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HALLOWEEN The sweet & the scary B1 & B2 MADRIVERUNION.COM MMADAD RRIVEIVERR UUNIONNION VOL. 3, NO. 5 14 PAGES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 EST. 2013 $1 NEWS ANALYSIS Jury wanted more evidence Paul Mann open court what specifcally the jury ley Hammers Jr. and Angel Rob- Mad RiveR Union and its three holdouts believed was in Tully, both 37. FIELDBROOK/EUREKA – The missing from the state’s case. Arreaga’s lawyer, Public De- jury foreman in the Jason Michael During the three-week trial, fender Heidi Holmquist, argued Arreaga mistrial told the presiding Deputy District Attorney Zachary from the start that ofcers had judge only additional witnesses Curtis did not establish why law en- been hasty and irresponsible in and more evidence could have re- forcement assumed from the get-go charging Arreaga while neglect- CRIME SCENE The victim’s apartment was solved the nine to three deadlock that Arreaga, 30, of Lucerne in Lake ing a far more probable suspect, taped off Monday morning. KLH | Union and hung jury. County, was the lone suspect in the given her motive: Shavonne The foreman was cut of by Judge gunshot slayings in Fieldbrook on Hammers, 36, Harley Hammers’ Jason Michael Marilyn B. Miles from sharing in Sept. 3, 2014 of Eureka couple Har- ARREAGA A4 Arreaga MAN STABBED TO DEATH IN VALLEY WEST Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiveR Union VALLEY WEST – A man died of stab wounds following a Sunday evening inci- dent at the Arcata Courtyards apartments on Boyd Road in Valley West. An Arcata Police press release said a call came in at 6:28 p.m. Arriving ofcers found a male victim bleeding from multiple stab wounds, and began life saving eforts. The man was transported to Mad River Com- Tiger munity Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Monday morning, neighbors said the 52-year-old man was quiet, disabled and SpiriT kept to himself. Known only as “Mike,” the man reportedly staggered from his apart- ment and collapsed on the sidewalk, where HOMECOMING Arcata High School smears of blood were still visible. celerbated Homecoming last “He came out and said, ‘Help me’,” said week with festivites, rallies, a pa- another resident. They said a teenager found rade and a football game. Top left, him and told his mother, who called 911. Dave White commands a vintage Courtyards residents were unsettled over fre truck in Friday’s parade from the previous night’s violence. “We have a the high school to the Arcata Plaza lot of questions,” said one of three women and back. Top left, football players talking outside. “We have kids. We feel less were jacked up for the evening’s safe now. She said she plans to ask Court- big game. The Tigers lost to Fortuna yards owner Danco Communities for im- 50-13. PHotos by Matt FiLar| Union proved lighting and more security cameras. Marijuana Zone meeting set Supes heed pleas from developers City of aRCata cifc properties in the West End Daniel Mintz Ryan Sundberg and Virginia Bass. ARCATA – The Arcata City Road/Aldergrove neighborhood Mad RiveR Union Mapped for areas with water Council invites West End Road to either include in or exclude HUMBOLDT – In response to and sewer services, HOZs are part and Aldergrove Road residents, from the proposed MMIZ. lobbying from housing develop- of the county’s state-mandated as well as any interested mem- The council will continue the ers, county supervisors have re- Housing Element and demon- bers of the marijuana industry discussion during its Wednes- visited several General Plan Up- strate that low-income housing and the public, to a neighbor- day, Nov. 4, meeting at 6 p.m. in date decisions. is being planned for. But housing hood meeting to discuss the pro- Arcata City Hall, 736 F St., Ar- Modifcations to update poli- developers want the streamlining posed Medical Marijuana Inno- cata. At the meeting, the council cies related to low-income hous- Mark Ryan to apply countywide. vation Zone (MMIZ) today, Oct. will either adopt Ordinance 1468 ing, pedestrian streetscapes and Lovelace Sundberg County planning staf told su- 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the Desserts establishing the MMIZ on spe- business development were ap- pervisors the pre-planning that on Us factory at 57 Belle Falor cifc West End Road properties, proved by a majority of the Board of Supervisors enables a faster permit approval process would be Court in Arcata. expand the MMIZ to include ad- during an Oct. 19 update hearing. an overwhelming task if applied to the entire county This is a neighborhood out- ditional neighborhood parcels, A previously-approved policy directing the county area. Extending it beyond HOZs would also under- reach meeting to talk about or decide to do further work on to streamline subdivision approvals in higher-den- cut the goal of prioritizing historically under-served opportunities and concerns of the issue prior to making a deci- sity Housing Opportunity Zones (HOZs) was one of lower-income housing. the MMIZ, and to identify spe- MMIZ A4 several pulled for reconsideration by Supervisors GPU A4 Download coupons from our new website: www.lube-central.com 2014 winner! BEST SMALL BUSINESS McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce 839-2171 1590 Nursery Rd. McKinleyville Bring in this coupon and receive $ 5 off any service! In Jacoby’s Storehouse on the Plaza in Arcata 4BOEJ)VOUt t-JWJOH2VBSUFST%FTJHODPN 1590 Nursery Rd. McKinleyville A2 MAD RIVER UNION OCTOBER 28, 2015 Creating a local grain economy MAD RIVER “But,” Wiedenbeck cautioned, “real bread molds. 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MARKET (signed, with a phone number): Noon Friday Beck’s products can be found in many Press Releases: 5 p.m. Friday Ads: Contact Ad Dept. restaurants (Gabriel’s, Larrupin, Luke’s, Jack’s Seafood, Legal Notices: 5 p.m. Friday Crush, Six Rivers Brewery and Old Town Cofee and Choc- Press releases: (707) 826-7000 olates) and in retail stores (Eureka Natural Foods, Wild- [email protected] berries Marketplace, both Co-ops, Bella Baskets and The Farm Stand in Freshwater). Letters to the Editor/Opinion: (707) 826-7000 And at the Arcata Farmers’ Market, of course. A pop- [email protected] GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN Rhonda Wiedenbeck ular treat on the Plaza is the fve for $5 cookie deal at the with Nyssa Collins of Beck’s Bakery. JV | Union Advertising: (707) 826-7535 Beck’s booth. [email protected] eck’s Bakery is accomplishing what only a few bak- Cookie choices included oatmeal and that killer black Entertainment: (707) 826-7000 eries in the country are doing, according to Rhonda shortbread, which is made with 100 percent rye four and [email protected] BWiedenbeck. Dick Taylor cacao nibs. “We know our farmers, we stone-mill the grain we get “They are great with red wine,” Wiedenbeck said. Legal notices: (707) 826-7000 from them, and we sell at local grocery stores,” she said. Their cheddar sticks are also popular but their sliced [email protected] Beck’s buys 400 pound barrels of grain from local sourdough is the “number one seller at the market.” Pets: (707) 826-7000 growers John LaBoyteaux and Laurence and Lisa Hindley. Wiedenbeck said that “we are trying to create a local [email protected] Currently, the bakery is getting hard red and soft white grain economy. We’re on our way. One of the ways to do wheat and rye locally. that is learning to sharpen the stones on our mill.” Jack D. Durham, Editor & Publisher [email protected] “We unload them with a forklift and mill a hundred She credited friends with helping her to get the busi- pounds at a time,” Wiedenbeck said. “We do everything ness started. Kevin L. Hoover, Editor-at-Large, Publisher at the bakery.” “Pretty much every job I had I kept on trying to feed [email protected] Having the mill in the bakery means that “we have com- people,” she said. “I talked about the bakery idea for fve Lauraine Leblanc, Scene Editor, Production Manager plete control of what happens to the grain,” Wiedenbeck years and got tired of hearing myself talk about it. I have & Special Projects Coordinator explained. “The FDA only requires 51 percent bran for it a pretty tight group of friends who said, ‘We’re going to [email protected] to be called whole wheat. Lots of bakeries sift of the bran make you do this.’ And they did.” and the germ, but that’s where all the favor is.” She also credited the Small Business Development Cen- Jada C. Brotman, Advertising Manager [email protected] Beck’s four is available in bulk bins at the Co-op and ter.