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USA loses Weekend INSURANCE CONTROVERSY in Classic entertainment Proposal may cost local drivers ......................................Page 1 .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Obituaries The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with rain 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY March 9, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 147 Number 334 email: [email protected] Horse abuse case gag order lifted abuse. Photo restriction Fort Bragg Advocate-News file photo Lehan overturned his previous finding One of the horses seized by Animal still in place after it was challenged by attorney Roger Control eats hay from a pickup bed at Myers, who is representing three By BEN BROWN the time of the raid. While Wednes- Mendocino County newspapers, including day’s court order maintained a The Daily Journal The Daily Journal. restriction against publishing evi- FORT BRAGG -- Judge Jonathan “It is inappropriate, at this time, to dence from the trial, Judge Jonathan Lehan on Wednesday overturned his gag maintain the gag order that was put in Lehan ruled the order did not apply to order and removed most of the restrictions place,” Lehan said. photographs already in the newspa- placed on the press in the case of James pers’ possession. DeNoyer, who is charged with animal See HORSES, Page 16 WESTERN HILLS DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED 4 plead guilty in strong-arm More homes proposed robbery case Fifth man headed to trial; juvenile’s case still pending By LAURA CLARK The Daily Journal Five coast men accused of robbing a Ukiah man of valuable jewelry while he was inside a local flower shop ordering a bouquet on Valentine’s Day had their day in court this week. Police said the accused are all members of a criminal street gang, a charge four of them plead- ed guilty to on Tuesday. After a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Harry Manuel Mila, 18, of Fort Bragg, was held to answer for robbery for the benefit of a criminal street gang, for second-degree burglary for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and for participa- tion in a criminal street gang, according to infor- mation from the District Attorney’s Office. If convicted on all charges, Mila is facing 21 years and four months in state prison, a longer sen- See PLEAD, Page 16 Whales behind Gorton’s ban Daily Journal file photo The view looking west over Ukiah at the Western Hills, the site of a proposed development discussed Wednesday night by the Ukiah Planning Commission. in coast stores By LAURA CLARK The Daily Journal Consumers looking for Gorton’s seafood will Public access debated have limited access on the Mendocino Coast, By SETH FREEDLAND which covers 12.02 acres on the Western where at least eight stores have emptied their The Daily Journal Hills, would include primary and sec- shelves of the products environmental activists say The Ukiah Planning Commission was ondary residences and would not see any are manufactured by a business with whaling ties. moving toward approving two dwellings significant tree loss or negative effect on “Japanese parent company Nissui annually on the Hull-Piffero subdivision at press Gibson Creek, said contractor Brian slaughters hundreds of whales,” said Cindy Arch, time Wednesday night, as discussions Manning, of Oak Springs Studio in who is working with Susan Nutter and the began focusing on minor tweaks to city Hopland. Mendocino Coast Environmental Center to bring staff’s approval. The remaining concerns for the com- the issue to the attention of coastal merchants and Planning Director Charley Stump said mission highlighted minor problems such shoppers. “Since Nissui’s purchase of Gorton’s in all environmental issues have been as chimney height, avoiding unnatural 2001, nearly 3,000 whales have been brutally resolved since the first submission, by lines of trees and -- of seemingly greatest killed under the guise of scientific research,” she Ismael Ceja, three years ago. The parcel, concern -- the ability of the public to use said. a small segment of the property for hik- However, Gorton’s vice president of marketing, ing. Judson Reis, said neither Gorton’s nor its parent Brian Manning, of Oak Springs Commissioners Mike Whetzel and company, Nissui, are involved in killing whales. Studio in Hopland, represented Kevin Jennings agreed with Ceja’s vehe- “The Japanese government is responsible for Ismael Ceja’s development pro- ment opinion that private land should what they term ‘research whaling’ in Japan. The posal to the Ukiah Planning link our parent company has is that they are one- Commission Wednesday night. See HILLS, Page 16 third owner in a company that leases the boats to See GORTON’S, Page 2 Pharmacist under arrest also RATE-SETTING PLAN EXPECTED TO COST RURAL RESIDENTS Berg calls on Garamendi worked in Mendocino County to drop car insurance plan uments, grand theft and illegally dispensing medica- The Daily Journal Angeles. A pharmacist who recently worked in Mendocino tion. Martin is out on $250,000 bail and is expected The Daily Journal in court Friday to set a preliminary hearing date. Garamendi is proposing a rate-set- County is facing 13 felony counts for allegedly Assemblywoman Patty Berg, D- ting policy that would prevent insurers stealing another man’s identity to continue dispens- Since 2003, Martin has worked at pharmacies in Eureka, and a group of rural-area law- Lake, Mendocino, Riverside and Stanislaus counties from charging more in urban areas and ing drugs after his own license was revoked in four makers are urging Insurance less in rural areas. Supporters of that states. under the name and license of Nathan Bean, 78, of Commissioner John Garamendi to drop Klamath Falls, Ore., according to the Lake County policy say it creates a level playing Steven Alfred Martin, 53, of Lake County, was plans that could raise auto insurance field. Opponents of the plan, including charged Feb. 15 with 13 felonies and three misde- District Attorney’s Office. rates for North Coast residents while meanors, including identity theft, passing false doc- See PHARMACIST, Page 16 lowering them in the Bay area and Los See INSURANCE, Page 16 Open: COUPON 9621 North State Street, Redwood Valley 20% OFF Wed - Sun. Serving Delicious off 101 next to the old Dennison’s Cookies Home Style Food (Any meal with coupon) 7:00-3:00 pm COUPON Specializing in Bison Burgers Breakfast served all day 485-5307 2 – THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] the use of sustainable fishery FUNERAL NOTICES Gorton’s practices,” Reis said. Apparently not everybody [\ business man and entrepre- the former Robin David Grivette of Ukiah, is buying Gorton’s claim of neur. David was well known Bettencourt, whom he mar- and Jodie & Jens Continued from Page 1 innocence. for his rapier-like wit, ried on March 4, 1989; chil- Dennhardt of the the Japanese government, so “Over here we kinda stress explosions of laughter, can- dren Casey who is serving in Netherlands; five first it is one of those six degrees on the wildlife and the whales, dor, vivid honesty, loving the U.S. Navy in Corpus cousins, and countless of separation linking the and we are highly protective heart often hidden by a Christi, Texas and Claire extended family, friends & Japanese government pro- of the whales. I don’t see brusque exterior, single- who is still at home. He has loved ones. gram back to Gorton’s,” Reis where being involved in any pointed focus, and an infi- one sister and brother-in- Memorial services will be told The Daily Journal on type of whaling is acceptable. nite capacity to embrace law, Pat and Bruce Huot of held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Wednesday. ... This whole community multiple projects. Bloomington, Indiana and March 11, 2006 at Ukiah “Having said that, what is over here is all for Mother He is survived by daugh- two brothers and sisters-in- Bible Church, located at most disturbing to us in this Nature. Most everybody that ter, Emma Louise Carter, law, Gary and Ellen Kilgos 2140 Arroyo Drive, Ukiah. whole thing is we are as lives around here are fisher- mother Betty Carter of of Athens, Georgia and Memorials may be made adamantly opposed to whal- man or used to be fisherman Lichfield, Staffordshire, Michael and Kristen Kilgos to the March of Dimes. ing as the people in and I don’t know of anybody U.K., brother Peter Carter of Key West, Florida. www.marchofdimes.org or a California, and in in this area that is not support- of Birmingham, U.K., Thomas lived in Fort favorite charity of your Greenpeace, but we are ing this ban on Gorton’s nephews Sam and Tom Bragg for 30 years and had choosing. between a rock and a hard seafood,” said Mendosa’s Carter, and his Morgan many friends in the commu- [\ place. We have no control store manager, Ron Locke. cousins in Vancouver, B.C. nity. He was an avid golfer over the Japanese govern- It’s “the principle of the His brother, Peter, said of and a member of the Little ment, so what we are doing is thing,” Albion Grocery owner him, "Daredevil David John River Golf Course. He will trying to encourage our parent Doug Hendricks said when DAVID JOHN CARTER Carter, eldest son of John be truly missed by many. company to sever any ties, asked why he no longer car- David John Carter, lov- and Betty Carter, left this A College fund for Claire however tangential they may plane on the 21st of Kilgos has been set up at the ries Gorton’s.