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Warriors RELIGION take down Saturday Faith community news Blazers ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 March 29, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Mostly sunny; H 65º L 32º 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Mostly sunny; H 66º L 36º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 149 Number 355 email: [email protected] UVAH HELPS CLIENTS FIND EMPLOYMENT AS ... Lawsuits aim to stop Lady Liberty Measure B Court hearings scheduled By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal A pair of court challenges filed within the past few days to the county-sponsored ballot initiative that, if given the OK by voters, would repeal the county’s cannabis personal use ordinance, have been scheduled to be heard by the Mendocino County Superior Court within the next two weeks. Both Richard Johnson of the Mendocino County Green Party and Edie Lerman, on behalf of Paula A. Laguna and George Hanamoto, filed separate lawsuits Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, to try to keep Measure B off the June 3 ballot. Measure B, which was placed on the ballot by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 8 by a vote of 4-1, would repeal Measure G, which was passed by 58 percent of county voters in 2000. Measure G, the cannabis personal use ordi- nance, instructed law enforcement officers to make prosecution of anyone growing fewer than 25 marijuana plants their lowest priority. On Dec. 11, 2007, the Board of Supervisors agreed to set medical marijuana limits at 25 plants in accordance with Measure G. If passed, Measure B would set possession limits for medical marijuana at 12 immature or six mature plants and eight ounces of dried marijuana, the same as the limits set by the state. “We are not concerned,” said Ross Liberty, the spokesman for the Yes on B Coalition. “We’re a little upset that they are trying to stop this ballot initiative from going to voters and MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal letting them decide.” Gregg DiLiello, left, and Kyle Ornelas wave to passing motorists on Talmage Road Wednesday to promote a local Liberty said the claims made in the suits tax preparation company. DiLiello and Ornelas found the work through the Ukiah Valley Association for have no legal basis to block a vote on the mea- Habilitation. See MEASURE B, Page 14 By ZACK SAMPSEL The Daily Journal f you’ve driven along Talmage Road during the past few UPD arrests months, chances are you’ve seen the green robes and liberty spikes of the statuesque greeters in front of Liberty Tax Service. These torch-bearing beacons aren’t Willits man on overzealous accountants; they’re three of the hundreds of Iresidents who have found employment with help from the Ukiah suspicion of sex Valley Association for Habilitation. “UVAH has been great to work with,” said Gregg DiLiello, 61, who has found employment and independence with help acts with child from UVAH for more than 11 years. “It’s fun meeting funny and crazy people. It’s wonderful standing here. It keeps me busy.” Bail set at $300,000 Employed with help from Mayacama Industries, a project of By ROB BURGESS UVAH, DiLiello, Kyle Ornelas and Joe Nelson have been donning the green robes almost daily for the past few months, The Daily Journal and the enthusiastic waves and honks from passing traffic Alfredo Martinez Radillo, 36, of Willits, indicate a warm response. was arrested by Ukiah Police in the 300 block Kyle Ornelas prepares his Statue of Liberty costume in of Seminary Avenue at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday “We’ve just had so many positive responses from the the back room of Liberty Tax Service. on suspicion of continuous sexual abuse of a community,” said Sandy Stolich, franchise owner. “People like child. to see a friendly face. They show up on time and always willing Radillo was subsequently booked into the to work. They even show up in bad weather.” thing to see people realize their potential. I think it’s exciting to see people being included. When you have a job and you’re Mendocino County Jail at 10:26 p.m. and Rain or shine -- and much like DiLiello, Ornelas and Nelson charged with sodomy with a person under 16 -- UVAH has helped people with disabilities find employment working you are included in society.” Some of the programs and services to the disabled offered years old, lewd or lascivious acts with a child, and reach independence for 46 years through its different rape, oral copulation and anal or vaginal pene- programs. under UVAH’s umbrella of support include Mayacama Industries, which provides work training, job placement and tration with a person under 16 years old. “UVAH is like the parent and we have several children,” said Detective Dave McQueary, who was listed Executive Director Pamela Jensen. “It’s just such an amazing See UVAH, Page 13 as the arresting officer, said the arrest was the result of the intervention of a relative of the victim. “A family member brought the victim in to the department on (Wednesday),” he said. “She was interviewed.” VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN MENDOCINO COUNTY McQueary said the reason Radillo’s bail was set at the relatively high amount of Hopland, Redwood provides a program for boys in more information, call 463-4226 • Resource sharing assistant, $300,000 was the result of information the first- through fifth grades. For between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on work with delivery of library UPD received about his flight risk. Valley, Willits, Ukiah more information, call Anna weekdays. materials that travel between “We had information that he was possibly Butler Cherry Ranch Project Webb at 485-5465. libraries to give customers their going to flee to Mexico,” he said. “ We con- • Volunteers sought to assist Mendocino County Library -- books. tacted a judge, who issued an emergency pro- with Community Orchard activi- Mendocino County Veterans Ukiah branch Contact Barbra or Ron at tective order on the child and set the bail high- ties; also to aid with annual fund- Service Office • Book wrapper, wrap new check out desk or by calling 463- er.” raiser in October. For more infor- • Volunteers are needed to books in plastic and repair torn 4490 or e-mailing Barbra at chap- McQueary said he didn’t believe there were mation, call 463-2736. serve as volunteer drivers, driving book covers in order to place [email protected]. any additional victims in the case. veterans from Ukiah to the them in circulation. The UPD is handling the investigation, Cub Scouts Pack 64 Veterans Hospital in San • Book shelver, shelve Lake Mendocino Army Corps which McQueary said is ongoing. • Cub Scouts Pack 64 is seek- Francisco. A regular California returned books and audio-visual Rob Burgess can be reached at ing both leaders and Scouts. It driver’s license is required. For materials See VOLUNTEERS, Page 13 [email protected]. 707-468-1201 Show Place Homes MANUFACTURED HOMES 2700 N. State Street Ukiah We do it all... from financing to move-in! #1 in Customer Satisfaction 2006 & 2007 www.angel-assoc.com/ukiah.html 2 – SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] POLICE REPORTS Stocks dip as personal spending shows weakness The following were By TIM PARADIS were a month or two ago,” said Les Economists also predict the unem- It dragged the rest of the retail sec- compiled from reports AP Business Writer Satlow, portfolio manager at Cabot ployment rate will rise back up to 5 tor lower. Kohl’s Corp. fell $2.19, or prepared by the Ukiah NEW YORK — Wall Street fin- Money Management in Salem, Mass. percent from February’s 4.8 percent. 4.9 percent, to $42.33. Higher-end Police Department. To ished the week with a decline Friday “The U.S. recession concerns have The market will also be monitoring retailers lost ground as well. Macy’s anonymously report as the financial health of the consumer resurfaced. They never went away but the Institute for Supply Management’s Inc. slid $1.39, or 5.9 percent, to crime information, call came into focus following a report that there was the beginning of the sense national manufacturing report on $21.97, while Nordstrom Inc. declined 463-6205. showed personal spending at its weak- that this recession was going to be Tuesday. Economists expect a shallow $1.97, or 5.7 percent, to $32.62. est growth in 17 months and a profit shallow and maybe a bit benign.” contraction for March, similar to Declining issues led advancers by a ARRESTED -- Pedro warning from J.C. Penney Co. The The Dow Jones industrial average February. 2 to 1 basis on the New York Stock Ortiz, 18, no hometown major indexes turned in a mixed per- fell 86.06, or 0.70 percent, to Wall Street will also get a snapshot Exchange, where consolidated volume given, was arrested at formance for the week. 12,216.40, suffering its third straight of the service sector with a second came to 3.59 billion shares compared 10:12 p.m. Thursday in the After weeks of concentrating on decline. ISM report on Thursday. It is also to 3.90 billion on Thursday. 900 block of North State credit problems and interest rates, the Broader stock indicators slipped. expected to contract in March from The Russell 2000 index of smaller Street on suspicion of market was forced to pay attention to The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell February.