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Big Game RELIGION hits the Saturday Faith community news hardwood .............Page 6 Jan. 14, 2006 .....................................Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefs The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Sunshine and some clouds 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Cloudy most of the day 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 147 Number 280 email: [email protected] Felony abuse charges filed against horse owner By BEN BROWN felt the abuse done to the animals appeal with the county asking for the The Daily Journal Each count carries a penalty of a justified the felony charges, adding return of his horses and to determine District Attorney Norman Vroman $20,000 fine and up to three years that Paul Michelsen, a veterinarian at if Animal Care and Control staffers filed charges Friday against James the Witt Large Animal Practice in acted appropriately when they seized DeNoyer, the Westport man whose in state prison. Redwood Valley, described the con- 35 horses were seized last month by dition of each horse to the Sheriff’s See HORSES, Page 15 county officials. years in state prison. Office. DeNoyer is charged with 36 One of the horses, a mare, was “It will send a message,” submitted photo counts of felony animal abuse, and a found dead at the scene. McFadden said. A volunteer network has been warrant has been issued for his Roni McFadden, a leader of the A court date has not been set for caring for this horse and oth- arrest. Each count carries a penalty volunteer network that has cared for DeNoyer because he has not yet been ers seized by Animal Care and of a $20,000 fine and up to three the horses since their rescue, said she arrested. DeNoyer has filed an Control last month. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Hwy. 20 crash kills child 2 declare 3 others injured in candidacy accident By BEN BROWN in 5th Dist. The Daily Journal A 4-year-old boy died By SETH FREEDLAND in a traffic collision The Daily Journal Friday evening on Two 5th District residents Highway 20 three miles declared their candidacy for east of the Buffalo David Colfax’s seat on the Ranch, and three other Mendocino County Board people were injured. of Supervisors this week, in At 5:01 p.m., emer- the opening throes of what gency services respond- is expected to be this year’s ed to the scene of the tightest election race. accident, near milepost Both Bob Gardner, a 41. A Ford pickup head- retired salesman and current Cooperrider ed west on Highway 20 reporter for the Anderson drifted across the center Valley Advertiser, and Els line and struck the front Cooperrider, co-owner of driver’s side of a Toyota the Ukiah Brewery Co. and 4-door sedan. Both Restaurant, hope to unseat vehicles were thrown the current board chairman. onto the south shoulder In potentially far-reaching of the road, and the decisions, Cooperrider has sedan hit an embank- Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal declared she will restrict ment. Emergency personnel remove the roof of a Toyota to extricate the driver following an acci- donations to $100 -- in Don Schaus, of dent on Hwy. 20 about 5 p.m. Friday. keeping with campaign Lakeport, who was dri- finance reforms proposed at ving behind the sedan the city level -- and Gardner and witnessed the acci- said he will not accept any dent, said he saw the money at all. Gardner pickup drifting into the Cooperrider previously eastbound lane and contested Colfax for the office in 1998, but moved over, but the Colfax won a narrow race to kick off his tenure sedan in front of him on the board. Since her defeat, Cooperrider led continued to drive last year’s Measure H charge to rid the county straight ahead. of genetically modified organisms and last “I don’t think he ever February received the Women’s History saw it coming,” Schaus Coalition’s “Women Change America” award. said. So why run now, almost a decade since her The driver of the last foray into public office? sedan, a 35-year-old “I see some tremendous changes coming man from Orangevale, down the line for this county,” Cooperrider Calif., whose identity said. “And I believe this county needs a local was not released, suf- government that will anticipate these changes. fered major injuries and We weren’t prepared when (development appli- was airlifted to Santa cations) started coming in, and the county spent a lot of time and energy processing those appli- See CRASH, Page 15 cations that weren’t even in the general plan. It seems to me the Board of Supervisors should (Above) A Mendocino County sheriff’s officer begins to clear anticipate (projects) with good policy. debris from the accident scene Friday night. (Right) An adult ath- Otherwise it doesn’t serve the people.” letic shoe lies next to a pair of infant shoes following the accident. Anticipating the future is a trait Cooperrider, Debris and personal effects were strewn about 50 feet from the a Ukiah resident, believes she displayed during car. (Top right) A piece of the Toyota lies about 50 feet from the rest the ramp-up to Measure H. When she began of the car along Hwy. 20. collating support, friends told her the proposi- tion was a waste because GMOs were not a See FIFTH, Page 15 AG sues builder of Noyo River Bridge $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION ESTIMATED COST Lawsuit accuses company and obtain all necessary permits. Lockyer contends the company has repeatedly not of violating air pollution laws obtained Air Quality and other permits, allowing it to Hopland School sustained The Daily Journal underbid competitors whose costs reflect the expense of obeying the law. MCM is also being charged with most flood damage in state California Attorney General Bill Lockyer violating unfair business competition laws in those announced Friday he has filed a lawsuit against bids. By LAURA CLARK were also destroyed by floodwater MCM Construction, accusing the company of “This construction company cheated Californians The Daily Journal Dec. 30. In fact, all the books in the statewide violations of air pollution laws, and gain- twice,” Lockyer said. “It repeatedly flouted It’s only an estimate, but based on school’s library were lost, he said. ing an unfair advantage in bidding on state construc- California laws that govern air quality, then gained the opinion of an insurance adjuster, “According to the consultant who tion projects as a result of breaking the law. lucrative state building projects by undercutting Hopland Elementary School sustained visited us today, Hopland School sus- Lockyer was joined in the suit by Mendocino companies that abide by the law. I am filing this law- $2 million to $3 million in damage dur- tained by far the most damage of any County District Attorney Norman Vroman and suit because cheaters should not prosper.” ing the recent flood, Ukiah Unified school in California as the result of the Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten. The lawsuit represents the latest in a series of col- School District Superintendent Ray flooding,” Chadwick said Thursday, MCM has been the successful bidder on several laborations between the Attorney General’s Office Chadwick said. following a walk through of the site large Caltrans projects, including the Noyo River and local prosecutors to address company violations That figure refers to the structural with a representative from the School Bridge in Fort Bragg. Caltrans requires that all con- of environmental law on a statewide basis rather than damage and about $750,000 worth of tractors working for it meet environmental standards county by county. textbooks, materials and supplies that See SCHOOL, Page 15 M Y C K 2 – SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] on Cuba’s eastern tip. FUNERAL NOTICES “So long as the war on terror goes on, and so long as there’s a threat, we will inevitably need to hold people that would do our- [\ The world briefly Witness’s for nearly seven- selves harm,” Bush said at a White House press conference with CLYDE ALLEN PATTERSON ty years. Merkel. Clyde Allen Patterson Clyde is survived by his The United States says the detainees are suspected Taliban or was born in Stent, CA son, Daryl Patterson and California death row inmate says al-Qaida operatives or soldiers, but lawyers and rights groups say March 16, 1911 and died daughter in law Karen he is too old and sickly to die many were victims of circumstance who are not violent. January 12, 2006 in Patterson, three grandchil- Bush and Merkel both had tough warnings for Iran over its Placerville, Ca at the age of dren, Lorraine Patterson, SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s oldest death row nuclear brinksmanship. “We will not be intimidated by a country 94. James Patterson and Bryce inmate — a 75-year-old who is legally blind and nearly deaf — such as Iran,” Merkel said. She also condemned statements by His early years were Patterson. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to do something it has never Iran’s leader challenging Israel’s right to exist. spent ranching in Southern Memorial services will done before: block an execution because of the condemned man’s Oregon. He also worked in he held at the Kingdom advanced age and infirmity. Clarence Ray Allen’s attorneys con- Iran threatens to end cooperation with the lumber industry and Hall of Jehovah Witness’s tend that executing a feeble old man amounts to cruel and unusu- later on worked five years at 734 S.

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