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Lady Wildcats Commerce: FORUM turn season Local winemaker Our readers write around competing ...................................Page 4 .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Sunny 7 58551 69301 0 WEDNESDAY May 30, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 149 Number 51 email: [email protected] Fourth of July celebration still struggling for money By KATIE MINTZ Commerce reviving the All- Community Services Director Sage the event in 2006, which helped to “As of today, we’ve got $500 The Daily Journal American Picnic in the Park, coming Sangiacomo said. offset the total cost including from Vogel’s RV,” Aiken said Americans celebrate being free on by the needed support can be a hard In fact, it wasn’t until 2006, when $15,000 for a 25-minute display, as Tuesday. “That’s a long ways in a the Fourth of July, however, local sell. the Chamber announced that after well as rental of the facility, musical short period of time to make this organizations are finding that hosting “In a small community, it’s diffi- decades of hosting the fireworks dis- entertainment, insurance, staff, happen.” community activities on cult for local businesses to come for- play it could no longer afford it due clean-up, security, advertising and While some money is raised by Independence Day can come at a ward and sponsor everything. There to the loss of longtime sponsors, that approval by the state Fire Marshal. ticket sales at the door -- in 2006, just high cost without some help from are a lot of good organizations Blair Aiken, Ukiah Speedway pro- But the show that Aiken says has over $9,000 came in, and in 2005, local sponsors. putting on great programs that make moter, stepped in. come to be expected by Ukiah resi- the Chamber collected $13,000 -- This year, with the Ukiah our community unique and give peo- In the course of about two months, dents, is lacking needed support because many residents watch from Speedway planning the fireworks ple fun things to do, but at the same the Ukiah Speedway was able to again this year. Because the price for outside the fairground gates, spon- display and the City of Ukiah and time, everyone’s competing for the raise approximately $20,000 in spon- fireworks increased to $18,500, the Greater Ukiah Chamber of same sponsor dollars,” City of Ukiah sorships from local businesses for entire production will cost $28,000. See FOURTH, Page 16 Helper injured at fire scene By LAURA MCCUTCHEON (gone through the roof) before The Daily Journal it was even reported, due to Fire Monday evening the fact that the house was devoured a Laytonville home located in a rural area and the and injured a man attempting nearest neighbor lived some to extinguish it. distance away, Little said. The unoccupied structure, “Lucky it was this time of located just west of the year and not a month or Rattlesnake Summit off two (later into the summer). Highway 101, burned to the The grass was still green. In ground, according to firefight- another month or so it would ers. The blaze also consumed have probably resulted in a about a half-acre of adjacent major vegetation fire,” he vegetation. said. The owner of the house The victim was transported was not home at the time of the incident, however, neigh- by ambulance to Howard bors in the area saw smoke Memorial Hospital, in Willits. and attempted to douse the The California Department flames, resulting in second- of Forestry and Fire degree burns to the leg of one Protection, Laytonville Fire man. Department and Laytonville “When firefighters arrived, Ambulance responded to the the house was totally on the incident just past 6:30 p.m. ground,” Laytonville Fire The cause of the fire is Chief Jim Little said. under investigation. Being unoccupied, the fire Laura McCutcheon can be MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal had probably already vented reached at [email protected]. A familiar scene for speeders - perhaps less so for diners - Mendocino Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Hendry practices his serving skills off-hours at The Broiler restaurant. NCRA bill Tip-a-Cop passes Senate Wiggins hopes to comply with a court-man- ......Help a special athlete dated environmental cleanup and to address emergency By BEN BROWN Smallcomb said last year the pro- “We’re going to need some new to avoid veto The Daily Journal gram raised $3,200. equipment and new uniforms,” she The Daily Journal n Saturday, some members of “We average around $3,000,” he said. The State Senate voted 21- county law enforcement will said. “Last year was pretty good.” Redding said the Special 12 Tuesday to approve a bill Obe serving in a different way Jose Fernandes, the owner of The Olympics are important because, by North Coast Sen. Patricia at The Broiler steak house as mem- Broiler, said the restaurant has stayed “it’s so social for the athletes.” For Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) that bers of the Mendocino County involved in the Tip-a-Cop program some it may be the only time they will enable the North Coast Inland Special Olympics Tip-a-Cop in an effort to help the community. get to leave the house. Railroad Authority to reallo- program. “We try to stay involved with the In addition to money, Redding cate $5.5 million toward envi- This is the eighth year for the pro- kids,” he said. said the Special Olympics is always ronmental cleanup. NCRA news gram which will see law enforce- Co-Director for the Inland looking for volunteers and coaches. The money, a small part of from North Coast ment officers from the Mendocino Mendocino County Special Last year, the program took four a $60 million Transportation legislators County Sheriff’s Office and Ukiah Olympics Barbara Redding said the teams of athletes to the basketball Congestion Relief Program Police Department taking orders, most important thing the Special championships, which required a grant to repair and upgrade maintenance issues.” delivering food, and filling water Olympics gains from fundraiser like number of drivers and volunteers. the tracks, was originally des- Specifically, SB 861 will glasses for restaurant customers. Tips this is “visibility.” Redding said it is most often the ignated for repayment of a allow the rail authority to left for the officers are donated to the “We’re trying to announce that parents of athletes who volunteer but federal loan which has since complete the sub-surface Special Olympics. we’re out here,” she said. everyone is welcome. been forgiven. clean-up of nine rail yards The event usually draws up to 200 The Mendocino County Special Anyone interested in working The NCRA was created by between Eureka and Hopland people and Sheriff’s Lt. Kurt Olympics has as many as 150 ath- with the Special Olympics is encour- the Legislature in 1990 to pre- as required by a consent Smallcomb said the officers usually letes participating every year in aged to contact Redding or co-direc- serve and restore rail service decree between NCRA, the bring in $2,500 to $3,000 for the sports such as baseball, softball, soc- tor James Welch at 468-1282. on 316 miles of the former North Coast Regional Quality Special Olympics during their three- cer, bowling and bocce. Redding Ben Brown can be reached at Northwestern Pacific line [email protected] Control Board, the hour dinner shift. said the soccer was a recent addition. between the Port of Humboldt Department of Fish and Game Bay and the national rail inter- and the Department of Toxic change south of Napa. Substances Control resulting “Unfortunately,” Wiggins, from a 1999 Mendocino whose district includes parts Superior Court decision. Opposition focused on term limit changes or all of Humboldt, Lake, The bill will also allow By STEVEN HARMON group, the coalition is pushing Spillane, a spokesman for Mendocino, Napa, Solano and NCRA to proceed with some MediaNews two initiatives - one to ban U.S. Term Limits and a Sonoma counties, said, “the emergency maintenance state did not provide any oper- Sacramento Bureau legislators' $162 tax-free per Republican consultant. “We pending the restart of rail SACRAMENTO - Pro- diem allowances, and another will do everything possible to ational funding to carry out operations. According to term limits groups who want that would ban lobbyist's gifts. shine the bright light of atten- the mandate until 2000 with Wiggins, surface clean-up to sink a ballot measure that Both imply lawmakers are tion on legislators and abuses the enactment of the Traffic along the rail has been com- would loosen those limits are taking advantage of the sys- that occur.” Congestion Relief Program. pleted and NCRA is awaiting planning an all-out assault on tem - and seek to undermine The tactic follows a formu- “The funds targeted in my a final report on the extent of legislators, calling them out any argument that they la that led to term limits in bill were set aside for the sub-surface clean-up that is for junkets, per diem deserve more time in office. 1990, when proponents rode NCRA to repay a federal loan, necessary. allowances, lobbyist gifts and “One of our priorities is to to victory on an FBI corrup- which was forgiven thanks to With Senate approval, SB other perks they enjoy on top inform the electorate about tion investigation and ensuing 2005 legislation by Rep. Mike 861 will now head the of their $113,098 salaries. Capitol report what is happening in indictment of a dozen lobby- Thompson,” Wiggins said.

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