A SPECIAL WORKSHOP IS BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND IN THE SAN LORENZO VALLEY. CYNTHIA GESKE, OF LOVE APPLE FARMS, ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO COME TO THE FREE EVENT, AND LEARN ALL ABOUT GROWING TOMATOES IN THIS AREA. LOVE APPLE FARM IS LOCATED AT 9299 GLEN ARBOR ROAD IN BEN LOMOND, AND THE WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED TO RUN FROM NOON THROUGH 2 P.M. THIS SATURDAY.

SHE WILL BE REPEATING THIS SAME LECTURE ON APRIL 23RD AS WELL.

LOVE APPLE FARM CAN BE FOUND ON-LINE AT: LOVEAPPLEFARM.BIZ , OR PEOPLE CAN CALL CYNTHIA AT (831) 336-2679.

THE RALLY SALINAS CAMPAIGN IS REPORTEDLY NEARING ITS GOAL. AT THIS POINT THE FUND RAISING CRUSADE HAS BROUGHT IN OVER $404 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE EFFORT WAS STARTED BY MAYOR ANNA CABALLERO, HOPING TO KEEP THE 3 CITY LIBRARIES FROM COMPLETELY CLOSING DOWN.

A STATEMENT WAS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FROM BISHOP SYLVESTER D. RYAN, WHO HEADS THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF MONTEREY. HE EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERNS FOR THE HOLY FATHER AND IS OFFERING PRAYERS FOR HIM AT THIS CRITICAL TIME IN HIS LIFE. HE SAID HE IS GRATIFIED TO KNOW THAT MUCH OF THE WORLD ALONG WITH FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT CATHOLIC, JOIN THE COMMUNITY IN PRAYERS FOR THE HOLY FATHER.

THE MAN WHO LED SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THIS MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WANTED SEX OFFENDER. AUTHORITIES SAID 33-YEAR-OLD CLARENCE ESTEEN JUNIOR, (PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF RAPE) WAS ALSO HIGH ON CRACK WHEN HE TRIED TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES. HE DROVE AT SPEEDS UP TO 110 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE STARTED ON WEST ALISAL STREET AND WEST BLANCO ROAD IN SALINAS AT 3:13 A.M., WHEN HE REFUSED TO PULL OVER. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOUND ESTEEN WAS WANTED ON A NO-BAIL FELONY WARRANT FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING A PAROLEE AT LARGE, AND FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. ESTEEN ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE AND RAN OFF INTO THE WOODS, WITH DEPUTIES IN CHASE. WHEN THEY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, HE BECAME COMBATIVE, SO A TASER WAS USED TO FINALLY TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.