES Sierra Rendon Features editor Dave Nordstrand Features, health Actress Ellen Drew dies at 89 The Associated Press PALM DESERT Ellen Drew, who went from working in a Hollywood Boulevard ice cream parlor to appearing in scores of movies opposite many of the biggest stars of her day, has died at age 89. Drew died Wednesday of liver trouble, according to her son, David Bartlett. Known for her girl-next-door beauty, Drew originally moved to Hollywood from the Midwest after winning a local beauty contest. She had given up on making it as an actress, however, and had gone to work serving hot fudge sundaes at C.C. Brown's on Hollywood Boulevard when one of her customers, character actor William Demarest, talked her into giving the movies another try.

Hired as a $50-a-week contract player at Paramount Studios, she appeared in bit parts in several movies until her breakthrough in 1938 opposite Bing Crosby in "Sing You Sinners." Soon she would change her name from Terry Ray and go on to appear in scores of pictures opposite such stars as Jack Benny, Rudy Vallee, Dick Powell and Joel McCrea. Her film credits included "Christmas in July" opposite Powell, "Buck Benny Rides Again" as straight woman to Benny, "If I Were King" scripted by Preston Sturges, and "Reaching for the Sun" opposite McCrea. Jerome Evans, rhythm and blues singer, dies at 65 The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Jerome Evans, the lead singer and frontman for the Furys, one of the more popular rhythm and blues groups to come out of Los Angeles in the early 1960s, has died at age 65. Evans, who also worked with the Coasters and Drifters, died Nov. 30 of a heart attack at Antelope Valley Hospital, his wife, Joy said.

Although the Furys are largely remembered as an and soul group, Evans' vocal versatility made them hard to peg. He could perform a variety of styles, including doowop, disco and rock 'n' roll. "He was a showman. He'd get the audience right in his hand," recalled Chico Vega, a former member of the Drifters and longtime friend who called Evans "a little ball of dynamite." The Los Angeles native started singing early, harmonizing with the radio when he was 3. By the time he was in his teens he was performing in amateur shows, and he and friends formed a group called the Cyclones in the mid-1950s.

The group had evolved into the Furys by the early 1960s when producer Jimmy McEachin heard them and brought them into the studio to record "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart." "That was the start of everything," Evans once said, noting the group suddenly became well known around Los Angeles, appearing on local radio and TV shows and recording hits. 8 THE BIG QUESTION The Californian's Web site, www.thecalifornian.com, features "The Big Question," an informal reader poll. A new question is introduced each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. FRIDAY'S QUESTION: Will going for a quarter-cent rather than a half-cent sales tax for Natividad Medical Center, plus a definite time limit to the tax, be sufficient to win two-thirds voter approval on a March ballot? As of 4:59 p.m. Sunday, 142 votes had been received.

The results: Yes 47.9 percent No 52.1 percent LOCAL CALENDAR TUE. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CHILD CARE INDUSTRY IN MONTEREY COUNTY, 8:30 a.m., Migrant Education Antle Child Development Center, 121 Spreckels Building 3A, Spreckels. Breakfast a.m. Monterey County Child Care Planning Council rollout event. TUE.

COPING WITH GRIEF DURING THE HOLIDAYS, p.m., Hospice Caring Project Annex, second floor, Quaker meeting house, 225 Rooney Santa Cruz. Reserve 688-7684. WED. FIESTA NAVIDAD, featuring Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, 7:30 p.m., California State University, Monterey Bay, World Theater, Sixth Avenue, Marina. 528-4580.

WED. MONTEREY BAY USERS GROUP, creating decorative, personalized holiday letters using MS Word, 7-9 p.m., Archer Park Center, 542 Archer Monterey. Free and open to public. SENIOR SERVICES, Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell Pacific Grove. Dec.

10, Legal Services for seniors 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., appointment 899-0492; Dec. 17, Social Security services 9 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. drop in.

Technical assistance by appointment. 375-4454. THU. HOLIDAY MAGIC 2003, 7-11 p.m., Marriott Hotel Monterey. Big band dance and Salvation Army Toy Drive with SRO Big Band.

Admission: one new unwrapped child's toy. 649-0969. MESSAGES TO MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERSEAS, American Red Cross will be videotaping Northridge Mall patrons to show appreciation for the American armed -forces serving overseas. Taping 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

in mall's Center Court. PUBLIC MEETINGS TODAY SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM PERSONNEL AND PENSION COMMITTEE, 9 a.m., Heart Center conference room, 450 E. Romie Lane, 757-4333. TODAY MONTEREY-SALINAS TRANSIT BOARD, 10 a.m. MST conference room, Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey.

424-7695, www.mst.org. TODAY MONTEREY COUNTY COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMISSION, p.m., Eastwing conference room, Monterey County Courthouse, Salinas. 755-3961. TODAY ALISAL UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD, 6 p.m. district board room, 1205 E.

Market Salinas. Open session immediately following annual organizational and Alisal School Facilities Corp. meetings. 753-5700. TODAY MONTEREY PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD, special meeting, 7 p.m., Instructional Materials Center, 540 Canyon Del Rey, Monterey.

TUE. MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, 8:15 a.m., district conference room, 5 Harris Court, Building Monterey. 658-5600. WAGGIN' TAILS Shelters Salinas Animal Shelter, 144 Hitchcock Road. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Shelter telecasts "Animal Tails" featuring stray pets found within Salinas, 8 p.m. Tuesday, 6 a.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday on KMST channel 26. For information, call 758-7285 or www.ci.salinas.ca.us.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Highway 68 across from Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. Adoption fees are $85 for dogs and $65 for cats and include initial vaccinations, microchip, SPCA ID tag, surgery and other extras. License fees for some jurisdictions are extra. For information, call 422-4721 or www.spcamc.org. Marina Animal Shelter, 3040 Lake Drive, Marina.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. 384-2528, www.marinaanimalshelter.com. Animal Friends Rescue Project, adoption sites throughout Monterey County, rescues animals from shelters.

333-0722, www.animalsfriendsrescue.org. Monterey County Animal Services Center, 160 Hitchcock Road, Salinas. Adoption Hours: Monday through Saturday, p.m. Visit the center's Web site, for photos (updated twice a day) of lost, found and adoptable pets, or call 769-8850 for more information. WAGGIN' TAILS is a public service column intended for the free exchange, not the sale, of animals.

Notice may be placed free for one publication by calling 754-4260. Items for animals also appear in the classifieds section. Rene MONTEREY COUNTY ROAD WORK WEEK OF DEC. 8-13 conditions Monterey County roads ROAD WORK Monterey County Public Works has the AHEAD following road conditions to report: Gonzales River Road at bridge, two miles east of River Road through Dec. 15, 9 a.m.

3 p.m.: bridge reconstruction with lane closures. Closed to oversized vehicles with detour available. Indians Road from Arroyo Seco Road to Escondido Camp closed from winter storm damage. Castro Canyon Bridge: alternating lane Monterey County high- closures to replace a culvert; delays up to 10 minutes. ways of I Highway 68 California Department Transportation maintenance crews will be repairing Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.

to 3 parts of county highways this week. p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. to 01 p.m., Motorists are advised to watch for crews, Stephanie Drive: both directions No. 2 equipment and traffic control flaggers. lane repair potholes; delays up to 10 minutes.

Schedule is subject to change depending on weather conditions. Highway 101 I Highway 1 Today through Friday, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 0.5 Blackie for Road: southbound No. 2 lane miles south of Ribera Road Ribera closed Today to drainage improvements; Road: traffic control for for delays up to 10 minutes.

trenching telephone line; delays up to 10 minutes. Today through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blackie Road: southbound off 1 mile north of Sand Dunes Drive ramp closed for Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 3 drainage improvements. p.m., to Eighth Street: northbound No.

1 lane Highway 183 to repair median barrier; delays Today and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed up to 5 minutes. Bridge Street to Menke Street: both Today through the end of the year, 7 directions No. 1 lane closed to install a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday-Friday, north of water line; delays up to 10 minutes. Beach garbage bags were less than 'green' The Associated Press Lockyer to investigate the matter WALNUT CREEK The and is seeking a refund from the 40,000 volunteers who trooped vendor which sold the bags, to California's beaches for a Sep- Concept Marketing Group of tember clean-up day thought Walnut Creek, the Contra Costa they were toting expensive and Times reported Saturday. environmentally friendly trash "Needless to say, we've been bags. stunned," a Coastal Commission But it turns out the bags were official, Eben Schwartz, wrote not made of biodegradable corn this week in an e-mail to event starch after all they were reg- coordinators. "I spent much of ular old plastic.

The California my time before Coastal Cleanup Coastal Commission, which Day, extolling the virtues of sponsored the 19th annual event, biodegradable plastic bags to had been taken for $23,000. anyone who would listen, virtues The commission has asked that the bags we provided don't state Attorney General Bill offer." Demand for flu testing high in county From Page 1C nor do they keep masks at Wechsler said demand for flu testing is so high that the lab at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula temporarily used up its testing supplies and was awaiting a new shipment. The CHOMP lab performs most of the flu tests in the county. While the media received the mask advisory, however, it's not clear that all doctors did. Gustavo Cortez, spokesman at the main office of Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, said clinics had not yet received the Health Department's suggestion on masks for patients in the waiting room.

"If the department issues such a request, we would do it," Cortez said. But at Salinas Pediatric Medical, 505 East Romie Lane, the mask idea has little future, said Dr. Donald King, a pediatrician with the group. King said he knows of no other agency making such a recommendation. "Most people who get sick don't get sick at the doctor's office but out in the world," King said.

"To have isolation procedures at one location when you're mixing it up at 100 other locations doesn't make much sense." His staff does not wear masks, office. "I can't see us voluntarily doing it," King said. "It would have to be an official governmental decree." Doctors at the emergency room at Natividad Medical Center, where flu patients often show up, do not ask patients who are waiting to wear masks and do not plan to, said Sid Cato, hospital spokesman. Even if those who are coughing and sneezing are not covering their nose and mouth with masks, it's important that they engage in proper "cough etiquette," Wechsler said. Never cough or sneeze into your bare hand, or into the world at large, Wechsler said.

The polite cougher will cover his or her nose and mouth with a tissue, which is then promptly thrown away in a waste receptacle. If tissue is not available, she said, you should cough or sneeze into your sleeve, somewhere in the region of the elbow. If you do sneeze into your bare hands, immediately wash them with hot water and soap or an alcohol-based hand-cleaner, Wechsler said. Monterey County still has flu vaccine available. Flu shots often protect their recipients from flu altogether, or at least reduce the symptoms and duration of the illness.

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