Community RELIGION sports digest Saturday Faith community news ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 Sept. 8, 2007 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Sunny with high of 95 degrees 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Hot with a high of 100 degrees 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 149 Number 152 email: [email protected] Zip-ties: CHILI Cookoff Marijuana patients ‘waiting and seeing’ Forty teams if program works By BEN BROWN dish up fire; The Daily Journal Medical marijuana patients are cautiously optimistic about Sheriff Tom Allman’s zip-tie compete for program, said NorCal NORML Director Dane Wilkins. top honors “We’re waiting and seeing,” Wilkins said. “We’re trying to encourage people to partici- By ROB BURGESS pate.” The Daily Journal The zip-tie program is Allman’s plan to streamline The cost of hrongs of area medical marijuana enforce- residents with either ment in Mendocino County. entering the a complete lack of Each patient with a state- program has fear of indigestion or issued medical marijuana digestive systems card can get 25 serial num- been a concern Tforged of steel were out in force bered zip-ties from the to taste chilis of every stripe Sheriff’s Office. for some medical Friday: from vegetarian to meaty Each zip tie is linked to marijuana and mild to face-meltingly hot. an individual identification Up by 10 booths this year, 40 card to prevent fraud. The patients. teams competed at the Alex zip ties go around the base Thomas Plaza in the Ninth of each female flowering marijuana plant, Annual Chili Cookoff for Best allowing sheriff’s deputies to know at a glance Chili, Best Dressed, Best Booth, if a medical marijuana garden is in compli- Crookedest Team and Hottest ance. Chili. If a garden is in compliance, sheriff’s For the first two-and-a-half deputies are instructed to leave the garden hours of the event, attendees alone. Wilkins said he has not heard of any were allowed to vote for their medical patient using zip-ties having plants favorite chili. seized. Randy Edgar of Motion Wilkins said there are currently 60 people Industries, who won last year for participating in the zip-tie program. Crookedest Team and Hottest “I expect that number to grow by a large Chili, said his team’s secret to amount,” he said. success was simplicity. He said the bottleneck right now is in get- “It’s amazing what you can ting medical marijuana identification cards do with a goat and an onion,” he from the Mendocino County Department of said. Public Health. Realty World - Selzer Wilkins said 420 people have applied for a Realty’s cook, Denise Ridley, state card in the first six months of 2007, and has participated in the event for the process can take up to four weeks. three years, two of those as chef. “That causes lag,” he said. She said the key to an above- The zip-ties are free this year while the average mix is the use of the Sheriff’s Office works out the kinks. No prices freshest elements. have been set for next year although Allman “I cook it at home,” she said. has said the Sheriff’s Office has considered “We use all-natural ingredients. charging $25 per zip-tie, with a half-price All of our ingredients are local.” reduction for those on MediCal. To make a play for the Best Wilkins said that cost of entering the pro- Dressed and Best Booth Awards, gram has been a concern for some medical some contestants went further marijuana patients. than others. Redwood Credit “Many of our patients are on a fixed Union donned red and white income,” Wilkins said. hats for a Dr. Seuss theme, and He said one idea that has been proposed is Superior Court of Mendocino for the first six zip-ties to be free and the County set up bars in front of its remaining 19 to cost $25 each. booth declaring its mild “They feel like that’s a reasonable number vegetarian chili was “Not of zip-ties, so no one would go without medi- Guilty,” the medium hot chili cine who needs it,” Wilkins said. was “Guilty” and the very hot Wilkins said there has also been talk within chili was “Insane.” MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal the community of creating a fund to buy zip- In addition to disseminating Cody Crowder of Ken Fowler’s Hot Rod pulls up a fresh pot of chili for servers Amber ties for those who cannot afford them. McCoy, left, and Tami Castaneda to dish up at Friday evening’s Chili Cookoff at Alex R. Ben Brown can be reached at See CHILI, Page 14 Thomas Plaza. The group fashioned a food booth out of the front of a Chevy race car. [email protected]. Coastal Cleanup volunteers needed Kitten bounty vided a specific assignment as well as a Yearly cleanup of coastline cleanup bag and gloves. CLEANUP SITES AND LEADERS planned for next weekend In 2006, 225 people turned out to participate By ZACK SAMPSEL in the CCCD in Mendocino County. Within the •Gualala River (Jan Harris, Adventure Rents) The Daily Journal daylong project, 2,230 pounds of trash and 595 •Gualala River and Coast (Kim Swenson, Arena Union The Mendocino Land Trust is asking coun- pounds of recyclables were collected along 18 Elementary) miles of beaches. Dumpsters for the project are •Gualala Point (Glenn Wristen, Gualala Lions Club) ty residents to participate in a statewide •Greenwood Beach (Neil Zeiger) cleanup event Sept. 15: California Coastal donated by Fort Bragg Disposal. •Manchester Beach (Vikki Robinson, Point Arena Lions Cleanup Day. The CCCD events will take As a sign of appreciation for all the volun- Audio slide show Club) place at more than 700 locations throughout teers, the Mendocino Land Trust will host a •Schooner Gulch (Redwood Coast Land Conservancy) barbecue at noon on Big River Beach the day •Navarro Beach (Sierra Club, Mendocino Group) the state as volunteers clean trash and debris at ukiahdailyjournal.com •Van Damme (Margaret Leaman and friends) from more than 1,100 miles of California coast of the cleanup. Most of the food and beverages •Big River Beach (Mendocino Land Trust) in addition to 1,000 miles of inland shorelines for the event have been donated by Safeway, •Caspar Beach (Lila McMurtry) including bays, creeks, rivers and lakes. Corners of the Mouth and the Mendocino •Jughandle Beach (Tami Davenport and friends) Editor’s note: Seven local multimedia slide “The exciting thing is to see members of the Cookie Company, as well as additional fund- shows, including Kitten bounty shown here, •Noyo Harbor Beach (MCDOG) ing from the Mendocino Land Trust. •Hare Creek (Shari George and friends) community step forward and take care of their are currently available for viewing at •Glass Beach (Officer Alan Veach, Noyo Coast Guard) beaches,” said Matt Coleman, Big River For more information and a beach assign- ukiahdailyjournal.com along with news videos •Pudding Creek (Fort Bragg Middle School) Stewards volunteer coordinator. ment, contact Holly at the Mendocino Land on a variety of topics. •Ward Avenue (Surfriders) The Mendocino Land Trust is serving as a Trust at 962-0470 or by e-mail at hnewberg- See Sunday’s Page A-1 for a selection from •Virgin Creek (Keith and Cherie Wyner) [email protected]. •MacKerricher (Erin Vaccaro, Willits Charter School) coordinator on this event for the fifth consecu- this week’s postings on Inside UDJ, The Daily •Seaside Beach (Steve Beeman, Knights of Columbus) tive year and invites all members of the public “With events like this it helps people to Journal’s blog, written by Editor K.C. •Ten Mile Bridge South (Art Morley, Mendocino Coast to participate. The Mendocino County portion identify with their favorite places. It helps peo- Meadows, which can be viewed in its entirety Audubon Society) of this cleanup project will focus on many of ple to see that coastal cleanup is every day,” at ukiahdailyjournal.com. Readers are invited •Westport Union Landing, Pete’s, DeHaven and Blues Coleman said. Beaches (Westport Village Society) the 25 North Coast beaches from Gualala to to comment on any posting on the blog, which •Eddie White Beach (Bill Brazill) Westport. Zack Sampsel can be reached at also includes an extensive archive of past blog Participants in the CCCD will each be pro- [email protected]. entries. 2 – SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES DEATH NOTICE [\ ranch. A Potter Val- Laurel is survived by her nephews Fred Robinson ley High School Graduate, husband of 47 and wife Lora of Wit- • Lyndall E. Berry-Scott, 85, of Ukiah, died in Ukiah on Laurel dedicated years, Austin Hodges; her ter Springs and Mike Yates Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. Private cremation arrangements were her life to being a wife, daughters, Sheila and wife Melissa through Empire Mortuary Services. homemaker and moth- Hodges of Willits and of Suisun; and numerous er. Her life was centered Kimberly Nordmark and cousins and great- around her family, husband Randy of San nieces and great-nephews. POLICE REPORTS vandalism in excess of home and her faith. She Antonio, TX; grand- She was preceded in $50,000 at 8:15 a.m. was a loving wife, sons: Clinton Patterson death by her parents, The following were Thursday. compiled from reports Those arrested by law enforcement mother, grandmother and and wife Alicia of John Foster and Pearl officers are innocent until proven guilty.