In spite of revoked license, rescue mission serves holiday meal — outside

By TATIANA PROPHETStaff Writer

VICTORVILLE — Tony and Georgina Frost were staring down the prospect of cooking a turkey in the microwave of their motel. Instead, they went to the rescue mission in Old Town for a turkey lunch on Wednesday.

“We were going to go to the Mojave River and build a fire,” said Tony Frost, who lost his job earlier this year and has been living in a motel with his wife and two daughters, relying on the kindness of local churches.

On the day before Thanksgiv-ing, they were grateful to have a place to feel some kindness at the San Bernardino County Rescue Mission. It was technically shut down by the city, but it served 750 Thanksgiving meals in front of its building on C Street, bringing food over from the First Southern Baptist Church.

City officials granted the mis-sion an event permit and blocked off the area. But because the Old Town specific plan does not al-low assembly use in storefronts, officials have told the mission it can no longer operate.

“It’s uplifting spiritually,” Tony Frost said, and his wife added: “We can forget about our problems. ... It’s sad, this is the first time we’ve been homeless.”

The wind swirled leaves around the street in front of the mission, but the air was pleas-ant and the mood was upbeat. Children jumped in a bounce house and exchanged tickets for toys as their parents chat-ted and listened to the mission’s executive director, Rev. Paul Vyzourek, and others sing “Old Time Religion” and “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands.”

It was the last big event the mission plans to hold for a while until the appeal process is resolved for a business license and zoning permit.

Leticia Gutierrez, a resident of Adelanto, said in Spanish

that she comes every year for the fellowship.

“We have a nice time with the people here,” said Gutierrez, cradling her toddler, Anthony.

Her mother, Marta Ortiz, said it was a pity the city revoked the mission’s license, but she hoped it could relocate some-where else to continue serving the community.

“It would be sad if this were the last time (for Thanksgiving dinner),” she said.

Vyzourek kept the building

closed during the event, turning people away who wanted to use the restroom and instead direct-ing them to the port-a-potties he

had ordered.Penny Heflebower, who started

the mission in 2000, turned over management when her husband

became disabled. But the special-education teacher continues to volunteer to help those who are less fortunate than her.

“I don’t care what they look like or smell like, I just want to be there and be their friend,” she said. “People of average income or higher have no idea how rich they are — even just to have a roof over their head.”

Tatiana Prophet may be reached at 951-6222 or at tprophet@vvdailypress.com.

Mail official will encounter bundle of duties in new role

By HOWARD DECKERStaff Writer

NEWBERRY SPRINGS — As the new postmaster of Newber-ry Springs, Kimberly Mitchell will get mail ready for deliv-ery, oversee rural route carri-ers and help customers at the counter, according to post of-fice spokesman Mike Cannone.

“ A wo rk i n g p o s t m a s t e r works right along with the oth-er employees. ... She really has to know everything in regards to the operation of the post office,” he said.

Mitchell said she also has to oversee the office budget, deal

with customer complaints and mail theft.

The Newberry Springs post office has two rural routes with a total of 804 deliver-ies. When Mitchell checks

the routes, a task she’ll do a couple of times each year, she said she hopes to avoid close encounters with slithery crea-

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Salvation Army hosts Thanksgiving Day meal

VICTORVILLE — The Sal-vation Army is providing a free meal to the community today, Thanksgiving Day.

The meal from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will be served at the Army’s Corps Community Center — 14585 La Paz Drive in Victorville. For more infor-mation, call 245-2545.

Man airlifted after being wounded in A.V. shooting

APPLE VALLEY — A man was airlifted to a regional hospi-tal after being shot near Tonekai and Kiamichi roads Wednesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies responded about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to a call of a shooting.

Initial details were scarce, but Capt. John McMahon of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Apple Valley station confirmed one man had been shot and officials were searching for the shooter.

A sheriff’s helicopter was circling overhead in an attempt to find the assailant, and wit-nesses on scene were not forth-coming about the details of the shooting, McMahon said.

“Somebody got shot and someone else shot him, and we’re trying to figure all the rest out now,” McMahon said.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call WeTip at (800) 78-CRIME. WeTip informants may be eli-gible for up to $1,000 reward if their information leads to an arrest and conviction.

Santa making appearance at free shots for tots clinic

VICTORVILLE — Santa Claus and a crew of elves are heading to Victor Valley Com-munity Hospital.

The jolly one will be there Dec. 9 lending his support at a free childhood immuniza-tion clinic. The clinic will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the hospital’s cafeteria.

Vaccinations for many childhood diseases, excluding chicken-pox, will be available.

Bus vouchers will be avail-able at the clinic, which is supported by San Bernardino County Public Health and the High Desert Toddler Immuni-zation Coalition.

A parent or legal guardian bearing the child’s birth certif-icate or guardianship/custody court papers must be in atten-dance. In addition, immuniza-tion records are required.

The hospital is located at 15248 11th St. in Victorville. For more information, call 792-8882 or (800) 722-4794.

Town Council reschedules special closed meeting

APPLE VALLEY — A spe-cial closed session meeting called by members of Town Council has been rescheduled.

The rescheduled meeting will take place Monday. The performance of the town man-ager will be discussed.

Daily Press offering Christmas internships

VICTORVILLE — The Daily Press is offering internships during the Christmas break for students with an interest in the newspaper industry.

Interns must be at least 16 years old and should have a demonstrated interest in jour-nalism. High school and col-lege-level journalism students are particularly encouraged.

Interns perform a variety of newsroom tasks and assist re-porters, photographers and edi-tors. Internships are tailored to the intern’s area of interest.

To apply, send a resumé and cover letter outlining your in-terest in journalism to News Internship, Attn: City Editor, P.O. Box 1389, Victorville, CA 92393-1389 or send an e-mail to MDurkee@vvDailyPress.com.

Correction A story on B2 in Tuesday’s

Daily Press incorrectly re-ported the date that the waste-water treatment plant will stop accepting septage. The date is Nov. 27. In addition, the average three-bedroom house has a 1,000-gallon tank.

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Landscape architect asking for additional $221,000 for diverse project

By HILLARY BORRuDStaff Writer

HESPERIA — A new down-town park near City Hall and the new library will provide space for entertainment, reflec-tion and play.

“It’s a pretty sophisticated park,” said Cal Camara, general manager of the Hesperia Rec-reation and Park District. “But because of the uniqueness of it, the diversity of the project, it’s going to take a little longer.”

Camara said the park is to be completed possibly by next November.

Construction of the park could also be delayed, however, by a dispute with landscape architect

Nuvis Landscape and Planning over a $221,000 increase in the design cost, which would bring the firm’s total fees to at least $361,000.

Tom Harp, deputy director of development services and com-munity development, said that although the staff had been surprised by a purchase order asking for more money to cover subcontractors and a 15 percent administrative fee for coordinat-ing them, failure to pay it could delay park construction.

The city’s initial plan for the park included “grass and pave-ment,” according to a city staff report, until features were added in the Nuvis plans.

A highlight of the park plans, which according to Camara will cover five to six acres, is the am-phitheater at Juniper Street where Sunday concerts in the park and outdoor movies can be staged.

About three-fourths of the park will be lawn, he said, in-cluding a large civic green at the north end.

“This will be a green park. It’s going to be designed for high ac-tivity. It will be one of the most active parks we have besides the sports park and the lake,” Ca-mara said.

According to a written state-ment from city officials, the city and Recreation and Park District are working together to increase Hesperia’s ratio of “available, developed park facilities” from less than 1 percent of the devel-opment areas of the city to 3 per-cent to 5 percent.

Hillary Borrud may be reached at 951-6234 or hborrud@vvdailypress.com.

Perks of the Hesperia park• Sunday concerts in the park and out-door movies can be staged at Hesperia amphitheater with seating for up to 1,748.

Authorities nab suspected Smiley Face BanditMan believed to be culprit in A.V. bank robbery; the first in town in two years

By KATHERINE ROsENBERGStaff Writer

APPLE VALLEY — The Smi-ley Face Bandit is likely smil-ing no more.

Authorities apprehended Anthony Jetton, 31, on Tues-day night. Jetton is the sus-pected Smiley Face Bandit, who robbed the Bank of Amer-ica branch at Highway 18 and Navajo Road on Friday.

It was believed to be Apple Valley’s first bank heist in an estimated two years.

Officials believe Jetton wait-ed in line and then passed the

teller a folder adorned with a smiley face with the words, “give me all your money and smile,” written inside.

The teller placed an undis-closed amount of cash in an envelope and slid it back to the robber, who walked calmly out of the bank, offi-cials said.

Detectives from the San Ber nardino County Sheriff’s Department Apple Valley station have been working with officials from the FBI since Friday to track the robber. The FBI was brought

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U.S. Postal Service District manager John Platt, left, swears in new Newberry Springs Post office Postmaster Kimberly mitchell in a ceremony at the post office on Tuesday afternoon.

It takes a community to feed a community

James Quigg / Staff PhotographeraBoVe: Paul Vyzourek, executive director of the San Bernardino County rescue mission, greets a friend at the mission’s annual Thanksgiving meal. The rescue mission was able to host the event under a parade permit, despite having lost its permit. BeloW: San Bernardino County rescue mission volunteer richard K. lawless wears an ‘i support the rescue mission’ during their annual Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday.

“We can forget about our problems. ... it’s

sad, this is the first time we’ve been homeless.”

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“it would be sad if this were the last time (for Thanksgiving dinner),”

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This is arrest number 15,000 from the crime tip system

sTAFF REPORTLUCERNE VALLEY — An

anonymous WeTip caller led San Bernardino County sher-if f 's deputies to a live pipe bomb, WeTip officials report-ed Wednesday.

The bomb was dismantled by the members of the Sheriff’s

Bombs and Arson Detail. Dep-uties seized a loaded revolver, 214 rounds of ammunition and $400 worth of methamphetamine at the home in the 41100 block of Old Woman Springs Road.

Scott Hagerty, 50, was ar-rested at the scene. He was held on $1 million bail, ac-cording to WeTip officials.

Hagerty was on felony pro-bation prior to this arrest and was scheduled to be released

from probation this month, according to Deputy New of the Lucerne Valley Station.

This is WeTip’s 15,000th arrest. WeTip allows callers to provide the infor mation with anonymity. WeTip callers are eligible for a reward, of up to $1,000 upon arrest and conviction.

WeTip has aided law en-forcement with 442,585 tips leading to 15,000 ar rests, 7,595 convictions and the seizure of $312,134,626 worth of narcotics, and more than $24 million worth of recovered stolen property and cash. WeTip has paid $876,988 worth of rewards.

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in her heavenly Father’s home.Betty was born July 29, 1930,

in Los Angeles, to Morris and Lillian Gutherie. She gradu-ated from UCLA in 1947. Betty taught elementary school for five years in Manhattan Beach and taught in the El Segundo Unified School District from 1957 to 1984, where she retired from her teaching career.

Betty and Bob Dale began teaching at El Segundo Unified School District the same year and they married in 1961. Bob brought a ready-made family of three boys, Robert Eugene Jr., Leland and Keith, to the marriage. Together, they raised these three fine sons who fol-lowed their parents’ footsteps and have become educators.

The couple moved to the High Desert in 1989, and were mem-bers of Faith Lutheran Church.

Betty is survived by her hus-band, Bob; sister Frances Sher-

man; sons Robert Eugene and his wife, Alice, Leland and his wife, Cheryl, and Keith and his wife, Michelle; nine grandchil-dren, Tammy Peterson and her husband, Michael, Michelle Beyer, Scott Dale, Leah Shafer and her husband, Ross, Mat-thew Dale and his wife, Nicole, Justin Dale, Jeffrey Dale and his wife, Brandi, Amanda Dale and Kierstin Dale; and eight great-grandchildren, Katelyn Peterson, Jacob Peterson, Tay-lor Beyer, Brooke Beyer, Scott Beyer, Mike Garcia-Dale, Shelby Garcia-Dale and Lauren Shafer. She is also survived by her sis-ters-in-law Ursula and Ruth and many nephews and nieces.

In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her brother Morris Jr. and daughter-in-law Jaclyn Dale.

Viewing will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Kern Memorial Chapel in Victorville. Funeral

services will be at 10 a.m. Mon-day at Kern Memorial Chapel. Pastor Barry from Visiting Nurses Hospice will be officiat-ing.

A special thank you to the staff of visiting nurses and Hos-pice for their help and support.

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25 years Paul Javins, 55, died Nov. 20, 2006.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Aloha Club, 11085 Central Road in Apple Val-ley.

Victor Valley Mortuary is handling arrangements.

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in because there have been other bank robberies across Southern California executed in the same manner.

Detectives did not say what led them to Jetton’s home in the 15000 block of Sago Road. How-ever, they did say the warrant they served yielded evidence linking Jetton to the crime.

After it was discovered that Jetton was not at the home, a $1 million warrant was issued for his arrest.

“When we served the war-rant we were able to gather in-formation from the residence about who he might be with and where he might be,” said Detective Bobby Kuhn. “And that information was followed by the High Desert Gang Unit, which basically led to him being located in Chino Hills

around 7 p.m.”Jetton was brought back to

Apple Valley for questioning and was booked into Victor Val-ley Jail on the $1 million arrest warrant for his alleged role in Friday’s bank robbery. Still, it remained unclear whether Jetton is considered a suspect by the FBI for other Southern California bank robberies.

“We don’t have anything to substantiate the other robber-ies behind him,” said Sgt. Ran-dy Gwaltney.

Lourdes Arocho, a representa-tive from the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Bureau confirmed that, saying that their larger-scale in-vestigation was ongoing.

Ka t h e r i n e rose n b e rg c a n b e reached at 951-6276 or by e-mail at krosenberg@vvdailypress.com.

Smiley: Unclear if suspected in other SoCal crimes From B1

tures — she’s deathly afraid of snakes.

Mitchell began her postal career in 1988 in Illinois. She worked in Urbana, Ill., as a dis-tribution clerk and sales and service associate for 10 years.

In 1998, she went to work at the post office in Barstow and moved to Phelan until 2000. She then became postmaster in Daggett, a position she held until taking on her new job this week. She has also worked in post offices in Pinon Hills and Yermo.

Mitchell takes over from Corlene Ziegler, who is now the postmaster of Helendale.

“I am looking forward to working with the people of the community and meeting new people here,” she said.

Postmaster: Previously worked at Barstow, Phelan From B1

Holiday gobbling sends college students waddling back to campus, researchers find

BOSTON (AP) — If there are college kids at your Thanksgiving table, don’t encourage them to gobble so much. New research suggests that the typi-cal student leaves the holiday weekend as stuffed as the turkey, gaining more than a pound during the short break.

Students who started out overweight or obese tended to waddle back to cam-pus with even more weight — more than 2 additional pounds on average, the study found.

A pound may not seem like much, but “when put in the context of such a short time frame ... is rather dis-turbing with potential long-term con-sequences,” says a report on the re-search, which was presented at the recent annual meeting of the Obesity Society in Boston.

It’s common lore that people gain weight over the holidays, when it is tempting to gorge on treats that aren’t available year-round. But no one has specifically studied what happens to college students, who have the added

baggage of pent-up demand for home cooking and pressure to please the dot-ing relatives who dish it out.

Nutrition scientist Holly Hull and her colleagues at the University of Oklahoma in Norman set out to do such a study, weighing 94 students the week before Thanksgiving and within a week of their return to classes — a span of roughly 12 days.

Students gained an average of 1.1 pounds. That translates to an extra 320 daily calories, “which would be about a slice of pumpkin pie per day,” she said.

No one is suggesting you skip the pie — “It only comes around once a year, and the last thing a person wants to do is start a diet on the holidays,” said Brian Wansink, director of Cor-nell University’s Food and Brand Lab and author of the new book “Mind-less Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.”

However, “you want to go with a nor-mal appetite” to Thanksgiving dinner, without having filled up on snack mix or appetizers beforehand, he suggested. That way you will have room for rea-sonable portions of each relative’s con-tribution to the meal without hurting someone’s feelings.

“If it gets to dessert and you don’t have a piece of pie, you’re going to be the family stinker,” warned Wan-sink, who is as thin as a picked-clean wishbone.

He also suggests “banking” calories by being especially virtuous the week or so before a holiday. It’s too late to do this for Thanksgiving, but not for the winter holidays — another vulnerable time, as Hull’s research showed.

Of the 94 students in her study, 84 came back for a third weigh-in after the winter break in mid-January. Most of the extra “Thanksgiving pound” had disappeared for normal-weight students, but not for those who started out overweight.

The study also found a disturbing reason for some of the weight loss: Students had had replaced some mus-cle mass with lighter-weight fat, a finding documented by body composi-tion X-rays.

“If you’re losing muscle mass, you’re losing weight — it’s just not a good way to lose weight,” and means that students are not exercising over the holidays, Hull said. “They’re not even getting any activity such as walking between classes. They’re probably just sitting at home.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The remains of a U.S. soldier killed in the Korean War have been identified by American forensic experts, 13 years after they were returned by North Korea.

The soldier was Pfc. Charles H. Long, of Durand, Ill. He will be buried Saturday in Durand, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Long’s remains, along with his Social Security and other identification cards, were returned by the North Koreans in 1993. They were among an estimated 148 sets of remains returned that year. Between 1990 and 1994, more than 250 sets of remains were returned by the

North Koreans; Long is only the 17th to be positively identified, according to Larry Greer, a spokesman for the Penta-gon’s office of POW and MIA affairs.

In 1995, at the request of U.S. officials, the North Koreans stopped returning the remains they had excavated from bat-tlefields. U.S. forensic experts had com-plained that the bones were being mixed by the North Koreans, complicating the process of positively establishing identity.

In 1996 a deal was worked out to al-low U.S. teams to enter North Korea in search of remains, although that ar-rangement was suspended by the Bush administration in May 2005. The exca-

vations yielded 229 remains believed to be fallen U.S. servicemen — of which 27 have been positively identified.

More than 33,000 U.S. troops were killed in the Korean War, which began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. U.S. forces intervened on behalf of the South while Chinese forc-es backed the North.

Long was one of four soldiers from L Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infan-try Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, who were declared missing in action on March 24, 1953, just four months be-fore the war ended with the signing of an armistice. Long and the three oth-

ers were engaged in combat just north of today’s Demilitarized Zone separat-ing North and South Korea, on a piece of ground that became known as Pork Chop Hill.

The bodies of two of the MIAs were recovered and a third soldier, who was captured by Chinese forces, was re-turned alive during a prisoner exchange known as Operation Big Switch, which lasted from August to December 1953.

Long remained unaccounted for and was officially declared dead on March 24, 1954. When the North Korean gov-ernment returned a box containing his remains in 1993 they said they had been

found near Komsa-ri in Kangwon Prov-ince, which was near Long’s last known location. Also in the box were his Social Security card and identification tags. Forensic experts also used mitochon-drial DNA and dental comparisons to identify the remains.

More than 8,100 U.S. servicemen are still listed as missing from the Korean War. The Pentagon believes at least a few thousand are recoverable — more than 1,000 from POW camp burial sites near the Chinese border and roughly an equal number around the Chosin Reservoir area in north-central North Korea.

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Idaho U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Tuesday that allow-ing increased helicopter skiing in the area would hurt the wilderness characteristics of the land.

The judge’s ruling comes in re-sponse to a lawsuit filed in Janu-ary by a coalition of conservation groups. The groups had challenged a decision by the U.S. Forest Ser-vice to allow High Mountain Heli- Skiing of Jackson to fly one heli-copter tour a day to drop skiers off in the wilderness study area.

The area spans the Wyoming-Idaho state line south of Jackson and includes lands in the Bridger-Teton and Caribou-Targhee na-tional forests.

The judge agreed with the coali-tion that the Forest Service deci-sion failed to comply with federal environmental laws and violated the 1984 Wyoming Wilderness Act. The helicopter company now has the option of entering into negotia-

tions with the conservation groups.Lloyd Dorsey, spokesman for the

Greater Yellowstone Coalition, said his group is happy with the judge’s ruling.

“We are glad that the judge decid-ed that increased use in the Wilder-ness Study Area is not acceptable,” Dorsey said. “In the near future, we’re eager and willing to sit down and hammer out a well-balanced solution to this issue.”

Fred Smith, spokesman for the Jackson Hole Conservation Alli-ance, also said the decision is a welcome victory.

“We’re pleased that the judge agreed with our claim that a huge expansion of motorized activity in a Wilderness Study Area is un-acceptable,” Smith said. “We are also pleased that the judge agreed with our suggestion to see if the parties could reach a negotiated

settlement.”Jon Shick of Jackson, operator

of the helicopter skiing company, said he plans to discuss the judge’s ruling with his lawyer.

In his ruling, Winmill said mo-torized use in the area should be maintained at 1984 levels.

“This provision of the Wyoming Wilderness Act is written clearly, without ambiguity,” Winmill wrote. “It requires the Forest Service to administer the Palisades WSA to maintain the opportunities for soli-tude or primitive and confined rec-reation that existed there in 1984.”

Since 1984, Forest Service admin-istrators have permitted a steady increase from the 400 helicopter skiing days that were then allowed in the area. A skier day means that a helicopter skiing company pro-vides skiing for one client for any portion of one day.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Snowbird-based firm can contin-ue to dispatch backcountry ski-ers into the Cottonwood canyons from its helicopters, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart rejected a challenge on Monday by environmental group Save

Our Canyons over a five-year op-erating permit that was issued for Wasatch Powderbird Guides in 2004. The group does not see helicopter skiing as an acceptable use of Utah’s canyons.

Save Our Canyons argued the U.S. Forest Service acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” man-

ner when it renewed the helicop-ter skiing permit, which the com-pany has held for three decades.

The group’s lawsuit contended the federal agency did not take a hard look at data analyzing how many skiers and snowshoers use the canyons’ backcountry areas.

The group, dedicated to pre-

serving the Wasatch Range, also claimed the Forest Service im-properly considered the prof-itability of Wasatch Powder-bird when the permit was up for review.

But Stewart rejected the group’s arguments, ruling the Forest Service complied with fed-

eral environmental laws.“The Forest Service took the

‘hard look’ required, solicited comments and considered a rea-sonable range of alternatives,” he wrote.

“We felt like our analysis was pretty thorough and comprehen-sive,” said Loren Kroenke, Salt

Lake District ranger for the Wa-satch-Cache National Forest. “We were hopeful going into this, but sometimes you can be surprised.”

Save Our Canyons board mem-ber David Witherspoon said he was disappointed. He said he was unsure if an appeal would be filed.

Utah skiers cleared for helicopter use in Cottonwood canyons