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Cal wants to Weekend IMMIGRATION, DRUG ARRESTS keep it rolling entertainment Runaway search led to arrests .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 ....................................Page 1 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Partly sunny, breezy, cool 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Sept. 14, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 158 email: [email protected] 2005 CROP REPORT Downed Union reorganization plan considered power lines SEIU membership Service Employees Inter- would support a reorgani- asked to cast ballots national Union (SEIU) zation plan called “Unite What: “Unite to Win” informa- Timber Local 707 have a decision to Win,” which aims to tional meeting for members ignite fires By KATIE MINTZ to make, as do thousands create stronger local When: 6 p.m. today By LAURA The Daily Journal more statewide. unions in California by king crop MCCUTCHEON The approximate 1,200 This week, SEIU sent bringing together members Where: SEIU Local 707 Ukiah The Daily Journal workers in Mendocino ballots to its members in Office, 655 Kings Court, Suite 100 Arcing power lines County represented by the state asking if they See SEIU, Page 16 in county were responsible for several vegetation fires By JAMES ARENS Wednesday afternoon The Daily Journal in Redwood Valley. The just-released 2005 Shortly before 2 Crop Report for Mendoci- p.m., firefighters res- no County shows an in- ponded to reports of a crease in value for all agri- fire in the 9000 block cultural categories with the of North State Street. exception of vegetable pro- NITED AY S AY OF ARING duction. However, when they U W ’ D C arrived they learned The total gross agricul- there were multiple tural value for commodities produced in 2005 was See FIRES, Page 16 $209,559,100, a 20-percent increase over 2004’s total of $174,015,300. The leading category in 2005 was timber, which Car theft had a value of $89,441,000, almost a $23,000,000 in- crease from 2004. Agricul- victim tural products, excluding timber, had a value of in pursuit $120,118,100, which was an increase of 12 percent over 2004’s production of Man arrested after $107,410,000. being chased from For the second year in a row, winegrapes were the Ukiah to Willits second leading crop and The Daily Journal rebounded after seven years Glenn Hughes, 47, of of declining values, the Ogden, Utah, was arrested report states. The value of Sunday after allegedly steal- $72,557,900 was an in- ing not one, but two vehicles, crease of 21 percent from attempting to steal a third, and 2004’s production of being chased up Highway 101 See CROPS, Page 16 from Ukiah to Willits by one of his victims. According to reports from the California Highway Runaway Patrol, Hughes was seen sit- ting in a pickup truck by the located; Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal vehicle’s owner and two of Volunteers from throughout the area came out to support various nonprofits and donated their time for his friends. The vehicle was the 16th annual Day of Caring on Wednesday. Sandy Ford, from the Savings Bank of Mendocino County parked in a dirt lot on West sprinkles seeds in the Ford Street Program garden as she spent the morning helping with tasks. two men Road and marked with a “for sale” sign. arrested The victim and his friends By BEN BROWN confronted Hughes, who fled The Daily Journal the scene in a vehicle that had Volunteers out making a difference The search for a run- been reported stolen earlier in By JAMES ARENS away girl from Ukiah led the day from Cloverdale. The The Daily Journal to two arrests on marijuana victim and his friends pursued On Wednesday, the and immigration violations Hughes in their vehicle head- United Way teamed up with in Philo on Tuesday. ing north on Highway 101. many businesses and more Mario Ayala, 22, and Hughes quickly pulled than 1,000 volunteers in Gerardo Gonzalez, 28, over to the side of the road both Mendocino and both of Philo, were arrest- and fled on foot across the Sonoma counties to show ed on suspicion of cultiva- highway. It’s believed the how much they care about tion and sale of marijuana stolen vehicle broke down. their communities. and immigration violations “This is awesome,” said at 7350 Highway 128 in The victim continued to Philo at 12:05 p.m. Tues- pursue Hughes onto Uva Bob Jordan, the regional manager of the United Way day. Drive, where Hughes alleged- Mendocino County ly stole another pickup that, in Mendocino County. “This is a very popular sheriff’s deputies were coincidentally, also belonged event because we help busi- called to the residence on to the victim who was pursu- nesses in many cities, coun- reports that a 16-year-old ing him. Hughes continued to ties and communities girl, who had run away flee north on Highway 101 around the United States.” from her parents, was stay- pursued by the truck’s owner, This was the 16th Annual ing there. Sheriff’s Capt. who had by this time called United Way Day of Caring Kurt Smallcomb said the 911. in Mendocino County, and house is believed to be a At the top of the Willits there were more than 40 party and drug house that grade, Hughes was stopped volunteers from many local people sometimes seek out businesses who helped to as a “safe haven.” by officers of the CHP and the Sheriff’s deputies, Mendocino County Sheriff’s paint, repair, weed, clean, install, fill grocery bags and accompanied by a repre- Office. He was arrested and sentative from Mendocino booked into jail on suspicion spend time with preschool (Left) At the Mendocino Family and Youth Services volunteers helped with children in various cities, County Child Protective of taking a vehicle without various tasks including painting a banner to decorate a new play area. From including Willits, Ukiah and left to right, Denise Roumbanis, of Savings Bank of Mendocino County, Services, responded to the consent, first-degree burglary Fort Bragg. Danielle Zili, of Ukiah Valley Medical Center, and Kathleen Stone, of the residence at which time and driving under the influ- “We have a lot going on County of Mendocino Social Services Department. (Right) Anthony Aguilar sheriff’s deputies noticed ence. today,” said Terri McCart- pounds sandbags that will be plastered over and made into a bench at the numerous marijuana plants Hughes told CHP officers ney, the garden nutrition Ford Street Program garden. growing on the property. he had never been to coordinator at the Ford While deputies were Mendocino County before investigating the house and and did not know the man See DAY, Page 16 ‘It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do.’ – Denise Roumbanis, Day of Caring volunteer its inhabitants a person whose vehicles he allegedly approached the house to attempted to steal. See ARRESTS, Page 16 UP TO 75% OFF Come See Our High Quality Summer Clothing Clearance Children’s Toys & Clothing 463-0628 211 S. State St., Ukiah 2 – THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] driving with a suspended POLICE REPORTS license at 11:56 p.m. Flamboyant former Texas Gov. Richards dies The following were Monday. Associated Press with a blast at George H. Bush, a fellow Austin-based consulting firm. compiled from reports BOOKED -- Marlin AUSTIN, Texas — Former Gov. Ann Texan who was vice president at the time: In her last 10 years, Richards worked prepared by the Ukiah Charles Corben, 23, of Richards, the witty and flamboyant “Poor George, he can’t help it. He was for many social causes and helped devel- Police Department. To Laytonville, was booked Democrat who went from homemaker to born with a silver foot in his mouth.” op the Ann Richards School for Young anonymously report into jail on suspicion of dri- national political celebrity, died Four years later, she was chairwoman Women Leaders, scheduled to open in crime information, call ving under the influence at Wednesday night after a battle with can- of the Democratic convention that nomi- Austin in 2007. 463-6205. 7:10 a.m. Tuesday. cer, a family spokeswoman said. She was nated Bill Clinton for president. Born in Lakeview, Texas, in 1933, BOOKED -- Jacob 73. Richards rose to the governorship with Richards grew up near Waco, married ARREST -- Anthony Gregory Sampson, 23, of She died at home surrounded by her a come-from-behind victory over mil- civil rights lawyer David Richards and Eugene Walker, 18, of Fort Bragg, was booked into jail on a warrant for assault family, the spokeswoman said. Richards lionaire cowboy Clayton Williams in spent her early adulthood volunteering in Ukiah, was arrested on sus- picion of driving under the with a deadly weapon at was found to have esophageal cancer in 1990. She cracked a half-century male campaigns and raising four children. She March and underwent chemotherapy grip on the governor’s mansion and cele- influence in the 600 block of 4:22 p.m. Tuesday. often said the hardest job she ever had North State Street at 10:09 BOOKED -- Justin treatments. brated by holding up a T-shirt that was as a public school teacher at Fulmore The silver-haired, silver-tongued showed the state Capitol and read: “A p.m. Tuesday. Moris Nadeau, 22, of Fort Richards said she entered politics to help woman’s place is in the dome.” Junior High School in Austin.