org television broadcasts the first internet visual t v and brings you the news with local and world news from nevada county california if you have newsworthy items please e mail them to us at news at g v t v dot org i'm randi hanson in today's local news local residents continue to struggle to find primary care physicians with the flight of doctors continuing to region has lost seven of about forty family doctors in the past eighteen months a more than seventeen percent decline and more are about to leave according to doctors and administrators despite the decline several clinics accept new patients at any time and two new family physicians are on the way we have names of physicians who are taking new patients and surely mashburn of the physicians services and referral office at sierra nevada memorial hospital although residence may find it difficult to program and white water nature power medicine clinic in grass valley area patients can also turn to see our family medical clinic on the north san juan bridge this is a walk in clinic for the malady of the small practiced scene and practice manager at uber docs people who can't get in to see their regular doctor for three weeks with say bronchitis can get in here but if somebody has six problems with their body they need to be dealt by someone else patients have to be able to walk into the office at twenty ninety nine that are city highway we only take people who can pay his or out of pocket or with insurance we don't take medical fact almost nobody takes medica that hours of eight am to six pm monday through friday and nine am to four pm on saturday and sunday we have indian preference but we have a large patient base said pamela of chpa day we have a large population of medical and medicare patients and we're not tied to any h m o we have p p o patients and we have out of pocket patients added chap a day is building a new clinic on east main street in grass valley that is expected to be completed at ten sixty one east main street office also in grass valley the hours are eight am to five pm monday through friday we ask new patients to come in and fill out a new patient package then we can schedule them said executive director mcfarland of the facility formerly known as the miners clinic the clinic has medical dental and behavioral health services for patients of all incomes including those with medicare and medicaid at thirteen forty five whispering pines lane in grass valley the hours are eight am to five pm monday through friday we except most insurance but some plans don't except as mcfarlane added we will have two new physicians coming on board dr heather lucas and dr j are laying both family practice doctors they will join us in september and we're taking appointments for them right now we welcome new patients with open arms said richard mantel chief administrative officer at the clinic at one five three zero one tyler foote road on the san juan rich the clinic provides medical dental and behavioral health services for medical medicare most insurance and out of pocket patien we also have a sliding fee for people whose income is perhaps too low to pay a full bill don't qualify for insurance programs mantle added the clinic is open from nine am to five pm monday through friday but it's close from noon to one thirty p for lunch to clinic is also open from noon to four on saturdays so clinics license which are passed to doctors have graduated from medical school and are considered primary care physicians in california according to dr carol and we don't take medical care on we swaps are said some insurance companies pay for lab work and checkups at the clinic but we need to talk to patients about their coverage of the clinic at one zero nine seven east main street in grass valley is open ten a m to twelve thirty p m and from one thirty to five thirty p m monday through friday friday hours are ten a m to two thirty with no breaks an heartbreaking story out of grass valley emilie tell us four years old just had her fourth brain surgery but that didn't stop her tuesday from running around her all to zero home painting people's nails pekin showing off her prized collection of beanie babies the brown eyed tenacious preschooler has endured more health scares than any little girl should be expected to handle all the strengths she's shown throughout multiple painful surgeries chemotherapy and radiation has inspired every adult who touches her life she's hanging strong emily's endlessly proud father grass valley police sergeant scott tele said tuesday just four days after the latest surgery to remove a tumor from emily's brain stem she's a really tough outgoing child said grass old was diagnosed with their first brain tumor we became numb said lee and tell us it pretty blue eyed sales representative for hewlett packard it was overwhelming we didn't know anything about what was going on and we thought the worst since then the couple and their oldest daughter elise seven years old supported to tell those through to more surgeries to talk all the cancerous tissue remaining on her brain stem every time emily was about to endure a procedure her father accompanied her into the operating room and whispered in her ear about dreams and goals and tell them and the she took effect she has a tremendous amount of courage even when she's scared to tell us that it has spent fighting it like most kids would she know it's something she has to do and she goes ahead with that chemotherapy radiation followed emily's third surgery in two thousand and five and the cancer was in remission for more than two years tell us was elated gushing about his daughter's health and to his coworkers but after one of her regular checkups an m r i is in june oncologist called to tell us home at nine thirty p m it's never good when a doctor calls at night scott tell us said we knew that meant a new form millimeter his anger was not aimed at the doctors tending to their daughter but it was with the cancer itself cancer is a nasty terrible disease he said shaking his head leon tell us said she and her family have learned that looking on the bright side and living in the moment are absolutely necessities not just feel good concepts there are no other options but to think positive liane tell us said sitting in her living room hugging elise while family was  collecting stuffed animals to show and tell her just focus on the step there are so many decisions to make and we're fortunate to have so much help from our family friends and coworkers and we wish you well from v news also in another local story a man accused of molesting his son retracted his guilty plea after a judge ordered him to register as a sex offender pleaded guilty tuesday in front of another judge who did not require offender registration just the writer twenty years old pleaded guilty tuesday afternoon to one charge of felony child endangerment and as part of the plea agreement approved by nevada county superior court judge thomas anderson and nevada county district attorney cliff newell three child molesting charges were dismissed as a result of the dismissed charges writer will not have to register as a sex offender although nevada county superior court judge robert tell me eddie at a sentencing hearing february thirteenth had ordered writer to register as a sex offender for the same charge writer originally was charged with continual sexual abuse of a child in three acts of committing a lewd act upon a child the more serious charges were dropped in a pl agreement in october two thousand and six judge him yet he ruled february thirteenth sexual gratification was part of crime after you watched the police video of writer confessing to sexual abuse in his son at least three times in two thousand and four and tamiami ruled in a previous hearing that part of roger's confession was chorussed ratter retracted his guilty plea after february thirteenth and was recharged with the original offenses the case was set for trial until this latest plea agreement was reached judge anderson sentenced writer thirty tuesday to five years of supervised probation and six months in jail for child endangerment charge if a person violates probation you can reconsider what determ our district attorney cliff newell added adding that if the rider violates his probation he judge can require a rider to register as a sex offender our main concern is to have ryder on probation at this point it's an appropriate resolution given the state of evidence and the victim's mother's concerns random searches of brothers home are permitted under the terms of the probation and he will be required to report to a probation officer on a regular basis said assistant district attorney the victim's mother came out locke is in favor of the felony conviction ferguson said which a family court judge would consider when ruling on visitation in all child abuse cases we don't just look at the potential of a verdict but we consider the effects of the victim ferguson had these are not pleasant things to have to put kids through sometimes it's better for the child's well being the victim has started to do better not lock would not comment tuesday on the criminal case of the family law case in the county where she lives she said her son is doing just fine writer has the option of applying for alternative sentences for his prescribed hundred eighty days in jail judge anderson ruled he ordered rather to begin his jail sentence six p m september fourteenth report at eleven o six a m a caller from the four hundred block of maryland drive reported hearing women screaming police contacted two women with the same last name who are at three o nine p get into a child seat police contacted the man but did not make an arrest at ten fifteen police stopped a vehicle on east main street at pressley drive and arrested a thirty two year old man on suspicion of drunken driving driving license and violation of probation at ten fifty seven p m a caller from the four hundred block of brighton street reported juveniles were throwing eggs from a roof and the car was almost hit police checked the area and were unable to locate the juveniles tuesday at two a m a caller from the one hundred block of arcadia drive reported a black toyota truck with a toolbox in the back struck a trash can recycling bin and then drove away trash or broken glass work in the roadway public lane police took a report about a county sheriff's office on monday at ten thirty three a m caller from the thirteen thousand block of north meadow drive reported burglary and vandalism to a residence deputies took a authorities at one forty nine p m a woman called from the ten thousand block of red dog road to report vandalism to present a grave she wanted to log in tree at two thirty two p m a caller from love and thousand block of long valley road was shooting paint balls at his vehicle deputies were running to locate to juveniles at seven o three p m a man called grocery store on fifteen thousand block of washington road to report a man let his pit bull attack him the caller was transport ambulance to the hospital deputies arrested a twenty year old man on suspicion of public drunkenness at seven fifty seven pm call from osborne hill road reported a bear was road reported a woman was screaming in an area deputies area were unable to locate anything suspicious city police department on monday at four forty six p call reported someone removed door knobs and left the water running for three days at a residence in a one hundred block of road the home was supposed to be vacant police took a report nine fifty one p m a caller from the and now the sheriffs most wanted sigmond we probably will not show this every day but it is something we are showing for a couple days in a row please do not attempt to approach any of these people if you see th some are considered dangerous call your local law enforcement or sheriff's office at three zero two six five one four seven television and several satellite networks reporter for the wall street journal told the los angeles times people are aghast to disk have happened it's a sickening realize ation to know that this really great iconic newspaper is not only no longer going to only one part of a broader surveillance program and a letter to senator arlen specter national intelligence director mike mcconnell says president bush's two thousand and one order authorizing the spine included a number of intelligence activities separate from the administration's terrorist surveillance program invoking the warrantless spying mcconnell writes this is the only aspect of the n s a activities that can be discussed publicly because it is the only aspect of those various activities whose existence has been officially acknowledged the letter was aimed at defending attorney general alberto gonzales from perjury charges gonzales has claimed a legal dispute in two thousand and four did not focus on the warrantless spying but on other intelligen secured following a link to the investigation alston's attorney says he was acting on orders from former deputy attorney general paul mcnulty produce pharma has or was ordered to pay over six hundred million dollars in fines this week for misleading the public about the addiction risk of a painkiller oxycontin and in another story secretary of state connally said rice and defense secretary robert gates continued their mideast tour on tuesday rice and gates were in egypt following a saudi arabia followed by saudi arabia the trip comes on the heels of the bush administration's plan to give military aid worth more than forty three billion dollars to israel and egypt and another twenty billion to saudi arabia and other gulf states rights defended  security needs we have a lot of interest in common in the fight against terrorism and extremism in protecting the gains of peace processes of the past extended nose gains to peace processes of the future rice goes on to israel today followed by occupied territories where she will meet with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in ramallah it's rice's first visit there since hamas seized control in the gaza strip in june congressional democrats have raised opposition to the aid package but only as it applies to saudi arabia democratic congress member jerrold nadler said the bush administration plans to sell to us saudi arabia twenty billion dollars went to arms who raises serious red flags did ministration must realize that despite its retore to the contrary saudi arabia is not our friend it's too bad we don't put some food over there and the next tory the un security council has approved a joint un african union force of about up to twenty six thousand troops in dar for the resolution invokes chapter seven of the un charter to be active use of force to protect civilians in the area u n secretary general ban ki moon praised the measure whe secretary ban ki moon said by authorizing the deployment of hybrid operation for guard for you are sending a clear and powerful signal of your commitment to improve the lives of people in the region and close this tragic chapter in sudan's history up to four hundred thousand people have been killed and two million displaced in the conflict between sudanese backed militias and rebel groups and in afghanistan taliban captors have killed a second south korean hostage among the initial group of twenty three kidnapped last month the fate of the surviving twenty one is unknown as another deadline passed earlier today meanwhile peace activists continue to rally in seoul for the withdrawal of south korean troops from afghanistan south korean peace activists ohio ron says the taliban kidnapped the koreans because south korean troops have been dispatched there we hear we're here to urge the defense ministry to promptly withdraw our troops till my case so far several others have successfully avoided scrutiny from the defense secretary donald rumsfeld is among the slate of current and former officials set to testify before the house oversight hearing today on tillman's death the developments come on the heels newly released documents showing army medical examiners tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether tillman was deliberately shot too much bullet once was so close together that it appeared he was cut down with an m sixteen fired from about ten yards away news from iraq at least seventeen people were killed today in a suicide bombing in baghdad another thirty two people were wounded the pentagon also announced the deaths of three u s troops in a roadside bombing near baghdad u s commanders meanwhile are toting last month's u s death toll as a sign of progress on the ground seventy seven service members were killed in july the lowest monthly total since november but to july total is also the highest over the five julys since the u s invasion the july death toll one year ago was forty three and here we come with our local weather muggy today with increasing clouds and highs in the upper to near one hundred tomorrow we'll see clearing skies and highs in the mid ninety's cooler for this weekend i hope so was mostly sunny skies highs near ninety that's it for today enjoy this week the rest of what's left of it thanks for watching and we will see you t