Wildcats tennis Plowshares ON THE MARKET wins 3 in a row Volunteer of Year Guide to local real estate ..........Page A-6 .............Page A-3 ...................................Inside INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Sunny and warm 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Oct. 20, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 50 pages, Volume 148 Number 194 email: [email protected] Brothers plead not guilty to pot charges to charges stemming from a search ed not guilty to charges of possession Thursday afternoon for her clients to Bail hearing warrant served on two Gardens of concentrated cannabis. have their bail reduced or be released ‘There’s not proof that that house was Avenue houses Monday. Deputy District Attorney James on their own recognizance. purchased with drug money. It was set for Friday The brothers pleaded not guilty to Nerli said the District Attorney’s “Our preference is that they be charges of possession of marijuana Office also intends to file additional released on their own recognizance,” bought when Mr. Parker had a job By BEN BROWN for sale, cultivation of marijuana and charges against the brothers. Luhrman said. The Daily Journal management of a location for the Appearing for both Memo and The bail for both men has been set working construction.’ Ukiah residents Memo and Mark production of a controlled substance. Mark Parker, attorney Katie Parker pleaded not guilty Thursday Additionally, Memo Parker plead- Luhrman filed orders for a hearing See PLEA, Page A-14 KATIE LUHRMAN, attorney Arrests ‘The people that are on the ground there need to know that volunteers are going HORSE ABUSE to keep coming. It’s important for their morale.’ –WENDY JACKSON, of United Peace Relief made in CASE Vallejo County killing denies 24-year-old Ukiah DeNoyer man’s death thought to be drug-related claim By J.M. BROWN Vallejo Times-Herald Man facing trial on Detectives have arrested abuse charges and three Vallejoans and a Richmond teenager in con- his brother-in-law nection with Tuesday’s dou- claim county owes ble shooting, which police have determined was a drug- them each $500,000 related robbery. By BEN BROWN Daniel Reyes, 24, of The Daily Journal Ukiah, was killed in the 6:15 As expected, the Mendoci- p.m. incident that left Tomas no County Board of Supervi- Gonzalez Jr., 25, in critical sors on Tuesday denied condition. Police say claims made by Westport resi- Gonzalez, a Cotati resident, is dent James DeNoyer and his expected to survive his brother-in-law, Mark Scripter injuries. A Contra Costa of Newbury. County coroner’s official con- The two men claim the firmed that Reyes died from county owes them $500,000 gunshot wounds. each in connection with the Richard Miller III, 18, of auction of horses seized from Richmond, and Vallejo resi- Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal Volunteer members of United Peace Relief Bob Dress, Wendy Jackson, Polly Lynn and Steve DeNoyer last winter. dents Michael Edward DeNoyer is on trial on Mackey III, 25, and Robert Scalmanini with one of the RVs that will be taken to Mississippi, where the group is returning to fur- ther help rebuild homes that were lost in Hurricane Katrina. charges of 36 counts of ani- mal abuse in connection with See ARRESTS, Page A-12 the horses seized by the Department of Mendocino County Animal Care and Control in December of 2005. The horses were sold at auction in April 2006 in order Appeals HURRICANE RECOVERY to recoup the cost of their care. The total money raised at the auction was $20,000, court to Ukiah group helping to rebuild homes and the county said the cost of the animals’ care was By KATIE MINTZ with chunks of plastic, $40,000. The Daily Journal weird shreds of trees and In his claim, DeNoyer said hear DA In November, local branches, parts of sofas, the county violated carpenter Wendy Jackson old cups and saucers” and Mendocino County Code by will steer an old Tioga by houses swamped by Hur- not auctioning the horses for petition Fleetweed RV close to ricane Katrina more than the highest possible price, 2,500 miles from Mendo- a year ago are still in dis- thus depriving him of a rea- Faulder hopes for decision cino County to coastal repair. sonable return from their sale. on special election soon Pass Christian, Miss., Veterinarian Paul where a front lawn is See RECOVERY, By BEN BROWN Michelson, who treated the “mud that’s encrusted Page A-12 horses after they were seized The Daily Journal by Animal Control, described A writ filed by acting the horses as thin and poorly District Attorney Keith Submitted photo A home remains in shambles a year after the cared for. Faulder that seeks to remove During the auction, many the name of late District hurricane. United Peace Relief will return to Mississippi in November, where members will of the volunteers who had Attorney Norman Vroman cared for them said the horses from the ballot was trans- help rebuild three homes that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. were still in rough shape, ferred from the California even after months of care. State Supreme Court to the appellate court on See DENOYER, Page A-12 Wednesday. The petition has been filed against the county. Faulder said both parties must have their briefs delivered to the City plans to buy GPS system to clear roads in emergencies appellate court by Tuesday. $100,000 in city sales tax meeting. and then sending a signal to all upcom- “The case is on the fast- funds would be used UKIAH CITY COUNCIL The Opticom GPS (Global ing traffic lights. track in the court of appeals,” Positioning System) Priority Control According to Fire Prevention he said. By KATIE MINTZ purchase of a traffic pre-emption sys- System manufactured by 3M Capt./Deputy Fire Marshal Terry Faulder said he hoped the The Daily Journal tem for fire department vehicles, Corporation uses GPS technology to Israel, who presented the system to the On Wednesday, by general consen- directing staff to bring back the item clear a path for an emergency vehicle See DA, Page A-12 sus, the Ukiah City Council OK’d the for final approval at the Nov. 1 council by calculating its speed and location See CITY, Page A-12 95* SaberFAST DSL for $11 Per Month 800-989-8851 • www.saber.net * Terms & conditions apply. A-2 – FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Fort Bragg, was booked into FUNERAL NOTICES CORRECTIONS jail on suspicion of assault In the daily log of a traffic with a deadly weapon and bat- [\ Autumn. at and lived in Or- accident that occurred on tery at 5:33 p.m. Wednesday. Born to Garnet & Bessie noon on Saturday, October ange County, CA since southbound Highway 101 at BOOKED -- Daniel Roy Venn on July 26th, 21st in her garden 1957. She moved to 1:22 p.m. Sunday, the driver Burghduff, 46, of Fort Bragg, 1930 in Battle Creek at 9123 Grove Street in Elk Ukiah, CA in 2001 where of the 1998 Chevrolet should was booked into jail on suspi- Michigan, Marilyn was Grove. An addi- she passed away have been identified as cion of causing corporal the youngest of seven chil- tional service is planned October 16, 2006. Danielle Rodrick. Her name injury to a spouse at 11:39 dren. In 1953, she during the week of She had 8 grandchildren was misspelled in a press p.m. Wednesday. married a Battle Creek the Venn Family Reunion and 4 great-grand- release issued by the ARREST -- Alejandro native, Dr. Thomas next summer in children. She is survived California Highway Patrol. Castulo Ferrer Gutierrez, 31, Standley and moved to Michigan. In lieu of flow- by her son Michael Also, the motorcyclist in that of Ukiah, was arrested on sus- Ukiah, CA where they ers, remembrances Dysart of San Diego, CA, article should have been iden- picion of domestic battery at raised four children. Dr. may be sent to Happy Tails daughters Jennifer tified as being on the side of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Standley passed Pet Sanctuary, Roberson of Ukiah, CA the road. According to reports from away in 1976. P.O. Box 161994, and Gale Dizmang of The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this the Mendocino County She is survived by her Sacramento, CA 95816- Napa, CA. Virginia was space to correct errors or make clarifications to news articles. Significant errors in obitu- Sheriff’s Office, deputies children Elice King of 1994 or a charity of your loved by her family ary notices or birth announcements will were called to an address in Bluffton, OH, Mark of Elk choice. and many friends. She will result in reprinting the entire article. Errors the 1500 Block of North Bush Grove, Laurel be missed for her may be reported to the editor, 468-3526. Street on reports of a domestic Heintz of Roseville and VIRGINIA DYSART happy nature and cheerful Virginia Dysart, born on disturbance. Kent of Willits, her outlook on life. Upon arrival, they learned sister, Frances Angell of a homestead in Colo- Private burial services LOTTERY NUMBERS MARILYN JEAN rado August 1, 1920, mar- that Gutierrez allegedly struck (VENN) STANDLEY Lady Lake, FL, six will be at Riverside Na- DAILY 3: night: 2, 1, 5. the victim, a 31-year-old grandchildren and numer- ried Leonard Dysart tional Cemetery, Riverside, Marilyn passed peaceful- after his discharge from the afternoon: 5, 5, 7.