Sheriff Endorses Measure B
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A’s shut out COMMERCE by Indians Wednesday The Commerce File ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 May 14, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Thursday: Near record heat; H 99º L 54º 7 58551 69301 0 Friday: Mostly sunny and hot; H 95º L 53º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 150 Number 35 email: [email protected] Sheriff endorses Measure B The Daily Journal Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman on ‘Without my knowledge or permission, the opponents of Measure B sent out a campaign mailer that includes Tuesday announced his endorsement of Measure my uniformed picture and a quote from me. First, they have taken the quote attributed to me out of context. B, the June 3 ballot initiative to repeal Measure G and unify the county’s medical marijuana pol- Second, by doing so they are implying that I am opposed to Measure B. Because of this misrepresentation, I icy with the state’s legal protections. can no longer remain neutral.’ See MEASURE B, Page 15 SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN Manhunt ends in BIKRAM YOGA UKIAH: THE HEAT IS ALWAYS ON arrest The Daily Journal Murder suspect Honorio Ruiz Pantaleon, 31, of Santa Rosa, the Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal subject of a daylong manhunt City rescue personnel provide Monday in Ukiah, was located medical care to a man involved in a and arrested about 10:30 p.m. head-on collision late Tuesday Monday at a morning at the intersection of Mill home on and State streets. South Dora Street, said Sheriff’s Capt. Kurt Street racing Smallcomb. Officers blamed for located Pantaleon when a person head-on crash at the South By ROB BURGESS and Dora resi- Pantaleon ZACK SAMPSEL dence called police. During The Daily Journal the arrest, Pantaleon reportedly A two-vehicle accident caused by a resisted and after a short scuffle speed race just before noon Tuesday in was taken into custody, accord- downtown Ukiah left a pair of drivers on ing to the Mendocino County stretchers and an infant unharmed. Sheriff’s Office. The collision between a silver Dodge Grand Caravan and a black Ford Ranger Pantaleon fled to Mendocino Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal County following his alleged Kim Ersan holds her pose during the separate leg, head to knee posture at a recent Bikram XL truck occurred about 11:20 a.m. at fatal stabbing of the mother of Yoga Ukiah class. the corner of State and Mill streets. his two children in Sonoma Chris Dewey, Ukiah Police County on Mother’s Day. Department chief, said witnesses report- He traveled to Ukiah where ed the 31-year-old Potter Valley woman the children were with their driving the van was northbound in the grandmother and allegedly Students practice ancient fast lane and was coming to a stop in that attacked the children’s grand- lane. mother with a shotgun before Dewey said that at the same time, a fleeing again at around 6:30 17-year-old and an 18-year-old were a.m., Ukiah Police Department poses in 100-degree heat engaged in a speed contest at speeds officials said Monday. reaching 70 miles per hour southbound The grandmother and chil- By ZACK SAMPSEL on State Street. The Chevy truck driven dren were put into safekeeping The Daily Journal by the 17-year-old was in the fast lane, by officers while the hunt con- There’s an exercise trend and the Ranger was in the slow lane tinued. The white 2002 sweeping through Ukiah and it has when the Ranger driver skidded over to Mitsubishi Lancer that had participants dripping with excite- the Caravan and hit it head on. belonged to Pantaleon’s first ment -- and sweat. Dewey said officers immediately alleged victim was found across Located at 115 W. Church St., began to search for the red Chevy truck, the street from Grace Hudson Bikram Yoga Ukiah is home to a whose driver left the scene of the acci- studio filled with heaters and School. See CRASH, Page 15 The school’s campus was in humidifiers all working toward the lockdown during the school day 100-plus degree heat that Bikram Monday. Ukiah Unified School Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, is District officials reported that known for. Head-on: State & Mill the lockdown went smoothly “Bikram is always taught in a and according to emergency heated room or space,” said man- planning. ager Elias Gaitan, who began During Monday’s hunt, offi- studying yoga in New Zealand in cers from the California early 2000. “It’s the original hot- Highway Patrol, UPD and the style yoga.” Mendocino County Sheriff’s Although the stories vary, the Office searched house to house tale of how heat became the defin- Mira Portent instructs her class in a separate leg stretching with guns drawn, a K-9 unit in ing element of Bikram Yoga posture. tow and helicopters overhead. involves its founder, Bikram Pantaleon was taken to Santa Choudhury, a heater in the studio and yourself, you’re getting the makes it feel like it’s the middle of Rosa and booked into the Sono- and the life-changing workout that cells to warm and move more July every day, dozens of students ma County Jail. The murder case came thereafter. freely,” Gaitan said. News Video and attempted murder cases “When you heat up the room Inside the studio, where the air See YOGA, Page 15 at ukiahdailyjournal.com remain under investigation. Raid nets 15,020 pot plants UDJ Spring $30,000 mark nears The Daily Journal one of the gardens. Fund Drive The UDJ Boys & Girls Club Mendosa $100; G. & V. Deputies from the County Of Mendocino Suspect Felicinao Soto was located and Spring Fund Drive is up to Richardson $50; George and Marijuana Eradication Team located a large detained in a campsite. He reportedly told $29,299.97. Svetlana Artemoff $50; Uta and marijuana garden and seedling beds during deputies there were two other people assist- The latest donations include: Todd Telfer $50; Shirley Heller an overflight last week, leading to the ing with the gardens, but they were not Early Iron of Ukiah “Pre 59 $40; Scott Miller and Trudy seizure of 15,020 small marijuana plants. found. Soto was booked into the Mendocino Classic Car Club” $500; Philip Morgan $25; Betty Baldwin in memory of Brent Edward The gardens were located in a remote County Jail. and T.E Boynton $300; Leonard area of Hawthorne Campbell Timber prop- Kinney $10; Anonymous $10 During the eradication of the gardens, and Joanne Lacasse $250; erty off the north side of Sherwood Peak. Mason & Morrison Attorneys at Please make your check or On Tuesday, The COMMET team, assisted evidence was located to indicate at least money order to: Ukiah Boys & Girls Law $100; Lisa Hillegas $100; Club, and bring to the Daily Journal by agents from the federal Drug three suspects were involved in the cultiva- Marion Tupy $100; James tion operation. at 590 S. School St. or mail it to us Enforcement Agency marijuana team, For the Ukiah Mulheren $100; James Mastin c/o Boys & Girls Club Drive, at P.O. walked into the site. The teams located the A total of 15,020 marijuana plants 2 to 6 and Mary Buckley $100; Box 749, Ukiah, 95482 or mail it gardens and during the investigation were inches tall were seized from the garden Boys & Girls Club Richard and Lousie Mazzanti directly to the Ukiah B&G Club at alerted to noise coming from an area near sites. $100; Mitchell and Lori P.O. Box 67, Ukiah, 95482. 2 – WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES [\ married Janis his parents Hugh L. on the beautiful Rogue Tom and June McKay, and Wesolowsk, broth- Adrian Reid. Preston Sr. and Florence River in Grants Pass, Charlene Whit- ers Joe and Jack Hugh was proud of his R. Preston. Oregon. She is survived by field. Surviving siblings: Stamback, sisters Nancy sons’, daughters’, his A visitation will be held the love of her Brother Gary Dean Prescott and Patricia grandchildren and the on Thursday, May 15, life, Raymond Garcia, who McKay and wife Cathy; Warner, grandchildren many clients he help- 2008 from 12 noon – 5:00 never left her side. Sister Ramona Lee Jayden, Kai and Hunter ed. He was active in the PM and from 6:00 In lieu of flowers, the fami- Dunning and husband Ken, Harris. Ukiah Men’s Golf PM – 8:00 PM at the ly wishes that dona- surviving Half Preceded in death by Club, Ukiah High Boosters Eversole Mortuary. A fu- tions be made to the Siblings: James Whitfield, both parents Helen and and at one time a neral service will be held on American Cancer Soci- Todd Whitfield and Uhlan Stamback, sister CYO Basketball Coach. He Friday, May 16, ety. Private family services Marlin Lish. Predeceased Mary Bower and her will be remem- 2008 at 11:00 AM at the will be at a later step siblings: Doyle first husband Dean bered for his passion for Eversole Mortuary date. Holland, Floyd Holland McDaniel. horse racing, golf, with Ft. Raul Lemus and When Rita was a baby, and Terry Atwater, & A Memorial Service will the law and a good dessert. Pastor Garry Zeek she and her brother many numerous nieces and be held at her home He would often officiating. Burial will be at Gary’s lives were saved nephews. on Saturday, May 17, 2008 say “if wishers were horses, the Ukiah Ceme- from their burning [\ at 11:00 a.m.