A MAN, WHO WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT HARTNELL COLLEGE, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 18 DAYS IN JAIL, 3 YEARS PROBATION, AND A FINE OF 500 DOLLARS. RONALD WADDY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MISDEMEANOR DELAYING AND OBSTRUCTING A PEACE OFFICER. THAT AFTER AN OCTOBER 2004 INCIDENT, IN WHICH WADDY GOT IN THE WAY OF OFFICERS INVESTIGATING THE ASSAULT OF A FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENT (IN A BATHROOM AT HARTNELL COLLEGE).

A 24-YEAR-OLD SCOTTS VALLEY MARINE WAS REMEMBERD TUESDAY. CPL. JOSEPH SPENCE WAS 1 OF 30 SOLDIERS THAT DIED LAST MONTH IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN IRAQ. A MEMORIAL SERVICE TOOK PLACE FOR HIM IN SANTA CRUZ ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. SPENCE WAS THE OLDEST OF 3 BROTHERS, AND MARRIED HIS SWEETHEART BEFORE LEAVING FOR IRAQ. HE HAD NEVER SEEN HIS BABY DAUGHTER BORN 4 MONTHS AGO. MOTHER AND BABY PLAN TO MOVE BACK TO SCOTTS VALLEY FROM HAWAII, WHERE THEY WILL BE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND MEMORIES.

A MONTEREY COUNTY JURY FOUND A MANAGER AT NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER GUILTY OF 4 MISDEMEANOR COUNTS. BILLY JOE COLLINS WAS CONVICTED TUESDAY, AND IS EXPECTED TO LOSE HIS JOB OVER VIOLATIONS OF STATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAWS. THE 54-YEAR-OLD FACILITIES MANAGER GETS OVER 91 THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY, AND HAS BEEN PUT ON UNPAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE SINCE SEPTEMBER. BECAUSE THE CHARGES AGAINST COLLINS WERE MISDEMEANORS, INSTEAD OF FELONIES, HE WON'T BE DOING JAIL TIME. HIS SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 25TH.

STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM ONCE AGAIN INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE BLOOD ALCOHOL TESTS IN FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. THIS YEAR, THE MEASURE IS COSPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION. SENATE BILL 176 WILL REQUIRE THAT DRIVERS THAT HAVE CAUSED A VEHICLE ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN A FATALITY, TAKE A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT TEST. IT WOULD ALSO EXTEND CURRENT LAW TO REQUIRE THE SUSPENSION OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE, IF THE TEST IS REFUSED.