Shockwaves Ripple Through Valley As All Wait to Hear Status of Humboldt

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Our 131st Year, Number 9 Home of D’Aguanno Masonry Price $1 (tax included) Ferndale, California A National Trust for Historic Preservation Distinctive Destination February 26, 2009 Shockwaves ripple through valley as all wait to hear status of Humboldt Creamery CEO Rich Ghilarducci abruptly resigns, warning of “financial irregularities;” interim CEO says producers’ monthly milk checks in the mail Friday — answers “to the puzzle” possible Sunday

The entire Eel River Valley is reeling this may be. Mayer said “as soon as the board has week after news broke abruptly Monday the information,” plans call for sharing it morning that Humboldt Creamery — the life with producers and the community. Shocked and stunned blood of not only the valley’s economy but a Mayer sat down with The Enterprise at huge factor in the well being of the entire 11:30 Monday morning, as visibly rattled county— may be on shaky financial ground. creamery board members came and went Creamery news hard to digest However, late Tuesday afternoon as from the milk plant’s Fernbridge office By lunchtime on Monday, tating to everyone." panic clearly had a strong hold on Ferndale, building. Fernbridge Tractor owner Creamery producer Jim Interim CEO Len Mayer told The Enterprise “It’s shocking,” he said. “I haven’t met a Dick Lindsay had gathered his Regli received a call from a producers’ monthly milk checks will be single person who hasn’t used that word employees in the breakroom to creamery board member mailed on Friday and that cash flow “is nor- when they hear about this. I know the board mal. of directors was shocked last night when we tell them the news he had Monday morning while he was “Our financial performance today as far met.” heard only a few hours earlier. feeding calves at 6 am. He too as cash is the same as it has always been for With an intense effort underway to find “It doesn’t look good for was “shocked,” and couldn’t many, many years,” said Mayer, attempting out what the “irregularities” are, Mayer said the valley right now,” said a believe the message being to reassure not only the 50 dairy families that “the appropriate authorities” will be notified somber faced Lindsay. “We relayed to him. belong to the cooperative, but employees, “based on what we find. don’t know what happened but “We’re all waiting to see if vendors, banks, a multitude of customers “We plan to tear everything apart,” said things can get scary.” we get our paycheck on the and dairy dependent businesses — just about Mayer, who has been With 80 percent of his 28th,” he said. “If that doesn’t every commercial venture in the valley. the chief operating business reliant on the dairy happen, we’ll be talking to the Mayer said rumors that creamery checks had officer at the cream- industry, Lindsay like many banks to try and get a line of bounced, were unfounded “as far as I know.” ery since 2007. others in the area were con- credit.” Creamery officials announced shortly Before joining the sumed by the “what ifs” this That conversation, howev- after 9 am Monday that its 24-year employee creamery he was the week. er, could be a difficult one, Chief Executive Officer Rich Ghilarducci CEOof the North Ryan Nilsen, a fifth gener- considering the “dairy issues” resigned suddenly on Friday evening but not Coast Cooperative for ation Nilsen whose great-great over the past year, he said, before alerting the 80-year-old cooperative of four years. “We have grandfather Oscar started referring to low milk prices “inaccuracies in financial statements” and independent and out- Nilsen Company in 1896, has and high feed costs. that the company “should suspend its offer- side attorneys and managed the Ferndale store for “It’s been a tough year,” he ing of its Series B Preferred Securities,” accountants coming five years, providing every- noted. “No one has any extra according to a news release. in.” thing from hay to grain to money. Now we just wait and “We don’t know what it is,” said Mayer Tuesday, a FBI fencing to dairy farmers. He see.” when asked what the “inaccuracies” involve. spokeswoman from Enterprise staff photo heard about the creamery situ- Crescent City’s Rumiano “We do know it’s serious enough for Rich the agency’s San Humboldt Creamery ation from his father, Denny. Cheese owner Baird Rumiano Ghilarducci to resign immediately.” Francisco office said Interim CEO Len “Everybody in agriculture said his company has been Enterprise staff photo Late Wednesday afternoon, Mayer told the federal agency Mayer on Monday at is watching it to see what will doing business with Humboldt Former Chief Executive Officer of the The Enterprise that by Sunday “we could “was not involved, as the creamery’s happen,” he said. "Failure of Creamery for 50 out of the Humboldt Creamery Rich Ghilarducci at have some pretty good information” on Fernbridge office. the creamery would be devas- (See REACTION /page 4) the cooperative’s 75th anniversary in 2004. exactly what those “financial irregularities” (see CREAMERY/ page 4) Equity buy-in offering on hold Creamery union Creamery board acts leaders notified In its announcement of Creamery hoped to raise $5 million from the independent inquiry into Nine dairymen community; $400,000 sold in first month Books appeared potentional “inaccuracies in sound during recent make up Suspended. That’s the investment banker, were noti- financial statements” at the contract negotiations Humboldt Creamery, the H u m b o l d t word to describe the current fied of the resignation of the cooperative’s board of direc- status of an offering to buy into creamery’s CEO and the sus- Humboldt Creamery, making pension of the preferred securi- By Marilyn Davin tors has announced a series of Creamery board Redding-based Teamsters steps the creamery will take to the rounds of Ferndale and the ties offering by The Enterprise Local 137 represents about half investigate and deal with the Board Chairman: rest of the county over the past on Monday morning. The two of Humboldt Creamery’s current crisis. James Renner month. quickly descended on the approximately 250 employees. • The Board has appointed Director: Blake Alexandre The two individuals hired creamery’s Fernbridge office The local represents both the a subcommittee of the Board Director: To m Ghidinelli on contract by the creamery to building to learn of the details creamery’s office staff and other to be involved daily in the Director: make contacts with potential surrounding the cryptic mes- Dennis Leonardi employees. oversight of the investigation. Director & Vice-Chair: investors did not know sage in Rich Ghilarducci’s letter Monday morning of the week- to suspend the sale because Contacted by phone mid- • The Board has made a Frank Leonardo Enterprise staff photo end meltdown at the creamery. there “may be financial irregu- morning on Tuesday, Local Local 137’s business manager commitment to share as much Director & Board Secretary: Ferndale’s Gregg Foster, larities.” 137’s secretary/treasurer Dave Mike Moffat at the creamery information as possible under Gary Nicholson the circumstances with the former executive director of the “I’m disappointed,” said (See LOCAL/ page 4) Tuesday. Director: Jim O’Neil Members of the Humboldt Redwood Region Economic Foster, who now works in busi- Creamery cooperative, along Director & Board Assistant Development Corporation and ness development at KHUM. with the Company’s employ- Secretary: David Renner Patrick Cleary, owner of “You put a lot of trust in people You are cordially invited to: ees and business partners. The Director: Dom ingo Santos KHUM, chair of the county’s who you work with for years, Headwaters Fund and a former (See SUSPENSION /page 4) (See BOARD/ page 4) School district superintendent Salon Flocchini Find good eats at still absent; Meyers in charge POPPA JOE’S Grand Opening •6am to 2pm Mon-Fri Ferndale Elementary School Garamendi reiterated that he’s •6 am to Noon - Sat & Sun RepFest 2009 Principal Paul Meyers is the act- been advised not to talk publi- Sunday, March 1 • 7-9 pm • Breakfast & Lunch Come support our annual ing head of the Ferndale Unified caly by his attorney but said he fundraiser at the School District as embattled was not at his post because “he’s • 409 Main • 786-4180 River Lodge Superintendent Sam Garamendi been asked to stay home.” 389 Main Street, Ferndale • 599-9933 PRIME RIB THIS March 21 • 6 pm remains out on personal leave “We haven’t told him any- Showbiz is the theme! this week. thing,” said Board President Owner Katie Flocchini FRIDAY NIGHT! Call 786-5483 When contacted by phone, (see SCHOOL DISTRICT/)page 5 Join us for appetizers and drinks! Page 2 The Ferndale (California) Enterprise February 26, 2009 The Obituaries Ferndale Enterprise Jane L. Jane was preceded in death nesses during the 1950s. In Emily and Sarah DeBellis; sis- by her parents, Kermit and 1962, she began working as a ter Minerva (Dale) Fast; broth- 600 Main Street, Ferndale, California 95536 (Jacobsen) Margie Jacobsen and brother, library assistant at the Arcata ers Floyd (Barbara) Wilson and (P. O. Box 1066) Neal Telephone 707/786-4611 • Fax 707/786-4311 Tim Jacobsen. branch of the Humboldt Skeet (Ruth) Wilson; sisters-in- Email: [email protected] Jane L. Jane will be remembered County library. Her love of law Sally Willson and Shiera www.ferndaleenterprise.us Neal passed and greatly missed more than books prompted her to contin- Wilson; many loving nieces Founded 1878. Published weekly. Publication #USPS 189-920 a w a y Periodicals Postage paid at Ferndale, California words can ever convey. ue volunteering there well after and nephews and lots of caring under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. POSTMASTER - Send address changes February 18, her retirement. and kind friends. to our address. Subscriptions: $40 a year in Humboldt 2009 at her Madgel L. Rylander Madgel was an excellent She was preceded in death County; $45 elsewhere in California; $50 elsewhere in the United States; home in Ft. $75 (airmail) outside the U. S. went to her Heavenly home in seamstress and enjoyed cro- by her parents and step-father C o l l i n s , the early morning hours of cheting, making many lovely Vic Willson; sisters Marie Caroline Titus ...... Publisher/Editor/Writer/Production/Sales/Office Manager C o l o r a d o February 16, 2009. She died items for her friends and fami- Wilson and Virginia (John) Caroline Blattner ...... Proofreader after fighting a heroic battle peacefully in her sleep of age- ly. She and Roy enjoyed travel- Saunders; brothers Donald, Donna Mays ...... Circulation Director against small cell lung cancer. Wendy Lestina, Leanne McCulloch, Jack Mays, John Isom, Ann Roberts, Denise related causes. ing to see family and friends in Harold, and Charles Wilson; Grinsell, Marilyn Davin, Emily Silver ...... Çontributors She was born June 6, 1954 to Madgel was born February their retirement years. Hal Willson and beloved Kermit and Margie Jacobsen of 6, 1921 on a cold, snowy day in She loved ice cream, granddaughter Lucinda Published by Cages Publishing, Inc. Ferndale, the seventh of eight Elgin, Nebraska. She was the genealogy, and eating popcorn Mettler. Caroline Titus ...... President children. second daughter of Alva G. and while watching Lawrence Welk Special thanks to Visiting Stuart Titus ...... Vice-President Jane married Bill Neal Member, California Newspaper Publishers Association Blanche L. (Cooper) Wilson. on TV. She authored the book, Angels staff Jeanne and Sheila; when Centerville Beach Naval In June 1938, she moved with “Alderson Family Limbs and special Angel care-givers Facility was still operating. her family to Ferndale. Several Branches” from her genealogy Brandy, Rachael, Jennifer, Kim, Editorial They were posted at different months later, at a dance at research. She was an active Kelly, Kellie, Susan and many naval bases around the world. Camp Bauer, she met the love member of the Arcata First others; Dr. Lawrence Senffner Crisis management She was proud of her husband’s of her life, Roy Rylander. She Baptist Church for 50-plus and staff, Beverly Briggs and service to our country. attended Ferndale High School years. other medical staff at Mad We thought it was a bad joke Monday morning. When we Through good times and bad and graduated in 1939. Roy She is survived by her hus- River Community Hospital; called Rich Ghilarducci over at the creamery to check it out, and she was a loyal wife and the and Madgel were married on band Roy Rylander; daughters nurses at Mad River Home were told he wasn’t in the office, we still thought we were wasting rock of their marriage. January 20, 1940 in Carson Bonnie Carter and husband Health; Hospice nurse Angela our time running down another Ferndale rumor. But then the fax She is survived by her hus- City, Nevada. They settled in Jerry; Marilyn Roll and hus- and Chaplain Jim. machine rang and a news release like no other spit out. band of 24 years Bill, son Shane Arcata and their home, built by band Duane; grandchildren A special celebration of life How could this be? The hometown hero, the local boy who and daughter Samantha. Roy and tastefully decorated by Lori Patch, Drew Carter, Ty will be held on February 28, made good. The man who worked around the clock with an office She is also survived by her Madgel, created a loving and Mettler and wife Mary, Tiera 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Arcata First overlooking the creamery’s waste pond. The man whose company siblings: Joyce Fisher joyful environment during Magnuson and Kari (Josh) Baptist Church, 1700 Union vehicle was parked outside that unpretentious office every Sunday (Brookings), Bonnie Schleef their 69 years together. Mikesell; great-grandchildren Street. as he worked overtime ensuring that our valley’s way of life was (Orland), Skip Jacobsen Madgel worked as a dis- Andrew, Dylan, and Bryce In lieu of flowers, dona- intact. (Wilton), Merinee Duke patcher for the Greyhound Bus Mettler; Arieanna and Kenny tions may be made to Arcata We don’t know, and apparently creamery officials don’t either, (Bridgeville), Renee Jacobsen Company in the 1940s and as a Patch; Darren Perreault; First Baptist Church, Hospice what Ghilarducci meant by his cryptic statement that “there may be (Petrolia) and Cindy bookkeeper for several busi- Jayden and Jasmine Mikesell; of Humboldt, or your choice. financial irregularities.” What we do know is that he abruptly McWhorter (Eureka). walked out, fueling speculation and doomsday talk in a world already teetering on economic abyss. Please, let it be minor. Please, let there be no malicious intent. Say it ain’t so. Meanwhile, we didn’t realize that the dairymen that make up Letters to the Editor the creamery board could move so fast. Transparency was not in (Editor’s Note: The Ferndale Enterprise welcomes signed letters, (real names only, please) with telephone numbers for verification, but reserves the right to edit them. the vocabulary of the creamery prior to Friday night. Opinions expressed in columns, cartoons and Letters to the Editor do not necessarily reflect the editorial opinion of The Ferndale Enterprise. Thank you letters are not Understandably so. It is a private company. Now, however, every- permitted. Instead they are welcome in our paid Card of Thanks classified section.) one is talking and available. Communication is the name of the game. We’ve never seen a crisis situation handled so well. Those Parking issues in front of or across from their kinds of excuses, but you know if you take parking from potential dairymen are running dairies while right smack in the middle of a Dear Editor: business or someone else’s busi- you stop and think about it, customers. You know I find a tornado. We applaud them and creamery officials this week for Every once in a while some- ness. It’s like they can’t walk ten there is no excuse. nice brisk walk in the rain is their handling of the situation. They do not have answers yet, and thing gets to gnawing on me and feet, and a lot of these people If you feel you have to drive, invigorating, we all can use a lit- we are counting on them being forthright and straight with all of us. I have to vent, so I write a letter spend a lot of money to join a there is all kinds of parking on tle more exercise. The silver lining this week? A focus on the agriculture com- to the editor. gym to work out but will not the back streets like Berding I know this will probably not munity and how important it is to everything in our lives here in the Being in business for 14-plus walk ten feet to their job. Street. Heaven forbid if you do any good, but maybe it will valley. Who hasn’t stopped this week and thought about what effect years in Fortuna and Ferndale, it Fortuna was bad enough, have to walk a block. wake up some of you to be a lit- the creamery’s demise would have on them? never ceases to amaze me how but parking in Ferndale is at a To those of you that are tle more considerate. There, I many business owners and their premium. This town is not so doing this, and you know who feel better. employees feel they have to drive big that a lot of us could walk you are, I feel you people are Jerry Austin HISTORIC FILMS their car to work and park either from home, and I have heard all inconsiderate and selfish, when Ferndale Films about past and future history will be presented by the Ferndale Museum Thursday, February 26th , 7:00 PM at the Ferndale Repertory Theatre. 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2720 Central Ave Suite B McKinleyville, CA 95519 707 839-1104 • Fax 707 839-1679 Email: [email protected] Page 3 The Ferndale (California) Enterprise February 26, 2009 block of Main. — Vehicle stopped for lighting Th Thisis weekweek — Monitored traffic on Grizzly violation on Van Ness; driver From the Bluff Rd. warned. down at — Set up radar on Grizzly Bluff Feb. 21: Dri ving on a suspend- down at Road. ed or revoked license at Main and Back Pew the the FPDFPD — Follow-up in the 800 block Arlington. of Waddington. — Speeding violation in the — Speed violation at 1000 block of Main. By Wendy Lestina Substation and Waddington; unli- — Speeding violation at Hwy February 17: Re port of a vehi- — Speed violation at Hwy 211 censed driver cited and released. 211 and Port Kenyon; 65 mph in 55 “The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.” cle vs. tree collision at Herbert and and Substation; negative DUI. — Speed violation on Main mph zone. President Obama said those words aloud Tuesday night as whis- Main. — Vehicle stopped for speed Street. — Stop sign violation at Fifth Feb. 18: Head light violation at violation at Port Kenyon and pered conversations in the aisles of the Valley Grocery, Valley — Lighting violation at Hwy and Arlington. Centerville and the Wildcat. Dillon; unlicensed driver cited and 211 and Substation. — Lighting violation at Van Lumber, the Red Front, and the Post Office tried to pool the rumors — Stop sign violation at Fifth released, vehicle towed. about Humboldt Creamery, conversations that, pointedly, stopped Feb. 20: Speed violation on Ness and Main. and Arlington. Feb. 19: Ve hicle stopped at Hwy 211 and Substation. — Report of suspicious vehicle short of articulating the question that is in each of our hearts. — Speed violation at Hwy 211 Bluff and Rose for lighting viola- — Vehicle stopped for speed- at Ferndale Elementary; patrol What’s going to happen to us? and Substation and at Hwy 211 and tion. Driver was found under the ing in the 800 block of Main; driver check and interviewed two juve- The 50 dairies that make up the membership of the cooperative Port Kenyon. influence of alcohol and found with cited. niles who were waiting for parent. that is the creamery are not bucolic artifacts propped up in the — Lane violation at Van Ness illegal drugs in possession and — Vehicle stopped for speed- — Intoxicated male urinating countryside to attract tourists. Our dairies are the rebar in the con- and Main. arrested at scene. Passenger was ing in the 800 block of Main; driver in the lawn at the fairgrounds. struction of this community. When the dairies are struggling, the — Lane violation at Van Ness intoxicated and was in possession cited. Feb. 22: Lighting violation and town struggles; heaven forefend the dairies should fail. and Main. of illegal drugs and was arrested on — Vehicle stopped for speed- no driver’s license on Herbert. — Slow speed and lane viola- scene. ing in the 1000 block of tion at Hwy 211 and Waddington. — Illegal u-turn in the 300 Don Andersen was visiting with Terry Strong and me in the Waddington; driver warned. Cream City Café yesterday morning, and he reminded us of the remark (made by the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, Robert L. Clarke, in 1988), “When the economic tide goes out, you find out who is swimming naked.” Hobart Ray Brown We don’t know who’s been skinny dipping at the Creamery; we don’t have the facts yet, we can’t comprehend what has become February 27, 1933 - November 7, 2007 “financial irregularities.” “It’s huge,” unquotables have uttered; “It’s very bad” – we’re told enough to be scared and confused. Happy birthday, Pop

Lawyers can write and talk in code; journalists can report the Love, Michael von Braun facts. I am neither. And so, I wonder: if, say, none of the 50 dairies were paid, and the alternate markets for the milk were already sat- urated with product, how would the bills in town be paid? Would, for example, Frontier cut off telephone service to the entire valley? In the Great Depression, “little people” — oddballs no one paid any attention to in the good times, eccentrics who hid cash in rusted Folger’s cans in the cupboard of their cabins — sent money into Located in the town to help out the widows and the ill. Who would help us now? Historic What about the cows? And where would the workers go? Most Victorian Inn are extended families who have lived here for decades; they’re not Corner of “new” people. Five of the men who still milk on the dairies were at the retirement party for my father, Doc Detlefsen, in 1983. These Ocean and families aren’t migrants; they’re people who have invested in this Main community with their work, their enthusiasm, and the lives of their children.

This is the point where my friends and family tell me to calm [email protected] down. I’m warned that I’m way ahead of the situation, imagining 707-786-4425 circumstances that are highly unlikely. “You exaggerate everything; you’re always so over-dramatic.” Reminds me of a day in October 1983, in Pittsburgh, Graduate Gemologist Pennsylvania. I was on a panel with Jane Pauley and Ken Blanchard Custom Designs • Fully Insured • Layaway (“The One-Minute Manager”). I was the last person to speak, and We buy Estate Jewelry • Gold, Silver and Platinum while Blanchard was talking, I studied the audience, and noticed www.silvasjewelry.com • Open Daily This ad proudly donated by The Ferndale Enterprise that their reactions to his remarks were peculiar. I discreetly motioned for one of the conference organizers, and handed her a napkin on which I’d written: “What’s with the audience?” She grabbed a pen and wrote back: “Have no jobs.” There were 500 people attending what had been billed as a “management conference,” and they had all recently become unemployed. In the five minutes I had before being introduced, I rewrote my speech. In my speech, I turned to the moderator of the program and said, “How do you plan to rebuild this economy?” “We’re not going to be an industrial, factory-based economy anymore,” she said, with an ominous pride. “We’re going to be a service economy.” Ken Blanchard nodded. People in the audience, following his lead, smiled and nodded. “Really?” I asked. “And what are you going to service?” I was escorted from the podium, and later, it was carefully explained to me how I didn’t understand macroeconomics and the evolution of the information-based, technological labor pool. “They will be retrained,” I was told. Yes, now that I reflect, the entire video game industry was sub- sequently created by laid-off drill press operators.

Whatever revelations will become public in the next few weeks and months, Humboldt Creamery is a group of professional dairymen and –women who have the skills, intelligence, faith and dedi- cation to repair the damage and rebuild the business. That is their job. Our job is to understand that our future relies on their recovery and success and that our help is needed now, as critically as it was during the floods, to aid that recovery. When the facts are out and the damage is assessed, a town meeting may be in order, to ask how we can help, what we can do to sus- tain and nourish the Eel River Valley through what may be a long and arduous recession.

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We don’t (Continued from page 1) according to assessor records, “exceed $130 million, which rep- know what it’s going to be. were also unsuccessful resents an increase of 18 percent We’re going to go through this of yet.” “The board of directors was from 2007 and a record sales thing in a measured way and According to the creamery’s shocked at the news contained in year. come out with the best possible news release, an independent the telephone call from our for- Meanwhile, on Monday results we can.” inquiry was triggered when late mer CEO’s personal lawyer,” morning employees were told of With word spreading in the on Friday the creamery’s outside stated Jim Renner, chair of the the news as they reported for community that there may be counsel received a call from the creamery’s board in the news their shifts. By 9 am Monday problems with reported invento- Ghilarducci’s personal lawyer. release. “We are determined to morning, creamery board mem- ry on the company’s balance Elliot Peters of the San get to the bottom of this matter bers had met with or called all 50 sheet, Mayer said he had no Francisco-based law firm Keker as quickly as possible and to act co-op members, informing them knowledge of any misrepresenta- & Van Nest, stated that Enterprise staff photo in the best interests of our coop- of the situation and leaving them tion of inventory but did say that Attempts to reach Rich Ghilarducci at his homes in Scottsdale, Ghilarducci had resigned, effec- erative members, employees and with many questions and few company officials had been talk- Arizona, and Rio Dell were not successful. Ghilarducci's Rio Dell tive immediately, and a four line business partners.” answers. ing this week with Dairy Farmers home, shown above, in the city's upscale Grayland Heights Road letter warned them of possible “He was going along nor- An outside “forensic” of America. The creamery neighborhood, appeared to be unoccupied late Tuesday afternoon. inaccuracies in the company’s mally,” said Mayer, referring to accounting firm was on site this processes milk from the large The number for his out-of-state home had been disconnected or financial statements and that the well respected Ghilarducci, a week attempting to pinpoint nationwide cooperative and changed, according to a message from the phone company. they should stop offering the sec- former mayor and city council- those “financial irregularities.” turns it into powdered milk. ond round of preferred securities Mayer said he feels “every- the community as we can possi- man in Rio Dell, who, in the last Dan Ray of San Francisco’s “Since the departure of Rich, — an effort begun about a one is pulling for us,” noting that ble be.” five years, guided the creamery Hemming Morse, Inc., is a certi- DFA — a partner of ours — has month ago. Mayer said the company has been in com- As for the “scrip” or equity through major expansion with fied fraud examiner and worked been very supportive,” said Ghilarducci had left behind his munication with its two lenders investment many current and the purchase of two plants — for the FBI for more than eight Mayer. “We’ve talked on the company vehicle and that his — CoBank and American retired dairy farmers have in the one in Stockton and the other in years as a special agent. phone many times and they went office appeared to be intact. AgCredit. cooperative and are now won- Los Angeles. He has been presi- Also hired by the creamery is through significant turmoil not Attempts to reach Peters, The cooperative’s annual dering what it is worth, Mayer dent and CEO of the company Walter F. Brown Jr., a partner at too long ago. We have invited who specializes in white collar meeting remains on the calendar said everything depends on “how since 1997. From 1985 to 1997 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in them to participate in checking criminal and civil cases and for March 31 and Mayer and the the business moves forward. he served as chief financial offi- San Francisco. He is an attorney inventories — anything they whose firm represented former board of directors hope to have “We do plan on having this cer. He is a past president of the who, according to his company’s want to do, we are supportive of Enron Chief Financial Officer answers before then. thing come out on the other California Creamery Operators website, “is routinely engaged by that. They are going to send Andrew Fastow, by The “We’ll get some answers, I’m side,” he said. Association and has served on public and private companies to inventory folks to our location in Enterprise were not successful. confident, in the not too distant Meanwhile, a local Ferndale the boards of the U.S. Dairy conduct internal investigations.” the not too distant future and we Attempts to reach Ghilarducci or future,” he said. attorney, who wished to remain Export Council, the National Late Tuesday, when contact- welcome them to do that.” his attorney by the creamery And while the private coop- unnamed to protect the confi- Milk Producers Federation, the ed again by The Enterprise, As to the scope of any appeared Monday morning also erative under its past leadership dentiality of his clients, said he California Dairy Research Mayer said “Rich’s departure “financial irregularities” or time- to not be successful. held its cards close to its chest, had received numerous calls Program at the University of and the mystery of his departure frame, Mayer reiterated on “He’s not returning my calls Mayer said transparency is the from those equity stakeholders California, Davis and the are a challenge, but we are deter- Tuesday “it’s too early to tell. or anyone’s calls,” said Mayer. name of the game now. asking about legal remedies. Alliance of Western Milk mined to come through on the “At this point we are certain- Calls to Ghilarducci’s Rio “Our commitment, the “I’m advising them that at Producers. “He was preparing other side as healthy as possible. ly not planning to declare bank- Dell home by The Enterprise board’s commitment, is to be this point it’s too soon to consid- for our upcoming board meeting “People want absolute posi- ruptcy,” he said. “Whatever were unanswered. Attempts to open as legally and ethically as er any legal type of action,” he and then left town on business. tive reassurance that everything form the creamery exists in the reach the former CEO at his we can be,” he said. “The board said. “Sit back, don’t panic and The next thing we heard was the is going to be the way it was,” he next month or year . . . the board Scottsdale, Arizona home, which has made it clear that a big part wait for more information, but phone call to our lawyer.” said. “I don’t want to mislead will consider what is the best he purchased a year ago in the of this whole thing is to make be concerned and proactive in Ghilarducci announced on anyone and say, it’s going to be possible way.” Troon Village gated golf course sure we are as transparent with obtaining that information.”

LOCAL health of the company was “Our position is that if the to buy equipment,” he said. the floor and with the company thing, you and the employees (Continued from page 1) sound. He added that a compa- company is profitable its Hawley said that Local 137 and they’re going to work will know.” At the time this arti- Hawley said he was just as sur- ny’s financial soundness is typi- employees should share in that,” will set up meetings with its through it.” cle was completed, no employee prised as everyone else at the cally at the top of the agenda Hawley said. “Though it doesn’t members as soon as more infor- Moffat said Will promised meetings had been scheduled. sudden resignation of Humboldt during contract negotiations, show on their balance sheets, we mation is available, and that that “as soon as we know any- Creamery CEO Rich and that federal law provides [try] to get an idea of the valua- Local 137 will soon be talking Ghilarducci. unions with the right to exam- tion of the company with its with the union’s Sacramento- “The milkshed is the milk- ine a company’s books if the expansion and increased valua- based legal counsel. REACTION “I just heard about it about (Continued from page 1) shed,” he said. “We’re all in employer claims the company tion.” In a worst-case scenario, he 20 minutes ago,” he said candid- company’s 90 years in business. this together. Everyone in this ly from his office. “We’re com- cannot pay what a union wants Hawley said that at that time emphasized that “Our members whole county has a stake in because it can’t afford to pay it. there appeared to be no obvious are creditors,” a key considera- “We buy and sell milk from pletely surprised and concerned each other,” said Baird who this thing. I am a dairyman about our members, and con- That’s exactly what hap- financial problems with the com- tion should the creamery ulti- and this is dairy related. Yeah, pened in 2006, when Local 137’s pany. mately be sold, liquidated, or insisted that he doesn't want to cerned about their jobs and contribute to negativism when we’re all affected.” health and welfare.” auditor met with the creamery’s “They’ve always been heavily seek reorganization protection Even Cream City Cafe auditor in San Francisco during leveraged but it seemed like it under Chapter 11. so little is known about the sit- Hawley said that during uation. owner Larry Horn was talking contract negotiations with the negotiations for the current was working out,” he said. “Last “If they are heading to about the creamery Tuesday 2007 contract, which was ulti- summer they were running at bankruptcy we have a lot to talk "They're a good group of creamery, most recently for the dairymen who are passionate afternoon, pointing to the existing four-year labor agree- mately ratified by the member- full bore.” Hawley also noted about,” he said. array of Humboldt Creamery ship without either a work stop- that the creamery business is Meanwhile, Local 137’s about the creamery,” he said. ment that took effect in 2007, it “They've survived bad times ice cream in his cold case. appeared that the financial page or a strike. capital intensive. “It costs money business manager Mike Moffat “I just hope we can contin- spent Tuesday morning in before - floods and other things - I just hope they'll be fine." ue with this,” he said, asking, Fernbridge, talking with both like many others, if there was Humboldt Creamery’s Human Rumiano producer and Ferndale dairyman Jim Becker “anything new” on the situa- Resource Manager Renae Will, tion. who had called to give him a noted the solidarity of the val- heads-up about the press ley. release announcing Ghilarducci’s resignation, and we stand now.” with Local 137 union employ- SUSPENSION (Continued from page 1) Cleary said he was, like most ees working on the creamery’s others, “stunned” by the news. FOLLOW THIS ROAD production floor. and what’s crazy for me is I did- n’t know.” “But, I’m hopeful they are “They [the employees] are going to be okay,” he said, very concerned but also very Foster called the creamery a “bright spot” in the county but adding that “they’ve done so positive,” he said after his visit many great things.” TO $64.1 MILLION to the Fernbridge facility. “My was busy emailing associates on Monday, notifying them of the Cleary did confirm that the take is that there’s a positive suspension. He said about a creamery had made a request to atmosphere with employees on IF YOU FINANCE YOUR OPERATION dozen meetings with prospec- the Headwaters Fund last week for a $2.5 million investment in WITH AMERICAN AgCREDIT, IT’S tive investors had been held over Looking for a Pet? the past 30 days. the preferred securities. Cleary LOOKING PRETTY GOOD UP AHEAD. Animals like these are The creamery’s Interim said on Wednesday morning he ready for adoption at CEO Len Mayer said Monday had recused himself as board that the cooperative hoped to president from the meeting and Miranda’s raise $5 million to help “feed the from any conversations dealing Animal Rescue growth of the company.” So far, with the creamery’s request, he said, $400,000 had been com- since he had entered into a con- mitted. As to what happens to tract with the company. that money, Mayer said The Series B Preferred Tuesday, returning the funds Equity Securities were pitched to was at the “top” of a priority list dozens over the past month and for the company. represented a non-voting equity “We had several projects in the company. The minimum that made sense,” he said, “and buy in was $10,000 and divi- “Silky” - Loves to purr record sales. All kinds of good dends would accumulate at a things. We don’t know where rate of 7-7/8 percent yearly.

BOARD employees. (Continued from page 1) • The Board has suspended Board will also work as closely as the offering of Humboldt possible with the local leaders to Creamery’s Series B Preferred share information about the stock. “Skipper” impact of this situation on the • The Board has pledged to Your loyal companion local community. In short, the cooperate fully with any and all Board has pledged to be as inquiries into this matter, and All pets are spayed or forthright as possible under has instructed all Humboldt neutered and started these difficult circumstances. Creamery employees to do the on vaccines • The Board has initiated a same. Call 725-4449 series of meetings with the “We are a family-owned Company’s key creditors to business with excellent prod- ucts, talented employees, great This ad sponsored by explore all possible approaches In challenging times, success is driven by an ongoing to safeguarding the continuing customer service, and an 80-year commitment to sound and consistent business practices. This FORTUNA FEED operations of Humboldt history of excellence,” conclud- approach has meant more than $64 million in cash back in the & GARDEN CENTER Creamery. ed Board Chairman Jim Renner. • The Board and key “We intend to continue our nor- last four years to the farmers and ranchers who have grown Waaay more than a mal business operations while their businesses with us. Looking for a strong and stable Company officials are reaching feed store! out immediately to the compa- working as hard as we possibly lender dedicated to agriculture? Look to American AgCredit. 126 Dinsmore Drive ny’s business partners and to can to maintain the confidence Fortuna 725-3333 local community leaders. The and support of our customers, Call 800.800.4865 today or visit www.agloan.com Board will also be convening suppliers, employees and M-F 8-6 meetings of the Humboldt lenders.” A Part of the Farm Credit System. Equal Opportunity Lender. Sat & Sun 9-5 Creamery’s Members and Page 5 The Ferndale (California) Enterprise February 26, 2009 Wildcat RodeO Senior moment By Ferndale High School’s Jessica Jackson

We held our last rodeo in Team Roping was a tough Lakeport on February 14 and 15. event for the wildcats. The Fitze Photo courtesy Denise It was wet, cold, and rainy. brothers had long runs, however Grinsell Thankfully we had a covered still caught both steers to The Lady Wildcats arena. received average points. This played their last On Saturday the Wranglers, was rodeo where no one game recently and 6th-8th graders, joined us. On brought the best of their game. were honored, along Valentine’s day, everyone who In the Tie Down roping, with their parents. had some spirit dressed them- Corey Fitze earned points on From the left, selves or their horses in pink. Sunday, and ended up placing in Rafika Ramil, host Even though it was rainy, every- the average. mom Mary Ann one keep up their “tough- In the Poles, Morgan had a Bansen; Brianne enough-to-wear-pink” spirit. nice 22 second run on Saturday Miller, parents Tom To start off, Morgan and ended up fourth in the go. and Gina Miller; Jodi McWhorter achieved tenth in Lexi and I are still trying to fig- Grinsell, parents the average in barrels with two ure out how to leave all the poles Denise and Tim; 16 second runs. She is working standing. One of these days it Danielle Jackson, her way up the leader board will come. mom Renee Jackson; with continually getting points. Our next rodeo will be our Alayna Renner, par- Danielle Jackson and her horse inter-district rodeo held in Red ents Dave and Mary Cole did well with both runs Bluff. Every year we have a Anne. being 17 seconds. rodeo that coincides with dis- All of us girls caught at least trict one, hence the name “inter- one of our calves and we all district.” We will be prepared dates and others give their contests will be taking place received points. Danielle and I for the more rain and cold speeches at the Regional Spring during this weekend. Come caught our first calves in 6- and weather. Our season is coming Ferndale FFA Meeting. show your support March 27 7-second runs. On Sunday to an end rather soon. Our last This year, that meeting and 28 at the Humboldt County Morgan caught her calf in a 6 two rodeos will be held in By Ferndale FFA Chapter Reporter will be held in Ferndale for the Fairgrounds. second run. Unfortunately none Ferndale in April and May. Abigail Titus first time. Parliamentary of us caught both. Thanks again to all our Procdure as well as speaking Morgan did well on both sponsors, including Rice her goats. On Saturday she had Construction, C. Renner an 11.68 second run and on Petroleum, Fortuna Ace This week is National FFA port! Sunday she ran in 12.35 sec- Hardware, Like Nobody Else, week and our Ferndale FFA This past weekend, three onds. Morgan is our soul player Chuck Gould and Pure Skin chaper is very busy holding Ferndale FFA members traveled for the goats. Care. many activities. to Ukiah for the North Coast On Wednesday, we held a Regional Officer Screening. SCHOOL DISTRICT “Everyone involved in that "FFA Fun Relay," which Brytann Busick, Kerilyn (Continued from page 1) would have to believe that was good fun and a great sucess. Ambrosini, and Abigail Titus there’s some middle ground,” Jerry Hansen on Tuesday. A free hot dog lunch is planned were put through three rounds PROPANE SERVICE • INSTALLATIONS • HEATING • APPLIANCES he said. “If the issues are this or “When there’s no superinten- for Thursday for all FFA mem- of vigorous interviews and that, I don’t know if there’s any dent in the office, Paul is the bers and Ferndale High School many hours of waiting before mediation. Outside facilitation second in command.” staff members. Finally, Friday learning that they had been is helpful in that it gets people to Garamendi’s contract was communicate and explore alter- we are putting on a treasure selected and slated for Regional not renewed in January by a 3-2 natives. But there has to be a hunt for the school. Office. Seventeen FFA member vote of the board. He has GAS CO willingness and belief that there Also, in light of FFA week, from the Humboldt- Del Norte threatened litigation for alleged is something that can be our chapter is participating in and Sonoma sections ran this “MAINLY BEYOND THE MAINS” contract violations. The three resolved.” the "Million Can Challenge." year, and 12 were chosen to trustees are the subject of a PROPANE & GAS INSTALLATIONS Meanwhile, a budget policy Please donate by visiting our move on. recall effort. Tanks • Piping • Repair committee meeting was sched- cans located at the high school. Ambrosini was slated as the Meanwhile, the Humboldt uled for Wednesday afternoon, Next week, we will be visiting Humboldt- Del Norte Section County Superintendent of “Your Local Propane Company” past this edition’s deadline. homes around Ferndale to col- Vice President, Busick for Vice- Schools Garry Eagles said this Arcata Fortuna “We’re going to have to lect cans. 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