Lady Eagles Weekend IN OUR OPINION dominate Marin entertainment Good decision on Measure G ...............Page 6 ..............Page 3 ....................................Page 4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Sunshine & clouds; H 56º L 44º 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Jan. 10, 2008 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 149 Number 276 email: [email protected] No plea yet 25 plants per parcel stands in Hamburg By ROB BURGESS back from its scheduled Nov. 6 date. The Daily Journal BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The item was first placed on the board’s Neither the votes nor the opinions behind consent calendar for final approval, but was them wavered as the Mendocino County Board cel of land to 25, regardless of the number of removed for further discussion by 3rd District marijuana of Supervisors once again voted 3-2 Tuesday qualified patients residing there. Supervisor John Pinches. to affirm the restriction on the number of med- The original decision was made at the ical marijuana plants allowed on any one par- board’s Dec. 11 meeting after being pushed See MARIJUANA, Page 15 court case Faulder says he needs more evidence from prosecution; PAMELA’S PRODUCTS CONTINUES FAMILY TRADITION judge sets hearing for today By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Laura Hamburg did not enter a plea to charges of marijuana possession during her Wednesday hearing because the prosecu- tion has still not turned over requested evi- dence, said her attorney, Keith Faulder. Faulder said he had requested specific evidence from the prosecution in order to more effectively prepare a defense and that the District Attorney’s Office had not responded. “This is a medical marijuana case and the evidence I’ve requested goes directly to a motion to suppress and to providing an affirmative defense at the prelim,” Faulder said. Faulder said California law allows him to make a motion to suppress and provide an affirmative defense at the preliminary hearing. He said he cannot do that without the evidence he has requested. Deputy District Attorney Scott McMenomy said he had responded, object- ing to Faulder’s request for evidence. McMenomy said he is not required to turn over the requested evidence until Hamburg enters a plea. Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown scheduled a hearing for 1:30 p.m. today to discuss what evi- dence Faulder wants from the prosecution. Hamburg, a local medical marijuana activist, has been charged with marijuana possession in connection with the Oct. 25 service of a search warrant on her Boonville Road home by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office reported seizing 50 MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal marijuana plants from the home, as well as Pamela’s warehouseman Tomas Sierra loads cases of lemon shortbread cookies onto a palette for shipment 50 pounds of processed marijuana. Wednesday. Warehouse manager Bill Goodman said they send out about 20,000 cases of product per week. Faulder, who was at the home when the search warrant was served, said he counted By ZACK SAMPSEL 39 marijuana plants in Hamburg’s garden. The Daily Journal Another source for He said he did not know how much Gluten-free When Pamela’s Products, Ukiah’s own processed marijuana was seized. mecca for gluten-free cookies and mixes, gluten-free foods Faulder has said that Hamburg was celebrates its 20th anniversary this April, it Another gluten-free food option locally is operating a legitimate medical marijuana local business won’t just be a celebration: it’s a family Sylvan Border Farms located in Willits. garden, growing marijuana for three peo- tradition. Sylvan Border Farms currently offers seven ple, all of whom have valid medical mari- now distributes “I love my life. What could be more fun different product mixes including: general juana recommendations, which Faulder than making cookies for a living?” said purpose flour, multiple bread mixes, pancake said he showed to sheriff’s deputies. Pamela Giusto-Sorrells, owner of Pamela’s and waffle mixes and two kinds of cake According to an ordinance passed by the around the globe mixes. Ordering information is available on Mendocino County Board of Supervisors See GLUTEN-FREE, Page 15 its Web site at www.sylvanborderfarm.com. in August of 2007, a medical marijuana patient is legally allowed to have 25 plants and two pounds of processed marijuana. Hamburg is the daughter of former California Congressman Dan Hamburg, and her house is on his Boonville Road property. Mendocino apartment tenant burned in fire Ben Brown can be reached at udjbb@pacif- ic.net. By BEN BROWN the fire appeared to have started in one of the responding so the man had to be transported by The Daily Journal apartments above the bookstore and spread to ambulance. A 44-year-old Mendocino resident was the attic. Firefighters left the scene at 5:30 a.m. injured in a fire that damaged a historic build- “There was extensive fire damage to that Wednesday. Got family? ing in the township of Mendocino Tuesday apartment and water damage to the whole struc- Hervilla said the cause of the fire is not yet night. ture,” Hervilla said. known, but it appeared to have been accidental. Firefighters from the Mendocino Volunteer The resident of that apartment, a 44-year-old The fire remains under investigation. Fire Department responded to the fire in an man, suffered serious burns and was transport- The Fort Bragg Fire Department provided apartment at the intersection of Main Street and ed to Mendocino Coast Hospital and from there mutual aid on this fire, and the California Kasten Street above the Gallery Bookshop at to the burn unit at the University of California Highway Patrol and the Mendocino County find activities around 10 p.m. Tuesday. at Davis. Sheriff’s Office provided traffic control. at ukiahdailyjournal.com Mendocino Fire Chief Danny Hervilla said Heavy fog on the coast kept helicopters from Ben Brown can be reached at [email protected]. $493,000 for emergency services radio system to be presented By BEN BROWN cerned,” said Ann Warden, emergency responders in the county years and replacement parts have from more local sources: Homeland The Daily Journal Thompson’s communication director. positively,” said CalFire Chief Marc become increasingly hard to find, Security funds from the county’s Congressman Mike Thompson The county has contracted with Romero. “We do the dispatch, and forcing technicians to cannibalize Gang of Five, money from the city of will present Mendocino County with Alcatel, which has said it can install a this is going to be great for the sheriff parts from other repeaters or search Point Arena, from a House Resolution $493,000 in federal money new microwave repeater system by and fire services.” for them on online auction sites. that funnels money taken from tele- Wednesday, to help defray the cost of July at a cost of $3.6 million. A report released by the The federal money presented by phone taxes, some state funds and replacing the county’s failing The microwave system is a series Mendocino County grand jury in Thompson will join an additional $2.5 about $410,000 in asset forfeiture microwave repeater system. of seven repeaters that take signals 2007 stated the microwave system is million that will come from either a money, half of which was put forward “Congressman Thompson is very from the radios of law enforcement old and dangerously close to failure. National Operability Grant or from by Mendocino County District committed to improving communica- and fire personnel and relay them The system was installed in 1985 financing, according to a report from Attorney Meredith Lintott. tions in rural communities, especially throughout the county. and was meant to last 15 years. It has the Mendocino County CEO’s Office. Ben Brown can be reached at where first responders are con- “The improvement will affect all been operating continuously for 22 The rest of the money will come [email protected]. 2 – THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES [\ enjoyed their company [\ urban housewife Perkins, Ralph flowers, the family is asking whenever possible. in the 50’s and 60’s, and Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, that contributions She is survived by her after that a self-suffi- Eleanor Podbel- be made to The Center for Daughter Anita Brown cient woman. But though ski, Julie Perkins & Mike Positive Living at of Redwood Valley, and she traveled far Perkins; and the 741 S. Oak St., Ukiah, CA Son’s Robert Brown, from her childhood, she boys' father, her ex-hus- 95453 Sr., Charles Brown, Sr., never lost the opti- band, David John [\ James Brown, Sr., mism and kindness that Raitt (her co-founding GEORGE FOREST HART and Dino Brown of came from being partner of Vital De- Private services were Redwood Valley. She is raised by sweet, honest signs.) held for George Forest also survived by grandchil- people. That same Annie was born on May Hart of Ukiah, who passed dren Michael Re- love was her greatest gift to 2, 1948 in Holden, away on Thurs- tzloff, Nemechay Bates, her family. Massachusetts. She attend- day, January 3, 2008 in Mark Bates, Jessica She was preceded in ed Chatham col- Santa Rosa sur- DONALEE BROWN Bates, Alicia Bates, Mary death by her mother lege in Pennsylvania. rounded by his family. November 23, 1941- Nelson, Charles Dolores Chavez, father Majoring in Fine Arts Born May 13, 1928 in January 7, 2008 Brown, Jr., Jason Brown, Mariano Varela, hus- and went on to work at the Fort Leavenworth, Kan- Beloved Mother, Dante Brown, Dev- CLARA TURNER band Joseph Turner, and ground-breaking sas, George graduated from on Brown, Kristopher her siblings, Joshe- Grandmother, Auntie, 1921-2008 Arena Theatre in San Jose State Sister Brown, Talia Brown, Our mother was born in phine, Robert, and Alice.