Weekend SPORTS entertainment Thursday Wildcats beat Panthers .............Page 3 April 24, 2008 ...................................Page 6 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Friday: Sunny H 73 L 48 7 58551 69301 0 Saturday: Sunny H 83 L 49 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 150 Number 15 email: [email protected] Locals not happy with proposed state water regs By BEN BROWN Concerned about local impacts, Northern California on several Herrera said it would also stream- Supervisor Michael Delbar. The Daily Journal supervisors and others say more reg- rivers, including parts of the Russian line water rights applications. There Many who attended Tuesday’s The California State Water ulation looks like just more protec- River. are currently 500 pending water Board of Supervisors meeting feared Resources Control Board will soon tion for downstate water interests. SWRCB representative Steve rights applications before the state that the policy would restrict their vote on whether or not to approve a Assembly Bill 2121, the North Herrera said the policy is meant to board and 310 of them are within the ability to divert water out of streams new instream flow policy next week Coast Instream Flow Policy, passed develop standards for diverting water area covered by the policy. on their property and make it more but landowners and members of the in 2004, requires the state water out of rivers and streams in parts of “I haven’t talked to anyone out- difficult to apply for water rights by Mendocino County Board of board to adopt new principles for the Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, side of Sacramento who thinks this is Supervisors still have objections. governing of instream flows in Humboldt and Napa counties. going to work,” said First District See WATER, Page 15 Anti-Measure B suits rejected By BEN BROWN voters in 2000, instructed law The Daily Journal enforcement to make the pros- Measure B will remain on ecution of marijuana laws the the ballot following a ruling lowest possible priority and by Mendocino County prohibited prosecution of per- Superior Court Judge John sonal use gardens of 25 plants Behnke Wednesday denying or fewer. two suits filed against the Separate lawsuits filed by marijuana measure. Green Party Member Richard Measure B, which was Johnson and county residents placed on the ballot by the Paula Laguna and George Mendocino County Board of Hanamoto both asked for a Supervisors in January, would writ of mandate to stop the repeal Measure G and set ballot for the Mendocino medical marijuana limits in County June 3 election from Mendocino County at the being printed. state limits of six mature or 12 County Clerk-Assessor- immature plants and eight Recorder Sue Ranochak said ounces of dried marijuana. the ballots started printing last Measure G, which was passed by Mendocino County See COURT, Page 15 MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal Jay Johnson sits in the studio at the Johnson IT Group offices on State Street Wednesday. Johnson Ukiah Caesar’s sign is equipped to do video, still photography and audio production. dancer No. 1 again By ZACK SAMPSEL celebrated by the pool in Las The Daily Journal Vegas Wednesday afternoon. It was second verse same For the second time in as Ukiah man creates as the first as Ukiah’s Justin many years, Kester is Little Kester once again took the Caesar’s “National Sign first-place title at Little Dancing Champion,” and his Caesar’s National Shaker fellow staffers in Ukiah can Board Competition in Las barely stay on two feet. Vegas Wednesday. “I was jumping up and local video source “I’m pretty pumped. It just See DANCER, Page 15 By ROB BURGESS videos of previous board meetings where he met his wife, Theresa. feels great,” said Kester as he The Daily Journal reaching all the way back to the Johnson said that during his tenure The start of the next month will beginning of the year, but also a deep with the county, his work in the film see the first Internet appearance of library of archived supporting docu- industry allowed him to create a 20- hyperlinked supporting documents ments. minute pilot for a reality series based attached to meeting agendas on the And Johnson said that was just the around the board members entitled official Web site of the Mendocino beginning. “Mendocino.” County Board of Supervisors. “The hope here is to have the “Feature film work is a collabora- In truth, they’re just catching up to agenda item linked to the exact part tive process,” he said of the video, Jay Johnson. of the video,” he said. which is available for view on the “I used to be the I-T guy for the Prior to finally settling in Ukiah, site and stars supervisors Michael county,” he said, sitting in the State the father of four worked for five Delbar and David Colfax. “We were Street headquarters of his business, years with George Lucas at Industrial thinking about something along the the Johnson IT Group, which he runs Light and Magic in San Rafael on lines of ‘Orange County Choppers’ with his employee, Kaleb Clark, over 100 films, including “Star or ‘The Real Housewives of Orange senior system engineer. “The county Wars,” “Perfect Storm,” “Jurassic County.’” was not very adventurous as far as Park” and “Harry Potter.” He earned Johnson plays trumpet with The taking risks.” his degree in 1992 from San Ukiah Symphony, Lake County Johnson’s Web site, www.ukiah- Francisco State University in broad- Symphony, Dora Street Brass Quintet valley.tv, not only features an exten- cast and electronic communications and various other groups in addition sive archive of clickable YouTube after attending Mendocino College, See VIDEO, Page 15 Justin Kester at Little Caesar’s in Ukiah. Guilty plea in Potter Valley students get the message The Daily Journal On April 16 and 17, Potter child molest case Valley High School partici- By BEN BROWN “drug cocktail” to incapacitate pated in the nationally known, The Daily Journal her and then assaulted her. “Every-15 Minutes Chris Fetzer, who was When the girl’s mother came Program.” The title is derived arrested earlier this month on home the girl told her mother from the fact that in the early charges that he drugged and what Fetzer had done and the 1990s, every 15 minutes raped his girlfriend’s 11-year- mother called the police. someone in the U.S. died in old daughter, pleaded guilty to In return for his guilty plea, an alcohol-related traffic col- one charge of lewd and lasciv- all other charges against lision. However, with the ious acts with a child Tuesday. Fetzer were dropped. introduction of programs like Fetzer 39, was arrested on Fetzer could be sentenced this, Sober Grad, Mothers suspicion of lewd acts with a to up to eight years in state Against Drunk Drivers, child, aggravated lewd acts prison and be forced to pay a tougher laws, and others, the with a child, rape by adminis- fine of up to $10,000 plus death rate is now approxi- tering an intoxicant, rape of a actual restitution to the vic- mately one every 30 minutes, victim under the age of 18 tim. a figure that is still unaccept- years old and child endanger- Sentencing is scheduled for able. ment in the 500 block of June 20, at 1:30 p.m. in court- Potter Valley School Empire Drive on April 2. room B. Principal Scott Paulin, stated, According to police Ben Brown can be reached at photo courtesy AODP Potter Valley students got a close-up look at a mock DUI scene last week. reports, Fetzer gave the girl a [email protected] See DUI, Page 15 2 – THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] The world briefly FUNERAL NOTICES [\ Valley and returned to his could never accomplish. ter Ashlynn, sister Margie family ranch as an Phillip didn’t have “I Rose, step-mother Clinton sends her combine to create the world’s adult. can’t” in his vocabulary. Yolanda Pittman-Rose, largest airline, posted losses He received a Bachelor’s He lived and shared a step-sister Carol Gib- campaign forward, Wednesday totaling $10.5 bil- and Master’s De- full life touching many son, Father and Mother-in- against odds lion for the first three months gree from the California people. Phillip always had law Greg and of the year due to exorbitant Maritime Academy. a new dream and Wendy MacKinnon, sister WASHINGTON (AP) — fuel prices and write-downs of Phillip wore many hats his motto was LIG –Life is and brother-in-law Exuding fresh confidence their companies’ value. in his very colorful life. Good!! Jon and Gina Miller, after her Pennsylvania prima- Southwest’s chief execu- Among his accomplish- He seemed to accomplish numerous nieces and ry win, Hillary Rodham tive, meanwhile, indicated ments were, High the impossible and nephews, aunts and uncles Clinton turned attention that the carrier wasn’t interest- School Math Teacher, 1st loved the challenges that and so many ex- Wednesday to contests in ed in a merger and said the Mate on a fishing life brought to him. tended family and friends. Indiana and North Carolina very thought of it was daunt- boat in Alaska, private Always up for a new adven- A celebration of Phillip’s and pressed her case that she ing. pilot’s license, avid ture was how he life will be held this can still win the Democratic The red ink from Delta and scuba diver, motorcycle looked at life-and how he Saturday April 26th at 4:00 presidential nomination Northwest put into focus the enthusiast, world lived it.