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What’s Happening What’s Happening Laytonville Breakfast At The Co-Ed Softball Laytonville Grange Sunday, Sept. 9th Tourney 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. This Saturday and Sunday, Come Eat & Sept. 8&9, is the year-end tour- Say “Hello” nament for the Laytonville Co- 1620 Branscomb Rd. Ed Softball League. Games will ************** start at 8:30 each morning with Women’s play going on all day. Food will be served with all proceeds going Talking Circle to help fund a new scoreboard for Second Friday of each month Harwood Memorial Park • September 6, 2018 • Volume 42 #30• Friday, September 14 75¢ 75¢ 10am-noon Laytonville Grange Susan Shields’ High Crimes & North County Misdemeanors Community By Jim Shields & Jayma Shields Spence News & Briefs By Jim Shields Need An Water Tax Unfindable Hiding Mendocino Dead, Spot From Cops? Complex Fire For Now Go For the Water Update Tank Up the Hill! Containment on the Ranch Fire Last week we discussed a On Wednesday, August 8 at ap- remains at 98 percent contained. proposed statewide water tax proximately 1:50 p.m., deputies from The last section of uncontained that was on the verge of being the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Of- fireline is west of Stonyford near passed in the closing hours of fice were dispatched to contact a 54- Bonnie View and Happy Camp. the state legislative year. year-old adult female in regards to a Firefighters continue to monitor The pending bill went through domestic violence incident in interior burning and patrol fire several revisions as the Brown Laytonville in the 44900 block of lines in this area. Crews and con- administration and legislative North Highway 101 (near Gravier’s tractors have completed suppres- backers sought creative ways to Chevon). sion repair on 364 miles of the 672 make the first-in-state-history Upon their arrival, the deputies Long Valley Volunteer Fire Department Chief Sue Carberry Shown Accepting $1,000 donation miles identified to date. Suppres- tax on public drinking water learned the adult female was involved from Laytonville sion repairLioness work includes remov- Club.Photo: Boni Frost somehow palatable to a majority in a physical assault perpetrated by Laytonville Lioness Club Donates $1,000 To ing dirt berms, spreading cut veg- of hesitant lawmakers who were her boyfriend the night prior. The etation and building taking mea- up for re-election this Novem- boyfriend was identified as Craig Laytonville Fire Department sures to reduce soil erosion. ber. None of them wanted to be Phipps, 30 years old from Laytonville. Suppression repair is complete tagged supporting what has been Deputies learned Phipps attempted to By Boni Frost on the River Fire. from its inception a volatile and suffocate and strangle the adult fe- Laytonville Lioness Club widely unpopular tax. male numerous times during the inci- The Laytonville Lioness Club club. Our calendar sale is in full A quick look at its chronology dent. Deputies noticed the adult fe- is proud to be able to make a The Laytonville Lioness Club swing, please be sure to add Farmers’ finds state Sen. Bill Monning, of male had numerous injuries on her donation check for one thousand has been working very hard in your listing as soon as possible. Monteray, introduced SB 623 to face, neck, and chest as a result of the dollars, to the Laytonville Fire the community for over forty We donate 100% of the profit to Market News! create a “Safe and Affordable incident. Department, and Fire Chief Sue years. We support our schools, the Laytonville High School By Gloria Harrison Drinking Water Fund” that The deputies searched the Carberry gratefully accepted the sports programs, rodeo associa- scholarship program. LFM would primarily be funded Laytonville area for Phipps with nega- donation. We are very thankful tion, Food Bank, Healthy Start We look forward to seeing by: 1) a statewide water tax for tive results. The deputies then issued for our wonderful fire depart- and individuals in need in the you at our Spaghetti Dinner on The bounty of summer is in full retail residential and business an order to arrest Phipps for felony ment. past and we have donated to the Saturday, September 15 from 5 evidence at the Farmers’ Market! customers; and 2) taxes on the domestic violence battery. Long Valley Health Center. to 8 p.m. at the Laytonville The fruits and vegetables are sale of fertilizers and the After handling another call in Our biggest goal and motto is Lions Fire Hall (44020 Willis absolutely gorgeous! There were operations of dairies. The the same area, deputies were driving Amid Trump “We serve our community”. We Avenue). Tickets are $8 for many varieties of tomatoes, primary purpose of the bill was in downtown Laytonville and saw a thank all those who support our adults and $5 for children. eggplant, potatoes, peppers, to fund solutions in some male subject who matched Phipps’ Rollbacks, squash and cucumbers, there was disadvantaged communities description. One of the deputies ex- chard, kale, mustard greens, without access to safe drinking ited the patrol vehicle and asked the California lettuces, basil, cilantro and more. water, which are primarily subject for his name. The subject iden- We also saw carrots, apples, located in rural areas in the tified himself as Phipps and immedi- Moves To melons, plant starts and such. Central Valley. The proposal ately fled the area on foot. Phipps ran Wine, eggs, pork, lamb, and beef would have generated roughly eastbound across Highway 101, con- Regulate are available, along with baked $110 million per year through a tinued onto Harmon Drive, through a goods and bead work. Iced tea 95-cent monthly fee on home creek bed, and into a wooded area east Wetlands On drinks, and Pu-erh Tea are also water bills as well as taxes on of Harmon Drive. offered weekly. businesses of up to $10 per The deputies lost sight of Phipps at Its Own The Laytonville Certified month. Another $30 million that time and established a perimeter By Matt Weiser Farmers’ Market is constantly would come from higher fees on around the area of Harmon Drive and Water Deeply looking for new venders with agricultural and dairy busi- Laytonville Dos Rios Road. new product. For example, if you nesses, industries whose Multiple officers from the Califor- California officials are poised to make soap, jewelry, knit or chemicals contribute to the nia Highway Patrol (CHP) and addi- seize control over a major arena of crochet, grow plants, produce, or problem of contaminated tional deputies responded to assist federal regulation in response to flowers, you can sell your product groundwater. That incarnation with searching the area for Phipps. Trump administration rollbacks: the at the Farmers’ Market. It is a of the proposed tax was moved After approximately 3 hours, search management and protection very inexpensive, simple way to to the committee parking lot due efforts were discontinued due to low- of wetlands. market your goods! To sell at to fierce opposition from water light conditions. Wetlands are vital features on the MCFARM markets, begin by ratepayers and water districts. One of the deputies decided to re- landscape. Basically low spots in a going to MCFARM.org and print In early 2018, the Brown main in the area of the Laytonville watershed, when they fill with out the application. Once you Administration proposed a Dos Rios Road for multiple hours in water they provide important have done that, find the type of budget trailer bill based on SB case Phipps exited the wooded area. habitat for birds, fish and other product that you wish to sell, and 623’s framework. On June 8, the After approximately 4 additional species. Wetlands also help control do what it says. If you have Legislature’s Budget Confer- hours, CHP officers and the deputy floods and recharge groundwater, questions, or need help, just ence Committee rejected the heard a male subject yelling from the and they filter the water we drink. contact me at 707-560-4938. To budget trailer bill that proposed area where Phipps was last seen. On the other hand, being generally sell produce is simple, one trip to the statewide water tax and At approximately midnight on flat and maligned as “swamps,” Ukiah will get you a Certified instead set aside $23.5 million Thursday, August 9, deputies and CHP they are popular places to pave Producer’s Certificate (cpc) and for safe drinking water. officers began searching the wooded and build. that, along with MCFARM Then in mid-August, area where the male was heard yell- As a result, wetlands have nearly membership is all MCFARM Monning with Gov. Brown’s ing. After approximately 30 minutes, disappeared across the western requires. For cottage foods, such go-ahead, submitted a last- they were able to locate Phipps who United States. That has given rise to as baked goods, jams, candy and minute twist on the water tax was hiding inside a large water tank the controversial policy known as such, the process is a little more proposals. The bill would have and treading water. Phipps told the the Waters of the U.S. rule, or complicated, but not bad. If you required more than 3,000 deputies and officers that he was in WOTUS. The rule is an effort, first, Eel River below South Fork convergence at Dyerville looking upstream are on county water, it is all self- community water systems to add distress after treading water for mul- to define wetlands, which turns out on Aug. 24th. Photo: ERRP certification and an online food a voluntary remittance with an tiple hours.