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7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Nov. 8, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 149 Number 213 email: [email protected] Medical marijuana law revision considered Board of Supervisors Act of 1996, was a proposition on the Nov. 5, 1996 ballot which passed takes no action Tuesday with 55 percent voter support. The ernor, California Senate Bill 420 set into place the vol- A short history of the debate unteer identification card system currently in use by By ROB BURGESS proposition allows those with a valid doctor’s recommendation to possess Nov. 5, 1996 -- California Proposition 215, also patients. The Daily Journal and cultivate marijuana for personal known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, passed Aug. 7 -- The Mendocino County Board of A proposed change to the county’s with 55 percent voter support. The proposition allows Supervisors set a limit of 25 plants and two processed medical marijuana cultivation laws medical use. Passed by the California those with a valid doctor’s recommendation to possess pounds per person of marijuana for medical use. from the current limit of 25 plants and cultivate marijuana for personal medical use. and two pounds per patient to the Legislature and signed into law in Aug. 15 -- By a vote of 3-2, the board refused to 2003, California Senate Bill 420 set Nov. 8, 2000 -- Mendocino County voters approved same amount per parcel of land has Measure G, a resolution calling for the decriminaliza- reconsider the limits it set at the previous board meet- been delayed to a future Board of the current volunteer identification ing. card system currently in use by tion of personal use and cultivation of marijuana, by a Supervisors meeting, with no action vote of 58 percent. Tuesday -- The board took no action on a proposed taken at Tuesday’s meeting. patients. On Aug. 7, the board set a limit of Oct. 12, 2003 -- After being passed by the change from 25 plants and two pounds per person to California Proposition 215, also California Legislature and signed into law by the gov- the same amount per parcel of land. known as the Compassionate Use See MARIJUANA, Page 16 Culvert Water district goes solar dumping Redwood Valley will be state’s first reward set The Daily Journal green water district The United States Bureau of Land By BEN BROWN Management is offering a $500 The Daily Journal reward for anyone who can provide With the installation of information that leads to the convic- two 100-yard long solar tion of the person who dumped 1,000 arrays, Redwood Valley gallons of petroleum product in a County Water District will drainage culvert on south Cow soon become the first green Mountain last month. water district in California. “During the week of October 29, “This will run every- someone dumped at least 1,000 gal- thing,” said Redwood Valley lons of fluid into a culvert,” said Rich Water District Chairman Burns, field manager for the BLM’s Don Butow. Ukiah field office. “It’s going to cost Power from the solar pan- more than $6,000 to clean up the els will provide the district’s mess and dispose of the contaminated ponds, pumps and purifica- soil.” tion tanks in Redwood The fluid was dumped just east of Valley. the Cow Mountain staging area off Bill Koehler, general Mill Creek Road. manager for RVCWD, said Burns said the material is probably between one-quarter and one-half of all the power in transmission fluid but said chemical California is used to move analysis is pending. water. The drainage ditch the fluid was “Water is heavy,” he said. dumped into drains into Scott’s Creek which eventually drains in Clear The board has been work- MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal ing on getting some kind of Redwood Valley Water District General Manager Bill Koehler, board member Hal Voege and Lake. green power generation sys- Chairman Don Butow walk between two rows of 120-foot long infrastructure, which will even- So far, silt buildup in the culvert tem in place for two years, tually house an array of solar panels. The water district has had limited out-of-pocket expense has stopped the fluid from spreading Butow said. Changing rules for the project. too far, but Burns said BLM needs to at PG&E governing solar remove the contaminated soil before installations lengthened the it begins to rain. If the solar panels can effectively provide energy savings at the pumps in Redwood Valley, a similar system Burns said anyone with informa- See SOLAR, Page 16 could be installed at the district’s pumps at Lake Mendocino. tion on the illegal dumping should contact the BLM Ukiah field office at 468-4000. FOLLOW-UP Renovation at college gets under way Arrest made By ZACK SAMPSEL of the construction is taking The Daily Journal What’s next? place. The hall is home to the With a motto for its registrar’s office, among oth- Measure W program being ▲Construction inside ers, but, with the idea of con- in stabbing “Opening doors to student MacMillan Hall is solidating services in mind, The Daily Journal success,” Mendocino College expected to continue some new offices will be call- On Tuesday, the Mendocino County did exactly that Wednesday, throughout the rest of ing MacMillan Hall home in Sheriff’s Office arrested Pete as workers from Ukiah the semester and January. Kavanaugh, the 21-year-old Point Arena Construction began tearing through Christmas The Financial Aid, man wanted on suspicion of attempted down doors inside MacMillan break. Following con- Extended Opportunities murder in the Monday night stabbing of Hall as part of the reconstruc- struction, the offices Programs and Services and Point Arena resident Uriah Rios. tion to the Student Services are expected to open in CalWORKs programs are According to sheriff’s reports, Rios Offices -- scheduled to open January. located in the Lowery Library was walking in the area of Maime Leiwa in January. building, but will be relocat- Drive at around 8:30 p.m. Monday when “We’re excited about the ing to remodeled offices this he was allegedly confronted by renovation as it will allow struction is budgeted for winter. The Career Center, Kavanaugh and one other man. A fight these programs to be more $300,000, and comes as one Transfer Center and Native ensued and Rios was stabbed twice in visible, and offer one-stop of the more than 30 construc- American Outreach, located the back. accessibility for multiple stu- tion projects included in the in Room 1000, along with Rios fled his attackers and was found dent services,” said Donald now-$95 million Measure W Work Experience in Room by two people who took him to the Point Moore, dean of Student bond program, which was 1010 will relocate into the Arena Health Center from where he was Services. “We are trying to passed in the November 2006 remodeled Room 1200. flown to Ukiah Valley Medical Center open up these offices to make election. For a complete write-up of for treatment. Zack Sampsel/The Daily Journal them more inviting. We are Just as the sound of ham- Measure W projects or for the Investigation led deputies to center on David Williams, of Ukiah Construction, really excited about creating a mers and nails from the re- Measure W quarterly status Kavanaugh as their suspect. He was reframes the doors to what will become single location for our work roofing project had begun to reports visit www.mendoci- arrested at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on the new Financial Aid Office at the experience, career and trans- cease, the heavy-duty sounds no.edu/tc/pg/4507/measure_w suspicion of attempted murder and Mendocino College Campus. The con- fer programs to better serve of hammers, nails and drill _bond_.html. booked into the Mendocino County Jail struction, a Measure W project, began students.” guns are filling the halls of Zack Sampsel can be reached on a $250,000 bond. Wednesday. The MacMillan Hall con- MacMillan Hall -- where most at [email protected]. 2 – THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES Stocks fall sharply as [\ years, most recently work- brother Steven & 1 great nephew. VICTOR “JAY” BERGSTEDT ing with Tuttles Catherine Fesler of Graveside services will dollar slips to new low Victor “Jay” Bergstedt Pharmacy in Santa Rosa.. Syksville, MD. Brother be held Today, No- billion in writedowns, passed away at his He loved spending time Daniel & Alison Fesler of vember 8th at 1:00 p.m. at Credit concerns grow; with his son Riley. He Willits, sister Heidi the Laytonville financial stocks drop investors are very uneasy not home November 4, 2007 at just about stocks, but the the age of 36. A enjoyed traveling, garden- Bergstedt of Nice, CA, sis- Cemetery on Branscomb By TIM PARADIS economy as a whole. Native of San Francisco, ing and gourmet ter Vickie Powers of Rd. in Laytonville, cooking. Jay is survived by Castro Valley, brother CA. Officiating the service AP Business Writer “The financials are the born September 26, 1971. bodyguards of the market and He lived in Santa Rosa his wife Melissa Kenneth Bergstedt of will be Pastor Alan NEW YORK — Wall since 1989 having on- and his son Riley of Tempe, AZ. His aunts and Klier. Memorial contribu- Street suffered its second big when the bodyguards are tak- ly recently moved to Danville, his parents Vic- uncles Ray & Jane tions can be made to drop in a week Wednesday, ing shots then the market Danville. He grew up in tor and Carrel Bergstedt of Munjar of Janesville, CA, Laytonville Fire Dept. or with investors worried about can’t do well,” said David Laytonville attending Laytonville. His Dorleen and Richard the Laytonville Lions spreading fallout from the Darst, chief investment strate- schools and graduating brother Michael & Andersen of Sebastopol, & Lioness Club. credit crisis at banks and gist for Morgan Stanley’s from Laytonville High Stephanie Fesler of Ukiah, and Merilin Gunter of Funeral services under about a dollar that just keeps global wealth management School with honors. Jay brother Philip Fesler of Sacramento. He is also sur- the care and direction getting weaker. The Dow group. worked as a Pharmacy Santa Rosa. his sister vived by 3 nieces and 3 of Anker-Lucier Mortuary Jones industrial average fell “A lot of the bad stuff is Technician for 19 Kathleen Kelly of Ukiah. nephews, 1 great niece and in Willits. more than 360 points — just known; what the markets are about matching its pullback of worrying about is the last Thursday. unknown,” Darst said. A passel of worries tor- The Dow fell 360.92, or Please sign the guest book at www.ukiahdailyjournal.com. Funeral notices are paid announcements. For information on how to mented investors, including 2.64 percent, to 13,300.02. place a paid funeral notice or make corrections to funeral notices please call our classified department at 468-3529. comments by New York The Dow, which had gained Attorney General Andrew 117 points on Tuesday, had Death notices are free for Mendocino County residents. Death notices are limited to name of deceased, hometown, age, date of Cuomo about conflicts of fallen 362.14 last Thursday, death, date, time, and place of services and the funeral home handling the arrangements. For information on how to place a interest in the mortgage indus- free death notice please call our editorial department at 468-3500. reflecting the extreme frac- try that exacerbated declines tiousness on Wall Street these among bank stocks. days. It was the third time in a Meanwhile, the dollar case of those arrested on suspi- month the blue chip index has trolled substance and a proba- influence and driving with a swooned amid speculation dropped by more than 350 POLICE REPORTS tion violation by the suspended license at the inter- cion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases that China will seek to diver- points, and leaves the Dow up The following were Mendocino County Sheriff’s section of School Street and reported by law enforcement agen- sify some of its foreign cur- compiled from reports Office at 3:02 p.m. Tuesday. Little Lake Road at 2:03 a.m. 6.71 percent for the year. cies are reported by the newspa- rency stockpiles beyond the Broader stock indicators prepared by the Ukiah Sunday. per. The Daily Journal makes no greenback and General also pulled back Wednesday. Police Department. To ARREST -- Andres Soto, exceptions. Motors Corp. further damp- anonymously report CHP REPORTS 29, of Gerber, was arrested on The Standard & Poor’s 500 ened sentiment by posting a index fell 44.65, or 2.94 per- crime information, call suspicion of driving under the record loss tied to an account- 463-6205. The following were influence and driving with a CORRECTIONS cent, to 1,475.62 — moving compiled from reports ing adjustment. below the 1,500 benchmark. ARREST -- A 12-year-old suspended license at the inter- The Ukiah Daily Journal Oil hit a record, rising prepared by the Califor- section of Highway 101 and The Nasdaq composite index boy was arrested on suspicion nia Highway Patrol: reserves this space to correct above $98 per barrel before of assault with a deadly Central Avenue at 3:06 a.m. retreating, and gold pushed fell 76.42, or 2.70 percent, to ARREST -- Jose Rusel, errors or make clarifications 2,748.76. For the year, the weapon against a school Sunday. to news articles. Significant higher, moves exacerbated by 28, hometown not listed, was S&P 500 is up 4.04 percent, employee in the 1000 block of ARREST -- Druce Hames, errors in obituary notices or an anemic dollar. Low Gap Road at 11:07 a.m. arrested on suspicion of dri- 22, of Eureka, was arrested on while the Nasdaq is up 13.81 ving under the influence on birth announcements will The fear with a huge drop Tuesday. suspicion of possession of a result in reprinting the entire like Wednesday’s is whether it percent. Highway 101 south of Ukiah controlled substance for sale The Russell 2000 index of at 7:42 p.m. Nov. 1. article. Errors may be reported is part not just of a correction, and possession of a controlled to the editor, 468-3526. which is a 10 percent pullback smaller companies fell 25.81, ARREST -- Fredie Roland substance at the intersection or 3.22 percent, to 775.96. SHERIFF’S REPORTS Jr., 30, of Richmond, was in stock prices, but that it of Highway 101 and Henry could be the beginning of a A drop in the NYSE com- The following were arrested on suspicion of dri- Station Road at 10:35 p.m. posite index proved steep compiled from reports ving under the influence and LOTTERY NUMBERS bear market. With the huge Sunday. volatility that has swept Wall enough to trigger trading prepared by the Mendo- driving with a suspended ARREST -- John Stotts, DAILY 3: night: 2, 1, 7. curbs, which puts restrictions license on Highway 101 near Street since the summer, and cino County Sheriff’s 62, of Soquel, was arrested on on certain kinds of sell orders Office: Road 112A at 9:01 p.m. Nov. afternoon: 8, 8, 4. triple-digit moves in the Dow suspicion of driving under the FANTASY 5: 10, 12, 20, becoming commonplace, no and are meant to help stabilize BOOKED -- John 2. influence on Highway 128 at Kennedy Stott, 61, of ARREST -- David Higgs, 24, 36. one can be sure. the market. Navarro at 11:06 a.m. DAILY DERBY: 1st Still, the concern on the Government bonds jumped Yorkville, was booked into 47, of Boulder Creek, was Tuesday. jail on suspicion of driving arrested on suspicion of dri- Place: 11, Money Bags. Street is that the extent of the as investors transferred money from stocks to fixed- under the influence by the ving under the influence at the Those arrested by law enforce- 2nd Place: 04, Big Ben. fallout from the credit market income investments. The California Highway Patrol at intersection of Highway 101 ment officers are innocent until 3rd Place: 06, Whirl Win. crisis that has led to billions of proven guilty. People reported as dollars in losses for major yield on the 10-year Treasury 1:42 p.m. Tuesday. and Perkins Street at 11:49 Race time: 1:48.93. BOOKED -- Robert Ross p.m. Nov. 2. having been arrested may contact banks and investment firms is note, which moves opposite the Daily Journal once their case LOTTO: 15-33-38-44- Simon, 60, of Willits, was ARREST -- Kimberly not yet known. With its price, fell to 4.34 percent has been concluded so the results 45. booked into jail on suspicion Schneeman, 44, of Applegate, can be reported.Those who feel the Citigroup Inc. announcing from 4.37 percent late of possession of marijuana for Ore., was arrested on suspi- information is in error should con- Meganumber: 4. Sunday it needed to take an Tuesday. It was down to 4.30 sale, possession of a con- cion of driving under the tact the appropriate agency. In the Jackpot: $31 million. additional $8 billion to $11 percent in after-hours trading.
Police were analyzing YouTube postings that appeared to said the diplomatic course is his preferred choice. anticipate the massacre, including clips in which a young man “The idea of Iran having a nuclear weapon is dangerous, and The world briefly calls for revolution and apparently prepares for the attack by therefore now is the time for us to work together to diplomati- test firing a semiautomatic handgun. cally solve this problem,” Bush said. Investigators said the gunman, who was not identified, shot himself in the head after the shooting spree at Jokela High Pat Robertson backs Rudy Giuliani’s Bush tells Musharraf to hold free School in Tuusula, some 30 miles north of the capital, Helsinki. elections and drop his military title He died later at Toolo Hospital in Helsinki. bid for the GOP presidential nomination The teen killed five boys, two girls and the female principal WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, personally inter- WASHINGTON (AP) — Televangelist Pat Robertson, with a .22-caliber pistol, police said, adding that about a dozen founder of the Christian Coalition, endorsed Republican presi- vening in the political crisis in Pakistan, told President Pervez more people were injured while fleeing the school. Officials Musharaff on Wednesday he must hold parliamentary elections dential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday. said more than 400 students ages 12 through 18 were enrolled. “It is my pleasure to announce my support for America’s soon and step down as army leader. Witnesses described a scene of mayhem at the school in this “You can’t be the president and the head of the military at the Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a proven leader who is not afraid of what leafy lakeside community, saying the shooter prowled the build- lies ahead and who will cast a hopeful vision for all same time,” Bush said, describing a 20-minute telephone call ing looking for victims while shouting slogans for “revolution.” with Musharraf. “I had a very frank discussion with him.” Americans,” Robertson said during a news conference with It was Bush’s first contact with Musharraf since he declared Giuliani in Washington. emergency rule on Saturday and granted sweeping powers to Bush and French president voice unified The former New York mayor backs abortion rights and gay authorities to crush political dissent. opposition to a nuclear-armed Iran rights, positions that put him in conflict with conservative GOP Bush revealed the call to Musharraf during an appearance orthodoxy, and has been trying to persuade evangelical conser- with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at George MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — President Bush and French vatives like Robertson to overlook their differences on those
Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Va. President Nicolas Sarkozy stood shoulder-to-shoulder against a issues.