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A’s clobber RELIGION Angels Saturday Faith community news ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 May 3, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Mostly sunny H 80º L 44º 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Mostly sunny H 81º L 45º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 150 Number 24 email: [email protected] Couple arrested in Robinson Creek pot raid By BEN BROWN and ing the search of a Robinson Creek search warrant on a house at 6620 marijuana, four ounces of “honey 885 marijuana plants, RICHARD ROSIER Road home Thursday, according to Robinson Creek Road Thursday and oil,” a pound of processed marijuana, 100-150 pounds pot, The Daily Journal reports from the Mendocino Major found 885 small marijuana plants in a set of brass knuckles and a Mac 10 More than 800 marijuana plants, Crimes Task Force. two indoor gardens. assault pistol. ‘honey oil’ and more than 100 pounds of marijuana Task Force Commander Bob Officers also found between 100 assault pistol seized and an assault pistol were seized dur- Nishiyama said officers served a and 150 pounds of finely ground See MARIJUANA, Page 14 Residents Blaze on Pine St. warned of rabies Two animals test positive The Daily Journal The Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency is warning people to be aware of rabies, after two animals tested positive for the disease in the last six months. Tests of a skunk found in the Potter Valley area this month came back positive for rabies, as did tests of a fox caught in the same area in November 2007. According to the Centers for Disease Con- trol, rabies is a viral disease that can cause cen- tral nervous system damage and death. Rabies is most commonly transmitted by being bitten by an infected animal, most commonly skunks, foxes, raccoons or bats. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache and general malaise. As the disease progresses, neurological symptoms appear and may include: insomnia, anxiety, confusion, slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agi- tation, hypersalivation, difficulty swallowing and hydrophobia (fear of water). Death usually occurs within days of the onset of symptoms, according to the CDC. Most human exposure to rabies comes from contact with wild animals. Anyone who believes he or she has been bitten by a rabid animal is encouraged to call a physician or the Division of Environmental Health at 463- Photo courtesy of Peter Armstrong 4466. Anyone who finds an animal believed to A Ukiah city firefighter stages before fighting a fire on North Pine Street that consumed a garage and shed, and dam- have rabies is asked to call Mendocino County aged at least one home Friday night. Animal Care and Control at 463-4427. All dogs over the age of 4 months must be vaccinated against rabies, and Animal Control Garage and shed destroyed; one home damaged recommends that cats and other domestic ani- By BEN BROWN lives next door. the scene in minutes, and they had addition to the garage, the fire also mals also be vaccinated. The Daily Journal The fire spread quickly, burning it contained in minutes.” damaged two cars parked nearby. Animal Control will be offering drop-in Fire consumed a garage and the garage to the ground and Ukiah Fire Department Battal- Yates said there were no reports rabies vaccinations at its 298 Plant Road facili- shed on North Pine Street Friday spreading to a nearby shed as well ion Chief Chuck Yates said the of injuries and that everyone who ty from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. May 14 and May night and spread to at least one as a nearby house, where it caused cause of the fire was unknown. He lived in the house was accounted 28. Vaccinations cost $6 per animal. home before being contained. minor damage. Brint said the shed said there were reports of multiple for. had been recently constructed. explosions and that the owner of Officers from the Ukiah Police The garage of a house at 989 N. He said the fire would have the house said he kept several gas Department blocked off Low Gap Coast boy held in Pine St. caught fire at around 8:45 spread to his house if not for the canisters for his propane camp Road between Oak Street and Pine p.m. Friday. quick actions of the Ukiah Fire stove in the garage. Street while firefighters mopped baseball bat attack “I was next door and I heard an Department. The fire was contained shortly up the blaze. The Daily Journal enormous explosion and smelled “The Fire Department did a before 9 p.m., and firefighters Ben Brown can be reached at A Manchester teenager was arrested on smoke,” said Armand Brint, who great job,” he said. “They were on began mopping up the site. In [email protected]. assault charges Thursday night after allegedly beating a boy with his bare hands and a base- ball bat. According to reports from the Mendocino Parole denied for man who burned girlfriend County Sheriff’s Office, Dustin Earheart, 18, attacked the boy with his bare hands around The Daily Journal Carlton. Tony Arnds and Alissa sentenced to seven-years-to-life doused her in lighter fluid and set 6:20 Thursday. The boy lived on the same Convicted torturer Gregory Hoover were there to support imprisonment on charges of tor- her on fire. property as Earheart, but not in the same house. Beck will remain in jail following Carlton’s parents. ture, assault with caustic chemi- Witnesses at Beck’s trial testi- According to sheriff’s reports, Earheart his second parole hearing in less Beck was denied parole in cals and corporal injury to a fied that Carlton ran around walked to his home to get an aluminum base- than a year. August of 2007, but the California spouse for setting his ex-girl- screaming for help while Beck did ball bat after the beating. He returned and Beck was denied parole this Board of Prisons determined he friend, Carlton, on fire on Aug. 21, nothing. reportedly hit the victim with the bat. The child week, following a Monday hear- should get a new hearing because 2001. The fire compromised Carlton’s fled and Earheart went back to his house to call ing at Corcoran State Prison. The the prison’s recording equipment Carlton’s 12-year relationship the Sheriff’s Office and report the victim was meeting was attended by had failed during the August hear- with Beck had recently ended and breathing, which caused perma- nent brain injury. She now lives in trespassing. Mendocino County District ing. she had moved out of his house Earheart was arrested on suspicion of Attorney Meredith Lintott, as well Beck has been incarcerated in with their 12-year-old child. She a Lake County nursing facility and assault with a deadly weapon and making ter- as Phyllis Kline and Jeff Carlton, the California State Prison in returned to their shared home to cannot speak, walk or care for her- rorist threats, and was booked into the Mendo- the parents of victim Sherry Corcoran since 2002, when he was retrieve her belongings, and Beck self. cino County Jail on a $30,000 bond. Board of Supervisors agenda – with summaries – now online By ROB BURGESS sents a milestone in its Inter- comes closer to catching up Kristi Furman, clerk of the that would help save time and tion by 4th District Supervisor The Daily Journal net presence. with several other local gov- board, said the document was money by mechanizing the Kendall Smith who, along The wait is over. While staff reports and ernment bodies, including the prepared using only previous- process. with 5th District Supervisor Weighing in at more than additional supporting docu- city of Ukiah and the Hum- ly available county staff and “We are studying automat- David Colfax, currently sits eight times that of the last ments are notably absent from boldt County Board of Super- equipment. “It took a couple ed solutions,” she said. on the committee. such document, the 1.8- the 48-page PDF file, the doc- visors. of hours (of staff time),” she “We’re trying to determine if Furman gave a presentation megabyte agenda for Tues- ument is the first of its kind Agenda summaries and said. “We’re hoping to contin- we can absorb that work in- to the board on the subject at day’s Mendocino County issued by the board. Previous- additional paperwork were ue to streamline the process. house or if it would take a its April 15 meeting. She said she would have another Board of Supervisors meeting ly, only an often single-digit- previously only available in This is the level we were able fully automated approach.” update for the May 12 meet- has landed -- agenda sum- paged general overview of hard copy format at the to incorporate with our exist- The issue was first referred ing of the General Govern- maries and all. what was to be covered at the board’s office in Room 1070 ing resources.” to the General Government ment Committee. The file is available on the meeting was available online. of the County Administration Furman said county staff is Committee Feb. 5, after being Rob Burgess can be reached board’s Web site and repre- With the move, the board Center at 501 Low Gap Road. still investigating programs brought to the board’s atten- at [email protected]. 2 – SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] BOOKED -- Kenneth Fonda BOOKED -- Robert Cole William, 23, FUNERAL NOTICES POLICE REPORTS Partridge, 40, of Fort Bragg, was booked of Covelo, was booked into jail on suspi- The following were compiled into jail on suspicion of second-degree cion of possession of marijuana for sale, [\ years as a creative from reports prepared by the Ukiah burglary, obtaining money through fraud, transportation of marijuana and conspira- writer in the advertising Police Department.

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